Music – Reviews Archive

Review: The Cat Empire, Sydney Opera House

Music is the language of us all The Cat Empire’s latest show at the Sydney Opera House was an electrifying display of the band’s capacity to escape all limits of genre. Performing for the first time alongside the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the …

Review: Vänskä conducts the Music of Sibelius

Image courtesy of Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Photo: Jay Patel. Jean Sibelius is undoubtedly Finland’s most celebrated composer. While typically remembered for his passionate symphonic works and concertos, Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä’s latest show at the Sydney Opera House reveals a more enigmatic …

Review: Karakorum: A Medieval Musical Journey, City Recital Hall

Karakorum: A Medieval Musical Journey provides an unexpected but delightful experience as the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir collaborate with French ensemble La Camera delle Lacrime and renowned Australian actor David Wenham as narrator. The enterprising Paul Dyer, whose exiguous regard for concert convention has seen …

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Thomas Tallis’ England

This joyful opening concert of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s 2018 season celebrates 16th and 17th century English choral and chamber music by Byrd, Gibbons, Purcell, Locke and Handel, and closes with the Australian premiere of Vaughan Williams’ ‘Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis’ …