With the year drawing to a close, we look back over the classical music concerts that wowed our critics in 2019.

Brett Weymark wrangles 600 singers to give this Christmas favourite power and nuance.

Simone Young will take up the position in 2022 as the orchestra returns to the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall following its two-year upgrade.

The impressive new theatre at West HQ gave its first public performance last night with an entertaining Christmas concert featuring David Campbell and the SSO.

The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra, Pinchgut Opera, Four Winds and the Omega Ensemble are among the organisations chosen for funding by Arts Minister Don Harwin.

The violinist will take her leave at the end of the 2020 season after more than a decade in the role.

Music to savour while sipping whiskey in a leather armchair.

Cooper, France and Spain make stimulating bedfellows.

Gugnin rehabilitates Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes.

A wondrous new recording of Bach’s immortal music for cello.

What new music might float your boat (or roast your chestnuts) this holiday season? Clive Paget surveys this year’s crop of festive releases and finds intriguing offerings for Advent, Christmas, and even for the post-prandial cheese plate.

For more than 250 years, the northern city of St Petersburg has been Russia’s cultural capital. In the last 15 years, however, the performing arts scene has exploded. Music lover and frequent traveller, Robert Veel, describes the scene.