CD Review: ‘Alleluia’ – Brilliance and beauty from Julia Lezhneva

CD Review: ‘Alleluia’ – Brilliance and beauty from Julia Lezhneva

This review was first published in June 2013. The album contains four motets by composers whose music Julia Lezhneva will perform during her October tour of Australia with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. “From time to time a really outstanding talent appears and I believe that Julia Lezhneva is just that. The brilliance of her voice…

CD Review: Handel/ Julia Lezhneva/ Il GIardino Armonico

CD Review: Handel/ Julia Lezhneva/ Il GIardino Armonico

This review was first published in December 2015. Julia Lezhneva will perform in Sydney with the Australian Chamber Orchestra at the City Recital Hall. Her concert programme includes Handel’s ‘Salve Regina’ which is on this album.   Russian soprano Julia Lezhneva thrilled Australian audiences when she performed at Hobart Baroque and gave a recital in…

Concert Review: Baroque To Broadway/ Yvonne Kenny/Choir Of St James’

Concert Review: Baroque To Broadway/ Yvonne Kenny/Choir Of St James’

Baroque to Broadway Yvonne Kenny and the Choir of St James’ King Street directed by Warren Trevelyan-Jones St James’ King Street September 10, 2015 It was a marvellous opportunity to hear soprano Yvonne Kenny in the intimate sanctuary of St James’ King Street, when she joined its choir to perform music from Baroque to Broadway….