Steve Reich reviews

Peter McCallum reviews the Steve Reich Celebration for the SMH:
…and from Murray Black at The Australian:

Peter McCallum reviews the Steve Reich Celebration for the SMH:
…and from Murray Black at The Australian:
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.”…
Twilight Musical Dialogues Musical Luminati ‘Bach in the Dark’ Adamstown Uniting Church Friday June 15th, 2018 Twilight Musical Dialogues hosted the second instalment of its 2018 ‘Musical Luminati’ series entitled ‘Bach in the Dark’. For this concert, flautist Sally Walker was joined by cellist Rachel Scott and featured young artist, oboist Christopher Pantelidis. They presented…
Maxim Vengerov, violin and Roustem Saitkoulov, piano Musica Viva 70th Anniversary Gala Recital Tour Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House December 11, 2015 There is something enigmatic about Maxim Vengerov in performance. His powerful build seems at odds with the fragility of the 1727 ex-Kreisler Stradivari tucked under his chin and the slender bow he glides…
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Dmitry Sinkovsky, violin 26 July 2017, City Recital Hall, Angel Place Written by Larry Turner Dmitry Sinkovsky has acquired a substantial reputation in Europe and North America both as a violinist and a counter-tenor. On this 2017 tour for the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, it is his virtuosity as a violinist that is…
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin 26 October 2016, City Recital Hall, Angel Place Written by Larry Turner Two years ago the Israeli-born mandolin player Avi Avital gave a very successful series of concerts with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Now he has returned to a celebrity welcome from the ABO’s Artistic Director, Paul Dyer, who…
Something momentous happened on the opera stage this week. It was the debut in a major role, in Sydney, on the stage of the Opera House, of soprano Anna-Louise Cole, who sang the role of Turandot in Opera Australia’s eponymous production.