The Sixteen reviewed….
The eighteen singers of The Sixteen and their twenty strong instrumental ensemble perform in Sydney:
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/baroque-masters-offer-rich-textures-20120228-1u0rq.html
The eighteen singers of The Sixteen and their twenty strong instrumental ensemble perform in Sydney:
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/baroque-masters-offer-rich-textures-20120228-1u0rq.html
‘The Metropolitan Orchestra, conductor Sarah-Grace Williams Violin soloist Glenn Christensen 20 August 2016, Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo Written by Larry Turner The Metropolitan Orchestra is arguably the doyen of Sydney’s non-salaried symphony orchestras. In the fourth concert of their main 2016 Sydney series they performed just two works which are now standard repertoire but neither of…
Das Rheingold, Richard Wagner Melbourne Opera/Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Livestream, Sunday 4 February 2021. Melbourne Opera’s recent presentation of Das Rheingold, broadcast on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall featured an outstanding team of cast and creatives, delivering an eloquent realisation of the first of Wagner’s quartet of operas that comprise The Ring of the Nibelung. This…
Three Parts Mozart Omega Ensemble, Paul Meyer, clarinet City Recital Hall November 3, 2016 Written By Deen Hamaker The music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is such a fundamental part of the classical repertoire it is easy to forget that he died when he was just 35. He was an incredibly prolific, composing over 600…
Carmen – Georges Bizet Opera Australia Joan Sutherland Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House, June 16, 2016 The neon colours of Vivid met their match last week when a rival kaleidoscope of colour erupted within the Joan Sutherland Opera Theatre for the opening night of Opera Australia’s new production of Bizet’s Carmen. It was a…
Compassion/Nigel Westlake/Lior Sydney Symphony Orchestra ABC Classics 481 0678 First published in March 2014, this review is being re-published in the light of the nomination of ‘Compassion’ by Nigel Westlake and Lior, for Orchestral Work of the Year in the APRA AMCOS Australian Music Centre Art Music Awards for 2014. In October 2013, composer Nigel Westlake was awarded the…
Murray Black reviews Sumi Jo’s recital for The Australian: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/deja-vu-of-the-best-kind/story-fn9d2mxu-1226519854341