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Buzz in the West: River City Voices Premiere Vieira’s Stabat Mater

by Pepe Newton | May 24, 2025

River City Voices | 'V' - Vivaldi's Gloria & Vieira's Stabat Mater May 23, 2025, St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta, NSW Conductor: Dr Sarah Penicka-Smith Soprano: Sandra Partridge Alto: Angelique Tot Tenor: Elias Wilson Bass: Benjamin Caulkwell River City Voices...

Stephen Hough with SSO – best artists in the world

by Tony Burke | May 19, 2025

Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Stephen Hough Performs Brahms May 16, 2025, Sydney Opera House, NSW If anyone deserves the middle name “versatile” it is Sir Stephen Hough. He is a successful author poet, portrait painter and above all composer - his piano concerto makes...

MSO’s consummate performance of Fairy Tales

by Catherine C. Turner | May 17, 2025

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | An Evening of Fairy Tales May 15, 2025, Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne For classical music lovers, it’s a real treat to hear the music of operas and ballets by renowned composers without the visual spectacle of sets and costumes,...

Selby & Friends played as one with unanimity of musical vision

by Peter Hagen | May 16, 2025

Selby And Friends | This Mirror Has Three Faces May 13, 2025, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC Kristian Winther – violin Clancy Newman – cello Kathryn Selby – piano Lera Auerbach (1973 - ) Piano Trio No. 2 'Triptych - This Mirror Has Three Faces' (2011) Robert Schumann...

Musica Viva’s Hollywood Songbook shows astonishing ensemble mastery

by Gillian Wills | May 13, 2025

Musica Viva | Hollywood Songbook 8 May, 2025, QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane, QLD I confess I’ve attended many, many worthy Musica Viva concerts, but I’ve never been to one where the soloist, in this case soprano Ali McGregor, makes numerous costume calls. Every time she...

Kew Philharmonic Chamber Choir’s glorious and heavenly Charpentier

by Daniel Brace | May 12, 2025

Written in 1699, the Missa Assumpta est Maria is Charpentier at the height of his powers, musically, expressively and technically. It’s also beautifully French with all the Baroque trimmings you could wish for, elegant, ornamented, and fluid, moving effortlessly...