"The premiere of William Barton’s Journey to the Edge of the Horizon was one of the most thrilling pieces of music I’ve heard in a long time. I don’t think I blinked for the full 15 minutes," writes reviewer SARAH BYRNE.
"These community orchestras brought together a large audience to experience the joy of making music that enhances communal spirit." ROB KENNEDY reviews a performance by the Canberra Mandolin Orchestra and Canberra Recorder Orchestra.
"The clarity of the playing brought out additional depth and colour in the works and it was almost like hearing them for the first time." LEN POWER reviews Goldner String Quartet's farewell to Canberra.
"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.