Fine Music December Magazine 2017 by 2MBS Fine Music Sydney

DECEMBER 2017

MAGAZINE

THE LEGACY OF THE PSALMIST

A MANIFESTO IN MOURNING

Bach’s Christmas Oratorio

Gluck’s Alceste: 250th Anniversary

MUSICAL FAMILIES

THE DVORÁK SYMPHONIES

Genius over Generations

Explored in a New Series

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CONTENTS

FROM THE CHAIR

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The Legacy of the Psalmist

Musical Families

A Manifesto in Mourning

The Dvorák Symphonies

Christmas Music on Fine Music

The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace

Program Guide and Composer List

What’s On: Sydney and surrounds Brahms in Leipzig

Classical CD Reviews

Jazz CD Reviews

What is Jazz?

Flight takes Wings

Surrounded by Music: Frank Morrison

The Music Broadcasting Society of NSW, which operates Fine Music, held its Annual General Meeting in late October. Two existing directors, Simon Moore and me, were re-elected for a further two-year term. Two new directors, Katy Rogers-Davies and Christopher Waterhouse, were also elected to two-year terms. Katy and Christopher are both younger members with professional backgrounds in music and the arts. They have joined Fine Music in recent years as programmers, presenters and volunteers in behind-the-scenes activities. It is very encouraging to see members of the next generation prepared, despite their busy lives, to take on volunteer positions of leadership and responsibility. It provides great hope for our future and we look forward to benefiting from their energy and fresh insights. The new Board then elected me to succeed Janine Burrus as Chair of the organisation for the coming year. My name may be familiar to some as I have previously served five years as Chair: 2004-07 and 201113. I hope that my lengthy experience of Fine Music and my business background will complement the skills of our other directors, delivering the best outcome for the radio station. We live in challenging times and will need all the skills of our staff and volunteers, as well as the goodwill of our listeners, if we are to manage unavoidable technological and market-place changes while maintaining the quality broadcasts which have made 2MBS/Fine Music an enduring feature of Sydney cultural life for well over 40 years.

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Right now, however, the Festive Season approaches. Look for Christmas-themed music in many of our regular programs, especially 1974 - Hosanna 2014 and Musica Sacra on Sundays and Baroque and Before on Fridays.

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THE LEGACY OF THE PSALMIST NICKY GLUCH PRAISES THE SONGS OF DAVID AND BACH

Nicholas Mulroy. Image: Raphaelle Photography

Triumph, rejoicing, rise, praising these days now, Tell ye, what this day the Highest hath done! Fear now abandon and banish complaining, Join, filled with triumph and gladness, our song! And what a song it is! The Australian Chamber Orchestra’s upcoming performance of the Christmas oratorio is an encore to a concert which was initially the result of chance circumstances. In 2013, the ACO was billed to perform with the Monteverdi Choir under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner but then the Choir withdrew. Richard Tognetti needed to fill quite a substantial gap. As the oratorio is in six parts lasting over three hours, he turned to an ensemble he knew from his festival direction in Slovenia. The Choir of London had performed Bach with Tognetti in September 2010 but their connection to the composer went far deeper than that. Indeed, the ensemble had been 2

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formed to perform the Christmas oratorio in perhaps its most apt setting: Bethlehem. The Choir proved the perfect complement to the ACO, both being ensembles which breathe life and intellect into everything they do, and the concert was a triumph. It is no wonder that they have decided to embark on this venture again.

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It is fitting that King David features prominently in Bach’s Christmas tale for, just as David instilled music in faith, so too did Bach. As the Psalms of David begin with descriptions of the music to be made: ‘for the leader, with stringed instruments. A psalm. A song,’ so Bach’s oratorio begins:

… [Bach] can make you dance and can break your heart, all within a few bars.

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As with so many great stories, the Oratorio has a narrator. Known as ‘The Evangelist’, the singer (a tenor) has the important role of propelling the story forward within the musical glory. In this tour, the role will be performed by Nicholas Mulroy, a musician who, like so many, speaks of Bach with a sort of excited fervour. Indeed, it should be said that it is not only musicians who speak of Bach in this manner. Perhaps Bach’s brilliance is that he is the sort of genius who sits outside his field. It is not uncommon to hear someone say, “I don’t like Classical music, but I do like Bach”. Indeed Mulroy gets to this very point. Asked why he thinks Bach retains

his impact today he muses: “Aside from the simple fact of the beauty of his music, there are countless reasons! We have a huge, varied, and enduring body of work from one of the greatest of all human minds. I love the exquisite balancing act between mathematical rigour and such profound humanity, poetry and lyricism; the endless dialogue between scientific construction and emotion. The range of expression: he can make you dance and can break your heart, all within a few bars.” Imagine, then, a work which doesn’t go on for just a few bars but for a few hours. In the Oratorio, Bach has audiences elated, pondering, saddened and enlightened. It’s been said of the work that, on hearing the piece, it should leave you simultaneously exhausted and refreshed. Mulroy, in his description of the work, echoes some of these opposites. “I love its variety”, he says. “It has the most joyous festivity … but it also examines other elements of the story: the incongruity of the tiny baby born to rule over mankind; it foresees the Passion story. It contains broader questions too: of how light might overcome darkness, exquisite musical portraits of a

mother’s love for her newborn, humanity’s mix of fear and wonder when faced with something miraculous. Does that all sound a bit dry? Maybe! But it’s all wrapped in sublime music which is in turn ebullient, contemplative, inventive, and exquisite.”

Mulroy has seen both these sides of musicmaking. As a boy he sang in Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral but when his voice changed, turned his attention to instrumental music. In this guise, Mulroy had the most varied career performing as a jazz pianist and later as a Salsa singer in South America. It was after singing at Clare College in Cambridge that Mulroy decided to attend the Royal Academy of Music in London and undergo post-graduate training. The rest, as they say, is history. In Mulroy’s words, he is ‘completely obsessed with music’, a trait, he says ‘which only seems to grow with age’. Obsession may be one thing but Mulroy seems spurred by a love as well. He seems stimulated by the collaborations: ‘the chance to make music with incredible musicians, the journeys of discovery, trying to make the music of the past speak as powerfully as we can for an audience today’. This combination of factors, obsession and love, has seen Mulroy termed ‘the Evangelist of choice’. He is not one, however, to sit with such praise. Mulroy articulates how ‘complacency and making music aren’t good for each other’ and how he rather tries ‘to keep improving and finding new things in the music’. With a composer such as Bach, this approach is invited. The Everyman quality of his music simultaneously permits ‘the most profound scrutiny and analysis’ whilst also holding ‘great

Australian Chamber Orchestra and immediate appeal to those not steeped in music’. It is no wonder, then, that Bach attracts mathematicians and philosophers alike.

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The sublimity of Bach’s music is part of his genius. Bach knew how to be an artist without being an artiste. He was practical and pragmatic, accepting many a utilitarian position, whilst simultaneously working to establish his own musical style and language. In Bach’s day, Christmas was celebrated not as a single feast day on 25 December but as six feasts leading up to the Epiphany (6 January). To write an oratorio for each day would have been an immense undertaking but in the year 1734/35, Bach decided to write a unified work, something he himself titled the WeihnachtsOratorium. It is no surprise then, that Bach needed to be expedient. So he ‘borrowed’ the music from recent secular cantatas. With a deft hand, and a capable poet, Bach was able to create something which feels nothing less than intended. What’s more, as secular pieces often contained folk tunes and other such melodies, Bach would have pleased the ear of his congregation. What we revere now as concert music was once congregational song.

His music invites all listeners to enhance their understanding of themselves and their world.

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One of those intellects with a Bach fondness was Edward Said. This goes part of the way to explain why the Choir of London found itself performing the Oratorio in Bethlehem. The story, though, has far more to do with a belief in music. The musicians who made up the first ‘Choir’ were professionals, all volunteering their time and ability to bring music where it wasn’t being heard. We often forget that it is difficult to be Christian in the birthplace of Christianity. The idea was for some London musicians to assist in a performance of the Oratorio in the West Bank. As the project gained momentum, 50 musicians put up their hands and the Choir was able to help stage, not just a concert, but a whole Bach festival. Since then the Choir (an ensemble in name only but rather a membership of 300 musicians) has continued its charitable function whilst insisting upon the highest musical standards being upheld. It is no wonder, then, that the collaboration with the ACO proved so unique. Mulroy, who was the Evangelist in 2013 as well, describes the experience as ‘thrilling’. “The Choir of London”, he explains, “contains some of the finest singers of this music on the planet, and the nature of the collaboration with the [ACO] (open, generous, conversational) was something which occurs pretty rarely. There was a lack of ego, a fantastic focus in rehearsals, and the most positive combination of virtuosity and humility from all sides. In the concerts I think we all felt liberated by a genuine chemistry and a licence to make music in the moment … a rare and precious experience.”

Bach, the ACO, Nicholas Mulroy and the Choir of London can each be said ‘to illuminate our human experience without resorting to judgment’, to make music for those of faith and for those who don’t believe. In Mulroy’s words: “There is contained in [Bach’s] music a constant striving for something beyond this worldly realm and his music invites all listeners to enhance their understanding of themselves and their world”. In this light, the Christmas oratorio becomes more than just the story of Jesus. As Mulroy points out, it is a tale of humanity, of maternal love and our conceptualisation of wonder. Once in Royal David’s city, musicians gathered to proclaim the birth of Jesus. In 2004, other musicians did this once more. Yes, this is significant because through King David came the Messianic lineage but, as suggested at the beginning of this article, it is touching that through the psalmist David is also a lineage of song. Let us lift up our voices, to God or Humanity, and remember the glory which music does bring.

EVENT J.S. Bach: Christmas oratorio, BWV248 Evangelist: Nicholas Mulroy, tenor Choir of London Australian Chamber Orchestra Richard Tognetti, director VENUE Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House DATE Sunday 10 December, 2pm BOOKINGS AND INFORMATION aco.com.au

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MUSICAL FAMILIES

ELAINE SIVERSEN EXPLORES GENIUS OVER GENERATIONS had no children. He had a good career, but that was that! Sometimes there is an inexplicable generation gap. For instance, Josef Suk, the conductor, is the grandson of Josef Suk, the violinist and composer and the great-grandson of Antonin Dvorák. What happened to that missing generation? Composer Ernö von Dohnányi’s grandson is Christoph von Dohnányi, the conductor. Other members of the family decided on careers in law, politics and acting, and the other present-day conductor, Oliver von Dohnányi, is a distant cousin of Christoph. Max Olding and Pamela Page It’s an age-old question whether talent, even genius, is in the genes or in the environment in which a child grows and absorbs influences. Which of these determines whether he or she becomes a composer or a musician? It’s probably partly both, but how does one explain a family of musicians, perhaps active and recognised at an international level for three generations, which suddenly peters out, musically? How do we explain other families (we call them dynasties) where musical genius flourishes for 200 or 300 years over many generations. In the program series Musical Families we will explore the amazing talents of many musicians within particular families. When we think of a musical dynasty, the Bach family usually comes to mind. This truly amazing family flourished for almost 200 years with about 50 known musicians of whom about 19 were composers. The Bohemian Benda family was not as blessed with composers but it encompasses musicians and composers from the 18th century to the present day, some 300 years. The French Couperin family spanned five generations of composers although none of them achieved the high status of François Couperin (known as le Grand) who was the most illustrious of the family. He had two brothers, Charles and Louis, with Louis being the next most important composer of the dynasty. Then there’s the question of why the Mozart family lapsed into obscurity after three generations. Leopold was a most respected composer in his time and certainly moulded the spectacular genius of his son Wolfgang. Wolfgang’s son, Franz didn’t marry and he 4

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In this long-running series of programs there will be other examples of two or three generations of composers or performers, and many examples of siblings and couples who have attained a notable reputation. In earlier centuries, there were many brothers who were composers, sometimes with one more prominent than the other: Benedetto and Alessandro Marcello, Henry and Daniel Purcell, William and Henry Lawes, Gaetano and Giuseppe Donizetti, Joseph and Michael Haydn, Anton and Nicholas Rubinstein, to name just a few. Also we mustn’t forget brother and sister, Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn. What of other notable women composers who were members of musical families? We are all aware of husband and wife composers, Robert and Clara Schumann, but there are some interesting lesser-known family connections such as Giulio Caccini (1548-

Daniel Yeadon and Neal Peres da Costa

1618) and his daughter, Francesca. Caccini was an important figure in the development of opera. Recently Fine Music acquired an opera composed by Francesca called La liberazione di Ruggiero. This first known opera by a female composer will be broadcast in March to celebrate International Women’s Day. Then there are the two French sisters, Nadia and Lili Boulanger and, here in Australia, husband and wife composers, Alfred and Mirrie Hill. Some notable father and son composers were the Scarlattis, Alessandro and Domenico, and Johann Stamitz and his sons Carl and Anton who were at the forefront of writing for the newly-invented clarinet. In more modern times, significant families include Shostakovich, Holst, Tortelier, Lloyd Webber, Ashkenazy, Grigoryan, Romeros and many others. The recording industry has brought the performances of many fine musicians to the public so there will be quite a number of programs devoted to modern-day musical families. These days, children have many more opportunities to learn music and it is possible that the children of today’s performers may carry on the fine tradition of their parents and grandparents and that this may extend for many more generations. In our first program this month we’ll be hearing music played by the extended Olding family: pianist Max, his wife, pianist Pamela Page, their son, violinist Dene and his wife, Irina Morozova, a violist. Dene and Irina are half of the Goldner String Quartet whose other members are a couple, violinist Dimity Hall and cellist Julian Smiles who will also be included in this program. Our programmer, Jennifer Foong, chose this group of musicians to begin the series as she learned piano from Irina Morozova’s mother and a fellow student was Neal Peres Da Costa, pianist, harpsichordist and organist, who will feature in the second program with his partner, cellist and viola da gamba player, Daniel Yeadon. Musical Families will be broadcast each month on the first and third Tuesdays at 2pm, beginning on 5 and 19 December.

A MANIFESTO IN MOURNING

PAUL ROPER PLACES GLUCK’S ALCESTE IN CONTEXT moments in Alceste are where she bids farewell to her children.

The death of Alcestis Of the three operas of Gluck which embody his credo of the ‘new simplicity’, there are similarities between the first two in their origin and reception. Both Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) and Alceste (1767) were occasioned by (very different) events at the Viennese court, and both were substantially reworked by Gluck for Parisian audiences in the 1770s. However while Gluck’s treatment of the Orpheus legend has become better known in its Italian language original, the reverse is true of Alceste. (The third of the trilogy, Paride ed Elena (1770), was not adapted and has never enjoyed the renown of its companions.) We broadcast the seldom recorded Italian Alceste in At the Opera this month, recognising the 250th anniversary of its premiere on 26 December 1767. The ‘court connection’ between Orfeo and Alceste is none other than Franz Stephan, Holy Roman Emperor and consort of the nowadays better known Empress Maria Theresa. Orfeo was created to celebrate his name day and Alceste was composed against the background of his sudden death in 1765, aged 57. The story of Alcestis, the Thracian queen willing to sacrifice her life to save that of her husband Admetus to placate the gods, evoked clear parallels with the mourning empress. Gluck’s librettist made the association explicit, dedicating the book to Maria Theresa and declaring that ‘by your virtue you show that our age cedes nothing to that of the ancients, however great was the virtue of Alceste’. Arguably there are less obvious parallels as well. Maria Theresa attracted criticism from her son, later co-regent, Joseph for her generosity towards her servants. It’s probably no coincidence that some of the most tender

That librettist was Ranieri de’ Calzabigi, also Gluck’s collaborator for Orfeo. However, in Alceste, Calzabigi’s role in the partnership went further. Emboldened by their success in Orfeo, he decided to set out their aesthetic ideals in what became the preface to the printed score of Alceste. Although appearing in 1769 in Gluck’s name, this manifesto was almost certainly Calzabigi’s work. In the preface, Gluck/Calzabigi affirm that ‘simplicity, truth and lack of affectation are the sole principles of beauty in all artistic creations’. They reach this conclusion after cataloguing the failings of the prevailing Italian opera seria: excessively florid and ornamented vocal lines, imbalance in the da capo aria structure to the detriment of the middle section, interrupted flow of the narrative, needless repetition and hopelessly involved plots featuring tired imagery and unsubtle moral posturing. So, how does Alceste exemplify this aesthetic of ‘noble simplicity’ and differ from what audiences of 1767 might have expected? Take the pace of the drama. Instead of sequences of recitatives and long arias with very little ensemble writing, Gluck creates whole scenes in which recitative, aria and chorus intertwine and overlap in short order. These large structures and the brevity of the arias would have been a revelation, and possibly even puzzling. Although statistics is perhaps not an obvious criterion for evaluating music, some numbers are illustrative of what Gluck achieves: the average duration of the arias and choruses in our recording of Alceste is less than two minutes and, for a typical performance of Orfeo just over two minutes. Compare these to a leisurely six minutes in such ‘pre-Reform’ (unreformed?) yet contemporaneous Gluck as his Il trionfo de Clelia (1763). In fact, Gluck’s demands on the chorus in Alceste vastly exceed those of the average opera of the time. They participate in and comment on the action, sometimes

antiphonally as a double chorus. It’s tempting to attribute this to the influence of the oratorios which Gluck would have heard during his years of rivalry with Handel in London in the 1740s. It was one of Calzabigi/Gluck’s principles that an opera overture should prepare the audience for that which follows. Alceste’s solemn, minor-key Intrada with prominent trombones, instruments associated in Vienna with funeral music, is a fitting prelude to what American scholar Daniel Heartz describes as ‘the most unrelievedly tragic and the most monumental of Gluck’s operas’. Later, the trombones represent the infernal spirits which Alceste rails against in her great Act I aria Ombre, larve, compagne di morte: we know it better perhaps as Divinités du Styx. In another of her arias (Non vi turbate, Act II), Gluck calls for the duskily exotic tones of the cor anglais. A contemporary critic, the Enlightenment writer (and Beethoven dedicatee) Joseph von Sonnenfels, witnessed several performances of Alceste and wrote of Gluck that ‘he has sought all the tones of true expression in Nature, and has mastered them’. 250 years later, we can appreciate the original, Italian Alceste as perhaps a beautiful paradox: an expression of his revolutionary aesthetic ideals, as a tribute to an admired member of the established order. Listen to Gluck’s Alceste in At the Opera on Wednesday 27 December at 8pm and see why it made such an impact on the development of opera when premiered on 26 December 1767.

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JULIA ROBERTS OWEN WILSON JACOB TREMBLAY

WONDER NOVEMBER 31

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STAR WARS THE LAST JEDI FROM 12:01AM DECEMBER 14 HUGH JACKMAN AS P.T.BARNUM WITH MICHELLE WILLIAMS & ZAC EFFRON

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“A GORGEOUS, ROMANTIC DRAMA” INDIEWIRE “IT’S HARD TO RESIST” EMPIRE

A MAJESTIC OUTBACK WESTERN BY DIRECTOR WARWICK THORNTON (SAMSON AND DELILAH) HAMILTON MORRIS, BRYAN BROWN, SAM NEILL.

THE DVORÁK SYMPHONIES DAVID OGILVIE TRACES THEIR DEVELOPMENT learning the violin and doing so well that he was sent to the Prague Organ School where he emerged, at age 18, as a trained organist, determined to become a composer. In 1858 he would have attended concerts of Franz Liszt, who was to influence his style of composition, and performances by Clara Schumann. Dvorák played the violin in various dance bands, one of which became the core of the Provisional Theatre Orchestra where he was appointed principal violist. Around this time, he also began giving private piano lessons, eventually marrying one of his students.

Dvorák’s musical energy didn’t just transfuse new life into his own music, it showed a way for the late 19th century symphony to be profound in its musical implications as well as brilliant and immediate in its communicative power, without all that Teutonic introversion and angst. - Tom Service, The Guardian The magnum opus of Antonin Dvorák’s early days is his Symphony no 1 and, to his dying day, he thought the manuscript had perished in a fire. Fortunately, it turns out that the symphony wasn’t destroyed but was found in a second-hand bookshop in Leipzig, eventually being published nearly 100 years after it was written. It’s clear that even at this tender stage of his musical development, he understood the essentials of symphonic form, although with no opportunity to revise after performance as was his later practice. In this respect Symphony no 1 is unique: the inner struggle of this youthful work laid bare before his growing fame and the influence of contemporary composers tempered the originality of his talent. Antonín Dvorák was born into the relatively unsophisticated cultural and social background of provincial Bohemia. He was encouraged by his family to develop musically,

The 1860s were difficult years; he was hard-pressed for both money and time and even the means to compose. Despite this hardship, he wrote prolifically, including his first two symphonies. This early music was initially influenced by Beethoven and Schubert, but later increasingly tinged by Liszt and Wagner, whom he particularly admired and under whose baton he had played in three concerts in 1863. Far from being a mere passing phase, the German composer’s influence is evident not only in these early symphonies but even in the Fourth Symphony, which was written ten years later. Dvorák’s Second Symphony was completed in 1865. In retrospect, it seems foolhardy to us for a young composer to embark on largescale orchestral works so early in an otherwise unremarkable musical career. He had no hope of their being performed for Prague, at the time, had far too limited a concert program to find room for major unknown works. Nevertheless, in this symphony he asserts his unmistakable individuality sufficiently strong enough to dominate the many influences he had absorbed, with an abundance of vintagetype Dvorák themes and a broad sweep of exhilarating tunes.

The Third Symphony, first sketched in 1872, is the only three-movement symphony which Dvorák wrote: the absence of any repeat of the exposition in the first movement finds a parallel in the Eighth Symphony, but nowhere else. Its first performance in 1874 was conducted by Bedrich Smetana: the first time that Dvorák heard one of his symphonies performed in concert. Although work on Symphony no 4 began in 1873, it was to be nearly 20 years before its first performance and it was only destined to be published in 1912. It’s therefore unsurprising that the five of Dvorák’s symphonies which were published during his lifetime should have so totally absorbed his share of the symphonic repertoire from the start, on the grounds of accessibility as well as musical maturity. Symphony no 5 in F major of 1875 marks the beginning of Dvorák’s maturity as a composer and came at a time when he had acquired a publisher on the recommendation of Brahms. It was published as Symphony no 3 in 1888 after the success of the Sixth (in D major) and the Seventh (in D minor), leading to longlasting confusion about the chronology of all of the symphonies. The Eighth Symphony, written in 1889, is arguably the most unorthodox of all, being based on alternating tonalities of minor and major with the relaxing of formal structure and clear influences of folk music. Dvorák said that he wanted to write a work with individual ideas worked out in a new way. The variety of these ideas is striking; often expressed as imitations of natural sounds, pastoral subjects, signals, fanfares, and suggestions of a funeral march. Arguably the most popular and most frequently performed work in the symphonic repertoire is Symphony no 9. It contains a plethora of musical references, notably of American folk material hitherto regarded as trivial. Its immediacy, kindness and humanity cements Dvorák’s universal appeal, and as Martinu put it: “If anyone expressed a healthy and happy relationship to life, it was he”. The nine-program series Dvorák and the Symphony will be broadcast twice a month beginning on 1 and 15 December at 2.30pm December 2017

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CHRISTMAS ON FINE MUSIC In December, these programs are devoted entirely to Christmas: Baroque and Before at 10pm on Fridays 1, 15, 22 Hosanna every Sunday at 5pm Musica Sacra at 9am on Sundays 10, 24 The Romantic Century at 8pm on Friday 22 Sunday Night Concert at 7pm on Sunday 24

Once again, Fine Music programmers have selected some beautiful and uplifting Christmas music to bring you some of the musical glories which, over the centuries, have celebrated this important event in the Christian religion. Music, however, transcends all religions and we trust that everyone will enjoy the music offered for this celebration.

In Concert Hall (Wednesday 2 at 10.30am) we have Hely-Hutchinson’s Carol Symphony and on Christmas Day, there’ll be Christmas music scattered through the day. Have a Happy Christmas. – Editor and Fine Music magazine team

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THE ARMED MAN: A MASS FOR PEACE

PAUL COOKE WRITES ABOUT A MODERN MASTERPIECE The armed man begins militarily, with first marching feet and then fife and drums before the entrance of the choir singing L’homme armé. This is followed by some reflective sections: a Muslim call to prayers by muezzin Mohammed Gad and a setting of the Kyrie (featuring the treble Tristan Hambleton). There follows a plainsong setting of verses from the Psalms which is interrupted by the thunderclap of a drum. The first half reaches its climax with Charge! which ends with shrieks, shouts, silence and then The Last Post. The second half of the mass is notable for the poetry of Angry flames, written by a Japanese poet who survived, and reflects on the horror of the atom bomb attack on Hiroshima. Soprano and cello highlight the transmogrification of feelings of loss and guilt into those of healing and faith by which sorrow, pain and death can be overcome and peace attained.

Google ‘armed man’ and it is a testament to the continuing popularity of Karl Jenkins’ work that you will find many more links to it than to pages about hold-ups and mass murders. It was first performed in London in 2000 and, by July 2016, had been performed 2000 times. The armed man: a mass for peace was commissioned by the Royal Armouries, a museum of military objects, as part of millennium celebrations. The aim was to mark the passing of the 20th century, ‘the most wartorn and destructive century in human history’. While Jenkins was composing the mass, war was raging in Kosovo: “I was thus reminded daily of the horror of such conflict and so I dedicate this work to the victims of Kosovo”. Karl Jenkins was born in South Wales in 1944. His first musical instruction was courtesy of his father, who was the local schoolteacher, chapel organist and choirmaster. He then studied music at the University of Wales in Cardiff and the Royal Academy of Music in London. Before his classical music career began in earnest in 1995 with Adiemus, he had a successful career in jazz and rock music, notably in the jazz-rock group Nucleus where he was a major composer and played keyboards, baritone saxophone and, rare in this context, oboe. He has said that he is ‘a musical tourist’ and that he takes his influences from around the world.

L’homme armé (The armed man) was originally a medieval French folksong. During the Renaissance composers, including Josquin, Ockeghem and Palestrina, often used it for musical settings of the sacred Mass. Jenkins doesn’t use it throughout his secular mass, but only in the first and last sections. In between, he employs a wide array of written sources and musical moods which describe the horrors of war on both a global and an individual scale and at the same time offer the hope and desirability of peace. The mass is sung predominantly in English and Latin, but also in French, Arabic and Greek. The words, chosen and, in one case, written by Guy Wilson then Master of the Armouries, come not only from traditional Catholic Mass sections but also from the Psalms and Revelations sections of the Bible, the Muslim call to prayer and poetry from Britain, Japan and ancient India. The music is accessible, passing through a cavalcade of styles from military to Gregorian chant, intricate polyphony to hymn-like simplicity. The mass oscillates between images and evocations of war and peace, although in general it could be said that the first seven movements build up to war and the final charge into battle and the last six movements concentrate on the horrors, the aftermath and, ultimately, the futility of war.

The armed man has been programmed with two other works, which have been performed alongside Jenkins’ mass. Haydn’s Mass subtitled In times of trouble (which came to be known as the Nelson Mass) was performed in a concert at the Church of St Martin-in-theFields in London in 2014 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I. Haydn composed it at a time of grave fears for the future of Austria. Napoleon, having defeated its armies in a number of battles, was now threatening Vienna itself. Arvo Pärt’s Da pacem Domine was performed in a concert by the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs at the Sydney Opera House in 2015. This work was composed by Pärt as his personal tribute to the victims of the Madrid train bombings in 2004 and it is performed every year in Spain to commemorate those victims. Pärt has said: “I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener”. By contrast, Karl Jenkins is unafraid to present us with all the colours of the rainbow, which nevertheless lead to a coherent and compelling whole. The armed man: A mass for peace and the works of Haydn and Pärt, will be heard in Sunday Special on Sunday 31 December at 3pm. December 2017

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Friday 1 DECEMBER 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Something borrowed Prepared by Elaine Siversen Borodin, A. Music as popularised in Kismet (1882-87; arr. Kunzel). Cincinnati Pops O/ Erich Kunzel. Telarc 80703 6 Martinez-Parada, V. Fantasy on El condor pasa. Victor Martinez-Parada, gui. MBS 32 11 Rutter, J. Beatles concerto (1979). Peter Rostal, pf; Paul Schaefer, pf; Royal PO/John Rutter. ucj 476 124-2 24 Harvey, P. Suite on themes of Gershwin (1907). Gervase de Peyer, cl; Gwenneth Pryor, pf. Chandos CHAN 8549 8 d’Indy, V. Fantasy on French popular themes, op 31 (1888). Württemberg PO/ Jean-Marc Burfin. Marco Polo 8.223659 14 Martin, F. Piano trio on Irish popular melodies (1925). Eeva Koskinen, vn; Jean Decroos, vc; Danièle Dechenne, pf. Ottavo OTR C28922 16 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Giovanna Grech Boïeldieu, A. Overture to La dame blanche (1825). London SO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 466 431-2 7 Dvorák, A. Violin concerto in A minor, op 53 (1880). Ruggerio Ricci, vn; London SO/ Malcolm Sargent. Decca 455 957-2 32 Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 3 in A minor, op 56, Scottish (1842). CO of Europe/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Apex 2564 67391-0 40 12:00 A JAZZ HOUR with Barry O’Sullivan

Guami, G. Canzon à 4, La cromatica; Canzon sopra La battaglia à 4 (1601). Hespèrion XX/Jordi Savall. Erato 5 62028 2 8 Hume, T. What greater griefe, from Music for viols, lute and voice Vol 1 (1607). Daniel Taylor, ct; Les Voix Humaines; Francis Colpron, rec; Stephen Stubbs, lute; Paul Audet, lute; Réjean Poirier, org; hpd. Naxos 8.554126 8 Philips, P. Amarilli (1603). Anneke Uittenbosch, hpd. Etcetera KTC 1022 5 Monteverdi, C. Il ballo delle ingrate (pub.1608). Red Byrd; Parley of Instruments/ Peter Holman. Hyperion CDA66475 32 14:30 DVORÁK AND THE SYMPHONY Prepared by Frank Morrison Tchaikovsky, P. String quartet in B flat (1865). New Haydn Quartet, Budapest. Naxos 8.550848 13 Brahms, J. 16 Waltzes, op 39 (1865). Duo Crommelynck. Claves 50-8710 17 Dvorák, A. Symphony no 1 in C minor, op 3, The bells of Zlonice (1865). Scottish NO/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8597 53 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Brendan Walsh 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Christopher Waterhouse Focus on the current Sydney jazz scene mixed with a range of international jazz stars and a weekly a cappella item

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE All hearts must bow: Advent and the approach to Christmas Prepared by Susan Bell Anon. There is no rose of sych vertu. Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh. DG 477 7635 5 Victoria, T. de Hymn: Conditor alme siderum. Ensemble Plus Ultra. Archiv 479 1045 6 Holborne, A. As it fell on a Holy Eve; Lullabie; The New-yeeres gift; Heigh ho holiday, from My selfe (c1599). Paul O’Dette, lute, cittern; King’s Noyse/David Douglass. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907238 8 Ockeghem, J. Alma redemptoris Mater. Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly. Naxos 8.554297 6 Josquin Desprez. Alma redemptoris Mater ... Ave Regina à 4. Weser-Renaissance Bremen/Manfred Cordes. cpo 777 590-2 7 Praetorius, M. Now come, Saviour of the heathens. Westminster Cathedral Choir, Parley of Instruments/David Hill. Hyperion CDA66200 7 Bruhns, N. Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (c1690). Chrisoph Albrecht, org. Denon CO-74399 9 Charpentier, M-A. The ‘O’ antiphons of Advent (c1690). Les Arts Florissants/William Christie. Harmonia Mundi 0905124 26

20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Looking back two centuries Prepared by Robert Small

Locatelli, P. Concerto grosso in F minor, op 1 no 8 (pub.1721). Raglan Baroque Players/ Elizabeth Wallfisch, dir;Nicholas Kraemer, dir. Hyperion CDD22066 13

Mercadante, S. Flute concerto in D (1817). Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; English CO/Claudio Scimone. LP Erato STU 71320 19

Zelenka, J. Psalm 126: Nisi Dominus (c1726). Cantilena Singers/Peter Roennfeldt. Cantilena Singers CS12189 6

Schubert, F. Symphony no 6 in C, D589 (1817-18). Australian CO/Charles Mackerras. Omega OCD 1005 33

Bach, J.S. Sinfonia to Christmas oratorio, BWV248 (1734). Academy of Ancient Music/ Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 410 179-2 5

McCabe, J. Siberia (1980). William Byrd Singers of Manchester/Stephen Wilkinson. 7

Weber, C.M. Mass no 1 in E (1817-18). Maria Taborsky, sop; Gerda Kink, cont; Hermann Pöllmann, ten; Hans Huber, bass; St Michael’s, Munich Ch & O/Ernst Ehret. Schwann 3 1637-2 36

Irish songbook, part 1 (1994). Lesley-Jane Rogers, sop; Richard Uttley, pf. 18 Prima Facie PFCD 044 (2 above)

Schubert, F. String trio in B flat, D581 (1817). Members of L’Archibudelli. Sony SK 53982 21

13:00 PATRICK THOMAS PRESENTS Vocal music by John McCabe

13:30 THE FIRST DECADE 1600-1609 Prepared by Rex Burgess

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Handel, G. There were shepherds abiding in the fields; Glory to God, from Messiah, HWV56 (1742). Sara Macliver, sop; Cantillation; O of the Antipodes/Antony Walker. ABC 481 0033 8

Saturday 2 DECEMBER Haydn, M. Bassoon concertino in B flat, from Sinfonia, MH133 (1768-70). Makiko Kurabayashi, bn; Salzburger Hofmusik/ Wolfgang Brunner. cpo 777 538-2 5

0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney

15:00 OPERETTA IN THE AFTERNOON Prepared by Elaine Siversen

9:05 ORCHESTRAS AROUND THE WORLD Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Prepared by Frank Morrison Schumann, R. Overture, scherzo and finale, op 52 (1841/45). Johannes Wildner, cond. Naxos 8.550608 17 Smetana, B. Blanik, from Má vlast (1879). Antoni Wit, cond. Naxos 8.550931 15 Varèse, E. Offrandes (1921). Maryse Castets, sop; Christopher Lyndon-Gee, cond. Naxos 8.554820 7 Dvorák, A. Symphonic poem: The noon witch, op 108 (1896). Stephen Gunzenhauser, cond. Naxos 8.557930-31 13 Moszkowski, M. From foreign lands, op 23 (1884). Antoni Wit, cond. Naxos 8.553989 22 Polish National RSO (all above) 10:30 SMALL FORCES Cilea, F. Sonata in D, op 38 (1894). Luca Signorini, vc; Francesco Nicolosi, pf. Nuova Era 7191 19 Wind octet no 3 in B flat. Harmoniemusik of London. Virgin 5 61368 2 9 Paganini, N. Quartet no 7 in E, op 4 no 1 (1833). Anthea Gifford, gui; Mozart String Trio. Denon CO 77069 25 11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher

Suppé, F. The beautiful Galatea. Operetta in one act. Libretto by ‘Poly Henrion’ (pseudonym of Leonhard Kohl von Kohlenegg). First performed Berlin, 1865. Paul van Kempen Trad. O come, all ye faithful. Black Dyke Mills Band; Huddersfield Choral Society/Roy Newsome. Chandos 8679 3 Steffe, W. Battle hymn of the Republic. Knightsbridge Band/Morton Gould. LP Murray Hill Records 946-262 3 Cheetham, J. Keystone celebration. Summit Brass. Summit DCD 127 6 12:00 URBAN JAZZ LOUNGE with Leita Hutchings 13:00 THE ROMANTIC ORCHESTRA Prepared by Brian Drummond Tchaikovsky, P. Fantasy overture: Romeo and Juliet (1869/79/80). Concertgebouw O/ Paul van Kempen. Decca 480 8536 20 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Symphonic suite: Scheherazade, op 35 (1888). Herman Krebbers, vn; Concertgebouw O/Kyrill Kondrashin. Philips 400 021-2 44 Liszt, F. Symphonic poem no 6: Mazeppa (1851). Suisse Romande O/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 9360 17 14:30 BASSOON TIME Prepared by Derek Parker

Tchaikovsky, P. Finale, from Symphony no 4. Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee. AMP 96197 10

Vivaldi, A. Bassoon concerto in B flat, La notte, RV501. Peter Whelan, bn; La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler. Avie AV2344 9

Prokofiev, S. March in B flat, op 99. USSR Ministry of Defence Symphonic Band/Nicolai Sergeyev. LP Melodiya ASAD 3107 2

Paganini, N. Double concerto (1831). Jose Vicente Castello, hn; Patrick De Ritis, bn; Würzburg PO/Enrico Calesso. Naxos 8.573382 12

GALATEA: Anna Moffo, sop PYGMALION: René Kollo, ten GANYMEDE: Rose Wagemann, mezz MIDAS: Ferry Gruber, ten Bavarian Radio Ch; Munich RO/Kurt Eichorn. LP Eurodisc NCB EHO 138 39 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Listen/Opera Overture to The Queen of Spades (1864). Vienna PO/Zubin Mehta. CBS MK 44932 8 Sullivan, A. Haddon Hall. Operetta in three acts. Libretto by Sydney Grundy. First performed London, 24 September 1892. DOROTHY VERNON: Elsie Broadbent, sop SIR GEORGE VERNON: Laurence Reed, bar LADY VERNON: Jean Caldwell, cont RUPERT VERNON: Lee Power, bar JOHN MANNERS: Roy Foulsham, ten Cheam Operatic Society Soloists & Choir; Southern FO/David Harding. LP Pearl SHE 566/7 57 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Listen/Opera Suite from Pineapple Poll (arr. Mackerras). Tasmanian SO/Charles Mackerras. ABC 481 1143 20 17:30 STAGING MUSIC with Angela Cockburn Murder 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Folk Federation of NSW with John Penhallow 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Annabelle Drumm 20:00 INFLUENCES AND CONNECTIONS William Grant Still Prepared by Paul Cooke Coleridge-Taylor, S. Ballade in C minor, op 73 (1907). Marianne Thorsen, vn; Ian Brown, pf. Hyperion CDA67590 13 December 2017

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Sunday 3 DECEMBER 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Terry McMullen 9:00 MUSICA SACRA Prepared by Robert Small Monteverdi, C. Gloria à 7 voci, from Selva morale e spirituale (pub.1640). Les Arts Florissants/William Christie. Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901316/18 13

José Serebrier Chadwick, G. Symphonic poem: Aphrodite (1912). Czech State PO/José Serebrier. Reference RR-74 28 Varèse, E. Un grand sommeil noir (1906). Polish National RSO/Christopher LyndonGee. Naxos 8.557882 3 Still, W. Symphony no 1 (1930). Detroit SO/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 9154 24 Gershwin, G. Variations on I got rhythm (1934). Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pf; Baltimore SO/Marin Alsop. Decca 478 2189 9 Hanson, H. Poèmes érotiques, op 9 (191718). Thomas Labé, pf. Naxos 8.559047 11 Still, W. And they lynched him on a tree (1940). Hilda Harris, mezz; William Warfield, narr; Leigh Morris Chorale; Plymouth Music Series/Philip Brunelle. Collins Classics 14542 18 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Paul Cooke Spohr, L. Symphony no 9 in B minor, op 143, The seasons (1850). Slovak State PO/Alfred Walter. Marco Polo 8.223454 27 Scott, C. Piano concerto no 1 in C (191314). John Ogden, pf; London PO/Bernard Herrmann. Lyrita SRCD.251 40 Schubert, F. String quintet in C, D956 (1828). János Starker, vc; Sydney String Quartet. LP 7 Records MLF 351 48 Cyril Scott’s Piano concerto no 1, probably his most ‘serious’ music, proved influential among young composers in England. 12

Schütz, H. Magnificat (c1664), with Christmas interpolations. Boys’ Choir & Congregational Choir of Roskilde Cathedral; Gabrieli Consort and Players/Paul McCreesh. Decca 478 3640 16 Jenkins, K. Benedictus; Better is peace, from The armed man: a mass for peace (pub. 2001). Tristan Hambleton, treb; Susie Parkes, sop; Elizabeth Witts, sop; Rachel Lloyd, mezz; Nicholas Merryweather, bar; Philip Shakesby, bass; National Youth Choir; Guy Johnston, vc; London PO/Karl Jenkins. Virgin 8 11015 2 17

14:00 FRENCH IMPRESSIONS Prepared by Miranda Luo Debussy, C. Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (1894). London SO/André Previn. EMI CDM 1 66432 2 10 Debussy, C. Beau soir (c1880). Jessye Norman, sop; James Levine, pf. Philips 422 378-2 3 Ravel, M. Piano trio in A minor (1914). Streeton Trio. Streeton Trio 2011 28 Pavane pour une Infante défunte (1899). Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf. Decca 425 081-2 6 Debussy, C. Rêverie (1890; arr. Grigoryan). Slava Grigoryan, gui; Leonard Grigoryan, gui. ABC 476 6088 4 15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Master key: E major Prepared by Anne Irish

Whitacre, E. Alleluja (2011). Eric Whitacre Singers/Eric Whitacre. Decca 279 6323 9

Sibelius, J. Overture in E (1891). Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi. BIS CD-472 11

10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Richard Verco

Bach, J.S. Sonata in E, BWV1035 (c1741). Maxence Larrieu, fl; Wieland Kuijken, va. Philips 438 809-2 11

Pleyel, I. Symphony in C, op 66 (1803). London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9525 23 Carulli, F. Double concerto in G. Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Alexandre Lagoya, gui; Franz Liszt CO/János Rolla. CBS MK 42130 22 Wesley, S. Symphony in D, Sinfonia obligato (1781). London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9823 11

Hummel, J. Trumpet concerto in E (1803). Håkan Hardenberger, tpt; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Philips 420 203-2 18 Shostakovich, D. Prelude and fugue in E, op 87 no 9 (1950-51). Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf. Decca 466 066-2 4

Schobert, J. Keyboard concerto in G (1765). Eckart Sellheim, fp; Collegium Aureum. EMI CDC 7 47527 2 23

Vivaldi, A. Violin concerto no 1 in E, RV269, Spring, from The four seasons (pub. 1725). Jerusalem Music Centre CO/Isaac Stern, vn & dir. Sony SM2K 66 472 11

Field, J. Piano concerto no 3 in E flat (c1805). Benjamin Frith, pf; Northern Sinfonia/David Haslam. Naxos 8.553770 31

Chopin, F. Grand duo concertant in E on themes from Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable (1831). Maria Kliegel, vc; Bernd Glemser, pf. Naxos 8.553159 13

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Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. Prelude and fugue no 4 in E, from The well-tempered guitars, op 199 (1962). Duo Tedesco. Schwann 3-1224-2 4

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Saint-Saëns, C. Romance in E, op 67 (1885). Barry Tuckwell, hn; Daniel Blumenthal, pf. Etcetera KTC 1135 9 Gade, N. Symphony no 2 in E, op 10 (pub. 1843). Stockholm Sinfonietta/Neeme Järvi. BIS CD-355 25

Sunday 3 DECEMBER 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Jeremy Hall Anon. Matin responsory (adapted from Palestrina). 3 Hymn: Come, Thou Redeemer of the earth. 3 Choir of Wellington Cathedral/Andrew Cantrill (2 above) Raven OAR-630 Steel, C. People look east. Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford; Anna Lapwood, org; Daniel Hyde, cond. Opus Arte OA 9022 D 3 Stainer, J. How beautiful upon the mountains. Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral; Andrew Lucas, org; John Scott, cond. Hyperion CDA66519 3 Hymn: Come, thou long-expected Jesus. 2 Goldschmidt, O. A tender shoot. 2 Choir of Chichester Cathedral; Timothy Ravalde, org; Sarah Baldock, cond (2 above) Herald HAVPCD379 Clements, J. Gabriel’s message (1983; arr.). 3 Praetorius, H. Magnificat quinti toni. 6 Voces8 (2 above) Signum SIGCD291 Hymn: Hark the glad sound! 2 Naylor, E. Vox dicentis. 8 Choir of Chichester Cathedral; Timothy Ravalde, org; Sarah Baldock, cond (2 above) Herald HAVPCD379 Stanford, C. Villiers Benedictus, from Service in C, op 115. Stephen Farr, org; David Hill, cond. Hyperion CDS44313 6 Manz, P. E’ en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come. Andrew Lumsden, cond. Griffin GCCD 4052 3 Choir of Winchester Cathedral (2 above) Hymn: Lo, He comes with clouds descending. Choir of Wellington Cathedral/ Andrew Cantrill. Raven OAR-630 4 18:00 PIANO QUARTET Prepared by Chris Blower Schobert, J. Quartet in F minor, op 7 no 2 (1764). Chiara Banchini, vn; Véronique Méjean, vn; Philipp Bosbach, vc; Luciano Sgrizzi, fp. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908250.79 13

Brahms, J. Piano quartet no 1 in G minor, op 25 (1861). Domus. Virgin VC 7 90709-2 42 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Stephen Matthews Bach, J.S. Cantata, BWV202: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten (1718-23). Emma Kirby, sop; Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. Decca 455 972-2 20 Dussek, F. Sinfonia in B flat. Helsinki Baroque O/Aapo Hakkinen. Naxos 8.572683 21 Mozart, W. Horn concerto in E flat, K477 (1785). Herman Jeurissen, hn; Netherlands CO/Roy Goodman. Brilliant 94100/7 14 Benda, J. Sinfonia in F. Musica Florea/Marek Stryncl. Alto ALT 1001 7 Mozart, W. Symphony no 14 in A, K114 (1771). Prague CO/Charles Mackerras. Telarc 80729 18 20:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Calogero Panvino Fredericks, I. Sunrise (1986). Tape realized by the composer. Jade JADCD 1024 11 Ferneyhough, B. Unity capsule (1976). Laura Chislett, fl. Vox Australis VAST 007-2 16 Shanahan, I. Solar dust (1988). Paul Hooper, mand. Jade JADCD 1070 10 Lachenmann, H. Consolation II (1968). Norwegian Soloists’ Choir/Grete Pedersen. BIS BIS-2139 6 Quartet no 2, Reigen seliger Geister (1989). Arditti String Quartet. Kairos 0012662KAI 27 Saariaho, K. Überzeugung (2001). Norwegian Soloists’ Choir; Oslo Sinfonietta/ Grete Pedersen. BIS BIS-2139 2 Shanahan, I. Arcturus timespace (1987). Stephen Morey, amplified mand, perc; Tape realized by the composer. Jade JADCD 1024 12 22:00 AFTER HOURS JAZZ with Kevin Jones

Monday 4 DECEMBER 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Robert Small 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC A year in retrospect: 1871 Prepared by Di Cox Bizet, G. Children’s games, op 22 (1871). Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson. EMI CDM 1 66424 2 11 Saint-Saëns, C. Romance in D flat, op 37 (1871). Clara Novakova, fl; Paris Orchestral Ensemble/Jean-Jacques Kantorow. EMI 7 54913 2 5 Verdi, G. Celeste Aïda, from Aïda (1871). Plácido Domingo, ten; Berlin German Opera O/Nello Santi. Teldec 9031-73741-2 5 Fitzenhagen, W. Cello concerto no 2 in A minor, op 4 (1871) . Alban Gerhardt, vc; German SO Berlin/Stefan Blunier. Hyperion CDA68063 19 Tchaikovsky, P. String quartet no 1 in D, op 11 (1871). Amadeus Quartet. DG 479 1924 27 Tausig, C. Transcription of Wagner’s Kaisermarsch (1871). Dennis Hennig, pf. Etcetera KTC 1076 10 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Elaine Siversen Tchaikovsky, P. Suite no 4 in G, op 61, Mozartiana (1887). John Doig, vn; Scottish CO/José Serebrier. ASV DCA 719 25 Shostakovich, D. Symphony no 4 in C minor, op 43 (1936). Royal Concertgebouw O/Kyrill Kondrashin. Radio Nederland RCO 06004 58 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan Featuring bands of the 1930s swing era and the dance bands of the 1920s taken from radio broadcasts, transcriptions and recording sessions 13:00 THE SEASONS Prepared by Stephen Wilson Suk, J. Spring, op 22a (1902). Radoslav Kvapil, pf. Unicorn-Kanchana DKP(CD)9159 14 Delius, F. In a Summer garden (1909). London PO/Thomas Beecham. Naxos 8.110906 14 December 2017

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Grieg, E. Overture: In Autumn, op 11 (1866/87). Gothenburg SO/Okko Kamu. BIS CD-200 11

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Grechaninov, A. Snowflakes, op 47 (1910). Ludmilla Kuznetsova, mezz; Russian State SO/Valéry Polyansky. Chandos CHAN 9397 14

13:00 OPERA IN CONCERT Prepared by Giovanna Grech

14:00 BEST OF THE BRITISH ISLES Prepared by Philip Middleton Coates, E. London suite, London everyday (1932). BBC PO/Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN 9869 15 Vaughan Williams, R. The lark ascending (1914/20). Hugh Bean, vn; New Philharmonia O/Adrian Boult. EMI CDC 7 63098 2 15 Holst, G. Ballet music from The golden goose, op 45 no 1 (1926). English CO/ Imogen Holst. Lyrita SRCD 223 15 Butterworth, G. Six songs from A Shropshire lad (1912). Benjamin Luxon, bar; David Wilson, pf. London 430 368-2 15 Britten, B. Simple symphony, op 4 (1934). English Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. ASV DC QS 6214 15 Stanford, C. Villiers Irish rhapsody no 2 in F minor, op 84, Lament for the son of Ossian (1903). Ulster O/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN 7002 16 Britten, B. Variations and fugue on a theme of Purcell, op 34, The young person’s guide to the orchestra (1946). BBC SO/Malcolm Sargent. EMI 1 66442 2 17 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett

James Thompson 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds

Cilea, F. E la solita storia, from L’arlésiana (1902). José Carreras, ten; London SO/Jésus López-Cobos. Philips 426 643-2 4

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Master pianists Prepared by Emyr Evans

Mozart, W. Giunse alfin il momento ... Deh vieni, non tardar, from The marriage of Figaro, K492 (1786). Joan Sutherland, sop; Valda Aveling, hpd; National PO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 421 883-2 6

Bruch, M. Kol nidrei, op 47 (1881). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Gerald Moore, pf. EMI CZS 5 68132 2 10

Gounod, C. Ballet music from Faust (1859). New Philharmonia O/Charles Mackerras. EMI CDZ 7 62515 2 17

Mendelssohn, F. Trio no 1 in D minor, op 49 (1839). Jacques Thibaud, vn; Pablo Casals, vc; Alfred Cortot, pf. Naxos 8.110185 29

Bizet, G. Je crois entendre encore, from The pearl fishers (1863). Alan Vanzo, ten; National Opera of Paris TO/Georges Prêtre. EMI CDC 7 54016 2 3

Gershwin, G. Preludes nos 1-3 (1926). Simon Tedeschi, pf. Sony SK89233 7

Massenet, J. Werther! qui m’aurait dit ... Des cris joyeux, from Werther (1892). Maria Callas, sop; Conservatoire Concerts Society O/Georges Prêtre. EMI 5 67701 2 7

Beethoven, L. 14 Variations in E flat, op 44 (1803). Isaac Stern, vn; Leonard Rose, vc; Eugene Istomin, pf. Sony SM2K 64510 14 Shostakovich, D. Concerto for trumpet, piano and strings, op 35 (1933). James Thompson, tpt; Dmitri Shostakovich, pf; I Musici de Montréal/Maxim Shostakovich. Chandos CHAN 8357 20 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Frank Morrison

Puccini, G. Flower duet, from Madama Butterfly (1904). Mirella Freni, sop; Christa Ludwig, mezz; Vienna PO/Herbert von Karajan. Decca 421 314-2 8 14:00 MUSICAL FAMILIES Prepared by Jennifer Foong

Britten, B. Four sea interludes, from Peter Grimes, op 33a (1944-45). Philharmonia O/ Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CZS 7 67723 2 17

Ravel, M. Introduction and allegro (1905). Bridget Bolliger, fl; Lawrence Dobell, cl; Dimity Hall, vn; Heather Cottrell, vn; Irena Morozova, va; Julian Smiles, vc; Louise Johnson, hp. 10

22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson

Glazunov, A. Piano concerto no 2 in B, op 100 (1917). Stephen Coombs, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA66877 20

Saint-Saëns, C. Variations on a theme from Beethoven, op 35 (1874). Pamela Page, pf; Max Olding, pf. 19 Fine Music concert recordings (2 above)

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Stanford, C. Villiers Symphony no 4 in F, op 31 (1889). Ulster O/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN 8884 44

Hindemith, P. Trauermusik (1936). Irena Morozova, va; Australian CO. Fine Music Tape Archive 7

19:00 JAZZ PULSE with Chris Wetherall 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg

Offenbach, J. Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld (1858/74). City of Birmingham SO/Louis Frémaux. EMI CDM 1 66418 2 10

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Tuesday 5 DECEMBER

Wednesday 6 DECEMBER 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Troy Fil 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus: Richard Strauss Prepared by Rex Burgess

Paul Hindemith Bowen, Y. Fantasia, op 40 no 1 (1907). Hartmut Rode, va; David Harding, va; Theodore Kuchar, va; Irina Morozova, va. 11 Reicha, A. 18 Variations and a fantasy in G on Mozart’s Se vuol ballare, op 51 (1804). Geoffrey Collins, fl; Dene Olding, vn; Julian Smiles. vc. 16 Fine Music concert recordings (2 above) Brahms, J. Sonata no 2 in A, op 100 (1886). Dene Olding, vn; Max Olding, pf. ABC 432 699-2 21 Vierne, L. Quartet in D minor, op 12 (1894). Goldner String Quartet. Hyperion CDA68036 23 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Andrew Dziedzic 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps Smooth small group jazz from the 50s on, and with a visit from Miles Davis each week 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Michael Field 22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Paul Cooke Kreutzer, J. Grand trio, op 16. Alexa Still, fl; Robert Alemany, cl; JoAnn Falletta, gui. Koch 3-7404-2H1 19 Schumann, R. Quintet in E flat, op 44 (1842). Idil Biret, pf; Borusan Quartet. Naxos 8.571305 31 Bird, A. Serenade, op 40 (1898; ed. Schuller). Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble/Harlan D. Parker. Naxos 8.570242 24 Hindemith, P. Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1938). Spectrum Concerts. Naxos 8.572213 28 Rózsa, M. Kaleidoscope, op 19b (1946-86). Jonathan Snowden, fl; Bryan Evans, pf. Silva Classics SILKD 6006 10

Strauss, R. Introduction and moonlight music, from Capriccio (1942; arr. 1945). Vienna PO/André Previn. DG 437 790-2 14 Finale, from Salome, op 54 (1907). Jane Eaglen, sop; Israel PO/Zubin Mehta. Sony SK 60042 15 Parergon on Symphonia domestica, op 73 (1925). Gary Graffman, pf; Vienna PO/André Previn. DG 449 188-2 21 Three songs of Ophelia from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, op 67a (1918). Dawn Upshaw, sop; Margo Garrett, pf. Musicmasters 7045-2-C 7 Death and transfiguration, op 24 (1888-89). BBC NO of Wales/Kazushi Ono. BBC Music BBCMM366 25 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Paul Hopwood Wagner, R. Overture: Rule Britannia (1837). Hong Kong PO/Varujan Kojian. LP Marco Polo 6.220114 12 Krommer, F. Clarinet concerto in E flat, op 36 (1803). Walter Boeykens, cl; New Belgian CO/Jan Caeyers. Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901433 22 Beethoven, L. Symphony no 6 in F, op 68, Pastoral (1808). Philharmonia O/Otto Klemperer. EMI CDC 7 47188 2 46 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale Jazz of many colours, some old, some new and all designed to inform and stimulate the senses 13:00 AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Produced by Simon Moore Highlights and previews of the month’s concerts including interviews with the key players

14:00 OPUS ONE Prepared by Angela Bell Puccini, G. Preludio sinfonico, op 1 (1882). London SO/Antonio Pappano. EMI 5 57159 2 9 Grieg, E. Four piano pieces, op 1 (1861). Einar Steen-Nøekleberg, pf. Naxos 8.550881 13 Dvorák, A. Quintet in A minor, op 1 (1861). Ladislav Kyselak, va; Vlach Quartet, Prague. Naxos 8.553376 30 Sor, F. Six divertimenti, op 1 (c1810). Norbert Kraft, gui. Naxos 8.554196 16 Ruchman, S. Quartet in F sharp minor, op 1. Alyce Cognetta Bertz, vn; Igor Kalnin, vn; Ah Young Sung, va; Arnold Choi, vc. www.sharonruchman.com 2010 11 Sullivan, A. Suite from The tempest, op 1 (1861). BBC PO/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 9859 28 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Tom Forrester-Paton 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell The stars of American jazz from bebop on, mainly small group low temperature jazz 20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Colleen Chesterman Meyerbeer, G. Les Huguenots. Opera in five acts. Libretto by Eugene Scribe and Emile Deschamps. First performed Paris, 1836. MARGUERITE de VALOIS: Joan Sutherland, sop RAOUL de NANGIS: Anson Austin, ten MARCEL: Clifford Grant, bass VALENTINE: Amanda Thane, sop LE COMPTE de NEVERS: John Pringle, bar Australian Opera Ch; Australian Opera and Ballet O/Richard Bonynge. Opera Australia OPOZ56007CD 3:00 Festival march for the centenary of Schiller’s birth (1859). NDR RPO Hanover/Michail Jurowski. cpo 999 168-2 9 23:30 CLASSICAL MANDOLIN Prepared by Brian Drummond Capponi, R. Sonata. Caterina Lichtenberg, mand; Mirko Schrader, gui. Schwann 3-6435-2 11 Paisiello, G. Mandolin concerto in C. Ugo Orlandi, mand; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone. LP Erato NUM 75248 14 “Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” - Confucius December 2017

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Ravel, M. Rhapsodie espagnole (1907). Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan. DG 413 588-2 15

21:30 BIDU SAYAO The Portuguese Enchantress Prepared by Maureen Meers

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore

Debussy, C. Nocturnes (1897-99). Royal Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink. Philips 438 742-2 24

Puccini, G. Mia chiamano Mimi, from La bohème. Columbia SO/Erich Leinsdorf. 4

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Great string players Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans

Ravel, M. Quartet in F (1902-03). Australian String Quartet. ABC 434 721-2 28

Wieniawski, H. Three études-caprices, op 18: nos 2, 5 and 4. David Oistrakh, vn; Igor Oistrakh, vn. DG 463 616-2 9

Debussy, C. Iberia, from Images (1905-12). London SO/Claudio Abbado. DG 423 103-2 19

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

Dittersdorf, C. Sinfonia concertante. Petr Pribyol, va; Jakub Waldmann, db; South Bohemia Chamber PO/Ondrej Kukal. Campion RRCD 1342 20 Balada, L. Triple concerto, A German concerto (2006). Hans-Jakon Eschenburg, vc; Michael Sanderling, vc; Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, vc; Berlin RSO/Eivind Gullberg Jensen. Naxos 8.573298 21 Paganini, N. Sonata concertata (1803). Gil Shaham, vn; Gõran Sõllscher, gui. DG 479 2565 14 Bach, J.S. Sonata in G, BWV1019 (bef. 1725). Andrew Manze, vn; Richard Eggar, hpd. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907250-1 17 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Anne Irish Sibelius, J. Karelia suite, op 11 (1893). Vienna PO/Lorin Mazel. Decca 480 6568 14 Hummel, J. Double concerto in G, op 17 (c1805). Alexander Trostiansky, vn; Polina Osetinskaya, pf; Russian PO/Gregory Rose. Naxos 8.557595 37 Elgar, E. Variations on an original theme, op 36, Enigma (1899). BBC SO/Andrew Davis. Teldec 9031-73279-2 31

15:00 CLASSICAL JAZZ Prepared by Cassandra Doyle Stravinsky, I. Scherzo à la russe (1944). Columbia SO/Igor Stravinsky. Sony SM3K 46 291-302 4 Debussy, C. Fast and furious; Jazz novelty, from Le petit nègre (1909; arr. Briegel). Chicago Saxophone Quartet. Centaur CRC 2086 1 Shostakovich, D. Jazz suite no 2 (1938). Russian State SO/Dmitri Yablonsky. Naxos 8.555949 20 Bolling, C. Sentimentale, from Suite for flute and jazz piano (1975). Emma Sholl, fl; Kees Boersma, db; Jane Rosenson, hp; Daryl Pratt, perc. Sholl&Rosenson 2014-2015 8 Gershwin, G. Rhapsody in blue (1924). Simon Tedeschi, pf; Queensland SO/ Benjamin Northey. ABC 534 3879 18 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Debbie Scholem 19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley 20:00 SHOWCASING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS The Sydney Bach Orchestra Prepared by Elaine Siversen Telemann, G. Concerto grosso in B flat. 10

Debussy, C. Lyric poem: The blessed damozel. Rosalind Nadell, cont; University of Pennsylvania Women’s Ch; Philadelphia O/ Eugene Ormandy. 20 Bidu Sayao, sop (2 above) Sony MHK 63221 22:00 MUSICAL PORTRAITS All saints Prepared by Rex Burgess Hovhaness, A. Prayer of Saint Gregory, op 62b (1946). Benny Wiame, tpt; I Fiamminghi/ Rudolf Werthen. Telarc 80392 6 Purcell, H. Ode for St Cecilia’s Day: Raise, raise the voice (c1685). Gillian Fisher, sop; Mary Seers, sop; James Bowman, ct; Nigel Short, ct; Mark Padmore, ten; Andrew Tusa, ten; Michael George, bass; Robert Evans, bass; King’s Consort/Robert King. Hyperion CDA66494 12 Magnard, A. Two promenades, op 7 (1893). Stephanie McCallum, pf. Tall Poppies TP081 8 Marais, M. La sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont de Paris (1723). Trio Sonnerie. Harmonia Mundi HMT 7907081 8 Mahler, G. Des Antonius von Padua, from The youth’s magic horn (1893). Janet Baker, mezz; London PO/Wyn Morris. IMP Classics PCD 1035 4 Liszt, F. Legend of St Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds, from Légendes (1863). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDS44512 9 Bach, J.S. Prelude and fugue, BWV552, St Anne, from Clavierübung III (1708-48). John O’Donnell, org. Tall Poppies TP140 14

12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers Covering the many aspects of jazz from Swing to Mainstream, with the Great American Songbook making regular appearances

Bach, J.S. Cantata, BWV115; Mache dich, mein Geisst, bereit (c1740). Margaret Schindler, sop; Anne Fisch, cont; James Bonnefin, ten; Keith Hempton, bass; Song Company. 23

13:00 FRENCH MODERNISM Debussy and Ravel Prepared by Albert Gormley

Mozart, W. Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K364 (1779). Christopher Kimber, vn; Alex Todicescu, va. 30

Tormis, V. St Catherine’s Day songs. Estonian PC Choir/Tönu Kaljuste. Virgin 5 45185 2 6

Debussy, C. La mer: three symphonic sketches (1903-05). Sydney SO/Gianluigi Gelmetti. ABC 476 595-7 24

Britten, B. A simple symphony, op 4 (193334). 17 Sydney Bach O/Alan Holley (all above) Fine Music concert recordings

Respighi, O. Church windows (1925). Buffalo PO/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.557711 25

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Charpentier, M-A. Le reniement de SaintPierre. Les Arts Florissants/William Christie. Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901316/18 13

Friday 8 DECEMBER 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Something borrowed Prepared by Chris Blower Bach, J.S. Concerto in A minor after Vivaldi’s op 3 no 6, BWV593. André Isoir, org; Le Parlement de Musique/Martin Gester. La Dolce Volta LDV 118.0 15

13:30 A SPANISH FEAST Prepared by Gael Golla

20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Montsalvatge, X. Paráfrasis concertante (1975). Evan León, vn; José Ramos Santana, pf. Naxos 8.572621 15

Beethoven, L. Quartet in B flat, op 130 (1826). New Budapest String Quartet. Hyperion CDA66407 41

Tárrega, F. Recuerdos de la Alhambra. Karin Schaupp, gui. Warner 8573833112 5 Turina, J. Quartet in A minor, op 67 (1933). Menuhin Festival Piano Quartet. Claves 50-9403 15

Albinoni, T. Violin sonata da chiesa in D minor (pub.1708; transcr. Balsom). Alison Balsom, tpt; Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton. Warner 4 56094 2 8

Sor, F. Seguidilla bolera: Mis descuidados ojos. Christina Högman, sop; Jakob Lindberg, gui. BIS CD-293 5

Liszt, F. Miserere, from Verdi’s Il trovatore (1853; transcr. 1860). Michele Campanella, pf. Brilliant Classics 94610 8

Falla, M. de Concerto for harpsichord, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin and cello (1923-26). Members of New York PO/Pierre Boulez. Sony SMK 68 333 13

Fauré, G. Violin sonata no 1 in A, op 13 (1875-76; transcr. Langevin). Robert Langevin, fl; Jonathan Feldman, pf. Avie AV2213 25 Rodrigo, J. Concierto de Aranjuez (1939; transcr. 1974). Gwyneth Wentink, hp; Asturias SO/Maximiano Valdés. Naxos 8.555843 23 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Sheila Catzel Elgar, E. Overture: In the South, op 50, Alassio (1904). Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Exton EXCL-00029 21 Lyapunov, S. Piano concerto no 1 in E flat minor, op 4 (1890). Hamish Milne, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA67326 22

Granados, E. El majo discreto (1916). Teresa Berganza, mezz; Félix Lavilla, pf. DG 435 848-2 1 Rodrigo, J. Concierto pastoral (1977). James Galway, fl; Philharmonia O/Eduardo Mata. RCA RD 60450 25

Schumann, R. Trio no 1 in D minor, op 63 (1847). Susan Collins, vn; Sue-Ellen Paulsen, vc; Duncan Gifford, pf. ABC 476 5165 32 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Andrew Dziedzic Pekiel, B. Missa à 14. The Sixteen/Eamon Dugan. Coro COR16110 7 Jarzebski, A. Concerto no 1 for violin, sackbutt and basso continuo. Sydney Consort. Sydney Consort SC 006 3 Pekiel, B. Resonet in laudibus; Dulcis amor Jesu; Magnum nomen Domini. 10 Audite mortales. 13 Adoranda Trinitas; Navitas tua. 7

15:00 WHERE EAST MEETS WEST Prepared by Gael Golla

The Sixteen/Eamon Dugan (3 above) Coro COR16110

Shankar, R. Variant moods. Joshua Bell, vn; Anoushkar Shankar, sitar; Samir Chatterjee, tabla; Kenji Ota, tanpura. Sony 88697 527162 9

Podbielski, J. Praeludium. Monika Kornel, hpd. 1

The enchanted dawn. Geoffrey Collins, fl; Alice Giles, hp. Tall Poppies TP031 13 Prabhati. Yehudi Menuhin, vn. 4

Grechaninov, A. Symphony no 2 in A minor, op 27, Pastoral (1894). Russian State SO/ Valéry Polyansky. Chandos CHAN 9486 38

Morning love (1976). Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl. 12

12:00 A JAZZ HOUR with Barry O’Sullivan

Ravi Shankar, sitar; Kamala Chakravarti, tanpura (2 above)

13:00 THE POWER OF ONE Vivaldi Prepared by Brian Drummond

Alla Rakha, tabla (3 above) Warner Classics 5 86555 2

Vivaldi, A. Gloria in D, RV589 (c1715). Margaret Schindler, sop; Elizabeth Campbell, mezz; Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir; Australian CO/Peter Seymour. Fine Music concert recording 27

Brahms, J. Quintet in B minor, op 115 (1891). Karl Leister, cl; Amadeus Quartet. DG 419 875-2 36

Raga piloo. Yehudi Menuhin, vn. 15

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Lloyd Capps 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Christopher Waterhouse

Jarzebski, A. Königsberga for tenor viol, two sackbuts and basso continuo. Sydney Consort 4 Sydney Consort SC 006 (2 above) Pekiel, B. Missa concertate, La Lombardesca. The Sixteen/EamonDugan. Coro COR16110 29 Jarzebski, A. Küstrinella for viola d’amore, two sackbutts and basso continuo; Bentrovalta for two violins, two sackbutts and basso continuo. 5 Concertos nos 2 and 4 for violin, sackbutt and basso continuo. 7 Sydney Consort (2 above) Sydney Consort SC 006 Mielezewski, M. Plaudite manibus; Confitebor tibi Domine; Victimae Paschali laudes. Les Traversées Baroques. Le Couvent K617226 19 December 2017

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Saturday 9 DECEMBER 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:05 ORCHESTRAS AROUND THE WORLD Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Prepared by Denis Patterson Vaughan Williams, R. Benedicite (1929). Lynda Russell, sop; Winchester Cathedral Choir; Waynflete Singers; David Hill, cond. Decca 467 613-2 16 Copland, A. Short symphony (1933). Marin Alsop, cond. Naxos 8.559359 16 Elgar, E. Sea pictures, op 37 (1899). Sarah Connolly, mezz; Simon Wright, cond. Naxos 8.578017-18 23 Shostakovich, D. Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings, op 35 (1933). Cristina Ortiz, pf; Paavo Berglund, cond. Brilliant Classics 9412 22 Bournemouth SO (all above) 10:30 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Richard Verco Veracini, F. Concerto in D for violin octet (1712). Accademia I Filarmonici/Alberto Martini. Naxos 8.553413 18 Boccherini, L. Quintet no 3 in B flat (1798). Pepe Romero, gui; Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble. Philips 438 769-2 23 Devienne, F. Sonata in G, op 24 no 2 (c1785). Klaus Thunemann, bn; Klaus Stoll, vle; Jörg Ewald Dähler, fp. Claves 50-9207 9 11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Robert Small Stanhope, D. Ceremonial fanfares. Tall Poppies TP199 10 Terracini, P. Concerto for brass (2003/10). Paul Terracini, cond. Tall Poppies TP224 14 Stanhope, D. The Australian fanfare. Tall Poppies TP199 1 Sydney Brass (all above) 12:00 URBAN JAZZ LOUNGE with Leita Hutchings 18

13:00 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD with Maureen Meers Nostalgic music and artists from the 30s, 40s and 50s and occasionally beyond, in a trip down many memory lanes 14:00 FORGOTTEN COMPOSER Francesco Molino Prepared by Stephen Wilson Molino, F. Trio for flute, viola and guitar, op 4 no 1 (1809). 14 Nocturne for flute and guitar, op 38. 5 Guitar sonata, op 6 no 2. 10 Members of Sérénade à trois (3 above) cpo 777 448-2 Guitar concerto in E minor, op 56. Pepe Romero, gui; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Iona Brown. Decca 478 5669 24 15:00 MAHLER’S SEVENTH Prepared by Chris Blower Mahler, G. Symphony no 7 in E minor (1906). Philharmonia O/Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG 477 8825 1:27 Handel, G. Suites, HWV348-350, Water music (1715-17/36). Philharmonia Baroque O/Nicholas McGegan. Harmonia Mundi HMX2908417.24 56 17:30 THE VOICES, THE ROLES with Angela Cockburn Patriotic contraltos 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Organ Music Society of Sydney Prepared by Andrew Grahame 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers Leigh, M. Excerpts from Man of La Mancha (1965). Richard Kiley, Joan Diener, Robert Rounseville, voices; Ray Middleton O/Neil Warner. Decca 012 159 387-2 19 Bricusse, L. Excerpts from Goodbye Mr Chips (1939). John Mills, Colette Gleeson, Nigel Stock, voices. TER MUS C N48 13 Loewe, F. Excerpts from My fair lady (1956). Julie Andrews, sop; Robert Coote, ten; Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, voices. Columbia SK 89997 18

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20:00 INFLUENCES AND CONNECTIONS Jules Massenet Prepared by Katy Rogers-Davies Thomas, A. Overture to Mignon (1866). Sydney SO/Joseph Post. LP ABC RRCS 1472 9 Wagner, R. Siegfried idyll (1870). Australian CO/ Richard Tognetti. ABC 481 4571 18 Massenet, J. Dance of the spirits, from Esclarmonde (1890). John Alldis Choir; National PO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 478 3964 4 Berlioz, H. Harold in Italy, op 16 (1834). Robert Vernon, va; Cleveland O/Lorin Maazel. Decca 480 6621 40 Koechlin, C. Sonatine, op 194b no 2 (1943). Duo Disecheis. Brilliant Classics 9266 10 Debussy, C. Les cloches (1891). Jessye Norman, sop; James Levine, pf. Philips 422 378-2 2 Liszt, F. Court celebration: March and polonaise, from Lassen’s music to Goethe’s Faust (c1878-79). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDS44549 8 Bizet, G. Suite no 1 from L’arlésienne (1872). Melbourne SO/John Lanchbery. ABC 456 669-2 18 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Auber, D-F-E. Overture to Fra Diavolo, op 21 (1830). Berlin RSO/Paul Strauss. DG 477 5349 8 Field, J. Piano concerto no 2 in A flat (1811). Míceál O’Rourke, pf; London Mozart Players/ Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9368 35 Mozart, W. Quartet in F, K370 (1781). Diana Doherty, ob; Australian Trio. Fine Music concert recording 15 Berlioz, H. Herminie (1828). Michèle Langrange, sop; Lille NO/Jean-Claude Casadesus. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901542 21 Bizet, G. Roma symphony (1860-68). Melbourne SO/John Lanchbery. ABC 456 669-2 33

Sunday 10 DECEMBER 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Robert Small

14:00 TRUMPETS, TROMBONES AND TUBAS Prepared by Gael Golla

9:00 MUSICA SACRA Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Albinoni, T. Trumpet concerto in B flat, op 7 no 3. Håkan Hardenberger, tpt; I Musici. Philips 442 131-2 7

Hildegard of Bingen. Magnificat. Sinfonye/ Stevie Wishart. Decca 476 5117 5

Bozza, E. Trois pièces. Triton Trombone Quartet. BIS CD-604 11

Kuhnau, J. Magnificat anima mea Dominum in C. Miah Persson, sop; Akivo Tachikawa, alto; Gerd Türk, ten; Chiyuki Urano, bass; Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki. BIS CD-1011 20

Hindemith, P. Morgenmusik (1932). Urban Agnas, tpt; Joakim Agnas, tpt; Anna Axelsson, hn; Jonas Bylund, tb; Lennart Nord, tuba. BIS CD-544 6

Garcia, J. Pastoral Mass for Christmas Eve (1808). Ex Cathedra/Jeffrey Skidmore. Hyperion CDA68114 28 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Di Cox Rossini, G. Overture to William Tell (1829). New York PO/Leonard Bernstein. CBS MYK 44719 11 Haydn, J. Double concerto in F, Hob. XVII:6 (1766). András Adorján, fl; Suzanna Klintcharova, hp; Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble/Emil Tabakov. Balkanton 030015 18 Beethoven, L. Sextet in E flat for two horns and string quartet, op 81b (c1795). L’Archibudelli. Sony SK 48076 17 Field, J. Nocturnes: nos 4, 5 and 6 (1817). Míceál O’Rourke, pf. Chandos CHAN 8719/20 15 Schubert, F. Symphony no 3 in D, D200 (1815). Stockholm Sinfonietta/Neeme Järvi. BIS CD-453 23 Haydn, M. Die Verwandlungen; Der Morgen im Lenz. Die Singphoniker. cpo 999 333-2 6 Hummel, J. Trio in E flat, op 96 (c1822). Daniela Cammarano, vn; Luca Magariello, vc; Alessandro Deljavan, pf. Brilliant Classics 94898 17 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with John Buchanan The early days of jazz and ragtime as recorded during the first 30 years of the 20th century 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Gerry Myerson

Martinu, B. Sonatine (1957). Ole Edvard Antonsen, tpt; Wolfgang Sawallisch, pf. EMI 5 56367 2 8 Bach, J.S. Jesu, joy of man’s desiring, from Cantata: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV147 (1723). 4 Chorale finale, from St John Passion, BWV245 (1724/30/40). 3 Maurice André, tpt; Marcel Lagorce, tpt; Bernard Jannoutot, tpt; Jean Pirot, tpt; Jacques Lecointre, tpt; Gabriel Masson, tb; Andre Gosset, tb; Raymond Katarzinski, tb; Elie Raynaud, tuba; Armand Birbaum, cond (2 above) Decca 478 4664 Milhaud, D. Concertino d’hiver (1953). Christian Lindberg, tb; New Stockholm CO/ Okko Kamu. BIS CD-348 11 15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL The tarot: The fool’s journey Prepared by Angela Cockburn Purcell, H. I’ll sail upon the dog-star. Ian Partridge, ten; George Malcolm, hpd. ASV QS 6172 1 Antill, J. Dance to the evening star, from Corroboree, symphonic ballet (1950). Sydney SO/John Lanchbery. EMI OASD 793060 4 Harline, L. When you wish upon a star (1940). Vera Lynn, cont; Cynthia Erivo, sop; City of Prague PO/James Morgan. Decca 5745 171 3 Coates, E. Rise up and reach the stars (1933). Richard Edgar-Wilson, ten; Eugene Astik, pf. Marco Polo 8.223806 2

Koehne, G. To his servant Bach, God grants a final glimpse: the morning star (1977). Guitar Trek. ABC 432 698-2 4 Riley, T. Half-wolf dances mad in moonlight, from Salome dances for peace (1986). Kronos Quartet. Nonesuch 979 181-2 8 Schubert, F. Lament to the moon, D436 (1816). Margaret Price, sop; Graham Johnson, pf. Hyperion CDJ33015 2 Coates, E. Moon magic (1925). BBC Concert O/John Wilson. ASV WHL 2107 4 Grainger, E. Crying for the moon. Della Jones, mezz; Penelope Thwaites, pf. Chandos CHAN 9730 2 Allworth, R. Spirit of the new moon (1990). Melba Trio. Jade JADCD 1025 3 Goodall, H. Theme from Red dwarf. Studio All-Stars. 30 Greatest TV Themes 2 Sparke, P. Sun, from Symphony no 1. Royal Australian Navy Band/Phillip Anderson. Royal Australian Navy RAN-004 7 Sculthorpe, P. Sun music II (1976). Melbourne SO/John Hopkins. ABC 481 1293 5 Willan, H. Sun of righteousness. Elora Festival Singers; Matthew Larkin, org; Noel Edson, cond. Naxos 8.557734 3 Sullivan, A. When, I good friends, was called to the bar, from Trial by jury ( 1875). Dennis Olsen, bar; Corinthian Singers; Adelaide SO/ James Christiansen. ABC 481 5732 3 Gross, E. The judge’s aria, from The amorous judge, op 51 (1965). Alan Light, bass-bar; Union TO/Eric Gross. Jade JADCD 1110 3 Arkhangelsky, A. I am mindful of the Day of Judgement. Lege Artis Chamber Choir/Boris Abalyan. Sony SK 64586 5 Britten, B. At the round earth’s imagined corners, from The holy sonnets of John Donne, op 35 (1945). Philip Langridge, ten; Steuart Bedford, pf. Naxos 8.557201 1 December 2017

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Sunday 10 DECEMBER Copland, A. The world feels dusty, from Eight poems of Emily Dickinson (1958-70). Dawn Upshaw, sop; Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff. Teldec 9031-77310-2 2 Purcell, H. Cease, anxious world, your fruitless pain. Susan Gritton, sop; King’s Consort/Robert King. Hyperion CDA66710 2 Weiss, G. What a wonderful world. Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; O at Temple Square/Mack Wilberg. DG 479 1073 4 Bliss, A. The world is charged with the grandeur of God (1969). Ambrosian Singers; London SO Wind and Brass Ensemble/Philip Ledger. Lyrita SRCD 225 14 Pujol, M. Verde alma, from Cuatro piezas cristalinas. Karin Schaupp, gui. ABC 476 3338 3 Brackett, J. Simple gifts. Bryn Terfel, bassbar; London SO/Barry Wordsworth. DG 477 5563 3 McCartney, P. The fool on the hill (1967; arr Brouwer). Brew Guitar Duo. DiskBank 793573 736369 4 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Meg Matthews Byrd, W. Laetentur caeli; Echo carol. 7 Weelkes, T. Hosanna to the son of David; O come O come Emmanuel. 7 Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral London; Andrew Lucas, org; John Scott, cond (2 above) Helios CDH 55463 Bach, J.S. Jauchzet, frohlocket, from Christmas oratorio, BWV248 (1734). Monika Frimmer, sop; Yoshikazu Mera, ct; Gerd Türk, ten; Peter Kooij, bass; Bach Collegium Musicum Japan/Masaaki Suzuki. BIS CD-9022 25 Anon. Rejoice in the Lord alway. 3 Gibbons, O. This is the record of John; Angelus ad Virginem (arr. Willcocks). 7 Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral; Andrew Lucas, org; John Scott, cond (2 above) Carter, A. Toccata on Veni Emmanuel (1995). John Scott, org. 4 Helios CDH 55463 (3 above) 20

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18:00 PIANO QUARTET Prepared by Chris Blower Beethoven, L. Quartet no 3 in C, WoO36 (1785). Renaud Capuçon, vn; Lida Chen, va; Gautier Capuçon, vc; Martha Argerich, pf. EMI 3 58472 2 18 Chausson, E. Quartet in A, op 30 (1897). Touchwood Piano Quartet. ASV QS 6241 37 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Andari Anggamulia Stravinsky, I. Suite from Petrushka (1919). Chicago SO/Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI 5 85974 2 24 Schnittke, A. Concerto grosso no 2 (198182). Oleg Kagan, vn; Natalie Gutman, vc; USSR Ministry of Culture SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Melodiya SUCD 10-00068 34 Messiaen, O. Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (1964). Cleveland O/Pierre Boulez. DG 445 827-2 20:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by James Nightingale Lang, D. Light moving (2012). Hilary Hahn, vn; Cory Smythe, pf. DG 479 1725 3 Adès, T. Chamber symphony, op 2 (1990). Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Thomas Adès. EMI 5 56818 2 14 Murail, T. Cloches d’adieu, et un sourire …, In memoriam Olivier Messiaen (1992). Peter Hill, pf. Delphian DCD34141 4 Sculthorpe, P. Great Sandy Island (1998). Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills. ABC 481 1293 23 Brouwer, M. Lonely lake (2011). Blue Streak Ensemble. Naxos 8.559763 12 Saariaho, K. Aure (2011). Antti Tikkanen, vn; Atte Kilpeläinen, va. Ondine ODE 1242-2 6 Escaich, T. Suite symphonique de ‘Claude’ (c2012). Lyon Opera O/Alexandre Bloch. Sony 88985430192 20 22:00 AFTER HOURS JAZZ with Kevin Jones

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Charles-Valentin Alkan 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with James Hunter 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC A year in retrospect: 1840 Prepared by Paul Cooke Gade, N. Overture: Echoes from Ossian, op 1 (1840). Danish National RSO/Dmitri Kitaienko. Chandos CHAN 9422 15 Mendelssohn, Fanny. Abschied von Rom (1840). Irene Barbuceanu, pf. Schwann 3-1589-2 4 Alkan, C-V. Grand duo concertant in F sharp minor, op 21 (1840). Dong-Suk Kang, vn; Olivier Gardon, pf. Timpani IC 1013 21 Böhm,T. Fantasy in E on a German air, op 22 (1840). András Adorján, fl; Barton Weber, pf. LP Orfeo S 018822 H 9 Berlioz, H. Oraison funèbre, from Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, op 15 (1840; arr. Macdonald). Christian Lindberg, tb; Kosei Wind O/Chikara Imamura. BIS CD-848 8 Chopin, F. Sonata no 2 in B flat minor, op 35 (1840). Marc-André Hamelin, pf. Hyperion CDA67706 22 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Derek Parker Fasch, J. Overture in B flat. Cappella Coloniensis/Hans-Martin Linde. Capriccio 5073 23 Tcherepnin, A. Piano concerto no 1, op 12 (1918-19). Noriko Ogawa, pf; Singapore SO/ Lan Shui. BIS CD-1317 19

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Tuesday 12 DECEMBER

Dukas, P. Symphony in C (1895-96). BBC PO/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 9225 41

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds

13:00 MUSIC FOR A FEW Prepared by Barrie Brockwell

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Master pianists Prepared by Frank Morrison

Ravel, M. Introduction and allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet (1905). Ursula Holliger, hp; Die Kammermusiker Zürich. Claves 50-280 11

Gershwin, G. Rhapsody in blue (1924; arr. Grofé). London Sinfonietta/Simon Rattle. EMI CDC 7 54280 2 16

Widor, C-M. Suite, op 34 (1877). Maria Cecilia Muñoz, fl; Tiffany Butt, pf. Ars ARS 38 129 17

Brahms, J. Intermezzo in E flat minor, op 118 no 6 (1892). EMI CDC 7 49934 2 5

Bach, J.S. Prelude, from Partita no 3, BWV1006 (1720; arr.). Sebastien Lipman, hp; Sayo Lipman, hp. Arpeggio -- 4 Reinecke, C. Sonata in E minor, op 167, Undine (c1885). Michael Collins, cl; Michael McHale, pf. Chandos CHAN 10844 20 Beethoven, L. String quartet in F, op 18 no 1 (1798-1800). Melos Quartet. DG 410 972 28 14:30 WITH ORCHESTRA Prepared by Barrie Brockwell Szymanowski, K. Concert overture in E, op 12 (1904-05/12/13). Polish Radio NSO/Jacek Kasprzyk. EMI CDM 5 65082 2 13 Wieniawski, H. Violin concerto no 2 in D minor, op 22 (1862). Wanda Wilkomirska, vn; Warsaw NPO/Witold Rowicki. Olympia OCD 309 24 Brahms, J. Intermezzo, op 116 no 4 (orch. Klengel). Gewandhaus O/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 478 5344 5 Schumann, R. Symphony no 2 in C, op 61 (1845-46). O Mozart/Claudio Abbado. DG 479 1061 39 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett 19:00 JAZZ PULSE with Chris Wetherall 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson

Bliss, A. Piano quartet (1915). Laurence Jackson, vn; Martin Outram, va; Michal Kaznowski, vc. Naxos 8.555931 16 Peter Donohoe, pf (3 above) Mozart, W. Triple concerto no 7 in F, K242 (1776). Dezsö Ránki, pf; András Schiff, pf; Hungarian State O/János Ferencsik. Fidelio 1812 22 Debussy, C. Suite bergamasque (1905). Philips 456 874-2 17 Zoltan Kocsis, pf (2 above) 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Paul Hopwood Brahms, J. Tragic overture, op 81 (1880-81). Columbia SO/Bruno Walter. Sony SMK 64 472 13 Crusell, B. Clarinet concerto no 3 in B flat, op 11 (1812). Karl Leister, cl; Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä. BIS CD-345 24 Tchaikovsky, P. Symphony no 4 in F minor, op 36 (1877). London SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky. IMP PCD 867 44 12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes

Jules Massenet Beethoven, L. Allegretto, from Symphony no 7 in A, op 92 (1812). Sydney SO/Willem van Otterloo. ABC 534 3879 9 Wagner, R. Ride of the Valkyries, from The Valkyrie (1854-56). Vienna PO/Georg Solti. Decca 448 135-2 6 Boccherini, L. String quartet in C, op 30 no 6, Night music of the streets of Madrid (1780). Australian Haydn Ensemble/Skye McIntosh. Fine Music concert recording 10 Debussy, C. Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque (1905). Markus Klinko, hp. EMI CDC 7 54467 2 4 Schubert, F. Piano quintet in A, D667, The trout, mvt 2 (1819). Music Collection. Chandos CHAN 0800 7 Mozart, W. Clarinet concerto in A, K.622, mvt 2 (1791). German Philharmonic CO, Bremen/ Martin Fröst, cl & dir. BIS BIS1893 7 14:00 BEST OF FRANCE Prepared by Philip Middleton Massenet, J. Suite from Le Cid (1885). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Brilliant Classics 94355 20

13:00 MUSIC IN THE MOVIES Prepared by Stephen Wilson

Ravel, M. Rhapsodie espagnole (1907). Ulster O/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 8850 15

Strauss, R. Thus spake Zarathustra, introduction to 2001: A space odyssey and casino. Vienna PO/Herbert von Karajan. ABC 534 3879 2

Massenet, J. Picturesque scenes: Suite no 4 (1874). Opéra Comique NTO/Pierre Dervaux. EMI 5 65150 2 16

Chopin, F. Prelude in D flat, op 28 no 15, Raindrop (1836-39). Idil Biret, pf. Naxos 8.553170 6

Gounod, C. Ballet music from Faust (1859). Detroit SO/Paul Paray. Mercury 432 014-2 21 December 2017

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Wednesday 13 DECEMBER Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Symphonic suite: Scheherazade, op 35 (1888). Samuel Magad, vn; Chicago SO/Daniel Barenboim. Apex 2564 67429-0 48 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale 13:00 IMPRESSIONISM IN MUSIC Prepared by Albert Gormley Debussy, C. Estampes (1903). Gordon Fergus-Thompson, pf. ASV DCA 695 15

Anne Menzies Saint-Saëns, C. Symphony no 3 in C minor, op 78, Organ (1886). Bernard Gavoty, org; French NRO/Jean Martinon. Brilliant Classics 94360 36 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Derek Parker 18:00 SYDNEY SYMPHONY 2017 Produced by Andrew Bukenya

What’s on in concerts during the next month 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with James Nightingale 22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Rex Burgess Mozart, W. Quartet no 21 in D, K575, Prussian no 1 (1789). Goldner String Quartet. Fine Music concert recording 24 Beethoven, L. Sonata no 4 in A minor, op 23 (1800). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf. Decca 421 453-2 20 Weber, C.M. Quintet in B flat, op 34 (181115). Anne Menzies, cl; Hazelwood Quartet. Fine Music concert recording 24 Schubert, F. Piano trio no 2 in E flat, D929 (1827). Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 442 9375 41 “I pay no attention whatever to anybody’s praise or blame.” – W.A. Mozart 22

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Troy Fil 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus: Nicolai RimskyKorsakov Prepared by Paul Cooke Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Overture on Russian themes, op 28 (1866/80). Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin. Naxos 8.553858 14 Capriccio espagnol, op 34 (1887; arr.). Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Delos SE 3144 15 Enslaved by the rose, the nightingale (186566; arr. Tarkmann). Anna Netrebko, sop; Prague PO/Emmanuel Villaume. DG 477 7639 3 Piano concerto in C sharp minor, op 30 (1883). Geoffrey Tozer, pf; Bergen PO/Dmitri Kitaienko. Chandos CHAN 9229 13 S uma nejdot krasavitsa!, from The Tsar’s bride (1899). Dmitri Hvorostovsky, bar; Kirov O/Valery Gergiev. Philips 438 872-2 5 Quintet in B flat for piano and winds (1876). Capricorn. Hyperion CDA66163 29 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Glinka, M. Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila (1842). USSR Bolshoi TO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya SUCD 10-00166 5 Mozart, W. Sinfonia concertante no 2 in E flat, K364 (1779). Veronika Hagen, va; Salzburg Camerata Academica/Augustin Dumay. DG 459 675-2 31

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Nocturnes (1897-99). Philharmonia Ch & O/ Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CDM 1 66432 2 26 Ravel, M. Rhapsodie espagnole (1907). Berlin PO/Pierre Boulez. DG 439 858-2 17 Overture: Shéhérazade (1898). London SO/ Claudio Abbado. DG 427 314-2 14 Debussy, C. Perfumes of the night, from Images (1905-12). Royal Concertgebouw O/ Bernard Haitink. Philips 438 742-2 9 14:30 INFLUENCED BY JAZZ Prepared by Gael Golla Bernstein, L. Three dance episodes, from On the town (1944). Bournemouth SO/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559177 11 Ibert, J. Divertissement (1930). Montreal SO/ Charles Dutoit. Decca 421 527-2 15 Copland, A. Piano blues for: Leo Smit, Freely poetic (1947); Andor Folde, Soft and languid (1934); William Kapell, Muted and sensuous (1948); John Kirkpatrick, With bounce (1928). James Tocco, pf. Pro Arte CDD 183 11 Shostakovich, D. Jazz suite no 2 (1938). Royal Concertgebouw O/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 433 702-2 24 Ravel, M. Piano concerto in G (1931). Yuja Wang, pf; Zurich Tonhalle O/Lionel Bringuier. DG 479 5524 21 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with James Hunter 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell

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Thursday 14 DECEMBER

20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Elaine Siversen

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Rachmaninov, S. Francesca da Rimini, op 25. Opera in one act. Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky after Dante. First performed Moscow, 1906.

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore

THE SHADE OF VIRGIL: Mikhail Maslov, ten DANTE: Alexander Laptev, ten FRANCESCA: Makvala Kasrashvili, sop PAOLO: Vladimir Atlantov, ten LANCIOTTO: Yevgeny Nesterenko, bass Bolshoi Theatre Ch & O/Mark Ermler. LP Melodiya C10 06745 48 1:03 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Listen/Opera The miserly knight, op 24. Opera in three scenes. Libretto after Alexander Pushkin. First performed St Petersburg, 1906. BARON: Ildar Abdrazakov, bass ALBERT: Misha Didyk, ten DUKE: Sergei Murzaev, bar MONEY-LENDER: Peter Bronder, ten BBC PO/Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN 10544 59 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Listen/Opera Introduction and three dances, from Aleko (1893). Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Exton EXCL-00018 14 22:30 RUSSIAN PIANO MASTERPIECES Prepared by Miranda Luo Tchaikovsky, P. Piano concerto no 3 in E flat, op 75 (1892). Mikhail Pletnev, pf; Philharmonia O/Vladimir Fedoseyev. Virgin VC 7 91202-2 15 Rachmaninov, S. Étude-tableau in G minor, op 33 no 5 (1911). Sviatoslav Richter, pf. Melodiya MA 00089 3 Medtner, N. Sonata in F minor, op 5 (18961903). Geoffrey Tozer, pf. Chandos CHAN 9691 31 Shostakovich, D. Sonata no 2, op 61 (1943). Tatiana Nikolayeva, pf. Hyperion CDA66620 31 Prokofiev, S. Toccata, op 11 (1912). Martha Argerich, pf. DG 477 9523 4 The 21-year-old Prokofiev’s Toccata remains one of the most difficult and virtuosic of all piano pieces.

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9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Great string players Prepared by Andari Anggamulia Bach, J.S. Suite no 3 in C, BWV1009 (c1720). Natalia Gutman, vc. Live Classics LCL 621 22 Hindemith, P. Trauermusik (1935). Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet, va & dir. RCA RD 60 464 9 Mozart, W. Sonata no 30 in C, K403 (1782; compl. Stadler). Oleg Kagan, vn; Sviatoslav Richter, pf. Live Classics LCL 123 13 Ravel, M. Sonata (1927). Oleg Kagan, vn; Natalia Gutman, vc. Live Classics LCL 121 20 Britten, B. Two portraits (1930). Yuri Bashmet, viola; Hallé O; Kent Nagano, conductor. Decca 478 5364 15 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Gerald Holder Rossini, G. Overture to William Tell (1829). Detroit SO/Paul Paray. Mercury 434 332-2 11 Schumann, R. Piano concerto in A minor, op 54 (1845). Florian Uhlig, pf; German RPO of Saarbrücken Kaiserlautern; Christoph Poppen. SWR 92264 30 Copland, A. Symphony no 3 (1946). New Zealand SO/James Judd. Naxos 8.559106 43 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers 13:00 DUOS Prepared by Stephen Wilson Mozart, W. Duo in G, K423 (1783). Donald Hazelwood, vn; Peter Pfuhl, va. Fine Music concert recording 16 Puccini, G. Love duet, from Tosca (1900). Ljuba Welitsch, sop; Richard Tucker, ten; Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/Max Rudolf. Nimbus NI 7959/60 12 Ravel, M. Duo (1922). Jen Hoy, vn; Svetlana Bogosavljevic, vc. Fine Music concert recording 21

Arensky, A. Suite no 4, op 62. Stephen Coombs, pf; Ian Munro, pf. Hyperion CDA66755 13 Mascagni, P. Cherry duet, from L’amico Fritz (1891). Mafalda Favero, sop; Tito Schipa, ten; La Scala O/Giuseppi Antonicelli. Nimbus NI 7801 9 Mendelssohn, F. Double concerto in D minor (1823). Gidon Kremer, vn; Martha Argerich, pf; Orpheus CO. DG 427 338-2 37 15:00 GUYS AND DOLLS! Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Wagner, R. Chorus of Norwegian sailors and girls, from The flying Dutchman (1841). Göran Eliasson, ten; Royal Swedish Opera Ch & O/Leif Segerstam. Naxos 8.557714 13 Mussorgsky, M. Dance of the Persian girls, from Khovanshchina (1872). USSR SO/ Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya SUCD 10-00178 7 Villa-Lobos, H. Troupe of noisy boys (1912). Debora Halász, pf. BIS CD-912 8 Rossini, G. Tanti affetti, from La donna del lago (1819). Marilyn Horne, mezz; Ambrosian Opera Ch; Royal PO/Henry Lewis. Decca 476 1223 9 Coates, E. Suite: The three men (1935). London PO/Barry Wordsworth. Lyrita SRCD.213 15 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Marilyn Schock 19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley 20:00 SHOWCASING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS Ian Munro Prepared by Jennifer Foong Saint-Saëns, C. Rhapsody d’Auvergne in C, op 73 (1884). Tasmanian SO/David Porcelijn. ABC 465 424-2 10 Mozart, W. Concert aria: Schön lacht der holde Frühling, K580 (1789). Rosalind Martin, sop; Catherine McCorkill, cl. Fine Music concert recording 8 Munro, I. Blue rags (2005). Tall Poppies TP186 15 Benjamin, A. Sonata (pub. 1947). Esther van Stralen, va. Tall Poppies TP134 19 December 2017

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Thursday 14 DECEMBER Brahms, J. Trio in E flat, op 40 (1865). Hector McDonald, hn; John Harding, vn. Tall Poppies TP114 30

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Ian Munro, pf (all above)

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus

21:30 JANET BAKER AT THE ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL Prepared by Rex Burgess Monteverdi, C. Si dolce è’l tormento (1624); Maladetto sia l’aspetto (1632). 5 Graziani, B. Velut palma. 8 Jay Hall, vc (2 above) Schubert, F. Schwestergrüss, D762 (1822). 6 Fauré, G. Mandoline (1891); En sourdine (1891); Fleur jetée (1884). 7 Janet Baker, mezz; Raymond Leppard, pf (all above) BBC Music BBCNM43 22:00 MUSICAL PORTRAITS Robbers and pirates Prepared by Elaine Siversen Korngold, E. Excerpts from The adventures of Robin Hood (1938). National PO/Charles Gerhardt. RCA GD80912 12 Kamen, M. Robin Hood, prince of thieves (1991). Royal PO. Sony 88697290382 4 Adam de la Halle. Suite of songs and dances from Le jeu de Robin et Marion (c1282; arr. Pastance). Pastance. Fine Music concert recording 13

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Something borrowed Prepared by Paul Cooke Bach, J.S. Passacaglia and fugue in C minor, BWV582 (c1708-12; orch. Respighi 1930). BBC PO/Leonard Slatkin. Chandos CHAN 9835 14 Tromlitz, J. Partita V (arr. Crossley). Alicia Crossley, rec. Move MCD 508 12 Weber, C.M. Invitation to the dance (1819; arr. Berlioz). Czecho-Slovak RSO/Ondrej Lénard. Naxos 8.550081 9 Satie, E. Gymnopédie no 1 (1887). Ian Harrison, voice, cornetto, Miriam Anderson, voice, hp; Ahmet Kadri Rizeli, kementché; Ihsan Mehmet Özer, qanooun; Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay, oud; Axel Weidenfeld, lute; chalumeau. Dou-Tak NT098 4 Falla, M. de Suite from Love, the magician (1915-25). Daniel Ligorio, pf. Naxos 8.555065 13 Orff, C. Carmina burana (1936; arr. Krance). Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble/ Harlan D. Parker. Naxos 8.570242 27

Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 19 in F, K459 (1784). London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley, pf & dir. Chandos CHAN 9256 27 13:30 IPHIGENIA Prepared by Paul Cooke Piccinni, N. Overture to Iphigenia en Tauride (1781). Tasmanian SO/Richard Divall. LP ABC 5ABCL 8001 8 Arne, T. Cymon and Iphigenia (1753). Richard Morton, ten; Parley of Instruments/ Roy Goodman. Hyperion CDA66237 12 Gluck, C. Excerpts from Iphigénie en Tauride (1779; arr. Triebensee). Albion Ensemble. Helios CDH55037 20 Brahms, J. Song of the Parcae, from Iphegenia in Tauris, op 89 (1882). Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart; Bach-Collegium, Stuttgart/ Helmuth Rilling. Hänssler 98.122 12 14:30 DVORÁK AND THE SYMPHONY Prepared by Frank Morrison Strauss, Josef. Dynamids, secret powers of attraction, op 173 (1865). Vienna PO/Zubin Mehta. DG 477 6225 10 Ernst, H. Study no 3 dedicated to Joachim, from Six polyphonic studies (1865). Ruggiero Ricci, vn. Dynamic CDS 28 5

10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Chris Blower

Wagner, R. Tatest Du’s wirklich? from Tristan und Isolde (1865). Manfred Schenk, bass; Nuremburg SO/Klauspeter Seibel. LP Colosseum COL 9004 11

Fesca, F. Overture to Omar and Leila, op 28 (1822). North German RPO/Frank Beermann. cpo 999 889-2 9

Auber, D-F-E. Overture to Marco Spada (1852). New Philharmonia O/Richard Bonynge. Decca 466 431-2 9

Dvorák, A. Symphony no 2 in B flat, op 4 (1865). Czech PO/Libor Pesek. Virgin 5 45127 2 55

Halvorsen, J. Suite ancienne, op 31a (1911). Bergen PO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 10614 25

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Korngold, E. Suite from The Sea Hawk (1940). London SO/André Previn. DG 471 347-2 17

Strauss, R. Horn concerto no 1 in E flat, op 11 (1883). Barry Tuckwell, hn; London SO/ István Kertész. Decca 478 6420 16

19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Christopher Waterhouse

Curzon, F. Suite: Robin Hood (1936). Czecho-Slovak RSO/Adrian Leaper. Naxos 8.554709 12 Copland, A. Suite: Billy the Kid (1938). New Zealand SO/James Judd. Naxos 8.559106 21

Goodwin, R. Suite from Drake 400 (1970). West Australian SO/David Measham. ABC 446 279-2 8 Korngold, E. Suite from Captain Blood (1935). London SO/André Previn. DG 471 347-2 14 24

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13:00 THE POWER OF ONE Mozart Prepared by Brian Drummond

Bruch, M. Symphony no 3 in E, op 51 (pub. 1887). Gewandhaus O/Kurt Masur. Philips 462 164-2 32 12:00 A JAZZ HOUR with Barry O’Sullivan

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20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Frank Morrison Paganini, N. String quartet no 2 (c1815). Paganini String Quartet. Dynamic CDS 134 23 Cherubini, L. Symphony in D (1815). London SO/Charles Mackerras. Carlton Classics 15656 91372 30

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Saturday 16 DECEMBER 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:05 ORCHESTRAS AROUND THE WORLD Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Prepared by Andari Anggamulia

Claude Le Jeune

Turina, J. Danzas fantásticas, op 22 (1920). Jésus López-Cobos, cond. Telarc 80574 15

Gade, N. String quartet in D, op 63 (1888). Kontra Quartet. BIS CD-516 22

Offenbach, J. Cello concerto in G (1850). Ofra Harnoy, vc; Erich Kunzel, cond. RCA RD 71003 21

Nielsen, C. Symphony no 1 in G minor, op 7 (1890-92). San Francisco SO/Herbert Blomstedt. Decca 425 607-2 33 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE A French Christmas Prepared by Elaine Siversen Du Mont, H. In nativitate Domini ad matinum. Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-François de Versailles. Jade JACD 004 9 Dandrieu, J-F. Magnificat (pub.1739). Gillian Weir, org. Argo 460 185-2 11 Charpentier, M-A. In nativitatem Domini nostri Jesu Christi. Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon. Naxos 8.554514 16 Dandrieu, P. Four Noëls. David Rumsey, org. MBS 12 CD 4 Charpentier, M-A. Messe de minuit pour Noël, H9 (early 1690s). Annick Massis, sop; Magdalena Kozená, mezz; Eric Huchet, ten; Patrick Henckens, ten; Russell Smythe, bar; Jean-Louis Bindi, bass; Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski. Decca 478 3640 24 Daquin, L-C. Noël étranger; Noël en dialogue, duo, trio. Michel Chapuis, org. LP Telefunken SAWT 9596-A 9 Le Jeune, C. Magnificat anima mea Dominum, from Deuxième livre des meslanges (pub. 1612). Choir of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom. Hyperion CDA66387 18 Titelouze, J. Magnificat quinti toni. Joseph Payne, org. Naxos 8.553215 5 Pérotin, Le Grand. Alleluia nativitas (c1200). Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier. ECM 837 751-2 9

12:00 URBAN JAZZ LOUNGE with Leita Hutchings 13:00 SATURDAY POT-POURRI with Randolph Magri-Overend 15:00 OPERETTA IN THE AFTERNOON Prepared by Elaine Siversen Straus, O. The chocolate soldier. Operetta in three acts. Libretto by Rudolf Bernauer and Leopold Jacobson after George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the man. First performed Vienna, 1908.

Rossini, G. La boutique fantasque, op 40 (arr. Respighi 1919). Jésus López-Coboz, cond. Telarc 80396 42

NADINA POPOFF: Caroline Stein, sop COLONEL POPOFF: Helmut Berger, voice ALEXIUS SPIRIDOFF: John Dickie, ten BUMERLI: Johannes Martin Kränzle, bar AURELIA POPOFF: Gertraud Wagner, sop MASCHA: Martina Borst, mezz Händel Collegium Köln; WDR Cologne RO/ Siegfried Köhler. Capriccio C5089 1:28

Cincinnati SO (all above)

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10:30 SMALL FORCES Prepared by Paul Hopwood

The waltz dream; Piccolo! piccolo!, from A waltz dream (1908). David Hughes, ten; Rita Williams Singers; Michael Collins and his O. EMI 3 89163 2 8

Arensky, A. Piano trio no 2 in F minor, op 73 (1905). Borodin Trio. Chandos CHAN 8924 38 Bach, J. Christian Quintet in D for flute, oboe, violin, viola and continuo, op 11 no 6 (1774). Members of Concentus Musicus Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 8.41062 14 11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher Forsyth, M. Lennox Bridge march. Parramatta City Brass Band/Jonathan Gatt. Private recording 5 Handel, G. Handel’s air. GUS (Footwear) Band Quartet. LP Columbia SCX 6312 2 Weinberger, J. Polka and fugue, from Schwanda the bagpiper. George Boyer, org; Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee. Allen Organ Company AOC 031-00089 9 Bach, J.S. Jesu, joy of man’s desiring, from Cantata, BWV147. Virtuosi Brass Band of Great Britain/Stanley Boddington. LP Virtuosi VR 7609 3 James, H. Carnival of Venice. Roger Webster, cornet; Grimethorpe Colliery Band/ Ronald Childs. Concert CDs GRIM 2015 3

Lehár, F. Excerpts from The merry widow (1905). Thomas Round, ten; John Kentish, ten; Denis Dowling, bar; Sadlers Wells Ch & O/William Reid. EMI 5 75996 2 35 June Bronhill, sop (2 above) 17:30 STAGING MUSIC with Angela Cockburn Mobs 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Classical Guitar Society Prepared by Sue McCreadie 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Sue Jowell A musical Christmas stocking 20:00 INFLUENCES AND CONNECTIONS Alan Hovhaness Prepared by Calogero Panvino Hovhaness, A. Vijag (1946). Martin Berkofsky, pf; Sergei Podobedov, pf. Black Box BBM1103 4 Sessions, R. Sonata no 2 (1946). Peter Lawson, pf. Virgin VC 7 59316 2 15 Hovhaness, A. Alleluia and fugue, op 40b (1941). Strings of the Philharmonia O/David Amos. Crystal Classics 810 10 December 2017

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Sunday 17 DECEMBER

0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Terry McMullen 9:00 MUSICA SACRA Prepared by Rex Burgess Hasse, J. Salve Regina in E flat (1767). Barbara Bonney, sop; Bernarda Fink, mezz; Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 453 435-2 15

Leos Janácek Khachaturian, A. Suite no 2 from Spartacus (1943). Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8927 21 Hovhaness, A. Lousadzak, op 48 (1945). Keith Jarrett, pf; American Composers O/ Dennis Russell Davies. Musicmasters 7021-2-C 16 Symphony no 2, op 132, Mysterious mountain (1955). Royal Liverpool PO. Telarc 80604 20 Fantasy on Japanese woodprints, op 211 (1965). Ron Johnson, mar; Seattle Symphony. Naxos 8.559717 14 Gerard Schwarz, cond (2 above) Mihr (1945). Martin Berkofsky, pf; Atakan Sari, pf. Black Box BBM1103 9 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Rex Burgess Bach, C.P.E. Flute concerto in A, Wq168 (c1753). Rachel Brown, fl; Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman. Hyperion CDA67226 19 Schubert, F. The shepherd on the rock, D965 (1828). Jennifer Bates, sop; Nigel Westlake, cl; David Bollard, pf. Tall Poppies TP011 12 O’Carolan, T. Carolan’s dream. Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King. DHM 2 77375 2 19 Janácek, L. Lachian dances (1925). Rochester PO/David Zinman. Apex 79677 2 20 Strauss, R. Aus Italien, op 16 (1886). Slovak PO/Zdenék Kosler. Naxos 8.550342 42 Turlough O’Carolan was a Classical Era Irish harpist, singer and composer whose fame rests on his gift for composing beautiful melodies. 26

Rogg, L. Partita on the chorale Nun fruet euch (1975). Lionel Rogg, org. BIS CD-346 13 Lalande, M-R. de Confitebor tibi Domine. Véronique Gens, sop; Sandrine Piau, sop; Arlette Steyer, sop; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, ten; François Piolino, ten; Jérôme Corréas, bass; Les Arts Florissants/William Christie. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901351 26

Hindemith, P. Sonata (1939). Marshall McGuire, hp. Artworks AW036 10 Ginastera, A. Harp concerto, op 25 (1956). Gianetta Baril, hp; Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer. CBC 2-5086 24 15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL The romantic ideal Prepared by Albert Gormley Strauss, R. Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier (1911; arr. Prihoda). Gil Shaham, vn; Akira Eguchi, pf. DG 447 640-2 7 Elgar, E. Falstaff, symphonic study in C minor, op 68 (1913). Royal Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson. Chandos CHAN 6607 34

10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Frank Morrison

Mahler, G. Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor (1901-02). Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado. DG 437 789-2 1:09

Gluck, C. Suite from Don Juan (1761). Rhenish CO/Jan Corazolla. Christophorus CHE 0064-2 19

17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Richard Munge

Mendelssohn, F. String octet in E flat, op 20 (1825). Members of Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. Sony SK 57484 30

Hymns: Creator of the stars at night; The infant King; A great and mighty wonder. Choir of Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney; Peter Jewkes, org; Neil McEwan, cond. CCSL 05 7

Abel, C. Symphony no 6 in E flat (pub.1767). Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd. Chandos CHAN 8648 13 Boccherini, L. Quintet no 2 in F (1797). Patrick Cohen, pf; Quatuor Mosaïques. Astrée E 8518 19 Haydn, M. Divertimento in E flat (1790). Divertimento Salzburg. Claves 50-8703 25 12:00 SPEAK EASY, SWING HARD with Richard Hughes 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Anna Tranter 14:00 TWENTIETH CENTURY HARP Prepared by Gael Golla Ravel, M. Introduction and allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet (1906). Osian Ellis, hp; Melos Ensemble. Decca 421 154-2 10 Bolling, C. Sentimentale, from Suite for flute and jazz piano (1975). Emma Sholl, fl; Kees Boersma, bass; Jane Rosenson, hp; Daryl Pratt, perc. Sholl&Rosenson 2014-2015 8

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Brumby, C. Magnificat; Nunc dimittis (1977). Cathedral Singers; Andrej Kouznetsov, org; Brett McKern, cond. TCS 04 5 Carols: The angel Gabriel from Heaven came; It came upon the midnight clear. Choir of St Laurence, Ludlow; Jonathan Kingston, org; Shaun Ward, cond. Joy to the World 7 God rest ye merry gentlemen; The three Kings; O little town of Bethlehem. William Knight, treb; Choir of Canterbury Cathedral; Michael Harris, org; David Flood, cond. York 109 8 Child in a manger; O holy night. Ten Tenors. Tenology 510112312 7 Adam lay ybounden; In dulci jubilo; If he would hear the angels sing. Choir of Kings College Cambridge; Ben-San Lau, org; Stephen Cleobury, cond. Choir of Kings College KGS 0001 7 Dubois, T. Toccata. Michael Harris, org. York 109 7

Sunday 17 DECEMBER 18:00 PIANO QUARTET Prepared by Chris Blower

Monday 18 DECEMBER 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Boccherini, L. Piano quartet in A, op 26 no 4 (1785-90). La Real Cámara. Glossa GCD 920312 12

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Mendelssohn, F. Quartet no 2 in F minor, op 2 (1823). Menuhin Festival Piano Quartet. Ars FCD 368 312 22

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC A year in retrospect: 1911 Prepared by Rex Burgess

Saint-Saëns, C. Piano quartet in E (1853). Quatuor Élyséen. Arion ARN 68242 21 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Smetana, B. Three dances, from The bartered bride (1866). Cleveland O/George Szell. Sony SBK 48 279 11 Dvorák, A. Czech suite, op 39 (1879). Scottish CO/José Serebrier. ASV DCA 765 23 Brumby, C. Clarinet concerto (1988). Paul Dean, cl; Queensland SO/Wilfred Lehmann. Jade JADCD 1062 17 Weill, K. Symphony no 2 (1933-34). Bournemouth SO/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.557481 30 20:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Nev Dorrington Budd, H. Bandits of stature. Harold Budd, pf; Harold Budd String Quartet. Darla Records DRL 2622 24 Einaudi, L. I giorni (2001). Ludovico Einaudi, pf. Ponderosa Music 4321 974622 26 Budd, H. Bandits of stature (2003). Harold Budd String Quartet. Darla Records DRL 2622 11 Einaudi, L. I giorni (2001). Ludovico Einaudi, pf. Ponderosa Music 4321 974622 16 Budd, H. Veil of Orpheus (2012). Harold Budd, pf. Darla Records DRL 2622 7 Einaudi, L. Elegy for the Arctic. Ludovico Einaudi, pf. Ponderosa Music 4321 974622 2 22:00 AFTER HOURS JAZZ with Kevin Jones While he is better-known for his theatre music, Kurt Weill’s two symphonies are well-constructed and interesting.

Korngold, E. Schauspiel ouverture (1911). MIT SO/David Epstein. LP Turnabout TV 34760 15 Ravel, M. Valses nobles et sentimentales (1911). Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf. Decca 425 081-2 14 Respighi, O. Aretusa (1911). Janet Baker, mezz; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. Collins 13492 12 Myaskovsky, N. Sonata no 1 in D, op 12 (1911). Yehuda Hanani, vc; Daphne Spottiswoode, pf. LP Finnadar SR 9022 16 Mahler, G. Adagio, from Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor (1911). Cleveland O/Pierre Boulez. DG 477 9060 24 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Handel, G. Overture to Faramondo, HWV39 (1738). English CO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 466 434-2 7 Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 17 in G, K453 (1784). Andreas Staier, pf; Concerto Cologne. Teldec 4509-98412-2 30 Taneyev, S. Concert suite, op 28 (1908-09). Lydia Mordkovitch, vn; Royal Scottish NO/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 10491 47 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan 13:00 FROM SAINT-SAëNS TO SHOSTAKOVICH Prepared by Andrew Parker Saint-Saëns, C. Cello concerto no 1 in A minor, op 33 (1872). Yo-Yo Ma, vc; French NO/Lorin Maazel. CBS M2K 44562 19

Sibelius, J. Karelia suite (1893). Hallé O/John Barbirolli. EMI 1 66451 2 16 Shostakovich, D. Symphony no 2 in B, op 14 (1927). London Voices; London SO/Mstislav Rostropovich. Teldec 4509-90853-2 19 14:00 QUINTETS Prepared by Stephen Wilson Krommer, F. Quintet no 1 in C. Nancy Ambrose King, ob; Solomia Soroka, vn; Eva Stern, va; Joseph Kam, va; Natalia Khoma, vc. Naxos 8.557669 27 Boccherini, L. Quintet no 4 in D, Fandango. Pepe Romero, gui; Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble. Decca 478 5669 17 Mozart, W. Hm hm hm hm!, from The magic flute, K620 (1791). Wendy Dixon, sop; Kerry Elizabeth Brown, mezz; Rosemary Gunn, mezz; Michael Martin, ten; Roger Lemke, bar; Australian Opera and Ballet O/Richard Bonynge. ABC 481 1873 7 Haydn, J. Divertimento in B flat, Hob.II:46, St Antoni (bef. 1784; arr. Perry). Sydney Wind Quintet. Fine Music Tape Archive 11 Romberg, A. Quintet in F, op 41 no 3. Vladislav Brunner, fl; Victor Simcisko, vn; Milan Telecky, vn; Ján Cút, vn; Juraj Alexander, vc. Naxos 8.554765 22 Mozart, W. Quintet in E flat, K452 (1784). Derek Wickens, ob; Robert Hill, cl; Martin Gatt, bn; Barry Tuckwell, hn; John Ogdon, pf. Decca 421 393-2 23 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Michael Field 19:00 JAZZ PULSE with Chris Wetherall 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson December 2017

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Tuesday 19 DECEMBER Handel, G. I was born to weep, from Julius Caesar in Egypt (1724). David Walker, ct; Fiona Campbell, mezz; Ironwood. Vexations 840 840-1101 8 Neal Peres da Costa, dir (2 above) Telemann, G. Trio in F, from Essercizii musici (1718). Genevieve Lacey, rec; Neal Peres da Costa, hpd. ABC 476 5105 7

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds

Beethoven, L. Symphony no 8 in F, op 93 (1812). La Chambre Philharmonique/ Emmanuel Krivine. naïve V 5258 24 12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Master pianists Prepared by Chris Blower

13:00 KNIGHT AFTER NIGHT AFTER KNIGHT! Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Liszt, F. Mephisto waltz no 1, The dance in the village inn (1859-60). LP RCA ARL1 1173 11

Suppé, F. Overture to Morning, noon and night in Vienna (1844). Royal Scottish NO/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHSA 5110 8

Rachmaninov, S. Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op 43 (1934). Philadelphia O/ Eugene Ormandy. RCA GD 87945 25 Tchaikovsky, P. March, song of the lark; June, barcarolle, from The seasons, op 37b (1875-76). Philips 456 748-2 7 Van Cliburn, pf (3 above) Catoire, G. Trois morceaux, op 2 (pub. 1888). Hyperion CDH55425 8 Strauss, R. Burleske in D minor (1885-86). Berlin RSO/Ilan Volkov. Hyperion CDA67635 19 Alkan, C-V. Le festin d’Esope, op 39 no 12 (pub. 1857). Hyperion CDA20794 9

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Donizetti, G. Orrida è questa notte, from Lucia di Lammermoor (1835). Jerry Hadley, ten; Thomas Hampson, bar; Welsh National Opera O/Carlo Rizzi. Teldec 9031-73283-2 11 Coates, E. Knightsbridge march. New London O/Ronald Corp. Hyperion CDA66968 5 Glinka, M. The nightingale (1833; arr. Yu). Australia Pro Arte CO/Jeffrey Crellin, ob & dir. Move MD 3312 7 Wesley-Smith, M. White Knight and Beaver (1984-88). Geoffrey Collins, fl; Nigel Westlake, cl; Tape realized by the composer. Tall Poppies TP002 9

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Verdi, G. Già nella notte densa, from Otello (1887). Teresa Zylis-Gara, sop; Franco Corelli, ten; Metropolitan Opera O/Karl Böhm. Decca 467 918-2 11

10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Gerald Holder

14:00 MUSICAL FAMILIES Prepared by Jennifer Foong

Ippolitov-Ivanov, M. Caucasian sketches, suite no 1, op 10 (1894). Sydney SO/ Christopher Lyndon-Gee. Marco Polo 8.220369 25

Bach, C.P.E. Keyboard concerto in E flat, Wq47 (1788). Neal Peres da Costa, fp; Australian Haydn Ensemble/Erin Helyard. Fine Music concert recording 19

Khachaturian, A. Flute concerto (1940; arr. Galway). James Galway, fl; Royal PO/MyungWhun Chung. RCA RD 60450 35

Leclair, J-M. Deuxième recréation de musique d’une exécution facile composée, op 8 (pub. c1737). Florilegium. Channel Classics CCS 7595 29

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Sainte-Colombe, A. Concert XXI, Le villageois. Jennifer Eriksson, va da gamba; Daniel Yeadon, va da gamba;Tommie Andersson, theorbo. Fine Music concert recording 5 Bach, J.S. Sonata no 2 in A, BWV1015 (bef. 1725). Richard Tognetti, vn; Daniel Yeadon, va da gamba; Neal Peres da Costa, hpd. ABC 476 594-2 14 Haydn, J. Cello concerto in C, Hob: VIIb:1 (c1761-65). Daniel Yeadon, vc; Australian Haydn Ensemble/Skye McIntosh. ABC 481 2806 25 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Andrew Dziedzic 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Robert Small 22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Sheila Catzel Barber, S. Summer music, op 31 (1955). Canberra Wind Soloists. ABC 456 357-2 11 Farrenc, L. Trio in E minor, op 45 (c1854-56). Emanuel Ensemble. Champs Hill Records CHRCD023 25 Taneyev, A. String quartet no 1 in G, op 25 (c1908). Talan Quartet. Olympia OCD 543 22 Suk, J. Piano trio in C minor, op 2 (1889/9091). Smetana Trio. Supraphon SU 3810-2 15 Gounod, C. Little symphony in B flat (1885). Athena Ensemble. Chandos CHAN 6543 20 Haydn, M. Symphony in C (c 1777). Oradea PO/Romeo Rîmbu. Olympia OCD 435 15

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Wednesday 20 DECEMBER 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Michael Field Ciurlionis, M. The sea (1903-07). Slovak PO/ Juozas Domarkas. Marco Polo 8.223323 27 Paganini, N. Violin concerto no 4 in D minor (1829-30). Gidon Kremer, vn; Vienna PO/ Riccardo Muti. Philips 446 718-2 32

Ignaz Moscheles 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Troy Fil 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus: Ignaz Moscheles Prepared by Jennifer Foong Moscheles, I. Introduction and rondeau écossais, op 63. Christoph Moinian, hn; Caroline Weichert, pf. Koch Schwann 3-1178-2 8 Divertimento à la savoyarde in A, op 78 (1829). Kazunori Seo, fl; Makoto Ueno, pf. Naxos 8.573175 9 Melodic contrapuntal studies, op 137 (1864): no 8, after J.S. Bach’s Prelude no 6 in D minor; no 9, after J.S. Bach’s Prelude no 4 in C sharp minor, from The well-tempered clavier, bk 2. Jirí Bárta, vc; Hamish Milne, pf. Hyperion CDA67521 5 Grand duo, op 102, Hommage à Weber (c1841). Stephanie McCallum, Erin Helyard, pf. www.trptk.com TTK0005 15 Septet in D, op 88 (1832). Walter Hermann, cl; Christoph Moinian, hn; Mayumi Shimizu, vn; Jaap Zeijl, va; Christoph Groth, vc; Volker Donandt, db; Caroline Weichert, pf. Koch Schwann 3-1178-2 29 Concertante in F. Marc Grauwels, fl; Joris van den Hauwe, ob; Belgian RT SO/André Vandernoot. Naxos 8.555977 13

Hely-Hutchinson, V. Carol symphony (c1928). Pro Arte O/Barry Rose. EMI 7 64131 2 24 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale 13:00 A BAROQUE CELEBRATION Prepared by Susan Briedis Monteverdi, C. O primavera, from Third book of madrigals (pub. 1592); Listen to the murmur of the waves, from Second book of madrigals (pub. 1590). Dresden Cathedral Choir/ Roderich Kreile. DG 459 612-2 6 Purcell, H. Fantasia I (c 1680). Jordi Savall, treble viol; Sergi Casademunt, tenor viol; Wieland Kuijken, bass viol. Astrée E 8536 3 Music for a while, from Oedipus (1692). Andreas Scholl, ct; Accademia Bizantina. Decca 478 2262 4 My heart is inditing (1685). Tessa Bonner, sop; Patrizia Kwella, sop; Kai Wessel, alto; Paul Agnew, ten; William Kendall, ten; Peter Kooy, bass; Collegium Vocale Choir & O/Phillipe Herreweghe. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901462 14 Bach, J.S. Contrapunctus I and 2, from The art of fugue, BWV1080 (1742-49). Glenn Gould, org. CBS MPK 44841 5 Handel, G. Laudate pueri Dominum, HWV237 (1707). Emma Kirkby, sop; Cantillation; O of the Antipodes/Antony Walker. ABC 476 525-5 18 14:00 FROM ONE WAR TO ANOTHER Prepared by Robert Small Warlock, P. Capriol suite (1926) Nash Ensemble/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA66938 10 Ravel, M. Piano trio in A minor (1914). Streeton Trio. Streeton Trio 2011 28

Barber, S. Violin concerto, op 14 (1939-40). Dene Olding, vn; Melbourne SO/Hiroyuki Iwaki. ABC 476 718-2 23 Vaughan Williams, R. Symphony no 2, A London symphony (1913/20/33). BBC SO/ Andrew Davis. Teldec 4509-90858-2 49 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Tom Forrester-Paton 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell 20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Camille Mercep Massenet, J. Cinderella. Opera in four acts. Libretto by Henri Cain after Cinderella by Charles Perrault. First performed Paris, 1899. CINDERELLA (Lucette): Frederica von Stade, sop PRINCE: Nicolai Gedda, ten MME DE LA HALTIÈRE: Jane Berbié, mezz LA FÉE: Ruth Watling, sop Ambrosian Opera Ch; Philharmonia O/Julius Rudel. CBS M2K 79323 / 35194 2:17 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Listen/Opera 22:30 FROM DUSK TO DAWN Prepared by Fulton Myers Rautavaara, E. Angel of dusk (1980). Esko Laine, db; Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow. BIS CD-910 26 Górecki, H. String quartet no 1, op 62, Already it is dusk (1988). Kronos Quartet. Nonesuch 7559-79319-2ZK 14 Bax, A. From dusk till dawn (1917). London PO/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 8863 20 Edwards, R. Dawn mantras (arr. Manins). Riley Lee, shakuhachi; David Jones, perc. Move MD 3364 6 Wagner, R. Prologue: Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine journey, from Götterdämmerung (186974). Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy. RCA Victrola VD87819 13 Massenet’s sense of humour and wit is very evident in Cinderella and it has been said that the love music ‘reminds us how well Massenet knew his Wagner’. His score, with a scene worthy of Lully’s Armide, moves through Rossinian vocalises to ballet movements reminiscent of Tchaikovsky. December 2017

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Thursday 21 DECEMBER Beethoven, L. Symphony no 6 in F, op 68, Pastoral (1808). Vienna PO/Simon Rattle. EMI 5 57448 2 45 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers 13:00 GREAT BASSOON MUSIC Prepared by Albert Gormley Bertali, A. Sonata in G à 3. Ensemble Echo du Danube/Christian Zincke. Naxos 8.557679 3 Claudio Scimone 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Great string players Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Grainger, P. Colonial song (1911). Joel Smirnoff, vn; Joel Moershel, vc; Stephen Drury, pf. Northeastern NR 228 6 Giuliani, A. Concerto in E for viola, two mandolins and orchestra. Jodi Levitz, va; Ugo Orlandi, mand; Dorina Frati, mand; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone. LP Erato NUM 75248 15 Glière, R. Eight pieces, op 39 (1909). Eleonora Turovsky, vn; Yuli Turovsky, vc. Chandos CHAN 8652 17 Dohnányi, E. Serenade, op 10 (1902). Donald Weilerstein, vn; Atar Arad, va; Paul Katz, vc. Pro Arte CDD 238 19 Ravel, M. Sonata (1927). Oleg Kagan, vn; Natalia Gutman, vc. Live Classics LCL 121 20 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Frank Morrison Bax, A. Festival overture (1909/18). London PO/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 8586 16 Stamitz, C. Viola concerto in D, op 1 (pub.1774). Jan Peruska, va; Prague Philharmonia/Jirí Belohlávek. Supraphon SU 3929-2 21 30

Haydn, M. Bassoon concertino in B flat (1760s). Laurence Perkins, bn; Manchester Camerata/Douglas Boyd. Hyperion CDA67288 7 Mozart, W. Bassoon concerto in B flat, K191 (1774). John Cran, bn; Sydney SO/Robert Pikler. LP RCA VRL1 0078 18 Beethoven, L. Duo no 1 in C, WoO27 (c1810-15). Susan Milan, fl; Sergio Azzolini, bn. Chandos CHAN 9108 11 Verdi, G. Capriccio (1838). Patrick De Ritis, bn; Würzburg PO/Enrico Calesso. Naxos 8.573382 13 14:00 OFF STAGE Prepared by Chris Blower Wagner, R. Grand sonata in A, op 4 (1832). Werner Genuit, pf. LP Bellaphon EB 23,049 24 Donizetti, G. String quartet no 11 in C (1821). Revolutionary Drawing Room. cpo 999 279-2 17 Gounod, C. Six melodies (c1840-48). James Sommerville, hn; Rene Sharon, pf. Marquis ERAD 157 25 Puccini, G. Capriccio sinfonico (1883). Berlin RSO/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 410 007-2 12 Verdi, G. Variations (c1837). Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pf; Milan Giuseppe Verdi SO/ Riccardo Chailly. Decca 473 767-2 20 Rossini, G. Deux riens (c1864). Bruno Mezzena, pf. Dynamic CDS 42/1-2 8 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Sue Jowell 19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley

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20:00 SHOWCASING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS Australian String Quartet Recorded for FINE MUSIC by George Hilgevoord Haydn, J. Quartet in D, Hob.III:42 (1781). 15 Mozart, W. Quartet in A, K464 (1785). 29 Beethoven, L. Quartet in E flat, op 74, Harp (1809). 30 Australian String Quartet (all above) 21:30 BAROQUE SACRED VOICES Prepared by Elaine Siversen Schütz, H. Der Herr ist mein Hirt, from Symphoniae sacrae III (pub. 1650). Stuttgart Chamber Choir; Musica Fiata/Frieder Bernius. Harmonia Mundi RD 77910 5 Purcell, H. Rejoice in the Lord alway; Remember not, Lord, our offences, from Funeral music for Queen Mary (1695). Choir of Winchester Cathedral; Hilary Brooks, baroque vc; David Bennett, org; Brandenburg Consort/David Hill. Decca 475 050-2 10 Charpentier, M-A. Pro omnibus festis Beata Virgine Maria. Le Concert Spirituel/Hervé Niquet. Naxos 8.554453 9 22:00 MUSICAL PORTRAITS Characters from Sophocles’ Theban plays Prepared by Paul Cooke Stanford, C. Villiers Prelude: Oedipus Rex, op 29 (1887). Ulster O/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN 7002 10 Purcell, H. Music for a while, from Oedipus (c1692). Ironwood. ABC 476 4997 5 Schubert, F. Antigone und Oedip, D542 (1817). Marie McLaughlin, sop; Thomas Hampson, bar; Graham Johnson, pf. Hyperion CDJ 33014 6 Mussorgsky, M. Chorus of people in the temple, from Oedipus in Athens (1861; arr. Rimsky-Korsakov). Prague Philharmonic Choir; Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado. DG 445 238-2 3 Lambert, C. Tiresias (1925). Michael Cleaver, pf; English Northern Philharmonia/ David Lloyd-Jones. Hyperion CDA67049 54 Constantinides, D. Symphony no 4, Antigone (1994). Iryna Dats, sop; Kiev PO/ Robert Ian Winstin. erm 6827 32

Friday 22 DECEMBER 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

13:30 HARP ON DISPLAY Prepared by Simone Vitiello

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus

Debussy, C. Sonata in G minor for flute, viola and harp (1916). Osian Ellis, hp; members of Melos Ensemble. Decca 421 154-2 16

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Something borrowed Prepared by Di Cox

Ravel, M. Introduction and allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet (1905). Louise Johnson, hp; Australia Ensemble. Fine Music Tape Archive 10

Beethoven, L. 12 Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, from Mozart’s The magic flute, op 66 (1796). Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, pf. CBS M2K 42446 11 Carulli, F. Introduction, theme and variations on Sul margine di un rio, op 142. Alfonso Baschiera, gui. Nuova Era 7102 9 Britten, B. Variations and fugue on a theme of Purcell, op 34, The young person’s guide to the orchestra (1946). City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle. EMI 5 55394 2 17 Brahms, J. Variations in F sharp minor on a theme by Schumann, op 9 (1854). Mikhaïl Rudy, pf. EMI CDC 5 55167 2 20 Rossini, G. Introduction, theme and variations from Edoardo e Cristina (1819). Alessandro Carbonare, cl; Quatuor Z. Harmonia Mundi HMA 1951722 10 Avison, C. Concerto grosso no 2 in G, after Domenico Scarlatti (1744). Tafelmusik Baroque O/Jean Lamon. SM5000 SMCD5061 13 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Elaine Siversen Roman, J. Suite in D, Little Drottningholm music (1744). National Museum CO/Claude Génetay. Musica Sveciae PRCD 9047 21 Mozart, W. Triple concerto no 7 in F, K242 (1776). Zoltán Kocsis, pf; Dezsö Ránki, pf; András Schiff, pf; Hungarian State O/János Ferencsik. Fidelio 1812 22 Lindblad, A. Symphony no 1 in C (1832). Stockholm PO/Okko Kamu. LP Caprice CAP 1197 39 12:00 A JAZZ HOUR with Barry O’Sullivan 13:00 THE POWER OF ONE Chopin Prepared by Brian Dummond Chopin, F. Sonata no 2 in B flat minor, op 35, Funeral march (1839). Ronald Farren-Price, pf. Move MD 3147 27

Garcia, J. Pastoral Mass for Christmas (1808). Ex Cathedra/Jeffrey Skidmore. Hyperion CDA68114 17 Liszt, F. Suite: Christmas tree, S186 (1876). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDS44518 33

Mozart, W. 12 Variations in E flat on La belle Françoise, K353 (1780-82; arr.). Fine Music concert recording 8

Saint-Saëns, C. Oratorio de Noël, op 12 (1858). Elke Hook, sop; Victoria Wallace, mezz; Rebecca Scott, cont; Robert Boyd, ten; Matt Thomas, bass; Amy Johansen, org; Sydney University Graduate Choir & O/Christopher Bowen. SUGC concert recording 34

Conyngham, B. Harp concerto (1990). Australian Youth O/John Hopkins. Fine Music Tape Archive 20

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Christmas reflections Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Alice Giles, hp (2 above)

Victoria, T. de Motet: Quem vidistis, pastores; Motet: O magnum mysterium. Ensemble Plus Ultra. Archiv 479 1045 8

14:30 TO QUOTE DOUGLAS ADAMS Prepared by Gael Golla Beethoven, L. Trio in E flat, WoO38 (1791-92). Isaac Stern, vn; Leonard Rose, vc; Eugene Istomin, pf. Sony SM2K 64510 15 Mozart, W. Martern aller Arten, from The abduction from the seraglio, K384 (1782). Sumi Jo, sop; William Bennett, fl; Neil Black, ob; Paul Barritt, vn; Charles Tunnell, vc; English CO/ Kenneth Montgomery. Erato 0630-14637-2 9

Bach, J.S. Canonic variations on the Christmas carol: Vom Himmel hoch da komm’ ich her, BWV769 (c1747). Hans Fagius, org. BIS CD-439 11 Schmelzer, J. Cantata: Venite ocius, transeamus usque in Bethlehem. Peter Schreier, ten; Eberhard Büchner, ten; Capella Sagittariana/ Dietrich Knothe. LP Forlane UM 6510 10

Bach, J.S. Prelude and fugue in B minor, BWV869, from The well-tempered clavier bk 1 (1722). Angela Hewitt, pf. Hyperion CDA67741/4 12

Valentini, Giuseppe. Sinfonia à tre for Christmas, op 1 no 12 (pub. 1701). Northwest CO/Alun Francis. Helios CDH88028 10

Mozart, W. Horn concerto no 2 in E flat, K417 (1783). Barry Tuckwell, hn; London SO/Peter Maag. Decca 466 247-2 14

Schütz, H. Hodie Christus natus est (1650). Janice Chandler, sop; James Shaffran, bar; J. Reilly Lewis, org; Choral Arts Society of Washington Ch & O/Norman Scribner. Naxos 8.555049 6

Bach, J.S. Chorale: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, from Cantata, BWV140 (1731). Tölz Boys’ Choir; Concentus Musicus Vienna/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 4509 93705-2 7 Beethoven, L. Wind octet in E flat, op 103 (1792). Mozzafiato/Charles Neidich. Sony SK 53367 22 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with James Hunter 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Christopher Waterhouse 20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Denis Patterson Bruch, M. Salute to Christmas, op 62 (1892). Gabriel Schreckenbach, cont; Berlin Philharmonic Choir; Berlin RSO/Uwe Gronostay. Schwann 313 013 H1 17 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Polonaise, from Christmas Eve (1895). USSR Academic SO/ Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya MA 19303 5

Böddecker, P. Natus est Jesus (pub. 1651). René Jacobs, ct; Roel Dieltiens, vc; Konrad Junghänel, lute; Gottgried Bach, org. Harmonia Mundi GD 77177 5 Pachelbel, J. Chorale prelude: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her. Douglas Lawrence, org. Move MD 3013 3 Tallis, T. Christmas Mass: Puer natus est nobis (c1554). Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips. Gimell 454 934-2 24 Corelli, A. Concerto grosso in F, op 8 no 6, Fatto per la notte di Natale (pub. 1714). Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 410 179-2 13 Bach, J.S. Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen, from Cantata for the third day of the Nativity; Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen, from Cantata for the third day of the Nativity, from Christmas oratorio, BWV248 (1734). Barbara Schlick, sop; Michel Brodard, bass; Lausanne Vocal Ensemble; Lausanne CO/Michel Corboz. Erato 2292-45865-2 16 December 2017

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Saturday 23 DECEMBER 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Peter Bell 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney

14:00 BEETHOVEN’S CONTEMPORARIES Prepared by Stephen Wilson

9:05 ORCHESTRAS AROUND THE WORLD Stockholm Sinfonietta Prepared by Di Cox

Dragonetti, D. Andante and rondo. Ludwig Streicher, db; Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair. Teldec 2292-42452-2 10

Schubert, F. Overture in D in the Italian style, D590 (1817). BIS CD-453 8

Punto, G. Horn concerto no 11 in E. Barry Tuckwell, hn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. EMI 5 69395 2 14

Strauss, R. Oboe concerto in D (1945/48). Alf Nilsson, ob. BIS CD-470 24 Neeme Järvi, cond (2 above) Larsson, L-E. The winter’s tale, four vignettes (1937-38). BIS CD-165 10 Wirén, D. Triptych, op 33 (1958). Caprice CAP 21326 11 Jan-Olav Wedin, cond (2 above) Gade, N. Symphony no 6 in G minor, op 32 (1857). Neeme Järvi, cond. BIS CD-356 24

Steibelt, D. Piano concerto no 3 in E, op 33, L’orage (1799). Ulster O/Howard Shelley, pf & dir. Hyperion CDA 68104 28 15:00 BALLET DOUBLE BILL Prepared by Chris Blower Tchaikovsky, P. Ballet: The nutcracker, op 71 (1892). Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. Decca 440 477-2 1:28 Prokofiev, S. Ballet: The buffoon, op 21 (1915/20). USSR Ministry of Culture SO/ Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Melodiya MA3017 56

Tchaikovsky, P. Suite from The nutcracker (1892; arr.). Glenn Miller O. LaserLight 12 953 18 Herman, J. Excerpts from Mame (1966). Angela Lansbury, Beatrice Arthur, Jerry Lanning, voices. Columbia SK 60959 17 20:00 INFLUENCES AND CONNECTIONS Ross Edwards Prepared by James Nightingale Edwards, R. Laikan (1979). Australia Ensemble. Tall Poppies TP176 13 Veress, S. Four Transylvanian dances (194349). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. Sony SK 62005 13 Davies, P. Maxwell Five carols (1966). Neil Mackie, ten; King’s College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury. Argo 436 119-2 8 Meale, R. Coruscations (1970). Lachlan Redd, pf. Canberra School of Music CSM 24 8 Boyd, A. Cloudy mountain (1981). Geoffrey Collins, fl; David Miller, pf. Tall Poppies TP127 8

Stockholm Sinfonietta (all above)

17:30 THE VOICES, THE ROLES with Angela Cockburn Castrati: Caffarelli

Stanhope, P. Songs for the Shadowland (2001). Southern Cross Soloists. ABC 476 3870 14

10:30 SMALL FORCES Prepared by Frank Morrison

18:00 SYDNEY SCHUBERT SOCIETY Prepared by Ross Hayes

Pleyel, I. Quartet in D, op 25 no 1 (c1800). Pierre Feit, ob; Günther Volmer, vn; Pavel Skabar, va; Ciri Skerjanec, vc. Koch Schwann 316 038 F1 15

Schubert, F. Adagio in E flat, D897, Notturno (c1828). Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 442 9375 13

Sculthorpe, P. Island songs (2012). Amy Dickson, sax; Sydney SO/Benjamin Northey. ABC 481 1703 18

Janácek, L. Quartet no 1, Kreutzer sonata (1923). Medici String Quartet. Nimbus NI 5379 18 Alyabyev, A. Piano trio in A minor (pub. 1950). Borodin Trio. Chandos CHAN 8975 20 11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Paul Hopwood Sousa, J.P. Royal Welch Fusiliers march (1929). 3 Suite: At the movies (1922). 16 Songs of grace and songs of glory (1892). 8 Royal Artillery Band/Keith Brion (all above) Naxos 8.559059 12:00 URBAN JAZZ LOUNGE with Leita Hutchings 32

13:00 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD with Maureen Meers Nostalgic music and artists from the 30s, 40s and 50s and occasionally beyond, in a trip down many memory lanes

Impromptu in A flat, D899 no 4 (1827). Mitsuko Uchida, pf. Philips 475 6282 8 The linden tree, from Winterreise, D911 no 5 (1827). Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar; Gerald Moore, pf. EMI 5 62784 2 5 Piano trio in E flat, D929, mvt 1 (1827). Vienna Schubert Trio. Nimbus NI 6137 16

Edwards, R. Violin concerto, Maninyas (1988). Adele Anthony, vn; Adelaide SO/Arvo Volmer. Canary Classics CC09 26 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Elaine Siversen Stravinsky, I. Suite italienne (1933; arr. Dushkin). Sophie Rowell, vn; Julian Smiles, vc: Kathryn Selby, pf. Fine Music concert recording 17

Impromptu in B flat, D935 no 3 (1828). Vladimir Horowitz, pf. DG 479 2553 10

Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 4 in A, op 90, Italian (1833). Vienna PO/Christoph von Dohnányi. Decca 460 239-2 26

19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers

Liszt, F. Venice and Naples (first set) (1840). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDS44561 24

Strouse, C. Excerpts from Annie. Andrea McArdle, Reid Shelton, Sandy Faison, Robert Fitch, voices. Columbia SK 60723 15

Berlioz, H. Harold in Italy (1834; transcr Liszt c1836). Hartmut Lindemann, va; Geoffrey Tozer, pf. Fine Music concert recording 45

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Sunday 24 DECEMBER 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett 9:00 MUSICA SACRA Prepared by Paul Cooke Bach, J.S. Cantata BWV122: The little new born child played (1724). Gerlinde Sämann, sop; Petra Noskaiová, cont; Christophe Geenz, ten; Jan van der Crabben, bass; La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken. Accent ACC 25314 13 Ryba, J. Czech Christmas Mass: Hail, Master! (1796). Dagmar Vankátová, sop; Pavla Ksicová, cont; Vladimír Dolezal, ten; Václav Sibera, bass; Josef Ksica, org; Czech Madrigalists Ch & O/Frantisek Xaver Thuri. Naxos 8.554428 41 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Sheila Catzel Boyce, W. Overture no 11 in D (1770). Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd. Chandos CHAN 6541 7 Myslivecek, J. Violin concerto in D. Shizuka Ishikawa, vn; Dvorák CO/Libor Pesek. Supraphon 33C37 7429 21 Bach, W.F. Symphony in F, F67, Dissonance (1755-58). Akademie für Alte Musik/Stephan Mai. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908601.30 15 Hoffmeister, F. Double concerto in E flat. Dieter Klöcker, cl; Waldemar Wandel, cl; Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair. Schwann 3-6422-2 H1 21 Devienne, F. Symphonie concertante (1783). Marc Grauwels, fl; Alain De Reijckere, bn; Walloon CO/Bernard Labadie. Naxos 8.555918 21 Haydn, J. Symphony in G, Hob.I:8, Evening (1761). Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati. Decca 425 900-2 24 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with John Buchanan 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Linda Marr

Three rhapsodies, op 53: French; Polish; Viennese (1903-04). Huseyin Sermet, pf; Kun Woo Paik, pf. Auvidis V 4679 19 La tragédie de Salomé, op 50 (1907). Detroit SO/Paul Paray. Mercury 478 5092 27 15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Brahms in Leipzig, 17 December 1853 Prepared by Elaine Siversen Mendelssohn, F. Quartet no 3 in D, op 44 no 1 (1838). New Zealand String Quartet. Naxos 8.570003 32 Brahms, J. Sonata no 1 in C, op 1 (1852-53). Anatol Ugorski, pf. 31 Scherzo in E flat minor, op 4 (1851). Wilhelm Kempff, pf. 9 DG 479 1965 (2 above) Mozart, W. Quintet no 4 in G minor, K516 (1787). Ryo Terakado, va; Kuijken String Quartet Denon CO-78850 38 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Stephen Matthews Gruber, F. Stille Nacht (arr. Mandyczewski). RIAS Chamber Choir/Uwe Gronostay. Harmonia Mundi HMG 501794 3 James, W. The three drovers. Yvonne Kenny, sop; Sydney Children’s Choir; Adelaide SO/ David Stanhope. ABC 465 427-2 2 Trad. In dulci jubilo (arr. Reger). RIAS Chamber Choir/Uwe Gronostay. Harmonia Mundi HMG 501794 2 Vaughan Williams, R. Fantasia on Christmas carols. Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford/Daniel Hyde, org & dir. Opus Arte OA CD9022 D 13 Zelenka, J. Excerpts from Missa nativitas. Musica Florea/Marek Stryncl. Supraphon SU4111-2 21 Becker, A. Das Volk, das Finstern wandelt. RIAS Chamber Choir/Uwe Gronostay. Harmonia Mundi HMG 501794 3

14:00 ‘AN IRRESPONSIBLE LUNATIC’ Florent Schmitt Prepared by Stephen Wilson

Brooks, P. O little town of Bethlehem (arr. Walford Davies). Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford/Daniel Hyde. Opus Arte OA CD9022 D 5

Schmitt, F. Sonatine en trio op 85 (1935). Emmanuel Pahud, fl; Paul Meyer, cl; Eric Le Sage, pf. EMI 5 57948 2 8

Mendelssohn, F. Peace I leave with you. Handel and Haydn Society/Harry Christophers. Coro COR16145 3

18:00 PIANO QUARTET Prepared by Chris Blower Hummel, J. Quartet in G, op posth (c1839). Micaela Comberti, vn; Jane Rogers, va; Pál Banda, vc; Susan Alexander-Max, fp. Naxos 8.557694 17 Rubinstein, A. Quartet in F, op 55bis (c1855/60). Rita Manning, vn; Morgan Goff, va; Justin Pearson, vc; Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDA68018 37 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Rex Burgess Arnold, M. Commonwealth Christmas overture, op 64 (1957). London PO/Malcolm Arnold. Reference RR-48 19 Hindemith, P. Suite:Tuttifänschen, op 36 no 3, Christmas fairy tale (1922). Queensland SO/Werner Andreas Albert. cpo 999 527-2 19 Bruch, M. Salute to Christmas, op 62 (1892). Gabriele Schreckenbach, cont; Berlin Philharmonic Choir; Berlin RSO/Uwe Gronostay. Schwann 313 013 H1 17 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Overture and suite from Christmas Eve (1895). Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin. Naxos 8.553789 26 20:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Paul Cooke Bolleter, R. Nethermost parts of the dark (1993). Unnamed accordionists. Tall Poppies TP045 11 Connesson, G. A glimmer in the age of darkness (2005). Royal Scottish NO/ Stéphane Denève. Chandos CHSA 5076 19 Mathias, W. Fenestra (1989). John Scott, org. Nimbus NI 5367 14 Broadstock, B. Symphony no 1, Toward the shining light (1988). Melbourne SO/Richard Mills. ABC 426 807-2 21 Zaimont, J. Chroma - Northern lights (1985). Slovak National SO/Kirk Trevor. Naxos 8.559619 11 Jenkins, K. Healing light (2014). Polyphony/ Stephen Layton. DG 479 3232 3 22:00 AFTER HOURS JAZZ with Kevin Jones December 2017

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Tuesday 26 DECEMBER 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Master pianists Prepared by Jennifer Foong Grieg, E. Sonata no 3 in C minor, op 45 (1887). Augustin Dumay, vn; Maria João Pires, pf. DHM 479 5964 24 Mompou, F. Prelude no 7, Fireworks (1931). Alicia de Larrocha, pf. Newton 8802096 3 Schumann, R. Adagio and allegro in A flat, op 70 (1849). Douglas Boyd, ob; Maria João Pires, pf. DHM 479 5964 9 Soler, A. Sonata in G minor. Alicia de Larrocha, pf. Decca 433 920-2 6

Adoration of the Shepherds by Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Robert Small 9:00 CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION with Heather Middleton 12:00 YULETIDE JAZZ with members of the Jazz Team 14:00 RELAXING WITH MUSIC with Barry Brockwell

16:00 FINE MUSIC HOLIDAY including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Stephen Wilson 19:00 JAZZ PULSE with Chris Wetherall 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson

CONTINUING PROGRAM SERIES Sunday Special, Master Key prepared by Anne Irish and James Nightingale: 3 at 3pm Sunday Special, The Tarot prepared by Angela Cockburn: 10 at 3pm PROGRAMS NOT TO BE MISSED Baroque and Before (a program of Polish composers): 8 at 10pm Ballet Double Bill (Tchaikovsky’s The nutcracker and Prokofiev’s The buffoon): 23 at 3pm MUSIC TRIVIA 1. By what name was the Polish-American pianist Wladziu Valentino better known? 2. The Overture to Rosamunde was written by Schubert to accompany an 1823 German play. Who was Rosamunde? 3. Which metal device for establishing pitch was invented in 1711? Find the answers on Page 37 34

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Mozart, W. Ch’io mi scordi di te?, K505 (1786). Christine Schäfer, sop; Maria João Pires, pf; Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado. DG 457 582-2 10 Turina, J. Zapateado, from Danzas andaluzas, op 8 no 3 (1912). Alicia de Larrocha, pf. Decca 433 929-2 4 Mendelssohn, F. Song without words in D, op 109 (1829-45). Antonio Meneses, vc; Maria João Pires, pf. DHM 479 5964 4 Albéniz, I. Rapsodia española, op 70 (1911; arr. Halffter). Alicia de Larrocha, pf; London PO/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Decca 433 905-2 18 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Michael Field Daverne, G. Overture: Youth of Auckland (pub. 1986). New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young. RCA VPCD0841 10 Corigliano, J. Suite from The red violin. Lara St John, vn; Timothy Gill, vc; Royal PO/Sarah Ioannides. Ancalagon ANC 133 25 Schubert, F. Symphony no 9 in C, D944, Great (1825-28). Royal Concertgebouw O/ John Eliot Gardiner. Radio Nederland RCO11004 48 12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes

Tuesday 26 DECEMBER

Wednesday 27 DECEMBER 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am With Troy Fil 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus: Anton Rubinstein Prepared by Frank Morrison Rubinstein, A. Sonata no 1 in D, op 18 (1852). Steven Isserlis, vc; Stephen Hough, pf. RCA 09026 68290 2 23

Robert Schumann

Hector Berlioz

13:00 THE FRANCO-FLEMISH SCHOOL Prepared by Gael Golla

Mendelssohn, F. Overture: The Hebrides, op 26, Fingal’s Cave (1830). Philharmonia O/ Walter Weller. Chandos CHAN 9099 10

Arcadelt, J. Donna, quando pietosa; El travagliato; La gamba in basso e soprano; Amor è foco e ghiaccio. Piffaro; Joan Kimball, dir; Robert Wiemken, dir. Archiv 445 883-2 9 Willaert, A. A quand’ haveva; O bene mia. Nancy Knowles, sop, fl; Frank Wallace, bar, vihuela. Centaur CRC 2109 5 Ockeghem, J. Fors seulement. Clerk’s Group/Edward Wickham. ASV GAU 168 8 Macque, G. Prime stravaganze (pub. 1546); Toccata (1617). Andrew Lawrence-King, baroque hp. Hyperion CDA66518 6 Lassus, O. de Tristis est anima mea; I convertendo; (pub. 1565). Regensberg Cathedral Choir; Archiv Instrumental Ensemble/Hans Schrems. Archiv 439 958-2 7 Loeillet de Gant, J.B. Sonata in D, op 3 no 9 (pub. 1715). Håkan Hardenberger, tpt; Simon Preston, org. Philips 434 074-2 6 Clemens non Papa, J. Motet: Pater peccavi. Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips. Gimell CDGIM 013 9 14:00 ROMANTICISM IN CLASSICAL FORMS Prepared by Albert Gormley Schumann, R. Piano trio no 1 in D minor, op 63 (1847). Borodin Trio. Chandos CHAN 8832/3 35 Schubert, F. String quartet no 2 in C, D32 (1812). Quatuor Sine Nomine. Erato 2292-45635-2 16

Berlioz, H. Symphonie fantastique, op 14 (1830). Sydney SO/Willem van Otterloo. LP ABC AO 7009/10 49 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Derek Parker

Feramores: Danses des fiancées de Cachemir (1863). London SO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 452 767-2 5 Ballet music from The demon (1875). Minnesota O/Eiji Oue. Reference RR-71 9 Na vazdushnam akeane (1875). Dmitri Hvorostovsky, bar; Kirov O/Valery Gergiev. Philips 438 872-2 5

19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps

Quartet in F, op 55 bis (c1855/60). Rita Manning, vn; Morgan Goff, va; Justin Pearson, vc; Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDA68018 37

20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Charles Barton

10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Paul Hopwood

22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Richard Verco

Beethoven, L. Overture to Leonore, op 72a no 3 (1806). Bavarian RSO/Colin Davis. CBS MDK 44790 16

Beethoven, L. String quintet in C minor, op 104 (1819). Members of Nash Ensemble. Hyperion CDA67745 30 Schubert, F. Piano trio in B flat, D898 (1827). Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 438 700-2 35 Brahms, J. Quintet no 1 in F, op 88 (1882). Norbert Brainin, vn; Siegmund Nissel, vn; Peter Schidlof, va; Cecil Aronowitz, va; Martin Lovett, vc. DG 419 875-2 25 Crusell, B. Duet in C, op 6 (1805). Hans Rudolf Stalder, cl; Heinz Hofer, cl. Jecklin 578-2 10 Bach, J. Christian Trio in G (pub. c1800). Alain Marion, fl; Marzio Conti, fl; Daniele Roi, hpd. Fonè 89 F 04-28 9 The London-based younger cousin of Jean Baptiste Loeillet de Gant (Ghent) was known as Jean Baptiste Loeillet of London.

Parish Alvars, E. Harp concerto in G minor, op 81 (1842). Marielle Nordmann, hp; Franz Liszt CO/Jean-Pierre Rampal. Sony SK 58919 29 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Symphony no 3 in C, op 32 (1886). Bergen PO/Dmitri Kitaienko. Chandos CHAN 9229 37 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale 13:00 LIGHT AND DARK Prepared by Georgia Melville Whitacre, E. Lux aurumque (2000); Nox aurumque. Eric Whitacre Singers. Decca 478 3640 11 Handel, G. Let the bright seraphim, from Samson, HWV57 (1743). Joan Sutherland, sop; Royal Opera House Ch & O/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli. Decca 414 450-2 6 Lauridsen, M. O nata lux, from Lux Aeterna (1997). King’s Singers/René Clausen. Signum SIGCD262 4 December 2017

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Thursday 28 DECEMBER 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Great string players Prepared by Frank Morrison Mozart, W. Violin sonata no 27 in G major/ minor, K379 (1781). Marc Neikrug, pf. RCA RD 60447 19

William Mathias

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Mathias, W. Lux aeterna. Felicity Lott, sop; Margaret Cable, mezz; Penelope Walker, cont; Bach Choir; Choristers of St George’s Chapel, Windsor; John Scott, org; London SO/David Willcocks. Chandos CHAN 8695 13

20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Ticheli, F. Angels in the architecture (2008). Lara Spiesser, sop; MTSU Wind Ensemble/ Reed Thomas. Naxos 8.572732 16

ALCESTE: Teresa Ringholz, sop ADMETO: Justin Lavender, ten APOLLO: Lars Martinsson, bar Drottningholm Theatre Ch & O/Arnold Östman. Naxos 8.660066-68 2:27

14:00 TRIOS Prepared by Stephen Wilson Beethoven, L. Trio in C, op 87 (1794). Marilyn Zupnik, ob; Kathryn Greenbank, ob; Elizabeth Starr, cora. ASV QS 6192 22 Handel, G. Pastorella vagha bella (arr. Randlinger, Müller). Trio Euphony. Acousence ACO 11512 7 Grainger, P. Green bushes (1905-06); English dance (1921). Leslie Howard, pf; David Stanhope pf; Geoffrey Parsons, pf. ABC 481 1601 19 Brahms, J. Trio in E flat, op 40 (1865). Isabelle Faust, vn; Teunis van der Zwart, hn; Alexander Melnikov, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908401.08 29 Verdi, G. Ahimé! s’appressa alcun! ... Tu qui! Per salvarti da lor, from Un ballo in maschera (1859). Birgit Nilsson, sop; Carlo Bergonzi, ten; Cornell MacNeil, bar; Academy of St Cecilia O/Georg Solti. Decca 478 3705 5 Ravel, M. Piano trio in A minor (1914). Florestan Trio. Hyperion CDA67114 26 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Trisha McDonald 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell 36

Gluck, C. Alceste. Opera in three acts. Libretto by Ranieri de Calzabigi after Alcestis by Euripides. First performed Vienna,1767.

Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Listen/Opera Symphony in G, Weimar. Orfeo Baroque O/ Michi Gaigg. cpo 777 411-2 14 23:00 FROM THE BAROQUE STAGE Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Beethoven, L. 14 Variations in E flat, op 44 (c1792). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Daniel Barenboim, pf. EMI CMS 7 63124 2 15 Pinchas Zukerman, vn (2 above) Elgar, E. Chanson de nuit, op 15 no 1 (188990). Royal PO/Pinchas Zukerman, vn & dir. Decca 478 9386 4 Dvorák, A. Rondo in G minor, op 94 (1891). Royal PO/Charles Groves. RPO RPO 8012 8 Lalo, E. Cello concerto in D minor (1876). EMI 7 69457 2 27 Saint-Saëns, C. Allegro appassionato, op 43 (1875). EMI 1664482 4 City of Birmingham SO/Louis Frémaux (2 above)

Purcell, H. Ayres and dances, from Dido and Aeneas, Z626 (1689). Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players/Geoffrey Lancaster. ABC 456 667-2 17

Paul Tortelier, vc (3 above)

Locke, M. Incidental music for Thomas Shadwell’s operatic version of The tempest (1674). Parley of Instruments Renaissance Violin Band/ Peter Holman. Hyperion CDA66667 16

Schumann, R. Overture, scherzo and finale, op 52 (1841/45). Polish National RSO/ Johannes Wildner. Naxos 8.550608 17

Handel, G. Suite from Rinaldo (1711; arr. Cox). Septura. Naxos 8.573386 21 Thomas Shadwell’s 1674 adaptation of Shakespeare’s play The Tempest as an opera had music composed mainly by Matthew Locke but also by a team of composers including Pelham Humphrey. It was successfully revived many times up to 1717 and another 20 times between 1729 and 1747. While much of Shakespeare’s verse was retained, in some parts the language is simplified and extra characters were added with even Ariel being given an ethereal girlfriend.

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10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Giovanna Grech

Moszkowski, M. Piano concerto in E, op 59 (1898). Piers Lane, pf; BBC Scottish SO/ Jerzy Maksymiuk. Hyperion CDA66452 37 Tchaikovsky, P. Concert fantasy, op 56 (1885). Peter Donohoe, pf; Bournemouth SO/ Rudolf Barshai. EMI CDC 7 49939 2 28 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers 13:00 FIVE FOR FUN Prepared by Gael Golla Jolivet, A. Serenade for wind quintet with principal oboe (1945). Bergen Wind Quintet. BIS CD-291 17

Thursday 28 DECEMBER Boccherini, L. Quintet no 2 in E (1798). Pepe Romero, gui; Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble. Philips 438 769-2 15 Arnold, M. Quintet, op 73 (1961). Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Elgar Howarth. Decca 468 803-2 12 Bax, A. Harp quintet (1919). Nash Ensemble Hyperion CDA66807 15 Prokofiev, S. Quintet in G minor, op 39 (1924). Joris van den Hauwe, ob; Walter Boeykens, cl; Marjeta Korosec, vn; Peter Despiegelaere, vn; Thérèse-Marie Gilissen, va; Étienne Siebens, db. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901419 21 14:30 FANTASTIC FANTASIAS Prepared by Derek Parker Mozart, W. Fantasia in D minor, K397 (1782 or 1786-87). Mitsuko Uchida, pf. Philips 422 115-2 7 Sor, F. Fantasia no 7, op 30 (c1828). Jeffrey McFadden, gui. Naxos 8.553451 12 Beethoven, L. Sonata quasi una fantasia no 14 in E flat, op 27 no 2, Moonlight (1801). Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, pf. Chandos CHAN 10798(3) 16 Chopin, F. Fantasia in F minor, op 49 (1841). Daniel Barenboim, pf. DG 477 9519 14 Alwyn, W. Pastoral fantasia (1939). Philip Dukes, va; Royal Liverpool PO/David LloydJones. Naxos 8.570704 13 Vaughan Williams, R. Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis (1910). Royal PO/Pinchas Zukerman. Decca 478 9386 16 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Marilyn Schock 19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley 20:00 SHOWCASING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS Bernadette Harvey Prepared by Jennifer Foong Schubert, F. Rondo in B minor, D895, Rondeaue brillante (1826). Natsuko Yosimoto, vn. Fine Music concert recording 14 Vine, C. The Anne Landa preludes (2006). Tall Poppies TP220 24

Friday 29 DECEMBER

Puts, K. Alternating current (1997). Tall Poppies TP212 16

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Beethoven, L. Sonata no 10 in G, op 96 (1812). Natsuko Yoshimoto, vn. Fine Music concert recording 27

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus

Bernadette Harvey, pf (all above)

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Something borrowed Prepared by Chris Blower

21:30 TWENTIETH CENTURY INSTRUMENTAL Prepared by Phil Vendy Gnattali, R. Suite retratos. Silvina Strano, gui; Catherine Strano, gui. Walsingham WAL 8015-2 9 Blancafort, M. Caminas (1920-23). Miquel Villalba, pf. Naxos 8.557334 15 22:00 MUSICAL PORTRAITS Sheba and Solomon Prepared by Robert Small Handel, G. The arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon, HWV67 (1748; arr.) Sydney Brass Ensemble. Fine Music concert recording 3 Gounod, C. Balkis’ aria: Plus grand dans son obscurité, from The Queen of Sheba (1875). Françoise Pollet, sop; Montpellier PO/Cyril Diederich. Erato 2292-45025-2 7 Respighi, O. Belkis, Queen of Sheba (1932). SBS Youth O/Matthew Krel. SBS YME-5 24 Liszt, F. Cradle song, from Gounod’s Queen of Sheba (pub. 1865). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDS44540 6 Charpentier, M-A. The judgement of Solomon (1702). Nantes Vocal Ensemble; Ensemble Stradivaria/Paul Colleaux. Arion ARN 68037 37 Bloch, E. Solomon, op posth. (1959). Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Baltimore SO/David Zinman. Sony SK 57961 23 Grainger, P. Love verses, from The song of Solomon (1899-1901). Monteverdi Choir; English Country Gardiner O/John Eliot Gardiner. DG 479 1044 7

MUSIC TRIVIA ANSWERS: 1 Liberace 2 Queen of Cyprus 3 The tuning fork

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

Drouet, L. Introduction and variations on an English theme (1815-19). Marc Grauwels, fl; Catherine Michel, hp. Marco Polo 8.220441 11 Stanford, C. Villiers Concert variations upon an English theme, Down among the dead men, op 71 (1898). Margaret Fingerhut, pf; Ulster O/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN 8736 26 Dauprat, L. Variations on a Scottish air, op 22. Sören Hermansson, hn; Erica Goodman, hp. BIS CD-648 10 Beethoven, L. Five variations on Rule Britannia, WoO79 (1803). John Ogden, pf. EMI 1 66450 2 6 Arnold, M. Four Scottish dances, op 59 (1957). Philharmonia O/Bryden Thomas. Chandos CHAN 10412X 10 Ries, F. Variations in C on a favourite Scotch Air, op 105 no 2 (pub 1822). Michael Tsalka, fp. Naxos 8.573628 7 Glinka, M. Variations on a Scottish theme The last rose of Summer, from A greeting to my native land (1847). Victor Ryabchikov, pf. BIS CD-979 8 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Bernstein, L. Overture to Candide (1955-56). Israel PO/Leonard Bernstein. DG 469 115-2 4 Copland, A. Four dance episodes, from Rodeo (1942). Detroit SO/Antal Dorati. Decca 414 273-2 20 MacDowell, E. Piano concerto no 2 in D minor, op 23 (1884-86). Thomas Tirino, pf; Bulgarian RSO/Vassil Kazandjiev. Centaur CRC 2149 29 Foster, S. I dream of Jeannie (1854). Isaac Stern, vn; Columbia SO/Milton Katims. Sony SMK 64 537 3 Bernstein, L. Symphonic dances, from West Side story (1957). London SO/Michael Tilson Thomas. DG 439 926-2 22 December 2017

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Walther, J.J. Sonata no 10 in G, Imitatione del cuccu (1676). François Fernandez, vn; Philippe Pierlot, bass viol; Pierre Hantaï, hpd. Ricercar RIC 045022 8

13:00 ARPEGGIONE Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Purcell, D. Morpheus, thou gentle God (1699). Catherine Bott, sop; Mark Levy, bass biol; David Roblou, org. L’Oiseau-Lyre 433 187-2 5

Schubert, F. Sonata in A minor, D821, Arpeggione (1824). Maria Kliegel, vc; Kristin Merscher, pf. Naxos 8.550654 28 13:30 GLORIA Prepared by Derek Parker Handel, G. Gloria (c1706-08). Emma Kirkby, sop; Royal Academy of Music Baroque O/ Laurence Cummings. BIS CD-1235 16 Vivaldi, A. Gloria , RV588. Catherine Bott, sop; Julia Gooding; sop; Christopher Robson, ct; Andrew King, ten; Simon Grant, bass; New London Consort/Philip Pickett. Decca 458 837-2 27

Corelli, A. Sonata in E minor, op 2 no 4 (pub. 1685). Purcell Quartet. Chandos CHAN 0516 7 Respighi, O. Suite:The birds (1927). London SO/Antal Dorati. Mercury 478 5092 19

Haydn, J. Gloria for Marie Therese, alternative Gloria for Mass in B flat, Hob. XXII:13, Creation (1801). Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 0599 11

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Brendan Walsh

14:30 AN ITALIAN FEAST Prepared by Gael Golla

20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Ron Walledge

Vivaldi, A. Cello concerto in A minor, RV420. Raphael Wallfisch, vc; City of London Sinfonia/Nicholas Kraemer. Naxos 8.550910 10

Tchaikovsky, P. Fantasy overture: Romeo and Juliet (1880). Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink. Decca 478 5867 20

Palestrina, G. da Motet: Sicut lilium inter spinas I. Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips. Gimell GIMB 400 5

Dvorák, A. String quartet no 12 in F, op 96, American (1893). Keller Quartet. apex 0927 44355 2 24

Scarlatti, D. Sonata in C, Kk527. Ralph Kirkpatrick, hpd. DG 439 438-2 4

Wagner, R. Prelude and Liebestod, from Tristan and Isolde (1857-59). Marilyn Richardson, sop; Queensland SO/Werner Andreas Albert. ABC 426 999-2 17

Puccini, G. In questa reggia, from Turandot (1920-24). Katia Ricciarelli, sop; Plácido Domingo, ten; Vienna State Opera Ch; Vienna PO/Herbert von Karajan. DG 410 645-2 8 Donizetti, G. Sonata in G minor/major. JeanPierre Rampal, fl; Marielle Nordmann, hp. Sony SK 44552 5 Rossini, G. Introduction, theme and variations. Vincenzo Mariozzi, cl; I Solisti Aquilani/Vittorio Antonellini. Nuova Era 6910 13 Verdi, G. Ehi! paggio!, from Falstaff (1893). Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; Metropolitan Opera O/ James Levine. DG 445 866-2 5 38

Antonin Dvorák

19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Christopher Waterhouse

Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Scheherazade, symphonic suite, op 35 (1888). London PO/ Mariss Jansons. EMI 5 55227-2 45

Isaac, H. Innsbruch, ich muss dic lassen (c1497). Margaret Philpot, cont; Rogers Covey Crump, ten; Paul Elliott, ten; Paul Hillier, bar. L’Oiseau-Lyre 478 8121 3 Bassano, G. Ung gay bergier (1591). Members of Montréal Baroque. ATMA ACD2 2598 4 Campion, T. Move now with measured sound; Lord Hay’s masque (1607); The cypress curtain of the night (1601). Robin Blaze, ct; Joanne Levine, bass viol; Mark Levy, lyra viol; David Miller, lute. Hyperion CDA67268 10 Lotti, A. Inganni dell’umanità (1705). Mary Nichols, cont; Andrew King, ten; Alan Ewing, bass; Christopher Wilson, chitarrone; Alan Wilson, hpd; Anthony Rooley, cond. Harmonia Mundi CDS 7 49189-2 5 Montéclair, M. de Marche au son des tambourins; O jour heureux; Notre crainte est bannie; Air; Tambourins; Tout rit à nos voeux, from Jephté (1731). Sophie Daneman, sop; Anne Pichard, sop; Mary Saint-Palais, sop; Les Arts Florissants/William Christie. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901424/25 8 Lobo, A. Versa est in luctum cithera mea (1598). Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips. Gimell 454 912-2 5 Reiche, G. Sonatina no 9 à 4 (1696). Bruce Dickey, cornett; Harry Ries, tb; Charles Toet, tb; Wim Becu, tb. EMI CDC 7 54455 2 3 Monn, G. Maria, starke Sonnen. James Bowman, ct; King’s Consort/Robert King. Meridian CDE 84126 4

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE 67-17 Prepared by Paul Roper

Keyboard concerto in D. Sabine Bauer, hpd; La Stagione, Frankfurt/Michael Schneider. cpo 999 391-2 8

Isaac, H. La, la, hö, hö. Bernard Trebuch, cornett; Josef Brezna, sackbut; Walter Dormeier, sackbut; Werner Deutsch, sackbut. Christophorus 74538 2

Lotti, A. Mass in F, Missa Sancti Christophori. Rachel Ambrose Evans, sop; Felicity Hayward, sop; Lucy Goddard, cont; Ciara Hendrick, cont; Robbie Jacobs, ten; Hugo Hymas, ten; Michael Craddock, bass; Oliver Hunt, bass; Syred Consort; O of St Paul’s/Ben Palmer. Delphian DCD34182 31

Quis dabit pacem populo timenti, à 4. David James, ct; Paul Hillier, bass; Toyohiko Satoh, lute. EMI-Electrola CDM 8 26530-2 5

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Saturday 30 DECEMBER 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:05 ORCHESTRAS AROUND THE WORLD London Sinfonietta Prepared by Derek Parker Stravinsky, I. Ragtime (1918). Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond. Sony SK 45 965 4 Vivaldi, A. Cello concerto in D minor, RV406. Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Nicholas Kraemer, dir. Naxos 8.550907 9 Knussen, O. Ophelia dances, bk 1, op 13 (1975). Oliver Knussen, cond. Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD2010 7 Respighi, O. Trittico Botticelliamo (1927). Richard Hickox, cond. Collins 13492 20 Stravinsky, I. Variations (1963-64). Oliver Knussen, cond. DG 447 068-2 5 Saint-Saëns, C. Le carnaval des animaux (1886). Pascal Rogé, pf; Cristina Ortiz, pf; Charles Dutoit, cond. Decca 478 5616 23 Youmans, V. Tea for two, from No, no, Nanette. George Dvorsky, Rebecca Luker, voices. EMI 5 72966 2 6 Warren, H. Shuffle off to Buffalo. Ann Morrison, Guy Stroman, Debbie Shapiro Gravitte, Judy Blazer, voices. EMI 5 73763 2 5 John McGlinn, cond (2 above) London Sinfonietta (all above) 10:30 SMALL FORCES Prepared by Derek Parker Boccherini, L. Quintet in B flat, op 57 no 2 (1799). Riccardo Caramella, pf; Zagreb String Quartet. Nuova Era 7160 27 Elgar, E. Sonata in E minor, op 82 (1917-18). Yehudi Menuhin, vn; Hepzibah Menuhin, pf. EMI 5 66122 2 29 11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Robert Small Dvorák, A. Overture: Carnival, op 92 (1891; arr. Staiger). David Worrall, cond. 10 Kozhevnikov, B. Symphony no 3 for military band (1950; ed. Bourgeois 1977). 13 Grainger, P. I’m seventeen come Sunday. 3 Howard Ward, cond (2 above) Sydney Defence Wind O (3 above) Fine Music concert recording

12:00 URBAN JAZZ LOUNGE with Leita Hutchings 13:00 FOCUS ON ANTAL DORATI Prepared by Stephen Wilson Beethoven, L. Overture to Egmont, op 84 (1810). London SO/Antal Dorati. Mercury 478 5092 8 Dorati, A. Duo concertante (1983). Diana Doherty, ob; David Korevaar, pf. ABC 465 782-2 15 Symphony no 2, Querela pacis (1985). Stockholm PO. BIS CD-408 29 Bartók, B. Cantata profana (1930). József Réti, ten; József Gregor, bass; Hungarian RT Ch; Budapest SO. Hungaroton HCD 31503 21 Rachmaninov, S. Piano concerto no 3 in D minor, op 30 (1909). Byron Janis, pf; London SO. Mercury 432 759-2 38 Antal Dorati, cond (3 above)

Dvorák, A. Slavonic rhapsody in A flat, op 45 no 3 (1878). Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 9002 12 Franck, C. Symphonic variations (1885). Jorge Bolet, pf; Concertgebouw O/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 421 714-2 17 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Sue Jowell A time to remember 20:00 INFLUENCES AND CONNECTIONS Robert Schumann Prepared by Rex Burgess Schumann, C. Variations on a theme of Robert Schumann, op 20 (1853). Yoshiko Iwai, pf. Naxos 8.553501 11 Moscheles, I. Concertante in F. Marc Grauwels, fl; Joris van den Hauwe, ob; Belgian RT SO/ André Vandernoot. Naxos 8.555977 14 Paganini, N. Caprices, op 1: nos 5,9,11,13,19 and 16. Frank Peter Zimmermann, vn. EMI 5 72854 2 16

15:00 BEST OF ITALY Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Schumann, R. Six concert studies on caprices by Paganini, op 3 (1832). Eric Le Sage, pf. Alpha 813 15

Paganini, N. Violin concerto no 1 in E flat, op 6 (1815). Nemanja Radulovic, vn; RAI NSO/Eiji Oue. DG 481 065 5 35

Beethoven, L. An die Hoffnung, op 94 (1813). Peter Schreier, ten; András Schiff, pf. Decca 444 817-2 8

Donizetti, G. Venti scudi, from L’elisir d’amore (1832). Jerry Hadley, ten; Thomas Hampson, bar; Welsh National Opera O/Carlo Rizzi. Teldec 9031-73283-2 9 Verdi, G. String quartet in E minor (1873). Amadeus Quartet. DG 479 1924 23 Rossini, G. La boutique fantasque, op 40 (arr. Respighi 1919). Cincinnati SO/Jésus LópezCoboz. Telarc 80396 42 17:00 ALUMNI OF THE CURTIS INSTITUTE Prepared by Frank Morrison Bernstein, L. Divertimento (1980). Israel PO/ Leonard Bernstein. DG 415 966-2 15 Menotti, G. The longest wait. Karan Armstrong, sop; Homero Francesch, pf. Etcetera KTC 1045 4 Beethoven, L. Piano sonata no 23 in F minor, op 57, Appassionata (1804). Lang Lang, pf. Sony 88697719012 27

Schumann, R. In der Nacht, op 74 no 4 (1849). Jan DeGaetani, mezz; Leslie Gunn, bar; Gilbert Kalish, pf. Nonesuch 7559-71364-2 6 Brahms, J. Variations on a theme by Schumann, op 23 (1861). Stephen Emmerson, Bernard Lanskey, pf. Tall Poppies TP154 17 Schumann, R. Spanische Liebeslieder, op 138 (1849). Barbara Bonney, sop; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Kurt Streit, ten; Olaf Bär, bar; Helmut Deutsch, Bengt Forsberg, pf. EMI 5 55430 2 21 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Chris Blower Mozart, W. Ballet: Les petits riens, K299b (1778). Vienna Mozart Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky. Decca 436 782-2 21 Mahler, G. Songs of a wayfarer (1884/92/96). Thomas Hampson, bar; Vienna PO/Leonard Bernstein. DG 477 8825 18

Barber, S. Canzonetta (1977-78). Julia Girdwood, ob; Scottish CO/José Serebrier. ASV DCA 737 8

Dvorák, A. String quartet no 10 in E flat, op 51 (1879). The Lindsays. ASV DCS 446 31

Mendelssohn, F. Sonata no 1 in B flat, op 45 (1838). Lynn Harrell, vc; Bruno Cannino, pf. Decca 430 198-2 25

Stravinsky, I. Ballet: The fairy’s kiss (1928/50). London SO/Robert Craft. Naxos 8.557503 42 December 2017

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Sunday 31 DECEMBER 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC 9:00 MUSICA SACRA Prepared by Stephen Matthews Zelenka, J. Missa Sancti Josephi. Ensemble Inegal; Prague Baroque Soloists/Adam Viktora. Nibiru 01532231 38 Telemann, G. Cantata 1390: So ziehet nun an als die Auserwahiten Gottes. Sächsisches Barokorchester; Bach Consort, Leipzig/ Gotthold Schwarz. cpo 777 753-2 14 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Denis Patterson Hérold, F. Overture to Zampa (1831). New Philharmonia O/Richard Bonynge. Decca 466 431-2 9 Cherubini, L. Symphony in D (1815). Tuscan O/Donato Renzetti. Europa 350-221 29 Field, J. Piano concerto no 1 in E flat (1799). Benjamin Frith, pf; Northern Sinfonia/David Haslam. Naxos 8.553770 21 Sor, F. Mis descuidados ojos. Teresa Berganza, mezz; José Miguel Moreno, gui. LP Philips 411 030-1 4 Stamitz, C. Quartet in D, op 8. Paul Goodwin, ob; Terzetto. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908601.30 15 Paganini, N. Violin concerto no 2 in B minor, op 7 (1826). Alexander Markov, vn; Saarbrücken RSO/Marcello Viotti. Erato 2292-45788-2 30 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with Jeannie McInnes 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Orli Zahava 14:00 OPERATIC OVERTURES Prepared by Gael Golla Handel, G. Overture to Rinaldo, HWV7a (1711). English CO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 440 844-2 8 Verdi, G. Overture to Nabucco (1842). State of Mexico SO/Enrique Bátiz.. ASV DCA 856 8

Beethoven, L. Overture to Fidelio (1804/14; transcr. Sedlak). Melbourne Windpower/ Richard Runnels. Move MD 3110 6

Tye, C. In nomine: no IX, Re, la, re; no XI, Farewell good one forever. Consortium5 Recorder Quintet. Resonus RES10155 3

Wagner, R. Overture to Tristan and Isolde, 90 (1857-59). Cologne RO/Roberto Paternostro. Chandos CHAN 8930 11

Purcell, H. From odes composed to celebrate the birthday of Queen Mary (arr.) Salut! Baroque. Salut! Baroque SAL003 6

15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL The armed man Prepared by Paul Cooke Pärt, A. Da pacem Domine (2004). Hilliard Ensemble. ECM 476 3048 6 Haydn, J. Mass in D minor, Hob.XXII:11, Nelson Mass (1796). Susan Gritton, sop; Pamela Helen Stephen, mezz; Mark Padmore, ten; Stephen Varcoe, bar; Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 0640 39 Jenkins, K. The armed man: a mass for peace (pub. 2001). Susie Parkes, sop; Elizabeth Witts, sop; Tristan Hambleton, treb; Rachel Lloyd, mezz; Nicholas Merryweather, bar; Philip Shakesby, bass; National Youth Choir; Guy Johnston, vc; London PO/Karl Jenkins. Virgin 8 11015 2 1:07 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Meg Matthews Various O holy night; O magnum mysterium; Shepherds farewell; A New Year carol. Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia/ John Rutter. Collegium COLCD 111 16 Bach, J.S. Fall down with thanks for New Year’s Day, from Christmas oratorio. Monika Frimmer, sop; Yoshikazu Mera, ct; Gerd Türk, ten; Peter Kooij, bass. BIS CD-9022-2 21 Scheidt, S. In dulci jubilo. 3 Handel, G. For unto us a child is born, from Messiah, HWV56 (1741). 4 Cambridge Singers; City of London Sinfonia/ John Rutter (2 above) Collegium COLCD 111 18:00 SYDNEY SOCIETY OF RECORDER PLAYERS Prepared by Susan Bell Anon. Riu, riu, chiu. 2

Mozart, W. Overture to The magic flute, K620 (1791). Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan. DG 431 291-2 7

Guerrero, F. Hombres, victoria, victoria! 3

Berlioz, H. Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, op 23 (1836-38). Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. Decca 452 480-2 10

Caldini, F. Pensieri del tramonto, op 107 (2005). Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet. Channel Classics CCS SA 25707 14

Seldom Sene (2 above) Brilliant Classics 95304

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Swerts, P. Excerpts from The six wives of Henry VIII (2004). Flanders Recorder Quartet. Passacaille 948 8 Bach, J.S. Three dance movements from Bach suites (arr. Red Priest). Red Priest. Red Priest Recordings RP007 5 Gismonti, E. Frevo. Rodney Waterman, rec; Doug de Vries, gui. Carmo 159 725-2 5 Westlake, N. Ready to launch, from Paper planes (2015). Hannah Coleman, rec; Melbourne SO/Nigel Westlake. ABC 481 1477 3 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Cassandra Doyle Rossini, G. Overture to Semiramide (1823). Philharmonia O/Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI 5 62802 2 13 Fauré, G. Masques et bergamasques, op 112 (1919). BBC PO/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 9416 14 Bartók, B. Rhapsody no 1 (1928). Roman Totenberg, vn; Vienna State Opera O/ Vladimir Golschmann. Vanguard OVC 4046 11 Berlioz, H. Harold in Italy, op 16 (1834). Nobuko Imai, va; London SO/Colin Davis. Philips 442 290-2 42 20:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Robert Small Higdon, J. All things majestic (2011). James Button, ob; Nashville SO/Giancarlo Guerrero. Naxos 8.559823 23 Bacri, N. Flute concerto, op 63 (1999). Sharon Bezaly, fl; Tapiola Sinfonietta/JeanJacques Kantorow. BIS CD-1799 16 Morricone, E. Inglourious basterds. Cinema Italiano Soloists & O. Kind of Blue 10036 26 Sculthorpe, P. Island songs (2012). Amy Dickson, sax; Sydney SO/Benjamin Northey. ABC 481 1703 18 22:00 AFTER HOURS JAZZ with Kevin Jones

The following composers have works of at least five minutes on the DECEMBER dates listed Abel, C. 1723-1787 17 Adam de la Halle. c1245-c1288 14 Adès, T. b1971 10 Albéniz, I. 1860-1909 26 Albinoni, T. 1671-1751 8,10 Alkan, C-V. 1813-1888 11,19 Alwyn, W. 1905-1985 28 Alyabyev, A. 1787-1851 23 Arcadelt, J. c1505-1568 26 Arensky, A. 1861-1906 14,16 Arkhangelsky, A. 1846-1924 10 Arne, T. 1710-1778 15 Arnold, M. 1921-2006 24,28,29 Auber, D-F-E. 1782-1871 9,14 Avison, C. 1709-1770 22 Bach, C.P.E. 1714-1788 16,19 Bach, J. Christian 1735-1782 16,26 Bach, J.S. 1685-1750 1,3,7,8 ,10,14,15,19,20,22,24,31 Bach, W.F. 1710-1784 24 Bacri, N. b1961 31 Balada, L. b1933 7 Barber, S. 1910-1981 19,20,30 Bartók, B. 1881-1945 30,31 Bax, A. 1883-1953 20,21,28 Beethoven, L. 1770-1827 5,6,8,10,11,12,19,21,22,26,27, 28,29,30,31 Benda, J. 1722-1795 3 Benjamin, A. 1893-1960 14 Berlioz, H. 1803-1869 9,11,23,26,31 Bernstein, L. 1918-1990 13,29,30 Bird, A. 1856-1923 5 Bizet, G. 1838-1875 4,9 Blancafort, M. 1897-1987 28 Bliss, A. 1891-1975 10,12 Bloch, E. 1880-1959 28 Boccherini, L. 1743-1805 9,12,17,18,28,30 Böhm,T. 1794-1881 11 Boïeldieu, A. 1775-1834 1 Bolleter, R. b1946 24 Bolling, C. b1930 7,17 Borodin, A. 1833-1887 1 Bowen, Y. 1884-1961 5 Boyce, W. 1711-1779 24 Boyd, A. b1946 23 Bozza, E. 1905-1991 10 Brahms, J. 1833-1897 1,3,5, 8,12,14,15,22,24,26,27,30 Bricusse, L. b1931 9 Britten, B. 1913-1976 4,5,7,14,22 Broadstock, B. b1952 24 Brouwer, M. b1940 10 Bruch, M. 1838-1920 5,15,22,24 Bruhns, N. 1665-1697 1 Brumby, C. b1933 17 Budd, H. b1936 17 Butterworth, G. 1885-1916 4 Byrd, W. 1543-1623 10 Caldini, F. b1959 31 Campion, T. 1567-1620 29 Capponi, R. c1608-1688 6

Carulli, F. 1770-1841 3,22 Catoire, G. 1861-1926 19 Chadwick, G. 1854-1931 2 Charpentier, M-A. 1635-1704 1,7,15,21,28 Chausson, E. 1855-1899 10 Cheetham, J. 1802-1886 2 Cherubini, L. 1760-1842 15,31 Chopin, F. 1810-1849 3,11,12,22,28 Cilea, F. 1866-1950 2 Ciurlionis, M. 1875-1911 20 Clemens non Papa, J. c1510-c1556 26 Coates, E. 1886-1957 4,14 Coleridge-Taylor, S. 18751912 2 Connesson, G. b1950 24 Constantinides, D. b1928 21 Conyngham, B. b1944 22 Copland, A. 1900-1990 9,13,14,29 Corelli, A. 1653-1713 22, 29 Corigliano, J. b1938 26 Crusell, B. 1775-1838 12,26 Curzon, F. 1899-1973 14 d’Indy, V. 1851-1931 1 Dandrieu, J-F. 1682-1738 15 Daquin, L-C. 1694-1772 15 Dauprat, L. 1781-1861 29 Daverne, G. 20th c 26 Davies, P. Maxwell b1934 23 Debussy, C. 1862-1918 3,7,12,13,22 Delius, F. 1862-1934 4 Devienne, F. 1759-1803 9,24 Dittersdorf, C. 1739-1799 7 Dohnányi, E. 1877-1960 21 Donizetti, G. 1797-1848 19,21,29,30 Dorati, A. 1906-1988 30 Dragonetti, D. 1763-1846 23 Drouet, L. 1792-1873 29 Du Mont, H. 1610-1684 15 Dubois, T. 1837-1924 17 Dukas, P. 1865-1935 11 Dussek, F. 1766-1816 3 Dvorák, A. 1841-1904 1,2,6,15,17,28,29,30 Edwards, R. b1943 20,23 Einaudi, L. b1955 17 Elgar, E. 1857-1934 7,8,9,17,30 Escaich, T. b1965 10 Falla, M. de 1876-1946 8,15 Farrenc, L. 1804-1895 19 Fasch, J. 1688-1758 11 Fauré, G. 1845-1924 8,14,31 Ferneyhough, B. b1943 3 Fesca, F. 1789-1826 15 Field, J. 1782-1837 3,9,10,31 Fitzenhagen, W. 1848-1890 4 Franck, C. 1822-1890 30 Fredericks, I. b1943 3 Gade, N. 1817-1890 3,11,15,23 Garcia, J. 1767-1830 10,22 Gershwin, G. 1898-1937 2,5,7,12 Gibbons, O. 1583-1625 10 Ginastera, A. 1916-1983 17 Giuliani, A. 18thc 21

Glazunov, A. 1865-1936 5 Glière, R. 1875-1956 21 Glinka, M. 1804-1857 13,19,29 Gluck, C. 1714-1787 15,17,27 Gnattali, R. 1906-1988 28 Goodwin, R. b1925 14 Górecki, H. b1933 20 Gounod, C. 1818-1893 5,12,19,21,28 Grainger, P. 1882-1961 21,27,28 Graziani, B. 1604-1664 14 Grechaninov, A. 1864-1956 4,8 Grieg, E. 1843-1907 4,6,26 Guami, G. c1540-1611 1 Halvorsen, J. 1864-1935 15 Handel, G. 1685-1759 1,9,18,19,20,27,29,31 Hanson, H. 1896-1981 2 Harvey, P. b1935 1 Hasse, J. 1699-1783 17 Haydn, J. 1732-1809 10,18,19,21,24,29,31 Haydn, M. 1737-1806 2,10,17,19,21 Hely-Hutchinson, V. 19011947 20 Herman, J. b1932 23 Hérold, F. 1791-1833 31 Higdon, J. b1962 31 Hindemith, P. 1895-1963 5,10,14,17,24 Hoffmeister, F. 1754-1812 24 Holborne, A. fl c1584-1602 1 Holst, G. 1874-1934 4 Hovhaness, A. 1911-2000 7,16 Hume, T. c1569-1645 1 Hummel, J. 1778-1837 3,7,10,24 Ibert, J. 1890-1962 13 Ippolitov-Ivanov, M. 18591935 19 Janácek, L. 1854-1928 16,23 Jarzebski, A. bef.15901649 8 Jenkins, K. b1944 3,31 Jolivet, A. 1905-1974 28 Josquin Desprez. c14401521 1 Khachaturian, A. 1903-1978 16,19 Knussen, O. b1952 30 Koechlin, C. 1867-1950 9 Korngold, E. 1897-1957 14,18 Kozhevnikov, B. 1906-1985 30 Kreutzer, J. 1778-1832 5 Krommer, F. 1759-1831 6,18 Kuhnau, J. 1660-1722 10 Lachenmann, H. b1935 3 Lalande, M-R. de 16571726 17 Lalo, E. 1823-1892 28 Lambert, C. 1905-1951 21 Larsson, L-E. 1908-1986 23 Lassus, O. de 1532-1594 26 Le Jeune, C. c1529-1600 15 Leclair, J-M. 1697-1764 19

Key Music duration is shown after the record and citation SO: Symphony Orchestra PO: Philharmonic Orchestra NO: National Orchestra RO: Radio Orchestra FO: Festival Orchestra CO: Chamber Orchestra TO: Theatre Orchestra

RSO: Radio Symphony Orchestra RTO: Radio & Television Orchestra Prom O: Promenade Orchestra Ch & O: Chorus & Orchestra NSO: National Symphony Orchestra alto: male alto

ban: bandoneon bar: baritone bshn: basset horn bass: bass bn: bassoon bass-bar: bass-baritone cl: clarinet clvd: clavichord cont: contralto cora: cor anglais ct: counter-tenor

Lehár, F. 1870-1948 16 Leigh, M. b1928 9 Lindblad, A. 1801-1878 22 Liszt, F. 1811-1886 2,7,8,9,19,22,23,28 Locatelli, P. 1695-1764 1 Locke, M. c1621-1677 27 Loeillet de Gant, J.B. 1688c1720 26 Loewe, F. 1901-1988 9 Lotti, A. c1667-1740 29 Lyapunov, S. 1859-1924 8 MacDowell, E. 1860-1908 29 Macque, G. c1538-1614 26 Magnard, A. 1865-1914 7 Mahler, G. 1860-1911 9,17,18,30 Marais, M. 1656-1728 7 Martin, F. 1890-1974 1 Martinez-Parada, V. b1947 1 Martinu, B. 1890-1959 10 Mascagni, P. 1863-1945 14 Massenet, J. 1842-1912 5,12,20 Mathias, W. 1934-1992 24,27 McCabe, J. b1939 1 Meale, R. b1932 23 Medtner, N. 1880-1951 13 Mendelssohn, F. 1809-1847 1,5,14,17,23,24,26,30 Mercadante, S. 1795-1870 1 Meyerbeer, G. 1791-1864 6 Mielczewski, M. d1651 8 Milhaud, D. 1892-1974 10 Molino, F. 1775-1847 9 Montéclair, M. de 1667-1737 29 Monteverdi, C. 1567-1643 1,3,20 Montsalvatge, X. b1912 8 Morricone, E. b1928 31 Moscheles, I. 1794-1870 20,30 Moszkowski, M. 1854-1925 2,28 Mozart, W. 1756-1791 3,5, 7,9,12,13,14,15,18,21,22,24, 26,28,30,31 Munro, I. b1963 14 Mussorgsky, M. 1839-1881 14 Myaskovsky, N. 1881-1950 18 Myslivecek, J. 1737-1781 2,24 Naylor, E. 1867-1934 3 Nielsen, C. 1865-1931 15 O’Carolan, T. 1670-1738 16 Ockeghem, J. 1430-1497 1,26 Offenbach, J. 1819-1880 5,16 Orff, C. 1895-1982 15 Paganini, N. 1782-1840 2,7,15,20,30,31 Paisiello, G. 1740-1816 6 Parish Alvars, E. 1808-1849 27 Pärt, A. b1935 31 Pekiel, B. d c1670 8 Pérotin, Le Grand. c1160-c1225 15 Piccinni, N. 1728-1800 15

db: double bass dbn: double bassoon did: didjeridu elec: electronic eng horn: English horn fl: flute fp: fortepiano gui: guitar hn: French horn hp: harp hpd: harpsichord

Pleyel, I. 1757-1831 3,23 Praetorius, H. 1560-1629 3 Praetorius, M. c1571-1621 1 Prokofiev, S. 1891-1953 23,28 Puccini, G. 1858-1924 5,6,14,21,29 Punto, G. 1746-1803 23 Purcell, D. c1660-1717 29 Purcell, H. 1659-1695 7,21,27,31 Puts, K. b1972 28 Rachmaninov, S. 1873-1943 13,19,30 Rautavaara, E. b1928 20 Ravel, M. 1875-1937 3,5,7,11, 12,13,14,17,18,20,21,22,27 Reicha, A. 1770-1836 5 Reinecke, C. 1824-1910 11 Respighi, O. 1879-1936 7,18,28,29,30 Ries, F. 1784-1838 29 Riley, T. b1935 10 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. 18441908 2,13,24,27,29 Rodrigo, J. 1901-1999 8 Rogg, L. b1936 17 Roman, J. 1694-1758 22 Romberg, A. 1767-1821 18 Rossini, G. 1792-1868 10,14,16,21,22,29,30,31 Rózsa, M. 1907-1995 5 Rubinstein, A. 1829-1894 24,27 Ruchman, S. b1964 6 Rutter, J. b1945 1 Ryba, J. 1765-1815 24 Saariaho, K. b1952 10 Saint-Saëns, C. 1835-1921 3,4,5,12,14,17,18,22,30 Sainte-Colombe, A. c16301701 19 Schmelzer, J. c1620-1680 22 Schmitt, F. 1870-1958 24 Schnittke, A. 1934-1998 10 Schobert, J. 1740-1767 3 Schubert, F. 1797-1828 1,2,10,12,14,16,21,23,26,28, 29 Schumann, C. 1819-1896 30 Schumann, R. 1810-1856 2,5,8,11,14,26,28,30 Schütz, H. 1585-1672 3,21,22 Scott, C. 1879-1970 2 Sculthorpe, P. 1929-2014 10,23,31 Sessions, R. 1896-1985 16 Shanahan, I. b1962 3 Shankar, R. b 1920 8 Shostakovich, D. 1906-1975 4,5,7,9,13,18 Sibelius, J. 1865-1957 3,7,18 Smetana, B. 1824-1884 2,17 Soler, A. 1729-1783 26 Sor, F. 1778-1839 6,28 Sparke, P. b1951 10 Spohr, L. 1784-1859 2 Stamitz, C. 1745-1801 21,31 Stanford, C. Villiers 18521924 3,4,5,21,29 Stanhope, D. b1951 9 Stanhope, P. b 1969 23 Steibelt, D. 1765-1823 23

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What’s On C.P.E. BACH, MOZART AND HAYDN Australian Haydn Ensemble Erin Helyard, Guest Director and harpsichord Skye McIntosh, Artistic Director 15 December, 7pm City Recital Hall, Angel Place Tickets: $40 - $95 Bookings and information: australianhaydn.com.au or ph. (02) 8256 2222

symphonic program and perform as soloist in C.P.E. Bach’s Keyboard concerto in C major. Described by Mozart as ‘the father of us all’, C.P.E. Bach was one of the greatest innovators of the 18th century.

Over the past five years, AHE has formed a wonderful collaborative relationship with regular guest, Dr Erin Helyard. For our finale in 2017, he returns to direct a dazzling

This program features a good dose of dramatic Sturm und Drang, with Haydn’s Symphony no 52 in C minor, written whilst Haydn was at Esterháza in 1771. This underestimated symphony was described by the famous American musicologist and Haydn specialist Robbins Landon, as ‘the grandfather of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony’. Audiences will be uplifted by the 18-year old Mozart’s Symphony no 29, a work full of

life and humour, not to be underestimated in its importance. It is one of his finest symphonies and displays vital development in his maturing symphonic style.

BRAHMS IN LEIPZIG

ELAINE SIVERSEN RECOUNTS A YOUNG COMPOSER’S TRIUMPH

Johannes Brahms, Leipzig, 1853

Leipzig, in 1853, ‘was a place where music was composed, performed, printed and discussed with a greater variety, intensity and seriousness than in any other city in Germany’ wrote Hugh MacDonald in Music in 1853, a Biography of a Year. This fascinating book charts, month by month, the various comings and goings, frequent meetings and concerts given, or attended, by the major musical figures of the time throughout Europe and England. Over the last couple of years, I’ve been able to re-create for broadcast several concerts held during that year when there has been sufficient information in the book about the works played. The last concert is Brahms in Leipzig, 17 December 1853. 42

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This was a significant concert for the 20-year-old Johannes Brahms whose music had been praised only weeks before in a critical article by Robert Schumann. Brahms had met Schumann in October of that year after being provided with letters of introduction from the renowned violinist Joseph Joachim with whom he had formed a friendship when Joachim was visiting Hanover. Brahms had always wanted to visit Leipzig and left Hanover in November feeling that he was now ready to present himself to this city after Schumann’s proclamation of his genius. In Leipzig, Brahms stayed with a young composer, Heinrich von Sahr, who introduced his guest to a number of influential musicians and composers including Ignaz Moscheles and Ferdinand David. Hugh MacDonald writes: “One morning David visited Sahr’s house and played Brahms’ A minor Violin Sonata with its composer: he then listened while Brahms played the C major Piano Sonata. He was struck dumb with astonishment”. As well, Sahr introduced Brahms to the publishing brothers Raymund and Hermann Härtel of Breitkopf & Härtel. They, after hearing Brahms perform some of his works, agreed to publish his first two piano sonatas (op 1 and op 2), six songs (op 3) and the opus 4 Scherzo which they did almost immediately.

Brahms, who was very shy, fled back to Hanover apparently not coping with the attention he was receiving in Leipzig. However, he knew that he needed to go back to Leipzig in order to further his career. A concert by Berlioz attracted a number of prominent musicians including Franz Liszt but a surprise addition was Brahms who joined them all at a popular restaurant after the concert. The unassuming modesty of the young composer particularly impressed Liszt and David. Later at a Sunday afternoon private concert, Brahms played for the illustrious gathering after which Berlioz threw his arms around Brahms and warmly embraced him. Brahms made his Leipzig recital debut on 17 December in a chamber music concert in the smaller Gewandhaus hall held by David and his string quartet. Between performances of Mendelssohn’s String quartet no 3 in D, op 44 no 1 and Mozart’s String quintet in G minor, K516, Brahms played his opus 1 Piano Sonata and Scherzo, op 4. In Hugh MacDonald’s words, [it was] ‘reported that his playing dispelled any doubts that Schumann’s article had provoked and that all were happy to recognise that he was an unusually gifted musician who would one day prove to be an epoch-making figure in the history of music’. A re-creation of this triumphant Leipzig debut by Johannes Brahms may be heard in Sunday Special at 3pm on Sunday 24 December.

Classical CD Reviews DANCES OF OLD VIENNA Boskovsky Ensemble; Vienna Mozart Ensemble; Felix Ayo and I Musici Decca 482 6152

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This double CD is a re-issue of music recorded between 1961 and 1969 featuring composers synonymous with Vienna. The centrepiece of the collection is the music of Schubert, Lanner and various Strausses performed by the Boskovsky Ensemble. In addition, music by Mozart and Beethoven is performed by the Vienna Mozart Ensemble and music of Schubert by violinist Felix Ayo and I Musici, a chamber orchestra more associated with music of the Baroque era. Willi Boskovsky is well-known both as a violinist with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (he

CARL HEINRICH GRAUN OPERA ARIAS Julia Lezhneva; Concerto Köln /Mikhail Antonenko Decca 483 1518

✶✶✶✶ The Russian soprano Julia Lezhneva has been a sensation since she burst on to the GUSTAV MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO 1 AND SYMPHONY NO 3 Helen Watts, mezzo-soprano Ambrosian Ch; Wandsworth School Choir London SO/Georg Solti Decca/Eloquence 482 7177

✶✶✶✶ When the celebrated conductor Georg Solti recorded Mahler’s First Symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra for the Decca label in 1964, the Penguin Stereo Record Guide commented: “The London Symphony Orchestra under Solti play Mahler’s First like no other orchestra. They catch the magical opening with a singular evocative quality, at least partly related to the peculiarly characteristic blend of wind timbres and throughout there is a worldly warm string

joined in 1933 and became its concertmaster three years later) and as the conductor of its New Year’s Concert for a quarter of a century until his retirement in 1979. He was conscious of preserving the heritage of the Strauss-era Viennese waltz. These pieces are played in arrangements by the musicologist Alexander Weinmann for Boskovsky and his Ensemble from the Vienna Philharmonic. I found the dances by Josef Lanner and Josef Strauss to be the most rewarding items. They are certainly much less familiar and perhaps less predictable, than those by Johanns I and II. I was conscious of an inventive use of wind instruments in the pieces by Lanner and of a poetic sensibility in Josef Strauss’ waltz. If you are familiar with Boskovsky and the Strausses, this is an obvious acquisition. If international stage at the age of 20 about eight years ago. She has set a very high bar on the basis of her concerts and previous recordings. All but one of the 11 arias by Carl Heinrich Graun (a Bach contemporary) on this issue are world premiere recordings, unearthed by Lezhneva in a Berlin library. During his lifetime Graun was best known as an operatic composer and ended up as royal composer to Frederick the Great. With the very able and energetic assistance of Concerto Köln, Lezhneva has recorded these arias to encourage further performance of Graun’s operas, as she says they reflect a large spectrum of his operatic arias and their respective emotions: ‘furioso, lamenting, character, tragic, bravura and utterly joyful’. These greatly varied arias give her the opportunity tone”. I can quite understand why Decca has chosen to re-release this recording. It is indeed a masterful rendition of the Titan, as Mahler’s First is called. Not quite so explicable is why it is paired with Mahler’s Third Symphony which is not generally considered nearly as good as, say, The Resurrection, his Second Symphony, and appears far less frequently on concert programs than most of the later ones. That said, the Third, like the Second, is predominantly Mahler’s reaction to his intense awareness of the wonders of nature and Man’s place therein. As he did in the Second, he added words and voices to expand his means of expression and this recording features the Welsh mezzo-soprano Helen Watts. When Mahler’s Third Symphony received its first performance at the London Proms

you aren’t, this is worth listening to as it intermingles the lighter music with the more substantial offerings of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. - Paul Cooke to demonstrate her large vocal range, extreme vocal agility, insight and her (mostly reliable) sure-footedness and to impress us mightily with her ability to sing some of the very florid da capo arias at a pace which left me breathless and impressed. At the same time, there was great emotion imbued into the reflective arias, such as the one from Il Mitridate, reminding me somewhat of similar Handel arias. As the listening public’s appetite for more obscure operatic niches widens (witness Pinchgut’s local successes), this recording might indeed further encourage more artists to research and record Graun’s arias and perhaps even encourage a revival of Graun’s operas. - Andrew Dziedzic

in 1963, Watts was the soloist and she later recorded it with Solti, along with the Second and Eighth Symphonies. It’s this recording which is now on this CD and worth adding to your collection, if for no other reason than to hear Mahler’s Titan sublimely played. - Michael Morton-Evans December 2017

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Jazz CD Reviews CONFLUENCE Polymorphic Orkestra Bamboozle Music 012

✶✶✶✶✶ Confluence is one of those recordings which have the power to move and entertain on many levels and deliver to its listener a wealth of substance. The creative combo of musicians on the Polymorphic Orkestra’s latest release delivers two extended tracks of experimental tonal nuances, sonorities and effects which demonstrate their expert understanding of how and where to implement these properties in each coherent composition to add to its coherence. Played on vibraphone, trumpet, flugelhorn and drums, cushioned with samples and FX, the two compositions on this release are

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superb examples of the direction in which modern jazz improvisation is heading in this millennium.This trio of experimental musicians is surely the avant-garde. Although at times the music is lacking in improvisational rigour, Confluence is a captivating and charismatic recording which enchants with its hypnotic dreamlike lyricism. Lee McIver demonstrates with his solid technique and unique sound and style that he can successfully cross genres and yet also manage to remain refreshingly original. He is the lynchpin on muted trumpet and flugelhorn who delivers the combined streams of the two tracks to form the conjunction with the other players: the cornerstone of this project musical venture. McIver’s smooth trumpet phrasing leads the way for the vibraphone and mallet kit (Ed Goyer), while drums, percussion

and samples (Ed Rodrigues) keep the rhythm ebbing and flowing, delivering vibrant colour to the mix.Together this trio creates a soundscape which is full, rich in detail and enthralling throughout. - Barry O’Sullivan

The good folks at the Australian Jazz Museum have released 2½ hours of wonderful long-hidden treasures in a collection selected by Jack Mitchell, noted historian-discographer of Australian jazz. Included are mostly Sydney-based recordings covering a range of styles, all supported by marvellous liner notes. Excellent sound quality and music comparable to anywhere in the world displays discernible traces of Australia. The 1950s saw a resurgence of Dixieland jazz, with Graeme Bell’s Australian Jazz Band touring internationally and the Ray Price and Len Barnard bands also creating an Australian feel. Jack Allen had formed his band to support ex-Ellington cornetist Rex Stewart on his Australian visit, while Bob Gibson continued ballroom big bands. Meanwhile, others were taking jazz in more modern

directions, such as the bands of Don Burrows and Ron Falson and, of course, the world-renowned Australian Jazz Quartet which had a huge following in the USA and Canada. The 49 tracks in this collection contain all of these bands and more. Renowned boogie pianist-vocalist Les Welch is featured with four different lineups, while the Black Opal Band which only had three recording dates, has four tunes included. Another treat is Edwin Duff scatting to the encouragement of a cheering audience. This double CD is a must in any jazz collection: not because it is a valuable piece of Australian jazz history, which it is, and not because it contains recordings seldom heard, which it does, but because it is damn good music and a great listen. - Jeannie McInnes

Added to these are two improvisations by the trio, Wiggy blues and Fox hat, which explore uncharted territories. Certainly, the near symbiotic relationship which this trio has built up over time makes the free-wheeling feeling jazz come ever so easy. The country/gospel feel of Jimmy Cliffs’ Many rivers to cross, a stirring ballad of hope and aspirations which is executed superbly by Colin Hopkins on piano, is a highlight of the album. Song of the survivor, an original composition also from Hopkins, is a standout.This album, created by three masters of the form, is a shining example of the superb and world class talent we have in this country. - Barry O’Sullivan

WHAT IS JAZZ? THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF THE JAZZ TEAM BY JEANNIE MCINNES such as the swing outfits of the big bands. Django and Stephane blended in European gypsy music, and every country seemed to have musicians keen to adopt, explore and create their own version of jazz. Australia was included, with a distinctive sound evolving. Changing attitudes after WW2 led to the chord-based improvisations of bebop and the calmer sounds of cool jazz. Then followed free jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, jazz-rock fusion, smooth jazz, Latin jazz and third stream, a synthesis of classical music and jazz.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Jazz is a form of music which began in America in the later part of the 19th century, blending the sounds from West-Africa with ragtime, Creole and European music, the earlier brass-band marching music, French quadrilles and European-American sounds all making a real mixing pot of influences. Then, over the past 130 years or so, jazz evolved with each new musician and culture bringing its own influence. Where it began as American music, it is now what I call the true world music: played, shaped and shared all over the world. So, what is it? When asked, the great Louis Armstrong stated that ‘if you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know’. There are some defining characteristics, though. One of the most notable is improvisation: not musicians just doing their own thing in isolation, but the improvisation which comes from musicality, experience and discipline, and working together. It is where planning and spontaneity meet, with musicians starting with a predetermined tune but having the space to create their own interpretations of it in the moment. Another is syncopation, where the accents are moved to different beats creating often forceful rhythms: this can make the music one that is

heard with the feet and whole body, not just the mind. Pianist Bill Evans noted, ‘jazz is not an intellectual theorem, it is feeling’, which brings us to a further characteristic: jazz is a music which expresses the feelings, hopes and dreams of those playing it, all in the moment that it is being played. Dave Brubeck also stated that: “Jazz stands for freedom; it’s supposed to be the voice of freedom: get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don’t be a perfectionist. Leave that to the classical musicians”. This means that jazz is a democratic conversation, where musicians share, listen to each other, contribute, explore and take chances as part of a shared experience. Of course, this means that each performance is going to be different. So, what does jazz sound like? Well, with all this history, there are a multitude of sounds which fit under the definition of ‘jazz’. The early ragtime led to New Orleans jazz; Kansas City produced the style epitomised by Count Basie; Chicago spawned blues, soul and Dixieland; while New York, with its dancehalls and speakeasies, produced numerous variations

What a long list of styles, but this still does not explain what jazz sounds like. To explore that, we need to use our ears, to listen and be surrounded by the music itself. What better way to do this than via the radio, with presenters sharing their loves and preferences. On Fine Music, both 102.5 and DAB+, the dedicated jazz team takes pride in covering the whole spectrum of the jazz world. You can hear the more traditional styles in Speak Easy, Swing Hard, Classic Jazz and Ragtime and Jazz Classic and Traditional; the 1930s are aired in Swing Sessions and Jazz Stars and Stripes brings bebop and beyond; The New Jazz Standard explores pop as interpreted by jazz musicians; Urban Jazz Lounge often presents jazz from movies and gaming; the local contemporary scene features in The Australian Jazz Scene and A Jazz Hour; Miles Davis can be heard on The Jazz Beat, while northern European bands often feature in Jazz Sketches and we join the audience in Jazz in Concert. Other programs present a wide variety of the genre. The jazz offerings on Fine Music DAB+ are also numerous, with specialist programs at 9pm Tuesday to Friday and 7pm on weekends. This is followed by Jazz After Hours 10pm till midnight, Tuesday to Sunday. Fine Music is currently bringing you 32 hours every week of the finest jazz presented by passionate and knowledgeable jazz lovers ever eager to share their enthusiasm. As well as this, you may listen at your leisure to specials via our website with Jazz on Demand. To find out more, go to finemusicfm.com, and click on the JAZZ tab. Here you will find our program listings and presenter information. December 2017

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FLIGHT TAKES WINGS ELLA MACENS’ AWARD-WINNING WORK first time composing for orchestra, I was determined to explore as many colouristic possibilities as I could and I felt the outcome was something truly exciting and moving.” She also said that she was ‘humbled and honoured to have been awarded the 2017 Fine Music FM Young Composer Award for my composition Flight’. She was full of praise for the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra which, under the baton of conductor Matthew Wood, performed her work with such energy and passion. She said, “They really gave the music the wings to take flight”.

“As the music unfolded, my mind became hooked on visualising the act of flying in all its forms and I imagined birds flying in our skies. To explore these perspectives, the piece morphs from boisterous and bold rhythmic motifs to more melancholic, soaring passages, as well as representing both the micro and macro perspectives of what these creatures see from above, diving in and out of lakes and forests and soaring high over mountain peaks.” This is how Ella Macens described her thoughts as she was composing Flight which won for her the 2017 Young Composer Award. The Young Composer’s Award is an annual competition jointly run by Fine Music 102.5 and Willoughby Symphony Orchestra, supported by APRA|AMCOS which awards the winner a cash prize of $5,000. This award provides emerging composers under the age of 30 with the opportunity to have their winning work premiered by the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra. The performance is also recorded for future broadcast on Fine Music 102.5. Ella Macens, whose compositional style is influenced by both classical and popular music genres, is currently studying for a Master of Music in Composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Over the course of the two-year program, she is working with The Goldner String Quartet, The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and percussionist Claire Edwardes, as well as a variety of other soloists and 46

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ensembles. She has been composer-inresidence with the Sydney Youth Orchestra and Trinity Grammar School and has received both national and international commissions from a variety of ensembles. Ella Macens writes about her winning composition: “As a participant of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s inaugural National Women Composers’ Development Program (NWCDP), I have had the opportunity and privilege of working with some of Australia’s most esteemed musicians and ensembles. One such musician is percussionist Claire Edwardes, with whom I first worked early last year, creating a new work for solo marimba titled Verve. Upon researching Claire’s past performances, I was convinced that she must be superhuman due to the speed and precision by which she propelled herself through even the most challenging works. With this ‘superhuman’ character imprinted in my mind, I set out creating a new work for her to perform. It wasn’t long, however, before I realised that Claire would probably need to grow an extra pair of hands to make my work practical, let alone performable. A few months later it was time for me to start sketching out my first-ever orchestral piece for a workshop with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and I realised that this could be a great time to revisit my ‘superhuman’ work. So Flight became an orchestrated and expanded version of Verve. This being my

Ella also expressed gratitude to APRA/AMCOS for financially supporting this award which has enabled her ‘to vamp up my creative space with the necessities for healthy working and living: a new standing desk and squishy mat to support my body through the seemingly ever-increasing hours spent composing; some new speakers to make the creative process that little bit sweeter; and a new collection of beautiful indoor plants to keep my workspace vibrant and alive’. However, thinking of her future career, she has saved a portion of the prize money to help fund the recording of future compositions. Ella says: “This entire experience has been such an intense period of personal growth and learning and I really couldn’t be more grateful for all of the opportunities which it has brought to me”. The Editor with the assistance of Julie Simonds

SURROUNDED BY MUSIC SUE JOWELL TALKS TO FRANK MORRISON For over half a century, music has surrounded them in many ways. “My side of the family were classical music lovers”, he relates, “but the professional musicians come from my wife’s side. My late father-in-law was an opera conductor, pianist and architect and was also co-founder and early conductor of the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra.” Prior to her arrival, Eva received a music diploma from the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest and later, in Australia, she acquired another diploma from the Sydney Conservatorium. Frank continues, “My wife Eva (now retired) was a highly respected and well-known piano teacher”. It was 1950 when Frank Morrison left Hungary for Australia. He was 17 and alone in a new country. However, he was not entirely on his own because he had a special companion, one which has never left his side: a love of music. Seven years later he found another companion, Eva, a girl from the same country who not only shared his deep love of music but has also shared his life for the last 56 happy and contented years.

To this day Frank and Eva regularly attend concerts of the Sydney Symphony, Musica Viva and Selby and Friends. Not only has music provided enjoyment, but it provided them with an income when they ran a classical music shop, Tarantella, in Gordon for nearly 22 years. The Morrisons have two children and it is obvious that the apple has not fallen far

from the tree. Daughter Vicky is an author and business consultant and son Peter, a professional cellist, was the first recipient of the Sir Charles Mackerras musical scholarship at Sydney Grammar School. He is currently a member of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Australian World Orchestra since its inception. It is no wonder then, that Frank, who, apart from enjoying his role as a programmer at Fine Music, is so good at it! Since retiring almost 12 years ago, Frank has compiled programs which are a delight to listeners and presenters alike. His selections are diverse and are not drawn exclusively from his favourites which include Mozart, Schubert, Bach and Dvorák. His only problem is choosing which work to play, as he loves them all! Frank modestly says that he has learned so much about music since joining Fine Music. “Above all and most importantly,” he says, “I enjoy the camaraderie and friendly discussions.”

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