With all the frisson of a live recording, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s newest release A Celtic Christmas, from their 2013 Christmas concerts at Sydney’s City Recital Hall and released on the ABC Classics label (ABC 481 1317), is a refreshing collection of seasonal music that goes beyond traditional fare. Paul Dyer’s indefatiguable capacity to curate…
There is a new musical premiering in Sydney, written by two young composers and aimed at creating fresh material for future performance by secondary schools. Just A Second is a musical written by Alice Chance and Will Yaxley. Together, they are striving to provide fresh, relevant musical theatre for young people and Just a Second is aimed…
The Marais Project has commissioned a number of new works in 2014 to celebrate its 15th anniversary year. The first of these new pieces is by composer and viola da gambist Alice Chance whose work “Mathematics of Motion” will receive its world premiere at the Marais Project’s season launch, “Rameau”. Philip Pogson caught up with…