Nicholas Parle | A Golden Age of Keyboard Music August 25, 2024, St Brigid's Marrickville, NSW On an overcast afternoon in inner west Sydney, I had the pleasure of attending a rather unique concert titled A Golden Age of Keyboard Music, given by harpsichordist...
Orange Chamber Music Festival | Folk Fables and Pleasures Thursday March 7 | Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange NSW The opening concert of the Orange Chamber Music Festival on Thursday night was titled Folk Fables and Pleasures. It certainly was a pleasure to witness...
Orange Chamber Music Festival | Gala Concert Saturday March 9 | Civic Theatre, Orange, NSW A highlight of this year's Orange Chamber Music Festival was the Saturday night Gala at the Civic Theatre. It showcased "the universal language of music in a display of sound,...
Orange Chamber Music Festival | March 7 to 10, 2024 Wow, another Orange Chamber Music Festival has finished, the fourth so far, and isn't it going places, covering not just music but the visual arts, performing arts, and food & wine! It combined all that is great...
A Viennese Bouquet: Music for flute and piano | Melissa Farrow and Erin Helyard Featuring two well-known Australian exponents of period instruments, flautist Melissa Farrow and fortepianist Erin Helyard, playing modern reproductions of their respective instruments...
Emily Granger and Sally Walker | Something Like This CD released October, 2023 In their first CD collaboration, flautist Sally Walker and harpist Emily Granger combine the old with the new. In fact, the old is presented in a fresh new light with arrangements and...
The Beecroft Orchestra | Spring Gala September 17, 2023, Cheltenham Girls' High School, NSW In the light-filled spacious new Cheltenham Girls' High School hall on a hot Sunday afternoon, many members of the local community enjoyed the Spring Gala held by Beecroft...
Mozart composed a set of 6 String Quartets, dedicated to his mentor, Josef Haydn, in 1782-85, the second of which is the only one in a minor key and which Australia's own Acacia Quartet skilfully pairs with a contemporary work by young Australian composer Alice Chance...
Emily Granger, a well-known American harpist now residing in Australia, has released her debut solo album, In Transit, on the independent boutique label Avie and what a treat it is! Extensive sleeve notes (available in English, German, and French) elucidate our...
Bach Akademie Australia | Obbligato Sonatas Holy Name Church Wahroonga, June 20, 2021 On a cold, wet, and windy winter's afternoon, the audience at the Parish of the Holy Name Church Wahroonga were treated to 5 of the 6 JS Bach's Sonatas for Violin and Obbligato...