At 10:40 am we hear is Part 1 of a new series from music historian, Andy Bromberger, and it’s called Compositions, Court Life and Composers. Andy looks at the social milieu in which the great composers lived and composed and we start of with J S. Bach. My special guests this week at 11:00 am […]
At 10:40 am, Laila Ellmoos brings us the final part of Events that Shaped Sydney and we conclude with the Thalium Enthusiasms. My special guest at 11:00 am is Michael Atherton, musician, academic, author and all round musical genius, reputed to be able to play just about every musical instrument known to mankind. This week, […]
If you have a sense of dejas-vu with this post, it’s because it’s a repeat of last week’s. Unfortunately, ill health forced me to cancel the program last week, so you can hear it this week instead! At 10:40 am, Laila Ellmoos continues with Part 5 of Events That Shaped Sydney and this week we […]
At 10:40 am this week, Laila Ellmoos brings us Part 4 of Events That Shaped Sydney and this week we talk about the Greycliff disaster. My special guest at 11:00 am is artist, Gemma Smith, talking about her new exhibition at the UNSW Galleries. Entitled Rhythm Sequence. It is a survey of her work since […]
At 10:40 am, Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney, once again joins us for Part 3 of Events That Shaped Sydney and this week, the topic is the timber strike of 1929. My special guest at 11:00 am this week is Dr Sam Arnold. Sam is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Program 3 […]
Laila Ellmoos joins us at 10:40 am for Part 2 of Events That Shaped Sydney and this week the topic is the Spanish flu in the wake of World War I. At 11:00 am, I’ll play the second of the interviews I recorded in Israel, this week with Dr Micha Gross, one of the founders […]
I’m so happy to be returning to Arts Wednesday this week after quite a long break, but more of that later. Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney, returns this week with a new 6-part series: Events That Shaped Sydney and in Part 1, we talk about the attempted assassination of Prince Alfred in […]
guest presenter – Bronwyn Rennex On Arts Wednesday today I speak to Amanda Solomon, who is co-founder of Arterie at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA). Arterie is an art and health program designed to deliver the creative arts to everyone who interacts with Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Arterie @RPA forms part of a holistic approach […]
At 10:40 am, Les Rice, Tattooist and artist, joins us for the final part of Beauty, the repeat 6-part series. Are tattoos beautiful? My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Keith Suter, Foreign Affairs editor for Sunrise, among his many titles (including no less than 3 PhD’s!), talking about warfare today and yes, it […]
I am so looking forward to being back at the console this week. We start the show with a bit of unfinished business from last, with 2 more episodes left on Beauty and this week it’s James Franklin with Beauty and Mathematics. My special guest at 11:00 am is Andrew Tink, auth pr Honeysuckle Creek: […]
At 10:40 am, we continue with Part 4 of the repeat series on Beauty and this week, make-up artist and body builder, Rachel D’arbon is the guest. At 11:00 am, social analyst Neer Korn makes his annual return to Arts Wednesday, talking about the major studies he conducted during the course of 2018. We talk […]
At 10:40 am, we hear Part 3 of the repeat series on Beauty and this week, art philosopher Damian Freeman talks about Art and Beauty. At 11:00 am, my special guest is Peter Raissis, Curator of European Art at the Art Gallery of NSW and the gallery’s curator who worked with the team from The […]