A Classic New Year!

If you are having trouble viewing this newsletter, please try the online version at the ABC website 4 January 2013 Happy New Year from all of us here at ABC Classic FM! We are looking forward to sharing another year of beautiful music with you, including special celebrations of the work of Verdi, Wagner and Britten as these composers mark milestones in 2013. In the meantime, the music and summer features continue for your enjoyment. THE GREAT SONGWRITERS - FIVE-PART SERIES Join Phillp Sametz at Midday each day next week for The Past And The Curious Salutes The Great Songwriters . Beginning on Monday with an exploration of the great Jerome Kern , we then salute George Gershwin (Tuesday), Richard Rodgers (Wednesday), Arthur Schwartz (Thursday) and Jan Harold Arlen (Friday) in this outstanding series. >>more WIN TICKETS TO THE MET OPERA IN HD - A MASKED BALL The Metropolitan Opera's award-winning series of operas in HD continues for a seventh season, featuring Met productions captured live in High Definition and screening around Australia. Listen to The Opera Show 4pm on Saturday to hear how you can be in the running for a double pass to a HD screening of Verdi's "A Masked Ball" on Saturday 12 January at a cinema near you. >>more 80 YEARS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC AND THE ABC Resurrection Symphonies: 80 Years of Classical Music and the ABC begins this Sunday at Midday. Presented by Martin Buzacott, this four-part series traces the proud, often colourful and always inspiring history of classical music on the ABC. Today's program, "1932-1945. Depression, War and the Civilising Power of Music", focuses on the work of three uniquely gifted and visionary men - Charles Moses, Bernard Heinze and William James. The series continues at the same time for the following three Sundays. >>more BEST OF SUNDAY LIVE Hobart City Wind Symphony - 6 January 3pm The Hobart City Band has 5 ensembles, with the Wind Symphony being the main group that includes woodwinds as well as brass and percussion. In this performance for Sunday Live in July last year, we hear music by Whitacre, Grainger, and Tasmanian composer Don Kay. There will be even more music, as 40+ players take to the stage to entertain you. >>more FEATURES AND CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS: 4 - 11 January Friday 4 January - 8pm Evening Concert - Queensland Symphony Orchestra Pianist John Fisher features in this performance from the Queensland Performing Arts Centre Concert Hall conducted by Eivind Aadland. We'll hear Grieg's In Autumn, Overture Op 11, Liszt's Totentanz, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 4 in F minor Op 36. Saturday 5 January - 9am Keys to Music - The Music of Leonard Bernstein One of the 20th century's major musical figures, Leonard Bernstein (1918-90) is mainly remembered today for his conducting, but Bernstein himself perhaps wanted to be better remembered as a composer. Graham Abbott surveys Bernstein's compositions and discovers a fascinating, and underrated, body of music. Sunday 6 January - 12pm Resurrection Symphonies: 80 years of classical music and the ABC (1 of 4) Today's program focuses on the work of three uniquely gifted and visionary men - Charles Moses, Bernard Heinze and William James - who set out together on a mission to deliver world-class classical music to Australians via the wireless and the concert hall. Monday 7 January - 12pm The Past And The Curious Salutes The Great Songwriters. Part one: Jerome Kern A pioneer of the musical theatre responsible for one of the oldest enduring song standards, They Didn't Believe Me (1914), Jerome Kern went on to compose the music for Show Boat (1928) and for the Astaire/Rodgers musical Swing Time (1936). Tuesday 8 January - 1pm Afternoon Concert - Members of the Sydney Symphony At the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, the Sydney Symphony Fellowship Alumni, Sydney Symphony Fellowship Ensemble and Oliver She (piano) perform Rossini's Il Signor Bruschino: Overture, Haydn's Piano Concerto in D Hob.XVIII:11 and Schubert's Symphony No 5 in B flat D485. Wednesday 9 January - 8pm Evening Concert - 2012 Adelaide International Guitar Festival At the Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, we hear guitarists Leonard and Slava Grigorian perform Tchaikovsky arr Edward Grigoryan The Seasons, Op 37b. Also, Edin Karamazov (archlute and guitar) performs Zamboni's Sonata, Brouwer's An Idea and  Piazzolla's The Seasons: Winter in Buenos Aires. Thursday 10 January - 1pm Afternoon Concert - ASO with Stephen Hough Acclaimed pianist Stephen Hough and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 2 in G, Op 44 and Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74 (Pathetique) at the Adelaide Town Hall. Friday 11 January - 8pm Evening Concert - SSO International Pianists: Angela Hewitt Recorded in the City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney, tonight's concert features acclaimed pianist Angela Hewitt performing s program of Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV988: Nos 1-20, Goldberg Variations, BWV988: Nos 21-31 and Bach arr Hess' Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund (Heart and Voice): Jesu, joy of man's desiring. 'Like' us on facebook Follow us on Twitter NEW FROM ABC CLASSICS Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2012 DVD Recorded live on the Castle Esplanade, this DVD features music from The 2012 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Featuring incredible performances by: the Massed Pipes and Drums, HM The King's Guards Band and Drill Team, The Band of the Australian Defence Force, Queen Victoria School, US Naval Forces Europe Band and the thrilling Massed Military Bands. LIMELIGHT MAGAZINE limelight - 12 Issue limelight is Australia's most comprehensive classical music magazine. Independent, groundbreaking and always engaging, limelight is the only magazine that delivers in-depth insight into the classical music scene, both locally and overseas. With its strong links to ABC Classic FM, limelight carries details of upcoming concert and opera broadcasts plus features, often written by Classic FM presenters, to support your listening enjoyment. 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