Sydney Chamber Choir | Heirs & Rebels 28 September, 2024, Sts Peter and Paul Old Cathedral, Goulburn After several busy weeks, including an interstate move, an afternoon in the newly renovated Sts Peter and Paul Old Cathedral in Goulburn was just the Salve. I have...
The Golden Age of Broadway | Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Stars of the Stage May 6, 2023, Sydney Opera House Sydney Philharmonia Choirs’ Artistic Director, Brett Weymark, celebrated 20 years of glorious choral music with a night of classics from the Golden Age of...
Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Eroica Mon 8 August, 2022 | ADCH (live at City Recital Hall) The pandemic was great for one thing – being able to watch a beautiful concert in the comfort and warmth of one’s home when the sniffles return. Thanks Australian...
Ensemble Offspring | Time as Revelator Sat 16 July, 2022 | Carriageworks ‘Twas a brisk Winter’s evening in Sydney, but this did not curb the enthusiasm of the full house for Ensemble Offspring’s latest large-scale performance, in partnership with Carriageworks....
Innocence and Experience | Sydney Chamber Choir Saturday 26 June, The Neilson, ACO Pier 2/3, Walsh Bay What a treat to be able to hear a concert in an amazing new performance space, on a sunny, winter’s afternoon on the revamped Pier 2/3 in Walsh Bay. The new space,...
Bach Akademie Australia | The Weapons of Rhetoric Sunday 12 June, Our Lady of Dolours, Chatswood A wise choice was made to change our tickets for the sunny Sunday afternoon concert in a previously unknown church in Chatswood. Bach always sounds better in a church, and...
I had been looking forward to reviewing this concert ever since the 2018 brochure appeared in my letterbox. English music of around 400 years ago is simply divine. It’s the music of Shakespeare’s time, and the music dramatic. Our program started in near darkness with...
Love indeed knows no boundaries – and the music heard tonight was some of the most sorrowful on earth, but sung and played with such beauty. Lamentations and libations (at interval) were promised and the capacity Great Hall audience did not suffer. It was great to see...
I was sad to miss the first collaboration in 2015 of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Circa. Who doesn’t like a circus? This time I was looking forward to hearing some old tunes from the Brandenburg’s CD Tapas and some brand ‘new’ Spanish baroque works with...
I first met young conductor Sam Allchurch on a tour bus in 2003, travelling around the United States with Gondwana Voices. Tonight’s guest conductor would sit next to me on the bus and we discuss in detail the music we were performing and what he was going to do when...