Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Rhapsody in Blue & Scheherazade NOV 17, 2024, The Concourse, Chatswood I have often wondered how the bird sounds so typical of Peter Sculthorpe’s music are produced by the strings. Apparently, the bow is applied continuously...
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Elgar's Enigma Variations October 26, 2024, Sydney Opera House, NSW NICOLAS ELLIS conductor NOBUYUKI TSUJII piano It’s surprising that when one looks at the list of blind pianists over the years, the great majority have been primarily...
North Sydney Symphony Orchestra | September Concert September 28, 2024, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney, NSW The friendly rivalry between the North Sydney and the Willoughby Symphony Orchestras (surely two of the best community orchestras in the world) was renewed at...
Sydney Mozart Society | Daniel Herscovitch and Clemens Leske September 18, 2024, The Concourse, Chatswood Programme MOZART Adagio and Fugue for two keyboards in C minor, K 426 BARTÓK 7 pieces from Mikrokosmos BEETHOVEN Große Fuge for four hands in B-flat major, Op.134...
Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Mozart & Brahms August 25, 2024, St Ives Uniting Church, NSW An exciting programme at St Ives Uniting Church included my favourite symphony, Brahms no 2, one of my ”Desert Island Discs” in fact. Luke Spicer, a very experienced...
Willoughby Symphony Orchestra | Rhapsody July 27, 2024, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW The Willoughby Symphony Orchestra under its now famous conductor Dr Nicholas Milton goes from strength to strength. I say 'famous' because Nicholas also leads prominent orchestras...
Selby & Friends | Jewels in the Crown July 14, 2024, Turramurra Uniting Church, NSW An Antarctic blast did not prevent a full house for the latest in the Selby & Friends series of concerts with its enticing programme clearly a factor. Clarinettist Lloyd Van’t...
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Alexander Melnikov performs Shostakovich June 23, 2024, Sydney Opera House PROGRAM SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture Piano Concerto No.1 R STRAUSS Don Juan Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks ARTISTS GIORDANO BELLINCAMPI conductor ALEXANDER...
Sydney Mozart Society | Southern Cross Soloists May 29, 2024, The Concourse Chatswood, NSW Imagine a typically high standard Mozart Society concert, then add an all-Mozart programme brilliantly conceived, plus a group of nine of the top soloists in Australia and you...
Selby & Friends | Luminaries 11 May, 2024, Turramurra Uniting Church, NSW A celebration, not a farewell, applies to the imminent retirement of the Goldner Quartet who seem to be busier than ever in their final year. Add a touch of Kathryn Selby and you have an...