Season Preview 2023: Back in the Swing
Fresh sounds, big events, little gems, cross-genre collaborations, world premieres; it’s a new world for arts organisations, so what do they have in store this year?
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.
Fresh sounds, big events, little gems, cross-genre collaborations, world premieres; it’s a new world for arts organisations, so what do they have in store this year?
What do our small to medium ensemble have on offer in the year ahead?
Almost all that glitters really is gold in Isserlis’s cello recital.
Despite some impressive performances, this concert was let down by some odd programming choices.
This home-grown, semi-staged concert version is pretty darn good and a real crowd-pleaser.
Eclectic electric century-hopping guitar recital from Scottish guitarist.
In its debut concert as the new Company in Residence at QPAC, Ensemble Q gave a vivacious performance of works by Beethoven and Paul Dean.
Folk-song-inspired program shows a convincing synthesis of old and new art.
Dane Lam conducts a program of orchestral favourites that takes flight in a virtuosic and evocative Chinese-Australian celebration.
Chance of a close encounter in Acacia Quartet’s new disc.
A very good set of performances, with Marian Heckenberg joining the Quartet to play Dvořák’s String Quintet No 2, which was a highlight.
Umberto Clerici, the QSO's Chief Conductor-to-be, struts his stuff in a supremely confident orchestral showcase.
This entertaining, unbuttoned gig by soprano Eva Kong and jazz singer Asabi Goodman showed how enjoyable music making can be.