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Conductor Mark Wigglesworth wonders if the experience of live music should live longer than the music itself?
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Free Medici TV live webcast planned for orchestra's sold-out Dresden concert on May 14.
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The London Symphony Orchestra honours its former president and principal conductor on June 16 and 18.
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The French countertenor makes love not war in the battle of Baroque singers.
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After years of hiding a dirty habit, I've decided to speak out: a pianist's confession.
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Stunning videos of the most epic, thrilling trills in piano music from Beethoven to Debussy.
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Universal Music launches Sydney nightclub concert series with suave tenor Noah Stewart.
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After a $135.8 million rebuild, Melbourne’s once-dodgy Hamer Hall may just be the country’s finest concert venue.
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Classical music and opera have a special role to play in these scenes.
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Melbourne Recital Centre, July 10
Lasting impressions of a great recital
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Do the musicians think the Melbourne Arts Centre's $128.5 million renovation was worth it?
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The reigning rock star of the classical piano rates Ben Folds as up there with Glenn Gould.
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Formed in 1975, the ensemble presents music that is "dark and depressing, glorious and wonderful".
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A 1,000-boat flotilla travelling down the Thames to newly composed Water Music, plus Lang Lang, Renée Fleming and Alfie Boe in concert at Buckingham Palace.
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A first-rate Second: Otaka and MSO are highly recommended.
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Limelight's exclusive photo-shoot at home with Australia's renegade violinist.
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The baritone's classic performances captured on video: Schubert, Schumann, Bach and more.
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Having endured the opinions of critics since the age of nine, this pianist has a few criticisms of his own.
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America's greatest living composer works with Aussie musos in the Sydney Opera House's Utzon Room.
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Steve Reich had a rock star reception and epic standing ovation at this tour-de-force celebration of his music.
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The Australian Chamber Orchestra went on a pub crawl to find the perfect venue for their next gig.
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Backing a winner: Ashkenazy tackles a favourite of Australian listeners.
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The SSO Fellowship is a baptism of fire for young musicians that includes a trip to jail.
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More Brahms with your Webern, sir?
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What are the Slovenian conductor's big plans for Australia’s smallest state orchestra?
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My personal selection of the hottest tickets for opera-lovers around Australia.
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In
Film -
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Jan 11, 2012
Sigur Rós's former string section has come into its own, bringing bucketloads of instruments, quirky tunes and charm to the Sydney Festival.
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This “middle-of-the-road Romantic” reading of the New World has a distinctly Czech feel.
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How millions of YouTube hits and a phone call from Elton John rocketed two classically trained cellists to stardom.
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In
Classical Music -
Nov 14, 2011
Join the legendary soprano onstage and backstage in her most memorable roles.
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Soprano Christine Brewer pays tribute to ladies of song including Kirsten Flagstad in this intimate recital.
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Meet the winner and finalists from the Limelight singing competition!
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It can happen to the greatest musicians, but the show must go on.
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Share the Sydney Opera House stage with Australia's most popular leading men.
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The iconic tenor is bound for Australia for the first time in 15 years.
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Wagner Tannhauser: Prelude and Venusberg Music
Sculthorpe Earth Cry
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6
Sydney Opera House, August 26
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Australia’s cultural icon has the worst acoustics of all the country’s major classical music venues.
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The Russian virtuoso talks Moonlight Sonata and Ashkenazy ahead of his return to Australia.
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How to stream classical music live and on demand from the world's greatest orchestras and opera companies.
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A new guitar and voice duo plays music from the British Isles - from Dowland and Purcell... to Radiohead.
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Jazz -
Melissa Lesnie -
Mar 28, 2011
Limelight chats to oud player and composer Joseph Tawadros about the sibling virtuosos in his Band of Brothers.
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Within less than a week, the Sydney Opera House YouTube extravaganza has become the most-watched live music concert on the Internet.
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Sacrificium
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
Sergio Ciomei, piano
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
March 15, 2011
Review
Finding a suitable Grandee to pay homage to must have been a relief for Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, hoping that his music would be published and heard in spite of his limited means, but whether the Marquis came before the music, or vice versa, signifies little after all this time.
