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  • Diamond Duck | Live

    Diamond Duck | Live

    James Daley | Mandolin and vocals

    Brian Campeau | Guitar and vocals

    Gary Daley | Piano and accordion

    Vanessa Tametta | Violin

    Oliver Miller | Cello

    'Evoking the close harmony singing of the Everly Brothers and Simon & Garfunkel, Diamond Duck explore an unusual, almost twisted sound in their accompaniment while maintaining a sweetness in their vocal delivery...there is something a little off kilter and it's absolutely delicious' – Timber & Steel.

    A diverse range of genres from The Beach Boys to Bach inspire James Daley's lyrics and music. Diamond Duck's unique sound transforms moment to moment, sweeping from folk song to the poise of a classical chamber ensemble.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Valer Sabadus | Live
  • Mascagni | Live

    Mascagni | Live

    Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana

    James Wannan   |   Viola d’amore

    Vera Marcu   |   Violin

    Neil Thompson   |   Viola       

    Paul Stender   |   Cello   

    Rowan Phemister   |   Harp  

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Alice Giles | Live

    Alice Giles | Live

    Adeste Fideles

    Alice Giles | Harp

    Artwork

    Gu Wenda

    Tian Xiang: Forest of Stone Steles (Sixth Series), 2017 marble, 24 pieces, dimensions variable

    White Rabbit Collection Sydney

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • The Morrisons | Live

    The Morrisons | Live

    Long Time Travelling

    James Morrison

    Jimmy Daley

    Anna McInerney

    Iain Tallis

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Véronique Serret | Live

    Véronique Serret | Live

    Radovanovic: October Morning

    Véronique Serret | 6 string violin + electronics

    Artwork

    Gu Wenda

    Tian Xiang: Forest of Stone Steles (Sixth Series), 2017 marble, 24 pieces, dimensions variable

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Véronique Serret | Live

    Véronique Serret | Live

    Perren: A Stolen Satellite

    Véronique Serret | 6 string violin + electronics

    Artwork

    Gu Wenda

    Tian Xiang: Forest of Stone Steles (Sixth Series), 2017 marble, 24 pieces, dimensions variable

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • David Rowden | Live

    David Rowden | Live

    Chagrin: Improvisation and Toccatina

    David Rowden | Clarinet

    Artwork

    Gu Wenda

    Tian Xiang: Forest of Stone Steles (Sixth Series), 2017 marble, 24 pieces, dimensions variable

    White Rabbit Collection Sydney

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Anna McMichael | Live

    Anna McMichael | Live

    Kate Moore: Heather

    Anna McMichael | Violin

    Artworks

    Gu Wenda

    Tian Xiang: Forest of Stone Steles (Sixth Series), 2017 marble, 24 pieces, dimensions variable

    Chen Yanyin

    1949 - The Young Pioneers of Communist China bronze, paint, 15 pieces, approximately 150 x 40 x 30 cm

    White Rabbit Collection Sydney

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Anna McMichael | Live

    Anna McMichael | Live

    Kate Moore: Synaesthesia Suite

    Anna McMichael | Violin

    Heather Kate Moore

    Artworks

    Gu Wenda

    Tian Xiang: Forest of Stone Steles (Sixth Series), 2017 marble, 24 pieces, dimensions variable

    Chen Yanyin

    1949 - The Young Pioneers of Communist China bronze, paint, 15 pieces, approximately 150 x 40 x 30 cm

    White Rabbit Collection Sydney

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Paul Stender | Live

    Paul Stender | Live

    Bach: Cello Suite No.1 in G Major

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • The Pocket Trio | Live

    The Pocket Trio | Live

    Andrew Scott | Piano

    Max Alduca | Bass

    Tim Geldens | Drums

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Marcello Maio | Live

    Marcello Maio | Live

    Improvisation

    Marcello Maio | Piano

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Marcello Maio | Live

    Marcello Maio | Live

    Mona Lisa

    Marcello Maio | Piano

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Andrew Goodwin | Live

    Andrew Goodwin | Live

    Jazz Standards Plus One

    Andrew Goodwin | Vocals

    Daniel Holland | Piano

    David Seidel | Bass

    Michael Quigley | Drums

    Geoff Power | Trumpet

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Sam Gill & Joseph Franklin | Live

    Sam Gill & Joseph Franklin | Live

    Weaved | Swarm

    Sam Gill | Saxophone

    Joseph Franklin | Electric Bass

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Andrew Goodwin & Daniel de Borah | Live

    Andrew Goodwin & Daniel de Borah | Live

    Schumann: Liederkreis Op.39

    Andrew Goodwin | Tenor

    Daniel de Borah | Piano

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Ambre Hammond and Marcello Maio | Live

    Ambre Hammond and Marcello Maio | Live

    Piazzolla, Debussy, Jobim

    Ambre Hammond | Piano

    Marcello Maio | Accordion


    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • The Fantastic Terrific Munkle | Live

    The Fantastic Terrific Munkle | Live

    Julian Curwin | Guitar, Banjo

    Martin Kay | Clarinet

    Sam Golding | Tuba

    Danny Heifetz | Drums

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Omega Ensemble | Live
  • Omega Ensemble | Live

    Omega Ensemble | Live

    Beethoven: Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 38

    David Rowden | Clarinet

    Clemens Leske | Piano 

    Paul Stender | Cello 

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Marcello Maio | Live

    Marcello Maio | Live

    To Chopin

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Marcello Maio | Live

    Marcello Maio | Live

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Marcello Maio | Live

    Marcello Maio | Live

    Cara

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Omega Ensemble | Live

    Omega Ensemble | Live

    Mozart: Quintet in E-flat

    Maria Raspopova | Piano

    David Rowden | Clarinet

    Celia Craig | Oboe

    Michael Dixon | Horn

    Mark Gaydon | Bassoon

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Barton, Serret & Collins | Live

    Barton, Serret & Collins | Live

    William Barton | Didgeridoo

    Veronique Serret | Violin

    Delmae Collins | Vocals

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • The Mango Balloon | Live

    The Mango Balloon | Live

    Julian Curwin | Guitar

    Marcello Maio | Accordion, Piano

    Sam Golding | Trumpet

    Mark Harris | Double Bass

    Jess Ciampa | Percussion

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Phoenix Collective String Quartet | Live

    Phoenix Collective String Quartet | Live

    Balakrishnan, Shostakovich, Puccini, Tchaikovsky

    Dan Russell | Violin

    Yuhki Mayne | Violin

    Ella Brinch | Viola

    Andrew Wilson | Cello

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Ambre Hammond | Live

    Ambre Hammond | Live

    Ambre Hammond | Piano

    Night Flowers composed by Ambre Hammond

    Photographs by James O'Toole

  • Nick Russoniello | Live

    Nick Russoniello | Live

    Nick Russoniello | Saxophone

    Valse Rudy: Nick Russoniello

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • David Greco & Vatche Jambazian | Live

    David Greco & Vatche Jambazian | Live

    David Greco | Baritone

    Vatche Jambazian | Piano

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Andrew Goodwin and Alice Giles | Live

    Andrew Goodwin and Alice Giles | Live

    Alice Giles | Harp

    Andrew Goodwin | Tenor

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Zubin Kanga and Ben Carey | Live

    Zubin Kanga and Ben Carey | Live

    Zubin Kanga | Synthesizer & sampler

    Benjamin Carey | Modular synthesizer

    Alter Ego for modular synthesizer, objects/effects and live video

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Lamorna Nightingale | Live

    Lamorna Nightingale | Live

    Coelho: Daybreak

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Lamorna Nightingale | Live

    Lamorna Nightingale | Live

    Hope: Her Pockets Full of Inertia

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Claire Edwardes | Live
  • Claire Edwardes | Live

    Claire Edwardes | Live

    Ho: Nostalgia

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Claire Edwardes | Live
  • Grant Sambells | Live
  • Lamorna Nightingale | Live

    Lamorna Nightingale | Live

    Imago by Fiona Hill

    Helen Smith | Dancer

    Lamorna Nightingale | Flute

    Jane Sheldon | Voice

    Fiona Hill | Live Electronics

    The inception of 'Imago' stems from the historical practice of Forced Adoption in Australia which reached its peak from 1950 to 1980, and the subsequent apology to the victims of Forced Adoption by the Gillard government in 2013. The text for 'Imago' is drawn from transcripts on the History of Adoption Project by Monash University, the government apology by Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Judith Hendrikson's book 'Coming home to truth'.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Ian Cleworth | Live

    Ian Cleworth | Live

    Morf

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Continuum Sax | Live

    Continuum Sax | Live

    Waves and Stars

    Christina Leonard | Soprano Saxophone

    James Nightingale | Alto Saxophone

    Martin Kay | Tenor Saxophone

    Nicholas Russoniello | Baritone Saxophone

    Central to the concept of Waves and Stars is the Renaissance practice of hymn settings that combined plainchant and polyphonic verses for use in Church. We’ve taken a setting of Ave Maris Stella, a Latin hymn that was first notated in the 9th Century, that has three of its six verses in polyphonic composition by Tomas Luis de Victoria, a Spanish composer of the 16th Century. Instead of using simple plainchant for verses 1,3 and 5, we’ve interspersed improvisations and pieces that reflect on the hymn, which translates as ‘Hail, star of the sea’. So we have Adrift by Elena Kats-Chernin and improvisations that focus upon waves, and distant points of brilliance. We’ve included a coda to the de Victoria that is a classic of 20th Century popular song.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Bernadette Harvey | Live

    Bernadette Harvey | Live

    Pianist Bernadette Harvey performs Rachmaninov's Prelude Op. 32, No.10.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Bernadette Harvey | Live

    Bernadette Harvey | Live

    Rachmaninov: Prelude Op 32, No.12

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Ironwood Quartet | Live

    Ironwood Quartet | Live

    Dargaville: Lost Pages from the Book of Memory and Forgetting

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Ironwood Quartet | Live

    Ironwood Quartet | Live

    Dargaville: Invisible Dance

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Damian Barbeler & Anna McMichael | Live

    Damian Barbeler & Anna McMichael | Live

    Anna McMichael’s violin performance in Damian Barbeler’s 'Piece for Violin & Ball of Wool' is interrupted, distorted, fractured and corrupted by the physical intervention of the composer on stage with a ball of wool. Inspired by Tim Jetis’ photographic series of human figures half seen in the darkness, 'Violin & Ball of Wool' evokes the early morning hours, or metaphorically when looking for meaning in our relationships, our minds sometimes have to work overtime to fill in the pieces of the puzzle obscured from sight.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Oscar Henry | Live

    Oscar Henry | Live

    Oscar Henry from The Morrisons plays washboard.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Blair Harris | Live

    Blair Harris | Live

    Moore: Whoever You Are Come Forth

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Blair Harris | Live

    Blair Harris | Live

    Tanaka: The Song of Songs

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • David Kinney | Interview

    David Kinney | Interview

    Piano technician David Kinney introduces our Fazioli grand piano.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Nico Muhly | Interview

    Nico Muhly | Interview

    American Composer Nico Muhly discusses his new work 'Unexpected News' premiered by Omega Ensemble in Sydney.

    Artwork: Chen Yanyin, 1949 - The Young Pioneers of Communist China, 2010, bronze, paint, approximately 150 x 40 x 30 cm 15 pieces

    Gu Wenda, Tian Xiang: Forest of Stone Steles (Sixth Series), 2017, marble, 24 pieces dimensions variable

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Taikoz - Toward The Rain | Live

    Taikoz - Toward The Rain | Live

    Toward the Rain is a short film by Taikoz filmed inside the disused and rarely seen tunnels under St James Station in Sydney. Celebrating Make Music Day 2019, it was produced in association with Phoenix Central Park and Create NSW with assistance from Transport NSW.

    Director: Emma Elias

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson

    Associate Producer: Nena Beretin

    Associate Producer: David Roche

    First Assistant Director: Lizzie Dingle

    Producer: Yingna Lu

    Director of Photography: Zac Hardaker

    Gimbal Operator: Isaac Conyers

    1st Assistant Camera: Bonnie Chai

    2nd Assistant Camera: Vanja Nedic

    Gaffer: Lucca Barone-Peters

    Lighting Assist: Oliver Brighton

    Audio Production and Mixing: Richard Hundy

    Audio Assistant: Neerav Nagumantri

    Hair/Makeup: Natalia Ladyko

    Stills: Ella Zaman

    Art Assist: Amber Theron

    Costume Designer: Emily Buttle

    Choreographer: Chongwei Zhang

    Stage Assembler: Matt Oakley

    Editor: Adam Shean

    Colourist: Lucca Barone-Peters

    Music by:

    Ian Cleworth | Composition, Arrangement of Shinto Norito “Hi Fu Mi” Percussion score

    John Cleworth | Electronica score

    Ryuji Hamada | Shinobue score

    Taikoz Performers:

    Ian Cleworth | “St James Bell”, Dengaku Okedo

    Kerryn Joyce | Vocal Soloist, Dancer

    Sophia Ang | Percussion, Movement

    Ryuji Hamada | Shinobue Soloist, Dancer

    Sophie Unsen | Percussion, Movement

    Claudia Wherry | Percussion, Movement

    Hirotaka Ran | Percussion, Dancer

    Taikoz Producer: Lee McIver

    Taikoz Artistic Director: Ian Cleworth

    Special Thanks to Tony Elias, Eddy Daher and all the staff at Transport NSW. Filmed and post produced in New South Wales, Australia. Produced with the assistance of Create NSW.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Laura Chislett & Stephanie McCallum | Live

    Laura Chislett & Stephanie McCallum | Live

    Laura Chislett | Flute

    Stephanie McCallum | Piano

    Gerald Glynn: Goya Gallery for flute and piano: a tribute to Francisco Goya y Lucientes (2017)

    'The Goya Gallery for Flute and Piano' was written during the summer of 2017, and is dedicated to Dieter Kaufmann to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our friendship, since we met in Olivier Messiaen's composition class at the Paris Conservatoire.

    The first of the four movements is based on an etching which I have called 'The Incredible Agility of the Matador'. The matador performs fantastic leaps over and around the bull, which makes many clumsy charges before finally succumbing.

    The second movement concerns two of Goya's best known paintings, 'La Maja Desnuda' and 'La Maja Vestida'. Both majas are reclining, very still on their couches. The flute and piano (right hand) move in slow counterpoint over a fixed pedal (piano left hand), reflecting the immobility of their pose - a homage perhaps to his beloved Duchess of Alba.

    The third portrait, 'Two Old Women', hangs in the Musée de Lille; it is not clear whether Goya gives us a sympathetic view of the fragility of old age, or is it a vision that is ironic, satirical and cruel? Each woman is represented by an arpeggiated chord, the two chords having three notes in common.

    The fourth and final painting is a remarkable, moving self-portrait, showing Goya, very ill, being tended by his Doctor; the artist did recover and his note of thanks for the care and the cure is written at the base of the painting. - Gerald Glynn

    Stephanie appears by courtesy of The University of Sydney, Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

  • Francis Merson | Selected Poems

    Francis Merson | Selected Poems

    Francis Merson reads Pushkin

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Stephanie McCallum | Live

    Stephanie McCallum | Live

    Stephanie McCallum | Piano

    Gerald Glynn: Three Astronomer Sonatas for piano solo (2018)

    Copernicus

    Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) was born in Torun, northern Poland. His uncle Lucas, the bishop of nearby Varmia, sent him to the University of Krakow, and some years later helped him to become a canon of the Catholic Church. Copernicus spent 10 years in Italy, beginning in Bologna where he studied canon law, then Rome where he taught mathematics, then Padua where he studied medicine, finally taking his doctorate in canon law in Ferrara. Once back in Poland, Copernicus had an observation platform built, which enabled him to pay special attention to eclipses and comets. In 1539 he was joined by Rheticus, a young mathematician from Wittenberg who persuaded Copernicus to publish his text 'De revolutionibus erbium coelestium' - Copernicus had hesitated, fearing ridicule from colleagues and censure from the church hierarchy.

    Kepler

    Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was born at Weil der Stadt in Swabia. He graduated from Tübingen University, then attended theological college for four years before going to Graz to teach mathematics and astronomy. His first work, 'Mysterium cosmographicum', was published in 1597 and he sent a copy of it to Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) who carried out his observations and research into the stars, planets, comets and eclipses on the island of Hven which at the time was part of Denmark. Tycho shared his data with Kepler, who then used it to deduce and formulate his three Laws of Planetary Movement.

    Galileo

    Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was born in Pisa and he enrolled at the University of Pisa in 1581, but did not take a degree. His experiments included dropping heavy or light objects from the Leaning Tower to prove they fell at the same rate; when the first telescope arrived from Holland, Galileo improved the instrument to further explore the moon and the moons of Jupiter.

    In 1965, Brisbane born Gerald Glynn (b.1943) gained his Bachelor of Arts degree with First Class Honours from the University of Queensland. The following year he studied with Peter Maxwell Davies at the University of Adelaide before moving to Sydney and gaining his M.A. from the University of Sydney in 1967. Glynn was awarded a French Government Scholarship in 1967 which enabled him to travel to Paris to study at the Conservatoire de Paris in the composition class of Olivier Messiaen, and then at the electronic studios of the French Radio (1968-1970).

    Glynn has lived in Paris since 1967, working as a piano teacher, lecturer, and translator, but visits Australia regularly.

    Stephanie appears by courtesy of The University of Sydney, Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

  • Martin Kay | Live

    Martin Kay | Live

    The harmonic territory of The Deep End was drawn from an analysis of a Tibetan gong. In addition to the harmonic inspiration, the dramatic arc of The Deep End is inspired by the improvisational experience of surfing through the cycles of waiting for, catching, and falling off of waves, as well as the cathartic pleasure of a successful ride. The recording made for Dangrove is a selection of material from the full suite.

    Composer   |   Martin Kay

    Alto Saxophone/Clarinet   |   Martin Kay

    Piano   |   Steve Barry

    Prepared Harp   |   Emily Granger

    Modular Synthesizer   |   Ben Carey

    Drumkit/Tibetan Gongs   |   Jamie Cameron

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • David Greco & Anna McMichael | Live
  • Anna McMichael | Live

    Anna McMichael | Live

    Anna McMichael (violin)

    Francesco Geminiani: “Auld Bob Morrice” for solo violin from "Treatise of Good Taste"

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Ambre Hammond & Marcello Maio | Live

    Ambre Hammond & Marcello Maio | Live

    Jobim: Estrada Branco

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Taikoz: Prayer | Live

    Taikoz: Prayer | Live

    Prayer

    Traditional Shinto Chant

    Arranged by John Cleworth and Ian Cleworth

    Ian Cleworth | Taikoz Artistic Director

    Taikoz Artists

    Kerryn Joyce

    Sophia Ang

    Ryuji Hamada

    Sophie Unsen

    Claudia Wherry | Taikoz Young Artist

    Taikoz Associate Artists

    Samantha Newton

    Jason Ashmore

    Claire Boyle

    Eoin de Burca

    Niki Johnson

    Rieko Tanaka

    Nerida Wu

    Andrew Irwin

    Louisa Wong

    Haruka Kunimune

    Louise Welsh

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Omega Ensemble | Live

    Omega Ensemble | Live

    Mozart Serenade KV361 (370a) "Gran Partita"

    Oboe 1 | Nicola Bell

    Oboe 2 | Jonathan Ryan

    Clarinet 1 | David Rowden

    Clarinet 2 | Alex Morris

    Basset Horn 1 | John Lewis

    Basset Horn 2 | Richard Rourke

    Horn 1 | Michael Dixon

    Horn 2 | Graham Nichols

    Horn 3 | Gergely Malyusz

    Horn 4 | Sebastian Dunn

    Bassoon 1 | Matthew Ockenden

    Bassoon 2 | Melissa Woodroffe

    Double Bass | Alex Henery

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Erin Helyard | Live

    Erin Helyard | Live

    The Splendour of Venice | Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Allegri

    Sopranos | Amy Moore, Anna Sandstrom, Chloe Lankshear

    Mezzos | Steph Dillon, AJ America

    Tenors | Dan Walker, Owen Elsley

    Basses | Andrew O’Connor, Ben Caukwell

    Violins | Matt Greco, Rafael Font Viera

    Viola | Stephen Freeman

    Cello | Anton Baba Cornett | Matt Manchester

    Alto Sackbut | Ros Jorgenson

    Tenor Sackbut | Nigel Crocker

    Dulcian | Simon Rickard

    Conductor and chamber organ | Erin Helyard

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Delmae Collins | Live

    Delmae Collins | Live

    Ode to my Grandfather

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Erin Helyard Conducts | Live

    Erin Helyard Conducts | Live

    Jubilate Deo a 10 - Symphoniae Sacrae II Giovanni Gabrieli

    Sopranos | Amy Moore, Anna Sandstrom, Chloe Lankshear

    Mezzos | Steph Dillon, AJ America

    Tenors | Dan Walker, Owen Elsley

    Basses | Andrew O’Connor, Ben Caukwell

    Violins | Matt Greco, Rafael Font Viera

    Viola | Stephen Freeman

    Viola da Gamba | Anton Baba Cornett | Matt Manchester

    Alto Sackbut | Ros Jorgenson

    Tenor Sackbut | Nigel Crocker

    Dulcian | Simon Rickard

    Conductor and chamber organ | Erin Helyard

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Andrew Goodwin and Erin Helyard | Live
  • Ambre Hammond and Marcello Maio | Live

    Ambre Hammond and Marcello Maio | Live

    Piazzolla: Oblivion

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Continuum Sax | Live

    Continuum Sax | Live

    Christina Leonard | Soprano Saxophone

    James Nightingale | Alto Saxophone

    Martin Kay | Tenor Saxophone

    Nicholas Russoniello | Baritone Saxophone


    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Pushkin Trio | Live

    Pushkin Trio | Live

    Maria Timofeeva | Soprano

    Andrew Goodwin | Tenor/Violin

    Nena Beretin | Guitar

    Declaration

    I Loved You

    Once The Fire of Love Burns in my Blood

    Poems transcribed by Francis Merson

    Arranged for guitar by Nena Beretin

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Ksenia Gnevsheva | Selected Poems

    Ksenia Gnevsheva | Selected Poems

    Selected Poems by Alexander Pushkin read by Ksenia Gnevsheva

    From Nature | Autumn (Excerpt), Winter Morning, Spring

    From Eugene Onegin | Tatiana’s Letter to Onegin

    The Captive

    The Prophet

    The Monument

    Ksenia Gnevsheva is a lecturer in Linguistics in the School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics at the Australian National University. She has a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Canterbury (New Zealand), a Master's in English as a Second Language from the University of Arizona (USA), and a Bachelor of Arts in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics from the Saratov State University (Russia). Before joining the ANU in 2017, Ksenia worked as a Linguistic Scientist in Research and Development at Fluent Scientific, Ltd., Christchurch, New Zealand.

    Ksenia appears by courtesy of the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Taikoz: Pearl | Live

    Taikoz: Pearl | Live

    Pearl | Ian Cleworth

    White Bird | John Cleworth (music), Bokusui Wakayama (words)

    Ian Cleworth | Taikoz Artistic Director

    Kerryn Joyce

    Sophia Ang

    Ryuji Hamada

    Tomoko Oka | Guest Calligraphy Artist

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson

  • Taikoz: Oku-Shirane | Live

    Taikoz: Oku-Shirane | Live

    Oku-Shirane | Kerryn Joyce (music) / Maeda Fura (words)

    Ian Cleworth | Taikoz Artistic Director

    Kerryn Joyce

    Sophia Ang

    Ryuji Hamada

    Sophie Unsen

    Claudia Wherry

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Taikoz: Fields | Live

    Taikoz: Fields | Live

    Ian Cleworth | Taikoz Artistic Director

    Kerryn Joyce

    Sophia Ang

    Ryuji Hamada

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Alice Giles | Live

    Alice Giles | Live

    Composer Luciano Berio described Alice Giles as an 'intelligent, sensitive and technically accomplished' musician. Alice presented her first solo recital at the age of 13 at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and she was awarded the Churchill International Fellowship and an Australia Council Grant to study in North America. In 1982, Alice won First Prize in the 8th Israel International Harp Contest and in 1983 she made her New York debut recital at Merkin Hall. Alice is regarded as one of the world's leading harpists and she performs extensively throughout Europe, North America and Australia.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Andrew Goodwin & Daniel de Borah | Live

    Andrew Goodwin & Daniel de Borah | Live

    Performers: Andrew Goodwin (tenor), Daniel de Borah (piano)

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • The Tango Saloon | Live

    The Tango Saloon | Live

    Julian Curwin | Guitar

    Elana Stone | Vocals

    John Hibbard | Trombone

    Sam Golding | Trumpet

    Tom Botting | Double Bass

    Marcello Maio | Accordion

    Danny Heifetz | Drums

    Jess Ciampa | Percussion

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Jack Thompson and William Barton | Live

    Jack Thompson and William Barton | Live

    Jack Thompson AM | Harmonica

    William Barton | Didgeridoo

    Veronique Serret | Violin

    Delmae Collins | Vocals

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Blackwater Irish Band | Live

    Blackwater Irish Band | Live

    Performers:

    PJ Cullen (Guitar/Vocals)

    Suzanne Toomey (Vocals/Accordion/Tin Whistle)

    Fiona McVicar (Fiddle)

    William Barton (Didgeridoo)

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Aaron Chen | Live

    Aaron Chen | Live

    Ondine — Maurice Ravel

    The Firebird (L’Oiseau de feu) — Igor Stravinsky

    Danse Infernale — Trans. Guido Agosti

    Ballade 4 — Frederick Chopin

    In 2018, Aaron Chen graduated from the Sydney Grammar School, Australia and this performance features the works that he played for the Higher School Certificate Music Examination.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Murilo Tanouye | Live

    Murilo Tanouye | Live

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Duo Histoire | Live

    Duo Histoire | Live

    Duo Histoire:

    Nick Russoniello and Murilo Tanouye

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Zane Banks & Jy-Perry Banks | Live

    Zane Banks & Jy-Perry Banks | Live

    Zane Banks | Electric guitar & Vocals

    Jy-Perry Banks | Acoustic and Pedal steel guitars

    Sydney based, multi-instrumental virtuosi Dr Zane Banks and his brother Jy-Perry perform in a broad range of genres including bluegrass, delta blues, honky-tonk and rockabilly on acoustic, electric and pedal steel guitars.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Wadih Hanna | Interview

    Wadih Hanna | Interview

    In his self-published book, "Made in Australia: My Maton Collection", guitar collector Wadih Hanna describes the pivotal moment that triggered his attraction to the instrument: "I still recall my first guitar, a relatively inexpensive Stratocaster copy that my old man bought for me when I was about twelve years old. We were walking past a pawn shop that sold musical instruments as we were killing time while waiting to go to the cinema, this red guitar caught my attention and I begged him until he caved. I can’t remember which movie we were going to see because all I could think about was getting home and trying out my new toy."

    Upon receiving a copy of Wadih’s book, contemporary Chinese art collector Judith Neilson immediately related to his obsessively meticulous process of collating, documenting and archiving such an important collection. In acknowledging their mutual passion for collecting, Judith offered Wadih the opportunity to showcase his 265 Maton guitars in The Great Hall at Dangrove, the home of the White Rabbit Collection. This was the first time that Wadih had seen his collection in its entirety.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson

  • Brahms for Four Voices and Four Hands | Live

    Brahms for Four Voices and Four Hands | Live

    Performers:

    Ian Munro (piano)

    Daniel de Borah (piano)

    Jacqueline Porter (soprano)

    Anna Dowsley (mezzo-soprano)

    Andrew Goodwin (tenor)

    David Greco (baritone)

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Seven Harp Ensemble (SHE) | Live

    Seven Harp Ensemble (SHE) | Live

    Seven Harp Ensemble (SHE):

    Alice Giles Artistic Director

    Genevieve Lang, Rowan Phemister, Ester Wong, Ingrid Bauer, Laura Tanata and William Nichols.

    SHE is the only harp septet in the world and in addition to performing harp classics, the group are advocates for progressive contemporary works that extend the harmonic, rhythmic and timbral possibilities of the instrument beyond its traditional Romantic repertoire. The group have commissioned many new works by Australian composers including Ross Edwards, Martin Wesley-Smith, Andrew Schultz and Sharon Calcraft which have been recorded by the Tall Poppies label, titled Bolmimerie. SHE has participated in the Canberra International Music Festival, the National Harp Weekend, Canberra Museum for the Multicultural Festival and the 3rd Australian Harp Festival. The ensemble has performed at the National Centre for Performing Arts in Beijing and they also, were the guests of Beijing Television as part of its highly prestigious Spring Festival Global Gala, one of the most-viewed televised events in China.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Red Spaleto | Live
  • Terza Madre | Live

    Terza Madre | Live

    Terza Madre:

    Sonia Zadro | Vocals

    Ben James | Drums

    Ryan Adamson | Organ

    Jackson James | Bass

    Anna McInerney | Violin

    Jack Elias | Guitar

    Loni Cooper | Vocals & Xylophone

    Terza Madre draw inspiration from Giallo cinema soundtracks and the orchestral arrangements of Ennio Morricone to create a unique take on Italian pop icons of the 1960s and 70s including Mina Mazzini, Massimo Ranieri and Milva.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Susan Killner | Live

    Susan Killner | Live

    Susan Killner is a Zimbabwe-born South African poet, jingle-writer, folk singer, songwriter and acoustic guitar player. Now in her seventies, Susan still plays and sings to a wide range of audiences. She is renowned for her phenomenal memory and her ability to recite enthralling epic poetry. Susan enjoys writing serious and humorous works, and her talent as a limerick writer was acknowledged nationally when she won a trip to Ireland in 1995.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • The Morrisons | Live

    The Morrisons | Live

    The Morrisons:

    James Morrison — Vocals / Guitar / Harmonica

    Jimmy Daley — Vocals / Mandolin

    Miles Fraser — Guitar

    Anna McInerney — Vocals / Fiddle

    Iain Tallis — Double bass

    The Sydney based band was formed in 2012 after a jamming session at a mate’s home. Daley recounts: “Morri (James Morrison) started singing some tunes and this angelic voice came out of him. Miles (our guitar player), pretty much said on the spot, Morri we are starting a band and you’re the lead singer. I think our first gig was a few days after that.”

    A fusion of Australian folklore and contemporary stories with American bluegrass, country, folk and rockabilly music styles define The Morrisons repertory of original songs. The band has worked with widely regarded Australian and international artists such as Ngaiire, Lindi Ortega, Marlon Williams, Brian Campeau, the multi-genre band Lake Street Dive and the folk group All Our Exes Live In Texas.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Gennady Savkov | Live

    Gennady Savkov | Live

    Gennady Savkov was born in Omsk, Lithuania and graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, and the Ukrainian Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Susan Killner | Live

    Susan Killner | Live

    Susan Killner is a Zimbabwe-born South African poet, jingle-writer, folk singer, songwriter and acoustic guitar player. Now in her seventies, Susan still plays and sings to a wide range of audiences. She is renowned for her phenomenal memory and her ability to recite enthralling epic poetry. Susan enjoys writing serious and humorous works, and her talent as a limerick writer was acknowledged nationally when she won a trip to Ireland in 1995.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • Jo Meares | Live

    Jo Meares | Live

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM

  • William Barton | Live

    William Barton | Live

    Didgeridoo virtuoso and composer William Barton was born in Mount Isa, Queensland. William was taught to play the didgeridoo by his uncle, an elder of the Waanyi, Lardil and Kalkadunga people of north western Queensland. As an advocate for the wider awareness of his cultural traditions, he appears at major music festivals and concert halls nationally and internationally. Fusing indigenous music with Europe's musical legacy, William bridges two diverse cultures to foster better understanding and respect for each other’s traditions and customs.

    Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM