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Heidi Hereth

Bel a cappella’s innovative Acknowledgement makes its world premiere

Bel a cappella | Of a Rose Sing We Dec 10, 2023, St Augustine’s Balmain As usual, Bel a cappella did something unusual and very special when they began their Sunday afternoon concert, Of a Rose Sing We. They sang not of a Rose just yet, but SANG an Acknowledgement of Country, which is usually spoken at the beginning of

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Australian Chamber Choir’s beautifully balanced texture

Australian Chamber Choir | Buckingham Palace November 4, 2023, Basilica of St Mary of the Angels, Geelong A coronation is a religious ceremony of the highest order, and, over several hundred years, the British monarchy have a storehouse of fine music from such royal occasions. Buckingham Palace (the title says it all) is the latest concert from the Australian Chamber

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Yap’s interstellar Black Cockatoos

Katie Yap | Multitudes: Black Cockatoos November 3, 2023, Tempo Rubato The opening concert in Katie Yap’s Multitudes is a tour-de-force through history. Joined by Donald Nicolson, the program spans the entire breadth of western music with a viola and a gamut of keyboards. The program is ambitious and showcases the outstanding skill and musicality of Yap and Nicolson, both

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Daniel Kaan

SSO’s Britten & Prokofiev, a richly engaging Cocktail Hour concert

SSO | Britten & Prokofiev: Rhythmic Movements Performed by members of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, Friday 30 June 2023 This short 50 minute program is part of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s chamber music series know as their “Cocktail Hour” concerts, where selected members of the orchestra prepare works and present them in intimate situations; in

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Pepe Newton

Symonds and The Song Company – simply mind blowing

The Song Company | Songs of Rosa Mystica Friday June 9, 2023, The Neilson, ACO Pier 2/3 Is it possible to grow more intelligent by simply attending a concert? Can music stimulate the synapses and promote neuron connectivity? I certainly felt that way on leaving The Neilson last night. The Song Company’s Songs of Rosa Mystica was mind blowing –

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Camerata – a magnificent and uplifting evening of music and song

Illuminations | Camerata, Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra Thursday 7 July, 2022,  QLD Performing Arts Centre Camerata’s programming is always thoughtful and inspired, often coming from a place of emotion. Illuminations was no exception – a sentimental journey for Artistic Director Brendan Joyce whose memories of playing the Elgar Serenade for Strings in E minor in the early iteration of Camerata formed

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Alan Holley

Superb Castalia Vocal Consort create an experience in sound

CASTALIA VOCAL CONSORT | Under Cover of Darkness Saturday 18 June, 2022,  Glebe Town Hall Singers Chloe Lankshear Amy Moore Stephanie Dillon Chris Watson Louis Hurley Phil Murray Tom Flint On leaving the concert I heard an audience member say, ‘I really enjoyed that concert. I liked all the music and they sang so well.’ The Evening Primrose, a very

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Heidi Hereth

Review: Live at Yours with Wine, Williams and Song

David Greco and Vatche Jambazian Live at Olsen Gallery Feb 24, Presented by Live at Yours The Olsen Gallery was an excellent venue for this intimate recital by David Greco and Vatche Jambazian, both of whom had been performing to acclaim overseas before Covid-19 grounded everyone. After enjoying a glass of Clonakilla Shiraz and a chance to look at the current

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Tony Burke

Review: ‘Les Illuminations’ of the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra | Illuminate City Recital Hall, 19 February, 2021 Could it really be happening – I was sitting in front of a stage about to hear real live music. Of course absence makes the heart grow fonder and particularly when the concert in question featured the Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra. An enticing programme featuring strings

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Lliane Clarke

Selby & Friends’ “The Game Changers” an intriguing and fascinating program of revolutionary composers

Elena Kats-Chernin’s Blue Silence for Piano Trio must be one of the most stunning introductory pieces to a recital. Written in 2006 for her son suffering from schizophrenia, the piece is an exquisite journey into meditation and peace. I defy anyone to listen live to this soundscape that calls up oceans and deep meditative colours and not have their eyes closed

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Selby & Friends’ Kathryn Selby on musical game changing

Selby and Friends’ upcoming tour, The Game Changers, will “explore composers whose influence made a significant impact upon the world of classical music”, with Kathryn Selby joining forces with Australian violinist Susie Park and cellist Julian Smiles to perform “a moving homage to those whose vision was far ahead of their time”. The thread of “changing the game” isn’t necessarily

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