Richard Egarr: Baroque and Beyond
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Music Director of the British Academy of Ancient Music and pianist Richard Egarr is set to visit Hobart for a performance […]
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Is Baroque the most high-brow music ever?
BY ANDREW MESSENGER There is something of an arms race in (some) cultural circles. Everyone wants to be the edgiest, newest, most challenging – […]
Live Review: Handel’s Orlando
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Hobart Baroque FestivalDirected by Chas Rader-Shieber and conducted by Erin Helyard (Orchestra of the Antipodes)Orlando by HandelTheatre Royal, 2 April 2014 ‘Make love not war’ […]
Live Review: Bach Magnificat
BY BEN NIELSEN Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Bach Magnificat Sydney City Recital Hall, 19 February 2014 The cathedral-like City Recital Hall was soon brimming with people: […]