STREAM NOW: Sydney Symphony Hour

Experience the art of the French Horn tonight on Sydney Symphony Hour! Andrew showcases the work of Principal Horn (and past Sydney Symphony Hour guest) Ben Jacks ahead of the upcoming Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.3 & Linz Symphony concert this Thursday night. Also previewed in this month’s program are the elegant jazz infused compositions of Erwin Schulhoff (a composer whose name has undeservedly slipped into obscurity) who will be featured by the SSO Fellows in their Sunday Serenade concert in Galston later this month. France is very much a theme with the delectable music of Massenet featuring in the popular Utzon Room cocktail hour series. Closing out the program is Benjamin Britten who transports us, with the aid of some sensual French poetry by Arthur Rimbaud, through the gorgeous song cycle Les Iluminations, featuring in Simone Young’s upcoming Mahler concerts next month!

In Conversation, 2pm Wednesdays

It’s generally the job of a hospital anaesthetist to put people to sleep, but not when Dr Andrew Kennedy is wearing his other hat as a classical clarinet player. When he’s off duty at St Georges Hospital, he can be found rehearsing with his Hourglass Ensemble, currently billed as Sydney’s friendliest chamber group. The ensemble like to involve its audience in their concerts and, as Andrew says, give concerts that are more appealing than your average chamber concert. Just what that means, we’ll find out when he talks with Michael Morton-Evans on In Conversation at 2pm on Wednesday, July 25th. And he’s bringing the other four members of the ensemble with him to play for us. Should be fun.

Meet the 2018 Artists in Residence

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The Fine Music 2018 Artists in Residence have been announced! The Marais Project, Elysian Fields and the Michael Griffin Sextet start their residency this month. Discover more about them below.

ELD: Is it on Tape?

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Derek Parker, who made his first broadcast over sixty years ago, remembers the triumphs and disasters of life as a radio man-of-all-work - programmes which soared and programmes which plummeted, and interviews with the famous and infamous, including Solti and Sargent, Fonteyn and Nureyev, Menuhin and Moore, Kenneth Williams and Arthur Askey. It was often easy enough to pin them down, but getting their voices safely on tape was another matter.

Details: Sunday 19 August, 2.30pm, Fine Music Centre

​CD of the Week | Gilbert & Sullivan

Decca brings the nautical air of HMS Pinafore to life with all manner of inventive effects such as lapping water and cawing seagulls. Followers of Gilbert and Sullivan will delight in the performances of an outstanding cast, led by John Reed as Sir Joseph Porter, infusing every line with brilliantly-judged nuance and delicious wit. Valerie Masterson’s beautifully sung, forthright yet vulnerable portrayal of Josephine is well matched by the elegant tenor of Ralph Mason, as a delightfully matter-of-fact and personable Ralph Rackstraw. 

Fine Music subscribers have a chance to win the CD of the Week courtesy of station sponsor Universal Music. Enter below for your chance to win. The winner is drawn at 10AM Monday to Friday.

July Magazine

Upcoming Events

​​Enjoy, Learn, Discuss: Is it on Tape?
Date: Sunday 19 August

Upcoming Book and CD Fair - Crows Nest
​Date: Thursday 20 - Sunday 30 September

Introducing our station stings as ringtones!

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When the Fine Music Presenters' Committee decided to take up the idea of creating a Fine Music station sting (or theme), Dr Michael Field AM decided to have a go at writing it.