Angus McPherson has written for music and arts publications including Limelight, Realtime Arts, Music and Literature (US) and CutCommon as well as the Journal of Music Research Online. As a flute player he has performed and taught in the USA, the UK and Canada and his articles on flute playing have appeared in specialist publications including Flute Focus, Flute Tutor Australia, the British Flute Society’s journal Pan, and the Dutch flute magazine FLUIT.
In the dangerous world of Joseph Stalin’s Russia, an embattled Dmitri Shostakovich unveiled a new symphony that would miraculously please both audiences and the authorities. Angus McPherson speaks to Asher Fisch and Mark Wigglesworth about the music that changed the composer’s life forever.
Andsnes illuminates Mozart’s genius by focusing on an annus mirabilis.
This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
We look at Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and why it has inspired so many adaptations, composing women past, present and future, and the piano works of an overlooked Australian composer lost and found.
The two double bass players, who will share a desk in the upcoming Australian World Orchestra season, speak about the pleasures and challenges to be found at the deep end of the string section.
Two Minutes from Home offers up a fascinating musical anthology of 2020 as experienced by Decibel's creative community.
Catherine Haridy will helm the AMC from 1 July, following John Davis’ remarkable 32-year tenure.
Curator Hannah Fink takes us through the musical specials at the Sydney Opera House's acclaimed restaurant.
The 15-year-old Australian violinist speaks to Limelight ahead of the semi-finals of the Menuhin Competition.
A nimble reading of Mahler's Fourth Symphony by Umberto Clerici and an orchestra in top form.
Ten composers will receive $5000 each from the Fund, which is presented by the APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre's Art Music Fund.
