Max Richter’s 8-hour piece is intended to be listened to by a sleeping audience. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

4MBS Classic FM’s General Manager remembers “the voice of classical music”. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Vaughan Williams tops this year’s list, inspired by ABC Classic FM’s popular Swoon programme. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

ABC listeners are invited to nominate the top ten pieces “that make their world stand still.” Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

The popular Australian pianist will be Artistic Director of the globally recognised award from 2016. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Elena Kats-Chernin and Tamara-Anna Cislowska join forces for inaugural classical performance. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Sunday Live is the latest program to be axed as part of the station’s significant ongoing reductions. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Hush Live in Concert is the 14th in a series of albums released to calm and comfort families facing stressful medical procedures. It’s a compilation of Hush Foundation recordings selected by former ABC Classic FM presenter Emma Ayres. Composer/pianist Paul Grabowsky states in the notes: “music has its roots in healing, dreaming, and story-telling”. Opening with two of his jazzy Ten Healing Songs, it becomes apparent from the outset that this is anything but the conventionally soothing Debussy for Daydreaming or Relaxation Made Easy style album. Andrea Keller’s A Castle for All is oddly uplifting as it cycles repetitively through the same series of chords. Brass, wind, and percussion instruments appear to improvise around Keller’s piano, and while it has plenty of musical tension, the overall feel is not a dark one. Tony Gould’s Gentle Conversations is as it sounds – a smattering of percussion, a gentle pulse, and a layering of instruments simulate just that. Though magnificently portrayed by the Grigoryan brothers, Songs with Strings is perhaps a touch too intense and emotionally confronting for an album attempting to reduce stress. Mark Isaacs’ romantic and visually evocative The Wind in the Willows is more fitting; one can just imagine a…

Julian Day will present Classic Breakfast, one of the station’s most popular shows. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Beyond the mere air-time being cut, what else will we lose?

Limelight obtains exclusive details of cuts to the ABC’s classical music station. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in

Media Watch report of “big cuts” in classical radio broadcasting to be confirmed on Monday. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in