Susan Graham’s recital reviewed
David Vance commends Susan Graham’s ambitious programme: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/opera/all-stand-for-a-musical-match-made-in-heaven-20120502-1xz26.html
Steve Reich reviews
Peter McCallum reviews the Steve Reich Celebration for the SMH: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/rhythms-unfold-with-a-timeless-grandeur-20120430-1xv0e.html …and from Murray Black at The Australian: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/three-ages-of-reich-revisited-with-brio/story-fn9d2mxu-1226343085722
Poèmes – Renee Fleming
Renee Fleming’s new CD Poèmes celebrates Gallic vocal music from Ravel’s Orientalist infused Shéhérazade, written at the turn of the last century and Messiaen’s Poèmes pour Mi, to Deux Sonnets de Jean Cassou and a world premiere recording of Le Temps l’horloge by living composer Henri Dutilleux. The celebrated singer comments: ” For the sheer sensual joy of singing, no language gives…