Review: Incantation (Virgil Boutellis-Taft)
Strong tonal palette, but arrangements and choices prove less successful.
Educated at Adelaide and Sydney universities. Radio – presenter and production at 5UV and 5MBS. Winner of SA Bilby award. Writing since the early 1990s and published in DB and Rhythms magazine as well as Limelight since 2014. Liner notes for Artworks and ABC Classics.
Strong tonal palette, but arrangements and choices prove less successful.
Thomas Adès’s complex new works benefit from the master’s touch.
Maltman ranges the continent in search of war and its victims.
One craftsman pays tribute to another in a unique novella.
A very rare afternoon of truly eloquent chamber music performances at the UKARIA Cultural Centre.
The final program in 150 Psalms demonstrated the excellence, precision and mastery of all singers involved.
Norwegian band heads south for a pair of hot Latin discoveries.
The Song Company proves adept across styles in this spiritually uplifting concert.
A dose of Smalley proves less can be considerably more.
Collaborators from way back realise their magnum opus.
Gugnin rehabilitates Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes.
A fine, individual artist, but the programming needs some work.
Tearing at the heartstrings, this stunning, sensitive production is the perfect ticket for opera novice and specialist alike.