Literature, Musicians
Tall Poppies: The Podcast presents A Poetry Special
Poet Alice Millar (Photo Studio Monbijou) berlinlit’s Matthew McDonald (Photo Monika Rittershaus) Dear Listeners, Thank you for your many emails these last months. Today I am very happy to introduce another special program. This time two terrific poets and musicians – Alice Miller and Matthew McDonald – join the podcast to talk… Read More
Archives, Musicians
Two New Podcasts: The Life and Music of Alma Moodie
Photo© Kay Dreyfus “Of all my students, I like Alma Moodie the best” Carl Flesch, renowned violinist and pedagogue Dear Listeners, Thank you for your emails this last week. It is very gratifying to know that so many of you have enjoyed hearing the first part of Alma Moodie’s story. Today… Read More
Musicians
New Year and New Podcasts
Dear Listeners, Happy New Year! Hopefully there is some time for listening this year as I will be publishing two new podcasts about the phenomenal musician, Alma Moodie. Moodie was born in 1898 in Mount Morgan, a small town in rural Australia, but started her violin lessons in nearby Rockhampton. She moved to Europe… Read More
Musicians
Tall Poppies Newsletter
A living archive featuring Australian luminaries Dear Listeners, Dear Salon Guests, I hope this finds you all in good health. Thank you for your many emails. Rest assured a new series of podcasts is in production, and hopefully we can resume the Berlin salons very soon. I had hoped our first newsletter of 2022… Read More
Academics, Archives, Musicians
Composer Liza Lim joins Tall Poppies, The Podcast
Composer Liza Lim with her new work, “Annunciation Triptych.” Each part of this three part composition is dedicated to a female spiritual figure Dear Listeners and Salon Guests, I hope this finds you well. This week I’ve published a new… Read More
Musicians
News on Podcast Guests
Dear Listeners, September 9th was a special day for all of the Tall Poppies team as we hosted our first salon in over a year. Covid restrictions meant the number of guests we could invite was limited, but those attending brought with them mountains of enthusiasm that appropriately reignited the Tall Poppies project after the… Read More
Archives, Musicians, Salons, Writers
The Australian Salon Tall Poppies Talk returns
Matthew McDonald in conversation with Breandáin O’Shea (Photos Carl Malingriaux) “The process of writing poetry is very similar to playing bass” Guest Author Carola Torti (Scroll down for the text in German) “I liked contemporary music from the very beginning,” our guest, Matthew McDonald, 1st solo… Read More
Musicians
Apologies for superfluous emails
Dear Tall Poppies Subscribers, Our apologies for the numerous emails you may have received over the last days. Fortunately we have been able to fix the problem, and are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you have any further questions please contact us. Wishing you all the best from Berlin, Breandáin & the… Read More
Musicians
Tall Poppies The Podcast, Series II from January 2020
Standing room only at the fourth “Tall Poppies Talk” Salon with musician Stan Dodds
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Musicians
Tall Poppies: Postcard – Soprano, Joan Sutherland
“ I think some young singers want to do too much too soon and it’s fatal. Some of the young people I don’t think realise just how tough it is.”
(Joan Sutherland, 1926 -2010)