The Music Show

The Music Show

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.

Episodes

July 10, 2022 54 mins
Sunday 10 July: marking NAIDOC Week 2022 with established First Nations artists who have led political and personal music making across the years.
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Saturday 9 July: NAIDOC Female Elder of the Year Dr Lois Peeler reflects on a life enriched by music - from being in the Sapphires, to the importance of the arts at Worawa Aboriginal College. And we hear about the powerful collaboration between Kamilaroi Elder Bob Weatherall and Brisbane band Halfway.
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Sunday 3 July: celebrating NAIDOC Week with Noongar conductor Aaron Wyatt and Yorta Yorta hip hop artist Neil Morris aka DRMNGNOW
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Saturday 2 July: A celebration of radio, sound & music as the national broadcaster turns 90.
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June 26, 2022 54 mins
Sunday 26 June: the late works of Elliott Carter, the composer who worked until he was 103
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Saturday 25 June: Jenny Duck-Chong on putting words to music from Purcell to Kate Bush, Alon Ilsar on inventing a new instrument, and Ben Pask on keeping George Harrison’s records
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Sunday 19 June: A survey of the state of music education and musical culture with Anna Goldsworthy, and Lakota Vella on her pioneering guitar hero Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
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Saturday 18 June: Perfume Genius stretches the definition of art pop in new album Ugly Season, and Major Zulu’s journey to Australia from Zambia via London, Paris, gospel, soul, jazz and rock and roll.
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June 12, 2022 54 mins
Sunday 12 June: A history of jazz, and Jazz Fest, in New Orleans.
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Saturday 11 June: new music from singer-songwriter-siren Sharon Van Etten, Noongar bangers from Maatakitj, and a new symphony in 8 days with Dean Stevenson
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June 5, 2022 54 mins
Sunday 5 June 2022: The avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson at 75
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June 4, 2022 54 mins
Saturday 4 June: Composer and multi-instrumentalist Rhyan Clapham's call to action to protect water, and celebrate culture and Country.
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Sunday 29 May: Jono Ma on Vangelis and the age of analogue, and marking Xenakis’ 100th anniversary with the musicians who love to play his work.
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Saturday 28 May: ACO's principal violinist Satu Vänskä on curating an underground program, and Japanese percussionist and composer Midori Takada reflects on Through The Looking Glass forty years on.
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May 22, 2022 54 mins
Sunday 22 May: Leyla McCalla’s tapestry of Haitian history and music; film composer Danny Elfman on working within the Marvel machine
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Saturday 21 May: The music in an actor's voice, and the art of making electronic dance music.
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Sunday 15 May: We hear from three composer/musicians partnerships involved in the ANAM Set about how the pieces were tailored to the musicians and their instruments.
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Saturday 14 May: The Music Show broadcasts live from the Australian National Academy of Music - hearing from the Set Festival's curator and chief matchmaker, as well as composers Deborah Cheetham and Lilijana Matičevska.
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The Music Show is broadcasting live from the Australian National Academy of Music on Saturday 14 May 2022.
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Sunday 8 May: Simon Tedeschi on the piano, Prokofiev, and his intensely personal Fugitive. Foreign Correspondent’s Matt Davis on music and change in Hawai’i.
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