Music historian, Andy Bromberger, joins us at about 10:40 for Part 3 of Bardi to Bach’s Baroque and this week she turns her attention to the musicians of the period: who were they and what were their working conditions? My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Brad McKay talking about his recently published book […]
The 68th Sydney Film Festival program was officially launched today by Sydney Film Festival Director Nashen Moodley. In 2021 the Festival will present 233 films from 69 countries, bringing together hundreds of international and local stories. There are 111 feature films, including prize-winners from prestigious festivals around the world; 50 documentaries tackling crucial contemporary issues from established and upcoming documentarians; and 72 shorts. Of […]
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Presented by Palace Cinema, the British Film Festival’s started today and will held up to the 1st of December! Celebrating the best of British in a remarkable line up of 31 films, a number of which are screening for the first time in Australia. Stellar performances from Festival favourites and brilliant newcomers will delight audiences […]
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Bonjour ou Bonsoir, Hello Beautiful souls of Sydney and the world! I hope life is shining for all of you wherever you are. I am so happy to be back on air from 7-9am this Friday 29th of October 2021 during Jammin’ Friday. Tune in to win some treats! For all supporters of Eastside Radio, you may […]
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Andy Bromberger returns at 10:40 am with Part 2 of Bardi to Bach’s Baroque and in this episode, Andy contextualises the period and describes the move from the polyphony of the Renaissance to monody and tonality of the Baroque. My special guest at 11:00 am is Ella Dreyfus, making a most welcome return to Arts […]
Live music is back! Australia’s premier purveyor of jazz-rock VINCE JONES returns to Sydney with his unforgettable homage to one of the greatest cross-over artists of our time VAN MORRISON. Australia’s premier jazz/rock artist presents an unforgettable night of classic rock. A magnificent homage to two of rocks greatest albums – Astral Weeks – Van Morrison’s most […]
This week marks the return of brand new episodes of Arts Wednesdays – no more repeats! We start at 10:40 am with a brand new series by music historian, Andy Bromberger and this series looks at the Baroque. In Episode 1, Andy sets the scene by taking us back to the Renaissance, so we can […]
EXPLORE NEW CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN CINEMA AND CLASSIC GEMS AT THE 2021 ST. ALi ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL Screening from 20 October, Palace and ST. ALi coffee just announced the full line up for the 2021 ST. ALi Italian Film Festival, celebrating Italian culture, stories and language they are hitting screens around the country just in time to […]
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We are still in lockdown repeats mode and this week the spotlight is on unusual musical instruments, which has been a recurrent theme on Arts Wednesday for 21 years! We start in the first half hour with the pipa andWu Man. The pipa is a plucked string instrument, sometimes called the Chinese harp. I recorded […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex For today’s show I thought I’d continue along the lines of the show I did 2 weeks ago (2 September) where I reached out to some creative friends and colleagues to ask them: what’s keeping you busy? what are you doing to keep afloat/sane? what music have you been listening to, […]
Another lockdown show, featuring repeats from the past! In the first half hour, I’ll play the introduction to The Science of Science Fiction with astrophysicist Professor Geraint Lewis. We recorded this series in August/September 2018 and in this first part, Geraint outlines the series. At 11:00 am, I’ll play a conversation I recorded in February […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex For today’s show (inspired by the interview I did 2 weeks ago with Hugh Stewart and Rachel Knepfer about the Lockdown Picture Show) I thought I’d reach out to some creative friends and colleagues to ask them: what’s keeping you busy? what are you doing to keep afloat/sane? what music have […]