"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.
Review
ANNA CREER reviews two new crime books set in regional Australia, one written with skilfully interwoven strands, the other tense and dramatic.
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews two of the international ensembles performing at CIMF. Members of both groups are around the same age, mid-30s or so and both concerts were programmed with subtle connecting links between the works performed.
"The opening gala concert of this year’s Canberra International Music Festival was indeed very gala and emotionally uplifting with a program filled with compassion," writes reviewer LEN POWER.
ROB KENNEDY reviews the first concert in the 2024 Canberra International Music Festival, which he said got the festival off to a strong start.
Australian Dance Week has been launched at CMAG, with a preview of Australian Dance Party’s Co_Lab:24 performed at the Courtyard Theatre.
LEN POWER reviews Shipwrecked, a performance of Baroque music by Tobias Cole and Apeiron Baroque.
"With a collection of recorder music spanning from the Renaissance to the present day, it was a pleasure to hear the musical expressions crafted for this instrument through nearly 500 years," writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
BILL STEPHENS reviews Prinnie Stevens performance of Lady Sings the Blues Vol. 2.
CON BOEKEL reviews two new photographic exhibitions at At M16 Artspace.
LEN POWER reviews a performance by soprano Ayşe Göknur Shanal in “a concert in human solidarity with the Palestinian people, especially in Gaza".
Three books, two by Australian authors, reaffirm the dramatic impact humanity has had, and continues to have, on our fragile environment, writes reviewer COLIN STEELE.
