Fine Music Magazine (January 2019)

JANUARY 2019

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A FINE MUSIC COLLABORATION THE YEAR IN OPERA A BRAZEN ROMANTIC BERNSTEIN’S PODIUM ANTICS

The Michael Griffin Sextet Themes and Explorations Centenaries of Arnold Bax works From the critics’ point of view

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THIS MONTH @ FINE MUSIC

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It is my pleasure to welcome you to the New Year. The community surrounding the radio station, created by music lovers for lovers of music, is a passionate one that is collectively and deeply loyal. I am honoured to have been embraced by it over the last 18 months.

2 A Fine Music Collaboration 4 Act by Act, Scene by Scene 5 Don Juan and Other Stories 7

A Brazen Romantic

8 New Program Domains on Fine Music 102.5

The Orchestra From Dance to Concert

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Program Guide and Composer List

41 The Exciting Gayaneh

Vale Richard Gill

42 Bernstein’s Podium Antics 43 Musical Families 44 Classical CD Reviews 45 Beating Time 46 Fine Music Donor: Wesley Mitchell

An Aspiring Opera Composer: Nicholas Gentile

47 Whistle While You Work: Ricky Yu

As we reflect upon the year that has just passed, we note that we are most fortunate to have a very engaged audience that has been loyal to us for over four decades. Looking forward to the year ahead, we endeavour to maintain our position as Sydney’s preferred broadcaster of classical music, jazz and other specialist music genres.

In 2019 our goal is to continue to promote Australian musicians and composers, with a focus on both young and emerging artists. We are an integral part of Sydney’s cultural landscape and take pride in our promotion and encouragement of an active live classical and jazz music scene in our community while supporting young musicians’ careers via our Emerging Artists programs. These include our Young Virtuoso Award, Young Composer Award, Kruger Scholarship and our Artistsin-Residence initiatives.

This month our magazine cover and article features our 2019 Associate Artists-in-Residence, the Michael Griffin Sextet. I hope that you enjoy getting to know Michael and the members of his Sextet inside this magazine. January will also see the launch of our new cinema ad which features members of our other 2019 Associate Artists-in-Residence, Elysian Fields. Look out for this at the Cremorne Hayden Orpheum.

I look forward to introducing you to these Artists-in-Residence and all of our other Emerging Artists in 2019.

Until next month I wish you and yours a happy and joyful New Year!

Rebecca Beare Fine Music Station Manager

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A FINE MUSIC COLLABORATION BARRY O’SULLIVAN FOLLOWS A JAZZ JOURNEY The Michael Griffin Sextet was recently named the 2018-19 Associate Artistsin-Residence of Fine Music 102.5. The package, valued at over $10,000, includes marketing support and access to the Founders’ Studio, with recording facilities and sound engineers as well as rehearsal facilities.

Michael Griffin’s earliest memory of jazz was when he was attending primary school on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Jazz legends, Don Burrows and Kevin Hunt, were touring with a Music in Education project, and visited Michael’s school. The two experienced musician-educators were enthusiastic to have some audience participation in their project. Michael’s hand zoomed upwards in anticipation when Don Burrows asked the class whether any of the students could play an instrument. Michael was ten at the time and had been receiving the odd lesson here and there from his musician father Trevor Griffin, a professional saxophonist, who had played in the band for Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Liza Minnelli in Sydney in 1989.

In Queensland at that time there weren’t a lot of opportunities to play with jazz legends so Michael made the most of the occasion.

From vaguely remembered vignettes of that fortuitous day, Michael realised that it was the beginning of a career in improvised music that he is now traversing as a professional musician.

After high school Griffin auditioned and was accepted for the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He completed a year’s study but then there was a problem. “My UAI [Universities Admissions Index] wasn’t good enough so I couldn’t get HECS loan,” he says. He couldn’t afford to be a full fee-paying student so he had to drop out of the course and make his own

While still at high school, and aged 16, Griffin successfully auditioned for James Morrison’s Generations in Jazz, an annual weekend Jazz Festival held in Mount Gambier that brings together many young jazz musicians to participate in playing and competing for awards and scholarships. Griffin was successful for four consecutive years and, during that time, he made invaluable musical contacts and friends.

Aaron Blakey

Michael Griffin with Barry O’Sullivan

Photo: Frank Crews

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Michael Avgenicos

Photos: Frank Crews Photography

break after sending a ‘demo’ recording to Mal Stanley of ABC’s Jazztrack. Stanley was so impressed by what he heard that Griffin ended up recording his first album, Unexpected Greeting, for the ABC. “It took ages to get the masters … I was slow, they were slow, but finally it was released as a download only. I may have made a mistake not releasing my first album as a hard copy.

After primary schooling in People ask me for my music Queensland, Griffin and his Michael’s hand zoomed upwards in anticipation at gigs and I’ve nothing to give family relocated to Sydney, them. Maybe in other genres where he auditioned for, when Don Burrows asked the class whether any the idea of producing a hard and attended, the Newtown of the students could play an instrument. copy CD has died away a little High School of Performing but there’s something about Arts. It was here that he jazz audiences and how they began playing in the school concert band way in the music world. “I put my first band like to buy actual CDs,” says Griffin. where he tentatively began to explore the together when I was 18. I was writing my own music in the Thelonious Monk Fake Book. This tunes even back then. It was easy for me. I Griffin has also performed his Duke Ellington folio had 70 of the master composer/pianist’s think if you believe in what you do you’ll find a Project at Foundry 616 in Ultimo, Sydney, several times throughout 2017-18, a project most familiar pieces, as well as a number of way to appeal to others.” about which he is passionate. Additionally obscure and unrecorded tunes in easy-to-read he has developed a project on the music of In 2011 Griffin received his first big music versions with which Griffin familiarised himself by repetition and continual practice.

“I’m flattered and appreciative that Fine Music has chosen us ... eventually you need someone to give you a go.”

Thelonious Monk which he has performed live in Sydney (where it was recorded by Fine Music), and in prestigious jazz venues in Brisbane and Melbourne.

“I was a semi-finalist at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in Washington, DC, USA in 2013 and was selected with only a handful of Australians to gain entry into that competition.” After learning about the competition Griffin called the officials and persuaded them to accept an online entry application of an iPhone recording of Round midnight from a recent gig. He was accepted into the competition and progressed to the semi-finals. “The judges that year were Wayne Shorter, Branford Marsalis, Bobby Watson, Jimmy Heath and Jane Ira Bloom,” said Griffin.

Griffin also recently presented his Griffin Does Gershwin Project in Sydney featuring Australia’s Got Talent grand finalist, vocalist Liam Burrows, singing some of the finest classic standards from George and Ira Gershwin. Griffin regularly performs professionally in various combos and groups at leading music venues in Sydney including Lazybones Lounge in Marrickville, has a regular gig at the Cricketers Arms in Surry Hills with Arthur Washington on a Wednesday night and has a residency at The Potts Point Hotel every Sunday afternoon. He has gained a solid reputation performing at different venues around Australia, including Brisbane’s Doo-Bop Jazz Bar, Perth’s The Ellington, Melbourne’s Jazz Lab and Canberra’s Smith’s Alternative.

performs within a diverse range of musical projects throughout Australia, as well as composing and performing his own original music. He completed his Bachelor of Jazz Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In 2016 he was a finalist at the prestigious National Jazz Awards Saxophone Competition at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival.

In 2017 he recorded a live album of his original compositions as part of Sydney Improvised Music Association’s TRIGGER initiative for young jazz artists.

Aaron Blakey is a pianist from New Zealand with extensive experience, having lived and performed in Japan, Auckland and New York. He has studied at both the Auckland and Sydney Conservatoriums and has been a regular performer at Manly Jazz Festival as well as at Festivals in New Zealand and Japan. He has performed in bands at Sydney jazz venues Foundry 616, Venue 505 and regularly performs solo piano at Jazushi, Surry Hills. He also performs with the Michael Griffin Quartet at the Potts Point Hotel on a Sunday afternoon.

Tom Botting is a double bassist from Auckland.

He has quickly forged a path into the Australian jazz scene. His impressive abilities as a sideman have led to performances with jazz luminaries as diverse as James Muller, Roger Manins, Will Vinson, Dale Barlow and The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra. Tom was placed third in the 2015 National Jazz Awards at the Wangaratta Jazz Festival and is currently a PhD candidate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Michael Avgenicos, who is a Sydneybased saxophonist, clarinettist and flautist,

Tim Geldens is a drummer and a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Tim has recently spent time in New York studying with Kendrick Scott, Greg Hutchinson and John Riley. He has performed on numerous occasions at the Sydney Opera House as well as at various international jazz festivals including the Melbourne International Jazz

Thomas Avgenicos

Thomas Botting

While Griffin plays with many different musicians, the core group of the Michael Griffin Sextet consists of Michael Avgenicos, Aaron Blakey, Tom Botting, Tim Geldens and Thomas Avgenicos.

Festival, the Noosa Jazz Festival and the Wangaratta Jazz Festival.

Thomas Avgenicos is an emerging trumpet player and was awarded Outstanding Jazz Musician of the Year from the Sydney Conservatorium Association 2018. He has performed alongside a number of Australia’s leading outfits including the Mike Nock Noctet and Ten Part Invention. He achieved third place at the 2017 National Jazz Awards and was the Sydney Improvised Music Association’s TRIGGER Artist that same year.

Thomas is currently in his final year studying jazz performance (Honours) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

“The great advantage we’ve gained from our Associate Artists-in-Residency has been being able to utilise the fabulous recording facilities on offer at Fine Music. We would never have been able to pay for that amount of studio time. We’ve already completed three recording sessions, two with the quartet and one with the sextet. It’s been a real bonus for us,” says Griffin.

“It’s also fantastic that Fine Music is supporting the jazz genre so much. It really doesn’t get much philanthropic support from anywhere else these days. Jazz is a little complicated for the general public and yet not academic enough for the classroom. Being Associate Artists-in-Residence has given my ensembles an enhanced presence within the music listening public. The station has a larger, wider audience who now may come to our concerts so it’s an opportunity for my ensembles to be heard by many, many more people,” says Griffin.

“I’m flattered and appreciative that Fine Music has chosen us. I feel like I’ve been ‘good to go’ for a long time, having tried the competition and awards paths but eventually you need someone to give you a go. That’s what being Artists-in-Residence at Fine Music has done for us and I am so grateful”.

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ACT BY ACT, SCENE BY SCENE DEREK PARKER TURNS OPERA INSIDE OUT Some people don’t like Stilton cheese. They’ve never actually tried it; they just know they’re not going to like it. Some people don’t like opera. They’ve never tried it; they just know they’re not going to like it.

Fine Music broadcasts a complete opera every Wednesday evening for the listeners who do like opera. The new year-long series of programs, Come to the Opera, won’t be directed at them; a good proportion of them will already be regular operagoers and listeners to opera on radio. I’ll be talking to those listeners who may occasionally hear a number from an opera (one of the famous arias, duets or choruses) and enjoy it, but who wouldn’t dream of sitting through a whole opera to hear it in its rightful place, the opera house. I always felt sorry for those who were Falstaff excited by hearing Pavarotti singing Nessun dorma when it was brilliantly chosen as the theme song of the 1990 World Cup, and rushed out to buy recordings of Turandot only to find they had to ‘suffer’ 90 minutes of music before reaching their goal.

For opera ‘newbies’ the chief problem with opera in general has always been knowing what’s actually happening while all the music is going on. Reading the program synopses, or having them read on radio before each act, isn’t really much help when you’re not familiar with the opera. By half an hour into the story you’ve usually lost your place in the action and have only the haziest idea of who is who and what is what.

character. Both have the same music to sing but, through the orchestration supporting the voices, Verdi shows Otello’s maturity but also his impetuosity, and Desdemona’s serenity, but also her passion. The skill with which he does this, without allowing his brilliance to distract our attention from the flow of melody, is almost supernatural.

are thinking and feeling and planning (maybe even plotting something sinister) and, perhaps above all, excerpts to show us a character’s very nature.

Here are two examples, both from the master opera composer Giuseppe Verdi. The first act of Otello (his magnificent treatment of Shakespeare’s play) ends with a duet between Othello and Desdemona. Not only is it arguably the finest love duet in all opera, but it enriches our understanding of each

In Come to the Opera I’ll be talking a little more than we usually do at Fine Music, following the story of each opera from scene to scene and showing how composers use music to get to the heart of each character and situation. This will inevitably mean choosing excerpts from the full score of each opera, and not necessarily the bestknown bits. This may offend purists; but then the series is not for purists although they may still enjoy it. I certainly won’t be going in for musical analysis. The excerpts I’m choosing will be those in which composers use their skill to show what the characters of their operas Love scene of Othello and Desdemona 4

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Then, in quite a different context, there’s a marvellous moment in Verdi’s other great Shakespearean opera, Falstaff (his treatment of The Merry Wives of Windsor). In Act III Falstaff is sitting outside the Garter Inn, still wet and cold, furious and bitter at having been thrown into the Thames at the end of Act II. He orders a tankard of wine and, as he drinks it, the whole orchestra begins to trill as the wine slowly warms him. The audience begins to feel the warmth not only heating his body but reviving his humour and trust in humanity.

These are two of the many moments in opera when the whole audience shares a warm inner glow of satisfaction; a good story has been enriched by music.

Opera is music’s contribution to story-telling, that age-old delight and comfort of mankind.

I hope that in presenting Come to the Opera I can convince listeners who haven’t experienced Aïda or The flying Dutchman or The marriage of Figaro in the opera house, to try it, just once. There’ll be no turning back.

Come to the Opera will be broadcast monthly on the third Saturday at 1pm beginning on 19 January.

DON JUAN AND OTHER STORIES ELAINE SIVERSEN MAPS OUT THE YEAR IN OPERA his death. This celebration will include three operas: The damnation of Faust, The Trojans and Beatrice and Benedict.

Literature is the opera theme, with stories taken from Goethe, Virgil and Shakespeare. A double bill follows to complete our March program: one opera based on Sophocles adapted by Cocteau (Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex); the other on Dante (Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi).

The first play to be written about the Spanish seducer Don Juan, The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest, was published in Spain around 1630.

Mozart’s Don Giovanni is the most famous telling of the story in music, but Alexander Dargomyzhsky’s opera, The stone guest, differs somewhat. It’s taken almost verbatim from Alexander Pushkin’s blank verse play in which the supporting characters have different relationships to each other and to the General (‘the stone guest’). Don Juan is still a seducer, libertine and murderer who invites the General’s statue to dinner and is taken down to hell by his guest.

Dargomyzhsky was already known as a talented musical amateur when, in 1833, he met Mikhail Glinka who encouraged the 20-year-old to devote himself to composition. Dargomyzhsky’s first operas had little success (except in Alexander Dargomyzhsky Belgium) until the 1860s. He was not to enjoy this success for long, dying at the age of four weeks of each month. A fifth Wednesday 55 in January 1869. occurs in January, May, July and October and a vertical theme will continue: our usual Opera In the last few years of his life Dargomyzhsky Oscura, lesser known operas of the 17th and began composing his most famous opera, 18th centuries. This year they are by Anton The stone guest, with melodically heightened Schweitzer, Wolfgang Mozart, Joseph Haydn recitative and with entire passages composed and Christoph Gluck. in whole tone mode (progression by whole tones). The composers known as The Five For the next 11 months you’ll be able to read (or Mighty Handful) recognised its progressive about each month’s operas in the appropriate approach to operatic expression but the magazine but here are the themes and some opera did not become a lasting standard in highlights. February operas, composed by the repertoire and still remains an oddity. In Mozart, Fux, Haydn and Lully, are all based fact, the recording to be heard this month is a on myths and legends as many operas have transfer to CD from a Soviet era LP. been. While the composers may be well known, the operas aren’t, although the Haydn Left unfinished, The stone guest was opera is based on the myth of Orpheus and completed by César Cui and orchestrated by Eurydice.

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and premiered in St Petersburg in 1872. A new version by Rimsky- March is the month when we’ll be celebrating Korsakov (now the standard) was staged in the music of Hector Berlioz 150 years after 1907 after he revised his own orchestration, rewrote a few of Dargomyzhsky’s original passages and added an orchestral prelude.

Commemorating 150 years since Dargomyzhsky died, we begin our opera year with The stone guest and, for the rest of the opera nights in January, we have three other operas based on the literary works of Alexander Pushkin: Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmila and Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov.

Spurred on by this idea of a theme across the month, we let our imaginations loose and found operas on particular themes for the main

All four operas in April will be from Shakespeare’s plays: three comedies and a tragedy. Historical persons are portrayed in May: Palestrina, Le Cid (El Cid), Julius Caesar and Joan of Arc. June finds us experiencing the trials and tribulations of Hoffmann (Offenbach) and Rinaldo (Handel) as well as those of two females, Penelope (Fauré) and Ariane (Dukas). July is the month of heroes and heroines and introduces a fictional king of Persia, Siroe. Poliuto, Rienzi and the lady known as La Gioconda are also featured.

Another anniversary, 100 years since the death of Ruggero Leoncavallo, is marked in August with Pagliacci and the even shorter May night followed the next week by La bohème. It had a successful premiere but it was unfortunate that Puccini’s version was written at the same time. Leoncavallo didn’t stand a chance! In the week following we’ll present Puccini’s version and complete the month with another Puccini opera.

There’s a different slant to September with a water theme: Falla’s Atlántida, Smyth’s The wreckers, Wagner’s Das Rheingold (premiered September 1869) and Dvorák’s Rusalka. We return to great writers of literature in October with two operas based on Goethe, one being Die Frau ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss, premiered in October 1919. The marriage of Figaro is based on Beaumarchais’ work and the last of the month, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the premiere of Rossini’s La donna del lago, is based on Scott’s novel.

There are so many wonderful characters in the Bible and November will feature The Queen of Sheba, David and Jonathan, Saul and David plus Nabucco (Nebuchadnezzar).

We’ll end the year with comedies by Mozart, Rameau and Donizetti but Christmas Day (a Wednesday) will have different special programming.

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A BRAZEN ROMANTIC LAURA-JAY MATHISON CELEBRATES TWO CENTENARIES The ruins of Tintagel Castle sit perched on the Atlantic coast of north Cornwall.

Surrounded by rocky cliffs and a wild, restless sea, it is no surprise that this 13th century fortification has inspired several Arthurian legends, poetry and music throughout the centuries.

One poet, Dermot O’Byrne, in the early 20th century, immortalised the area in a verse entitled Tintagel Castle writing in part: “While these old walls were crumbling, / Fair countless maids and men / Have cried and kissed and whispered, / And never come again.” The author was so inspired by the castle ruins that he also composed the symphonic poem Tintagel, but this time under his actual name: Arnold Bax. Bax, English composer (and sometime Irish poet under the aforementioned nom de plume), was for a time the leading British symphonist. The style of his works falls somewhere between that of Edward Elgar and Ralph Vaughan Williams, both of whom somewhat overshadowed Bax, during and after his lifetime.

Bax attended the Royal College of Music from 1900 to 1905 and was early influenced

by Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss and Claude Debussy. Bax stated that he had ‘no interest whatever in … any modernist ‘-isms or factions’ and his music reflects his highly individualistic, post-Romantic style. He established his reputation as a composer of elaborate impressionistic orchestral scores, including seven symphonies as well as tone poems, concertos, choral music and songs, chamber and piano music. His emergence as a major figure in British music came after the First World War. Much of Bax’s music was informed by his ongoing reaction to events in Ireland, for which he had developed a particular passion.

Following his studies at the Royal Academy, Bax travelled extensively (being fortunate enough to have a private income) to Germany, Russia and Ireland.

His Irish travels were inspired by the poetry of W.B. Yeats and, during his life, he returned frequently to Donegal where he moved in literary and n a t i o n a l i s t Arnold Bax

Tintagel Castle circles writing poetry, short stories and Syngelike plays under his Irish pseudonym, and learning Irish Gaelic.

Bax’s symphonic poem (or tone poem) Tintagel is his best known work and the one which still features frequently in concerts and recordings. It was inspired by a visit to north Cornwall in the summer of 1917 to the village of Tintagel, adjacent to the crumbling castle. He spent six weeks there with his lover at the time, the pianist Harriet Cohen. Bax dedicated the work to Harriet and it premiered in Bournemouth in October 1921.

Tintagel is the music of high romance, with quotations from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, (itself set on the coast of Cornwall). The work also has a powerful sub-text: it is a celebration of Bax’s adulterous, passionate love affair with Cohen. While Bax described the onemovement Tintagel as ‘only in the broadest sense programme music’, there are parts of the music that reflect the movement of water and impressions of the castle and of the cliffs in the area.

Inside the score, Bax described what listeners could interpret: “The music opens … with a theme given out on the brass which may be taken as representing the ruined castle, now so ancient and weather-worn as almost to seem an emanation of the rock upon which it was built … followed by a long melody for strings which may suggest the serene and almost limitless spaces of the ocean … a more restless mood begins to assert itself as though the sea were rising, bringing with a new sense of stress thoughts of many passionate and tragic incidents in the

tales of King Arthur and King Mark …

“A wailing chromatic figure is heard and gradually dominates the music until it finally assumes a shape which will recall to mind one of the subjects of the first act of Tristan and Isolde. Soon after this there is a great climax suddenly subsiding followed by … the impression of immense waves slowly gathering force until they smash themselves upon the impregnable rocks. The theme of the sea is heard again, and the piece ends as it began: with a picture of the castle still proudly fronting the sun and wind of the centuries.”

Several months prior to the premiere of Tintagel, Bax’s Quintet for harp and strings was also premiered. Fittingly, the harp is the symbol of Ireland and Bax wrote the work during his first visit in 1919. The harp was one of Bax’s favorite instruments for chamber works, and his writing for it is usually rather demanding.

The one-movement work includes expressive markings such as ‘veiled and mysterious’, and the melodic yet impressionistic work exemplifies the sensitivity and romanticism that characterises much of his music.

In 1937, Bax received a knighthood and in 1942 became Master of the King’s Music, an odd post for a man for whom ceremony was anathema. However, in his last years he largely abandoned composition and his music was eventually eclipsed in popularity by that of his contemporaries. Thankfully, a resurgence of recordings in the following decades brought the works of this self-described ‘brazen Romantic’ back to life.

Sunday Special will celebrate the centenary of these two compositions at 3pm on Sunday 20 January.

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NEW PROGRAM DOMAINS ON FINE MUSIC 102.5 As the year ticks over to 2019, here at Fine Music 102.5 we have some new regular programs (domains) to introduce to you.

Saturday morning is where the most dramatic changes will be found. After 9am, we have a new program dedicated to music for the piano. It’s simply called The Piano Alone and each week you will hear an hour of beautiful piano music performed by the world’s most wonderful pianists.

Following The Piano Alone is Music of the Dance featuring music written for dancing and works influenced by dance forms. It promises to be a superb program with a varied and exciting set of pieces to get toes tapping and hearts beating. The popular chamber music program Music for Small Forces has been relocated to Sunday evenings at 6pm to make room for Music of the Dance.

Late Saturday afternoons have been designated as Saturday Matinee, a session from 3pm each week that will continue to bring

you full-length ballets, operettas, oratorios and very long symphonies or similar. At Fine Music we believe that these longer works are best heard in their complete form and Saturday afternoon gives our listeners the opportunity to do just that. From January, the Hungarian Dancers operetta will be transferred to the second and fourth Saturdays of the month.

The other change to our schedule is the addition of The World of a Symphony to Thursday night’s schedule at 8pm. This program explores the greatest symphonies

of classical music, surrounded by other works that shed light on the musical world from which they emerged.

From January, please join us to enjoy these lovely new programs on Fine Music 102.5.

Fine Music Programming Committee

THE ORCHESTRA: FROM DANCE TO CONCERT MICHAEL MORTON-EVANS EXPLORES ITS DEVELOPMENT It’s only relatively recently in the history of classical music that a composer has been able, with any certainty, to write a new work and then find an orchestra with all the necessary instruments and musicians to play it. For at least the past six centuries musical instruments have been played in varying combinations, but you never quite knew what you were going to get from one country to another or, indeed, from one town to another.

In the earliest times, groups of musicians were put together mostly by town authorities for official occasions. In England, for example,

they were known as waits. In Germany they were called Stadtpfeifer (which translates as town pipers) and in Italy, pifferi (pipes or fifes).

The instruments used were wind instruments with wonderful names like the shawm and curtal and, of course, the sagbutt or sackbutt.

No instrumental scores were written out and it would appear that the whole exercise was a bit of ‘suck it and see’!

It’s probably fair to say that the orchestra as we know it began in about the 16th century.

From there it morphed into the Classical Orchestra, and then into an orchestra that

changed considerably in the Romantic era of the 19th century until we arrive in the 20th century where we have what can loosely be termed, the Modern Orchestra.

We may wonder about the origin of the word ‘orchestra’. It goes way back to the ancient Greeks and the word orcheisthai meaning ‘to dance’. Hence the orchestra was the circular space in front of the Greek stage where the chorus danced and sang. In the 16th century this became the place where instrumentalists were placed during plays. It wasn’t long before the play wasn’t a necessary part of an orchestra’s performance, and the orchestra grew from there.

Over the months of January and February I will be charting the course of these orchestras and how they grew, with music that begins with Giovanni Gabrieli in the 16th century and ends with Benjamin Britten in the 20th. We’ll discover how the orchestra gradually grew in size and then shrank again due to everincreasing costs, and I’ll examine how some composers adapted their music to suit everchanging trends.

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The History of the Orchestra begins at 3pm on Wednesday 9 January and will continue each week until 27 February.

Tuesday 1 January Westlake, N. Soundtrack of Miss Potter (2006). O/Benjamin Wallfisch.

ABC 476 3658 13 Bloch, E. Jewish song, from Three sketches from Jewish life (1924). Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Linn Hendry, pf.

Chandos CHAN 6552 2 Jones, Richard. Suite in A minor (c1736).

Locatelli Trio.

Hyperion CDA66583 8

Idil Biret

Georg Solti

0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

13:00 SOLTI AT WORK Prepared by David Brett

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Colours of the keyboard Prepared by Rex Burgess Schubert, F. Impromptus, D899: no 3 in G flat; no 4 in A flat (1827). Maria João Pires, pf.

DG 457 550-2 14 Mozart, W. Violin sonata no 18 in G, K301 (1778). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Daniel Barenboim, pf.

DG 410 896-2 13 Brahms, J. Variations on a theme by Paganini, op 35, bk 1 (1862-63). Idel Biret, pf.

Naxos 8.550350 25 Dussek, J. Duetto in F for harp and piano, op 26 (1794). Masumi Nagasawa, hp; Richard Egarr, pf.

Etcetera KTC1436 17 Bridge, F. Vignettes de Marseille (1925).

Kathryn Stott, pf.

Conifer CDCF 186 11 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Stephen Wilson Berlioz, H. Overture to Les Francs-juges, op 3 (1827-28). San Diego SO/Yoav Talmi.

Naxos 8.553034 12 d’Albert, E. Piano concerto in B minor, op 2 (1884). Piers Lane, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Alun Francis.

Hyperion CDA66747 44 Haydn, J. Symphony in D, Hob.I:101, Clock (1794). Hanover Band/Roy Goodman.

Hyperion CDA66528 25 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

Wagner, R. Overture to Tannhäuser (1845).

Decca 417 752-2 15 Bartók, B. Rumanian folk dances (1917).

Decca 478 3706 6 Chicago SO (2 above) Schumann, R. Symphony no 3 in E flat, op 97, Rhenish (1850). Vienna PO. Decca 417 799-2 33 Georg Solti, cond (3 above) 14:00 MUSICAL FAMILIES Wallfisch family Prepared by Jennifer Foong Biber, H. Passacaglia in G minor (c1675).

Elizabeth Wallfisch, vn.

Hyperion CDA67238 9 Honegger, A. Introduction and dance. Alain Marion, fl; Dong-Suk Kang, vn; Pierre-Henri Xuereb, va; Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Pascale Zanlonghi, hp.

Timpani 1C1010 4 Locatelli, P. Concerto grosso in E minor, op 1 no 4 (pub. 1721). Raglan Baroque Players/ Elizabeth Wallfisch, Nicholas Kraemer.

Hyperion CDD22066 7 Leighton, K. Fantasy on an American hymn tune, op 70 (1974). Janet Hilton, cl; Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Peter Wallfisch, pf.

Chandos CHAN 9132 20

Delius, F. Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra (1915). Tasmin Little; vn; Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Royal Liverpool PO/Charles Mackerras.

EMI 5 73113 2 21 Haydn, J. Sinfonia concertante in B flat, Hob.I:105 (1792). Anthony Robson, ob; Felix Warnock, bn; David Watkin, vc; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Elizabeth Wallfisch.

Virgin 5 61301 2 21 16:00 FINE MUSIC HOLIDAY including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Andrew Dziedzic 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps Smooth small group jazz from the 50s on, and with a visit from Miles Davis each week 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Michael Field 22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Paul Hopwood Haydn, J. String quartet in B flat, Hob.III:62 (1788). Lindsay String Quartet.

ASV DCA 906 23 Arensky, A. Suite no 3 for two pianos, op 33, Variations (1894). Stephen Coombs, pf; Ian Munro, pf.

Hyperion CDA66755 26 Dohnányi, E. Sextet in C for clarinet, horn, piano and string trio, op 37 (1935). Endymion Ensemble.

ASV DCA 943 30 Beethoven, L. Piano trio in G, op 1 no 2 (c1792). Pinchas Zukerman, vn; Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Daniel Barenboim, pf.

EMI CMS 7 63124 2 33

CONTINUING AND NEW PROGRAM SERIES Musical Families prepared by Jennifer Foong: Tuesdays 1, 15 at 2pm A History of Jazz in Australia prepared by Bruce Johnson: Sundays 6, 20 at 12 noon New: Music from Ellis Island prepared by Frank Morrison: Fridays 4, 18 at 2pm New: Evenings with the Orchestra, Music from the New World prepared by David Brett: Friday 18 at 8pm SUNDAY SPECIAL AT 3PM Ballets Russes (6); Harpsichord to Romantic Piano (13 – refer to Page 43 December magazine); Tintagel (20 –refer to page 7 this edition); Born 200 Years Ago (27) JANUARY 2019

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Wednesday 2 January 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Tom Forrester-Paton 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell The stars of American jazz from bebop on, mainly small group low temperature jazz 20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Angela Cockburn

Charles Mackerras

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Mozart, W. Symphony no 38, K504, Prague (1787). Freiburg Baroque O/René Jacobs.

Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908250.79 33

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Troy Fil 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Frank Morrison Rubinstein, A. Don Quixote, humoresque for orchestra, op 87 (1870). Slovak PO/Michael Halász.

Marco Polo 8.220359 21 Valse-caprice in E flat (1870). Roland Pöntinen, pf.

BIS CD-883 5 Ballet music from The demon (1875).

Hamburg SO/Heribert Beissel.

LP Turnabout TV-S 34577 13 La prima viola, op 83 no 7 (1869). Sergej Larin, ten; Eleonora Bekova, pf.

Chandos CHAN 9794 5 Melody in F, op 3 (arr. Salzedo). Alice Giles, hp.

ABC 476 525-0 4 March in C, op 50 no 6 (c 1850). Kenneth Broadway, Ralph Markham, pf.

LP RCA RL 30433 6 Cello sonata no 1 in D, op 18 (1852). Steven Isserlis, vc; Stephen Hough, pf.

RCA 09026 68290 2 23 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Paul Hopwood Offenbach, J. Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld (1858/74). City of Birmingham SO/Louis Frémaux.

EMI CDM 1 66418 2 10 Dvorák, A. Cello concerto no 2 in B minor, op 104 (1894-95). Raphael Wallfisch, vc; London SO/Charles Mackerras.

Chandos CHAN 8662 40 10

12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale World-wide contemporary jazz including contributions from Australian artists and those from culturally emerging nations 13:00 A LITTLE LIGHT MUSIC Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Suppè, F. Overture to Light Cavalry (1866).

Staatskapelle Dresden/Otmar Suitner.

Berlin Classics 0300249BC 7 Mozart, W. Light of my life, farewell! K528 (1887). Kiri Te Kanawa, sop; Vienna CO/ György Fischer.

Decca 478 6419 9 Steiner, M. Charge, from The charge of the Light Brigade (1936). Moscow SO/William Stromberg.

Naxos 8.570154-55 10 Weill, K. Berlin in light (1928). Brigitte Fassbaender, mezz; Karl-Heinz Brandt, ten; Hans Sojer, ten; Hidenori Komatsu, bar; Ivan Urbas, bass; Cord Garben, pf.

Harmonia Mundi HMC 901420 2 Glass, P. The light (1987). Bournemouth SO/ Marin Alsop.

Naxos 8.559325 24 14:00 THE NEW ROMANTIC STYLE Prepared by Albert Gormley Mendelssohn, F. String symphony no 6 in E flat (1821). Northern CO/Nicholas Ward.

Naxos 8.553161 11 Berlioz, H. Harold in Italy, op 16 (1834).

Robert Vernon, va; Cleveland O/Lorin Maazel.

Decca 480 6621 40 Schubert, F. Symphony no 9 in C, D944, The great C major (1825-28). Royal Concertgebouw O/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Teldec 4509-91184-2 58

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Dargomizhsky, A. The stone guest. Opera in three acts. Libretto by the composer after Alexander Pushkin’s play. First performed St Petersburg, 1872 (compl. Cui; orch. RimskyKorsakov).

DON JUAN: Vladimir Atlantov, ten LEPORELLO: Alexander Vedernikov, bass DONNA ANNA: Tamara Milashkina, sop LAURA: Tamara Sinyavskaya, mezz DON CARLOS: Vladimir Valaitis, bar STATUE: Vladimir Filippov, bass Bolshoi Theatre Ch & O/Mark Ermler.

LP Melodiya/EMI SLS 5196 1:23 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Opera Strauss, R. Tone poem: Don Juan, op 20 (1888). City of Birmingham SO/Andris Nelsons.

Orfeo C 878 141 A 18 22:00 SWAN SONGS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Sibelius, J. The swan of Tuonela, op 22 no 2 (1893). Helsinki PO/Leif Segerstam.

Ondine ODE 1037-2 10 Saint-Saëns, C. The carnival of the animals (1886). Justine Clarke, narr; Jay Lag’aia, narr; Georgie Parker, narr; Janis Laurs, vc; Anna Goldsworthy, pf; Mark Kruger, pf; Adelaide SO/David Stanhope.

ABC 476 3686 34 Sibelius, J. Incidental music to Swanwhite, op 54 (1908). Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä.

BIS CD-815 26 Grieg, E. A swan. Birgit Nilsson, sop; Vienna Opera O/Bertil Bokstedt.

Decca 473 794-2 3 Tchaikovsky, P. Suite from Swan Lake, op 20 (1877). Royal PO/Charles Mackerras.

Telarc 80151 40

M

any people who love Anton Rubinstein’s Melody in F may not realise that this virtuoso pianist, conductor and composer was a pivotal figure in the development of music in Russia. He founded the St Petersburg Conservatory and was Tchaikovsky’s composition teacher.

Thursday 3 January 20:00 THE WORLD OF A SYMPHONY Prepared by Chris Blower Beethoven, L. 15 Variations and a fugue in E flat on an original theme, op 35, Eroica (1802). Sviatoslav Richter, pf.

Olympia OCD 339 24 Vierne, L. Marche triomphale du centenaire de Napoléon I (1921). Christopher BowersBroadbent, org; London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble/Christopher Larkin.

Hyperion CDA66275 8 Giuliani, M. Gran sonata Eroica in A, op 85 (pub. 1817). Pepe Romero, gui.

Philips 454 262-2 14

Luca Fiorentini and Stefania Redaelli 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC The music salon Prepared by Rebecca Zhong Mendelssohn, F. Variations concertantes in D, op 17 (1829). Luca Fiorentini, vc; Stefania Redaelli, pf.

Brilliant Classics 94368 10 Albeniz, I. Dos mazurcas de salón (1888).

Juan José Mudarra Gámiz, pf.

Naxos 8.573293 9 Rossini, G. Prelude, theme and variations, from Sins of old age (1857-68). Hermann Baumann, hn; Leonard Hokanson, pf.

Philips 416 816-2 10 Weber, C.M. Invitation to the dance, op 65 (1819). Garrick Ohlsson, pf.

Hyperion CDD22076 10 Rameau, J-P. Cinquième concert, from Pièces de clavecin en concerts, op 2 no 2 (pub. 1741). Rachel Brown, fl; Mark Caudle, bass viol; James Johnstone, hpd.

Chandos CHAN 0544 13

Delius, F. Cello concerto (1920-21).

Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Royal PO/Malcolm Sargent.

EMI CZS 5 68132 2 25 Mahler, G. Symphony no 1 in D, Titan (1888/93/96-98). Bavarian RSO/Rafael Kubelik.

DG 477 8825 50 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers Covering the many aspects of jazz from Swing to Mainstream, with the Great American Songbook making regular appearances 13:00 A CLASSICAL SELECTION Prepared by Paul Hopwood Beethoven, L. Piano trio in E flat, op 1 no 1 (c1794-95). Pinchas Zukerman, vn; Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Daniel Barenboim, pf.

EMI CMS 7 63124 2 28 Mozart, W. Violin sonata in E flat, K481 (1785). Leonard Dommett, vn; Max Cooke, pf.

Move MCD 046 20 Boccherini, L. Guitar quintet no 9 in C, La ritirata di Madrid (1798). Richard Savino, gui; Artaria Quartet.

Harmonia Mundi HMU 907069 33

Schumann, R. Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart, op 135 (1852). Sibylla Rubens, sop; Uta Hielscher, pf.

Naxos 8.557078 9

14:30 SOARING SPIRIT Recorded for FINE MUSIC by Greg Ghavalas

Thalberg, S. Memories of Beethoven, grand fantasy on Symphony no 7, op 39 (c1835).

Francesco Nicolosi, pf.

Naxos 8.553701 17

Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 3 in A minor, op 56, Scottish (1842). 38

Beethoven, L. Violin concerto in D, op 61 (1806). Courtenay Cleary, vn. 45

Haydn, J. String quartet in D minor, Hob. III:83 (1803). L’Archibudelli.

Sony SK 62731 11 Beethoven, L. Symphony no 3 in E flat, op 55, Eroica (1803). Simon Bolívar SO of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel.

DG 479 0250 53 22:00 SHOWCASING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS Prepared by James Nightingale Stanhope, P. The magic island (c2013).

Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey. hush.org.au HUSH013 4 Janácek, L. Nursery rhymes, Ríkadla (1925/27). Song Company; Hans-Dieter Michatz, rec, fl; Lisa Keaton, fl; Lawrence Dobell, cl; Philip Arkinstall, cl; Peter Moore, bn; Natasha Woodley, bn; Brian Nixon, perc; Jean-Bernard Marie, pf.

Fine Music concert recording 15 Houghton, P. From the Dreaming (1991-97).

Virginia Taylor, fl; Timothy Kain, gui.

Move MCD 454 14 Tchaikovsky, P. Suite from The Nutcracker, op 71a (1892; arr. Tarkmann for wind ensemble). Lisa Osmialowski, fl; Celia Craig, ob; Georgina Roberts, ob; David Rowden, cl; Ben Hoadley, bn; Simone Walters, bn; Michael Dixon, hn; Lisa-Wynne Allen, hn; Alex Henery, db.

Fine Music concert recording 37 Alkan, C-V. Aesop’s feast, from 12 Studies in minor keys, op 39. Stephanie McCallum, pf.

ABC 461 798-2 10

Willoughby SO/Nicholas Milton (2 above)

Britten, B. Five flower songs, op 47 (1950).

Ormond College Choir/Douglas Lawrence.

Move MD 3104 11

10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Frank Morrison

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Debbie Scholem

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

ABC 481 1703 18

Berwald, F. Overture to Estrella de Soria (1841). Swedish RSO/Roy Goodman.

Hyperion CDA67081/2 8

19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley

“Never stop dancing to the music in your heart.”

— Bartolomeo Cristofori JANUARY 2019

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Friday 4 January 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Something borrowed Prepared by Elaine Siversen Nagasawa, K. Song of the silk cocoon (1972; arr. McGuire). Riley Lee, shakuhachi; Marshall McGuire, hp.

ABC 465 757-2 8 Bartók, B. Rumanian folk dances (1915; arr.

Flinders Quartet). Flinders Quartet.

Fine Music concert recording 12 Ravel, M. Suite from Mother Goose (1908-10; arr. McIntyre). Canberra Wind Soloists.

ABC 434 718-2 14 Paisiello, G. La molinara ... Nel cor più non mi sento, from L’amor contrastato (arr.

Gamley). 2 Martini, J. Plaisir d’amour (1780; arr.

Gamley). 4 Vivaldi, A. Piango, gemo, sospiro, RV675 (arr. Gamley). 3 Renata Tebaldi, sop; New Philharmonia O/ Richard Bonynge (3 above) Decca 458 185-2 Mozart, W. Divertimento in D, K136 (1772; arr. Kain). Guitar Trek.

ABC 432 698-2 12 Verdi, G. Ballroom finale, from The lady and the fool (1854; arr. Mackerras). Melbourne SO/John Lanchbery.

ABC 426 482-2 10 Delius, F. A dance rhapsody (1908/22; arr.

Grainger). Martin Jones, Richard McMahon, pf.

Nimbus NI 5286 12 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Paul Cooke Dvorák, A. Symphonic poem: The water goblin, op 107 (1896). Polish NSO/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.550896 21 Amirov - Nazirova. Piano concerto after Arabian themes (1957). Farhad Badalbeyli, pf; Royal PO/Dmitry Yablonsky.

Naxos 8.572666 25 Parry, H. Symphony no 2 in F, Cambridge.

Royal Scottish NO/Andrew Penny.

Naxos 8.553469 36 12:00 A JAZZ HOUR with Barry O’Sullivan 13:00 OPERA IN CONCERT Prepared by Giovanna Grech Mussorgsky, M. Prologue, from Boris Godunov (1874). Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/ Emil Cooper.

LP CBS OD 2012 9 12

Berlioz, H. Night of rapture, from The Trojans (1856-58). Angela Gheorghiu, sop; Roberto Alagna, ten; Royal Opera House O/Richard Armstrong.

EMI 5 56117 2 8 Thomas, A. Le voilà! Je crois entendre, from Hamlet (1869). Welsh National Opera Ch & O/Richard Bonynge.

Decca 475 6302 4 Gluck, C. Dance of the blessed spirits, from Orpheus and Eurydice (1762). Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer.

ABC 434 720-2 7 Meyerbeer, G. Shadow song, from Dinorah (1859). Amelia Farrugia, sop; BBC SO/ Alexander Briger.

Decca 987 5237 7 Giordano, U. Come un bel dì di maggio, from Andrea Chénier (1896). Franco Corelli, ten; Rome Opera TO/Gabriele Santini.

EMI CDC 7 54016 2 3 Verdi, G. Figlia! ... Mio padre! from Rigoletto (1851). Joan Carden, sop; Robert Allman, bar; Sydney SO/Eric Clapham.

LP ABC AA9059 11 14:00 MUSIC FROM ELLIS ISLAND Part 1 Prepared by Frank Morrison Schubert, F. Rondo in B minor, D895, Rondo brillant (1826). Isaac Stern, vn; Daniel Barenboim, pf.

Sony SM2K 64528 16 Berlin, I. Cheek to cheek (1935). King’s Singers.

Signum SIGCD341 4 Brahms, J. Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn, op 56a, St Antoni chorale (1873).

NBC SO/Arturo Toscanini.

RCA GD 60258 16 Schumann, R. Fantasiestücke, op 111.

Vladimir Horowitz, pf.

Philips 456 838-2 11 Schoenberg, A. Waldsonne, from Vier Lieder, op 2 (1899). Elisabeth Speiser, sop; Irwin Gage, pf.

Jecklin JD 561-2 4 Mussorgsky, M. St John’s night on Bald Mountain (1867). Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy.

Sony SBK 46 329 12 Saint-Saëns, C. Introduction and rondo capriccioso, op 28 (1863). Mischa Elman, vn; Vienna State Opera O/Vladimir Golschmann.

Vanguard OVC 8035 10 Godowsky, L. Passacaglia, after Schubert (1927). David Stanhope, pf.

Tall Poppies TP135 18

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Yan Pascal Tortelier Tchaikovsky, P. Marche slave, op 31 (1876).

Chicago SO/Fritz Reiner.

RCA 0902661958 2 10 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Camille Mercep 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Christopher Waterhouse An hour of the best in jazz with a weekly ‘album of the week’ feature and a guide to upcoming live jazz gigs in Sydney 20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Colours and landscapes Prepared by Robert Small Arutiunian, A. Trumpet concerto (1950).

Geoffrey Payne, tpt; Melbourne SO/John Hopkins.

ABC 982 697-6 15 Koehne, G. Rainforest (1982). Sydney SO/ Louis Frémaux.

LP ABC AC1076 13 Saint-Saëns, C. Symphony no 3 in C minor, op 78, Organ (1886). Gillian Weir, org; Ulster O/Yan Pascal Tortelier.

Chandos CHAN 8822 34 Holst, G. Egdon Heath, op 47 (1927). London PO/Adrian Boult.

Decca 440 318-2 13 Edwards, R. Full moon dances: concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra (2012). Amy Dickson, sax; Sydney SO/Miguel HarthBedoya.

ABC 481 1703 29 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Anne of Brittany Prepared by Susan Foulcher Binchois, G. Dueil angoisseus. Members of Ensemble Gilles Binchois/Dominique Vellard.

Virgin 5 45285 2 4 Compère, L. Ave Maria gratia plena. Joseph Payne, org.

Naxos 8.553214 4

Saturday 5 January

Friday 4 January

Heinrich Isaac

Robert Schumann

Antonin Reicha

Ockeghem, J. Intemerata dei Mater. Sydney Chamber Choir/Nicholas Routley.

Tall Poppies TP141 7 Sermisy, C. de Trois chansons: Tant que vivray; Au près de vous; Au joly bois.

Attaignant Consort/Kate Clark.

Ramée RAM 0706 8 Deux chansons: Dont vient cela; Joyssance vous donneray. Ensemble Clement Janequin/ Dominique Visse.

Harmonia Mundi HMA 1951072 6

0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Capriccio espagnol, op 34 (1887). Berlin PO/Lorin Maazel.

DG 449 769-2 15

Mouton, J. Celeste benficium. 3 Févin, A. de Adiutorium nostrum. 3 Alamire; English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble/David Skinner (2 above) Obsidian CCL CD712 Josquin Desprez. In te Domine speravi; Plus nulz regrets (arr.). Paul O’Dette, lute.

Harmonia Mundi HMU 907548 6 Richafort, J. De mon triste deplaisir. Musica Antiqua of London.

Amon Ra CD-SAR 51 7 Isaac, H. Two motets: Virgo prudentissima (c1507); Optime pastor (1513). Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips.

Gimell CDGIM 023 22 Festa, C. Quis dabit oculis (1514). Huelgas Ensemble/Paul van Nevel.

Sony 88697478442 6 Mouton, J. Qui dabis oculis? Lament for Anna (1519). Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips.

Gimell CDGIM 047 9 Josquin Desprez. Psalm 129: De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine. Hilliard Ensemble.

Virgin VER 5 61302 2 8 Obrecht, J. Motet: Salve crux, arbor vitae.

Pro Cantione Antiqua, London/Bruno Turner.

Archiv 479 1045 12 De profundis clamavi (Out of the depths have I cried to Thee, O God), one of the most moving of the Psalms of David, shows a tormented soul reaching for help.

6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:05 THE PIANO ALONE Prepared by Mariko Yata Chopin, F. Fantasie-impromptu in C sharp minor, op 66 (1835). Albert Landa, pf.

LP Axis 7012 5 Benjamin, A. Three new fantasies. Ian Munro, pf.

Tall Poppies TP 105 6 Schumann, R. Fantasy in C, op 17 (183638). Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf.

Decca 443 322-2 30 Balakirev, M. Islamey: oriental fantasy, op 19 no 6 (1869/1902). Boris Berezovsky, pf.

Teldec 4509-96516-2 8 10:00 MUSIC OF THE DANCE Prepared by Gerald Holder Boccherini, L. Quintet no 4 in G, Fandango.

Richard Savino, gui; Peter Mund, castanets; Artaria Quartet.

Harmonia Mundi HMU 907026 21 Respighi, O. Ballet: La pentola magica (1919). Jana Valásková, sop; Richard Haan, bar; Miroslav Dvorský, ten; Vladimir Kubovcik, bass; Slovak Philharmonic Ch & O/Adriano.

Naxos 8.570741 25 Rameau, J-P. Les trois mains, from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin (1728). Kenneth Gilbert, hpd.

Archiv 479 1045 4 Carr-Boyd, A. Fandango (1995). Sydney Mandolins/Adrian Hooper.

Jade JADCD 1059 5 Koch, E. Song and dance (1975). Gunilla von Bahr, fl; Diego Blanco, gui.

BIS CD-60 8 Murcia, S. de Fandango. L’Arpeggiata/ Christina Pluhar. naïve V 5188 3

11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher Morton, T. The pearls. New York Trumpet Ensemble.

Summit DCD113 4 Berlin, I. Tribute to Irving Berlin (arr. Warren Barker). NSW Police Band/L.T. Lambert.

ABC 836-643-2 7 Strauss, R. Nun’s chorus, from Casanova.

Stephen Hopper, cornet; Besses o’ th’ Barn Band/Alec Evans.

Chandos CHAN 4529 4 Kosma, J. Autumn leaves. Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Eric Banks.

EMI 7 47885 2 4 Sousa, J.P. March: Stars and Stripes forever.

Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee.

AMP 92138 4 12:00 URBAN JAZZ LOUNGE with Leita Hutchings 13:00 AUSTRALIA ENSEMBLE IN CONCERT Recorded for FINE MUSIC by Roger Doyle Hindson, M. Septet (2009). Dene Olding, vn; Dimity Hall, vn; Irina Morozova, va; Julian Smiles, vc; Andrew Meisel, db. 9 Reicha, A. Wind quintet in E flat, op 88 no 2 (1818). Huw Jones, ob; David Griffiths, cl; Andrew Barnes, bn. 24 Geoffrey Collins, fl; Robert Johnson, hn (2 above) Mozart, W. Piano trio in C, K548 (1788). Ian Munro, pf. 19 Brahms, J. Clarinet quintet in B minor, op 115 (1891). David Griffiths, cl; Dene Olding, vn; Irina Morozova, va. 38 Dimity Hall, vn; Julian Smiles, vc (2 above) JANUARY 2019

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Saturday 5 January

Ian Munro

Daniele Gasparini

Herbert von Karajan

14:40 ENCORE Schubert, F. Introduction and variations on Trockne Blumen, D802 (1823). Geoffrey Collins, fl; Ian Munro, pf.

Fine Music concert recording 17

Duke - Harburg. April in Paris (1932; arr.

Lowden). Tim Leahey, tpt; United States Air Force Band.

Altissimo ALT 61652 4

Elgar, E. The black knight, scenes 1 to 4, op 25 (1893). Liverpool Philharmonic Choir; Royal Liverpool PO/Charles Groves.

EMI CDC 7 47511 2 35

Cooder, R. Paris, Texas (1984). Ry Cooder, voice.

Warner Bros 7599-25270-2 7

22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Adam Bowen

15:00 SATURDAY MATINEE Caractacus Prepared by Chris Blower Elgar, E. Caractacus, op 35 (1898). Judith Howarth, sop; Arthur Davies, ten; David Wilson-Johnson, bar; Stephen Roberts, bass; Alastair Miles, bass; London Symphony Ch & O/Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHAN 9156; 7 1:41 Tchaikovsky, P. Suite no 3 in G, op 55 (1884). Prague SO/Jirí Belohlávek.

Supraphon 11 0969-2 38 17:30 STAGING MUSIC Prepared by Angela Cockburn King John and Henry IV 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Folk Federation of NSW 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Americans in Paris Prepared by Adam Bowen Porter, C. Let’s do it, let’s fall in love, from Paris (1928). Ella Fitzgerald, voice; O/Buddy Bregman.

Verve 9800276 4 Gershwin, G. I got rhythm (1932). Peter Donohoe, pf.

EMI CDC 7 54280 2 1 Ballet: An American in Paris (1928; arr. Rob Fisher). Broadway Production O/Brad Haak. 13 Mancini, H. Charade (1963). O/Henry Mancini.

RCA Victor LSP-2755 7 Edens - Gershe. Think pink, from Funny face. Kay Hammond, voice; original soundtrack recording.

Verve MG 5001 2 14

Steiner, M. Theme from Casablanca (1942).

O/Max Steiner.

TCM 8122729112 4 Kilar, W. The ninth gate (1999). City of Prague PO/Stepan Konicek.

Silva Screen FILMCD 321 7 Gershwin, G. Nice work if you can get it, from An American in Paris (1937). Buster Bailey, voice; Maxine Sullivan O/Claude Thornhill.

Bilarm Music BAC 11-2 3 20:00 THE WORD TRANSFORMED Prepared by Paul Cooke

Dvorák, A. Symphony no 3 in E flat, op 10 (1873). Slovak PO/Stephen Gunzenhauser.

Naxos 8.550268 34 Schubert, F. Piano quintet in A, D667, Trout (1819). Schubert Ensemble of London.

Helios CDH55427 39 Respighi, O. The pines of Rome (1924).

West Australian SO/Jorge Mester.

ABC 442 348-2 23 Mozart, W. Horn concerto no 3 in E flat, K447 (1784-87). Dennis Brain, hn; Philharmonia O/ Herbert von Karajan.

EMI CDH 7 61013 2 16

Weber, C.M. Turandot overture and march (1809). Philharmonia O/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 8766 6 Dreyfus, G. Ned Kelly ballads. Broderick Smith, voice; Alex Grieve, hn; Kevin Edwardes, hn; Kate Peart, hn; John Ferguson, hn; Jochen Schubert, gui; Shannon Burchall, bass; Ben Smart, drums.

Move MD 3190 7 Svendsen, J. Romeo and Juliet fantasia, op 18 (1876). Bergen PO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 10693 10 Gasparini, D. Through the looking-glass (1997-98). London SO/Daniel Harding.

BBC Music BBC MM67 13 Grieg, E. Peer Gynt suite no 1, op 46 (187475). Gerard Willems, pf.

ABC 481 1702 13 Bryars, G. The green ray. John Harle, sax; Bournemouth Sinfonia/Ivor Bolton.

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ozart’s four Horn Concertos and his Horn Quintet were written for his childhood friend Joseph Leutgeb, a skilled horn player. Mozart often wrote remarks about his friend on the scores that Leutgeb was to play, even calling him ‘ass, ox and simpleton’, but only in jest. Despite this, their friendship never waned.

Sunday 6 January 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Terry McMullen 9:00 MUSICA SACRA Prepared by Brian Drummond Schubert, F. Magnificat in C, D486 (1815).

Elke Hooke, sop; Sydney University Graduate O/Christopher Bowen.

SUGC recording 10 Grainger, P. Love verses, from The song of Solomon (1899-1901). Monteverdi Choir; English Country Gardiner O/John Eliot Gardiner.

DG 479 1044 7 Popper, D. Requiem, op 66 (1891). Maria Kliegel, vc; Caroline Stinson, vc; Johann Ludwig, vc; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/ Gerhard Markson.

Naxos 8.554657 7 Vivaldi, A. Gloria in D, RV589. Emma Kirkby, sop; Tessa Bonner, sop; Michael Chance, ct; Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHAN 0518 29 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Rex Burgess Grétry, A-E-M. Six dances from Le rosière républicaine (1793). Concerto Zurich/Rato Tschupp.

Ex Libris CD 6062 7 Jadin, H. String quartet, op 1 no 3 (1797).

Rasumovsky Quartet.

ASV GAU 151 15 Pleyel, I. Sinfonia concertante no 5 in F (c 1800). Hansjürgen Möhring, fl; Gunther Passin, ob; Jürgen Gode, bn; Walter Lexutt, hn; Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl.

Koch Schwann 316 038 F1 21 Méhul, É-N. Vainement Pharaon dans sa reconnaissance, from Joseph (1807). Roberto Alagna, ten; Royal Opera House O/Bertrand de Billy.

EMI 5 57012 2 6 Boïeldieu, A. Ma Fanchette est charmante, from Angéla (1814). Joan Sutherland, sop; Marilyn Horne, mezz; Richard Conrad, ten; New SO of London/Richard Bonynge.

Decca 448 594-2 4 Lhoyer, A. de Duo concertant in D minor, op 34 no 2 (1819). Matteo Mela, gui; Lorenzo Micheli, gui.

Naxos 8.570146 15 Cherubini, L. Symphony in D (1815). London SO/Charles Mackerras.

Carlton Classics 15656 91372 30 Désargus, X. Au clair de la lune (1820).

Marielle Nordmann, hp; Brigitte Haudebourg, pf.

Arion ARN 68285 6

12:00 A HISTORY OF JAZZ IN AUSTRALIA Prepared by Bruce Johnson

Ryba, J. Toccata. Michael Novenko, org.

Rosa RDO 760 6

A 20-part series based on his comprehensive book on the development of jazz in Australia

Holst, G. Psalm 86. City of London Choir; Holst O. EMR 004 7

13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Anna Tranter Showcases diverse music from cultures around the world, both traditional and modern, featuring musicians from all corners of the globe, including Australia 14:00 OPERA SHORTS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Tchaikovsky, P. Waltz, from Eugene Onegin (1879). Kirov O/Valery Gergiev.

Philips 442 775-2 8 Wagner, R. Overture to Tannhäuser (184245). Cleveland O/George Szell.

CBS M2YK 46466 13 Gounod, C. Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre? ... Salut! demeure chaste et pure, from Faust (1859). Jonas Kaufmann, ten; Prague PO/Marco Armiliato.

Decca 478 6029 6 Massenet, J. Toi! Vous! ... Oui, c’est moi ...

N’est-ce plus ma main, from Manon (1864).

Anna Netrebko, sop; Rolando Villazón, ten; Staatskapelle Dresden/Nicola Luisotti.

DG 477 6457 8 Smetana, B. Excerpts from The bartered bride (1866). Minneapolis SO/Antal Dorati.

Mercury 478 5092 19 15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL From the Ballets Russes Prepared by Chris Blower Poulenc, F. Ballet: Les biches (1923). Ulster O/Yan Pascal Tortelier.

Chandos CHAN 9023 20 Falla, M. de Ballet: El sombrero de tres picos (1919). Jan DeGaetani, mezz; New York PO/ Pierre Boulez.

CBS MYK 44721 38 Debussy, C. Ballet: Jeux (1912). Cleveland O/Pierre Boulez.

DG 439 896-2 16 Stravinsky, I. Ballet: Pulcinella (1922/49). Diana Montague, mezz; Robin Leggate, ten; Mark Beesley, bass; Philharmonia O/Robert Craft.

Naxos 8.557503 36 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Stephen Matthews Hymns: Just as I am; Sing my tongue; Angel voices, ever singing. Choir of Liverpool Cathedral; Ian Tracey, org; David Poulter, cond.

Priory PRCD 1180 10 Telemann, G. Cantata no 3 for Epiphany.

Harmonischer Gottesdienst.

Capriccio 49-498 12

Bach, J.S. Die golden Sonne, BWV451.

Klaus Mertens, bar; Mouter Moller, vc. cpo 999 407-2 3 Marenzio, L. Magnificat. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; David Briggs, org; Stephen Cleobury, cond.

Warner 5054197719028 5 Hymns: Eternal Father strong to save; Be Thou my vision. Choir of Paisley Abbey; Alexander Anderson, org; George McPhee, cond.

Decca 452 252-2 6 18:00 SMALL FORCES Prepared by Di Cox Mozart, W. Serenade no 11 in E flat, K375 (1781). Netherlands Wind Ensemble.

Chandos CHAN 9284 24 Haydn, J. Piano trio in G, Hob.XV:25, Gypsy.

Vienna Piano Trio.

Nimbus NI 5535 15 Nielsen, C. Little suite in A minor for strings, op 1 (1888/89; arr. Zapolski). Zapolski Quartet.

Chandos CHAN 9635 15 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Stephen Matthews Verdi, G. Overture to La forza del destino. La Scala PO/Ricardo Muti.

Sony 88985465182 8 Vaughan Williams, R. Symphony no 2, A London symphony (1912-13). London PO/ Bernard Haitink.

Warner Classics 9 84762 2 49 Monn, M. Cello concerto in G minor.

Jacqueline du Pré, vc; London SO/John Barbirolli.

Warner Classics 0 91937 2 23 20:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Calogero Panvino Rihm, W. Über die Linie VII (2006). Tianwa Yang, vn.

Naxos 8.572730 25 Lachenmann, H. String quartet no 3, Grido (2002). Arditti String Quartet.

Kairos 0012662KAI 24 Finsterer, M. Spherica I (2008). James Cuddeford, vn; Natsuko Yoshimoto, vn.

Tall Poppies TP207 12 Tabakova, D. Concerto for cello and strings (2008). Kristina Blaumane, vc; Lithuanian CO/Maxim Rysanov.

ECM 2239 476 4826 21 22:00 AFTER HOURS JAZZ with Kevin Jones JANUARY 2019

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Monday 7 January

Gidon Kremer

Mischa Maisky

Niels Gade

0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Falla, M. de Nights in the gardens of Spain (1909-15). Alicia de Larrocha, pf; London PO/ Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

Decca 478 6966 25

Suite from Louisiana story (1948). New London O/Ronald Corp.

Hyperion CDA66576 21

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with James Hunter 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC A year in retrospect: 1867 Prepared by Frank Morrison Horneman, C. Ouverture héroïque (1867).

Danish National RSO/Michael Schönwandt.

Chandos CHAN 9373 13 Grieg, E. Violin sonata no 2 in G, op 13 (1867). Vadim Repin, vn; Nikolai Lugansky, pf.

DG 477 8794 19 Saint-Saëns, C. Sérénade d’hiver (1867).

King’s Singers.

Signum SIGCD147 5 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Suite from Sadko, op 5 (1867). USSR Academic SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Melodiya MCD 211 11 Mussorgsky, M. St John’s night on Bald Mountain (1867; ed. Rimsky-Korsakov 1886; transcr. Chernov). Boris Berezovsky, pf.

Teldec 4509-96516-2 11 Balakirev, M. Symphonic poem: Tamara (1867-82; transcr.). Aurora Piano Quartet.

Naxos 8.557717D 19 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Ron Walledge Vaughan Williams, R. Overture to Aristophanic suite, The wasps (1909). English SO/William Boughton.

Nimbus NI 5450/3 9

Smetana, B. The Moldau, from My country (1874-79). Vienna PO/James Levine.

DG 419 768-2 12 Brahms, J. Concerto in A minor for violin, cello and orchestra, op 102 (1887). Gidon Kremer, vn; Mischa Maisky, vc; Vienna PO/ Leonard Bernstein.

DG 410 031-2 35 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 MUSIC OF VIRGIL THOMSON Prepared by Denis Patterson Thomson, V. Suite from The plow that broke the plains (1936). New London O/Ronald Corp.

Hyperion CDA66576 16 Symphony no 2 in C (1931-41). New Zealand SO/James Sedares.

Naxos 8.559022 16 Symphony on a hymn tune (1928). 28 The feast of love. David Clatworthy, bar. 8 Eastman-Rochester O/Howard Hanson (2 above) Mercury 478 5092

14:30 LESS FAMILIAR COMPOSERS Gade and Raff Prepared by Robin Mitchell Gade, N. Scherzo (1838). Anker Blyme, pf.

Marco Polo DCCD 9115 3 Symphony no 5 in D minor, op 25 (1852).

Roland Pöntinen, pf; Stockholm Sinfonietta/ Neeme Järvi.

BIS CD-356 26 Nordiske Tonebilleder, op 4 (1842). Morten Mogensen, pf.

Marco Polo DCCD 9117 8 Raff, J. Tarentella, from Pieces, op 85 no 6 (1859; arr. Winter); Cavatina, from Pieces, op 85 no 3. Yuko Nishino, vn; Philharmonia O/ Yondani Butt.

ASV DCA 1000 9 Symphony no 4 in G minor, op 167. Milton Keynes City O/Hilary Davan Wetton.

Hyperion CDA66628 34 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett 19:00 JAZZ PULSE with Chris Wetherall 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson

While at Harvard University, Virgil Thomson focused his studies on the piano music of Erik Satie and, after graduating, lived in France from 1925 to 1940 where he moved in art, music and theatre circles. After returning to the United States, he became the music critic for the New York Herald Tribune where he exerted much influence over the careers of musicians and composers.

He composed in almost every genre but is best known for his four operas and his film music. Although he studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, his compositions are mostly influenced by Satie’s ideals of clarity, simplicity, irony and humour. Sharp wit and playfulness are a mark of Thomson’s work. He’s often been called the ‘father of American music’, mainly because his music follows American speech rhythms and hymnbook harmony.

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Tuesday 8 January

Anthony Camden

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Rafael Kubelik

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

Tchaikovsky, P. Symphony no 4 in F minor, op 36 (1877). London PO/Mstislav Rostropovich.

EMI 5 65709 2 45

Dvorák, A. Symphony no 9 in E minor, op 95 (1893). Berlin PO/Rafael Kubelik.

DG 479 4110 43

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Colours of the keyboard Prepared by Chris Blower Finzi, G. Eclogue, op 10 (c1949). Piers Lane, pf; Royal Liverpool PO/Vernon Handley.

EMI 5 65742 2 10 Bach, C.P.E. Organ sonata in B flat, Wq70 no 2 (1755). Herbert Tachezi, org.

Teldec 8.44064 9 Grainger, P. Scandinavian suite for cello and piano (1902). Joel Moerschel, vc; Stephen Drury, pf.

Northeastern NR 228 16 Berwald, F. Piano trio in no 4 in C (c1853).

Joszef Modrian, vn; György Kertész, vc; Kálmán Dráfi, pf.

Naxos 8.555002 19 Scarlatti, D. Sonata in G, Kk240. Rafael Puyana, hpd.

Harmonia Mundi HMC 901164/65 5 Schumann, R. Scenes from childhood, op 15 (1838). Marc-Andre Hamelin, pf.

Hyperion CDA68030 20 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Nicky Gluch Joachim, J. Overture: Hamlet, op 4 (1853).

Stuttgart RSO/Meir Minsky.

Naxos 8.554733 17 Mozart, W. Oboe concerto in C, K314 (1777).

Anthony Camden, ob; Queensland PO/ Chitaru Asahina.

Walsingham WAL 8038-2 23

12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Derek Parker

13:00 THE BIRDS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

18:00 SYDNEY SYMPHONY 2019 Produced by Andrew Bukenya

Liszt, F. Legend of St Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds, from Légendes (1863).

Leslie Howard, pf.

Hyperion CDS44512 9

19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps

Rautavaara, E. Cantus arcticus, concerto for birds and orchestra, op 61 (1972). Lahti SO/ Osmo Vänskä.

BIS CD-1038 17 Vasks, P. Landscape with birds (1980).

Michael Faust, fl.

Naxos 8.572634 8 Respighi, O. Suite: The birds (1927). London SO/István Kertész.

Decca 478 6420 20 14:00 CLASSICAL FAVOURITES Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Strauss, J. II Overture to Die Fledermaus (1874). Los Angeles PO/Zubin Mehta.

Decca 475 7470 8 Tchaikovsky, P. Serenade in C for strings, op 48 (1880). London PO/Vladimir Jurowski.

LPO LPO-2009AUS 32 Elgar, E. Variations on an original theme, op 36, Enigma (1899). Melbourne SO/Charles Mackerras.

ABC 476 3224 31

What’s on in concerts during the next month

20:00 RECENT RELEASES with James Nightingale 22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Mariko Yata Mozart, W. Violin sonata no 29 in B flat, K454 (1784). Petra Müllehans, vn; Kristian Bezuidenhout, fp.

Harmonia Mundi HMU 907494 23 Edwards, R. Ulpirra suite (1993-98). Deborah de Graaff, cl; Len Vorster, perc.

Walsingham WAL80442 13 Shostakovich, D. Piano trio no 2 in E minor, op 67 (1944). Vienna Piano Trio.

Nimbus NI 5572 28 Piazzolla, A. Histoire du tango (1986; arr.

E. Grigoryan). Edward Grigoryan, vn; Slava Grigoryan, gui.

Sony SK63011 19 Schumann, R. Piano quintet in E flat, op 44 (1842). Marc-André Hamelin, pf; Takács Quartet.

Hyperion CDA67631 30

The successful premiere of the Variations on an original theme established Elgar’s international reputation, although critics were at first irritated by the layer of mystification. The composer wrote in a program note that each variation ‘contains a distinct idea founded on some particular personality or perhaps on some incident known only to two people’ and that they ‘comment or reflect on the original theme and each one attempts a solution of the Enigma’. Thus Enigma became the work’s nickname.

It all began when Elgar sat at the piano one evening after a tiring day of teaching and began to play a simple melody. After his wife, Alice, praised it he began to improvise variations on this melody based on the styles of his musical friends.

JANUARY 2019

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Wednesday 9 January

Luigi Cherubini

William Christie

Bernd Weikl

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

themes, op 10 (1960). Choir of Magdelan College, Oxford/Bill Ives.

Harmonia Mundi HMU 807480 8

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with James Hunter

Elgar, E. String quartet in E minor, op 83 (1918). Mistry Quartet.

Argo 433312-2 25

19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Troy Fil 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Rex Burgess Cherubini, L. Overture to The crescendo (1810). Tuscany O/Donato Renzetti.

Europa 350-221 12 Turbata ai dubbi accenti, from Ifigenia in Aulide (1788). Maria Grazia Schiavo, sop; Auser Musici/Carlo Ipata.

Hyperion CDA67893 6 Sonata no 3 in B flat (1783). Laura Alvini, hpd.

Nuova Era 6867 11 Credo for eight voices (1806). Italian RT Chamber Choir; Giuseppe Agostini, org; Nino Antonellini, cond.

LP Italia 70051 27 String quartet no 5 in F (1835). Quartetto David.

BIS CD-1005 25 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Frank Morrison Arensky, A. Suite no 2: Silhouettes, op 23 (1892). Danish National RSO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 8898 19 Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 16 in D, K451 (1784). English CO/Murray Perahia, pf & dir.

Sony SX4K 46 443 25 Prokofiev, S. Symphony no 4 in C, op 47 (1929). Ukraine NSO/Theodore Kuchar.

Naxos 8.553055 38 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale 13:00 POSTCARD FROM LONDON Prepared by Nicky Gluch Duruflé, M. Four motets on Gregorian 18

Delius, F. In a summer garden (1909).

London PO/Thomas Beecham.

Naxos 8.110906 14 Westlake, N. Grant peace, from Compassion (2013). Lior Attar, voice; Sydney SO/Nigel Westlake.

ABC 481 0678 7 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans 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.

15:00 HISTORY OF THE ORCHESTRA Part 1 Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Gabrieli, G. Sonata pian e forte (pub. 1597).

His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.

ASV GAU 122 5 Sonata XX (c1600). King’s Consort/Robert King.

Hyperion CDA67048 9 Monteverdi, C. Excerpts from L’Orfeo. Sara Macliver, sop; Penelope Mills, sop; Mark Tucker, ten; Brett Weymark, ten; Damion Whitely, bar; O of the Antipodes/Antony Walker.

ABC 476 803-0 8 Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, from Eighth book of madrigals (pub.1638). Red Byrd; Parley of Instruments.

Hyperion CDA66475 19 Lully, J-B. Atys, Act V scene 7 (1676). Les Arts Florissants/William Christie.

Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901316/18 12

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20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Elaine Siversen Tchaikovsky, P. Eugene Onegin. Opera in three acts. Libretto by the composer and Konstantin Shilovsky after Alexander Pushkin’s novel. First performed Moscow, 1879.

TATYANA: Teresa Kubiak, sop OLGA: Julia Hamari, cont EUGENE ONEGIN: Bernd Weikl, bar LENSKY: Stuart Burrows, ten PRINCE GREMIN: Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass John Alldis Choir; Royal Opera House O/ Georg Solti.

Decca 417 413-2 2:23 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Opera Suite from The nutcracker, op 71 (1892).

Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit.

Decca 478 4746 19 23:00 CONTEMPORARY MASTERPIECES Prepared by Miranda Luo Pärt, A. Fratres (1977). Australian CO/ Richard Tognetti.

ABC 481 5781 10 Sollima, G. Alone (1999). Umberto Clerici, vc.

ABC 481 5408 5 Reich, S. Electric counterpoint (1987). Pat Metheny, gui.

Nonesuch 979 176-2 15 Adams, J. Phrygian gates (1977-78). Peter Waters, pf.

Tall Poppies TP108 23 “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter. Therefore, ye soft pipes, play on.” — John Keats

Thursday 10 January 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

20:00 THE WORLD OF A SYMPHONY Prepared by Brian Drummond

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

Walton, W. Coronation march: Orb and sceptre (1953). Boston Pops O/John Williams.

Philips 420 946-2 7

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC The music salon Prepared by Chris Blower

Vaughan Williams, R. O taste and see (1952). Thomas Sneddon, treb; Choir of Westminster Abbey; English CO/Martin Neary.

Cantoris-Griffin CSACD3050 2

Haydn, J. Robert Bruce’s march to Bannockburn. 2 The bonny wee thing, Hob.XXXIa:102 (arr.

Beethoven). Christine Cairns, mezz. 3 Beethoven, L. Duncan Gray, WoO156 (1824-25). Harry Nicoll, ten. 3 Lorna Anderson, sop (2 above) Alan Watt, bar; Christopher Field, vn; Marjorie Rycroft, vc; John Kitchen, fp (3 above) Wallace, W. The harp that once through Tara’s halls; Fly not yet (1849); The bluebells of Scotland (1848); Home sweet home (1857). Rosemary Tuck, Richard Bonynge pf.

Naxos 8.572775 12 Dauprat, L. Variations on a Scottish air, op 22.

Sören Hermansson, hn; Erica Goodman, hp.

BIS CD-648 10

Anton Arensky Berlioz, H. Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, op 15 (1840). Joseph Alessi, tb; Royal Northern College of Music Wind O/ Timothy Reynish.

Chandos CHAN 9897 33 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers 13:00 IT’S ROMANTIC Prepared by Paul Hopwood

The lark ascending (1914/20). Michael Davis, vn; London SO/Bryden Thomson.

Chandos CHAN 8554 15 Britten, B. Hymn to St Cecilia, op 27 (1942).

London Symphony Ch/George Malcolm.

Decca 478 5364 11 Tippett, M. Divertimento on Sellinger’s round (1953). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/ Neville Marriner.

EMI 5 55452 2 18 Jacob, G. Divertimento (1956). Tommy Reilly, harmonica; Leif Jørgensen, vn; Trond Øyen, vn; Johs Hindar, va; Levi Hindar, vc.

Chandos CHAN 8802 17

Lemmoné, J. Fantasia on Scottish melodies.

Paul Curtis, fl; David Miller, pf.

Tall Poppies TP068 8

Brahms, J. Piano quartet no 2 in A, op 26 (1861-62). Rivka Golani, va; Borodin Trio.

Chandos CHAN 8809/10 56

Parry, H. Psalm 122: I was glad. Roderick Elms, org; London Symphony Ch & O/ Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHAN 8641/2 7

Sarasate, P. de Scottish airs, op 34 (1892).

Adele Anthony, vn; Akira Eguchi, pf.

Canary CC07 9

14:00 A RUSSIAN CAVALCADE Prepared by Rex Burgess

Vaughan Williams, R. Symphony no 8 in D minor (1956). London PO/Adrian Boult.

EMI CDC 7 63098 2 29

Mendelssohn, F. Fantasia in F sharp minor, op 28, Sonate écossaise (1833). Benjamin Frith, pf.

Naxos 8.553541 14 Beethoven, L. Scottish songs, op 108 (1818): Bonny laddie, Highland laddie; Behold my love how green the groves; Ye shepherds of this pleasant vale; Sunset; Enchantress, fare well; Could this ill world have been contriv’d. Edith Mathis, sop; Julia Hamari, mezz; Alexander Young, ten; Dietrich FischerDieskau, bar; Andreas Roehn, vn; Georg Donderer, vc; Karl Engel, pf.

DG 480 0385 16 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Rex Burgess Roussel, A. For a spring fete (1921). Royal Scottish NO/Stéphane Denève.

Naxos 8.570529 12 Ravel, M. Piano concerto for the left hand (1931). Philippe Entremont, pf; Cleveland O/ Pierre Boulez.

Sony SMK 45962 19 Koechlin, C. Quatre poèmes d’Edmond Haraucourt, op 7 (1890- 95). Juliane Banse, sop; Stuttgart RSO/Heinz Holliger.

SWR Music 19046 19

Arensky, A. Suite from the ballet, Egyptian nights, op 50a (1902). USSR RSO/Boris Demchenko.

Melodiya MEL 45002-2 20 Glière, R. The Zaporozhy Cossacks op 64 (1921). Czecho-Slovak RSO/Keith Clark.

Naxos 8.550899 18 Myaskovsky, N. String quartet no 5 in E minor, op 47 (1938-39). Taneyev Quartet.

Russian RD 11 032 25 Shostakovich, D. From Jewish folk poetry, op 79a (1948; orch.1964). Eva Ben-Zvi, sop; Elena Goubina, cont; Nikolai Kurpe, ten; Bolshoi O/Andrey Chistiakov.

Harmonia Mundi RUS 288166 23 Shchedrin, R. Concerto for orchestra no 5, Four Russian songs (1989). Bournemouth SO/Kitill Karabits.

Naxos 8.572405 22 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett 19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley

22:00 SHOWCASING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS Prepared by Paul Cooke Chopin, F. Ballade no 4 in F minor, op 52 (1842). Roger Woodward, pf.

Warner Music 450990318-2 12 Hyde, M. Viola sonata (1937). Anne-Louise Comerford, va; James Muir, pf.

Walsingham 2WAL8036-2 16 Britten, B. Piano concerto, op 13 (1938).

Gillian Lin, pf; Melbourne SO/John Hopkins.

Chandos CHAN 6580 34 Adams, J. Madam Mao’s aria, from Nixon in China (1987). Merlyn Quaife, sop; State O of Victoria/Richard Mills.

ABC 465 839-2 6 Koshkin, N. Hispanic suite (1973). Karin Schaupp, gui.

Warner Classics 3984233062 14 Smetana, B. Piano trio in G minor, op 15 (1855/57). Australian Trio.

ABC 476 123-1 29 “Without music, life would be a mistake.”

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Friday 11 January Sibelius, J. Symphony no 2 in D, op 43 (1901). Iceland SO/Petri Sakari.

Naxos 8.554266 45 12:00 A JAZZ HOUR with Barry O’Sullivan 13:00 SONATINAS Prepared by Brian Drummond Dvorák, A. Sonatina in G, op 100 (1893). Gil Shaham, vn; Orli Shaham, pf.

DG 479 2565 18

Matthias Bamert 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Something borrowed Prepared by Stephen Wilson Mussorgsky, M. Boris Godunov: Symphonic synthesis (1869-72; transcr. Stokowski). BBC PO/Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 9445 24 Albinoni, T. Concerto in D minor, op 9 no 2 (pub. 1721; arr. Thilde). Maurice André, tpt; London PO/Jésus López-Cobos.

EMI CMS 7 69880 2 9 Offenbach, J. Conduisez-moi vers celui que j’adore, from Robinson Crusoe (1867; arr. Gamley). Joan Sutherland, sop; Suisse Romande O/Richard Bonynge.

Decca 475 6302 4 Beethoven, L. Horn sonata in F, op 17 (1800; arr. for cello). Maria Kliegel, vc; Nina Tichman, pf.

Naxos 8.555785 14 Marcello, A. Oboe concerto in C minor (transcr. Williams). John Williams, gui; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Kenneth Sillito.

CBS MK 39560 12 Ravel, M. Suite from Mother Goose (1908-10; arr. McIntyre). Canberra Wind Soloists.

Fine Music Tape Archive 14 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Anne Irish Grieg, E. Lyric suite, op 54 (1904). Royal PO/ Yondani Butt.

ASV DCA 722 16 Hartmann, E. Piano concerto in F minor, op 47 (1889-90). Oleg Marshev, pf; South Jutland SO/Matthias Aeschbacher.

Danacord DACOCD 581 21 20

Diabelli, A. Sonatina, op 168 no 1. Hans Kann, square pf.

LP Harmonia Mundi HM 435 4 Strauss, R. Sonatina no 1 in F, from An invalid’s workshop. Julia Dickson, fl; Meldie Arkinstall, fl; David Nuttall, ob; Kirsty Wilson, ob; Alan Vivian, cl; Elizabeth Lim, cl; Paul Cutlan, cl; Brian Catchlove, bass cl; Richard McIntyre, bn; Sarah Butler, bn; Margot Lee, contrabassoon; Hector McDonald, hn; Rohan Richards, hn; Geoffrey O’Reilly, hn; Terry O’Kane, hn; Rachel Best, bshn; Michael Mulcahy, cond.

Fine Music concert recording 33 14:00 BRITISH SYMPHONISTS Prepared by Ron Walledge Elgar, E. Coronation march, op 65 (1911).

London SO/Barry Tuckwell.

IMP PCD 913 10 Violin concerto in B minor, op 61 (1909-10).

Pinchas Zukerman, vn; Daniel Barenboim, cond.

Sony SB2K 63247 51 Symphony no 1 in A flat (1907-08). Georg Solti, cond.

Decca 421 387-2 49 London PO (2 above) 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Ross Hayes 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Christopher Waterhouse 20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Summer nights Prepared by Katy Rogers-Davies Ireland, J. Summer evening (1920; arr.

Parlett). O of the Swan/David Curtis.

Naxos 8.571372 4 Vivaldi, A. Violin concerto in G minor, RV315, Summer (pub. 1725). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti, vn & dir.

BIS BIS-2103 11 Glazunov, A. Summer, from The seasons, op 34 (1901). Sydney SO/Wilfred Lehmann.

ABC 442 377-2 12

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d’Indy, V. Summer day on the mountain, op 61 (1905). Iceland SO/Rumon Gamba.

Chandos CHAN 10464 31 Bridge, F. Summer (1914-15). BBC NO of Wales/Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHAN 10729(6) X 11 Glinka, M. Spanish overture no 2: Memory of a summer night in Madrid (1851). Armenian PO/Loris Tjeknavorian.

ASV DCA 1075 10 Delius, F. A song of summer (1929-30).

London SO/Anthony Collins.

Belart 461 3582 10 9 Prokofiev, S. Summer night: suite from The duenna, op 123 (1950). Philharmonia O/ Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 9096 22 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Andrew Dziedzic Anon. O, que bien que baila Gil!; Ya es tiempo de recoger, from Ballads of Lope de Vega. Montserrat Figueras, sop; Jordi Savall, va da gamba; Ton Koopman, hpd.

Philips 432 822-2 5 Flecha, M. El Viejo La bomba. Ensemble Clément Janequin/Dominique Visse.

Harmonia Mundi HMC 901627 11 Correa de Arauxo, F. Tiento no 28. Jeremy West, cornett; Timothy Roberts, org.

Hyperion CDA66977 7 Romero, M. Folía romerico florido; Hermosas y enojadas, from The song-book of Claudio de Sablonara. Montserrat Figueras, sop; Jordi Savall, va da gamba; Ton Koopman, hpd.

Philips 432 822-2 6 Ortiz, D. Recercada primera sobre canto llano la Spagna. Atrium Musicae de Madrid/ Gregorio Paniagua.

BIS CD-163 8 Flecha, M. El Viejo La Guerra. 9 Vásquez, J. Lagrimas di mi consuelo. 5 Ensemble Clément Janequin/Dominique Visse (2 above) Harmonia Mundi HMC 901627 Victoria, T. de Motet: O magnum mysterium (pub. 1572). Choir of Westminster Cathedral/ David Hill.

Hyperion CDA66190 5 Office for the dead (1605). Magnificat/Philip Cave.

Linn CKD 060 52 Motet: Ascendens Christus in altum (pub.

1572). Westminster Cathedral Choir/David Hill.

Hyperion CDA66190 5 “Music-making as a means of getting money is hell.” — Gustav Holst

Saturday 12 January 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:05 THE PIANO ALONE Prepared by Anne Irish Nielsen, C. Humoresque-bagatelles, op 11 (c1890). Elisabeth Westenholz, pf.

BIS CD-167/168 6 Beethoven, L. Piano sonata no 32 in C minor, op 111 (1821-22). Stephen Kovacevich, pf.

EMI 5 62700 2 26 Chopin, F. Waltz in E flat, op 18, Grand valse brillante (1831). Géza Anda, pf.

RCA Victrola VD 87744 6 Mendelssohn, F. Variations sérieuses in D minor, op 54 (1841). Stephen Hough, pf.

Hyperion CDA67686 11 10:00 MUSIC OF THE DANCE Prepared by Paul Cooke Saint-Saëns, C. Havanaise, op 83 (1887; transcr. Ma). Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Kathryn Stott, pf.

Sony SK 87287 9 Palmer, G. Waltz 1, Au coupe chou (1997).

Cove CO/Stephen Williams.

ABC 476 261-2 6 Viardot, P. Havanaise. Cecilia Bartoli, mezz; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pf.

Decca 455 981-2 5 Scott, R. Square dance for eight Egyptian mummies (arr. McFall). Mr McFall’s Chamber.

Mr McFall’s Chamber MMCC 003 4 Weiss, S. Sonata no 37 in C. Robert Barto, lute.

Naxos 8.554557 16 Coleridge-Taylor, S. Four African dances, op 58 (1904). John Fadial, vn; Andrew Harley, pf.

Centaur CRC 2691 18 Gluck, C. Ballet: Semiramis (1765).

Tafelmusik/Bruno Weill.

Sony SK 53119 21 11:30 ON PARADE The NSW Police Band Prepared by Robert Small Various. Bicentenial collection (arr. Wilson). 7 Various. Salute to Bob Hope (arr. Barker). 7 Various. Tin Pan Alley (arr. Barker). 7 Hits of the Twenties (arr. Gold). 3 NSW Police Band/L.T. Lambert (all above) ABC 461757-2 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 IT’S ROMANTIC Prepared by Paul Hopwood Herzogenberg, H. Trio in D for oboe, horn and piano, op 61 (1889). Ingo Goritzki, ob; Barry Tuckwell, hn; Ricardo Requejo, pf.

Claves 50 803 25 Dohnányi, E. Piano quintet in C minor, op 1 (1895). Martin Roscoe, pf; Vanbrugh Quartet.

ASV DCA 915 29 15:00 SATURDAY MATINEE Operetta in the afternoon Prepared by Elaine Siversen Lehár, F. The merry widow. Operetta in three acts. Libretto by Viktor Léon and Leo Stein.

First performed Vienna, 1905.

BARON VON ZETA: Bryn Terfel, bass HANNA GLAWARI: Cheryl Studer, sop COUNT DANILO: Boje Skovhus, ten CAMILLE DE ROSILLON: Rainer Trost, ten VALENCIENNE: Barbara Bonney, sop Monteverdi Choir; Vienna PO/John Eliot Gardiner.

DG 479 1044 1:20 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Opera Der Graf von Luxemburg. Operetta in three acts.

Libretto by Alfred Willner, Robert Bodantzky and Leo Stein. First performed Vienna, 1909.

PRINCE BASIL: Erich Kunz, ten COUNT RENÉ OF LUXEMBOURG: Eberhard Wächter, bar ANGÈLE DIDIER: Lilian Sukis, sop ARMAND BISSARD: Peter Frölich, ten Graunke SO/Walter Goldschmidt.

Philips 420 663-2 41 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Opera 17:30 THE VOICES, THE ROLES Prepared by Angela Cockburn Contraltos: unlucky in love 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Organ Music Society of Sydney Prepared by Andrew Grahame 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN and the Oscar goes to...

Prepared by Chris Blower Arnold, M. Prelude; Colonel Bogey; Finale, from The bridge on the River Kwai (1957).

London SO/Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHAN 9100 14 Rota, N. Excerpts from The godfather, part II (1972). Cinema Italiano Soloists & O. Recording Arts AG 5X060 10

Williams, J. Main title, from Star Wars. Los Angeles PO/Zubin Mehta.

ABC 534 3879 5 Theme from E.T. The extra-terrestial.

Queensland SO/Colin Harper.

ABC 534 3879 5 Jarre, M. Overture, from Laurence of Arabia.

Philharmonia O/Tony Brennan.

Sony 88697161052 4 Barry, J. Theme from Out of Africa. City of Prague SO/Nic Raine.

ABC 534 3879 4 John Dunbar theme, from Dances with wolves (arr. Raine). Royal PO/Paul Bateman.

Sony 88697161052 4 20:00 THE WORD TRANSFORMED Prepared by Krystal Li Glinka, M. Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila (1842). Russian NO/Mikhail Pletnev.

Newton 8802037 5 Rubinstein, A. Ivan the Terrible, op 79 (1869). Slovak State PO/Robert Stankovsky.

Naxos 8.555476 23 Medtner, N. Twilight, op 24. Ludmilla Andrew, sop; Geoffrey Tozer, pf.

Chandos CHAN 9327 3 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Sadko, musical picture, op 5 (1869/92). USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Melodiya MA 23325 009 11 Rachmaninov, S. 12 Songs, op 21 (1902).

Evelina Dobraceva, sop; Ekaterina Siurina, sop; Justina Gringyte, mezz; Daniil Shtoda, ten; Andrei Bondarenko, bar; Rodion Pogossov, bar; Alexander Vinogradov, bass; Iain Burnside, pf.

Delphian DCD34127 31 Prokofiev, S. Symphonic suite from War and peace, op 91 (1941-43). Philharmonia O/ Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 9096 27 Balakirev, M. The lark, from Romance by Glinka (1864). Michael Lewin, pf.

Centaur CRC 2134 5 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Gerald Holder Dvorák, A. Rhapsody in A minor, op 14 (1874). Slovak PO/Libor Pesek.

Marco Polo HK 8.220420 17 Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 1 in F, K37 (1767). English CO/Murray Perahia, pf & dir.

Sony SX4K 46 442 16 Smetana, B. Má vlast (1872-79). Royal Concertgebouw O/Antal Dorati.

Newton 8802073 1:20

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Sunday 13 January 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Robert Small 9:00 MUSICA SACRA Prepared by Elaine Siversen Mozart, W. Vesperae solennes de confessore, K339 (1780). Barbara Bonney, sop; Catherine Wyn-Rogers, cont; Jamie MacDougall, ten; Stephen Gadd, bass; English Concert Choir; English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock.

Archiv 445 353-2 25 Gounod, C. Mass no 2 in G (1846). Chorale du Brassus; François Margot, org; André Charlet, cond.

Claves CD 50-9326 30 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Frank Morrison Boccherini, L. Piano quintet in A minor, op 56 no 2 (1797). Les Adieux.

Harmonia Mundi GD77053 18 Hummel, J. Potpourri, op 94 (1820). James Ehnes, va; London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley.

Chandos CHAN 10255 19 Mendelssohn, F. Der Mond, op 86 no 5 (1851). Barbara Bonney, sop; Geoffrey Parsons, pf.

Teldec 2292-44946-2 2 Krommer, F. Clarinet concerto in E flat, op 36 (1803). Walter Boeykens, cl; New Belgian CO/Jan Caeyers.

Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901433 22 Donizetti, G. String quartet no 11 in C (1821).

Revolutionary Drawing Room. cpo 999 279-2 17 Haydn, J. Symphony in D, Hob.I:101, Clock (1793-94). Concertgebouw O/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Teldec 243 675-2 28 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with John Buchanan The early days of jazz and ragtime as recorded during the first 30 years of the 20th century 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Orli Zahava 14:00 SPOTLIGHT ON JOACHIM RAFF Prepared by Robin Mitchell Raff, J. Pieces, op 85 nos 3 to 6 (1859). Yuko Nishino, vn; Philharmonia O/Yondani Butt.

ASV DCA 1000 16 Symphony no 10 in F minor, op 213, In autumn (1879). Slovak State PO/Urs Schneider.

Naxos 8.555491 31 22

Abends-rhapsodie, op 163b. Philharmonia O/ Francesco d’Avalos.

ASV DCA 793 5 15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL From harpsichord to the romantic piano Prepared by Elaine Siversen Bach, J.S. Concerto in the Italian style in F, BWV971 (1735). Aapo Häkkinen, hpd.

Aeolus AE-10057 13 Bach, C.P.E. Concerto in E flat for two keyboards and orchestra, Wq47 (1788).

Tini Mathot, fp; Amsterdam Baroque O/Ton Koopman, hpd & dir.

Erato ECD 75396 18

Alexander Anissimov

Beethoven, L. Variations in G on See the conqu’ring hero comes, from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus, WoO45 (1796). Steven Isserlis, vc; Robert Levin, fp.

Hyperion CDA67981/2 11

18:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Schubert, F. Der Erlkönig, D 328 (1815); Die Forelle, D550 (1817); Am Strome, D539 (1817). Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar; Gerald Moore, pf.

DG 477 5765 4

Haydn, J. String quartet in B minor, Hob.III:37 (1781). Lindsay String Quartet.

ASV DCA 937 24

Liszt, F. Sonata in B minor (1852-53). Shura Cherkassky, pf.

Nimbus NI 7701 28 Grieg, E. Piano concerto in A minor, op 16 (1868). Stephen Kovacevich, pf; BBC SO/ Colin Davis.

Newton 8802019 30 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Meg Matthews Hymns: All creatures of our God and King; For the beauty of the earth; By Your kingly power. Cantus Choro; Norman Kaye, org; Peter Chapman, cond.

Move MD 3032 10 Mozart, W. Laudate Dominum, from Dominican Vespers, K321. Vienna Volksoper CO/Uwe Christian Harrer.

Philips 426 307-2 5 Scarlatti, A. Cantata: In the depths of my heart, from Amore è Virtù. Philippe Jaroussky, ct; Les Arts Florissants/William Christie.

Virgin 5099907094323 3 Max Emanuel Cencic, treb (2 above) Schelle, J. Psalm 103: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele; Cantata: Gott, sende dein Licht (c1683). King’s Consort/Robert King.

Hyperion CDA 67260 22 Macmillan, J. A child’s prayer (1996). 3 Lauridssen, M. O nata lux (1997). 5 Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis/Hördur Askelsson (2 above) BIS 2200

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Dvorák, A. Piano trio no 4 in E minor, op 90, Dumky (1890-91). Trio de Barcelona.

Harmonia Mundi HMC 901404 30

19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Chris Blower Grofé, F. Mississippi suite (1925). Hollywood Bowl SO/Felix Slatkin.

EMI 5 74117 2 13 Field, J. Piano concerto no 7 in C (1822-32).

John O’Conor, pf; New Irish CO/János Fürst.

Vanguard 08 9178 72 30 Glazunov, A. Ballet: The seasons, op 67 (1899). Moscow SO/Alexander Anissimov.

Naxos 8.553915 40 20:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by James Nightingale Green, B. Shades of presence past (2013).

Josie Ryan, sop; Laura Vaughan, viol; Emerald City Viols.

Tall Poppies TP233 10 Pertout, A. Musica battuta: Double toy piano étude for one soloist, no 438 (2016).

Antonietta Loffredo, pf.

Wirripang WIRR 089 6 Harvey, J. White as Jasmine. Anu Komsi, sop; BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov.

NMC Records D141 16 Chen Yi. Not alone (2014). PRISM Quartet.

XAS Records 103 14 Martin, M. A rose magnificat (2017). Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh.

Signum SIGCD536 10 Sculthorpe, P. Great Sandy Island (1998).

Adelaide SO/James Judd.

ABC 476 569-2 23 22:00 AFTER HOURS JAZZ with Kevin Jones

Monday 14 January

Tuesday 15 January

Anthony Robson

César Cui

David Oistrakh

0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

13:00 THE SUBLIME PORTE Prepared by Rodrigo Azaola Telemann, G. Suite in B flat, The people’s overture. Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage.

Chandos CHAN 0593 20 Anon. Ottoman war march. Hespèrion XXI/ Jordi Savall.

Alia Vox AVSA 9895 A/F 3 Kerll, J. Missa in fletu solatium obsidionis viennensis (1689). Cantus Cölln; Concerto Palatino/Konrad Junghänel.

Accent ACC 24286 28

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Robert Small 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC A year in retrospect: 1827 Prepared by Madilina Tresca Schubert, F. Impromptu in A flat, D899 no 4 (1827). Edwin Fischer, pf.

Philips 456 769-2 8 Mendelssohn, F. String quartet no 2 in A minor, op 13 (1827). Sorrel Quartet.

Chandos CHAN 9555 32 Berlioz, H. La mort d’Orphée (1827). Gerard Garino, ten; Dutch Radio Ch & SO/Jean Fournet.

Denon CO-72886 14 Kuhlau, F. Flute sonata in G, op 83 no 1 (1827). Uwe Grodd, fl; Matteo Napoli, pf.

Naxos 8.555346 25 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Derek Parker Elgar, E. Overture: In the South, op 50, Alassio (1903). Vienna PO/John Eliot Gardiner.

DG 479 1044 21 Vaughan Williams, R. Tuba concerto in F minor (1954). Patrick Harrild, tuba; London SO/Bryden Thomson.

Chandos CHAN 9262 13 Bach, J.S. Oboe concerto in A, BWV1055 (1735-40). O of the Age of Enlightenment/ Anthony Robson, ob d’amore & dir.

Virgin 5 45095 2 15

14:00 A RUSSIAN CAVALCADE Prepared by Rex Burgess Glinka, M. Andante cantabile and rondo in D minor (1823). USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Melodiya SUCD 10-00166 17 Rubinstein, A. Sonata no 1 in E minor, op 12 (1848). Leslie Howard, pf.

Hyperion CDA66017 25 Mussorgsky, M. Prologue; Scene 1, from Boris Godunov (1874). Aki Alamikkotervo, ten; Usko Viitanen, bar; Keikki Kilpeläinen, bar; Jorma Falck, bass-bar; Martti Talvela, bass; Savonlinna Opera Festival Ch & O/Kyösti Haatanen.

BIS CD-373/374 16 Cui, C. Concert suite for violin and orchestra, op 25 (1884). Takako Nishizaki, vn; Hong Kong PO/Kenneth Schermerhorn.

LP Marco Polo 6.220308 21 Glazunov, A. Symphonic picture: The Kremlin, op 30 (1890). USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Melodiya SUCD 10-00022 29 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Michael Field

Mozart, W. Symphony no 40 in G minor, K550 (1788). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.

ABC 481 2880 31

19:00 JAZZ PULSE with Chris Wetherall

12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan

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

20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Colours of the keyboard Prepared by Frank Morrison Beethoven, L. Piano trio no 11 in G, op 121a, Kakadu variations (1792-95). Beaux Arts Trio.

Philips 438 948-2 17 Bartók, B. 15 Hungarian peasant songs (1914-18). Peter Frankl, pf.

ASV DCA 687 13 Galuppi, B. Sonata no 5 in B flat, from A pastime at the harpsichord (1781). Jörg Ewald Dähler, hpd.

Claves CD 50-603 9 Mozart, W. Violin sonata no 20 in C, K303 (1778). Mark Steinberg, vn; Mitsuko Uchida, pf.

Decca 478 2540 10 Howells, H. Rhapsody no 3 for organ (1918).

Iain Farrington, org.

Naxos 8.554659 7 Bach, J.S. Toccata, adagio and fugue in C, BWV564 (bef. 1717; transcr. Busoni). Nikolai Demidenko, pf.

Hyperion CDA66566 22 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Paul Hopwood Britten, B. An American overture (1941). City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle.

EMI 5 55394 2 10 Beethoven, L. Violin concerto in D, op 61 (1806). David Oistrakh, vn; Stockholm FO/ Sixten Ehrling.

Testament SBT 1032 44 Schumann, R. Symphony no 4 in D minor, op 120 (1851). O Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner.

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Tuesday 15 January

Wednesday 16 January 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Troy Fil 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Jennifer Foong Svendsen, J. Polonaise in D, op 15 (1876).

Danish National RSO/Thomas Dausgaard.

Chandos CHAN 9932 6

Adrian Tamburini

George Onslow

12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes

André, J. Clarinet quartet in E flat, op 54 (1799). Anne Menzies, cl; Donald Hazelwood, vn; Peter Pfuhl, va; Patricia Mendelow, vc.

Fine Music concert recording 16

13:00 RUSSIAN MASTERS IN SONG Recorded by Greg Ghavalas for FINE MUSIC Tchaikovsky, P. If only you could, op 38 no 4; Pimpinella, op 38 no 6; Don Juan’s serenade, op 38 no 1 (1878). 9 Borodin, A. The sleeping princess (1869); Khan Konchak’s aria, from Prince Igor, Act II (1890; compl. Glazunov, Rimsky-Korsakov). 12 Rachmaninov, S. Oh no, I beg you, do not leave, op 4 no 1; How long, my friend, op 4 no 6 (1890-93); Old gypsy’s song, from Aleko, Act I (1892). 6 Shostakovich, D. Six romances on verses by English poets, op 62 (1943). 19 Boris Timofeyevich’s aria, from Lady Macbeth of Mtsenk, Act II (1934). 5 Adrian Tamburini, bass; Robert AndrewGreene, pf (all above)

Berlioz, H. Rêverie et caprice, op 8 (1841).

Donald Hazelwood, vn; Sydney SO/Patrick Thomas.

ABC 476 4664 9

14:00 MUSICAL FAMILIES Hazelwood/Pini family Prepared by Jennifer Foong Ravel, M. Introduction and allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet (1906).

Neville Amadio, fl; Kevin Murphy, cl; June Loney, hp; Hazelwood Quartet.

LP RCA VRL1 0122 10 Bach, J. Christian Sinfonia concertante in A (1770). Zoltan Szábo, vc; Australian CO/Carl Pini, vn & dir.

Fine Music concert recording 15 Mozart, W. String duo no 1 in G, K423 (1783). Carl Pini, vn; Jane Hazelwood, va.

Fine Music Tape Archive 14 Haydn, J. Kellyburn braes, Hob.XXX1:148bis, from Scottish folk songs, Vol. 6 (1795). Jane Edwards, sop; Didier Frédéric, bar; Australian Trio.

Fine Music concert recording 2

22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Rex Burgess

Shostakovich, D. Piano quintet in G minor, op 57 (1940). Donald Hazelwood, vn; Carl Pini, vn; Jane Hazelwood, va; David Pereira, vc; Kathryn Selby, pf.

Fine Music concert recording 32 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Andrew Dziedzic 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Charles Barton

Biber, H. Harmonia artificiosa partita. Irish Baroque O Chamber Soloists/Monica Huggett.

Avie AV2202 16 Onslow, G. Grand septet for wind quintet, double bass and piano, op 79. Rudolf Frei, db; Werner Bärtschi, pf; Stalder Quintet.

Jecklin 554-2 31 Stravinsky, I. Suite from L’histoire du soldat (1918). William Blunt, cl; Chris Gekker, tpt; Michael Powell, tb; Frank Morelli, bn; Rolf Schulte, vn; John Feeney, db; Gordon Gottlieb, perc; Robert Craft, cond.

Naxos 8.557505 25 Beethoven, L. Cello sonata no 3 in A, op 69 (1807-08). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Stephen Kovacevich pf.

EMI CZS 5 68132 2 27

Schubert, F. String trio in B flat, D471, Webern, A. Slow movement in E flat (1905).

Triosatz (1816). Carl Pini, vn; Elena Pini, va; Goldner String Quartet.

Daniel Pini, vc.

Fine Music concert recording 8 Fine Music Tape Archive 11 24 FOR A FULL DAB+ SCHEDULE VISIT WWW.FINEMUSICFM.COM

Carnival in Paris, op 9 (1872). Bergen PO/ Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 10693 12 Two Icelandic melodies (1877). Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Studt.

Naxos 8.553106 6 Romance, op 26 (1881). Richard Tognetti, vn; Nordic CO/Christian Lindberg.

BIS CD-1538 8 Andante funèbre. Trondheim SO/Ole Kristian Ruud.

Virgin 5 45128 2 9 Norwegian rhapsody no 4, op 22 (1877).

Bergen PO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 10711 12 String quartet in A minor, op 1 (1865). Kontra Quartet.

BIS CD-753 26 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Michael Field Bartók, B. Hungarian pictures (1931).

Hungarian State SO/Adám Fischer.

Nimbus NI 5309 13 Mackenzie, A. Scottish concerto, op 55 (1897). Steven Osborne, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins.

Hyperion CDA67023 28 Bomtempo, J. Symphony no 2 in D. Algarve O/Álvaro Cassuto.

Naxos 8.557163 42 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale 13:00 LEGENDARY PERFORMERS Prepared by Yvonne Laki Mozart, W. Adagio and allegro in F minor, K594 (1790). Vienna Flautists.

Orfeo C 239 911 A 10 Bruch, M. Violin concerto no 1 in G minor, op 26 (1866-67). Anne-Sophie Mutter, vn; Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan.

DG 479 4110 26 Liszt, F. Piano concerto no 1 in E flat (1849).

Martha Argerich, pf; London SO/Claudio Abbado.

DG 479 4110 18

Thursday 17 January

Wednesday 16 January 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans 15:00 HISTORY OF THE ORCHESTRA Part 2 Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Banister, J. The musick att the Bath (1663; compl. Holman). Parley of Instruments Renaissance Violin Band/Peter Holman.

Hyperion CDA66667 10 Allegri, G. Psalm 50 (51): Miserere mei Deus. Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips.

Gimell CDGIM 041 14 Hasse, J. Pallido il sole, from Artaserse (1730). Andreas Scholl, ct; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Roger Norrington.

Decca 466 196-2 4 Stamitz, J. Sinfonia pastorale in D, op 4 no 2.

Northern CO/Nicholas Ward.

Naxos 8.554447 14 Cannabich, C. Symphony no 49 in F, op 10 (pub. 1772). Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/ Uwe Grodd.

Naxos 8.554340 13 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Tom Forrester-Paton 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell 20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Elaine Siversen Glinka, M. Ruslan and Ludmila. Opera in five acts. Libretto by Valerian Shirkov, Nestor Kukolnik, N.A. Markevich and others after Alexander Pushkin’s poem. First performed St Petersburg, 1842.

SVETOZAR: Valery Yaroslavtsev, bass LUDMILA: Bela Rudenko, sop RUSLAN: Yevgeny Nesterenko, bass RATMIR: Tamara Sinyavskaya, mezz FARLAF: Boris Morozov, bass GORISLAVA: Nina Fomina, sop Bolshoi Ch & O/Yuri Simonov.

Melodiya 74321 293482 3:08 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Opera 23:30 KEYBOARD MOZART Prepared by Paul Hopwood Mozart, W. Piano sonata in F, K533 (1783).

Daniel Barenboim, pf.

LP EMI EX 27 0324 3 27 Mozart completed his Piano sonata no 15 in F, K533 on 3 January 1788. The Rondo of 1786 was originally a standalone piece (K494) but he expanded this as the sonata’s finale, providing a substantial contrast to the previous two movements.

Miguel Baselga

Colin Davis

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

city (1899). Royal Liverpool PO/Charles Mackerras.

EMI 5 73113 2 22

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC The music salon Prepared by Madilina Tresca Albéniz, I. Amalia, mazurka de salon, op 95 (1889). Miguel Baselga, pf.

BIS CD-1043 14 Bazzini, A. Two salon pieces, op 12 (1845).

Chloe Hanslip, vn; Caspar Frantz, pf.

Naxos 8.570800 8 Chopin, F. Songs, op 74 (1829): no 1, The wish; no 2, Spring; no 4, Merrymaking; no 7, The messenger; no 8, The handsome lad.

Annette Celine, sop; Felicia Blumenthal, pf.

Olympia OCD 629 11 Mozart, W. Adagio and allegro in F minor, K594 (1790). Imogen Cooper, Anne Queffélec, pf.

Ottavo OTR C129242 7 Vivaldi, A. Violin concerto in A minor, RV358, from La cetra, op 9 no 5 (pub. 1727). Andrés Gabetta, vn; Capella Gabetta.

DHM 88875194662 8 Bottesini, G. Introduction et variations sur Le carnival de Venice. Thomas Martin, db, Anthony Halstead, pf.

ASV DCA 1052 11 Kreutzer, J. Grand trio for flute, clarinet and guitar, op 16. Alexa Still, fl; Robert Alemany, cl; JoAnn Falletta, gui.

Koch 3-7404-2H1 19 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Ron Walledge Berlioz, H. Overture: Roman carnival, op 9 (1844). Philharmonia O/Herbert von Karajan.

EMI CDM 1 66434 2 9 Delius, F. Paris, The song of a great

Saint-Saëns, C. Cello concerto no 1 in A minor, op 33 (1872). János Starker, vc; London SO/Antal Dorati.

Mercury 432 010-2 19 Sibelius, J. Symphony no 5 in E flat, op 82 (1915). London SO/Colin Davis.

RCA 09026 61963 2 30 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers 13:00 TALE OF TWO CITIES Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Offenbach, J. Ballet: Gaîté parisienne (1866; arr. Rosenthal 1938). Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan.

Decca 478 5630 29 Coates, E. Suite: London again (1936). Royal Liverpool PO/Charles Groves.

EMI 3 52356 2 15 Gershwin, G. An American in Paris (1928).

New York PO/Leonard Bernstein.

CBS MYK 42611 18 Vaughan Williams, R. Symphony no 2, A London symphony (1913/20/33). BBC SO/ Andrew Davis.

Teldec 4509-90858-2 49 15:00 ISN’T IT ROMANTIC? Prepared by Paul Hopwood Bruch, M. Violin concerto no 1 in G minor, op 26 (1868). Isaac Stern, vn; Philadelphia O/ Eugene Ormandy.

CBS MPK 45555 24 Saint-Saëns, C. Piano concerto no 5 in F, op 103, Egyptian (1896). Philippe Entremont, pf; Toulouse Capitole O/Michel Plasson.

CBS M2YK 45624 29 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Sue Jowell JANUARY 2019

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Friday 18 January

Thursday 17 January 19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley

13:00 THE BAROQUE ERA Prepared by Albert Gormley

20:00 THE WORLD OF A SYMPHONY Prepared by Krystal Li

Corelli, A. Violin sonata in D minor, op 5 no 12, La folia (pub. 1700). Eduard Melkus, vn; Garo Atmacayan,vc; Karl Scheit, lute; Huguette Dreyfus, hpd, org.

Archiv 427 161-2 12

Tchaikovsky, P. Capriccio italien, op 45 (1880). Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink.

Decca 478 5867 15

Lully, J-B. Omnes gentes. Les Arts Florissants/William Christie.

Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901316/18 9

Mendelssohn, F. Violin sonata in F (1838).

Jean-Jacques Kantorow, vn; Jacques Rouvier, pf.

Denon CO 78964 23 Strauss, R. Tone poem: Don Juan, op 20 (1888). Cleveland O/George Szell.

Sony SBK 48 272 16 Brahms, J. Four gypsy songs, op 112 (1891).

RIAS Chamber Choir; Alain Planès, pf; Marcus Creed, cond.

Harmonia Mundi HMG 501592/93 5 Grieg, E. In the mountains, from Pictures from everyday life, op 19 (1870-71). Einar Steen-Nökleberg, pf.

Naxos 8.550883 5 Sibelius, J. Symphony no 2 in D, op 43 (1901). Royal PO/Charles Mackerras.

Tring TRP013 43 22:00 SHOWCASING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS Prepared by Melissa Evans Beethoven, L. String quartet in E flat, op 127 (1824-25). Goldner String Quartet.

ABC 476 3541 37 Verdi, G. Siam giunti ... D’amor sull’ali rosee ... Miserere d’un’alma già vicina, from Il trovatore (1853). Joan Sutherland, sop; Robin Donald, ten; Kenneth Collins, ten; Australian Opera Ch; Elizabethan Sydney O/Richard Bonynge.

ABC 472 094-2 15 Lim, L. Bright vessel (2000). Stephen Robinson, ob; Peter Neville, perc.

Tall Poppies TP202 4 Chopin, F. Fantasy in F minor, op 49 (1841).

Kathryn Selby, pf.

Fine Music Tape Archive 12 Kats-Chernin, E. Displaced dances (2000).

Stephanie McCallum, pf; Adelaide SO/David Stanhope.

ABC 481 6430 31 Sculthorpe, P. From Ubirr (1994). William Barton, did; Queensland SO/Michael Christie.

ABC 476 192-1 12 William Barton became somewhat of a muse for Peter Sculthorpe in his later years. Sculthorpe wrote several works, and revised others, to include the didjeridu, among them From Ubirr.

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Simon Rattle 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Something borrowed Prepared by Paul Cooke Bantock, G. Old English suite, after Gibbons, Dowland, Bull, Farnaby, Byrd (1909). CzechoSlovak State PO/Adrian Leaper.

Naxos 8.555473 15 Danzi, F. Concert piece, variations on Là ci darem la mano, from Don Giovanni. Sabine Meyer, cl; Zurich Opera O/Franz WelserMöst.

EMI 5 56137 2 10 Elgar, E. Organ sonata in G, op 28 (1895; orch. Jacob). BBC CO/Vernon Handley.

BBC Music BBCMM423 23 Ravel, M. Le tombeau de Couperin (1914-17; transcr. Jones). Les Vents Français.

Warner Classics 2564 63484-5 15 Haydn, J. Divertimento in F, Hob.XVIIa:1, Il maestro e lo scolare (c1766-67). Cullan Bryant, Dmitry Rachmanov, pf.

Naxos 8.572519-20 17 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Frank Morrison Copland, A. Four dance episodes, from Rodeo (1942). Detroit SO/Antal Dorati.

Decca 414 273-2 20 Haydn, J. Oboe concerto in C, Hob.VIIg:C1 (1780-90). Derek Wickens, ob; Royal PO/ Elgar Howarth.

ASV CD ACA 1003 22 Beethoven, L. Symphony no 7 in A, op 92 (1811-12). Vienna PO/Simon Rattle.

EMI 5 57448 2 40 12:00 A JAZZ HOUR with Barry O’Sullivan

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Corelli, A. Sonata, op 5 no 7 (pub. 1710).

Gaetano Nasillo, vc; Guido Balestracci, bass va; Eunice Brandão, bass va; Eduardo Egüez, theorbo; Massimiliano Raschietti, hpd.

Symphonia SY 98163 9 Lully, J-B. Overture and suite from Amadis (1684). Collegium Aureum/Reinhard Peters.

LP Harmonia Mundi HM 20322 23 14:00 MUSIC FROM ELLIS ISLAND Part 2 Prepared by Frank Morrison Saint-Saëns, C. Cello concerto no 1 in A minor, op 33 (1872). Gregor Piatigorsky, vc; RCA Victor SO/Fritz Reiner.

Naxos 8.111069 19 Bloch, E. Enfantines, ten pieces for children (1923). Istvan Kassai, pf.

Marco Polo 8.223288 16 Haydn, J. Symphony in B flat, Hob.I:98 (1792). Cleveland O/George Szell.

Sony M2YK 45673 27 Schubert, F. Adagio in E flat, D897, Notturno (c1827). Beaux Arts Trio.

Philips 438 700-2 13 Rachmaninov, S. Bohemian caprice, op 12 (1892/94). Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Exton EXCL-00018 17 Mozart, W. Symphony no 25 in G minor, K183 (1773). Columbia SO/Bruno Walter.

Sony SMK 64 473 17 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Camille Mercep 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Christopher Waterhouse 20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Music from the New World: Beginnings Prepared by David Brett Chadwick, G. Overture: Melpomene (1887).

Czech State PO/José Serebrier.

Reference Recordings RR-64CD 13 Beach, A. Symphony in E minor, op 32, Gaelic (1896). Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 8958 41 Foote, A. Pizzicato and adagietto, from Suite in E, op 63 (1907). Indianapolis SO/Raymond Leppard.

Decca 458 157-2 7

Friday 18 January MacDowell, E. Piano concerto no 2 in D minor, op 23 (1884-86). André Watts, pf; Dallas SO/Andrew Litton.

Telarc CD-80429 26 Ives, C. Symphony no 3, The camp meeting (1903-04). Eastman-Rochester O/Howard Hanson.

Mercury 475 6274 21 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE The closing years of the Baroque Prepared by Elaine Siversen Boyce, W. Symphony in F, op 2 no 4 (1751).

Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood.

Decca 473 081-2 7 Handel, G. Excerpts from Jephtha, HWV70 (1752). Mark Padmore, ten; English Concert/ Andrew Manze.

Harmonia Mundi HMU 907422 12 Mozart, L. Concerto in E flat for two horns and orchestra (1752). Hermann Baumann, hn; Radovan Vlatkovic, hn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Iona Brown.

Philips 416 815-2 11 Scarlatti, D. Andante in F, Kk296 (1753).

Kenneth Cooper, hpd.

Vanguard 08 9071 71 5 Rameau, J-P. Anacréon, scene 5 (1754).

Agnès Mellon, sop; Jill Feldman, sop; René Schirrer, bar; Les Arts Florissants/William Christie.

Harmonia Mundi HMP 390808 14 Bach, C.P.E. Organ sonata in A minor, Wq70 no 4 (1755). Jacques van Oortmerssen, org.

BIS CD-569 14 Gluck, C. Elisa? Aminta? È sogno? ... Vanne a regnar, ben mio, from Il re pastore (1756).

Ailish Tynan, sop; Sophie Bevan, sop; Classical Opera Company/Ian Page.

Wigmore Hall WHLive0037 7 Arne, T. Trio sonata no 7 in E minor (1757).

Collegium Musicum 90.

Chandos CHAN 0666 13 Duphly, J. La Forqueray, from Pièces de clavecin, bk 3 (1758). Mitzi Meyerson, hpd.

ASV GAU 108 7 Haydn, J. Symphony in D, Hob.I:1 (1759).

Irina Zahharenkova, hpd; Sinfonia Finlandia/ Patrick Gallois.

Naxos 8.557571 14 It is doubtful whether Haydn’s Symphony no 1 is the first he composed, or even the first to survive. A Mannheim crescendo opens the first movement while the rest of the symphony is more Austrian in character. It and other early symphonies were written when he was in his late 20s.

Saturday 19 January 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Peter Bell 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:05 THE PIANO ALONE Prepared by Paul Cooke Vorisek, J. Fantasia in C, op 12 (pub. 1822).

Nikolai Demidenko, pf.

Hyperion CDA66781/2 11 Bach, J.S. Prelude and fugue in E minor, BWV548 (1731; arr. Liszt). Leslie Howard, pf.

Hyperion CDS44550 13 Chopin, F. Piano sonata no 2 in B flat minor, op 35 (1837-39). Hélène Grimaud, pf.

DG 00289 477 5325 25 10:00 MUSIC OF THE DANCE Prepared by Chris Blower Piston, W. Ballet: The incredible flutist (1938). Eastman-Rochester O/Howard Hanson.

Mercury 478 5092 16 Beethoven, L. Ballet: The creatures of Prometheus, op 43 (1800-01). Melbourne SO/ Michael Halász.

Naxos 8.553404 1:07 11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher 12:00 URBAN JAZZ LOUNGE with Leita Hutchings 13:00 COME TO THE OPERA Are you an opera fan? If not, why not?

Together the story and the song make for great entertainment as well as great art.

Derek Parker tells the story of Verdi’s Aïda, and plays some of the music that makes it a great opera.

14:30 CHAMBER MOZART Prepared by Paul Hopwood Mozart, W. Violin sonata no 23 in D, K306 (1778). Donald Hazelwood, vn; Rachel Valler, pf.

Fine Music concert recording 26 15:00 SATURDAY MATINEE Gayaneh Prepared by Chris Blower Khachaturian, A. Ballet: Gayaneh (1942).

USSR RT SO/Jansug Kakhidze.

LP Melodiya 33C 10-10531-6 2:21 17:30 STAGING MUSIC Prepared by Angela Cockburn Troilus and Cressida 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT

Classical Guitar Society Prepared by Darryl Rule 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Sue Jowell Jacques Brel 20:00 THE WORD TRANSFORMED Prepared by James Nightingale Massenet, J. Suite from Le Cid (1885).

Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Brilliant Classics 94355 20 Clérambault, L-N. Cantata: Medée (pub.

1710). Rachel Yakar, sop; Reinhard Goebel, vn; Wilbert Hazelet, fl; Charles Medlam, bass viol; Alan Curtis, hpd.

Archiv 437085-2 20 Ibert, J. Le jardinier de Samos (1924).

Eleonore Pameijer, fl; Hans Colbers, cl; Peter Masseurs, tpt; Kees Hülsmann, vn; Marien van Staalen, vc; Arnold Marinissen, perc.

Olympia OCD 468 11 Koechlin, C. Three poems, op 18 (1899-01).

Iris Vermillion, mezz; Johan Botha, ten; Ralf Lukas, bar; RIAS Chamber Choir; Berlin RSO/David Zinman.

BMG Records 09026 61955 2 18 Dukas, P. The sorcerer’s apprentice (1897; arr. Staub). Yuja Wang, pf.

DG 479 0052 10 Milhaud, D. Le pauvre matelot, op 92 (1926).

Catherine Dubosc, Christian Papis, JeanFrancois Gardeil, Jacques Bona; Ensemble of soloists from the Opera, Jonathon Darlington, conductor.

Cybelia CY 810 30 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Elaine Siversen Satie, E. Ballet réaliste: Parade (1917).

Toulouse Capitole O/Michel Plasson.

EMI CDC 7 49471 2 15 Kats-Chernin, E. Interludes and rag (2012).

Australia Ensemble.

Fine Music concert recording 20 Strauss, E. Garland of Johann Strauss waltzes, op 292 (1894). Johann Strauss O/ Jack Rothstein.

Chandos CHAN 10684(3) X 13 Hartmann, E. A carnival feast, op 32 (1882).

Copenhagen PO/Bo Holten.

Dacapo 8.226041 29 Brahms, J. Excerpts from Hungarian dance suite (1852, 1869; arr. Webster). Geoffrey Collins, fl; Catherine McCorkill, cl; Ian Munro, pf.

Fine Music concert recording 13 Mozart, W. Serenade in G, K525, Eine kleine Nachtmusik (1787). English Concert/Andrew Manze.

Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908409.16 21 JANUARY 2019

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Sunday 20 January Variations on a theme of Corelli, op 42 (1902/13/41). Scott Davie, pf.

ABC 472 671-2 19

Choir of Guildford Cathedral; Peter Wright, org; Andrew Millington, cond (2 above) Priory PRCD 257

Symphonic poem: The Isle of the Dead, op 29 (1909). Melbourne SO/Markus Stenz.

ABC 465 681-2 21

Britten, B. Carol: A New Year carol. 2

Élégie in E flat minor, from Five fantasy pieces, op 3 no 1 (1892). Simon Tedeschi, pf.

Sony SK89233 7 15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Tintagel Prepared by David Brett Wolfgang Sawallisch 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Terry McMullen 9:00 MUSICA SACRA Prepared by Rex Burgess Bach, J.S. Only to God on high give praise, BWV662, from 18 Chorale preludes (170817). Anton Heiller, org.

Vanguard 08 9078 72 8 Schubert, F. Mass no 6 in E flat, D950 (1828). Immortal Bach Ensemble; Leipzig CO/Morten Schuldt-Jensen.

Naxos 8.570381 46 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Ron Walledge Salieri, A. Concerto in D for oboe, violin, cello and orchestra (c1770). Heinz Holliger, ob; Thomas Demenga, vc; Camerata Bern/ Thomas Füri, vn & dir.

Archiv 410 599-2 25 Beethoven, L. Piano sonata no 23 in F minor, op 57, Appassionata (1804-06).

Gerard Willems, pf.

ABC 465 077-2 25 Haydn, M. Horn concertino in D (c1775).

English CO/Barry Tuckwell, hn & dir.

EMI 5 69395 2 16 Beethoven, L. Symphony no 6 in F, op 68, Pastoral (1808). Royal Concertgebouw O/ Wolfgang Sawallisch.

Radio Nederland RCO11004 43 12:00 A HISTORY OF JAZZ IN AUSTRALIA Prepared by Bruce Johnson 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Linda Marr 14:00 REMINISCING WITH RACHMANINOV Prepared by Georgina Sierra Rachmaninov, S. Prelude in F sharp minor, op 23 no 1 (1903). Simon Trpceski, pf.

EMI 5 57943 2 5 28

Bax, A. In the faery hills (1909). Ulster O/ Bryden Thomson.

Chandos CHAN 8367 15 Debussy, C. Sonata for flute, viola and harp (1915). Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Pierre Pasquier, alto viol; Lily Laskine, hp.

Erato 0630-13705-2 17 Bax, A. The princess’s rose garden, nocturne (1915). Eric Parkin, pf.

Chandos CHAN 8732 8 November woods (1917). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Philips 442 8415 20 Russian suite (1919). London PO/Bryden Thomson.

Chandos CHAN 8669 19 Harp quintet (1919). Nash Ensemble.

Hyperion CDA66807 15 Tone poem: Tintagel (1917-19). Royal Scottish NO/David Lloyd-Jones.

Naxos 8.578269-70 15 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Richard Munge Hymns: O Thou who camest from above; O worship the King. Choir of Westminster Abbey; Robert Quinney, org; James O’Donnell, cond.

Hyperion CDA 68013 5 Psalm no 143: Hear my prayer, O Lord.

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/David Willcocks.

Decca 452 941-2 4 Finzi, G. Magnificat, op 36. Andrew de Silva, bass; Winchester Cathedral Girls’ Choir and Lay Clerks; Simon Bell, org; Andrew Lumsden, cond.

Regent REGCD 395 10 Bullock, E. Anthem: Give us the wings of faith. Choir of Guildford Cathedral; Peter Wright, org; Andrew Millington, cond. 3 Wesley, S.S. Anthem: Ascribe unto the Lord. 14

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Knight, G. Anthem: Christ whose glory. 3 Choristers of Canterbury Cathedral; Michael Harris, org; David Flood, cond (2 above) York CD120 Hymns: Brightest and best of the songs of the morning. Choir of Wells Cathedral; Rupert Gough, org; Malcolm Archer, cond.

Hyperion CDP 12103 6 Widor, C-M. Toccata, from Symphony no 5.

Andrew Post, org.

VIF Records VRCD 061 6 18:00 SMALL FORCES Prepared by Adam Bowen Bach, J.S. Oboe d’amore concerto in A for, BWV1055R (1723). Diana Doherty, ob d’amore; Rachel Beesley, vn; Julia Fredesdorff, vn; Nicole Forsyth, va; Daniel Yeadon, vc; Kees Boerma, db; Kirsty McCahon, db.

ABC 476 3673 15 Beethoven, L. Cello sonata no 4 in C, op 102 no 1 (1815). Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Sviatoslav Richter, pf.

Philips 464677-2 15 Giménez, G. Intermezzo, from La boda de Luis Alonso (1897). Burning River Brass.

Dorian Recordings DOR-90316 6 Desplat, A. Suite: A self-made hero (1996).

Traffic Quintet/Alexandre Desplat.

Odeon 852247 2 17 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Frank Morrison Fauré, G. Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande, op 80 (1898). Loire PO/Marc Soustrot.

Pierre Verany PV 792051 17 Shostakovich, D. Cello concerto no 1 in E flat, op 107 (1956). Mason Jones, hn; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Philadelphia O/ Eugene Ormandy.

CBS MPK 44850 27 Dvorák, A. Symphony no 8 in G, op 88 (1892). London PO/Charles Mackerras.

EMI 5 65026 2 37 20:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Nev Dorrington Preisner, Z. Ten pieces for orchestra (2015).

Calisia PO/Adam Kloceck.

New Music BV NM 154 58 Ten easy pieces. Leszek Mozdzer, pf.

EMI 7243 55697-2 30 22:00 AFTER HOURS JAZZ with Kevin Jones

Monday 21 January

Tuesday 22 January 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Colours of the keyboard Prepared by Jennifer Foong Reincken, J. Sonata in A minor for two violins, viola da gamba and continuo (pub.

1687). Musica Antiqua Cologne.

Archiv 437 089-2 15

Franz Berwald

Alban Berg

0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

13:00 THE BAROQUE ERA Prepared by Albert Gormley

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with James Hunter 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC A year in retrospect: 1828 Prepared by Rex Burgess Auber, D-F-E. Overture to La muette de Portici (1828). Polish National RSO/Richard Hayman.

Naxos 8.553264 10 Schubert, F. The shepherd on the rock, D965 (1828). Jennifer Bates, sop; Nigel Westlake, cl; David Bollard, pf.

Tall Poppies TP011 12 Paganini, N. Four duos for violin and guitar, MS110 (1828). Jack Glatzer, vn; Tuan Hoàng, gui.

Fine Music concert recording 16 Berlioz, H. Herminie (1828). Michèle Lagrange, sop; Lille NO/Jean-Claude Casadesus.

Harmonia Mundi HMC 901542 21 Berwald, F. Grand septet in B flat for winds and strings (1828). Gaudier Ensemble.

Hyperion CDA66834 22 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Elaine Siversen Weill, K. Suite from The threepenny opera (1928). Sydney SO/Georg Tintner.

LP ABC 5ABCL 8001 20 Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. Guitar concerto no 1 in D, op 99 (1939). Eduardo Fernández, gui; English CO/Miguel Gómez-Martínez.

Decca 455 364-2 20 Tchaikovsky, P. Symphony no 1 in G minor, op 13, Winter daydreams (1866). USSR SO/ Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Melodiya 74321170922 42 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan

Purcell, H. When I am laid in earth, from Dido and Aeneas (1690). Andreas Scholl, ct; Accademia Bizantina.

Decca 478 2262 4

Zagwijn, H. Of the seasons (1901). Alice Giles, hp; Arnan Wiesel, pf.

Schwann 3-1765-2 14 Wassenaer, U. Concerto armonico no 1.

Aradia Ensemble.

Naxos 8.555384 11 Reincken, J. Suite in G. Gisela Gumz, clvd.

Hungaroton HCD 31185 7

Ayres and dances, from Dido and Aeneas.

Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players/ Geoffrey Lancaster.

ABC 456 667-2 17

Van Klaveren, W. Three fantasy pieces on a theme of Berlioz. Arno Bornkamp, sax; Ivo Janssen, pf.

Ottavo OTR C50178 8

Vivaldi, A. Violin concerto in G minor, RV315, Summer (pub. 1725; arr. Loussier c1997).

Jacques Loussier Trio.

Telarc CD-83417 17

Sweelinck, J. Mein junges Leben hat ein End. Gillian Weir, org.

Argo 460 185-2 7

Concerto in A for violin, three echo violins and strings, RV552 (1740). Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze, vn & dir.

Harmonia Mundi HMX 2907541.45 15 14:00 IN MEMORIAM Prepared by Rex Burgess Suk, J. Asrael symphony, op 27 (1905-06).

Czech PO/Jiri Bélohlávek.

Chandos CHAN 9640 59 Mahler, G. Kindertotenlieder (1901-04). Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; Philharmonia O/Giuseppe Sinopoli.

DG 449 190-2 26 Berg, A. Violin concerto, In memory of an angel (1935). Pinchas Zukerman, vn; London SO/Pierre Boulez.

Sony SMK 68331 27 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Celeste Haworth 19:00 JAZZ PULSE with Chris Wetherall 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson

Bouman, H. Cello concerto in A minor (2005).

Tormod Dalen, vc; Baroque Muse/Hendrik Bouman.

Arya H200911 17 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Michael Field Rachmaninov, S. The Isle of the Dead, op 29 (1909). Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Exton EXCL-00018 20 Liszt, F. Piano concerto no 2 in A (1839/4961). Geoffrey Tozer, pf; Suisse Romande O/ Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 9360 21 Sibelius, J. Symphony no 1 in E minor, op 39 (1899). Danish National RSO/Leif Segerstam.

Chandos CHAN 9107 43 12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes 13:00 EARLY CLASSICAL Prepared by Albert Gormley Gluck, C. Overture to Euristeo; Suite from Don Juan (1761). Rhenish CO/Jan Corazolla.

Christophorus CHE 0064-2 24 Haydn, J. Keyboard sonata no 28 in D, Hob. XVI:5a (1767-68). Jenö Jandó, pf.

Naxos 8.553826 7 Symphony in A, Hob.I:87 (1785). London Mozart Players/Jane Glover.

ASV DCA 635 25 JANUARY 2019

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Tuesday 22 January

Wednesday 23 January

Cello concerto no 2 in D, Hob.VIIb:2 (1783).

Daniel Müller-Schott, vc; Australian CO/ Richard Tognetti.

Orfeo C 080 031 A 25 14:30 RIVERS OF THE WORLD Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Smetana, B. Vltava, from Má vlast (1874).

Vienna PO/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Teldec 0927-44890-2 13 Ornstein, L. Impressions of the Thames (1914). Janice Weber, pf.

Naxos 8.559104 7 Janácek, L. Symphonic poem: The Danube (1923-25). Susanna Anderson, sop; Bergen PO/Edward Gardner.

Chandos CHSA5156 16 Falla, M. de Song of the Volga boatmen (1922). Daniel Ligorio, pf.

Naxos 8.555066 4 Villa-Lobos, H. Amazonas (c1917). CzechoSlovak RSO/Roberto Duarte.

Marco Polo 8.223357 13 Strauss, J. II Le beau Danube (1867; arr.

Desormière). National PO/Richard Bonynge.

Decca 430 852-2 30 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Derek Parker 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with David Garrett 22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Paul Cooke Damase, J-M. Sonata for flute and harp (1964). Anna Noakes, fl; Gillian Tingay, hp.

ASV DCA 898 20 Beethoven, L. Piano sonata no 31 in A flat, op 110 (1821-22). Gerard Willems, pf.

ABC 465 264-2 20 Bliss, A. Clarinet quintet (1931). David Campbell, cl; Maggini Quartet.

Naxos 8.557394 28 Taneyev, S. Piano trio in D, op 22 (1907).

Borodin Trio.

Chandos CHAN 8592 46 Ivan March wrote about the sonata of Jean-Michel Damase for Gramophone: “The intimacy of the opening melody of the Sonata for flute and harp is quite ravishing and its Andante has a melancholy charm somewhere between Satie and Poulenc, but it is again in the Scherzo and finale that the composer’s own personality asserts itself most strongly.”

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Franz Waxman

Antonio Cartellieri

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Cartellieri, A. Clarinet concerto no 1 in B flat (pub. 1797). Dieter Klöcker, cl; Prague CO. MDG 301 0527-2 25

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Troy Fil 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Adam Bowen Holländer, F. Falling in love again (1930; arr.

Waxman). Weintraub Syncopators.

Bear BCD 16009 HK 3 Waxman, F. The bride of Frankenstein (1935). National PO/Charles Gerhardt.

RCA Victor GD 80708 7 Theme from Rebecca (1940). Royal Scottish NO/Joel McNeely.

Varese-Sarabande 302 066 160 2 10 Elegy for strings and harps (1943). National PO/Charles Gerhardt.

RCA Victor GD 80708 3 Carmen fantasie (1947). Frank Huang, vn; Dina Vainstein, pf.

Naxos 8.557121 11 Theme from Sunset Boulevard (1950). 8 Theme from A place in the sun (1951). 8 National PO/Charles Gerhardt (2 above) RCA Victor GD 80708 Suite from Rear window (1954). San Diego Symphony/Lalo Schifrin.

Pro-Arte CDS 524 9

Strauss, R. Symphony no 2 in F minor, op 12 (1884). Royal Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 10236 X 41 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale 13:00 A ROMANTIC HOUR Prepared by Marilyn Schock Puccini, G. String quartet in D (1880).

Raphael String Quartet.

Etcetera KTC 1050 8 Fauré, G. Nocturnes, op 33: no 1 in E flat minor; no 2 in B (1880). Kathryn Stott, pf.

Hyperion CDA66911/4 13 Tchaikovsky, P. Waltz-scherzo. Jane Peters, vn; Rachel Valler, pf.

MBS 27 CD 6 Bruch, M. Pieces, op 83 (pub. 1910): no 1 in A minor; no 3 in C sharp minor. Nobuko Imai, va; Janet Hilton, cl; Roger Vignoles, pf.

Chandos CHAN 8776 10 Chausson, E. Poème, op 25 (1896). Philippe Graffin, vn; Pascal Devoyon, pf; Chilingirian Quartet.

Hyperion CDA67028 15 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans

Sinfonietta for strings and timpani (1955).

Berlin SO/Isaiah Jackson.

Koch 3-7152-2HI 14

15:00 HISTORY OF THE ORCHESTRA Part 3 Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans

The ride to Dubno, from Taras Bulba (1962).

National PO/Charles Gerhardt.

RCA Victor GD 80708 5

Corelli, A. Concerto grosso in G minor, op 6 no 8, Christmas concerto (1712).

Philharmonia Baroque O/Nicholas McGegan.

Harmonia Mundi HMU 907015 12

10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Chris Blower Gibbs, C. Armstrong Fancy dress, op 82 (1935). Royal PO/Simon Joly.

Lyrita SRCD.214 17

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Handel, G. Overture in D for two clarinets and horn, HWV424 (c1742). Ricercar Consort.

Ricercar RIC 049027 13

Thursday 24 January

Wednesday 23 January

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC The music salon Prepared by Frank Morrison Haydn, J. Piano trio in G minor, Hob.XV:19 (1794). Erich Höbarth, vn; Christophe Coin, vc; Patrick Cohen, fp.

Harmonia Mundi HMC 901314 17 Alexander Pushkin Music for the royal fireworks, HWV351 (1749; ed. Baines, Mackerras). Royal PO/Yehudi Menuhin.

ASV RPO 8002 18

Fauré, G. Cello sonata no 1, op 109 (1917).

Paul Tortelier, vc; Jean Hubeau, pf.

Erato 2292-45738-2 19 Chopin, F. Polonaise-fantasy in A flat, op 61 (1845-46). Alfred Brendel, pf.

Vanguard OVC 4023 12

Mozart, W. Symphony no 9 in C, K73 (1770).

Northern CO/Nicholas Ward.

Naxos 8.550872 12

Di Majo, G. Sonata for mandolin and guitar.

Caterina Lichtenberg, mand; Mirko Schrader, gui.

Schwann 3-6435-2 7

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Stephen Wilson

Mozart, W. Lied der Trennung, K519 (1787).

Barbara Bonney, sop; Geoffrey Parsons, pf.

Teldec 2292-46334-2 5

19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell 20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Camille Mercep Mussorgsky, M. Boris Godunov. Opera in five acts (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov). Libretto by the composer after Alexander Pushkin’s play.

First performed St Petersburg, 1874.

Kodály, Z. Serenade, op 12 (1920). Vilmos Tátrai, vn; István Várkonyi, vn; György Konrád, va.

Hungaroton HCD 31046 20 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Paul Cooke Richter, F. Sinfonia VII in C, no 4 (1744).

Helsinki Baroque O/Aapo Häkkinen.

Naxos 8.570597 15

BORIS GODUNOV: Ivan Petrov, bass PRINCE SHUYSKY: Georgy Shulpin, ten PIMEN: Mark Reshetin, bass GRIGORY: Vladimir Ivanovsky, ten MARINA MNISHEK: Irina Arkhipova, mezz Bolshoi Theatre Ch & O/Alexander MelikPashayev.

Melodiya 74321 29349 2 2:55

Alwyn, W. Harp concerto, Lyra angelica (1954). Suzanne Willison, hp; Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd Jones.

Naxos 8.557647 28

Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Opera

12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers

Dance of the Persian girls, from Khovanshchina (1872). USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Melodiya SUCD 10-00178 7 St John’s night on Bald Mountain (1867).

Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy.

Sony SBK 46 329 12 23:30 CHAMBER MOZART Prepared by Paul Hopwood Mozart, W. Piano quartet no 1 in G minor, K478 (1785). Mozartean Players.

Harmonia Mundi HMU 907018 28

Rubinstein, A. Symphony no 5 in G minor, op 107 (1880). George Enescu PO/Horia Andreescu.

Naxos 8.557005 39

13:00 SUNRISE, SUNSET Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Sibelius, J. Nightride and sunrise, op 55 (1909). Royal Stockholm PO/Paavo Järvi.

Virgin 5 45213 2 15 Haydn, J. String quartet in B flat, op 76 no 4, Sunrise (c1799). Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet.

Westminster RC 8808678121735 24 Respighi, O. The sunset (1914). Lorraine Hunt, sop; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.

Sony SK62855 16

14:00 MAINLY ON THE PLAIN Prepared by Adam Bowen Passacaglia andaluz (17th C; improvisation).

Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer.

ABC 476 3828 5 Boccherini, L. String quintet in C, op 30 no 6 (1780). Eckart Runge, vc; Daniel Tummer, castanets; Cuarteto Casals.

Harmonia Mundi HMG 902092 14 Rodrigo, J. Concierto de Aranjuez (1939).

Slava Grigoryan, gui; Queensland SO/Brett Kelly.

ABC 481 2231 23 Scarlatti, D. Sonata in D minor, Kk 9; Sonata in D minor, Kk10. Alicia de Larrocha, pf.

Decca 480 6882 7 Tárrega, F. Capricho arabe (1892). Sharon Isbin, gui.

Virgin 5 61628 2 5 15:00 IT’S ROMANTIC Prepared by Paul Hopwood Lalo, E. Piano trio no 2 in B minor (1852).

Barbican Piano Trio.

ASV DCA 899 27 Borodin, A. String quartet no 2 in D (1881).

Borodin Quartet.

Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 793 29 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Marilyn Schock 19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley 20:00 THE WORLD OF A SYMPHONY Prepared by Paul Cooke Le Sueur, J-F. March in G. Brass Ensemble Guy Touvron; St Petersburg Capella O/ Vladislav Chernushenko.

Koch 3-1208-2 4 Méhul, É-N. Overture to La chasse du jeune Henri (1791). New Philharmonia O/Raymond Leppard.

Philips 446 569-2 11 Wölfl, J. Septet in D for winds and double bass (1800). Consortium Classicum.

Schwann 310 002 H1 9 Edelmann, J-F. Piano sonata in F, op 10 no 1 (1782). Sylvie Pécot-Douatte, pf.

Calliope CAL 9296 11 Méhul, É-N. Vainement Pharaon dans sa reconnaissance, from Joseph (1807). Roberto Alagna, ten; Royal Opera House O/Bertrand de Billy.

EMI 5 57012 2 6 Haydn, J. String quartet in F minor, Hob.III:35 (1772). Lindsay String Quartet.

ASV DCA 674 22 JANUARY 2019

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Thursday 24 January

Friday 25 January Ries, F. Symphony no 5 in D minor, op 112.

Zurich CO/Howard Griffiths. cpo 999 547-2 30 12:00 A JAZZ HOUR with Barry O’Sullivan 13:00 A SPANISH HOUR Prepared by Marilyn Schock Granados, E. Los requiebros; Quejas o la maja y el ruiseñor, from Goyescas (pub.

1911). Alicia de Larrocha, pf.

Decca 433 920-2 15

Étienne-Nicolas Méhul

Franz Hoffmeister

Gossec, F-J. Motet for the feast of St Louis: Terribilis est (1777). Kareen Durand, sop; Cyril Auvity, ct; James Oxley, ten; Alain Buet, bar; Namur Chamber Choir; Les Agrémens/ Jean-Claude Malgloire.

MBF 1108 16

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Méhul, É-N. Symphony no 1 in G minor (1808-09). Rhenish PO/Jorge Rotter.

Marco Polo 8.223139 26 22:00 SHOWCASING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS Prepared by Chris Blower Mozart, W. Flute quartet in D, K285 (1777).

Jane Rutter, fl; members of Acacia Quartet.

Fine Music concert recording 14 MacMillan, J. Scots song; A new song; A child’s prayer. Jane Sheldon, sop; Sally Whitwell, pf.

ABC 476 5102 15 Edwards, R. Piano concerto (1982). Dennis Hennig, pf; Queensland SO/Myer Fredman.

ABC 426 483-2 18 Schubert, F. String quartet in D minor, D810, Death and the maiden (1824). Tankstream Quartet.

Fine Music concert recording 37 Bruch, M. Violin concerto no 1 in G minor, op 26 (1868). Niki Vasilakis, vn; Tasmanian SO/ Sebastian Lang-Lessing.

ABC 476 923-7 27

N

o symphonies written by French composers before the Revolution entered the repertory although Haydn’s symphonies were very popular in France. Leading opera composer, Étienne-Nicolas Méhul, tried to revive interest in the symphony by writing at least five. Only two of the mature symphonies were published and, while they were admired, each was played only once in France during the whole of the 19th century. The First, however, found favour in England and Germany, where Mendelssohn conducted it twice.

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3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Something borrowed Prepared by Paul Cooke Holst, G. A Hampshire suite, op 28 no 2 (1911; arr. Jacob). Munich SO/Douglas Bostock.

Classico CLASSCD 284 12 Mtchedelov, M. Variations on a theme of Paganini. Sylvia Kowalczuk, hp.

Hungaroton HCD 31550 8 Benjamin, A. Oboe concerto in C minor, after Cimarosa (1942; arr.). Alison Balsom, tpt; Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton.

Warner 4 56094 2 10 Saint-Saëns, C. Danse macabre, op 40 (1874; transcr. Liszt 1876). Leslie Howard, pf.

Hyperion CDS44552 10 Bruckner, A. Four motets (arr. various).

Septura.

Naxos 8.573314 15 Hoffmeister, F. Flute quartet in A, after Mozart’s K331, Alla turca. Israel Flute Ensemble.

CDI 18809 24 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Chris Blower Dohnányi, E. Symphonic minutes, op 36 (1933). West Australian SO/Jorge Mester.

ABC 438 197-2 13 Dvorák, A. Czech suite, op 39 (1879).

Scottish CO/José Serebrier.

ASV DCA 765 23 Strauss, R. Horn concerto no 1 in E flat, op 11 (1883). Barry Tuckwell, hn; London SO/ István Kertész.

Decca 478 6420 16

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Piano trio, op 50 (1894). Lom Piano Trio.

Naxos 8.572262 25 Rodrigo, J. The whitebait seller; Twilight over the Guadalquivir River; The devil’s seguidillas; Little boats of Cadiz, from Four Andalusian pictures (1946-52). Artur Pizarro, pf.

Naxos 8.557272 14 14:00 BRITISH SYMPHONISTS Prepared by Ron Walledge Vaughan Williams, R. Serenade to music (1938). Vancouver Bach Choir; Vancouver SO/Bruce Pullan.

CBC SMCD 5121 13 Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis (1910).

Australian CO; ACO2/Richard Tognetti. aco.com.au 16 Concerto grosso (1950).

Chandos CHAN 9262 17 Norfolk rhapsody no 1 in E minor (1905-06).

Chandos CHAN 8502 12 London SO/Bryden Thomson (2 above) Piano concerto in C (1926-1921). Howard Shelley, pf; Royal PO/Vernon Handley.

Lyrita SRCD.211 12 Symphony no 5 in D (1938-43/51). London SO/Bryden Thomson.

Chandos CHAN 8554 39 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with James Hunter 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Christopher Waterhouse 20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA The symphonic poem Prepared by Di Cox Liszt, F. Symphonic poem no 3: Les préludes (1848/53). Gewandhaus O/Kurt Masur.

EMI CDM 1 66431 2 14 Saint-Saëns, C. Symphonic poem: Danse macabre, op 40 (1874). French National RO/ Jean Martinon. apex 8573 89244 2 7 Smetana, B. Symphonic poem: From Bohemia’s woods and fields (1875). Vienna PO/James Levine.

DG 419 768-2 12

Friday 25 January

Saturday 26 January

Franck, C. Symphonic poem: Le chasseur maudit (1883). Belgian NO/André Cluytens.

EMI 5 65153 2 15 Mussorgsky, M. Symphonic poem: St John’s night on Bald Mountain (1869-72; orch.

Stokowski 1922). BBC PO/Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 9445 10 Balakirev, M. Symphonic poem: Tamara (1882). Philharmonia O/Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Hyperion CDA66586 22 Strauss, R. Symphonic poem: Till Eulenspiegel’s merry pranks, op 28 (189495). Melbourne SO/Andrew Davis.

ABC 481 6754 15 Dvorák, A. Symphonic poem: The noon witch, op 108 (1896). Czech PO/Charles Mackerras.

Supraphon SU 4012-2 14 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Chris Blower Part 1: The art of David Munrow Pérotin, Le Grand. Viderunt omnes. Paul Elliott, ten; Rogers Covey-Crump, ten; Martyn Hill, ten.

Archiv 479 1045 12 Hayne van Ghizeghem. De tous biens plaine (rondeau): Original three-part chanson; Four-part instrumental version; Three-part instrumental version I; Three-part instrumental version II. Virgin 5 61334 2 11 Praetorius, M. Dances from Terpsichore (pub. 1612).

Virgin 5 61289 2 22 Early Music Consort of London/David Munrow (3 above) Purcell, D. Sonata in D minor. David Munrow, rec; Oliver Brookes, bass viol; Christopher Hogwood, hpd.

Decca 440 079-2 6 Part 2: The art of Roy Goodman Bach, J.S. Brandenburg concerto no 5 in D, BWV1050 (1720). Brandenburg Consort.

Hyperion CDA66612 20 Arne, T. Thou soft flowing Avon (1769).

Emma Kirkby, sop; Parley of Instruments.

Hyperion CDA66237 4 Roy Goodman, cond (2 above) Corbett, W. Alla Todesca, from Le bizzarie universali, op 8 (pub. 1728). European Community Baroque O/Roy Goodman, vn & dir.

Channel CCS 1391 8 Handel, G. Cara sposa amante cara, from Rinaldo, HWV7a (1711). Nathalie Stutzmann, cont; Hanover Band.

Newton 8802094 11 Quantz, J. Flute concerto in B minor. Rachel Brown, fl; Brandenburg Consort.

Hyperion CDA66927 14 Roy Goodman, cond (2 above)

11:30 ON PARADE for Australia Day Dreyfus, G. Dimboola water music and waltz (1978). Kew Band/Tom Paulin.

Move MD 3248 8 O’Hagen, J. Along the road to Gundegai (1924). NSW Fire Brigades Brass Band.

NSWFB recording 2 Hurst, M. Swagman’s promenade. Royal Australian Navy Band/Philip Anderson.

Royal Australian Navy RAN-014 6

Jules Massenet 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:05 THE PIANO ALONE Prepared by Katy Rogers-Davies Schubert, F. Moment musical in C, D780 no 1 (1823-28). Sviatoslav Richter, pf.

Philips 454 167-2 6 Schumann, R. Scenes from childhood, op 15 (1838). Angela Hewitt, pf.

Hyperion CDA67780 18 Ravel, M. Le tombeau de Couperin (191317). Steven Osborne, pf.

Hyperion CDA67731/2 24 10:00 MUSIC OF THE DANCE Prepared by Chris Blower Dieupart, C. Sarabande, gavotte, menuet en rondeau. David Munrow, rec; Robert Spencer, theorbo.

Decca 440 079-2 5 Rameau, J-P. Ballet: Les fêtes de Polymnie (1745). Symphonie du Marais/Hugo Reyne.

Astrée E8650 10 Gluck, C. Dance of the Furies, from Orpheus and Eurydice (1762). Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer.

ABC 434 720-2 4 Beethoven, L. Danses allemandes, WoO8 nos 1 to 12 (1795). Ensemble Bella Musica of Vienna.

Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901017 18 Massenet, J. Suite from Cendrillon (1899).

Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Brilliant Classics 94355 20 Various. Ballet: The Marriage on the Eiffel Tower (1921). Philharmonia O/Geoffrey Simon.

Chandos CHAN 8356 21

Dreyfus, G. The Australiaise; The call of Stoush; The mooch o’ life, from The sentimental bloke (1985). Faye Bendrups, Mike Bishop, Don Bridges, Justin Connor, Marian Lees, Ian Lowe, Alison Richards, Rosemary Richards, voices; Kew Band/Tom Paulin.

Move MD 3248 9 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 WALTZ TIME Prepared by Yola Center Strauss, J. II Waltz: On the beautiful blue Danube, op 314 (1867). Vienna PO/Carlos Kleiber.

CBS M2XK 45564 10 Chopin, F. Waltz in A minor, op 34 no 2 (1831; arr. Ginsburg). Maria Kliegel, vc; Bernd Glemser, pf.

Naxos 8.553159 6 Grande valse brillante in A minor, op 34 no 2.

Javier Perianes, pf.

Harmonia Mundi HMC 902164 16 Waldteufel, E. Waltz: The skaters (1882).

Slovak State PO/Alfred Walter.

Naxos 8.578041-42 8 Ravel, M. Valses nobles et sentimentales (1911). Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf.

Decca 425 081-2 14 15:00 SATURDAY MATINEE Operetta in the afternoon Prepared by Elaine Siversen German, E. Merrie England. Operetta in two acts. Libretto by Basil Hood. First performed London, 1902.

BESSIE THROCKMORTON: June Bronhill, sop QUEEN ELIZABETH I: Monica Sinclair, sop SIR WALTER RALEIGH: William McAlpine, ten EARL OF ESSEX: Peter Glossop, bar JILL-ALL-ALONE: Patricia Kern, mezz Williams Singers; O/Michael Collins.

LP EMI/WRC R 05238 1:35 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Opera JANUARY 2019

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Saturday 26 January

Lorin Maazel

Zuzana Ruzicková

Johann Hasse

Dances from Henry VIII (1891). Northern Sinfonia/ Richard Hickox.

EMI CDC 7 49933 2 8

Bottesini, G. Overture to Ali Baba (1871).

London SO/Franco Petracchi.

Naxos 8.570398 5

0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Incidental music to Romeo and Juliet (1895).

Naxos 8.554711 14

Szymanowski, K. Masque, Shéhérazade, op 34 no 1 (1916). Martin Jones, pf.

Nimbus NI 5435/6 9

Suite from Nell Gwynn (1900).

Naxos 8.554713 18 Czecho-Slovak RSO/Adrian Leaper (2 above) 17:30 THE VOICES, THE ROLES Prepared by Angela Cockburn Counter-tenors: high and mighty 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Sydney Schubert Society Prepared by Ross Hayes 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers Burke, J. Excerpts from Donnybrook (1961).

Eddie Foy Jnr, Joan Fagan, Art Lund, Susan Johnson, Philip Bosco, voices; members of original Broadway cast.

Stage Door Stage 9054 MCPS 19 Yeston, M. Folies Bergère, from Nine (1973).

Lilliane Montevecchi, Stephanie Corsirilos, voices.

Sony Broadway SK 53541 7 Coleman, C. Hey big spender, from Sweet charity (1966). Helen Gallagher, Thelma Oliver, voices.

Sony Broadway SK 53541 4 Strouse, C. Excerpts from Bye bye birdie.

Janet Leigh, Dick van Dyke, Ann Margret, Ed Sullivan, Bobby Rydell, voices.

RCA/BMG Heritage 82876 54217 2 20 20:00 THE WORD TRANSFORMED Arabian nights Prepared by Elaine Siversen Horneman, C. Overture to Aladdin (1864).

Danish National RSO/Michael Schönwandt.

Chandos CHAN 9373 11 Nielsen, C. Suite from Aladdin, op 34 (191819). South Jutland SO/Niklás Willén.

Naxos 8.557164 25 34

Sunday 27 January

Ravel, M. Shéhérazade (1903). Barbara Hendricks, sop; Philippe Bernold, fl; Lyon Opera O/John Eliot Gardiner.

EMI CDC 7 49689 2 16 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Scheherazade, symphonic suite after 1001 nights, op 35 (1888). Daniel Majeske, vn; Cleveland O/ Lorin Maazel.

Decca 480 6627 42 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Rex Burgess Falla, M. de Concerto for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, cello, and harpsichord (1923-26).

Frantisek Cech, fl; Jaraslav Chvapil, ob; Karel Dlouhy, cl; Lubomir Novosad, vn; Karel Vik, vc; Zuzana Ruzicková, hpd.

Supraphon SU 4117-2 13 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 Schubert, F. Moments musicaux, D780 (1823-28). Tessa Birnie, pf.

ABC 476 647-9 28 Dohnányi, E. Piano quintet in E flat minor, op 26 (1914). Martin Roscoe, pf; Vanbrugh Quartet.

ASV DCA 915 23 Chopin, F. Ballet: Les sylphides (arr. Douglas 1909). National PO/Richard Bonynge.

Decca 452 767-2 28 Britten’s ‘Purcell variations’ are based on the Rondeau from incidental music for the 1695 play Abdelazer. It’s one of Purcell’s most famous melodies.

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6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett 9:00 MUSICA SACRA Prepared by Di Cox Haydn, M. Gradual for the Feast of the Holy Innocents. Krisztina Laki, sop; Adrienne Csengery, sop; Zsuzsa Németh, cont; Gabor Trajtler, org; Györ Girls’ Ch & PO/Miklós Szabó.

LP Budapest FX 12301 5 Hasse, J. Requiem in C (1763). Greta de Reyghere, sop; Susanna Moncayo von Hase, cont; Ian Honeyman, ten; Dirk Snellings, bass; Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht.

Opus 111 OPS 30-80 50 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA From Bohemia Prepared by Chris Blower Rosetti, F. Horn concerto in D minor (c1782).

Michael Thompson, hn; Philharmonia O/ Christopher Warren-Green.

Nimbus NIM 5018 21 Vorisek, J. Sonata quasi una fantasia in B flat minor, op 20 (1824). Olga Tverskaya, pf.

Opus 111 OP30241 18 Vanhal, J. Symphony in A. Václav Kunt, fl; Jan Kolár, ob; Karel Synek, bn; Prague CO/ Oldrich Vlcek.

Supraphon 11 0756-2 19 Kozeluch, L. Trio sonata in A. Trio 1790. cpo 999 311-2 20 Dussek, J. Piano concerto in G minor, op 49 (1801). Andreas Staier, fp; Concerto Cologne.

Capriccio 5072 31 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with John Buchanan 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Gerry Myerson

Sunday 27 January

Théodore Gouvy

Joaquin Turina

William Wallace

14:00 CONCERNING CHILDREN Prepared by Rex Burgess

Lamb, org; Richard Marlow, cond.

Sony 88697573572 4

19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Rex Burgess

Bizet, G. Children’s games, op 22 (1871).

Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson.

EMI CDM 1 66424 2 11 Debussy, C. Suite: Children’s corner (1908).

Idil Biret, pf.

Naxos 8.550885 17 Mahler, G. Songs on the death of children (1901-04). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Vienna PO/Pierre Boulez.

DG 477 9528 25 15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Born 200 years ago Prepared by Chris Blower Gutmann, A. Nocturne in A flat, op 8 no 1; Boléro, op 35. Hubert Rutkowski, pf.

Naxos 8.572344 10 Chic, L. Solo sur la Tyrolienne. Arno Bornkamp, sax; Ivo Janssen, pf.

Ottavo OTR C50178 7 Léonard, H. Concert piece, op 26. Rudolph Werthen, vn; Belgian RTCO/Edgard Doneux.

LP EMI 4C161-9589/900 17 Mikuli, K. Piano pieces, op 24. Hubert Rutkowski, pf.

Naxos 8.572344 12 Abt, F. The cuckoo (1843). Joan Sutherland, sop; New Philharmonia O/Richard Bonynge.

ABC 468 513-2 3 Gambini, C. Memories of Paganini, op 50.

Bruno Mezzena, pf.

Dynamic CDS 05 25 Gouvy, T. Symphony no 2 in F, op 12 (1848).

German RPO/Jacques Mercier. cpo 777 381-2 32 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Jeremy Hall Stopford, P. Coventry carol. Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral, London/Andrew Carwood.

Decca 478 9225 5 Hymn: Songs of thankfulness and praise.

Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge; Andrew

Lloyd, R. Magnificat; Nunc dimittis, from The Peterborough service. Bede Singers; Ian Shaw, org; David Hill, cond.

Priory PRCD 838 8 Berlioz, H. The shepherd’s farewell. Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral, London; Simon Johnson, org; Andrew Carwood, cond.

Decca 478 9225 5 Mozart, W. Laudate Dominum, from Vespers, K339. Emma Kirby, sop; Winchester Cathedral Choir; Academy of Ancient Music/ Christopher Hogwood.

Decca 436585-2 4 Dove, J. Gloria, from Missa brevis. Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge; Edward PictonTurberville, org; Andrew Nethsingha, cond.

Chandos CHAN 10872 4 Rogier, P. Videntes stellam magi. Magnificat; His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts/Philip Cave.

Linn Records CKD 348 6 Tavener, J. A hymn to the Mother of God. Cambridge Singers/John Rutter.

Collegium COLCD 113 3 Hymn: Hail to the Lord’s anointed. Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge; Christopher Allsop, org; Richard Marlow, cond.

Sony 88697573572 4 Wesley, S.S. Choral song and fugue.

Christopher Herrick, org.

Hyperion CDA67758 7 18:00 SMALL FORCES Prepared by Frank Morrison Haydn, J. String quartet in B flat, Hob.III:67 (1790). Kodály Quartet.

Naxos 8.550673 25 Danzi, F. Wind quintet in G minor, op 56 no 2 (1821). Farkas Quintet Amsterdam.

Radio Nederland MCCP124 13 Turina, J. Piano quartet in A minor, op 67 (1931). Nash Ensemble.

Hyperion CDA67889 16

Wallace, W. Suite: Pelléas and Mélisande (1900). BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins.

Hyperion CDH55465 16 Fauré, G. Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande, op 80 (1898; orch. Koechlin). Sarah Wagener, sop; South West German RSO/Heinz Hollinger.

SWR Music 19046 21 Schoenberg, A. Symphonic poem: Pelleas und Melisande, op 5 (1903). Paris O/Daniel Barenboim.

CBS MK 38557 43 20:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Brian Drummond Nyman, M. Chasing sheep is best left to shepherds. O/Michael Nyman.

Decca 478 1126 5 Hyldgaard, S. Concerto borealis (2000/05).

Jesper Juul, tb; Danish NSO/Henrik Vagn Christensen.

Dacapo 6.220526 17 McTee, C. Double play (2010). Detroit SO/ Leonard Slatkin.

Naxos 8.559765 17 Wesley-Smith, M. Alice in the garden of live flowers (2006). Seven Harp Ensemble.

Tall Poppies TP204 6 Vine, C. String quartet no 4 (2004). Takács Quartet.

Tall Poppies TP176 17 Carter, E. Three occasions for orchestra (1986-89). London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen.

Virgin 0777 7592712 2 16 22:00 AFTER HOURS JAZZ with Kevin Jones “I can’t listen to that much Wagner.

I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.” — Woody Allen JANUARY 2019

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Monday 28 January

Antal Dorati

Jacqueline du Pré

Christoph Eschenbach

0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Coates, E. Suite: Summer days (1919). New Philharmonia O/Adrian Boult.

Lyrita SRCD 246 12

Bax, A. Morning song, Maytime in Sussex (1946). Ashley Wass, pf; Bournemouth SO/ James Judd.

Naxos 8.572597 7 Lehár, F. Gold and silver waltz (1902). Slovak RSO/Michael Dittrich.

Naxos 8.578041-42 9

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Robert Small 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC A year in retrospect: 1919 Prepared by Derek Parker Falla, M. de Suite no 1 from The threecornered hat (1919). Eduardo Fernández, gui; Ulster O/Josep Caballé-Domenech.

BBC Music BBC MM255 9 Delius, F. Intermezzo, from Fennimore and Gerda (1919). English CO/Daniel Barenboim.

DG 442 8333 6 Stravinsky, I. Suite from Pulcinella (1919-20; arr. Dorough). Aralee Dorough, fl; Judy Dines, fl; Scott Holshouser, pf. araleedorough.com AD 2013 18 Grainger, P. Spoon River, from American folk-music settings (1919-29). Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery.

Chandos CHAN 8377 5 Saint-Saëns, C. Prayer, op 158 (1919).

Christian Poltéra, vc; Kathryn Stott, pf.

Chandos CHAN 10552 5

10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Derek Parker Wagner, R. Overture and Venusberg music, from Tannhäuser (1845). Royal Scottish NO/ Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHSA 5077 20 Elgar, E. Cello concerto in E minor, op 85 (1919). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Philadelphia O/ Daniel Barenboim.

Sony SB2K 63247 31 Spohr, L. Symphony no 2 in D minor, op 49 (1820). North German RPO/Howard Griffiths. cpo 777 178-2 28 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan 13:00 AFTERNOON DELIGHTS Prepared by Randolph Magri Overend Mendelssohn, F. Overture: The Hebrides, op 26, Fingal’s Cave (1830). Slovak PO/Oliver Dohnanyi.

Naxos 8.578269-70 11

Janácek, L. The ballad of Blanik (1919).

Bergen PO/Edward Gardner.

Chandos CHSA5156 8

Elgar, E. Serenade in E minor for strings, op 20 (1892). Capella Istropolitana/Adrian Leaper.

Naxos 8.554409 12

Milhaud, D. Ballet: Le boeuf sur le toit, op 58 (1919). London SO/Antal Dorati.

Mercury 478 5092 19

Smetana, B. Vltava, from Má vlast (1874).

Vienna PO/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Teldec 0927-44890-2 13

14:00 MUSICAL ADVENTURES Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Rossini, G. Overture to Semiramide (1823; arr. Giuliani). Emanuele Segre, gui.

Claves 50-9303 13 Strauss, R. Four last songs, op posth (1948).

Gundula Janowitz, sop; Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan.

Decca 467 910-2 23 Beethoven, L. Piano concerto no 5 in E flat, op 73, Emperor (1809). Christoph Eschenbach, pf; London SO/Hans Werner Henze.

Brilliant Classics 94602 40 Berlioz, H. Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, op 15 (1840). Montreal Symphony Ch & O/Charles Dutoit.

Decca 425 001-2 35 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Stephen Wilson 19:00 JAZZ PULSE with Chris Wetherall 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson

The poem Im Abendrot (At Sunset) by Joseph von Eichendorff had special meaning for Richard Strauss. It seemed to him to epitomise the love which he and his wife Pauline had for each other and the companionship that they had shared for so many years. It begins: “We have gone through joy and sorrow hand in hand / Now we can rest from our wandering above the quiet land.”

He set this poem for soprano and orchestra along with three poems of Herman Hesse: Frühling (Spring), September and Beim Schlafengehen (Going to Sleep). They became known as his Four Last Songs and were his final completed works, composed in 1948 when he was 84. He did not live to hear these stunningly beautiful songs performed.

All four songs have prominent horn parts, and this was probably a tribute to his father who was a noted horn player.

Supported by this brass accompaniment, the soaring melodies of the soprano vocal line pay homage to his wife, formerly a famous soprano.

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Tuesday 29 January 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Colours of the keyboard Prepared by Rex Burgess Bach, J.S. Sonata in D, BWV1028. Markku luolajan-Mikkola, va da gamba; Miklós Spányi, tangent pf.

BIS CD-1061 15 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 Fauré, G. Piano trio in D minor, op 120 (1923). Augustin Dumay, vn; Frédéric Lodéon, vc; Jean-Philippe Collard, pf.

EMI CMS 7 62545 2 20 Liszt, F. Six consolations, S172 (1850).

Nelson Freire, pf.

Decca 478 2728 16 Boismortier, J. de Flute suite no 5, op 35 (pub. 1731). Anne Savignat, fl; Christine Plubeau, bass viol; Beatrice Martin, hpd.

Naxos 8.554457 9 Britten, B. Introduction and rondo alla burlesca, op 23 no 1 (1940). Stephen Hough, pf; Ronan O’Hora, pf.

Virgin VC 7 91203-2 9 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Elaine Siversen Dvorák, A. Scherzo capriccioso, op 66 (1883). Baltimore SO/Marin Alsop.

Naxos 8.570995 15 Vieuxtemps, H. Violin concerto no 1 in E, op 10 (1837). Misha Keylin, vn; Janácek PO/ Dennis Burkh.

Naxos 8.554506 40 Beethoven, L. Symphony no 1 in C, op 21 (1800). Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox.

ASV QS 6066 27 12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes 13:00 THE EARLY ROMANTIC PERIOD Prepared by Albert Gormley Weber, C.M. Clarinet concerto no 2 in E flat, op 74 (1811). Charles Neidich, cl; Orpheus CO. DG 435 875-2 21 Symphony no 2 in C (1807). Queensland PO/ John Georgiadis.

Naxos 8.550928 19

Colin Brumby

Antonin Dvorák

Paganini, N. Caprice in G minor, op 1 no 6 (1801-07). Julia Fischer, vn.

Decca 478 2274 6

Tall tales (1992). Attacca/John Williams. 8 Tall Poppies TP047 (2 above)

Violin concerto no 1 in D, op 6 (1815). Adele Anthony, vn; Tasmanian SO/Shalom RonlyRiklis.

ABC 838 903-2 34 14:30 OPERA SHORTS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Mozart, W. Overture to The magic flute, K620 (1791). Australian Opera and Ballet O/ Richard Bonynge.

ABC 434 140-2 7 Verdi, G. Celeste Aïda, from Aïda (1871).

Plácido Domingo, ten; New Philharmonia O/ Riccardo Muti.

EMI CDC 7 49929 2 4 Puccini, G. Intermezzo, from Madama Butterfly, Act II (1904). Kiri Te Kanawa, sop; Lyon National Opera O/Kent Nagano.

Apex 2564 67391-4 8 Donizetti, G. Vien, Leonora, from La favorite (1840). Dmitri Hvorostovsky, bar; Philharmonia O/Ion Marin.

Philips 434 912-2 6 15:00 TWENTIETH CENTURY AUSTRALIAN Prepared by Robin Mitchell Brumby, C. The phoenix and the turtle (1974). Melbourne SO/Hiroyuki Iwaki.

Jade JADCD 1039 9 Clarinet concerto (1988). Paul Dean, cl; Queensland SO/Wilfred Lehmann.

Jade JADCD 1062 17 Carr-Boyd, A. Fandango (1982).

Jade JADCD 1039 5 Music for an imaginary Italian film (1985).

Jade JADCD 1110 9 Sydney Mandolins/Adrian Hooper (2 above) Westlake, N. Our Mum was a waterfall (1985). Nigel Westlake, sax; Greg Sheehan, perc. 6

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Derek Parker 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Robert Small 22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Rex Burgess Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Quintet in B flat for winds and piano (1876). Eric Le Sage, pf; Les Vents Français.

Warner Classics 0825646231850 28 Handel, G. Violin sonata in F, op 1 no 2 (c1722).

Andrew Manze, vn; Richard Egarr, hpd.

Harmonia Mundi HMX 2907259 14 Ravel, M. Piano trio in A minor (1914).

Macquarie Trio.

Fine Music concert recording 27 Françaix, J. Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1933). Members of Aulos Wind Quintet.

Musica Mundi CD 310 022 H1 10 Dvorák, A. String quintet in E flat, op 97 (1893). Patrick Ireland, va; The Lindsays.

ASV DCS 446 31

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imsky-Korsakov wrote that the first movement of his Quintet for winds and piano is ‘in the classic style of Beethoven’. Its two themes are well contrasted: a lively melody begun by the bassoon, and a hymn-like tune for the wind instruments alone. It was not surprising that he followed an earlier style. He was still studying counterpoint and it was one of his first compositions.

Entered in a music competition, the Quintet fared badly when the pianist was a poor sight reader. However, it pleased listeners at a later performance.

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Wednesday 30 January

Aram Khachaturian

Eberhard Grünenthal

Ursula Targler

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale

20:00 AT THE OPERA Opera oscura: A Weimar Alceste Schweitzer, A. Alceste. Singspiel in five acts.

Libretto by Christoph Martin Wieland. First performed Weimar, 1773.

ALCESTIS: Ursula Targler, sop PARTHENIA: Sylvia Koke, sop ADMETUS: Christian Voigt, ten HERCULES: Christoph Johannes Wendel, bass Erfurt Opera Ch; Erfurt PO/Stephan E. Wehr.

Marco Polo 8.225261/62 2:14

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Troy Fil 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Khachaturian, A. Suite from Masquerade (1941). Armenian PO/Loris Tjeknavorian.

ASV DCA 773 18 Piano sonata (1961). Murray McLachlan, pf.

Olympia OCD 423 31 Undying flame (1956). Armenian PO/Loris Tjeknavorian.

ASV DCA 966 17 Trio for clarinet, violin and piano (1932). Nigel Westlake, cl; Dene Olding, vn; David Bollard, pf.

Fine Music concert recording 15 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Di Cox Smetana, B. Overture to The bartered bride (1866). Melbourne SO/Jorge Mester.

ABC 438 611-2 7 Weber, C.M. Clarinet concerto no 2 in E flat, op 74 (1811). City of London Sinfonia/Michael Collins, cl & dir.

Chandos CHAN 10702 22 Stravinsky, I. Ballet: The firebird (1910).

Sydney SO/David Robertson.

ABC 481 4954 50

13:00 IT’S ROMANTIC Prepared by Paul Hopwood Albéniz, I. Piano sonata no 5, op 82 (c1888).

Alberto Guinovart, pf.

Harmonia Mundi HMI 987007 24 Brahms, J. String quartet in A minor, op 51 no 2 (1873). Gabrieli String Quartet.

Chandos CHAN 8562 31 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans 15:00 HISTORY OF THE ORCHESTRA Part 4 Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Abel, C. String quartet in A, op 8 no 5 (1769).

Salomon Quartet.

Hyperion CDA66780 12 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 Bach, J.S. Orchestral suite no 2 in B minor, BWV1067 (c1738-39). Eberhard Grünenthal, fl; Berlin CO/Helmut Koch.

Berlin Classics 0012872BC 22 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Ross Hayes 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell

Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Opera Gluck, C. Ah! Divinités implacables, from Alceste (1776). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner.

Philips 470 293-2 5 22:30 CLASSICAL MEETS NEOCLASSICAL Prepared by David Brett Haydn, J. Cello concerto no 1 in C, Hob: VIIb:1 (c1761-65). Daniel Yeadon, vc; Australian Haydn Ensemble/Skye McIntosh.

ABC 481 2806 25 Prokofiev, S. Symphony no 1 in D, op 25, Classical (1917). London SO/Claudio Abbado.

Decca 478 5365 14 Dittersdorf, C. Oboe concerto in G (c1770).

Heinz Holliger, ob; Camerata Bern/Thomas Füri.

Archiv 410 599-2 15 Stravinsky, I. Symphony in C (1940). Boris Berman, pf; Suisse Romande O/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 9240 28

The two works by Igor Stravinsky in today’s program (at 10:30 and 22:30) are separated by 30 years and two continents. When Stravinsky was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev to write for the Ballets Russes, the result was The firebird based on the Russian fairy tales of the firebird and the blessing and curse it possesses for its owner. It was an instant success in 1910 and marked Stravinsky’s acceptance as an international composer.

His Symphony in C is in the neoclassical style he had adopted in his subsequent ballets. By the time he had completed it in 1940 he had experienced some dreadful years. His wife and two daughters suffering from tuberculosis had gone to a sanatorium in Switzerland and the daughters had died; his mother had died; and he had been forced to leave France for the United States because of World War II and had now been diagnosed with tuberculosis.

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Thursday 31 January 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC The music salon Prepared by Jennifer Foong Francoeur, F. Trio sonata no 7 in D minor.

Kreeta-Maria Kentala, vn; Lauri Pulakka, vc; Mitzi Meyerson, hpd.

Glossa GCD 921809 14 Ibert, J. Four songs of Don Quichotte (1932).

José van Dam, bar; Jean-Philippe Collard, pf.

EMI CDC 7 49288 2 11 Ballard, R. Trois ballets des princes (arr.

Bataille). Lutz Kirchhof, lute.

Sony SK 48250 3 Berlioz, H. Le spectre de la rose, from Les nuits d’été, op 7 no 2 (1840). Janet Howd, sop; Christopher Ross, pf.

Duo DUOCD 89005 6 Koechlin, C. Four little pieces for horn, violin and piano (1890-1909). Barry Tuckwell, hn; Brenton Langbein, vn; Maureen Jones, pf. ex libris CD 6059 9 Corrette, M. Sonata in E minor; Les amusements d’Apollon chez le roi Admète, op 25 no 4 (1742). Utako Ikeda, fl; Paul Nicholson, hpd.

Amon Ra CD-SAR 57 13 Alkan, C-V. Grand duo concertant in F sharp minor, op 21 for violin and piano (c1840).

Kolja Lessing, vn; Rainer Klaas, pf.

Brilliant Classics 95568 22 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Paul Cooke Tchaikovsky, P. Fantasy overture: Romeo and Juliet (1880). Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink.

Decca 478 5867 20 Bax, A. Violin concerto (1938). Lydia Mordkovitch, vn; London PO/Bryden Thomson.

Chandos CHAN 9003 35 Vorisek, J. Symphony in D, op 24 (1823).

Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras.

Hyperion CDA66800 27 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers 13:00 EARLY 20TH CENTURY Prepared by Miranda Luo Debussy, C. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir, from Preludes, bk I (1910). Krystian Zimerman, pf.

DG 435 773-2 4

Pieter Wispelwey

Jennifer Bates

Walton, W. Cello concerto (1956). Pieter Wispelwey, vc; Sydney SO/Jeffrey Tate.

Onyx ONYX4042 31

Bruckner, A. Helgoland for male choir and orchestra (1893). Chicago Symphony Ch & O/Daniel Barenboim.

DG 437 250-2 14

Debussy, C. Rhapsody (1901-08). George Pieterson, cl; Royal Concertgebouw O/ Bernard Haitink.

Philips 438 742-2 8 Gershwin, G. Porgy and Bess transcriptions (1934; arr. Heifetz). Gil Shaham, vn; Akira Eguchi, pf.

DG 447 640-2 16 Janácek, L. Mládi for wind sextet (1924).

Geoffrey Collins, fl; Diana Doherty, ob; Catherine McCorkill, cl; Philip Arkinstall, cl; Peter Moore, bn; Daryl Poulsen, hn.

Fine Music concert recording 18 Shostakovich, D. Romance, from The gadfly (1934). Ukraine NSO/Theodore Kuchar.

Naxos 8.578005-06 6 14:30 A CLASSICAL SELECTION Prepared by Paul Hopwood Danzi, F. Wind quintet in F, op 56 no 3 (pub.

1821). Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet.

BIS CD-552 22 Schubert, F. Violin sonata no 2 in A minor, D385 (1816). Isaac Stern, vn; Daniel Barenboim, pf.

Sony SM2K 64528 23 Brahms, J. Piano quartet no 3 in C minor, op 60 (1855-75). Isaac Stern, vn; Jaime Laredo, va; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, pf.

Sony SM3K 64520 35 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Sue Jowell 19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley 20:00 THE WORLD OF A SYMPHONY Prepared by Chris Blower Brian, H. English suite no 4, Kindergarten (1921). Royal Scottish NO/Martyn Brabbins.

Dutton Epoch CDLX 7296 12

Nielsen, C. Clarinet concerto, op 57 (1928).

Olle Schill, cl; Gothenburg SO/Myung-Whun Chung.

BIS CD-614/616 25 Sibelius, J. Five pieces for violin and piano, op 81 (1915-18). Nils-Erik Sparf, vn; Bengt Forsberg, pf.

BIS CD-625 14 Simpson, R. Symphony no 8 (1981). Royal PO/Vernon Handley.

Hyperion CDA66890 44 22:00 SHOWCASING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS Prepared by Rex Burgess Weber, C.M. Overture to Der Freischütz (1821). Tasmanian SO/Sebastian LangLessing.

ABC 481 0616 10 Piazzolla, A. Aconagua, concerto for bandoneon, string orchestra and percussion (1979). James Crabb, accordion; Benjamin Martin, pf; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.

Chandos CHAN 10163 24 Bach, J.S. Cello suite no 1 in G, BWV1007 (1720). David Pereira, vc.

Tall Poppies TP144 21 Schubert, F. The shepherd on the rock, D965 (1828). Jennifer Bates, sop; Nigel Westlake, cl; David Bollard, pf.

Tall Poppies TP011 12 Janácek, L. String quartet no 1, Kreutzer sonata (1923). Goldner String Quartet.

Fine Music concert recording 6 Respighi, O. Toccata (1928). Geoffrey Tozer, pf; BBC PO/Edward Downes.

Chandos CHAN 9311 25 “My voice is small but disagreeable.”

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The following composers have works of at least five minutes on the January dates listed Abel, C. 1723-1787 30 Adams, J. b1947 9,10 Albéniz, I. 1860-1909 3,17,30 Albinoni, T. 1671-1751 11 Alkan, C-V. 1813-1888 3,29,31 Allegri, G. 1582-1652 16 Alwyn, W. 1905-1985 24 André, J. 1775-1842 15 Arensky, A. 1861-1906 1,9,10 Arne, T. 1710-1778 18 Arnold, M. 1921-2006 12 Arutiunian, A. b 1920 4 Auber, D-F-E. 1782-1871 21

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. 1895-1968 21 Chadwick, G. 1854-1931 18 Chausson, E. 1855-1899 23 Chen Yi. b1953 13 Cherubini, L. 1760-1842 6,9 Chic, L. 1819-1916 27 Chopin, F. 1810-1849 10,12,17,19,24,26 Clérambault, L-N. 1676-1749 19 Coates, E. 1886-1957 17,28 Coleridge-Taylor, S. 1875-1912 12 Cooder, R. b1947 5 Copland, A. 1900-1990 18 Corbett, W. c1675-1748 25 Bach, C.P.E. 1714-1788 Corelli, A. 1653-1713 18,23 8,13,18 Correa de Arauxo, F. Bach, J. Christian 1735-1782 c1583-1654 11 15,30 Corrette, M. 1709-1795 31 Bach, J.S. 1685-1750 Cui, C. 1835-1918 14 13,14,15,19,20,25,29,30,31 d’Albert, E. 1864-1932 1 Balakirev, M. 1837-1910 d’Indy, V. 1851-1931 11 5,7,12,25 Damase, J-M. 1928-2013 22 Banister, J. d c1735 16 Danzi, F. 1763-1826 Bantock, G. 1868-1946 18 18,27,31 Bartók, B. 1881-1945 Dauprat, L. 1781-1861 10 1,4,15,16 Bax, A. 1883-1953 20,28,31 Debussy, C. 1862-1918 6,20,27,31 Bazzini, A. 1818-1897 17 Delius, F. 1862-1934 Beach, A. 1867-1944 18 1,3,4,9,11,17,28 Beethoven, L. 1770-1827 1,10,11,12,13,15,17,18,19,20, Dargomizhsky, A. 1813-1869 2 22,26,28,29 Benjamin, A. 1893-1960 5,25 Désargus, X. 1768-1832 6 Desplat, A. b1961 20 Berg, A. 1885-1935 21 Di Majo, G. 1732-1770 24 Berlin, I. 1888-1989 5 Dieupart, C. c1667-c1740 26 Berlioz, H. 1803-1869 1,2,4,10,14,15,17,21,27,28,31 Dittersdorf, C. 1739-1799 30 Dohnányi, E. 1877-1960 Berwald, F. 1796-1868 1,12,25,26 3,8,21 Donizetti, G. 1797-1848 Biber, H. 1644-1704 1,15 13,29 Bizet, G. 1838-1875 27 Dreyfus, G. b1928 5,26 Bliss, A. 1891-1975 22 Dukas, P. 1865-1935 19 Bloch, E. 1880-1959 18 Duphly, J. 1715-1789 18 Boccherini, L. 1743-1805 Duruflé, M. 1902-1986 9 3,5,13,24 Dussek, J. 1760-1812 1,27 Boismortier, J. de Dvorák, A. 1841-1904 1689-1755 29 Bomtempo, J. 1771-1842 16 2,4,5,8,11,12,13,20,25,29 Borodin, A. 1833-1887 15,24 Edelmann, J-F. 1749-1794 Bottesini, G. 1821-1889 24 17,26 Edwards, R. b1943 4,8,24 Bouman, H. b1951 22 Elgar, E. 1857-1934 Boyce, W. 1711-1779 18 5,8,9,11,14,18,28 Brahms, J. 1833-1897 1,4,5,7,10,17,19,30,31 Falla, M. de 1876-1946 Brian, H. 1876-1972 31 6,7,26,28 Bridge, F. 1879-1941 1,11 Fauré, G. 1845-1924 Britten, B. 1913-1976 20,23,24,27,29 3,10,15,26,29 Festa, C. c1490-1545 4 Bruch, M. 1838-1920 Field, J. 1782-1837 13 16,17,23,24 Finsterer, M. b1962 6 Bruckner, A. 1824-1896 Finzi, G. 1901-1956 8,20 25,31 Flecha, M. El Viejo Brumby, C. 1933-2018 29 1481-1553 11 Bryars, G. b1943 5 Foote, A. 1853-1937 18 Burke, J. 1908-1964 26 Françaix, J. 1912-1997 29 Franck, C. 1822-1890 25 Cannabich, C. 1731-1798 Francoeur, F. 1698-1787 31 16 Cartellieri, A. 1772-1807 23 Carter, E. 1908-2012 27

Galuppi, B. 1706-1785 15 Gambini, C. 1819-1865 27

Gasparini, D. b1975 5 German, E. 1862-1936 26 Gershwin, G. 1898-1937 17,31 Gibbs, C. Armstrong 18891960 23 Giménez, G. 1854-1923 20 Giuliani, M. 1781-1829 3 Glass, P. b1937 2 Glazunov, A. 1865-1936 11,13,14 Glière, R. 1875-1976 10 Glinka, M. 1804-1857 11,14,16 Gluck, C. 1714-1787 4,12,18,22 Godowsky, L. 1870-1938 4 Gossec, F-J. 1734-1829 24 Gounod, C. 1818-1893 6,13 Gouvy, T. 1819-1898 27 Grainger, P. 1882-1961 6,8 Granados, E. 1867-1916 25 Green, B. b1964 13 Grétry, A-E-M. 1741-1813 6 Grieg, E. 1843-1907 5,7,11,13,17 Grofé, F. 1892-1972 13 Gutmann, A. 1819-1882 27

Koechlin, C. 1867-1950 10,19,31 Koehne, G. b1956 4 Koshkin, N. b1956 10 Kozeluch, L. 1747-1818 27 Kreutzer, J. 1778-1832 17 Krommer, F. 1759-1831 13 Kuhlau, F. 1786-1832 14

Jacob, G. 1895-1984 10 Jadin, H. 1769-1802 6 Janácek, L. 1854-1928 3,22,28,31 Joachim, J. 1831-1907 8 Jones, Richard. d1744 1 Josquin Desprez. c14401521 4

6,12,26,31 Nyman, M. b1948 27

Lachenmann, H. b1935 6 Lalo, E. 1823-1892 24 Lehár, F. 1870-1948 12,28 Leidzen, E. 1894-1962 19 Leighton, K. 1929-1988 1 Lemmoné, J. 1862-1949 10 Léonard, H. 1819-1890 27 Lhoyer, A. de 1768-1852 6 Liszt, F. 1811-1886 8,13,16,22,25,29 Lloyd, R. 20th c 27 Locatelli, P. 1695-1764 1 Lully, J-B. 1632-1687 9,18

MacDowell, E. 1860-1908 18 Mackenzie, A. 1847-1935 16 Macmillan, J. b1959 24 Mahler, G. 1860-1911 3,21,27 Mancini, H. 1924-1944 5 Handel, G. 1685-1759 Marcello, A. 1684-1750 11 18,23,25,29 Martin, M. b1976 13 Hartmann, E. 1836-1898 Massenet, J. 1842-1912 11,19 6,19,26 Harvey, J. 1939-2012 13 McTee, C. b1953 27 Hasse, J. 1699-1783 27 Méhul, É-N. 1763-1817 6,24 Haydn, J. 1732-1809 Mendelssohn, F. 1809-1847 1,3,6,13,18,22,24,27,30 2,3,10,12,14,17,28 Haydn, M. 1737-1806 20 Meyerbeer, G. 1791-1864 4 Hayne van Ghizeghem.

Mikuli, K. 1819-1897 27 c1445-c1480 25 Milhaud, D. 1892-1974 Herzogenberg, H. 184319,28 1900 12 Monn, M. 1717-1750 6 Hindson, M. b1968 5 Monteverdi, C. 1567-1643 9 Hoffmeister, F. 1754-1812 25 Mouton, J. c1470-1522 4 Holst, G. 1874-1934 4,6,25 Mozart, L. 1719-1787 18 Horneman, C. 1840-1906 Mozart, W. 1756-1791 1,2,3, 7,26 4,5,6,8,9,12,13,14,15,16,17, Houghton, P. b1954 3 18,19,23,24,29 Howells, H. 1892-1983 15 Mtchedelov, M. 1903-1974 Hummel, J. 1778-1837 13 25 Hurst, M. b1925 26 Mussorgsky, M. 1839-1881 Hyde, M. 1913-2005 10 4,7,11,13,14,25 Hyldgaard, S. 1962-2018 27 Myaskovsky, N. 1881-1950 Ibert, J. 1890-1962 19,31 10 Isaac, H. c1450-1517 4 Nagasawa, K. 1933-2008 4 Ives, C. 1874-1954 18 Nielsen, C. 1865-1931

Kats-Chernin, E. b1957 17,19 Kerll, J. 1627-1693 14 Khachaturian, A. 1903-1978 19,30 Kilar, W. 1932-2013 5 Koch, E. 1910-2009 5 Kodály, Z. 1882-1967 24

Obrecht, J. c1450-1505 4 Ockeghem, J. 1430-1497 4 Offenbach, J. 1819-1880 2,17 Onslow, G. 1784-1853 15 Ornstein, L. c1895-2002 22 Ortiz, D. c1510-c1570 11 Paganini, N. 1782-1840 21,29 Palmer, G. b1947 12 Parry, H. 1848-1918 4,10 Pärt, A. b1935 9 Pérotin, Le Grand c1160-c1225 25

Stamitz, J. 1717-1757 16 Steiner, M. 1888-1971 2 Strauss, E. 1835-1916 19 Strauss, J. II 1825-1899 8,22,26 Strauss, R. 1864-1949 2,11,17,23,25,28 Stravinsky, I. 1882-1971 6,15,28,30 Strouse, C. b 1928 26 Suk, J. 1874-1935 21 Suppé, F. 1819-1895 2 Svendsen, J. 1840-1911 5,16 Quantz, J. 1697-1773 25 Sweelinck, J. 1562-1621 22 Rachmaninov, S. 1873-1943 Szymanowski, K. 12,15,18,22 1882-1937 26 Raff, J. 1822-1882 7,13 Tabakova, D. b1980 6 Rameau, J-P. 1683-1764 Taneyev, S. 1856-1915 22 3,18,26 Tárrega, F. 1852-1909 24 Rautavaara, E. 1928-2016 8 Tchaikovsky, P. 1840-1893 Ravel, M. 1875-1937 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,15,17,21,23,31 4,10,11,15,18,26,29 Telemann, G. 1681-1767 Reich, S. b1936 9 6,14 Reicha, A. 1770-1836 5 Thalberg, S. 1812-1871 3 Reincken, J. 1623-1722 22 Thomson, V. 1896-1989 7 Respighi, O. 1879-1936 Tippett, M. 1905-1998 10 5,8,24,31 Turina, J. 1882-1949 27 Richafort, J. c1480-c1547 4 Van Klaveren, W. b1975 22 Richter, F. 1709-1789 24 Vanhal, J. 1739-1813 27 Ries, F. 1784-1838 25 Vasks, P. b1946 8 Rihm, W. b1952 6 Vásquez, J. d c1565 11 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Vaughan Williams, R. 1844-1908 5,7,12,26,29 Rodrigo, J. 1901-1999 24,25 1872-1958 6,7,10,14,17,25 Verdi, G. 1813-1901 Rogier, P. c1561-1596 27 Romero, M. c1575-1647 11 4,6,17,19 Vierne, L. 1870-1937 3 Rosetti, F. 1746-1792 27 Rossini, G. 1792-1868 3,28 Vieuxtemps, H. 1820-1881 29 Rota, N. 1911-1979 12 Villa-Lobos, H. 1887-1959 22 Roussel, A. 1869-1937 10 Vine, C. b1954 27 Rubinstein, A. 1829-1894 Vivaldi, A. 1678-1741 2,12,14,24 6,11,17,21 Ryba, J. 1765-1815 6 Vorisek, J. 1791-1825 Saint-Saëns,C.1835-1921 19,27,31 2,4,7,12,17,18,25,28 Wagner, R. 1813-1883 Salieri, A. 1750-1825 20 1,6,28 Sarasate, P. de 1844-1908 Waldteufel, E. 1837-1915 26 10 Wallace, W. 1860-1940 Satie, E. 1866-1925 19 Scarlatti, D. 1685-1757 18,24 10,27 Walton, W. 1902-1983 10,31 Schelle, J. 1648-1701 13 Wassenaer, U. 1692-1766 Schoenberg, A. 1874-1951 22 27 Schubert, F. 1797-1828 1,2, Waxman, F. 1906-1962 23 4,5,6,14,15,18,20,21,24,26,31 Weber, C.M. 1786-1826 3,5,29,30,31 Schumann, R. 1810-1856 Webern, A. 1883-1945 15 1,3,4,5,8,15,26 Schweitzer, A. 1735-1787 30 Weill, K. 1900-1950 21 Weiss, S. 1686-1750 12 Sculthorpe, P. 1929-2014 Wesley-Smith, M. b1945 27 3,13,17 Sermisy, C. de c1490-1562 4 Wesley, S.S. 1810-1876 20,27 Shchedrin, R. b1932 10 Shostakovich, D. 1906-1975 Westlake, N. b1958 1,9,29 Widor, C-M. 1844-1937 20 8,10,15,20,31 Williams, J. b1932 12 Sibelius, J. 1865-1957 Wölfl, J. 1773-1812 24 2,11,17,22,24,31 Simpson, R. 1921-1997 31 Yeston, M. b1945 26 Smetana, B. 1824-1884 Zagwijn, H. 1878-1954 22 6,7,10,12,22,25,28,30 Sollima, G. b1962 9 Sousa, J.P. 1854-1932 19 Spohr, L. 1784-1859 28 Pertout, A. 20th c 13 Piazzolla, A. 1922-1992 8,31 Piston, W. 1894-1976 19 Pleyel, I. 1757-1831 6 Popper, D. 1843-1913 6 Poulenc, F. 1899-1963 6 Praetorius, M. c1571-1621 25 Preisner, Z. 20th c 20 Prokofiev, S. 1891-1953 9,11,12,30 Puccini, G. 1858-1924 23,29 Purcell, D. c1660-1717 25

Key Music duration is shown after the record and citation Orchestra Ch & O: Chorus & RTO: Radio & Television Orchestra CO: Chamber Orchestra Orchestra RTV SO: Radio and FO: Festival Orchestra Television Symphony NO: National Orchestra NSO: National Symphony Orchestra SO: Symphony Orchestra Orchestra PO: Philharmonic Orchestra TO: Theatre Orchestra alto: male alto RO: Radio Orchestra ban: bandoneon RSO: Radio Symphony

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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

THE EXCITING GAYANEH CHRIS BLOWER TELLS THE STORY BEHIND THE SABRE DANCE and TV series over the decades and has also been used by figure skaters from at least five countries in their performances.

Red-coated and brandishing wicked-looking weapons, dancers fill the stage in one of ballet’s best-known spectaculars: the Sabre dance in the final scene of Aram Khachaturian’s Gayaneh.

Named after the nickname of the composer’s wife, Gayaneh is set on a collective cotton farm in Soviet Armenia.

Gayaneh is married to the brutal and traitorous Giko, a drunkard involved with a band of smugglers and outlaws. Sabre Dance from Gayaneh When Gayaneh accuses Giko before his fellow workers they quarrel, arrests Giko. Gayaneh, having recovered from and when Gayaneh presents a bouquet to the stab wound, realises that she is in love with Kazakov, commander of the Soviet frontier Kazakov and the ballet concludes with a lively guard, Giko violently snatches the bouquet party celebrating the engagement of Gayaneh and disappears. and Kazakov.

When Giko returns, he conspires with three smugglers to share the public money they have embezzled, set fire to the cotton warehouse and flee abroad. Realising that Gayaneh has overheard the conspiracy he locks her up, but she escapes. Giko seizes their baby daughter as hostage and attempts to kill Gayaneh by stabbing her. She is saved by Kazakov, who

A highlight of the party is the spirited dances performed by groups from the various Soviet republics. The Sabre dance, based on an Armenian folk song, is one of the signature pieces of 20th century popular music, at least three versions reaching number one in the Billboard ‘Best-Selling Records by Classical Artists’. It has been used in a number of films

Khachaturian, predictably, felt that the popularity of the Sabre dance deflected attention from his other works. These include three concertos (for piano, for violin and for cello), a second major ballet, Spartacus, and numerous film scores and incidental music for plays such as Macbeth and King Lear.

His reputation in the West has varied from critic to critic. He was described by one critic as ‘an important and highly popular composer and a man of pronounced gifts’ and by the same critic as ‘a bureaucratic composer, turning out wellcrafted pieces of no particular personality’. The conductor Marin Alsop describes him as ‘very underperformed and somewhat underrated’.

There is no doubt, however, that his music is full of colourful harmonies, captivating rhythms and sensuous melodies.

The ballet, Gayaneh, can be heard in Saturday Matinee on 19 January at 3pm.

VALE RICHARD GILL In October 2018, Australia’s musical world lost one of its most esteemed musical visionaries. Following a battle with illness, the conductor, music educator and composer Richard Gill passed away.

He was a ubiquitous figure in the lives of many musicians, including me, and he was always to be relied upon to instil belief, encourage greater effort and to see the funny side of any situation.

At Opera Australia and the Victorian Opera, Richard cultivated the production of operas

by Australian composers, conducting the premiere productions of The eighth wonder

by Alan John, Lindy by Moya Henderson and Eternity Man by Jonathan Mills, amongst many others. There were many orchestral works too, such as Kalkadungu by William Barton and Matthew Hindson, which, when released on CD, went on to win an ARIA award.

Richard had been associated with almost every institution of music in Sydney and all benefitted from his exceptional love of music making. In particular, his leadership of the Sydney Chamber Choir had seen this group become one of the finest choral ensembles in Australia. As Artistic Director of the Education programs for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Musica Viva, thousands upon thousands of children experienced live classical music with him. His engaging personality saw him become an instant television star through Operatunity Oz and then with regular appearances on Spicks and Specks on ABC Television.

Richard engaged with 2MBS-FM and Fine Music 102.5 throughout its history. In the early 1980s he created at least two series of programs for young people in which he shared musical ideas with high school students. In 1994, Richard sat for one year as a Director of the MBS Society. His conducting is featured on several recordings of the Sydney Chamber Choir made by Fine Music that we hold in our library. In 2016, Richard joined Michael Morton-Evans for In Conversation and told us about his life growing up in Sydney, his love for music and opera, and his views on the importance of Music Education. This wonderful program is available for listeners to

Richard Gill hear via the Fine Music website. It provides us with a lasting memory of a man who brought passion, intellectual rigour and a finely attuned sense of humour to everything he touched.

We at Fine Music 102.5 recognise and pay tribute to Richard’s contribution to music and music education in Australia and express our gratitude for his contribution to the station.

Vale Richard Gill.

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BERNSTEIN’S PODIUM ANTICS RANDOLPH MAGRI-OVEREND REVEALS THE CRITICS’ VIEW Sibelius once said that nobody ever erected a monument to honour a critic.

Like all talented people, Leonard Bernstein had his fair share of critics. What irked him most, however, was the amount of time critics wasted on writing about his flamboyant style rather than about his interpretative skills. He once said that when conducting he felt he was not just interpreting the music, he was actually composing it. His style was not only different but, based on his contemporaries, almost verged on the salacious.

These days we are used to conductors using their whole bodies to convey a musical point, but in the 1940s and 50s it was a case of letting the hands do the work and keeping the body in check. Conservatism was the norm and critics expected that conductors would conform.

It’s not surprising then, given Bernstein’s temperament throughout his life and career, that the reviews he received were mixed when (deputising for an ailing Bruno Walter) he made his sensational debut with the New York Philharmonic in November 1943 (a concert that was also broadcast nationally).

“He conducted without a baton,” Oliver Downes of the New York Times enthused, “justifying this by the instinctively expressive use of his hands and a bodily plastic which is not always conservative.”

Arthur Berger of the New York Sun, however, was less impressed: “Some of the flares of temperament ... might fruitfully be modified and the stamping of the Leonard Bernstein foot should be avoided.”

Harold C. Schonberg, who received the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1971, was an author of books on pianists, conductors and composers and, incidentally, also an expert on chess. He was one of the most feared of music critics during his tenure at both the New York Sun and the New York Times from 1946 to 1980. He wrote: “Thoughtful people are beginning to complain more and more of Bernstein’s antics on the podium.”

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Graeme Koehne who studied with him as part of his extended musical studies. Thomson was initially a music critic for Vanity Fair but, following a brief stay in Paris between 1925 and 1932, he returned to New York to take up the post of music critic for the Herald-Tribune.

The post lasted well into the mid-50s. He wrote that Bernstein: “… has embraced a career of sheer vainglory … he shagged, shimmied and, believe it or not, bumped … [his conducting] contained corybantic choreography … With every season his personal performance becomes more ostentatious, and his musical one less convincing. There was a time when he used to forget occasionally and let the music speak. But nowadays, he keeps it always, like the touring Italian bandmasters of 40 years ago, a vehicle for the waving about of hair, for the twisting of shoulder and torso and for the miming of facial expressions of uncontrolled emotional states.”

When Bernstein crossed ‘the pond’, the British press started echoing the misgivings of their American cousins. Was there a conspiracy being hatched, one wondered? “He looked as if he was playing a part choreographed by Jerome Robbins,” wrote the critic of the Daily Express. “He swayed, stabbed, crouched and leaped in the air, both feet clear of the ground several times, like a pocket-sized Tarzan.” The London Times critic chimed in with: “Even in a stunt performance … it is not good conducting technique to leap into the air.”

Later, two critics from the New York Herald-

Tribune had to have their ten cents worth.

“In rehearsal his conducting was precise and his gestures, economical. Once the audience came through the doors he turned into a monster,” wrote Paul Henry Long, while Alan Rich supplemented that with: “[I object] to his bobbing and weaving and leaping as if auditioning for the basketball team.”

However, Bernstein also had his admirers.

In the early 1970s, soon after his switch from recording for Columbia Masterworks to recording for Deutsche Grammophon, he embarked on a European tour with the Vienna Philharmonic. Two conducting superstars, Herbert von Karajan and Bernstein became the prized jewels in the crown of DG’s classical repertoire and, whether by coincidence or by design, both were performing at the same time in Vienna. Karajan was then conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. The Viennese music critic, Karl Löbl, compared the two conductors thus: “Karajan heats the music up, Bernstein sets it on fire. Bernstein is always spontaneous; Karajan performs what he has rehearsed.

Karajan conducts Beethoven; Bernstein feels himself to be Beethoven. Bernstein shows his feelings; Karajan never divulges them. Both are musicians.

How wonderful to have them both here at the same time.”

Even Harold C. Schonberg, perhaps by then having acclimatised himself to Bernstein’s antics and eccentricities, showed signs of mellowing. After listening to a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, he wrote that it had all of Bernstein’s “… expected attributes and mannerisms. It was dramatic.

It was theatrical. It was highly personal and involved. Some might have called it vulgar.

Some with equal justice could have called it self-indulgent. But one thing it did have … Life.

This performance simply pulsated with life.”

Check out the orchestral works conducted by Leonard Bernstein on 7 and 17 January and, when listening, see whether you can ‘spot the difference’.

MUSICAL FAMILIES ELIZABETH HILL DISCOVERS GENERATIONS OF TALENT named Raphael’s recording of the Dvorák Cello Concerto as the best of the past 25 years. He has recorded nearly every major work for his instrument and has been at the forefront of playing and commissioning new works by contemporary composers. When he is not touring the world as a soloist or with his piano trio (Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch) he is in great demand as a teacher.

Sebastian Pini, Carl Pini, Jane Hazelwood, Donald Hazelwood, Elena Pini, Daniel Pini From farmer to the international stage, Donald Hazelwood has always been proud to be Australian. He was given a violin at the age of four after his hankering to have something his cousin had; then his mother made sure he practised it. Returning to the country four years later, and without a teacher, he practised in the machine shed ‘with only mice as an audience’ until a scholarship to Albury Grammar enabled him to resume his music studies. For a short time after his father’s death he took up farming, but eventually decided that music was to be his career.

In his 45 years with the Sydney Symphony (33 as Concertmaster) he has been at the forefront of Australian classical music as a soloist, and as an orchestral and chamber musician, touring the world with the Austral Quartet and the Hazelwood Trio. The Trio included his late wife, clarinettist Anne Menzies, who played with the SSO for 26 years. Her father was a jazz saxophonist and trumpeter.

Not many families can form their own string ensemble, but the Hazelwood-Pini clan can.

Three generations ranging in age from 16 to 87 have been entertaining music-lovers for years. Donald and Anne’s daughter Jane was a student of Wolfram Christ in Berlin and played viola with the Berlin Philharmonic, London String Quartet, Sydney Symphony and numerous other ensembles, and was principal viola with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Her husband, Carl Pini, was Concertmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Australian Anne Menzies

Chamber Orchestra. His prestigious career has included playing with the London String Quartet, English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonia Orchestra and his own Carl Pini Quartet, as well as appearances as soloist with many famous conductors. Jane and Carl’s three children could well be described as having been born into Australian musical ‘royalty’: Daniel plays cello with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Elena plays viola and teaches music, and Sebastian plays double bass.

Raphael’s father, Peter, sought refuge from Hitler’s Germany in Jerusalem and Paris before settling in Britain in 1952. Quickly absorbing the different cultures into which fate had thrown him, he embarked on a concert career. During his 18 years as a professor of piano at the Royal College of Music he influenced many notable pianists, and was a pioneer in the Frank Bridge revival and a champion of the works of Kenneth Leighton, many of which are dedicated to him. It wasn’t until his son Raphael had established himself as a cellist that Peter began a musical collaboration with him that was founded not on family ties, but on mutual respect for each other’s artistic personality.

Raphael’s wife is the Australianborn violinist and conductor, Elizabeth Wallfisch, who is also the granddaughter of the English conductor Albert Coates. Their children are all outstanding musicians: Benjamin is a composer, conductor and pianist, Simon a cellist and tenor, and Joanna a jazz vocalist and multiinstrumentalist.

Raphael Wallfisch Raphael and Elizabeth Wallfisch Elizabeth was a natural musician was also born into a family of distinguished musicians: his from a young age. After establishing herself father was the pianist Peter Wallfisch and his as a concert performer in England, she mother the cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, co- toured Europe with the London Fortepiano founder of the English Chamber Orchestra Trio. It was at this time that the music and and one of the last known surviving members technique of the Baroque became her main of the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz (which passion and she developed a reputation as a played under the direction of Alma Rosé, a specialist Baroque violinist. She has explored music from the High Baroque to the Classical niece of Gustav Mahler). and Romantic greats, as well as their lesser Raphael started playing the cello at the age of known contemporaries, and recently began a eight, but it wasn’t until he was 13 collaboration with the renowned fortepianist that he had his ‘road to Damascus’ Gary Cooper, to explore the languages of moment. After hearing Zara Beethoven, Schubert and the Romantics on Nelsova and Ida Haendel play period instruments. Always keen to nurture the Brahms Double Concerto he young talent, Elizabeth formed The Wallfisch knew then that music was to be his Band, a unique international period-instrument life. With his masterful technique orchestra in which hand-picked younger and a soaring, singing sound that players play alongside experienced players at evokes a tradition continued from the peak of their profession. his teacher, Gregor Piatigorsky, it is little wonder that a BBC survey Musical Families showcases these talented families on Tuesdays 1 and 15 January.

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CLASSICAL CD REVIEWS NIGHTFALL Alice Sara Ott DG 483 5187

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Nightfall, Alice Sara Ott’s latest release, is a French escapade encompassing miniature delicacies of Debussy, Satie and Ravel. The experience commences with an extremely thoughtful and reflective rendition of Debussy’s Rêverie. She draws out the cantabile melody and shows awareness and sensitivity by not over-phrasing the right hand while providing dynamic contrast in the accompaniment. Her ambient touch delivers impressive results in three movements from Suite bergamasque with the Prélude presented in a refreshingly light and controlled manner.

The Satie miniatures, including the Gymnopédies no 1 provide a calming repose

WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT Chamber Music Leon Bosch, double bass; Jeremy Young, piano; Villiers Quartet Naxos 8.571379

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William Sterndale Bennett was a young man in a hurry. In 1824, aged eight, he was enrolled as a chorister at King’s College, Cambridge.

A year later he was sent to the Academy of Music (later known as the Royal Academy of Music) in London, where he studied violin, piano and composition. During his time there, at age 15, he composed the String quartet in G, WoO17, a premiere recording and the earliest of three pieces on this disc. Its influences were Haydn and Mozart, and while it wasn’t publicly performed in his lifetime (having to wait until 1885 for its premiere), it is a charming work that shows much promise: the Adagio has long, lilting melody lines and a stately cello passage in its second half; the Finale is jaunty.

Four years later he composed the Sextet in F sharp minor, op 8. This piece, scored for

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David Greco, baritone; Erin Helyard, piano ABC 481 7470

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This is a brave start to Australian baritone David Greco’s recording career. Some of the world’s greatest singers have attempted to record Schubert’s magnificent song cycle of love lost and death and madness found, with very mixed results. It’s hard to go past Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau if you want the crème de la crème in your collection, but there’s no denying that David Greco makes a good fist of it.

There are, for some of us, fates worse than death. A descent into madness is one of them, as Schubert well knew. He feared it and, out of this fear, he wrote this great musical monument, possibly the most hopeless art work ever conceived by the despairing mind of man.

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before she launches into the main work on the album, Ravel’s three-movement masterpiece, Gaspard de la nuit. Ondine is played with spacious clarity and rhythmic audacity indicating faithfulness to the score.

This movement alone will ensure the success of this album. Le gibet is beautifully drawn out while Scarbo never fails to deliver virtuosity and technical wizardry. Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte balances the reflectively fluid nature of the album and brings to a close this meditative and elliptically orbital passage through some of the gems of the French piano literature.

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piano, string quartet and double bass, is his most substantial chamber work. By this time Bennett had achieved recognition for his piano concertos and it is not surprising that the piano is the most prominent instrument; nevertheless, the interplay between piano and strings in the surging Finale is almost orchestral at times. Another four years saw the appearance of the Chamber trio, op 26, a slighter and more delicate composition that features some delightful pizzicato passages.

Played with sensitivity and refinement by the Villiers Quartet, Jeremy Young and Leon Bosch, these pieces can be recommended as fine examples of Romantic music with a strong Classical influence.

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If there is any criticism of this new CD it is that Greco has a beautifully-modulated voice, which, in many of the 24 tracks, sounds rather more like a stroll through the uplands than the journey of a love-sick and dying soul. Erin Helyard provides the perfect accompaniment, but I would have preferred a little more emotion and rather less technical perfection.

Nevertheless, if you are a Schubert lover, this CD would be a worthy addition to your collection.

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BEATING TIME ELAINE SIVERSEN CHARTS THE EVOLUTION OF CONDUCTING Although Louis Spohr is credited with being the first conductor to use the baton in about 1817, it was common in the 15th century for the leader of a choir to use a roll of paper, called a sol-fa, or a short stick to control the various vocal parts. His main duty was to set the tempo, keeping the Caricature of Gustav Mahler singers together when they seemed to be in danger of going his London visits, Haydn and Salomon coseparate ways. The history of conducting, directed the orchestra, Haydn at the keyboard however, begins in primitive societies with and Salomon with his violin bow. This practice time-beating by the stamping of feet or continues today in some small ensembles. clapping of hands, followed later by the use At first Mozart directed with his violin bow, of various percussion instruments. With the later with hand movements as he played the advent of more sophisticated music-making, keyboard and later still conducted with his the direction of an ensemble or an orchestra hands, standing in front of the orchestra. Many later conductors used a rolled wad of paper to developed in different ways. beat time, including Mendelssohn and Weber, In the 17th century, Jean-Baptiste Lully albeit silently. conducted with a long staff with which he marked time by striking the floor. This Beethoven was probably the most interesting. obtrusive practice continued with Berlioz We read that ‘at a pianissimo, Beethoven using a heavy oak staff. Rousseau in his would crouch down so as to be hidden by Dictionary of Music (1767) wrote scathingly his desk, and then as the crescendo grew about a conductor of opera performances in he would gradually rise, beating all the time, Paris: ‘the unbearable noise of his baton [on a until at the fortissimo he would spring into the desk] which covers up and deadens the whole air as if wishing to float on the clouds’. This effect of the orchestra’. Johann Kuhnau was was not pretentious display but an example of known to have used a roll of paper to conduct Beethoven being completely lost in the music at St Thomas’ Church, Leipzig and a report and oblivious to the audience. from Pisa Cathedral in 1822 records that a roll Around this time it was common for of paper was noisily wielded by the conductor who ‘did not seem much to rely upon his singers by the noise he made in beating time’. In 1895, a performance of Rossini’s The barber of Seville was described thus: “The conductor had to beat time on his desk so often in order to keep his forces together that he had a small sheet of copper fastened on it to save wearing it out. He struck this at the first beat of every bar in the opera.”

However, Bach and Handel used bobbing head movements as they played the keyboard to direct the orchestra. Johann Stamitz directed with bow movements while playing the violin, giving rise to the development of the concertmaster, the leader of the first violins. Gluck also used his violin bow and Haydn directed from the keyboard. During

the concertmaster to give directions to the orchestra even when there was a conductor. He would stamp his feet while the conductor clapped his hands or tapped a desk. Sometimes the soloist would also give directions to the orchestra, causing confusion for both orchestra and audience.

Some conductors, including Weber, faced the audience, instead of the orchestra.

Mendelssohn, who was known for the grace of his gestures, was responsible for the conductor being in total command. As the first conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, he used a baton and insisted on conducting both the choral and orchestral forces. He had some difficulty in abolishing the old system where the conductor was responsible for the choir and the leading violinist for the direction of the orchestra. Others used their hands, including Cipriani Potter in London in the mid-19th century. He believed that he was starting a universal practice, but few have followed this method, a notable exception being Leopold Stokowski.

Two schools of conducting emerged: one based on Mendelssohn’s style, which was literal and employed strict tempo; the other based on Wagner’s way of outlining phrases rather than bar lines. Mahler did not adopt either style, employing enormous variations in tempo and sweeping motions of the baton. He is said to have been the ‘most tyrannical man ever to wield a baton’. Apparently he was not a pleasant man and his rages and strength of will are proverbial.

Thomas Beecham was the great exhibitionist: for example, he would bring in the brasses with great lunges of his body, even raising his fist to heaven at times. He is known to have fallen off the podium on a few occasions when he became over-enthusiastic!

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FINE MUSIC DONOR WESLEY MITCHELL person makes a new donation of a significant amount.

In the days of repetitious pop music in the late 60s and early 70s, Wesley Mitchell would often try to slip a light classical or operetta track into his Newcastle and Sydney radio broadcasts.

Now retired, he says: “My sister introduced me to classical music with The magic flute. From then on I explored the classical music scene.

What a wonderful way to relax! I still enjoy listening to music on vinyl LP records due to the sound quality on good equipment.”

Wesley has a very large collection of classical vinyl recordings and a growing collection of CDs but his wish list is much longer and is curtailed by availability and cost. This is where Fine Music fills his need. “The vast music collection of the station and, I believe, the volunteers, does not fail to fill and satisfy the need of hearing the more unique compositions and arrangements that are hidden away from retail music stores. I listen on both FM 102.5 and digital radio [Fine Music DAB+] and the sound quality is very fine.”

Wesley shows his appreciation by making a small donation every week to Fine Music because, as he says: “I do not want to see such a wonderful radio station cease

This year, two more categories have been added to recognise those who’ve made bequests in their wills. The Honour Roll recognises the bequests received over the past ten years. These bequests have contributed to the refurbishing of the broadcast and recording studios, expansion of the record library, establishment of the Fine Music Centre for educational purposes and funding of the Kruger Scholarship and Artists-in-Residence programs.

Wesley Mitchell broadcasting or be forced to lower its standard through lack of funds.” He recognises that this donation actually saves him money; he’s not buying as many recordings of music that he is able to hear on Fine Music.

Wesley and other major donors to Fine Music are recognised on page 48 as Patrons of Fine Music. These names remain on the list for one year and continue to be published when that

The list of Fine Music Guardians consists of those who have made it known to Fine Music that they are leaving a bequest to Fine Music in their wills.

Life Patrons have been added to the Titanium Patrons List. These are those whose total donations over time have reached $50,000 or more.

No matter how small or large the donation, the generosity of all donors is very much appreciated by all who work to ensure that high quality broadcasts are sent out on the airwaves all over the world.

ASPIRING OPERA COMPOSER

CATHERINE PEAKE PROFILES THE 2019 KRUGER SCHOLAR The winner of the 2019 Kruger Scholarship, Nicholas Gentile, is a seasoned musician, composer and performer. With an eclectic mix of influences, he says: “My career to date (I am now 27) has revealed my passion for the vocal line, a deep commitment to the dramatic power of orchestral performance and an intense, active interest in Australian-made music.”

Gentile says that his earliest influences in composition came from film scores and singers: “I have always found it incredibly natural to communicate through music. To express how I feel in a melody came easy.”

Favourite composers include James Horner, composer of music for the film Titanic, and Alexandre Desplat, composer of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Parts I and 2 film scores.

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York. He has also worked in major productions on board cruise ships.

As conductor of the Sydney Girls Orchestra, Gentile sees this work as very rewarding. He has also found that it assists with his own orchestration, and that ‘[working] with an orchestra every week keeps my compositional tools tuned, making the orchestration process far easier’.

Gentile will be working on his opera The propagation of fire during his time as the Kruger Scholar. He plans to write the full score of the opera and record it as a ‘demo’ album that will incorporate scope for future promotion of the work.

He explains that the opera developed from an idea of librettist Cheryl Sawyers. Gentile sees the story as very important in musical theatre, and it carries a major role in his opera. Set in 1738, the story has a feminist angle through the character Émilie, the Marquise du Châtelet and a physicist, and follows a day in the life of three geniuses who form a ‘volatile triangle’: philosopher Voltaire, his mistress Émilie, and

Nicholas Gentile Voltaire’s friend and Émilie’s former lover, renowned geometer Maupertuis.

Gentile sees the potential for his opera in both the Australian and international contexts.

“I feel strongly that the time has come for a new opera to be produced in Australia that will win over audiences here with its dramatic originality, and create the chance to be exported overseas, something that has happened to no Australian opera so far.”

WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK PAUL COOKE TALKS TO RICKY YU Ricky has been a volunteer with Fine Music since April 2018, a few months after he went into semi-retirement. His exposure to classical music, however, goes back to his primary school days, when his parents purchased a number of records, including Bach and Beethoven, the idea being to provide an antidote to the traditional and pop music that was played in their Chinese restaurant in Maryborough, Queensland. At high school Ricky played the viola until he left it on the bus one day, and these days he tries to play keyboard music by ear. It’s probably not surprising that he sought out Fine Music when he was looking for something new to exercise both his mental and social skills, but in a quieter environment than his workplace.

Ricky’s role in the library team involves ensuring that the selected CDs are collected and placed in order for the day’s programs; checking that this is consistent with the program published in Fine Music Magazine; and troubleshooting (e.g. liaising with programmers and presenters when a CD has gone missing). He enjoys meeting people from many walks of life who

Ricky Yu all have a common interest: “Fine Music is almost another language, and we all get to speak a little of it and get a little bit better at it here every day”, an appropriate and charming metaphor. He also says: “You can virtually whistle while you work”. He is also keenly involved in the project to digitise all the CDs in the Fine Music library, a huge undertaking.

Before volunteering at Fine Music, Ricky

(with a Bachelor of Building Construction Management from the University of New South Wales) worked in the real estate, building and construction sectors. In the last decade he administered contracts for defence bases, immigration and correctional facilities, schools and shopping centres. At the same time he has indulged his love of classical music by subscribing to numerous orchestras and ensembles. Inspired by Fine Music’s What’s on in Music segments, he has discovered many other worthwhile concerts, and has enjoyed performances by local orchestras, organists and the next generation of musicians at the Conservatorium of Music.

His first love was music of the Baroque period but he has explored beyond this, and has come to appreciate Beethoven’s symphonies and The planets by Holst and, more recently, the chamber music of Schubert and Mendelssohn.

His colleagues in the library team, and anyone else who has come across him, greatly appreciate his alertness and his willingness to help and be involved.

PERSONNEL MUSIC BROADCASTING SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES CO-OPERATIVE LTD, registered under the Co-operatives Act 1992 (NSW); owner and operator of Australia’s first community-operated stereo FM station, 2MBS-FM now known as Fine Music 102.5; annual membership fee is $33 and members are entitled to vote at Society general meetings. Enquiries: admin@finemusicfm.com VOLUNTEERS Fine Music 102.5 is run by volunteers supported by a small team of staff. To find out how to join our volunteers, visit finemusicfm.com or call 9439 4777.

DIRECTORS Chair: David Brett; Deputy Chair: David James; Secretary: Christopher Waterhouse; Roger Doyle, Peter Kurti, Jayson McBride, Simon Moore, Katy Rogers-Davies COMMITTEE CHAIRS Management: David James; Programming: James Nightingale; Presenters: Ross Hayes; Jazz: Barry O’Sullivan; Technical: Stephen Wilson; Library: Rex Burgess; Volunteers: Cynthia Kaye; Finance: Peter Poole; Work Health and Safety: Angela Cockburn; Emerging Artists: Rebecca Beare

PROGRAMMERS AND PRESENTERS FOR JANUARY Rodrigo Azaola, Charles Barton, Peter Bell, Nina Beretin, Dan Bickel, Chris Blower, Adam Bowen, David Brett, John Buchanan, Andrew Bukenya, Rex Burgess, Janine Burrus, Lloyd Capps, Vince Carnovale, Yola Center, Lyn Chong, Andrew Clark, Adam Cockburn, Angela Cockburn, Liam Collins, Paul Cooke, Di Cox, George Cruickshank, Nick Dan, Jackson Day, Nev Dorrington, Susan Gai Dowling, Annabelle Drumm, Brian Drummond, Andrew Dziedzic, Melissa Evans, Michael Field, Richard Fielding, Troy Fil. Owen Fisher, Jennifer Foong, Tom ForresterPaton, Susan Foulcher, Roger Fyfe, Carole Garland, David Garrett, Robert Gilchrist, Nicky Gluch, Albert Gormley, Andrew Grahame, Giovanna Grech, Jeremy Hall, Austin Harrison, Celeste Haworth, Ross Hayes, Gerald Holder, Paul Hopwood, James Hunter, Leita Hutchings, Anne Irish, Bruce Johnson, Kevin Jones, Sue Jowell, David Knapp, Peter Kurti, Yvonne Laki, Ray Levis, Krystal Li, Miranda Luo, Christina MacGuinness, Lachlan Mahoney, Linda Marr, Meg Matthews, Stephen Matthews, Randolph Magri-Overend, Trisha McDonald, Jeannie McInnes, Terry McMullen, Maureen Meers, Camille Mercep, Heather Middleton, John Milce, Peter Mitchell, Robin Mitchell, Simon Moore, Frank Morrison, Michael Morton-Evans, Richard Munge, Gerry Myerson, Peter Nelson, James Nightingale, Barry O’Sullivan, Calogero Panvino, Derek Parker, Denis Patterson, Peter Poole, Frank Presley, Karoline Ren, Katy Rogers-Davies, Paul Roper, Darryl Rule, Marilyn Schock, Debbie Scholem, Jon Shapiro, Georgina Sierra, Julie Simonds, Elaine Siversen, Robert Small, Garth Sundberg, Rob Thomas, Anna Tranter, Madilina Tresca, Robert Vale, Richard Verco, Ron Walledge, Brendan Walsh, Christopher Waterhouse, Chris Wetherall, Stephen Wilson, Glenn Winfield, Chris Winner, Mariko Yata, Orli Zahava, Tom Zelinka, Rebecca Zhong PROGRAM SUB-EDITORS Jan Akers, Chris Blower, Di Cox, Paul Cooke, Ana Ferreira, Noelene Guillemot, Elaine Siversen, Jill Wagstaff, Teresa White LIBRARIANS Jan Akers, Rex Burgess, John Clayton, Di Cox, Helen Dignan, Lynden Dziedzic, Peter Goldner, David Hilton, Dawn Jackson, Michael Marchbank, Phillip McGarn, Judy Miller, Rachel Miller, Helen Milthorpe, Susan Ping Kee, Mark Renton, Gary Russ, Andrew Treloar, Ricky Yu STATION OPERATIONS Transmitter: Max Benyon, John Shenstone; Studio operations: Roger Doyle, Robert Tregea; Live broadcasts and recordings: Jayson McBride; IT: Alice Roberts STAFF Station Manager: Rebecca Beare; Office Manager: Sharon Sullivan; Community Access Manager: Sophie McCulloch; Community Engagement Manager: Mona Omar; Production Coordinator: Joe Goddard; Administration Assistant: Krystal Li

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FINE MUSIC PATRONS

Fine Music Honour Roll

Dr Alison Burrell, Mr Paul de Leuil, Ms Rose Gibb, Mrs Rose Varga, Mr Colin Webb, Mr Barry Willoughby

Silver Patrons ($500 – $999)

Mr Max Benyon OAM, Mr Roger Doyle, Dr Jennifer Foong, Anonymous 1

Mr David Branscomb, Mrs Ann Carr-Boyd, Mr David Clark, Ms Prudence Davenport, Prof C E Deer AM, Mr John Fairfax AO, Mr Richard Farago, Mr Heinz Gager, Mr Michael and Mrs Rochelle Goot, Mr Paul Hopwood, Ms Sue Jowell, Mr Gerhard Koller, Dr Peter Krinks, Mr R J Lamble AO, Mrs Beatrice Lang, Mr Ian K Lloyd, Mrs Meryll Macarthur, Mr M F Madigan, Mrs E M McKinnon, Mr Michael Morton-Evans OAM, Mr Ken Nielsen, Mrs Monica Olave, Dr Robert Osborn, Ms Susan Ping Kee, Mr J A Roberts, Ms Catherine Ruff, Mr Gregory L Sachs, Mrs Ruth A Staples, Mrs Valerie Stoney, Mrs Margaret Suthers, Mrs Marie Thompson, Mr Richard Thompson, Mr Larry Turner, Dr Pye Twaddell, Mr Edward John Wailes, Mr Richard Wilkins, Ms Caroline Wilkinson, Dr Paul Wormell, Mr Peter Zipkis, Anonymous 14

Platinum Patrons ($25,000 – $49,999)

Bronze Patrons ($250 – $499)

Fine Music Guardians

Mr Geoffrey Anderson, Mr David Bell, Mr David Brett, Mrs Halina Brett, Mr Lloyd Capps, Ms Marilyn Endlein, Mr Bruce M Graham, Mr James Hunter, Ms Maureen Meers, Mr Glenn Morrison, Mr Derek Parker, Dr Neil A Radford, Mr Gregory Lewis Sachs, Ms Elaine Siversen, Mr Bruce M Smith, Mr Anthony Tenney, Mr Ron Walledge, Mr Ken Weatherley, Mr John Xuereb

Titanium Patrons ($50,000 and above)

Family Frank Foundation, Mr Michael Ahrens, Prof Clive Kessler, Mr Ron Walledge, Mr Cameron Williams, Anonymous 1

Diamond Patrons ($10,000 – $24,999)

Mr Robert O Albert AO, Mr J D O Burns, Mrs Patricia McAlary, Anonymous 5

Ruby Patrons ($5,000 – $9,999)

Mrs Barbara Brady, Mr David Brett, Ms Janine Burrus, Mr Bernard Coles QC, Mrs Dorothy Curtis, Hon Mr Justice David Davies SC, Mr Francis Frank, Ms Jill Hickson Wran, Dr Janice Hirshorn, Mr Peter & Dr Linda Kurti, Mr Ian & Mrs Pam McGaw, Mrs Judith McKernan, Ms Nola Nettheim, Mr Anthony C Strachan, Mr Stephen and Mrs Therese Wilson, Anonymous 4

Emerald Patrons ($2,500 – $4,999)

Mrs Halina Brett, Mr Lloyd & Mrs Mary Jo Capps, Mrs Lorna Alison Carr, Mrs Margaret Epps, Prof Michael Field AM, Mrs Freda Hugenberger, Dr Peter Ingle, Mr Ian Juniper, Mr D & Mrs R Keech, Ms Jeannie McInnes, Dr Andrew Mitterdorfer, Dr W J Poate, Mr Jude Rushbrooke, Mr John Selby, Mrs Joyce Sproat, Ms Wendy Trevor-Jones, Ms Ann Whyte, Yim Family Foundation, Anonymous 3

Gold Patrons ($1,000 – $2,499)

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

Mrs Di Cox, Ms Jennifer Dowling, Mr Ray McDonald, Ms Alice Roberts, Mr Anthony G Whealy QC, Anonymous 5

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Ms Lily Bao, Mr John Bell, Mr Harold John Benyon OAM, Mrs Patricia and Mr Geoffrey Biggers, Mrs Marion Blin, Mr Christopher Blower, Mr Claus Blunck, Mr Stephen Booth, Mr Colin Boston, Mr Geoffery Brennan, Mr Barrie Brockwell, The Hon John P Bryson QC, Mrs A Buchner, Ms Deanne Castronini, Ms Mary Choate, Mr Norman and Mrs Elizabeth Chosid, Mr Dom Cottam & Ms Kanako Imamura, Mrs T Cox, Prof S J Dain, Mrs Marie Digby, Dr David Dixon, Hon J R Dunford QC, Mr Andrew Dziedzic, In Memory of David W Allen, Mr Paul Evans, Ms Elizabeth Evatt, Mr William G Fleming, Mrs Kathy Freedman, Dr David Gorman, Ms Marilyn Gosling, Ms Diana Ruth Hanaor, Mr Geoffrey Hogbin, Mr Paul Jackson, Dr David Jeremy, Ms Ruth Jeremy, Mrs Barbara Johnson, Mr Bill and Mrs Eva Johnstone, Ms Cynthia Kaye, Hon Mr Justice D Kirby, Ms M Laurie, Mrs Sarah Lawrence, Mr Geoffery Magney, Mrs M A Marsh, Dr Jim Masselos, Mr Philip Maxwell, Dr D S Maynard, Mrs Shirley Ann McEwin, Ms Maureen Meers, Ms Alison Meldrum, Mr Simon Moore, Mr Donald Nairn, Mr Pieter Oomens, Mr Julius Opit, Dr Gordon H Packham, Mr Trevor Parkin, Mr Denis Patterson, Mr Peter Poole, Mr Mike Price, Dr Brian Quinn, Dr Neil A Radford, Mr Gwynn Roberts, Mrs Rosalia Salpeter, Dr Gideon Schoombie, Dr Michael Shellshear, Ms Wei Mah So, Mr J Stevenson and Ms J McInnes, Ms Kathryn Tiffen, Mr Kevin James Vaughan, Mr Alastair Wilson, Mr Richard Williamson, Mrs Robin Yabsley, Anonymous 25

With the inclusion on this page of the Fine Music Honour Roll (those whose bequests have been received by Fine Music during the last ten years) and Fine Music Guardians (those who’ve included bequests to Fine Music in their wills), I find that I have this small space where I am able to let you know about some future programming projects and brief news about some of the volunteers working to bring the magazine into your home.

At the end of last year, we said adieu to our cover story writer, Nicky Gluch, who has been a Fine Music magazine writer for three years. During further correspondence with Nicky in London, I ascertained from her that she was really going to miss writing for the magazine. Seizing this opportunity, I suggested that she be the Fine Music foreign correspondent. She said YES!

“What sort of articles do you want me write?” she asked. Because of her involvement in choral music, we decided that would be her assignment: articles about choral music, choirs and choral conductors. Usually there will be no deadlines for her but she has accepted an assignment to write about John Rutter’s Magnificat that will be broadcast in Sunday Special in February.

For 2019, the Programming Committee has planned a wide range of special programs including, as usual, significant anniversaries of composers and anniversaries of some major or well-known works. In particular, there’ll be musical celebrations for Hector Berlioz (March), Jacques Offenbach (June), and Clara Schumann (September).

Thank you for the many compliments on the magazine and I hope that you will continue to enjoy the articles through 2019.

— Elaine Siversen

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