Light Classics Blogs

Have you ever been to a classical music event that could have been jaw-droppingly boring, except Guy Noble was there to save the day? I have.

Tim Minchin is doing Australia proud at the Proms with the first-ever comedy show in the history of the world’s biggest classical music festival. And he’s converting audiences one joke at a time.

Last week’s Gilbert & Sullivan lampoon has provoked the ire of Australia’s most powerful mega-church.

Today I remember a different kind of composer whose influence on my formative years as a musician can not be underestimated.

Sitting here on a plane on my way to Melbourne as the sun rises in the east, I muse this morning on the excellent playing of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. Last night was the second Symphony in The Park – held on Stage 88 – a free event that showcases the orchestra. The first year [...]