Selby and Friends | Triple Treat (an all Beethoven program) August 28, 2024, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW Artists: Kathryn Selby (piano), Susie Park (violin), Timo-Veikko Valve (cello) The Piano Trio in B-flat, Op. 11 was originally scored for clarinet rather than...
Articles + Reviews By Daniel Kaan
Australia Ensemble with classical accordianist James Crabb – what a master!
Australia Ensemble UNSW | Concert with James Crabb 17 August 2024, John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW ARTISTS: David Griffiths, clarinet Dimity Hall, violin Julian Smiles, cello James Crabb, accordion (guest artist) PROGRAM: Ernest BLOCH | Prayer from 'From Jewish Life'...
“I am absolutely in awe of the precision and musicality of Ensemble Offspring”
Ensemble Offspring | Light and Matter 3 August 2024, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW Program: Bree van Reyk – Remnant Magnetism (2024) Kaija Saariaho – Light and Matter (2014) May Lyon – Do Na Chaill (2024) Georges Aperghis – Wild Romance (2013) Performers: Claire...
SSO’s excellence on display with Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony 2 August 2024, Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Program: LIZA LIM Salutation to the Shells (50 Fanfares Commission) PROKOFIEV Sinfonia Concertante TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4 Artists: PIETARI INKINEN conductor...
SYD FEST 24 Bach and the Artists – a delight, with a visual bonus
Sydney Festival: Temperament series | Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Bach and the Artists 27 January, 2024, The Neilson, Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay The Sydney festival is presenting an interesting series of seven concerts, broadly based around the music of JS Bach. In...
SYD FEST 24 Benjamin Skepper – mesmerising and profound
Sydney Festival: Temperament series | Benjamin Skepper: Praeludium y Fuga remixed 27 January, 2024, The Neilson, Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay The Sydney festival is presenting an interesting series of seven concerts, broadly based around the music of JS Bach. In this, the...
SYD FEST 24, An interesting program of Bach and those inspired by him
Sydney Festival: Temperament series | Andrew Bukenya: Bach in Colour 27 January, 2024, The Neilson, Pier 2/3 Walsh Bay, NSW The Sydney Festival is presenting an interesting series of seven concerts, broadly based around the music of JS Bach. In this, the fourth of...
Anne-Sophie Mutter and SSO, a truly memorable musical experience
SSO | Anne-Sophie Mutter and the music of John Williams 9 November 2023, Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Sydney Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Simone Young Violin: Anne-Sophie Mutter PROGRAM: Bernard Herrmann: Vertigo – Suite (1958) John Williams: Violin Concerto No.2...
A well deserved standing ovation as Australia Ensemble marks the end of an era
Australia Ensemble | Carnival of the Animals October 21, 2023, John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW Program: Maurice RAVEL | Mother Goose Suite (1908/10) arr. Munro (2001) Ross EDWARDS | White Cockatoo Spirit Dance (1994) Wolfgang MOZART | Piano Sonata K448 in D major for two...
‘Clear as a bell’ VOX in an impressive performance
VOX | The Little Match Girl Passion 4 October 2023, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conductor: Elizabeth Scott Piano: Luke Byrne Program: DEBORAH CHEETHAM FRAILLON and MATTHEW DOYLE: Tarimi Nulay – Long time living here LUKE BYRNE: The Six Swans Four Songs from Grimm’s NAOMI...