Review: Dudok Quartet (Canberra International Music Festival)
No matter what genre of music they play, Amsterdam's Dudok Quartet do it with the utmost grace and clarity.
No matter what genre of music they play, Amsterdam's Dudok Quartet do it with the utmost grace and clarity.
No matter what genre of music they play, Amsterdam's Dudok Quartet do it with the utmost grace and clarity.
Two striking Australian First Nations dance works demonstrate a breadth of styles, from streetwise to elegiac.
Lior and Nigel Westlake's groundbreaking work made for a powerful opening statement for this year's Canberra International Music Festival.
An intense, compact listening experience from a young quartet with an enviable reputation for elegance, precision and energy.
Raw power and energy as from Sydney Chamber Choir as they scale Mozart’s final peak.
A core repertoire work for the TSO refreshed, refined and made something special.
Great Sibelius from start to Finnish under a conductor to whom this music seems like second nature.
Belinda McClory shines in Andrew Bovell’s family drama about flawed relationships tested by seismic change.
Bravura performances of septets by the SSO principals and octets from the Goldner and Orava Quartets bring this year’s festival to a triumphant close.
A thoughtfully curated program of choral music for those still hankering to extend the feel-good vibes of Easter.
A perfect night at the opera opens OQ's inaugural Brisbane Bel Canto festival, giving soprano Jessica Pratt a production of Lucia to call her own.
Five characters in speech-making mode spin stories that take unexpected, sometimes bizarre turns.
Dance and dream in a superbly themed and played recital.
The Frenchiest of operettas springs to life with oodles of Ooh la la!
English baritone’s fantasy party for RVW is a delightful floral tribute.
A poignant interplay of light and darkness makes for a choral gem.
High-res performances from HD Duo with all-Australian repertoire.
Berlioz’s employer’s daughter turns out to be a first-rate composer.
Zimmermann weaves his magic from Stravinsky to Bartók.
Bychkov embraces his inner Czech with a magisterial national masterpiece.
Does God exist? The debate between Freud and C.S. Lewis plays like a good-humoured duel.
A work of theatre about the theatre – its travails, agonies, ghosts and pleasures – that works exceptionally well on screen.
Simon Stone’s production for Opera di Roma has its hits and misses, but the optics are terrific.
The German auteur turns his lens on Tokyo for what is, in part, a celebration of the city’s excellent public toilets.
A rich, nuanced and detailed survey of Edwards’ music for choirs.
Sensual and spiky: a compelling portrait of a deeply complex human being.
Behind every great man, there’s a great woman (frequently airbrushed out).
Revealing interviews with classical music’s great and good.