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3MBS Dante 700 Updates as the Festival goes online and dates for your diary In the August issue of the Graduate Union Newsletter, we shared the exciting news of the Dante700 Festival that will take place from August 2021 till September 2022. Curators Margot Costanzo and Karen van Spall invite you to check the website for updates and new postings at www.3mbsdante700festival.org.au. Patron interviews and performances The Broadcast Festival took place beginning 15th September and a good time was had by all. The programs from the two international patrons were: Professor Leslie Howard AM, Australian expatriate world Listz expert and virtuoso pianist, heard on Wednesday, 15th September at 7.00PM in an interview and playing the Liszt Dante Sonata; and Dr Federico Bardazzi, Florence, Director of the early music group Ensemble San Felice, heard in an interview with music from the two CD set Music in the time of Dante heard on Thursday, 16th September at 7.00PM. Both patrons will be on the Festival website from 8th October. Fortnightly newsletter on the site from now on To help you plan better, we are please to inform that for the duration of the festival there will be a fortnightly newsletter on the website that delivers the text and context, including music links, photos and information links, for an approximately 12-minute stream about a different character Dante meets each fortnight. From the Dante Detective (aka Margot Costanzo) the dates with their streams are as follows:
22nd October - Pier de la Vigne and the Sweet Faced Ladies 5th November - Brunetto Latini and the Green Festoon 19th November - Ulysses in dire Straits 3rd December - Count Ugolino, the Tower and the Vengeful Archbishop The newsletter will resume after the Christmas break with new updates on the postponed lectures, scheduled tentatively for March 2022. We hope that the Dante 700 Festival is something all Graduate House members can be involved in. We send a special hello to all expatriates needing that touch of home! 3MBS: online at www.3mbs.org.au, 3MBS digital, 3MBS 103.5FM Festival website: www.3mbsdante700festival.org.au The following spread pages cover the story from the 3MBS magazine.
ON AIR The Magazine of 3MBS
September 2021
10th September - Francesca da Rimini: A Study in Scarlet 24th September - Dante and the case of the unexpected Space Continuum 8th October - Farinata and the Unwelcome Companion 33
