Arts Wednesday - Eastside Radio

Arts Wednesday - Eastside Radio Paul & Anthony bring you an Arts program every Wednesday 10.30. Arts news, reviews plus interviews Sometimes it is a reflection of the interview on the day.

The program focuses on the local art world; everything from visual art, dance and theatre, to everyone from artists, curators, and gallerists, to archeologists, musicologists and politicians and their government sponsored community art programs. We enjoy an eclectic mix of music that interweaves itself through the show: some electronica, new jazz, classical, world, and ambient sound scapes. Getti

ng too the crux of what it is they - the guest - does, and thinks; their passions and what inspires them...and if we are lucky, according to their scheme like seers they they will tell us what the the future holds, and perhaps even, advise for the young at heart.

It’s easy to see why the Takács Quartet is considered one of the pre-eminent string quartets on the planet and a regular...
20/08/2025

It’s easy to see why the Takács Quartet is considered one of the pre-eminent string quartets on the planet and a regular guest of Music Viva Australia. An appreciative crowd gathered on a wet winter night at the City Re**al Hall to witness precision playing, impeccable balance and exuberant musicianship in a program from masters of the genre plus a brand new Australian commission.

https://eastsidefm.org/review-the-takacs-quartet/

Monday 18 August 2025 City Recital Hall Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Four strings. One mind. It’s easy to see why the Takács Quartet is considered one of the pre-eminent string quartets on the planet and a regular guest of Music Viva Australia. An appreciative crowd gathered on a wet wi...

What White Bay Power Station lacks in the elite acoustic of the City Recital Hall or the Concert Hall of the Sydney Oper...
18/08/2025

What White Bay Power Station lacks in the elite acoustic of the City Recital Hall or the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House, it more than makes up for with its dramatic pre-WWI industrial infrastructure and architecture. Well that was our venue for Lost Birds, a concert of contemporary choral music by the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.


Saturday 16 August 2025 Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Ensemble White Bay Power Station Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) What White Bay Power Station lacks in the elite acoustic of the City Recital Hall or the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House, it more than makes up for with its dramatic....

Having spent the early years of my career working as a foley artist and sound effects editor, when I heard about a conte...
18/08/2025

Having spent the early years of my career working as a foley artist and sound effects editor, when I heard about a contemporary dance work based on the art of foley, I was intrigued. Rebecca Jensen’s Slip is one of four works featured in Sydney Dance Company’s 4th INDance initiative recognising upcoming choreographers and giving them greater exposure to a wider audience.


Friday 15 August 2025 Rebecca Jensen and Sydney Dance Company. The Neilson, Walsh Bay Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Having spent the early years of my career working as a foley artist and sound effects editor, when I heard about a contemporary dance work based on the art of foley, I was int...

A concert of lasts that came with surprises, emotion and musicality. Childhood memories were revisited, fashions of the ...
02/08/2025

A concert of lasts that came with surprises, emotion and musicality. Childhood memories were revisited, fashions of the fin de siècle were explored, and political intrigue was circumvented once again. This concert had it all.

Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sydney Opera House

Sydney Symphony Orchestra Friday 1 August, 2025 Sydney Opera House Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) I’ve often thought for an orchestral musician, the absolute honour of opening a symphony concert with an exposed solo must be so exhilarating and at the same time so terrifying. The audiences....

After the sudden cancellation due to injury of scheduled guest director and violinist, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, the Aust...
01/07/2025

After the sudden cancellation due to injury of scheduled guest director and violinist, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, the Australian Chamber Orchestra scrambled to come up with an alternative program for the tour branded ACO Unleashed.


Australian Chamber Orchestra Saturday 28 June, 2025 City Recital Hall Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) After the sudden cancellation due to injury of scheduled guest director and violinist, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, the ACO scrambled to come up with an alternative program for the tour branded A...

We had experienced one of those rare moments in our concert going lives. A master craftsman of sound, light and drama ha...
28/06/2025

We had experienced one of those rare moments in our concert going lives. A master craftsman of sound, light and drama had us spellbound from start to finish, with our incredulity growing with each subsequent piece. Eric Whitacre, we salute you, and VOX, your instrument of choice, who not only sang to perfection, but moved in harmony, played percussion and adapted to the various choral techniques demanded by these brilliant contemporary composers. Bravo!

Sydney Opera House VOX (Sydney Philharmonia Choirs) Fri 27 June 2025 Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Eric Whitacre is the master of suspension. Not in the horror movie kind of way, but more in his ability to create musical tension through harmony, sustain it until you think it will burst, and...

Just when you thought you’d seen it all in relation to an indigenous fine art exhibition, along comes the Art Gallery of...
26/06/2025

Just when you thought you’d seen it all in relation to an indigenous fine art exhibition, along comes the Art Gallery of New South Wales with Yolŋu power: the art of Yirrkala. From the 1940s to the present, works have been drawn from both public and private collections from around the country – about 300 in all makes this a large survey exhibition from one of the country’s first indigenous art centres based in north east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.

https://eastsidefm.org/review-yolnu-power-the-art-of-yirrkala/

21 June – 6 October 2025 Art Gallery of New South Wales Naala Badu building Lower level 2 Review by Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) Just when you thought you’d seen it all in relation to an indigenous fine art exhibition, along comes the AGNSW with Yolŋu power: the art of Yirrkala. From the 194...

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra rises to a whole new level in a concert of standard Italian Baroque music from the ...
18/06/2025

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra rises to a whole new level in a concert of standard Italian Baroque music from the great composers of the era. Without a guest international star or any colourful staging or lighting, it was their excellent musicianship and their enthusiasm and passion for Baroque music that thrilled the audience on a crisp winter night at the City Recital Hall, Angel Place.

https://eastsidefm.org/review-abo-baroque-unleashed/

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra City Recital Hall Tuesday 17 June 2025 Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) In “Baroque Unleashed”, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra rises to a whole new level in a concert of standard Italian Baroque music from the great composers of the era. Without a gue...

For their brand new production, Illume, Bangarra Dance Theatre have been allowed onto the stage of the Joan Sutherland T...
06/06/2025

For their brand new production, Illume, Bangarra Dance Theatre have been allowed onto the stage of the Joan Sutherland Theatre for the first time, and this huge new space was barely big enough to contain their brilliance. Every aspect of this multidiscipline collaboration, (choreography, lighting, video, sets, costumes, soundtrack and sheer dance and athletic skill) thrilled to the highest degree eliciting strong emotions and clearly told narratives.

https://eastsidefm.org/review-bangarra-dance-theatre-illume/

Wednesday 4 June 2025 Sydney Opera House Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) For their brand new production, Illume, Bangarra Dance Theatre have been allowed onto the stage of the Joan Sutherland Theatre for the first time, and this huge new space was barely big enough to contain their brilliance...

Consensus is a difficult thing to achieve, especially when it is being used as a weapon to stifle debate and silence opp...
02/06/2025

Consensus is a difficult thing to achieve, especially when it is being used as a weapon to stifle debate and silence opposition. This is one of the many themes explored Outhouse Theatre Company ’s production of Eureka Day running until 21 June at the Seymour Centre.

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Seymour Centre Saturday 31 May 2025 Outhouse Theatre Company Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Consensus is a difficult thing to achieve, especially when it is being used as a weapon to stifle debate and silence opposition. This is one of the many themes explored in Outhouse Theatre Company’s...

Elim Chan conducts Sir Stephen Hough in Brahms 1st Piano Concerto wth the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
18/05/2025

Elim Chan conducts Sir Stephen Hough in Brahms 1st Piano Concerto wth the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Sydney Opera House Sydney Symphony Orchestra Saturday 17 May 2025 Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Conductor, Elim Chan, is one of the most exciting guest conductors the Sydney Symphony has worked under in some time. While slight in stature, her enthusiasm is contagious and large, her focus ac...

“The Theremin is often thought of as a novelty, but in the masterly hands of Carolina Eyck it becomes an instrument of c...
12/05/2025

“The Theremin is often thought of as a novelty, but in the masterly hands of Carolina Eyck it becomes an instrument of classical majesty and contemporary brilliance.” (Australian Chamber Orchestra program guide by Shaad D’Souza) This was the question I kept in my mind as I watched the Theremin and Beyond concert unfurl before me. Is the theremin capable of being more than a musical gimmick?

Australian Chamber Orchestra Carolina Eyck (theremin) City Recital Hall Saturday 10 May 2025 Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) “The Theremin is often thought of as a novelty, but in the masterly hands of Carolina Eyck it becomes an instrument of classical majesty and contemporary brilliance.....

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