Read the June 2019 issue of Limelight online
This issue includes features on Lang Lang, Whiteley: The Opera, Gondwana Choirs, Notre Dame, Jayson Gillham, Sweeney Todd, and much more.
This issue includes features on Lang Lang, Whiteley: The Opera, Gondwana Choirs, Notre Dame, Jayson Gillham, Sweeney Todd, and much more.
Set to play Beethoven's five piano concertos in June, Gillham talks about how the composer is at the centre of his musical existence.
One of classical music’s famous failures, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto tanked at its premiere in 1806. What’s less well-known is how the notoriously difficult composer was persuaded to recast it for piano.
The Australian is among 11 living composers elaborating on the theme at the heart of Beethoven’s famous Variations.
It's #AussieAussieAussie as Tognetti flies his musical flag in the Big Apple.
A superlative performance from Simone Lamsma, Alexander Shelley and the SSO.
The Dutch violinist talks about moving countries to study at the Menuhin School age 11, her remarkably wide repertoire and the challenges of performing Beethoven’s and Sibelius’s concertos.
In his new book, retired British surgeon Jonathan Noble investigates the myths and misdiagnoses that plague the great composers. He tells us about the historians and critics who got it wrong, and why some “kindly quacks” deserve to be let off the hook.
Omega Ensemble's intimate launch with a trio of trios.
Politics and music can and do mix in poles apart symphonic takes.
Philippe Jordan offers more lean, agile Beethoven in the latest instalment of his symphony cycle with the Wiener Symphoniker.
Goodyear’s fresh Beethoven out of the box worth the wait.
Barenboim caps off his Australian performances with a revelatory Eroica.