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Pepe Newton

Volare Ensemble’s premiere concert shows a choir we hope to hear more from

Volare Ensemble | Ripples and Reflections 8 June 2026, Glebe Town Hall, NSW In 20 years’ time, I hope I’ll be saying I was at the first concert of Volare Ensemble. This was the first outing of a young choir with real musical instincts, strong foundations and a great deal of potential. Their concert, Ripples and Reflections, introduced Volare as

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Pepe Newton

High praise for The Song Company + Eamonn Dougan’s programming

The Song Company | Love’s Four Seasons 15 June 2025, Blackheath Uniting Church, NSW Eamonn Dougan’s Love’s Four Seasons is the kind of program that goes beyond simply exploring music, it explores humanity. I was lucky enough to catch the final performance of this series, touring Newcastle, Wollongong, Canberra, Sydney and the Blue Mountains, performed in Blackheath on a crisp

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Daniel Kaan

A satisfying and energetic performance from SSO Fellows

Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellows | Bach, Stravinsky and Spohr 11 April 2025, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW PROGRAM JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.3  in G Major, BWV 1048 Stravinsky:  Concerto in E flat “Dumbarton Oaks ” Monteverdi arr. Mase: Four Madrigals Spohr: Nonet  in F major, Op.31 ARTISTS Conductor: Timothy Constable Musicians of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra 2025 Sydney Symphony Fellows

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Claire Matthews

Camerata Take Us on a Journey Through a Labyrinth 

Camerata, Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra | Davide Monti: Baroque Labyrinth November 14, QPAC, Brisbane, QLD As yet another Brisbane thunderstorm rolled in, pelting Southbank with rain, I sought refuge in the QPAC Concert Hall for an evening of baroque chamber music.  Camerata, Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra, partnered with violin virtuoso Davide Monti and baroque harpist Maria Christina Cleary to present a bold,

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Daniel Kaan

The Song Company, “ecstatically sung; a thrilling performance”

The Song Company| Fire Songs and Madrigals 21 September 2024, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW ARTISTS Susannah Lawergren – Soprano Amy Moore – Soprano Christie Anderson – Mezzo Soprano Timothy Reynolds – Tenor Hayden Barrington – Baritone James Fox – Bass PROGRAM Carl Crossin Part Needle, Part Thread Morten Lauridsen 6 Madrigali “Fire Songs” Claudio Monteverdi Ecco mormorar l’onde

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Clive Lane + Marjory Ellsmore

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Chamber Singers present fine examples of the Italian Baroque

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Chamber Singers | Voices of the Italian Baroque August 16, 2024, St James’ Church, Sydney, NSW Conductor: Brett Weymark St James’ Church is one of the larger churches in Sydney, and on this Friday night, with rather threatening weather, it was full to the brim with an audience eager to hear the 40-voice Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Chamber

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Pepe Newton

A Luminous Journey Through Love with Luminescence Chamber Singers

Luminescence Chamber Singers | Glass Heart  March 20, 2024, The Neilson, Walsh Bay, NSW At the stylish and elegant Neilson theatre in Walsh Bay Luminescence Chamber Singers presented an enchanting program that delicately wove together 500 years of love songs and break-up anthems. From Renaissance madrigals to the contemporary arrangements of P!NK and Sting, the evening was a heartfelt exploration

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Daniel Brace

A great buzz of energy from La Compañia’s Baroque of Venice

La Compañia – The Baroque of Venice 17 February 2024, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne La Compañia brought the party to the Melbourne Recital Centre on a buzzing Saturday night in Melbourne with a program of the best hits and dance music of Venice in the early baroque.  Danny Lucin as director and cornetto player – cornetto being the unicorn of

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Alan Holley

Grazie Bach Akademie Australia! Just perfect

Bach Akademie Australia | Grazie in Grazia Sunday 13 November, 2022, Our Lady of Dolours, Chatswood Madeleine Easton – director Susannah Lawergren – Soprano Brianna Louwen – Soprano Hannah Fraser – Alto Stephanie Dillon – Alto Richard Butler – Tenor Koen Van Stade – Tenor Andrew O’Connor – Bass Jack Stephens – Bass In a 100 year old church in

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Pepe Newton

17th Century devotion through a 21st lens – Divisi was utterly mesmerising

Divisi Chamber Singers + Ensemble Ancien | Jonah Oct 30, 2022, Collingwood Town Hall   One might be confused by the impressive though seemingly impenetrable façade of the Collingwood Town Hall, however a discreet ramp off to the side of the building makes the entrance fully accessible to concert goers which is always a pleasure to see on a heritage

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Alan Holley

Review: The musically delightful Castalia Vocal Ensemble launches in Sydney

Hotheads and Lovers Saturday February 12, 2022 – Ambush Gallery, Waterloo When a new vocal ensemble launches on the concert scene it is cause for celebration and when this group is as skilled and as musically delightful as CASTALIA VOCAL ENSEMBLE then concertgoers everywhere should take notice. For an emerging group the ensemble work was nothing short of astonishing. In

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Review: The musically delightful Castalia Vocal Consort launches in Sydney

Hotheads and Lovers Saturday February 12, 2022 – Ambush Gallery, Waterloo When a new vocal ensemble launches on the concert scene it is cause for celebration and when this group is as skilled and as musically delightful as CASTALIA VOCAL CONSORT then concertgoers everywhere should take notice. For an emerging group the ensemble work was nothing short of astonishing. In

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Pepe Newton

Marais Project: Blending the old and the new in the Art of Monody

At 3pm Sunday May 16,  2021, at Mosman Art Gallery The Marais Project present ‘The Art of Monody’ featuring the world premiere of ‘Christchurch Monody’ by Gordon Kerry. Founder and principal artist Jenny Eriksson speaks about the upcoming concert. For more than 30 years now I have been exploring the music of the French baroque, and particularly the music of

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Claire Matthews

Queensland Baroque’s Radiance shone brightly through a drizzly Brisbane afternoon

Queensland Baroque: Radiance shone brightly through a drizzly Brisbane afternoon on Sunday. The concert took listeners on a musical journey, rediscovering the Baroque period. The lush melodies radiated through the historic church, as the sunlight struggled through the stained-glass windows. Queensland Baroque was founded in 2018 as an orchestra for Baroque lovers with period-style instruments. Queensland Baroque is only in

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