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Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
features

Choirs, COVID-19 and past plagues

Choirs perform an essential role in many of our rituals – in fact the Requiem was a response to medieval plagues. So how do choirs fare during pandemics?

September 14, 2020
Opera
features

A Feast in the Time of Plague: an opera for our times

This weekend the world gets its first look at an opera commissioned during the COVID-19 lockdown. Jansson J. Antmann talks to the librettist and director David Pountney.

September 11, 2020
Chamber, Classical Music
features

World Premiere: Gordon Kerry’s Clarinet Quintet

Ahead of the premiere of his Clarinet Quintet by Omega Ensemble as part of the Sydney Opera House's digital season, Gordon Kerry ponders the dangers of the genre.

September 10, 2020
Classical Music, Theatre
features

Peter Berner: Limelight’s new draw

The renowned comedian, writer, painter and illustrator will channel topical wit and delightful whimsy into Limelight's print magazine with a monthly arts cartoon.

September 10, 2020
Opera
features

Samuel Sakker’s COVID journey from hospital ward to socially distanced Bohème

Locked-down in London, the Aussie tenor stepped up for the NHS before heading to Scotland for a major role debut.

September 9, 2020
Classical Music
features

Australian Art Music Playlist: September 2020

Cameron Lam shares his latest playlist of Australian art music from Melbourne’s lockdown.

September 9, 2020
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
features

Time and Place: Sydney Philharmonia Choirs turns 100

As the choir celebrates its centenary, Ria Andriani takes a look at its origins and a new work that Elena Kats-Chernin and Tamara-Anna Cislowska have created for the occasion.

September 8, 2020
Classical Music
features

Composer of the Month: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Best known today for La Serva Padrona and his Stabat Mater, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s career is a prime example of how 18th-century music was closely associated with nobility and power.

September 4, 2020
Classical Music, Opera
features

Rolex supports musicians with three Perpetual Music concerts

The concerts feature 100 artists and star performers Sonya Yoncheva, Juan Diego Flórez, Renaud Capuçon and Rolando Villazón, who discusses how COVID-19 has affected him personally and why the Rolex initiative is so worthwhile.

September 3, 2020
Classical Music, Instrumental
features

Anthea Cottee on the sustenance of Bach

Ahead of the release of her performance for Brandenburg One, the cellist talks about Bach, psychology and how a horse-riding accident forced her to make a difficult decision about her career in music.

September 3, 2020
Classical Music
features

A brief history of the Art Music Awards

John Davis and Genevieve Lacey reflect on the various incarnations of Australian art music's big night out.

September 3, 2020
Classical Music, Opera
features

Ermonela Jaho on Rosina Storchio

The Albanian soprano discusses Puccini's original Cio-Cio-San – the subject of her spine-tingling new album Anima Rara.

September 2, 2020
Chamber, Classical Music
features

Ensemble Offspring turns 25

We speak to Artistic Director Claire Edwardes about a quarter-century of new music, and celebrating a milestone birthday under unusual conditions.

September 1, 2020

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