A Reflection on Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet AFCM 2025
At a morning concert during the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, The Death of Juliet – Prokofiev’s final scen...
01 August, 2025 2 Comments
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From Khabarovsk to St Petersburg on the Trans-Siberian Railway Part 3 of 4
[Continued from Part 2] Moscow Moscow, K0. Day 8. Having arranged to meet Ulrich for lunch the following day I set out f...
31 July, 2025 No comment -
Farewells and Thresholds | Mahler and Strauss at AFCM 2025
The Australian Festival of Chamber Music 2025 is still unfolding, but last night’s performance of a scaled-down Mahler S...
29 July, 2025 1 Comment -
The Four Last Songs | Australian Festival of Chamber Music
At the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, the performance of Richard Strauss’s *Four Last Songs* was more than a musi...
28 July, 2025 1 Comment -
From Khabarovsk to St Petersburg on the Trans-Siberian Railway Part 2 of 4
[Continued from Part 1] Irkutsk We pulled into Irkutsk’s beautiful railway station on the west bank of the Angara at aro...
23 July, 2025 No comment -
Terms of Belonging – Why Australia’s Multicultural Compact is Under Threat [A July 2025 Preview]
I went to a performance of Mahler’s Third Symphony at the Sydney Opera House in February. It was a memorable evening and...
21 July, 2025 No comment -
From Khabarovsk to St Petersburg on the Trans-Siberian Railway Part 1 of 4
Khabarovsk In September 2003, as I was busily settling into the bosom of retirement in Australia, I was invited to a wee...
16 July, 2025 2 Comments -
The Genesis of Shell – Part 2 of 2
[Continued from Part 1 ] Royal Dutch Three weeks later, as the Murex cruised down the Malacca Strait toward Singapore, i...
23 June, 2025 3 Comments