Carmen, Figaro and Bohème
Carmen, Figaro and Bohème playing on successive nights is a good excuse to head to Sydney for some opera. Besides, I hav...
01 September, 2025 2 Comments
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What the Next 50 Years Will Bring — Looking Back from 2025
Once upon a time passengers on commercial airlines were offered a choice of magazines. You were asked to leave them on t...
25 August, 2025 3 Comments -
From Khabarovsk to St Petersburg on the Trans-Siberian Railway Part 4 of 4
[Continued from Part 3] St Petersburg Andrei’s apartment was comfortable and spacious with room for his studio. His arti...
06 August, 2025 1 Comment -
Reflections on Beethoven’s E-flat major String Quartet – AFCM 2025
Friday afternoon’s lecture at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music has stayed with me more than most. Professors Dav...
03 August, 2025 3 Comments -
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 -
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 1 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