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Impressive works superbly performed by a brilliant WSO
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 one very popular one. Nothing can be more unfamiliar than a first...
Goldner Variations at Blackheath a hit!
Blackheath Chamber Music Festival | Goldner String Quartet - Beethoven & the Goldner Variations April 19, 2024, Phillips Hall Blackheath, NSW After 30 years the Goldner String Quartet are calling it quits, and unbelievably I had never heard them live in person...
The Orchestra Project’s momentous Mahler 3
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. Don’t put on a conventional concert with a four movement symphony followed by two song...
End of an era for Sydney Mozart Society with the ‘immaculate’ Goldners
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 send-off following their final recital in this series after thirty years of performance....
Cut Paste Play – new musical territories in low-stakes spaces
Cut Paste Play Festival 23-24 March 2024, presented by the music box project, Church Street Studios, Camperdown, Sydney audiences were treated to an mind-bending weekend of new music in the Cut Paste Play festival at Church Street Studios presented by the music box...
An exceptionally poignant and stirring St Matthew Passion with Melbourne Baroque Orchestra
Melbourne Baroque Orchestra | St Matthew Passion 24 March, 2024, Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts, Monash University Michael Fulcher, Christopher Watson, Nicholas Dinopoulos, Amy Moore, Alexander Ritter, Andrew Goodwin, David Greco, Polyphonic Voices, The Choir...
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Festival of Chamber Music 2024 | The Art of the String Quartet
5 May 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm AESTSouth Yarra, VIC Australia + Google Map