MAESTRO ON THE MIC….

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Today we focussed on  playing an interesting range of good, mostly Australian, music. We spoke to Robert MacFarlane about the opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife For  A Hat to be performed at The Atheneum on Friday 20 March and Saturday 21 March. 

What we did today:

 Saturday 7 March, 2026

1. Love on the radio – Skyhooks (Ego)
2. With God on our side – Suzette Herft and Patrick Evans (from the album Farewell Angelina)
3. Nobody really cares if you don’t go to the party – Courtney Barnett (Sometimes I Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit)
4. Track her down – Lloyd Spiegel (Cut And Run)
5. The hustle – Lloyd Spiegel (Cut And Run)
6. Human – Josh Light
7. Let it shine – Mademoiselle and Floyd Thursby (The South Lands)
8. Nobody takes me seriously – Split Enz (Live, Alive Oh)
9. Loving friend – Stahr (Blip)
10. Songs about women – Michael Waugh (Beauty And Truth)
11. Alpha crucis – Mast Gully Fellers (The Great Divide)
12. Small things everyday – Anais Campbell
13. My opera career is over – Nurseratched (Catastrophically Ourselves)
14. Remember – Peppercreek Revival (Its All Been Said)

We interviewed Robert MacFarlane who is directing and performing in the opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat which is showing at The Atheneum in March. Tickets available from Ticketmaster and at the theatre. 

Based on the book of the same name by Oliver Sacks, it is 40 years since the book was published.  Robert whose work is played on a regular basis on Maestro On The Mic spoke of how the opera got his interest when his father mistook him for a cat when he was seriously ill. Fortunately he made a full recovery as did the cat who was most offended at the comparison.

  Robert has a new album coming out shortly.  Previously he had released Nurseratched's  Catastrophically Ourselves which featured My Opera Career is Over  and other great tracks.

15. The shoe. Can I help? – Michael Nyman (soundtrack of The Man Who Mistook His Wife For  A Hat)

16. Growing old disgracefully – Mic Conways National Junk Band (Diagonally Parked In A Parallel Universe)

17. Always on my mind – Elvis Presley (Epic)

18. Lady luck – Liz Stringer (Live At The Yarra)

19. Ruler of my heart – Ska Vendors (Good Love Bad)

20. Pauline Hanson says there’s Christian Muslims too – Root! (Supposed He Was Out Of The Question)

21. I’ve been in it too long – Sherbet (Life)

Thank you to those listeners who text, emailed  or rang in during the show.