Review: Beethoven: Missa Solemnis (Bach Collegium Japan/Suzuki)
Life after Bach: Suzuki’s Missa Solemnis yields mixed results.
July 6, 2018
Tony Way
Tony Way is a director of music at Melbourne’s historic St Francis’ Church. Holding a masters degree in music, he is an organist and choir director as well as a published composer. He has been reviewing classical music for over two decades.
Articles by Tony Way
Review: L’Enfance du Christ (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Sir Andrew Davis breaks a nearly 50-year drought and brings MSO back to some beautiful Berlioz.
June 16, 2018
Review: Antony Pitts: Jerusalem-Yerushalayim (David Suchet, Tonus Peregrinus)
An engaging, postmodern evocation of the holy city.
June 14, 2018
Review: Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories (Stile Antico)
Stile Antico lights Victoria’s dark music from within.
June 14, 2018
Review: Thomas Hampson (Melbourne Recital Centre)
It doesn't get much better than this: a superb evening of song from the renowned American baritone.
June 1, 2018
Review: Bach and His World (Tafelmusik, Musica Viva)
Forty years young: Canada’s finest continue to delight with a winning formula.
May 23, 2018
Review: Bach: St John Passion (Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell)
A new St John Passion with plenty of passion to spare.
May 11, 2018
Review: Tchaikovsky 5 (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Buy Tchaikovsky and be dazzled by a new concerto by Kernis composed for violinist James Ehnes.
April 15, 2018
Review: Mahler: Symphony No 8 (Utah SO, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Madeleine Choir School Choristers, Fischer)
A thousand thanks for this sumptuous sonic spectacular.
April 6, 2018
Review: Jonathan David Little: Choral and polychoral works (Various performers)
Back to the future sees a postmodern take on polychoral.
March 16, 2018
Review: The Dream of Gerontius (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Elgar's Dream is vividly brought to life.
March 11, 2018
Review: Sheppard: Media Vita (Choir of Westminster Cathedral/Martin Baker)
A grand but moving celebration of Sheppard’s masterful music.
March 9, 2018
Review: Woefully Arrayed: Works by Jonathan David Little
Back to the future sees a postmodern take on polychoral.
March 6, 2018