Brandenburg Quartet – Home Town Tour 2018: Music Sublime
Brandenburg Quartet musicians offered a sublime experience; exquisite violins, ingenious viola and a cello triumphant for their first Home Town Tour, Melbourne
Performance Art Reviews
Tribute to Sir Nicholas Shehadie – Selby, Clifford & Newman
A Tribute to Sir Nicholas Shehadie by Kathryn Selby on piano, Grace Clifford violin and Clancy Newman cello at City Recital Hall was an exquisite moving concert
Thomas Tallis’ England – Brandenburg, Sublime Music as Art
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Brandenburg Choir and countertenor Max Riebl started their 2018 season with an exceptional experience of incomparable richness
Phantom Thread: Bespoke Style – Immutable, Impossible Chic
Phantom Thread stars incomparable multi-award winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis in his final, perhaps most masterful role, as Reynolds Woodcock a London couturier
The Crown, Season 2: Episodes 9 &10 – Future of the Monarchy
Netflix The Crown Season 2 ends; it features fabulous costumes, outstanding settings, superb acting, excellent scriptwriting and is an award winner in every way
The Crown, Season 2: Episode 7: Matrimonium, not an Idyll
Marry me asks Antony Armstrong-Jones of Princess Margaret, I thought you hated the idea of marriage she says, I do he answers hating the idea of losing her more
The Crown, Season 2: 4-6 – Realities of Great Expectations
Netflix The Crown, Season 2: Episodes 4 – 6 offers the realities of great expectations for Princess Margaret, Prince Phillip and abdicated former King, Edward
The Crown, Season 2: 1-3 – The Perils of Men’s Misadventures
Netflix The Crown in Season 2: Episodes 1-3 presents brilliant British actors Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II, with Matt Smith as Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh
Taking Steps: Light Hearted Entertainment for Festive Season
Taking Steps is just the right medicine for the festive season says Rose, marking Alan Ayckbourn’s 57th year as a theatre director and 59th as a playwright
Janet Seidel: The Art of Lounge 20th Anniversary CD for Xmas
The Art of Lounge a 20th Anniversary CD features songs showcasing the easy graceful much loved style of Australia’s first lady of jazz Janet Seidel (1955- 2017)
NOËL! NOËL! Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, A Magical Xmas
NOËL! NOËL! 2017 is a concert full of pathos and one of the best to date by the ABO… beg, borrow, rush and grab tickets Sydneysiders, your time is still ahead
ABO: Bittersweet Obsessions: Monteverdi & Bach in Melbourne
ABO: Bittersweet Obsessions at Melbourne Recital Centre followed a musical narrative describing one woman’s journey through the bitter and sweet aspects of life
Buyer and Cellar at Ensemble is a Winner, Rose Niland Review
The dazzling entertaining production of Buyer and Cellar by Jonathan Tolins, featuring Ben Gerrard at the Ensemble Theatre Sydney is a winner, says Rose Niland
Outlander: Series 3 – Episode 3, All Debts, Now Paid in Full
Outlander Series 3 Episode 3 sees Jamie in prison in Scotland, while Claire is studying to be a Doctor in Boston – it is a time for all debts to be paid in full
Outlander: Series 3 – Episode 2, Jamie’s Prison, Body & Mind
Outlander Series 3, Episode 2, we find Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) hiding out in a cave deep in the woods nearby to Lallybroch and it’s a prison of body and mind
Mirusia, Diva Divine – Singing with Love, From the Heart
Making marvellous memories for the audience at The Whitehouse Centre Melbourne on 16 September 2017 soprano Mirusia diva divine sang superb songs From the Heart