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ANNE SEBBA The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz. Reviewed by Justine Ettler

ANNE SEBBA The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz. Reviewed by Justine Ettler

by NRB | 19 Jun 2025 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

British historian Anne Sebba’s account of the Nazi death camp describes the dissonance of beautiful music in a place of suffering and death. A monstrous, life-and-death version of sing for your supper, The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz fascinates as it horrifies with...
CHER The Memoir Part 1. Reviewed by Naomi Manuell

CHER The Memoir Part 1. Reviewed by Naomi Manuell

by NRB | 16 Jan 2025 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

Cher is a genuine superstar who has had an extraordinary career across music, film and television. Now her memoir recounts how she got there. Cher prefaces Part 1 of her long-awaited memoir by recalling her reaction to seeing Elvis Presley performing at 1956 concert...
HARRIET CONSTABLE The Instrumentalist. Reviewed by Ann Skea

HARRIET CONSTABLE The Instrumentalist. Reviewed by Ann Skea

by NRB | 10 Oct 2024 | Fiction | 0 comments

Harriet Constable’s debut novel takes inspiration from a real-life Venetian prodigy who was both a student of and rival to Vivaldi. Anna Maria della Pietà is destined for greatness. At eight, she knows it as surely as string knows bow, as lightning knows storm, as...

The Godfather: Peter Corris on druthers

by NRB | 5 Jul 2013 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 0 comments

Champion sportspeople are often asked what they would have liked to be were they not the footballers, golfers or swimmers they are. Golfer Nick Faldo, for example, said he would have liked to be a racing-car driver. Sterling Moss said he’d have fancied being a...

RICHARD GILL Give Me Excess of It. Reviewed by Tony Bremner

by NRB | 12 Nov 2012 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

This memoir is a passionate account of a conductor’s lifetime enthusiasm for music.  Give Me Excess of It is an immensely enjoyable book. Richard Gill and I are much of an age, both NSW Conservatorium students (though we never met there), and so many of his...

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