Review: Coriole Music Festival finds a way home
It was a chilly time this year at McLaren Vale, but Simon Cobcroft came up with an immensely stimulating theme of homecoming for his program as artistic director of the Coriole Music Festival.
It was a chilly time this year at McLaren Vale, but Simon Cobcroft came up with an immensely stimulating theme of homecoming for his program as artistic director of the Coriole Music Festival.
Here was standard fare if ever there was, but with artists so far above the ordinary, there was everything to admire in the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Heroic concert.
Adelaide jazz musicians Thomas Voss and Enne R. shine in this year’s International Jazz Day concert, a vibrant celebration that brings together some incredible – and innovative – South Australian voices.
For more than two hours, with a brilliant band and a portfolio of songs that have conquered time, James Taylor reminds us that we have still got a friend.
Though it felt disconnected, the ASO’s Grandeur was a courageously programmed and enthralling concert. Not the least surprise was hearing a soprano singing into a megaphone.
There was something for everyone in the giant festival finale that the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra cooked up on the weekend. With electronic music duo Electric Fields, the Floods of Fire concert was a joyous occasion.