Baroque orchestra thrills with fresh, crisp, seamless playing
"The ensemble’s dramatic approach to the work brought out a new experience of Mozart’s astonishing harmonic adventurism." NICK HORN reviews the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
Arts & Entertainment
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"The applause grew and was sustained as the audience realised that they had just heard something quite remarkable." GRAHAM McDONALD reviews Gesualdo Tenebrae, a performance by the Luminescence Chamber Singers.
When it comes to television shows about murder investigations, sometimes it feels like everything has been done, but not everything, says streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
The new Viva Italia in Canberra Festival kicked off in fine style with its "night under the stars” by Lake Burley Griffin on Friday.
Music
Warm, funny and wistful performance
"David Bridie’s songs are observational, usually reflective, sometimes meditative, seeking the essential spirit of a scene or subject, perhaps in the same way a painter does," writes reviewer MICHAEL WILSON.
Music
Gripping orchestral journey an absolute triumph
"This was a very polished and impassioned performance of a brilliantly curated set of works, which saw our CSO step up yet again to further extend its reputation." Reviewer MICHAEL WILSON enjoyed the Canberra Symphony Orchestra.
Update
Margaret Hadfield a finalist for Gallipoli Art Prize… again
Fyshwick artist Margaret Hadfield's her oil painting, #lestweforget@Wimbie Beach, has been announced as one of the 32 finalists in the 20th annual Gallipoli Art Prize, of which she was the inaugural winner in 2006.
After Christmas, book reviewer ANNA CREER started reading some of the remaining books on the review shelf and discovered four real gems.
"The Moors is a deranged romp through a world that echoes the Brontes," writes reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN.
Here's the latest burst of Artsweek, HELEN MUSA's weekly column that rounds up what's happening where on the local arts scene.
When actor Jay Laga'aia steps on The Playhouse stage as The Pirate King in the Gilbert & Sullivan classic, The Pirates of Penzance, he'll be doing what he likes best – interacting with audiences, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
BILL STEPHENS reviews Opera Australia's production of Dido & Aeneas at Sydney Opera House.
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews A Total Work of Art: Sidney Nolan and The Stage now showing at Canberra Museum and Gallery.
In a change of pace, entertainer Paul McDermott, of Doug Anthony All Stars and Good News Week fame, is bringing his show Poems to Smith’s Alternative, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Coming soon to Queanbeyan, where the humble shopping trolley has been deified in song, is a show inspired by an equally iconic object – the wheelie bin, reports HELEN MUSA.
Here's something different, a singing cook. HELEN MUSA has the details in her latest Arts in the City column.
BILL STEPHENS reviews the surprise musical package that was Berlin Electric, performed by tenor Brad Cooper and pianist Bev Kennedy.
"Guys & Dolls is rarely seen on a football stadium-sized arena, and it could hardly match the power and the passion of grand opera on which Handa Opera was based," writes reviewer HELEN MUSA.
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews Pluckers and Scratchers, a concert performance by Apeiron Baroque at Wesley Uniting Church.
