Lisa Odour-Noah for Sydney Improvised Music Association – Friday 4 November 2022 Reviewed by Jillian Giordano An attention-grabbing jazz performance to kick off a Friday morning? Intriguing. In a small cozy venue similar to a living room, Lisa Odour-Noah delivers a show that ultimately had everybody in the room dancing and singing along. Joined by […]
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The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra performs a selection of J.S. Bach’s most popular music at the City Recital Hall – Friday 11 November 2022. Reviewed by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) There has been a real plethora of Bach inspired concerts of late, and to this reviewer the best I have witnessed would have to be the […]
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Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival Kangaroo Valley – 14th to 16th October 2022 review by Tony Smythe For the briefest of moments the clouds dispersed and the sun shone through on Kangaroo Valley. The heaviest of rain, following on from COVID, had pretty much decimated the circuit all year. However this October there was just enough […]
The Sydney Philharmonia Choirs perform the music of Eric Whitacre at the Sydney Opera House – Saturday 17 September 2022 Reviewed by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) There were three stars of this concert at the newly refurbished Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House: the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, the genius of Eric Whitacre and long […]
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The Freedman Fellowship Concert at Sydney Opera House Saturday 3 September 2022 Reviewed by Mick Paddon from Time & Space If you want to hear what Australia’s emerging jazz musicians are up to there is no better place to be than the concert for the finalists for the Freedman Jazz Fellowship. On Saturday September 3rd, […]
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The Sydney Philharmonia Choirs perform the sacred music of Peteris Vasks at St Andrews Cathedral – Saturday 9 July 2022 Reviewed by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) St Andrews Cathedral, if you’ve never been inside as I hadn’t, is a pretty impressive building in the heart of Sydney, with its sandstone columns, high ceiling, beautiful stained […]
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The Australian Chamber Orchestra performs the music of four generations of Bachs at the City Recital Hall, Angel Place Saturday 25 June 2022 Reviewed by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Despite dropping two items from the advertised program, the ACO provided a full and satisfying Baroque concert seasoned with more recent composers’ compositions. I can only […]
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Sydney Philharmonia Choirs perform Mozart: Requiem & Revelation at the Sydney Town Hall – Saturday 19 March, 2022 Reviewed by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) The proceedings began with an apology. “Artistic and Music Director, Brett Weymark is unable to lead this afternoon’s performance because…” yes, you guessed it, the usual disruptive reason we have become […]
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The Lyin’ Queen – Sydney Opera House, Wednesday 1 December Reviewed by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) What a gay ol’ romp in the jungle we had at the Studio last night. The plot? Yes there was one but it didn’t really matter that much. There was too much fun to be had and too many […]
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Darlinghurst Theatre Company – I Want to Know What Love Is, 19 May 2021. Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) OMG. What did I just see? Submission # 329: “………they say you can’t hallucinate on ecstacy.” Well now I’m even more confused, because the 60 minute sexy, sad, funny, angry, rollercoaster ride I’ve just been […]
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Lina Tesoriero – The Waverly Library Galleries, 14-27 May 2021 Reviewed by Anthony Frater of Arts Wednesday Local Bondi artist Lina Tesoriero’s exhibition and sale entitled Musings, is on now at Waverley Library Galleries until 27 May. Lina has been included in a number of group shows, but this is her first solo show. The […]
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Claudel – Sydney Opera House, Saturday 1 May Reviewed by Paul Neeson From the opening set of drab painters’ drapes and simple paint-stained wooden furniture, Claudel didn’t promise a colour-filled vibrant theatre piece, but the story of French sculptor, Camille Claudel is one of immense sadness and unfulfilled promise. Maybe writer/director Wendy Beckett’s vision is […]