Reviews
Sydney Minsky Sargeant
Lunga
Debut from the Working Men’s Club frontman is a bucolic detour into folky musings
Six Organs of Admittance
A beguiling night of deceptively complex, homespun experimental music
Breaking Bach
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Kim Brandstrup deliver an evening with fresh and unforgettable energy
Puccini’s Suor Angelica
London Symphony deliver a magnificent rendition of Puccini’s one-act opera
TOPS
Bury The Key
New one from the Montreal band has its moments, but struggles to separate pastiche and inspiration
Warm As Summer, Bright As Blood
Concept album preview packs enthralling dramatic punch
Orpheus and Eurydice
Opera Queensland and Circa deliver a triumphant blend of opera and circus
Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito
Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus brings joy onto the EIF stage.
Book of Mountains and Seas
Huang Ruo’s opera seamlessly blends Chinese myth, puppetry, and environmental warning
Little Bulb: Listen Dance
If joy were bottled, it would feel like this
Alabaster DePlume
The enigmatic jazz man brings his unique mix of big feelings and intuitive jams to a beautifully realised performance
A Grand Don’t Come For Free
Gig theatre becomes rap opera in the story of the Streets’ classic album