Diana Doherty and the St Lawrence String Quartet
The SMH reviews Musica Viva’s presentation of Diana Doherty with the St Lawrence String Quartet. They perform again at the City Recital Hall on Saturday April 21st at 2 pm.
The SMH reviews Musica Viva’s presentation of Diana Doherty with the St Lawrence String Quartet. They perform again at the City Recital Hall on Saturday April 21st at 2 pm.
Mozart’s Jupiter The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra City Recital Hall, September 3rd, 2014. The Concerto for Flute and Harp was surely the highlight in this programme of music by Mozart performed by flautist Melissa Farrow and harpist Marshall McGuire with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra conducted from the fortepiano by Artistic Director Paul Dyer AO. The evening comprised…
Australian Haydn Ensemble with Celeste Lazarenko Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House 26 September 2015 Erin Helyard, Director and Harpsichord/ Skye McIntosh, Artistic Director and Violin/ Matthew Greco, Violin/ James Eccles, Viola/Anthony Albrecht, Cello/Jacqueline Dossor, Double Bass/ Melissa Farrow, Flute. Although formed only four years ago, the Sydney-based Australian Haydn Ensemble has established itself as a…
The eagerly anticipated world premiere recording of Peggy Glanville-Hick’s opera Sappho, with libretto by Lawrence Durrell, is at last on the shelves, timed to perfection with the centenary of the composer’s birth on December 29th 2012 (d 25th June 1990). The 2 CD set released by Toccata Classics is a recording of the complete opera…
Cellist Zoe Knighton and pianist Amir Farid add to their anthology of recordings together, with this sixth album titled Schumann Cello, on the Move label. There is a beautiful synergy, passion and tremendous empathy between Knighton and Farid in their performance.
Ascension, Bach Akademie Australia St Francis of Assissi Church, Paddington, Sydney 29 March, 2019 Despite the innumerable words written about the music of J S Bach, there is nothing that touches the soul quite like hearing it performed by those who understand it best. JS Bach’s music brims with inexplicable harmonies and poignant melodies against…
Deborah Jones reviews Sydney Chamber Opera’s production of ‘In the Penal Colony’ by Philip Glass: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/glasss-acute-vision-of-an-ageless-kafka-tale/story-e6frg8n6-1226325228399