This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.

Brock Imison, Principal Contrabassoon with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, explains the appeal of the “weird” instrument.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

John Adams conducts his Gold Rush opera, Janine Jansen thrills with Prokofiev and Sibelius, there are chamber music rarities and a new Gerontius on the block.

An initiative called Bravewords Live has convinced Guy Noble that true stories told well can help us understand each other.

The latest arts appointments and departures.

Breaking the Waves director Anne-Louise Sarks talks to Limelight about the opera version of one of the most harrowing films of the 1990s.

Andrew Ford's The Shortest History of Music makes the point that music is as much about continuity as it is about change.

Ahead of Opera Australia’s Puccini Gala, conductor Daniel Smith and soprano Julie Lea Goodwin put the composer’s genius under the microscope.

Opera in the UK needs to be more relevant and diverse, but ultimately investment and education are what's needed to secure its future.

Cameron Lam collects the latest releases across Classical, Jazz and Sound Art in this month’s Australian Art Music playlist.

Siobhan Stagg and Jaime Martín discuss the joys of collaborating on Strauss and Debussy.