Susan Graham’s recital reviewed
David Vance commends Susan Graham’s ambitious programme:
David Vance commends Susan Graham’s ambitious programme:
The Marais Project: Jennifer Eriksson (director and viola da gamba), Mikaela Oberg (baroque flute), Anna Sandström (soprano), Tommie Andersson (theorbo and baroque guitar), Anthony Hamad (harpsichord). 16 October 2016, Recital Hall West, Sydney Conservatorium, Macquarie St, Sydney Written by Larry Turner Concerts by The Marais Project often embark on little-known by-ways of music and…
Schubert’s Trout Omega Ensemble: David Rowden (Co-Artistic Director and clarinet), Maria Raspopova (Co-Artistic Director and piano), Alexandra Osborne (violin), Veronique Serret (violin), Neil Thompson (viola), Paul Stender (cello), Alex Henery (double bass), Ben Hoadley (bassoon), Michael Dixon (horn) 27 July 2017, City Recital Hall, Angel Place Written by Larry Turner One of Schubert’s best-loved works, the Trout Quintet (D.667), was voted number one in ABC-FM’s Classic 100 Chamber Music survey in…
Dance/Chant Celebrating Ross Edwards Sydney Chamber Choir/ Synergy Percussion Sam Allchurch, Paul Stanhope, Nicholas Routley, conductors 4 August 2018 City Recital Hall, Sydney Written by Wendy McLeod This concert celebrated the unique voice of composer Ross Edwards as he approaches his 75th birthday in December. The Sydney Chamber Choir gave a mesmerising account of musical vignettes by both Edwards…
Seraphim Trio Schubert, Schumann and Korngold Independent Theatre, North Sydney 28 October , 2018 Written by Victoria Watson The three core musicians of the Seraphim Quartet augmented their ensemble one by one after performing a piano trio, becoming a quartet and then quintet in this extraordinarily fine concert. Violinist Helen Ayres, cellist Timothy Nankervis and…
The Elixir of Love (L’elisir d’amore) Melodramma giocoso in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti to a libretto by Felice Romani, after Eugène Scribe’s text for Daniel-François-Esprit Auber’s Le philtre (1831); Opera Australia, Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, August 11th, 2014. After a very popular and beautifully executed season of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale in 2013,…
On his new recording Pictures at an Exhibition for ABC Classics, pianist Simon Tedeschi combines two works from the Russian piano repertoire which share their status as masterworks, but which are at opposite ends of the spectrum of complexity. First on the CD is Mussorgsky’s suite of 10 pieces, from which the recording takes its…