Concert Review: Musica Viva/Macliver/The AAM/Egarr
“A glorious mastery over these sometimes-troublesome instruments” says Peter McCallum in the Sydney Morning Herald.
…..and Graham Strahle reviews the Adelaide concert for The Australian
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