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Tudor Choristers present a lovely occasion to see the 2024 season out

Tudor Choristers | Sing Nowell! December 10, 2024, Camberwell, VIC The Tudor Choristers Christmas concert is a tradition which is a great indicator of musical tastes and trends of the year. 2024 is a delightful mixed bag, or allsorts, as mixed lollies were called where I grew up. Music Director Carlos del Cueto assembled a diverse mix of carols and

Daniel Brace December 11, 2024

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Long and loud applause for ACC’s Encores

Australian Chamber Choir | Encores November 3, 2024, St Mary of the Angels Basilica, Geelong, VIC It’s marvellous, you know that moment at the end of a concert when the audience goes mad with applause and everyone claps and claps in the hope of one last parting gift: an encore. Usually it’s a party piece, sometimes familiar or new or

Daniel Brace November 4, 2024

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Sydney Chamber Choir – 90 minutes of choral splendour!

Sydney Chamber Choir | Heirs & Rebels 28 September, 2024, Sts Peter and Paul Old Cathedral, Goulburn After several busy weeks, including an interstate move, an afternoon in the newly renovated Sts Peter and Paul Old Cathedral in Goulburn was just the Salve. I have been a long-time fan of the Sydney Chamber Choir, who turn 50 in 2025. Under the

Jacqui Smith September 29, 2024

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International Organ Series 2024 ends in a contemplative vein

International Organ Series | Final Concert 27 September, 2024, | Scots’ Church, Melbourne, VIC The final concert of this year’s International Organ Series at The Scots’ Church in Melbourne, which is held across the month of September each year, was dedicated to organist Lachlan Redd who was scheduled to perform before his untimely death earlier this year. In his place

Daniel Brace September 29, 2024

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Tudor Choristers’ beautiful musical storytelling

Tudor Choristers | … of Heaven and of Earth 19 September 2024, Camberwell, VIC … of Heaven and of Earth .. is Music Director and Conductor Carlos del Cueto’s second concert with the much loved Tudor Choristers in the beautiful acoustic of St John’s Camberwell. The two concerts (the program is repeated on 25 September at St George’s Church in

Daniel Brace September 23, 2024

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 performance and we were treated to the winning entry for the WSO Young Composer of the year. Voyage

Tony Burke April 22, 2024

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Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra’s 2022 Concert Season

The past two years have taught Rachael Beesley & Nicole van Bruggen, Co-Artistic Directors of Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, a great many things, but what they have learned above all else is how deeply and profoundly they love performing with their dear friends and colleagues, and for you, their loyal friends and audience. So it is with renewed enthusiasm

Pepe Newton November 27, 2021

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Bel a cappella raised a toast to 2020 and its 25th birthday with a ‘Bel’issimo programme of music in store

December 1, 2019, “A Boy Was Born”. What better way to ring in the festive season than with a bit of Britten? Last Sunday I was fortunate enough to sing in the final concert of Bel a cappella’s 2019 program, presenting this epic work (which I should point out was written by Britten at the age of 19) plus other

Pepe Newton December 9, 2019

Australian Chamber Choir’s “Keys to Heaven” showcased their sumptuous sound

In the recently restored and now even more exquisite Christ Church St Laurence, the Australian Chamber Choir presented Keys to Heaven, a concert of music dating from the late 1400’s through to about 1640. The sumptuous sound of one of Australia’s leading vocal ensembles in this visually delightful church transported the enthusiastic audience to another place, another time when music

Alan Holley November 25, 2019

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