At 10:40 this morning, we hear the last of the 6-Part series with Andy Bromberger – Atonalism, Alienation and Appeasement – and in the concluding episode Andy discusses music from the 1970s. On 15 June 1215, Magna Carta was signed at Runnymede and since then it has been regarded as the cornerstone of democracy. In […]
At 10:40, we hear Part 4 of Atonalism, Alienation and Appeasement with Andy Bromberger and this week the topic is music of World War 2. At 11:00 am, my special guest is Anne Ryan, curator of this year’s exhibition of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. I’m interested in what’s different this year and what’s […]
At 10:40 am, Andy Bromberger joins us for Part 3 of Atonalism, Alienation and Appeasement. This week, Andy looks at politics in the twentieth century and its impact on music and musicians. Stalin, Hitler and McCarthy all had very well-defined and strong views on what sort of music was acceptable and which musicians. At 11:00 […]
Andy Bromberger joins us at 10:40 am for Part 2 of Atonalism, Alienation and Appeasement and this week she examines music from between the wars. My special guest at 11:00 am is acclaimed photographer, Samantha Everton, whose latest exhibition at the Arthouse Gallery is entitles Indochine, featuring the most wonderful portraits. Samantha’s preparation for her […]
It’s ANZAC Day this Wednesday and that ‘s the subject of conversation and music for the show. I’m taking the opportunity to replay an interview I recorded in 2015 with Professor Sean Bawley, to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landing. Find out what really happened the day and throughout the campaign in this absorbing […]
Ed Lippmann returns at 10:40 am with the final part of Loved and Unloved and we wrap up the series by looking at examples from Europe of heritage issues. At 11:00 am, my special guest is Dr Derek Wilding, Professor at the Centre for Media Transition at UTS and we discuss a study just published […]
At 10:40 am Ed Lippmann continues with Part 5 of Loved and Unloved and this week our topic is Sirius, the building that started this entire conversation. At 11:00 am, my most special guest is mandolin virtuoso, Avi Avital, currently touring Australia with the Giocoso String Quartet for Music Viva. Our conversation takes in the […]
This week at 10:40 am, Ed Lippmann returns with Part 4 of Loved and Unloved, the series where we look at heritage issues and this week the topic is modern buildings which have been demolished. At 11:00 am my special guest is Dr Ginni Mansberg, making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday and tis week […]
At 10:40 am we hear Part 3 of Loved and Unloved with Ed Lippmann, the series where we discuss heritage issues and, this week we talk about the Chahill Expressway. My special guest at 11:00 am is Mami Kataoke, Artistic Director of Sydney Biennale 2018. We talked about her, about the philosophic underpinnings of the […]
At 10:40 am, Ed Lippmann returns with Part 2 of Loved and Unloved, our new series of Sydney By Design, this time discussing heritage issues. The topic for this week is The Rocks and Green Bans in the 1970s. At 11:00 am I will play an interview I recorded in Adelaide a couple of weeks […]
This week sees the start of a new series of Sydney By Design with Ed Lippmann and he has called this series Loved and Unloved, where we will address heritage issues. Part 1 at 10:40 is an introduction to the series, defining what the heritage issues are: do we pull down, do we keep, what […]
This week at 10:40 am, we hear the last episode of Historic Events and How We Mark Them with Laila Ellmoos and the series finishes with 8 Hour Day. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Sonya Lifschitz, virtuoso pianist, broadcaster and academic who stars in Stalin’s Piano, an almost 1-woman show at the […]