English Eccentrics
Sydney Conservatorium of Music presents ENGLISH ECCENTRICS, by Malcolm Williamson, at the Music Workshop at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, October, 12, 14, 16, 17. I was alerted to this student production of ENGLISH ECCENTRICS, an opera from 1964, by Australian Composer, Malcolm Williamson and made my way to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music on the recent sunny Saturday afternoon. The irritating and ebullient Michael Cathcart, of Radio National BOOKS AND ARTS, has been on-air on a, sometimes, hyper-ventilated mission to find the new Australian Opera. So, I hope he caught this – for it is a find, indeed, although,…