A pilgrimage to the composer’s Austrian birthplace should be on the travel wish-list of any lover of Mozart (or, ahem, The Sound of Music). Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Orchestral musicians provide all the sounds, so why do conductors bear all the responsibility – and get all the glory? Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The composer’s Fourth has been the subject of years of misunderstandings with regard to it’s creation, and inspiration. Graham dispels some of the myths. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

With the advent of the formal cadenza, the soloist suddenly took centre stage. But can these flashy displays of bravura be taken too far? Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

A visit to the thriving Chilean capital of Santiago may shed some light on Australian attitudes to music. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Will relentless multitasking be the death of us? Just look at Mozart… Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Olivier Messiaen’s most famous work had sombre beginnings: it was written and first performed in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Many classical audiences cringe at the thought of 12-tone music, yet it’s one of the most influential system of the 20th century. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Once a town known primarily for bedsheets, Manchester is now vying with the world capitals as a centre for creativity, as Julian Day discovers. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Wagner is almost as famous for being an anti-semite as for writing operas. We discover there may have been a more complex cause behind his prejudice.

The plot thickens! Finally, we get our first taste of music from the diva’s mysterious new CD. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Is the listener bias towards English music, as demonstrated in the results of the recent Classic 100 20th Century, a symptom of a wider problem? Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in