After four weeks of voting, the featured tracks of Limelight’s 25 in 25 playlist have been decided.

In partnership with Cameron Lam, curator of the Australian Art Music playlist, Limelight invited readers to explore the Guide to Australian Composers and vote for their favourite tracks. The response has revealed a rich mix of voices that capture the breadth of Australia’s musical imagination.

“We are thrilled with the response to the Guide to Australian Composers,” says Cara Anderson, Managing Editor of Limelight. “The engagement with our new Australian content this year – especially our monthly Australian Accent column and weekly Instagram series of Australian music on our stages – alongside our monthly World Premiere column, shows a real appetite among our readers to explore and celebrate our nation’s unique musical landscape at a deeper level.​”

Tracklist for Limelight’s 25 in 25 playlist:

• Alice Chance: Nose Scrunch Reel performed by Australian String Quartet
• Anne Cawrse: Anon from A Room of Her Own performed by Australian String Quartet
• Ariel Bonnell: Are You the New Person Drawn Towards Me? performed by Divisi Chamber Singers and Coady Green
• Ben van Tienen: Across the Dark performed by Voyces
• Brent Keogh: The Red Candle performed by Brent Keogh
• Chloé Charody: Castle in the Sky performed by Van-Anh Nguyen
• Chris Williams: (Codex) on the flight of birds performed by Simone Slattery and Anthony Albrecht (Bowerbird Collective)
• Daniel Rojas: SalTango performed by Baldini Quartet and Daniel Rojas
• Elena Kats-Chernin: Spectres in the Forest from The Witching Hour: performed by Kees Boersma, Timothy Dunin, Alex Henery, Max McBride, Kirsty McCahon, Matthew McDonald, Robert Nairn, Ciro Vigilante, Australian World Orchestra and Alexander Briger
• Ella Macens: The Space Between Stars performed by Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Jessica Cottis
• Fiona Loader: Lorikeet Corroboree performed by Ensemble Offspring
• Josh Taylor: Etude 1 performed by Josh Taylor
• Kate Reid: The Wagtail performed by Jenny Duck-Chong and Geoffrey Gartner (Halcyon)
• Katy Abbott: Glisten performed by Alex Raineri
• Linda Kouvaras: Lifeforce from Herring Island performed by Coady Green, Tiriki Onus and Roger Alsop
• Meta Cohen: we from a love is a love is a love – a queer song cycle performed by Divisi Chamber Singers and Coady Green
• Nat Bartsch: For the Koalas performed by Nat Bartsch
• Natalie Nicolas: Sunbeam performed by Matt Withers
• Nick Wales (with Stereogamous): Dead Lovers Lament performed by Andrew Blanch, Jess Green, Ben Hauptmann, Ben Panucci, Michael Sheridan and Oliver Thorpe
• Rick Alexander: Storming performed by Matt Withers and Acacia Quartet
• Sally Greenaway: The Murray And The Mountain performed by Barbara Jane Gilby, Pip Thompson, Lucy Carrigy-Ryan, Samuel Payne (Canberra Strings)
• Sally Whitwell: Yellow from Spectrum performed by Divisi Chamber Singers and Coady Green
• Sam Anning: Transitive States performed by Sam Anning and Julien Wilson
• Tristan Coelho: Forest Stories performed by Emily Granger and Andrew Blanch
• William Barton: Didge Fusion performed by William Barton and John Rodgers

Speaking to Limelight, Lam says, “I’m so glad the Guide to Australian Composers has been taken up by the art music community and their audiences as an opportunity to be curious and listen widely. The response has been widespread and a beautiful example of us lifting each other up.”

“The 25 in 25 playlist is an excellent mix of styles, instrumentation and composers at various stages of their career. Please enjoy listening to your collective art music favourites this Australian Music Month.”

To those who voted, thank you for helping shape this celebration of Australian music. The 10 winners of $20 Bandcamp gift cards have been selected and contacted via email.

Visit the updated Guide to Australian Composers to learn more about the winners.