Review: LA Phil Wind Quintet (Queensland Conservatorium & Brisbane Festival)
LA Phil Wind Quintet teams up with QCGU students for under-attended Brisbane Festival chamber showcase.
Paul Ballam-Cross is a writer and classical guitarist. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance and a Doctor of Philosophy, majoring in Musicology. He loves collecting records and will happily spend hours researching everything from the Baroque to noise rock.
LA Phil Wind Quintet teams up with QCGU students for under-attended Brisbane Festival chamber showcase.
An intensely moving and timely work by flamenco great Paco Peña brings its audience to their feet.
Sainsbury’s exploratory guitar works brought to life in new survey.
Rich and strange music for an imaginary film leads to Brahms from a different perspective.
Alkemie conjures up a treasure-trouvère of old French songs.
This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
Theatre, drone improvisations and opera overlooking the beach. Like the Sunshine Coast itself, the SCCMF is all about variety.
A laudable theatrical-musical experiment in presenting the classics but this was the very definition of a mixed bag.
High-res performances from HD Duo with all-Australian repertoire.
Anderszewski finds new directions on a well-trodden pianistic path.
Mixed results for an attempt to look at guitar music from both sides.
There’s a confidence and assurance at play in the programming by Australian arts organisations for 2024.
What do our small to medium ensembles have on offer in the year ahead?