Over the course of June and July 2019, Shakespeare scholar, Dr Anna Kamaralli, made a welcome return to Arts Wednesday with a 6-part series entitled Shakespeare and Company. In this series, Anna explores Shakespeare’s company – The Chamberlain’s Men – which he joined as a young actor. The six episodes are as follows: Two Houses, […]
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On Arts Wednesday 10 July 2019, Sylvia’s guest was philosopher Dr Simon Longstaff, Director of the Ethics Centre. In the light of recent headline news – Israel Folau, John Setka, AFP raids on journalists – what is free speech in Australia and what should it be in a fair society? […]
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Todd Gibson Cornish, principal bassoon with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, was Sylvia’s guest on Arts Wednesday 26 June 2019, talking us through this magnificent instrument: its history, construction, sounds and techniques of playing, interspersed with music by Bach, Mozart and Teleman. […]
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On Arts Wednesday 19 June 2019, Sylvia’s guest was curator, Nicholas Chapman, from the Art Gallery of NSW talking about The Essential Duchamp. This exhibition, comprising more than 100 works from the Philadelphia Art Museum, is a comprehensive review of the work of this undoubtedly brilliant but enigmatic man and artist. If you only know his […]
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From April through to June 2019. each week Arts Wednesday featured one track from Leonie Cohen’s latest album, Pages Suite alongside conversation between Leonie and Sylvia about the music. It is jazz pianist Leonie’s first foray into classical composition and the suite was inspired by the stage performance for The Diary of Anne Frank, for […]
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On Arts Wednesday 12 June 2019, Sylvia played an interview she recorded with curator, Tansy Curtin, in the Bendigo Art Gallery about its truly monumental exhibition, Tudors to Windsors. It showcases not only the changing nature of portraiture, but the changing nature of beauty, might and power. […]
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Sylvia Rosenblum, Presenter of Arts Wednesday, introduces her Podcast Channel Words on Wednesday that will feature all the conversations and interviews from her program. Subscribe to Words on Wednesday to keep up to date! […]
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On 15 June 1215, King John signed Magna Carta at Runnymede and it continues to be regarded as a cornerstone of democracy. But is it really? What is it, who wrote it, why and what does it really say? Sylvia recorded this interview with historian and lawyer, Geoff Holland, back in 2015, to commemorate the […]
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