Category: Concert Reviews – Archive

February 26, 2021 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Sydney Lyric, February 10 3.5/10 Two drum-centric shows in four weeks, and they could not have been more different. The first, Disruption! The Voice of the Drums, focused on the instrument’s capacity (in the hands of the exceptional Simon Barker and Chloe Kim) for rhythmic complexity, melodic song and improvised…

February 25, 2021 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Lennox Theatre, February 7 8/10 Musicians may congregate in metropolises and vie for scant playing opportunities, but they also form communities that cohere like families – largely minus the sibling rivalry. The musicians and composers involved in the latest instalment of the Paul Cutlan String Project underscore this feeling of…

February 4, 2021 / Concert Reviews - Archive

York Theatre, January 20 8/10 On a vast stage a lone soul sits at a grand piano, his back to most of us. This detachment between audience and player could have been a metaphor for the times, but the moment the music began, that detachment dissolved, and this was like…