September 2023
Features
How a new work for West Australian Ballet seeks to echo Van Gogh.
by Jansson J. Antmann
The winding path that led to Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall’s new musical.
by Deborah Jones
We explore the life and music of William Byrd, 400 years after his death.
by Clive Paget
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Soundings
Interview
Anthony LaPaglia will make his Australian stage debut as Willy Loman in an exclusive Melbourne season of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. He explains why he decided to take on the role.
by Jo Litson
On the Record
Handel’s tree-hugging despot enjoys a lively new outing, the Philly aces Rachmaninov, Christian Li explores Mendelssohn, and Offenbach’s Peruvian soufflé fizzes with fun.
by Clive Paget
Classical Music
Conductor Rick Prakhoff and violist George Deutsch reveal their ambitious plan for the Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra’s 90th birthday celebration.
by Maddy Briggs
Cutting Edge
Sound artist Daniel Portelli explains how an art music/video essay about our relationship with mangroves is a form of forest therapy.
by Daniel Portelli
Theatre
Sisters Courtney and Emily Monsma are currently performing alongside each other in one of their dream musicals, and it feels like it was meant to be.
by Jo Litson
Books
Farah Karim-Cooper’s radical reassessment that refuses to throw the Bard out with the bathwater.
★★★★★
by Diana Simmonds
Film
The emotional territory may feel familiar, but the inventive way it’s treated does not.
★★★½
by Jason Blake
In the Limelight
Coda
Guy Noble's Soapbox
Fed up with being bombarded with requests for feedback about everything from online purchases to hotel visits, Guy Noble ponders sending reverse feedback.
Playing Up
Théotime Langlois de Swarte didn’t choose
the life of a Baroque violinist; it chose him. Ahead of his Australian tour, he talks about his quest to find his musical voice and the 1665 Jacob Stainer violin he plays.
World Premiere
Justin Williams is Assistant Principal Viola with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He discusses his First Symphony, which old friend Umberto Clerici commissioned and will conduct at QSO.
5 Questions For
Since 2017, the Melbourne-born violinist has been based in London, where she is Associate Leader of the Philharmonia Orchestra. She discusses playing with the Australian World Orchestra.
My Music
The Australian performer discusses growing up
in Jamaica, playing Billie Holiday on stage, and her regret at not playing an instrument.
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