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US conductor David Robertson delivers his Stuart Challender Lecture 'Is Classical Music Relevant?' with musical illustrations. Jessica Nicholas reviews some new jazz CDs, and live and very new music from Continuum Sax with Belgian electric violinist Cecile Broche.
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Distinguished French horn player who now sits in as 'extra' horn with his alma mater talks about more than 45 years as one of the great modern horn players. And film-maker Tony Palmer discusses his documentaries of famous composers which include Wagner, Britten and, most recently, Vaughan Williams. This week's podcast interview is Barry Tuckwell.
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Jazz legend Don Burrows, 80 years old, discusses his long career in music.
This week on The Music Show, two octogenerians: Madam Pat (Thompson) talks to Andrew Ford about her life story as a 'vaudevillian belter'; and Don Burrows at 80—probably the most influential figure ever in Australian jazz—he talks to Andrew about his long career. Read transcripts of the interviews with Madam Pat and Don Burrows. Both interviews this week are available for podcast. Download Don Burrows Interview
Listen Now - 02082008 | Download Interview - 02082008
On The Music Show this week, Winsome Evans talks to Andrew Ford about her long career in music. Winsome Evans has been a figure of great significance for music in Australia—a pioneer in the performance of early music through her group the Renaissance Players—and in her long career in the Music Department at the University of Sydney, where she has taught generations of music students. Also on the show this week: Richard Toop discusses the legacy of one of the most important composers of the 20th century: Karlheinz Stockhausen. Podcast interview this week is Winsome Evans.
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Saturday 30 August 2008
On The Music Show this week: author Sheila Weller talks about her book Girls Like Us and the music of Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon; live performance from Brisbane's Clocked Out Duo and Adelaide's Trio Seraphim; and the independent and virtuosic Bob Malone.
The long-awaited Music Show book is available from ABC Books. Talking to Kinky and Karlheinz – 170 musicians get vocal on The Music Show is a collection of interviews compiled from more than 1,000 hours of radio. View the book's online companion*. Order your copy now from the ABC Shop.
* Please note: the ABC is not responsible for the content of external websites.
You can read transcriptions of the many interviews conducted by The Music Show going back to 1999.
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