11+ hour, 48+ min ago   (325+ words) Two monumental scores test the orchestra’s mettle, but the NCO and pianist Lucas Krupinski rise magnificently to the occasion. So why not include Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 ‘Titan’ in a single program? What could possibly go…...

16+ hour, 53+ min ago   (398+ words) The Farm confronts mortality with a chaotic, darkly playful collision of dance and theatre. A festival is a time to trial experimental approaches to theatre, dance and music. No One Gets Out of Here Alive by The Farm, the provocative…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (686+ words) Caffeinated comic capers bring the buzz to this entertaining excursion into the lighter side of Baroque music. Baroque music was not all po-faced seriousness. Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Platée, Domenico Scarlatti’s Cat Fugue and Biber’s Battaglia are just some pieces that served…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (913+ words) The British pianist celebrates connections found in the most far-flung of places. The Limelight Recording of the Month for September is Stephen Hough’s Piano Postcards, the latest release from the musically omnivorous British virtuoso. It’s a charmer of an album,…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (670+ words) An evening that began with introspection ended in jubilation. Over two centuries after Mozart began composing his Requiem in D minor, K 626 in 1791, it remains one of the most profoundly moving and brilliant pieces in the repertoire, a testament to…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (548+ words) Jon Tooby's cello has been seriously damaged in transit to the UK ahead of his performance of Elgar's Cello Concerto. Australian musician Jonathan Tooby‘s 200-year-old cello has been damaged in transit ahead of a tour across the UK and…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (531+ words) Danish-Australian musician Georg Pedersen, who taught generations of young cellists at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, has died aged 80. Limelight learned late last week of the death of Georg Pedersen, a performer, teacher, chamber musician and member of the Sydney…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (142+ words) A la parilla is an expression from Argentinian folk traditions, describing music that is raw, honest, and high-risk, like cooking on open flames. Join Argentina’s leading saxophonist, Jorge Retamoza, alongside Blue Mountains guitarist Kieran Sawyer, for a night of unmissable…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (506+ words) Soprano Louise Keast takes home the $43,000 prize, which will support her ambitions for an international singing career. Australian soprano Louise Keast has been awarded the 2026 Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship at a ceremony hosted at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music on…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (663+ words) Swan Lake, Mayerling and Cinderella anchor a season of landmark revivals and contemporary choreographic masterpieces. The Australian Ballet has unveiled a 2027 season built around grand-scale storytelling, landmark revivals and contemporary choreography, with five mainstage productions taking the company from March…...