Review: Holst’s The Planets (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
Sir Andrew Davis navigated thrilling musical worlds both known and unknown.
Sir Andrew Davis navigated thrilling musical worlds both known and unknown.
Ahead of her concert performance of Die Walküre Act I with the MSO, the Dutch soprano discusses the joys of singing one of her signature roles.
From hallucinations to the awakening brain, Australian composer Carl Vine tells us how images from neuroscience have become interwoven with his music ahead of the premiere of his new symphony.
The MSO hits its stride in an entertaining Town Hall concert.
MSO has secured a distribution deal involving international broadcasting of concerts over the next decade.
From Mahler to Lang Lang with plenty in between, the MSO's outgoing Chief discusses his final year.
Sir Andrew and the MSO all kitted out for a high climb.
Bright violin playing, if the backing could be less like backing.
The MSO is led masterfully through stormy works from Britten and Bruckner.
Women composers are wildly under-represented in Australian music across all genres but, as Rosalind Appleby discovers, a groundswell of change is gathering force.
Despised and rejected, Hector Berlioz vowed he’d write no more, until a game of cards sowed the seed for a miraculous final flowering.
Buy Tchaikovsky and be dazzled by a new concerto by Kernis composed for violinist James Ehnes.
Korean composer Unsuk Chin talks about studying with Ligeti, her influences, and what she'd tell young composers now.