Balmain Sinfonia | Enigmas and Fairytales September 21, 2024 | Leichhardt Town Hall Monica Buckland, conductor I must admit that I am a friend of Balmain Sinfonia and I assist with their front-of house on concert day. However, when classikON said their reviewer...
Music 4 Medicine September 7, 2024, Wollongong Town Hall, NSW It is a well-documented fact that music, whether performed or actively listened to, acts as a powerful medicine, contributing to an individual’s wellbeing. So it was a completely appropriate congruence that...
Melbourne Baroque Orchestra Classical Quartet | The Emergence of the String Quartet 27 July 2024, St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Richmond If Haydn is the acknowledged ‘father’ of the string quartet, did he conceive of the form or simply nurture it to maturity? If the...
Young Mannheim Symphonists | 2024 National Academy 13 July, 2024, Alfred Felton Hall, Melbourne, VIC From the first punchy Beethoven chords to the joyful finale of Schubert’s Symphony No.9, 'The Great’, the final concert of the Young Mannheim Symphonists 2024 National...
Australian Youth Orchestra | Mood: Mahler and Wagner July 14, 2024, Melbourne, VIC If you’ve been to an Australian Youth Orchestra (AYO) concert previously, you’ll know what a joyous experience it is to be a part of. There is a shared enthusiasm and generosity of...
Of the Body | Luminescence Chamber Singers July 3, 2024 Primrose Potter Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre Though it was presented in a standard format and in a traditional concert venue, this program by the six-voice, Canberra-based Luminescence Chamber Singers was...
Croissants & Whiskey 30 May, 2024, Kensington Town Hall, VIC Brought to life by ‘prog-baroque’ quartet Croissants & Whiskey and the Continuo Commissioning Circle, the world premiere of Kym Dillon’s S.P.I.R.I.T.S was well worth braving the cold drizzle on a...
Moirai Ensemble | Bundanon Residency Preview Sunday 12 May, 2024, Glasshouse Gallery, VIC On a classic chilly Naarm/Melbourne autumn evening with the borealis lighting up the skies, a crowd headed down a cobblestone laneway lined with converted factories into a...
Ensemble Offspring | Avant Gardens I April 27, 2024, A Backyard in Inner West Sydney, NSW In their first Avant Gardens performance of the year, Ensemble Offspring leveraged the innate intimacy of this ‘house concert’ series to offer the audience a wonderfully eclectic...
Coro Austral and Associate Artists | Solamente Tango (Only Tango) April 28, 2024, Ashfield Town Hall A bustling suburban downtown strip gave way to a portal that, for today, would provide two hours of other worldly delight! An unexpected gem, the Ashfield Town Hall...