Music / Diana Doherty & Streeton Trio, at Llewellyn Hall, March 12. Reviewed by
CLINTON WHITE
WITHÂ some of the best and most respected musicians in the world on the stage in front of you, expectations are high. The âAustralian cringeâ might put those expectations on an evenhigher plane. Whatever the expectations for this concert, they were exceeded. Decisively.
Appearing for Musica Viva, these Australians, oboist, Diana Doherty, and the Streeton Trio (named after the artist, Sir Arthur Streeton) â violinist, Emma Jardine, cellist, Umberto Clerici, and pianist, Benjamin Kopp â delivered a performance that would attract the highest acclaim from the planetâs most discerning and critical audiences.
Virtuosic delight emboldens complex quartet work
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City Recital Hall, March 6
Lachlan Skipworthâs
Oboe Quartet, which was commissioned last year for Musica Viva in memory of Anne and Alan Blanckensee by their son Andrew, family and friends, has increased the repertoire for this particular combination of instruments by 100 per cent, according to Diana Doherty. It has also, to my mind, raised the standard by a similar factor.
Itâs not that Bohuslav Martinuâs
Quartet for oboe, violin, cello and piano, H315 (1947) is bad but, in the context of the rest of the program, it is an