Alan Slade

A Swedish saviour

Unknown to this Netflix subscriber, The Swedish Connection (Swedish: Den svenska länken) is the story of the heroic activities of...

Organic Saint-Saens

Oh, boy – did the Concert Hall of Sydney’s iconic Opera House get an acoustic workout in Saturday afternoon’s...

Cocktail hour with Rosemary Curtin

There is something special about chamber music being heard in a chamber vis-s-vis in a concert hall. The Cocktail Hour...

La Traviata

An opera review by Alan Slade The last time this avid operagoer heard a collective audience intake of breath on...

The Music of John Williams: a music review by Alan Slade

“The Music of John Williams – Iconic Film Scores Live in Concert” played to a capacity audience in the...

A conversation for the times

Sky News Host Sharri Markson and Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton headlined "Behind the Scenes Conversation" at a sold-out...
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Two Holocaust missions in Amsterdam for Anne

In 2015, during a visit to Amsterdam’s Anne Frank House, a Sydney Jewish Museum’s curatorial volunteer, Anne Slade, was...

Wagnerian flavour of Tchaikovsky’s ballet music

Perhaps in acknowledgement of NAIDOC Week, the customary acknowledgement of country was replaced with the Rhythmic Acknowledgement, based on...

Mozart as Wolfgang would have heard his music

In a program titled “MOZART”, Richard Tognetti and his Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), augmented with musicians from the Australian...

The child holocaust survivor who devoted his life to looking after people

Dr Steve Kalowski’s life has been a triumph of spirit over the adversity and horror into which he had...

Never give up!

On April 7 this year the world lost one of its most significant quiet achievers. Ben Ferencz was the...

At the Adelaide Festival with Alan Slade

The Adelaide Festival Theatre is an impressive structure and one of South Australia's most prestigious venues. It has seating for close...