Australian Haydn Ensemble | Haydn's Sunrise March 17, 2025, The Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House, NSW Skye McIntosh - Artistic Director and violin Matthew Greco - violin Karina Schmitz - viola Daniel Yeadon - cello HAYDN String Quartet Op. 76 No. 4 in B flat major...
Articles + Reviews By Alan Holley
CD Review: David Joseph | Through Tropical Stars
David Joseph | Through Tropical Stars Chamber Music by David Joseph Move MD 3467 The works on this CD are by a composer who is now 70 but these compositions are from a much earlier time in his life and span the years when David Joseph was 23 through to being 37. An...
Helyard’s glorious journey through the Goldberg Variations
Pinchgut Opera | Erin Helyard plays Bach's Goldberg Variations March 1, 2025, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW JS BACH (1685-1750) – Goldberg Variations BWV988 Performed by Erin Helyard | Presented by Pinchgut Opera Nearly 1 year ago the Sydney Symphony Orchestra...
Simone Young opens SSO 2025 season with Pure Magic!
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Simone Young Conducts Mahler Symphony No 3 19 February, 2025, Sydney Opera House, NSW GUSTAV MAHLER (1860–1911) - Symphony No.3 in D minor (1896) SIMONE YOUNG conductor NOA BEINART contralto SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA CHOIRS - ELIZABETH SCOTT...
Pianist Sumiko Yamamura brings a joy to all she works with
Friday Music at St Stephen’s December 6, 2024, St Stephen’s, Macquarie Street, Sydney Sumiko Yamamura - piano Danielle Eden - flute Saantwana Lentz - clarinet It is the norm in recent times to refer to the pianist in a recital as a collaborative artist as they are...
Move CDs for Christmas
Alan Holley reviews three new CD's on the MOVE record label Zoe Knighton, cello + Amir Farid, piano | Brahms Cello Hamish Strathdee, Guitar | Impulses - A CD of of Guitar Australian Chamber Choir | Keys to Heaven Brahms Cello Zoe Knighton, cello and Amir Farid, piano...
Petrenko’s impeccable technique a guiding light for SSO
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Vasily Petrenko conducts Rite of Spring 27 November, 2024, Sydney Opera House VASILY PETRENKO conductor JOHANNES MOSER cello ELIZABETH YOUNAN (born 1994) Nineteen Seventy-Three (2023) World Premiere CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921) Cello...
Bel a cappella presents a program of vocal riches
Bel a cappella | Mass for Saint Cecilia November 23, 2024, Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney Monica Buckland conductor David Drury organ Christopher Sainsbury Upon a high rock platform Herbert Howells* A Hymn for St Cecilia Cecilia McDowall Cecilia, busy...
Pinchgut’s Julius Caesar – Wow! Sensational!
Pinchgut Opera | Julius Caesar November 21, 2024, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym (1678–1729) Cast Tim Mead Caesar (Emperor of Rome) Samantha Clarke Cleopatra (Queen of Egypt) Hugh Cutting ...
A transcendent performance of Beethoven by Flinders Quartet
Sydney Mozart Society | Flinders Quartet October 23, 2024, The Concourse Concert Hall, Chatswood, NSW MENDELSSOHN Capriccio for string quartet in E minor, Op.81 no.3 BEETHOVEN String Quartet in B-flat major, Op.18 no.6 MENDELSSOHN String Quartet in F minor,...