Articles

How low can you go? The search for the world's lowest voice

3 days ago by Melissa Lesnie in Classical Music
The hunt is on to find a singer with a seriously low range to record a new composition.

New Handel’s Water Music for Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

4 days ago by Gramophone in Classical Music
British composers to stage 50-minute work on a barge floating down the Thames.

The 12 wackiest musical instruments

4 days ago by Melissa Lesnie in Classical Music
They look weird, sound weird, and many were invented by weirdos... Some here in Australia.

Dame Joan Sutherland: the true story

5 days ago by Francis Merson in Classical Music
Richard Bonynge gives his personal account of the struggles and triumphs of his late wife, La Stupenda.

West Australian Opera appoints new artistic director

6 days ago by Leon Coward in Classical Music
New Yorker Joseph Colaneri takes up the baton for Madama Butterfly in July.

Glee recruits two spunky classical cellists with attitude

6 days ago by Melissa Lesnie in Classical Music
2Cellos to star in the hit TV series' Michael Jackson special.
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Feb 4, 2012

Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Plenary Hall, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne: City & inner suburbs (VIC)
Everyone who loves DoctorWho needs to make a date for this once-in-a-lifetime musical celebration with the Doctor on the big screen, and a host of ...
Feb 8 - 13, 2012

Sydney Symphony - Beethoven 9: Ode to Joy

Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney: City & inner suburbs (NSW)
Ashkenazy reveals the humanity of mankind in an ode to sorrow and an ode to joy.
Feb 8 - 14, 2012

Elektra: West Australian Opera

His Majesty's Theatre, Perth: City & inner suburbs (WA)
Elektra is the most gripping one hundred minutes in opera.
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Reviews

The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)

5 days ago
Retro charm: the glory of silent cinema is resurrected.
 

Martha Marcy May Marlene (Elizabeth Olsen; Hugh Dancy)

5 days ago
Spellbinding chiller: director and star both impress here.
 

BACH: Cello Suites (Michael Goldschlager)

5 days ago
Beautiful Bach: cellist Michael Goldschlager gives his all.
 

Espana! Songs and dances from Spain (Mischa and Lily Maisky)

5 days ago
A gift for expressive cantabile must be in the Maisky blood.
 

BEETHOVEN: The Symphonies; Overtures (Gewandhaus/Chailly)

5 days ago
This beautifully presented 5-CD set is a rather brilliant fusion of the old and the new.
 

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphonies Nos 6,12 (Royal LiverpoolPO/Petrenko)

5 days ago
Not even Petrenko can do much with the turkey that is the Twelfth Symphony.
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Blogs
Mathisha Panagoda

Bach, Banff and the Baroque

By Mathisha Panagoda on Jan 31, 2012
I've been busy deciphering the mysteries of Bach's Sixth Cello Suite, deep in the snow-capped Canadian mountains.
 
Sarah Noble

An Operatic Australia Day Celebration

By Sarah Noble on Jan 26, 2012
Happy Australia Day! Oz is doing the international opera world proud.
 
Sally Whitwell

The coming attractions of cover art

By Sally Whitwell on Jan 11, 2012
I've found the perfect artist and collaborator to create the imagery for my second album. I say do judge a pianist by her cover!
 
Mathisha Panagoda

Bach on the Subway

By Mathisha Panagoda on Jan 2, 2012
First there was the Joshua Bell busking experiment. Now, I thought it was time to try something different, armed with the Cello Suites on the busy New York subway.
 
Wendy Lang

Bah! Humbug! Tama takes Scrooge to the airwaves

By Wendy Lang on Dec 23, 2011
He most recently directed Opera Australia’s The Love of the Nightingale… But before that Tama Matheson recorded a captivating radio play of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
 
Sarah Noble

Das Lied von Berlin

By Sarah Noble on Dec 22, 2011
A week of Mahler with the Berlin Philharmonic? Don't mind if I do.
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