ABC Classical Music from Sydney Australia

Innovative programming make ABC Classic your best source for classical music and insight on the airwaves. Join Stephen Watkins for The God Who Sings as he presents music accompanied by texts that enlighten listeners on the hidden depths within some of their favorite compositions. Tune in to Emma Ayres as she hosts The Lyric Voice, which pairs great readings from literature – poetry, drama, novels and fiction – with some of the compositions that were inspired by them. Shakespeare, James Joyce, and William Butler Yeats are some of the influential figures that feature in this program as Ayres investigates what great artists have in common with one another. It’s programs like these that show how ABC Classic brings their listeners more than the music – they bring the magic beyond the composition.

If you prefer jazz music to true classical, don’t miss out on the only national jazz program in Australia presented by Mal Stanley. The longest-running jazz program in the nation, Mal presents the whole world of jazz through the latest and most famous historical recordings from ABC’s own archives and from around the world. The program also occasionally hosts live-to-air segments with a studio audience. If you love jazz, you’ll want to tune in again for Jazz Up Late on every Friday night with Gerry Koster. True jazz lovers have a home at ABC Classic where they bring the magic to live.

Music lovers who want to go beyond the radio itself can go online to download podcasts to bring their favorites with them wherever they go, or listen to upcoming young performers like Jessica Foot, Maxwell Foster, and Rebecca Chan. ABC also keeps an archive of streaming audio of new works, downloads of exclusive music recordings and artist interviews, and details for upcoming broadcasts.

True lovers of classical music look no further than the magical world found at ABC Classic FM.