Review: Extended Play (City Recital Hall)
With a wide-ranging program spanning monumental to comic, the second iteration of City Recital Hall's new music feast doesn't disappoint.
With a wide-ranging program spanning monumental to comic, the second iteration of City Recital Hall's new music feast doesn't disappoint.
Experimental pianist Margaret Leng Tan, famous for her performances on toy piano, tells us about her work with John Cage and George Crumb, and how she learned to caw like a crow.
A new Australian symphony for children about a magpie, written by Justine Clarke and George Ellis, takes the audience on a captivating journey.
Trevor Ashley tells us about the new Sydney Cabaret Festival, and the artists and events he’s programmed, including star act Jennifer Holliday.
The vocal ensemble has gone through a number of changes recently, and its latest program, Harmonic Histrionic, is like nothing the group has done before.
Violinist Sonja Schebeck breathes fire into this spectacular double bill.
Elaine Chia has been inundated with messages of support after penning an open letter in response to negative comments about City Recital Hall’s co-presentation with Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Requiem Mass: A Queer Divine Rite.
Renowned British choir The Sixteen come to Sydney in City Recital Hall’s 20th anniversary year.
Not so much a new music tasting plate as a sumptuous multi-course banquet.
Part marathon, part tasting plate, part John Cage’s Musicircus, Lyle Chan’s 12-hour festival will see Australia’s most innovative music-makers converge on City Recital Hall.
A truly rich evening of song from one of Australia's most cherished sopranos and storytellers.
The 12 musicians will go on to perform at City Recital Hall in July, competing for a chance to perform in the Finals with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Philippe Sands, author of East West Street, talks about turning his book on crimes against humanity into a performance that explores the solace music provides.