Limelight 2020 - Volume 16

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Cover story- Making Waves- We celebrate Richard Tognetti' s 30 years as Artistic Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and look at how his adventurous programming and exacting standards have transformed the ensemble into one of the world' s stellar chamber orchestras. Feature- A Century at Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. We trace the history of Australia' s leading choral organisation, now numbering 600 voices, and share Artistic Director Brett Weymark' s plans for the future. Interview- American soprano Jennifer Rowley, a Metropolitan Opera favourite, discusses Donizetti' s opera Roberto Devereux, with its tale of love, lust and betrayal in the Tudor court, as she debuts in the role of the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I, for Opera Australia. Visual Arts- Pierre Bonnard- The National Gallery of Victoria presents the most comprehensive exhibition ever seen in Australia of the multi-disciplinary French artist, who straddled Impressionism and Modernisn, and was known for his exuberant use of colour and pattern. Reviews- Swedish trumpeter H kan Hardenberger performs Aerial, the contemporary masterpiece written for him by HK Gruber with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; conductor Ben Gernon and violinist Bin Huang perform Tchaikovsky' s Pathetique with West Australian Symphony Orchestra; the new ballet Anna Karenina at The Australian Ballet; Joanna Murray-Smith' s romantic thriller Berlin at Melbourne Theatre Company. What' s on- live performance and radio highlights for June 2020.