Live Review: Grevillea Ensemble
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Grevillea Ensemble Chamber Works Recital Series presenting Andrew Ford, ‘Last Words’ and ‘Domestic Advice’ Recital Hall East, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 1 September […]
Reviews
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Trailer Music: film inspired by its soundtrack
BY LUCY RASH Co-founded by University of Melbourne graduates Nicole Tj and Thomas Lo, anon. burst onto the scene in 2013 with a fresh […]
Live Review: Time for Three
BY ANGUS MCPHERSON Time for Three (Tf3) Sydney Opera House, 27 August String trio Time for Three, the self-described ‘bad boys of classical music’, […]
Live Review: Omega Ensemble
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Omega Ensemble ‘Beethoven’s Genius’ Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, 30 August The waves crashed against the shoreline, people hustled and bustled […]
CD Review: Elsen Price’s Red Planet
BY SAMUEL COTTELL ‘red planet’ Elsen Price (double bass) Self-produced, 2014 An album of music for solo double bass, at first, might seem […]
CD Review: ‘El Asunto del Tango’
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Jay Byrnes’ ‘El Asunto del Tango’ (Tango Affair), 2015 Featuring Jay Byrnes (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone saxophones), Daniel Rojas (piano), Michael […]
Live Review: The Marriage of Figaro
BY SAMUEL COTTELL ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ by Mozart Opera Australia Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, August 7 The opening night of […]
Live Review: Faust Mendelssohn
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE ‘Faust Mendelssohn’ Works by Dvorak, Debussy, and Mendelssohn Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra with Isabelle Faust Federation Concert Hall, 1 August Five Preludes by […]
Live Review: Nexas Saxophone Quartet
BY SAMUEL COTTELL ‘Les Chants du Saxophone’ Works by Bozza, Castles, Ibert, Weill and Eisler Nexas Saxophone Quartet with Peter Coleman-Wright AO Glebe Justice […]
Live Review: Sweeney Todd
BY MICHAEL HAMMELMANN ‘Sweeney Todd’ by Sondheim Victorian Opera The Playhouse Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, 17 July It took a long time for the […]