The Song Company’s ‘Sunken Dreams’ reviewed
Vincent Plush reviews The Song Company’s Sunken Dreams for The Australian:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/company-on-song/story-fn9d2mxu-1226444025366
Vincent Plush reviews The Song Company’s Sunken Dreams for The Australian:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/company-on-song/story-fn9d2mxu-1226444025366
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the musical from the book written by the alter-ego of Ian (James Bond) Fleming. The musical starring David Hobson opened in Sydney last week. John McCallum reviews the show: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/flying-cars-are-cool-and-so-are-villains/story-e6frg8n6-1226519085593
Dmitri Sinkovsky with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, City Recital Hall, July 23rd, 2014. It’s not too rare for an instrumental musician to swap instrument for baton or to direct an ensemble from the instrument. However, I can’t recall any musician proficient enough in the practice of two instruments (and that includes voice), to perform both…
Gabriele Cassone playing the keyed trumpet with The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, directed from the fortepiano by Paul Dyer, truly brought to life the title of the present series Dazzling Virtuoso with a breathtaking performance. A deliberate choice of adjective. The keyed trumpet, an instrument of the 18th century sits between the Baroque and the newer valved instruments, representing…
Described as a ‘singing adventure’, the Sydney Children’s Choir’s new album release Hooray for Song! is a lively collection of songs written especially with young singers in mind. Since being established in 1989 by Lyn Williams OAM, who continues to serve as Artistic Director, the choir has commissioned numerous Australian composers to write and arrange…
True Romantics Australian Chamber Choir Art Gallery of NSW 16 September, 2018 Beneath the artworks of some of Australia’s greatest painters, the Melbourne based Australian Chamber Choir directed by Douglas Lawrence OAM, presented its program True Romantics, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales as part of its Resonate concert series. Moving beyond the…
The Sydney Chamber Choir is certainly casting its musical net wide under Paul Stanhope, joining forces in its latest programmes not only with oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros, but also with The Marais Project, formed by viola da gamba player Jennifer Eriksson. The second of its Palm Sunday concerts, conceived under the rubric ‘Lamentations’, featured a…