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Paul Dyer on the set of Bittersweet Obsessions.

Bittersweet symphonies

Bach's uncharacteristically silly Coffee Cantata will form one part of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's concert series, Bittersweet Obsessions.

Drama, imagination and emotion on show

Pieres Lane captured the listeners' imagination with the opening of the Rachmaninoff.

With wild hair and brightly coloured socks, his tall frame hunched over the piano, Piers Lane captured insouciance, enervated melancholy and imaginative musical shape in the opening melody of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3.

Grab a blood-stained bargain

Costume party: Sara Kolijn inspects some of the treasures that will go into the sale.

Even with an entire warehouse for a wardrobe, eventually something has to give, which is why Opera Australia will stage the garage sale to end all garage sales this weekend, with more than 2000 wild and wacky outfits for sale.