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04/09/2024

Do you know the oldest music notation on record? It might be older than you think.

02/09/2024

This stunning piece was inspired by the rebirth of nature after a devastating bushfire.

(Video via Katie Yap of Wattleseed Ensemble. Performed by Katie Yap. Music by Emily Sheppard - Composer)

02/09/2024

Versatile double bass legend Edgar Meyer played some boot-scootin' jigs with Tamara-Anna Cislowska.

02/09/2024

It's the world's biggest classical music festival, but why is it important here on the other side of the world in Australia?

We break down the history and evolution of this English music festival and how it's connected to Australia.

01/09/2024

What piece of classical music feels like spring to you? 🌻

31/08/2024

See how a local piano tuner managed to get himself stranded on Fraser Island at a luxury resort.

30/08/2024

Flashback to learning violin in Australia in 1971. Were you a Suzuki Method kid?

30/08/2024

Over the month of September join ABC Classic as we celebrate one of the greatest classical music festivals, the BBC Proms.

The BBC Proms bring together the best musicians from around the world for an eight-week music festival. Here's your guide to listening on ABC Classic through September.

28/08/2024

Discover the life of one of the greatest jazz voices in history: Billie Holiday.

(via ABC Jazz)

Join Eric Ajaye as he recounts the rise and fall of one of the greatest ever jazz vocalists: Billie Holiday.

27/08/2024

Around 1 in 10,000 people have "perfect pitch," which means they can identify musical notes by ear alone. Are you one of them?

27/08/2024

A beautiful performance of Villette's "O magnum mysterium" by St Mary's Cathedral Choir, Sydney.

27/08/2024

In his retirement at 75, noodle restauranteur Xiaotang Qin has decided to embrace his dream of taking professional violin classes.

Xiaotang Qin's signatures were once his hand-pulled noodles and braised eggplant. But he's become more famous for another reason.

26/08/2024

Lively, complex and delicate; this intricate piece of music is captivating until the end.

(Video via Tinalley String Quartet)

26/08/2024

We asked you to tell us the first piece of classical music you loved to play. And there is one clear winner.

It's the greatest earworm and has the most famous trill: musicians and audiences share the enduring appeal of Beethoven's Für Elise.

25/08/2024

Do you have a favourite musical moment from past BBC Proms? You can hear the BBC Proms on ABC Classic from Saturday August 31.

24/08/2024

The theremin is a unique instrument that can be played without ever having to lay a finger on it.

Musician, composer and sound artist Miles Brown explains the history of the instrument and its vast uses across an array of genres.

24/08/2024

After a hiatus of nearly two decades, the old ABC TV News theme will once again herald the ABC TV bulletins with a new twist.

This week, after a hiatus of 19 years, the old ABC TV News Theme will return to the 7pm bulletins with a fresh lick of paint.

23/08/2024

Some of the amazing history of the Sydney Opera House.

23/08/2024

Have you experienced the music at the new Sydney Metro? In the pedestrian tunnel you may hear a symphony of birds interspersed with vocals and violins improvised by Indigenous musicians.

(via ABC News)

The train stations of Sydney's CBD have been little more than grubby pit stops, but those behind the new metro project hope that its gleaming stations with architectural-scale artworks will have commuters looking twice.

22/08/2024

How to be human on an ancient world? Juliana Kay’s powerful and beautiful song cycle ‘Earth-Shaped Hearts’ draws a musical thread from the tiny details of everyday life to earth’s vast geological timescale.

Written for treble voices (performed by the Alta Collective) and percussion, Earth-Shaped Hearts is a powerful song cycle that draws a thread from the minutiae of everyday life to the vast geological timescales of our planet.

22/08/2024

This Bach on two classical guitars is so calming.
Bach's "Arioso" performed by the Grigoryan Brothers.

22/08/2024

Australian music community pays tribute to tenor Steve Davislim, who has died aged 57.

Australian musicians pay tribute to Steve Davislim, one of Australia's most internationally successful opera singers, who has died aged 57.

20/08/2024

Greta Bradman shares a special selection of music about the intriguing phenomena that fills the vast expanse of the night sky.

From meteors, auroras, satellites, galaxies, moons, planets, stars near and far, the night sky has been a source of inspiration for musicians and composers throughout the centuries.

20/08/2024

The mellow sounds of Baroque flute with harpsichord. Melissa Farrow performs an Adagio from the French Baroque with Tamara-Anna Cislowska.

18/08/2024

When did you fall in love with classical music?

17/08/2024

Dan Golding asks, can you actually be tone deaf? Here's what science has to say.

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Videos

What is the Oldest Song in the World? | What is Music

Do you know the oldest music notation on record? It might be older than you think.

Learning music

Flashback to learning violin in Australia in 1971. Were you a Suzuki Method kid?

Edgar Meyer and Tamara-Anna Cislowska - Meyer and Arty McGlynn: McGlynn's Jigs

Versatile double bass legend Edgar Meyer played some boot-scootin' jigs with Tamara-Anna Cislowska.

Violist Katie Yap performs ‘Aftermath’ written by Emily Sheppard.

This stunning piece was inspired by the rebirth of nature after a devastating bushfire. (Video via Katie Yap of Wattleseed Ensemble. Performed by Katie Yap. Music by Emily Sheppard - Composer)

Queensland's Flying Piano (1985)

See how a local piano tuner managed to get himself stranded on Fraser Island at a luxury resort.

St Mary's Cathedral Choir sing O magnum mysterium by Villette

A beautiful performance of Villette's "O magnum mysterium" by St Mary's Cathedral Choir, Sydney.

What is Perfect Pitch? | What is Music

Around 1 in 10,000 people have "perfect pitch," which means they can identify musical notes by ear alone. Are you one of them?

Tinalley String Quartet perform Mendelssohn

Lively, complex and delicate; this intricate piece of music is captivating until the end. (Video via Tinalley String Quartet)

The Grigoryan Brothers perform Arioso

This Bach on two classical guitars is so calming. Bach's "Arioso" performed by the Grigoryan Brothers.

Jørn Utzon and Sydney Opera House | Richard Leplastrier

Some of the amazing history of the Sydney Opera House.

Miles Brown and the Theremin | Art Works

The theremin is a unique instrument that can be played without ever having to lay a finger on it. Musician, composer and sound artist Miles Brown explains the history of the instrument and its vast uses across an array of genres. #ArtWorksTV

Melissa Farrow plays an Adagio from the French Baroque

The mellow sounds of Baroque flute with harpsichord. Melissa Farrow performs an Adagio from the French Baroque with Tamara-Anna Cislowska.

Can You Be Tone Deaf? | What Is Music?

Dan Golding asks, can you actually be tone deaf? Here's what science has to say.

ACO perform Beethoven

The beauty of Beethoven! The Australian Chamber Orchestra performing the Cavatina from String Quartet Op. 130.

Sculthorpe's "At Quamby Bluff" performed in the composer's studio

The Goldner String Quartet play Peter Sculthorpe.

Percy Grainger: "Six Dukes went afishin'" and "British waterside" | Peter Coleman-Wright

Drift away with these folk song arrangements by Percy Grainger. Performed by Peter Coleman-Wright and Tamara-Anna Cislowska.

Legendary violinist Maxim Vengerov takes on one of the toughest This or That challenges yet with Genevieve Lang. Who did you pick? Video description: Maxim sits in the radio studio with a round mic to the side, he wears headphones and a blue velvet blazer and grey trousers. He is facing the camera and answering questions from a presenter off-camera. #ClassicalMusic #Violin #MaximVenegrov