National Gallery of Australia 29 June – 7 October 2024 Review by Anthony Frater. Arts Wednesday. They say every picture tells a story and this exhibition tells us why. If you haven’t had a chance to get down to the National Gallery in Canberra to see the Paul Gauguin exhibition, better hurry because there are […]
Museum of Contemporary Art. 27 September 2024 – 16 February 2025 Review by Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) When is film art or when is art film? Well it’s been a long time since art exclusively meant painting or drawing, nowadays everyone is an artist and everything is art, whether it be dance, film or music, […]
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Friday 20 & Friday 27 September, 2024 Sydney Opera House Sydney Symphony Orchestra Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Eminent British conductor and Sydney Symphony Principal Guest conductor, Sir Donald Runnicles presented two concerts of late Romantic and Impressionist music at the Sydney Opera House. Duruflé Requiem Fri 20 September The orchestration genius of Claude […]
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Sunday 22 September, 2024 Old Fitz Theatre New Ghosts Theatre Company Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Sitting, Screaming is a virtuoso theatre work for a solo actor that examines some dark themes in the life of a troubled teenage girl dealing with multiple distressing factors in her life as she edges towards adulthood. Writer, […]
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Wednesday 18 September, 2024 Roslyn Packer Theatre Sydney Dance Company Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) The Sydney Dance Company’s double bill, Twofold cements their reputation under the Artistic Direction of Rafael Bonachela as one of the premier contemporary dance companies in Australia. The opening work, Impermanence was choreographed by Bonachela and first conceived with […]
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Friday 16 August, 2024 St. James’ Church Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Chamber Singers Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) The queue to get into the St James’ Church was moving slowly as the distant thunder was rumbling. Fortunately we were all seated by the time the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Chamber Singers filed in to the choir […]
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Monday 12 August 2024 City Recital Hall Council: Pekka Kuusisto & Gabriel Kahane Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Council is the musical duo of Pekka Kuusisto & Gabriel Kahane. Their song-writing is original but somehow assuringly familiar and the songs are interspersed with classical music both old and ultra-modern. The overall effect is a […]
Wednesday 7 August 2024 Sydney Opera House Sydney Symphony Orchestra Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Violinist Augustin Hadelich’s performance of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra was a virtuosic performance of great proportion, it took our appreciation of this much loved concerto to a new level. From the opening bars we […]
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Saturday 3 August 2024 City Recital Hall Australian Chamber Orchestra and Sydney Dance Company Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) In Silence & Rapture the ACO combines the music of JS Bach and Arvo Pärt with contemporary dance choreographed by Sydney Dance Company’s Rafael Bonachela, and the question I am pondering is was it a […]
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Monday 29 July 2024 Sydney Opera House King’s College Choir, Cambridge Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) I feel conflicted. When I look at the stage I see a couple of the boys fidgeting (they caught my eye because the rest of the choir were still, focused and disciplined). Fidgeting with their gowns, their hands, […]
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Saturday July 27, 2024 Riverside Theatres Parramatta National Theatre of Parramatta Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) In his new play, Karim, James Elazzi explores the frictions inherent to age, race, sexuality and identity. It is a dark play dealing with themes of family disfunction, drug addiction, loneliness and the breakdown of relationships, but Elazzi […]
Saturday July 20, 2024 Sydney Town Hall Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Not for the first time have we walked out of a Sydney Philharmonia Choirs concert feeling privileged that we had just witnessed something very special. Artistic Director, Brett Weymark’s curation of Rachmaninov’s All Night Vigil combined lighting, staging, extraordinary […]
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