Zelman Symphony Orchestra: Flute Solos and Fairy Stories
BY JACQUELINE PACE Zelman Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Mark Shiell, flute Sally Walker Victorian premiere of ‘Night and Now’ by Elena Kats-Chernin; Suite from […]
Reviews
New voices share their experiences of live and recorded music
Live Review: Pinchgut Opera’s L’Amant jaloux
BY ANGUS MCPHERSON ‘L’Amant jaloux’ Pinchgut Opera City Recital Hall, 3 December Don Alonze and Léonore embrace, her having forgiven his jealousy and he […]
Live Review: Cog in the Machine
BY BEN NIELSEN ‘Cog in the Machine’ by Sally Whitwell Sydney Philharmonia Choirs’ VOX with musical director Liz Scott Glebe Town Hall, 5 December […]
Live Review: Hauschka and Hinterlandt
BY ANGUS MCPHERSON Hauschka With Special Guest: Hinterlandt Ensemble The Basement, 19 November Ping pong balls leapt off the strings like popcorn, rattling as […]
Pokemon: Symphonic Evolutions
BY ANGUS MCPHERSON Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions Sydney Symphony Orchestra The Sydney Opera House, 21 November Audience members clutch handheld Nintendo 3DS consoles as they […]
SSO’s Pictures at an Exhibition
BY ANGUS MCPHERSON ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ Sydney Symphony Orchestra The Sydney Opera House, 12 November In its courtship ritual, a male lyrebird dances […]
Live Review: The Musician Project Orchestra
BY ANTONIA ZAPPIA The Musician Project Orchestra Brahms 1 Sydney Conservatorium’s Verbruggen Hall, 15 November The Musician Project Orchestra is a platform […]
Discover Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
BY ANGUS MCPHERSON Sydney Symphony Orchestra Discover Richard Strauss ‘Death and Transfiguration’ City Recital Hall, Angel Place, 10 November The limping gait of […]
Omega Ensemble Does The Nutcracker
BY ANGUS MCPHERSON The Nutcracker Omega Ensemble City Recital Hall, 16 November The title ‘Serenade’ carries connotations of light evening music and amorous […]
Audra McDonald Sings Broadway
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Audra McDonald sings Broadway With the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, 7 November The musical theatre songbook was […]