Venues like intervals as they make money from the bar sales, but should performers be forced into having one if it interrupts the natural flow of the show?

Strauss's songs were given an intoxicating performance by soprano Nicole Car, while Wagner's Ring without Words had some marvellous moments under conductor Nicholas Braithwaite.

After close to a decade as Managing Director at the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Vincent Ciccarello is to step down from the role.

This month our features explore investing in music education, reevaluating Australian culture through a regional lens, two stage adaptations of Jekyll and Hyde and whether postmodernism has put paid to beauty.

Andrew Bain now owns over 20 horns, two of which he will bring with him when he returns home to play with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Australian World Orchestra.

Wagnerites in Adelaide are beginning to feel the need for sustenance, so ASO is performing Wagner's Der Ring ohne Worte, under its Conductor Laureate.

Cameron Lam explores Australian music written for brass instruments, from tubas and trombones, to double bell trumpets and a 19-century ophicleide.

The final concert in this festival of women composers featured undiscovered gems deserving of a wider audience.

Co-curators Anne Cawrse and Anna Goldsworthy have made an exceptional contribution to a paradigm shift in favour of Australian women composers.

A thought-provoking concert showcasing composer Cathy Milliken’s major new work and violinist Emily Sun’s virtuosity.

Although pandemonium was the theme, the chaos was meticulously planned and Meow Meow was well in control of this performance – even with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra along for the ride.

Being moderately offensive is the lifeblood of humour, says Guy Noble, as he recalls being booed on stage and the witty on-air jousts between Clive Robertson and Caroline Jones.