Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | MENDELSSOHN AND BRAHMS Friday December 2nd 2022, Hamer Hall Sir Andrew Davis - conductor Christian Li - violin Ensuring the tradition and richness of the classical western art music tradition, and indeed the future of our Australian...
Articles + Reviews By Brad Slater
Lisa Gerrard’s soaring vocal perfection
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Immortal Diamond Oct 5, 2022, Hamer Hall Melbourne Lisa Gerrard, Paul Grabowsky, MSO, conductor Benjamin Northey "Immortal Diamond was largely composed during the dark winters of lockdowns and can perhaps be understood as a secular...
MSO’s Harold in Italy showcases virtuosic viola
MSO | POETRY IN MUSIC August 19, 2022, Hamer Hall Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Jaime Martín conductor Christopher Moore viola Berlioz, Harold in Italy Coffee, laneways, Chris Moore playing viola. Melbournians love them all. We've even (almost) forgotten that for a...
Evergreen Ensemble’s Snow in Summer provided many colours
'Snow is Summer’ pays homage to the windswept landscapes and islands of Scotland. The program drew together music from folk and art music traditions, moving between hauntingly beautiful melodies, toe tapping folk tunes and a contemporary Australian commission. The...
Ana de la Vega’s Mozart Myslivecek Flute Concertos with English Chamber Orchestra
Recording the Mozart Flute Concertos is a bold move. Every professional flutist knows these works and they are the most commonly requested concerto for any professional orchestral audition. Likewise, they have been recorded superbly many times. Rampal and Nicolet gave...
Melbourne Musicians’ high quality performance of a balanced and varied program
What a privilege it is to attend a concert in a group’s 42nd season. The Melbourne Musicians were established in 1975 by artistic director Frank Pam and today presented a balanced yet varied program in St John’s Southgate. Opening with little known Italian baroque...
Peninsula Summer Music Festival’s Suite Française full of refined and sensitive playing
The Suite as a musical form was central to French instrumental music in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. An introductory prelude would be followed by a series of dance movements. Today's program gathered individual movements from different composer's into three...
Peninsula Summer Music Festival: Concerti Grossi was a Sunday afternoon outdoor baroque treat
Attracting 300 or so audience members to a classical concert is quite an achievement. As artistic director of the Peninsula Music Festival and appearing as violin soloist, Julia Fredersdorff should be feeling extremely happy and proud. Often outdoor classical concerts...
Melbourne Recital Centre Great Performers Series – Nicolas Hodges
Nicolas Hodges – Piano 27 August 2014 For those in the audience who had rushed to make it into the city for a mid-week recital the Six Bagatelles (Op. 126) by Beethoven were a perfect way to open this performance. This set of miniatures provided contrasts of mood...
Dialogue: The Art of Elegant Conversation
The Elysium Ensemble: Greg Dikmans (flutes) and Lucinda Moon (violin) Refinement and exquisite musical dialogue were certainly the order of the day as Greg Dikmans and Lucinda Moon presented a program of duets and two solo works. Both performers engaged the audience...