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Books, Classical Music
Book Review

Review: The Shortest History of Music (Andrew Ford)

Ford’s non-linear storytelling weaves a multicoloured web of musical history.

October 21, 2024
Books, Classical Music
features

A Familiar Beat

Gillian Wills tells Jo Litson about her debut novel Big Music.

September 23, 2024
Books, Classical Music, Opera
Book Review

Review: No Autographs, Please! (Katherine Wiles)

An entertaining insider’s guide to life in the Opera Australia Chorus.

September 23, 2024
Books, Classical Music
Book Review

Review: Charles Villiers Stanford: Man and Musician (Jeremy Dibble)

Dibble’s magisterial biography gets a centenary update.

August 19, 2024
Books, Stage, Theatre
features

A Licence to Feel

Trent Dalton shot to international fame with Boy Swallows Universe. Now, his book Love Stories will take to the stage at Brisbane Festival.

July 22, 2024
Books, Classical Music
features

A Universal Language?

In his new book, The Shortest History of Music, Andrew Ford discusses why music is as intrinsic to human life as the air we breathe. We run an extract.

July 22, 2024
Books, Opera, Vocal & Choral
Book Review

Review: Performing Wagner (Stephen Gould with F. Peter Phillips)

A book full of insights from a singer taken too soon.

July 22, 2024
Books, Chamber, Classical Music
features

Poetry and Music

James Antoniou examines how music and poetry have interlocked through the ages and explores their collaborative potential.

June 24, 2024
Books
features

Guy Noble’s Soapbox: The Complicated Sigh

Have you ever wondered what to do with a book that doesn’t deliver? Guy Noble has the answer.

June 24, 2024
Books
Book Review

Review: The Players (Deborah Pike)

This theatrical novel is a rich and ambitious debut for Pike, whose earlier critique of Zelda Fitzgerald was shortlisted for the AUHE Prize.

June 24, 2024
Books, Classical Music, Opera
features

Into the Deep

Christos Tsiolkas explains why he felt compelled to put his fear aside to co-write the libretto for Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan.

May 20, 2024
Books
Book Review

Review: Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Twentieth Century (Leonard Slatkin)

Leonard Slatkin’s guidebook for maestros can easily be enjoyed by all.

May 20, 2024
Books, Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Book Review

Review: A Singular Voice: the Choral Music of Ross Edwards (William Kempster)

A rich, nuanced and detailed survey of Edwards’ music for choirs.

April 22, 2024

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