Welcome to the June edition of Australian Accent, Limelight’s unashamedly parochial monthly round-up of the Australian music being played on our concert stages and in our recital halls.

Got a premiere to puff? A piece getting a repeat performance? Submit your works via our Google Form or email editors@limelight-arts.com.au for inclusion in next month’s round-up (subject to editorial discretion).

We’ve also have a week-by-week breakdown of the works being performed on our Instagram for something a little more digestible.

Touring

Ensemble Offspring’s The Oracle program features a fistful of Australian premieres, including English composer Tansy Davies’ Lost Science and two works from Australian composer Kate Moore – her percussion concerto Storm Oratory and chamber work Rose of roses. It travels to Sydney (3 June) and Canberra (5 June).

Australian Capital Territory

Guitarist Timothy Kain joins Alice Giles at Wesley Music Centre on 7 June, performing works including the Canberra premier of A View from the Eagle’s Nest by Canberra composer Marián Budoš.

New South Wales

Thomas Green‘s solo violin work So, I Am Shouting was originally composed for the 2022 ANAM Set. It gets taken for another spin on 2 June...