September 2022
Features
A reimagining of Homer’s Iliad explores an unspoken relationship.
by Elissa Blake
Soundings
Daniel Riley
by Deborah Jones
Interview
Recording of the Year
by Clive Paget
Awards
On The Record
by Clive Paget
Recordings
Cutting Edge
by Josten Myburgh
New Music
Samuel Mariño
by Steve Dow
Interview
A Winter’s Journey
by Will Yeoman
Classical Music
Steve Reich’s Conversations
by Will Yeoman
Books
True Things
by Lynden Barber
Film
In the Limelight
Newsworthy
A round-up of our recent news reports
Comings & Goings
The latest arts appointments and departures
On Stage
The buzz around live performance
On Air & Online
This month’s concert highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming
Coda
Let’s drink to that
Venues like intervals as they make money from the bar sales, but should performers be forced into having one if it interrupts the natural flow of the show?
Guy Noble’s Soapbox
The Cor Anglais
Michael Pisani, Principal Cor Anglais at Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, didn’t even own the instrument when he was first offered the chance to play it. Now he is about to perform a new work by Anne Cawrse.
Playing up
Walking Uluru Treaty Tracks with The Song Company
First Nations composers Sonya Holowell and Elizabeth Sheppard discuss Songs from the Heart, a new a cappella program that responds to the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
World Premiere
Douglas Boyd
The former oboist and Artistic Director of Garsington Opera discusses conducting Beethoven’s nine symphonies in two weeks for Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
5 Questions
Michael Ball
The British musical theatre star explains how he learned to sing and why the songs of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg are in his DNA.
My Music
Listen and Read
Contributors
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Limelight Arts Media Pty Ltd
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Jo Litson
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Cara Anderson
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Jansson J. Antmann
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Tristan Main
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Clive Paget
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Carla Bird
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Contributors
Michael Ball, Lynden Barber, Peter Berner, Elissa Blake, Steve Dow, Sonya Holowell, Deborah Jones, Patricia Maunder, Josten Myburgh, Marilyn Phillips, Michael Pisani, Elizabeth Sheppard, Sam Weller, Will Yeoman
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The October 2022 issue of Limelight will be available online from Monday 19 September.