March 14, 2012
My 10 Desert Island Discs: Eric Whitacre
From Ligeti to Sondheim, America’s choral music king chooses the CDs he can’t live without.
March 13, 2012
Finely executed songs: Adelaide Festival jailbirds
Live review: Instructions for an Imaginary Man
March 10, 2012
Review: Live review: Bernstein’s Mass, Adelaide Festival
Critical Mass: Bernstein’s masterpiece goes beyond politics and religion to humanity, pure and simple.
March 7, 2012
A tsunami never sounded so sweet
A violin crafted out of wreckage from the Japan tsunami marks one year since the disaster.
March 7, 2012
Australia’s women composers: sheilas rival blokes
On International Women’s Day, a new book celebrates Australian music’s unsung heroines.
March 6, 2012
“We’re not at band camp anymore”: rising stars
The SSO Fellowship is a baptism of fire for young musicians that includes a trip to jail.
March 5, 2012
Song Company gets naughty with Monteverdi
A concert of erotic madrigals bound to make you blush.
March 5, 2012
Joshua Bell robbed in hotel room
Burglar in just a towel impersonated Bell to gain access to the violinist’s safe.
March 1, 2012
Playing accordion a risky business: Kimmo Pohjonen
Sparks fly when Finland’s “extreme” accordionist steps onstage with his squeeze-box.
February 29, 2012
The Top 10 One-Hit Wonders in classical music
Know the tune, but can’t think who composed it? Meet 10 members of classical music’s one-hit club.
February 26, 2012
Dance revolution: The Music of Philip Glass
Live review: Dance, Lucinda Childs Dance Company, Perth Festival Heath Ledger Theatre, February 25
February 26, 2012
Pearl fishing in a pond in a park in Perth
Live Review: The Pearl Fishers Opera in the Park Supreme Court Gardens WA Saturday, February 18
February 26, 2012
Peter Brook’s no-frills Magic Flute
Less is more on Mozart’s path to enlightenment.
