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Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: St John Passion (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

A nuanced, emotionally stirring rendition of the last days of Christ, conducted with reverence for music and story.

April 8, 2024
Opera
Live Review

Review: Theodora in Concert (Opera Australia & Pinchgut Opera)

Baroque is back at the Sydney Opera House in the form of Handel's pungent tale of religious intolerance and sacrifice in a polarised society.

February 9, 2024
Opera
Live Review

Review: Pleasures of Versailles (Pinchgut Opera)

These two tiny operas by Charpentier, created to be performed in Louis XIV's private appartments, offer another kind of chill today.

September 10, 2023
Chamber
Live Review

Review: Die Stille Nacht (Australian Haydn Ensemble)

A little night music as the top notch AHE and baritone David Greco guide us through Italy and Germany.

June 21, 2023
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Mozart’s Great Mass (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

An epic double bill of sustained intensity and a performance the likes of which you’d be very fortunate indeed to hear again.

April 7, 2023
Classical Music, Festivals
news

Orange Chamber Music Festival announces 2023 season

Leading Australian musicians converge on the picturesque hills of regional NSW for a festival pairing fine music with local cuisine.

January 17, 2023
Classical Music
news

St George’s Cathedral Concert Series announces its 2023 season

Organist Joseph Nolan curates a program of revered classics, stellar ensembles and beloved singers to entice music lovers back from pandemic hiatus.

December 16, 2022
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Samson (St George’s Cathedral Consort)

This presentation of a neglected masterpiece in an abridged version by Joseph Nolan proved welcome and accomplished, but it undercut the work’s complexity and didn't always do justice to Handel’s genius.

December 12, 2022
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
news

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs announces 2023 season

Celebrating his 20th year as Artistic & Music Director, Brett Weymark has put together a program that focuses on voice, energy and joy, and features popular favourites along with new commissions by First Nations and Australian composers.

November 28, 2022
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Verdi Requiem (Ensemble Apex)

Under the heroic musical direction of Sam Weller, this unveiling of the cathedral-like Dangrove Art Storage Facility in Alexandria was a Verdi spectacular in every sense of the word.

October 30, 2022
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Britten’s War Requiem (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

Conductor Asher Fisch led more like a general heedless of his own safety in this magnificent reading of one of the 20th century’s most profound compositions.

August 20, 2022
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Bach (Australian Chamber Orchestra)

Despite a few odd choices in the program, this concert showed that there is always more to discover about the Bachs – even for an ensemble as steeped in them as the ACO.

June 20, 2022
Opera
Live Review

Review: Orontea (Pinchgut Opera)

Pinchgut’s sumptuous production of Orontea – with its quartet of feisty females – is sparkling entertainment.

May 27, 2022

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