Tag Classical music
26th June 2024
2024 is the 50th anniversary year of the Marie Clark Musical Theatre Company (formerly Marie Clark Singers). They’re planning a celebratory production of that foot-tapping music, the Music Man, which will be in the Arts Theatre in July. Director Adam…
Musique Vivante 2nd July 2023
The intimate space of the Gallery Mezzanine 55 was inviting and vibrant on a cold Sunday afternoon. Thediverse and colourful pictures caught the eye and the harpsichord and music stands had an expectant air. We were promised ‘Reflections on life…
Adelaide Baroque
Illustrious and incomparable: The extraordinary woman of the Baroque Elder Hall June 18th 2023 The scene on entering the inviting Elder Hall on a cold Winter afternoon promised a fascinating concert. The harpsichord with its beautiful painted lid by the…
Great Musical Patrons 5 – Railways & Music
What do railways and music have in common? How did railways and composition become intertwined? Let’s have a look at the connections. As usual, the answer is money. And money is made by successful businessmen and some of it trickles…
Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep
Margaret Leng TanDunstan Playhouse 28 October 2022 There is no getting away from the fact that Leng Tan is a totally original performer. Anyone who witnessed her performances a Womad a few years ago will know this already. No one…
Australian Doctors Orchestra
Sunday 4 September, Norwood Concert Hall The Australian Doctors Orchestra (ADO) is a unique national fellowship of medical professionals who are also classically trained musicians. Since their first concert in 1993, the orchestra has played a concert every year (except…
Great Musical Patrons 4 -Werner Reinhart (and his link to Alma Moodie – forgotten Australian violinist)
Werner Reinhart lived between 1884 and 1951. He was a Swiss businessman, philanthropist, amateur clarinettist, and a patron of composers and writers, particularly Igor Stravinsky and the poet and writer Rainer Maria Rilke. Reinhart knew and corresponded with many of…
Kaleidoscope Arts Magazine
Kaleidoscope is an Arts Magazine program designed to bring the music, drama and literature in the Adelaide community, and from wider afield, to 5mbs listeners. It is presented by Emily Sutherland. and can be heard each Wednesday at 6.00pm with…
Culture; Literature Music and Art of the Belle Epoque Period in France and Europe
Article written by Ed Zeidan The Belle Epoque was a period in Paris from roughly 1880 to 1814. The term Belle Epoque was a description of that time, to express an age of care-free stability, progress, pleasure, elegance and artistry.…