Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Jaime conducts Brahms and Ravel 10 April, Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, VIC Jaime Martín - conductor James Ehnes - violin MSO Chorus Warren Trevelyan-Jones - chorus director Musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music...
Articles + Reviews By Alan Holley
CD Review: Halcyon | How Far We’ve Come Together
Halcyon | How Far We’ve Come Together Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo–soprano Geoffrey Gartner cello CD release by Halcyon on 24 March 2025 Those who follow the creation of new vocal music in Australia know of the great contribution of Jenny Duck-Chong and cellist...
Friday Music introduces the sumptuous sound of the Japanese koto
Friday Music at St Stephen's | Laura Chislett and Satsuki Odamura 4th April, 2025, Macquarie St, Sydney, NSW Song Circles - improvisation for bass flute, singing bowls and koto Fantasia in A minor - solo flute Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767) Flying Like a Bird -...
ABO’s Bach Suites – Excellent stuff!
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra | Bach’s Orchestral Suites 28 Mar, 2025, City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW Paul Dyer Artistic Director, conductor and harpsichord Australian Brandenburg Orchestra BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 BACH Orchestral Suite...
Matthias Goerne’s Winterreise “I have never heard better”…
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra presents | INTERNATIONAL PIANISTS IN RECITAL 26 March, 2025, City Recital Hall, Sydney NSW DANIIL TRIFONOV piano MATTHIAS GOERNE baritone FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) - Winterreise D911 (1827) German baritone Matthias Goerne and pianist...
A delight to be in the Utzon Room with AHE’s quartets
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...
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...