Music Show, The
Hear the interview of the week from the Music Show, where composer Andrew Ford entertains and informs a wide audience each week, providing two hours of essential listening from the world of music. Guests on the Music Show have included Emmylou Harris, Philip Glass, k.d. lang, Baaba Maal, Paul Kelly, and Bryn Terfel.
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13 Episodes of this Podcast:
Saturday 11:05 Books and pianos: Roy Howat
Published: 2009-11-13 09:00:00Roy Howat is a Scottish pianist and scholar and he´s recorded numerous CDs and written widely on Debussy, Faure, Ravel & Chabrier. Now his magnum opus has arrived and it´s called The Art of French Piano Music. He´s talking about the composers in the book whilst illustrating at the piano.
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Saturday 10:05 Books and pianos: Anna Goldsworthy - UPDATED
Published: 2009-11-13 09:00:00Anna Goldsworthy is the pianist with the Seraphim Trio and daughter of novelist and poet Peter Goldsworthy. Her book Piano Lessons is as much about growing up as it is about learning the piano.
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Saturday 10:05 Jane Sheldon and the "Origin Cycle" - UPDATED
Published: 2009-11-06 09:00:00Australian soprano Jane Sheldon has been involved in a project setting chunks of Darwin's On the Origin of Species to music- from the initial idea through to performance.
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Saturday 10:38 Father and daughter play the blues
Published: 2009-11-06 09:00:00Dick and Christa Hughes get together again- singing the blues and celebrating a forthcoming CD and a film about their amazing family. Live performances by Dick Hughes, piano and Christa Hughes, vocals 1. Young Woman's Blues, Comp. Bessie Smith 2. Steamboat Tennessee, Comp. Lee Wiley, Jess Stacy, Muggsy Spanier
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Saturday 11:08 Matisyahu
Published: 2009-11-06 09:00:00American Hasidic Jewish rapper and reggae musician Matisyahu talk about his musical origins and how his career has developed and about his new album, Light.
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Saturday 11:34 The Blackeyed Susans 20 years on
Published: 2009-11-06 09:00:00Starting in Perth and now Melbourne-based, the Blackeyed Susans are celebrating 20 years of music making with a national tour and a boxed set of CDs called Reveal Yourself. Live performances on The Music Show by the Blackeyed Susans: 1. Ocean of You, Comp. McComb 2. Smokin' Johnny Cash, Comp. Snarksi
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Saturday 10:10 Kendra Shank and Tim Stevens: premiere performance on The Music Show
Published: 2009-10-30 10:00:00New York based jazz vocalist Kendra Shank is performing in Australia for the first time at the annual Wangaratta Jazz Festival, but not before she teams up with Tim Stevens in The Music Show's studio to talk about music and influences and to perform for the first time together. Live performance in this segment: Incantation/ Throw it Away Comp. Abbey Lincoln Perf. Kendra Shank, vocals, Tim Stevens, piano Dur: 5.00
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Saturday 10:30 Stravinsky, Uchida's Mozart, Snark Hunting and an Ode to Queen Anne
Published: 2009-10-30 10:00:00Rob Murray's classical CD reviews for the month.
Saturday 11:40 Lake Boga school choir celebration with Jessie Carmichael
Published: 2009-10-30 10:00:00Jessie took the choir to Melbourne in 1951 to sing with the Melbourne Symphony in a choral jubilee. They were up against the big city schools and they won. Filmmaker Malcolm McKinnon is documenting this history in his documentary Seriously Singing. Archival music used in segment Andy's Battle Trad Perf: Swan Hill High School Choir
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Saturday 11:10 Linda Neil's musical memoir to her mother
Published: 2009-10-30 10:00:00Learning How to Breathe is about Linda's mother's Parkinson's disease but it's much more than the story of losing and grieving for a mother who is still alive. Linda sings and reads from the book on today's show. Songs performed live You Can Depend on Me Words and music by LInda Neil Leaving Rishikesh Words and music by Linda Neil
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