Award-winning pianist Daniel de Borah shares why he’s embracing the camaraderie of chamber performance. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
I can, it’s true, find a jazz analogy in most things, and this two-CD set of dance music from the 1630s proves to be no exception. Listening to William Lawes’ The Royal Consort, I’m reminded of why hipsters digging Miles Davis and John Coltrane too often find the early 1920s recordings of King Oliver and Louis Armstrong a problem. The sheer ancientism of the music apparently operates under completely different rules and feels so utterly alien to the modern world that its archaism flips over into something entirely new: an avant-garde relic that has to be grappled with. William Lawes inhabited a medieval London that was about to be irreplaceably altered by the Great Fire of 1666. He found gainful employment as a composer at the court of King Charles I and as Parliament flexed its republican instincts, he felt moved to add the prefix ‘Royal’ to his Consort pieces. The much good it did him though: Lawes was killed fighting for the Royalists during the Siege of Chester in 1645. As with all genuinely great dance music – from Rameau right up to Cage – Lawes’ pieces are as much about the idea of movement as they are specific invitations…
The Opera Issue. Around the world in 80 operas: the ultimate travelogue for operaphiles. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
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A new chamber opera constructed from baroque masterworks headlines 2016’s offering. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
A procession of first-rate artists and ensembles with a few fascinating surprises. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
★★★★★ Zukerman and co give a faultless recital of top-notch chamber music. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
★★★★☆ An engaging soirée Française underneath the Southern Cross. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
★★★★☆ An epic night out as new-music trailblazers pull out all the stops. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
‘Wind Farm Music – dedicated to Tony Abbott’ is described by Burnside as “art in service of political protest.” Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Hosted by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre, the awards recognise excellence in new Australian music. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
From Mozart's Classical perfection to the dark turbulence of Taneyev, music shows it's power to emote.
A marathon day of Bach brilliance, crowned by two astonishing Anderszewski performances.
