Book review: Andrew Ford’s Earth Dances
BY SAMUEL COTTELL Andrew Ford: Earth Dances (2015) Black Inc. Books, $30.00 RRP An appropriate reaction to the news that Andrew Ford has another […]
2015
Live Review: Faust
BY ANGUS MCPHERSON Opera Australia Faust by Gounod Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, 17 February 2015 With elaborate sets, decadent costumes and […]
We have to talk about talking about music
BY ANGUS DAVISON We have to talk about talking about music. The language we use to discuss music is deeply entrenched. Ask ‘what is […]
Review: Tess Said So
BY ANTONIA ZAPPIA CD release ‘I Did That Tomorrow’ By Tess Said So (Rasa Daukus and Will Larsen) ‘I Did That Tomorrow’ is […]
Why I Admire My Students
BY BEC TILLEY As a teacher, I find myself incredibly proud, and in awe, of my students on a regular basis. Twice in the […]
Henry Choo: Game of Thrones, Donizetti, and Fringe World
BY GABRIELLE RUTTICO OperaBox opens 2015 with flair in this week’s production of Gaetano Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, part of the Fringe World Festival. Tenor […]
We’re playing classical music all wrong…
BY CLIVE BROWN, Professor of Applied Musicology at University of Leeds After a very drawn out and fraught construction, the Philharmonie de Paris is finally […]
Discover: The Mysteries of Bach
BY BENJAMIN MARTIN Guest writer Benjamin Martin is an award winning Australian pianist and composer. Somehow, despite all the efforts of research intent upon […]
Live Review: Tosca
BY BEN NIELSEN Opera Australia Tosca by Puccini Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, 13 January 2105 “Have we seen this before?” […]
Fade: Australian Recorder Virtuoso Genevieve Lacey
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Many of us picked up the recorder at least once as a child – but when you count how many have […]