Evanescence and Permanence: Music, Religion and Immortality
How cultural rituals have helped humans deal with death.
How cultural rituals have helped humans deal with death.
Susan Philipsz’s mesmerising installation, showing at the NGV Triennial, uses a violinist on screen and a series of speakers to “visualise the sound”.
Early music leads the pack; Skelton’s Grimes at last; in praise of unknown composers; and Christmas cheer, anyone?
Find out what's on stage and streaming online in December from Limelight editors Jo Litson, Angus McPherson and Clive Paget.
The Australian soprano, who is performing in Musica Viva Australia's Reconnect series in Perth, reveals the soundtrack to her November.
Dreambox Collective's Chloe Chung and Carlo Antonioli takes us behind the scenes of their new multimedia project that combines music, poetry and visual art.
The Sixteen's founder reflects on how stones might talk, or better still, sing as the ensemble releases an online series called A Choral Odyssey.
After playing with the Australian String Quartet for seven years, the cellist talks difficult decisions, special moments and why it's time to delete some phone Apps.
The Welsh singer tells us about the inspiration behind his 40th album, what he's been up during the COVID-19 pandemic, and working with the likes of Judi Dench, Sami Yusuf and more.
This month, Lynden Barber reviews the film Misbehaviour about a feminist protest against the 1970 Miss World contest, starring Keira Knightley, and the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit, starring Anya Taylor-Joy as a competitive chess player.
Margaret Wright, who received an OAM for teaching music voluntarily, shares her ideas about teaching music at primary school as part of the daily routine.
In this month's playlist of Australian music, Cameron Lam highlights works that explore space and contemplation.
The two guitarists take us behind the scenes on their duet album, which is Limelight's Recording of the Month in November.