"The playing was flawless, the concert cleverly programmed and your reviewer left feeling well satisfied, though I suspect one is not supposed to feel that way after Shostakovich." GRAHAM McDONALD reviews the Phoenix Collective Quartet.
ANNA CREER reviews two new historical fiction books, one about an extraordinary love affair that engrossed a British prime minister at a time of war, the other of what awaits a victorious warrior king returning home from the Trojan War.
"This concert showed how composers find inspiration in the vastness of the firmament to create mesmerising scores that captivate the senses through the power of imagination." ROB KENNEDY reviews the CSO's Celestial Visions.
"Love Lock is a work for this century. It is brash at times but always demanding of our thoughts about humanity. A triumph for its choreographer and her collaborators." MICHELLE POTTER reviews a new work from the Sydney Dance Company.