White Horses - Issue 22 by Aqualuna

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Monthly Magazine

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The Monthly is one of Australia’s boldest voices, providing enlightening commentary and vigorous, at times controversial, debate on the issues that affect the nation. Home to our finest thinkers, journalists and critics, including David Marr, Helen Garner, Don Watson and Anna Goldsw orthy, the magazine offers a mix of investigative reportage, critical essays and thoughtful reviews.   The Monthly is published in multiple formats: print magazine, iPad, iPhone and Android apps, ebook and online. It was named winner of the General Interest category at the 2015 Australian Magazine Awards.   An independent voice in Australian media, the Monthly is essential reading for anyone who is seeking deep engagement with national politics, society and culture. ...Show more

Limelight August 2019 by Limelight

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Cover story-Wonder Women- The Australian Ballet performs Sylvia in a new production by Stanton Welch for which the lead ballerinas are learning to sword-fight. Centring on a fierce nymph who falls for a mortal man, the playful, mythological ballet features a gorgeous score by Leo Delibes, which Tchaikov sky praised over his own Swan Lake. Feature-Asher Fisch first conducted the West Australian Symphony Orchestra 20 years ago. This month in Perth he conducts a Gala Event starring German soprano Gun-Brit Barkmin and takes to the piano for the Schumann Piano Concerto. We talk to him about music and life. Articles-Mark Wigglesworth discusses Shostakovich's dynamic Symphony No 4, which he conducts with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and Eivind Aadland, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra's Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Designate, explores Sibelius's sublime Fifth Symphony. Interviews- Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek on starring with Jonas Kaufmann in Opera Australia's concert version of Andrea Chenier set during the French Revolution; Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith on making her directorial debut with her latest, whip-smart comedy L'Appartement for Queensland Theatre. Reviews-Jayson Gillham's performance of Beethoven's Piano Concertos with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra; the Australian Chamber Orchestra's Szymanowski to Sufjan Stevens concert; Opera Australia's Anna Bolena starring Ermonela Jaho, Wake in Fright at Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre. What's on- live performance and radio highlights for August 2019. ...Show more

Island Magazine #154 by Vern Field (Editor)

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Limelight July 2019 by Limelight

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Cover story- Crowning Glory- We explore Donizetti's three operas about the Tudor Queens, and interview Davide Livermore who is directing the trilogy for Opera Australia, beginning this month with Anna Bolena. Albanian star soprano Ermonela Jaho also discusses making her debut in the challenging title ro le. Article- An in-depth look at Taras Bulba, Janacek's rhapsody for orchestra about love, war and death, based on Nikolai Gogol's novel. Alexander Briger, a noted Janacek specialist, discusses the famous piece, as he prepares to conduct it with the Australian World Orchestra. Guest feature- As Nicholas Carter prepares to leave his role as Principal Conductor of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, he looks back on his tenure, and shares his views on classical music today, as well as his own plans for the future. Preview- Irene Sankoff and David Hein share the back story to their musical Come From Away, set in Gander, Newfoundland where 38 planes bound for New York were redirected in the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001, leading to extraordinary stories of kindness and humanity. Reviews- Britain's Doric String Quartet plays Haydn, Schubert, Beethoven and a world premiere by Brett Dean on a Musica Viva tour, the Australian Haydn Ensemble offers a feast of 18th century French chamber music, Sergei Dogadin performs Glazunov's Violin Concerto for West Australian Symphony Orchestra, while Neil Armfield directs Andrew Bovell's moving play Things I Know to be True for Belvoir. What's on- live performance and radio highlights for July 2019. ...Show more

Men at Work: Australia's Parenthood Trap: Quarterly Essay 75 by Annabel Crabb

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Category: Magazines and Journals | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction

When New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced her pregnancy, the headlines raced around the world. But when Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg became the first Prime Minister and Treasurer duo since the 1970s to take on those roles while bringing up primary-school-aged children, this detail p assed largely without notice. Why do we accept that fathers will be absent? Why do so few men take parental leave in this country? In the last half-century, women have revolutionised the way we work and live. But men's lives have changed remarkably little in that time. Why is that? Is it because men don't want to change? Or is it because, every day in various ways, we tell them they shouldn't?" In this Quarterly Essay, Annabel Crabb deploys political observation, workplace research and her characteristic humour and intelligence to argue that gender equity cannot be achieved until men are as free to leave the workplace (when their lives demand it) as women are to enter it. ...Show more

Limelight October 2019 by Limelight

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* Cover story- Yo-Yo Ma- Bach Across Borders. The legendary musician and humanitarian makes his long-awaited Australian debut with performances of JS Bach's Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, which he will play in one sitting in Sydney and Melbourne. * Feature- 30 Australian Musicians Under 30. Who ar e Australia's most exciting young classical performers and what is it that makes them special? We look at 30 of the best from 11-year-old violinist Christian Li to 24-year-old composer Alice Chance. *Interviews- Donald Runnicles, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's first ever Principal Guest Conductor discusses his new role with the orchestra where he conducts Messiaen, Bruckner, Strauss and Faure this month; violinist Helena Rathbone marks 25 years with the Australian Chamber Orchestra; Swedish soprano Nina Stemme on returning to the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra for an all-Wagner Gala. *Story- Sydney Dance Company celebrates its half century with a thrilling double bill featuring Rafael Bonachela's 6 Breaths and a new, grand-scale work by Gideon Obarzanek called Us 50, featuring former and current dancers of the company along with members of the dance community. *Reviews- Nikolaj Znaider conducts a concert for West Australian Symphony Orchestra with Asher Fisch as the soloist for Schumann's Piano Concerto; Stephen Hough performs Brahms' Second Piano Concerto with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Mark Wigglesworth; Joanna Murray-Smith's new comedy L'Appartement, which she is directing herself for Queensland Theatre. *What's on- live performance and radio highlights for October 2019. ...Show more