Music
There was little time for actual reverie in this concert, which featured the premiere of Adelaide composer Graeme Koehne’s emotionally complex Bittersweet Symphony and a performance by dynamic French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
Music
A Beethovenian force in composition, Olli Mustonen delivered his edition of UKARIA’s centrepiece arts event with flair and eccentricity. This pianist-composer from Finland seems to dare the devil, and his performances were tremendously powerful.
LA Philharmonic Wind Quintet sets a wickedly high standard. One of its members is Andrew Bain from Adelaide, and it was thrilling to see this group return to UKARIA.
In his first appearance after being announced as the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s new chief conductor, Mark Wigglesworth showed his expertise in a fine performance of Elgar. And clarinettist Dean Newcomb absolutely shone in Mozart.
Travel Guide: a Global Gathering successfully lived up to its name with music from Brazil, China and other countries that genuinely created a sense of national cultures joining together.
Umberto Clerici picked a group of Australia’s leading chamber musicians for a program of exceptional music-making at UKARIA. Schubert’s ‘Trout’ Quintet was its much-loved centrepiece.
