EVENTS // The Song Company performs choral premieres
CONTENT COURTESY THE SONG COMPANY Fifty years ago, English composer Gavin Bryars was struck by a tape loop of a homeless person singing a fragment […]
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LIVE REVIEW // Mark sees The Song Company’s Mind Over Matter
BY MARK BOSCH, LEAD CRITIC Mind Over MatterThe Song CompanyARA Darling Quarter Theatre, 20 August I hadn’t seen any live events for CutCommon in a […]
LIVE REVIEW // Alexandra sees The Song Company
BY ALEXANDRA MATHEW Pärt PassioThe Song CompanySt Andrews Church in Brighton, 12 April Arvo Pärt composed his Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Joannem in […]
Treble Helix Unlocked: The Eton Choirbook at the crossroads of the Renaissance
BY ALEX SIEGERS Treble Helix UnlockedThe Song CompanySt James, Sydney, 22 February The Eton Choirbook – a giant manuscript from Eton College Chapel – has […]
LIVE REVIEW // Mark sees La Passion de Simone
BY MARK BOSCH La Passion de Simone (Australian premiere)The Sydney Chamber Opera and The Song CompanySydney FestivalCarriageworks, 9 January The opening evening of the Sydney Festival, I stepped into […]
EVENTS // Bowral Autumn Music Festival
CONTENT COURTESY BOWRAL AUTUMN MUSIC FESTIVAL In the heart of the Southern Highlands, the Bowral Autumn Music Festival, now in its 12th year, has […]
Dreamer of the day Alex Siegers talks song
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Alex Siegers is a jazz star. And a classical star. Think they’re different worlds? Wait until you see the culmination of […]
Ella Macens: “I’m learning to love every second of it”
BY ELLA MACENS, AS TOLD TO KATIE MILLER-CRISPE Young composer Ella Macens participated in the Gondwana National Choral School Composer Program, with her work featured […]
How to compose a Christmas carol, with Anastasia Pahos
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Rudolph’s shiny nose, jingling bells, and dashing through the snow are all themes we associate with the spirit of Christmas. But […]
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Friends, the next couple of months are gonna be HUGE. How impressive is Australia’s classical music scene? Heading into the end of the year, there’s plenty of […]