Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra | Viennese Vogue March 17, 2023, The Neilson, Walsh Bay On a very hot (38ºC) evening it was a pleasure to step into the cool new home of the ACO - The Neilson, on Pier2/3, Walsh Bay. It was the perfect space for the...
Articles + Reviews By Heidi Hereth
The Song Company’s joyful voices in the Crypt
The Song Company | Fullness of Joy November 19, 2022, The Crypt at St Mary's Cathedral St Mary’s Cathedral Crypt was packed to the arches, when Francis Greep introduced the final program in the Song Company’s Underground series. Due to the wonderful acoustics of the...
Welcome back to Sydney Chamber Music Festival… what a wonderful evening!
Sydney Chamber Music Festival | Revival October 16, 2022, Manly Art Gallery After a three year hiatus due to Covid, it was a pleasure to see the Sydney Chamber Music Festival return to the Manly Art Gallery & Museum, where we were surrounded by the wonderful...
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra – Sweet, rich, mellow, like Viennese chocolate
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra | Tempestuous Skies August 24. 2022, City Recital Hall We were pleased that the skies were NOT tempestuous when we made our way to the City Recital Hall to experience Tempestuous Skies with the Australian Romantic &...
Bel a cappella full of light and radiant optimism
Bel a cappella | Vidi Aquam August 21, 2022, St Augustine's Balmain With guests Coro Innominata As the clear winter light filtered through the rose window of St. Augustine’s Catholic Church in Balmain, we were bathed in “spiritual light” through the evocative...
Selby & Friends’ Archduke brings cheer and warmth
Selby & Friends | The Archduke July 19, 2022, City Recital Hall, Sydney Eagerly anticipating the arrival of Kathryn Selby’s friends, Natalie Chee and Julian Smiles onto the stage of the City Recital Hall, we were informed by Kathy that, most unfortunately,...
An ‘Entangled’ evening with Jessica O’Donoghue
The Song Company: Up Close | Entangled June 24, 2022, Wharf 4/5, Dawes Point The Song Company Studio at Wharf 4/5 at Dawes Point was quickly filling up with an enthusiastic crowd coming to see Entangled, a “Close-up” performance by Jessica O’Donoghue. It was a...
The infectious exuberance of the Byron Mark Septet
Byron Mark Septet | ODYSSEY album launch June 18, 2022, Surry Hills There was an air of noisy excitement as the anticipating crowd waited for their hero to come onto the stage for this sell-out concert. Byron Mark had been preparing for this moment for four years, as...
A glittering winter’s evening with Sounds of Vienna
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra June 15, 2022, City Recital Hall, Sydney To recreate the Sounds of Vienna from the nineteenth century, the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra assembled eight specialists in historical music performance from...
Secret chamber music with lusty gusto
Australian Chamber Choir | Secret Chamber May 22, 2022, Art Gallery of NSW On a cool and damp Sunday evening, it was a pleasure to enter the Art Gallery of NSW to hear the Australian Chamber Choir. The theme and title of this concert was “Secret Chamber”, performed in...