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For listeners interested in Australian music culture and the contemporary music scene, the New Waves podcast delivers downloads of diverse ABC-exclusive music recordings and related interviews to your computer.

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    • Apr 8, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Nardi Simpson: -barra

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022 119:08


    Nardi Simpson shares music and stories of Yuwaalaraay Country in concert with Ensemble Offspring, Kevin Hunt and the Barayagal Choir.

    A Portrait of Liza Lim's Operas

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022 100:25


    Liza Lim on how storytelling through opera has shaped her own story as a composer.

    New music by First Nations composers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 72:50


    First Nations composers share stories and visions. And make new music for an C18 square piano, voice, violin, and didgeridoo.

    New music by First Nations composers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 72:50


    First Nations composers share stories and visions. And make new music for an C18 square piano, voice, violin, and didgeridoo.

    The music of Australia's birds

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020 126:42


    Immerse yourself in the sounds of some of Australia’s great songbirds. And the human music they inspire.

    The music of Australia's birds

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020 126:42


    Immerse yourself in the sounds of some of Australia’s great songbirds. And the human music they inspire.

    Deborah Cheetham: Woven Song

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 86:35


    Deborah Cheetham presents her Woven Song Embassy Tapestry Project and more.

    Deborah Cheetham: Woven Song

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 86:35


    Deborah Cheetham presents her Woven Song Embassy Tapestry Project and more.

    Josephine Macken: The Tent

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 35:20


    A sonic evocation of a post-apocalyptic world in which humankind scrambles to decipher the remnants of civilisation with the aid of a mysterious machine.

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    Josephine Macken: The Tent

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 35:20


    A sonic evocation of a post-apocalyptic world in which humankind scrambles to decipher the remnants of civilisation with the aid of a mysterious machine.

    opera tent macken university of sydney liza lim sydney chamber opera jane sheldon
    Georgia Scott: Her Dark Marauder

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2020 44:11


    A dramatic musico-poetic telling of the life experience of a disabled person from the inside, with inspiration from the poetry of Sylvia Plath.

    Georgia Scott: Her Dark Marauder

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2020 44:11


    A dramatic musico-poetic telling of the life experience of a disabled person from the inside, with inspiration from the poetry of Sylvia Plath.

    Peggy Polias: Commute

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 36:08


    An operatic re-imagining of Homer’s Odyssey through the eyes of a female 'Odyssea' on her night-time walk home.

    Peggy Polias: Commute

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 36:08


    An operatic re-imagining of Homer’s Odyssey through the eyes of a female 'Odyssea' on her night-time walk home.

    Bree van Reyk: Invisible Bird

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2020 52:15


    An operatic parable of the disappearance and re-emergence of the elusive endangered Australian bird the Night Parrot.

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    Bree van Reyk: Invisible Bird

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2020 52:15


    An operatic parable of the disappearance and re-emergence of the elusive endangered Australian bird the Night Parrot.

    australian invisible opera university of sydney liza lim night parrot sydney chamber opera jane sheldon bree van reyk
    Aussie Sampler 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 68:15


    Old faves and new releases from the personal playlists of 12 outstanding Australian musicians.

    Aussie Sampler 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 68:15


    Old faves and new releases from the personal playlists of 12 outstanding Australian musicians.

    Keeping the Music Alive

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 69:14


    16 artists from the Australian music scene talk about staying creative and connected in these times of physical and social isolation.

    Keeping the Music Alive

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 69:14


    16 artists from the Australian music scene talk about staying creative and connected in these times of physical and social isolation.

    Aussie Sampler

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 50:00


    10 creative musicians from around the country expand your music collection with some great new releases and old faves.

    Aussie Sampler

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 50:00


    10 creative musicians from around the country expand your music collection with some great new releases and old faves.

    Cat Hope: Speechless, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2020 62:04


    Listen to Cat Hope's wordless opera, inspired by The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention.

    Cat Hope: Speechless, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2020 62:04


    Listen to Cat Hope's wordless opera, inspired by The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention.

    Cat Hope: Speechless, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 25:04


    Cat Hope and singer-collaborators talk about her wordless opera that aims to give voice to the voiceless.

    Cat Hope: Speechless, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 25:04


    Cat Hope and singer-collaborators talk about her wordless opera that aims to give voice to the voiceless.

    Shout-outs for some inspiring musical women

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 11:15


    Katie Noonan, Liza Lim and Alice Chance introduce more artists that inspire them.

    Shout-outs for some inspiring musical women

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 11:15


    Katie Noonan, Liza Lim and Alice Chance introduce more artists that inspire them.

    Three impressive musicians talk about gender and the future of music

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 43:17


    Katie Noonan, Liza Lim and Alice Chance talk about careers, role models, gender equity, and their visions for a more diverse and inclusive musical world.

    Three impressive musicians talk about gender and the future of music

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 43:17


    Katie Noonan, Liza Lim and Alice Chance talk about careers, role models, gender equity, and their visions for a more diverse and inclusive musical world.

    New Waves 2020 preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 1:47


    New Waves is back

    New Waves 2020 preview

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 1:47


    New Waves is back

    Song for Dulka Warngiid

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2019 93:50


    Syzygy Ensemble performs a selection of works by female composers, including a new work by the Commission recipient for 2019, Deborah Cheetham.

    Song for Dulka Warngiid

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2019 93:50


    Syzygy Ensemble performs a selection of works by female composers, including a new work by the Commission recipient for 2019, Deborah Cheetham.

    In the studio with ELISION ensemble

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2019 95:35


    ELISION ensemble records sounds by Lim, O'Dwyer, Alvarez and Flenady in the ABC studios in Melbourne.

    In the studio with ELISION ensemble

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2019 95:35


    ELISION ensemble records sounds by Lim, O'Dwyer, Alvarez and Flenady in the ABC studios in Melbourne.

    In the studio with Arcadia Winds

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2019 62:28


    New Australian music performed by wind dynamos Arcadia Winds, recorded in Melbourne's Iwaki Auditorium.

    In the studio with Arcadia Winds

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2019 62:28


    New Australian music performed by wind dynamos Arcadia Winds, recorded in Melbourne's Iwaki Auditorium.

    Michael Kieran Harvey: Dancing to the Tremors of Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019 90:44


    Michael Kieran Harvey performs new works in concert from Hobart’s MONA 

    Michael Kieran Harvey: Dancing to the Tremors of Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2019 90:44


    Michael Kieran Harvey performs new works in concert from Hobart’s MONA 

    Resonant Bodies 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 75:18


    Shape-shifting voices in the 2018 Resonant Bodies Festival

    Resonant Bodies 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 75:18


    Shape-shifting voices in the 2018 Resonant Bodies Festival

    Resonant Bodies 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 103:54


    Expansive listening from two intimate voice and instrument duos – life partners Deborah Kayser and Nick Tsiavos, and Sonya Holowell and her father Jonathan.

    Resonant Bodies 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 103:54


    Expansive listening from two intimate voice and instrument duos – life partners Deborah Kayser and Nick Tsiavos, and Sonya Holowell and her father Jonathan.

    Katia Beaugeais: New Australian Sax Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2019 88:17


    Five new Australian works for saxophone, presented by composer-saxophonist Katia Beaugeais.

    Katia Beaugeais: New Australian Sax Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2019 88:17


    Five new Australian works for saxophone, presented by composer-saxophonist Katia Beaugeais.

    Suppression-Dam

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2019 102:16


    From an audience choir, to the sound-world of a country waterhole, to the digital cutting and fusing of sound, three Australian women composers make their mark.

    Suppression-Dam

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2019 102:16


    From an audience choir, to the sound-world of a country waterhole, to the digital cutting and fusing of sound, three Australian women composers make their mark.

    Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019 79:35


    Five indigenous composers challenge assumptions about what indigenous music sounds like, shaping new western classical musics to tell their own stories.

    Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019 79:35


    Five indigenous composers challenge assumptions about what indigenous music sounds like, shaping new western classical musics to tell their own stories.

    Jon Rose String Improvisers Workshop

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 61:35


    Improvising violinist Jon Rose and three classically-trained string players make music and reflect on the interplay between their classical and improvising experience.

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