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A Triumphant, Joyful YMS 2024 National Academy

Young Mannheim Symphonists | 2024 National Academy 13 July, 2024, Alfred Felton Hall, Melbourne, VIC From the first punchy Beethoven chords to the joyful finale of Schubert’s Symphony No.9, ‘The Great’, the final concert of the Young Mannheim Symphonists 2024 National Academy on Saturday 13 July, proved a triumph for both the young musicians and the ensemble guiding them: the

Guest Reviewer July 19, 2024

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AHE’s intimate and intense playing lays bare the exultation of this music

Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s 7th 21 August, 2023, Australian Digital Concert Hall BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture Op. 84 (arr. Nicolas Mori) BOCCHERINI String Quintet in C minor Op. 10, No. 3 G. 267 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major Op. 92 (arr. Nicolas Mori) Skye McIntosh, Artistic Director and violin Matthew Greco, violin Karina Schmitz, viola James Eccles, viola

Will Evans August 22, 2023

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Bach Akademie’s passionate exploration of Bach’s solo partitas

Bach Akademie Australia | A Universe of One – The solo sonatas and partitas June 16, 2023, Paddington Uniting Church, NSW and Australian Digital Concert Hall Soloist: Madeleine Easton Smack bang in the middle of a vibrant inner east neighbourhood, with plenty of great pre and post-concert dining options the Paddington Uniting Church is the perfect venue for an evening

Pepe Newton June 17, 2023

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Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, absolute masters…

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra Orchestra | New Perspectives 10 June 2023, Monash University – Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts Beethoven Septet Farrenc Nonet To say that I enjoyed myself at this concert would be a gross understatement. It was the first time I had attended this venue and I was pleased with the choice for this programme. It

Peter Hagen June 12, 2023

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

Tony Burke November 14, 2022

WAM! A superbly composed concert by ANAM

Melbourne Recital Centre and ANAM| Mostly Mozart – WAM!! November 3, 2022, Australian Digital Concert Hall Melbourne Recital Centre and the Australian National Academy of Music (live streamed on Australian Digital Concert Hall) produced an interesting vignette of music focusing on brass instruments from Mozart and earlier under the “Mostly Mozart” banner. WAM!, an acronym of Mozart’s initials, is a

Tony Burke November 10, 2022

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Australian Haydn Ensemble brings symphonies into my sitting room

Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Eroica Mon 8 August, 2022 | ADCH (live at City Recital Hall) The pandemic was great for one thing – being able to watch a beautiful concert in the comfort and warmth of one’s home when the sniffles return. Thanks Australian Digital Concert Hall for this last minute option B for those under the weather.

Jacqui Smith August 9, 2022

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The virtuosic fervour of Van Diemen’s Band

Van Diemen’s Band – Bach Concertos Thursday 30th June 2022, ADCH livestream – Palais Theatre Franklin, Tasmania A newly purchased harpsichord, hand-crafted from the Spanish workshop of Titus Crijnen was the centrepiece of the Bach Concertos programme given by Van Diemen’s Band at the historic Palais Theatre Franklin in Tasmania’s Huon Valley, streamed live through the Australian Digital Concert Hall. Formed

Jane Downer July 4, 2022

A truly great performer – Jayson Gillham at Melbourne Recital Centre

Melbourne Recital Centre Great Performers 2022 – Jayson Gillham – Bach & Chopin Live streamed on Australian Digital Concert Hall, Monday 6 June 2022 7.30pm We can claim concert pianist Jayson Gilham as our own even though the Queenslander is now based in London where I hope I can catch up with him when I visit shortly. My appetite was

Tony Burke June 8, 2022

Willems’ Carnaval full of feeling and mood

Gerard Willems | Carnaval March 31, 2022, Australian Digital Concert Hall Carnaval is a very early piano piece by Schumann but to my mind transcends anything he wrote subsequently. Carnaval is a pre-Lent festival in Germany in which there are masked balls featuring characters like Pantalon and Columbine, and Schumann incorporates these figures into sections adding composers such as Paganini

Tony Burke April 2, 2022

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Camerata reimagines the Four Seasons

Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra presented an evening of evocative musical landscapes on Saturday night. The concert was presented both live at QPAC and streamed on Australian Digital Concert Hall. Despite the rain and floods lashing Brisbane, Camerata forged ahead with a concert that celebrated music of the seasons. Naturally, the concert had to start with Spring from Vivaldi’s The

Claire Matthews February 27, 2022

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Review: Sinking Cities, an impressive new work

Camerata and The Australian Voices Sinking Cities Composer: Rafael Karlen Libretto: Pearly Black World premiere performance on Australian Digital Concert Hall, Streamed live from Judith Wright Arts Centre, Brisbane, Friday 11 February, 7:30pm The 1,750 km Tigris River flows from the Armenian Highlands in Turkey, skirts Syria and flows into Iraq and through Bagdad. Eventually, after joining the Euphrates, where

Daniel Kaan February 12, 2022

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Review: Mozart’s Prague, luxuriant sounds loaded with dramatic verve

Australian Haydn Ensemble – Mozart’s Prague Saturday 18th December 2021 Sydney Recital Hall – Australian Digital Concert Hall Skye McIntosh, Artistic Director and Concert-master of the Australian Haydn Ensemble compiled a ‘bold’ programme with Mozart’s Prague by virtue of the brilliant superiority, refined craftsmanship and exacting demands of the repertoire. The concert was streamed live from the City Recital Hall

Jane Downer December 21, 2021

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