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Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra – Simply put, a treat

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra | Midsummer Dreams 4 August , 2023, Music Auditorium, School of Music Monash University Clayton Campus PROGRAM Felix Mendelssohn – Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op.21 Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No.8 in F major, Op.93 Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 Scottish It seems a little coincidental that I would

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Peter Hagen

MSO’s dreamy Berlioz

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique July 14, 2023, Melbourne Recital Centre Jaime Martín conductor Alexandra Oomens soprano Stephanie Dillon mezzo-soprano Gondwana Voices Lyn Williams AM children’s chorus director Program Michael Atherton Shall we Dream? Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream: incidental music (excerpts) Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique in five movements One expects the conductor after walking on to wave his

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Ron Ringer

Review: The Metropolitan Orchestra, surely one of Sydney’s finest…

The Metropolitan Orchestra | Reminiscing 5 March, 2023, Marrickville Town Hall First, the good news: last Sunday TMO worked its magic at Marrickville Town Hall.  Now, the bad: they won’t be back until 28 May. This was yet another hugely enjoyable concert performance from The Metropolitan Orchestra, surely one of Sydney’s finest.  The impressive line-up of accomplished musicians under the

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Daniel Kaan

Australian Haydn Ensemble’s String Quartet, a generous sonorous whole

Australian Haydn Ensemble String Quartet | Haydn’s Sun and Mendelssohn’s Stars February 19, 2023, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House Skye McIntosh, violin Matthew Greco, violin Karina Schmitz, viola Daniel Yeadon, cello Aside from the heavenly bodies of the title, the unifying theme of this concert is the fugue. As a foretaste from the master, the AHE Quartet played the first

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Brad Slater

MSO with Christian Li – a fine night of music making for audiences both young and old

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | MENDELSSOHN AND BRAHMS Friday December 2nd 2022, Hamer Hall Sir Andrew Davis – conductor Christian Li – violin Ensuring the tradition and richness of the classical western art music tradition, and indeed the future of our Australian orchestras, continues cannot be taken for granted. Friday night’s concert with the MSO was totally encouraging in the way

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TMO premiere Keyna Wilkins ‘ethereal’ Solar Triumvirate

Mendelssohn is one of many composers, in my opinion, who wrote a lot of average material and the occasional brilliant piece. His violin concerto and Hebridean overture are two of the latter and so is the music he composed for Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” which opened Friday’s concert held by The Metropolitan Orchestra at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. A quiet

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Sydney Mozart Society, another intriguing, exciting programme from Tinalley

Sydney Mozart Society | Tinalley String Quartet November 3, 2022, The Concourse, Chatswood A larger than average audience attended the latest recital in the excellent series of Sydney Mozart Society concerts. Clearly many were aware of the reputation of the Tinalley Quartet and the enticing programme. The eponymous composer’s string quartet in D minor started the programme. Three of the

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Pepe Newton

5 Stunning New Programs from Selby & Friends in 2023

Season 2023 Promises 5 Stunning New Programs   Selby & Friends is delighted to announce the 2023 Season of five intimate chamber music programs around the country – at City Recital Hall in Sydney, The Salon at the Melbourne Recital  Centre for Evening and Matinee series, Elder Hall & the Flinders Street Church (Tour 1 only) in  Adelaide, St Jude’s

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Ron Ringer

NSSO: Joy, pathos, deep reflection, glory and sheer exuberance

North Sydney Symphony Orchestra | A Hebrew Celebration Featuring Bel a cappella 24 September, 2022, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney The notion of music as theatre is something that’s always interested me. It takes us beyond merely the act of ‘listening’ to a concert, obliging us instead to reckon with the entire spectacle. Each and everyone has a job to do and

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Tony Burke

Faultless, Phoenix Collective return to Green Point

Phoenix Collective Quartet | Enlightenment June 12, 2.30pm, Greenway Chapel, Green Point The Phoenix Collective returned to Green Point with a more conventional but nonetheless eclectic programme which was much appreciated by a local audience. The performers entered the stage in turn, first the cellist Andrew Wilson who switched on an antique metronome as a backdrop for Sally Whitwell’s “Toward”

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Jane Downer

Review: Bendigo Chamber Music Festival’s Thrilling Gala Opening

Bendigo Chamber Music Festival Opening Gala – Summer Nights Series 1 Wednesday 3rd February 2021 The Bendigo Chamber Music Festival’s Opening Gala for their Summer Nights Series 1 featured a programme of music in a myriad of styles covering early Baroque, forays into the Romantic era, traditional folk, and 20th-century jazz. Co-Directors of the BCMF, Howard Penny and Chris Howlett

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