Review: Mahler’s Fifth Symphony (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
A Mahler gala and a new work for French star violinist Renaud Capuçon as the SSO sets sail again.
A Mahler gala and a new work for French star violinist Renaud Capuçon as the SSO sets sail again.
A nail-bitingly close contest sees an independent label carry off the top prize.
The French violinist admits "playing the genius of Mozart with another genius, it helps".
Mozart heads up this month with Igor Levit and Víkingur Ólafsson hot on his heels. Vocal delights include Sarah Connolly’s Mahler and miraculous choral music by Stephen Hough.
Capuçon’s Mozart celebration kicks off with Kit Armstrong and 16 violin sonatas.
The SSO's Chief Conductor Simone Young talks to Limelight about some of her personal highlights in the upcoming season.
Bernard Lanskey has been announced as the new Director of Queensland Conservatorium after working in Singapore for 15 years.
The concerts feature 100 artists and star performers Sonya Yoncheva, Juan Diego Flórez, Renaud Capuçon and Rolando Villazón, who discusses how COVID-19 has affected him personally and why the Rolex initiative is so worthwhile.
David Robertson's Mahler Five suggests just how much the SSO has assimilated Mahler into its DNA.
Korngold may have been the greatest prodigy that ever lived, but people could be sniffy. Renaud Capuçon and David Robertson discuss his late Violin Concerto to help us understand the Viennese wunderkind and why he had little choice about going to the movies.
The decision comes after the Awards faced a backlash, including from artists such as Daniel Barenboim, Mariss Jansons and the Leipzig Gewandhaus, for recognising a rap duo whose works have been deemed anti-Semitic.
When two or three are company: French dream-team deliver detailed, red-blooded renditions of early and late Debussy.
David Robertson introduces his fifth season with Ax, Freire, Grosvenor, Mutter, Capuçon and Batiashvili among the headliners.