Mischa and Lily Maisky. Photo © Bernard Rosenberg

Classical Music

Musica Viva Australia: Latvian Radio Choir & Genevieve Lacey
The Latvian Radio Choir joins recorder virtuoso Genevieve Lacey for a program that finds beauty and wonder in music inspired by birds. Alongside works by Arvo Pärt, Felix Mendelssohn and Pēteris Vasks, the program features two new commissions: Hollis Taylor and Jon Rose’s Bird on Byrd (read more on page 48) and Ēriks Ešenvalds’ Ceremony of Swans with text by Australian author Alexis Wright.
4–16 November, venues in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and Sydney, musicaviva.com.au

Castiglione and Greg Hocking Music: Mischa Maisky in Recital with Lily Maisky
Mischa Maisky, the only cellist to have studied with both...