Woodend Winter Arts Festival: 1001 Nights!

St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart St, Woodend
Step into a world of magic, adventure and mystery as Scheherazade begins her incredible tales from the 1001 Nights. Inventi Ensemble brings these famous stories to life with dazzling music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arranged especially for their six instruments. From brave heroes and clever princesses to sea voyages and secret treasures, each piece…

Woodend Winter Arts Festival: Visions of Beethoven

Woodend Community Centre Corner of Forest and High Streets, Woodend
Our sense of Beethoven as the singular Romantic genius comes to us not only through his music, but also through the portraits of him done in his lifetime, and those which come after. Images of Beethoven based on these portraits have been reproduced ever since his lifetime and form a significant…

Woodend Winter Arts Festival: Two Visions of the Sonata: Liszt and Kouvaras

St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart St, Woodend
Internationally award-winning pianist Coady Green places two epic works in dialogue across centuries, cultures, and worlds. Liszt’s Sonata in B minor stands as one of the great monuments of the piano repertoire – a single, unstoppable musical journey of volcanic power and transcendent beauty, where pathos and virtuosity are united in one…

Woodend Winter Arts Festival: Musical Offering

St Ambrose Catholic Church, Woodend 47 Urquhart St, Woodend
Musical Offering was the lasting outcome of a visit by Bach to the court of Frederick II of Prussia, subsequently known as Frederick the Great. During the visit the king gave Bach a theme and asked him to improvise upon it. Upon his return home, Bach decided to write a series…

Editor's Choice Festival Talks and Masterclasses

Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Festival Talks and Masterclasses

Quartet Bar by Corryton Burge
Reuben Kaye, the new Artistic Director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, has chosen the theme of Delicious Revolution for his inaugural program. (Read our interview with him on page 65.) Speaking to Limelight, he says, “From Aussie icons and international acts of immense fame to basement-dwelling unknowns . . . this is a…

Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Festival Talks and Masterclasses

Quartet Bar by Corryton Burge
Pull up a chair for a series of candid talks hosted by Artistic Director Reuben Kaye, joined by special guests for intimate, casual conversations that peel back the curtain on the art, history and style of cabaret. Why Do People Hate Cabaret? Unpack the controversial history of the genre to discover why it continues to provoke, persist,…

Editor's Choice Festival Talks and Masterclasses

Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Festival Talks and Masterclasses

Quartet Bar by Corryton Burge
Reuben Kaye, the new Artistic Director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, has chosen the theme of Delicious Revolution for his inaugural program. (Read our interview with him on page 65.) Speaking to Limelight, he says, “From Aussie icons and international acts of immense fame to basement-dwelling unknowns . . . this is a…