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Listen up! An experience that grabbed you by the eyes

Ensemble Offspring | Listen up! Sunday September 11, 6pm | Cell Block Theatre   Unfamiliarity is my friend. Most of us were brought up on music of a classical nature […]

Pidcock and van der Struik – sheer musical brilliance

St Stephens Friday Music September 9, 2022 Gregory van der Struik – trombone Christopher Pidcock – cello In a city with hundreds of topline professional musicians it is surprising that […]

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Halcyon’s 13 new Australian compositions for voice and cello

Halcyon | After Dark Saturday Sept 10, Summer Hill Church Jenny Duck-Chong – mezzo-soprano James Larsen – cello In a concert of 13 new Australian compositions for voice and cello […]

Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the MSO Transported the Audience into a New World

Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the MSO: Mid Season Gala 31 July, 2022, Hamer Hall There was something deeply captivating about cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s performance of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 2 to […]

Selby & Friends’ Archduke brings cheer and warmth

Selby & Friends | The Archduke July 19, 2022, City Recital Hall, Sydney Eagerly anticipating the arrival of Kathryn Selby’s friends, Natalie Chee and Julian Smiles onto the stage of […]

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Orava Quartet’s riveting athleticism

Orava Quartet | Mad Piper – presented by Camerata Saturday 25 June 2022, State Library of Queensland A performance by the multi award winning Orava Quartet is always a treat. […]

Zelman Symphony brings fire and elan to Melbourne suburbs

Zelman Symphony | Saint-Saëns + Dvořák 18 June at 7.30pm, James Tatoulis Auditorium, Kew PROGRAM Saint-Saëns – Havanaise op 83 Saint-Saëns – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso op28 Saint-Saëns – Cello […]

A glittering winter’s evening with Sounds of Vienna

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra June 15, 2022, City Recital Hall, Sydney To recreate the Sounds of Vienna from the nineteenth century, the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra assembled eight […]

Australian Haydn Ensemble’s fireworks!

Australian Haydn Ensemble, Viennese Star March 19, 2022, Utzon Room, Sydney It was a privilege to be in the Utzon Room on such a beautiful evening to see the postponed […]

Musica Viva’s Bernadette Harvey, Harry Bennetts and Miles Mullin-Chivers’ play with sensitivity and passion

City Recital Hall, Sydney March 7, 2022 After battling heavy rain and storms, it was a relief to be welcomed into the City Recital Hall. The Musica Viva concert we […]

A trio of the best musicians in Australia – if not the World

A glorious Autumn afternoon in leafy Turramurra and a live concert featuring three of the best musicians in Australia if not the World – one needed to pinch oneself to […]

CD Review: Christopher Pidcock | Immersed in Bach

One of Australia’s most versatile and thoroughly musical cellists Christopher Pidcock has recently released a wonderfully inventive CD of Bach’s Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat BWV1010 and has […]

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Ron Ringer

Listen up! An experience that grabbed you by the eyes

Ensemble Offspring | Listen up! Sunday  September 11, 6pm | Cell Block Theatre   Unfamiliarity is my friend. Most of us were brought up on music of a classical nature where rhyme and metrics lend themselves to a more immediate understanding. Listen up: it’s quite OK to be pitched out of one’s comfort zone.  Sunday night’s program at the Cell

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Alan Holley

Pidcock and van der Struik – sheer musical brilliance

St Stephens Friday Music September 9, 2022 Gregory van der Struik – trombone Christopher Pidcock – cello In a city with hundreds of topline professional musicians it is surprising that only a small number continue to pursue concerts where they perform solo works and support Australian composers.  Foremost amongst such soloists are Principal Trombone of the Opera Australia Orchestra Gregory

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Halcyon’s 13 new Australian compositions for voice and cello

Halcyon | After Dark Saturday Sept 10, Summer Hill Church Jenny Duck-Chong – mezzo-soprano James Larsen – cello In a concert of 13 new Australian compositions for voice and cello this review will necessarily be brief about some of the works. Some of the music was scheduled to be performed live during the Covid lockdown time and in order to

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Chai Jie Low

Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the MSO Transported the Audience into a New World

Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the MSO: Mid Season Gala 31 July, 2022, Hamer Hall There was something deeply captivating about cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s performance of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 2 to a sold-out audience at Hamer Hall alongside the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. From the dark, brooding opening solo in the lower register of the cello, the wry humour of the scherzo-like

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Heidi Hereth

Selby & Friends’ Archduke brings cheer and warmth

Selby & Friends | The Archduke July 19, 2022, City Recital Hall, Sydney Eagerly anticipating the arrival of Kathryn Selby’s friends, Natalie Chee and Julian Smiles onto the stage of the City Recital Hall, we were informed by Kathy that, most unfortunately, violinist Natalie Chee was in self-isolation since the previous night due to Covid. It was our good fortune

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Orava Quartet’s riveting athleticism

Orava Quartet | Mad Piper – presented by Camerata Saturday 25 June 2022, State Library of Queensland A performance by the multi award winning Orava Quartet is always a treat. As Camerata’s quartet in residence, the group has consistently delivered thrilling and engaging performances. And while the State Library of Queensland was not the perfect venue to showcase the considerable

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Peter Hagen

Zelman Symphony brings fire and elan to Melbourne suburbs

Zelman Symphony | Saint-Saëns + Dvořák 18 June at 7.30pm, James Tatoulis Auditorium, Kew PROGRAM Saint-Saëns – Havanaise op 83 Saint-Saëns – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso op28 Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No 1 op 33 Interval Dvořák – Symphony No 7 op 70 SOLOISTS Roy Theaker – Violin Kalina Krusteva – Violoncello I have said before that I enjoy music

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Heidi Hereth

A glittering winter’s evening with Sounds of Vienna

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra June 15, 2022, City Recital Hall, Sydney To recreate the Sounds of Vienna from the nineteenth century, the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra assembled eight specialists in historical music performance from around the  world. Clarinettist, Nicole van Bruggen, the orchestra’s co-artistic director and general manager, was joined by Anneke Scott, a leading expert historical horn

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Heidi Hereth

Australian Haydn Ensemble’s fireworks!

Australian Haydn Ensemble, Viennese Star March 19, 2022, Utzon Room, Sydney It was a privilege to be in the Utzon Room on such a beautiful evening to see the postponed concert by the Australian Haydn Ensemble,  Mozart:Viennese Star.  The concert comprised of three different string quartets from the 1780’s by three composers who respected and admired each others’ work. The

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Heidi Hereth

Musica Viva’s Bernadette Harvey, Harry Bennetts and Miles Mullin-Chivers’ play with sensitivity and passion

City Recital Hall, Sydney March 7, 2022 After battling heavy rain and storms, it was a relief to be welcomed into the City Recital Hall. The Musica Viva concert we came to see was well worth the effort! Bernadette Harvey introduced the concert and welcomed digital viewers on the Musica Viva live stream. A celebrated pianist, she was joined by

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Tony Burke

A trio of the best musicians in Australia – if not the World

A glorious Autumn afternoon in leafy Turramurra and a live concert featuring three of the best musicians in Australia if not the World – one needed to pinch oneself to be sure it wasn’t a dream. Dene Olding and Julian Smiles are familiar to most as members of the renowned Goldner Quartet and play a 1720 Guarnerius violin and an

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Alan Holley

CD Review: Christopher Pidcock | Immersed in Bach

One of Australia’s most versatile and thoroughly musical cellists Christopher Pidcock has recently released a wonderfully inventive CD of Bach’s Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat BWV1010 and has interspersed with each of the 6 movements a solo cello work by Australian, USA, German and Italian composers that have all been written since the middle of the 20th century.

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