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If you are having trouble viewing this newsletter, please try the online version at the ABC website 30 November - 7 December 2012 Greetings from ABC Classic FM - a lot happening this week including Sydney Festival giveaways on Mornings and Sunday Live travelling to sunny Melbourne for December. Don't panic if you don't hear your regular presenters in their regular spots - the shuffle is on as members of Team Classic take well earned holidays. Enjoy India, Emma! WIN SYDNEY FESTIVAL TICKETS Join Christopher Lawrence for Mornings next week for your chance to win tickets to January's Sydney Festival . He has tickets on offer for Semele Walk   - a show that invites audiences to "walk on the wild side as high heels, billowing gowns and Handel collide in spectacular fashion". Also up for grabs is tickets to Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, a showcase for one of Berlin's most adventurous chamber orchestras. Join Mornings , weekdays 9am - Midday for details CELEBRATING JUNE IN DECEMBER Be sure to tune in on Sunday for the second and final part of Moffatt Oxenbould's portrait of this great Australian soprano. If you missed the highly entertaining first program last week, it's still available to enjoy as 'listen again' on the Music Makers webpage . Music Makers , 12.05 pm Sunday 2 December SUNDAY LIVE IN MELBOURNE Sunday 2 November, 3pm - Two Pianos Two of Melbourne's most popular classical pianists team up for our first December Sunday Live in Melbourne. Stephen McIntyre and Caroline Almonte will perform Ravel's Ma mere l'oye (Mother Goose), Rachmaninov's Suite No 2, Op 17: Valse and Tarentella, Debussy's Preude a' apres midi d'un faune, Chopin's 'Minute' Waltz Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilges: Five o'clock foxtrot and Arthur Benjamin's Jamaican Rumba. MELBOURNE CONCERT GOERS - IT'S FREE - NO BOOKING NEEDED Come along to the Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre, Southbank Boulevard. Please be seated by 2.50pm. The live broadcasts begin promptly at 3.00pm. FEATURES AND CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS: 30 November - 7 December 2012 Some listening highlights for the weekend and next week...enjoy.  Friday 30 November - 8pm 2012 Peninsula Summer Music Festival From the Peninsula Summer Music Festival in Mornington, Victoria, the Festival Chamber Orchestra is joined by Siobhan Stagg (soprano), Dimity Shepherd (mezzo-soprano) and Rachael Beesley (concertmaster) to perform Hasse's Antonio e Cleopatra. Saturday 1 December - 8pm West Australian Symphony Orchestra At the Perth Concert Hall, WASO is joined by Merlyn Quaife (soprano), Fiona Campbell (mezzo-soprano), James Egglestone (tenor), James Clayton (bass) and the WASO Chorus to perform Sibelius' Finlandia, Op 26, Stravinsky arr Stucky, Les Noces (The Wedding) (Australian premiere) and Sibelius' Symphony No 2 in D, Op 43. Sunday 2 December - 4pm Song and Dance - Disney on Broadway Walt Disney Theatrical, a company founded in 1993, produces stage versions of Disney films. Beauty and the Beast was the first; Newsies is the latest. We'll hear tracks from some of these, including The Lion King, Mary Poppins and The Little Mermaid. Monday 3 December - 8pm Australian Chamber Orchestra with The Hilliard Ensemble At the Melbourne Town Hall, the ACO and The Hilliard Ensemble perform a program including Elgar's Serenade in E minor for Strings, Op 20, Raskatov's Obikhod and Ross Edwards' Veni Creator Spiritus, 1. Puro et tranquillo. Tuesday 4 December - 1pm Afternoon Concert - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Dmitry Sitkovetsky and the TSO perform a program including Part's Fratres (Brothers) and Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64. From the Federation Concert Hall, Hobart. Wednesday 5 December - 8pm Evening Concert - Cedric Tiberghien Acclaimed French pianist Cedric Tiberghien performs in this concert from the Melbourne Recital Centre's Great Performers series. We'll hear Debussy's Preludes, Book 1: Nos 1-12, Preludes, Book 2: Nos 13-24 and L'Isle Joyeuse. Thursday 6 December - 1pm Afternoon concert - Australia Ensemble and Guests Recorded in the Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of New South Wales, today's concerts includes Debussy's 6 epigraphes antiques (arr Ian Munro) performed by Geoffrey Collins (flute and piccolo), Catherine McCorkill (clarinet) and Ian Munro (piano). Friday 7 December - 8pm Evening Concert - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: LIVE   Live from Hamer Hall, the Arts Centre, Melbourne, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performs with Ian Bostridge (tenor) and is conducted by Bernard Labadie performinf a program including Mozart's Symphony No 31 in D, K297 (Paris), Symphony No 40 in G minor, K550 and selections from Idomeneo. '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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