The Australian composer and former opera singer discusses her new song cycle, Four Lost Songs, which will be performed by the Darwin Symphony Orchestra and soprano Rachelle Durkin as part of Darwin Festival.

Perhaps the solution to the never-ending debate about when to applaud at classical music concerts is to ban all applause.

Andrew Bain now owns over 20 horns, two of which he will bring with him when he returns home to play with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Australian World Orchestra.

Fun and frolics as Andrew Litton explores a Soviet composer’s lighter side.

This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

The year 11 bassoonist, who took out the top prize with a performance of Mozart's Bassoon Concerto, tells us what winning the competition means to him.

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra's Chief Conductor tells us about the guest artists performing with the orchestra in August, in the renewed Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.

Jurowski's valedictory Stravinsky tribute showcases an LPO in fine fettle.

SSO begins its 90th birthday celebrations with Mahler's Resurrection Symphony and a new commission by William Barton, as it reopens the SOH Concert Hall.

Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s celebratory event features works by Tchaikovsky, Respighi, Sean O'Boyle and Craig Allister Young among others, with Guy Noble and Johannes Fritzsch on the podium.

Wagnerites in Adelaide are beginning to feel the need for sustenance, so ASO is performing Wagner's Der Ring ohne Worte, under its Conductor Laureate.