The Song Company’s ‘Sunken Dreams’ reviewed

Peter McCallum reviews The Song Company’s Sunken Dreams for the Sydney Morning Herald:

Peter McCallum reviews The Song Company’s Sunken Dreams for the Sydney Morning Herald:
The Magic of Paul Dean The Flinders Quartet The Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House October 29, 2014 The waves of Sydney harbour – at times serene, at times restless – provided the perfect backdrop to the themes of the Flinders Quartet’s presentation The Magic of Paul Dean in the Utzon Room of the Sydney…
The ‘Fab Four’ of chamber music, France’s Modigliani Quartet, returned to Sydney to perform under the auspices of Musica Viva earlier this week. Hamstrung by an injury to resident cellist François Kieffer on the rain washed streets of Paris during the week before they left for Australia, the tour was salvaged by friend and colleague…
ANAM: Mendelssohn and Brahms – Hero Works for Strings Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House Faculty and Musicians of Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM – Melbourne) 7 May, 2017 Written by Victoria Watson The programme: Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (1827) Josephine Chung and Kyla Matsuura-Miller – Violin/ Caroline Henbest…
The performance by living legend Jordi Savall and his early music ensemble Hespèrion XXI in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House not only entertained and transfixed the auience, it was a masterclass in early instrumental performance and a rare opportunity to hear an expert ensemble of early instuments playing this specialist repertoire.
Bach and his world Tafelmusik Music Viva City Recital Hall, Sydney June 4, 2018 During the course of its three tours to Australia for Musica Viva, the Toronto based baroque ensemble Tafelmusik has garnered a formidable reputation for its expert performances interwoven with captivating imagery and compelling story-telling. The latest conception, Bach and his world…
Pianist Hélène Grimaud’s recent recording Water, is an intensely pleasurable album which, at one level is a purely visceral experience which beckons you to immerse yourself in its calm and cooling waters, emerging cleansed and refreshed. At another level, it serves as an elegant reminder of the fragility of our environment and the preciousness of…