MOZART’S HORN | Limelight
★★★★ “ Australian Haydn Ensemble blows hot with some virtuoso horn and a scaled down take on Mozart’s Jupiter.”
STEVE MOFFAT | Limelight | Australia | 24 Sept 2024
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MOZART’S HORN | Canberra City News
“ As we have come to expect from this ensemble, the playing was exemplary."
GRAHAM MCDONALD | Canberra City News | ACT | 27 Sept 2024
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MOZART’S HORN | Sydney Morning Herald
“ Blackwood played with nimble elegance and a wonderfully open sound...”
PETER MCCALLUM | Sydney Morning Herald | NSW | 24 Sept 2024
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BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH | Sydney Arts Guide
“Beethoven’s Fifth, played by seven members of the Australian Haydn Ensemble, (AHE) is a sweeping, joyous sound.”
CAROL DANCE | Sydney Arts Guide | NSW | 1 July 2024
BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH | Wentworth Courier
“Led by artistic director Skye McIntosh, the septet were in top form and fully captured Beethoven’s heroic struggle in which joy and positivity triumph…”
STEVE MOFFAT | News Local | Wentworth Courier | NSW | 1 July 2024
BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH | ClassikON
“The energy, stamina and skill displayed by the performers was massively impressive.”
WILL EVANS | ClassikON | NSW | 1 July 2024
BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH | Sounds Like Sydney
“It was a marvellous performance by the seven instrumentalists which did more than ample justice to Beethoven in this powerful rendition.”
SHAMISTHA DE SOYSA | Sounds LIke Sydney | NSW | 1 July 2024
BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH | Limelight
“★★★★★…like nothing I’ve ever heard before. …An extraordinary experience.”
ROB KENNEDY | Limelight | ACT | 27 June 2024
BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH | Canberra City News
“…from those electrifying opening notes, the cleverness of this arrangement is apparent. All of the colour and dramatic depth in the music is there and the ensemble’s performance was exciting, clear and wonderfully entertaining.”
LEN POWER | Canberra City News | ACT | 27 June 2024
HEAVENLY SOPRANOS | ClassikON
“The title of this concert truly matched the content – Celeste Lazarenko and Helen Sherman really were HEAVENLY SOPRANOS – the whole concert was DIVINE.”
HEIDI HERETH | CLASSIKON | NSW | 19 April 2024
HEAVENLY SOPRANOS | Sydney Arts Guide
★★★★ 1/2 “The ensemble – singers and musicians – worked perfectly together in tempi, pitch and emotion. A faultless performance, Lazarenko and Sherman projected the intricacies of the text and score with great communication and musicality....“
ANNABELLE DRUMM | SYDNEY ARTS GUIDE | NSW | 19 April 2024
HEAVENLY SOPRANOS | Daily Telegraph
“It was obvious straight away that the pair had great chemistry – Lazarenko high, pure and acrobatic, Sherman rich in her chest voice – but just how well their voices blended was shown in the second half with a magnificent performance of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater…McIntosh and the AHE were in top form...“
STEPHEN MOFFAT | THE DAILY TELEGRAPH | NSW | 18 April 2024
HEAVENLY SOPRANOS | SMH
“Soprano Celeste Lazarenko and mezzo-soprano Helen Sherman drew out the poignant harmonies of the opening with rich sustained clarity. “The Haydn Ensemble, led by director and violinist Skye McIntosh, …played with crisply articulated stylishness, strong bass, and attentively unanimous ensemble playing.“
PETER MCCALLUM | SMH | NSW | 17 April 2024
HEAVENLY SOPRANOS | Canberra
“The ensemble were magnificent. …Celeste Lazarenko…light as a feather on her top notes, perfect intonation on all the very fast runs.” “Helen Sherman…bright, full of vigour, fire and drama.”
ALPHA GREGORY | CANBERRA CITY NEWS | ACT, AUSTRALIA | 11 April 2024
HEAVENLY SOPRANOS | LIMELIGHT
★★★★ 1/2 “…AHE never fails to enchant, surprise and offer music that transcends time and space.””
ROB KENNEDY | LIMELIGHT | AUSTRALIA | 11 April 2024
LOVE & DEVOTION | STATE OF THE ART
★★★★ “…a fierce cascading passage, executed with great effect by Skye McIntosh on violin…”
ARYAN MOHSENI | STATE OF THE ART | NSW | 18 FEB 2024
LOVE & DEVOTION | SYDNEY ARTS GUIDE
★★★★ “…what a treat…”
ELIZABETH SURBEY | SYDNEY ARTS GUIDE | NSW | 18 FEB 2024
LOVE & DEVOTION | Classikon
“…a cheekiness typical of Haydn and was performed with obvious cheeky joyfulness typical of the Australian Haydn Ensemble.”
HEIDI HERETH | CLASSIKON | AUSTRALIA | 18 FEB 2024
LOVE & DEVOTION | LIMELIGHT
★★★★ “…a powerful and poetic commencement to the 2024 season”
ROB KENNEDY | LIMELIGHT | AUSTRALIA | 16 FEB 2024
Love & Devotion | Canberra City News
“…the quartet hit that magical quartet moment where it sounded like there were more than four instruments on stage.”
GRAHAM MCDONALD | CANBERRA CITY NEWS | ACT AUSTRALIA | 15 FEB 2024