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Composer Eric Whitacre

Composer and conductor Eric Whitacre is one of the most recognisable names in choral music.

Eric Whitacre stands in a laneway with hedges either side. He is smiling wearing a black shirt over a white t-shirt.

Published: TueTue 23 Dec 2025 at 7:00amTopic: Legends

Scores of the year, 2025

A sonic retrospective of the last twelve months in game music, featuring Australian bangers, surreal French adventures, and explorations of history, mythology, magic, and dystopia.

Concept art of a teenage expeditioner riding atop a large, surreal, joyful flying creature.

Duration: 59 minutes 59 seconds

Published: FriFri 19 Dec 2025 at 7:00amTopic: Game Show

Christmas with Gondwana Choirs and Sydney Children's Choir

Voices of Angels is the annual Christmas concert presented by the Sydney Children's Choir and Gondwana Choirs and is a night of great joy and wonderful singing.

The stage and balcony at Angel Place is full of children dressed in a variety of blues and greens for their Christmas concert.

Duration: 2 hours

Published: TueTue 23 Dec 2025 at 2:00amTopic: Lunchtime Concert

Classic Live

Christmas Carols with the Hanover Girls Choir

A festive celebration of Christmas music with the Hanover Girls’ Choir and the NDR Radio Philharmonic.

Members of the Hanover Girls Choir performing on stage. Wearing red tops and holding black folders

Duration: 4 hours

Published: Thursday 25 Dec 2025 at 8:00amThu 25 Dec 2025 at 8:00amTopic: Evenings

Christmas with the TSO

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform Christmas favourites with baritone Samuel Dundas.

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Chorus on satge dressed in Christmas costumes conducted by an elf.

Duration: 2 hours

Published: Thursday 25 Dec 2025 at 2:00amThu 25 Dec 2025 at 2:00amTopic: Lunchtime Concert

Christmas from Tasmania and then King's College Cambridge

A festive program of seasonal Baroque tunes and carols presented by Van Diemen’s Band followed by Nine Lessons and Carols from King's College Cambridge

Nine members of Van Diemen's Band dressed in black holding string instruments with a background of Tasmanian bush.

Duration: 3 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds

Published: Wednesday 24 Dec 2025 at 8:00amWed 24 Dec 2025 at 8:00amTopic: Evenings

Santa Claus is Back in Town from Germany

A festive celebration with the WDR Radio Orchestra: from Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel to international Christmas classics, plus a dazzling young trumpet soloist.

The WDR Symphony Orchestra on stage waving EU flags

Duration: 2 hours

Published: Wednesday 24 Dec 2025 at 2:00amWed 24 Dec 2025 at 2:00amTopic: Lunchtime Concert

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Classical music events this summer

From the Australian Youth Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival in Adelaide to Ludovico Einaudi in Sydney, Alice Keath checks out January’s most exciting classical music events.

Members of the Australian Youth Orchestra standing on stage playing their instruments.

Duration: 1 hour

Published: Wednesday 24 Dec 2025 at 7:00amWed 24 Dec 2025 at 7:00amTopic: What’s On

Finding gratitude and belonging at Christmas

In this special, seasonal episode of Mindful Music, we explore themes of gratitude and belonging while holding space for the full range of holiday experiences.

Duration: 59 minutes 59 seconds

Published: Monday 22 Dec 2025 at 7:00amMon 22 Dec 2025 at 7:00amTopic: Mindful Music

O Radiant Dawn

James MacMillan's 'O Radiant Dawn', Gabriel Jackson's 'The Christmas Story', Kristina Arakelyan's 'Christmas Offering', and Bach's Christmas Day cantatas.

A group of men on a mountain in the soft blue hues of dawn face an apparition of a figure in white.

Duration: 2 hours

Published: Sunday 21 Dec 2025 at 11:00amSun 21 Dec 2025 at 11:00amTopic: For The God Who Sings

Christmas on Broadway

Get into the festive spirit with a stocking full of musical theatre magic.

an adult sized elf sits on santa's lap in a colourful santa's workshop

Duration: 59 minutes 59 seconds

Published: Sunday 21 Dec 2025 at 9:00amSun 21 Dec 2025 at 9:00amTopic: The Musical Show

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Jane Austen's love of music still reverberates on her 250th birthday

250 years after Jane Austen's birth, her love of music lives on in the characters from her books and screen adaptations.

Georgiana Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett seated at the piano in the 1995 BBC show Pride and Prejudice

Published: 16 Dec 2025Tue 16 Dec 2025 at 4:00am

Australian carols that are perfect for celebrating Christmas in the sun

We've rounded up some Australian Christmas carols to enhance your festive mood, from W.G. James to Christine Anu.

A red-bound choir book is held open with candles and winter foliage in the background.

Published: 8 Dec 2025Mon 8 Dec 2025 at 9:00pm

ABC Classic celebrates 50 years in 2026, with familiar faces and new programs

ABC Classic is celebrating 50 years of broadcasting in 2026, with a year-long program of concerts, special broadcasts and new initiatives.

23 ABC Classic presenter photos are composited together in a single image. Blue-toned watercolour music symbols sit behind.

Published: 3 Dec 2025Wed 3 Dec 2025 at 9:25pm

How music venues and stages are becoming more accessible for people with disability

Going to a concert can be hard for people with disability. But sensory concerts and bringing lived experience on stage can open up this world for everyone.

Soprano Ria Andriani singing wearing black and white dress and black beaded necklace, accompanied by flautist Emerald Ruby.

Published: 2 Dec 2025Tue 2 Dec 2025 at 4:00am

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Featured

Composer Eric Whitacre

Scores of the year, 2025

Christmas with Gondwana Choirs and Sydney Children's Choir

Classic Live

Christmas Carols with the Hanover Girls Choir

Christmas with the TSO

Christmas from Tasmania and then King's College Cambridge

Santa Claus is Back in Town from Germany

Featured Programs

Classical music events this summer

Finding gratitude and belonging at Christmas

O Radiant Dawn

Christmas on Broadway

Read and Watch

Jane Austen's love of music still reverberates on her 250th birthday

Australian carols that are perfect for celebrating Christmas in the sun

ABC Classic celebrates 50 years in 2026, with familiar faces and new programs

How music venues and stages are becoming more accessible for people with disability

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