Rare Books & Arts

Something to sing about in the Arts Library

Something to sing about in the Arts Library

August 20, 2012

Music, Musicals, Rare Books & Arts:

A selection of some of the newer piano-vocal scores available for browsing in the Agnes Robertson Music Scores Room in the Arts Library: Shrek, the musical: lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire… Read More ›

New Music:  Bubblegum hits, Celtic Divas & a smokingun

New Music: Bubblegum hits, Celtic Divas & a smokingun

August 17, 2012

Music, Musicals, Rare Books & Arts:

New CD arrivals include the following:  Graeme Lyall meets the Joe Chindamo Trio : smokingun. For jazz fans there is “Smokingun” featuring two Australian jazz greats together.  Saxophonist, Graeme Lyall,… Read More ›

Virtually catastrophic events at Outside-in cinema

Virtually catastrophic events at Outside-in cinema

August 15, 2012

Film, Rare Books & Arts:

The potential for societal collapse as a result of our increasing reliance on computers has long been a favourite theme of speculative fiction in cinema, with few film-goers able to… Read More ›

Arts on Film:  Cats, Phantom, Les Miserables & more.

Arts on Film: Cats, Phantom, Les Miserables & more.

August 14, 2012

Musicals, Rare Books & Arts, Theatre:

Hey Mr Producer : the musical world of Cameron MacKintosh! is the next program in the Arts on Film series, to be screened this Wednesday August 14 in Arts. This… Read More ›

New Books: weddings, pianos, pictures and a bit of car fetishism

New Books: weddings, pianos, pictures and a bit of car fetishism

August 10, 2012

Rare Books & Arts:

Not a film book in sight while we have a rest from the Melbourne Film Festival: At the piano: interviews with 21st-century pianists by Caroline Benser With the Sydney International… Read More ›

Films about film: behind the dream factory facade

Films about film: behind the dream factory facade

August 4, 2012

Film, Rare Books & Arts:

To celebrate the Melbourne International Film Festival, part two of our film studies festival: History of Australian cinema: directed by Alan Anderson, Joan Long and Keith Gow This documentary covers… Read More ›

A Festival of Film Studies

A Festival of Film Studies

August 1, 2012

Rare Books & Arts:

With the cinematic tidal wave that is the Melbourne International Film Festival upon us, I thought it might be useful to highlight just a few of the terrific film-studies resources… Read More ›

Opera Screening: Madama Butterfly

Opera Screening: Madama Butterfly

July 31, 2012

Rare Books & Arts:

Madama Butterfly : an opera in two acts is the next program in the Arts on Film series, to be screened this Wednesday August 1 in Arts. With music by… Read More ›

More music-videos from the Naxos stream

More music-videos from the Naxos stream

July 24, 2012

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

There’s really nothing quite as exciting as watching a great orchestra under a great conductor performing a great work, which is precisely what you get on the Naxos Video Library… Read More ›

Roald Dahl’s Matilda : the musical : a smash hit in Arts!

Roald Dahl’s Matilda : the musical : a smash hit in Arts!

July 20, 2012

Music, Musicals, Rare Books & Arts:

No sooner had Roald Dahl’s Matilda : the musical : original cast recording hit the shelves in Arts recently, than it was requested several times.  It seemed like every other… Read More ›