Tudor Choristers | 500 years of Palestrina 5 April, 2025, St John's, Camberwell, VIC There’s a reason why Palestrina has been a celebrated composer for the past almost 500 years. His music is technically brilliant, as well as pleasing to the ear. Meaning, the music is...
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Mahler’s Symphony 2, 'Resurrection' Conductor Jaime Martin February 28, 2025, Hamer Hall, Melbourne VIC Mahler occupies a special place in the panoply of gifted composers. Up there with Wagner, his students and devotees tend to have a...
Music at St Patrick's | Jennifer Chou and Joseph Yu February 14, St Patricks Cathedral Melbourne, VIC The programme of music for trombone and organ, performed by Jennifer Chou and Joseph Yu, was obviously curated for Valentine’s Day, and it was lovely to see a number...
Forest Collective | Labyrinth February 4, 2025 Abbotsford Convent, VIC The Minotaur always struck me as a sad figure of Greek mythology. Alone, confused, unloved, ostracised from family and eventually coming to a grizzly end. All of this makes the Minotaur an ideal...
Victorian Opera | Follies Feb 1, 2025, Palais Theatre St Kilda, VIC It’s been a long wait for lovers of Stephen Sondheim to finally see a fully staged production of Follies in Australia. So many musical theatre and opera buffs cheered when the Victorian Opera...
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Raiders of the Lost Ark in Concert 25 January, 2025, Plenary of the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, VIC Saturday night movies with movie snacks have long been a tradition in my family, although even the best surround home...
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic | Carols in the Cathedral December 22 2024, Melbourne,VIC The packed out Carols in the Cathedral is a firm staple in Melbourne’s music calendar, and each year, without fail, RMP Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Andrew Wailes, joined...
Tudor Choristers | Sing Nowell! December 10, 2024, Camberwell, VIC The Tudor Choristers Christmas concert is a tradition which is a great indicator of musical tastes and trends of the year. 2024 is a delightful mixed bag, or allsorts, as mixed lollies were called...
Inner West Symphony Orchestra | Love, Death & Destiny November 24, 2024, Williamstown Town Hall, VIC If someone tells you that they don’t know any classical music, they are most probably wrong. As my date discovered at his first ever symphonic concert, Love, Death...
Chorus Ecclesiae | Heinric Isaac’s Missa Presulem Ephebeatum November 9, 2024, St Mary’s in Ascot Vale, VIC Choral music of the Renaissance masters is not for the faint hearted. It’s tight-rope walking for singers with each line finely crafted to fit just so with the...