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In a possible high-stakes test for the Albanese government, the case of Gregor Haas, father of NRL star Payne, has the making of a three-way diplomatic tangle.
In a possible high-stakes test for the Albanese government, the case of Gregor Haas, father of NRL star Payne, has the making of a three-way diplomatic tangle.
Over the past few days concert goers at the Aspen Music Festival heard a Chinese composer’s piece for piano and orchestra that swerved from celestial beauty to agonizing noise, a saxophonist who delineated music by composers from Baroque to Björk with a pop artist’s flair, Wynton Marsalis’ delightful jazz-infused version of a Stravinsky classic and a 45-minute rumination of the history of time that spread sections of the orchestra around the perimeter of the music tent.
The Aspen Music Festival rewarded pianist Anton Nel with a recital all his own to mark his 25th year as a member of the festival school’s faculty. In typical fashion Nel turned Harris Hall into a celebration of collaboration.
Opening weekend for the Aspen Music Festival leaned heavily into this year’s theme, “Adoration of the Earth,” from Sea Interludes to the Rite of Spring. The most musically compelling aspect, though, was a chance to compare and contrast piano soloists such as the fiery Daniil Trifonov, the elegant Joyce Yang and the mercurial Alexander Malofeev.