At 10:40 am, we hear Part 6, the final part of Symphony’s Selected Sections with Andy Bromberger and she concludes with the conductor. Remember that all 6 parts are podcasts for you to listen to any time! My special guest at 11:00 am is David Bock from the Australian Museum, talking about insect decline. It’s […]
At 10:40 am, Andy Bromberger returns with Part 5 of Symphony’s Selected Sections where she talks about other instruments not covered before. These are the harp, the celeste and, weirdest of all, the theremin. At 11:00 am, art consultant Anna Groden returns with her annual review of the Archibald at AGNSW. Political correctness wins the […]
Andy Bromberger returns at 10:40 am with Part 5 of Symphony’s Selected Sections – percussion. My special guest at 11:00 am is Stephen Todd, Creative Director of Sydney Design Week, which, as usual, is under the auspices of the Powerhouse Museum. Stephen talks about the truly wonderful new exhibition: Hybrid. This sees 9 commissioned designers, […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On today’s show I play an interview with artist and writer Vanessa Berry. Vanessa works with history, memory and archive. She is the author of Mirror Sydney: an atlas of reflections (Giramondo 2017), a collection of essays and hand drawn maps that investigate the city’s marginal places and undercurrents. She also produces […]
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At 10:40 am, Andy Bromberger joins me for Part 3 of Symphony’s Selected Sections and this week the section is brass: trumpets, trombones, horns and the tuba. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Sue Morris, psychologist and academic, joining me in conversation about resilience, a word very much in use at the moment. […]
At 10 40 am, Andy Bromberger returns with Part 2 of Symphony’s Selected Sections and this week’s section is the woodwinds: flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and cor anglais. My special guest at 11:00 am is Jessie Tu. Jessie was a professional violinist for 15 years, studied law, did a stint teaching and is now a […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex This week on the show I speak to Pierre Arpin, Director and CEO of the Australian Centre for Photography (ACP). Photographer David Moore was the driving force behind the formation of a national centre for photography back in the early 70’s. The first ACP gallery and workshop space was opened in […]
Andy’s back! Music historian Andy Bromberger returns at 10:40 am with a new series: Symphony’s Selected Sections and in Part 1, we commence with strings. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Brett Summerrell, Chief Botanist and Director of Research at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, talking about fungi: a weird and wonderful […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On Arts Wednesday this week I celebrate some fabulous first nations artists. First up I play some tunes from Musgrave Band, a musical collective from the remote Indigenous Community of Amata in the South Australian Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. This band recorded some new music with the help of the […]
At 10:40 am, historian Laila Ellmoos joins us for Part 6, the final part of Developing Sydney and in this last episode Laila talks about fire and the impact it had on Sydney’s development. Developing Sydney is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. This did not go […]
Laila Ellmoos returns at 10:40 am with Part 5 of Developing Sydney and this week she talks about the Devonshire Street resumption. The land resumed included the Devonshire Street Cemetery and other important buildings surrounding the old graveyard. Developing Sydney is the title of an exhibition Laila was curating at Customs House opening late March 2020. […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On Arts Wednesday this week I speak to award winning actor, voiceover artist, writer, teacher, singer and coach Anni Finsterer about her upcoming book Radical Rock and Roll Resilience. Resilience is something that Anni has learnt the hard way. She talks about some of the tough times she’s had […]
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