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CD Review: Hunger by Bungarribee

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Driven by genre-fusing ardour, with the inclusion of warped, shaped sounds, the ethnic intrusions and Eastern tangents of vocalised rhythmic syllables (Konakol), with instruments plus electronics, Bungarribee jazz quartet leans on solid ground while moving in mysterious ways between music of the jazz-infused avant-garde and classical. Embracing different genres, grooves and intensities, they have released a lovely recording that embraces openheartedness and positive expression.

CD Review: Light Dance – Black Tulip Trio

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The arrival of a new trio recording such as this often evokes the feeling of greeting an old friend. The...

CD Review: To Listen, To Sing: Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples composers

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Ngarra-Burria (‘To Listen, To Sing’) is a program instigated by Dharug composer and teacher Christopher Sainsbury in 2016 to encourage and enable indigenous composers to ‘create notated compositions and industry connections’.

MUSICA VIVA GARRICK OHLSSON REVIEW

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The touch was as light as a feather as American pianist Garrick Ohlsson teased the pianissimo opening out of Franz Schubert’s Impromptu in C minor, the first of his Opus 90 four impromptus. It set the scene for what was to be a wonderfully intimate recital at the City Recital Hall.

CD Review: In The Waves

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Born out of a pandemic-inspired reconnection with ocean swimming, these compositions are loosely themed on the physical and philosophical qualities of water as a common thread.

CD Review: Black Money

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Black Money is an original project of band leader, pianist, and composer John McAll, who launched the debut recording in 2009. His following recordings in the Black Money series are Alter Ego, recorded in 2012, and most recently, Pass the Rainbow.

CD Review – Love Letters: Compositions For Solo Piano – Tim Bruer

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Some purists prefer artists to stay in their lane, but often when they venture out of that tried and tested territory, we hear another side of their superb musicianship. Such is the case in the new recording of Sydney-based jazz pianist Tim Bruer.

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

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

CD Review – Tim Bruer – Love Letters Compostions for Solo Piano

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****Some purists prefer artists to stay in their lane, but often when they venture out of that tried and tested...

Focal Point 24.11.22

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A regular exploration of folk, classical, world and jazz on the rise and causing waves around the globe.