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A Life of Max Reger

Classical Fine Music Magazine

The German composer and musician Max Reger was both a conservative and a visionary, looking back to the musical forms of the 18th century and forward to the harmonic adventures of the 20th. Reger inherited the gifts of his musician father, quickly developing an ambition to become a composer. This resulted from hearing Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Parsifal during his first pilgrimage to Bayreuth.

Hubert Clifford: A true pioneer

Classical Fine Music Magazine

Paul Cooke surveys an early Australian symphonist Hubert Clifford’s Symphony 1940 was something of an anomaly among his compositions. While his...

Born on this day – Manuel de Falla (11/23/1876)

Born On This Day

Part Impressionist and part neo-Classicist, Manuel de Falla is difficult to peg, but he is widely regarded as the most distinguished Spanish composer of the early 20th century. His output is small but choice and revolves largely around music for the stage.

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Spotify Playlist

Our weekly Spotify playlist A Fine Selection, features the very best in folk, jazz, classical and world sounds emerging from around the globe.

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Our weekly Spotify playlist, A Fine Selection, is available to listen to now. 21 hand chosen pieces of music covering the best in current and exciting Jazz, Classical and World sounds. Featured this week are acts such as … …

2MBS Fine Music Sydney Magazine – September Out Now!

Fine Music Magazine

The September issue of the 2MBS Fine Music Sydney Magazine has just been released. This month Virginia Ginnane talked to the 2019 Winner of the 2MBS Fine Music’s inaugural Ken Weatherly Jazz Scholarship, Kate Wadey, about her third album, the song-writing collaboration with the musicians she works with, and the relief of coming out of lockdown. Our cover features Ensemble Offspring’s Listen Up!, a micro festival of new music at the National Art School in Darlinghurst this month.

Focal Point 29.06.22

CD Reviews Classical Focal Point Focal Point From the web Interviews Jazz Playlist World Music

A look at music that is both on the rise, and causing waves around the globe.

Born On this Day : Sahib Shihab (June 23, 1925)

Born On This Day Jazz

Besides being one of the first jazz musicians to convert to Islam and change his name (1947), Sahib Shihab was...

Focal Point 06.05.22

CD Reviews Classical Focal Point Focal Point From the web Interviews Jazz Playlist World Music

A look at music on the rise and causing waves around the globe.

Focal Point 07.04.22

CD Reviews Classical Focal Point Focal Point From the web Interviews Jazz Playlist World Music

A look at music on the rise and causing waves around the globe.