Robyn Williams: And so the ABC has turned 90. John Hopkins: The actual qualities that one is looking for of course are beautiful sound, good communication on the stage, that's a very important thing, particularly with playing intricate modern music because without that you've got really an uphill battle because players tend not to believe that they see and think …
Robyn Williams: This is The Science Show, and happy new year. Ian Johnston: That charming Scottish dance, called a rigaudon, was first published by Master John Playford in a collection entitled Music's Delight for the Cittern, in the Year of our Lord 1666, a year which in the history of science is often referred to as annus mirabilis, a miraculous …