Concert Review 2: Britten’s ‘War Requiem’/Sydney Symphony/Ashkenazy

……and this from Murray Black in The Australian.

……and this from Murray Black in The Australian.
Playing a Fazioli concert grand-piano, Tsang impressed with his technical wizardry and versatility through Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Impressionist repertoire.
Dido’s Lament is the debut release by pianist Joe Chindamo and violinist Zoë Black on their newly formed recording label Mo’OzArt. For the ‘classically’ trained Black and Chindamo, the pianist with the reputation as a jazz musician, it is a fusion of styles which seeks to shatter pre-conceptions and create what Chindamo describes as a…
Halcyon’s Waves III is is an important record of the pioneering work that Halcyon has accomplished in substantially broadening the canon of contemporary Australian song.
This review was first published in June 2013. The album contains four motets by composers whose music Julia Lezhneva will perform during her October tour of Australia with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. “From time to time a really outstanding talent appears and I believe that Julia Lezhneva is just that. The brilliance of her voice…
Bittersweet Obsessions: Monteverdi and Bach Australian Brandenburg Orchestra City Recital Hall 25 October 2017 The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Bittersweet Obsessions: Monteverdi and Bach is an engaging pastiche of early and baroque music, performed in a dramatised setting by thirteen members of the orchestra, led by concertmaster Shaun Lee-Chen. Joined by four vocal soloists – New…
The Overcoat Michael, Rosemarie and Constantine Costi, Belvoir Theatre Downstairs, 16 November 2018 Witten by Paul Bennett Re-imaging a classic from a Russian master such as Gogol can be a challenging and risky process especially when you add a change in format to the mix, but Constantine, Michael and Rosemarie Costi have delivered a fresh…