"You can’t say that Art Song Canberra’s 'Women Who Move the Heart' was going to be an easy concert for Sonia Anfiloff, soprano, and Alan Hicks, piano," writes reviewer LEN POWER.
A programme of Borodin, Wagner, and Brahms/Schönberg in the Thailand Cultural Centre on Sept 2 afforded the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to perform at both the quietest and loudest of dynamics. Experienced Greek conductor Myron Michailidis and Italian mezzo-soprano Lucrezia Venturiello made their Thailand debuts, and certainly both made a very positive impression on the audience. The concert began with Alexander Borodin's Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, continuing with Richard Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder, and finishing with Schönberg's imaginative arrangement for orchestra of Brahms' Piano Quartet In G Minor.
How fitting that two of Norway’s greatest musicians should be coming together for a programme centred around the country’s most celebrated composer, Edvard Grieg, writes Harriet Smith.