Warlow on the bridge
As Anthony Warlow prepares to helm the Titanic at Melbourne's Town Hall, he discusses Maury Yeston's score, as well as his love of Gilbert & Sullivan and early 20th-century operetta.
October 28, 2022
Perth Festival announces its 2023 program
With its Noongar theme of Djinda (stars), this year's program will look to the cosmos. Artists include the Kronos Quartet with Maatakitj, Björk and a sneak-peek at Richard Mills' new opera about Galileo.
October 28, 2022
WASO extends Asher Fisch’s contract
Fisch's tenure will now run until 2025, making him the longest-serving Principal Conductor in the history of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
October 28, 2022
Nigel Westlake to receive Distinguished Services Award
With film scores including Babe, Paper Planes and Blueback, the composer will be recognised at the 2022 Screen Music Awards, to be held later this month.
October 27, 2022
Chi-chi Nwanoku: It’s criminal we don’t all know Coleridge-Taylor
The founder of London’s Chineke! Orchestra explains her passion for a Black British musical icon, whose music, she believes, should be much better known.
October 25, 2022
Review: Dvořák & Beethoven (Darwin Symphony Orchestra)
Braving the heat and humidity, the youthful orchestra together with guest soloist, cellist Roderick McGrath, give an exhilarating performance.
October 25, 2022
My Music with Maggie Beer
The culinary icon explains how she was brought up on music and can’t imagine a day without it.
October 24, 2022
Comings and Goings: November 2022
The latest arts appointments and departures.
October 24, 2022
Newsworthy: November 2022
A round-up of our recent news reports.
October 24, 2022
World Premiere: Nigel Westlake’s Concerto for Trumpet & Orchestra
Nigel Westlake discusses his new Trumpet Concerto, written for Brent Grapes and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, and reveals that the opening movement was composed in memory of Paul Goodchild.
October 24, 2022
Review: Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works (Chineke! Orchestra, Elena Urioste)
An orchestral phenomenon and a new record deal tributes a black British trailblazer.
October 23, 2022
Review: Kurt Weill: Symphony No. 2, Violin Concerto (Tamás Kocsis, Ulster Orchestra, Jac van Steen)
Ulstermen celebrate the fall of the Berlin Weill.
October 22, 2022
A requiem for forgiveness
The Australian War Memorial's musical artist in residence Chris Latham writes about the POW Requiem, which premieres on 29 October and includes nine songs from the Changi Songbook.
October 21, 2022