Review: Reawakened: Clarinet concertos by Hamilton, Gipps, Walthew and Ireland
Robert Plane does British music four favours in a treasure trove of discoveries.
October 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
Defying a pandemic, Pinchgut’s film brings Barbara Strozzi to life
Social distancing and disinfectant help tell a tale of love, madrigals and gender politics.
October 23, 2020
Nominations announced for Limelight’s Recording of the Year 2020
Limelight’s critics have picked their 25 favourite recordings from the last 12 months.
October 21, 2020
West Australian Symphony Orchestra announces 2021 program
Asher Fisch returns to lead a bold and diverse season that relies on WASO’s own musicians.
October 20, 2020
On Stage in November: Classical Music, Opera & Theatre
Find out what's on stage and streaming online in November from Limelight editors Jo Litson, Angus McPherson and Clive Paget.
October 19, 2020
On the Record: What’s New on Disc
Rare outings score over same old-same old, new wine in old bottles, and do we really need more Beethoven?
October 19, 2020
In the Limelight: November 2020
Catch up on what's been in the Limelight with the top arts stories to recently make headlines.
October 19, 2020
Rebecca Cassidy: Streisand to Strauss
Ahead of concerts for Southern Cross Soloists and Opera Queensland, the soprano tells us about how she fell in love with singing, her dream roles, and how she’s adapted to the challenges of 2020.
October 16, 2020
Nathan Meltzer and the gift of the “Ames, Totenberg” Stradivarius
Loaned the multi-million-dollar 1734 violin when he was still a student at Juilliard, the young musician tells us about being its custodian, and recording his debut album.
October 16, 2020
Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? Not Anne Cawrse
Inspired by A Room of One's Own, the composer has written a searching string quartet.
October 14, 2020
Review: Alexander Kastalsky: Requiem
Kastalsky’s grand design is a powerful plea for the coming together of nations.
October 9, 2020
Did you hear about the tragic life of Louis Vierne?
The French organ maestro battled blindness, addiction and adultery only to keel over in the saddle.
October 8, 2020
Victorian Opera celebrates 15 years with Indigenous creation opera
Deborah Cheetham’s Parrwang Lifts the Sky is one of four new works in the pipeline.
October 6, 2020