On the Record: April 2024
An enthralling Vivaldi survey is our Recording of the Month, alongside dynamic new releases from Lang Lang, Piotr Anderszewski and Sir Simon Rattle.
March 25, 2024
Review: A Lionel Tertis Celebration (Timothy Ridout, Frank Dupree, James Baillieu)
Ridout celebrates the great Lionel Tertis and all things viola.
February 26, 2024
Review: Among the Birds and the Trees (Musica Viva Australia)
Among the Birds and the Trees is a magical concert offering a unique musical aesthetic capable of inducing a transcendental experience.
April 27, 2023
Anneleen Lenaerts: Among the Birds and the Trees
Musica Viva Australia’s latest tour features an unusual blend of instruments. Annaleen Lenaerts, Principal Harpist of the Vienna Philharmonic, offers an insight into the role of her instrument.
April 26, 2023
Australian Festival of Chamber Music announces full 2023 program
Five world premieres, 34 concerts and 39 musicians make for an illuminating North Queensland chamber music festival.
March 1, 2023
Timothy Ridout on Elgar’s Viola – yes, Viola – Concerto
The rising star British violist, visiting Australia in May, talks transcriptions and tweaking Tertis.
February 24, 2023
Review: Elgar, Bloch: Works for Viola (Timothy Ridout, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins)
It’s Elgar, Jim, but not as we know it, and a colourful Bloch-buster.
January 24, 2023
Musica Viva Australia announces its 2023 Season
Returning giants, like Garrick Ohlsson, rub shoulders with fresh young talent and artists like Cédric Tiberghien and Jean-Guihen Queyras.
October 12, 2022
Review: Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge & other songs (Nicky Spence et al.)
From heroic vocals to inner vision, Nicky Spence’s Vaughan Williams has it all.
April 21, 2022