How do you read music if you’re blind? | Music to lift the spirits
| | | | | | | After more than 100 days in lockdown, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is back on the concert stage. Hear the orchestra’s return at 1pm on Sunday 6 December.
Performed to an empty hall, the return shines as a beacon of hope for better days to come.
Opening with Deborah Cheetham’s musical acknowledgement of country, Long Time Living Here, the program features Mozart’s beloved Clarinet Concerto, music by Beethoven, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition orchestrated by Australian composer Julian Yu, as well as music for brass ensemble by Katy Abbott. | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | To mark International Day of People with Disability, Russell Torrance talks to soprano Jordie Howell about Braille music and singing in a choir when you're blind. | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | We loved the music you told us lifts your spirits so much that we put together an album. Hear more of your requests with Martin Buzacott and Russell Torrance from 9am today (4 December). | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | The first music event at the Sydney Opera House following six months of COVID-19 shut-downs was a musical celebration of jazz icon Don Burrows. | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | Music operates in mysterious ways and our reactions to it aren't always within our control. You told us the music that you just can’t help singing to. | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | Whatever happened to the descendants of Mozart, Bach and other famous composers through history? Russell Torrance investigates. | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | Alice Giles plays angelic Christmas music perfect for the festive season. The album includes four Australian carols plus the complete Christmas music by Carlos Salzedo. | | | | | | |
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