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At 10.05am Margaret Throsby is in conversation with a special guest, playing their favourite music and telling their own stories.

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Say Bon Voyage to the Sydney Symphony before they leave for their 2010 European Tour!

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Classic FM and the Sydney Symphony are offering one lucky listener and their guest the opportunity to travel to Sydney to attend their farewell concert on Wed 18 August 2010. Listen to the Morning Show next week August 2- 6 from 9am to find out what you need to do to win.

The winner will receive:

Return flights to Sydney from anywhere in Australia (if interstate).
Two premium seats to the Sydney Symphony’s European Tour Farewell concert on Wed 18 August at 8pm at the Sydney Opera House conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy.
One night’s accommodation including breakfast at a city hotel at the Rocks, Sydney.

Join the SSO for this special farewell celebration night out, and enjoy:
SCULTHORPE Memento mori
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor)
TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony

Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
John Chen, piano
Sydney Opera House
18 August 2010 8:00 pm

Entries close Midnight 6 August, 2010 (AEST)
You may only enter the competition once.
The winner will be announced on Morning on Monday 9 August 2010.

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Best of the best - celebrating 15 years of The Morning Interview


The Guest List Gerry Adams President of Sinn Fein and MP for West Belfast Billy Bragg English musician, songwriter, social and political activist and author - dubbed a ‘punk pioneer’ Brenda Blethyn Beloved British actor, star of “Secrets & Lies”, “Little Voice” and “Pride and Prejudice” as Mrs Bennett John le Carre English author of espionage novels several of which have been adapted for film and television Maureen Dowd Washington based columnist for the New York Times, dubbed “the most dangerous woman in America” Jane Elliott American teacher and crusader against racism and prejudice - created the famous “blue-eyed/brown-eyed” experiment Jonathan Franzen Award winning American novelist and essayist, author of “The Corrections” Lincoln Hall Australian mountaineer, adventurer, author, survivor of a night alone on Mt Everest Bill Henson Australian contemporary and controversial art photographer Paul Keating Former Prime Minister of Australia Michael Leunig Australian cartoonist, poet, philosopher, writer and painter. Creator of beloved characters like Mr Curly and many others David Malouf One of Australia’s most important and most treasured authors and poets Pauline Nguyen Pauline and her family fled the communist regime in Vietnam and arrived in Australia in a leaky boat. She is now a Chef, author & co-owner of Vietnamese restaurant Red Lantern Oliver Sacks British neurologist based in New York, author of “Awakenings” Jeffrey Tate Celebrated and distinguished English conductor

Forthcoming Guests

Associate Professor Hans Zoellner (repeat) [ Friday 30 July ]
Associate Professor in the Faculty of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine at the University of Sydney and an advocate for improved dental health and access to dental care for Australians. > more

Professor Mark Stevenson [ Monday 2 August ]
An injury epidemiologist with the Accident Research Centre at Monash University. > more

Megan Stack [ Wednesday 4 ]
Journalist.She is currenly bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times. > more

Listen to Recent Guests

The latest interview normally becomes available by 1.30pm Sydney/Melbourne time on the day of broadcast.

Thursday 29 July

9.15am Robert Kaplow (audio not available)

10.05am Richard McGregor
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Australian journalist and former Beijing bureau chief for the Financial Times. > more

Wednesday 28

10.05am Yaron Hallis
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Founder and member of the Gypsy-fusion band Monsieur Camembert. > more

Tuesday 27

10.05am Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Activist, feminist, author and former politician, prominent critic of Islam. > more

Monday 26

9.15am Charles Smith (audio not available)

10.05am Niall Ferguson
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Historian who specialises in financial and economic history as well as the history of colonisation. > more

Friday 23

10.05am Philip Hoare (repeat)
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English non-fiction writer and journalist. > more

Thursday 22

10.05am Garrick Ohlsson
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Wednesday 21

10.05am Professor Joyce Chaplin
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The James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History at Harvard University. > more

Tuesday 20

10.05am Ken Marslew
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Founder of the anti-violence organisation " Enough is Enough". > more

Monday 19

10.05am Associate Professor Kathryn Crameri
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From the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Sydney. > more

Friday 16

10.05am Sir Charles Mackerras (repeat)
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Conductor, scholar and national treasure. > more

Thursday 15

10.05am John Collee
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Screenwriter. > more

Music Details

Music played during Mornings with Margaret Throsby on
July 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 16 |
For earlier dates, start at the index of Archived Music Details.

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