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CD of the Week – Binna Burra Dreaming

CD of the Week Giveaways

Composer Margaret Brandman’s works are celebrated for their melodic sensitivity and inventiveness. Her Binna Burra Dreaming album released on the Ambition label, presents finely-crafted gems for ‘cello with piano, superbly recorded in high definition...

Highlights from a week of Fine Music Mornings

Classical Program Highlights program previews

Here is just a small sample from this week's Classical Fine Music. Weekday mornings with Diversions in Fine Music, and Concert Hall.

Highlights from a week of Fine Classics

Classical Program Highlights

Here is just a sample of this week’s Classical Fine Music: From Silvestre Revueltas's colour and romanticism of Mexico to posthumously discovered works of Florence Price, plus a celebration of Australian performers.

Coy Composers Round 5 – A Word Puzzle

Classical Trivia and Crossword

Can you help to find these composers who are all born in January before the month ends?

Studio Guest Esther Song

Breakfast Interviews

On Thursday morning, Simon Moore spoke with soprano Esther Song, who will be playing the iconic role of Musette in La Bohème with Opera Australia during the second half of the run.

Born on this day – Johann Christian Sinding (11/01/1856)

Born On This Day Classical

Christian August Sinding studied music in addition to his academic studies throughout his school years, taking violin with Gudbrand Bøhn and music theory with L.M. Lindeman, one of the most important musicians in Christiana (later renamed Oslo). In 1874 he followed the path of his famous countryman Edvard Grieg by going to Leipzig to study.

Class Act: Encore!

Classical Jazz Programs

In the midst of seasonal activities, did you catch Class Act: Encore! on new years eve? This broadcast featured a broad selection of previously unaired performances from the students at Fort Street High School; Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney; St Joseph’s College; and Winmalee High School.

CD of the Week – Pièces de Violle

CD of the Week

In 1685, De Machy published his Pièces de Violle, the first and only one of its kind for unaccompanied viol in France. De Machy’s contribution may have been a modest start, a book of suites of dances, but his publication went on to spark a ‘quarrel’ between the other violists of the time about musical style, technique and composition for the instrument.

CD Review – Rautavaara: Lost Landscapes

CD Reviews Classical Fine Music Magazine

Lost Landscapes is the title of one of the last pieces composed by the Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara. It’s a violin concerto based upon reminiscences of places that were of great importance to Rautavaara’s creative journey in the mid-1950s.

Fine Music Magazine – January 2023

Fine Music Magazine

January's Fine Music Magazine features articles on The Bluesberries' song for peace in Ukraine, anniversaries of Milt Jackson and Edouard Lalo and a preview of our Operatic offerings in 2023.