The Chinese piano star will release his future classical recordings through Deutsche Grammophon. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The great English clarinettist, conductor and founding member of the Melos Ensemble, has passed away aged 90. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

With stellar cast and great music, The Book of Mormon is funny, irreverent and absurdly heartwarming.

The early music specialists will head to Australia to mark the occasion with madrigals from Cremona and Mantua.

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South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone talk musicals, missionaries and what keeps them coming back for more Mormons.

The Gold Coast contemporary arts extravaganza mingles sport and arts in this year’s festival, says AD Louise Bezzina. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Ever the perfectionist, Bruckner left two versions of his Eighth Symphony – the last symphony he completed. After his “artistic father” Hermann Levi rejected the first version, Bruckner spent three years revising the work. In this performance by the Australian World Orchestra, recorded live in the Sydney Opera House’s Concert Hall in 2015, Sir Simon Rattle uses Robert Haas’s 1939 edition – a hybrid that incorporates elements from both of Bruckner’s versions. The Haas version has remained popular, conductors like Karajan and Haitink continuing to use it even after Leopold Nowak released his more authentic scholarly editions of the symphony in 1972. From the shimmering violins and brooding basses of the opening, Rattle leads the AWO through a mammoth symphony, which has attracted the nickname Apocalyptic – a moniker that captures the scope if not quite the atmosphere of the work. The two-plus-three “Bruckner rhythm” – given so much motivic weight in the composer’s Seventh – sweeps through the strings in the first movement while the descending figures, like pealing-bells in the Scherzo are flowing and expansive under magically shimmering strings. The AWO’s brass and timpani conjure vast landscapes that fade away again into solitude. The Adagio… Continue reading Get…

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Every bit the performer, Kennedy’s music is a blast whether he’s playing Vivaldi or Hendrix.

The Grammy Award-winning French pianist has been recognised for a life devoted to the service of music. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Full of fluid realities, Institute is visceral, troubling but beautifully wrought theatre that tugs at your emotions.