The orchestra has jumped to the top of Ian Whitney’s annual analysis of Australian music advertised in the season brochures of the Major Performing Arts funded orchestras.

To mark his father’s final season with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Ed Frazier Davis is channelling Hildegard of Bingen.

Sir Andrew Davis, Alondra de la Parra and David Robertson are about to conduct their final concerts as artistic chiefs of the Melbourne, Queensland and Sydney Symphony Orchestras respectively. Here’s a look back on their time Down Under.

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra bring a pair of fine Australian works to the Big Apple.

Sir Andrew Davis will complete his Mahler cycle with an army of 1000 performers at Margaret Court Arena.

Plenty of pyrotechnics, but also some polished orchestral playing.

Dvořák emerges as the star in this program of nationalist composers.

As the American conductor returns to lead the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, he reflects on his leadership style, his musical tastes and having fun with Dvořák.

Ahead of a chamber performance that will put the MSO Chorus in the spotlight, chorusmaster Warren Trevelyan-Jones explains why Brahms’ music is still so relevant today.

Jian Wang's dreamlike cello contrasts with Berlioz's diabolical visions.

Luthiers have been making top-notch string instruments in Italy for centuries. Janet Wilson visits Roberto Cavagnoli in his Cremona studio where he is making copies of the Australian String Quartet’s original Guadagninis. She also asks some of the Australian musicians who play ‘Golden Age’ strings, what makes these highly prized (and pricey) instruments so special?

Davis’ and Müller-Schott’s Knight Errant portrait doesn’t err.