Review: Vengerov plays Brahms (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
Vengerov launches Robertson's fourth season with a touch of Russian fire.
February 20, 2017
Sydney Symphony Orchestra announces its 2017 Fellows
Fifteen of Australia’s rising classical music stars will participate in the orchestra’s intensive training programme. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
February 19, 2017
Review: Organ Grandeur (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
Joseph Nolan pulls out all the stops and is 'knighted' for his pains.
February 19, 2017
Nigel Westlake channels the wild in new oboe concerto
A trip to Tasmania’s Bathurst Harbour with environmentalist Bob Brown inspired the composer’s piece for Diana Doherty. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
February 12, 2017
Review: Music under the Moon (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
Tan Dun's celebration included a phoenix, a mandarin and the secrets of Chinese women.
February 12, 2017
David Robertson on putting the ‘folk’ back into the ‘music’
The line between high falutin’ art and down and dirty folk has always been porous, says the SSO Chief. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
February 10, 2017
Symphony under the Stars says farewell to the Domain
Wesley Enoch was booed when he said next year’s concert will be in Parramatta – but it’s not a decision he’s taken lightly. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
January 16, 2017
Review: Rautavaara (Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Festival)
Benjamin Northey is expressive and authoritative in superb performances of works by the Finnish master.
January 12, 2017
Chinese New Year set to music
Orchestras around the country celebrate the Year of the Rooster as Tan Dun tours Australia.
January 12, 2017
Rautavaara: Flights of Angels
The Finnish composer shocked many in the establishment when he embraced a popular mysticism with his musical angels.
January 2, 2017
A funny thing happened on the way to the concert hall
Pin back your ears as six tale-tellers from Australian orchestras share some rippers from the dim and distant past.
December 16, 2016
St. Petersburg first to hear Stravinsky’s ‘lost’ Funeral Song
Valery Gergiev gives this intriguing work its first performance in a century at the Mariinsky. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
December 5, 2016
Stravinsky’s lost Funeral Song to get Australian premiere
Charles Dutoit will direct the composer’s tribute to Rimsky-Korsakov with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in June 2017. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
December 1, 2016