Classic 100 voting openings Monday, new Let's Sing! program and more
͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ | | | Take your front row seat for Vaughan Williams' beloved The Lark Ascending live from Hobart/nipaluna with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
Concertmaster Emma McGrath brings the evocative work to life under the baton of Benjamin Northey.
Join your host Vanessa Hughes in the Federation Concert Hall tonight (May 2) from 7:30pm for a concert full of pastoral connections.
Alongside Vaughan Williams, hear Peter Sculthorpe's Pastorale and Paul Stanhope's Fantasia on a Theme of Vaughan Williams, with the concert culminating in Beethoven's beautiful 'Pastoral' Symphony No. 6. | | |
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| | | | | It's time to start planning your votes for the Classic 100: Piano. We want to know your favourite pieces for the piano; from solos to concertos, the music you hammered out at piano lessons to piano classics for the screen. Voting opens 8am, Monday May 5. | | |
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| | | | | | Music in video games is often dynamic, with each player experiencing their own soundtrack. It's not easy, but composer Masayoshi Soken says the response from players makes the process worth it. | | |
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| | | | | | "Perpetually hip" was how Duke Ellington described piano great Mary Lou Williams. Discover her moving story as Eric Ajaye details the life of one of the true pioneers of jazz piano and composition. | | |
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| | | | | | Some of Australia's best musical talents bring music to a new generation of children with sing-along music lessons for the classroom. Voices ready? | | |
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| | | | | | Check out some of the most exciting concerts happening this week including Emma McGrath performing The Lark Ascending in Hobart, the New Zealand String Quartet at the Warren Chamber Music Festival and West Australian Symphony Orchestra’s Baroque Brilliance in Perth. | | |
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| | | | | | New from the Seraphim Trio: a celebration of female composers, with music by Clara Schumann, Germaine Tailleferre, Dora Pejačević and a new work by Elizabeth Younan. | | |
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Download the app | | Listen on the go with the ABC listen app. Beautiful music just for you.
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