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Arrebato fuses flameno, jazz and the world in their second CD “Absolucion”
The style is possibly as difficult to define as the English meaning of their name – “Arrebato”, variously translated as “fury”, “something…
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Catherine Carby on singing in Swedish
Catherine Carby, mezzo –soprano, soprano Leah Thomas and pianist Sharolyn Kimmorley perform a programme of Scandinavian art songs this weekend for Art…
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on wings of art song
Barely three years ago, soprano Amanda Thane devised a project that would give a platform to developing singers as a stepping stone…
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Saluti Armonici presents Music of the Early Italian Baroque
Mention the name “Gabrieli” and the mind goes to Giovanni Gabrieli – a well recognized composer from 16thcentury Italy. There is however. another…
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Minimalism through the looking glass
The music of Philip Glass is in the spotlight with the ABC Classics release of “Mad Rush” an anthology of his piano music,…
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serious singing from teddy tahu rhodes
“The poem has not been completed until set to music” – Goethe. If Art Song needs to be re-invented to survive and…
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Serious Songs – Glanert on his setting of Brahms
German composer Detlev Glanert (b 1960) re-orchestrated the Four Serioua Songs of Brahms and augmened them with preludes and a postlude. The work premiered…
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“the perfect expression” of the australian string quartet
“The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet”. Jeffrey Tate (English conductor) The Australian String Quartet brings their own…
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critiquing the critic
Audiences rely on them; performers love them or loathe them. Much has been discussed and written about the role of the critic. In…
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baroque duets break ground
“Baroque Duets” a new CD release, has a lot to say for itself. First and foremost, it is a superb compilation of…