Review: Festa Italiana (HIP Company)
Intelligent programming and inventive arrangements shine up some some rarely-heard repertoire.
Will Yeoman is a former senior arts writer and current travel journalist for The West Australian newspaper. A regular contributor to Limelight and Gramophone, he is also Artistic Director of the York Festival and a keen classical guitarist.
Intelligent programming and inventive arrangements shine up some some rarely-heard repertoire.
This year's concert came complete with a star soloist in the form of Jenna Smith, a satisfying musical arc – and a touch of déjà vu.
Bychkov and his Prague forces prioritise history over histrionics.
ASQ's soul-stirring touring program is one for the memory bank.
Shipshape and Bristol fashion. No weak links in this WASO Wagner led by British baritone Christopher Maltman.
A virtuosic hybrid approach to performing Baroque music with largely modern instruments.
Artistic Director Nicholas Dinopoulos and Giovanni Consort air two works sharing a sublime, monumental beauty.
Conductor Riccardo Minasi applies a musicological blowtorch to three favourite works of the Classical period.
Contemporary Australian music for piano played with fluency and intelligence.
A portrait of the great Spanish guitarist from the horse’s mouth.
A novel approach to completing Vivaldi's unfinished opera pays dividends.
HIP Company starts its 2026 season with another example of its imaginative and carefully considered programming.
Ahead of appearances across Australia, Sergej Krylov blazes in his WASO debut.