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If you are having trouble viewing this newsletter, please try the online version at the ABC website 26 October - 2 November 2012 Greetings from ABC Classic FM.  Be sure to read below to find out how you could win a copy of the brand new Classic 100: Music of France CD set. Also this week, our final Sunday Live in Perth before travelling to Adelaide; and many more concert treats including the QSO with pianist Jack Liebeck live from Brisbane tomorrow evening. Enjoy. CONGRATULATIONS, ANNA! Congratulations to Anna Dowsley, winner of last night's Australian Singing Competition. The young mezzo soprano from NSW won the prestigious Marianne Mathy Scholarship ('The Mathy') after a dazzling performance at the Sydney Opera House hosted by Guy Noble and broadcast live on ABC Classic FM. Listen to the big night online here . >>more THE CLASSIC 100: MUSIC OF FRANCE - CD GIVEAWAY To celebrate the release of The Classic 100: Music of France 4CD set, we have 5 copies to give away to lucky ABC Classic FM listeners. The CDs showcase the Top Ten pieces as voted by you - including a full disc of arias and choruses from Carmen, Australia's Number One - plus selected highlights from the complete Classic 100. For your chance to win, email lifeisbeautiful@abc.net.au telling us in 50 words or less what you would serve at a soiree celebrating the Music of France. Entries close 6pm this Monday. The 5 most entertaining entries will win - good luck! The Classic 100: Music of France is available from the ABC Shop >>more IMPOSSIBLE ORCHESTRA - SUPPORT CARERS If you're in Melbourne this weekend, you're invited to be part a world-first event for a good cause. As part of the national Care Aware campaign, the Impossible Orchestra will prove that anything is possible by playing for 24-hours to raise awareness of the 2.6 million Australians who provide unpaid care and support to relatives and friends. The Impossible Orchestra will be lead by Brett Dean and feature members of the MSO, Orchestra Victoria, the Australian National Academy of Music and musicians from across Australia. It's at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, 27 - 28 October. More information and book your FREE seats here . >>more SUNDAY LIVE IN PERTH Sunday 28 October, 3pm - French Song Pianist David Wickham and soprano Lisa Harper-Brown pay tribute to Debussy with his rhapsodic Five Poems of Charles Baudelaire. This afternoon's program also includes Poulenc's The Short Straw (La courte paille), Song Cycle, Ravel's Five Popular Greek Melodies and Duparc's Le manoir de Rosemonde, Romance de Mignon and Phidyle. This concert will be at the Perth Town Hall. All are welcome to attend, however please be seated by 11:50am as the broadcast begin at 12pm sharp. >>more FEATURES AND CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS: 26 October - 2 November 2012 Some listening highlights for the weekend and next week...enjoy.  Friday 26 October - 8pm Evening Concert - ABC 80th Anniversary Concert Season As part of the ABC 80th Anniversary Concert Season, tonight's concert is the Gala Opening of the Perth Concert Hall, recorded Friday 26 January 1973. West Australian Symphony Orchestra is featured along with the South Australian Symphony Orchestra, University of WA Choral Society and soloists including soprano Lesley Perrin, mezzo-soprano Kathleen Edgar and tenor Clive Griffiths. Saturday 27 October - 9pm Saturday Evening Concert - QSO with Jack Liebeck - LIVE Live from the Concert Hall of Brisbane's Queensland Performing Arts Centre, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra is joined by British violinist Jack Liebeck to perform Brahms' Violin Concerto in D, Op 77, J Strauss' The Blue Danube, Waltz, Op 314 and Schoenberg's Transfigured Night. Conducted by Johannes Fritzsch. Sunday 28 October - 12pm Music Makers - Nicolette Fraillon - Conductor (program 1) The Australian Ballet has been celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and for nearly ten years, Nicolette Fraillon has been the company's Music Director and Chief Conductor. In the first of two programs, Nicolette talks about her early teachers and mentors and her fascinating journey towards becoming a conductor. Monday 29 October - 8pm Evening Concert - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra As part of the ABC 80th Anniversary Concert Season, we hear the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in concert from 15 July 1994 in Herkulessaal, Munich. We'll hear Brenton Broadstock's Voices from the Fire (Symphony No 3), Vincent Plush's Pacifica and Roger Smalley's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Tuesday 30 October - 1pm Afternoon Concert - Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Recorded on Sunday in the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, today's concert features Craig Hill (clarinet), Madeleine Easton (violin) and Paul Dyer (continuo/director). In a program titled 'Beautiful Minds', we'll hear Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A, K622 and Violin Concerto No 3 in G, K216 along with Mendelssohn's The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), Overture, Op 26. Wednesday 31 October - 8pm Evening Concert - Queensland Youth Symphony Recorded in the Concert Hall of the Queensland Performing Arts Complex, tonight's performance is conducted by John Curro and features pianist Jayson Gillham. The program is Butterworth's A Shropshire Lad, Rhapsody, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, Op 23 and Chopin's Etude No 13 in A flat, Op 25 No 1. Thursday 1 November - 1pm Afternoon Concert - Ensemble Gombert The Melbourne-based chamber choir Ensemble Gombert was recorded in Xavier College Chapel, Melbourne, performing a program featuring several works by Josquin Deprez, including Salve Regina, In principio erat Verbum and Missa Gaudeamus: Credo. Friday 2 November - 8.30pm Evening Concert - The Song Company: Ship to Shore - LIVE With its hallmark eclecticism, The Song Company presents a program of sea shanties from England, Ireland, Holland and Canada; Portugese Fado; and other songs from across the globe. Conducted by Roland Peelman and featuring Slava Grigoryan (guitar) and Leonard Grigoryan (guitar). Live from the Queensland Conservatorium Theatre, Brisbane. 'Like' us on facebook Follow us on Twitter NEW FROM ABC CLASSICS Classic 100 - The Music Of France - The Top Ten and Selected Highlights Various Artists ABC Classic FM takes the listener on a journey through the beautiful music of France. Sure to feature all your French favourites, voted by you, this release is a must-have for any admirer of the rich, diverse and at times revolutionary contribution France has added to our musical landscape. LIMELIGHT MAGAZINE limelight - November 2012 In the November of issue of ABC Limelight, superstar mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli tells how she discovered a lost genius of the Baroque, and devoted her new album to his music. We look at how the sounds of New York inspired composer John Cage. And the 2013 seasons of all Australia's major arts companies are revealed in our annual Season Preview. 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