May 25, 2020
Backstage with Matt Withers
The Australian guitarist tells us about how his projects have fared in lockdown, as well as the challenges and pleasures of giving online concerts from home.
May 18, 2020
Review: Tchaikovsky: Solo Piano Works (Peter Donohoe)
Donohoe rehabilitates neglected music with revelatory playing.
May 14, 2020
Review: Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos 6, 7 & 8 (Steven Osborne)
Masterworks receive masterful performances care of Osborne.
May 14, 2020
Review: Dancing to the Tremors of Time (Michael Kieran Harvey)
New works sparkle in the hands of Michael Kieran Harvey.
May 14, 2020
Review: Bach: Sei Solo (Thomas Zehetmair)
Zehetmair conquers the Everest of the solo violin repertoire.
May 4, 2020
Review: Sorabji: Sequentia Cyclica (Jonathan Powell)
An esoteric masterwork by an eccentric recluse.
May 4, 2020
Review: Brahms: The Final Piano Pieces (Stephen Hough)
Hough captures Brahms, as the final cigar is extinguished…
April 16, 2020
Review: Mozart: Piano Sonatas Vol 2 (Jean Muller)
Muller’s Mozart mission makes its point in magnificent fashion.
March 26, 2020
Sydney International Piano Competition announces competitors
Three Australians are among the 32 pianists competing in the event, which is being rescheduled for 2021.
March 20, 2020
Moving advice from Andrew Ford about how to support musicians
On The Music Show on March 21, Andrew Ford will share this personal message about ways to support musicians during the coronavirus crisis.
March 20, 2020
Review: Shostakovich plays Shostakovich (Dmitri Shostakovich)
Melodiya opens a unique window on time.
March 15, 2020
Review: Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians (Soundstream New Music, Recitals Australia, Adelaide Fringe)
A fine performance of a rarely heard 20th-century masterpiece.
February 25, 2020
Review: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 9 (Jonathan Biss)
A fine, felt, forcibly argued finish to a ripely individual survey.