ABC Classics has released an album of the beloved satirist’s stint as a guest presenter who brought “balance” to the station.

Beloved Australian comedian John Clarke made an appearance as a guest presenter on ABC Classic FM’s Saturday Morning in October 2016. The satirist, well-known to audiences for his interview series Clarke and Dawe and the mockumentary TV series The Games, brought his understated wit to bear on a programme of orchestral classics.

Clarke’s sad and unexpected death in April this year meant there were to be no more guest appearances, but when the show was re-aired in tribute, the audience response was so overwhelming that ABC Classic FM and ABC Classics decided to release the programme as a three-disc set.

“As many of you will be aware, the ABC is practically obsessed with balance – whatever that is. And for quite some time it’s been extremely obvious that ABC Classic FM is an organisation in which people who know an awful lot about music are almost ostentatiously over-represented,” Clarke opens the programme. “In fact one of the things that shows up in surveys is that Classic FM is even...