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Review: A Clockwork Orange and Beyond

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The month of May saw arpeggiators, auteurs, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra come together in glorious fashion under the guidance of Richard Tognetti, teaming up with UK musician Will Gregory’s Moog Ensemble for A Clockwork Orange and Beyond.

CD Review: Victoria Brass Live

CD Reviews Fine Music Magazine

When the 40 musicians that make up Victoria Brass are playing at full blast, you can be forgiven for thinking that you’re in the middle of an entire symphony orchestra. In numbers like the finale from Sir Arthur Bliss’s Checkmate Ballet Suite, or Mussorgsky’s Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov, you are blown away, no pun intended.

Tchaikovsky’s ‘favourite offspring’: The Snow Maiden

Fine Music Magazine

Mary Moran looks at the story behind a famous Russian fairy taleThe Snow Maiden, the much-loved Rimsky-Korsakov opera, was based...

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

Fine Music Magazine

Last month witnessed the passing of renowned Japanese musical visionary Ryuichi Sakamoto, an artist whose talent and versatility as a musician, composer, actor and producer earned him a reputation as one of the most influential artists of our time.

CD Review – Bassano: Ricercate for solo recorder

CD Reviews Fine Music Magazine

Giovanni Bassano came to St Mark’s Venice in 1576 where he distinguished himself as director of instrumental music. Giovanni came from the same family of musicians and virtuoso recorder players who settled in England in the early 1500s to enhance the cultural life of the court of Henry VIII.

Sergei Rachmaninov: A misplaced traditionalist?

Classical Fine Music Magazine Program Highlights

Rex Burgess investigates the music of RachmaninovThe first of April marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the last...

French Master par excellence

Classical Fine Music Magazine

Former French Prime Minister Charles de Freycinet was walking amongst the urbane people of Paris when he recognized César Franck approaching at a fast trot, his uniform an oversized frock coat, grey trousers hoisted too high, top hat haphazardly brushed against the nap. The Prime Minister slowed to talk, but Franck, without breaking stride, called as he passed, “Will you come with me to Sainte-Clotilde? But don’t speak to me. I heard last night heavenly things, and I don’t want to forget them!”

International Women’s Day

Classical Fine Music Magazine Jazz Jazz On Wednesdays Program Highlights

International Women’s Day (8 March) is a day for joining voices around the world and shout our message for equal rights: “Women’s rights are human rights!” Check out Jazz-On-Wednesday, Fine Music Magazine, Fine Music Afternoon, and Music of the Night.

The female crescendo

Fine Music Magazine

Having gone to an all-girls’ school, I met a fair share of our species. Some were fierce, others mild and maternal. Pinned outside the philosophy club was a poster, known these days as a ‘meme’: I’m a female. Fe = Iron Male = Man Therefore, I am Iron Man. One doesn’t need to be a chemistry or Marvel Comics nerd to appreciate the mettle of women.

CD Review – Paul Stanhope: Three Quartets – Australian String Quartet

CD Reviews Classical Fine Music Magazine

The Australian composer Paul Stanhope is the focus of a new recording from the Australian String Quartet. Composed between 2008...