UTZON MUSIC 2025 : ANNIE JACOBS -PERKINS 12 OCTOBER 2025

This Utzon Room Sunday afternoon concert curated by Genevieve Lacey introduced us to American cellist Annie Jacobs-Perkins.   She is a delightful young virtuoso, with multiple awards, and razor sharp playing.  Annie plays with starry uplifted eyes and a beguiling

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ALBUM REVIEW: ‘SWIRLING FLAME’ – ELYSIAN FIELDS

Above: Electric viola da gambist, Jenny Eriksson, who compose the ‘Swirling Flame’ suite on this album and curated the album’s elements.

A ‘swirling flame’ conjures up timeless imagery that illuminates a dark night, aburns bedside during recovery, brightens a path …

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GREGG ARTHUR UP CLOSE AT THE LOUNGE CHATSWOOD

In October, 2017,  I first heard singer Gregg Arthur on his CD Last Call which I reviewed for The Australian. Subsequently I heard him at the Camelot Lounge, where I was mightily impressed by his live singing on stage. …

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ELYSIAN FIELDS: SWIRLING FLAME

This is the third album from Sydney-based Elysian Fields, an ensemble that gives the term ‘fusion band’ a whole new, and somewhat indefinable, dimension. In their music, you can hear a world of baroque, jazz, modern classical, and folk influences, …

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