"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".
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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.
"Listening to a pianist of Edward Neeman's quality perform these intricate and profound works and for almost all the concert without sheet music is an extraordinary experience," writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
CON BOEKEL reviews three photographic exhibitions offering "so much to absorb, consider and appreciate".
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews the craft exhibition "Exuberance", curated by Sharon Peoples and Carol Cooke.
Reviewer MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE finds Eliza-Jane Gilchrist's work "a thought-provoking and beautifully made exhibition".
"It's been a long time since I've been to a record launch, but this one was a bit special, combining a long-gestated album from local musician Konrad Lenz with his 50th birthday party," writes reviewer GRAHAM McDONALD.
“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is acknowledged as one of Sondheim’s most brilliant achievements. Reviewer BILL STEPHENS says this production serves it well.
The mammoth effort from the creative team and the cast of "Unhinged" deserves to be seen by a wider audience than the inner-sanctum of family and friends, writes dance reviewer SAMARA PURNELL.
