Album Review: Fable/Dennett/Move
Harpist Jacinta Dennett’s solo album Fable features the music of female Australian composers whose lives and work span more than six decades. highlighting the versatility of the harp and its long- overlooked potential as a solo instrument. Dennett is an able performer and makes a serious case for some pieces to garner more attention than they have in the past.
Concert Review: Rays of Light/ Choir of St James’/ Nelson/Knox
“A beautifully curated and concise program which examined its theme from many angles and performance styles with exemplary choral singing.”
Album Review: The Dying Sun/ Move Records
The Dying Sun … has very finely crafted moments from an undoubtedly sure compositional pen.
Concert Review: Winterreise/ Clayton/Golla. Musica Viva
English tenor Allan Clayton and Australian-born, London-based pianist Kate Golla joined forces for a performance of Winterreise, Franz Schubert’s iconic song-cycle with text by poet Wilhelm Müller, sung in German with English surtitles. This remarkable performance deserves unrestrained acclamation.
Concert Review: Under Cover of Darkeness/ Castalia Vocal Consort
Under Cover of Darkness/ Castalia Vocal Consort Glebe Town Hall 18 June 2022 Vocal consort Castalia, under the fine artistic direction of soprano Amy Moore, returned after their splendid premiere performance in February 2022 with an equally dazzling concert. This time the songs were all linked to the central theme of “nocturnal landscapes and wanderings.”…
Album Review: ROBERT DE VISÉE Pieces for Theorbo/Ng/ A415
ROBERT DE VISÉE Pieces for Theorbo is simply gorgeous to listen to. Its tranquility is as fitting for a 17th century court as it is for swooning on a beach or solitary introspection.
Concert Review: Cycles/ Australia Ensemble UNSW
The Australia Ensemble UNSW’s “Cycles” program was “a display of solid, skilful ensemble playing.”
Album Review: Acacia Quartet: Mozart Dvorak Chance/ Move Records
Acacia Quartet: Mozart Dvorak Chance released on the Move label is a charming trio of diverse string quartets, expertly played, Lovely music for a salon.
Concert Review: Clouds of Gold/Choir of St James’/ BachBand@StJames’
In a program that celebrates hope and renewal, the Choir of St James presented music that ascends the heights from through a wide range of choral music from the 1500s to the current day in this superbly curated concert.