Since our relaunch in late 2020, an enhanced range of content is available online for Limelight subscribers to access, including:

• Reviews of live performances around Australia, published as soon as possible after the opening performance
• Daily news from the music and broader performing arts scene in Australia and around the world
• Up-to-the-minute reviews of recorded performances available through streaming or as CDs, including exclusive reviews of Australian performers and Australian composers as well as visiting international artists
• Online-only features including artist interviews, composer profiles, festivals, current issues and events
• Online-only columns by musicians and music experts

In books, Brett Allen-Bayes finds much to admire leafing through András Schiff’s memoir, even if it’s not really a memoir, while Diana Simmonds is intrigued by the Theatrical Portrait Photography of H. Walter Barnett. On CD, Alexandra Coghlan is gripped by a new take on Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Greg Keane enjoys the dark side of Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s Rachmaninov, Lisa MacKinney spends an hour with Steven Isserlis in Proust’s salon, Steve Moffatt finds the entente distinctly cordiale in an album of French piano duets, Phillip Scott enjoys the music of Ligeti and Weinberg, Will Yeoman delights in Alina Ibragimova’s Paganini, and Clive Paget reviews opera DVDs by Donizetti, Chaya Czernowin and Alfano (aka the man who completed Turandot). New reviews posted online weekly.

This month’s online columns will include: