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Classical Music
features

Electric Shock

Why has classical music been so slow to incorporate electric instruments?

February 21, 2022
Classical Music, Instrumental, World
features

Playing Up: The Oud with Joseph Tawadros

Joseph Tawadros recalls how he got hooked on the oud, and how the instrument – and the teaching of it – is evolving as it becomes more accepted into orchestras around the world.

February 21, 2022
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Piazzolla (Australian Chamber Orchestra)

James Crabb and the ACO give us the smell of steamy tangos on a hot February night

February 2, 2022
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Baroque and Beyond (Australian Chamber Orchestra)

A joyful return to the stage turned the page on a troubled season, and marked the start of exciting new era for the ACO.

November 19, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music
news

Australian Chamber Orchestra announces its 2022 season

For its 2022 season the Australian Chamber Orchestra announces a new era as it moves to its new home at Pier 2/3 in Sydney's Walsh Bay Arts Precinct.

October 20, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Schubert’s String Quintet (Australian Chamber Orchestra StudioCast)

Few performances of Schubert's 'Trout' come close to this hour-long slice of heaven from the Australian Chamber Orchestra. 

October 1, 2021
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Tabula Rasa (Australian Chamber Orchestra StudioCast)

The ACO's fifth StudioCast presents some of their favourite repertoire – including Arvo Pärt’s Tabula Rasa – as you have never seen it before.

August 19, 2021
Classical Music, Opera, Orchestral, Theatre
news

The July 2021 issue of Limelight is now available

We look at opera's love affair with wine, the Australian Chamber Orchestra's new project River, and Virginia Gay's emergence as a playwright. We also salute Paul Goodchild, doyen of Australian brass.

June 29, 2021
Classical Music
features

Anna Melville’s COVID odyssey from Sydney to Birmingham

Anna Melville, former Head of Programming at the ACO, discusses moving countries during a pandemic to take up a role at City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the challenges for arts programming.

June 28, 2021
Classical Music, Film, Orchestral
features

River Deep, Mountain High

How the Australian Chamber Orchestra went with the flow for its latest film project.

June 28, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Schubert’s Quintet (Australian Chamber Orchestra)

Sublime music, sublimely played by Tognetti & Co.

May 12, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Bach and the Beyond (Australian Chamber Orchestra)

With Richard Tognetti and his players embracing change, Bach and the Beyond certainly feels like a taste of things to come.

April 1, 2021
Supported by City of Sydney

Review: Beethoven & Bridgetower (Australian Chamber Orchestra)

This concert by the Australian Chamber Orchestra represents a statement of intent, a step on the road to cultural revolution.

March 29, 2021

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