Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Live review: From the Canyons to the Stars

March 18, 2016

BY SAMUEL COTTELL From the Canyons to the Stars by Messiaen Sydney Symphony Orchestra with visual production by Deborah O’Grady Sydney Opera House, March 11 […]

Live review: SSO’s Scheherazade

March 10, 2016

BY ANGUS MCPHERSON Scheherazade Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sydney Opera House, 3 March Scheherazade is the brave story-teller of The Thousand and One Nights, […]

Live Review: Diana Krall with the SSO

February 3, 2016

BY SAMUEL COTTELL Diana Krall with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sydney Opera House, 29 January Those who have followed Diana Krall’s career since her first […]

SSO’s Pictures at an Exhibition

November 24, 2015

BY ANGUS MCPHERSON ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ Sydney Symphony Orchestra The Sydney Opera House, 12 November In its courtship ritual, a male lyrebird dances […]

Discover Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration

November 22, 2015

BY ANGUS MCPHERSON Sydney Symphony Orchestra Discover Richard Strauss ‘Death and Transfiguration’ City Recital Hall, Angel Place, 10 November The limping gait of […]

Live Review: SSO does Sibelius

October 12, 2015

BY ANGUS MCPHERSON Sibelius 2 Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sydney Opera House, 8 October Timpani, gong and a sizzling heat-haze from the violins launches Peter […]

Live Review: Cirque de la Symphonie

September 22, 2015

BY ANGUS MCPHERSON Cirque de la Symphonie With the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sydney Opera House, 17 September A jester clad in a motley of […]

Tf3: “The Bad Boys of Classical Music”

August 12, 2015

BY SAMUEL COTTELL Time for Three is Zachary De Pue (violin), Nicolas Kendall (violin), and Ranaan Meyer (double bass). It’s an ensemble that defies […]