A great night and a much-needed spark of hope for less troubled times ahead.

Much like his Spirit of the Wild oboe concerto, the composer’s new double guitar concerto for Slava and Leonard Grigoryan was inspired by a trip to Tasmania with environmentalist Bob Brown.

If you call a piece Symphony, the weight of history bears down on you, says Paul Dean as he talks to Christopher Lawrence about his new work celebrating the Australian World Orchestra's first decade.

The violinist and Musica Viva FutureMaker chats to Limelight ahead of his tour with Konstantin Shamray and the ANAM Orchestra.

An awe-inspiring event from the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, with Joseph Nolan pulling out all the stops.

Gil Shaham shines in Berg's heavenly Violin Concerto.

Nelsons negotiates both the foothills and the peaks in triumphant Bruckner.

Virtual orchestra revives underplayed works but not same as real thing.

Not your usual swansong: Andrew Schultz celebrates the maali, Perth's black swans.

The music of Poul Ruders at its most accessible.

First hearings of two powerful symphonic statements.

Vänskä's revelatory account lends unique conviction to Mahler’s final thoughts.