Concert Hall, July 2 This was an aural version of one of those chocolate assortments catering to all tastes. The paradox was that in the process taste was often discarded like a wrapper, and Chris Botti served up soft-centred goo more often than anything of substance. In fact he would…
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Sound Lounge, June 13 Krzysztof Komeda was dead at the age of 37. In that truncated life this Polish medical doctor had penned the scores for over 40 films, including most of Roman Polanski’s up to and including Rosemary’s Baby. Simultaneously he was a jazz pianist who did more than…
Blue Mountains Theatre, June 6 Taken prisoner when the Japanese overran Ambon (in modern Indonesia) during World War II Lloyd Swanton’s uncle, Stuart Swanton, died in the island’s notorious POW camp. This grim piece of family history stirred Swanton to commemorate in music an uncle who at grave personal risk…