CD Review: Brown and Breen’s Songs of Home
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Songs of Home Bonnie Brown and Louisa Breen Big Dwarf Music, 2016 Many people have tried to describe exactly what […]
Elena Kats-Chernin
World premieres, bicycle bells, and high energy with Nexas
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Since its inception more than 12 years ago, Nexas Quartet (Michael Duke, Andrew Smith, Nathan Henshaw and Jay Byrnes) has premiered countless […]
Hush: Australian music for health and peace
BY CHRISTOPHER WAINWRIGHT The ability to transform medical care from scary to peace-filled deeply resonates with me. As a child, I went through many […]
Women stars shine in Townsville’s AFCM
BY GILLIAN WILLS Australian Festival of Chamber Music Townsville, July 29-August 6 Stars in their own right, a quartet of women made a […]
Muses bringing female composers to the fore
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE There’s a level of guilt – of concern – in the many of us who struggle to name a great number of female […]
Live Review: TSO and Lacey go Bach to the Future
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Bach to the Future Works by Kats-Chernin, Haydn, Mozart, and Barber Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra with Genevieve Lacey Federation Concert Hall, 9 […]
Re-inventing Bach with Elena Kats-Chernin
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Prestigious Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin doesn’t take any piece of music as “the holy grail” – not even Bach. That’s why […]
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 […]
When Elena Kats-Chernin is your bank teller’s mum
BY STEVEN GODBEE Fifteen years ago, a conversation with a young bank teller in Coogee led flautist Sally Walker to a fortuitous and solid friendship with […]
Camerata Antica commissions top Australian composers
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Monteverdi and Cazzati were composing their masterpieces long before the saxophone was born. But according to early music ensemble Camerata Antica, […]