The Idea of North opens a new chapter
The vocal ensemble has gone through a number of changes recently, and its latest program, Harmonic Histrionic, is like nothing the group has done before.
The vocal ensemble has gone through a number of changes recently, and its latest program, Harmonic Histrionic, is like nothing the group has done before.
The Australian-born, London-based baritone and actor tells us about the solo shows he is creating, and the new work by American composer Nico Muhly which he is about to premiere with Omega Ensemble.
In 1989, Lyn Williams founded the Sydney Children’s Choir, now part of the national Gondwana Choirs. She tells Jo Litson about the excitement of developing an essentially new genre in Australia, and of celebrating the 30th anniversary with the Gondwana World Choral Festival.
The Russian-American pianist tells us about recording the Busoni Piano Concerto, Limelight's Recording of the Month in June.
The Ukrainian-born violinist’s Stradivarius was slated to give the world premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto, but its former owner had other ideas.
The film producer and arts lover, renowned for her soirées and dinner parties, reflects on the music in her brilliant life and career, and imagines that heaven would be filled with it, even though she’s an atheist.
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo debuts in Australia with its dark take on Swan Lake.
From Rattle’s Mozart to English alt-rock band Muse, these are the four albums the energetic violinist is listening to this month.
Growing up with Pinchas Zukerman’s famous tone ringing in his ears, it didn’t take much to persuade Israeli composer Avner Dorman to compose a double concerto to celebrate the violinist’s significant year.
Much more than an iconic place of worship, for centuries Notre-Dame de Paris has been a pillar of French culture, holding a special place in the history of music. Mélissa Lesnie witnessed it burn. Beginning in the Middle Ages, she explores its changing sounds.
Catching up with the global phenomenon in New York, Clive Paget discovers how those bold interpretations get developed and learns a few of the things that have made an older and wiser Lang Lang into a more rounded artist.
Clare Watson directs Oriel Gray’s neglected, and radical, newsroom comedy.
Ensemble Offspring’s Claire Edwardes tells us about six pieces that will premiere at the Kontiki Racket festival, including a work for a trumpet with two bells.