This year’s festival plays every corner of the Central West. Lior and Nomad String Quartet open at the Banksia Pavilion with Compassion and selections from The Blue Parade; Gryphon Baryton Trio performs Haydn in original instrumentation at Boree Cabonne Historic Homestead; tenor Andrew Goodwin and pianist Simon Tedeschi fill Orange Uniting Church with songs from the silver screen; and Ensemble Offspring brings Songbirds to Millthorpe restaurant Tonic, featuring music by First Nations composers Brenda Gifford and Nardi Simpson alongside Gerard Brophy, Robert Davidson, Alice Humphries, Fiona Loader, Ella Macens and Caitlin Yeo.

Limelight Editor’s Choice

Celebrated for their vivid performances and Australian storytelling through music, the Acacia Quartet brings their trademark warmth and artistry to a program of beauty and brilliance. From Satie’s wit and Puccini’s tender Crisantemi, to Nick Wales’ luminous Harbour Light, the concert flows into the dreamlike glow of Debussy’s Clair de Lune and culminates with Ravel’s masterful String Quartet.