A delightful concert version with a top cast led by Alexander Lewis, Caroline O'Connor and a glittering Annie Aitken.

Style and sensitivity from French cellist Gautier Capuçon before Vladimir Ashkenazy gives us a peek behind Strauss's closed doors.

A world premiere by James Ledger demonstrates that he's a formidable composer for the string quartet.

Brian Howard’s opera is given an impressive revival in a suitably grungy new performance space.

The venerable Borodins save the best till last, excelling in Shostakovich’s final quartet.

A beautiful and intriguing new work from Queensland's Dancenorth.

A sparkling account of the New World from Xian Zhang and the MSO.

The fragile beauty of memory and the absurdist comedy of the office.

A night of considerable musical promise as New Yorkers get to know their 26th Music Director.

A change of lead halfway through doesn't quite sink Brisbane Festival's compelling Peter Grimes.

To music by Schubert and Stravinsky, Circa gives us a thrillingly athletic portrait of civilisation's destruction and rebirth.

Warhorses come up fresh in Steinbacher and Ashkenazy’s hands.