Category: Concert Reviews – Archive

September 24, 2019 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Ensemble Theatre, September 9 9/10 The ghosts from his past turned out for this one. Marlene was there, as was Billie, hyperactive Judy (of course), Nina, Aretha and Janis. But the point was that now they were just ghosts. Where once Paul Capsis built his reputation on doing wickedly accurate…

September 22, 2019 / Concert Reviews - Archive

The Studio, September 8 8/10 The standard of musical excellence in Australia is only going north. This was the strongest of 17 editions of Freedman Jazz, the annual concert partly determining the winner of the $20,000 Freedman Jazz Fellowship. Standing out was not just the musicianship, but the artistry: the…

September 3, 2019 / Concert Reviews - Archive

The Boiler House, August 17 9/10 It’s a rare sensation these days, but there is still such exhilaration in being taken to the edge of the possible. Many sections of this concert made you felt you’d had a craniotomy, and the top of your skull had rocketed skyward. Led by…