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 […]
Four talented Year 12 students, Archie Tulk, Austin O’Toole, Liam Green and Gabe Dillon from the Conservatorium High School formed a male vocal ensemble, False Relations. They recently won 3rd prize in the Musica Viva national chamber music competition, Strike A Chord. Performing I Have Not Your Dreaming by Paul Stanhope also saw them awarded the […]
Read More… from Award winning Yr 12 vocal ensemble False Relations
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 […]
We continue with repeats this week, starting with architect, Ed Lippmann and Part 1 of a series we recorded in 2018, entitled Technology and Architecture. In this series, Ed looks through history, explaining how architecture responds to new technology. In this introduction, Ed gives a broad sweep through history and its changing materials. At 11:00 […]
To celebrate Nature Book Week (6-12 Sept), The Wilderness Society brings together a series of free online talks and live readings for kids to embark on a wilderness adventure, answering all their curiosities and feeding imaginations. Science communicator and Nature Book Week Ambassador Dr Jen Martin said “When kids read about our natural world, they feel […]
Read More… from Nature Book Week with The Wilderness Society (6-12 Sept) :: FREE ONLINE FOR KIDS ::
SIMA Announces Expanded Emerging Composers Mentorship Program to respond to the ongoing impacts of COVID “Over the last few years, I have been thoroughly impressed at the diversity and excellence of the musical work resulting from the emerging composer’s program”- Paul Cutlan, composer. The Sydney Improvised Music Association is proud to announce the expansion of its […]
This week we speak to internationally and nationally acclaimed visual artist George Raftopoulos – a local artist from Paddington. Barbara Dowse wrote: “George Raftopoulos positions himself as part of an art-historical lineage.His works are a form of modern day myth- making, fables of modern life; a psycho-drama and collage of his thoughts, dreams and ideas […]
Read More… from Local artist, George Raftopoulos. His art, his life, his passions.
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On today’s show I play an interview I recorded earlier in the week with Hugh Stewart and Rachel Knepfer about their fabulous, on a whim, impromptu Lockdown Picture Show in the windows of Hugh’s gallery/office/studio in Halls Lane. It started with a simple invitation sent out to friends, which said: “In […]
Read More… from Arts Thursday 19 August 2021 – Lockdown Picture Show
Once again, Arts Wednesday from the archives! In the first half hour, I’m going back to 2013 to an interview I recorded with Scott Kinmont, who plays a most strange medieval musical instrument called the serpent. At 11:00 am, I’m repeating a conversation I recorded last year with Dr Brett Summerell, Director of Science and […]
Approx. 2 minute read It was a dark winter’s evening back in 2017, when I, along with a few other newbie volunteers, braved the cold to visit the creative space under Paddington Town Hall to train up on the ways of Eastside Radio. The first Sensei ready to impart their knowledge and wisdom was Sylvia […]
Before we answer that question we had better find out about who Rebel was. Jean-Fery Rebel was a French baroque composer who lived from 1666 to 1747 and wrote what could be considered avant garde music two hundred years before it is generally agreed to have started. Rebel is hardly a household name, for two […]