A spellbinding meeting of chamber music and opera, Musica Viva’s Voyage to the Moon was a cosmic musical sojourn quite unlike any other. An original libretto, written by playwright Michael Gow and inspired by Ariosto’s 16th-century epic Orlando furioso, was set to a...
'Music inspired by a world behind closed doors' was the tagline for the latest project of crack contemporary vocal squad Halcyon, led by mezzo-soprano Jenny Duck-Chong. The quiet introspection and reverent naturalism of Asian poetry and culture has inspired composers...
Take my advice – buy Hammerings, take it home and grab a good set of headphones. Alan Holley’s music, while often theatrical, also exists in the realm of pure sound (‘pure music’, Alan calls it in the excellent liner notes) and the beautifully captured recordings on...
Christ Church at Lavender Bay has one of the most stunning views in the world. Situated right on Sydney Harbour, visitors are treated to a breathtaking panorama of the Bridge, the Opera House and Luna Park; what better place to hold a grassroots concert series? This...
The ‘Melodrama’ – that oh-so-nineteenth-century form of reciting poems or stories over musical accompaniment – had rather gone out of fashion by the time the twentieth century came roaring in. As concert halls grew, and recorded music became more widely available,...
Feel miles away, a step from George St There’s just something about the atmosphere at Christ Church St Laurence. You walk in, straight from busy and grimy George St, and what materialises could not strike a greater contrast – the hazy, enchanting gloom of this...
Chris Cartner’s Resonance concert series is an ideal introduction to instrumental and chamber music. Resident at the beautiful Christ Church, Lavender Bay (right on the Harbour, it’s surely got to have one of the best views of any church in the world), Chris has...
On a gorgeous spring afternoon, fifty music lovers settled into an art gallery on leafy Riley Street to celebrate the 60th birthday of composer Alan Holley, one of Sydney’s best-loved music figures. Music and musicians representing Alan's 40 years of composing A...
New Music Network Presents: Stolen Halcyon and Soundstream Collective Saturday 6 September 6, Sydney Conservatorium, Music Workshop Geoffrey Collins, flute in hand, took his seat in absolute silence. His three colleagues did the same. A long, pregnant pause. No-one...
AN AUSTRALIAN WAR REQUIEM Sydney University Graduate Choir and Orchestra Sydney Town Hall, Sunday August 10 2014 Christopher Bowen’s An Australian War Requiem is the end result of a truly staggering effort put forth by a bevy of passionate supporters, including...