Similar Posts
The Page Turns For Page Turners
Page turners are a special breed of musician. Yes, they have the opportunity to observe a musician at very close hand. However, their role is perhaps a thankless one – destined to be the bridesmaid and never the bride, they are to be discreet and possessed of impeccable timing. They leave the stage unobtrusively as the…
Lyn Williams Recognised For Distinguished Services to Australian Music
The Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music 2024, has been awarded to Lyn Williams AM.
Arts Criticism In Australia – A Loss of The Culture Of Conversations
This is a really important feature from theatre critic Jane Howard, writing in The Guardian about the culture of arts criticism in Australia, the loss of “critical dialogue” and a plurality of views. It applies as much to music as it does to the theatre. A recommended read.
Beethoven 100 8 CD Set On ABC Classic
Last weekend, music lovers listened in and voted for their all-time favourites composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in this, the 250th anniversary of his birth in ABC Classic’s annual Classic 100 countdown. Not surprisingly, his Symphony No 9 roared into top spot yet again, having been voted into the top spot when the ABC conducted…
‘Songbirds’ A New Album For Ensemble Offspring On ABC Classic
Sydney’s Ensemble Offspring celebrates its 25th anniversary with Songbirds, a new album of contemporary Australian music that celebrates birds – nature’s own composers. Released on the ABC Classic label, Ensemble Offspring’s new album, Songbirds, is a beguiling collection of chamber works for flute, clarinet and vibraphone inspired by butcherbirds, blackbirds, lorikeets and leafcutter ants, frogs…
Simon says “See Falstaff”
Image by Branco Gaica, courtesy Opera Australia. Opera Australia’s production of Falstaff opens in the Joan Sutherland Theatre of the Sydney Opera House tonight, Friday February 15th, in its continuing ‘Verdi-fest’. Based on Shakespeare’s comic play The Merry Wives of Windsor, this production is directed by Simon Phillips and conducted by Antony Walker. Warwick Fyfe…
