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Instrumental
Live Review

Review: Wata: A Gathering (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Billed as a special event, Paul Grabowsky’s collaborative debut with the SSO lived up to the hype – and then some.

July 26, 2024
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Symphonic Boa–Constrictors?

As four Australian orchestras prepare to perform his music, we trace Bruckner's career, along with his obsessions and oddities.

July 22, 2024
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony (Olivier Latry, Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

In this sensational concert of French music, Olivier Latry reminds us why the organ was long ago crowned The King of Instruments.

July 12, 2024
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Handel’s Water Music (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Erin Helyard and the SSO show that Mr Handel’s Water Music still floats everybody’s boat 400 years on.

July 1, 2024
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Alexander Melnikov in Recital (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

A second helping of Melnikov magic serves up a thrilling and intelligent musical journey.

June 25, 2024
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Alexander Melnikov performs Shostakovich (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Russian piano virtuoso Alexander Melnikov shows why he is the go-to man for Shostakovich.

June 24, 2024
Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Playing Up: The Harp with Xavier de Maistre

French virtuoso Xavier de Maistre discusses his “sensual” instrument and commissioning new work.

June 24, 2024
Chamber, Classical Music, Dance, Opera, Orchestral, Theatre
features

On Stage: the events you need to see in July 2024

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

June 24, 2024
Classical Music, Instrumental
features

The Organist of Notre-Dame

With the beloved Paris landmark set to reopen in December, Olivier Latry recalls the inferno that nearly claimed the cathedral's magnificent organ.

June 24, 2024
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: The Sydney Symphony Orchestra with the Australian String Quartet

An intriguing program, with a xylophone at the end. 

June 7, 2024
Classical Music, Orchestral
news

Gender and racial imbalance in orchestra repertoire growing worldwide

"Inaction equates to complicity": Orchestras move even further away from equal representation, as shown by the latest analysis from Donne, Women in Music.

June 5, 2024
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Joyce Yang performs Grieg’s Piano Concerto (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Clarity, power and sheer poetry as Joyce Yang takes on the perennial favourite Grieg concerto.

May 21, 2024
Chamber, Classical Music
features

Cutting Edge: Different Resonances

Liza Lim unveils three world premieres in Australia in the coming months. She unpacks them and explains why she sees artists as “antennae”.

May 20, 2024

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