In this month’s lively issue we celebrate the life and work of the incomparable Steve Reich, who, at 87, is busier than ever.

Julian Day talks with the hugely influential American composer (“the most original musical thinker of our time”, according to The New Yorker) about his six-decade career. He also discusses Reich’s pioneering minimalist music with leading musicians including Roland Peelman, who has programmed three of Reich’s groundbreaking works in this year’s Canberra International Music Festival.

Also this month, Limelight’s London-based Editor-at-Large Clive Paget takes a deep dive into the mystery of Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations, the work that saw Elgar, then in his early 40s, become Britain’s leading composer almost overnight. But what of the so-called ‘Enigma’ and its “dark saying”, which the composer referred to but would not explain? Was he having us on? Conductors Sir Andrew Davis and Jaime Martín share their theories on Elgar’s musical picture gallery.

Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales are set to collaborate with the Australian Chamber Orchestra on an irreverent concert entitled For the Love of Music with Chat 10 Looks 3, which will combine interviews, music and laughter. Harriet Cunningham talks to the beloved ABC journalists and chart-topping podcasters about what to...