| | | | | In 24 years of presenting Midday Interview on ABC Classic, Margaret Throsby gave us all some fascinating insights into some of the most interesting people on earth. She (and we!) got to spend an hour discovering their life stories and their taste in music.
Over the last year we’ve been releasing interviews from the archives, with a guest list including Prime Ministers, divas, trailblazers, humanitarians and more.
This week spend some time with conductor and pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy, one of classical music’s most respected figures. Or perhaps you’re more a fan of Sir David Attenborough, or Brenda Blethyn or Paul Keating? Take your pick of musicians, actors, authors, politicians, chefs and more. | | | | | | |
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 | | | | | | | | Hear Simone Young lead the Sydney Symphony Orchestra through Romantic masterpieces by Tchaikovsky and Dvořák, opening the orchestra’s season at Sydney Town Hall. | | | | | | |
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 | | | | | | | | “Pop music is for the body, but opera is for the soul.” Mairi Nicolson explores the life and iconic recordings of soprano Angela Gheorghiu. | | | | | | |
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 | | | | | | | | Musical instruments just keep on giving, even when they stop making music. Find out the creative ways people have given new life to retired musical instruments. | | | | | | |
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 | | | | | | | | Watch the Gondwana Indigenous Children's Choir sing Birinyi, the creation story of Yurrbin, the Great Barrier Reef, on Yidinji country in Far North Queensland. | | | | | | |
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 | | | | | | | | Inspired by Western Australia’s iconic black swans – the title, Maali, means ‘black swan’ in the Noongar language – this gorgeous orchestral piece by Australian composer Andrew Schultz captures these magnificent birds in music. | | | | | | |
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