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Notturno
Classics throughout the night

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Daybreak Classics
An inspired choice of bright, uplifting music to start your day

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The Score
Get to know The Score, fine music, special guests and more!

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Morning Concert
Classically Melbourne spreads its wings and takes flight

12 PM

Much Ado About Midday
A miscellany of fine music to relax and entertain over lunch

1:30

Concert Hall
For the serious music lover

4:30

Intermezzo
Winding down while driving home in the car or preparing dinner

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A Time to Remember
Nostalgia

Mid Week Arts

Music for Keyboard

The Early Music Experience

Singers and Songs

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Chamber Music & Song

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A Little Night Music

Jazz Rivers

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Colours of Jazz

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Saturday

Sunday

12

Notturno
Classics throughout the night

Night Tram
Late night jazz

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Notturno
Classics throughout the night

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Daybreak Classics
Start your weekend with uplifting music

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Hymns Old & New
Lift up your voice in joyful praise

7:30

Organ & Choral
Inspirational music for the soul

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Morning Melody
Have breakfast in bed...
with your favourite music

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Recent Releases
The latest CDs for collector,
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Music in Melbourne
The best of Melbourne performances,
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11:30

Accidental Arts
The arts world explored - news reviews
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Lunchtime Miscellany
Memorable music for your Sunday lunch

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Vocal Chords
Your favourite opera arias

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Kingfisher Bay Concert
A well-balanced musical odyssey

Apres-Midi
Great performances for mid-afternoon

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Screenthemes
An eclectic array of music from films,
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Music for Leisure
The world of music in your living room

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Sounding Brass
Put some sunshine in your Saturday

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The Piano Album
Great piano repertoire explored

Tropical Island Discs
Special guests reveal their musical selections

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Saturday Evening Concert
No parking, no costly tickets,
just great music at home

Know Your Music
Expand your musical knowledge

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Melbourne in Concert
Exclusive recordings made in Melbourne by 3MBS. Click here for full program info.

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Saturday Nite Lite

Across the Planet
Music from around the world
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The Dress Circle – August and September
The Dress Circle (Fridays during Concert Hall) continues to bring you exciting concerts which have recently taken place in Melbourne. In these two months, we’ll be joined by the Grainger Quartet, the Freshwater Trio, the Team of Pianists, the Benaud Trio and Selby and Friends, as well as live-to-air concerts on the last two Fridays.

The Early Music Experience Goes East – August and September
On Thursday evenings at 7pm, we experience some early music from Eastern Europe. On 14 August, we hear from Russia’s exciting period instrument orchestra “Pratum Integrum” in a program of works by Telemann, and the following week, on 21 August, we sample some sacred music from 17th century Poland. We then return to Russia in September with two programs exploring Russian music from the Medieval period through to the late eighteenth century. Join Mark Shepheard on 11 & 18 September for works by a range of composers including Russians such as Ivan the Terrible, Maxim Berezovsky and Dmitry Bortnyansky and foreign visitors such as Guiseppe Sarti and Baldassare Galuppi.

Let the Games begin! – 7 August
Lest sport eclipse music during the Olympic Games, Joan Ikin combines the two in “Let the Games Begin!”, a program for Morning Concert (10am). Berwald provides a study for string orchestra called Foot-race and Satie contributes three Gymnopédies. In Apollo & Dafne, Handel offers a different kind of race, and provides the laurel wreath too; but tennis is the game in Jeux by Debussy, and then Shostakovich celebrates a soccer match in the Age of Gold Suite. Bizet’s Children’s Games complete the program.

China Links – 14 August
To display the artistry of some of the many remarkable musicians who have come to Australia from China, “China Links” is the theme for Morning Concert (10am) with Joan Ikin. Sonny Chua opens with his piano piece Genesis, then Xiang-Dong Kong plays Schumann’s Arabesque, Op.18. After an aria from Zaïde, the fine soprano Shu-Cheen Yu sings two traditional Chinese songs arranged by her husband, composer Julian Yu. Yu’s Concerto for Marimba and Small Orchestra gives more extended evidence of his talent in a performance by Robert Clarke (marimba) and John Arcaro (timpani). After further traditional music from the Australian Chinese Music Ensemble, Rebecca Chan performs Ysaÿe’s Violin Sonata, and world renowned cellist Li-Wei, with Kathryn Selby, plays Beethoven’s Cello Sonata No.1. Finally, Shanghai-born Melburnian Lin Jiang performs Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.3, with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.

Bernstein’s 90th Anniversary – 25 August
Ninety years ago today saw the birth of one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century, the charismatic Leonard Bernstein. During Concert Hall (1.30pm) John Barns presents Bernstein the composer (Candide Overture and a suite from his music for the film On the Waterfront), the composer/conductor (Chichester Psalms, with the Camerata Singers and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra) and the conductor (Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, again with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra). Regrettably Bernstein is no longer with us, having died in 1990.

Don Bradman’s Centenary – 27 August
Don Bradman was born in Cootamundra on 27 August 1908. To commemorate his centenary, Rod Watson will present music with a cricketing flavour during Much Ado About Midday (12 noon). Apart from 19th century music specifically written on the subject of cricket, listeners will be able to hear Bradman play the piano and also talk about his life as a cricketer. Also featured in the program will be soprano Greta Bradman, his granddaughter, as well as the Benaud Trio, current 3MBS Musicians-in-Residence.

Echoes of Faith – Music of Vaughan Williams – 28 August
This week marks the death fifty years ago of Ralph Vaughan Williams, so Joan Ikin celebrates one aspect of his music with the theme “Echoes of Faith – Music of Vaughan Williams”, in Morning Concert (10am). For an agnostic (at best), Vaughan Williams wrote a remarkable number of compositions inspired by scripture or church tradition. Compositions include Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, Flos Campi for choir and orchestra, and Job – a Masque for Dancing. Vaughan Williams’ reflective Magnificat is followed by the Mass in G minor, and finally the beautiful Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.

Focus on Opera Australia – 30 August
In Morning Melody (8am), Kitty Sandy will focus on Opera Australia productions here in Melbourne for 2008. Excerpts from Madama Butterfly, Carmen, Arabella, A Masked Ball, Orlando and Otello will be heard.

Paths to Peace – 11 September
For this significant date, Morning Concert (10am) has the theme “Paths to Peace”. Opening with Venus, Bringer of Peace from Holst’s The Planets, the peace theme continues in Vaughan Williams’ cantata Dona Nobis Pacem. Next comes Mozart’s Serenata Notturna, No.6 of his serenades, and Ross Edwards’ Symphony Da Pacem Domine. The tranquil music of Grechaninov’s Mass “And on Earth peace”, completes the program.

Love of Homeland – 20 September
To commemorate the anniversary of Sibelius’ death, Susan Porter will play music by him and other composers whose music reflects their love of homeland. Kingfisher Bay Afternoon Concert (2pm) includes Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony and Scenes with Cranes; Copland’s Appalachian Spring; Dances of Galánta by Kodály; From the Homeland by Smetana and Vaughan Williams’ On Wenlock Edge.

John Sheppard: c.1515-1550 – 25 September
2008 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of John Sheppard, a relatively neglected figure from Tudor England. In The Early Music Experience (7pm), Mark Shepheard presents a program of music by Sheppard, including his masterpiece, the haunting antiphon Media Vita.