"Then someone from the front row stood up and valiantly called out '7 to 6 on a penalty shoot-out! We won!' The packed Llewellyn Hall erupted in cheers and thunderous applause," writes TONY MAGEE, who was there to review the ACO.
Review
BARRINA SOUTH reviews “Know My Name: Making It Modern” at the National Gallery.
"There’s tragedy in these lives; parents die, cancer strikes. Sexual relations can be fraught. Finding one’s identity is tricky. Growing into adulthood is hard.," writes reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN.
"Bookbinding is a form of craft that's not practised by many people these days. 'Reflections of a Philosophical Voyager' gives an interesting overview, with all binders working with the same text," writes reviewer MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE.
"The spectacle came not from lavish sets and costumes, but from the glorious voices of some of the best opera singers in the world." BILL STEPHENS reviews "La Gioconda in Concert".
Reviewer SAMARA PURNELL spent a night watching "two worlds colliding in the most beautiful way".
COLIN STEELE reviews two books based on famous faces – Alan Rickman's diaries and a biography of Noel Coward.
"Haunting, ethereal and even dream-like, the singers were remarkable for their clarity and the depth of colour in their vocal combinations." LEN POWER reviews the Luminescence Chamber Singers performance of "B.A.C.H".
Unlike the film music of the composer, this work... clearly required musicians of exceptional skill to play it and the Phoenix Collective Quartet met the challenge brilliantly," writes reviewer LEN POWER.
"Thrashing up and down the keyboard, he scattered discordinance with mesmerising accuracy, until finally, jumping up from the piano, he ran from the stage, leaving his astonished audience cheering." BILL STEPHENS reviews Jeonghwan Kim.
SAMARA PURNELL reviews "Legacies", the incredible story of the Arran stowaways.
"They are like a magical musical engine; made up of many individual parts but operating as one whole. The virtuosity of the entire orchestra was remarkable." DANTE COSTA reviews the Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra.
