Review: Chamber Music (Christopher Gordon)
Chamber music with a tale to tell reveals a film composer’s other side.
Phillip Sametz has worked as an arts administrator, broadcaster, writer, mentor, pre-concert speaker, MC, tour leader, and crooner. He is currently Alumni Co-ordinator at ANAM (Australian National Academy of Music), and Director and vocalist of the swing band The Mell-O-Tones.
Chamber music with a tale to tell reveals a film composer’s other side.
Zimmermann serves up three dishes with flavours derived from a similar cuisine.
Melnikov’s rough diamonds make Brahms’ titanic struggle a compelling one.
James Ehnes offers the perfect antidote to those lockdown blues.
Howard Shelley's sympathetic advocacy is conveyed through a string of quiet pleasures.
Known and unknown amidst the collisions of musical history.
Phillip Sametz calls for more welcoming program notes.
Hope looks to the past: Pre-War salons yield some riches.
Masterworks receive masterful performances care of Osborne.
Conservative’s music emerges as shapely and consistently engaging.
Fischer completes his symphonic survey with a touch of carnival.
Andris Nelsons’ new Viennese Beethoven box blows hot and cold.
Performances with a deep sense of purpose, if light on the humour.