Angela Hewitt reviewed
Peter McCallum reviews Angela Hewitt’s recital for the Sydney Morning Herald:
Peter McCallum reviews Angela Hewitt’s recital for the Sydney Morning Herald:
Kudos to Michael Gow and Musica Viva with Victorian Opera for their creation Voyage to the Moon, a Baroque pastiche with libretto and direction by Gow, and a score constructed by the late Alan Curtis, complemented by Calvin Bowman after Curtis’ sudden death during the project. The chamber opera opened in Sydney this week with…
A Royal Affair Sydney Chamber Choir/ The Muffat Collective Great Hall, Sydney University, 1 June 2019 It was a splendid liaison between music and history when the Sydney Chamber Choir presented A Royal Affair, conducted by newly appointed Music Director, Sam Allchurch. If not for royal patronage, Europe’s rich repository of music would be a…
Peter McCallum reviews the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s The Reef: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/dream-dashed-by-clanging-cymbals-20120724-22n2p.html
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields led by Joshua Bell Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House April 22, 2017 A demonstration of genius was anticipated and well received when American violinist Joshua Bell playing his 1713 Huberman Stradivarius violin with an 18th century François Tourte French bow, led the Academy of St Martin in…
Sydney Sings Brahms- A German Requiem Sydney University Graduate Choir and Guest Choir/ Christopher Bowen OAM -conductor Sydney Town Hall 10 November 2019 Written by Victoria Watson Sydney University Graduate Choir was formed in the 1950s and has evolved in the decades since into a large ambitious ensemble of over one hundred voices. Christopher Bowen…
The Man in the Other Room Acacia Quartet with Anna Fraser, soprano Mosman Art Gallery, November 8, 2015. Lisa Stewart, Myee Clohessy, violins; Stefan Duwe, viola; Anna Martin-Scrase, cello. Last weekend, Acacia Quartet performed the Sydney premiere of a new composition by Newcastle based contemporary Australian composer Ross Fiddes, The Man in the Other Room….