HAYDN’S PASSION, City Recital Hall
“ ★★★★.5 “…a splendid concert with a lively program and a cracking performance by Artistic Director Skye McIntosh of WA Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3. ”
Steve Moffatt | Limelight | Australia | 1 Dec 2024
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HAYDN’S PASSION, City Recital Hall
“ ★★★★.5 McIntosh’s virtuosity was on full display here. … She achieved what Mozart apparently saw as an ideal – ‘buttery…playing’. Her cadenzas were virtuosic, faultless and performed confidently but never with pomp or ostentation. ”
Aryan Mohseni | State of the Arts | NSW | 1 Dec 2024
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HAYDN’S PASSION, Canberra
“Thrilling ensemble’s joyful performance. McIntosh’s mastery of the solo section in the allegro was breathtaking…”
MICHAEL WILSON | Canberra City News | ACT | 2 Dec 2024
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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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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
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