Limelight — May 2017

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72 RECORDING OF THE MONTH

Harry Christophers and The Sixteen offer

second thoughts on Poulenc’s sacred music

73 THE LIMELIGHT CHART

Australia’s top 20 classical music albums this

monthaccordingtoourspecialist retailers

74 ORCHESTRAL

ChaillyandhisLaScalabandbringaslewof

operatic preludes home where they belong

76 CHAMBER

Songs,pianoandchamberworksbyFSKelly

illuminate an Aussie original lost all too soon

78 INSTRUMENTAL

Brautigam’s Beethoven series enters its final

furlong with a crackingDiabelli Variations

80 VOCAL & CHORAL

Symphony for one: Jonas Kaufmann flies

solo in Mahler’s epicDas Lied von der Erde

82 OPERA

Dr Pepusch’s take onVenus and Adonisproves

he’s much more than justThe Beggars’ Opera

84 REISSUES ROUND-UP

Barenboim’s Beethoven gets a restrospective

Warner Classics box as does Zukerman on DG

86 LIVE PERFORMANCES

WA’sAsherFischclimbsamountaininNSW;

Miriam Margolyes is unafraid of Peter’s wolf

88 DANCE

Rafael Bonachela looks to the infinite forOrb;

Australian Ballet’sFaster may well run and run

90 THEATRE

Marina Prior brings Dolly back where she

belongs; There’s gold in Calamity Jane’s hills

92 VISUAL ART

GOMAtakesapeekbehindthescreensto

copaloadofMarvel-ously comic artworks

96 FILM

AnewBrettWhiteleydocumentarygetsto

the beating heart of a true Australian original

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