A round-up of our recent news reports.

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.

An orchestral phenomenon and a new record deal tributes a black British trailblazer.

Ulstermen celebrate the fall of the Berlin Weill.

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.

As polling continues, composers Elena Kats-Chernin and Ella Macens reflect on being nominated for next month's Sydney Symphony Orchestra People’s Choice Concerts.

The lineup salts Sydney with 748 performances, featuring homegrown and international talent, with a cascade of world premieres and the Australian premiere of the opera Sun & Sea, staged on an artificial beach.

The beautiful and shocking secrets of our rivers are conveyed through a spellbinding marriage of film and music.

Brabbins’ meticulous and meritorious RVW cycle gathers strength.

After a slow start, this MSO concert takes flight with performances of Takemitsu's Dreamtime and Debussy's Nocturnes.

The celebrated Canadian violinist goes deep on Beethoven’s unique and irreplaceable violin concerto, and why he looks forward to performing with Simone Young and the Sydney Symphony.

If ever there was a program to show off the vastly improved acoustic at the SOH Concert Hall, it was this superb concert, featuring French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.