Stream Now: Speak Easy, Swing Hard

Stream popular presenter Dick Hughes' final Speak Easy, Swing Hard program, featuring excerpts and highlights from the past few years. This final program is a thank you to Dick Hughes for providing us over 20 years of compelling listening!

In Conversation, 2pm Wednesdays

Diana Doherty has been described as Australia’s superstar of the oboe and indeed she ranks among the world’s foremost oboists, having played with orchestras the world over. For the past 21 years she’s been principal oboist of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Contemporary composers have queued to write concerti for her, the best-known being Ross Edward's Oboe Concerto (Bird Spirit Dreaming) which she premiered with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Lorin Maazel followed by performances with the New York, Royal Liverpool and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestras. Diana will be the subject of Michael Morton-Evans’s In Conversation programme at 2pm on Wednesday, May 2nd.

Enjoy, Learn, Discuss:
Carlo Gesualdo, Composer, Prince & Murderer

Carlo Gesualdo is one of the most mysterious figures in music, a Prince composing the most striking harmonies of the Renaissance, but whose life and legacy were forever shaped by his murder of his wife and her lover. In this talk presenter Robert Small will discuss Gesualdo's story, and explore his incredible music and its place in history. Robert will be joined by Consort 8, Sydney's unique Renaissance ensemble, to perform examples of Gesualdo's music including "Moro Lasso".

Details: Sunday 20th May, 2.30pm in the Fine Music Centre

APPLICATIONS OPEN

​Are you an Australian composer under the age of 30? Applications are now open for Fine Music 102.5’s Young Composer Award. The winner will not only receive $5000 cash but also have their piece performed by Willoughby Symphony and recorded for broadcast by Fine Music 102.5.

​Previous YCA winners have gone on to have works performed by the Goldner String Quartet, Moorambilla Voices and the Australian Youth Orchestra, to name but a few. To enter, compose a piece for solo oboe and string orchestra that’s under 10 minutes in length and upload it here. Good luck!

CD of the Week | Ensemble Odyssee: Robert Woodcock Concertos for Recorder & Oboe

Robert Woodcock was not a professional musician. He was a marine painter from London whose favourite subjects were ships. He did not make a living out of music, yet he played the oboe and published a collection of twelve concertos, which are his only surviving works. On this new release by the Amsterdam-based baroque group Ensemble Odyssee, Woodcock’s recorder and oboe concertos are presented alongside some lesser-known works by Dieupart and Sammartini. 
Fine Music listeners have a chance to win the CD of the Week thanks to Ensemble Odyssee. Enter below for your chance to win. The winner is drawn at 11AM Monday to Friday. ​

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Upcoming Events

​Enjoy, Learn, Discuss: Carlo Gesualdo, Composer, Prince & Murderer
Date: Sunday 20th May

Upcoming Book and CD Fair - Crows Nest
​Date: Thursday 7th - Sunday 17th June

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