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

Gershwin unites the powerhouse Nexas Quartet with piano virtuoso Simon Tedeschi in a high-energy celebration of Gershwin’s genius. From soulful solos and sizzling improvisations to Summertime, An American in Paris, and the iconic Rhapsody in Blue, this program bursts with jazz flair, classical brilliance, and Broadway sparkle.