Review: Lucas Debargue: To Music
A year in the life of a most interesting young man
July 26, 2020
Clive Paget
Clive Paget is a former Limelight Editor, now Editor-at-Large, and a tour leader for Limelight Arts Travel. Based in London after three years in New York, he writes for The Guardian, BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, Musical America and Opera News. Before moving to Australia, he directed and developed new musical theatre for London’s National Theatre.
Articles by Clive Paget
New Mahler podcast series embraces life, the universe and everything
Aaron Cohen discusses his life-changing deep dive into Mahler the man and the music.
July 24, 2020
Australian String Quartet launches platform with a dash of sporting event excitement
ASQ Live + On Demand will include lifestyle elements to welcome viewers into the heart of their world.
July 22, 2020
Review: Weber: Euryanthe (Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Constantin Trinks)
Jacquelyn Wagner, and a first-rate musical reading all round, uncovers a masterpiece.
July 19, 2020
Did you hear about the bigamous composer and the Russian courtesan?
Behind every mediocre man there might be a fascinating woman.
July 17, 2020
Review: The Telephone (West Australian Opera)
Menotti's one-act comedy may not be a masterpiece but feels distinctly relevant right now.
July 14, 2020
Australian Festival of Chamber Music announces three-day digital event
Melbourne Digital Concert Hall helps a salvaged 2020 Festival move online.
July 13, 2020
Niv Ashkenazi on Violins of Hope
Violins of Hope is an artistic and educational project composed of instruments owned by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust. Niv Ashkenazi is the first musician to record a solo album on one of them.
July 10, 2020
Piers Lane on neglected masterpieces
Piers Lane, whose new album is Limelight's Recording of the Month, explains why once recognised masterpieces can grow to be underestimated and neglected.
July 9, 2020
Create NSW announces over $650,000 to support projects that respond to COVID-19
New initiatives from Ensemble Offspring, Pinchgut Opera and Strange Bedfellows are among the recipients.
July 2, 2020
Review: Music in Elizabethan Court Politics (Katherine Butler)
How public and private music shaped life with the Virgin Queen.
June 29, 2020
Did You Hear About how Stravinsky came to write a ballet for elephants?
Finding his feet in his newly adopted country, the Russian composer was game for anything.
June 23, 2020
Review: Janáček: From The House of The Dead (Simone Young)
Castorf’s take on Janáček’s prison opera sure involves a lot of cooks.
June 22, 2020