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Chamber, Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Bach’s Motets (Bach Akademie Australia & The Song Company)

Fascinating for aficionados, but Bach's Motets are not especially entertaining in aggregate.

February 7, 2026
Classical Music, Musical Theatre & Cabaret
features

Bach’s motets: Paths to paradise

Few bodies of music concentrate so much expressive power into so little space as Bach’s motets. Bach Akademie Australia's Madeleine Easton explains her approach.

January 21, 2026
Chamber, Classical Music, News, Opera
features

Discover the finalists of Limelight’s 2025 Artists of the Year

Who are the Australian and international artists who most thrilled and entertained you this year? Check out the shortlists here.

December 5, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Brandenburg Concertos (Bach Akademie Australia)

A box set binge of Bach as Madeleine Easton’s Akademie takes on all six Brandenburgs.

November 17, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: The Art of the Violin (Bach Akademie Australia)

Bach Akademie’s violin celebration shows they’re bowed but never beaten.

September 29, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Masaaki Suzuki Conducts Bach (Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, English Baroque Soloists)

Australia's Madeleine Easton joins the Japanese great for a richly orchestrated concert of some of Bach's most beautiful and innovative music.

June 23, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: The Class of ’85 (Bach Akademie Australia)

Music from great composers born in the same year makes for a zesty survey of the German, French and Italian Baroque styles.

May 31, 2025
Chamber, Festivals
Live Review

Review: Blackheath Chamber Music Festival 2025

The Blue Mountains festival goes from strength to strength with three premieres and an all-star lineup including Reginald Mobley, Lior and Nigel Westlake.

April 29, 2025
Uncategorised
Live Review

Review: The Countertenor – Bach’s Holy Spirit (Bach Akademie Australia, Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane)

Spine-tingling singing from Reginald Mobley in the cathedral acoustic of St Stephen's.

April 12, 2025
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: The Countertenor – Bach’s Holy Spirit (Bach Akademie Australia)

From the first note, countertenor Reginald Mobley has the audience spellbound, immersed in a sound world of the clearest crystal.

April 7, 2025
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
features

An Illicit Passion

Leading Black American countertenor Reginald Mobley talks about discovering his voice, his tour with Bach Akademie Australia, and the Trump administration.

March 24, 2025
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
features

A Passion For Bach

Why can't Australians get enough of Bach? We trace his appeal Down Under with musicians and musicologists.

February 24, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
news

Bach Akademie Australia reveals 2025 season

For the first time, the ensemble hosts an international collaboration and plays a national tour to share Bach's "rich, life affirming music".

February 11, 2025

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