Review: The Mozart K.488 Project/ Da Costa/ ARCO
Both ARCO and Da Costa have provided a brilliantly performed exploration of Mozart’s piano style through Reinecke’s legacy, supported by academic rigor. It is also delightful to listen to. We take meticulous care in preserving paintings and other artifacts of the past. Why not music as well?
Review: Grazie in Grazia/ Bach Akademie Australia
The best Bach Akademie Australia voices that I have heard in their sound and narrative ability. The instrumentalists as ever were exceptional.
Review: Haydn Speaks/ Australian Haydn Ensemble/John Bell
The Australian Haydn Ensemble’s production of Haydn Speaks joined the trend of redefining and re-imagining chamber music by deftly interweaving theatrical elements into the musical performance.
Concert Review: In Bach’s Orbit/Bach Akademie Australia/Harcourt
This was an intelligent and entertaining line-up from an expert performer well-versed her specialist repertoire, proving yet again that there is always something new in the old.
Album Review: Fable/Dennett/Move
Harpist Jacinta Dennett’s solo album Fable features the music of female Australian composers whose lives and work span more than six decades. highlighting the versatility of the harp and its long- overlooked potential as a solo instrument. Dennett is an able performer and makes a serious case for some pieces to garner more attention than they have in the past.
Concert Review: Rays of Light/ Choir of St James’/ Nelson/Knox
“A beautifully curated and concise program which examined its theme from many angles and performance styles with exemplary choral singing.”
Album Review: The Dying Sun/ Move Records
The Dying Sun … has very finely crafted moments from an undoubtedly sure compositional pen.
Concert Review: Winterreise/ Clayton/Golla. Musica Viva
English tenor Allan Clayton and Australian-born, London-based pianist Kate Golla joined forces for a performance of Winterreise, Franz Schubert’s iconic song-cycle with text by poet Wilhelm Müller, sung in German with English surtitles. This remarkable performance deserves unrestrained acclamation.
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.”…