Books & arts
11 February 2019
Music | A tribute to the fearless English-born tenor Gerald English, who’d lived in Australia since 1977
From the archive
10 January 2019
Judy Bailey’s long and distinguished career helped fuel an explosion in Australian jazz talent
Books & arts
7 December 2018
Music | Dance metres and rhythms are everywhere in the music of Bach
Books & arts
2 November 2018
Music | The composition was in on time, but was it any good?
Books & arts
5 October 2018
Music | The composer’s ninetieth year was effectively the midpoint of a long career
Books & arts
10 September 2018
What made Aretha Franklin’s voice so compelling?
Books & arts
20 August 2018
Music | What makes someone a “conservative” composer?
Books & arts
10 July 2018
Music | Composer Sally Greenaway’s career has followed a remarkable trajectory
Books & arts
12 June 2018
Music | The longer we listen to the music of Gavin Bryars and Brian Ferneyhough, the more we recognise
Books & arts
8 May 2018
Music | Peggy Seeger is a remarkable talent in her own right
From the archive
9 April 2018
Van Morrison has it, Gladys Knight has it, and so does Aretha Franklin. Somehow Nick Coleman captures it on the page
Books & arts
7 March 2018
Despite her early death, the French composer left a remarkable legacy
Books & arts
13 February 2018
Music | Pianist Andrea Keller’s new work might or might not be jazz, but it’s certainly poetic
From the archive
27 December 2017
Despite her international fame, the Tasmanian-born pianist’s career was cut short by a conservative musical establishment
Books & arts
11 December 2017
Want to think anew about Mozart? Try Geoffrey Lancaster’s latest recording
Books & arts
14 November 2017
Music | The remarkable career of composer Elena Kats-Chernin, who has just turned sixty
Books & arts
24 October 2017
Music | Do you simply need to say that’s what you do?
Books & arts
25 September 2017
Music | “Improvise” and “embellish” can be alarming words for a classically trained composer
Books & arts
29 August 2017
Music | What makes a composer courageous?
Books & arts
27 July 2017
Rock music doesn’t just have classics in the sense of “golden oldies,” it has become a body of work
Books & arts
3 July 2017
Popular music can be hard to separate from our recollections
Books & arts
15 June 2017
Music | The music’s not always the thing in the classical concert hall
Books & arts
11 May 2017
Music | Is reading music elitist? Only if we stop teaching it
Books & arts
10 April 2017
Music | A new generation of musicians has returned to folk music for inspiration
Books & arts
7 March 2017
Music | Headlong was meant to be a celebration of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s seventy-fifth birthday, but something seemed wrong
Books & arts
16 February 2017
Should we borrow, steal – or even beg for – other cultures’ music?
Books & arts
12 January 2017
Music | What makes the distinguished Italian pianist different?
Books & arts
5 December 2016
Music | Something unique happens at the intersection of music, ideas and life
Books & arts
7 November 2016
England’s most famous composer is less English than he might seem
Books & arts
17 October 2016
Despite the doubters, it is possible to talk about music. And the conversations can be revealing