Review: Hallelujah for The Song Company

“Watching this live Song Company Salon on Melbourne Digital Concert Hall, thanks to the magic of the sound and camera artists at work on the sidelines, I was able to experience the joy of hearing some of Australia’s finest singers just gathered around the chamber organ and piano.” - Pepe Newton, ClassikON

Little did I realise the next Messiah I would see would be performed live online by just 12 singers, a string quartet, piano and chamber organ, billed as the first of The Song Company’s Salon Livestreams. I’m not sure how much more intimate you could get, but I put my preconceptions aside last night the 9th of December, and I was very pleasantly surprised. From the familiar opening chord, this time picked out by a single cello accompanied by chamber organ, I was captured. Read the rest of the review

“With so many extraordinary soloists working together it is extremely hard to call out individuals from this group of performers so I will just mention them all and say bravi tutti!” - Pepe Newton, ClassikON