Sweeney Todd is about obsession. Todd is obsessed with revenge. Mrs Lovett is obsessed with respectability and Judge Turpin is obsessed with his ward Joanna. They will all do what […]
A farewell concert can be both a joyous and sad occasion. On Saturday 24 May there was a lot of joy, much love and a suitable modicum of lamentation in […]
New Fashions Josie and the Emeralds with Lyra viol specialist, Sarah Mead (USA) Glebe Town Hall, 29 March 2014 For even the most enthusiastic of music lovers being confronted by […]
British Birds and Beasts and Bards, The Great Hall, the University of Sydney 25 and 26 March 2014 The Renaissance Players is one of the venerable musical institutions in Sydney. […]
Ensemble Vinifera – Independent Theatre, Sunday 16 February 2014 And the ship sailed on… What does an ensemble do when a key player calls in sick on the morning of […]
Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner Conductor: Peitari Inkenen Director: Neil Armfield Opera Australia, Arts Centre Melbourne, November 2013 The Music If Wagner had been born a […]
This was the third and final of the series for 2013. The first had the theme of modernism. Alan Holley, the curator and one of the featured composers said there […]
Contemporary music can be challenge for many, for others it a declaration that music is for now and not just to be preserved an aural museum. Sometimes presenters of contemporary […]
There is something special about an a capella group that sings religiously-inspired music in a church with a generous acoustic, without too much reverberation. Thus it was at the Paddington […]
From Thursday to Saturday last week I had a broad range of musical experiences. From Don Pasquale, to Michael Kieran Harvey and the Flying Dutchman. Here is Part 1 On […]
