Review: Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
Tchaikovsky’s “terrifying despair” and some cello to die for in SSO's Russian double blockbuster.
August 6, 2024
Review: Ryman Healthcare Season Opening Gala: Jaime conducts The Planets (MSO)
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's 2024 season gets underway with a strong reading of Holst’s magnificent score.
March 22, 2024
Read the March 2024 issue of Limelight
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February 19, 2024
Playing Up: The Cello with Alban Gerhardt
After his Lorenzo Guadagnini was stolen in 2003, cellist Alban Gerhardt bought a beaten-up 1710 Matteo Goffriller – a challenging instrument to play because it’s so large.
February 19, 2024
The March 2024 issue of Limelight is now available
Book yourself some couch time. Limelight’s March issue will keep you plentifully entertained and informed. Simone Young, Víkingur Ólafsson, Lior, Nigel Westlake and more!
February 19, 2024
Introducing the March 2024 issue of Limelight
Book yourself some couch time. Limelight’s March issue will keep you plentifully entertained and informed. Simone Young, Víkingur Ólafsson, Lior, Nigel Westlake and more!
February 9, 2024
Brett Dean among the winners at the 2023 Ivors Classical Awards
It's two in a row for Brett Dean, who picked up an Ivor for a chamber work last year.
November 15, 2023
Sydney Symphony Orchestra announces 2024 season
The SSO's Chief Conductor Simone Young talks to Limelight about some of her personal highlights in the upcoming season.
August 30, 2023
West Australian Symphony Orchestra announces 2024 season
WASO raises the roof of Perth Concert Hall before it closes for renovations with a mammoth Mahler, a string of guest stars and five world premieres.
August 19, 2023
Review: Bach: Six Solo Cello Suites (Alban Gerhardt)
Gerhardt’s solo Bach shrugs off the straitjacket for a set to live with.
June 24, 2019
Review: Brahms Revelation: Symphony No 4 (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
Alban Gerhardt brings Dean's colourful new Cello Concerto to life with subtlety and fire.
August 23, 2018
Alban Gerhardt on Brett Dean’s new Cello Concerto
"The cello is being treated as a cello, and not as some trumpet-violin gone crazy," the German cellist says ahead of the world premiere with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
August 13, 2018
Review: Rostropovich Encores (Alban Gerhardt, Markus Becker)
In the era of Spotify playlists, we might expect to be living in a golden age of the “sample album”.
June 23, 2017