A selection of Classic FM's features for you to enjoy again. Many have audio and others are special sites. There are concerts, talks, competitions and special series which will bring to life an astounding range of ideas, opinions, and subjects from around Australia and across the globe.
The results of the voting were revealed during the Classic 100 Symphony countdown, which began on 12 September, 2009 on ABC Classic FM and culminated in a live concert at Hamer Hall in Melbourne. Listen agian to the concert, view the list, listen to Keys to Music symphony programs, and more... > more
First Time Classics was an amazing weekend of the music that turned you onto classical music, and hundreds of your stories that were full of emotional and warming memories. > more
Eighty pieces of new music from around the world - large ensembles including massed saxophones - solo instruments morphing electronically – works designed especially for radio – spectral music – post-minimalism – late modernism – cross-cultural music – just a few of the musical worlds that will be arriving through your radio and in venues across Sydney this month during the 2010 World New Music Days. > more
classic/amp is ABC Classic FM's home for a growing online collection of Australian classical and experimental music drawn from the ABC's vast archive of music recordings. > more
Four new works for lute commissioned by ABC Classic FM. Find out about the instruments and the music, including new concert video from the 2008 Aurora Festival and video demonstrations by lutenist Tommie Andersson. > more
ABC Classic FM is committed to promoting and helping to develop the best musical talent, which is why we have brought you every note of the 2008 Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia (SIPCA). Full results, audio and video on our special site. > more
Classical Music - the State of the Art in the 21st Century - a Sydney Symphony 75th Anniversary Stuart Challender Lecture. In the music world, the name Norman Lebrecht is synonymous with controversy. Whether discussing his views on the rise and fall of the classical recording industry or how Australia's cultural landscape has become a 'suburban dullness', there's no shortage of debate. > more
"Welcome to ABC Classic FM's page for Ross Edwards. We made a decision to focus on Ross due to our strong partnership with Musica Viva, now extending over many decades, and their focus on Ross as 2007 Featured Composer. Musica Viva feature a composer every year and it means numerous performances of his or her works are included in concert programs and therefore broadcasts. > more
Download the Val Camonica Pieces by David Young, a heterogenous collection of works for diverse ensembles and soloists created over a ten-year period in response to the composer’s experience of the huge collection of rock carvings scattered across northern Italy’s Camonica Valley. > more
Watch and listen to Graham Abbott as he gives fascinating insight into the musical history of each Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Master Series concert via his video e-programs on the internet. > more
A collection of sounds, images, memories, definitions and anecdotes. While not exhaustive, its encyclopedic approach lists various phenomena, metaphors, concepts underpinning the western spiritual ethos and techniques used by composers and musicians to evoke this ethos. It is the creation of composer Richard Vella in response to a commission from ABC Classic FM. > more
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