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The title of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s concert might have been “New Worlds”, but it seemed a misnomer in some ways given the implied Eurocentrism. Obviously, this choice stemmed from Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, From the New World being the featured item and entailing connections with the other items on the program, particularly Concert Overture No. 2 by Black A...
There are ghost stories aplenty in Scottish legends, many involving malevolent spirits luring people to their doom. It is this aspect of Verdi’s Macbeth that director Kate Millet has chosen to emphasise in BK Opera’s latest production, now showing at the Kensington Town Hall.
This Macbeth is one of the outstanding operatic productions of the year,...
The joy of music is fully experienced with every Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Concert, and “Nightingale”, the final program for the 2025 concert season, once again impressed with artistic quality and a maximum amount of congeniality. We look forward always to being taken to a heavenly place with gorgeous string sounds, “hidden gems” of ensemble repertoire, and stimulating new ...
Following the beautiful and now customary musical Acknowledgement of Country (Deborah Cheetham Fraillon’s Long Time Living Here), the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Spring Gala program, conducted by Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor, Jaime Martìn, began with Rossini’s William Tell Overture, performed by very large forces. The stage was filled with extra d...
In a concert presented by Musica Viva, acclaimed Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski presented a program featuring solo piano works by the so-called three B’s: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms.
The first half of the recital was comprised of a generous selection of smaller works from Brahms’ late period collections Opp. 116-119, works composed after Brahms’ self-declared re...
