fraser beath mcewing Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/fraser-beath-mcewing/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Thu, 13 Jul 2023 09:59:46 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 The new, the unfamiliar and the old friend https://www.jwire.com.au/the-new-the-unfamiliar-and-the-old-friend/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-new-the-unfamiliar-and-the-old-friend/#respond Wed, 12 Jul 2023 21:34:44 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=149098 A music review by Fraser Beath McEwing Last night’s concert was something of a reunion, with former SSO chief conductor David Robertson stopping by to swish air, Queensland violinist Ray Chen to scrape horsehair, and Sydney Con-trained composer Alice Chance to distribute manuscript paper. Like many of the composers featured in the 50 Fanfares Commission, […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-new-the-unfamiliar-and-the-old-friend/feed/ 0 149098 A beauty and two beasts: Music review by Fraser Beath McEwing https://www.jwire.com.au/a-beauty-and-two-beasts-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/ https://www.jwire.com.au/a-beauty-and-two-beasts-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2022 00:09:25 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=142295 Under the baton of Simone Young, the SSO turned in a stirring performance last night from the two big Bs: Brahms’ first symphony and Beethoven’s violin concerto with soloist James Ehnes. But first came the latest rung in the wondrously growing ladder of contemporary Australian composers. Unlike many of the works of little-known local composers […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/a-beauty-and-two-beasts-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/feed/ 1 142295 Going abroad https://www.jwire.com.au/going-abroad-3/ https://www.jwire.com.au/going-abroad-3/#respond Thu, 26 Sep 2019 03:53:51 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=103210 J-Wire's music reviewer Fraser Beath McEwing has added another string to his bow as he takes J-Wire readers on his travels...still abroad in Moscow.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/going-abroad-3/feed/ 0 103210 Music from beneath the Bolshevik boot: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing https://www.jwire.com.au/music-from-beneath-the-bolshevik-boot-a-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/ https://www.jwire.com.au/music-from-beneath-the-bolshevik-boot-a-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2019 23:28:34 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=102177 Last night’s Masters Series concert was not for faint-hearted orchestral players, conductors or an audience that wanted orderly, familiar music.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/music-from-beneath-the-bolshevik-boot-a-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/feed/ 0 102177 Move over Franz, Lang Lang is in the building: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing https://www.jwire.com.au/move-over-franz-lang-lang-is-in-the-building-a-music-review-by-fraser-meath-mcewing/ https://www.jwire.com.au/move-over-franz-lang-lang-is-in-the-building-a-music-review-by-fraser-meath-mcewing/#respond Sat, 29 Jun 2019 23:01:51 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=100375 You know it’s a Sydney Opera House gala celebrity event when the concerto is played last.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/move-over-franz-lang-lang-is-in-the-building-a-music-review-by-fraser-meath-mcewing/feed/ 0 100375 Put this one on your Liszt: A CD review by Fraser Beath McEwing https://www.jwire.com.au/put-this-one-on-your-liszt-a-cd-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/ https://www.jwire.com.au/put-this-one-on-your-liszt-a-cd-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/#respond Sat, 28 Jul 2018 21:49:58 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=87806 The piano music of Franz Liszt is often seen as either too syrupy or a keyboard version of a wood-chopping event

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/put-this-one-on-your-liszt-a-cd-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/feed/ 0 87806 Picturesque, to say the least: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing https://www.jwire.com.au/picturesque-to-say-the-least-a-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/ https://www.jwire.com.au/picturesque-to-say-the-least-a-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2018 22:33:58 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=87553 Last night’s Sydney Symphony Orchestra's APT Master Series concert was all about creating dramatic sound pictures, some clearly subtitled, some borrowed form the Russian Orthodox Church and the rest a challenging kaleidoscope from a contemporary American female composer.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/picturesque-to-say-the-least-a-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/feed/ 2 87553 Play it again, Avan: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing https://www.jwire.com.au/play-it-again-avan-a-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/ https://www.jwire.com.au/play-it-again-avan-a-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/#respond Sun, 01 Jul 2018 01:45:35 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=86940 Avan Yu, winner of the 2012 Sydney Piano Competition, was invited back to play a concert at the Sydney Con last night.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/play-it-again-avan-a-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/feed/ 0 86940 A night for Shostakovich fans – a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing https://www.jwire.com.au/a-night-for-shostakovich-fans-a-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/ https://www.jwire.com.au/a-night-for-shostakovich-fans-a-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/#respond Mon, 13 Nov 2017 21:56:12 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=78891 A whole program of Shostakovich was something of a gamble for the SSO concert last night, because not everybody likes his music. Luckily, I’m one who does, although my love blossomed only after many hearings.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/a-night-for-shostakovich-fans-a-music-review-by-fraser-beath-mcewing/feed/ 0 78891 Two big fish and one tiddler: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing https://www.jwire.com.au/two-big-fish-and-one-tiddler-a-music-review-by-fraser-beach-mcewing/ https://www.jwire.com.au/two-big-fish-and-one-tiddler-a-music-review-by-fraser-beach-mcewing/#comments Sat, 28 Oct 2017 10:05:00 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=77902 The SSO concert in the APT Master Series presented two major works: the Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 and Mahler’s Symphony No.1 in D major.

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