Music


Australian cities boast a rich culture of music embracing the entire gamut of musical tastes.

Sydney:

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

The new, the unfamiliar and the old friend

A music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

...

read more

Wagnerian flavour of Tchaikovsky’s ballet music

July 11, 2023 by  

Perhaps in acknowledgement of NAIDOC Week, the customary acknowledgement of country was replaced with the Rhythmic Acknowledgement, based on rhythmic patterns first documented in the early 1800s.

...

read more

Idomeneo: an opera review by Alex First

July 7, 2023 by  

Superb staging is a hallmark of Mozart’s dramatic opera Idomeneo, set on the island of Crete shortly after the Trojan War.

...

read more

Eight Seasons – at the Great Synagogue: a music review by Shirley Politzer

July 2, 2023 by  

Vladimir Fanshil, conductor, pianist and founder of Live at Yours, promised us “an immersive musical experience in the architectural marvel that is the Great Synagogue” and that’s exactly what we got on Tuesday night for the “Eight Seasons” concert.

...

read more

Mozart as Wolfgang would have heard his music

June 26, 2023 by  

In a program titled “MOZART”, Richard Tognetti and his Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), augmented with musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) and guest musicians, gave the audience at Sydney’s City Recital Hall a real treat.

...

read more

« Previous PageNext Page »