| Date and venue | Title | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|
| 4-Mar-2013 Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall | Visionary music-making: The Australian Chamber Orchestra in The Reef | David Larkin |
 For many reasons, the ACO’s most recent show The Reef was an artistic experience like no other in all my years of concert-going. It is difficult even categorising the event: an orchestral concert with accompanying video footage? A film with live soundtrack?Read full review... | ||
| 30-Oct-2012 Nasher Sculpture Center | Midori in Dallas: Experimental Beethoven, Webern and Crumb | Evan Mitchell |
 The Soundings concert series opened its season Tuesday evening at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, with violinist Midori and pianist Özgür Aydin. Although the series typically focuses more on contemporary music, Midori offered the program she’s been touring with in celebration of the 30th anniversary of her debut, and it did not disappoint. She and Mr Aydin presented the three Beethoven sonatas written in A major, interspersed with a pair of works from the 20th century.
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| 24-Jan-2012 Hackney Empire | Kronos Quartet at the Hackney Empire | Arthur Keegan-Bole |
 Mark Allan.jpg) Cool venue – cool ensemble – cool concert! The Kronos quartet are successful where so many fail in bringing the often-too-distinct worlds of pop/rock and classical together. This concert highlighted their commitment to forging their own performance aesthetic by only programming music that has been written specifically for them. The only exception was the piece that inspired first violinist David Harrington to form the group in the first place – George Crumb’s Black Angels.
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| 8-Nov-2011 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh | Hebrides Ensemble: American Pioneers - Queen's Hall Edinburgh | Alan Coady |
| American Pioneers, the latest Hebrides Ensemble programme, featured five U.S. composers in what musical director, William Conway described as "a slice" of contemporary music from that vast country. Minimalism, as one might expect, featured. Jennifer Higdon's Smash (2005) opened with what felt like a celebration of our obsession with speed. Scored for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, the piece - if not a textbook example of minimalism - was certainly economic and tightly argued. Read full review... | ||
