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Olli Mustonen’s playing never permits a passive response. One can enthusiastically nod or one can profusely object, but the listener is asked to take a side and react.

Bach Akademie Australia, led by its founder Madeleine Easton, presents as good a performance of the complete Brandenburgs as anyone could be wished for.

Missy Mazzoli's Dark with Excessive Bright is the centrepiece of the Omega Ensemble's contribution to the festival's imaginative chamber music series.