The Streeton Trio are a young piano trio who have been working in Europe for a number of years and are now resident in Sydney. They have been touring Australia for some months and finished up at the Independent Theatre, North Sydney last Sunday. On the program in the...
The City Recital Hall was transformed I walked into a transformed Angel Place, a rich red and white destroyed palace with the smoke of war still rising. Then I noticed the skeletons sitting in the front rows of the balcony, either side of the stage, leaning over the...
This four-piece a capella vocal group can handle anything I've been lucky enough to see The Idea of North three times in the last six weeks. First was their collaborative concert with Sydney Chamber Choir, Going Bjork, a Scandinavian musical journey, then a private...
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, 11 October 2014 A childhood favourite I was keen to see this performance of Little Women by the Opera and Vocal students at the Sydney Conservatorium as I (to my shame) hadn’t been to see one of their productions before and this was a...
Thoroughbass is a group centred on the harpsichord, played by director Diana Weston. Much of their repertoire is therefore based on early music, but they also perform and commission new works featuring the harpsichord. This concert in the cosy Recital Hall East at the...
Resonance’s friendly and informal concert series continued last week with a recital by Ella Brinch (viola) and Chris Cartner (piano), performed in Pitt St Uniting Church and Christ Church Lavender Bay. This excellent series of chamber concerts and recitals featuring...
Great music by professional players in an informal and friendly atmosphere I am all for the philosophy behind Chris Cartner’s Resonance Concerts and Events. As Chris explained at this concert on Friday May 30th at the beautiful and stunningly situated Christ Church...