Fine Music Magazine - December 2022

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05. Transmitter on the Move

Roger Doyle relates the tricky and expensive process of relocating our main transmitter

07. The ABC at 90 – Memories of a lifetime of music

Paul Cooke reminisces about the ABC

08. First PersonGiuseppe Zangari

Lyndon Pike talks to classical guitarist and teacher Giuseppe Zangari

12. Twentieth Century Suites

Catherine Peake looks at the music suite through the Twentieth Century

15. French Master par excellence

Mary Moran celebrates the music of César Franck

16 High Five – Chris Cody

Barry O’Sullivan talks to pianist Chris Cody

The big news this month is the relocation of our transmitter from Governor Phillip Tower in the CBD to a new dedicated facility in Artarmon. Roger Doyle explains how funding this complex initiative could only come about through the enormous generosity of our listener-base, the appeal raising the needed money to not only relocate the equipment, but undertake the dismantling, removal and disposal of the antenna and the mast.

The AGM was held on 12 November with four new directors appointed to the Board, including Pamela Newling, FFM’s proofreader. The outgoing Chair, Michael Morton-Evans, stepped down to be replaced by Robert Gilchrist. In another ‘changing of the guard’, our Classical Content Coordinator, Paul Cooke, will also be handing over the reins to Iris Zeng from January - we welcome her to our Editorial team.

Lastly, we wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Covid-free New Year!

david.ogilvie@finemusicsydney.com

PROGRAMMERS AND PRESENTERS

DECEMBER Heath Auchinachie, Charles Barton, Peter Bell, David Benham, Nena Beretin, Eddie Bernasconi, Xavier Bichon, Dan Bickel, Chris Blower, David Brett, Philip Bridges, John Buchanan, Rex Burgess, Lloyd Capps, Vince Carnovale, Ian Carswell, Adam Cockburn, Angela Cockburn, Liam Collins, Steve Coleman, Paul Cooke, Brian Cornish, Di Cox, George Cruickshank, Nick Dan, Jackson Day, Nev Dorrington, Brian Drummond, Andrew Dziedzic, Deborah Evans, Rita Felton, Michael Field, Owen Fisher, Jennifer Foong, Tom Forrester-Paton, Susan Foulcher, Nina Fudala, Stephen Gard, Carole Garland, David Garrett, Robert Gilchrist, Albert Gormley, Jeremy Hall, John Hanna, Austin Harrison, Ross Hayes, Gerald Holder, Paolo Hooke, James Hunter, Leita Hutchings, Anne Irish, Sue Jowell, Ray Levis, Krystal Li, Dave Mac, Christina MacGuinness, Linda Marr, Meg Matthews, Stephen Matthews, Sue McCreadie, Sophie McCulloch, Neil McEwan, Jeannie McInnes, Ramsay McInnes, Angus McPherson, Maureen Meers, Camille Mercep, Heather Middleton, Gail Monjo, Simon Moore, Frank Morrison, Michael Morton-Evans, Richard Munge, Gerry Myerson, James Nightingale, Barry O’Sullivan, Derek Parker, Denis Patterson, Keith Pettigrew, Peter Poole, Frank Presley, Paul Roper, Daryl Rule, Marilyn Schock, Jon Shapiro, Alex Siegers, Julie Simonds, Chloe Sinclair, Elaine Siversen, Robert Small, Garth Sundberg, Jacky Ternisien, Anna Tranter, Robert Vale, Ron Walledge, Chris Wetherall, Stephen Wilson, Glenn Winfield, Chris Winner, Orli Zahava, Tom Zelinka, Vicky Zhang.

PROGRAM SUBEDITORS Jan Akers, Di Cox, Noelene Guillemot, Elaine Siversen, Jill Wagstaff, Tony Wallace, Teresa White

LIBRARIANS Jan Akers, Rex Burgess, Lynden Dziedzic, Peter Goldner, Sally Hunter, Phillip McGarn, Judy Miller, Susan Ping Kee, Jacky Ternisien, Ricky Yu.

03 INDEX NOTES FROM THE EDITOR 22. Program Guide 20. CD Reviews 19. Volunteer Spotlight Composers List 49.

Editor

David Ogilvie

Assistant Editor Catherine Peake

Designer Lyndon Pike

Digital Content Coordinators Paul Cooke, Keith Pettigrew

Guide Management Coordinators (acting) James Nightingale and Elaine Siversen

Program Guide Formatter Peter Bell

Proofreaders Pamela Newling, Catherine Peake

Contributors Paul Cooke Roger Doyle Mary Moran James Nightingale Pamela Newling Barry O’Sullivan Catherine Peake Lyndon Pike Cover Image Illustration by Lyndon Pike

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Transmitter on the Move

Doyle relates the tricky and expensive process of relocating our main transmitter

Roger Doyle relates the tricky and expensive process of relocating our main transmitter from Governor Phillip Tower to its new location in Artarmon. Team members actively engaged in the commercial negotiations and site transfer included: Mona Omar, Maureen and Keith Chaffey, David James, Rob Mitchell, John Shenstone, Max Benyon, John Xuereb and Rob Tregea.

After 25 years atop a high-rise in the CBD, our FM transmitter is now at Artarmon. While broadcasting from GPT served us well, relocation became necessary due to mounting costs, site access difficulties, upgrades and on-going maintenance due to an unforgiving environment. While relocating the transmitter and associated support equipment was in some ways the simplest part of the project, dismantling and removing the antenna and its 25-metre steel mast was a complex and expensive process, to be undertaken by specialists experienced in safe working at heights. Engaging a contractor followed careful technical and risk analysis and legal advice from our pro bono lawyers, Baker McKenzie.

Funding this complex initiative could only come about through the enormous generosity of our listener-base, the appeal raising the needed money to not only relocate the equipment, but undertake the dismantling, removal and disposal of the antenna and the mast. Finally, we are required to restore the site to its original state as required by Dexus, the owners of GPT. Our new transmission

home is the Transmitters Australia (TXA) facility –just off the Pacific Highway at Artarmon. TXA is a dedicated television and radio broadcast centre accommodating both commercial and community stations providing FM and Digital services.

Maintaining uninterrupted FM broadcasting during the process came about following detailed planning and strategic and incremental relocation of the equipment. Along with our high-power main transmitter, foresight from key figures Max Benyon and Kit Scally provided for a small stand-by transmitter, usually deployed when maintenance requirements need the primary system to be shut down. With the main transmitter operating as usual, the stand-by was removed, relocated to Artarmon, and following extensive testing by John Shenstone, initial site-swapping commenced. GPT remained operational in case we needed to revert.

While GPT stands as an excellent transmission point, its environment was quite hostile to sensitive electronic equipment; extreme heat, humidity and corrosive pollution had taken its toll on the main transmitter. On transfer to Artarmon, our team carried out disassembly, essential cleaning and restoration.

All was well. After 25 years, the facility closed down in readiness for our contractors Powerfone Pty Ltd to take down the mast, dismantle and remove for disposal.

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The ABC at 90 – Memories of a lifetime of music

In October we celebrated the centenary of the founding of the BBC with an article written by Derek Parker, who created and introduced many programs for that broadcaster, and who has been a volunteer at 2MBS Fine Music Sydney for the last 20 years. This month we celebrate in music and words the 90th birthday of the ABC and, while I have never been an employee of theirs, I am the child of someone who played in the SSO from 1949 to the mid-1980s and have been much influenced by the ABC. My memories may inspire your own reminiscences.

The ABC came into being on 1 July 1932 with a concert program, introduced with live speeches from the Prime Minister and others, establishing it not only as a broadcaster intended to ‘serve all sections and to satisfy the diversified tastes of the public’, but also as a provider of ‘groups of musicians for the rendition of orchestral, choral and band music of high quality’ (initially a 50-piece orchestra cobbled together from various sources). The modern versions of the SSO and the other capital city orchestras didn’t come into being until after World War II.

On radio, I remember listening to In Quires and Places, featuring small choirs and ‘fine choral works’, and programs of chamber music, where I acquired a love of Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Brahms. But I also remember the non-classical music, on 2BL rather than 2FC: Arch McKirdy’s Relax with me, which was succeeded in 1972 by Ian Neil’s Music to midnight (in these programs I came across the ballads of Miles Davis and Ben Webster and the bossa nova of Brazilian organist Walter Wanderley); and Chris Winter’s Room to move, which often featured rock music with more than a hint of classical influence.

My strongest memories are of live performances. There were open-air concerts held in Centennial Park, which were an initiative of conductor Eugene Goossens and had been running since 1950. There were schools concerts at the Town Hall, and youth concerts both there and in the newly opened Opera House. There was a marvellous concert featuring John Ogdon, Messiah rehearsals and Sunday night concerts where I sat behind the orchestra, and the fundraising concert in 1975 where the SSO was conducted by Danny Kaye, swapping baton for flyswat for The flight of the bumblebee.

And then there were the Proms, a concert series initiated by John Hopkins, held during summer from 1965 onwards, and very popular: Maria Prerauer wrote of the ‘long queues at 3 a.m., the pavement camping, … the overwhelming excitement … as the youngsters gathered to buy their tickets’. I was introduced to Grainger miniatures and Mahler symphonies, but most memorable were two performances which stood at the outer edges of classical music. One, in 1970, was Peter Sculthorpe’s Love 200, written to mark the bicentenary of Captain Cook’s landing at Kamay (Botany Bay) and featuring amplified singer and rock band. The other, in 1971, was a performance – or ‘realisation’ – by David Ahern’s AZ Music of a composition by Cornelius Cardew. Apparently, the audience rioted. I don’t remember, I must have been transfixed by the music.

Many thanks to the ABC for providing so many people with opportunities to be engaged with and enthused by music over the past 90 years – and for feeding the desire for quality local broadcasting. It is a pleasure for 2MBS Fine Music Sydney to share the airwaves with them!

Sunday Special: The ABC at 90, Sunday 4 December, 3:00pm

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First PersonGiuseppe Zangari

Giuseppe Zangari is a teacher and performer on the classical guitar and has been associated with the Classical Guitar Society of Sydney for many years. He sees the importance of maintaining musical connections with members whilst providing a link to promoting and nurturing the future generations of guitarists. As principal of the specialist Sydney Guitar School, he leads a dedicated team of teachers with locations in Five Dock, Kirribilli and the Sydney CBD. Giuseppe has performed throughout Australia and internationally with many local and international artists and was Lecturer in Guitar at the University of Newcastle Conservatorium and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He is also an A.M.E.B. examiner in Guitar.

Tell me about your childhood and earliest musical memories. Were your parents music lovers?

There was always music played at home; records and tapes of Italian folk music; songs and dances from Southern Italy, where my parents came from. Within that there was a lot of tarantelle, tangos, waltzes and serenades. I have fond memories of listening and singing along to the operatic greats such as Caruso, Lanza and Pavarotti. I wanted to become an opera singer from an early age – I just knew I loved music, and it was fostered through my early experiences at home. I remember my maternal grandmother and mother singing to us when we very little, all the Italian folk nursery songs and lullabies that were passed on from generation to generation. We would always have a sing-along and a dance at family parties with uncles, aunties and cousins. I also had relatives and family friends who sang and played musical instruments, and I knew that the above musical experiences ‘spoke to me’, so that I just wanted more of them! Singing at church and in the school choir was also influential.

guitar. I couldn’t wait to play what I had just bought –everything else stopped until I had played it through. It was such a highlight of the day!

Who inspired you when you began your musical journey? Did you have a mentor?

My brother Peter was learning the guitar well before I started. He would just play anything – I always loved that! I had various teachers and mentors along the way and am very grateful for those experiences and how I was encouraged to follow my passion by my parents, who would always be supportive of me doing whatever I loved. I recall one car trip home from a lesson as a child, where I thought I would stop playing guitar as I didn’t feel I was making progress. I told my mother I wanted to give up, to which she replied, “Giuseppe, you should stick to your guitar, as you never know, it may become handy one day”. Fast forward many years and I can safely say that, “Yes, mum, it did become very handy, just like your priceless suggestion!”

When did you realise that music would always be a part of your life?

From early experiences, and in particular feeling how music could transport you to another place where you could express yourself. From when I was a teenager, I knew that it would always be part of my life, and I would rush home from school after visiting the music store to buy some sheet music for

As a child, I was fortunate to have a very patient guitar teacher, Paolo Stuppa. He would always say ‘practice makes perfect’ and that it was ‘only a matter of time’ after each lesson – something that has stayed with me. I was not the quickest of learners and I found the rudiments of music challenging in the early years. But I summarise his words all the time for my students with a central theme, that for achieving excellence, we need time, practice, and patience.

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What is it about the guitar that excites you?

I love the soothing sounds of the guitar. I love the simplicity and complexity of what can be achieved with the instrument. Whether it is plucked, picked, or strummed, the guitar is an instrument for everyone! The variety of timbral colours that can be achieved is very attractive to me. I love seeing other people’s excitement of hearing the guitar, whether they are just listening or playing it for the first time!

You have collaborated with some well-respected soloists and ensembles. What is it about collaborating that you enjoy?

I love how you can connect with fellow musicians through music. The energy, passion and excitement that is felt when collaborating is fun and truly special! The sharing of musical ideas and working as part of a team is a highlight of collaboration. I am fortunate to call a lot of my musical collaborators my friends. I have learnt a lot through working with others and I think it’s important to stay adaptable and to constantly strive for improvement in performance!

You’ve travelled extensively as a musician. Name some of the highlights of these tours and where you would most like to return one day. I‘ve been fortunate to be able to travel doing what I love, both locally and internationally. Highlights for me have been performing to audiences who were hearing live guitar for the very first time, and then telling me after the concert, “I loved that piece you played”, or stories about learning guitar when they were younger, or how they have a favourite piece for guitar etc, etc. These concert experiences add more meaning and relevance for us performers, revealing the power of music and how we are all connected. Music performances relive old memories and create new ones.

Performing in regional and rural concerts with flautist Jane Rutter after the first lockdown of 2020 is something that I will never forget. Specifically, playing two afternoon concerts at the Lismore Regional Art Gallery, that would only allow 20 audience members per concert due to social distancing measures was a highlight for me. Playing to audiences who were hearing live music for the first time since the pandemic began made me realise the true importance of music in our society; it also made it clear how I missed performing during that astonishing time in history! That community also suffered a lot due to the floods over the past year and a half; I would love to return there again!

You have an obvious love of sharing your musical passions. What is it about teaching that you get the most satisfaction from?

I am so lucky to be doing what I love, playing the guitar, and being able to share that love with others through teaching. I love seeing the development of students and nurturing their gift of playing an instrument, whether it is seeing the improvement from lesson to lesson, piece by piece or note by note. A big part of how they improve is their passion and drive for the instrument, their hard work and practice at home; my suggestions as a teacher form one small percentage of their results, but it is up to them to do the work! I love seeing them achieve, whether performing in competitions, eisteddfodau, guitar exams or learning to hold or play their first note on their instrument for the very first time. It is very satisfying when students want to learn music they’ve heard for the first time, and we go over a plan of action to achieve their goals!

I also love seeing students become more independent in their musical thoughts and ideas over time, because at the end of the day there are only so many versions of the one piece of music, but what makes it special is the player’s interpretation that brings their personality to the music and that is very satisfying indeed!

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Twentieth Century Suites

Catherine Peake looks at the music suite through the Twentieth Century

When the suite took its place in 20th century music, the dance expectations of the listener had more or less disappeared. Though the structure of a dance suite continued to be used in the connected but distinct movements, the original baroque idea that the listener enjoying the music of a suite could also enjoy dancing to it had gone. Instead of being focused on dance, the 20th century suite reflected much of the experimentation being introduced into other music forms, and other art forms, of the time.

Igor Stravinsky produced his own form of classicism in the one-act ballet Pulcinella that premiered in 1920. Commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev of the Ballets Russes, Stravinsky said of his new ballet, “Pulcinella was my discovery of the past, the epiphany through which the whole of my late work became possible. It was a backward look, of course – but it was a look in the mirror, too.” Centring on a character from the commedia dell’arte, with music based on pieces believed to have been by composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stravinsky had moved on from the scandal produced by his The Rite of Spring. Using music from the ballet, his Pulcinella Suite (without the voices used in the ballet music) premiered in 1922, with both the ballet and its orchestral suite popular ever since.

In contrast to Stravinsky’s backward glance, Schoenberg set his sights firmly forward, taking a direction which not all of his audience would willingly follow. In his Suite for piano, op 25, Schoenberg used his new twelve-tone technique during an entire piece for the first time. Though consisting of six movements with the familiar dance titles of a suite, the music was anything but familiar to his listeners. As a form of serialism, the technique of giving all notes equal importance and thereby avoiding use of a key might not have led to a comfortable concert, but its use in the Piano Suite introduced a new wave of music that would gain in compositional interest throughout the 20th century.

With ballet retaining its connection to the music suite, even if the listener’s own dance ambitions had receded into the distance, Copland’s Appalachian Spring was written at the request of Martha Graham who would take the lead role in its 1944 premiere. It tells the story of American pioneers and their celebration

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of spring, and as with the music of many successful ballets of the 19th and 20th centuries rearranged by their composers, Copland arranged Appalachian Spring in 1945 to create an orchestral suite that could be performed as a separate concert piece.

In using the suite as a structure for The Planets, Holst’s engagement with mysticism had room to expand. Each of the seven movements represented one of the seven known planets (excluding earth), focussing on what Holst thought to be the astrological significance of each planet and producing a series of what he called ‘mood pictures’ that acted as ‘foils to one another’. First performed in 1918 towards the end of World War I, The Planets became one of the most popular pieces of the 20th century. And the piece must have retained some remnants of baroque intent, because his daughter Imogen Holst wrote of the premiere, “During Jupiter the charwomen working in the corridors put down their scrubbingbrushes and began to dance.”

The 20th Century Suite, Monday 12 December 2:00pm

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French Master par excellence

Former French Prime Minister Charles de Freycinet was walking amongst the urbane people of Paris when he recognised César Franck approaching at a fast trot, his uniform an oversized frock coat, grey trousers hoisted too high, top hat haphazardly brushed against the nap. The Prime Minister slowed to talk, but Franck, without breaking stride, called as he passed, “Will you come with me to Sainte-Clotilde? But don’t speak to me. I heard last night heavenly things, and I don’t want to forget them!”

Had the Prime Minister followed, he would have witnessed the organiste titulaire take his place at the Cavaille-Coll console, and in dreamy reverie tease the heavenly things into divine themes, pausing occasionally to draw from his dress coat pocket a red notebook, in which he would scratch notes for later.

And when later came, on any given Sunday or feast day, Franck would browse the notebook, perform his ritualistic meditation of tapping his forehead with the third finger, and from that moment on nothing would exist for him but the music.

Alas, this meant a tendency to lose track and not stop when required. In desperation the pastor installed a bell in the pumper room. “When rung, this means, M. Franck, by order of the pastor, STOP!” When this proved ineffective, a louder electric bell was installed which M. Franck couldn’t help but hear, and yet on he played, unruffled, exclaiming “But I never have time to return to the tonic!”

Franck’s student, Vincent d’Indy, who witnessed many of these musical extravaganzas, explained: “Franck never played the organ to be heard, but to acquit himself as best he could as a duty toward God and his own conscience. And his best was of a sane, elevated, sublime art.”

We will never personally witness this improvisational genius but there is still plenty of the man’s talent for us to savour. When Franck’s death was announced in November 1890, obituaries around the world noted him as a prolific composer of almost all genres, specifically referencing Ruth, Les beatitudes, Le chasseur maudit, Variations symphoniques and Symphony in D minor. They also acknowledged his contribution as a teacher and his humility as a person.

Franck was born in the country we now know as Belgium, at a time when it was politically contested. During his lifetime, there was a tendency for the French to dismiss him as too German, while the Germans found him too French.

It required World War I for Franck’s reputation to really anchor, his ambiguous national identity finally working to his advantage, with the sweet strains of his music falling like healing rains. One violinist, who’d experienced a horrendous time in the trenches, said, after giving an exquisite performance of Franck’s music: “One is not studying music down there and yet one is learning how to express thoughts as Franck has here, as never before one could have expressed them.”

The bicentennial of Franck’s birth provides opportunity to reflect on the events of the last century and our modern times. Globally, we have a greater interdependence than ever through the reduction of various national barriers, including trade, communication, and travel, and the need to work together on various global challenges. Has this brought us any closer to understanding the spirit of human unity that Franck seems to have been before his time in celebrating?

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Mary Moran celebrates the music of César Franck

High Five - Chris Cody

In a career spanning over 30 years, internationally recognised pianist and composer Chris Cody has headlined numerous festivals including Paris Quartiers d’Eté, London, Rome, Brussels Jazz Marathon, Stockholm, Munich, Marciac, Geneva, Ascona, Derry, Dar Es Salaam and Algiers. He has performed at a vast array of concert venues throughout the USA, Europe, Africa and Australasia, from the Village Gate NYC to the Munich Staatsoper. He has worked with many outstanding international musicians and has been regularly featured on radio and television. Cody’s compositions have been commissioned for the inauguration of the Australian Music Centre Paris, IRCAM France, Sydney Theatre Company, American Academy of Dance, Pillow Book Dance Company Pittsburg, and other French and American theatre companies. He has composed the music for eight prize-winning films, and has received a US Department of State Federal award, an APRA nomination for Naxos CD Oasis, a Django D’Or nomination France, and the Jazz Action Society Award for Best Composition.

What were your earliest childhood musical experiences that led you to playing the piano?

I was open to music and sound in general from an earliest age. My mother sang and played guitar and piano, and my father listened to records a lot. We sang at home and in school and church choirs. I love music, a language and an emotion that speaks to me with magic and mystery. I would listen to my mother playing piano in the evenings and pester my parents to organise lessons for me.

What have some of the highlights of your journey in music been like so far?

The first was proving to myself I could make a living from music in a foreign country far from home. I was accepted into the international music scene and offered support by the jazz community, firstly in New York then in Paris. My first album, first international tour, first French radio interview, first article were all landmarks that encouraged me to keep going. Playing with Roy Hargrove at the Village Gate, Herb Geller at the Elysée Montmartre, Sonny Murray at the Duc des Lombards, or Miles Davis alumni Rick Margitza in

Barry O’Sullivan talks to pianist Chris Cody
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but from its African American origins to its global expression today, it still means freedom, expression, rebellion, listening to others, sharing, honesty and truth. It’s an attitude and a way of life.

What is your latest musical project?

I’ve just recorded an album of my new work for octet, The Outsider. It’s inspired by the works of Camus, and the Covid experience, and initial gloom we all felt faced with sickness, death, and lockdown. It features three horns, an oud maestro and a hot rhythm section with bassist Lloyd Swanton, percussionist Adem Yilmaz and drummer James Waples.

There was also an outdoor concert with organist Rhoda Scott at a big festival in the south of France that I remember. The arrangements were so difficult that the whole orchestra and conductor stopped at one point, lost in their scores. She looked across the stage at me in consternation, and I launched into a free solo that then became a duo with her to bring the whole thing back together. The crowd loved it, not realising how close we were to a train wreck!

You have worked extensively in the European music scene. What beneficial aspects from there could be successfully applied to our home scene? In Europe, every country values its language, art, culture, and history that creates a sense of identity and belonging. I think many Australian are less sure of who they are, and how they want to be. It’s an ongoing conversation and evolution. How important do we want art, music and culture to be here? As in Europe, wide media coverage would be helpful to raise awareness and stimulate appetite. It grows the audience, leading to more venues, festivals, reviews, and airplay.

The French unemployment insurance scheme for Intermittents du spectacle successfully provides support for artists on the days they don’t receive paid work. It allows musicians to dedicate themselves to their music leading to more creative output. We need more pressure and lobbying on politicians and philanthropists to increase music funding to European levels. In Australia as in Europe, the arts define us, uplift us, create work, attract tourists, and provide meaning and a sustainable heritage for everyone. www.chriscody.com www.facebook.com/chriscody3 www.facebook.com/chriscodymusic

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Volunteer Spotlight Mary Moran

Mary was raised on her family’s sheep farm, near Queenstown, in New Zealand’s South Island, where chores and talents were randomly doled out among the five kids. Her grandmother was a piano teacher and her mother played the organ at church and so it was decided she would learn the piano.

She says: “Mainly I remember the Central Otago winters, practising before school in a freezing cold lounge room, with just a one bar heater at my feet for warmth. I would race through my scales and arpeggios while my mother yelled ‘slow down!’ from the kitchen. I also taught myself guitar and loved that I could learn an Olivia Newton-John threechord ballad in less than an hour. This seemed so much more rewarding than the piano.”

Mary was unsuccessful at negotiating an early retirement from piano, and at boarding school her lessons continued. “Sometimes I was required to perform at the Dunedin Town Hall. The worst part was travelling to the concerts with the nuns, who liked to get in a few quick prayers, rather than paying attention to the traffic.” After one particularly close call, Mary’s parents agreed she could pause her music while she sat her main school exams. Unfortunately, as predicted by her mother, Mary never returned to the piano in any serious capacity.

Much of Mary’s career was spent designing and implementing software solutions for global mining companies with remote, complex 24/7 operations. This career took her to some very obscure parts of the world. She comments: “Music is everywhere, even in the most remote corners. It transcends language, so I could be working in a small town in Brazil, with my very limited Portuguese, and go into a most unlikely-looking restaurant to find 20 or more guitarists, often many generations from the same family, playing the most wonderful music. The entire restaurant would all be on the same page and enjoying the experience even though we couldn’t communicate with words.”

Eventually, she tired of the long-haul travel and unsettled lifestyle. Since leaving the mining industry she has held a variety of consulting, executive and board roles across a range of industries, including most recently the zero emissions space.

When asked to select her most memorable concert, Mary is slow to pick one. “I was on the Trans-Siberian railway one winter and we stopped in what seemed a very remote outpost in Siberia. We were taken by troikas through snow-dolloped, postcard country to a Russian orthodox church. These monks shuffled out onto the altar and all holding candles, they sang the most exquisite traditional chants. It was like a dream.”

In more recent years Mary has returned to her classical roots, studying music appreciation. She adds: “I knocked on the door of 2MBS, looking to contribute in some way. I’m now presenting and writing, and I hope to do more programming in the future. The training has been very professional. People have been very generous in sharing their time and knowledge.”

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Pamela Newling talks to 2MBS Fine Music volunteer Mary Moran Illustration by Lyndon Pike Illustration by Lyndon Pike

CD REVIEWS

Estonian Premieres

Estonian Festival Orchestra; Paavo Järvi - conductor Alpha ALPHA863

One of Europe’s most vibrant musical cultures is that of Estonia, one of the Baltic states that gained independence after the breakup of the USSR. Known for composers such as Arvo Pärt and Erkki-Sven Tüür, its thriving musical culture has also given us famous conductors and ensembles. Among the conductors is Paavo Järvi, who founded the Estonian Festival Orchestra in 2011. This new recording from Alpha Classics brings us a range of new works by lesser-known Estonian composers premiered by the EFO. The opening work, To the moonlight from Tõnu Kõrvits is

a wonderful evocation of night that exploits filmic textures and quotation. Helena Tulve, who works in the spectral compositional style, brings us a piece for a trio of string soloists pitted against the strings of the orchestra. Lepo Sumera’s Olympic Music I, on the other hand, engages with the folk traditions of the Baltic states, creating music that is more immediate in its impact upon the listener. An enjoyable and varied recording that paints a picture of a vibrant national musical culture.

– James Nightingale

KISMET

Elena Kats-Chernin Vov Dylan, violin; Clemens Leske, piano Ambition

AMBITION159

Kismet is subtitled Vignettes for violin and piano: 10 brief compositions, a couple making encore performances in different versions, by probably the best-known and most prolific Australian composer of her generation, Elena Kats-Chernin. They are mostly for violin and piano, but also include on occasions a second violin or cello or double bass. Most of the works were composed this century, although Charleston noir was written in 1996: written for solo piano, it is the longest and most distinctive piece, allying a slightly dissonant melody with the discernible rhythm of the Charleston dance. Also likely to be recognised is Eliza’s aria from the Wild swans ballet, here

arranged for the combination of violin and cello (played by Susan Blake): the cello sings and the violin dances, with both playing pretty pizzicato passages. Butterflying was originally composed for orchestra: here two violins (the second played by Victoria Jacono-Gilmovich) weave in and out, not fluttering but sustaining a dreamy flight path. Moon cloud waltz and Distant mountains, excerpts from KatsChernin’s recent Isolation suite, are pleasingly light, lyrical and lilting. Much of Kats-Chernin’s music is written in minor keys, but the overriding impression is one of delight and even joy.

– Paul Cooke

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Polymorphic Orkestra

25:03:22 with guest Robert Vincs

If it were possible to inhale the music of this contemporary jazz album certainly one would be transported into a state of sonic euphoria. As the lengthy opening track, Pearl River develops under the deeply personal piano sound of Harry Sutherland setting the tone for the project; gradually each of the players contributes sounds akin to the excitement of children meeting in a playground, instantly creating their games. Then the magic begins. Throughout the remainder of the recording, everything falls into place. On stand-out tracks, Dark Emu, Unconventional, and Caro Kann, Lachlan Hamilton’s saxophone expertly darts, weaves, and cruises around the bassist Jacques Emery’s rhythmic textures and InmanHislop’s noted hues from his kit, while Sutherland builds emotion,

drama, and rich melodic colours providing all with a supportive base of jazz elasticity. Deja Vu reveals Jacques Emery’s technically enlightened solo on an expressive ride through form, followed by Sutherland’s sumptuous progression through the chordal structures on piano. Throughout the album, the music is always fascinating, sometimes dainty, and sometimes exquisite. Both Sutherland and Hamilton provide many instrumental and musical highlights signaling their acumen as composers and co-leaders of a highly distinguished ensemble. They all have chops, and these modern jazz practitioners find a perfect harmonious balance between composition and personal expressive freedom. Go ahead, inhale, and be transported.

This excitingly cool trio has delivered a recording that embraces and experiments with a plethora of instrument sounds, samples, textures, and grooves in a pleasingly unhurried way. The album simply couldn’t have been made by a trio that hadn’t put the hours in, done the hard yards, and dedicated themselves collectively to their cause. Listening to the utter conviction on this recording you get a distinct feeling that these guys would be making this amazing music even if nobody was listening. Each of the six movements segues into the next further enhancing the swirling and dreamy soundscapes, from which burst sections of varied styles and grooves, are all delivered with unquestionable brilliance and musicality. Some movements are long, giving you time to become fully immersed and some are shorter, but essentially it is one long track of a performance

recorded live and divided into appropriate numerical sections to accommodate the streaming algorithm that rejects a release of one track. Lee McIver’s trumpet is atmospheric and full of emotion and soul, and Ed Rodrigues’s drumming is punchy yet relaxed reaching stratospheric heights of dazzling improvisation which seals his reputation as one of the finest. Ed Goyer’s vibe playing and percussion wash and burst forth intriguingly over the soundscape with an unquestionable skill. Who else but the Polymorphic Orkestra has this dedication to the art of sound? With an enormous amount of individuality on display emanating from the Avant Guarde and with the added asset of guest artist Robert Vincs on saxello, each provides the glue that binds it all together, forming a unique voice delivered with brilliance and musicality.

Jahl Heshi
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Lachlan Hamilton, Harry Sutherland Bandcamp

Thursday 1 December

00:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

03:00

CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

06:00 FINE MUSIC

with Simon Moore

09:00

BREAKFAST

DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC

Romance and romantics

Prepared by Krystal Li

Chabrier, E. Three romantic waltzes (188083). Kathryn Stott, Elizabeth Burley, pf. Unicorn-Kanchana DKP 9158 14

Vieuxtemps, H. Ballad and polonaise, op 38 (1860). Misha Keylin, vn; Slovak RSO/Andrew Mogrelia. Naxos 8.570974 15

Grieg, E. Last Spring, op 33 no 2 (1880); Call, op 61 no 3 (1894-95). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Bengt Forsberg, pf. DG 437 521-2 6

Saint-Saëns, C. The carnival of the animals (1886). Ian Brown, pf; Susan Tomes, pf; Nash Ensemble. Virgin VC 7 90751-2 22

Medtner, N. Festive dance, op 28 no 3, from Forgotten melodies, vol 1. Marc-André Hamelin, pf. Hyperion CDA66765 5

Hill, A. Quartet no 6 in G, The kids (1927). Australian String Quartet. Marco Polo 8.223746 16

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Paul Cooke

Peterson-Berger, W. Suite: Earina (1917). Norrköping SO/Michail Jurowski. cpo 999 632-2 21

Grieg, E. Double bass concerto in A minor (1883; transcr. Karr; orch. Horovitz). Gary Karr, db; Adelaide SO/Patrick Thomas. ABC 438 612-2 23

Rachmaninov, S. Symphony no 3 in A minor, op 44 (1935-36/38). Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Exton EXCL-00018 39

13:00 FRENCH MASTER PAR EXCELLENCE

Keyboard works Part 1 Prepared by Jennifer Foong

CÉSAR FRANCK 1822-2022

200th Anniversary

Franck, C. Prelude, chorale and fugue (1884). Stephen Hough, pf. Hyperion CDA66918 18

Fantasy in A, from Three pieces (1878). Marcel Dupré, org. Mercury 478 8388 15

Suite from Psyché (1888). Christian Ivaldi, pf; Noël Lee, pf. Arion ARN 68293 20

14:00 THE COMPOSER CONDUCTS

Prepared by Derek Parker

Britten, B. Variations and fugue on a theme of Purcell, op 34, The young person's guide to the orchestra (1946). London SO/Benjamin Britten. Decca 478 5364 17

Walton, W. Spitfire prelude and fugue (1942). New Philharmonia O/William Walton. EMI 5 65003 2 8

Copland, A. Ballet: Appalachian Spring (1944). Harold Bennett, fl; Charles Russo, cl; Loren Glickman, bn; Broadus Erle, vn; Marilyn Wright, vn; Herbert Sorkin, vn; Gerald Tarack, vn; Jeanne Benjamin, vn; Ani Kavafian, vn; Harry Zaratzian, va; Harold Coletta, va; George Ricci, vc; Jesse Levy, vc; Julius Levine, db; Paul Jacobs, pf; Aaron Copland, cond.

CBS MK 42431 33

Tippett, M. Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli (1953). John Tunnell, vn; Rosemary Ellison, vn; Kevin McCrae, vc; Scottish CO/ Michael Tippett. Virgin VC 7 90701-2 19

Stravinsky, I. Ballet: Petrushka (1911). Columbia SO/Igor Stravinsky. Sony SM3K 46 291-302 34

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with Peter Poole

20:00 THE WORLD OF A

SYMPHONY

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor Prepared by Di Cox

Tchaikovsky, P. Waltz, from Eugene Onegin (1879). Czecho-Slovak RSO/Ondrej Lenárd. Naxos 8.578041-42 6

Arensky, A. Suite no 2, op 23, Silhouettes (1892). Stephen Coombs, pf; Ian Munro, pf. Hyperion CDA66755 15

Sibelius, J. String quartet in E flat (1885). Tempera Quartet. BIS CD-1376 18

Brahms, J. Clarinet sonata in E flat, op 120 no 2 (1894). Alan Hacker, cl; Richard Burnett, fp. Amon Ra CD-SAR 37 19

Tchaikovsky, P. Symphony no 5 in E minor, op 64 (1888). Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink.

Decca 478 5867 50

22:00 NEAR MIDNIGHT

Prepared by James Nightingale

Abbott, K. Midnight songs (2013). Joel Brennan, tpt; Don Immel, tb; Ken Murray, gui. Tall Poppies TP237 26

22:30 ULTIMA THULE

Ambient and atmospheric music

Friday 2 December

00:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

03:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Stephen Gard

09:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC

Something borrowed

Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Ravel, M. Suite from Mother Goose (1908-10; arr. McIntyre). Canberra Wind Soloists. ABC 434 718-2 14

Trad. Folksongs 78 (arr. Carr-Boyd 1978). Thoroughbass. Wirripang Wirr 066 8

12:00 JAZZ

AFTER

NOON with Sue Jowell

Featuring swing to mainstream jazz with regular appearances from the Great American Songbook

19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley

A fresh perspective on modern music contributing to the standard jazz repertoire, with fine jazz interpretations from the world of pop, rock, film and contemporary jazz

Albrechtsberger, J. Double concerto in F (1770; arr. Behrend). Marianne Klatt, fl; Michael Tröster, gui; German Plucked-String CO/Siegfried Behrend.

Thorofon CTH 2025 14

Pinto, G. Fantasia and sonata in C minor (1806; compl. Woefl). Míceál O’Rourke, pf. Chandos CHAN 9798 13

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Pearson, L. Dance suite after Arbeau. Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble. ABC 446 735-2 9

Dvorák, A. Sonatina in G, op 100 (1893; arr. Hartwieg). Maria Kliegel, vc; Nina Tichman, pf. Naxos 8.557613 21

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Frank Morrison Myaskovsky, N. Serenade in E flat, op 32 no 1 (1928-29). USSR SO/Vladimir Verbitsky. Olympia OCD 105 18 Vieuxtemps, H. Cello concerto no 2 in B minor, op 50 (1877). Alban Gerhardt, vc; Royal Flemish PO/Josep Caballé-Domenech. Hyperion CDA67790 22 Casella, A. Symphony no 3, op 63 (c1940). BBC PO/Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN 10768 42

12:00 A JAZZ HOUR with Barry O'Sullivan

Contemporary and modern sounds of 'now' in jazz from all corners of the globe with a focus on contemporary jazz from Australia and regular interviews with local and visiting musicians

13:00 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN CHAMBER

Prepared by Derek Parker

Paine, J. Larghetto and humoreske, op 32 (1877). Joseph Silverstein, vn; Jules Eskin, vc; Virginia Eskin, pf. Northeastern NR 219 17

Chadwick, G. Quartet no 2 in C (1878). Portland String Quartet. Northeastern NR 236 27

Foster, S. Where has Lulu gone?; Colonel Meeker’s quick step. Chestnut Brass Company.

Naxos 8.559124 7

Foote, A. Piano trio no 1 in C minor, op 5 (1882-84). Arden Trio. Marco Polo 8.225117 32

14:30 SLAVA’S GUITAR

Prepared by Chris Blower

Rigney, S. Lapis lazuli: Guitar concerto (198590). Mara Miller, vn; Slava Grigoryan, gui; O Victoria/Brett Kelly.

ABC 476 227-1 21

Sor, F. Grand solo, op 14 (c1807). Slava Grigoryan, gui.

ABC 472 224-2 11

Weiss, S. Guitar concerto in D minor (c1730; arr. Behrend, E. Grigoryan). Slava Grigoryan, gui; Strings of Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey.

ABC 476 5948 9

Boccherini, L. Quintet no 4 in D, Fandango (1798). Zoë Black, vn; Elizabeth Jones, vn; Ian Rathbone, va; Melissa Barnardi, vc; Slava Grigoryan, gui.

Fine Music concert recording 16

Rodrigo, J. Concierto de Aranjuez (1939). Slava Grigoryan, gui; Queensland O/Brett Kelly.

ABC 476 8072 23

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with James Hunter

19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Alex Siegers

A focus on the current Sydney jazz scene mixed with a range of international jazz stars and an occasional guest interview

20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA

Spanning 100 years

Prepared by Robert Small Mendelssohn, F. Concerto for piano and strings in A minor (1822). Kristian Bezuidenhout, fp; Freiburg Baroque O/ Gottfried von der Goltz. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902082 34 Schubert, F. Symphony no 8 in B minor, D759, Unfinished (1822). Sydney SO/Gianluigi Gelmetti.

Sydney Symphony SSO 200803 25 Grainger, P. Danish folk-music suite (192229). English Sinfonia/Neville Dilkes. EMI CDM 7 63520 2 18

Janácek, L. Suite from The Makropulos affair (1922; arr. Breiner). Vesa-Matti Leppanen, vn; New Zealand SO/Peter Breiner. Naxos 8.570556 32

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE John Banister’s first public concert, 1672 Prepared by Susan Foulcher

Locke, M. Suite from The Tempest (1674). Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood.

L’Oiseau-Lyre 433 191-2 39

Simpson, C. Divisions on a ground in G. Wieland Kuijken, bass viol; Sigiswald Kuijken, bass viol; Robert Kohnen, hpd. Accent ACC 10014 6

Cazzati, M. L’amante pigro; L’amante sdegnato, from Il quarto libro delle canzonette, op 43 (1667). Alessio Tosi, ten; Erandanus/ Paolo Giorgi.

Brilliant Classics 95586 8 Simpson, C. Winter, from The four seasons. Sirius Viols/Hille Perl. DHM 88975190982 16

Lawes, H. This mossy bank, a dialogue; The lark, swift through the yielding air. Emma Kirkby, sop; Evelyn Tubb, sop; Anthony Rooley, lute.

Hyperion CDA66135 6

Jenkins, J. Fantasias: in G minor; in D minor. Wieland Kuijken, bass viol; Sigiswald Kuijken, vn; Robert Kohnen, hpd.

Accent ACC 10014 10

Saturday 3 December

00:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

06:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett

09:00 WHAT'S ON IN MUSIC

Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney

09:05 THE PIANO ALONE

Prepared by Rita Felton

Sibelius, J. Three lyric pieces, op 41 (1904). Erik T. Tawaststjerna, pf. BIS CD-153 11

Vaughan Williams, R. Suite in G (1920). Peter Jacobs, pf.

TRAC Classique TRXCD 126 15

Banister, J. The musick att the Bath (1663; compl. Holman). Parley of Instruments Renaissance Violin Band/Peter Holman. Hyperion CDA66667 10

Farrant, R. Ah, alas, you salt sea gods; Oh Jove, from stately throne. Catherine King, mezz; Rose Consort of Viols. Naxos 8.554284 5

Finger, G. Sonata in C minor, op 6 no 6. Sally Melhuish, rec; Anna McDonald, vn; Tim Blomfield, bass vn; Katrina Brown, hpd. Salut SAL001 4

Bach, J.S. Suite no 1 in A, BWV806, English (bef. 1725). Murray Perahia, pf. Sony SK 60276 22

10:00 CENTRES OF MUSIC

Venice: The age of Vivaldi

Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Legrenzi, G. Sonata prima. Rare Fruits Council/Manfredo Kraemer, vn & dir. Ambronay AMY028 7

Lotti, A. Crucifixus à 8; Crucifixus à 6. Parsons Affayre/Warren Trevelyan-Jones. Fine Music concert recording 5

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Marcello, B. Psalm 47/48: Great is the Lord, from Estro poetico-armonico (pub. 1724). Cantus Cölln/Konrad Junghänel. Harmonia Mundi HMG 901696 12

Marcello, A. Oboe concerto in D minor. Heinz Holliger, ob; I Musici. Philips 420 189-2 12

Vivaldi, A. Gloria in D, RV589. Jennifer Smith, sop; Nancy Argenta, sop; Catherine Wyn-Rogers, cont; Paul Goodwin, ob; Alberto Grassi, bn; Mark Bennett, tpt; English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 437834-2 30

Albinoni, T. Trumpet concerto in D minor, op 9 no 2 (pub. 1721). Maurice André, tpt; Württemberg CO/Jörg Faerber. EMI CMS 7 69880 2 13

11:30 ON PARADE

Music that’s band

Prepared by Owen Fisher

Innes, F. Phenomenal polka. David Hickman, cornet; American Serenade Band/Henry Charles Smith. Summit DCD 121 6

Ewazen, E. Symphony in brass, mvt 4 Allegro vivace. Summit Brass. Summit DCD 171 5

Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Procession of the nobles, from Mlada (arr.). Australian Brass Ensemble/Eric Banks. AB 195 5

King, C. Walking frog. Allentown Band/Ron Demkee. AMP 87107 3

Elgar, E. Land of hope and glory (arr.) Coldstream Guards. Bridge 100-063-2 6

12:00

URBAN JAZZ LOUNGE

with Leita Hutchings New, hip, fun and traditional jazz: tons of cool jazz, presented in a chilled and laid-back, lounge style

13:00

TREASURES OF THE VOICE

Memorable moments in grand opera

Prepared by Rex Burgess

Mozart, W. A cenar teco m’invitasti, from Don Giovanni, K527 (1787). Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; Swedish Radio Choir & SO/Paul Daniel. DG 477 8091 6

Tchaikovsky, P. Tatiana’s letter scene, from Eugene Onegin (1879). Ljuba Welitsch, sop; Philharmonia O/Walter Susskind. Nimbus NI 7959/60 14

Strauss, R. Finale, from Salome, op 54 (1907). Jane Eaglen, sop; Israel PO/Zubin Mehta.

Sony SK 60042 15

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

14:00 AUSTRALIAN CELLISTS

Julian Smiles

Prepared by Paul Cooke

Fauré, G. Élégie, op 24 (1880). Julian Smiles, vc; Kathryn Selby, pf. Fine Music concert recording 8 Haydn, J. Trio in G, Hob.XV:15 (1790). Geoffrey Collins, fl; Julian Smiles, vc; Catherine Davis, pf. Fine Music concert recording 17

14:30 SATURDAY MATINEE

Orchestral grandeur

Prepared by Chris Blower

Verdi, G. Ballet music from The Sicilian Vespers (1855). Monte Carlo National Opera O/Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422 846-2 29

Thomson, V. Symphony on a hymn tune (1928). New Zealand SO/James Sedares. Naxos 8.559022 22

Gounod, C. Suite concertante in A (1886). Roberto Prosseda, pf; Swiss Italian O/Howard Shelley. Hyperion CDA67975 23

Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 2 in B flat, op 52, Hymn of praise (1840). Sara Macliver, sop; Elena Xanthoudakis, sop; Jaewoo Kim, ten; Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers; Tasmanian Symphony Ch & O/Sebastian Lang-Lessing. ABC 476 3623 1:07

17:00

SOCIETY SPOT

Folk Federation of NSW with John Penhallow

18:00

STAGE AND SCREEN

Prepared by Sue Jowell

Williams, P. Excerpts from Bugsy Malone. Alex Lee, Chris Dyer, Nana Kumi, voices. Polydor 2442142 11

Bart, L. Excerpts from Oliver. Ron Moody, Georgia Brown, Paul Whitsun-Jones, voices. Deram 820 590-2 15

Minchin, T. Excerpts from Matilda. Marianne Benedict, Liberty Buckland, voices. RSCE 002 10

Strouse, C. Excerpts from Annie. Sandy Faison, Dorothy Loudon, Andrea McArdle, Carol Burnett, voices. Columbia 3800 16

19:00 EMERGENT JAZZ

with Keith Pettigrew

Australian jazz of the 21st century featuring high school jazz combos, tracks from Sydney's pre-eminent jazz programs at UNSW and 'The Con' and new Australian and international jazz releases

20:00 THE LIFE OF A COMPOSER

Maurice Ravel

Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Ravel, M. Alborada del gracioso (1905). Cleveland O/Pierre Boulez.

Sony SMK 45962 8

Le tombeau de Couperin (1913-17; arr.). Pro Arte Guitar Trio.

ASV WHL 2063 17

Gaspard de la nuit (1908). Jean-Philippe Collard, pf.

EMI 5 72376 2 24

Suite no 2 from Daphnis et Chloé (1905). London SO/Charles Mackerras. Centaur CRC 2090 16

Chansons madécasses (1922-26). Jessye Norman, sop; members of Ensemble InterContemporain/Pierre Boulez. Sony SMK 64107 14

Passacaille, from Piano trio (1914; arr.). Wim van Hasselt, tpt; Jörgen van Rijen, tb; Alla Libo, pf.

Channel CCS SA 36315 7

Piano concerto in G (1931). Alicia de Larrocha, pf; London PO/Lawrence Foster. Decca 478 6966 23

22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME

Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Brahms, J. Trio in E flat for violin, horn and piano, op 40 (1865). Barry Tuckwell, hn; Brenton Langbein, vn; Maureen Jones, pf. ex libris CD 6059 30

Dvorák, A. String sextet in A, op 48 (1878). Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.

Chandos CHAN 8771 29

Mahler, G. Symphony no 4 in G (1892; arr. Stein 1921). Clare Gormley, sop; Sydney Soloists/John Harding. ABC 461 827-2 53

Sunday 4 December

00:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

06:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with James Nightingale

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09:00

MUSICA SACRA

Prepared by Stephen Matthews

Zelenka, J. Missa Sancti Josephi. Stuttgart Chamber Choir & Baroque O/Frieder Bernius. Carus 83.279 39

Psalm 113: De profundis. Stuttgart Chamber Choir & Baroque O/Frieder Bernius. Carus 83.279 13

10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA

Prepared by Meg Matthews

Gluck, C. Excerpts from Orfeo ed Euridice (1762). Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. Decca 470 424-2 12

Stamitz, C. Double concerto in B flat (c177090). Koji Okazaki, bn; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Kálmán Berkes, cl & dir. Naxos 8.553584 24

Mozart, W. Quintet in E flat, K614 (1791). William Primrose, va; Griller String Quartet. Vanguard ATM-CD-1204 22 Haydn, J. Sonata no 62 in E flat, Hob.XVI:52 (1794). Alfred Brendel, pf. Philips/Decca 478 9053 21

Mozart, W. Ch’io mi scordi di te, K505 (1786). Emma Kirkby, sop; Stephen Lubin, fp; Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 425 835-2 10

Beethoven, L. Fantasia in C minor, op 80, Choral (1807). Alfred Brendel, pf; London Philharmonic Choir & O/Bernard Haitink. Phillips/Decca 478 9082 21

12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ with Dave Mac

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 Carole Garland Showcases diverse music from cultures around the world, both traditional and modern, featuring musicians from all corners of the globe, including Australia

14:00 INTIMATE VOICES

Shostakovich in chamber Part 1 Prepared by Rex Burgess

Shostakovich, D. Trio no 1 in C minor, op 8 (1923). Susie Park, vn; Timo-Veikko Valve, vc; Kathryn Selby, pf.

Fine Music concert recording 14 Romance, from The gadfly (1955; arr.). Bruno Siketa, tpt; Rhys Boak, org. Move MD 3379 3

Quartet no 15 in E flat minor, op 144 (1974). Emerson String Quartet. DG 463 284-2 35

15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL

The ABC at 90

Prepared by Paul Cooke Antill, J. Suite from Corroboree (1950). Sydney SO/Eugene Goossens. ABC 476 595-7 17

Wagner, R. Brünnhilde’s immolation scene, from Götterdämmerung (1869-74). Birgit Nilsson, sop; Sydney SO/Charles Mackerras. ABC 476 644-0 19

Banks, D. Prospects (1974). Sydney SO/ Willem van Otterloo.

LP RCA VRL1 0191 10

Berlioz, H. Symphonie fantastique, op 14 (1830). Sydney SO/Willem van Otterloo. LP ABC AO 7009/10 49

Macens, E. The space between the stars (2018). Sydney SO/Jessica Cottis. ABC 481 9111 13

17:00

HOSANNA

Prepared by Stephen Matthews

Hymns. Lead kindly light; Lord for the years; Thy hand, O God, has guided. Choir of Wells Cathedral; Rupert Gough, org; Malcolm Archer, cond. Hyperion P12101 9 Martinaitis, A. Alleluia (1996). Estonian Chamber Choir/Paul Hiller. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908795 4 Handel, G. Thou shalt break them; Hallelujah, from Messiah. Vienna Boys Choir; Academy of London/Peter Marschik. Capriccio C7317 6

Graupner, C. Cantata: Count my flight (1711). Klaus Mertens, bass; Academia Daniel/Shalev Ad-El. cpo 777 644-2 8

Purcell, H. Hear my prayer; O God, Thou hast cast us out; Remember not O Lord our offences. Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford/ John Harper. Alto ALC 4001-1 7

Bach, J. Christoph Warum betrubst du dich, mein Herz. Stefano Molardi, org. BIS 95803/24 2

Mozart, W. Sancta Maria; Regina angelorum, from Litaniae lauretanae in D, K195. Pamela Heuvelmans, sop; South German CO/Nicol Matt. BIS 96137/8 15

18:00

THE PIANO SONATA

Carl Maria von Weber Part 1

Prepared by Paul Cooke

Weber, C.M. Seven variations on Bianchi’s air, Vien quà, Dorina bella, op 7 (1807). Alexander Paley, pf. Naxos 8.550990 13

Field, J. Rondo in A flat (1818). John Khouri, pf.

Entr’acte ESCD 6503 10

Chopin, F. Étude in C minor, op 10 no 12, Revolutionary. Idil Biret, pf. Naxos 8.553170 3

Weber, C.M. Sonata no 1 in C, op 24 (1812). Stephanie McCallum, pf. ABC 462 763-2 27

19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT

Prepared by Rex Burgess

Brahms, J. Variations on a theme by J. Haydn, op 56a, St Antoni chorale (1873). Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras. Telarc 80450 17

Saint-Saëns, C. Piano concerto no 5 in F, op 103, Egyptian (1896). Duncan Gifford, pf; Tasmanian SO/Sebastian Lang-Lessing. ABC 476 192-8 29

Myaskovsky, N. Symphony no 22 in B minor, op 54, Symphony-ballad (1941). Russian Federation SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Warner Classics 69689-8 36

20:30 NEW HORIZONS

Prepared by Chloe Sinclair Nicolas, N. We won’t let you down (2018). ACO Collective. ABC 481 7374 4

Rojas, D. Piano concerto no 1, Latinamericanismos (2006). Daniel Rojas, pf; North Sydney SO/Maria Lindsay.

Fine Music concert recording 31 Edwards, R. Incantations (2006). New Sydney Wind Quintet. ABC 481 7683 13

Kats-Chernin, E. Pink-breasted robin (2006). Clarity Clarinet Quartet. Move MCD 340 2

Vasks, P. Violin concerto, Distant light (1997). John Storgårds, vn; Ostrobothnian CO/Juha Kangas.

Ondine ODE 1005-2 34

22:00 JAZZ AFTER HOURS with Sue Jowell

Late night jazz, to listen and engage and relax

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Monday 5 December

Schumann, C. Three romances, op 22 (1853). Lisa Batiashvili, vn; Alice Sara Ott, pf. DG 479 0086 9

Bach, J.S. Sonata in G minor, BWV1030b (c1720; arr. 1736-37). Geoffrey Burgess, baroque ob; Nicholas Parle, hpd.

00:00

CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Robert Small

09:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC

A year in retrospect: 1925 Prepared by Frank Morrison

Gershwin, G. Three preludes (1925). Michael Collins, cl; Piers Lane, pf. Chandos CHAN 10615 7

Janácek, L. Concertino (1925). Boris Berman, pf; members of the Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Thierry Fischer. Chandos CHAN 9399 18

Sibelius, J. Five country dances, op 106 (1925). Nils-Erik Sparf, vn; Bengt Forsberg, pf. BIS CD-625 19

Ketèlbey, A. In a Chinese temple garden (1925). Jean Temporley, mezz; Ambrosian Singers; Philharmonia O/John Lanchbery. EMI 1 66443 2 7

Pijper, W. Sonata (1925). Felicia van den End, fl; Daria van den Bercken, pf. Radio Nederland MCCP123 10

Schulhoff, E. String quartet no 2 (1925). Petersen Quartet. Capriccio C7297 18

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Jacky Ternisien

Berlioz, H. Overture: Waverley, op 1 (182728). Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. Decca 452 480-2 10

Herz, H. Piano concerto in D minor, op 87 no 3. Tasmanian SO/Howard Shelley, pf & dir. Hyperion CDA67537 30

Roussel, A. Symphony no 2 (1919-21). Royal Scottish NO/Stéphane Denève. Naxos 8.570529 43

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 FEATURING ALICE SARA OTT

Prepared by Paul Cooke Beethoven, L. Sonata no 3 in C, op 2 no 3 (1794-95). Alice Sara Ott, pf. DG 477 9291 27

Grieg, E. Piano concerto in A minor, op 16 (1868). Alice Sara Ott, pf; Bavarian RSO/EsaPekka Salonen. DG 479 4631 30

Arnalds, O. Verses; Written in stone, after Largo from Chopin’s Sonata no 3 in B minor, op 58. Viktor Orri Árnason, vn; Björk Óskarsdóttir, vn; Thórarinn Baldersson, va; Unnur Jónsdóttir, vc; Hallgrímur Jónas Jensson, vc; Alice Sara Ott, pf. Mercury LC 00171 7

Mussorgsky, M. Pictures at an exhibition (1874). Alice Sara Ott, pf. DG 479 0088 35

15:00 GRAND ROMANTIC

Prepared by James Nightingale Liszt, F. Symphonic poem no 7: Festlänge (1851). London PO/Bernard Haitink. Philips 438 751-2 20

Berlioz, H. Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, op 15 (1840). Jeffrey Budin, tb; Montreal Symphony Ch & O/Charles Dutoit. Decca 425 001-2 35

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with Michael Morton-Evans

19:00 JAZZ PULSE with Chris Wetherall Jazz across the wide spectrum from early Louis to Coltrane, with plenty of Ellington and Basie, through to hard bop

20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison

22:00 JAZZ AFTER HOURS Late night jazz, to listen and engage, and relax

Tuesday 6 December

00:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

03:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Julie Simonds

09:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC

Colours of the keyboard

Prepared by Brian Drummond Mozart, W. Sonata in C, K521 (1787). Imogen Cooper, Anne Queffélec, pf. Ottavo OTR C129242 25

Fine Music concert recording 17 Sweelinck, J. Echo fantasia in D. Klaas Stok, org.

LBCD 75/76 10

Liszt, F. Album-leaf: Lyon prelude (c1844); Romance (c1843). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDS44586/592 3

Rachmaninov, S. Sonata no 2 in B flat minor, op 36 (1913/31). Van Cliburn, pf. RCA GD 87941 25

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Stravinsky, I. Suite from Petrushka (1947). Chicago SO/Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI 5 85974 2 25

Lalo, E. Concerto russe, op 29 (1879). Olivier Charlier, vn; BBC PO/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 9758 31

Milhaud, D. Saudades do Brasil, dance suite, op 67 (1921). London Festival Players/Bernard Herrmann.

London 443 897-2 27

12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes

An eclectic blending of agreeable rhythm and melody from the New Orleans jazz roots through to recent decades, including many Australian bands

13:00 JAZZ ABOUT TOWN with Deborah Evans

A sound gig guide to what's on in Sydney's jazz scene over the coming week. A selection from jazz musicians who are About Town.

14:00

MUSIC OF 1772

Sancti Nicolai Mass, 6 December 1772, Esterháza

Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Haydn, J. Quartet in C, Hob.III:32 (1772). Salomon String Quartet. Hyperion CDA66621 24

Mozart, W. Keyboard concerto in E flat after J.C. Bach, K107 no 3 (1772). English CO/ Murray Perahia, pf & dir. CBS 39222 9

Divertimento (Quartet) in D, K136 (1772). Amsterdam Baroque O/Ton Koopman. Erato 245 471-2 19

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Haydn, J. Mass in G, Hob.XXII:6, Sancti Nicolai (1772). Tobias Wall, treb; Daniel Mock, alto; Hartmut Quotschalla, ten; Ulrich Streckmann, bass; Augsburg Cathedral Boys’ Choir; Klemens Schnorr, org; Residency CO, Munich/Reinhard Kammler. EMI CDC 7 47529 2 25

Symphony in F sharp minor, Hob.I:45, Farewell (1772). St Luke’s O/Charles Mackerras. Telarc 80156 34

16:00 FINE MUSIC

with Andrew Dziedzic

DRIVE

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 JUST IN with Michael Field

A selection from the latest recordings to arrive at the Fine Music Library

22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE

Prepared by Albert Gormley

Brahms, J. Sonata in G, op 78, Rain (187879). Richard Tognetti, vn; Ben Martin, pf. Fine Music concert recording 28

Haydn, J. String quartet in G minor, Hob.III:33 (1772). Quatuor Mosaïques. Astrée E 8784 28

Bridge, F. Quintet in D minor (1905). Piers Lane, pf; Goldner String Quartet. Hyperion CDA67726 28

Mendelssohn, F. String octet in E flat, op 20 (1825). L'Archibudelli; Smithsonian Chamber Players.

Sony SK 48307 31 Wednesday 7 December

00:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

03:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Stephen Wilson

09:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC

Rescued from the shadows Prepared by Rex Burgess

Biber, H. Parthia no 7 in C minor, from Harmonia artificiosa-ariosa (pub. 1712). Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 479 1957 20

Charpentier, M-A. Sonata à 8. Ricercar Consort. Ricercar RIC 037011 18

Eybler, J. Symphony no 1 in C (c1780). Geneva CO/Michael Hofstetter. cpo 777 104-2 24

Hasse, J. Cantata: That fair breast, O Phyllis. Julianne Baird, sop; Nancy Hadden, fl; Erin Headley, bass viol; Malcolm Proud, hpd. CRD 3488 20

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Prepared by David Brett

Ravel, M. Le tombeau de Couperin (1914–16). Zurich Tonhalle O/Lionel Bringuier. DG 479 5524 17

Schumann, R. Piano concerto in A minor, op 54 (1841-45).

Maurizio Pollini, pf; Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado. DG 479 0908 31

Rachmaninov, S. Symphonic dances, op 45 (1940). Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Exton EXCL-00018 35

12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale

Focussing on contemporary jazz, often gathered from emerging cultures and Australian

13:00 IN CONVERSATION with Simon Moore

Each week we meet one of the world’s great musicians, singers, composers or conductors, along with up-and-comers and some of the men and women who influence the arts landscape. The program goes live to air so you never quite know what’s going to happen.

14:00 AUGUST 1914

Prepared by Paul Cooke

Ravel, M. Trio in A minor (1914). Susie Park, vn; Timo-Veikko Valve, vc; Kathryn Selby, pf. Fine Music concert recording 30 Korngold, E. Piano concerto in C sharp (for left hand), op 17 (1923). Howard Shelley, pf; BBC PO/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9508 28

Boughton, R. Excerpts from The immortal hour (1914). Anne Dawson, sop; Patricia Taylor, cont; David Wilson-Johnson, bar; Roger Bryson, bass-bar; Geoffrey Mitchell Choir; English CO/Alan G. Melville. Hyperion CDD22040 17

Schmidt, F. Quintet in G (1926). Joseph Silverstein, vn; Joel Smirnoff, vn; Michael Tree, va; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Leon Fleisher, pf. Sony SK 48253 37

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with Tom Forrester-Paton

19:00 PLANET JAZZ

with Xavier Bichon

A musical journey to different parts of the world where jazz meets other musical traditions, from Africa to Europe, with a slice of Australia

20:00 AT THE OPERA

Prepared by Angela Cockburn

Nielsen, C. Maskarade. Comic opera in three acts. Libretto by Vilhelm Andersen after Ludvig Holberg. First performed Copenhagen, 1906.

LEANDER: Gert-Henning Jensen, ten LEONORA: Henriette Bonde-Hansen, sop Danish National Radio Symphnoy Ch & O/Ulf Schirmer.

Decca 460227-2 2:25 Leander and Leonora reject the match made for them by their parents, as they have met and fallen in love at a masquerade, unaware of one another’s identities. At the unmasking at the end of the masquerade, harmony is restored when the lovers realise that they have actually chosen the partners desired by their parents.

Three motets, op 55 (1929). Camerata Chamber Choir/Per Enevold. BIS CD-131 16

23:00 MUSIC OF THE NIGHT

Prepared by Paul Cooke

Holmboe, V. Sinfonia in memoriam, op 65 (1954). Aarhus SO/Owain Arwel Hughes. BIS CD-695 27

Sørensen, B. Violin concerto, Decaying garden (1992-93). Danish National RSO/Leif Segerstam. Dacapo 8.224039 27

Thursday 8 December

00:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

03:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Simon Moore

09:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Romance and romantics

Prepared by James Nightingale

Rossini, G. Overture to The barber of Seville (1816). Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner. ABC 476 259-9 7

Paderewski, I. Légende no 2 in A, op 15 (c1888). Karol Radziwonowicz, pf. Harmonia Mundi LCD 2781073/75 7

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Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Suite from The snow maiden (1898). USSR Bolshoi TO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Gramzapis GCD 00185 13

Pergolesi, G. Chamber cantata: (pub. 1749). Julia Faulkner, sop; Anna Gondo, cont; Camerata Budapest/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.550766 17

Kats-Chernin, E. Love token; Unsent love letters; Behind your pearls; Le chat noir; Threads of grey velvet; Sarabande, from Unsent love letters: Meditations on Erik Satie (2017). Tamara-Anna Cislowska, pf. ABC 481 6430 13

Brahms, J. Sonata in E flat, op 120 no 2 (1894). Paul Silverthorne, va; Phillip Shovk, pf. Fine Music concert recording 21

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Gerald Holder Moniuszko, S. Overture to Halka (1848). Warsaw PO/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.572716 9

Viotti, G. Violin concerto no 8 in D (c1783). Franco Mezzena, vn; Viotti CO/Luciano Borin. Dynamic CDS 63 24

Strauss, R. An alpine symphony, op 64 (1915). Melbourne SO/Andrew Davis. ABC 481 6754 51

12:00 JAZZ AFTER NOON with Sue Jowell

13:00 FRENCH MASTER PAR EXCELLENCE

Keyboard works Part 2 Prepared by Jennifer Foong

CÉSAR FRANCK

200th Anniversary

Balakirev, M. Suite in D minor after Chopin (1910). USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov, Melodiya C10 234-5 001 22

Bortnyansky, D. Sacred concerto no 20 (c1792). Russian State Symphonic Cappella/ Valery Polyansky. Chandos CHAN 9840 13

Tchaikovsky, P. Suite from The Nutcracker, op 71a (1892; arr. Tarkmann for wind ensemble). Sydney Omega Ensemble. Fine Music concert recording CDA66365 37

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with Marilyn Schock

19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley

20:00 THE WORLD OF A SYMPHONY

Dvorák: Symphony no 1 in C minor Prepared by Brian Drummond Wagner, R. Prelude to Tristan and Isolde (1857-59). Chicago SO/Georg Solti. Decca 417 752-2 12 Dvorák, A. My heart is often in pain, from Cypresses (1865). Lucia Popp, sop; Irwin Gage, pf. BBC Music BBCL 4025-2 3

Smetana, B. Symphonic poem: Hakon Jarl, op 61 (1860-61). BBC PO/Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN 10413 17

Brahms, J. Von ewiger Liebe, op 43 no 1; Die Mainacht, op 43 no 2 (1864). Jard van Nes, mezz; Gérard van Blerk, pf. Ottavo OTR C 88505 8

1822-2022

Franck, C. Chorale no 3 in A minor (1890). David Rumsey, org. Fine Music concert recording 14

Grand caprice, op 5 (1843). Stephen Hough, pf.

Hyperion CDA66918 14

Grande pièce symphonique in F sharp minor, op 17 (1860-62). Marcel Dupré, org. Mercury 478 8388 26

14:00 FROM FOREIGN LANDS

Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Moszkowski, M. From foreign lands, op 23 (1884). Polish National RSO/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.553989 22

Khachaturian, A. Trio for clarinet, flute and piano (1932; arr.). The Power of Three. ABC/Three Bracelets 94504 47232 17

Strauss, F. Horn concerto in C minor, op 8. Barry Tuckwell, hn; London SO/István Kertész. Decca 478 6420 16

Dvorák, A. Symphony no 1 in C minor, op 3, The bells of Zlonice (1865). Scottish NO/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8597 53 22:00 IMPRESSIONS

Prepared by James Nightingale Higdon, J. Impressions (2003). Cypress String Quartet. Naxos 8.559298 27

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Stephen Gard

09:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Something borrowed

Prepared by Rita Felton

Ravel, M. Suite no 2 from Daphnis et Chloé (1912; transcr. Garban for two pianos). Duo Lechner Tiempo. Avanti 5414706 10312 15

Beethoven, L. Nocturne, op 42 (1796-97; transcr. Primrose). Roberto Diaz, va; Robert Koenig, pf. Naxos 8.557391 13

Bizet, G. Fantasy on Carmen (1873-74; arr. Borne). Patrick Gallois, fl; Fabrice Pierre, hp; London FO/Ross Pople. DG 445 822-2 12

Carr-Boyd, A. Three fantastic dances after Shostakovich (1993). Sydney Mandolins/ Adrian Hooper. Jade JADCD 1037 12

Bizet, G. Suite from Carmen (1873-74; arr. Pepe Romero). Los Romeros. Philips 412 609-2 21

Bach, J.S. Fugue in G minor, BWV578 (bef. 1713; arr. Coggins). Fairer Sax Saxophone Quartet. Saydisc SDL 365 6

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Dan Bickel

Mozart, W. Symphony no 15 in G, K124 (1772). Berlin PO/Karl Böhm. DG 469 552-2 13

Herbert, V. Cello concerto no 1 in D, op 8 (1884). Mark Kosower, vc; Ulster O/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.573517 25

Walton, W. Symphony no 1 in B flat minor (1931-35). London PO/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 8862 45

12:00 A JAZZ HOUR with Barry O'Sullivan

13:00 IN A SUITCASE

Prepared by Anabela Pina

Bach, J.S. Allegro, from concerto in F, BWV971, Italian (arr. Braga); Allegro, from Brandenburg concerto no 6, BWV1051 (arr. Cazes). Camerata Brazil/Henrique Cazes. EMI 5 56967 2 9

Coste, N. Consolation, song without words, op 25; Les regretes, cantilène, op 36; Marche, op 33. Jeffrey Crellin, ob; Peter Lynch, gui. Move MD 3090 9

Arpa, G. Vurria crudel tornare; Villanella ch’all’acqua vai. Ensemble Oni Wytars. DHM 90882219075 9

22:30 ULTIMA THULE Friday 9 December 00:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 03:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
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Davies, P. Maxwell Renaissance Scottish dances (1973). Scottish CO/Peter Maxwell Davies.

Unicorn-Kanchana DKP(CD)9070 9 Trad. Mary Scott, the flower of Yarrow (arr. Crabb). Genevieve Lacey, rec; James Crabb, classical accordion. ABC 481 1981 5

Barsanti, F. Corn rigges are bonny; Gilderoy. The highland laddie. Clout the caldron; Johnny Faa (pub. 1742, arr. McGuiness). Mhairi Lawson, sop; Chris Norman, fl, whistle; Joanna Parker, vn; Sarah Bevan-Baker, vn; Katherine McGillivray, va; Alison McGillivray, vc; Ninian Perry, db; Elizabeth Kenny, gui, theorbo; Steve Player, gui; Concerto Caledonia/David McGuiness.

Linn CKD 140 10

14:00

AUSTRIAN FAVOURITES

Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Suppé, F. Overture to The Light Cavalry (1866). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/ Neville Marriner.

EMI CDC 7 54056 2 7

Strauss, J. II Waltz: On the beautiful blue Danube, op 314 (1867). Sydney SO/Gianluigi Gelmetti.

Sydney Symphony SSO 200803 11 Mahler, G. Beauty, from The song of the earth (1908-09). Brigitte Fassbaender, cont; Francisco Araiza, ten; Berlin PO/Carlo Maria Giulini.

DG 479 1117 8

Hummel, J. Trumpet concerto in E (1803). Geoffrey Payne, tpt; Melbourne SO/Michael Halász.

ABC 982 697-6 17

Schubert, F. Impromptus, D899 nos 1, 3 and 4 (1827). Alfred Brendel, pf. Philips 456 727-2 23

Haydn, J. String quartet in D, Hob.III:63, Lark (1790). Kodály Quartet. Naxos 8.550674 19

Mozart, W. Symphony no 40 in G minor, K550 (1788). Vienna PO/Herbert von Karajan. Decca 478 5630 25

16:00 FINE

MUSIC DRIVE

with Julie Simonds

19:00

FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION

with Alex Siegers

20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA

French master par excellence Prepared by Ron Walledge

CÉSAR

200th Anniversary

FRANCK 1822-2022

Franck, C. Symphonic variations (1885). Clifford Curzon, pf; London PO/Adrian Boult. Decca 473 116-2 15

Symphonic poem: What you hear on the mountain (1846). Belgian Radio TO/Alfred Walter.

Schwann 311 105 H1 22

Symphonic poem: The accursed huntsman (1882). Paris O/Daniel Barenboim. DG 476 2800 16

Symphonic poem: Les djinns, op 45 (1884). Duncan Gifford, pf; Tasmanian SO/Sebastian Lang-Lessing. ABC 476 192-8 13 Symphony in D minor (1887-88). French NO/ Leonard Bernstein. DG 478 6971 42

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE

Renaissance polyphony Prepared by Andrew Dziedzic Dufay, G. Motet: Ave Regina caelorum (c1474). New London Chamber Choir/James Wood.

Amon Ra CD-SAR 56 7 Josquin Desprez. Veni Sancte Spiritus. Hilliard Ensemble. Virgin VER 5 61302 2 8

Lassus, O. de Missa Ad imitationem vinum bonum. King's College Choir, Cambridge/ Stephen Cleobury. London 444 335-2 17

Palestrina, G. da Song of songs, from Fourth book of motets for five voices. Ensemble William Byrd. Harmonia Mundi 28337-2 1:17

Saturday 10 December

00:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

06:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson

09:00 WHAT'S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney

09:05 THE PIANO

Prepared by Anne Irish

ALONE

Schumann, R. Papillons, op 2 (1829-31). Murray Perahia, pf. Sony SX4K 63380 14

Handel, G. Chaconne in G, HWV435 (pub. 1733). Murray Perahia, pf. Sony SK 62785 8

Mendelssohn, F. Album leaf in E minor, op 117 (c1837). Benjamin Frith, pf. Naxos 8.553186 4

Beethoven, L. Sonata no 7 in D, op 10 no 3 (1797-98). Martha Argerich, pf. DG 479 5978 22

10:00 CENTRES OF

MUSIC

Hochschule für Musik Dresden Part 2 Prepared by Jennifer Foong

Wagner, R. Overture to Rienzi (1842). Staatskapelle Dresden/Hiroshi Wakasugi. Berlin Classics 0300249BC 12 Bach, C.P.E. Trio sonata in F, Wq163 (1755). Nils Mönkemeyer, va; Florian Birsak, hpd; Ensemble 1700/Dorothee Oberlinger, bass rec & dir. DHM 88875134062 11

Kelly, F. Elegy in memoriam: Rupert Brooke (1915). Jun Yi Ma, vn; Tasmanian SO/ Johannes Fritsch.

Ian Potter Foundation and Monash University 9

Schumann, R. Wer machte dich so krank? op 35 no 11 (1840). Olaf Bär, bar; Geoffrey Parsons, pf. EMI CDC 7 54027 2 2

Tchaikovsky, P. Scherzo, from Symphony no 1 in G minor, Winter daydreams (1866). London PO/Vladimir Jurowski. LPO Live LPO-2009AUS 7 Buxtehude, D. Sonata in C, BuxWV266. John Holloway, vn; Ursula Weiss, vn; Jaap ter Linden, va; Mogens Rasmussen, va; Lars Ulrik Mortensen, hpd, org. Naxos 8.557250 8

Mozart, W. Litaniae Lauretanae in B flat, K109 (1771). Mitsuko Shirai, sop; Heidi Riess, cont; Eberhard Büchner, ten; Hermann Christian Polster, bass; Walter Heinz Bernstein, org; Volker Bräutgam, org; Leipzig Radio Ch & SO/ Herbert Kegel.

Philips 422 520 2 (set) 12

Weber, C.M. Variations, op 33 (1811). Walter Boeykens, cl; Robert Groslot, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901481 14

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11:30 ON PARADE

Prepared by Robert Small

Bozza, E. Children’s overture (1964). Royal Northern College of Music Wind O/Timothy Reynish.

Chandos CHAN 9897 5

Grainger, P. Colonial song. Royal Northern College of Music Wind O/Timothy Reynish. Chandos CHAN 9549 6

Gorb, A. Awayday (1996). Royal Northern College of Music Wind O/Clark Rundell. Chandos CHAN 10409 7

Alwyn, W. The true glory march (1944-45; arr. Ellerby); The million pound note waltz (1953; arr. Ellerby). Royal Northern College of Music Wind O/Mark Heron. Naxos 8.572747 6

12:00 URBAN JAZZ LOUNGE with Leita Hutchings

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

AUSTRALIAN CELLISTS

Zoe Knighton

Prepared by Paul Cooke Mendelssohn, F. Concert variations, op 17 (1829). Zoe Knighton, vc; Amir Farid, pf. Move MD 3338 11

Sutherland, M. Quartet (1956). Ben Opie, cora; Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba, vn; Helen Ireland, va; Zoe Knighton, vc. ABC ABCL0013 14

14:30 SATURDAY MATINEE

Operetta in the afternoon Prepared by Elaine Siversen Romberg, S. Maytime. Operetta in three acts. Libretto by Rida Johnson Young and Cyrus Wood. First performed New York, 1917.

YOUNG OTTILIE: Danielle McCormick, sop OTTILIE: Robyn De Leon, sop

YOUNG RICHARD: Grant Knox, ten RICHARD: Joshua Kohl, ten

COLONEL VAN ZANDT: Michael Hix, bar Ohio Light Opera Ch & O/Steven Byess. Albany Records TROY 808/809 1:19

The story, set in New York, is told in episodes covering a long period, from 1840 to the early 20th century. Wealthy young Ottillie van Zandt is in love with Richard Wayne, a foreman in her father's cooperage. While Richard is away, her father marries her, against her will, to her cousin, a wealthy ‘drunken libertine’. When Richard returns and learns of the marriage, he marries another woman on an impulse. Years

later, they meet when both are single again. Ottilie is about to be evicted from her home but Richard buys the property, saving her from bankruptcy and eviction, but still, they do not marry. Many years later, their grandchildren meet and marry and find the happiness that eluded their grandparents.

Music from the film The student prince. Norma Giusti, sop; Mario Lanza, ten; Cinecitta Studio O/Paul Barron. Sepia Records Sepia 1200 40

Dance, my darlings, from May wine (1938). Shirlee Emmons, sop; O/Sigmund Romberg. Naxos 8.110886 5

Just once around the clock, from May wine (1938). Jo Cameron, mezz; O/Sigmund Romberg. Naxos 8.110886 5

Something new is in my heart, from May wine (1938). Lois Hunt, sop; O/Sigmund Romberg. Naxos 8.110886 5

17:00 SOCIETY SPOT

Organ Music Society of NSW with Peter Bell

18:00 STAGE AND SCREEN

Prepared by Maureen Meers

Merrill, B. Excerpts from Carnival (1961). Anna Maria Alberghetti, sop; Jerry Orbach, Harry Lascoe, Kaye Ballard, voices. Polydor 422-837195-2 18

Gershwin, G. Excerpts from Funny face, Show girl, Strike up the band and Girl crazy! Various singers and orchestras. ACUM 306 15

Strouse, C. Excerpts from Applause. Lauren Bacall, Len Carson, Robert Mandan, Penny Fuller, voices. Decca 012 159404-2 19

19:00 EMERGENT JAZZ with Keith Pettigrew

20:00 THE LIFE OF A COMPOSER Domenico Cimarosa

Prepared by James Nightingale

Cimarosa, D. Overture to L’armida immaginaria (1777). Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon. Naxos 8.570279 5

Sonata in A. Victor Sangiorgio, pf. Naxos 8.570718 5

Tormented by so many woes, from The sun virgin (1788). Cecilia Bartoli, mezz; Corrado Giuffredi, cl; I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis. Decca 478 6767 8

Double concerto in G. Aurèle Nicolet, fl; Christiane Nicolet, fl; Stuttgart CO/Karl Münchinger. Decca 460 302-2 18

Sinfonia and scene, from Maestro di Cappella. Scottish CO/Nicholas McGegan.

Linn CKD 428 21

Requiem in G minor (1787). Adriana Kucerová, sop; Terézia Kruzliaková, cont; L’udovit Ludha, ten; Gustav Belácek, bass; Lúcnica Ch; Marianna Gazdíková, org; Capella Istropolitana/Kirk Trevor. Naxos 8.572371 52

22:00

SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME

Prepared by James Nightingale

Prokofiev, S. Symphony no 1 in D, op 25, Classical (1917). Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Exton EXCL-00042 14

Bonis, M. Sonata in C sharp minor (1904). Juliette Hurel, fl; Hélène Couvert, pf. Alpha ALPHA 573 16

Beethoven, L. String quartet in F, op 59 no 1, Razumovsky (1806). Goldner String Quartet. ABC 476 3542 41

Koechlin, C. Esquisses first series, op 41 (1905-15). Michael Korstick, pf. SWR Music SWR19047 20

Delius, F. Paris: the song of a great city (1899). BBC SO/Andrew Davis. Teldec 4509-90845-2 22

Sunday 11 December

00:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

06:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Peter Poole

09:00 MUSICA SACRA

Prepared by Jacky Ternisien

Charpentier, M-A. Un oratorio de Noel: In nativitatem Domini canticum (c1687). Les Arts Florissants/William Christie. Harmonia Mundi HMC 905130 29

Bach, J.S. Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV665, from The Leipzig chorales (c170817). Christopher Herrick, org. Hyperion CDA67071/2 4

Cantata, BWV110: Unser Mund sei voll Lachens (1725). Hana Blaziková, sop; Robin Blaze, ct; Gerd Türk, ten; Peter Kooij, bass; Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki. BIS BIS-9052 22

10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA

Prepared by Rex Burgess

Mozart, W. Violin concerto no 5 in A, K219 (1775). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti, vn & dir. BIS SACD 1754 28

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Haydn, J. Sonata no 31 in A flat, Hob.XVI:46 (1767). Ivo Pogorelich, pf. DG 479 4350 27

Schubert, F. Quartet in A minor, D804, Rosamunde (1824). Australian String Quartet. Fine Music concert recording 35

Beethoven, L. Fantasia in C minor, op 80, Choral (1807). German State Opera Choir; Berlin PO/Daniel Barenboim. EMI 5 55516 2 20

12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ with Dave Mac

13:00 WORLD

MUSIC

Whirled Wide with Gerry Myerson

14:00

INTIMATE VOICES

Shostakovich in chamber Part 2 Prepared by Rex Burgess

Shostakovich, D. Piano trio no 2 in E minor, op 67 (1944). Bekova Sisters. Chandos CHAN 9526(2) 27

Sonata, op 40 (1934). Catherine Hewgill, vc; Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf. Decca 481 6562 27

15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL French master par excellence: students and contemporaries Prepared by Rex Burgess

17:00 HOSANNA

Prepared by Meg Matthews

Trad. Gaudete (arr. Kay, Overton); Joy to the world. Kings Singers; City of London Sinfonia/ Richard Hickox. EMI C7 49909-2 4

Purcell, H. Rejoice in the Lord alway, Bell anthem (c1680). Chanticleer; Capriccio Stravagante/Skip Sempe, org & dir. Teldec 2564 64103-8 8

Kodály, Z. Christmas dance of the shepherds. Young Voices of Melbourne; Emily Dittman, picc; Mark O’Leary, cond. YVM 013 2

Leontovych, M. Carol of the bells (1904). Young Voices of Melbourne/Mark O’Leary. YVM 013 2

Saint-Saëns, C. Excerpts from Oratorio de Noël, op 12 (1875). Antonia Bourvé, sop; Sabine Czinczel, cont; Marcus Ullmann, ten; Jens Hamann, bar; Rastatt Vocal Ensemble; Les Favorites/Holger Speck. Carus 83.352 15

Charpentier, M-A. Marche de timbales; Prelude to Te Deum (c1690). Marie-Ange Petit, drums; Les Arts Florissants/William Christie. Harmonia Mundi HMG 501298 3

Carols. In dulci jubilo; While shepherds watched; The Lamb; O come all ye faithful.

Choir of King’s College Cambridge; Benjamin Bayl, org; Stephen Cleobury, cond. EMI 5 73693 2 14

18:00

Liszt, F. Symphonic poem no 1: Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne (c1853). New Zealand SO/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.557846 29

Saint-Saëns, C. Septet in E flat, op 65 (1881). David Guerrier, tpt; Renaud Capuçon, vn; Esther Hoppe, vn; Beatrice Muthelet, va; Gautier Capuçon, vc; Janne Saksala, db; Frank Braley, pf. Virgin 5 45602 2 16

d’Indy, V. Symphony on a French mountain song, mvt 3, op 25 (1888). Duncan Gifford, pf; Tasmanian SO/Sebastian Lang-Lessing. ABC 481 0069 8

Duparc, H. Phidylé (1882). Renée Fleming, sop; Philharmonia O/Sebastian Lang-Lessing. Decca 478 5107 6

Castillon, A. Esquisses symphoniques, op 15 (1872). Monte Carlo PO/Georges Prêtre. EMI 7 63943 2 23

Chausson, E. Poème de l'amour et de la mer, op 19 (1882). Lauris Elms, cont; Sydney SO/ Robert Pikler.

ABC 446 279-2 25

THE PIANO SONATA

Carl Maria von Weber Part 2 Prepared by Paul Cooke

Weber, C.M. Overture to Der Freischütz (1821). Alexander Paley, Brian Zeger, pf. Naxos 8.553308 8

Thalberg, S. Grand fantasy and variations on themes from Norma, op 12 (1827). Francesco Nicolosi, pf. Naxos 8.555498 16

Weber, C.M. Sonata no 2 in A flat, op 39 (1816). Stephanie McCallum, pf. ABC 462 763-2 30

19:00

SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT

Prepared by Dan Bickel

Liszt, F. Symphonic poem: Battle of the Huns (1857). Czecho-Slovak RSO/Ondrej Lenárd. Naxos 8.570154-55 16

Gounod, C. Symphony no 1 in D (1855). Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois. Naxos 8.557463 28

Shostakovich, D. Violin concerto no 1 in A minor, op 99 (1947-48/55). Sergey Khachatryan, vn; French NO/Kurt Masur. naïve V 5025 38

20:30 NEW HORIZONS

Prepared by Paul Cooke

Selleck, J. Spindrift (2008). Jacinta Dennett, hp.

Move MCD 630 8

Bruun, P. Waves of reflection (2000). Frode Andersen, accordion; Esbjerg Ensemble/ Petter Sundkvist. Dacapo 8.226553 15

Glass, P. Metamorphosis I-V (1988). Sally Whitwell, pf. ABC 476 4469 31

Lewis, G. Minds in flux (2021). Sound Intermedia; BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkvov. BBC Music BBCMM476 27

22:00 JAZZ AFTER HOURS with Deborah Evans

Monday 12 December

00:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with James Hunter

09:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC

A year in retrospect: 1791

Prepared by Gerald Holder

Clementi, M. Sonata in F sharp minor, op 25 no 5 (pub. 1791). Balázs Szokolay, pf. Naxos 8.550452 12

Hoffmeister, F. String quartet in F, op 14 no 1 (1791). Aviv Quartet. Naxos 8.555952 18

Haydn, J. To your joyous breast, from L’anima del filosofo, Hob.XXVIII:13 (1791). Sarah Macliver, sop; Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner. ABC 476 4362 6

Mozart, W. Andante waltz, K616 (1791; arr.). Vienna Flautists. Orfeo C 239 911 A 8

Kozeluch, L. Sonata no 33 in G minor, op 35 no 3 (1791). Jenny Soonjin Kim, fp. Brilliant Classics 95836 13

Pleyel, I. Piano trio in C (1791). Trio 1790. cpo 777 544-2 21

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Prepared by James Nightingale

Françaix, J. Six preludes for strings (1963). Toulouse National CO/Alain Moglia. Pierre Verany PV794103 15

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Kats-Chernin, E. The witching hour, concerto (2016). Kees Boersma, db; Timothy Dunin, db; Alex Henery, db; Max McBride, db; Kirsty McCahon, db; Matthew McDonald, db; Robert Nairn, db; Caro Vigilante, db; Australian World O/Alexander Briger. ABC 481 6430 25

Sibelius, J. Symphony no 1 in E minor, op 39 (1899). Danish National RSO/Leif Segerstam. Chandos CHAN 9107 43

12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan

13:00

INSPIRED BY THE PAST

Prepared by Anabela Pina Fenton, G. Veni Sancte Spiritus, from the film Shadowlands (1993). Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford/Grayston Ives. Angel 5 55093 2 1 2

Sitsky, L. Agharti, trio for baroque violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord (1985). Capella Corelli.

Fine Music concert recording 11 Warlock, P. Capriol suite (1926-28). Musica Dolce/Clas Pehrsson.

BIS CD-8 10

Pook, J. With wand’ring steps; Banquet for Shylock; How sweet the moonlight. Andreas Scholl, ct; Jeremy West, cornet; Elizabeth Kenny, theorbo; Clara Sanabras, baroque gui; Siobhan Armstrong, hp; Harvey Brough, psaltery; Baroque String Quartet. Decca B0003804-02 8

Kelly, T. O’Carolan’s suite in baroque style (1978). Irish CO/Fionnuala Hunt. Black Box BBM1003 14

Du Prez, J. Adoremus Dominum (1987); Bacchanalia (1988; arr. Pickett). Ensemble/ Philip Pickett. Linn CKD 031 6

14:00

THE 20TH CENTURY SUITE

Prepared by Catherine Peake

Holst, G. The planets, op 32 (1914-16). London PO/Georg Solti. Decca 440 318-2 50

Stravinsky, I. Suite from Pulcinella (1919-20). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Decca 443 577-2 23

Schoenberg, A. Suite, op 25 (1921-23). Florent Boffard, pf. Mirare MIR 191 15

Copland, A. Suite from Appalachian Spring (1943-44). Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE 3154 24

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with Robert Gilchrist

19:00 JAZZ PULSE with Chris Wetherall

20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison

22:00 JAZZ AFTER HOURS with Gail Monjo

Tuesday 13 December

00:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

03:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Julie Simonds

09:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Colours of the keyboard Prepared by Rex Burgess

Handel, G. Sonata in F (pub. 1732). Heather Stewart, vn; Helen Scott, vc; Günther Holler, virginals.

Fine Music concert recording 10 Alkan, C-V. Aesop’s feast, from 12 Studies in minor keys, op 39 no 12 (pub. 1857).

Stephanie McCallum, pf. ABC 461 798-2 10

Schumann, R. Symphonic studies, op 13 (1834). Marc-André Hamelin, pf. Hyperion CDA67166 25

Enescu, G. Sonata no 1, op 2 (1897). Alex Strauss, vn; Ilya Poletaev, pf. Naxos 8.572692 26

Skryabin, A. Sonata no 7, White Mass op 64 (1913). Bernd Glemser, pf. Naxos 8.553158 10

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Boccherini, L. Symphony in C, op 37 no 1 (1786). London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 10604 17

Danzi, F. Flute concerto no 3 in D minor, op 42 (1814). András Adorján, fl; Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair.

LP Orfeo S 003812 H 17

Sibelius, J. Four legends of the Kalevala, op 22, Lemminkäinen suite (1896). Dao Kolbeinsson, cora; Richard Tchaikovsky, vc; Iceland SO/Petri Sakari. Naxos 8.554265 49

12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes

13:00 JAZZ ABOUT TOWN with Deborah Evans

14:00 FIVE VIEWS OF LONDON

Prepared by Derek Parker

Coates, E. London suite (1932). London SO/ Eric Coates. Naxos 8.110173 8

Elgar, E. Overture: Cockaigne, op 40, In London Town (1900-01). London PO/Georg Solti.

Decca 421387-2 14

Haydn, J. Symphony in D, Hob.I:104, London (1795). Hanover Band/Roy Goodman. Nimbus NI 7024 26

Tate, P. London fields (1958). London PO/ Barry Wordsworth. Lyrita SRCD.214 13

Vaughan Williams, R. Symphony no 2, A London symphony (1913/20/33). London SO/ Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 8629 48

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with Michael Morton-Evans

19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps

20:00 JUST IN with James Nightingale A selection from the latest recordings to arrive at the Fine Music Library

22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE

Prepared by Di Cox

Fossa, F. de Quartet no 1 in D (c1826). Kenneth Sillito, vn; Ian Jewel, va; Keith Harvey, vc; Simon Wynberg, gui.

LP Chandos ABRD 1109 19

Reicha, A. Piano trio in E flat, op 101 no 1 (pub. 1824). Guarneri Trio. Supraphon SU 3024-2 131 25

Krommer, F. Octet-partita in F, op 57 (1806). Sydney Wind Octet.

Fine Music concert recording 19

Dohnányi, E. String quartet no 2 in D flat, op 15 (1906). Kodály Quartet.

Hungaroton HCD 11853 26

Bacewicz, G. Quintet no 1 (1952). Warsaw Piano Quintet. Olympia OCD 310 22

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Wednesday 14 December

12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale

Omega is disappointed, and the Kadi and Fatima reunite.

00:00

CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

03:00

CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

13:00 IN CONVERSATION with Simon Moore

14:00 ALUMNI OF THE JUILLIARD

Cimarosa, D. L’impresario in angustie. Opera in one act. Libretto by Giuseppe Maria Diodati. First performed Naples, 1786.

DON GRISOBOLO: Carlo Torriani, bass

06:00

FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Stephen Wilson

09:00

DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC

Rescued from the shadows

Prepared by Anabela Pina

Gossec, F-J. Christmas suite. Academy of Ancient Music Ch & O/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 410 179-2 6

Veracini, F. Sonata in A, op 2 no 9 (pub. 1744). Adrian Chandler, vn; Alison McGillivray, vc; Elizabeth Kenny, gui, theorbo; David McGuiness, cond.

Linn CKD 140 14

Bononcini, G. Pastorella che tra le selve. Nuria Rial, sop; Fahmi Alqhai, viol; Accademia del Piacere.

DHM 1907586684727 4

Neumann, H. Variations on a theme of Paisiello, op 22 (1825). Dieter Klöcker, cl; Sonja Prunnbauer, gui. Dabringhaus Grimm MD&G L 3319 9

Kuhlau, F. Trio in G, op 119 (1831). JeanPierre Rampal, fl; Claudi Arimany, fl; John Steele Ritter, pf. Delos DE 3212 16

Graun, C. Ecco all’aure superne; In mirar la misa sventura, from L’Orfeo (1752). Philippe Jaroussky, ct; Le Concert d’Astrée/Emmanuel Haïm.

Virgin 3 95242 2 12

Graziani, C. Sonata in D, op 3 no 5. Antonio Meneses, vc; Gustavo Tavares, continuo vc; Rosana Lanzelotte, hpd. Sanctus SCS 002/3 17

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Tchaikovsky, P. Capriccio italien, op 45 (1880). Bournemouth SO/Andrew Litton. Virgin VC 7 90761-2 16

Tveitt, G. Piano concerto no 5, op 156 (1954). Håvard Gimse, pf; Royal Scottish NO/Bjarte Engeset. Naxos 8.555077 32

Farrenc, L. Symphony no 3 in G minor, op 36 (1847). Solistes Europeéns, Luxembourg/ Christoph König. Naxos 8.573706 34

Prepared by Chris Blower Beethoven, L. Trio in B flat, op 97, Archduke (1810-11). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Lynn Harrell, vc; Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf. EMI CDC 7 47010 2 37

Strauss, R. Death and transfiguration, op 24 (1888-89). Metropolitan Opera O/James Levine. DG 469 804-2 27

Liszt, F. Rhapsodie espagnol (c1863). Stephen Hough, pf. Virgin 5 61129 2 13

Lalo, E. Symphonie espagnole, op 21 (1875). Sarah Chang, vn; Royal Concertgebouw O/ Charles Dutoit. EMI 5 55292 2 33

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with Ross Hayes

19:00 PLANET JAZZ with Xavier Bichon

20:00 AT THE OPERA

Prepared by Camille Mercep Gluck, C. Der betrogene Kadi. Opera in one act. Libretto by Pierre-René Lemonnier. First performed Vienna, 1786.

KADI: Walter Berry, bass bar ZELMIRE: Helen Donath, sop FATIMA: Anneliese Rothenberger, sop NURADIN: Nicolai Gedda, ten OMEGA: Regina Marheineke, sop Bavarian State Opera Ch & O/Otmar Suitner. EMI 4 64319 2 49

The Kadi, a Muslim judge, desires the beautiful Zelmire (whom he has never seen) in preference to his wife Fatima. As Zelmire has sent a message that she will not marry him, he has ordered her to be married to a poor man so that she would live in poverty. The groom, Nuradin, is not indignant because he has deceived the Kadi about his finances in order to be able to marry Zelmire. She seeks revenge on the Kadi by arranging for him to take Omega, a less-attractive woman, as his new wife. Fatima is enraged that the Kadi has divorced her.

Zelmire arranges for the Kadi to visit and, pretending to be Omega, she agrees to marry him. The wedding is about to take place, but the Kadi is enraged when he sees the real Omega rather than the pretended one. Then Zelmire and Nuradin reveal the deception.

DON PERIZONIO: Marco Filippo Romano, bar GELINDO: Alejandro Escobar, ten FIORDISPINA: Paola Cigna, sop

MERLINA: Lavinia Bini, sop

DORALBA: Camilla Antonini, mezz-sop STRABINIO: Luca Gallo, bass Bruno Maderna O/Aldo Salvagno. Brilliant Classics 95746 1:17

The impresario, Don Grisobolo is planning his next production with the assistance of his librettist Don Perizonio and the composer Gelindo. Their work is made more complicated by the fact that the three prima donnas of the company, Fiordispina, Merlina and Doralba, all have their own ideas of what their characters should do and go to great lengths to tell the composer, the poet and the impresario what should happen. As well as artistic tensions, the company is beset by romance with Doralba being wooed by Strabinio, Merlina courted by the composer, Gelindo, and poor Fiordispina finds herself in a tug-of-war between the attentions of the impresario and the librettist. The fate of the new production is sealed, however, by the impresario, Don Grisobolo being declared bankrupt.

Mozart, W. Overture to The impresario, K486 (1786). Staatskapelle Dresden/Karl Böhm. DG 469 666-2 5

22:30 MUSIC OF THE NIGHT

Prepared by Dan Bickel

Janácek, L. Lachian dances (1925). Slovak RSO/Ondrej Lenárd. Naxos 8.550411 19

Martinu, B. Suite no 1 from Istar (1917-21). Brno State PO/Jiri Waldhans. LP Supraphon 1 10 1634 25

Adams, J. Harmonielehre (1985). City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle.

EMI 5 55051 2 41

Thursday 15 December

00:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

03:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Simon Moore

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09:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC

Romance and romantics

Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Saint-Saëns, C. Danse bacchanale, from Samson and Delilah (1877; arr. Pottmeier). Alliage Quintet. Sony 19075818372 7

Benoit, P. Flute concerto, op 43a, Symphonic tale (1865). Gaby van Riet, fl; Royal Flanders PO/Frédéric Devreese. Marco Polo 8.223827 20

Weber, C.M. Romance. Christian Lindberg, tb; Roland Pöntinen, pf. BIS CD-298 8

Bellini, V. Eccomi in lieta vestra, from I Capuleti e i Montecchi (1830). Cristina Gallardo-Domas, sop; Munich RO/Maurizio Barbacini.

Teldec 8573-86440-2 10

Bowen, Y. Romance no 1, op 35 (pub. 1913); Romance no 2, op 45 (pub. 1917). Stephen Hough, pf.

Hyperion CDA66838 11

Andrée, E. Piano quartet in A minor (1865). Thorunn Osk Marinosdottir, va; Trio Nordica. IMCD 113 23

10:30

CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Anne Irish

Bruch, M. Overture to Die Loreley, op 16 (1863). Rhenish PO/Wolfgang Balzer. EBS ebs6071 5

Moszkowski, M. Piano concerto in E, op 59 (1898). Piers Lane, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk.

Hyperion CDA66452 37

Atterberg, K. Symphony no 1 in B minor, op 3 (1909/11/13). Swedish RSO/Stig Westerberg. Sterling CDS-1010-2 40

12:00 JAZZ AFTER NOON with Sue Jowell

13:00

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER

Prepared by Derek Parker

Copland, A. Suite from Appalachian Spring (1943-44). Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE 3154 24

Barber, S. Piano concerto, op 38 (1962). Stephen Prutsman, pf; Royal Scottish NO/ Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559133 27

Ives, C. Decoration Day (1912). Los Angeles PO/Zubin Mehta.

Decca 475 7470 10

Thomson, V. Suite from Louisiana story (1948). New London O/Ronald Corp. Hyperion CDA66576 21

14:30

FROM THE NEW WORLD

Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Carreño, I. Margariteña (1954). Simón Bolívar Youth O of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel. DG 477 7457 13

Quirós, M. Villancico: Jésus, Jésus, Jésus, y lo que sube. Marisu Pavón, sop; Xenia Meijer, mezz; Música Temprana/Adrián Rodriguez van der Spoel.

Etcetera KTC 1358 6

Saint-Georges, J. String quartet no 1 in C, op 1 no 1 (1773). Juilliard Quartet. LP CBS SBR 235692 9

Lecuona, E. Rapsodia negra (c1930). Thomas Tirino, pf; Polish National RSO/Michael Bartos. BIS CD-754 11 Salinas, H. El carnaval. Inti-Illimani. CBS MK 44574 7

Lara, A. Valencia; Granada (1932; arr. Silvetti). Plácido Domingo, ten; VVC SO/Bebu Silvetti. Sony SK 62625 9 Ponce, M. Concierto del sur (1941). John Williams, gui; London SO/André Previn. LP CBS 73060 25

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with Sue Jowell

19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley

20:00 THE WORLD OF A SYMPHONY

Yoshimatsu: Symphony no 4 Prepared by James Nightingale Yoshimatsu, T. Suite: Digital bird (1982). Manuela Wiesler, fl; Noriko Ogawa, pf. BIS CD-1059 16 Umebayashi, S. Yumeji’s theme, from the film

In the mood for love (2000). Gidon Kremer, vn; Kremerata Baltica. DG 479 4817 3

Otaka, A. Kyo-so (2006). Tomoe Kawabata, pf; Aura Go, pf. Master Performers MP 015 13

Hosokawa, T. Lotus under the moonlight concerto, Hommage to Mozart (2006). Momo Kodama, pf; Royal Scottish NO/Jun Märkl. Naxos 8.573239 21

Westlake, N. Excerpts from the film Paper planes (2015). Hannah Coleman, rec; Riley Lee, shakuhachi; Michael Keiran Harvey, pf; Melbourne SO/Nigel Westlake. ABC 481 1477 19

Okamoto, K. Crystal vision. Michael Kieran Harvey, pf. Move MD 3319 7

Yoshimatsu, T. Symphony no 4 (2000). BBC PO/Sachio Fujioka. Chandos CHAN 9960 29

22:00 NAÏVE PIANO

Prepared by James Nightingale

Silvestrov, V. Naïve music (1954-55/93). Elisaveta Blumina, pf. Grand Piano GP639 27

22:30

ULTIMA THULE

Friday 16 December 00:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

03:00

CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

06:00 FINE

MUSIC BREAKFAST

with Andrew Clarke

09:00

DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC

Something borrowed

Prepared by Paul Cooke

Wagner, R. Magic fire music, from The Valkyrie (1853-54; arr. Stokowski). Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.570293 8

Chopin, F. Ballade no 1 in G minor, op 23 (arr. E. Ysaÿe). Philippe Graffin, vn; Pascal Devoyon, pf. Helios CDH55353 10

Satie, E. The angora ox (c1901; arr. Fritz). Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pf. Decca 470 290-2 8

Prokofiev, S. Suites from Romeo and Juliet (1936/47; arr. Wells 2013). Claire Edwardes, perc; Flinders Quartet. Fine Music concert recording 17

Reesen, E. Variations on a theme of Schubert (1928). Aalborg SO/Bo Holten. DaCapo 8.226031 17

Fossa, F. de Grand duet no 9 in E, on themes from Haydn’s String quartet, Hob.III:8. Jukka Savijoki, gui; Erik Stenstadvoid, gui. apex 0927 49444 2 20

10:30

CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Dan Bickel

Wagner, R. Good Friday music, from Parsifal (1882). Philadelphia O/Christian Thielemann. DG 479 1120 13

Beethoven, L. Violin concerto in D, op 61 (1806). Richard Tognetti, vn; Australian CO/ Anthony Halstead. ABC 465 425-2 42

Berwald, F. Symphony no 4 in E flat (1845). Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu. Naxos 8.553052

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12:00

A JAZZ HOUR

with Barry O'Sullivan

13:00

WHEN IRISH EYES ....

Prepared by Chris Blower

Ball, E.R. When Irish eyes are smiling (1916). John McCormack, ten; O/Rosario Bourdon. ABC 481 0790 3

Field, J. Nocturnes (1812-17): no 1 in E flat; no 2 in C; no 4 in A; no 6 in F. Elizabeth Joy Roe, pf. Decca 478 9672 16

O'Carolan, T. Carolan's concerto. Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King. DHM 05472 77375 2 14

Kelly, T. O’Carolan’s suite in baroque style (1978). Irish CO/Fionnuala Hunt. Black Box BBM1003 14

Harty, H. Variations on a Dublin air (1912). Ralph Holmes, vn; Ulster O/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 7035 16

Stanford, C. Villiers Irish rhapsody no 3, op 137 (1913). Gemma Rosefield, vc; BBC Scottish SO/Andrew Manze. Hyperion CDA 67859 17

14:30

INSPIRED BY LITERATURE

Prepared by Derek Parker

Berlioz, H. Overture: Le corsaire, op 21 (1844). Polish State PO/Kenneth Jean. Naxos 8.550231 9

Gerhard, R. Dances from Don Quixote (1947). Eduardo Fernández, gui; Ulster O/Josep Caballé-Domenech.

BBC Music BBC MM255 17 Schreker, F. Birthday of the Infanta. Gewandhaus O/Lothar Zagrosek. Decca 444 182-2 20

Rachmaninov, S. The bells, choral symphony, op 35 (1913). Suzanne Murphy, sop; Keith Lewis, ten; David Wilson-Johnson, bar; Scottish National Ch & O/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8476 37

16:00 FINE MUSIC

with James Hunter

19:00 FRIDAY

with Alex Siegers

DRIVE

JAZZ SESSION

Rachmaninov, S. Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op 43 (1934). Van Cliburn, pf; Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy. RCA GD 87945 25

Kalinnikov, Vasily. The cedar and the palm, symphonic picture (1897-98). Budapest SO/ Antal Jancsovics. Marco Polo 8.223135 13

Prokofiev, S. Suite from Egyptian nights, op 61 (1938). Leningrad Philharmonic SO/ Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

LP Melodiya C10-10453-4 20

Borodin, A. It would be a sin to conceal it, from Prince Igor (1869-87). Sergei Alekashkin, bass; Philharmonia O/Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

Chandos CHAN 9629 4

Mussorgsky, M. Pictures at an exhibition (1874; arr. Funtek). Finnish RSO/Leif Segerstam. BIS CD-325 38

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE

Alleluia nativitas 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 4

Charpentier, M-A. Messe de minuit pour Noël (early 1690s). Annick Massis, sop; Magdalena Kozená, mezz; Eric Huchet, ten; Patrick Henckens, ten; Russell Smythe, bar; JeanLouis 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

00:00

CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

06:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett

09:00 WHAT'S ON IN MUSIC

Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney

09:05 THE PIANO ALONE

Prepared by Jennifer Foong

Bach, J.S. Partita no 4 in D, BWV828 (1731). Benjamin Grosvenor, pf. Decca 478 5334 18

Fauré, G. Valse-caprice in G flat, op 59 (188793). Kathryn Stott, pf. Hyperion CDA66911/4 8

Glazunov, A. Sonata no 2 in E minor, op 75 (pub. 1901). Stephen Coombs, pf. Hyperion CDA66866 23

10:00 CENTRES OF MUSIC

The Hoch Conservatory, Frankfurt Part 1 Prepared by Paul Cooke

Raff, J. Grand sonata no 4, op 129 (1866). Ingolf Turban, vn; Jascha Nemtsov, pf. cpo 777 006-2 16

Schumann, C. Romance in C, op 3 (1833). Veronica Jochum, pf. Pro Arte CDD 396 9

Seiber, M. Concertino (1926/28/51). Thea King, cl; English CO/Andrew Litton. Helios CDH55068 16

Klemperer, O. Symphony no 1 (1960). Concertgebouw O/Otto Klemperer. Memories HR 4248/49 18

Hindemith, P. Die Serenaden, op 35 (1925). Adele Addison, sop; Melvin Kaplan, ob; Ynez Lynch, va; Alexander Kouguell, vc. LP Nonesuch H-71149 22

11:30 ON PARADE

Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher

20:00

EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA

Russian composers

Prepared by Frank Morrison

Glinka, M. Overture to Ivan Susanin (1836). USSR State Academic SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya MEL 10011824 9

Le Jeune, C. Magnificat anima mea Dominum (pub. 1612). Choir of New College, Oxford; Edward Higginbottom, org & dir. 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

Anderson, L. A Christmas festival. Allentown Band/Ron Demkee. AMP 22173 7

Khachaturian, A. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia, from Spartacus (arr.). National Band of New Zealand.

Ray-Jon CDR 0045 5

Various. Best Broadway marches (arr. Christiansen). Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee.

AMP 23192

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Grainger, P. Molly on the shore. Yorkshire Building Society Band/David King. Polyphonic QPRL 213 D 3 Various. Oz singalong (arr. Wilson). NSW Police Band/L.T. Lambert. ABC 836-643-2 5

17:00 SOCIETY SPOT

Classical Guitar Society with Darryl Rule

18:00 STAGE AND SCREEN

A very merry Christmas

Cuban dance (1945). James Tocco, pf; Lukas Foss, pf.

Pro Arte CDD 183 7

Ballet: Dance panels (1959/62). London SO/ Aaron Copland.

Sony SM2K 47236 27

12:00

URBAN JAZZ LOUNGE with Leita Hutchings

13:00

TREASURES OF THE VOICE

A Nordic Christmas

Prepared by Paul Cooke

Nordqvist, G. Yule, Yule, sparkling Yule! (1921). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Bengt Forsberg, pf. DG 477 5725 2

Widéen, I. Brightness over sea and shore (1916). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Bengt Forsberg, pf. DG 477 5725 2

Trad. Praise be to God. Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Bengt Forsberg, pf. DG 477 5725 2

Gröndahl, A. Melody (1897). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Bengt Forsberg, pf. DG 477 5725 3

Grieg, E. Christmas cradle song (1900). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Bengt Forsberg, pf. DG 477 5725 2

Kristenson, A. The crofter’s Christmas Eve lullaby. Triakel. World Music Network THINK104 4

Sibelius, J. We ask for nothing rich or rare (1909); Over hill and dale. Tarja, voice; Heikki Pohto, fl; Heikki Hämäläinen, vn; Seppo Rautasuo, vn; Outi Iljin, va; Mauri Pietikäinen, va; Veli-Matti Iljin, vc; Juha Lanu, gui; Ako Kiiski, gui; Sami Kuoppamäki, drums; Esa Nieminen, pf.

Passion PSN-005 7

Various. Rós: suite for Christmas (arr. Pedersen). Berit Opheim, voice; Norwegian Soloists’ Choir; Gjermund Larsen, vn; Rolf Lislevand, lute; Bjørn Kjellemyr, db; Grete Pedersen, cond.

BIS BIS-2029 31

14:00 SATURDAY MATINEE

At the ballet

Prepared by Dan Bickel

Khachaturian, A. Ballet: Gayaneh (1942). USSR RTV SO/Jansug Kakhidze. LP Melodiya 33C 10-10531-6 2:21 Dance suite (1933). Armenian PO/Loris Tjeknavorian.

ASV DCA 964 23

Prepared by Angela Cockburn Scott, R. Christmas night in Harlem (1934). Johnny Mercer, Jack Teagarden, voices. ABC 470 0412 4

Strouse, C. Excerpts from Annie (1977). Sarah French, Ron Raines, Kim Criswell, Ruthie Henshall, voices; National SO/Martin Yates.

TER Orbis MUS C N53 7 Wells, R. Chestnuts roasting by an open fire (1945). Doris Day, voice. Mastersong 504002 3

Bricusse, L. Excerpts from Scrooge (1970). Anthony Newley, Stratford Johns, Tom Watt, voices; original cast/Stuart Pellar.

TER Orbis MUS C N26 19

Herman, J. We need a little Christmas, from Mame (1966). Angela Lansbury, voice; original Broadway cast & O/Donald Pippin. Sony G01915889E 3 Ornadel, C. Excerpts from Pickwick (1963). Harry Secombe, ten; Glyn Houston, David Cardy, Peter Land, voices; original revival cast & O/Fraser Skeoch.

TER Orbis MUS C N 13 12

Davis, J. Swingin’ them jingle bells (1936). Fats Waller and His Rhythm. ABC 472 041-2 3

19:00 EMERGENT JAZZ with Keith Pettigrew

20:00 THE LIFE OF A COMPOSER

Aaron Copland

Prepared by Frank Morrison

Copland, A. Piano concerto (1926). Lorin Hollander, pf; Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE 3154 18

Dance symphony (1930). Detroit SO/Antal Dorati.

Decca 414 273-2 17

Waltz and celebration, from Billy the Kid (1938). Paul Watkins, vc; Huw Watkins, pf. Chandos CHAN 10881 6

At the river, from Old American songs (1952). Thomas Hampson, bar; Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff.

Teldec 9031-77310-2 3

Three Latin-American sketches (1959-71). New PO/Aaron Copland. Sony SM2K 47236 11

Sonata (1986). Paul Meyer, cl; Éric le Sage, pf. Denon CO-18016 19

22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME

Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Schubert, F. Overture to The magic harp, D644 (1820). Cleveland O/George Szell.

Sony SBK 60267 11

Geminiani, F. Ballet: The enchanted forest (c1752). Milan Angelicum O/Newell Jenkins. LP Nonesuch H-71151 31

Beethoven, L. Piano trio no 4 in D, op 70 no 1, Ghost (1808). Rotraud Schneider, vn; Hans Györs, vc; Daniel Herscovitch, pf.

Fine Music concert recording 26

Wagner, R. Wotan’s farewell and Magic fire music, from The Valkyrie (1854-56). Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572767 15

Bax, A. Enchanted summer, from Prometheus unbound (1910). Anne Williams-King, sop; Lynore McWhirter, sop; Barry Griffiths, vn; Brighton Festival Ch; Royal PO/Vernon Handley.

Chandos CHAN 8625 28

Sunday 18 December

00:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

06:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Robert Small

09:00 MUSICA SACRA

Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Pachelbel, J. Magnificat in C. King’s Singers; Charivari Agréable/Kah-Ming Ng. Signum SIGCD198 20

Handel, G. Gloria (c1707). Josie Ryan, sop; Concertato/Timothy Chung. Fine Music concert recording 16

Rutter, J. Gloria (1974). Choirs of King’s College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; City of Birmingham SO/Stephen Cleobury. EMI 5 57952 2 18

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10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA

Prepared by Frank Morrison

Rossini, G. Ballet music from William Tell (1829). Monte Carlo National Opera O/Antonio de Almeida.

Philips 422 843-2 18

Spohr, L. Nonet for strings and winds, op 31 (1813). Consortium Classicum/Dieter Klöcker, cl & dir.

Orfeo C 155 871 A 28

Schubert, F. In der Ferne, from Schwanengesang, D957 (1828). Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; Malcolm Martineau, pf. ABC 476 4436 7

Garnier, J. Simphonie concertante. Claude Villevieille, ob; Talich CO/Jan Talich. Koch 3-1475-2 16

Mozart, W. Sonata no 20 in C, K303 (1778). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Daniel Barenboim, pf. DG 410 896-2 10

Cherubini, L. Symphony in D (1815). London SO/Charles Mackerras.

Carlton Classics 15656 91372 30

12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ with Dave Mac

13:00 WORLD MUSIC Whirled Wide with Orli Zahava

14:00 INTIMATE VOICES Shostakovich in chamber Part 3

Prepared by Rex Burgess

Shostakovich, D. String quartet no 8 in C minor, op 110 (1960). Orava Quartet. DG 481 6876 23

Sonata, op 147 (1975). Lawrence Power, va; Simon Crawford-Phillips, pf. Hyperion CDA67865 30

15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Messiah and more with Marriner

Prepared by Paul Cooke

Bridge, F. Christmas dance, Sir Roger de Coverley (1922). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Philips 454 444-2 4

Arne, T. Bacchus and Ariadne, from Six English cantatas (1755). Robert Tear, ten; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Decca 452 973-2 10

Brahms, J. Violin concerto in D, op 77 (1878). Hilary Hahn, vn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Sony SK 89649 40

Handel, G. Excerpts from Messiah, HWV56 (1742). Elly Ameling, sop; Anna Reynolds, mezz; Philip Langridge, ten; Gwynne Howell, bass; John Wilbraham, tpt; Academy of St Martin in the Fields Ch & O/Neville Marriner. Decca 478 5623 56

17:00 HOSANNA

Prepared by Richard Munge

Hymns. O come, O come, Emmanuel; Drop down ye Heavens. Choir of Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney; Peter Jewkes, org; Neil McEwan, cond. CCSL 05 10

Psalm. No 122: I was glad. Choir of Salisbury Cathedral; John Challenger, org; David Halls, cond.

Priory PRCD 1150 3 Stanford, C. Villiers Magnificat in G, op 81; Benedictus in C, op 115. Choir of Winchester Cathedral; Stephen Farr, org; David Hill, cond. Hyperion CDA 66965 10 Britten, B. Excerpts from A ceremony of carols. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; Rachel Masters, hp; Stephen Cleobury, cond. ABC 484 0848 11

Carols. Remember, O thou man; O little town of Bethlehem. Choir of St Laurence, Ludlow; Jonathan Kingston, org; Shaun Ward, cond. Parish Church of St Laurence 8 Carol. Basque carol. Cathedral Singers; Stacey Yang, org; Brett McKern, cond. TCS 03 2

Hymn. Come, Thou long expected Jesus. Cathedral Singers; Brett McKern, org; Brett McKern, cond. TCS 03 2

Dubois, T. Toccata. Michael Harris, org. York 109 7

18:00 THE PIANO SONATA

Carl Maria von Weber Part 3 Prepared by Paul Cooke Weber, C.M. Concert piece (1823; transcr. Liszt). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDA67203 17

Glinka, M. Variations on a theme by Mozart (1822). Victor Ryabchikov, pf. BIS CD-981 13

Weber, C.M. Sonata no 4 in E minor, op 70 (1819-22). Stephanie McCallum, pf. ABC 462 763-2 24

19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT

Prepared by Anabela Pina Panufnik, A. Old Polish suite (1950/55). Polish CO/Mariusz Smolij. Naxos 8.570032 10

Bacarisse, S. Guitar concerto in A minor, op 72 (1952). Narciso Yepes, gui; Spanish RTV SO/Odón Alonso.

LP DG 2530 326 21

Chopin, F. Ballet: Les sylphides, op 18 (1905; arr. Douglas). Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan. Decca 478 5630 28

Mercadante, S. Flute concerto in E minor (c1819; rev. Scimone). James Galway, fl; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone. RCA RD 60450 22

20:30

NEW HORIZONS

Prepared by Nev Dorrington

Parsons, D. Urartu to Ubud (1999). David Parsons, instruments; Gevorg Dabagian, duduk.

Celestial Harmonies 13171-2 7

Vangelis. Chariots of fire; Five circles; Antarctica echoes (1981). Vangelis. Universal Music 536 821-3 30

Budd - Eno. Excerpts from The pearl (1984). Harold Budd, pf; Brian Eno.

LP Polydor 823 162-1 12

Gerrard, L. Sacrifice; Sleep (1993). Lisa Gerrard, sop. 4AD CAD 8004 20

Vangelis. To the unknown man (1977). Vangelis. Sony ECLEC 2423 9

Zimmer - Gerrard. Now we are free (2000). Lisa Gerrard, sop; Hans Zimmer. Decca 467 094-2 8

22:00 JAZZ AFTER HOURS with Deborah Evans

Monday 19 December

00:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

06:00 FINE

MUSIC BREAKFAST

with Robert Small

09:00

DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC

A year in retrospect: 1892

Prepared by Di Cox

Elgar, E. Serenade in E minor, op 20 (1892). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. Sony SK 53356 12

Leoncavallo, R. No pagliaccio non son, from I pagliacci (1892). Luciano Pavarotti, ten; Westminster Symphonic Choir; Philadelphia O/Riccardo Muti. Philips 442 601-2 6

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Beach, A. Four sketches, op 15 (1892). Virginia Eskin, pf. Koch 3-7254-2 11

Reinecke, C. Wind octet in B flat, op 216 (1892). Members of Boston SO. Naxos 8.570777 23

Brahms, J. Intermezzo in E flat, op 117 no 1 (1892). Ivo Janssen, pf. Globe GLO 5036 5

Bruckner, A. Psalm 150 (1892). Juliet Booth, sop; Corydon Singers; Corydon O/Matthew Best.

Hyperion CDA66599 8 Rachmaninov, S. Trio no 1 in G minor, Élégiaque (1892). Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, vn; Mats Lidström, vc; Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf. Decca 478 5346 13

10:30

CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Paul Cooke

Méhul, É-N. Overture to Joseph (1807). Brittany O/Stefan Sanderling. ASV DCA 1140 7

Mayer, E. Piano concerto in B flat (1850). Ewa Kupiec, pf; New Brandenburg PO/Sebastian Tewinkel. Capriccio C5339 30

Glière, R. Symphony no 2 in C minor, op 25 (1907). New Jersey SO/Zdenek Macal. Delos DE 3178 46

12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan

14:30 YULETIDE

Prepared by Anne Irish

Corelli, A. Concerto grosso in G minor, op 6 no 8, Christmas (c1690). Peter Hanson, vn; Walter Reiter, vn; Jane Coe, vc; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 437 834-2 14

Liszt, F. Suite: Christmas tree (1876). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDS44518 33

Manfredini, F. Concerto grosso in C, op 3 no 12, Pastorale per il Santissimo natale (pub. 1718). Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage.

Chandos CHAN 0634 9

Anon. O come, all ye faithful (arr. Willcocks). Australian Brandenburg Ch & O/Paul Dyer. ABC 476 4687 4

Hanson, H. Two Yuletide pieces, op 19 (1919). Thomas Labé, pf. Naxos 8.559047 5 Rutter, J. I wish you Christmas. Cambridge Singers; Farnham Youth Choir; Royal PO/John Rutter.

Collegium COLCD 133 4

Various Medley: O Tannenbaum; Little drummer boy; Brahms' Lullaby (arr. Rieu). Andre Rieu, vn; Johann Strauss O. Decca 480 6933 6

Handel, G. Hallelujah, from Messiah, HWV56 (1742). Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Motet Choir & O/Antony Walker. ABC 476 3521 4

09:00 DIVERSIONS

Colours of the keyboard

IN FINE MUSIC

Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Chopin, F. Fantasy in F minor, op 49 (1841). John Ogdon, pf. IMP PCD 834 15

Mendelssohn, F. Sonata in A, op 65 no 3 (1844). Michael Dudman, org. Walsingham 3WAL 8023-2 10

Satie, E. Three pieces in the form of a pear (1903). Alexandre Tharaud, Éric le Sage, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902017.18 13

Haydn, J. Keyboard trio in A, Hob.XV:18 (1794). Australian Fortepiano Trio. Fine Music concert recording 18

Bach, C.P.E. Sonata in G minor, Wq51 no 6 (1760). Gustav Leonhardt, clvd. Philips 422 349-2 8

Beethoven, L. Sonata no 14 in C sharp minor, op 27 no 2, Moonlight (1801). Dejan Lazic, pf. Channel Classics CCS SA 30511 15

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Jacky Ternisien

Sibelius, J. Incidental music to King Christian II, op 27 (1898). Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi. DG 447 760-2 24

Bochsa, N. Harp concerto no 1 in D minor, op 15. Lily Laskine, hp; Lamoureux Concerts Association O/Jean-Baptiste Mari. Erato 2292-45084-2 21

13:00

RUBINSTEIN’S CONSERVATORY

Prepared by Derek Parker Rubinstein, A. Don Quixote, humoresque for orchestra, op 87 (1870). Slovak PO/Michael Halász.

Marco Polo 8.220359 21

Dreyschock, A. Piano concerto in D minor, op 137 (c1850). Piers Lane, pf; BBC Scottish SO/ Niklas Willén.

Hyperion CDA67086 24

Leschetizky, T. Homage to Chopin, op 46 no 9 (1902). Jonathan Plowright, pf. Hyperion CDA67803 4

Davidov, K. Cello concerto no 2 in A minor, op 14 (1863). Alexander Ziumbrovsky, vc; I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky.

Chandos CHAN 9622 26

Tchaikovsky, P. Scherzo, op 21 (1873). Viktoria Postnikova, pf. Erato 2292-45967-2 5

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with Michael Field

19:00 JAZZ PULSE with Chris Wetherall

20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison

22:00 JAZZ AFTER HOURS with Eddie Bernasconi

Tuesday 20 December

00:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

03:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Julie Simonds

Beethoven, L. Symphony no 7 in A, op 92 (1811-12). Academy of Ancient Music/ Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 425 695-2 39

12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes

13:00 JAZZ ABOUT TOWN with Deborah Evans

14:00 THE CLASSICAL BACHS

Prepared by Chris Blower

Bach, C.P.E. Symphony in D, Wq183 no 1 (1775-76). O of the Age of Enlightenment/ Rebecca Miller.

Signum SIGCD395 11

Bach, J. Christian Piano concerto in D, op 13 no 2. Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead, pf & dir.

cpo 999 601-2 17

Bach, J.C.F. Symphony in B flat (c1792). Leipzig CO/Morten Schuldt-Jensen. Naxos 8.572217 23

Bach, W.F. Trio in D (c1762). Marzio Conti, fl; Alain Marion, fl; Daniele Roi, hpd. Fonè 89 F 04-28 16

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Bach, C.P.E. Cello concerto in A, Wq172 (1753). Anner Bijlsma, vc; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Gustav Leonhardt. Virgin VC 7 90800-2 19

Bach, J. Christian Sinfonia concertante in C. Richard Adeney, fl; Peter Graeme, ob; Emmanuel Hurwitz, vn; Keith Harvey, vc; English CO/Richard Bonynge. ABC 475 070-2 22

16:00 FINE MUSIC

with Andrew Dziedzic

DRIVE

19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps

20:00 JUST IN with Charles Barton

A selection from the latest recordings to arrive at the Fine Music Library

22:00 CHAMBER

SOIRÉE

Prepared by Gerald Holder

Dohnányi, E. Sextet in C, op 37 for clarinet, horn, piano and string trio (1935). Endymion Ensemble.

ASV DCA 943 30

Brahms, J. Piano trio no 2 in C, op 87 (1882). Macquarie Trio. ABC 472 668-2 30

Albinoni, T. Adagio in G minor. Håkan Hardenberger, tpt; Simon Preston, org. Philips 434 074-2 9

Beethoven, L. String quartet no 15 in A minor, op 132 (1825). Lindsay String Quartet. ASV DCS 403 45 Wednesday 21 December

Vejvanovsky, P. Serenata XXVII. John Foster, tpt; Matthew Manchester, tpt; Stan Kornel, vn; Australian Baroque Brass; Sydney Consort. Tubicium Records TR761903 10 Albicastro, H. Trio sonata, op 8 no 9. Chiara Banchini, vn; Véronique Méjean, vn; Hendrike ter Brugge, vc; Christine Franzen, theorbo; Gordon Murray, hpd. Harmonia Mundi HMC 905208 12 Löwenstein, C. Flute quintet in D. Consortium Classicum. cpo 777 486-2 25

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Michael Field Sibelius, J. Suite no 1, from The Tempest, op 109 no 2 (1925). Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi. BIS CD-448 19

Haydn, J. Horn concerto in D, Hob.Vlld:3 (1762). Peter Damm, hn; Matthias Pfaender, vc; Manfred Pemutz, db; Matthias Eisenberg, hpd; Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen.

Berlin Classics 0012882BC 19 Martucci, G. Symphony no 2 in F, op 81 (1904). Philharmonia O/Francesco d'Avalos. ASV DCA 689 44

12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale

13:00 IN CONVERSATION with Simon Moore

14:00 FAMILY CONNECTIONS Joseph and Michael Haydn Prepared by Frank Morrison Haydn, J. Cello concerto no 2 in D, Hob.VIIb:2 (1783). Yo-Yo Ma, vc; English CO. CBS M2K 44562 25

Haydn, J. Symphony in D, Hob.I:13 (1763). Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood.

L’Oiseau-Lyre 433 661-2 23

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with Tom Forrester-Paton

19:00 PLANET JAZZ with Xavier Bichon

20:00 AT THE OPERA

Prepared by James Nightingale Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Christmas Eve. Opera in four acts. Libretto by composer after Nicolai Gogol's The Night Before Christmas. First performed St Petersburg, 1895.

VAKULA: Dmitri Tarkhov, ten

OKSANA: Natalya Shpiller, sop

TSARINA: Ludmilla Legostayeva, mezz

CHUB: Sergei Krasovsky, bass

SOLOKHA: Natalya Kulagina, mezz

MAYOR: Sergei Migay, bar

PATSYUK: Alexei Koroliov, bass Moscow Radio Ch & SO/Nikolay Golovanov. Lyrica LRC 01096-2 2:15

03:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Stephen Wilson

09:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC

Rescued from the shadows

Prepared by Jennifer Foong

Aguado, D. Introduction and rondo, op 2 no 3. Anabel Montesinos, gui. Naxos 8.557294 10

Seixas, C. Sinfonia in B flat. Algarve O/Alvaro Cassuto. Naxos 8.557207 8

Wagenseil, G. Concerto for harp, two violins, cello and orchestra (1761). Roberta Alessandrini, hp; Mantua O/Vittorio Parisi. Naxos 8.553622 14

Haydn, M. Six minuets (1784). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Decca 436 222-2 11

Haydn, J. Trio in E flat, Hob.XV:10 (1785). Isaac Stern, vn; Leonard Rose, vc; Eugene Istomin, pf. Sony SM2K 64516 10

Haydn, M. Divertimento in D, MH319 (1782). Australian Haydn Ensemble/Skye McIntosh, vn & dir.

Fine Music concert recording 18 Haydn, J. Sonata no 54 in G, Hob.XVI:40 (c1763). András Schiff, pf. Teldec 0630-17141-2 10

Haydn, M. Trumpet concerto in D (c176568). Maurice André, tpt; Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair.

Decca 478 4664 11

It is Christmas Eve in the Ukrainian village of Dikanka and amongst the singing and dancing of the villagers, Vakula the blacksmith is trying to woo the beautiful Oksana, who teases him that she will only marry him if he brings her the Tsarina’s slippers. When Oksana’s father, Chub, interrupts their tryst, Vakula mistakes him for a rival and strikes him, a blow that nearly ends Oksana’s interest in Vakula altogether. Meanwhile, Vakula’s mother, the witch Solokha, is meeting with a succession of potential lovers, including the Mayor of Dikanka, Oksana’s father, Chub, the Deacon, Nikiforovich, and the Devil himself. Each one hides in a sack as the next suitor appears but, when Vakula comes home, he takes the sacks to the smithy.

Vakula goes to visit the sorcerer, Patsyuk, who advises him that, in order to get the Tsarina’s slippers, he will need the help of the Devil. When Vakula puts down his last sack, the Devil emerges and tries to bargain for Vakula’s soul. The plucky blacksmith grabs the Devil’s neck and forces him to fly him to St. Petersburg despite the attempts of the sorcerer Patsyuk, flying on a mortar, and Vakula’s mother Solokha, flying on a broomstick, who try to block the way. Arriving in the palace in St. Petersburg, the Devil hides in the chimney while Vakula finds an opportunity to make his strange request. The Tsarina thinks this is just so amusing and graciously gives him a pair of her shoes. While Cossacks dance, the Devil and Vakula make their return to Dikanka. Oksana receives her slippers and Vakula asks her father for her hand in marriage, a privilege he is now

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granted. Vakula then announces that he will only tell his story of a night with the Devil to the beekeeper, Panko the Gingerhead (i.e. Gogol) and ask him to write a tale of Christmas Eve.

22:30 MUSIC OF THE NIGHT

Prepared by James Nightingale Silvestrov, V. Moments for memory II (2003). Iryna Starodub, pf; Kiev Virtuosi/Dimitry Yablonsky. Naxos 8.573598 18

Gubaidulina, S. String quartet no 2 (1987). Stamic Quartet. Supraphon SU 4078-2 8

Kancheli, G. Piano quartet in l’istesso tempo (1997). Bridge Ensemble. ECM 1767 4618182 26

Firsova, E. Tender is the sorrow, op 130 (2010). Helen Vidovich, fl; Patrick Dawkins, vn; Morgan Goff, va; Valerie Wellbanks, vc; Fei Ren, pf.

Meridian CDE 84635 8

Schnittke, A. Violin concerto no 2 (1966). Mark Lubotsky, vn; Malmö SO/Eri Klas. BIS CD-487 23

Thursday 22 December

00:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

03:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Simon Moore

09:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Romance and romantics

Prepared by Chris Blower

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. Overture: The taming of the shrew, op 61 (1930). West Australian SO/Andrew Penny. Naxos 8.572500 9

Porter, C. Excerpts from Kiss me Kate (1953). Kathryn Grayson, sop; Ann Miller, voice; Howard Keel, bar; MGM Studio Ch & O/André Previn.

Sony 88697638622 12

Beach, A. Les rêves de Columbine, op 65 (1907). Virginia Eskin, pf. Northeastern NR 223 16

Vivaldi, A. Viola d’amore concerto in D minor, RV393 (arr. Knox). Garth Knox, va d’amore; Agnès Vesterman, vc.

ECM New Series 2157 4764501 9

Vieuxtemps, H. Romance; Regrets; Bohemian, op 40 (1864). David Frühwirth, vn; Henri Sigfridsson, pf. Avie AV0042 17

Dvorák, A. Cypresses for string quartet (1887). Thymos Quartet. Avie AV2234 16

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Rita Felton Dvorák, A. Overture: Othello, op 93 (1891). Czech PO/Libor Pesek. Virgin VC7 91144-2 15

Field, J. Piano concerto no 3 in E flat (c1805) Michael McHale, pf; RTÉ NSO/Courtney Lewis.

RTÉ lyric fm CD150 32 Mozart, W. Symphony no 41 in C, K551, Jupiter (1788). Freiburg Baroque O/René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908601.30 36

12:00 JAZZ AFTER NOON with Sue Jowell

13:00 PROVINCIAL TRAVELS

Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Saint-Saëns, C. Breton rhapsody, op 7bis (1892). Monte Carlo PO/David Robertson. Auvidis V 4688 11

Ganne, L. Marche lorraine. Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Peter Parkes. Chandos CHAN 4542 4

Badings, H. Three Breton songs (1946). Robert Shaw Festival Singers. Telarc 80408 9

Koechlin, C. Chansons bretonnes bk 3, op 115 (1932). Peter Bruns, vc; Roglit Ishay, pf. SWR Music SWR19047 9

Henselt, A. Concert variations on Quand je quittai la Normandie, from Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable, op 11 (1840). Marc-André Hamelin, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA66717 18

Milhaud, D. Suite provençale, op 52b (1936). Toulouse Capitole O/Michel Plasson. DG 435 437-2 14

Maurice, P. Tableaux de Provence (1960). Guido Bäumer, sax; Aladár Rácz, pf. Odradek ODRCD337 15

14:30 ZEMLINSKY AND PUPILS

Prepared by Paul Cooke

Korngold, E. Overture: Sursum corda, op 13 (1920). Bruckner O Linz/Caspar Richter. ASV DCA 1074 19

Weigl, K. Night fantasies, op 13 (1911). Joseph Banowetz, pf. Naxos 8.572423 22

Zemlinsky, A. Quartet no 2, op 15 (1913). Escher String Quartet. Naxos 8.573088 43

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with Marilyn Schock

19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley

20:00 THE WORLD OF A SYMPHONY

Prokofiev: Symphony no 4 in C Prepared by David Brett

Glière, R. Overture on Slavonic themes, op 4 (1902). BBC PO/Vassily Sinaisky. Chandos CHAN 9518 10

Prokofiev, S. Suite from The love for three oranges, op 33 (1919). Vienna PO/Constantin Silvestri. EMI 5 74115 2 17

Myaskovsky, N. Prelude in B flat minor, op 58, Song and rhapsody (1942). Grigory Ginsburg, pf. Philips 456 802-2 10

Prokofiev, S. Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, op 60 (1933-34). Malmö SO/James DePreist. BIS CD-531 22

Shostakovich, D. Festive overture, op 96 (1947). Malmö SO/James DePreist. BIS CD-570 6

Prokofiev, S. Symphony no 4 in C, op 47 (1929-30). Czech PO/Zdenék Kosler. Supraphon SU 4093-2 40

22:00 QUARTET NO 9 Prepared by James Nightingale

Shostakovich, D. String quartet no 9 in E flat, op 117 (1964). Borodin String Quartet. EMI CDC 7 49266 2 27

22:30

00:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

03:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Stephen Gard

09:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Something borrowed Prepared by Gerald Holder

Falla, M. de Seven popular Spanish songs (1915; transcr. Maréchal, Llobet). Anne Gastinel, vc; Pablo Márquez, gui. naïve V5182 14

ULTIMA THULE Friday 23 December
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Purcell, H. Six songs, from Orpheus Britannicus (arr. Britten). Felicity Lott, sop; Susan Gritton, sop; James Bowman, ct; John Mark Ainsley, ten; Ian Bostridge, ten; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, ten; Richard Jackson, bar; Simon Keenlyside, bar; Graham Johnson, pf. Hyperion CDA67061/2 16

Tartini, G. Concerto grosso no 5 in C (1734; transcr. Meneghini) Enrico Gatti, vn; Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini, vn & dir. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908601.30 10

Ogínski, M. Polonaise in A minor (transcr. Landowska). Wanda Landowska, hpd. Naxos 8.111055 5

Granados, E. Spanish dances nos 1 to 3 (1890; orch. Grignon). Ulster O/Josep CaballéDomenech.

BBC Music BBC MM255 15

Naderman, F-J. Nocturne (arr. Tylou). Robert Aitken, fl; Erica Goodman, hp. BIS CD-320 11

Prokofiev, S. Romeo and Juliet before departure, from Romeo and Juliet, op 64 (1935-36; transcr. Babayan). Martha Argerich, pf; Sergei Babayan, pf. DG 479 9854 9 8

10:30

CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Michael Field Respighi, O. Concerto in modo misolidio (1925). Konstantin Scherbakov, pf; Slovak RSO/Howard Griffiths. Naxos 8.553366 35

Brahms, J. Academic festival overture, op 80 (1881). Cleveland O/Christoph von Dohnányi. Teldec 2292-44944-2 9

Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 3 in A minor, op 56, Scottish (1842). San Francisco SO/ Herbert Blomstedt. Decca 478 6787 37

14:00

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS

Prepared by Jacky Ternisien

Trad. Christmas carols for strings (arr. Bélanger). I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky. Chandos CHAN 9098 11

Adam, A. Cantique de Noël; Silent night; The first Noël. Joan Baez, sop; unnamed instrumentalists/Peter Schikele. Vanguard 79596-2 9

Jolivet, A. Pastorales de Noël (1943). BrittenPears Ensemble.

ASV DCA 918 12

Bartók, B. Rumanian Christmas carols (1915). Jenö Jandó, pf. Naxos 8.554718 11

Poulenc, F. Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël (1952). Choir of Winchester Cathedral/ Martin Neary. EMI CDC 7 49559 2 12

Fry, W. Santa Claus, Christmas symphony (1853). Royal Scottish NO/Tony Rowe. Naxos 8.559057 26

Guilmant, A. La crèche: Pastorale et adoration, op 50 no 2. Ralph Lane, org. RWLane 2011 7

Arnold, M. Commonwealth Christmas overture, op 64 (1957). London PO/Malcolm Arnold. Reference RR-48 19

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with Andrew Clark

19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Alex Siegers

20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA

Music for dancing Prepared by Peter Poole

22:00

BAROQUE AND BEFORE

Handel and Vivaldi: Parallel lives

Prepared by Robert Gilchrist

Vivaldi, A. Trio sonata in A, RV75. Purcell Quartet.

Chandos CHAN 0511 7

Handel, G. Sonata in G minor for recorder and continuo, HWV360. Frédéric de Roos, rec; Ricercar Consort. Ricercar CD 031007 7

Vivaldi, A. Gloria in D, RV588. Lynda Russell, sop; Patrizia Kwella, sop; Anne Wilkens, mezz; Kenneth Bowen, ten; Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge; Wren O/George Guest. Decca 443 455-2 28

Oboe concerto in C, RV447. Heinz Holliger, ob; I Musici.

Philips 411 480-2 15

Handel, G. Concerto grosso in F, op 6 no 9 (1739). English Concert/Trevor Pinnock, hpd & dir.

Archiv 410 899-2 14

Anthem for the Foundling Hospital: Blessed are they that considereth the poor and needy, HWV268. Judith Nelson, sop; Emma Kirkby, sop; Shirley Minty, cont; James Bowman, ct; Martyn Hill, ten; David Thomas, bass; Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; Academy of Ancient Music/Simon Preston.

L’Oiseau-Lyre 421 654-2 29

Saturday 24 December

00:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

06:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson

09:00

WHAT'S ON IN MUSIC

A JAZZ HOUR with Barry O'Sullivan

12:00

13:00

FAMOUS IN LONDON

Prepared by James Nightingale Mozart, W. Quartet no 2 in D, K155 (1772). Australian String Quartet. ABC 426 805-2 9

Bach, J. Christian Sonata in C minor, op 17 no 2 (c1779). Alberto Nosè, pf. Naxos 8.570361 15

Haydn, J. Symphony in G, Hob.I:92, Oxford (1789). Freiburg Baroque O/René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908601.30 30

Geminiani, F. Ballet: The enchanted forest (c1752). Milan Angelicum O/Newell Jenkins. LP Nonesuch H-71151 31

Rossini, G. Ballet music from William Tell (1829). London SO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 452 772-2 8

Donizetti, G. Ballet music from Les martyrs (1840). Philharmonia O/Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422 844-2 14

Verdi, G. Ballet music from Macbeth (1865). Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson. Chandos CHAN 10412X 10

Petrassi, G. Symphonic suite from La follia di Orlando (1942-43). Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia.

Naxos 8.573073 20

Respighi, O. Ballet: The magic pot (1920). Jakub Francisci, treb; Slovak RSO/Adriano. Naxos 8.570741 25

Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney

09:05

THE PIANO ALONE

Prepared by Krystal Li

Tchaikovsky, P. Festival overture for the year 1812 (1880; transcr. Roberts). Cameron Roberts, pf. Move MCD 404 17

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. Cypresses, op 17 (1920). Jordi Masó, pf. Naxos 8.555856 8

Schubert, F. Sonata no 14 in A minor, D784 (1823). Mitsuko Uchida, pf. Philips 464 480-2 24

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10:00

CENTRES OF MUSIC

Vienna: Classical to 20th Century Prepared by Susan Foulcher

Schubert, F. Four songs, from Winterreise, D911 (1827). Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar; Jörg Demus, pf. DG 447 421-2 15

Hummel, J. Piano quintet in E flat, op 87 (1802). Melos Ensemble. Decca 430 297-2 20

Rott, H. Pastoral prelude in F (1880). Gürzenich O/Christopher Ward. Capriccio C5408 14

Mahler, G. Adagio, from Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor. Melbourne SO/Marcus Stenz. ABC 534 3879 10

Zemlinsky, A. Psalm 23, op 14 (1910). Cologne Philharmonic Choir; Gürzenich O/ James Conlon. EMI 5 86079 2 10

Schoenberg, A. Five pieces, op 23 (1920-23). Florent Boffard, pf. Mirare MIR 191 10

11:30 ON PARADE

Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Mendelssohn, F. Military overture. WilliamsFairey Engineering Band. Delta 60357 8

Zehle, W. Trafalgar. Royal Australian Navy Band/Philip Anderson. Royal Australian Navy RAN-014 2

Addison, J. A bridge too far. Band of the Coldstream Guards/Graham Jones. Decca 2765916 3

Sousa, J.P. Suite from People who live in glass houses (1909). Royal Norwegian Navy Band/Keith Brion. Naxos 8.559397 12

12:00 URBAN JAZZ LOUNGE with Leita Hutchings

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

AUSTRALIAN CELLISTS

David Pereira

Prepared by Paul Cooke

Haydn, J. Duet in D. David Pereira, vc; Rachel Scott, vc. www.bachinthedark.com 9

Grainger, P. La Scandanavie (1902). David Pereira, vc; Timothy Young, pf. Tall Poppies TP222 16

14:30 SATURDAY MATINEE

Choral masterworks Prepared by Stephen Matthews

Bach, J.S. Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 (1734-35): Part 1 for the first day of Christmas. Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Stephen Layton. Hyperion CDA 68031/2 26 Ryba, J. Czech Christmas Mass (1796). Magdalena Kozená, mezz; Capella Regis Musicalis/Robert Hugo. Archiv 477 8365 40

Praetorius, M. Lutheran Mass for Christmas Day with interpolations. Gabrieli Consort and Players/Paul McCreesh. Archiv 439 25022 1:11

17:00 SOCIETY SPOT

Sydney Schubert Society with Ross Hayes

18:00 STAGE AND SCREEN

Prepared by Anabela Pina Jones, T. Excerpts from The last of the Mohicans (1992). O/Daniel A. Carlin. Polydor 517 497-2 10

Horner, J. Excerpts from The devil’s own (1997). O/James Horner. Beyond Music TBCD 1204 9 Excerpts from Braveheart (1995). London SO/ James Horner. London 448 295-2 18

Shore, H. Excerpts from The Lord of the Rings: The return of the King (2003). Annie Lennox, voice; O/Howard Shore. Reprise/WMG Soundtracks 9362485212 16

19:00 EMERGENT JAZZ with Keith Pettigrew

20:00 THE LIFE OF A COMPOSER Luigi Boccherini

Prepared by Jennifer Foong

Boccherini, L. Introduction and fandango (arr. Bream). Martin Maria Krüger, gui; Klaus Schilde, pf. Calig CAL 50912 6

String trio in G minor, op 6 no 5 (1769). Lubotsky Trio. Brilliant Classics 95493 9 Romberg, B. Sonata in B. Klaus Storck, vc; Helga Storck, hp.

LP Telefunken 6.4102 11

Boccherini, L. String quintet no 6 in E, op 11 no 5 (pub. 1771). Eckart Runge, vc; Daniel Tummer, castanets; Casals Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMG 902092 22 Symphony no 16 in E flat, op 35 no 2 (c1782). London FO/Ross Pople. Hyperion CDA66903 11

Cello concerto no 9 in B flat (arr. Grützmacher). Julius Berger, vc; South-West German CO/Vladislav Czarnecki. ebs 6056 20

Guitar quintet no 9 in C, La Ritirata di Madrid (1798). Pepe Romero, gui; Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble. Philips 438 769-2 27

22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME

Prepared by Rex Burgess

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

Alkan, C-V. Concerto for piano solo, from Twelve studies in minor keys, op 39 nos 8 to 10 (1857). Stephanie McCallum, pf. MBS 24 49

Berlioz, H. Orchestral music from Romeo and Juliet (1840). Chicago SO/Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI J 85974 2 53

Sunday 25 December

00:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

06:00 CHRISTMAS MORNING MUSIC with Paul Roper

09:00 CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION with Heather Middleton

12:00 YULETIDE JAZZ

with Dave Mac, Sue Jowell, Deborah Evans and Leita Hutchings, ranging from classic jazz, through nostalgia, and recent jazz, to a relaxed vibe. Jazz with a yuletide feel.

14:00 CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON with David Garrett

17:00 HOSANNA

Prepared by Jeremy Hall

Hymn. Of the Father’s heart begotten (arr. Willcocks). Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow. Conifer 75605 517542 2

Carol. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (arr. Marlow). Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/ Richard Marlow. Conifer 75605 517542 3

Poulenc, F. O magnum mysterium. Cambridge Singers/John Rutter. Collegium COLCD 108 3

Arr. Preston, S. I saw three ships. Tenebrae/ Nigel Short. Signum SIGCD902

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Lloyd, R. Love came down at Christmas.

Tenebrae/Nigel Short. Signum SIGCD902 3

Hassler, L. Verbum caro factum est. Choir of Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney/Neil McEwan.

Christ Church St Laurence recording 3

Arr. Pearsall, R. In dulci jubilo. Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O’Donnell. Hyperion CDA67716 4

Darke, H. In the bleak mid-winter. Cantillation; David Drury, org; Antony Walker, cond. ABC Classics 476 2916 5

Arr. Wilberg, M. Ding dong! merrily on high. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; Ben-San Lau, org; Stephen Cleobury, cond. King’s College KGS0001 3

Arr. Drury, D. Silent night. Choir of St James’ Church, Sydney/David Drury. St James', King Street recording 3

Mathias, W. A Babe is born. Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford; Anna Lapwood, org; Daniel Hyde, cond. Opus Arte OA CD9022 D 3

Rutter, J. Nativity carol. Tenebrae; James Sherlock, org; Nigel Short, cond. Signum SIGCD182 5

Whitacre, E. Lux aurumque. Eric Whitacre Singers/Eric Whitacre. Decca B003ODHXEG 4

Mendelssohn, F. Hark! The herald angels sing. Choir of Westminster Cathedral; Cantorum Choir; Fanfare Trumpets of Royal Military School of Music; James O’Donnell, org; David Hill, cond. Griffin GCCD 4031 4

18:00 FOLK SOCIETY CHRISTMAS with John Penhallow

19:00 CHRISTMAS EVENING

Prepared by Chris Blower

Bantock, G. Prelude to the Song of songs (1912). Royal PO/Vernon Handley. Hyperion CDA67250 12

Bach, C.P.E. Flute quartet no 3 in G, Wq95 (1788). Nicholas McGegan, fl; Catherine Mackintosh, va; Anthony Pleeth, vc; Christopher Hogwood, fp. L’Oiseau-Lyre 433189-2 17

Tchaikovsky, P. Souvenir de Florence, op 70 (1891). Australian CO/Carl Pini. Omega OCD 1010 35 Mahler, G. Songs of a wayfarer (1884/92/96). Thomas Hampson, bar; Vienna PO/Leonard Bernstein. DG 477 8825 18

Dvorák, A. String quartet in F, op 96, American (1893). Acacia Quartet. Move MCD 626 29 Field, J. Piano concerto no 6 in C (c1819). John O'Conor, pf; New Irish CO/János Fürst. Vanguard 08 9178 72 34

Bennett, W. Sterndale Symphony in G minor, op 43 (1864). London PO/Nicholas Braithwaite. Lyrita SRCD.206 24

22:00

A BAROQUE CHRISTMAS

Prepared by Elaine Siversen Vivaldi, A. Violin concerto in E, RV270, Il riposo per il Santissimo Natale. Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN 0634 7

Handel, G. Excerpts from Messiah, HWV56 (1742). Yvonne Kenny, sop; Jean Rigby, cont; Thomas Randle, ten; Royal Choral Society; John Birch, org; Vivian Troon, hpd; Royal PO/ Owain Arwel Hughes. IMP DPCD 1106 18

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

Monteverdi, C. Excerpts from Christmas Vespers (pub. 1641, 1650). Julie Kennard, sop; Elisabeth Harrison, sop; Shirley Minty, cont; Peter Hall, ten; Edgar Fleet, ten; David WilsonJohnson, bar; Roderick Earle, bass; Trinity Boys’ Choir; Peter Beavan, vc; Leslie Pearson, org; Accademia Monteverdiana Ch & O/Denis Stevens.

LP Nonesuch HB-73032 1:13

Monday 26 December

00:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with James Hunter

09:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC

A year in retrospect: 1828

Prepared by Paul Cooke

Marschner, H. Overture to The vampire (1828). Tasmanian SO/Sebastian LangLessing.

ABC 476 7736 7

Schubert, F. Duo in A minor, D947, Lebensstürme (1828). Anne Queffélec, Imogen Cooper, pf. apex 0927 49812 2 11

Chopin, F. Rondo in C, op 73 (1828; arr. Amsterdam Guitar Trio). Amsterdam Guitar Trio.

Newton 8802093 10

Moscheles, I. Anticipations of Scotland: a grand fantasy, op 75 (1828). Tasmanian SO/ Howard Shelley. Hyperion CDA67276 15

Czerny, C. Rondoletto concertant, op 149 (1828). Peter-Lukas Graf, fl; Zsuzsanna Sirokay, pf. Jecklin 577-2 10

Donizetti, G. So, it is done, from The daughter of the regiment (1828). Natalie Dessay, sop; Les Éléments Choir; Toulouse Capitole O/ Michel Plasson.

Virgin 5 45506 2 9

Glinka, M. Sonata (1828). Igor Boguslavsky, va; Anna Litvinenko, pf. Le Chant du Monde LDC 288 068 17

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Prepared by James Nightingale

Beethoven, L. Piano concerto no 5 in E flat, op 73, Emperor (1809). Murray Perahia, pf; Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink. CBS MK 42330 39

Clementi, M. Overture in D. Philharmonia O/ Francesco d’Avalos. ASV DCS 247 8

Schulhoff, E. Symphony no 5 (1938-39). Bavarian RSO/James Conlon. Capriccio C7297 35

12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan

13:00 BOHEMIAN MASTERPIECES

Prepared by Rex Burgess

Janácek, L. Overture: Jealousy (1894). Czech PO/Jirí Belohlávek. Chandos CHAN 9080 6

Mahler, G. Songs of a wayfarer (1884; arr. Schoenberg, 1920). Clare Gormley, sop; Jeffrey Black, bar; Sydney Soloists/John Harding. ABC 461 827-2 16

Bruckner, A. Symphony no 9 in D minor (1894-96). Royal Scottish NO/Georg Tintner. Naxos 8.554268 1:00

14:30 ASPECTS OF DON JUAN

Prepared by Derek Parker

Steiner, M. Medley from the film, The adventures of Don Juan (1948). National PO/ Charles Gerhardt. RCA GD 80912 10

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Tchaikovsky, P. Don Juan’s serenade, op 38 no 1 (1878). Dmitri Hvorostovsky, bar; Oleg Boshniakovich, pf. Philips 432 119-2 3

Goossens, E. Intermezzo, from Don Juan de Mañara, op 54 (1935). Melbourne SO/Andrew Davis. Chandos CHSA 5119 6

Strauss, R. Tone poem: Don Juan, after Nikolaus Lenau, op 20 (1888). London SO/ Claudio Abbado. DG 429 492-2 16

Gluck, C. Ballet: Don Juan (1761). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Decca 433 732-2 45

16:00 FINE MUSIC HOLIDAY with Andrew Clark

19:00 JAZZ PULSE with Chris Wetherall

20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison

22:00 JAZZ AFTER HOURS with Gail Monjo

Tuesday 27 December

00:00 CLASSIC - ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Julie Simonds

09:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Colours of the keyboard

Prepared by Frank Morrison Meyer, L. Second piece, from The country organists manual. Pierre Pfister, org. Arion ARN 68069 8

Scarlatti, A. Toccata in G. Rinaldo Alessandrini, hpd. Arcana A3 8

Glière, R. Six pieces, op 42. Joan Yarbrough, pf; Robert Cowan, pf. Pantheon D 20910 11

Debussy, C. Sonata (1916-17). Janine Jansen, vn; Itamar Golan, pf. Decca 478 2256 14

Brahms, J. Four pieces, op 119 (1892). Emanuel Ax, pf. Sony SK 69284 16

Mozart, W. Piano trio in B flat, K502 (1786). Macquarie Trio. Fine Music concert recording 23

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Jacky Ternisien

Kodály, Z. Dances of Galánta (1933). Buffalo PO/JoAnn Falletta. www.bpo.org 17

Bottesini, G. Grand double bass concerto in F sharp minor (c1878). Thomas Martin, db; English CO/Andrew Litton. Naxos 8.570397 23

Sibelius, J. Symphony no 2 in D, op 43 (1901). Adelaide SO/Arvo Volmer. ABC 476 3945 43

12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes

13:00 JAZZ ABOUT TOWN with Deborah Evans

14:00 VOICES ONLY

Prepared by Gerald Holder Sheppard, J. Verbum caro factum est. Salisbury Cathedral Boy Choristers; Gabrieli Consort/Richard Seal. Archiv 457 658-2 7 Berio, L. Cries of London (1974/76) Swingle II. Decca 425 620-2 15 Josquin Desprez - Compère. Scaramella va alla guerra; Scaramella fa la galla. Hilliard Ensemble.

Virgin VER 5 61302 2 2 Josquin Desprez. El grillo; Petite camusette. Hilliard Ensemble. Virgin VER 5 61302 2 3

14:30 THE K FACTOR

Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Kraus, J.M. Overture: For the Birthday of King Gustav III. Helsinki Baroque O/Aapo Häkkinen. Naxos 8.572865 9

Kozeluch, L. Sinfonia concertante in E flat. Siegfried Goethel, tpt; Walter Meuter, db; Akashi Ochi, mand; Werner Genuit, pf; Consortium Classicum; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Iona Brown. EMI CDM 7 69389 2 28

Ketèlbey, A. Suite romantique (1924). Czecho-Slovak RSO/Adrian Leaper. Naxos 8.554709 15

Kalkbrenner, F. Piano concerto no 1 in D minor, op 61 (pub. 1823). Hans Kann, pf; Hamburg SO/Heribert Beissel. Vox 1157162 30

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with Michael Field

19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps

20:00 JUST IN with David Garrett

A selection from the latest recordings to arrive at the Fine Music Library

22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE

Prepared by Rex Burgess Jacquet de la Guerre, E-C. Sonata V in A minor (1707). Lina Tur Bonet, baroque vn; Patxi Montero, bass viol; Kenneth Weiss, hpd. Panclassics PC 10380 9

Chaminade, C. Piano trio no 2 in A minor, op 34 (1887). Trio Chausson. Mirare MIR 163 24

Farrenc, L. Trio in E flat, op 44 (1854-56). Deborah de Graaff, cl; Georg Pedersen, vc; Natalia Sheludiakova, pf. Fine Music concert recording 27

Smyth, E. Quintet in E, op 1 (1884). Joachim Griesheimer, vc; Mannheim String Quartet. cpo 999 352-2 26

Mendelssohn, Fanny. Piano trio in D minor, op 11, (1846-47). Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. Chandos CHAN 20256 23

Wednesday 28 December

00:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

03:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Stephen Wilson

09:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC

Rescued from the shadows Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Paisible, J. Sonata in D. Mark Bennett, tpt; Michael Laird, tpt; Members of Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman. Hyperion CDA66817 4

Caix d'Hervelois, L. de Suite in A. Bengt Ericson, va da gamba; Rolf LaFleur, lute. BIS CD-22 16

Beer, J. Clarinet concerto in B flat. Dieter Klöcker, cl; Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair. Schwann 3-6422-2 H1 23

Carafa, M. L’amica ancor non torna ... Oh di sorte crudel, from Le nozze di Lammermoor (1829). Joyce DiDonato, mezz; Jean-Michel Bertelli, cl; Lyon National Opera Ch & O/ Riccardo Minasi.

Erato 463 656 2 9

Visée, R. de Suite in C minor. Hopkinson Smith, theorbo.

LP Astrée AS 38 14

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Séjan, L-N. Duo concertante no 1, op 10 (pub. 1828). Marielle Nordmann, hp; Brigitte Haudebourg, pf. Arion ARN 68285 13

10:30 CONCERT HALL

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

Potter, C. Piano concerto no 2 in D minor (1832). Tasmanian SO/Howard Shelley, pf & dir.

Hyperion CDA68151 29

Stravinsky, I. Ballet: The rite of Spring (1913). Sydney SO/David Robertson. ABC 481 4954 38

12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale

13:00 IN CONVERSATION with Simon Moore

14:00 AUSTRALIAN HARP

Alice Giles

Prepared by James Nightingale Hindemith, P. Sonata (1939). Alice Giles, hp. Tall Poppies TP213 11

Zagwijn, H. Of the seasons (1901). Alice Giles, hp; Arnan Wiesel, pf. Schwann 3-1765-2 14

14:30 GOING ‘DUTCH’

Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Wagenaar, J. Overture: Cyrano de Bergerac, op 23 (1897). The Hague Residency O/Alain Lombard.

Olympia OCD 504 15 Craeyvanger, K. Introduction and variations on a theme from Der Freischütz. Johannes Möller, gui. Naxos 8.572715 13

Hageman, R. Charity (1921); At the well, from Secrets of the heart no 2 (1919); Miranda (1917). Nance Grant, sop; Geoffrey Parsons, pf.

Melba MR301135-36 8

Sweelinck, J. Pavana lachrimae; My young life has ended. Nicholas Parle, virginals. MBS 26 CD 12

Fesch, W. de Concerto grosso in D, op 10 no 4 (1741). Gordan Nikolitch, vn; Auvergne O/ Arie van Beek.

Olympia OCD 450 12

Röntgen, J. Piano trio no 4 in C minor, op 50 (1904). Storioni Trio. Radio Nederland MCCP122 21

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with Robert Gilchrist

19:00 PLANET JAZZ with Xavier Bichon

20:00 AT THE OPERA

Prepared by Camille Mercep Mozart, W. Lucio Silla. Opera in three acts. Libretto by Giovanni di Gamerra. First performed Milan, 1772.

LUCIO SILLA: Lothar Odinius, ten CECILIO: Kristina Hammerström, mezz GIUNIA: Simone Nold, sop

CINNA: Henriette Bonde-Hansen, sop CELIA: Susanne Elmark, sop Ars Nova; Danish Radio Sinfonietta/Ádám Fischer. Dacapo 8.226069-71 2:50

The tyrant Silla has banished Cecilio, lover of Giunia, who believes that Silla has ordered Cecilio’s death. She rejects Silla's advances despite the pleas of his sister Celia. Cecilio is determined to claim his bride and secretly returns to Rome. He plans to work with his friend Cinna to organize a conspiracy against Silla. However, the conspirators are exposed and Cecilio is condemned to death, whereupon Giunia appeals to the Senate. She accuses Silla of arrogance and abuse of power. Surprisingly, Silla pardons Cecilio and consents to his marriage to Giunia. He also pardons Cinna and gives him Celia. He abdicates and retires to private life, convinced that a virtuous heart is more valuable than false splendour.

Salieri, A. Overture to Armida (1771). Slovak RSO/Michael Dittrich. Naxos 8.554838 6 Mozart, W. Exsultate, jubilate, K165 (1773). Lucia Popp, sop; English CO/Georg Fischer. EMI CDM 7 69546 2 16

23:30 MUSIC OF THE NIGHT

Prepared by Chloe Sinclair Higdon, J. Impressions (2003). Cypress String Quartet. Naxos 8.559298 27

Thursday 29 December

00:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

03:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Simon Moore

09:00

DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC

Romance and romantics

Prepared by Peter Poole

Janácek, L. String quartet no 2, Intimate letters (1928). Talich Quartet. Calliope CAL 3333 25

Berlioz, H. Night of intoxication and infinite ecstasy, from The Trojans (1856-58).

Françoise Pollet, sop; Gary Lakes, ten; Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. ABC 480 6412 8

Suk, J. Song of love, op 7 no 1 (1891-93). Risto Lauriala, pf. Naxos 8.553762 8

Prokofiev, S. Dance of the girls from Antilla, from Romeo and Juliet, op 64 (1935-36). Yuli Turovsky, vc; Peter Pettinger, pf. Chandos CHAN 8555 3

Svendsen, J. Romeo and Juliet, op 18. Trondheim SO/Ole Kristian Ruud. Virgin 5 45128 2 14

Tchaikovsky, P. Romeo and Juliet duo: Do you not hear the nightingale? (1869; compl. and orch. Taneyev). Suzanne Murphy, sop; Keith Lewis, ten; Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8476 13

Gounod, C. Il se fait tard … O nuit d'amour, from Faust (1859). Angela Gheorghiu, sop; Roberto Alagna, ten; Royal Opera House O/ Richard Armstrong. EMI 5 56117 2 9

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Paul Cooke

Wagner, R. Overture to Tannhäuser (1845). New York PO/Pierre Boulez.

Sony SMK 64 108 14

Spohr, L. Violin concerto no 9 in D minor, op 55 (1820). Ulf Hoelscher, vn; Berlin RSO/ Christian Frölich. cpo 999 232-2 27

Pejacevic, D. Symphony in F sharp minor, op 41 (1917/20) BBC SO/Sakari Oramo. Chandos CHSA 5299 42

12:00 JAZZ AFTER NOON with Sue Jowell

13:00 LINKED TO LEIPZIG

Prepared by James Nightingale

Heinichen, J. Concerto in F. Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 479 1110 17

Graupner, C. Cantata: Wir wissen, dass Trubsal Geduld bringet (1744). Anton Webern Choir, Freiburg; Ensemble Concerto Grosso/ Hans Michael Beuerle. Carus 83.457 17

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Bach, J.S. Brandenburg concerto no 5 in D, BWV1050 (1720). O of the Antipodes/Erin Helyard. ABC 476 1923 20

Telemann, G. Overture, Alster. Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN 0547 28

14:30

DANCES FOR PIANO

Prepared by Derek Parker

Albéniz, I. Amalia, mazurka de salon, op 95 (1889). Miguel Baselga, pf. BIS CD-1043 14

Szymanowski, K. Mazurkas, op 50, nos 17 to 20 (1925). Martin Roscoe, pf. Naxos 8.557168 10

Saint-Saëns, C. Polonaise, op 77 (1886). Christian Ivaldi, pf; Noël Lee, pf. Arion ARN 68011 11

Chopin, F. Polonaise in F sharp minor, op 44 (1840-41). Alfred Brendel, pf. Vanguard OVC 4023 11

Nazareth, E. Vitorioso tango (c1912). Joshua Rifkin, pf. Decca 476 2445 5

Barber, S. Hesitation tango, from Souvenirs, op 28 (1952). Eric Parkin, pf. Chandos CHAN 9177 4

Dohnányi, E. Naïla waltz, after Delibes' La source or Naïla (1897). Martin Roscoe, pf. Hyperion CDA68033 8

Brahms, J. Waltzes, op 39 (1863). Olga Kharitonova, pf; Igor Machlak, pf. Move MD 3185 15

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with David Brett

19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley

20:00 THE WORLD OF A SYMPHONY

Parry: Symphony no 3 in C Prepared by David Brett

Brahms, J. Song of destiny, op 54 (186871). Monteverdi Choir; O Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner. Sol Deo Gloria SDG 702 16

Parry, H. Elegy for Brahms in A minor (1897). London PO/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 8955 13

Vaughan Williams, R. Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis (1910). Australian CO and ACO2/Richard Tognetti. aco.com.au 2007-2009 16

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

Parry, H. Symphony no 3 in C, English (1889). London PO/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 8896 34

22:00 TANGO SENSATIONS

Prepared by James Nightingale Piazzolla, A. Five tango sensations (1989). William Sabatier, ban; Quatuor Terpsycordes. Fuha Liberia FUG609 27

22:30 ULTIMA THULE

Friday 30 December

00:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

03:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

06:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST with Andrew Clarke

09:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC

Something borrowed Prepared by Peter Poole

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

Schubert, F. Introduction and variations on Trockne Blumen, D802 (1824). Robert Aitken, fl; Robin McCabe, pf. BIS CD-183 20

Beethoven, L. An die ferne Geliebte, op 98 (1815; arr. Liszt). Nikolai Demidenko, pf. Hyperion CDA66781/2 14

Lovreglio, D. Fantasia da concerto on themes from Verdi’s La traviata, op 45. Jennifer Showalter, cl; Joel Clifft, pf. Jennifershowalter.com CD #1001 12

Giovacchini, G. Homage to Rossini: Variations on a theme of Rossini. Members of Ex Novo Ensemble. Giulia GS 201001 18

10:30 CONCERT HALL

Prepared by Michael Field

Prokofiev, S. Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, op 60 (1934). Queensland SO/Vladimir Verbitsky. ABC 438 880-2 22

Salieri, A. Piano concerto in B flat (1773). Philharmonia O/Pietro Spada, pf & dir. ASV DCA 955 25

Sullivan, A. Symphony in E, Irish (1866). Royal Liverpool PO/Charles Groves. EMI CDM 7 64726 2 36

12:00 A JAZZ HOUR with Barry O'Sullivan

13:00 BELLS AND CARILLONS Prepared by Paul Cooke

Holbrooke, J. Prelude: The bells, op 50 (1903). Czecho-Slovak RSO, Bratislava/Adrian Leaper. Marco Polo 8.223446 11

Liszt, F. Les cloches de Genève, from Album d'un voyageur bk I, Impressions et poésies (1834-38). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDS44507 12

Bazzini, A. Arras carillon, op 36 (1861). Chloe Hanslip, vn; Caspar Frantz, pf. Naxos 8.570800 6

Aubert, J. Concerto grosso no 4 in E minor, op 26, Le carillon (1739). Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage.

Chandos CHAN 0577 11

Enescu, G. Carillon nocturne, from Pièces impromptues, op 18 (1916). Josu de Solaun, pf.

Grand Piano GP705 7 Alfvén, H. The bells, op 13 (1900). Karl Magnus Fredriksson, bar; Gävle SO/Stefan Parkman. Sterling 1036-2 9 Dvorák, A. Symphony no 1 in C minor, op 3, The bells of Zlonice (1865). Scottish NO/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8597 53

15:00 RAVEL FOR THE PIANO Prepared by Dan Bickel

Ravel, M. Le tombeau de Couperin (1913-17). Louis Lortie, pf. Chandos CHAN 7004/5 24 Miroirs (1904-05). Frederic Chiu, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907166 30

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE with Peter Poole

19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Alex Siegers

20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Night moods Prepared by Heather Middleton Handel, G. Music for the royal fireworks, HWV351 (1749). Tasmanian SO/Graham Abbott. ABC 476 4300 16

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Bax, A. Ballet: From dusk till dawn (1917). London PO/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 8863 20

Prokofiev, S. Suite: Summer night, op 123 (1950). Russian NO/Mikhail Pletnev. DG 445 830-2 20

Holst, G. A song of the night, op 19 no 1 (1905). Lorraine McAslan, vn; London PO/ David Atherton.

Lyrita SRCD 209 9

Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Scheherazade, symphonic suite after 1001 Nights, op 35 (1888). London PO/Mariss Jansons. EMI 5 55227 2 45

Saturday 31 December

Nicolai, O. Overture to The merry wives of Windsor. Black Dyke Mills Band. Music Digital CD6249 8

00:00

CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

06:00

09:00

SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC

WHAT'S ON IN MUSIC

Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney

09:05 THE PIANO ALONE

Prepared by Frank Morrison

12:00 URBAN JAZZ LOUNGE with Leita Hutchings

13:00 CONTEMPORARIES

Prepared by Derek Parker Frederick II. Flute sonata in C. Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN 0541 8

Braun, J-D. Sonata no 5 in B minor (1728). Marion Treupel-Frank, fl; Sergio Azzolini, bn; Francesco Galliono, va da gamba; Axel Wolf, gui.

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Anniversaries not yet marked

Prepared by Paul Roper

in 2022

Henry V of England. Gloria (c1420). Binchois Consort/Andrew Kirkman. Hyperion CDA67868 4

Bedyngham, J. Fortune alas, alas what have I gylt; Say bylle to hir thatlyst myn hevynesse. Margaret Philpot, cont; Rogers Covey-Crump, ten; Paul Elliott, ten; Paul Hillier, bar; Michael George, bar.

L'Oiseau-Lyre 478 8126 9

Picchi, G. Canzon no 1; Sonata no 6 (1625). Musica Fiata/Roland Wilson. Sony SK 53363 8

Goudimel, C. Salve Regina à 12. Studio for Ancient Music, Montreal/Christopher Jackson. ATMA ACD2 2311 5

Reincken, J. Suite in G. Carole Cerasi, hpd. Metronome MET CD 1055 7

Vivanco, S. de Missa In manus tuas. Richard Cheetham, sackbut; O of the Renaissance/ Michael Noone.

Glossa GCD 921405 24

Guerau, F. Differencias de Mariona (1694). Hopkinson Smith, gui. Astrée E 8722 8

Bacheler, D. To plead my faith, where faith hath no reward (1610); Galliard. Monika Mauch, sop; Nigel North, lute. ECM 476 6397 4

Mancini, F. Quanto dolce e quell’ardore. Grace Davidson, sop; Gail Hennessy, ob; Jennifer Morsches, vc; Penelope Rapson, hpd. Metronome MET CD 1083 4

Destouches, A. Ballet music from Les élémens (1721). Academy of Ancient Music/ Christopher Hogwood.

L'Oiseau-Lyre 475 9100 20

Clementi, M. Sonata in A, op 33 no 1 (1794). Vladimir Horowitz, pf. Sony 88697419402 9 Skryabin, A. Sonata no 8, op 66 (1912-13). Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf. Decca 414 353-2 13 Spohr, L. Sonata in A flat, op 125 (1843). Howard Shelley, pf. Hyperion CDA 67947 27

10:00

CENTRES OF MUSIC

The Academy of St Cecilia, Rome Prepared by Rita Felton

Farkas, F. Concertino rustico. Jozsef Molnár, alphorn; Capella Istropolitana. Naxos 8.555978 10

Respighi, O. Symphonic poem: Fountains of Rome (1914-16). Minneapolis SO/Antal Dorati. Mercury 478 5092 16

Busoni, F. Suite from Die Brautwahl, op 45 (1912). BBC PO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 10302 27

Debussy, C. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894). St Cecilia Academy O/Leonard Bernstein. DG 429 728-2 12

Donatoni, F. Musica (1954-55). Swiss-Italian O/Damian Ioro. Naxos 8.573748 17

11:30 ON PARADE

Prepared by Chris Blower

Donizetti, G. Overture to The daughter of the regiment (1840; arr. Langford). John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band/Geoffrey Brand. Chandos CHAN 6539 6

Verdi, G. Triumphal march, from Aïda (1871; arr. Creatore). President's Own United States Marine Band/Michael Colburn. Naxos 8.570243 5

Puccini, G. Che gelida manina, from La bohème (arr. Langford). Phillip McCann, cornet; John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band/ Peter Parkes Chandos CHAN 4502 4

Sony 0889854194420 10

Bach, C.P.E. Trio sonata in F, Wq163 (1755). Paradiso Musicale. BIS CD 1895 10 Boccherini, L. String quintet in G minor, op 27 no 5 (1779). La Magnifica Comunità. Brilliant Classics 94386 10 Haydn, J. Quartet in D, Hob.III:8 (bef. 1765). Nils-Erik Sparf, vn; Lars Brolin, va; Olof Larsson, vc; Jakob Lindberg, lute.

BIS CD-360 22 Mozart, W. Serenade no 13 in G, K525, Eine kleine Nachtmusik (1785). Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet. Westminster RC 8808678121735 19

14:30 SATURDAY MATINEE

Operetta in the afternoon Prepared by Elaine Siversen Bretón, T. La verbena de la Paloma. Zarzuela in three scenes. Libretto by Ricardo de la Vega. First performed Madrid, 1894.

JULIAN: Plácido Domingo, ten SUSANA: María Bayo, sop RITA: Raquel Pierotti, mezz CASTA: Silvia Tro, mezz ANTONIA: Ana Ma Amengual, sop

DON HILARION: Rafael Castejon, bar

DON SEBASTIAN: Jesús Castejon, ten Madrid Community Choir; Madrid SO/Antoni Ros Marbá.

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Julian loves Susana but he is jealous and makes her unhappy. When Susana objects to his jealousy, his godmother, Rita, advises him to leave Susana and forget her. Susana lives with her sister, Casta, and their aunt, the quarrelsome Antonia. The local chemist, the elderly Don Hilarion, flirts with the two sisters. On the night of the verbena (or festival) of the Virgin of Paloma, Don Sebastian, a friend of the elderly Don Hilarion, reproaches him for his amorous escapades before they go to the festivities. At home, Susana and Casta

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hear flamenco singing and start dancing to a mazurka. Don Hilarion arrives at the house followed by Julian and Rita, who tries to make sure that the young man does nothing foolish. Don Hilarion comes out of the house escorting the sisters. Julian tries to attack Don Hilarion but Aunt Antonia screams causing the guards, the night watchman and the landlord to arrive. Later, Don Sebastian and his wife are sitting outside their shop watching the young people dance. Don Hilarion, frightened by his encounter with Julian, takes refuge in the shop. Julian appears, then Casta, Susana and Aunt Antonia arrive with their dogs. Blaming Antonia for encouraging Susana to flirt with Don Hilarion, Julian gets into a bitter argument with Antonia. The subsequent uproar, in which the dogs tear Julian’s trousers, brings the police inspector who decides to arrest Antonia for being disrespectful to him. Don Sebastian intercedes on behalf of Julian, who confesses his love for Susana, who also declares her love for him. Julian goes into the shop to change his trousers but finds Don Hilarion, who comes running out pursued by Julian. Don Sebastian, Casta, Susana and Rita catch hold of the furious Julian, who eventually calms down, and the verbena finishes in peace.

Guridi, J. El caserío. Zarzuela in three acts. Libretto by Federico Romero and Guillermo Fernández-Shaw. First performed Madrid, 1926.

SANTI: Vicente Sardiniero, bar

ANA MARI: Ana Rodrigo, sop JOSÉ MIGUEL: Emilio Sánchez, ten DON LEONCIO: Fernando Latorre, ten Bilbao Choral Society & SO/Juan José Mena. Naxos 8.557632 1:19

Santi lives in the homestead (El caserio), Sasibill, with his orphaned niece and nephew, the dutiful Ana Mari and her cousin, the irresponsible José Miguel. Santi's secret is that he loved Ana Mari’s mother but kept his feelings to himself when she married his brother. Santi regards Ana Mari as his daughter and wishes Sasibill could be hers in

future, even though it should be José Miguel's by right as he is older. He is convinced that his nephew is only staying on at Sasibill until he gets his inheritance. Don Leoncio, the priest, suggests that the two cousins should marry or that Santi should announce plans to marry, without yet having chosen a bride, to see whether José Miguel will be offended and leave the homestead forever. Ana Mari can then inherit. Santi likes the idea and announces his plans to marry. As expected, José Miguel is angry and goes away. Unaware that José Miguel loves her, Ana Mari tells her uncle that she will marry him and give him a son to inherit Sasibill. Realising that he loves Ana Mari, José Miguel returns after a month and finds that she is to marry Santi. He tells her of his love but she has given her word to her uncle. José Miguel leaves but returns again, telling Santi that, if he knew that Ana Mari loved Santi, he would accept the situation. Santi accuses José Miguel of loving Ana Mari because she will inherit Sasibill The young man says he truly loves her and doesn’t care about the inheritance. They call on Ana Mari to come to resolve the dispute. Everyone's true feelings become clear and Santi gives them his blessing, hoping they will stay at the homestead.

17:00 CLASS ACTS

Sydney schools in concert Prepared by Stephen Gard Recordings from Sydney schools submitted to the station and curated for your enjoyment

18:00 STAGE AND SCREEN Go West

Prepared by Paul Cooke Lava - Feuer. Suite from The three mesquiteers (1936-43). Cinemasound O/ James King.

Varèse Sarabande VSD-5666 14 Niehaus, L. Suite: Clint Eastwood, an American filmmaker (2000). Joshua Redman, sax; O/Lennie Niehaus. Warner Sunset 9362480602 41

19:00 EMERGENT

with Keith Pettigrew

JAZZ

20:00 THE LIFE OF A

William Alwyn

Prepared by Krystal Li

COMPOSER

Alwyn, W. Overture: Derby Day (1960). Bournemouth SO/James Judd. Naxos 8.557590 6

Divertimento (1939). Kate Hill, fl. Chandos CHAN 9197 14

String quartet no 1 in D minor (1955). Quartet of London.

Chandos CHAN 9219 23

Lyra angelica (1954). Rachel Masters, hp; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHAN 9065 30

Seascapes (1980). Elin Manahan Thomas, sop; John Turner, rec; Iain Burnside, pf. Naxos 8.570201 11

Sinfonietta for strings (1970). London SO/ Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHAN 9196 25

22:00

SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME

Prepared by Glenys Eddy

Vivaldi, A. Lute concerto in D, RV93. Rolf Lislevand, lute; Ensemble Kapsberger. naïve OP 30429 10

Bach, J.S. Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV1067 (c1739). Wolfgang Schulz, fl; Stuttgart CO/ Karl Münchinger. Decca 458 169-2 20

Telemann, G. Suite in A minor, TWV55:a 2 (1715-20). Marion Verbruggen, rec; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Monica Huggett. Harmonia Mundi HMT 7907093 29

Mozart, W. Double concerto in C, K299 (1778). Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Lily Laskine, hp; Jean-François Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard.

Erato 0630-13705-2 31

Couperin, F. Suite no 1, from Pièces de violes (1728). Jordi Savall, bass viol; Ariane Maurette, bass viol; Ton Koopman, hpd. Alia Vox AVSA9893 24

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The following composers have works of at least five minutes on the December dates listed

Abbott, K. b1971 1

Adam, A. 1803-1856 23

Adams, J. b1947 14

Aguado, D. 1784-1849 21

Albéniz, I. 1860-1909 29

Albicastro, H. fl 1700-1706 21

Albinoni, T. 1671-1751 3,20

Albrechtsberger, J. 1736-1809 2

Alfvén, H. 1872-1960 30

Alkan, C-V. 1813-1888 13,24

Alwyn, W. 1905-1985 10,31

Anderson, L. 1908-1975 17

Andrée, E. 1841-1929 15

Antill, J. 1904-1986 4

Arensky, A. 1861-1906 1

Arnalds, O. b1986 5

Arne, T. 1710-1778 18

Arnold, M. 1921-2006 23

Arpa, G. c1525-1602 9

Atterberg, K. 1887-1974 15

Aubert, J. 1689-1753 30

Bacarisse, S. 1898-1963 18

Bacewicz, G. 1909-1969 13

Bach, C.P.E. 1714-1788 10,20,25,31

Bach, J. Christian 1735-1782 20,23

Bach, J.C.F. 1732-1795 20

Bach, J.S. 1685-1750

3,6,9,11,17,24,25,29,31

Bach, W.F. 1710-1784 20

Badings, H. 1907-1987 22

Balakirev, M. 1837-1910 8

Banister, J. c1624-1679 2

Banks, D. 1923-1980 4

Bantock, G. 1868-1946 25

Barber, S. 1910-1981 15

Barsanti, F. 1690-1772 9

Bart, L. 1930-1999 3

Bartók, B. 1881-1945 23

Bax, A. 1883-1953 17,30

Bazzini, A. 1818-1897 30

Beach, A. 1867-1944 19,22

Bedyngham, J. 1422-c1460 30

Beer, J. 1655-1700 28

Beethoven, L.1770-1827

4,5,9,10,11,14,16,17,20,26,30

Bellini, V. 1801-1835 15

Bennett, W. Sterndale 1816-1875 25

Benoit, P. 1834-1901 15

Berio, L. 1925-2003 27

Berlioz, H. 1803-1869 4,5,16,24,29

Berwald, F. 1796-1868 16

Biber, H. 1644-1704 7

Bizet, G. 1838-1875 9

Boccherini, L. 1743-1805 2,13,24,31

Bochsa, N. 1789-1856 20

Bonis, M. 1858-1937 10

Bortnyansky, D. 1751-1825 8

Bottesini, G. 1821-1889 27

Boughton, R. 1878-1960 7

Bowen, Y. 1884-1961 15

Bozza, E. 1905-1991 10

Brahms, J. 1833-1897

1,3,4,6,8,18,19,20,23,27,29

Braun, J-D. c1703-1740 31

Bretón, T. 1859-1923 31

Bricusse, L. 1931-2021 17

Bridge, F. 1879-1941 6

Britten, B. 1913-1976 1,18,30

Bruch, M. 1838-1920 15

Bruckner, A. 1824-1896 19,26

Bruun, P. b1968 11

Busoni, F. 1866-1924 31

Buxtehude, D. 1637-1707 10

Caix d’Hervelois, L.de c1675-c1760 28

Carafa, M. 1787-1872 28

Carr-Boyd, A. b1938 9

Carreño, I. 1919-2016 15

Casella, A. 1883-1947 2

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. 1895-1968 22,24

Castillon, A. 1838-1873 11

Cazzati, M. c1620-1677 2

Chabrier, E. 1841-1894 1

Chadwick, G. 1854-1931 2

Chaminade, C. 1857-1944 27

Charpentier, M-A. 1643-1704 7,11,16

Chausson, E. 1855-1899 11

Cherubini, L. 1760-1842 18

Chopin, F. 1810-1849 16,18,20,26,29

Cimarosa, D. 1749-1801 10,14

Clementi, M. 1752-1832 12,26,31

Coates, E. 1886-1957 13

Copland, A. 1900-1990 1,12,15,17

Corelli, A. 1653-1713 19

Coste, N. 1806-1883 9

Couperin, F. 1668-1733 31

Craeyvanger, K. 1817-1868 28

Czerny, C. 1791-1857 26

d’Indy, V. 1851-1931 11

Dandrieu, J-F. 1682-1738 16

Danzi, F. 1763-1826 13

Daquin, L-C. 1694-1772 16

Davidov, K. 1838-1889 19

Davies, P. Maxwell 1934-2016 9

Debussy, C. 1862-1918 27,31

Delius, F. 1862-1934 10

Destouches, A. 1672-1749 30

Dohnányi, E. 1877-1960 13,20,29

Donatoni, F. 1927-2000 31

Donizetti, G. 1797-1848 23,26,31

Dreyschock, A. 1818-1869 19

Du Mont, H. 1610-1684 16

Du Prez, J. b1946 12

Dubois, T. 1837-1924 18

Dufay, G. c1397-1474 9

Duparc, H. 1848-1933 11

Dvorák, A. 1841-1904 2,3,8,22,25,30

Edwards, R. b1943 4

Elgar, E. 1857-1934 3,13,19

Enescu, G. 1881-1955 13,30

Ewazen, E. b1954 3

Eybler, J. 1765-1846 7

Falla, M. de 1876-1946 23

Farkas, F. 1905-2000 31

Farrant, R. c1525-1580 2

Farrenc, L. 1804-1875 14,27

Fauré, G. 1845-1924 3,17

Fesch, W. de 1687-1757 28

Field, J. 1782-1837 4,16,22,25

Firsova, E. b1950 21

Foote, A. 1853-1937 2

Fossa, F. de 1775-1849 13,16

Foster, S. 1826-1864 2

Françaix, J. 1912-1997 12

Franck, C. 1822-1890 1,8,9

Frederick II. 1712-1786 31

Fry, W. 1813-1864 23

Garnier, J. 1766-1831 18

Geminiani, F. 1687-1762 17,23

Gerhard, R. 1896-1970 16

Gerrard, L. 1961 18

Gershwin, G. 1898-1937 5,10

Giovacchini, G. 1825-1906 30

Glass, P. b1937 11

Glazunov, A. 1865-1936 17

Glière, R. 1875-1956 19,22,27

Glinka, M. 1804-1857 16,18,26

Gluck, C. 1714-1787 4,14,26

Goossens, E. 1893-1962 26

Gorb, A. b1958 10

Gossec, F-J. 1734-1829 14

Gounod, C. 1818-1893 3,11,29

Grainger, P. 1882-1961 2,10,24

Granados, E. 1867-1916 23

Graun, C. 1704-1759 14

Graupner, C. 1683-1760 4,29

Graziani, C. d1787 14

Grieg, E. 1843-1907 1,5

Gubaidulina, S. b1931 21

Guerau, F. c1650-c1710 30

Guilmant, A. 1837-1911 23

Guridi, J. 1886-1961 31

Hageman, R. 1882-1966 28

Handel, G. 1685-1759 4,10,13,18,23,25,30

Harty, H. 1879-1941 16

Hasse, J. 1699-1783 7

Haydn, J. 1732-1809 3,4,6,9,11,12,13,20,21,23,24,31 Haydn, M. 1737-1806 21 Heinichen, J. 1683-1729 29 Henselt, A. 1814-1889 22

Herbert, V. 1859-1924 9 Herz, H. 1803-1888 5 Higdon, J. b1962 8,28

Hill, A. 1870-1960 1 Hindemith, P. 1895-1963 17,28 Hoffmeister, F. 1754-1812 12 Holbrooke, J. 1878-1958 30 Holmboe, V. 1909-1996 7 Holst, G. 1874-1934 12,30 Horner, J. 1953-2015 24 Hosokawa, T. b1955 15 Hummel, J. 1778-1837 9,24

Innes, F. 1854-1926 3 Ives, C. 1874-1954 15

Jacquet de la Guerre, E-C. c1666-1729 27 Janácek, L. 1854-1928 2,5,14,26,29 Jenkins, J. 1592-1678 2 Jolivet, A. 1905-1974 23 Jones, T. b1949 24 Josquin Desprez. c1450-1521 9

Kalinnikov, Vasily. 1866-1901 16 Kalkbrenner, F. 1785-1849 27 Kancheli, G. 1935-2019 21 Kats-Chernin, E. b1957 8,12 Kelly, F. 1881-1916 10

Kelly, T. 1917-1985 12,16

Ketèlbey, A. 1875-1959 5,27 Khachaturian, A. 1903-1978 8,17 Klemperer, O. 1885-1973 17 Kodály, Z. 1882-1967 27

Koechlin, C. 1867-1950 10,22 Korngold, E. 1897-1957 7,22 Kozeluch, L. 1747-1818 12,27

Kraus, J.M. 1756-1792 27

Krommer, F. 1759-1831 13

Kuhlau, F. 1786-1832 14

Lalo, E. 1823-1892 6,14

Lara, A. 1900-1969 15 Lassus, O. de 1532-1594 9 Lawes, H. 1596-1662 2

Le Jeune, C. c1529-1600 16

Lecuona, E. 1896-1963 15 Legrenzi, G. 1626-1690 3 Leoncavallo, R. 1858-1919 19

Lewis, G. b1958 11

Liszt, F. 1811-1886 5,11,14,19,30

Locke, M. c1621-1677 2 Lovreglio, D. 1841-1907 30 Löwenstein, C. 1781-1852 21

Macens, E. b1991 4 Mahler, G. 1860-1911 3,9,24,25,26 Manfredini, F. 1684-1762 19 Marcello, A. 1684-1750 3 Marcello, B. 1686-1739 3 Marschner, H. 1795-1861 26 Martinu, B. 1890-1959 14 Martucci, G. 1856-1909 21 Maurice, P. 1910-1967 22 Mayer, E. 1812-1883 19 Medtner, N. 1880-1951 1 Méhul, É-N. 1763-1817 19 Mendelssohn, F. 1809-1847 2,3,6,10,20,23,24 Mendelssohn, Fanny. 1805-1847 27 Mercadante, S. 1795-1870 18 Merrill, B. 1921-1998 10 Meyer, L. 1807-1869 27

Milhaud, D. 1892-1974 6,22 Minchin, T. b1975 3 Moniuszko, S. 1819-1872 8 Monteverdi, C. 1567-1643 25 Moscheles, I. 1794-1870 26 Moszkowski, M. 1854-1925 8,15 Mozart, W. 1756-1791 3,4,6,9,10,11,12,18,22,23,27,28,31 Mussorgsky, M. 1839-1881 5,16

Myaskovsky, N. 1881-1950 2,4,22

Naderman, F-J. 1781-1835 23 Neumann, H. 1792-1861 14 Nicolai, O. 1810-1849 31 Niehaus, L. 1929-2020 31 Nielsen, C. 1865-1931 7

O’Carolan, T. 1670-1737 16 Ogínski, M. 1765-1833 23 Okamoto, K. 20th C 15 Ornadel, C. 1924-2011 17 Otaka, A. 1911-1951 15

Pachelbel, J. 1653-1706 18 Paderewski, I. 1860-1941 8 Paine, J. 1839-1906 2 Palestrina, G. da c1525-1594 9 Panufnik, A. 1914-1991 18 Parry, H. 1848-1918 29

Parsons, D. 1935-2019 18

Pearson, L. b1931 2

Pejacevic, D. 1885-1923 29 Pergolesi, G. 1710-1736 8 Pérotin, Le Grand. c1160-c1225 16

Peterson-Berger, W. 1867-1942 1

Petrassi, G. 1904-2003 23

Piazzolla, A. 1921-1992 29

Picchi, G. c1571-1643 30

Pijper, W. 1894-1947 5 Pinto, G. 1785-1806 2 Pleyel, I. 1757-1831 12 Ponce, M. 1882-1948 15 Pook, J. b1960 12

Porter, C. 1891-1964 22

Potter, C. 1792-1871 28 Poulenc, F. 1899-1963 23

Praetorius, M. c1571-1621 24

Prokofiev, S. 1891-1953 10,16,22,23,30

Purcell, H. 1659-1695 4,11,23

Quirós, M. fl 1765 15

Rachmaninov, S. 1873-1943 1,6,7,16,19

Raff, J. 1822-1882 17

Ravel, M. 1875-1937 2,3,7,9,24,28,30

Reesen, E. 1887-1964 16

Reicha, A. 1770-1836 13

Reincken, J. 1623-1722 30 Reinecke, C. 1824-1910 19 Respighi, O. 1879-1936 23,31 Rigney, S. b1960 2

Rimsky-Korsakov, N. 1844-1908 8,21,30

Rodrigo, J. 1901-1999 2 Rojas, D. b1974 4 Romberg, B. 1767-1841 24 Romberg, S. 1887-1951 10 Röntgen, J. 1855-1932 28 Rossini, G. 1792-1868 8,18,23 Rott, H. 1858-1884 24 Roussel, A. 1869-1937 5 Rubinstein, A. 1829-1894 19 Rutter, J. b1945 18 Ryba, J. 1765-1815 24

Saint-Georges, J. 1745-1799 15 Saint-Saëns, C. 1835-1921 1,4,11,15,22,29

Salieri, A. 1750-1825 28,30

Salinas, H. b1951 15

Satie, E. 1866-1925 16,20

Scarlatti, A. 1659-1725 27

Schmidt, F. 1874-1939 7

Schnittke, A. 1934-1998 21

Schoenberg, A. 1874-1951 12,24

Schreker, F. 1878-1934 16

Schubert, F. 1797-1828 2,9,11,17,18,24,26,30

Schulhoff, E. 1894-1942 5,26 Schumann, C. 1819-1896 5,17 Schumann, R. 1810-1856 7,10,13

Seiber, M. 1905-1960 17

Seixas, C. 1704-1742 21

Séjan, L-N. 1786-1849 28

Selleck, J. c1960 11

Sheppard, J. c1515-c1560 27

Shore, H. b1946 24

Shostakovich, D. 1906-1975 4,11,18,22

Sibelius, J. 1865-1957

1,3,5,12,13,17,20,21,27

Silvestrov, V. b1937 15,21

Simpson, C. c1605-1669 2

Sitsky, L. b1934 12

Skryabin, A. 1872-1915 13,31

Smetana, B. 1824-1884 8

Smyth, E. 1858-1944 27

Sor, F. 1778-1839 2

Sousa, J.P. 1854-1932 24

Spohr, L. 1784-1859 18,29,31

Stamitz, C. 1745-1801 4

Stanford, C. Villiers 1852-1924 16,18,29

Steiner, M. 1888-1971 26

Strauss, F. 1822-1905 8

Strauss, J. II 1825-1899 9

Strauss, R. 1864-1949 3,8,14,26

Stravinsky, I. 1882-1971 1,6,12,28 Strouse, C. b1928 3,10,17

Suk, J. 1874-1935 29

Sullivan, A. 1842-1900 30

Suppé, F. 1819-1895 9

Sutherland, M. 1897-1984 10

Svendsen, J. 1840-1911 29

Sweelinck, J. 1562-1621 6,28

Szymanowski, K. 1882-1937 29

Sørensen, B. b1958 7

Tartini, G. 1692-1770 23

Tate, P. 1911-1987 13

Tchaikovsky, P. 1840-1893 1,3,8,10,14,24,25,29

Telemann, G. 1681-1767 29,31

Thalberg, S. 1812-1871 11

Thomson, V. 1896-1989 3,15

Tippett, M. 1905-1998 1

Titelouze, J. c1563-1633 16

Tveitt, G. 1908-1981 14

Vangelis. 1943-2022 18

Vasks, P. b1946 4

Vaughan Williams, R. 1872-1958 3,13,29

Vejvanovsky, P. c1635-1693 21

Veracini, F. 1690-1768 14

Verdi, G. 1813-1901 3,23,31

Vieuxtemps, H. 1820-1881 1,2,22

Viotti, G. 1755-1824 8

Visée, R. de c1660-c1720 28

Vivaldi, A. 1678-1741 3,22,23,25,31

Vivanco, S. de c1551-1622 30

Wagenaar, J. 1862-1941 28

Wagenseil, G. 1715-1777 21

Wagner, R. 1813-1883 3,4,8,10,16,17,29

Walton, W. 1902-1983 1,9 Warlock, P. 1894-1930 12 Weber, C.M. 1786-1826 4,10,11,15,18

Weigl, K. 1881-1949 22 Weiss, S. 1686-1750 2 Westlake, N. b1958 15 Williams, P. b1940 3

Yoshimatsu, T. b1953 15

Zagwijn, H. 1878-1954 28

Zelenka, J. 1679-1745 4

Zemlinsky, A. 1871-1942 22,24

Ch & O: Chorus & Orchestra

CO: Chamber Orchestra

FO: Festival Orchestra

NO: National Orchestra

NSO: National Symphony Orchestra

PO: Philharmonic Orchestra

RO: Radio Orchestra

RSO: Radio Symphony

Orchestra RTO: Radio & Television Orchestra

RTV SO: Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra

SO: Symphony Orchestra TO: Theatre 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

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

mand: mandolin mar: marimba mezz: mezzo-soprano narr: narrator ob: oboe org: organ perc: percussion pf: piano picc: piccolo rec: recorder

sax: saxophone sop: soprano tb: trombone ten: tenor timp: timpani tpt: trumpet treb: treble voice va: viola vc: cello vn: violin

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