Review: Bach’s Motets (Bach Akademie Australia & The Song Company)
Fascinating for aficionados, but Bach's Motets are not especially entertaining in aggregate.
Fascinating for aficionados, but Bach's Motets are not especially entertaining in aggregate.
Few bodies of music concentrate so much expressive power into so little space as Bach’s motets. Bach Akademie Australia's Madeleine Easton explains her approach.
Who are the Australian and international artists who most thrilled and entertained you this year? Check out the shortlists here.
A box set binge of Bach as Madeleine Easton’s Akademie takes on all six Brandenburgs.
Bach Akademie’s violin celebration shows they’re bowed but never beaten.
Australia's Madeleine Easton joins the Japanese great for a richly orchestrated concert of some of Bach's most beautiful and innovative music.
Music from great composers born in the same year makes for a zesty survey of the German, French and Italian Baroque styles.
The Blue Mountains festival goes from strength to strength with three premieres and an all-star lineup including Reginald Mobley, Lior and Nigel Westlake.
Spine-tingling singing from Reginald Mobley in the cathedral acoustic of St Stephen's.
From the first note, countertenor Reginald Mobley has the audience spellbound, immersed in a sound world of the clearest crystal.
Leading Black American countertenor Reginald Mobley talks about discovering his voice, his tour with Bach Akademie Australia, and the Trump administration.
Why can't Australians get enough of Bach? We trace his appeal Down Under with musicians and musicologists.
For the first time, the ensemble hosts an international collaboration and plays a national tour to share Bach's "rich, life affirming music".