Similar Posts
CD Review: ‘Alleluia’ – Brilliance and beauty from Julia Lezhneva
This review was first published in June 2013. The album contains four motets by composers whose music Julia Lezhneva will perform during her October tour of Australia with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. “From time to time a really outstanding talent appears and I believe that Julia Lezhneva is just that. The brilliance of her voice…
Concert Review: Hoang Pham Plays Brahms And Rachmaninoff
Hoang Pham Plays Brahms and Rachmaninoff City Recital Hall, Sydney October 16, 2016 Making his debut solo recital in Sydney, Melbourne pianist Hoang Pham, winner of the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year in 2013, mesmerised his audience with music by the great Romantics. Hoang Pham plays with the exuberance of youth but…
Concert Review: Groove Sessions/ The Idea Of North
The Idea of North – Groove Sessions Independent Theatre, North Sydney, 18 February 2018 Written by Paul Bennett With an impressive collection of albums of various styles, ARIA awards and an extensive fan base in Australia and overseas, The Idea of North can lay claim to being one of the premier vocal groups in Australia….
CD review ‘Spheres’: Music meets metaphysics
“The Heavenly Spheres make music for us,…….All things join in the dance!” Gustav Holst Having recently recorded Max Richter’s re-composition of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons for Deutsche Grammophon, violinist Daniel Hope looks to the elements yet again for inspiration in this recording called Spheres (DG 0289479 0571), which debuted at number 3 in the US BIllboard…
Concert Review: Under Cover of Darkeness/ Castalia Vocal Consort
Under Cover of Darkness/ Castalia Vocal Consort Glebe Town Hall 18 June 2022 Vocal consort Castalia, under the fine artistic direction of soprano Amy Moore, returned after their splendid premiere performance in February 2022 with an equally dazzling concert. This time the songs were all linked to the central theme of “nocturnal landscapes and wanderings.”…
