Reviewer DANTE COSTA has a niggle about the final half of the Six Brandenburg Concertos. "I am not entirely convinced that this was the best venue to showcase the beauty and technicality of this ensemble’s masterful performance."
Review
This was a production of great credit to the Bach Akademie Australia and to the festival. Events such as these can often be the only opportunity to present such work in this way," writes reviewer GRAHAM McDONALD.
LEN POWER reviews the Canberra International Music Festival's American Modern concert.
Reviewer ROB KENNEDY savours an hour of music and conversation at the keyboard between Tamara-Anna Cislowska and composer Larry Sitsky. "His legacy is still a work in progress, but his influence is cemented throughout Australia," he writes.
Beethoven’s Legacy was the focus and SARAH BYRNE reviews performances by Trio Karénine and the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam.
"The trio’s performance captured the elegant simplicity of the Australian bush and the composer's wish to evoke the harmonious ways in which traditional owners inhabit the land," writes reviewer CASSIDY RICHENS.
"It’s certainly a play for those who enjoy shows about theatre behind the scenes," writes ALANNA MACLEAN in her review of The Actress, playing at the Rep Theatre until May 18.
DANTE COSTA reviews an an illuminating program encompassing a rich history of music by two prolific composers hailing from opposite sides of the globe: none other than Luigi Nono and Canberra’s very own Larry Sitsky.
Reviewer GRAHAM McDONALD enjoys some Turkish Tea – "Respectful and joyous music making and totally enjoyable."
"Watching bodies gliding through and hovering in space, as if defying gravity, then gracefully leap from one to another... became strangely relaxing." SAMARA PURNELL reviews Humans 2.0.
"Luminescence Chamber Singers’ world-premiere performance of Andrew Ford’s new song cycle Red Dirt Hymns was one of the most purely enjoyable hours of music it’s been my pleasure to experience," writes reviewer SARAH BYRNE.
ANNA CREER reviews two new crime books set in regional Australia, one written with skilfully interwoven strands, the other tense and dramatic.
