Music

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

Sydney:

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Catch Me If You Can: The Musical – a Melbourne theatre review by Alex First

Tony Burge, who assumes the role of lead FBI agent Carl Hanratty chasing boyish con man Frank Abagnale Jr. excels in Cloc’s production of Catch Me If You Can.

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Verdi’s Requiem: A concert review by Shirley Politzer

Verdi’s Requiem, his largest and most significant choral work, performed recently by the Sydney Philharmonia Festival Chorus and Orchestra, is a musical setting of the Catholic funeral mass for four soloists, a double choir and orchestra.

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A blend of the familiar, the unfamiliar and the new: Music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

Having Wolfgang in your name would seem to direct your destiny towards musical composition. It certainly did with Erich Wolfgang Korngold, (1897 – 1957)  whose only symphony was played by the SSO last night.

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This middlebrow concert was a sheer delight – a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

While my reviews usually concentrate on the Emirates Master Series because that’s supposed to attract the most musically sophisticated crowd, last night’s SSO program of the Rach 2 and a Respighi tone poem was a delicious diversion.

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Music that imposed itself: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing

Turley’s Mirage, Elgar’s cello concerto and Shostakovich’s 10th symphony provided a rich blend of styles at the Opera House last night.

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