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Musical Storytelling in Musica Viva’s Chopin’s Piano 

Musica Viva Australia | Chopin’s Piano July 13, 2023, QPAC Chopin’s Piano, presented by Musica Viva on Thursday at QPAC, was an evening of musical storytelling that brought Chopin’s biography […]

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Selby, Haveron and the majesty of the Kreutzer

Sydney Mozart Society | Kathryn Selby and Andrew Haveron May 25, 2023, The Concourse, Chatswood Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata is a momentous work – what other work has a book and a […]

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CD Review: Quercus Trio – Australian Horn Trios

[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] QUERCUS TRIO Carla Blackwood horn, Elizabeth Sellars violin, Rhodri Clarke piano ROGER SMALLEY (1943–2015) – Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano (2000–2002) [23’06] LARRY SITSKY (born 1934) – […]

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Morpheus, a dreamy new work from Alan Holley

Friday Music at St Stephen’s | Richard Rourke 21 April, 2023, St Stephen’s Macquarie St, Sydney How many times have I rushed past St Stephen’s church at lunchtime on a […]

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Sydney Mozart Society’s brave programming wins fans

Sydney Mozart Society| Clemens Leske and Daniel Herscovitch Friday 14 April, The Concourse Chatswood It was brave of the Sydney Mozart Society to put on a programme of music for […]

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Music She Wrote, Concert 1: Equal moments to shine

Music, She Wrote – night 1 – Tuning In March 30, 2023, Alpha60, Melbourne In its third year, 3MBS’ Music, She Wrote Festival has quickly become one of the chamber […]

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SSO – Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue was a revelation

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue; New York Stories Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House 17 March 2023 Conductor: Andrea Molino, Piano: Simon Tedeschi Firmly rooted in jazz and heavily […]

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SSO a jewel, but Marie-Ange Nguci stole the night

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Pictures at an Exhibition March 8, 2023, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House MIHHAIL GERTS conductor MARIE-ANGE NGUCI piano MIRIAMA YOUNG Reflections on the Harbour Light SAINT-SAËNS […]

Camerata pulls on our heartstrings

Camerata | Heartstrings Saturday February 25, QPAC, Brisbane Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra presented a romantic evening of chamber music on Saturday night in the QPAC concert hall. Heartstrings was […]

Southern Cross Soloists shine in ‘City of Lights’

Southern Cross Soloists | A Night in Paris Sunday February 26, 2023, QPAC, Brisbane Southern Cross Soloists presented an exquisite program of chamber music inspired by Paris on Sunday afternoon […]

Sally Greenaway to premiere new work at Bowral Autumn Music Festival

Canberra-based composer Sally Greenaway is set to make a mark at the Bowral Autumn Music Festival, which will include premieres of new works by Greenaway and other Australian composers, such […]

Danaë Killian – A true servant of the music

St Stephen’s Friday Music, 10 February 2023 Danaë Killian (pianoforte) Goldberg Variations, BWV988Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Melbourne pianist Danaë Killian was meant to perform the Goldberg Variations, BWV988 by JS […]

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Adam McMillan on ADCH – Exhilarating!

Adam McMillan | An Evening of Chopin Nov 9, 2022, Australian Digital Concert Hall Adam McMillan is best known to Melbourne audiences as a recitalist, chamber musician and soloist. He […]

Brisbane Music Festival brings together dynamic writing, poetry, and music

Brisbane Music Festival – ‘When We Speak’ Sunday 30 Oct , 2022, Fortitude Valley Poetry and chamber music collided in Brisbane Music Festival’s When We Speak on Saturday afternoon. Held […]

5 Stunning New Programs from Selby & Friends in 2023

Season 2023 Promises 5 Stunning New Programs Selby & Friends is delighted to announce the 2023 Season of five intimate chamber music programs around the country – at City […]

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Ian Munro gets heads a-bobbing and hearts racing

Sydney Mozart Society: Ian Munro in Recital 6 October 2022, Concourse Concert Hall, Chatswood Mozart, Mozart, alles Mozart, as far as the eye can see. The Sydney Mozart Society, presenting […]

Virtuosic skill from Southern Cross Soloists at QPAC

Southern Cross Soloists | White Nights Sunday Oct 2, 2022 | QPAC Southern Cross Soloists (SXS) took audiences on an emotional journey through Russian and Australian chamber music on Sunday […]

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Grunstein – a pianist who revels in colour and expression

Sarah Grunstein | A piano recital Thursday, September 22, 2022 | Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House PROGRAM Beethoven: Sonata in D minor, Op. 31. No. 2, Tempest Beethoven: Sonata in […]

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Claire Matthews

Musical Storytelling in Musica Viva’s Chopin’s Piano 

Musica Viva Australia | Chopin’s Piano July 13, 2023, QPAC Chopin’s Piano, presented by Musica Viva on Thursday at QPAC, was an evening of musical storytelling that brought Chopin’s biography to life.  Partly a piano recital and partly a play, Chopin’s Piano is an adaption of Paul Kildea’s book. It’s a theatrical retelling of the story of the piano on

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Selby, Haveron and the majesty of the Kreutzer

Sydney Mozart Society | Kathryn Selby and Andrew Haveron May 25, 2023, The Concourse, Chatswood Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata is a momentous work – what other work has a book and a sonata by another composer named after it?  Just as the Eroica Symphony did, it changed the course of classical music. It is probably no coincidence that each work was deemed too

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Alan Holley

CD Review: Quercus Trio – Australian Horn Trios

[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] QUERCUS TRIO Carla Blackwood horn, Elizabeth Sellars violin, Rhodri Clarke piano ROGER SMALLEY (1943–2015) – Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano (2000–2002) [23’06] LARRY SITSKY (born 1934) – Barerq (1984) 4’05 ELENA KATS-CHERNIN (born 1957) – Velvet Revolution (1999) [15’49] GORDON KERRY (born 1961) – No Abiding City (2001) 12’01 DON BANKS (1923–1980) – Trio for Horn, Violin

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Pepe Newton

Morpheus, a dreamy new work from Alan Holley

Friday Music at St Stephen’s | Richard Rourke 21 April, 2023, St Stephen’s Macquarie St, Sydney How many times have I rushed past St Stephen’s church at lunchtime on a Friday busy getting to the next ‘important’ thing in my day? I can’t count, but this Friday I stopped at the little A-frame sign saying, “RECITAL TODAY 1:10 to 1:50”

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Sydney Mozart Society’s brave programming wins fans

Sydney Mozart Society| Clemens Leske and Daniel Herscovitch Friday 14 April, The Concourse Chatswood It was brave of the Sydney Mozart Society to put on a programme of music for four piano hands and their bravery was rewarded in spades. Clemens Leske and Daniel Herscovitch both teach at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and have performed together several times. Clemens

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Pepe Newton

Music She Wrote, Concert 1: Equal moments to shine

Music, She Wrote – night 1 – Tuning In March 30, 2023,  Alpha60, Melbourne In its third year, 3MBS’ Music, She Wrote Festival has quickly become one of the chamber music highlights in Melbourne’s musical calendar. Celebrating a diverse range of music by women composers, this brilliant festival, curated by the well known violist Katie Yap, kicked off last night

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SSO – Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue was a revelation

Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue; New York Stories Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House 17 March 2023 Conductor: Andrea Molino, Piano: Simon Tedeschi Firmly rooted in jazz and heavily slanted towards New York in the early 20th century, this popular program was a sell-out and clearly loved by performers and audience alike. The opening piece was the only non-American

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SSO a jewel, but Marie-Ange Nguci stole the night

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Pictures at an Exhibition March 8, 2023, Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House MIHHAIL GERTS conductor MARIE-ANGE NGUCI piano MIRIAMA YOUNG Reflections on the Harbour Light SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No.2 MUSSORGSKY arr. RAVEL Pictures at an Exhibition The stunning pianism of the young Albanian-born virtuoso Marie-Ange Nguci stole the night and the affection of the audience at

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Claire Matthews

Camerata pulls on our heartstrings

Camerata | Heartstrings Saturday February 25, QPAC, Brisbane Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra presented a romantic evening of chamber music on Saturday night in the QPAC concert hall.  Heartstrings was a fitting title for a program full of warmth and passion that really tugged on our heartstrings. It brought together classical and contemporary works for a thoroughly enjoyable evening.  The

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Claire Matthews

Southern Cross Soloists shine in ‘City of Lights’

Southern Cross Soloists | A Night in Paris Sunday February 26, 2023,  QPAC, Brisbane Southern Cross Soloists presented an exquisite program of chamber music inspired by Paris on Sunday afternoon in the QPAC concert hall.  City of Lights explored music from one of the world’s most romantic cities, Paris. It brought together works by French masters Debussy and Ravel, alongside

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Sally Greenaway to premiere new work at Bowral Autumn Music Festival

Canberra-based composer Sally Greenaway is set to make a mark at the Bowral Autumn Music Festival, which will include premieres of new works by Greenaway and other Australian composers, such as Andrew Ford and Elena Kats-Chernin. The festival will run from Thursday 23 March to Sunday 26 March It celebrates chamber music repertoire performed by some of Australia’s most highly

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Alan Holley

Danaë Killian – A true servant of the music

St Stephen’s Friday Music, 10 February 2023 Danaë Killian (pianoforte) Goldberg Variations, BWV988Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Melbourne pianist Danaë Killian was meant to perform the Goldberg Variations, BWV988 by JS Bach in early 2020 but like so much of recent times, Covid got in the way.  Thankfully, she was able to perform it in the wonderful Friday Music series at

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Adam McMillan on ADCH – Exhilarating!

Adam McMillan | An Evening of Chopin Nov 9, 2022, Australian Digital Concert Hall Adam McMillan is best known to Melbourne audiences as a recitalist, chamber musician and soloist. He has won multiple awards and can count among his teachers three “knights” namely Andreas Schiff, Stephen Hough and Imogen Cooper. On the excellent Australian Digital Concert Hall platform he performs

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Claire Matthews

Brisbane Music Festival brings together dynamic writing, poetry, and music

Brisbane Music Festival – ‘When We Speak’ Sunday 30 Oct , 2022, Fortitude Valley Poetry and chamber music collided in Brisbane Music Festival’s When We Speak on Saturday afternoon. Held in the Holy Trinity Hall in Fortitude Valley, this was a refreshing and stimulating concert. Presented in collaboration with Brisbane Writer’s Festival, this concert featured three new chamber music compositions,

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5 Stunning New Programs from Selby & Friends in 2023

Season 2023 Promises 5 Stunning New Programs   Selby & Friends is delighted to announce the 2023 Season of five intimate chamber music programs around the country – at City Recital Hall in Sydney, The Salon at the Melbourne Recital  Centre for Evening and Matinee series, Elder Hall & the Flinders Street Church (Tour 1 only) in  Adelaide, St Jude’s

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Ian Munro gets heads a-bobbing and hearts racing

Sydney Mozart Society: Ian Munro in Recital 6 October 2022, Concourse Concert Hall, Chatswood Mozart, Mozart, alles Mozart, as far as the eye can see. The Sydney Mozart Society, presenting an all-Mozart program by pianist Ian Munro, whose stated his favourite composer is: you guessed it… Mozart. Amazing though Mozart is, this reviewer would not normally be that interested in

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Claire Matthews

Virtuosic skill from Southern Cross Soloists at QPAC

Southern Cross Soloists | White Nights Sunday Oct 2, 2022 | QPAC Southern Cross Soloists (SXS) took audiences on an emotional journey through Russian and Australian chamber music on Sunday afternoon in the QPAC Concert Hall. White Nights featured music from Russia’s great classical composers alongside contemporary Australian music. SXS were joined by special guests including pianists Konstantin Shamray and

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Grunstein – a pianist who revels in colour and expression

Sarah Grunstein | A piano recital Thursday, September 22, 2022 | Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House PROGRAM Beethoven: Sonata in D minor, Op. 31. No. 2, Tempest Beethoven: Sonata in C# minor, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17 A sold out concert is always something to cheer about and I am sure that Sarah

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