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Classical Music
features

L’Enfance du Christ: Born Again Berlioz

Despised and rejected, Hector Berlioz vowed he’d write no more, until a game of cards sowed the seed for a miraculous final flowering.

June 5, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Tchaikovsky 5 (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

Buy Tchaikovsky and be dazzled by a new concerto by Kernis composed for violinist James Ehnes.

April 15, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Unsuk Chin: composer with an independent mind

Korean composer Unsuk Chin talks about studying with Ligeti, her influences, and what she'd tell young composers now.

April 12, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Sir Andrew Davis to step down from Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

The British maestro, who has led the MSO since 2013, will end his tenure as Chief Conductor at the end of 2019.

April 10, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Mark Holdsworth is MSO’s 2019 Cybec Young Composer in Residence

Over 12 months, the emerging composer will work closely with orchestra and staff to create two new compositions to be performed by the MSO.

April 4, 2018
Chamber, Classical Music, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

The Limelight Chart: April 2018

The Orava Quartet's debut album on Deutsche Grammophon tops The Limelight Chart – our monthly list of Australia’s best-selling classical music albums.

April 1, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Season Opening Gala (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

Sir Andrew Davis brings his trade-mark warmth of string tone and precision to the MSO's season opener with Stuart Skelton and Nelson Freire.

March 5, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Nelson Freire on Beethoven’s mighty Emperor Concerto

The “connoisseur’s pianist” talks about the vitality of Beethoven’s music and the concerto that launched the Brazilian pianist’s career at age 12.

February 28, 2018
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: MSO Plays Rachmaninov 2 (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

Magnificent Martinsson song cycle premieres in Australia before high-Romantic smasher – and everybody wins.

November 27, 2017
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Australian orchestras respond to sexual harassment in the arts

With the MEAA conducting a survey into sexual harassment in Australian theatre, Limelight asked the orchestras about the issue.

November 13, 2017
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: MSO Plays Beethoven 8 (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

Life-affirming musicianship led by an esteemed British clarinettist and maestro.

October 13, 2017
Classical Music, Instrumental, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
news

Nominations for the 2017 ARIA Fine Arts Awards announced

Slava Grigoryan and ABC Music's labels dominate the nominations, while a Kate Miller-Heidke inclusion raises eyebrows.

October 4, 2017
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: MSO Plays La Mer (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

A masterful seascape bookended by two youthful works.

October 3, 2017

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