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The Sun sets and rises for the Australian String Quartet
As the sun sets on one horizon, it rises on another. ‘Sunset’, is the farewell tour of the Australian String Quartet as it is today. In…
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the ‘pop-sical’ debate continues….
The dreaded ‘C’ word. Not ‘Classical’, but ‘Crossover’. The very name implies an abandonment of values, of stepping over to the dark side, of…
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Liszt by Lang Lang
Gramophone magazine previews Lang Lang’s new CD of the piano works of Liszt. http://www.gramophone.co.uk/chart/review/liszt-my-piano-hero
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Bach and beyond…and an australian premiere
The evolution of JS Bach’s music never ended with his death. He must surely be the only composer whose music has not…
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Sutherland/Bonynge bel canto award keeps the art alive.
Sydney is a city that loves its singers, and it is not too bold an assertion that Australia has produced more solo…
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Kissin’s Australian debut
Matthew Westwood reviews Kissin’s Sunday night Brisbane performance. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/lights-piano-action-aplenty-at-brisbane-festival/story-e6frg8n6-1226135146196
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Macbeth and lakme – shining productions from Opera Australia
Peter McCallum reviews Opera Australia’s production of Verdi’s Macbeth which opened in Sydney last Saturday. (NB the singers are not correctly identified…
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A night of nocturnes
“His extraordinary intimacy with the piano, which withholds no secrets of keyboard brilliance or expressive colouring from him, maximises the potential…
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the cor anglais – the horn that’s not
In her September series of ‘ Bach in the Dark’ concerts, cellist Rachel Scott has teamed up with Rachel Tolmie playing the…
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Sydney’s newest arts complex
The new performing arts precinct in Chatswood is preparing to ‘go live’: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/stage-set-for-venues-first-act/story-e6frg8n6-1226132501885