‘The Lighthouse’ reviewed

Sydney Chamber Opera recently presented a superb production of The Lighthouse by Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies, highy commended by those who saw it.
Peter McCallum reviews it for the Sydney Morning Herald:
Click here to read.

Sydney Chamber Opera recently presented a superb production of The Lighthouse by Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies, highy commended by those who saw it.
Peter McCallum reviews it for the Sydney Morning Herald:
Click here to read.
In her newest recording Cinema, chanteuse Nadia Piave brings the luscious music of European cinema right into the intimacy of your lounge room. Accompanied variously by the piano, the guitar and violin, Nadia sings some of the most classic songs from European cinematic gems that represent the best in film direction and soundtracks. The 16…
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons must surely be one of the most recorded works in history. Amazon’s listing of available recordings stretches to over 2000. It is a work that represents a coming of age for any violinist aspiring to a solo career. Perlman, Kennedy, Jansen, Shaham and Mutter have added their names to the roll…
The Australian Haydn Ensemble completed its New South Wales and ACT tour of its Beethoven’s Fifth program in Sydney on a jubilant high with a compelling performance at Sydney’s City Recital Hall.
Handel & Delirious Love Australian Haydn Ensemble/ Sara Macliver Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 29 September 2019 With the concert season nearly at an end for 2019, it is safe to say that the Australian Haydn Ensemble’s Handel & Delirious Love programme was decidedly one of the highlights of my musical year. Performing on…
Peter McCallum reviews the Australia Ensemble for the Sydney Morning Herald. (Even the SMH makes typos!) http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/review/gig/australia-ensemlbe-20120318-1vdnw.html
“Oh, we’re your real opera buffs! Give us tunes that we can hum!” So plead the Lyricists in the prologue of Prokofiev’s madcap opera The Love for Three Oranges, whilst the Tragedians demand “blood and thunder…sex and souls” and the Comedians angle for “genuine comedy”. Sadly for the Lyricists, Prokofiev did not write many “tunes…