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.
A nuanced, emotionally stirring rendition of the last days of Christ, conducted with reverence for music and story.
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.
These two tiny operas by Charpentier, created to be performed in Louis XIV's private appartments, offer another kind of chill today.
A little night music as the top notch AHE and baritone David Greco guide us through Italy and Germany.
An epic double bill of sustained intensity and a performance the likes of which you’d be very fortunate indeed to hear again.
Leading Australian musicians converge on the picturesque hills of regional NSW for a festival pairing fine music with local cuisine.
Organist Joseph Nolan curates a program of revered classics, stellar ensembles and beloved singers to entice music lovers back from pandemic hiatus.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pinchgut’s sumptuous production of Orontea – with its quartet of feisty females – is sparkling entertainment.