Independent reviews, by musicians.

Playing to a packed house last evening (Monday 7 th November) in Sydney were clarinetist Sabine Meyer and the Modigliani String Quartet. How is…

Try referring to a piece of music by its key and opus number and you can be met with a blank look…

As always, The Idea of North delight listeners with their  new CD. Their freshness,  purity of tone and unerring pitch, blend like…

Last week, Sydney Camerata commemorated its third anniversary with a concert they called Metamorphosen,which culminated in the eponymous work for 23 strings by…

As the final notes of Ravel’s String Quartet faded, I wondered what might have coursed through the minds of the players in…

As one lothario’s time in Sydney comes to an end, another moves in. The Sydney Theatre company’s production of the Brecht/Weill Threepenny…

“Baroque Duets” a new CD release, has a lot to say for itself. First and foremost, it is a superb compilation of…

“The poem has not been completed until set to music” – Goethe. If Art Song needs to be re-invented to survive and…