EXPOSED! Life in the orchestra with Tim Jones, tuba
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Have you ever wondered what life is really like in the orchestra? Welcome to EXPOSED! Throughout 2017, we’re teaming up with musicians and […]
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Live Review: MSO Sibelius and Shostakovich
BY MADELINE ROYCROFT Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Works by Sibelius, Munro, Shostakovich Hamer Hall, 17 November Like any self-confessed Russian music nerd, concert programs […]
Don’t leave me alone
BY CAMPBELL BANKS It had been a rough week, if you remember. On the Monday, Leonard Cohen added his name to 2016’s long list […]
What we learnt at the TSO Composers’ School
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE This year, four leading young composers took part in the Symphony Australia/Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Composers’ School. Undergoing an intense week of […]
Nostalgia Ascending
BY CAMPBELL BANKS Lark Ascending Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with Richard Tognetti Hamer Hall, 20 August After seeing the program for this Melbourne Symphony […]
Kane Moroney: My journey into classical music
BY KANE MORONEY I remember the catalyst well – the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at the Melbourne Town Hall. I would have been about 14 […]
Hey you, dishwasher heart
BY CAMPBELL BANKS At the back of a stage dense with seated bodies, a man in fancy dress wanders sheepishly, paper in hand. He […]
Thoughts during a live performance of Ives
BY CAMPBELL BANKS ‘I bet that quarter-tone piano would have sounded amazing.’ Well, there’s a thought I could never have predicted would wind its […]
When Kurt Elling comes to town
BY SAMUEL COTTELL There is always a buzz when Kurt Elling comes to town. He likes to visit us here in Australia on a […]
Composer Alex Turley premieres his City of Ghosts
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE A city deserted. Fog, light, movement through the shadows. This is the concept behind young composer Alex Turley’s latest creation City of […]