A COVID gratitude list in a bid to lift his spirits, Guy Noble finds joy in Bach, toasted sandwiches and the hold music on the ATO helpline. 

How the English composer helped prop up the shaky Stuart dynasty.

A community-driven work responding to the Barossa’s unusual history, and its hidden musical treasures, leads to Ntaria in Central Australia and Brandenburg in East Germany.

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Performing in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella is a return to a love affair, says the actor, whose parents surrounded her with music as a child. In return, she played music to them as they approached death.

Born in Sweden and now based in Sydney, Tommie Andersson explains how he moved from the guitar to the lute and the theorbo, and why his theorbo is nicknamed the Thredbo.

We chart the latest appointments and departures in the arts sector, among them Opera Australia's new CEO Fiona Allan and Jill Atkinson's retirement from Queensland Symphony Orchestra after 47 years as Principal Harp.

Circa Contemporary Circus all but invents a new art form.

The Central Australian chamber orchestra inspiring positive change.

Ahead of a performance at the OzAsia Festival, avant-garde keyboardist Belle Chen tells us about her new work Destinations.

From heart-breaking cancellations due to COVID to funding lifelines, from awards to obituaries, we gather the arts news we have covered over the last month.

With half the country in lockdown, this month’s focus is on music to soothe the spirit, from Mozart, Fauré and Pärt, to Jordi Savall’s Victorian Odyssey