Read more about the article The Fairy’s Kiss (Musica Viva)
Leila Josefowicz and John Novacek. Picture: © Alex Jamieson

The Fairy’s Kiss (Musica Viva)

Debussy’s Sonata in G minor opened the program: his last completed work, signed “Musicien français,” composed as he lay dying in wartime Paris, its continuous-variation writing looking backward to Couperin and Rameau rather than forward to Romantic bravura. Josefowicz played it with her entire body, the melodic line’s slow unspooling as much danced as bowed, the finale’s tumultuous joy registering as gesture before it registered as sound.

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Read more about the article Australian Chamber Orchestra and friends paint the town blue
Ukrainian-Australian pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk performing with flair. Picture: Nic Walker

Australian Chamber Orchestra and friends paint the town blue

What at first glance seemed like an eclectic mix of disparate works made perfect sense when you dug a bit deeper. A Canadian outsider’s view of an ancient land. Two Ukrainian exiles. A Russian composer who fell foul of the Soviet authorities.  An American Jewish composer whose music resists easy classification. 

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