They're celebrating Down Under. Today is Australia Day, a holiday marking the arrival of British ships at Sydney Harbour in 1788. A perfect day then to salute something truly Australian, something ...

Andrew Ford: David Perira, playing the opening of Peter Sculthorpe's 'Requiem for Solo 'Cello', and it's a pleasure to welcome back to The Music Show, Peter Sculthorpe, the composer of that music.

She has always thought of the Australian composer belonging on the music stand next to those European giants of the keyboard, Bach and Beethoven. The first piece she learned was his Sonatina from 1954 ...

Stuart Greenbaum has been the recipient of funding from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts. Peter Sculthorpe passed away at the age of 85 on Friday. As Australia’s best known ...

Peter Sculthorpe, who has died aged 85, was an Australian composer whose music evoked the fierce sunshine and atmospheric landscapes of the Outback in the most vivid and memorable way. During Peter ...

They're celebrating Down Under. Today is Australia Day, a holiday marking the arrival of British ships at Sydney Harbour in 1788. A perfect day then to salute something truly Australian, something ...