Skye McIntosh

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Alan Holley

A delight to be in the Utzon Room with AHE’s quartets

Australian Haydn Ensemble | Haydn’s Sunrise March 17, 2025, The Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW Skye McIntosh – Artistic Director and violin Matthew Greco – violin Karina Schmitz – viola Daniel Yeadon – cello HAYDN String Quartet Op. 76 No. 4 in B flat major Sunrise BEETHOVEN String Quartet Op. 18 No. 1 in F major FANNY MENDELSSOHN (HENSEL)

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Daniel Kaan

AHE’s committed and energetic Passion

Australian Haydn Ensemble | Haydn’s Passion December 1, 2024, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW PROGRAM Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in F minor The Passion Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major K. 216 CPE Bach: Symphony in E minor Wq.178 Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A Major K. 201 ARTISTS Australian Haydn Ensemble Skye McIntosh – Director & Violin

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Will Evans

Australian Haydn Ensemble’s symphonies in chamber form a real treat

Australian Haydn Ensemble | Beethoven’s Fifth  June 30 2024 | City Recital Hall, Sydney / Australian Digital Concert Hall “What’s on the menu this arvo darl?” “Bocconcini?” “No, no, it’s Boccherini, he’s rococo don’t you know?” So goes my imagined conversation between Cremornese matrons attending this afternoon’s concert. Judging by the number and volume of steel grey bobs and signature

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Heidi Hereth

This concert was DIVINE! AHE Heavenly Sopranos

Australian Haydn Ensemble | Heavenly Sopranos Tuesday April 16, 2024, City Recital Hall, Sydney NSW Although it is tempting to play with words around Celeste, Skye and Heavenly, I will simply say this concert was DIVINE! The AHE with Skye McIntosh and Matthew Greco on violin, Karina Schmitz on viola, Anton Baba on cello, Pippa Macmillan on double bass, Simon

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Heidi Hereth

Cheeky joyfulness of the Australian Haydn Ensemble quartet

Australian Haydn Ensemble | Love and Devotion February 18, 2024, Utzton Room, Sydney Three string quartets, each expressing different aspects of love and devotion, were on this eponymous evening program by the Australian Haydn Ensemble in the Utzon Room. Skye McIntosh introduced the program, saying there was more to ‘Love and Devotion’ than romantic, passionate love – there was also

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Will Evans

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

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Heidi Hereth

AHE’s Die Stille Nacht inspired and delighted

Australian Haydn Ensemble | Die Stille Nacht June 19, 2023, City Recital Hall, Sydney “Die Stille Nacht” may sound like a German Christmas carol, but in fact describes Christ’s agony on the Mount of Olives. This cantata, by Telemann, formed the centre piece of the Australian Haydn Ensemble’s eponymous concert performed at the City Recital Hall on a still winter’s

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Alan Holley

The Australian Haydn Ensemble is clearly a treasure…

Australian Haydn Ensemble | The Mozarts, The Haydns and the Bear April 30, 2023, City Recital Hall, Sydney Roland Peelman, guest conductor Jacqueline Porter, soprano Andrew Goodwin, tenor Skye McIntosh, lead violin The Australian Haydn Ensemble’s concert at the City Recital Hall looked on paper to be one that would  suit people who like music from the time of Mozart

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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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Pepe Newton

John Bell and AHE bring Haydn to life

Australian Haydn Ensemble with John Bell | Haydn Speaks October 16, 2022, City Recital Hall How was it that Joseph Haydn, one of twelve children born to a poor wheelwright, became the toast of Vienna and London? AHE’s production Haydn Speaks tells the tale of the great composer’s life. Acclaimed thespian John Bell is Haydn, speaking to his audience from

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Jacqui Smith

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.

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Alan Holley

A sustained ovation for The Creation

The Creation Franz Joseph Haydn Australian Haydn Ensemble Sydney Chamber Choir Roland Peelman – conductor Alexandra Oomens – soprano, Andrew Goodwin – tenor, James Ioelu bass-baritone City Recital Hall, May 1, 2022 A work for choir, orchestra and three vocal soloists that takes 150 minutes to perform is a work from a distant past. I doubt any large choir or

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Heidi Hereth

Australian Haydn Ensemble’s fireworks!

Australian Haydn Ensemble, Viennese Star March 19, 2022, Utzon Room, Sydney It was a privilege to be in the Utzon Room on such a beautiful evening to see the postponed concert by the Australian Haydn Ensemble,  Mozart:Viennese Star.  The concert comprised of three different string quartets from the 1780’s by three composers who respected and admired each others’ work. The

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Jane Downer

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

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Australian Haydn Ensemble’s Perfect Rainy Day Menu

On a cold and rainy Sunday, most people would prefer to be indoors and rugged up. But at a time when live music is experiencing the revival it desperately needs, I and many others jumped at the chance to see the Australian Haydn Ensemble perform live at City Recital Hall. Celebrating their first return to concert stages in over a

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Review | Australian Haydn Ensemble Dreamed Away

Australian Haydn Ensemble: Haydn’s Dream Melbourne Digital Concert Hall 8th October 2020 Australian Haydn Ensemble’s livestream concert on Thursday night was the perfect way to relax and dream away the week. Broadcast through Melbourne Digital Concert Hall, the concert was part of their residency with Create NSW and the National Art School at the Old Darlinghurst Gaol. The Cell Block

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Heidi Hereth

With Sara Macliver, the Australian Haydn Ensemble stunningly interpret the Delirium of Love

After a picnic lunch in the sunny Botanic Gardens, it was only a small step in the imagination to be transported to an eighteenth-century garden to listen to Scarlatti’s Concerto Grosso No. 3 from Six concerti in seven parts, which opened the Australian Haydn Ensemble’s fourth concert series, Delirious Love. Written in a major key (F), it was most likely

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Australian Haydn Ensemble with a French Twist

On Sunday June 2, the Australian Haydn Ensemble performed an interesting program with a “French Twist” at the Independent Theatre in North Sydney. This included works with a French connection by Mozart and Haydn, paired with works by little known and rarely performed composers Jadin and Devienne, plus the more well-known Rameau, whose Cinquième Concert from Pieces de Clavecin en

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