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Classical Music
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On Air & Online: Radio and streaming in May 2026

This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.

April 20, 2026
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: JS Bach: Johannes-Passion (Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon)

A fresh, compelling take on Bach’s masterpiece.

March 11, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: Orfeo (Ensemble Pygmalion & Adelaide Festival)

A profound musical and dramatic experience, bringing the tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice to electrifying life.

March 5, 2026
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Bach: Good Night World (Pygmalion & Adelaide Festival)

A life-altering experience for anyone present, the long-awaited Australian debut of Pygmalion under Raphaël Pichon is a music-making miracle.

February 28, 2026
Classical Music, Dance, Festivals, Theatre, World
news

Adelaide Festival unveils 2026 program

“Lower your guard,” says incoming Artistic Director Matthew Lutton, heralding the return of Peter Sellars and contemporary music.

October 27, 2025
Classical Music, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

Unconventionally HIP

Next year, Pygmalion will make its Australian debut at the Adelaide Festival with a series of concerts surveying the European Baroque.

October 20, 2025
Classical Music, Festivals, Theatre
news

Adelaide Festival reveals 2026 headliners

A three-course feast of early music and a star-powered production by the late Robert Wilson are among the banner events for Adelaide Festival 2026.

August 28, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Instrumental, Opera, Orchestral, Vocal & Choral
features

On the Record: November 2024

This month features a Kurt Weill trifecta, idiomatic Dvořák symphonies from the Czech Phil, a major Joshua Bell rediscovery and a radical take on Mozart’s Requiem.

October 21, 2024
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Mozart: Requiem (Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon)

Pichon’s perspective brings upswing and insights to Mozart’s swansong.

September 25, 2024
Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: Mein Traum (Stéphane Degout, Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon)

Powerful program and refulgent vocals make Mein Traum a dream of a disc.

November 30, 2022
Classical Music, Festivals, Opera, Orchestral
features

Aix-en-Provence Festival 2022: a report

This year the annual festival not only filled the streets of the ancient French city with music, but it also breathed new life into an abandoned stadium with Mahler's Resurrection.

July 25, 2022
Vocal & Choral
CD and Other Review

Review: JS Bach: Matthäus-Passion (Julian Prégardien, Stéphane Degout, Maîtrise de Radio France, Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon)

A thoughtful French account of Bach’s universal masterwork.

April 27, 2022
Classical Music, Opera
news

Romeo Castellucci’s Requiem announced for 2020 Adelaide Festival

Premiering in Aix-en-Provence earlier this month, the radical, beautiful staging of Mozart’s final, unfinished work has electrified audiences.

July 25, 2019

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