Category: Concert Reviews

November 8, 2023 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Belvoir St Theatre, October 19 7/10 The title could have been A Bloody Australian Songbook, such is often the tone as Robyn Archer trawls the Oz annals. It makes no pretence at being an anthology of the best or most famous Australian songs, but rather is Archer taking us by…

October 16, 2023 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, August 31 9/10 Many have tried, but no one’s succeeded like Wynton Marsalis. Collaborations between jazz musicians and symphony orchestras tend to see the latter obliged to play drab accompaniments, and the jazz players’ rhythmic fluidity stymied. Add a 100-voice choir – putting about 200…

July 16, 2023 / Concert Reviews - Archive

June 9-11 Jazz has a way of flaring up in unexpected places – even in Orange on the far-flung Central Tablelands of New South Wales. The Orange Winter Jazz Festival was born last year, and this year’s event  consisted of 40 concerts across three days in four venues. Most of…