ABC Classic is about to release the vocal quartet's debut album. Katie Noonan is incredibly proud of it – but recording it was one of the most challenging things she’s ever done.

Heather Shannon's new work, Strange Roses, brings synthesizer and orchestra into harmony one moment and into stark opposition the next.

Sally Greenaway responds to our collective experience of navigating the pandemic in a poignant new work for four double basses.

John Maidment laments the absence of a grand organ in Melbourne’s Hamer Hall.

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

Rather than drop the offensive lyrics from the outdated, patriotic songs so loved at Last Night of the Proms concerts, why not rewrite them, suggests Guy Noble?

Samantha Wolf explains how bonding with reality TV during the pandemic inspired her new piece for Ensemble Offspring.

From his school days and newspaper run to a reluctant walk-out from the opera, the Australian Minister for the Arts relives his musical rite of passage.

Danes complete their Prism project, Bychkov delivers a blistering Resurrection, outstanding Beethoven from Ohlsson in the mountains, and Piers Lane goes to town . . . again!

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

The Composer-in-Residence at this year’s Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM) explains how the theft of an 18th-century viola helped turn her into a composer.

A round-up of our recent news reports.