With six world premieres from Australian composers, the Metropolitan Orchestra offers a new Chamber Music Festival alongside its mainstage program.

Fresh sounds, big events, little gems, cross-genre collaborations, world premieres; it’s a new world for arts organisations, so what do they have in store this year?

What do our orchestras and choirs have on offer in the year ahead?

This month, Meyerbeer gets his just desserts, it’s Elgar, Jim, but not as we know it, and is this the best Mahler Five ever?

A round-up of our recent news reports.

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

Having a conductor of the standing of Brett Weymark, lifted the performance of the amateur musicians to fresh heights, with an outpouring of delight from the audience.

Featuring an immersive soundscape by Nick Wales, and a new Sulman Award-winning accommodation wing, Arthur Boyd’s homestead invites everyone to rediscover nature’s beauty.

With a world premiere work from Daniel Rojas, the season welcomes Sam Weller, Rosa Donata Milton and Avan Yu for six programs brimming with audience favourites and grand masterworks.

Stravinsky with the rough edges smoothed away.

Cameron Lam looks back at a year of releases in this Australian Art Music playlist, a 2022 retrospective.

SSO signs off a momentous season with a boldly British blast from the past, along with a new work by Australian composer Paul Stanhope.