Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra | Heavenly Mozart CD Released November 10, 2023 The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra’s Heavenly Mozart recording features two of Mozart’s supremely popular orchestral pieces - his Piano Concerto in A major no....
Articles + Reviews By Jane Downer
The virtuosic fervour of Van Diemen’s Band
Van Diemen’s Band - Bach Concertos Thursday 30th June 2022, ADCH livestream - Palais Theatre Franklin, Tasmania A newly purchased harpsichord, hand-crafted from the Spanish workshop of Titus Crijnen was the centrepiece of the Bach Concertos programme given by Van...
‘Borderlands’ manifestly defined the mood of current times
Van Diemen’s Band - Borderlands Monday 9th May, 2022 Musica Viva National Livestream - City Recital Hall, Sydney For Julia Fredersdorff (Van Diemen’s Band’s Artistic Director) living in Tasmania, the initial idea for Borderlands arose from the shutting down of...
Easter Oratorio: Bach’s imagination magnificently vitalised
Bach Akademie Australia - Bach's Easter Oratorio Friday 8th April 2022 - Australian Digital Concert Hall As we approach the Crucifixion of Passion season, the Bach Akademie Australia gave us a prospective sighting of the Resurrection and hope of salvation with J S...
Christ Church St Laurence’s Passion shows superlative artistry
The Muffat Collective & Choir of Christ Church St Laurence | St John Passion Wednesday 6th April 2022 - Australian Digital Concert Hall Conductor - Sam Allchurch It is a rare treat in Australia to hear Bach’s St John Passion on period instruments, available to...
Review: Mozart’s Prague, luxuriant sounds loaded with dramatic verve
Australian Haydn Ensemble - Mozart’s Prague Saturday 18th December 2021 Sydney Recital Hall - Australian Digital Concert Hall Skye McIntosh, Artistic Director and Concert-master of the Australian Haydn Ensemble compiled a ‘bold’ programme with Mozart’s Prague by...
Review: Concertos for Two Harpsichords, testament to a happy alliance
Concertos for Two Harpsichords Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Monday 15th November 2021 Accademia Arcadia musicians Jacqueline Ogeil and John O’Donnell performed 18th-century concertos and vignettes for harpischord duo in a concert from the Melbourne Recital Centre,...
Livestream Review | Baroque Duo, a portent of brighter things to come
Baroque Duo Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Wednesday 15th September 2021 At a time when a whole raft of period-instrument and other performances have been erased from the Australian scene, it took little hesitation to be back watching a Melbourne Digital Concert Hall...
Musica Viva’s exquisitely fragile and brutally beautiful program a resounding success
Konstantin Shamray & ANAM Orchestra, Sophie Rowell and Harry Ward Musica Viva National Livestream Saturday 15th May 2021 Musica Viva’s second national concert tour for 2021 involved a programme of intensely heartfelt music featuring the young violinist and...
Bach Akademie Australia superbly captures Bach’s imaginative brilliance
Bach Akademie Australia - Alleluja Friday 26th March 2021 - Melbourne Digital Concert Hall Bach Akademie Australia’s celebratory programme for Easter was held in St Francis of Assisi’s Church in Sydney’s Paddington, the musicians performing from a semicircular marble...