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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We start the program with another conversation with Leonie Cohenand and track, Capture, from her Pages Suite. At 10:40 am, Andy Bromberger returns with Part 2 of Compositions, Court Life and Composers and this week Beethoven is the composer we talk about. At 11:00 am, I will repeat an interview I recorded with historian, Sean Bawley, for […]
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 […]