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CD Review – Fable

CD Reviews Fine Music Magazine Paul Cooke

Jacinta Dennett is an Australian harpist, and this album gathers a number of compositions for solo harp by Australian women composers. They range chronologically from Peggy Glanville-Hicks’ Sonata for harp, written in 1950-51 for the Spanish harpist Nicanor Zabaleta and still performed by him more than 30 years later, to a work commissioned by Dennett, Alicia Grant’s Three pieces for harp, a depiction of a coastal environment.

CD Review – Dora Pejacevic: Piano Concerto; Symphony

CD Reviews Fine Music Magazine James Nightingale

Research into the work of minor composers of the early part of the 20th century has unearthed a few gems in recent years, and the music of the Croatian composer, Dora Pejačević is another welcome addition to the musical picture of the period. Pejačević had a privileged upbringing but was also caught up in the turbulence of the times, including nursing in the Great War, while demanding that her music be accepted on her own terms.

CD Review- Rhythm Ross Edwards: Frog and star cycles of change

CD Reviews Fine Music Magazine James Nightingale

On this new recording, Ross Edwards’ Symphony no 2 joins Symphonies 1, 3 and 4 in the public sphere. Alongside this long-awaited release is his most recent orchestral work, the concerto for saxophone and percussion, Frog and star cycle, and a re-release of his Symphony no 3.

CD Review – Christopher Gordon: Chamber music

CD Reviews Fine Music Magazine Paul Cooke

Christopher Gordon is an English-born Australian composer. He has been commissioned by ensembles such as the SSO, the ACO and the Omega Ensemble; has provided ballet and dance works for Graeme Murphy; and has composed music for numerous films, including Mao’s last dancer and Ladies in black.

First Person – William Barton

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Andrew Bukenya talks to Australia’s didgeridoo virtuosoWilliam Barton is an Indigenous didgeridoo player who grew up on a cattle station...

First Person – Western Sydney Orchestra

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Catherine Peake speaks with Artistic Director Kristian Winther and Chair Max Holzner from the newly formed Western Sydney Philharmonic Orchestra, or the West Phil.

Live Performance Review – SIX the Musical

Fine Music Magazine Live performance review Tessa Miles

Henry VIII is known for establishing the Church of England and for his tumultuous love life, which is why the story of his six wives makes for the perfect musical. From the brainchild of English writing duo Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, SIX is currently playing at the Sydney Opera House until April and is a fun, upbeat and spectacular show, from the incredible costumes to the toe-tapping music and empowering story.

Immigrant, Exile, Outsider

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In 1940, 18-yr-old Felix Bischofswerder arrived in Australia along with his father, having fled Nazi Germany in the mid 1930s for London, where he studied Fine Arts and Architecture. He shortened his surname to Werder and proceeded to play a significant role in the cultural life of his adopted country for most of the next 70 years. As a composer, he was not constrained by genre, writing chamber and electronic music, symphonies, concertos, opera and more. He was also an influential teacher, critic and public intellectual.

Jacques Ibert

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Perhaps not as well-known as some of his contemporaries, Jacques Ibert nonetheless made a name for himself as a composer. Studying at the Paris Conservatoire as well as privately, his fellow students included Arthur Honegger and Darius Milhaud. Ibert’s studies were interrupted by World War I, but after winning the Prix de Rome in 1919 for his cantata Le Poète et la fée, he continued his studies in Rome.

2MBS Fine Music Sydney Magazine – February Out Now!

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The February issue of the 2MBS Fine Music Sydney Magazine has just been released. You can read the entire magazine through our website! This month we take a look at Simone Young, Lloyd Swanton of The Necks, as well as Jacques Ibert: A Composer To Whom All Systems Were Valid. You can also get access to this months program guide so you don't miss your favorite show!