Category Archives: Reviewed
The Brit Awards: why can British television not do a decent awards night anymore?
British television has produced some of the best entertainment ever seen, and continues to do so, why then can the industry not pull it together and give viewers a decent awards show anymore? last night’s Brit Awards was, in the words of mediocre compere Peter Kay, “twenty minutes of entertainment stretched over two hours…”
And he [...]
BBC Proms: Handel’s Messiah gets a facelift.
When you think of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ you instantly conjure up images of staid choirs made up of bosomy church ladies and tuxedoed middle-aged men. That’s your suburban production of Messiah and we all know of one. I have had the experience of listening to a Messiah of which even Handel himself would be astonished. Handel [...]
‘Bundanon’ – a musical landscape by Phillip Wilcher
When I sat down to listen to ‘Bundanon’, the new CD recording of music by Australian composer Phillip Wilcher I had the distinct feeling, once again, that anything was possible. I am an unabashed admirer of his music but that is not to say I always know what to expect – I only know [...]
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