Live review // ACO Underground
BY LAURA BIEMMI ACO Underground Australian Chamber Orchestra/Perth Festival Astor Theatre, 23 February What’d you miss? Technical mastery and a voice you could listen […]
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Joseph Asquith reviews the Omega Ensemble
BY JOSEPH ASQUITH Summer Winds Omega Ensemble Sally Walker (flute), Celia Craig (oboe), Ben Hoadley (bassoon), David Rowden (clarinet), Michael Dixon (French horn) Utzon […]
The Nose hits it on the head
BY MYLES OAKEY The Nose Opera Australia Sydney Opera House, 21 February What’d you miss? Outrageous and audible sex scenes Tap-dancing facial appendages Farting […]
Celine Chong goes to the Queensland Symphony Orchestra
BY CELINE CHONG Piano Power Queensland Symphony Orchestra with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Daniel Blendulf (conductor) QPAC, 17 February The opening concert of The […]
Laura Biemmi goes to see Jordi Savall at the Perth Festival
BY LAURA BIEMMI Jordi Savall at the Perth Festival Perth Concert Hall, 17 February What’d you miss? Concert blacks ditched for red, white, […]
Joseph Asquith reviews Carmen
BY JOSEPH ASQUITH Carmen by Bizet Opera Australia Sydney Opera House, 10 February What’d you miss? A modern Australian take on this classic iPhones and […]
Lewis Ingham reviews The Sound of Shadows
BY LEWIS INGHAM The Sound of Shadows: Entrée Making Connections Aeso Studio, Fitzroy, 10 February What’d you miss? The chance to get up close […]
Live review: Sylvie Woods goes to The Merry Widow
BY SYLVIE WOODS The Merry Widow Opera Australia Melbourne Arts Centre, (opening night) What’d you miss? Handsome gents leaping about in suits A Marilyn […]
Live review: Blair Harris @ Melbourne Warehouse Music Festival
BY LEWIS INGHAM Blair Harris: All That is Dust… Melbourne Warehouse Music Festival Schoolhouse Studios, Collingwood, November 4 What’d you miss? Electric (and acoustic) […]
Live review (and afterparty): ASO #REMASTERED
BY ELSABETH PARKINSON In Nature’s Realm/#REMASTERED Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Adelaide Town Hall, 29-30 September What’d you miss? Pinchas […]