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 …
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 …
The works presented at this splendid concert, Beethoven’s violin concerto and Schubert’s Symphony No 4 were united by a common factor: both works were relatively unsuccessful during the lifetimes of the composers, and only came to the fore well after …
Above pic : The Utzon Room at the Sydney Opera House regularly features musicians of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing in recital. Pic Jay Patel
‘Cocktail Hour with Handpicked Wines’ is a relatively new program from the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. …
3 ½ stars
The City Recital Hall was crammed to the rafters last night. The crowd were keen to see the much anticipated opening to the tour “Cocteau’s Circle” with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Based around the …
Above: ‘Open Horizons’ is a recording of the complete piano music to date by Keyna Wilkins, pictured.
So what happens when you are Keyna Wilkins – multi instrumentalist, cultural collaborator, busy teacher and composer and you need to choose a …
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. …
Above: Bosch’s triptych, ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ was the launching pad for this programme by Luminescence Chamber Singers. Featured image: members of Luminescence Chamber Singers. Image: Creswick Collective.
It is a rewarding, delightful and rich experiential garden to be …
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, …
Some productions revisit the past. Others reframe it. This RENT, directed with clarity and emotional precision by Shaun Rennie, does something far more arresting: it reclaims the present. It doesn’t merely revive Johnathan Larson’s musical, it ignites it, demanding …