David Dawson attacks critics on Twitter, while dancers were the target of a vicious online rant, purportedly from his assistant.

Teaming up with Cancer Research UK, the orchestra has reimagined the piece to highlight the importance of charity legacies.

The organisation’s Australian Composer List Project draws on input from artistic directors and curators from around the country.

"Orchestral commissions more typically go to men," says the composer whose new work is inspired by Olive Pink’s Botanic Garden.

Newly commissioned works by Bakrnčev, Barton and Wolf will form the centre-piece of Maddilyn Goodwin’s interdisciplinary project.

Local musician Wil Thomas stumbled across a 16-year-old playing the dumped, battered but still functional piano.

Named for an Aboriginal word meaning pipe or flute, Ulpirra Sonatines places Ross Edwards and Mark Isaacs – who joins flautist Melissa Doecke on this disc – alongside Poulenc and Dutilleux. The disc opens with the lush first movement of Isaacs’ Sonatine, Doecke soaring over Isaacs’ undulating piano. The recording catches the complex edge of Doecke’s sound as she produces ethereal harmonics and earthy flutter-tonguing. Isaacs’ The River for alto flute and piano revels in the velvet sound of the lower instrument, while providing plenty of opportunity for Doecke to sweep up through the range with a light, flitting agility. The colour and virtuosity of Edwards’ Nura has no doubt contributed to its popularity in the flute repertoire. Wild Bird Morning channels Messiaen while Ocean Idyll is eerily tranquil. In this performance the normally fiery Earth Dance is given a carefully paced, detailed treatment. Doecke’s clean sound winds meditatively above gently flowing water in Edwards’ Water Spirit Song, originally a work for cello, while Ulpirra dances playfully. After this, it is jolting to be thrust into 20th-century neo-classicism with Poulenc’s oft-performed Sonata. Doecke’s tone is honeyed, however, as she… Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe…

The Canadian production, based on music and lyrics by Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, fails to convince the critics.

The percussionist will hand over the reins to Ian Cleworth after a seven-year tenure.

Opera Australia admits to early discussions to bring the Albanian soprano back to Australia for Donizetti’s trilogy. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra's chief will also head Austria's Stadttheater Klagenfurt and Kärntner Sinfonieorchester.

Filling the void left by Hobart Baroque, Julia Fredersdorff's new period ensemble will launch at Ten Days on the Island.