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Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Lang Lang (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

The ‘Lang Lang effect’ is still potent and very much in evidence in this finely judged and thrilling performance.

June 20, 2025
Classical Music
features

Relaxed and comfortable

Low lights and beanbags, earmuffs and fidget toys. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra creates concert experiences catering to those with sensory sensitivities.

June 17, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Psycho! (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra)

The devil – and more – in the detail in a spooky program featuring Bernard Herrmann's still-impactful Hitchcock score.

June 9, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: The Lark Ascending (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra)

A pure toned and rapturous performance from TSO Concertmaster Emma McGrath brings freshness to beloved works.

May 5, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Composing Australia (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

The first evening of MSO’s Composing Australia series offered a thrilling and diverse survey of Australia’s art music world.

April 22, 2025
Classical Music, Film
features

Orchestras and the Big Screen

From Stravinsky to Star Wars? What used to be thought of as a gateway to 'proper' symphonic music is now a mainstay of orchestral programming.

March 25, 2025
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Ben Northey appointed SSO Conductor in Residence

The Australian conductor takes up the role following the announcement of a new MSO position last year.

January 6, 2025
News
news

Big ideas: Limelight’s most-read features of 2025

The future direction of Opera Australia; the art story that hit headlines worldwide; batons passed and classics reimagined.

January 5, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

On the Record: January/February 2025

Essential holiday listening includes a Britten rarity, stunning recordings of Elgar and Tippett, a pair of oddball operas, and three outstanding discs of orchestral music by women.

December 20, 2024
News
news

Dean Sky-Lucas, pianist, singer and teacher has died

An outstanding accompanist on all keyboard instruments and a fine singer, Dean Sky-Lucas will be much missed.

December 10, 2024
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Maria Grenfell: River Mountain Sky (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey, Johannes Fritzch)

Hobart composer celebrates her adopted island home in panoramic style.

November 27, 2024
Classical Music, Orchestral
CD and Other Review

Review: Film Fantasia (Emily Sun)

The Silver Screen continues its allure after almost a century.

October 8, 2024
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto (Steven Isserlis, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

Cellist Steven Isserlis demonstrates what a consummate artist’s total commitment to a composer's vision looks and sounds like.

October 4, 2024

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