Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | Maestro October 18, 2025, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW I was looking forward to the bravery of the WSO in programming Mahler's first symphony aptly named "The Titan" and my favourite by a long chalk. I noticed with interest that there...
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Harry Bennetts performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto October 9, 2025, City Recital Hall, NSW The beginnings of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto did not augur well, as was common at the time - witness Mozart’s “Linz” Symphony - the orchestra did...
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Mozart & Beethoven 30 August, 2025, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, NSW Pre-concert talks. usually by well-informed amateur musicologists are often well-attended. As a novelty, the talk before Saturday’s concert was given by the SSO’s...
Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | A Night at the Oscars 16 August, 2025, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW I have often wondered why so many talented composers restrict their output to film music. I imagine what it would be like to have a concert with a Piano Concerto by...
Nexas Quartet | Gershwin Album Launch 9 August, 2025, Utzon Room, Sydney, NSW Four saxophones sound a bit excessive, but not when you hear them played by Nexas, a quartet which has performed with few changes for over twenty years. Indeed, the sounds were so...
Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | Ode to Joy 2 September, 2025 | The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW No musical event has attracted so much attention and literature as the first performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in Vienna in May of 1824. He started its composition two...
Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | Odyssey June 22, 2025, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW PROGRAM Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante, K.364 Smetana - The Moldau (Vltava) Dvořák - Symphony No. 8 In G, Op. 88 ARTISTS Dr. Nicholas Milton AM - Conductor Ji Won Kim - Soloist Caleb...
Sydney Mozart Society | Seraphim Trio May 28, 2025, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW Following the lamented retirement of the Goldner Quartet, the Seraphim Trio would be contenders for the longest lasting Australian chamber music group. Formed in Adelaide in 1995, they...
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Stephen Hough Performs Brahms May 16, 2025, Sydney Opera House, NSW If anyone deserves the middle name “versatile” it is Sir Stephen Hough. He is a successful author poet, portrait painter and above all composer - his piano concerto makes...
Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | The Lark Ascending May 4, 2025, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW The programme for the latest WSO concert could by no stretch of the imagination be called conventional which of course added to its appeal. The effusive Sarah Penicka-Smith...