Andy Bromberger joins us at 10:40 am with Music’s Mechanical Make-Up and this week the topic is Words and Music. My special guest at 11:00 am is Associate Professor Bronwyn Winter and she unravels the mysteries of the French electoral system. Music will be mostly French with an example of early words and music from […]
Category: ARTS WEDNESDAY
Arts Wednesday 26 April 2017
Andy Bromberger returns at 10:40 am in Part 5 of Music’s Mechanical Make-Up, this week talking about the bass. At 11:00 am I will be joined in the studio by Carol Beales, a tour guide of Cockatoo Island. The National Trust of Australia is sponsoring National Heritage Month across Australia and tours of Cockatoo Island […]
Arts Wednesday 19 April 2017
This week I’ll make good from last week’s disasters. We really will hear Andy Bromberger on Harmony at about 10:40 am, Part 4 of Music’s Mechanical Make-Up. At 11:00 am I am pleased to welcome Louis Nowra back to Arts Wednesday, talking about his latest book, Woolloomooloo: A Biography. Louis has lost none of his […]
Arts Wednesday 12 April 2017
Andy Bromberger continues with Music’s Mechanical Make-Up at 10:40 am and this week we progress to harmony. My special guest at 11:00 am is Michaela McGuire, Artist Director of the Sydney Writers’ Festival 2016, happening next month. Michaela started this role in December 2016 and I’ll be exploring the challenges that brings as well as […]
Arts Wednesday 5 April 2017
Andy Bromberger returns with Part 3 of Music’s Mechanical Make-Up at 10:40 am, this week talking about rhythm. Apparently there was some confusion last week, because the image for Arts Wednesday was of a mushroom, to accompany my conversation with Dr Ray Kearney. Honestly, Andy does not now, nor has she ever look like a […]
Arts Wednesday 29 March 2017
Following our broad introduction last week, Andy Bromberger continues with Music’s Mechanical Make-Up at 10:40 am, this week talking about melody. My special guest in the studio at 11:00 am is Dr Ray Kearney, president of the Sydney Fungus Group, talking about mushrooms. We buy them in the vegetable section of the supermarket, but thy aren’t vegetables. […]
Arts Wednesday 22 March 2017
Andy Bromberger is back for the 2017 edition of her courses on music and this year’s is entitled Music’s Mechanical Make-Up. Andy starts off at about 10:40 am with an overview what’s coming in the next few weeks. At 11:00 am I’ll play an interview I recorded with political scientist Dr Mark Rolfe about the American […]
Arts Wednesday 15 March 2017
Ed Lippmann joins us at 10:30 am for Part 5, the final part in this series of Sydney By Design, examining the latest vision for Sydney by the Greater Sydney Commission. At 11:00 am, I am joined by composer Cyrus Meurant, who has composed music on a CD entitled Monday to Friday. It is music […]
Arts Wednesday 1 March 2017
At the risk of sounding boring, this week’s show is a replica of last week’s except that this week it really will take place. You just have to forgive the drastic technical glitch, which saw the program aborted. Sooooo, here we go again: Ed Lippmann continues with Part 3 of our discussion on the vision […]
Arts Wednesday 22 February 2017
Ed Lippmann continues with Part 3 of our discussion on the vision for Sydney by the Greater Sydney Commission at about 10:40 am. At 11:00 am I’ll play an interview I recorded with Patricia Azarias, who, with husband, John, has ben responsible for the restoration of the Lysicrates Monument and the Lysicrates Prize. Now, what’s […]
Arts Wednesday 15 February 2015
Ed Lippmann joins us at 10:40 am with Part 2 of new series of Sydney By Design. In this series, Ed is still focussed on Sydney, looking at the new vision, published by the Greater Sydney Commission November 2016. At 11:00 am my guest is author Adrian Mitchell, talking about his latest book, The Beachcomber’s […]
Arts Wednesday 8 February 2017
I am really looking forward to being back at the console this week for a new start for the new year. Ed Lippmann begins a new series of Sydney By Design, once again looking at Sydney and the new proposal by the Greater Sydney Commission. Will this one get off the ground? At 11:00 am […]