At 10:40 am, Dr Jacqueline Nguyen joins us for Part 4 of Birds and Bones and this week we talk about what fossils can tell us. At 11:00 am, I am joined by Dr Stephen Gapps from the Australian National Maritime Museum, talking about the latest exhibition Bligh: Hero or Villain. Via our primary school […]
Category: ARTS WEDNESDAY
Arts Wednesday 31 July 2019
At 10:40 am, Dr Jacqueline Nguyen, ornithologist at the Australian museum, joins us for Part 3 of Birds and Bones and this week the topic is Bristlebirds. Following the interest in last week’s conversation with Elise Edmonds about Dead Central at the State Library of NSW, I will continue the theme of cemeteries in a […]
Arts Wednesday 24 July 2019
At 10:40 am, it’s time for Part 2 of Birds and Bones with Dr Jacqueline Nguyen, ornithologist at the Australian Museum and this week the topic is songbirds and where they came from. At 11:00 am, I’m pleased to welcome back to Arts Wednesday, Elise Edmunds, Senior Curator at the State Library of NSW, talking […]
Arts Wednesday 17 July 2019
At 10:40 am, it’s time for Part 1 of a new series: Birds and Bones, with Dr Jacqueline Nguyen from the Australian Museum. Jacqui is an ornithologist who specialises in palaeontology and in the first episode, we talk about who an ornithologist is and what she does. With the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 […]
Arts Wednesday 10 July 2019
At 10:40 am, we hear Part 6, the final part of Shakespeare and Company with Dr Anna Kamaralli and Anna finishes with Tricks he hath in him, which gentlemen have, examining what happened next! My special guest at 11:00 am is philosopher Dr Simon Longstaff, Director of the Ethics Centre, in conversation about free speech. […]
Arts Wednesday 3 July 2019
At 10:40 this morning Dr Anna Kamaralli continues with Part 5 of Shakespeare and Company and this week, in Hooted at Like an Old Tale, she looks at Shakespeare’s sources for his plays. My special guest this week at 11:00 am is Dr Sarah Reeves, curator at the Powerhouse Museum, talking about the new exhibition Apollo […]
Arts Wednesday 19 June 2019
At 10:40 am, Dr Anna Kamaralli returns with Part 3 of Shakespeare and Company, with this week’s episode entitles It Is a Pretty Youth. This is, of course, the young boys who played the female parts in the company. My special guest this week is Nicholas Chapman, curator at the Art Gallery of New South […]
Arts Wednesday 12 June 2019
We start today’s program with Lights (Finale), the last track on Leonie Cohen’s Pages Suite album and the last in our series of music and conversation with Leonie. What a wonderful series this has been. At about 10:40 am, Dr Anna Kamaralli returns with Part 2 of Shakespeare and Company and she has called this […]
Arts Wednesday 29 May 2019
We commence with music and conversation with Leonie Cohen and this week we play Pages from her latest CD, Pages Suite. At 10:40 am, I am delighted to welcome Shakespeare expert, Dr Anna Kamaralli,, back to Arts Wednesday, with a new 6-part series called Shakespeare and Company, commencing with Two Houses:Both Alike in Dignity. Queen […]
Arts Wednesday 22 May 2019
We start the program with music and conversation with Leonie Cohen, listening to and talking about Baruch, from her latest CD, Pages Suite. At 10:40 am, we hear Part 6, the final part of Compositions, Court Life and Composers with music historian Andy Bromberger and she finishes with Verdi and Wagner. My special guest at […]
Arts Wednesday 15 May 2019
First up this week, we hear Looking Out, Looking in by Leonie Cohen from her latest CD Pages Suite and we follow up with conversation about the music. At 10:40 am, Andy Bromberger returns with Part 5 of Compositions, Court Life and Composers and this week we talk about Tchaikovsky. My special guest at 11:00 […]
Arts Wednesday 1 May 2019
At 10:30 am, I continue conversation and music with Leonie Cohen and this week we play Spring Kiss, from her latest album, Pages Suite. Andy Bromberger returns at about 10:40 am, with Part 3 of Compositions, Court Life and Composers and this week the subject is Brahms. My special guest at 11:00 am is author Irris […]