Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Mozart and Bruckner 9 April, 2025, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW It’s refreshing to see the continuing trend of opening a concert with a composition by […]
Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Dvorak and Tchaikovsky March 9, 2025, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW The KPO followed the now customary programming by starting the year with a work by a […]
Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | Wonder November 24, 2024, The Concourse Chatswood, NSW Brahms Violin Concerto In D Major Op. 77 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 In C Minor Op. 67 I occasionally dream […]
Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Rhapsody in Blue & Scheherazade NOV 17, 2024, The Concourse, Chatswood I have often wondered how the bird sounds so typical of Peter Sculthorpe’s music are produced […]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Elgar’s Enigma Variations October 26, 2024, Sydney Opera House, NSW NICOLAS ELLIS conductor NOBUYUKI TSUJII piano It’s surprising that when one looks at the list of […]
North Sydney Symphony Orchestra | September Concert September 28, 2024, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney, NSW The friendly rivalry between the North Sydney and the Willoughby Symphony Orchestras (surely two of the […]
Sydney Mozart Society | Daniel Herscovitch and Clemens Leske September 18, 2024, The Concourse, Chatswood Programme MOZART Adagio and Fugue for two keyboards in C minor, K 426 BARTÓK 7 […]
Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Mozart & Brahms August 25, 2024, St Ives Uniting Church, NSW An exciting programme at St Ives Uniting Church included my favourite symphony, Brahms no 2, […]
Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | Rhapsody July 27, 2024, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW The Willoughby Symphony Orchestra under its now famous conductor Dr Nicholas Milton goes from strength to strength. I […]
Selby & Friends | Jewels in the Crown July 14, 2024, Turramurra Uniting Church, NSW An Antarctic blast did not prevent a full house for the latest in the Selby […]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Alexander Melnikov performs Shostakovich June 23, 2024, Sydney Opera House PROGRAM SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture Piano Concerto No.1 R STRAUSS Don Juan Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks ARTISTS […]
Sydney Mozart Society | Southern Cross Soloists May 29, 2024, The Concourse Chatswood, NSW Imagine a typically high standard Mozart Society concert, then add an all-Mozart programme brilliantly conceived, plus […]
Selby & Friends | Luminaries 11 May, 2024, Turramurra Uniting Church, NSW A celebration, not a farewell, applies to the imminent retirement of the Goldner Quartet who seem to be […]
Sydney Chamber Choir | Mozart’s Reqiuem April 28, 2024, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW The question is often asked, ‘What marvellous music would we have heard from Mozart if he […]
Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | Emperor April 20, 2024, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW This was a particularly well-balanced concert from the WSO with three unfamiliar works followed after an interval by […]
The Orchestra Project | MAHLER 3 Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney, NSW I doubt if Gustav Mahler knew of P.T Barnum but he certainly followed his maxims. […]
The end of an era can be mourned or celebrated and the audience at Sydney Mozart Society’s latest concert certainly chose the latter course, giving the Goldner Quartet a great […]
Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Mahler 2, Resurrection March 17, 2024, The Concourse, Chatswood NSW I frequently wonder why Mahler started his symphonic works with the aptly named The Titan and […]
