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Taking on SSO’s Wagnerian epic Heldentenor Lance Ryan
Celebrating five years Australia’s Acacia Quartet
Musical explorations with Steven Isserlis
Pasticcio on the menu Pinchgut Opera
Fine Music on digital More music, more choices
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My country, My life Take a musical journey through landscapes and legends with two favourites from Smetana’s Má Vlast, finishing with Dvořák’s majestic and melodic Seventh Symphony.
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Haydn, Berlioz & Schubert The classical vitality of Haydn and Schubert makes a perfect frame for the passionate feeling of Berlioz at his most tender and beautiful. His deliciously melancholic song cycle Summer Nights explores lost and unattainable love. Sublime!
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2 COVER STORY SSO’s production of Tristan und Isolde 4 Acacia Quartet celebrates five years 5 Steven Isserlis: Musical explorer 7 Contemporary Conductors: Sir Andrew Davis 9 The ‘saga’ of Governor Phillip Tower 10 Pinchgut has pasticcio on the menu 12 What’s on – Sydney and surrounds 15 Fine Music 102.5 puts on show for Sydney 16 CD Reviews 18 Young Virtuosi 19 Discourse with Kevin Jones 20 Swinging on the Vine 56 Crossword and Trivia Quiz
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The theme of celebration continues this month on the Sydney fine music scene.
Last month we marked the 100-year landmark for the Conservatorium of Music. We also talked about celebrations happening closer to home as part of Fine Music 102.5’s 40th Anniversary. In this issue we give you the line-up for our big event of the year, a musical gala for the people of Sydney to be held in the Lower Town Hall on George Street. Free to all those who wish to appreciate Fine Music, the event will take place on 18 July from 3-6pm – walk in anytime and enjoy a line-up of exciting world-class musicians. For details turn to page 15. Fine Music’s Artists-in-Residence Acacia Quartet have been confirmed in the line-up for the Sydney Town Hall. Although at the end of May they are also celebrating their own anniversary – five years. The group is performing work by Elena Kats-Chernin and Lyle Chan on May 23 and 28. The group’s violinist Myee Clohessy and cellist Anna Martin-Scrase gave Fine Music magazine an insight into how the group formed and the guiding influences on their development which you can read on page 4. Yet another milestone is that of Musica Viva - celebrating 70 years – and one of the international stars coming out as part of its concert season is the renowned cellist Steven Isserlis, performing dates around the country with pianist Connie Shih. He took time out recently to talk with Fine Music magazine about the works the duo are presenting and what Australian audiences can expect - more on page 5. And for the history buffs, we have a story from one of the original 2MBSFM ‘techies’ Max Benyon on how the current transmitter and antenna came to be located at the Governor Phillip Tower in Sydney’s CBD. If you want to know more about the history of 2MBS-FM, now Fine Music 102.5, don’t forget to drop by our online blog and read the latest instalment from chronicler David Garrett: http://finemusicfm.wordpress.com/
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An epic journey for an epic role
Lance Ryan to make his debut in Australia It’s not just about being able to sing, explains Ryan, but to tell a story that will capture the attention of the audience. “If you continually sing loud all evening it becomes rather boring for the public and difficult on the voice. To engage someone’s attention sometimes a stare is just as effective as a shout.”
Christine Brewer. Image – Christian Steiner
Preparing for the role of Tristan in the Wagnerian epic Tristan und Isolde, requires a special singer. Fine Music magazine spoke to heldentenor Lance Ryan as he prepares for this role in the upcoming Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) production. In June, the SSO conducted by David Robertson, will perform the work in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House. Canadian Ryan is no stranger to the music of Wagner; as a world-renowned heldentenor, having sung about 90 performances each of Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. Heldentenor translates as heroic tenor and often associated with lead roles in the operas of Wagner. While Australian heldentenor Stuart Skelton had regretfully to withdraw from the role of Tristan in the upcoming production, audiences will still be able to see him in performance with the SSO in 2015 when he performs in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, in October. After his vocal studies with teachers like Gianni Raimondi and Carlo Bergonzi and the start of his career in Italy, where he won the AsLiCo competition in 2002, Lance Ryan moved to Germany in 2005 to fully develop his vast repertoire. As a permanent member of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe he had numerous opportunities to make his debut in key roles. Ryan has previously performed with the likes of Zubin Mehta, Sir Simon Rattle, Donald Runnicles and Daniel Barenboim, with opera companies around the world such as Deutsche Oper Berlin, The Metropolitan Opera in New York, Bavarian State Opera in Munich and La Scala di Milano. 2
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When asked how he is preparing for his Australian debut, Ryan replies: “Just make sure to be in good voice not having sung the day before and trying to maintain good health and a healthy lifestyle. There’s no real trick”. The role of Tristan was one that Ryan left as his last Wagner role to debut, last year as he says, “I already had enough heavy roles in my repertoire”. Ironically, it was Tristan that provided Ryan’s very first experience with Wagner’s music. “I really found it amazing how homogeneous it is,” he said. “I was a first year music student at the time and very interested in music history. I had heard a lot about how Wagner was so avant-garde when it came to the breakdown of tonality and found it very interesting the way he organically moved away from traditional harmonic resolutions in a rather radical way. “I was also very curious about the subject matter Wagner incorporated into his operas. There’s a psychology level which seems to run deeper through the human spirit than with other operas of Wagner’s time.” It’s true that a Wagnerian role is not for the faint hearted and takes a lot of experience in the repertoire to be up to the task. Ryan said: “Yes, Tristan is one of Wagner’s more difficult roles… I’ve always seemed to have a rather natural ability to withstand long dramatic roles. “I do believe, however, that my lyric approach combined with my intent to represent the dramatic situation lends itself greatly to my ability to effectively sing the Helden repertoire.”
The genius of Wagner The upcoming performance is also exceptional given that Tristan und Isolde is an opera that is rarely performed. When Wagner finalised the work it was given 72 rehearsals in Vienna, before the opera company deemed it ‘unperformable’ due to staging difficulties. It was later performed in Munich and conducted by Hans von Bulow. At this point in his composing career Wagner’s music is largely symphonic and actually lends itself well to a concert hall performance. “The arrangement of singing in front of the orchestra allows the singer to employ more colours to the vocal palette to enrich the interpretation,” said Ryan. “In Tristan und Isolde this is particularly favourable due to the long and complex psychological development.” A mammoth opera, Wagner’s musical style in this work changed the way music and indeed opera were composed thereafter. The music, filled with unresolved tension, takes the audiences on a journey of lust and longing that does not resolve until the final few notes of the opera. The representation of desire in Tristan und Isolde has a lot to do with how the interpretation of the phrase is constructed, according to Ryan. “You have to create a tension which almost imperceptivity ebbs and flows. The feeling you want to create for the moment must very inconspicuously be built so as to create the idea that you’ve arrived at an unconscious emotional intensity and then naturally towards a denouement.” But just as you can’t tell yourself or convince yourself to sleep, so you cannot convince yourself to fall in love, says Ryan.
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“With Tristan, he cannot not fall in love and it has little to do with the potion concocted by Brangäne. Tristan and Isolde feel a deep inner desire to separate themselves from their lives and its responsibilities, albeit for different reasons.” It could be argued that Tristan und Isolde is one of the grandest love stories in history alongside Romeo and Juliet. From the opening chords (the ‘Tristan chord’, one of the most famous chords in the history of music) of the opera, Wagner takes his audience on a sublime journey all the way to the final resounding notes sung by Isolde. So intense was the idea of love in this work that Wagner composed successions of unresolved chords, representing the yearning of the two lovers. “Wagner’s genius precedes the analysis of modern psychoses. A genius which is intuitive and cannot be explained,” says Ryan. The heldentenor is keen to make his debut in Australia: “I’m so very much looking forward to it. The Sydney Opera House is such an iconic structure and not just in the opera world”. -Samuel Cottell
Tristan und Isolde David Robertson conducts an opera in the concert hall with Wagner’s masterpiece, Tristan und Isolde. From the thrilling tension of the opening few notes and the first ‘Tristan chord’ to the cathartic resolution of its final notes, Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde sweeps you up, strings you along and takes you on an irresistible musical journey. The opera’s tragic story is up there with Romeo and Juliet, a tale of sublimated passion and betrayal - all on a grand scale. We’re bringing Lance Ryan to Sydney to make his Australian debut. He’ll be joined by Christine Brewer as Isolde at the head of a topflight cast, alongside the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Sydney Philhmaronia Choirs. S Katy Tucker, who brought the sea into the concert hall for The Flying Dutchman in 2013, also returns to provide a visual interpretation of this powerful drama. Dates: June 20 & 22 Information and bookings: www.sydneysymphony.com
Tristan and Isolde with the Potion by John William Waterhouse (circa 1916) June 2015
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Celebrating five years of music making Acacia Quartet: Fine Music’s Artists-in-Residence
The Acacia Quartet has certainly received much acclaim over the past few years with four albums and nominations in 2013 for both an ARIA award and an APRA-AMCOS Art Music Award. Allan Scott-Rogers met with violinist Myee Clohessy and cellist Anna Martin-Scrase to find out more about the quartet’s story. This year marks the Acacia Quartet’s fifth birthday and to celebrate they will be presenting a special concert program, Five Chapters, in Sydney and the Southern Highlands which is where they put on at least four self-presented concerts annually. The quartet regularly plays in Burradoo, and have twice been Artists-in-Residence at the Bowral Autumn Music Festival. For the fifth birthday they will be working with the two composers who have been an important part of their story - Elena Kats-Chernin and Lyle Chan. “Elena is the stepping stone which has brought us to where we are now,” says Martin-Scrase. Having been invited by the Dean of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Kim Walker, to play in her Sensational Sunday Series, the group were asked to rehearse and perform a KatsChernin quartet. Before she had heard the quartet play, the composer mentioned she usually plays along with the artists in rehearsal. The quartet had spent considerable time tightening up the ensemble, so asked if she would listen to them alone first. Her reaction was “That’s amazing! You won’t be needing me to play along”. Following this event, KatsChernin asked the quartet to visit her at home to talk about her music. They found out she had written 24 string quartets and that she was eager for them to record the entire collection. The group was stunned, Clohessy saying: “You mean us?”. Kats-Chernin approached Vexations 840 and the works were recorded and released to rave reviews in 2012. Acacia Quartet recently released a CD of Lyle Chan’s music entitled An AIDS Activist’s Memoir which is the musical memoir of his time in the 1990s as an AIDS activist. Chan claims he has only ever written one string quartet – three hours long. Due to its size, Acacia chose particular sections for different performances and the CD contains 90 minutes of music presented as a musical diary of Chan’s years from 1991-96. On tour the music was received by greatly appreciative audiences and they also 4
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Myee Clohessy – violin; Lisa Stewart – violin; Stefan Duwe – viola; and Anna Martin-Scrase – cello – the members of Acacia Quartet
gave a live broadcast with Chan narrating in between the movements telling his story. Kats-Chernin is the group’s Patron and they see Chan as their Artistic Advisor. Both composers have written pieces for Acacia’s upcoming performances including the world premiere of Chan’s untitled piece written ten years ago for his friend Thomas Brand. Concert pianist and chamber musician Tamara Cislowska will also join Acacia Quartet for Five Chapters. This year Acacia will also make their performance debut at the Adelaide Festival Centre and the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre for its 25th Anniversary. Formation of a quartet The quartet formed five years ago through the chance meeting of Martins-Scrase with violinist Lisa Stewart and violist Stefan Duwe on the Manly ferry, as well as a long standing friendship between Stewart and Clohessy. They say getting together was just for fun, and that this feeling continued throughout their first year. It was the encounter with Kats-Chernin which truly prompted them to take the quartet seriously. This brought with it the realisation that their individual strengths complemented each other well, and that truly bonded as a string quartet they could take on some serious repertoire such as Shostakovich, Schumann and Debussy. As Fine Music’s Artists-in-Residence for 2014 and 2015 Acacia receives financial support as well as through its Australian Culture Fund that enables tax deductible donations. The group currently spend 25 hours a week
rehearsing while the rest of the time is taken up with administrative tasks. They then try to find some time individually to teach and freelance in orchestras to earn some money. “Philanthropy is hard to come by and we are extremely lucky to have Fine Music’s support. I think every cultural group has to have some form of private sponsorship in order to survive the current climate”, says Clohessy. When asked what they enjoy the most about being part of Acacia Quartet, Martins-Scrase says: “Oh, the music, definitely”. They love performing, they value working intensively with composers and the chance to be involved in youth programs. They also enjoy sharing new works with audiences who would normally say they don’t particularly like ‘modern music’ but come away with a new appreciation. “People come to realise that the music we play is heartfelt and that we are genuine in presenting it,” says Clohessy. - Allan Scott-Rogers FIVE CHAPTERS SATURDAY 23 MAY 2015 - 5PM Rose Room - 51F Sunninghill Avenue, Burradoo NSW THURSDAY 28 MAY 2015 - 7:30PM Australian Hall - 150 Elizabeth Street, Sydney For more information visit: www.acaciaquartet.com Acacia Quartet will also perform as part of Fine Music 102.5’s Live from Town Hall, Sydney – 18 July. See page 15 for details.
RENOWNED CELLIST TOURING FOR MUSICA VIVA STEVEN ISSERLIS – MUSICAL EXPLORER
Internationally renowned cellist Steven Isserlis describes himself as an author, musical explorer and general enthusiast. He is also a man with a sense of humour. In his distinguished career he has performed all over the world as a recitalist, chamber musician and soloist with many of the leading orchestras and conductors. His diverse interests are reflected in his extensive discography, displaying his talent and panache with repertoire ranging from Bach to Prokofiev. In June, Isserlis, with pianist Connie Shih, will tour Australia presenting a program of music exploring works by César Franck, Faurè, SaintSaëns and Thomas Adès. However, Isserlis will be doing much more than performing the works, he will be exploring the subtle links that tie each of the pieces together. “The connection is the Gallic (French) style, and more specifically, Marcel Proust. The musical ‘little phrase’ constantly referred to in the first volume of Proust’s à la recherche du temps perdu (Remembrance of Things Past), the ‘Swann’s Way’, was apparently inspired by a phrase from SaintSaëns’ 1st violin sonata,” says Isserlis. “Proust was a great admirer of Fauré’s. There’s a letter to Fauré in which Proust says that he would love to write a 300-page book about Fauré’s music. “He (Proust) was an even greater fan of Franck; towards the end of his life, he paid a famous quartet to go to his house in the middle of the night and play him Franck’s hour-long string quartet – twice,” Isserlis says. “And the Adés is very specifically inspired by Proust – even the title, lieux retrouvés. More importantly, though, I think that the program is musically balanced and satisfying.” Isserlis often performs rare and lesser known works. By bringing them to life, he feels that he is adding to the cello repertoire and introducing many listeners to these works. “I love to search for forgotten works – and there are so many neglected gems. So then it’s very exciting to bring them back to life, and to help bring them back into the repertoire.” Isserlis is renowned for his warm tone on the cello and he will be performing on a 1726 Marquis de Corberon Stradivarius on loan from the Royal Academy of Music. “I love it so much,” he says of this cello. He often performs using gut strings and has only recently explored using steel strings.
Steven Isserlis. Photo - Keith Saunders
“In fact, I just released my first disc on steel strings, of concertos by Prokofiev and Shostakovich; steel suits that repertoire”, he says. An enquiring mind Also a writer, Isserlis creates his own program notes for concerts and recordings. This allows him to offer his own insights to the audience: “I’ve written my own liner notes for years now – mostly because it makes sense to present the works in the light in which I see them”. Part of his role as a performer and educator includes writing children’s books about musicians and composers. He has written two such books, Why Handel Waggled His Wig and Why Beethoven Threw the Stew. These stories provide a wealth of information for young readers, written with wit in exploring humorous aspects of the lives of famous composers. “Well, I didn’t write all that much about music in the books – just enough to try to ignite curiosity to hear specific works, with the hope that that would then take the children further into music.” Isserlis performs in Australia on a regular basis and this will be his 16th visit: “I love Australia,” he says, “I love the places; the food and drink; and above all the humour, the enthusiasm, and
the general sense that Australians have of being prepared to enjoy life”. Besides the “odd concert”, Isserlis has many things to do while he is here: “I have to see friends in every city; I’m looking forward to celebrating the birthday of my godson Leonardo Tognetti in Sydney. “I want to spend time with one of my favorite people on the planet – Amelie, the three-yearold daughter of the wonderful pianist with whom I’m playing, Connie Shih.” Isserlis and Shih will be touring Australia as part of Musica Viva’s International Concert Series. - Samuel Cottell Steven Isserlis with Connie Shih Sydney: City Recital Hall, Angel Place 2pm: Sat 13 June 7pm: Mon 15 June For more information visit: www.musicaviva.com.au Also visit musicavivastorybook.com.au to see The Storybook celebrating 70 years of Musica Viva. This specially produced website showcases inspiring stories and important moments in Musica Viva’s history and also looks towards the future. June 2015
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Contemporary Conductors Sir Andrew Davis
When the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performed at the London Promenade Concerts on 19 August 2014 they couldn’t have been in better hands than those of their chief conductor, Sir Andrew Davis. Now 71 years of age, Davis is a veteran of Promenade concerts, a memento of his time at the helm of the BBC Symphony Orchestra which he mentored for just over 11 years. At the Proms, the MSO performed Strauss’ Don Juan, Elgar’s Cello Concerto and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. On the second leg of this blitzkrieg of a tour they played Percy Grainger’s “music to an imaginary ballet” The Warriors at the Edinburgh Festival which required some extra pianists while the last leg took place at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. “A great hall, but not the easiest place to play in” is what Davis describes it as and because of its wide stage the orchestra has difficulty hearing itself. During his term with the BBC SO, Davis was instrumental in restoring a tradition established by Sir Malcolm Sargent where the head of the orchestra also conducted the Last Night of the Proms. He first conducted at the Proms in 1971 with the 1990s seeing him becoming a permanent fixture plus he conducted the Last Night 10 of the 11 years he was at the helm of the BBC SO. Music life Born in a Nissen hut in the grounds of Ashbridge House, Hertfordshire during the war years, Davis grew up in Cheltenham and Watford where he attended the local grammar school. His extra-curricular work saw him play the organ at the Watford Palace Theatre and his musical training took him initially to the Royal College of Music and thereafter to King’s College Cambridge where he graduated in 1967 as an organ scholar. Later he honed his conducting skills in Rome with Franco Ferrara. Davis’ first conductor appointment was with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra which he joined in 1970 as associate conductor. Five years later he became music director of the Toronto Symphony, a post he held till 1988 before they made him their Conductor Laureate. This was followed with the position of music director at Glyndebourne which is where he met his current wife, American soprano Gianna Rolandi. His BBC Symphony tenure commenced in 1989, a position he held till 2000 where, once again he was appointed Conductor Laureate.
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He joined the Lyric Opera of Chicago where he was instrumental in mounting Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen in 2005. The cast included Placido Domingo (Siegmund), Jane Eaglen (Brunnhilde), Eric Halfvarson (Hunding) and James Morris (Wotan), not to mention Bonaventura Bottone (Loge), Andrea Silvestrelli (Fasolt), Michelle DeYoung (Sieglinde), Larissa Diadkova (Fricka). Meanwhile in 1992 Davis was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and in the 1999 New Year Honours list was appointed a Knight Bachelor. Three years later he conducted the Proms at the Palace Concert at Buckingham Palace in honour of the Queen’s Jubilee. Love of Melbourne Following his appointment as the music advisor at the Pittsburgh Symphony in 1995 he left in 2007 by mutual consent and in 2013 joined the Melbourne Symphony as their chief conductor with an initial contract of four years. Davis first conducted the MSO in 2009 and “absolutely fell in love”. The first concert included Elgar’s Symphonic Study Falstaff, a very demanding piece the orchestra had never played before but they impressed him so much he returned when they “started to twist my arm. I adore the city and the people,” he is
reported as saying. “It’s a very exciting place and they are a great audience. I also have a cousin near Melbourne, so it’s an added bonus that we have time to spend together on each of my visits.” Meanwhile Davis’ contract at Chicago has been extended and although he’s been conducting orchestras for 42 seasons “Melbourne is still only my third orchestral post.” Continuity is very important to him. Harking back to the London Proms again, Davis recalls the deep impression Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius made on him when he heard it initially. The first record he bought was that same piece. It came as two LP set and as he wasn’t earning enough from a paper round, he bought part one. Much later he performed it in Berlin and quipped that if he played the first part better than the second, that was the reason. For a musician whose links with the Proms hark back to the time his aunt took him to enjoy a concert when he was 12, he still gets very nervous before any conducting stint. “It’s a huge responsibility bringing this wonderful music to life,” he told the BBC once. “I’m addicted to it”. - Randolph Magri-Overend June 2015
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FINE MUSIC 102.5 CELEBRATES 40 YEARS The ‘saga’ of Governor Phillip Tower at 600 mm (24”) at the base and tapers to 100 mm (4”) at the top.
One of the original 2MBS-FM ‘techies’ Max Benyon tells the extraordinary story of how the current transmitter and antenna came to be located at the Governor Phillip Tower (GPT) in Sydney’s CBD.
Mast erection was a tough problem because everything had to be taken by goods lift to three floors below the roof and then carried by hand up the stairs or hoisted over the roof parapet with a temporary crane. We chose a firm of steeplejacks (Wiltons) to erect the mast and antenna for us. Due to the height, the fitting together of the sections was difficult ‘up in the air’, needing a compressive force of 10 tonnes applied with a special rig to ensure correct overlap of each section.
Way back in February 1993 2MBS [now Fine Music] submitted a formal Expression of Interest for access to the GPT roof. Why make a move from just across the road at the AMP Centre, with all the work, cost and complications involved, you may ask? The answer is that the signal takeoff from the AMP site had become badly shadowed to the south by the bulk of the then new, higher GPT building. In all we investigated 25 different site options in some detail before concentrating on the GPT as it gives us an antenna height only a few metres lower than the big high power stations. This means we can reach further than before and ‘illuminate’ some of the previous shadowed areas, such as parts of the eastern suburbs and northern beaches.
The steeplejacks were a constant point of interest while working up the ‘growing’ mast while seeming to hold on by the tips of their toes and fingers or dangling from a bosun’s chair. They started work in early December 1996 and after quite a few windy weather delays finished in early January. Monitoring service all get their radio and TV signals from antennas on the roof, so there was a real possibility we could be blocked access at this late stage.
The antenna and co-axial cables into the transmitter room were quickly added and we were able to start testing on 8 January 1997 as we had already installed our main NEC 10 kilowatt transmitter and ancillaries ready for use.
After some hasty tests simulating transmission from the roof we were able to provide some assurances that all would be well in practise.
After such a long period of preparations it was with profound relief that we could transfer service to the new site the following day.
Yet more delays The next delay arose due to concerns about mast safety, as a somewhat similar mast had failed in Melbourne due to fatigue cracking around the base. We went back to our Structural Engineer Murray Low, one of our original subscribers and supporters, who then had to negotiate with the owner’s structural consultants, Ove Arup. After undertaking design changes and obtaining the required consents we were able to proceed with the installation in July 1996.
After a further frustrating three-year long delay, we were permitted to increase our radiated power to the maximum 35 kilowatts we can deliver on 1 February, 2000.
Our Development Application to the city council was approved in July 1995 and our Building Application in October 1995.
A heavy stiffening beam had to be fabricated and anchored to the roof slab, then welded to the existing roof girder to provide a suitable stiff anchorage point for the mast base.
However, there was sudden concern by the owners in December 1995 that we would blot out all the radio and TV reception to the building tenants due to our strong signals. The Premier’s office and Government Media
The mast comprises heavy steel plate bent into 16 tapered cylinders each two metres high. Each section slips partially over the one below to form a friction joint. Bending proved a problem as the plate is so stiff while the diameter starts
To watch a narrated video produced by Max Benyon and Steve-Marc McCulloch on the installation of the antenna at Governor Philip Tower visit: https://youtu.be/6fFMdCcHSR8
Before we could formally change sites (even though the distance from our old AMP site was only 100 metres), we had to obtain the approval of the Australian Broadcasting Authority. We applied in September 1994 and finally received approval in August 1995. Finding space for our transmitters proved a nightmare as all the existing space was taken up. Eventually we were offered a lift smoke vent shaft 3.6 by 2.8 metres which was to be closed off and would be available on levels 63 and 64. At last we had a space, even if cramped. By mid 1995 we had a design for our 24 metre high mast and the necessary reinforcing and anchoring to the roof structure, and a design for a two level transmitter room, by creating a mezzanine floor only 4 metres below the roof (level 65) so that we would need only short cables to the antenna.
Max Benyon circa 1978 at the AMP Centre
My particular thanks go to Murray Low, Glynn Smith, John Medhurst, Kit Scally and John Joris for their forbearance and help. May we all enjoy many years of listening pleasure. - Max Benyon ONLINE
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FIRST PERFORMANCE IN SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE Sydney’s half-starved convicts, incarcerated in the Harbour’s Fort Dennison are credited with having given the innovative Australian opera company its stomach rumbling name of Pinchgut. However, no calorie-deprived performances await audiences next month: Pinchgut Opera’s winter season presents Vivaldi’s passionate and powerful Bajazet which was first performed in Verona in 1735. Weaving together arias by his colleagues and his own freshly composed numbers, Vivaldi has fashioned a sublime tragedy with amazing virtuosic arias, heartfelt lyricism, defeat, betrayal, love, lust and poison. Very rarely performed, this will be the first performance in the Southern Hemisphere and sees the return of Hadleigh Adams in the title role alongside American counter-tenor Christopher Lowrey. “I can’t wait to be back with Pinchgut,” Adams told Fine Music magazine. “This is a company unlike any other in the world; a company that has such an innate passion for what it does and with a hunger to produce top quality work. “The atmosphere at all Pinchgut activities events and performances is unlike anything I’ve seen”, he enthused. Having studied music at the University of Auckland before relocating to Australia, Adams admits to an absence of family influence during his formative years, describing music as “something that made a lot of sense to me”. “As the youngest of four children, I started piano at six, violin at seven, flute at 10, bassoon at 13, and kept learning other instruments along the way. “Music… made me feel bright about things. When I was lonely I would practice and it felt like I was having a conversation.” Playing Bajazet While Adams is best known for his operatic work, he also has a track record in the world of the recital. It’s a “tough” call which medium he prefers although he says, “I adore working on operas. “I love the often hectic nature of the rehearsal process, and working with a director to find the layers of subtext in the story you are telling to create a cohesive narrative across all of the 10
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the beginning of the last century to latter day extremists at the beginning of this century, the themes of colonisation, cultural displacement, iconoclasm within the framework of the opera are very much part of our recent human narrative. “I have had a lot of insights about the piece, but often they are things that I will keep to myself,” said Adams, adding that insight and planning mean nothing if it does not accord with the director’s vision for the piece. “I keep a list of insights and possible subtexts for my character, at all points during the show and draw on these depending on which way the director chooses to take the work.”
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characters. Also, there’s a tremendous sense of community about the process of creating an opera.” Adams notes that the process of staging a show can involve over 100 people working for many months before meeting for the first rehearsal. “Sets are being built, costumes designed, music is learnt, it all happens before day one of rehearsal. Then for less than a month, it’s an incredible race to the finish to bring this story to life.” Adams describes his role in Bajazet as “one of the more difficult ones I have faced”. “He is emotionally and physically trapped by his captor, and has very few cards left up his sleeve to play. He is constantly oscillating through states of torment, anger, betrayal, and panic, all the while ensuring that he remains as composed as the King he is, despite the machinations of his nemesis, Tamerlano to bring him to his knees.” In short, Bajazet is a desperate man, willing to stop at nothing to secure a future for his people, and above all, his daughter. The Bajazet story relies on Islamic symbols and language. There are strong resonances in the narrative of the opera with conflicts past and present. From the actions of colonial powers at
Year of growth ‘Pinchgut’ - the sardonic description given to Fort Denison by its convict inmates was adopted by the company “as we wanted to maintain a reminder of our humble beginnings and their tight budgets”, according to General Manager Cressida Griffith. The humble beginnings, budgets and audiences have come a long way since the company first burst on to the Sydney musical scene. 2015 will be the second year the company plans two productions, having prior to 2014 only ever staged a single offering. Said Pinchgut Opera Co-Artistic Director and conductor for the 2015 season, Erin Helyard, “This year’s two works consolidate and continue our vision to bring to audiences unusual operatic experiences combining passion, technical and scholarly excellence.” In addition to the winter season’s Bajazet, Pinchgut’s summer offering (in December) brings to Sydney’s City Recital Hall the Australian premiere of André Grétry’s brilliant comic masterpiece L’amant Jaloux (The Jealous Lover). Helyard described it as one of the greatest comedies of the 18th century, an absolute triumph when it was first presented in Versailles in 1778 by the Opéra Comique. “Grétry was at that time a great favourite of the musically discerning Marie Antoinette, who appointed him as her personal director of music from 1774 onwards”, he said, adding that
even in the 19th century, L’amant jaloux was admired as the “greatest masterpiece of the opera comique” of the previous century. This year’s productions will be received with a “genuine excitement and care for the company” according to Adams from its supporters and audiences alike for the “incredible work it has fostered over the past 14 years”. “I am overjoyed, and very proud to be able to call myself a very small part of it,” said Adams. “I can’t wait to get back. I love singing in Australia, the audiences are so warm and appreciative, and Pinchgut…..well, what can I say? It’s my favourite company on earth.” - Henry Mendelson
‘Pasticcio’ on the menu Readers perhaps not conversant with an operatic ‘pasticcio’ such as Vivaldi’s Bajazet, the following tongue in cheek ‘recipe’ may serve as a guide: Heat the concert hall to 24 degrees Celsius and arrange audience in rows. Bring a large ensemble to the stage and prepare according to directions. Rehearse frequently until it reaches perfection. When adequately rehearsed, prepare it for a premiere, stirring the finer points frequently. Spread half of the performance over the first hour or so, intersperse with plentiful pizzicato
parts in a precise interpretation of a multicomposer derived score. Each composer’s style needs careful blending. Sprinkle lightly with accented vocal passages before adding the drama and remaining arias from the previous inputs. In a small quartet, whisk together the principal players’ renditions, recitatives, orchestra parts and conductor’s baton until evenly combined. Slowly develop the result over the entire production. Continue the process, all the while uncovering the plot. Allow the composers’ contributions to develop for another 30-35 minutes before serving the finale.
BAJAZET - 4, 5, 7 & 8 July Tickets from: www.cityrecitalhall.com or 02 8256 2222 For more information: www. pinchgutopera.com.au/Bajazet/ ON AIR 24 June, 8–11pm Vivaldi: Bajazet See page 46 for details
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What’s On CHAMBER BEETHOVEN’S PIANO CONCERTO AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE With guest soloist Neal Peres da Costa Sydney: 21 June 2.30pm, 22 June 7pm Venue: Sydney Opera House, Utzon Room Canberra: 19 June 7pm, 20 June 2.30pm Venue: ANU School of Music Tickets: $20-$69 Bookings:www.australianhaydn.com.au 2015 marks the third year in our cycle of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos with internationally renowned historic keyboard specialist Neal Peres da Costa. After the success of our newly commissioned chamber arrangement of the 2nd Piano Concerto in 2014, we will be performing a world-premiere arrangement of the 3rd Piano Concerto with chamber forces. Dr. Peres Da Costa is able to combine his cutting-edge research into period performance practice and style on the fortepiano with formidable talent and a spirit of adventure that makes this one of our most exciting annual experiences as an ensemble. He will be performing on his stunning replica Graf fortepiano, similar to the instrument Beethoven would have used to premiere the work in 1803. The ensemble also continues its exploration of Cimador’s excellent arrangements of Mozart’s famous symphonies. Audiences were thrilled by the beauty and virtuosity of the 39th Symphony in 2014, and will now get to experience the drama, passion and intensity of the 40th Symphony in G minor. This program also features a wonderful string quintet by Michael Haydn, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. CHAMBER EGARR & THE GOLDEN AGE AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 13-28 June (nationally) 23-27 June various times – City Recital Hall Angel Place 28 June 2pm – Sydney Opera House Tickets: $42-$133 Bookings: www.aco.com.au When Richard Egarr, the director of the Academy of Ancient Music, toured with us in 2012, we fell in love with his music-making. Intelligent, irreverent and bristling with energy, he brought new life to forgotten gems. We’re thrilled to welcome him back in 2015. 12
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OPERA GIACOMO PUCCINI – SUOR ANGELICA SCM Opera Unit Concert 3 June 6.30pm Venue: Recital Hall East, Sydney Conservatorium of Music Entry is free Information: music.sydney.edu.au/events Join the Sydney Conservatorium of Music to celebrate the next generation of female opera singers as they present Puccini’s Suor Angelica in a concert performance with piano. This short opera tells the story of Sister Angelica, her life in the convent and her struggle to reconcile the guilt over the
ORCHESTRAL NORTH SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA With soloist Fine Music’s Young Virtuoso 2014 Ennes Mehmedbasic (oboe) 14 June 2.30pm Venue: Smith Auditorium, Shore School Blue St North Sydney Parking is available on the school grounds Tickets: $5-$30 Bookings: 1300 306 776 Information: www.nsso.org.au Hearing the music of Henry Purcell and William Lawes on the ACO’s burgeoning collection of 17th- and 18th-century instruments is like travelling in time. Led by a master of historically informed performance, Bach and Haydn will be a revelation. Program The Times (UK) said of Eggar & The Golden Age: “The man at the helm, and the harpsichord too, was Richard Egarr, ‘authentic’ to his fingertips”. The Guardian’ review said: “Egarr’s characteristically vigorous direction brought the spheres into harmony … there was plenty of thump and oomph in the large moments, but it was consistently
life and death of her illegitimate son. Musical director and pianist is Stephen Mould, Chair of Opera Production. Stephen will also be conducting the Con Opera production of Malcolm Williamson’s English Eccentrics in semester two. Details of other events here music.sydney.edu.au/events From the throne of Queen Elizabeth, to the spires of Stalin’s Kremlin, via Mozart’s Mannheim, the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Steven Hillinger, embarks on a roller-coaster ride through history. First, there’s the sparkling melodies of Donizetti’s overture to Roberto Devereux. Then, the classical fireworks from oboist Ennes Mehmedbasic, winner of the Fine Music 102.5 FM 2014 Young Virtuoso Award. And finally, North Sydney Symphony’s first performance of Shostakovich’s grim and glittering Symphony No. 5. Don’t lose your head! Currently studying with Diana Doherty, principal oboe with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Ennes Mehmedbasic has played with the Australian Youth Orchestra since 2012, including the international tour with Christoph Eschenbach and Joshua Bell, in which he played co-principal oboe. He also performed in the 2013 Musica Viva Festival as part of the AYO Chamber Players program. In the upcoming performance with North Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Mehmedbasic will be playing the Oboe Concerto No.1 by Ludwig August Lebrun.
matched with delicate vocal and instrumental shading and detail elsewhere”. The program includes music by Purcell, W Lawes, JS Bach, Haydn and features Richard Egarr as guest Director and on keyboards; and Satu Vänskä on lead violin.
ORCHESTRAL BOHEMIAN TANGO Willoughby Symphony Orchestra 27 June 7pm 28 June 2pm Venue: The Concourse, Chatswood Information: 02 9777 7547 This fascinating program features the gorgeous music of Willoughby Symphony Orchestra’s 2015 Composer-in-Residence, Elena Kats-Chernin. Inspired by the soulful music of Astor Piazzolla, her sensational orchestral work Recollecting ASTORoids
JAZZ STEFANO BOLLANI & HAMILTON DE HOLANDA 5 June 7.30pm DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER, IRVIN MAYFIELD & THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA 6 June 8pm Venue: City Recital Hall, Angel Place Tickets: from $75 Bookings: 02 8256 2222, cityrecitalhall.com Fresh from the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Stefano Bollani (piano) and Hamilton de Holanda (bandolim) bring their unique improvisational flavour on 5 June. And on 6 June, the unmistakable sound of New Orleans blasts on to the stage when jazz giant, Dee Dee Bridgwater is joined by Grammy Award-winner, Irvin Mayfield and The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. For over 40 years Grammy and Tony Award-winning, Dee Dee Bridgewater has ascended to the upper echelon of vocalists. In this new collaboration with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and Artistic Director Irvin Mayfield, she celebrates loved classics like Big Chief, Saint James Infirmary and What a Wonderful World and a host of tantalising new compositions from the bustling, humming heart of New Orleans. In 2002, Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Mayfield created the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, now one of the most sought after touring jazz orchestras in the world.
miraculously transforms a symphony orchestra into a giant tango band; it is a work that needs to be experienced to be believed. The concert also features the accomplished Australian pianist Kristian Chong, performing CHAMBER STEVEN ISSERLIS WITH CONNIE SHIH MUSICA VIVA INTERNATIONAL CONCERT SEASON Venue: City Recital Hall, Angel Place 13 Jun 2pm 15 Jun 7pm Ticket price range $45 - $111 excluding a $5.50 booking fee per booking via Musica Viva Ticket booking and more information www.musicaviva.com.au/Isserlis Steven Isserlis is revered amongst cellists not just for his consummate technical mastery, but also for the enquiring mind that seeks out lesserknown repertoire, and for the vibrant stage presence that carries his enthusiasm straight to every listener. Joined by brilliant young Canadian pianist Connie Shih, he creates an unforgettable emotional journey, traversing glorious works by four great composers united by their love of all things French. “The cello, of all instruments, makes one dream of elsewhere when one hears it,” says composer CHORAL CHORUSOZ – Celebrating Ten Years Sydney Philharmonia Choirs 7 June 5pm Venue: Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House Tickets: $55-60 Bookings: www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.au ChorusOz is a fantastic opportunity for singers of any level to participate in a weekend workshop at the Sydney Opera House led by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Music Director, Brett Weymark. Participants will rehearse movements including the Mozart and Verdi Requiems and Carmina Burana, and new works such as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Requiem: Communion by Peter Sculthorpe. 2015 marks ten years of ChorusOz and we will celebrate with a spectacular program
one of the most perfect piano concertos ever conceived, Mozart’s entrancing C Major Concerto, memorably featured in the film Elvira Madigan. Guest conductor Warwick Potter will finish the program with the expressive colours of Antonin Dvorak’s beautiful Sixth Symphony. This stirring symphonic masterwork is powerfully emotive and wonderfully evocative; prepare to have your spirits lifted by the dazzling orchestral writing and heart-throbbing brass section of the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra.
Thomas Adès. He wrote his evocative, colourful picture-scapes Lieux retrouvés (Remembered Places) for Isserlis, and seized the opportunity to push some limits, causing the cellist to claim the finale as “the hardest piece I’ve ever learned!” But there are plenty of surprises elsewhere in the program, too. A far cry from the famous ‘Swan’, Saint-Saëns’ first cello sonata is wild and dramatic, with a gripping opening complemented by passionate storms and voyages. His student and compatriot Fauré’s second sonata is a late work, noted for its beautiful, funereal slow movement and sparkling, optimistic ending. Cesar Franck’s Cello Sonato finishes appropriately with peals of bells – a wonderful way to end a concert.
featuring excerpts from every performance since its inception in 2004. The weekend will culminate in a performance for all participants in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall - a fantastic opportunity for friends and family to come along. Be quick, registrations and ticket sales are filling up quickly. Conductor: Brett Weymark; Soprano: Celeste Lazarenko; Alto: Dominica Matthews; Tenor: Henry Choo; Bass: Simon Lobelson; Didgeridoo: William Barton. June 2015
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CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF FINE MUSIC 102.5
LIVE FROM TOWN HALL FREE EVENT / SYDNEY TOWN HALL / 18 JULY 2015 / 3-6PM FEATURING CLASSICAL AND JAZZ PERFORMANCES BY FRANCES MADDEN / NEXAS QUARTET / ACACIA QUARTET DUO HISTOIRE / OMEGA ENSEMBLE WITH JANE SHELDON ALICIA CROSSLEY / KEVIN FAN
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Fine Music Live from Town Hall We’re putting on a show for Sydney Kruger scholarship recipient recorder-player Alicia Crossley with her baroque ensemble, along with special guests yet to be confirmed. Must-see performances
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On Saturday 18 July, Fine Music 102.5 will present Fine Music Live from Sydney Town Hall, a live free concert celebrating 40 years of FM broadcasting in Sydney. A talented gathering of musicians and ensembles have been specially curated for the occasion and will cover a range of styles and genres that reflect the diversity of the music played on Fine Music 102.5. Along with the live performances, radio presenters will be hosting segments between performances and interviewing special guests from the fine music world in attendance on the day and holding vox-pops with the audience.
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Guest musicians, will present performances of 20 minutes each, include; Frances Madden and Band (jazz), Omega Ensemble with Jane Sheldon (chamber music), Duo Histoire (guitar and saxophone), Acacia Quartet (chamber music), Nexas Quartet (saxophones), incredible young talent Kevin Fan (piano), our current
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Former Kruger Scholarship recipient, awarded by Fine Music in 2013, Nick Russoniello tells Fine Music magazine: “This event sounds like it will be a highlight of 2015! I’ve never performed at the Town Hall so that will be a buzz. “Also, there are so many amazing ensembles performing, it will be a great way to hear some good music and catch-up with other musicians.” One half of Duo Histoire, Russoniello says Fine Music has been so supportive of his music that he views his performance on the day, with guitarist Murilo Tanouye, as a way to say “thank you”. In terms of what audiences can expect from Duo Histoire’s performance, Russoniello says: “This is a special ensemble for audiences as this combination is extremely rare. There is basically no other saxophone and classical guitar duo in the world that plays the repertoire we play. “I’m really looking forward to performing some of Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires at the Town Hall. Murilo and I formed the duo based on a mutual love of Piazzolla’s music, so for us playing this music will be like going back to our roots”. Omega Ensemble will be peforming excerpts from its regional tour with Jane Sheldon as well as an arrangement of Mark Isaacs Berceuse from his new Chamber Symphony. This will be a world premiere for clarinet, piano
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and soprano. The actual Chamber Symphony will be premiered on Monday 21 July at City Recital Hall. True to its passion for presenting new Australian works and beautiful music that’s rarely heard, Acacia Quartet will perform Gershwin’s gentle Lullaby alongside Joe Twist’s groovy Dancing With Somebody on stage at Fine Music Live from Sydney Town Hall. “Acacia just love to perform and share our music so the chance to play at Sydney’s majestic Town Hall - for both radio and walk up
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audiences - is very exciting! Plus as Fine Music’s Artists-in-Resident and media partners it’s a great opportunity for Acacia to give something back to this amazing organisation,” said the group. “We also hope lots of people who wouldn’t normally listen to classical music or go to classical concerts will become Fine Music fans too.” LIVE EVENT What: Fine Music Live from Sydney Town Hall, Free When: Saturday 18 July 3-6pm Where: Sydney Town Hall, lower level, George Street, Sydney NO BOOKING REQUIRED June 2015
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CD Reviews
Prokofiev and Shostakovich Cello Concertos Steven Isserlis & Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra with Paavo Järvi. Hyperion CDA 68037
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J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion BWV244 James Gilchrist, Matthew Rose, Ashley Riches, Elizabeth Watts, Sarah Connolly, Thomas Hobbs and Christopher Maltman Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of the AAM/Richard Egarr ABC 481 1564 – 3 CDs
✶✶✶✶✶ Truth Seekers, Lovers and Warriors Joseph Tawadros ABC Classics 481 1632
✶✶✶✶✶ Immediately captivating, this twelfth recording by the Egyptian-born Australian Oud player, Joseph Tawadros is another extraordinary exploration of styles, blending authentic Arabic instruments and idioms with those of the West. The unusual soundworld created here combines Oud, Accordian, Trombone, Piano, Req (tambourine) and Bendir (drum), the latter two played by Tawadros’ brother, James. Other musicians are James Crabb, James Greening, Vivaldi Works and transcriptions for mandolin and orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin, Juan Diego Florez, tenor, and other artists/Venice Baroque Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon 479 4017
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On this disc Steven Isserlis make his first foray into using steel strings on the cello. The cello, the most appropriate instrument for performing as a singular voice against an orchestra (particularly in the case of Prokofiev and Shostakovich) is performed superbly by Isserlis on all counts. He blends with the orchestra, then navigates away from them, his own personality emerging, all the while maintaining the essence of the composers. The orchestra, vividly colouring the backdrop to the intricate solo cello passages, was a stand out feature of the recording. The balance of the woodwinds against the brass and strings are superb and the lively spirit of the Prokofiev is captured beautifully. There is great energy and zest by both the soloist
and the orchestra in these recordings. Isserlis brings raw energy to Prokofiev concerto and delivers a performance that pushes the work to its limits (a place Prokofiev would have liked to have been played). Add to this the lively and detailed liner notes (written by Isserlis) which paint a detailed picture of the concertos. As an encore, Isserlis performs a solo arrangement of Prokofiev’s March from the solo piano collection, Music for Children. His phrasing and subtle nuances bring out the innocent character of the piece. This is a disc that belongs in the collection of every classical music lover. Read our interview with Steven Isserlis on page 5. - Samuel Cottell
Housed in an attractive fold-out package, this album is quite simply top-notch. Playing on period instruments, the orchestra (founded in 1973 by the late Christopher Hogwood) is conducive to the ambience essential to such works. And then there’s the excellence of the singers - they are all superb with perhaps special mention made of James Gilchrist who dominates the piece and negotiates the
fiendishly difficult tessitura of the Evangelist with inordinate ease. The principal ladies, Elizabeth Watts (soprano) and Sarah Connolly (alto) are also in fine fettle, the latter almost stealing the show with a sublime rendition of Erbarme dich, mein Gott. But it’s a collective effort with the choir chiming in with the tune that everyone knows and is often repeated with different words. - Randolph Magri-Overend
and Matt McMahon. Composed by Joseph Tawadros, the music’s spontaneity shows a deep heart-felt connection to melody and rhythm (with all sorts of twists and turns), as he pulls all these elements into an array of outstanding pieces with a unique story to tell. From Odd Tango, to the centerpiece, Truth Seeker Suite in A, and the elegiac Three Sketches of Gallipoli (Dawn, Dusk, and Remembrance) replete with its references to The Last Post at the opening, there is a strong beauty that unfolds. Each player’s virtuosity comes to the fore throughout, resulting in a passionate display as melodies are thrown from one player to another, creating
layer upon layer of an intricate musical tapestry. - Barry Walmsley
instruments but transcribed for the mandolin by Israeli musician Avi Avital (one of them is the Summer movement from The Four Seasons) , a trio Sonata by Vivaldi also arranged by Avital, a slow movement from another Concerto (this time for flautino) and a traditional Venetian song about a blonde in a gondola, beautifully sung by Juan Diego Florez. Of the concertos, I enjoyed most that written originally for the mandolin, possibly because the others may
sound better in their original form (The Four Seasons movement certainly does). Those familiar with Vivaldi will know what to expect. The music is pleasant to listen to, but of no great depth. The little Baroque orchestra plays very well and the other instrumentalists in the Trio Sonata, Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord, Ophira Zakal, lute and Patrick Sepec, cello, are well in the picture. – Richard Gate
CD Reviews Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor and Kinderszenen Martin Stadtfeld, piano The Halle Orchestra/Sir Mark Elder Sony Classical
✶✶✶✶ For those of you unfamiliar with the name (including myself) of 34 year-old Martin Stadtfeld, he is a German pianist who gave his first concert at the age of 9 and is largely known for his JS Bach piano interpretations. So when he states that the opening phrases of Schumann’s only piano concerto remind him of some of Bach’s solo pieces (which Schumann Haydn String Quartets Opus 20 (numbers 1,3 and 4) Tinalley String Quartet Move Records
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✶✶✶✶ This two disc set of Mozart Piano Sonatas is the latest release from Peruvian born pianist, musicologist and educator, Luisa Guembes-Buchanan. Sonata K.283 in G Major is delivered brightly and vibrantly with some delicate touches during the Andante being a notable highlight. This is followed by Sonata K 332 in F Major a work which combines pastoral elements together with a dose of high energy and stormy passion. Disc 1 concludes with Sonata K 310 HOLST - The Planets Sydney Symphony Orchestra/David Robertson; Vox-Sydney Philharmonia Choirs/Elizabeth Scott, director SSO 201401
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himself often played) we have to nod our heads in agreement. Clara Schumann performed the first performance in 1845 and it is, of course, one of the most played works in the Schumann repertoire. Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), on the other hand, was composed in the spring of 1838 when Schumann was separated from his then-fiancée, Clara Wieck, and is a series of 13 charming miniatures which are, incidentally, far too difficult and complex to be played by a child. They are delicate pieces on the whole including Stadtfeld’s interpretation of Träumerei (which he performs a wee bit faster than usual) and are all sensitively played.
The concerto itself is workmanlike and ably supported by the Halle Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder. - Phillip Middleton
string quartet composition and became a template for many of his contemporaries and followers. The six opus 20 quartets of which three Quartets No. 28 in E major, Op. 20, No. 1. No. 26 in G minor, Op. 20, No. 3 No. 27 in D major, Op. 20, No. 4 are feature on this disk are nicknamed the “Sun” which apparently refers to the image of a rising sun, an emblem of the publisher, on the cover page of the first edition. In this performance members of
the quartet rise easily to the challenges necessary to fulfil the various emotional demands the music makes on them. The general control and musical achievement is exemplary and I hope to hear them perform more often. Tinalley has become one of many chamber music groups who’ve done the OS commitment and have been there winning awards and we’re proud of them. - Emyr Evans
in A Minor, a particular favourite of mine. Guemaes-Buchanan delivers a powerful, almost restless reading of the opening movement and contrasts it with the lyrically expressive Andante that is rich in melody and emotion before returning to restlessness of the opening movement in the finale. Disc 2 contains in two sonatas, K 333 in B Flat Major and K 457 in C Minor as well as the Fantasy K 475 in C Minor. The highlight here is the Fantasy in C Minor which is opens ominously but moves through a rich array of moods and emotions and harmonic invention. It is clear that Guembes-Buchanan has an intimate knowledge of these works and she combines magnificent performances of it. Nevertheless, it is probably true that it has never been regarded as a masterpiece in the same class as the best of the tone poems of Strauss, the Classical Symphony of Prokofiev or even the Enigma Variations of Elgar. The work is too much permeated with the somewhat limited musical vocabulary of English music at the beginning
this with a superb technique and great poetic sensibility. - Frank Shostakovich of the twentieth century to be intellectually stimulating or musically interesting. It does not succeed in achieving the other-worldly atmosphere to which it aspires. On this CD it receives a most praiseworthy performance from the SSO, well up to international standards. - Richard Gate June 2015
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YOUNG VIRTUOSI
Presenting our emerging young artists and performers
Each February, Fine Music holds auditions for instrumentalists up to the age of 18 and 23 for singers in their Even Younger Performers series (EYP). This is to receive a unique broadcast opportunity and the whole recording studio process and experience to very young and developing musicians. It is not a competition so it can be a first time foray and for many the start to their Fine Music journey which progresses to entry in the annual Young Virtuoso Award. The Emerging Young Artists (EYA) are sourced through the Young Virtuoso auditions held every November. They are given the opportunity of a 15-minute broadcast. Here are some comments from Fine Music’s EYP and EYA participants whose music you can hear throughout June on Fine Music 102.5.
Even Younger Performers: Catherine Jang: 16 (violin) “In my experience, communicating emotions with music is easier to communicating with words.” Roger Wang: 8 (piano) “I like piano because it needs both hands to coordinate which practises both sides of my brain.” Annie Sicong Guo: 8 (piano) “I like performing because I get to share the music I play with someone, but I am always nervous when I play.” Benett Tsai: 12 (cello) “Making my cello sing and telling the stories of the music are what I will keep striving for as a cello player.” Elliot Albany: 13 (piano) “I like performing because I can give joy to others and myself. I also like the prizes that are sometimes won from competition!” Josephine Doan: 6 (piano) “The piano allows me to express my emotions. I can play soft or loud, fast or slow, happy or sad in so many different ways.” Chris Zhang: 8 (piano) “When I play piano, it makes me feel like that I am in the world of music. I choose piano because I think piano is the king of all the instruments.” Edward Zhang: 13 (violin) “Making music feels to me like creating a story, although the piece of music is already there, it is about painting the details and emotions.” 18
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Bernice Chua: 13 (piano) “Playing music makes me feel calm and happy. It is a place where I can be myself all the time no matter what.” Ashleigh Wong: 11 (piano) “I chose the piano because there was one at my grandmother’s, and I used to play around on it every time I visited, and became attached after a while.” Lina Lee: 11 (violin) “Music is how I show my emotions passionately, I would like to create a world of music no one has seen before.” Melissa Zhou: 5 (piano) “I chose piano because I didn’t know how to play other instruments. I like most about piano because I like the tune.” Samantha Zhou: 7 (piano) “I feel happy, good and confident when I play piano. I like performing because I like everyone listening to me.” Mathew Zhou: 12 (marimba) “I enjoy playing music because once you can play it and learn it, you can perform and share your playing with everyone else but also just to yourself.” Emerging Young Artists Rio Xiang (piano) I like the sound and tone quality of the piano and the range of notes. Jessie Wilson (soprano) I have come to enjoy performing and I am always pleased when I have been able to conquer a particular piece and derive great enjoyment when singing alone or in an ensemble. I simply love to sing. I find some repertoire challenging and as such I am motivated to use every performance as a vehicle of both exploring
the piece and using the skills and methodology that my voice coach and I are working on. Dana Lee (piano) I like making music because it’s beautiful- just like a painting, it’s designing and arranging sounds in a beautiful way. I always feel at ease when I play music because it feels like I can understand its language and the story it’s trying to tell. When I was little, I was always listening and dancing for hours to my mother’s piano playing. I never questioned why I was learning the piano because it only felt natural that I could. Mitzi Gardner (violin) I feel really relaxed and in a good state of mind when I play my violin, just because I know I am in complete control and I can really reflect my emotions into how I play a certain piece. I think that is one of the best things about music, you can let out what you are feeling in such a unique and beautiful way and share it with others. When I perform, my main goal is to connect and invite the audience to listen and try to be inspired by my playing. ON AIR 3 June: Even Younger Performers 10 June: Emerging Young Artists 17 June: Nicholas Young piano Presenter: Katherine Ly Audio engineer: Michele Gaggia 24 June: Emerging Young Artists EYP/EYA presenter: Chloe Chung Programmed by: Lina Li Audio engineer: Greg Ghavalas Audio assistant: Nico Buchner Coordinator: Judy Deacon
JAZZ CD REVIEWS DISCOURSE WITH Kevin Jones
Freddie Cole Sings Mr B HighNote CD7198
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When Freddie Cole sits down at the piano and starts to sing he faces the dilemma of being the younger brother of the late Nat “King” Cole, one of the greatest artists in popular music and jazz. You can hear traces of his more famous brother’s vocal style with its soft, rhythmic inflections but the younger Cole is no imitator. His lower register has a rough and grainy texture, his phrasing can be clipped and his reading of a lyric is almost spoken at times. Despite this many consider he sings like his brother! This album, one of the nine he has recorded for the label, is dedicated
The Centennial Collection Billie Holiday Columbia/Legacy 83875048762
✶✶✶✶✶ An Intimate Evening With Dave McKenna Arbors ARCD 19264
✶✶✶✶✶ From 1959 Dave McKenna was an invaluable member of the rhythm of Woody Herman’s orchestra until drafted into the United States Army and sent to Korea - as a cook! However, as far as jazz was concerned McKenna was one musician who could really “cook”. (For the unhip: the term means to play with rhythmic inspiration). The late Whitney Balliett, esteemed jazz critic of the New Yorker magazine, called him “the hardest swinging jazz pianist of all time” because of his ability to play flowing bop lines with his right hand and solid, hard swinging bass lines in every conceivable style with his left. He didn’t need a rhythm
to one of his two favourite singers , Billy Eckstine, the legendary “Mr B”, who was also a personal friend (Both Eckstine and Cole’s other favourite singer, Dick Haymes, were products of the Swing Era). Sadly, Eckstine’s name is rarely mentioned when great popular singers are discussed yet Cole has always emphasised what a major influence he was on him. Inspired by the legendary Mr B’s repertoire, Cole is in grand form, receiving sympathetic backing from pianist John DiMartino, guitarist Randy Napoleon, bassist Elias Bailey and drummer Curtis Boyd and Houston Person’s tenor is superb on seven tracks. Cole sings the ballads slowly giving the lyrics a greater emotional impact. A few cracks in his voice only emphasise
the quiet vulnerability of his treatment of the vintage ballad A Cottage For Sale, a tale of loss and regret. This is one of Cole’s best albums.
According to the doyen of jazz critics Leonard Feather, Billie Holiday was the voice of jazz and this reissue, based mainly on what have been called her golden years, especially those wonderful 1930s recordings with pianist Teddy Wilson, shows why. Holiday regarded her voice as a musical instrument; her vocal range was narrow, frequently ending phrases with a downward slur but it was also sensual and at times melancholic. But whether she sang a ballad or a Tin Pan Alley potboiler her voice had a pure jazz sound. On these tracks she is backed by the finest instrumentalists of the period which add to their classic status including not only Wilson whose solos sparkle, but also Benny Goodman, swinging fluently on What A Little Moonlight Can Do, and Bunny Berigan then at his peak, on Billie’s Blues,
one of her early hits. However, I have always thought her finest trumpet accompanist was Buck Clayton whose phrases dance behind her on Why Was I Born? But the one musician who seemed best suited to her and catches the ear every time was the great Lester Young whose performances with Holiday were never less than great. The combination of his tenor and her voice was remarkable for it seemed they were making love with music. There are several examples here, the most striking being I Can’t Get Started. The set ends with the 1944 version of Lover Man, her biggest hit, first recording with strings, and a jazz masterpiece. She was at her peak both artistically and commercially, but the most popular “jazz singer” in the Down Beat Poll that year was Dinah Shore.
section - he was one! In a long career he played with a virtual “Who’s Who Of Jazz” including the legendary group of Zoot Sims and Al Cohn, the epitome of swing McKenna was at his best in this magnificent solo concert recorded at the Sarasota Opera House in Florida on November 19, 1999 when, with changes in key, tempo and phrasing he showed how to rewrite a song without losing the melody. McKenna played more medleys than any other pianist I know and there are three of them, here ranging from the 11 minutes devoted to Thought to the 26 minutes of Street, an unpredictable journey through such avenues as Easy Street, Broadway, 42nd Street and even the blues down Beale and Basin Streets. The concert ends with a moving The Last Dance, a ballad by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn, so moving
it reduced some of the audience to tears which is probably why McKenna, sensing this, ended it on a humorous note.
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SWINGING ON THE VINE A Real Jazz Ambassador
Clark Terry
All is fine and mellow as the rain and strong winds lash my Hunter Valley hideaway. It’s warm and cosy as I savour more fine red from my cellar then hum the old Swing Era novelty tune Snug As A Bug In A Rug recorded by Artie Shaw with a vocal by Tony Pastor. Big J opens one eye but it’s too much effort as his drunken snores again compete against the elements. A pity they don’t have AA sessions for pigs. I am gazing blearily at an old long playing record cover from the mid-1950’s called Jazz For People Who Hate Jazz, featuring some of the RCA label’s legendary names from the era of swing - Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet and the peak of jazz’s royalty, Duke Ellington and Count Basie. The cover with its hip liner notes show a couple dressed in evening clothes for a night at the opera with fingers in their ears trying to drown out the sounds which to my teenage years were an Aladdin’s cave of musical treasure. Discord! There was no way that could describe Shaw’s 1940 recording of Chantez Les Bas or Goodman’s smoothly swinging Undecided from 1938. The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra’s version of S’Wonderful may have been somewhat esoteric but all were a far cry from Basie’s 1950 recording of Normania which would become better known as Blee Blop Blues in Basie’s “New Testament” big band of the mid 1950’s. It was wild, with the brass inspiring an exciting tenor solo by Paul Gonsalves followed by a bubbling trumpet solo as hot as lava spilling over of the lip of a volcano. 20
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Enter Clark Terry The trumpeter was Clark Terry, a master of his instrument and later the flugelhorn where he arguably had possibly only one peer, Art Farmer. His faultless trumpet technique allied with melodic ingenuity took him through most phases of jazz history from the riverboats in the music’s early years to all over the world in countless settings from clubs, concert halls to cruise ships. His death on 21 February at the age of 94 robbed jazz of one of its greatest ambassadors, not only to other nations but across many generations and the divide of racial antagonism. Debonair and self-disciplined, his warm personality made him suited to that role and especially later in jazz education. Terry always stressed the importance of entertaining an audience. “Jazz fans may think it’s commercial playing the horn upside down or working with both horns at once but the idea of playing music to an audience is to present it so they will enjoy it. “When you’re on stage, you’re entertaining. Playing jazz is not heart surgery. You’re there to vent you feelings and have fun.” That is why a jazz treatment of the theme from the popular television series The Flintstones became a popular part of his repertoire both with his big band and small groups. He witnessed the worst of racial times during his life yet he did not allowed hatred to warp him although he was nearly lynched as a teenager when working with a carnival. As he said: “Whites nearly killed me. Other whites
saved my life!” Although he emerged a winner in life, Terry witnessed the worst of racial prejudice - when Lena Horne was still dressing in her trailer; when Ethel Waters couldn’t get served in the Stork Club in New York; when a white swimming pool in Las Vegas was drained after Eartha Kitt used it. When Duke Ellington was headlining the Flamingo in Las Vegas, he and the band would have to come to work through the kitchen. They couldn’t fraternise with the public. They couldn’t gamble. Terry was one of that rare group who played with both Basie - he was with the Count from 1948-51 and with the Duke from 1951-59. Others included Gonsalves, trombonist Quentin Jackson and the great Ben Webster who was with the Count briefly in the early 1950’s after Basie re-formed a new big band after touring with a small group to pay off his gambling debts. He was a chronic punter and serial loser. Terry referred to his stint with the Duke as the period he attended the University of Ellingtonia. Basie was the prep school for acceptance into the “university”. He considered both very important. There were many situations where he would have been at a loss without the experience of “one-on-one osmosis association with Ellington. I would ask myself what would the Maestro have done here? And always there was an answer”. He recorded many albums with Ellington, including the glorious Shakespearean suite Such Sweet Thunder where he was cast as Puck in the testing and tricky Up And Down, Up And Down. He handled the role brilliantly, as he did on so many of his solos with the Duke. I recall his work on Perdido with relish. To many jazz fans Terry will be remembered for a bit of studio fun at the end of a recording session more than 50 years ago which would be released as the Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One. The musicians began fooling around with a wordless blues whose origins stretched back to the unintelligible ramblings of bar singers. It would later be better known as Mumbles. But for me the album which really sums up Terry was a 1960’s quintet session with valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer on the Mainstream label called The Power Of Positive Swinging. I’ll drink to that. Big J staggers to his feet and waits for his bowl to be filled … - Patrick D Maguire
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General classical Saturday Morning Music
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General classical General classical Small Forces
In a Sentimental Mood The Classical Era General Classical
Magic of Stage and Screen Opera
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General Classical Repeat of Saturday night at home
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JUNE PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS SUNDAY SPECIAL CARL NIELSEN – 150TH ANNIVERSARY Sunday, 7, 14, 21 and 28 June, 2–4pm June 2015 is Carl Nielsen month at Fine Music 102.5, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the famous Danish composer. Every Sunday afternoon this month the Sunday Special program will be devoted to his music and we will also air a complete recording of Saul and David, one of his two operas, on Wednesday, 3 June at 8pm. If Carl Nielsen is still relatively less familiar to audiences outside Scandinavia than his contemporary, the Finnish composer, Jean Sibelius (also 1865–1931), then this is a chance to focus on many of his most significant works. Carl Nielsen, composer, violinist and conductor, was born on 9 June 1865 on the island of Funen in southern Denmark. The seventh of twelve children in a poor peasant family, he showed musical talent as a child, becoming a military trumpeter at the age of 14 in Odense. He founded his own string quartet in 1882, studied at the Royal Conservatory between 1884 and 1886 and from 1889 to 1905 was a second violinist in the Royal Chapel Orchestra (now the Royal Danish Orchestra). Nielsen’s rich musical career included being conductor of the Copenhagen Musical Society from 1915 to 1927 and teaching at the Royal Danish Conservatory from 1915. He became Director of the Conservatory in 1931, shortly before his death. Although he conducted some of his own works, especially the symphonies and the three concerti, in major European capitals in the 1920s, his work was not widely known outside Denmark until after the end of World War II. Nielsen was recognised first for his symphonies, the first of them written in 1891–2. The first symphony, while influenced by classical and romantic composers, was an early example of ‘progressive tonality’, beginning in one key and ending in another. The third symphony, known as ‘Sinfonia Espansiva,’ was completed in 1911 at the peak of the period when Nielsen could still be regarded as a national composer in the late nineteenth century tradition. But while this symphony draws on the world of folk-song and countryside, of lilting melodies and wide-open spaces, it also points to the complexities and contradictions that would characterise his final three symphonies. 22
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The fourth symphony, ‘The Inextinguishable,’ (1916), completed in the midst of the World War I marked a turning point for Nielsen and a move to a more dramatic idiom characterised by conflict. Immediately successful, it also established his reputation as Denmark’s greatest composer. It reflected the conflict of the war and also perhaps in his personal life and his stormy marriage with the sculptor AnneMarie Brodersen. Conflict was expounded in the duelling timpani that appear twice in the final movement before the lyrical theme of the first movement returns in its original form. The forces of life and nature triumph, hence ‘Inextinguishable’ in the title. The tension between chaos and order also characterises the fifth symphony, conceived shortly after the end of World War I. Again using percussion to express conflict, towards the end of the first of two long movements, he directs the snare drummer to improvise “as if, at all costs, he wants to stop the progress of the orchestra!” This makes for an exciting listening experience as the drummer is gradually subdued by the orchestra. Conflict returns in the second movement but the symphony ends in a spirit of exaltation and synthesis. Nielsen composed many other works, including concerti for violin, flute and clarinet. The best known is probably the Violin Concerto, op 33, combining classical restraint and the charm of a well-known Danish children’s song in the first movement, with some challenging writing for the soloist. It was written in 1911, the same year as the third symphony. The two works premiered together in 1912 and can be heard together again on 14 June.
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He also wrote chamber music including the Violin Sonata no 2, op 35 (hear it on 14 June), the String Quartet no 4 in F, op 44 (on 21 June) and the popular Wind Quintet op 43, composed specifically for the members of the Copenhagen Wind Quintet (on 28 June). He earned extra money by writing incidental music for theatre, cantatas for special occasions and some 290 songs and hymns, many still popular in Denmark today. And, if the four Sunday Specials are not enough Nielsen for this month, he wrote two operas, the still popular comic opera, Maskarade, and the very different biblical tale, Saul and David, which can be heard in full at 8pm on 3 June, in a performance by the Danish Radio Choir, conducted by Neemi Jarvi. - Cynthia Kaye NOT TO BE MISSED Wednesday 3 June 3–4pm Focus on Graeme Koene Saturday 6 June 3–5.30pm Adam’s Wilis - Giselle Tuesday 9 June 2–4pm Contemporary Conductors – Andrew Davis (with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) Thursday 11 June 2–4pm The Boulanger Legacy Saturday 13 June 3–5.30pm Brockes-Passion (Telemann) Thursday 25 June 10pm-midnight Rachmaninov – the last years Friday 26 June 10pm-midnight Monteverdi – Vespers of the Blessed Virgin CONTINUING SERIES OPERA – Wednesdays at 8pm 3 June, 8–10.30pm Nielsen: Saul and David 10 June, 8–10.30pm Giordano: Fedora 17 June, 8–10.30pm Verdi: Giovanna d’Arco 24 June, 8–11pm Vivaldi: Bajazet
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Sakari Oramo. Photo - Dan Hansson
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Karlowicz, M. Symphony in E minor, op 7, Rebirth (1900-02). Warsaw PO/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.572487 47
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with James Hunter 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Francis Frank Busoni, F. Comedy overture, op 38 (1897/1904). London SO/Charles Mackerras. Carlton Classics 15656 91372 7 Haydn, J. Divertimento in B flat, Hob.II:46, St Antoni (bef. 1784: arr. Perry). Sydney Wind Quintet. Fine Music Tape Archive 11 Paisiello, G. Il mio ben quando verrà, from Arie antiche (arr. Parisotti). Cecilia Bartoli, sop; György Fischer, pf. Decca 436 267-2 7 Ravel, M. Suite from Mother Goose (1908-10; arr. McIntyre). Canberra Wind Soloists. ABC 434 718-2 14 Lecocq, C. Ballet: Mam’zelle Angot (1872; arr. Jacob). NPO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 430 849-2 39 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Frank Morrison Schubert, F. Overture to Rosamunde, D797 (1823). Minneapolis SO/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. Mercury 462 954-2
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Saint-Saëns, C. Piano concerto no 4 in C minor, op 44 (1875). Stephen Hough, pf; City of Birmingham SO/Sakari Oramo. Hyperion CDA67331/2 25
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 A LIFE IN THE SHADOWS Prepared by Stephen Wilson Langgaard, R. String quartet no 4, Summer days (1914/31). Nightingale String Quartet. Dacapo 6.220576 21 Album leaf (1904); Piano piece in E (1951). Berit Johansen Tange, pf. Dacapo 6.220565 4 Symphony no 3, The flush of youth (191516/25-33). Peter Salo, pf; Danish National Choir & SO/Thomas Dausgaard. Dacapo 6.220516 28
Haydn, J. Te Deum in C, Hob.XXIIIc:1 (bef. 1765). Nancy Argenta, sop; Catherine Denley, mezz; Mark Padmore, ten; Stephen Varcoe, bar; Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox. 7 Chandos CHAN 0633 Gluck, C. Ballet: Semiramis (1765). Tafelmusik/ Bruno Weill. Sony SK 53119 21 Mozart, W. Symphony in A minor, K16a, Odense (1765). Academy of Ancient Music/ Jaap Schröder. L’Oiseau-Lyre 417 234-2 14 Schobert, J. Keyboard concerto in G (1765). Eckart Sellheim, fp; Collegium Aureum. EMI CDC 7 47527-2 23 Haydn, J. Symphony in C, Hob.I:30, Hallelujah (1765). Vienna CO/Ernst Märzendorfer. Musical Heritage Society OR H-201-249 15 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett
14:00 COMPOSED 250 YEARS AGO Prepared by Francis Frank
19:00 JAZZ NICE ‘N EASY with Ken Weatherley
Bach, J. Christian Overture to Adriano in Siria (1765). Academy of Ancient Music/Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN 0540 7
20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson
Haydn, J. Divertimento in C, Hob.II:7 (bef. 1765). Péter Pongrácz, ob; Bertalan Hock, ob; Tibor Fülemile, bn; András Nagy, bn; András Medveczky, hn; Deszö Mesterházy, hn. Hungaroton HRC 155 11 Erskine, T. Symphony in B flat (1765). BBC SO/ Christopher Bell. Linn CKD 008 8
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TUESDAY 2 June 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
Piazzolla, A. Histoire du tango (1985; transcr. Liarmakopoulos). Achilles Liarmakopoulos, tb; Simon Powis, gui. Naxos 8.572596 13
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds
Chabrier, E. España (1883). Vienna PO/John Eliot Gardiner. 6 DG 447 751-2
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: Nicola Benedetti Prepared by Di Cox
Thomson, V. Symphony on a hymn tune (1928). Eastman-Rochester O/Howard Hanson. Mercury 478 5092 21
Vivaldi, A. Violin concerto no 2 in G minor, RV315, Summer (pub. 1725). Scottish CO/ Christian Curnyn. 10 Tartini, G. Sonata in G minor, Devil’s Trill. Catherine Rimer, vc; Thomas Dunford, theorbo; Christian Curnyn, hpd. 14 Decca 476 4342 (2 above) Vaughan Williams, R. The lark ascending (1914/20). London PO/Andrew Litton. Decca 478 5338 16 Trad. Auld lang syne variations. Decca 478 6690 Pärt, A. Spiegel im spiegel (2009). Alexei Grynyuk, pf. Decca 4806386
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Korngold, E. Violin concerto in D, op 35 (1945). Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits. Decca 478 3529 26 Nicola Benedetti, vn (all above) 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Paul Hopwood Arensky, A. Egyptian nights, ballet suite, op 50a (1900-08). USSR RSO/Boris Demchenko. Melodiya MEL 45002-2 20 Boccherini, L. Cello concerto no 9 in B flat. Jacqueline du Pré, vc; English CO/Daniel Barenboim. EMI CMS 7 63283 2 23 Brahms, J. Symphony no 3 in F, op 90 (1883). Philadelphia O/Riccardo Muti. Philips 426 253-2 38 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 24
Chopin, F. Waltzes: no 13 in D flat, op 70 no 3 (1829); no 8 in A flat, op 64 no 3 (1846-47); no 1 in E flat, op 18 (1831). Dinu Lipatti, pf. EMI CDH 5 65166 2 9
Leif Segerstam 13:00 OPERA IN CONCERT Prepared by Giovanna Grech Rossini, G. Overture to The Turk in Italy (1814). National PO/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 400 049-2 8 Bellini, V. Eccomi. Oh! quante volte, from I Capuleti e i Montecchi (1830). Angela Gheorghiu, sop; Turin Regio Theatre Ch & O/ John Mauceri. Decca 452 417-2 9 Cilea, F. E la solita storia, from L’arlesiana (1902). José Carreras, ten; London SO/Jésus López-Cobos. Philips 426 643-2
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Menotti, G. Piano concerto in F (1945). Earl Wild, pf; Symphony of the Air/Jorge Mester. Vanguard OVC 4029 33 Glass, P. Dance 8. Philip Glass Ensemble and guests. Sony 88697529862 5 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Andrew Dziedzic 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps Smooth small group jazz from the 50s on, and with a visit from Miles Davis each week 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Michael Field
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Giordano, U. Nemico della patria? from Andrea Chénier (1895). Tullio Pane, ten; Giorgio Zancanaro, bar; Hungarian State O/Giuseppe Patané. CBS M2K 42369 6 Leoncavallo, R. Through the air they soar, from I pagliacci (1892). Cheryl Barker, sop; London PO/David Parry. Chandos CHAN 3161 5 14:00 MISS BOULANGER’S CLASS Prepared by Brian Drummond Françaix, J. Concertino (1932). Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pf; Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. Decca 452 448-2 9
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Glanville-Hicks, P. Harp sonata (1952). Marshall McGuire, hp. Tall Poppies TP071
22:00 INTO THE 20TH CENTURY Prepared by Frank Morrison Sibelius, J. Symphony no 4 in A minor, op 63 (1911). Danish NRSO/Leif Segerstam. Chandos CHAN 8943 40 Khachaturian, A. Violin concerto in D minor (1940). Lydia Mordkovitch, vn; Scottish NO/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8918 37 Elgar, E. String quartet in E minor, op 83 (1918). Coull Quartet. Hyperion CDA66718 29 Chanson de nuit, op 15 no 1 (1897). Marat Bisengaliev, vn; Benjamin Frith, pf. Naxos 8.572643-45
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15:00 FOCUS ON GRAEME KOEHNE Prepared by Madilina Tresca
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9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Music of the 18th century Prepared by Rex Burgess
Koehne, G. Three poems of Byron (1993). Elizabeth Connell, mezz; Adelaide SO/János Fürst. ABC 442 349-2 12
Leclair, J-M. Trio in A for two violins and bass, op 14. Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN 0582 18
Gothic toccata (1983). David Drury, org. ABC 432 527-2
Pergolesi, G. Stabat mater (1736) Anna Prohaska, sop; Bernarda Fink, cont; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Bernhard Forck, vn & dir. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902072 35 Beethoven, L. String quartet in A, op 18 no 5 (1798-1800). Lindsay String Quartet. ASV DCS 305 31 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Anne Irish Grieg, E. Norwegian dances, op 35 (1881). Bergen PO/Ole Kristian Ruud. BIS CD-1740/42
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Tivoli dances (2005). Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills. ABC 476 650-2 21 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 Elaine Siversen
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Hummel, J. Violin concerto in G (early 1800s; compl. Rose). Alexander Trostiansky, vn; Russian PO/Gregory Rose. Naxos 8.557595 27 Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 3 in A minor, op 56, Scottish (1842). London SO/Claudio Abbado. Decca 458 176-2 37 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale Jazz of many colours, some old, some new and all designed to inform and stimulate the senses 13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI Even Younger Performers With Katherine Ly; Recorded by Greg Ghavalas 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.
Nielsen, C. Saul and David, op 25. Opera in four acts. Libretto by Einar Christiansen. First performed Copenhagen 1902. SAUL: Aage Haugland, bass DAVID: Peter Lindros, ten MIKAL: Tina Kiberg, sop JONATHON: Kurt Westi, ten WITCH OF ENDOR: Anne Gjevang, cont GHOST OF SAMUEL: Christian Christiansen, bass Danish Radio Choir & SO/Neeme Jarvi Chandos CHAN 8911/12 2:04 King Saul offends the prophet Samuel who then declares the kingdom of Israel will be taken from Saul. The shepherd David, friend of the king’s son, Jonathon, soothes the king with music. The king’s daughter, Mikal, and David declare their love for each other. A huge army of Philistines are led by a giant who demands the king provide a champion to settle the score between the two nations. David volunteers and slays Goliath with his slingshot. The crowd sings the praises of David and acclaims his achievements above those of Saul. Consumed by jealousy, Saul outlaws David. While Saul and his warriors are asleep, David and
Carl Nielsen his companions enter but David refuses to take Saul’s life. A reconciliation takes place until the prophet appears and reminds Saul that David is now the Lord’s anointed. In the following chaos, David and Mikal flee. Israel is still threatened by the Philistines and Saul visits the Witch of Endor. He asks her to raise the ghost of the recently deceased Samuel who predicts a great defeat and the death of Saul and his family. When Jonathon is killed, Saul takes his own life. When news reaches David and Mikal, they realise Israel’s hopes now depend upon the strength of David. Incidental music from The mother, op 41 (1912). Athena Ensemble. Chandos 10454 X 4 Prelude to Sir Olaf (1906); Prelude to Act III, Willemoes (1907-08). Danish NSO/Thomas Dausgaard. Da Capo 6.220518 2 22:30 CLASSICAL PIANO TRIOS Prepared by Jan Brown Beethoven, L. Piano trio no 10 in E flat, op 44 (1802). Philips 438 948-2 14 Schubert, F. Piano trio in B flat, D898 (1827). Philips 438 700-2 35 Beaux Arts Trio (2 above) Mozart, W. Piano trio no 1 in B flat, K254, Divertimento (1776). Arion Trio. BIS CD-513/514
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Beethoven, L. Piano trio in E flat, WoO38 (1791-92). Isaac Stern, vn; Leonard Rose, vc; Eugene Istomin, pf. Sony SM2K 64510 15 June 2015
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Howells, H. Fantasia for cello and orchestra (1936-37). Moray Welsh, vc; London SO/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 9410 17
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore
Ravel, M. Piano concerto in D, for the left hand (1931). Leon Fleisher, pf; Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa. Sony SK 47 188 19
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Leoncavallo, R. Benedetta dal ciel, from Chatterton (1896). Elizabeth Whitehouse, sop; O Victoria/Richard Bonynge. Melba MR 301 104 2 Venetian barcarolle. Lang Lang, pf. DG 477 6633
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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
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16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Debbie Scholem 19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey Contemporary and modern sounds of now in jazz from all corners of the globe 20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Part 1: Acacia Quartet Recorded by Joanne Wroblewska for FINE MUSIC Gershwin, G. Lullaby (1919).
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Glass, P. String quartet no 2 (1983).
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Twist, J. Dancing with somebody.
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Prologue to I pagliacci (1892). Robert Merrill, bar; St Cecilia Academy O/Lamberto Gardelli. Decca 440 844-2 7
13:00 BENJAMIN BRITTEN A miscellany Prepared by Emyr Evans
Nedda! Silvio! A quest’ora che imprudenza, from I Pagliacci. Maria Callas, sop; Rolando Panerai, bar; La Scala TO/Tulio Serafin. EMI 5 67701 2 9
Britten, B. Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, op 31 (1943). Peter Pears, ten; Barry Tuckwell, hn; London SO/Benjamin Britten. Decca 417 153-2 24
Acacia Quartet (all above)
Vesti la giubba, from I pagliacci. Plácido Domingo, ten; Berlin German Opera O/Nello Santi. Teldec 9031-73741-2 4
The ballad of the Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (1943). Sons of Orpheus/Robert Sund. BIS CD-733 9
Mozart, W. Duo no 1 in G, K423 (1783).
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Martinu, B. Two madrigals (1947).
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Angioletto, il tuo nome?, from Zazà (1900). Renée Fleming, sop; Barbara Vignudelli, sop; Emma Latis, voice; Milan Symphony Ch & O/ Marco Armiliato. Decca 478 1533 11 Pretty waltz. Lang Lang, pf. DG 477 6633
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Ma vi chetate! ... Mimì Pinson, la biondinetta, from La Bohème (1897). Renée Fleming, sop; Saito Kaoru, sop; Annalisa Dessi, mezz; Marco Calabrese, ten; Carlos Gomez, bar; Paolo Cautoruccio, bar; Gilles Armani, bass; Milan Symphony Ch & O/Marco Armiliato. Decca 478 1533 2
Kreisler, F. String quartet in A minor (1919). 30
Welcome ode, op 95 (1976). Suffolk Schools’ Jubilee Choir; Suffolk Schools’ O/Keith Shaw. Decca 478 5364 8 O Waly, Waly (c1940). Linda Finnie, mezz; Anthony Legge, pf. Chandos CHAN 8749
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Russian funeral for brass and percussion (1936). Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/John Iveson. Decca 468 811-2 7 14:00 MUSIC OF THE OCTOGENERIANS Prepared by Frank Morrison Tallis, T. Spem in alium a 40. Cantillation/ Antony Walker. ABC 472 881-2 10
Testa adorata, from La bohème. José Carreras, ten; London SO/Jésus López Cobos. Philips 426 643-2 3
Telemann, G. Heroic music, TWV50:31-42 (1728). Håkan Hardenberger, tpt; Simon Preston, org. Philips 434 074-2 19
Mattinata. Fritz Wunderlich, ten; Munich RSO. Orfeo C 445 961 B 4
Goldmark, K. String quartet in B flat, op 8 (1860). Lajtha Quartet. Hungaroton HCD 31556 29
May night (1835). Placido Domingo, ten; Bologna Municipal TO/Alberto Veronesi. DG 477 6633
Duparc, H. Chanson triste (1868/1902). Shura Gehrman, bass; Adrian Farmer, pf. Nimbus NI 5396 4
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10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Beethoven, L. Overture to Egmont, op 84 (1810). Vienna PO/Karl Böhm. DG 479 1949 9
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Rubinstein, A. Symphony no 1 in F, op 40 (1850). Slovak State PO/Robert Stankovsky. Naxos 8.555476 37
Kodály, Z. Dances of Marosszék (1930). Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati. Decca 443 006-2
Strauss, R. Suite from Der Rosenkavalier (1911). Vienna PO/André Previn. DG 437 790 2 22 Vaughan Williams, R. Five variants of Dives and Lazarus (1939). English String O/William Boughton. Nimbus NI 7013 11
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Part 2: Mozart and Martinu from the archives
Carl Pini, vn; Jane Hazelwood, va (2 above) Fine Music Tape Archive 21:30 IRISH INTERLUDE Prepared by Elaine Siversen Stanford, C. Villiers Irish dances, op 89 (1903; arr. Grainger 1903). Percy Grainger, reproducing pf. Larrikin LRF 034 10 Field, J. Sonata in C minor, op 1 no 3 (1801). Pietro Spada, pf. Arts 47178-2 17 22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Sinfonia Australis Prepared by Denis Patterson Fauré, G. The birth of Venus, op 29 (1895). Sara Macliver, sop; Jenny Duck-Chong, mezz; Paul McMahon, ten; Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bar; Cantillation. ABC 472 045-2 24 Vaughan Williams, R. The lark ascending (1914/20). Dimity Hall, vn. ABC 472 984-2 17 Beethoven, L. Piano concerto no 4 in G, op 58 (1805-06). Gerard Willems, pf. ABC 980 046-5 34 Fauré, G. Requiem, op 48 (1893). Sara Macliver, sop; Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bar; Cantillation. ABC 472 045-2 35 Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker (all above)
Friday 5 June Schumann, R. Piano concerto in A minor, op 54 (1841-45). Claudio Arrau, pf; Royal Concertgebouw O/Eugen Jochum. Radio Nederland RCO 06004 34 Tchaikovsky, P. Symphony no 4 in F minor, op 36 (1877). Philharmonia O/Riccardo Muti. EMI CZS 7 67318 2 40 12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell Accessible in-the-hammock jazz to ease you into the weekend Riccardo Muti 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 Exploring chamber Prepared by Gael Golla Barber, S. Summer music, op 31 (1956). Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet. BIS CD-952 11 Muczynski, R. Moments for flute and piano, op 47 (1992). Alexandra Hawley, fl; Robert Muczynski, pf. Naxos 8.559001 12 Clarke, H. Cousins (1904). Stanley Clarke, tb; Members of Le Virtuose Romantique. Harmonia Mundi HMC905209 4 Bloch, E. Three pieces for cello and piano, from Jewish life (1924). David Berlin, vc; Len Vorster, pf. Tall Poppies TP214 10 Copland, A. Sonata (1986). Paul Meyer, cl; Eric Lesage, pf. Denon CO-18016 18 Korngold, E. String quartet no 2 in E flat, op 16 (1934). Philippa Ibbotson, vn; Mark Denman, vn; Robert Gibbs, va; David Newby, vc. ASV DCA 1035 24
13:00 ROMANTIC INTERLUDE Prepared by Paul Hopwood Borodin, A. Cello sonata in B minor (1860). Ottó Kertész Jr, vc; Ilona Prunyi, pf. Marco Polo 8.223172 22 Berwald, F. Symphony no 1 in G minor, Sinfonie sérieuse (1842). San Francisco SO/ Herbert Blomstedt. Decca 436 597-2 33 14:00 CLASSICAL STRINGS Prepared by Philip Lidbury Mozart, L. Chamber sinfonia in D. Herman Jeurissen, hn; Gerard Hettema, vn; Coen van der Heide, va; Gerrit Oldeman, va; Toshifumi Waki, vc; Ben van Oosten, org; Concerto Rotterdam/Heinz Friesen. LP EMI G 1085 13 Boccherini, L. Guitar quintet no 4 in D, Fandango (1798). Pepe Romero, gui; Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble. Philips 438 769-2 17 Beethoven, L. To the blackbird, from 26 Welsh songs, WoO 155 (1817). Julia Hamari, mezz; Andreas Roehn, vn; Georg Donderer, vc; Karl Engel, pf. DG 480 0385 5 Schubert, F. Sonata in A minor, D821, Arpeggione (1823; arr. Duka). Norbert Duka, db; Phillip Moll, pf. Naxos 8.572187 22 Benda, G. Harpsichord concerto in G (bef. 1766). Antonin Novák, vn; Vojtech Jouza, vn; Karel Spelina, va; Frantisek Sláma, vc; Frantisek Posta, db; Josef Hála, hpd. Supraphon 11 1001-2 20
10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Denis Patterson
Viotti, G. Violin concerto no 16 in E minor. Menuhin FO/Yehudi Menuhin, vn & dir. LP EMI ASD 3492 30
Salieri, A. Overture to La locandiera (1773). London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9877 7
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Brendan Walsh
Rosalind Halton 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron Focus on the current Sydney jazz scene mixed with a range of international jazz stars and a weekly a cappella item 20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Contrasting colours Prepared by Robert Small Rossini, G. Introduction, theme and variations for clarinet and strings. Vincenzo Mariozzi, cl; I Solisti Aquilani/Vittorio Antonellini. Nuova Era 6910 13 Borodin, A. Symphony no 2 in B minor (186976). Bolshoi Theatre SO/Mark Ermler. Brilliant Classics 94453 30 Tchaikovsky, P. String quartet no 1 in D, op 11 (1871). Amadeus Quartet. DG 479 1924 27 Liszt, F. Via crucis (1878-79). Dorothee Labusch, mezz; Furio Zanasi, bar; Ulrich Rausch, bass; Swiss-Italian Radio Ch/Diego Fasolis. Naxos 8.553786 36 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE The French orchestra Prepared by Robert Small Lully, J-B. Overture and suite from Amadis (1684). Collegium Aureum/Reinhard Peters. LP Harmonia Mundi HM 20322 23 Couperin, F. Eighth order in B minor (pub. 1717). Rosalind Halton, hpd. ABC 454 502-2 32 Charpentier, M-A. Incidental music to Le mariage forcé (1664). New Chamber Opera; Band of Instruments/Gary Cooper. ASV GAU 167 22 Boismortier, J. de Première sérérenade ou première simphonie françoise, op 39. Le Concert Spirituel/Hervé Niquet. Naxos 8.554295 33 June 2015
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14:00 THREE CENTURIES OF VOICE
6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson
Tunder, F. Solo cantata for bass, strings and basso continuo: Da mihi, Domine. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar; Else Göhrum-Jennewein, vn; Bertha Krimm, vn; Hermann Hirschfeldert, va; Marianne Klemm-Ott, va; Hermann Klaiss, vc; Max Schulze, db; Lisedore Prätorius, hpd. Hänssler 94.218 12
9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:30 GREAT ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL WORKS Russian composers and dedicatees Prepared by Akiho Suzuki Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Sadko: Musical picture, op 5 (1869/92). Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572787 11 Tchaikovsky, P. The nightingale, op 60 no 4 (1886); Cradle song, op 16 no 1 (1872); O do sing that song, op 16 no 4 (1872). Elisabeth Söderström, sop; Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf. Decca 436 204-2 9 Romance, op 5 (1868). Garrick Ohlsson, pf. Sydney Symphony SSO201301
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Taneyev, S. String quartet no 1 in B flat minor, op 4 (1890). Carpe Diem String Quartet. Naxos 8.570437 34 Rachmaninov, S. Symphony no 2 in E minor, op 27 (1906-07). Royal Concertgebouw O/Kyrill Kondrashin. Radio Nederland RCO 08005 48 11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher
Mendelssohn, F. Hear my prayer (1844). Aled Jones, treb; Monteverdi Singers; Andrew Goodwin, org. ABC 476 3685 12 Brahms, J. Alto rhapsody, op 53 (1869). Janet Baker, mezz; John Aldis Choir; London PO/Adrian Boult. EMI 5 62791 2 12 Quilter, R. I arise from dreams of thee, op 29 (1931). Anthony Rolfe Johnson, ten; Graham Johnson, pf. Collins 15122 4 15:00 ADAM’S WILIS Prepared by Chris Blower
20:00 THE THREE MOZARTS Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Arriaga, J. Overture to The happy slaves (1820). Algarve O/Alvaro Cassuto. 7 Naxos 8.557207 Kraus, J.M. Violin sonata in D minor (1777). Nils-Erik Sparf, vn; Kari Ottesen, vc; Maria Weislander, hpd. Musica Sveciae MSCD 415 12 Mozart, W. Non più. Tutto ascoltai ... Non temer, amato bene, K490 (1786). Yvonne Kenny, sop; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. Sony SK 66282 9 Arriaga, J. Symphony in D (c1824). Algarve O/ Alvaro Cassuto. Naxos 8.557207 23 Kraus, J.M. Non temer. Barbara Bonney, sop; Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö, ten; Drottningholm Court TO/Thomas Schuback. Musica Sveciae MSCD 424 8
Adam, A. Giselle (1841). Monte-Carlo Opera NO. Decca 442 9028 2:03
Mozart, W. Symphony no 34 in C, K338 (1780). Concertgebouw O/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 8.42703 22
Grand air: De vos nobles aïeux, from Si j’étais roi (1852). Sumi Jo, sop; English CO. Decca 440 679-2 7
21:30 ART SONG Prepared by Jan Brown
Richard Bonynge, cond (2 above)
Gould, M. Jericho rhapsody. Allentown Band/ Ronald Demkee. AMP 20059 13
Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman - variations, from Le toréador (1849). Beverly Sills, sop; Paula Robison, fl; Charles Wadsworth, pf. Decca 467 906-2 6
Berlioz, H. Le spectre de la rose, from Les nuits d’été, op 7 no 2 (1840).
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Debussy, C. De rêve, from Proses lyriques (1892). . 6 Janet Howd, sop; Christopher Ross, pf (2 above) Duo 89005 Chabrier, E. Ballade des gros dindons, from Six mélodies (1890). Hugues Cuénod, ten; Geoffrey Parsons, pf. Nimbus 5027 3
Grainger, P. Hawkstow grange, from Lincolnshire posy. US Airforce Band/Lowell Graham. Private DOD 9706 3
O Holy night (1847; arr. Rutter). Bach Choir; Under the Bridge male choir; Royal PO/John Rutter. Decca 2782129 6
Trad. The Skye boat song. Kirkintillock Band/ Frank Renton. EMI 2243-5-21449-2 3
Beethoven, L. Piano sonata in C, op 53, Waldstein (1804). Amir Farid, pf. Move MD 3331
Debussy, C. Gollywog’s cakewalk. Canadian Brass. Musica Viva MV 1011 3
18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Folk Federation of NSW
22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Angela Bell
19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers
Tchaikovsky, P. Album for children, op 39 (1878; arr. Dubinsky, Turovsky). I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky. Chandos CHAN 9098 34
Rimmer, W. March: Knight of the road. Skellerup Woolston Band. Rayjon CDR 0045
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12:00 A LITTLE TASTE OF JAZZ with Rob Thomas 13:00 CHINESE MOSAIC + POSTCARDS FROM SHANGHAI Prepared by Paolo Hooke An exploration of the best of Chinese classical, traditional and film music, incorporating material specially provided by Shanghai Radio 28
Mozart, W. Misero me! … Misero pargoletto, K77 (1770). Teresa Berganza, mezz; Vienna CO/ György Fischer. Decca 432 300-2 12
Bernstein, L. Excerpts from West Side Story (1957). Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence, voices; original Broadway cast. Columbia SK 60724 19
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Bernstein, L. Excerpts from On the town (1944). Nancy Walker, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, John Reardon, Cris Alexander, voices; O/Leonard Bernstein. Columbia SK 60538 19 Yeston, M. Folies begère from Nine (1982). Liliane Montevecchi, Stephanie Cotsirilos, voices. Sony Broadway SK 53541 7 Coleman, C. Come follow the band from Barnum (1980). Jim Dale, voice. Sony Broadway SK 53541
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Brahms, J. Die Mainacht, op 43 no 2 (1864); Feldeinsamheit, op 86 no 2 (1877). John McCormack, ten; Edwin Schnieder, pf. EMI CDH 763306 2 6
Mozart, W. String quartet no 17 in B flat, K458, Hunt (1784). Jerusalem Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908601.30 33 Richter, F. Sinfonia a quattro in C, La melodia germanica (c1750). New Dutch Academy CO/ Simon Murphy. PentaTone PTC 5186 029 19 Grieg, E. Lyric pieces, bk 6, op 57 (1893). Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, pf. Naxos 8.553395 27
Sunday 7 June 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
16:00 SIXES Prepared by Frank Morrison
6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Terry McMullen
Glinka, M. Grand sextet in E flat for double bass, piano and string quartet (1832). Capricorn. Hyperion CDA66163 25
9:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Stephen Wilson
Dohnányi, E. Sextet in G, op 37 (1935). Ensemble Kheops. Fugo Libera FUG585
Benda, G. Harpsichord concerto in C (1779). Antonin Novák, vn; Vojtech Jouza, vn; Karel Spelina, va; Frantisek Sláma, vc; Frantisek Posta, db; Josef Hála, hpd. Supraphon 11 1001-2 15 Spohr, L. String quartet no 23 in E, op 82 no 1 (1828-29). Moscow Philharmonic Concertino String Quartet. Marco Polo 8.225983 23 Debussy, C. Sonata in G minor for flute, viola and harp (1916). Osian Ellis, hp; members of Melos Ensemble. Decca 421 154-2 16 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Barrie Brockwell
17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Meg Matthews Dohnányi, E. Praise my soul. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury. 3
Annie Fischer 12:00 SPEAK EASY, SWING HARD with Richard Hughes The Golden Era of jazz, as seen through the knowledge and experience of one of Australia’s leading exponents
Be still my soul. Cantillation/Brett Weymark. 5 All people that on earth do dwell. Choir of Winchester Cathedral/David Hill. 5 ABC 980 103-3 (3 above)
13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide Showcases diverse music from cultures around the world, both traditional and modern, featuring musicians from all corners of the globe, including Australia
Gassmann, F. Overture to L’amore artigiano (1767). English CO/Richard Bonynge. ABC 482 1059 7
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Mozart, W. L’amerò, sarò costante, from Il re pastore, K208 (1775). Yvonne Kenny, sop; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti, vn & dir. Sony SK 66282 6
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Haydn, J. Concerto in G for flute, oboe, two horns and strings, Hob.VIIh:2 (1786-87). Benoit Fromanger, fl; Christian Hommel, ob; Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl. Naxos 8.570481 14
Little suite, op 1 (1888/89). Danish NRSO/Ulf Schirmer. Decca 452 486-2 16
Mendelssohn, Fanny. Hörst du nicht die Bäume rauschen, op 3 no 1, from Gartenlieder (1846). Heidelberg Madrigal Choir/Gerald Kegelmann. Bayer BR 100 041 3 Mendelssohn, F. String quartet no 6 in F minor, op 80 (1847). The Lindsays. ASV QS 6173
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Rosetti, F. Sonata no 2 in E flat. Naoko Yoshino, hp. Philips 446 064-2 9 Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 22 in E flat, K482. Annie Fischer, pf; Philharmonia O/ Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI 7697.732 34
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Nielsen, C. Festive prelude (1900). Elisabeth Westenholz, pf. BIS CD-167/168 2
Symphony no 1, op 7 (1889-94). Danish NSO/ Michael Schønwandt. Naxos 8.570737 33 Five piano pieces, op 3 (c1890). Elisabeth Westenholz, pf. BIS CD-167/168
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Snefrid: suite for orchestra (1893-94/99) Danish NSO/Thomas Dausgaard. Da Capo 6.220518 13 Fantasy piece (c1885). Lars Kristian Holm Brynildsen, cl; Leif Ove Andsnes, pf. BIS CD-428
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Symphony no 2, op 16, The four temperaments (1901-02). Danish RSO/Herbert Blomstedt. EMI 5 74188 2 34
Gibbons, O. Magnificat; Nunc dimittis, from 2nd evening service (pub. 1641). Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly. Naxos 8.553130 10 Gounod, C. Gloria, from Troisième messe solennelle de Pâques (1885). St Mary’s Cathedral Choir; Jubilee Choir; Sydney Conservatorium Choir, Chorale & O/David Russell. Walsingham Classics WAL 8011-2 10 Stainer, J. I saw the Lord. Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral; Andrew Lucas, org; John Scott, cond. Hyperion CDA 66374 8 Gibbons, O. O clap your hands. Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly. Naxos 8.553130
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Trad. Jesus met the woman at the well. Chanticleer. Teldec 4509-96515-2
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18:00 SCARLATTI AND FRIENDS Prepared by Emyr Evans Scarlatti, D. Sonata in D minor, Kk213. Ralph Kirkpatrick, hpd. DG 439 438-2 4 Beethoven, L. 32 Variations in C minor on an original theme, WoO80 (1806). Olli Mustonen, pf. Decca 436 834-2 10 Schubert, F. Violin sonata no 2 in A minor, D385 (1816). Isaac Stern, vn; Daniel Barenboim, pf. Sony SM2K 64528 23 Brahms, J. Four piano pieces, op 119 (1892). Emanuel Ax, pf. Sony SK 69284 16 June 2015
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Martucci, G. Tarantella, op 44 no 6 (1880). Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia. Naxos 8.570930 6 Tchaikovsky, P. Cossack dance, from Mazeppa (1884). London SO/Charles Mackerras. Mercury 434 352-2 4 Liszt, F. Totentanz. Alfred Brendel, pf; London PO/Bernard Haitink. Philips 456 733-2 15 Arnold, M. Four Scottish dances, op 59 (1957). Queensland SO/Andrew Penny. Naxos 8.553526 9 Smetana, B. Three dances, from The bartered bride (1866). Cleveland O/George Szell. Sony SBK 48 279 11 Rachmaninov, S. Symphonic dances, op 45 (1940). Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Exton EXCL-00018 34 20:30 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Rex Burgess
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Robert Small 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Madilina Tresca Schubert, F. Sonata in A minor, D821, Arpeggione (1824; arr. Sollscher). Gil Shaham, vn; Göran Söllscher, gui. DG 479 2565 26 Otto, L. Trumpet concerto in E flat (arr. Brown). Maurice André, tpt; Württemberg CO/ Jörg Faerber. EMI CMS 7 69880-2 15 Boccherini, L. Quintet no 1 in D minor (1797). Elizabeth Blumenstock, vn; Anthony Martin, vn; Katherine Kyme, va; Elisabeth Le Guin, vc; Richard Savino, gui. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907039 25
Marais, M. Suite in E minor/G. Charivari Agréable. ASV GAU 152 27
Leone, G. Sonata for Neopolitan mandolin and lute (arr. Lichtenberg, Schrader) Caterina Lichtenberg, mand; Mirko Schrader, gui. Schwann 3-6435-2 9
Boccherini, L. Sextet in F for flute and strings, op 16 no 2 (1773). Piccolo Concerto, Vienna/ Roberto Sensi. Accent ACC 24245 31
Beethoven, L. Romance no 2 in F, op 50 (1798; transcr. 1803; arr. Müller-Schott). Daniel MüllerSchott, vc; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. Orfeo C 080 031 A 8
Beethoven, L. String quartet in E minor, op 59 no 2 (1808). New Budapest String Quartet. Hyperion CDA66404 35
10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Derek Parker
Hummel, J. Piano trio in E flat no 7, op 96 (c1822). Borodin Trio. Chandos CHAN 9529 20
Smetana, B. Overture and dances from The bartered bride (1866). London SO/Geoffrey Simon. LP Chandos ABRD 1149 24
22:30 NEW HORIZONS Late 20th century in Austria Prepared by Phil Vendy
Lambert, C. Piano concerto (1924). David Owen Norris, pf; BBC Concert O/Barry Wordsworth. ASV WHL 2122 19
Kreuz, M. Mouvement symphonic no 3. Vienna CO/Alexander Liebreich. Vienna Modern Masters VMM 3053
Raff, J. Symphony no 5 in E, op 177, Lenore (1872). Suisse Romande O/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHSA 5135 40
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Kuerti, A. Six arrows (1974). Réa Beaumont, pf. Shrinking Planet SPP 0089 16
12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan
Ligeti, G. Piano concerto (1985-86). Pierre-Laurent Aimard, pf; Ensemble InterContemporain/Pierre Boulez. DG 439 808-2
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Schulze, W. Five pictures for orchestra, Snúningur (1980). Alfred Hertel, heckelphone; Polish Radio and TV SO, Krakow/Szymon Kawalla. VMM 3001 24 30
Mozart, W. Mandina amabile, questo danaro, K480 (1785). Eva Lind, sop; Hans Peter Blochwitz, ten; Anton Scharinger, bass; Dresden PO/Jörg-Peter Weigle. Philips 464 880-2 5
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19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Jennifer Foong
Arriaga, J. Erminia.
Beethoven, L. Ah! perfido, scene and aria, op 65 (1795-96). Maria Callas, sop; Conservatoire Concert Society O/Nicola Rescigno. EMI CDC 7 54437 2 14 14:00 ROMANTIC CHAMBER MUSIC Prepared by Gael Golla Brahms, J. Horn trio in E flat, op 40 (1865). Members of Nash Ensemble. crd 3489 30 Albéniz, I. Preludio, from Songs of Spain, op 232 (1896). Pro Arte Guitar Trio. ASV WHL 2061 7 Bruch, M. Piece in C sharp minor, op 83 no 3 (pub. 1910). Janet Hilton, cl; Nobuko Imai, va; Roger Vignoles, pf. Chandos CHAN 8776 6 Gounod, C. Petite symphony in B flat for nine wind instruments (1885). Munich Wind Academy/Alexander Brezina. Orfeo C 051 831 A 21 Fauré, G. Élégie, op 24 (1880). Anne Gastinel, vc; Suzy Bossard, pf. Ottavo OTR C 79032 7 Donizetti, G. Sonata (1840). Marc Grauwels, fl; Catherine Michel, hp. Marco Polo 8.220441 5 Mendelssohn, F. String octet in E flat, op 20 (1825). Members of Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. Sony SK 57484 30 16:00 FINE MUSIC HOLIDAY including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Ogilvie
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Mendelssohn, F. Infelice, op 94 (1834/43). 9 Rosamund Illing, sop; Melbourne SO/Heribert Esser (2 above) ABC 434 898-2
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Popoli di Tessaglia ... Io non chiedo, eterni Dei, K316 (1778-79). Natalie Dessay, sop; Lyon Opera O/Theodor Guschlbauer. Virgin 363332 2 9 11
19:00 JAZZ NICE ‘N EASY with Ken Weatherley 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson
Tuesday 9 June 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Barrie Brockwell Purcell, H. Suite from The Gordian knot unty’d (1691). Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon. Naxos 8.570149 17 Elgar. E. Cello concerto in E minor, op 85 (1918-19). Pierre Fournier, vc; Berlin PO/Alfred Wallenstein. DG 423 881 26 Brahms, J. Symphony no 4 in E minor, op 98 (1884-85). Gewandhaus O/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 478 5344 38
Sir Andrew Davis 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
Vaughan Williams, R. Symphony no 6 in E minor (1944-47/50). Teldec 9031-73127-2 32 BBC SO/Andrew Davis, cond (all above) 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Michael Field 18:00 SYDNEY SYMPHONY 2015 Produced by Andrew Bukenya
What’s on in concerts during the next month
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds
13:00 FOUR WINDS Prepared by Andari Anggamulia
20:00 RECENT RELEASES with David Ogilvie
Pleyel, I. Sinfonia concertante no 5 in F (c1800). Hansjürgen Möhring, fl; Gunther Passin, ob; Jürgen Gode, bn; Walter Lexutt, hn; Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl. Koch schwann 316 038 F1 21
22:00 INTO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Our neighbours to east and west Prepared by Elaine Siversen
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: Benjamin Grosvenor Prepared by Barrie Brockwell Chopin, F. Andante spianato, op 22 (1834); Polonaise brillante, op 22 (1831-32). Decca 478 5334 13 My joys (transcr Liszt); The maiden’s wish, from Chants polonais no 1, op 74 no 1 (1829; arr. Liszt). Decca 478 3206 7 Bach, J.S. Ouverture; Courante; Menuet; Gigue, from Partita no 4 in D, BWV828 (1725). Decca 478 5334 9 Gershwin, G. Love walked in (transcr. Grainger). Royal Liverpool PO/James Judd. Decca 478 3527
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Granados, E. Valses poeticos (1887). Decca 478 5334
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Ravel, M. Gaspard de la nuit (1908). Decca 478 3206
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Saint-Saëns, C. The swan (transcr. Godowsky). Royal Liverpool PO/James Judd. Decca 478 3527 3 Schulz-Evler, A. Arabesques on themes from The beautiful blue Danube (1867). 10 Gould, M. Boogie-woogie étude (1943). Decca 487 5334 (2 above) Benjamin Grosvenor, pf (all above)
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Mozart, W. Caro mio Druck und Schluck (1789). Julie Kaufmann, sop; Hans Peter Blochwitz, ten; Peter Schreier, ten; Anton Scharinger, bass; Rudolf Jansen, pf. Philips 446 241-2
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Sinfonia concertante no 1 in E flat, K297b (c1778). Robert Hill, cl; Derek Wickens; ob; Martin Gatt, bn; English CO/Barry Tuckwell. Decca 421 393-2 31
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Lilburn, D. Tone poem: A song of islands (1946). New Zealand SO/James Judd. Naxos 8.557697
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Wind quintet (1957). Amelia Skinner, fl; Luigi Ferletti, ob; Alan Gold, cl; Gordon Skinner, bn; Marcel Lambert, hn. LP Kiwi-Pacific 2/SLD-58 11 Carr, E. Night music, scherzo (1957). Queensland SO/Edwin Carr. LP ABC/Kiwi-Pacific SLD 55
14:00 CONTEMPORARY CONDUCTORS Andrew Davis Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Elgar, E. Overture: Cockaigne, op 40, In London Town (1900-01). Teldec 9031-73279-2
Carr, E. Mardi gras overture (1950). Queensland SO/Edwin Carr. LP ABC/Kiwi-Pacific SLD70
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Delius, F. Brigg Fair: an English rhapsody (1907). Teldec 4509-90845-2 17 Vaughan Williams, R. Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis (1910/19). Teldec 9031-73127-2 16 Elgar, E. Variations on an original theme, op 36, Enigma (1899). Teldec 9031-73279-2 31
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Rainier, P. Suite for clarinet and piano (1943). Olivier de Groote, cl; Albie van Schalkwyk, pf. Claremont GSE 1504 14 Hely-Hutchinson, V. Carol symphony (c1928). Pro Arte O/Barry Rose. EMI 7 64131 2 24 Wyk, A. Five elegies (1940-41). Jürgen Schweitering, vn; Petri Salonen, vn; Leo Luyjendijk, va; Eric Martens, vc. Claremont GSE 1525
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Rorke, P. Divertimento (1952). Strings of Melbourne SO/Peter Rorke. LP ABC RRCS 380
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Wednesday 10 June 20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Michael Tesoriero
Schubert, F. Overture to The magic harp, D644 (1820). Cleveland O/George Széll. Sony SBK 60267
Giordano, U. Fedora. Opera in three acts. Libretto by Arturo Colauti. First performed Milan, 1889.
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Bortkiewicz, S. Piano concerto no 1 in B flat, op 16 (1912). Stephen Coombs, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk. Hyperion CDA66624 36
PRINCESS FEDORA: Magda Olivero, sop COUNT IPANOV: Mario del Monaco, ten National O of Monaco Opera/Nicola Rescigno. Decca 433033-2 1:59
Arensky, A. Symphony no 1 in B minor, op 4 (1883). USSR Academic SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya MCD 167 36
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti
13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI Emerging young artist With Katherine Ly; Recorded by Greg Ghavalas
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Music of the 18th century Prepared by Frank Morrison
14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans
In St Petersburg her lover Vladimir dies in the arms of Princess Fedora. She swears to avenge his murder. She contacts the police who suspect Count Ipanov, now in Paris. She pursues Ipanov who admits he killed him in a duel, defending his late wife’s honour. The two fall in love and go to Switzerland. Here Ipanov hears that police information from a Paris spy has caused the deaths from shock of his brother and mother. Fedora is overwhelmed with remorse at the terrible outcome of her plotting and Ipanov sees her guilt. She takes poison. He forgives her but she dies in his arms.
15:00 INSPIRED BY OPERA Prepared by Giovanna Grech
22:30 FOCUS ON MICHAEL HAYDEN Prepared by Stephen Matthews
Ries, F. Fantasie on Mozart ‘s The marriage of Figaro (1817). Christian Lambour, pf. Schwann 310 120 15
Haydn, M. Clarinet concerto in A. Salzburger Hofmusik/Wolfgang Brunner. cpo 777 781-2 12
Marsh, J. Symphony no 3 in D (ed. GrahamJones). Chichester Concert/Ian Graham-Jones. Olympia OCD 400 9
Handel, G. Sorge infausta, from Orlando, HVW31 (pub. 1733). Dmitri Hvorostovsky, bar; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Philips 456 543-2 4
Aria; Chorus, from Battle of repentence and conversion. Tunde Szaboki, sop; Purcell Choir; Orfeo O/Gyorgy Vashegyi. 3 Carus 83.351
Stanley, J. Organ concerto in G, op 16 no 3 (pub. 1775). Ensemble Pian e Forte/Antonio Frigé, org & dir. Nuova Era 7019 9
Gluck, C. Reigen seliger Geister, from Orpheus and Eurydice (1762). Gunilla von Bahr, fl; Stockholm Chamber Ensemble. BIS CD-100 7
Avison, C. Concerto grosso no 12 in D, after D. Scarlatti (1744). Tafelmusik Baroque O/Jean Lamon. SM5000 SMCD5061 15
Myslivecek, J. Chi per pietà mi dice, from Antigona (1773). Magdalena Kozená, mezz; Prague PO/Michel Swierczewski. DG 471 334-2
Arne, T. Trio sonata in E minor, op 3 no 7 (pub. 1757). Utako Ikeda, fl; Catherine Weiss, vn; Mark Caudle, vc; Paul Nicholson, hpd. Amon Ra SAR 42 12
Bizet, G. Suite no 1 from L’arlésienne (1872). Philharmonia O/Herbert von Karajan. EMI CDM 1 66424 2 17
Nicola Rescigno 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
Arnold, S. Overture in D, op 8 no 6 (c1771). Toronto Camerata/Kevin Mallon. Naxos 8.557484 11 Hebden, J. Concerto no 5 in C minor (c1748). Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd. Chandos CHAN 8339 11
Boyce, W. Symphony no 8 in D minor (pub. 1760). Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Ronald Thomas. CRD 3356 11 32
10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Sheila Catzel
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with James Hunter 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell
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Song of freedom. Die Singphoniker. cpo 999 333-2
Finale, from String quartet in C. Sonare Quartet. 3 Claves 2940 49506 Excerpts from St Aloysius mass. Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conifer Classics 75605-51220-2
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Symphony no 2 in C. Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal. cpo 999 591-2 21 Horn concerto in D. Barry Tuckwell, hn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Decca 480 3031
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Excerpts from Requiem for Archbishop Siegmund. King’s Consort Choir and Consort/ Robert King. Hyperion CDA 65710 11
Thursday 11 June 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 Composer focus Prepared by Raj Gopalakrishnan Taneyev, S. Adagio in C (1875). Novosibirsk Academic SO/Thomas Sanderling. Naxos 8.570584 6 Scherzo and Finale, from Piano quintet in G minor, op 30 (pub. 1911). Vadim Repin, vn; Ilya Gringolts, vn; Nobuko Imai, va; Lynn Harrell, vc; Mikhail Pletnev, pf. DG 477 5419 16 Choruses, op 27 (1909): no 6, A prayer; no 9, From the clouds. Moscow State Chamber Choir/Vladimir Minin. DG 474 241-2 11 Overture to The Oresteia, op 6 (1889). Philharmonia O/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8953 Prelude and fugue in G sharp minor, op 29 (1910). Olga Solovieva, pf. Naxos 8.557804
19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey
Balakirev, M. Overture on three Russian themes (1858-1881). Philharmonia O/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Hyperion CDA66586 9
20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Classic Mozart and Bach Recorded by Joanne Wroblewska for FINE MUSIC
Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Fantasy on Russian themes, op 33 (1887). Lydia Mordkovitch, vn; Royal Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 10491 17
Koehne, G. To his servant Bach, God grants a final glimpse, The morning star. 4
Lyapunov, S. Solemn overture on Russian themes, op 7 (1896). USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya MCD 129 16 Strauss, J. II Mazurka on Russian themes, op 256 (1861). CSSR State PO/Alfred Walter. Marco Polo 8.223201 3 Glinka, M. Capriccio on Russian themes (1834). Joan Yarbrough, pf; Robert Cowan, pf. Pantheon D 07183 9 14:00 THE BOULANGER LEGACY Prepared by David Ogilvie
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Canzona in F minor (1883; arr. Taneyev). Vytautas Sondeckis, vc; Lithuanian CO/David Geringas. Naxos 8.554381 6 Scherzo and finale from Symphony no 4 in C minor, op 12 (1898). Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky. Chandos CHAN 9998 15 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Frank Morrison Prokofiev, S. Russian overture, op 72 (1936). USSR Ministry of Culture SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Melodiya 10-00205 14 Fauré, G. Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande, op 80 (1898). Monte Carlo PO/Lawrence Foster. Claves 50-9102 17 Stenhammar, W. Symphony no 1 in F (190203). Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi. DG 445 857-2 50 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers
13:00 ON RUSSIAN THEMES Prepared by Ross Hayes
Stravinsky, I. Concerto in E flat, Dumbarton Oaks (1938). Montreal Sinfonietta/Charles Dutoit. Decca 473 810-2 15 Francaix, J. Piano concerto in D (1937). Jean Francaix, pf; PO of Paris/Nadia Boulanger. RCA 15114-A 16 Boulanger, L. Nocturne (1911). Yehudi Menuhin, vn; Clifford Curzon, pf. EMI CDM 7 64281 2
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Chopin, F. Rondo in C minor, op 1 (1825). Idil Biret, pf. Naxos 8.554537 8 Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 25 in C, K503 (1786). Daniel Barenboim, pf; New Philharmonia O/Otto Klemperer. Philips 456 721-2 34 Stravinsky, I. Symphony of psalms. Monteverdi Choir; London SO/John Eliot Gardiner. DG 02894637892 2
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Jones, Q. The pawnbroker. Terence Blanchard, tpt; O/Steven Mercurio. Sony SK60671 7 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Marilyn Schock
Bach, J.S. Double concerto in D minor, BWV1043 (bef. 1730). Harry Ward, vn.
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Pantelidis, C. The Southern Cross (2014).
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Phoebe Gardner, vn (2 above) Mozart, W. Mass no 19 in D minor, K626 (1791; compl. Süssmayr). Clarissa Spata, sop; Emily Edmonds, mezz; David Hamilton, ten; Daniel Nicholson, bass; Willoughby Symphony Choir. 44 Willoughby SO/Paul Fitzsimon, cond (all above) 21:30 LUTZ KIRCHHOF, LUTENIST Prepared by Philip Lidbury Batchelar, D. Pavane IV. Sony SBK 60098
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Boyer, J. Sus, sus reveillés (arr. Bataille). Max van Egmond, bar. Sony SK 48250 4 Dowland, J. Sir John Langton, his pavin.
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Holborne, A. Pavane II. Sony SBK 60098 (2 above)
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Adriaenssen, E. Amanti miei (1584). Claudio Cavina, alto; Max van Egmond, bar; Sabine Dreier, fl; Petra Manz, bass viol; Lutz Kirchhof, cond. Sony SK 66 263 6 Lutz Kirchhof, lute (all above) 22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Brahms, the voice and the orchestra Prepared by Elaine Siversen Brahms, J. Cantata: Rinaldo, op 50 (1863-68). James King, ten; Ambrosian Ch; New PO/ Claudio Abbado. Decca 478 5365 40 Brahms, J. Double concerto in A minor, op 102 (1887). Gidon Kremer, vn; Mischa Maisky, vc; Vienna PO/Leonard Bernstein. DG 410 031-2 35 Brahms, J. Symphony no 4 in E minor, op 98 (1884-85). Vienna SO/Wolfgang Sawallisch. Decca 478 5609 39 June 2015
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Friday 12 June 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 Exploring chamber Prepared by Sheila Catzel Turina, J. Circulo, op 91 (1936). Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 446 684-2 11 Granados, E. Piano quintet in G minor, op 49 (1898). Thomas Rajna, pf; Alberni Quartet. CRD 1035 15 Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. Guitar quintet, op 143. Andrés Segovia, gui; strings of Quintetto Chigiano. DG 474 9612 23 Kalliwoda, J. Morceau de salon, op 228. Colin Bradbury, cl; Oliver Davies, pf. ASV DCA 701 9 Myaskovsky, N. String quartet no 10 in F, op 67 no 1 (1945). Leningrad Taneyev Quartet. Melodiya MA 3006 24 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Raj Gopalakrishnan
Liszt, F. Liebesträume (1845-49). Marilyn Meier, pf. Mala-Daki MAM 29464 16 Grigoryan, E. Day dreams. Slava Grigoryan, gui; Leonard Grigoryan, gui. ABC 472 824-2 4 Boyd, A. As I crossed a bridge of dreams (1975). Sydney Chamber Choir/Nicholas Routley. Tall Poppies TP127
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Vine, C. Pipe dreams (2003). Sharon Bezaly, fl; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. BIS CD-1789 15
Rachmaninov, S. Dreams, op 38 no 5 (1916). Elena Brilova, sop; Alexander Melnikov, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901978 4 Debussy, C. Rêverie (1890; arr. Kondonassis). Yolanda Kondonassis, hp. Telarc 80533 4 Glazunov, A. Rêverie orientale, op 14 no 2 (1887). Rumanian State O/Horia Andreescu. Marco Polo 8.220487 8
Charpentier, G. Impressions of Italy (1887-89). Opéra Comique NTO/Pierre Dervaux. EMI 5 65150 2 35 Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 4 in A, op 90, Italian (1833). Gewandhaus O/Kurt Masur. Teldec 243 463-2 29
Handel, G. Concerto grosso in A, op 6 no 11 (1739). Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer. ABC 476 3436 16
Tchaikovsky, P. Gypsy girl’s song, op 60 no 7. Olga Borodina, mezz; Larissa Gergieva, pf. Philips 442 013-2 3
Organ concerto no 13 in F, HWV295, Cuckoo and the nightingale (1739). Nicholas Parle, org; London Baroque/Charles Medlam. EMI CDC 7 49799 2 13
15:00 SCARLATTI AND FRIENDS Prepared by Emyr Evans
Mendelssohn, F. Overture to A midsummer night’s dream, op 21 (1826). Concertgebouw O/ Otto Klemperer. Memories HR 4248 12
Bériot, C-A. de Violin concerto no 2 in B minor, op 32 (1835). Philippe Quint, vn; Slovak RSO/Kirk Trevor. Naxos 8.570360 28
Saint-Saëns, C. Gypsy dance, from Henry VIII (1883). London SO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 466 431-2 3
Karlowicz, M. Violin concerto in A, op 8 (1902). Ilya Kaler, vn; Warsaw PO/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.572274 29
13:00 DREAMING Prepared by Gael Golla
Alkan, C-V. Chamber concerto in A minor, op 10 no 1 (1832). Marc-André Hamelin, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA66717 14
22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Philip Lidbury Part 1: Orchestral Handel
Rachmaninov, S. Capriccio on gypsy themes, op 12 (1892-94). Queensland SO/Vladimir Verbitsky. ABC 438 880-2 20
12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell
20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Judy Ekstein
14:30 GYPSY INSPIRATION Prepared by Jan Brown
Schubert, F. Ballet music from Rosamunde, D797 (1823). Vienna SO/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Apex 0927 498132 16
Kalinnikov, Vasily. Symphony no 1 in G minor (1897). USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya 10-00171 37
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Vaughan Williams, R. In dreams, from Songs of travel (1901). Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; Malcolm Martineau, pf. DG 445 946-2 3
Scarlatti, D. Sonata in E, Kk380. Vladimir Horowitz, pf. CBS MK 42410
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Overture and ballet music from Ariodante, HWV33 (1735). Simon Preston, Colin Tilney, hpd; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/ Neville Marriner. Decca 433 732-2 18 Waft her, angels, through the skies, from Jephtha, HWV70 (1751). David Hobson, ten; Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker. ABC 476 3335
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Mendelssohn, F. Fantasy on the last rose of summer, op 15 (1827). Simon Tedeschi, pf. Sony SK89233 8
Suite from Rodrigo, HWV5 (1706). Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman. Hyperion CDA67053 16
Gershwin, G. An American in Paris (1928). Howard Shelley, pf; BBC PO/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 9325
Harp concerto in B flat, op 4 no 6 (1735-36; arr. Zabaleta). Nicanor Zabaleta, hp; Paul Kuentz CO/Paul Kuentz. DG 469 544-2 13 Part 2: Hildegard performed in Australia:
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Granados, E. The lover and the nightingale. Linda Kouvaras, pf. Move MCD 042 6 Debussy, C. Images I (1905). Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pf. Memoria ABM 999-001 16 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Lloyd Capps 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron
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Hildegard of Bingen. O Ecclesia. Australian Brandenburg Choir; Australian Brandenburg O/ Paul Dyer. 7 ABC 476 4687 Ave generosa (c1150). Sydney Consort. Sydney Consort SC 006
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O viridissima virga (c1150). Heather Lee, sop; Bronwyn Kirkpatrick, shakuhachi; Tunji Beier, cymbals; Kim Cunio, harmonium. ABC 476 570-5 10
Saturday 13 June 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
Brahms, J. Four piano pieces, op 119 (1892). Emanuel Ax, pf. Sony SK 69284 16
6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett
Chopin, F. Fantasie-Impromptu no 4 in C sharp minor, op 66 (1834). Wilhelm Kempff, pf. Decca 452 307-2 5
9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:30 GREAT ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL WORKS Prepared by Chris Blower Debussy, C. Symphonic suite: Spring (1887). Paris O/Daniel Barenboim. DG 435 069-2 18 Beethoven, L. 14 variations in E flat, op 44 (c1792). Pinchas Zukerman, vn; Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Daniel Barenboim, pf. EMI CMS 7 63124-2 15 Schumann, R. Cello concerto in A minor, op 129 (1850). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; New Philharmonia O/ Daniel Barenboim. EMI CZS 5 68132 2 25 Wolf, H. Auch kleine Dinge; Ihr seid die Allerschönste; Wer rief dich denn? Dass doch gematl all deine Reize wären; Ihr jungen Leute; Ein Ständchen Euch zu bringen, from The Italian songbook. Christa Ludwig, mezz; DietrichFischer Dieskau, bar; Daniel Barenboim, pf. DG 439 975-2 10 Chopin, F. Piano concerto no 1 in E minor, op 11 (1830). Daniel Barenboim, pf; Staatskapelle Berlin/Andris Nelsons. DG 477 9520 41 11:30 ON PARADE with Grimethorpe Colliery Band Prepared by Robert Small
14:00 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 15:00 BROCKES-PASSION Telemann, G. Brockes-Passion, TWV5.1 (1716). Birgitte Christensen, sop; Lydia Teuscher, sop; Marie-Claude Chappuis, mezz; Donat Havar, ten; Daniel Behle, ten; Johannes Weisser, bar; RIAS Chamber Choir; Akademie für Alte Musik/René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902013.14 2:20 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Organ Music Society of Sydney Prepared by Andrew Grahame Rheinberger, J. Prelude and fugue in D minor (1854). 6 Monologues, op 162 nos 3, 4, 5 and 6 (1890). 13 25
Wolfgang Rübsam, org (all above) Naxos 8.570341 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers Rodgers, R. Excerpts from Pipe dream (1955). William Johnson, Helen Traubel, Judy Tyler, Mike Kellin, voices; original Broadway cast. RCA Victor 09026-61481-2 19
Wilby, P. Unholy sonnets (1996). Martin Hindmarsh, ten.
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McCabe, J. Salamander (1994).
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DePaul, G. Barn dance, from Seven brides for seven brothers (1954). MGM Studio O. 6
Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Peter Parkes (2 above) Chandos CHAN 4549
Rozsa, M. Overture to Ben Hur (1959). MGM Studio Ch & O. 6 Warner Movie Classics 8122727202 (2 above)
12:00 A LITTLE TASTE OF JAZZ with Rob Thomas 13:00 SCARLATTI AND FRIENDS Prepared by Emyr Evans Scarlatti, D. Sonata por el Señor Escarlate. Rafael Puyana, hpd. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901164/65 3
Rodgers, R. Excerpts from Do I hear a waltz? Elizabeth Allen, Sergio Franchi, Carol Bruce, Madeleine Sherwood, voices; original Broadway cast. Sony 88691 94840 2 18 20:00 FEATURING THE OBOE Prepared by Gael Golla
Mendelssohn, F. Song without words, op 62 no 1 (1825-45). Byron Janis, pf. Mercury 434 333-2 3
Bach, J.S. Double concerto in C minor, BWV1060 (1723). Harold Gomberg, ob; Isaac Stern, vn; New York PO/Leonard Bernstein. Sony SMK 66 471 17
Stravinsky, I. Trois mouvements de Pétrouchka (1921). Freddy Kempf, pf. BIS SACD-1810
Ibert, J. Trois pièces brèves (1930). Eleonore Pameijer, fl; Hans Colbers, cl; Pauline Oostenrijk, ob; Peter Gaasterland, bn; Herman Jeurissen, hn. Olympia OCD 468 7
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Williamson, M. Piano sonata no 1. Ian Munro, pf. Tall Poppies TP058 10
Milhaud, D. Sonatina, op 337 (1954). Jan Adamus, ob; Stanislav Bogunia, pf. Le Chant du Monde PR 240009 CM 201
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Mozart, W. Oboe quartet, in F, K370 (1781). Lothar Koch, ob; Members of Amadeus Quartet. DG 437 139-2 15 Honegger, A. Trois contrepoints (1922). Alain Marion, fl; Christian Moreaux, ob; Don-Suk Kan, vn; Raphael Wallfisch, vc. 6 Timpani 1C1010 Jolivet, A. Sérénade (1945). Diana Doherty, ob; David Korevaar, pf. ABC 465 782-2 19 21:30 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Giovanna Grech
17:30 ARTS IN FOCUS
Organ sonata no 17 in B, op 181, Fantasiesonata (1894). `
Albinoni, T. Double concerto in C, op 7 no 2. Anthony Robson, ob; Catherine Latham, ob; Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN 0602 5
Bellini, V. Casta diva. A! bello a me ritorno, from Norma (1831). Maria Callas, sop; Turin Italian RSO/Arturo Basile. Naxos 8.110302 9 Cilea, F. Io son l’umile ancella, from Adriana Lecouvreur (1902). Grace Bumbry, sop; Stuttgart RSO/Stefan Soltész. 3 Orfeo C 081 841 A Gounod, C. Ah! lève toi, soleil, from Romeo and Juliet (1867). Richard Margison, ten; Canadian Opera Company O/Richard Bradshaw. CBC SMCD 5158
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Verdi, G. Addio del passato, from La traviata (1853). Joan Carden, sop; Queensland PO/ Roderick Brydon. 7 Walsingham WAL 8026-2 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Rex Burgess Respighi, O. Rossiniana (1925). West Australian SO/Jorge Mester. ABC 442 348-2 26 Leclair, J-M. Trio in A for two violins and bass, op 14. Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN 0582 18 Berlioz, H. Love scene, from Romeo and Juliet, op 17 (1839). Sydney SO/Robert Pikler. Chandos CHAN 6587 17 Piazzolla, A. Histoire du tango (1986). William Bennett, fl; Simon Wynberg, gui. ASV DCA 692 19 Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 24 in C minor, K491 (1786). London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley, pf & dir. Chandos CHAN 9326 30 June 2015
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Sunday 14 June 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Robert Small
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Violin sonata no 2, op 35. Lydia Mordkovitch, vn; Clifford Benson, pf. Chandos CHAN 8598 22
Schobert, J. Quartet in F minor, op 7 no 2 (1764). Chiara Banchini, vn; Véronique Méjean, vn; Philipp Bosbach, vc; Luciano Sgrizzi, fp. Harmonia Mundi HMC 1901294 13
Symphony no 3, op 27, Sinfonia espansiva (1910-11). Kirsten Schulz, sop; Peter Rasmussen, bar; Danish RSO/Herbert Blomstedt. EMI 5 74188 2 36
Cilea, F. Cello sonata, op 38 (1888). Massimo Macrì, vc; Giacomo Fuga, pf. Naxos 8.573141 17
16:00 PRELUDES Prepared by Gael Golla
Ibert, J. Two movements for wind quartet (1921). Eleonore Pameijer, fl; Hans Colbers, cl; Pauline Oostenrijk, ob; Peter Gaasterland, bn. Olympia OCD 468 7 Boccherini, L. String quintet in C minor, op 31 no 4 (1780). Ensemble 415. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901378 17
Beethoven, L. Symphony no 1 in C, op 21 (1800). Vienna PO/Simon Rattle. EMI 5 57448 2
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Hummel, J. Introduction, theme and variations in F, op 102 (1805). Italian International O; Diego Dini-Ciacci, ob & dir. Naxos 8.554280 14 Reicha, A. Wind quintet in D, op 91 no 3 (c1819). Academia Wind Quintet of Prague. Hyperion CDD22006 23 Beethoven, L. String quartet in A minor no 15, op 132 (1825). Kodály Quartet. Naxos 8.554592 42 Persiani, G. Cari giorni a me sereni, from Ines de Castro (1835). Cecilia Bartoli, mezz; Maria Goldschmidt, fl; Daniel Pezzotti, vc; Una Prelle, hp; Orchestra La Scintilla/Àdám Fischer. Decca 478 2558 4 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 14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL
Prepared by Elaine Siversen Nielsen, C. Overture: Helios, op 17 (1903). Neeme Järvi, cond. DG 447 757-2 9 Violin concerto, op 33 (1911). Dong-Suk Kang, vn; Myung-Whun Chung, cond. BIS CD-614/616 34 Gothenburg SO (2 above)
Bach, W.F. Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, from Seven chorale preludes, Fk38 no 1. Julia Brown, org. Naxos 8.570571 2 Debussy, C. The girl with the flaxen hair; Heather, from Preludes, bk 1 (1910; arr. Rutter). Jane Rutter, fl; Gerard Willems, pf. ABC 476 647-5 5 Lutoslawski, W. Dance preludes (1954). Eduard Brunner, cl; Ursula Holliger, hp; Bavarian RSO/Witold Lutoslawski. Philips 416 817-2 10
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Suite from Maskarade. South Jutland SO/ Niklás Willén. Naxos 8.557164
Ginastera, A. In the first pentatonic major mode; In the first pentatonic minor mode; from Twelve American preludes, op 12 (1944). Alberto Portugheis, pf. ASV DCA 865 3 Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. Three Mediterranean preludes, op 176 (1955). Dick Hoogeveen, gui. Etcetera KTC 1150 11 Shostakovich, D. Preludes, op 34 nos 16 and 3 (1932-33; arr. Tsyganov). Eleonora Turovsky, vn; Peter Pettinger, pf. Chandos CHAN 8555 3 Liszt, F. Symphonic poem no 3: Les préludes (1848/53). Suisse Romande O/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 9360 15 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Meg Matthews Hymns: I heard the voice of Jesus say; Be thou my vision; My song is love unknown. Choir of St James, King Street; Peter Ellis, org; David Drury, cond. St James recording 12 Hymn: Veni creator. Choir of the monks of the Abbey of Notre Dame, Fontgombault. Art and Music AM 107 39701 3 Schubert, F. Offertorium, D963 (1828). Peter Schreier, ten; Choir & O of Bavarian Radio/ Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI 7243 5 73365-2 10
Mendelssohn, F. War march of the priests, from Athalia, op 74 (arr. Best). David Drury, org. ABC 432 527-2 6 18:00 BEETHOVEN’S KEYBOARD Beethoven, L. Bagatelles, op 119 (1820-22). Luisa Guembes-Buchanan, pf. Del Aguila DA 55306 14 Sonata no 29 in B flat, op 106 Hammerklavier (1818). Nobuyuki Tsujii, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907505 42 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Rex Burgess Respighi, O. Carnival overture (1913). Slovak RSO/Adriano. Naxos 8.557820 9 Respighi, O. Deità silvane (1917). Ingrid Attrot, sop; BBC PO/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 9453 13 Respighi, O. Sinfonia drammatica (1914). BBC PO/Edward Downes. Chandos CHAN 9213 1:00 20:30 CHAMBER SOIREE Prepared by Troy Fil A celebration of the summer festival held in Naantali every year in June. 22:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Troy Fil Rautavaara, E. Excerpts from Vigilia (1971). Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava. Ondine ODE1223-2
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Smeaton, B. 1915 (1982). Melbourne SO/Bruce Smeaton. 5 ABC 836 224-2 Medaglia, J. Suite: Belle epoque in SudAmerica (1997). Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet. BIS CD-952
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Miller, S.M. SlowFire, for Maria RedcornMiller (2003). Steven-Michael Miller, elec. Innova INNOVA252 16 Schultz, A. Nunc dimittis, op 89 (2012). Kuhn Mixed Choir/Marek Vorlicek. 5 Navona NV5939 Davis, O. Airborne dances (2014). Kerenza Peacock, vn; Dorothea Vogel, va; Alkex Gale, va; Philip Higham, vc; Ben Russell, db. Signum Classics SIGCD411 12 Lockwood, A. Namste. Annea Lockwood, elec. 4 Innova INNOVA252
Franck, C. Psalm 150.
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Duruflé, M. Four motets on Gregorian themes, op 10 (1960).
Bunch, K. Alpha dog (2011). Spark Quintet. Berlin Classics 0300640BC 15
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Zavaro, P. Alone in the emptiness (2007). Mikrokosmos Chamber Chorus/Loïc Pierre. Continuo Classics CC777.714 7
Choir of St Thomas, New York; Judith Hancock, org; Gerre Hancock, cond (3 above) Koch 3-7228-2
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Monday 15 June
Piers Lane
Richard Hickox
0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with James Hunter
12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan 13:00 COMPOSED 200 YEARS AGO Prepared by Francis Frank
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Chris Blower Delibes, L. Waltz, from Coppélia (1870; transcr. Dohnanyi). Barry Snyder, pf. Pro Arte CDD 240 6 Mozart, W. Excerpts from The magic flute, K620 (1791; transcr. Heindenreich). Melbourne Windpower/Richard Runnels. Move MD 3110 17 Falla, M. de Seven popular Spanish songs (1915; transcr. Maréchal, Llobet). Anne Gastinel, vc; Pablo Márquez, gui. naïve V5182 14 Berlioz, H. Harold in Italy, op 16 (1834; transcr. Liszt). Philip Dukes, va; Piers Lane, pf. Naxos 8.573011 44
Handel, G. Concerto grosso, op 3 no 6 in D/D minor, HWV317 (1715-22). Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin/Richard Egarr. Harmonia Mundi HMX2908417.24 8 Loeillet de Gant, J.B. Sonata à une flute et basse in B flat, op 3 no 9 (1715). Ludwig Güttler, tpt; Friedrich Kircheis, org. Berlin Classics 0012892BC 13 Zumaya, M. de Sol-fa de Pedro (1715). Chanticleer Ch; Chanticleer Sinfonia/Joseph Jennings. Teldec 4509-93333-2 8 Hotteterre, J-M. Suite in D minor, op 5 no 4 (pub. 1715). Laurence Pottier, rec; Philippe Pierlot, bass viol; Yasuko Uyama-Bouvard, hpd. Naxos 8.553708 13
10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Derek Parker
Heinichen, J. Warum toben die Heiden (1715). Raimund Nolte, bass; Musica Antiqua of Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 447 092-2 14
Volkmann, R. Overture to Richard III, op 68 (c1870). North-West German PO/Werner Andreas Albert. cpo 999 151-2 15
Telemann, G. Suite in D, TWV55:D6 (1715-20). Sara Cunningham, bass viol; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Monica Huggett. Harmonia Mundi HMT 7907093 21
Goldmark, K. Violin concerto no 1 in A minor, op 28 (1877). Nai-Yuan Hu, vn; Seattle SO/ Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE 3156 36
14:30 HAYSTACKS AND WATERLILIES Prepared by Gael Golla
Tippett, M. Symphony no 4 (1976-77). Bournemouth SO/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 9233
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Debussy, C. Estampes (1903). Gordon FergusThompson, pf. ASV DCA 695 15 Fauré, G. Messe basse (1881-82/86). Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury. 9 EMI 5 57896 2 Dukas, P. Villanelle (1906). Barry Tuckwell, hn; Daniel Blumenthal, pf. Etcetera KTC 1135 6 Satie, E. Gnossiennes nos 1 to 3 (1890; arr. Kondonassis). Yolanda Kondonassis, hp. Telarc 80533 10 Ravel, M. Piano concerto in G (1931). Martha Argerich, pf; London SO/Claudio Abbado. DG 476 114-7 22 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett 19:00 JAZZ NICE ‘N EASY with Ken Weatherley 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson
Chabrier, E. Suite pastorale (1888). Monte Carlo PO/Hervé Niquet. Naxos 8.554248 17 June 2015
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Tuesday 16 June
Osmo Vänskä
Simon Rattle
0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Elaine Siversen
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
Elgar, E. The wand of youth suite no 2, op 1b (1908). English String O/William Boughton. Nimbus NI 5450/3 16
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds
Parish Alvars, E. Harp concerto in G minor, op 81 (1842). Elizabeth Hainen, hp; Bulgarian NRO/Rossen Milanov. Avie AV 2221 31
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: Leif Ove Andsnes Prepared by Anne Irish Liszt, F. Après une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi sonata, from Years of pilgrimage, bk 2 (1837-49). EMI 5 57002 2 16 Chopin, F. Four mazurkas, op 17 (1830). Virgin 7 59072 2
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Nielsen, C. Humoreske-bagateller, op 11 (189497). Virgin 5 45129 2 6 Debussy, C. Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque (1905).
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Albéniz, I. Tango, from España, op 165 no 2 (1890). 2 EMI 3 41682 2 (2 above) Haydn, J. Keyboard sonata no 24 in A, Hob. XVI:26 (1773). EMI 5 56756-2 8 Grieg, E. Piano concerto in A minor, op 16 (1868). Bergen PO/Dmitri Kitaienko. Virgin 7 59613 2 30 Leif Ove Andsnes, pf (all above)
Sibelius, J. Symphony no 5 in E flat, op 82 (1915). Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä. BIS CD-800 35
City of Birmingham SO (all above) 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Andrew Dziedzic 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Robert Small
12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes
22:00 INTO THE 20TH CENTURY Prepared by Di Cox
13:00 AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Produced by Simon Moore Highlights and previews of the month’s concerts including interviews with the key players
Kabalevsky, D. Suite: The comedians (1940). SBS Youth O/Matthew Krel. SBS YME-5 16
14:00 FROM THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM Prepared by Chris Blower Goldschmidt, B. Overture to Comedy of errors (1925). Berthold Goldschmidt, cond. Decca 452 599-2
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Massenet, J. Ballet music from Le Cid (1885). EMI 5 65150 2 20 Berlioz, H. Royal hunt and storm, from The Trojans (1856-58). EMI CDM 1 66434-2 9
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Martinu, B. Sinfonietta giocosa (1940). Dennis Hennig, pf; Australian CO/Charles Mackerras. Conifer CDCF 170 29 Fine, I. Partita (1949). Reykjavik Wind Quintet. Chandos CHAN 9174 14
Lalo, E. Cello concerto in D minor (1876). Paul Tortelier, vc. EMI 7 69457 2 27
Louis Frémaux, cond (3 above) 38
Stravinsky, I. Ballet: The firebird (1910). Simon Rattle, cond. EMI 7 49178 2 47
Howells, H. In youth is pleasure (1915); Before me, careless lying (1918). Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer. 8 Chandos CHAN 9139 Bartók, B. Music for strings, percussion and celesta (1936). Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan. EMI CDM 7 69242-2 28 Stravinsky, I. Excerpts from Petrushka (191011). Philharmonia O/Michael Tilson Thomas. Sony S2K89910 15
Wednesday 17 June Weber, C.M. Piano concerto no 1 in C, op 11 (1810). Nikolai Demidenko, pf; Scottish CO/ Charles Mackerras. Hyperion CDA66729 20 Schubert, F. Symphony no 4 in C minor, D417, Tragic (1816). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Philips 410 045-2 32 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale 13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI Pianist Nicholas Young With Katherine Ly; Recorded by Greg Ghavalas
Anna Netrebko 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
15:00 TRIO DELIGHTS Prepared by Frank Morrison
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti
Paganini, N. Guitar trio in D (1833). JeanJacques Kantorow, vn; Mari Fujiwara, vc; Anthea Gifford, gui. Denon CO 77069
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Music of the 18th century Prepared by Jennifer Foong Schobert, J. Keyboard concerto in G (1765). Eckart Sellheim, fp; Collegium Aureum. EMI CDC 7 47527-2 23 Bach, W.F. Duet no 4 in F, F57 (aft. 1770). Wolfgang Schulz, fl; Hansjörg Schellenberger, ob. Sony SK 58 965 12 Mozart, L. Sinfonia pastorella in G. Jozsef Molnár, alphorn; Capella Istropolitana. Naxos 8.555978
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Bach, J.C.F. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (c1780). Netherlands Chamber Choir/Uwe Gronostay. Globe GLO 5080 12 Haydn, M. String quintet in C (1773). L’Archibudelli. Sony SK 53987
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10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Field Lyadov, A. Ballade about olden times, op 21b (1889, orch. 1906). Slovak PO/Stephen Gunzenhauser. Naxos 8.555242
her of consorting with evil spirits and betrays her to the English. Later he overhears her invoke God’s help, unlocks her chains and frees her to lead the final battle for the French against the English. Joan is mortally wounded in this battle.
14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
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Strauss, R. Tod und Verklärung, op 24 (188889). BBC NO of Wales/Kazushi Ono. BBC Music BBCMM366 25
Placido Domingo
22:30 NOCTURNES Prepared by Gael Golla 21
Debussy, C. Sonata in G minor for flute, viola and harp (1916). Osian Ellis, hp; members of Melos Ensemble. Decca 421 154-2 16 Röntgen, J. String trio no 16 in C sharp minor (1930). Offenburg String Trio. Naxos 8.573384 17 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Tom Forrester-Paton
Debussy, C. Sirènes, from Nocturnes (1900). Cleveland O/Pierre Boulez. DG 439 896-2 10 Chopin, F. Nocturne in E flat, op 55 no 2. Lang Lang, pf. 6 Sony 88725449132 Carulli, F. Nocturne in A, op 190. Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Alexandre Lagoya, gui. 9 CBS MK 42130 Glinka, M. Nocturne in E flat (1828). Susan Drake, hp. Hyperion CDA66340
19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell
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20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Michael Tesoriero
Edwards, R. Yarrageh, nocturne (1989). Ian Cleworth, perc; Anthony Baldwin, pf; Sydney SO/David Porcelijn. ABC 438 610-2 14
Verdi, G. Giovanna d’Arco. Opera in three acts. Libretto by Temistocle Solera. First performed Milan, 1845.
Liszt, F. Nocturne: Les cloches de Genève (1836-55). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDA67026
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CARLO VII: Francesco Meli, ten GIACOMO: Placido Domingo, ten GIOVANNA: Anna Netrebko, sop Munich RO/Paolo Carignani. DGG 4792712
Duvernoy, F. Nocturne no 2. Sören Hermansson, hn; Erica Goodman, hp BIS CD-648
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In this fictional story of the historical Joan of Arc, she is still the devout young country maid who hears voices telling her that she is destined to lead the French in battle against the English and set her country free. King Charles VII is in love with her and she with him. Her father Giacomo, a shepherd, accuses
Copland, A. Nocturne (1926). Paul Meyer, cl; Eric Lesage, pf. 8 Denon CO-18016 Davis, C. Nocturne based on themes from Hotel du Lac (1986; arr. Carl Davis 2010). Amy Dickson, sax; Melvyn Tan, pf; Philharmonia O/ Carl Davis. Carl Davis CDC010 11 June 2015
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Thursday 18 June 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
13:00 BAROQUE CHAMBER MUSIC Prepared by Gael Golla
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore
Respighi, O. Symphonic variations (1900). Ferdinand Klinda, org; Slovak RSO/Adriano. Naxos 8.557820 12 Burlesca (1906). BBC PO/Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN 10388 7 4
Serenata indiana (1909). Leonardo de Lisi, ten. 4 Reinild Mees, pf (2 above) Channel CCS 11998 Ballata delle Gnomidi (1920). Lydia Mordkovitch, vn; BBC PO/Edward Downes. Chandos CHAN 9232 15 Brazilian impressions (1928). Philharmonia O/ Geoffrey Simon. Chandos CHAN 8317 19 Suite: The birds (1927). Australian CO/ Christopher Lyndon-Gee. Omega OCD 1007
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Scarlatti, A. Concerto in A minor. Clas Perhrsson, rec; Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble. BIS CD-8 11 Buxtehude, D. Sonata in D minor, BuxWV257 (pub. 1696). Mariette Holtrop, vn; Naomi Hirschfeld, bass viol; Reitze Smits, hpd. Ottavo OTR C 19343 9 Vivaldi, A. Concerto in F for flute, violin, bassoon and continuo, RV96. Andrew Watts, bn; Le Nouveau Quatuor. Amon Ra SAR 47 9 Telemann, G. Trumpet concerto in D. Trumpet Consort Friedemann Immer. Harmonia Mundi RD 77027
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Corelli, A. Sonata da camera in E minor, op 2 no 4 (pub. 1685). London Baroque/Charles Medlam. EMI CDC 7 47965 2 8 Bach, J.S. Trio sonata in C minor, BWV1079 (1747). Isaac Stern, vn; Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Leslie Parnas, vc; John Steele Ritter, hpd. Sony SMK 64 509 18
10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Gounod, C. Ballet music from Faust (1859). New Philharmonia O/Charles Mackerras. EMI CDZ 7 62515 2 17
Orchestral introduction to Cunning little vixen (1921-23). Czech PO/Václav Neumann. Supraphon SU 4058-2 4
Berwald, F. Piano concerto in D (1855). Marian Migdal, pf; Royal PO/Ulf Björlin. EMI CDM 5 65073 2 21
Berkeley, L. Serenade for strings, op 12 (193839). English String O/William Boughton. Nimbus NI 5450/3 13
Elgar, E. Falstaff, symphonic study in C minor, op 68 (1913). Royal Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson. Chandos CHAN 6607 34
Prokofiev, S. Piano concerto no 3 in C, op 26 (1917-21). Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf; London SO/ André Previn. Decca 425 572-2 29 Vaughan Williams, R. Symphony no 3, Pastoral (1921). Margaret Price, sop; New Philharmonia O/Adrian Boult. EMI CDC 7 47214 2
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20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Members of Sydney Wind Quintet Recorded by Kerry Joyner for FINE MUSIC Haydn, J. St Antoni divertimento in B flat (1784). Sydney Wind Quintet.
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Beethoven, L. Variations on Là ci darem, from Mozart’s Don Giovanni (1797). Michael Scott, fl; Gabor Reeves, cl; Gordon Skinner, bn. 9 Schubert, F. The shepherd on the rock, D965 (1828). Jane Edwards, sop; Gabor Reeves, cl; Christine Logan, pf. 11 Rossini, G. Quartet no 1 in F (c1804). Michael Scott, fl; Gabor Reeves, cl; Gordon Skinner, bn; Anthony Buddle, hn. 12 Mozart, W. Quintet in E flat , K452 (1784). Gabor Reeves, cl; Guy Henderson, ob; Gordon Skinner, bn; Anthony Buddle, hn; Christine Logan, pf. 24 21:30 SONATA INTERLUDE Prepared by Elaine Siversen Rosetti, F. Sonata no 2 in E flat. Naoko Yoshino, hp. Philips 446 064-2
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Mendelssohn, F. Sonata in G minor, op 105 (1821). Martin Jones, pf. Nimbus NI 5070 16
14:30 TWENTIETH CENTURY CONTEMPORARIES Prepared by Emyr Evans
Minkus, L. Pas de deux, from Paquita (1846). London SO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 452 772-2 12
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19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey
Bach, J.S. Sonata in G minor, BWV1029 (bef. 1741). Pierre Fournier, vc; Zuzanna Ruzickova, hpd. Erato 2292-45738-2 15
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Rex Burgess
Noël ancien (1909). Andrea Catzel, sop.
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Derek Parker
12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers
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22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Prepared by Judy Ekstein Holst, G. Fugal concerto, op 40 no 2 (1923). Richard Adeney, fl; Peter Graeme, ob; English CO/Imogen Holst. 9 BBC BBCB 8007-2 Willan, H. Symphony no 2 in C minor (1941). Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer. CBC SMCD 5123 43 Bridge, F. Oration, concerto elegiaco (1930). Alexander Baillie, vc; Cologne RSO/John Carewe. Pearl SHE CD 9601 32 Britten, B. Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op 10 (1937). English SO/William Boughton. Nimbus NI 7017 25
Friday 19 June 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
14:00 COME DANCE WITH ME Prepared by Marilyn Schock
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus
Ravel, M. La valse (1921). New York PO/Pierre Boulez. Sony SMK 45960 13
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Exploring chamber Prepared by Brian Drummond
Suriñach, C. Three songs and Spanish dances (1951). Alicia de Larrocha, pf. Decca 433929-2 9
Mozart, W. Divertimento no 16 in E flat, K289. Members of the Netherlands Wind Ensemble/ Edo de Waart. Philips 422 505-2 16
Copland, A. Four dance episodes, from Rodeo (1942). Detroit SO/Antal Dorati. Decca 414 273-2 20
Elgar, E. Harmony music no 2 (1878) Athena Ensemble. Chandos CHAN 241-33 10
Granados, E. Oriental; Andaluza; Playera, from Twelve Spanish dances, op 37 no 2 (1892-1900; arr. Piatigorsky). Mischa Maisky, vc; Lily Maisky, pf. DG 477 8100 14
Strauss, R. Piano trio no 1 in A (1877). Amelia Piano Trio. Naxos 8.570896 16
Lehár, F. Waltz from The merry widow (1905). O/Richard Hayman. Naxos 8.578041-42 6
Françaix, J. Petit quatuor pour saxophones (1935). Quartetto di Sassofoni Accademia. Nuova Era 7139 7 Borodin, A. String quartet no 2 in D (1885). Borodin Quartet. Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 793 29 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Chris Blower Respighi, O. Suite: The birds (1927). BBC PO/ Patrick Thomas. Carlton Classics 15656 91372 18 Dvorˇak, A. Violin concerto in A minor, op 53 (1879). Ann-Sophie Mutter, vn; Berlin PO/ Manfred Honeck. DG 479 1060 34 Beethoven, L. Symphony no 5 in C minor, op 67 (1807-08). Tasmanian SO/David Porcelijn. ABC 461 919-2 31 12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell
Benda, F. Violin sonata in A minor. Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN 0541 13 Biber, H. Sonata IV (1681). Romanesca. Harmonia Mundi HMG 507344.45
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Boismortier, J. de Sonata no 1 in D, op 91 (pub. 1742). American Baroque. Naxos 8.553414 12 Blavet, M. Flute concerto in A minor. Per Øien, fl; Norwegian CO/Terje Tønnesen. BIS CD-118
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Kalliwoda, J. Variations and rondo in B flat, op 57. Klaus Thunemann, bn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Philips 446 096-2 11 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Elaine Siversen 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Pomp and ceremony in England Prepared by Elaine Siversen Locke, M. Music for His Majesty’s sagbutts and cornetts (1661; arr. Steele-Perkins). London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble. ASV CD QS 6013 10
Satie, E. Je te veux (1902). Yvonne Kenny, sop; Malcolm Martineau, pf. ABC 476 570-0 4
Purcell, H. Music for the funeral of Queen Mary (1695). Felicity Lott, sop; Charles Brett, ct; John Williams, ct; Thomas Allen, bass; Monteverdi Ch & O; Equale Brass Ensemble/ John Eliot Gardiner. Erato 2292-45123-2 19
Albéniz, I. Tango; Malagueña, from España, op 165 (pub. 1890; arr. P. Romero). Pepe Romero, gui, Celín Romero, gui. Decca 478 5669 6
Eccles, J. Suite made for the Queen’s coronation (1702). Mark Bennett, tpt; members of Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman. Hyperion CDA66817 12
Bartók, B. Romanian folk dances (1917). Roberto Michelucci, vn; I Musici. Philips 426 669-2
Handel, G. Jubilate in D for the Peace of Utrecht, HWV279 (1713). Emma Kirkby, sop; Judith Nelson, sop; Charles Brett, ct; Rogers Covey-Crump, ten; Paul Elliott, ten; David Thomas, bass; Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; Academy of Ancient Music/Simon Preston. L’Oiseau-Lyre 414 413-2 19
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Chabrier, E. Three romantic waltzes (1880-83). Kathryn Stott, pf; Elizabeth Burley, pf. Unicorn-Kanchana DKP 9158 14 Ginastera, A. Four dances from the ballet Estancia Ranch, op 8 (1943). Simón Bolívar Youth O/Gustavo Dudamel. DG 477 7457 12 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Brendan Walsh
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Dvorák, A. Symphony no 7 in D minor, op 70 (1885). Gothenburg SO/Myung-Whun Chung. BIS CD-452 38
19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron 20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Frank Morrison Sibelius, J. Symphony no 1 in E minor, op 39 (1899). Rotterdam PO/Valery Gergiev. Radio Netherland RPHO2008-1 38 Crusell, B. Clarinet concerto no 1 in E flat, op 1 (1803). Thea King, cl; London SO/Alun Francis. Helios CDH55203 23
Boyce, W. Overture to Cambridge installation ode (1749). New Philharmonia O/Raymond Leppard. 9 Philips 446 569-2 Handel, G. Coronation anthem no 1: Zadok the priest, HWV258 (1727). Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. Philips 456 502-2 6 Coronation anthem no 4: My heart is inditing, HWV 261 (1727). Choir & O of Westminster Abbey/Simon Preston. DG 478 5183 12 Music for the royal fireworks, HWV351 (1749). La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy/JeanClaude Malgoire. CBS MK 42123 21 June 2015
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Saturday 20 June 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
Sousa, J.P. Mars and Venice, from Looking upwards. Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee. WIN FM 2 7
6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson
12:00 A LITTLE TASTE OF JAZZ with Rob Thomas
9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney
13:00 CHINESE MOSAIC Prepared by Paolo Hooke An exploration of the best of Chinese classical, traditional and film music
9:30 GREAT ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL WORKS Dante’s Divine comedy Prepared by Denis Patterson Liszt, F. Après une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi sonata, from Years of pilgrimage, bk 2 (1837-49). Stephanie McCallum, pf. ABC 476 124-2 15 Smith, R. The inferno, from The Divine comedy. .
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Liszt, F. The Ascension, from The Divine comedy. 6 Royal Australian Navy Band/Phillip Anderson (2 above) Royal Australian Navy RAN 008 Flagello, N. Dante’s farewell (1962). Susan Gonzalez, sop; Ukraine National RSO/John McLaughlin Williams. Naxos 8.559296 14 Rachmaninov, S. Scene 2 from Francesca da Rimini, op 25. Makvala Kasrashvili, sop; Mikhail Maslov, ten; Alexander Laptev, ten; Vladimir Atlantov, ten; Yevgeny Nesterenko, bass; Bolshoi Theatre Ch & O/Mark Ermler. Melodiya C`0 06745 48 22 Liszt, F. Symphony on Dante’s The Divine comedy (1866). Gillian Keith, sop; Ladies of City of Birmingham Symphony Ch; BBC PO/ Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN 10524 42 11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher Dreyfus, G. Fanfare for a new dome. Kew Band/George Dreyfus. Move MD 3248
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Foster, S. Jeannie with the light brown hair. Pioneer Brass. Centaur CRC 2131 4 Saint-Saëns, C. Marche militaire française. Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee. AMP 90151 5 Rossini, G. Theme from Overture to William Tell (1829). Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Trevor Jones. RCA Victor 09026-68757-2 3 42
14:00 JEPTHA COMPARED Prepared by Meg Matthews Carissimi, G. Jeptha. Ruth Holton, sop; Ashley Stafford, ct; Nigel Robson, ten; Monteverdi Choir & soloists; English Baroque soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. Erato 2292-45466-2 24 Handel, G. Jeptha, HWV70 (1752). Ruth Holton, sop; Lynne Dawson, sop; Sofie von Otter, cont; Michael Chance, ct; Nigel Robson, ten; Stephen Varcoe, bar; Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. DG 479 1044 2:37 17:15 ROMANTIC PIANO Massenet, J. Dix pièces de genre, op 10 (pub. 1866). Aldo Ciccolini, pf. EMI CDM 7 64277 2 20 Brahms, J. Seven fantasies, op 116 (1892). Emanuel Ax, pf. Sony SK 69284
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18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Classical Guitar Society Prepared by Sue McCreadie
Vivaldi, A. Double concerto in C. Maurice André, tpt; Marcel Lagorce, tpt; Jean-François Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard. Erato 2292-45062-2 13 White, B. The morning trumpet. Ensemble Phoenix Munich/Joel Frederiksen. 3 Harmonia Mundi HMC 902085 Barber, S. Capricorn concerto for flute, oboe, trumpet and strings, op 21 (1944). Jacob Berg, fl; Peter Bowman, ob; Susan Slaughter, tpt; Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin. RCA 09026-68283-2 15 Mozart, W. Piano sonata no 17 in D, K576, Trumpet (1789). Mitsuko Uchida, pf. Philips 412 617-2 15 Carmichael, J. Trumpet concerto. Kevin Johnston, tpt; West Australian SO/David Measham. ABC 442 374-2
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21:30 ART SONG Prepared by Jan Brown Schubert, F. Viola, D786 (1823). Dietrich Fischer-Diskau, bar; Gerald Moore, pf. DG 477 5765
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Schumann, C. Beim Abschied (1846); Walzer (1834). Stephen Loges, bar; Eugene Asti, pf. 7 Hyperion CDA67249 Wolf, H. Wo find’ ich Trost? Arleen Auger, sop; Irwin Gage, pf. 5 Hyperion CDA66590 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Chris Blower
Bach, J.S. Brandenburg concerto no 6 in B flat, BWV1051 (1720). Amsterdam Guitar Trio. Newton 8802093 16
Rossini, G. Overture to The thieving magpie (1817). Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. Decca 460 590-2 10
Ravel, M. Le tombeau de Couperin (1913-17). Pro Arte Guitar Trio. ASV WHL 2063 17
Beethoven, L. Cello sonata in F, op 5 no 1 (1796). Daniel Müller-Schott, vc; Angela Hewitt, pf. Hyperion CDA67633 25
Charlton, R. The divine guitar. Sydney Guitar Trio. New Classical Ltd 18 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Sue Jowell Cities on stage: Europe 20:00 THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND Prepared by Stephen Wilson Handel, G. The trumpet shall sound, from Messiah, HWV56 (1742). Franz Crass, bass; Maurice André, tpt; Munich Bach O/Karl Richter. Decca 478 4664 10
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Stamitz, J. Symphony in E flat, op 4 no 4 (1808). Northern CO/Nicholas Ward. Naxos 8.554447
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Falla, M. de Nights in the gardens of Spain (1909-15). Alicia de Larrocha, pf; London PO/ Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Decca 478 6966 19 Schubert, F. String quartet in D minor, no 14, Death and the Maiden (1824). Borodin Quartet. Apex 2564 67429-8 44
Sunday 21 June 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Paul Roper
Symphony no 4, op 29, The inextinguishable (1914-16). Niels Thomsen, cl; Tom Nybye, snare drum; Danish NSO/Michael Schønwandt. Dacapo 8.206002 38
9:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Paul Hopwood
16:00 IN SEASON Prepared by Chris Blower
Janácek, L. String quartet no 2, Intimate letters (1928). Lindsay String Quartet. ASV DCA 749
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Mendelssohn, F. Piano trio no 2 in C minor, op 66 (1845). Macquarie Trio. ABC 456 191-2 29
Vivaldi, A. Violin concerto no 4 in F minor, RV297, Winter (pub. 1725). Barbara Jane Gilby, vn; Tasmanian SO Chamber Players/Geoffrey Lancaster. ABC 476 3508 9
10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Di Cox
Graupner, C. Partita in F minor, Winter. Naoko Akutagawa, hpd. Naxos 8.570459 17
Kraus, J.M. Overture to Proserpin (1778). Drottningholm Court TO/Thomas Schuback. Musica Sveciae MSCD 424 7
Schubert, F. Der Winterabend, D938 (1828). Ian Bostridge, ten; Leif Ove Andsnes, pf. EMI 5 57901 2 7
Crusell, B. Clarinet quartet no 1 in E flat, op 2 (1803). Thea King, cl; members of Allegri String Quartet. Hyperion CDA66077 20
Boismortier, J. de Cantata no 4, Winter (1728). Sophie Boulin, sop; La Grande Écurie et La Chambre du Roy/Jean-Claude Malgoire. LP CBS SBR 235988 20
Clementi, M. Piano sonata in C, op 6 no 1 (1779). Genevieve Chinn, Allen Brings, pf. Centaur CRC 2046 16
17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Richard Munge
Bach, J.C.F. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (c1780). Netherlands Chamber Choir/Uwe Gronostay. Globe GLO 5080 12 Eybler, J. Symphony no 1 in C (c1780s). Geneva CO/Michael Hofstetter. cpo 777 104-2 24 12:00 SPEAK EASY, SWING HARD with Richard Hughes
Psalm no 36, My heart sheweth me. Choir of Ely Cathedral; Paul Trepte, org. 4 Psalm no 93, The Lord is King. Choir of Guildford Cathedral; Andrew Millington, org. 2 Priory FCM1 (2 above) Harwood, B. Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in A flat, op 6. Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral; Christopher Dearnley, org; John Scott, cond. Helios CDH 55402 8
13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide 14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL
Prepared by Madilina Tresca Nielsen, C. Suite from Aladdin, op 34 (1918-19). South Jutland SO/Niklás Willén. Naxos 8.557164 25 Chaconne, op 32 (1916). Mina Miller, pf. Hyperion CDA66231
Hymns: Dear Lord and Father of mankind; Praise to the Lord; Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; Richard Farnes, org; Stephen Cleobury, cond. Decca 452-253-2 10
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Elgar, E. Great is the Lord, op 67 (1910). Choir of Westminster Cathedral; Andrew Reid, org; James O’Donnell, cond. Hyperion WCC 100 10 Stanford, C. Villiers Arise, shine, for thy light is come. Choir of St Alban’s Cathedral; Andrew Lucas, org. Priory FCM1 5
Pan and Syrinx: pastoral scene for orchestra, op 49 (1917-18). Danish NSO/Thomas Dausgaard. Da Capo 6.220518 9
Let all mortal flesh; Spirit of mercy, truth and love; Immortal, invisible. Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge; Brian Runnett, org; George Guest, cond. Decca 452 252-2 8
String quartet no 4 in F, op 44 (1919). Kontra Quartet. BIS CD-503/04 24
Dupré, M. Chorale and fugue in F sharp major, op 57 (1957). Jeremy Filsell, org. Heritage HT GCD 219 7
18:00 SCARLATTI AND FRIENDS Prepared by Emyr Evans Scarlatti, D. Alla breve and menuet, from Sonatas in A, Kk83 (c1710). Kenneth Cooper, hpd. Vanguard 08 9072 71 4 Bach, J.S. Toccata and fugue in D minor, BWV565 (bef. 1708; arr. Cortol, Hough). Stephen Hough, pf. Hyperion CDA67890
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Liszt, F. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, S173 no 3 (1845-52). Behzod Abduraimov, pf. Decca 478 3301 20 Mendelssohn, F. Prelude and fugue in E minor, op 35 no 1 (pub. 1837). Murray Perahia, pf. 8 CBS MK 42401 Skryabin, A. Piano sonata no 9 in F, op 68, Black mass (1912-13) Vladimir Horowitz, pf. 9 CBS MK 42411 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Lehár, F. Overture to Gypsy love (1910). Zurich Tonhalle O/Franz Lehár. 9 Naxos 8.110857 Vaughan Williams, R. Incidental music from The loves of Joanna Godden (1947). Philharmonia O/Ernest Irving. Vocalion CDEA 6146
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Cimarosa, D. Overture to The secret marriage (1792). Sydney SO/Robert Pikler. 7 ABC 438 196-2 Prokofiev, S. Suite from The love for three oranges, op 33a (1919). Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8729 15 Tippett, M. Ritual dances from The midsummer marriage (1955). BBC Scottish SO/George Hurst. Naxos 8.553591 25 Khachaturian, A. Love, from Gayane ballet (1942). USSR Radio & TV SO/Jansug Kakhidze. Melodiya C 10-10531-6 15 20:30 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Sheila Catzel Medtner, N. Violin sonata no 1 in B minor, op 21 (1910). Lydia Mordkovitch, vn; Geoffrey Tozer, pf. Chandos 9293 21 Arensky, A. Piano quintet in D, op 51 (1900). Piers Lane, pf; Goldner String Quartet. Hyperion CDA67965 24 Onslow, G. Grand septet in B flat, op 79. Rudolf Frei, db; Werner Bärtschi, pf; Stalder Quintet. Jecklin 554-2 31 Wolf-Ferrari, E. Piano trio no 1 in D, op 5 (1896). Ilona Then-Bergh, vn; Gerhard Zank, vc; Michael Schäfer, pf. MD+GL L 3310/11 32 June 2015
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Sunday 21 June
Budd, H. Perhaps, from Nec spero (2006). Harold Budd, pf. Root Strata 96
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Vangelis. Movement V, from El Greco (1998). Vangelis. East West 3984251072 4 Movement IV, from Mythodea (2001). Kathleen Battle, sop; Jessye Norman, sop; National Opera of Greece Choir; London Metropolitan O/Blake Neely. Sony Classical SK 89191 6 Sanfilippo, B. Piano Textures III, V. Bruno Sanfilippo, pf. AD 21 Vangelis. Claroscuro (2012). Pere Bardagi, vn; Manuel del Fresno, vc. AD 114 12 Pärt, A. Spiegel im spiegel (1999). Dietmar Schwalke; vc; Alexander Malter, pf. ECM 1591
Poulenc, F. Four little prayers of St Francis of Assisi (1948). Choir of Westminster Cathedral/ James O’Donnell. Hyperion CDA66664 7
0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
22:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Nev Dorrington
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Glass, P. Closing (2003). Michael Riesman, pf. Sony 5 GV 6 Sakamoto, R. Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (1983). Ryuichi Sakamoto , pf. Decca 02527 46632 5
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Robert Small
Auric, G. Euridice’s complaint, after Gluck (1949). Vera Raskova, fl; Slovak RSO/Adriano. Marco Polo 8.225066 3
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Chris Blower Handel, G. Alexander’s feast, HWV75 (1736; arr. Mozart). Roberta Invernizzi, sop; Werner Güra, ten; Gerard Finley, bass; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien; Concentus Musicus Vienna/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Sony 88883704812 28 Chopin, F. Variations on Mozart’s Là ci darem la mano, op 2 (1827). Kun-Woo Paik, pf; Warsaw PO/Antoni Wit. Decca 475 169-2 18 Nocturnes: in E, op 62 no 2; op 55 no 2 (arr. SaintSaëns). Philippe Graffin, vn; Pascal Devoyon, pf. Helios CDH55353 11 Saint-Säens, C. Danse macabre, op 40 (1874; arr. Liszt). 9 Liszt, F. Fantasy on themes from Mozart’s The marriage of Figaro (1842; arr. Busoni). 14 Vladimir Horowitz, pf (2 above) Larrikin DDC 931 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Derek Parker
Rich, R. Open window (2004). Robert Rich, pf. Soundscape SP007 8
Elgar, E. Cello concerto in E minor, op 85 (1918-19). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; London SO/ John Barbirolli. EMI CMS 7 63283 2 30
Hackett, S. Bay of Kings (1983). John Hackett, fl; Steve Hackett, gui; Nick Magnus, keyboard. Edifying Records EDFCD 002 3 O’Hearn, P. Fate and demise, from The wheelhouse (2006). Patrick O’Hearn. patrickohearn.com
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Zimmer - Gerrard. Now we are free. Lisa Gerrard, sop; Hans Zimmer. 4AD
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Satie, E. I want you, waltz (c1900). Roger Woodward, pf. Warner 9031774722
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Milhaud, D. The creation of the world, op 81 (1923). Lausanne CO/Alberto Zedda. Virgin VC 7 91098-2 17 14:00 CZERNY AND INFLUENCES Prepared by Philip Lidbury Czerny, C. Brilliant fantasy no 3, after Schubert, op 339 (c1836). Andrew Clark, hn; Geoffrey Govier, fp. Helios CDH 55074 18 Liszt, F. Symphonic poem no 3: Les préludes (1848/53). Gewandhaus O/Kurt Masur. EMI CDM 1 66431 2 14
Krumpholtz, J-B. L’amante abandonée (1762). Isabelle Poulenard, sop; Stephanie Paulet, vn; Sandrine Chatron, hp. Ambroisie AM 179 4
Vaughan Williams, R. Symphony no 5 in D (1938-43/51). London PO/Adrian Boult. EMI CDC 7 47214 2 38
Czerny, C. Introduzione, sette variazioni e finale, op 80 (1827). Peter-Lukas Graf, fl; Zsuzsanna Sirokay, pf. Jecklin 577-2
Britten, B. Suite on English folk tunes: A time there was, op 90 (1974). Peter Walden, cora; City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle. Decca 478 5364 15
Beethoven, L. Piano concerto no 5 in E flat, op 73, Emperor (1809). Emil Gilels, pf; USSR State SO/Kurt Masur. Brilliant Classics 94291 39
12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Ogilvie
13:00 SATIE AND LES SIX Prepared by Susan Briedis Honegger, A. Intrada. Paul Goodchild, tpt; David Miller, pf. One M One 1M1CD1038
19:00 JAZZ NICE ‘N EASY with Ken Weatherley 5
Tailleferre, G. Hommage à Rameau (1964). Aldo Orvieto, pf; Renato Maioli, pf; Támmitam Percussion Ensemble/Guido Facchin. Dynamic CDS 97 10 44
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Czerny, C. Sonatine in G, op 251 (c1830). Martin Jones, pf. Nimbus NI 5872/3 15
Takahishi, J. Departure (2013). Juta Takahishi. Lunisolar Records LR 008 8
Preisner, Z. Silence, night and dreams (2007). Teresa Salgueiro, sop; Tom Cully, treb; Avkso O/Marek Mos. EMI 9463 93999 7
Durey, L. Chansons basques, op 23 (1919). François Le Roux, bar; Graham Johnson, pf. Hyperion CDA67257
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20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson
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Tuesday 23 June Bruch, M. Symphony no 3 in E, op 51 (1887). Hungarian State SO/Manfred Honeck. Naxos 8.555985 38 12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes 13:00 BAROQUE AND BEYOND Prepared by Gael Golla Machaut, G. de Riches d’amour. Gothic Voices/Christopher Page. Hyperion CDA66588 Manfred Honeck 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
Alfonso X, El Sabio. A que do bon rey Davi, from Cantigas of England. Musica Antigua. Pneuma PN-990 8
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
Gabrieli, G. Sonata pian e forte (pub. 1597). His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. ASV GAU 122 5
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: Narciso Yepes Prepared by Madilina Tresca Rodrigo, J. Fantasia for a gentleman (1954). English CO. 22 Concierto de Aranjuez (1939). Philharmonia O. 23 Garcia Navarro, cond (2 above) Decca 480 3913 Granados, E. Spanish dance no 4: Villanesca. DG 469 649-2 6 Rodrigo, J. Madrigal concerto (1969). Godelieve Monden, gui; Philharmonia O/ Garcia Navarro. DG 439 526-2
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Narciso Yepes, gui (all above) 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Field Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Overture on Russian themes, op 28 (1868/80). USSR Academic SO/ Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya MCD 211 12 Brahms, J. Double concerto in A minor, op 102 (1887). Zino Francescatti, vn; Pierre Fournier, vc; Columbia SO/Bruno Walter. Sony SMK 64479 33
Byrd, W. Lullaby my sweet little baby. David Cordier, ct; Nancy Hadden, fl; Thomas Albert, vn; Erin Headley, bass viol; Andrew LawrenceKing, hp; Stephen Stubbs, lute. Hyperion CDA66307 6 Couperin, F. Les guirlandes, from Ordre 24 (pub. 1730). Christophe Rousset, hpd. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901445.46 6 Monteverdi, C. Piagn’e sospira; e quando i caldi raggi. I Solisti Madrigale/Giovanni Acciai. Nuova Era 7006 4 Bach, J.S. Double concerto in D minor, BWV1043 (1730-31). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Isaac Stern, vn; New York PO/Zubin Mehta. Sony SMK 66 471 16 14:00 FIRST STRING QUARTETS The French Prepared by Ross Hayes Debussy, C. String quartet in G minor, op 10 (1893). Alban Berg Quartet. EMI 5 67551 2 23 Saint-Saëns, C. String quartet no. 1 in E minor, op 112 (1899). Fine Arts Quartet. Naxos 8.572454 34 Ravel, M. String quartet in F (1902). Kodály Quartet. Naxos 8.550249 27
Fine Arts Quartet Fauré, G. String quartet in E minor, op 121 (1923-4). Ad Libitum Quartet. Naxos 8.554722 25 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Stephen Wilson 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Charles Barton 22:00 INTO THE 20TH CENTURY Prepared by Judy Ekstein Casella, A. Scarlattiana, op 44 (1926). Sun Hee You, pf; Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia. Naxos 8.572416 30 Rota, N. String concerto (1964-65). I Solisti Italiani. Denon CO-78949 16 Vaughan Williams, R. Serenade to music, orchestral version (1939). London PO/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN 6526 11 Dohnányi, E. Symphonic minutes, op 36 (1933). BBC PO/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9455
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Ghedini, G. Violin concerto, Il belprato (1947). 17 Respighi, O. Trittico Botticelliano (1927). 19 Accademia Bizantina/Carlo Chiarappa, vn & dir (2 above) Denon 78916
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Wednesday 24 June 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
Rachmaninov, S. Piano concerto no 3 in D minor, op 30 (1909). Martha Argerich, pf; Berlin RSO/Riccardo Chailly. Philips 464 732-2 41
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti
Cherubini, L. Symphony in D. San Remo SO/ Piero Bellugi. Naxos 8.557908 30 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Music of the 18th century Prepared by Chris Blower Bach, W.F. Symphony in F, F67, Dissonance (1755-58). Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/ Stephan Mai. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908601.30 15 Bach, C.P.E. Sonata in A, Wq48 no 6 (1742). Danny Driver, pf. Hyperion CDA67786 19 Bach, J.C.F. Symphony in C (1770). Leipzig CO/ Morten Schuldt-Jensen. Naxos 8.572217 17 Bach, J. Christian Quintet in D for flute, oboe, violin, viola and continuo, op 11 no 6 (1774). Members of Concentus Musicus Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 8.41062
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Bach, J.S. Brandenburg concerto no 4 in G, BWV1049 (1720). Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AVSA 9871 15
13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI Emerging young artist With Chloe Chung; Recorded by Greg Ghavalas 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans 15:00 LATE ROMANTIC PIANO Prepared by Chris Blower Stenhammar, W. Three fantasies, op 11 (1895). Lucia Negro, pf. BIS CD-554 16 Brahms, J. Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn, op 56b (1873). Martha Argerich, pf; Nelson Freire, pf. DG 477 8570 17 Godard, B. Etudes mélodiques, op 149, bk 4 (1893). Jean Martin, pf. Naxos 8.223802 21 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Trisha McDonald 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell
10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Di Cox
20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Colleen Chesterman
Dvorák, A. Overture: Carnival, op 92 (1891). Melbourne SO/Tadaaki Otaka. ABC 476 4598 10
Vivaldi, A. Bajazet. Opera in three acts. Libretto by Agostino Piovene. First performed Verona, 1735.
TAMERLANO: David Daniels, ct BAJAZET: Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, bass-bar ASTERIA: Marijana Mijanovic, cont ANDRONICO: Elina Garanca, mezz IRENE: Vivica Genaux, mezz IDASPE: Patrizia Ciofi, sop Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi. Virgin 5 45676 2 9 2:26 The Ottoman sultan Bajazet, defeated by Tartar Emperor Tamerlano, held prisoner, determines to die. He asks Andronico to take care of his daughter Asteria, whom Andronico loves. Tamerlano is also in love with her and asks Andronico to help him. When Tamerlano declares love to Asteria, she believes Andronico has abandoned her and tells Bajazet. He offers his own life for her freedom. Asteria accepts Tamerlano, Bajazet confronts her and they decide to commit suicide. Asteria decides instead to poison Tamerlano, but is caught. Bajazet suicides and Tamerlano, horrified, allows the two young lovers to marry. Cherubini, L. Concerto in F for three violins, RV551. Virtuosi Tasmania. Virtuosi Tasmania Recordings 02 11 23:00 ROMANTIC CHAMBER Arensky, A. Piano trio no 1 in D minor, op 32 (1894). Australian Trio. ABC 476 123-1 32 Raff, J. String octet in C, op 176 (1872). Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble. Chandos CHAN 8790 24
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Thursday 25 June 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Crisantemi String Quartet Produced by Kerry Joyner
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore
Mozart, W. Quintet, K581 (1789). Deborah de Graaff, cl. 32
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Name the composer Be the first to identify the mystery composer and win a CD. All other correct answers go in a draw for a second CD: 9439 4777 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Jan Brown Wagner, R. A Faust overture (1840/43-44). Cleveland O/George Szell. CBS M2YK 46466 12 Bach, C.P.E. Cello concerto in A, Wq172 (1753). Anner Bijlsma, vc; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Gustav Leonhardt. Virgin VC 7 90800-2
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Lyadov, A. Polonaise in C, op 49, in memory of Pushkin (1899). Slovak PO/Stephen Gunzenhauser. Naxos 8.555242 6 Tchaikovsky, P. Symphony no 1 in G minor, op 13, Winter daydreams (1866). Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink. Decca 478 5867 44 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers 13:00 OBOE AND FRIENDS Prepared by Jan Brown Zelenka, J. Sonata in F for two oboes, bassoon and continuo (1719-22). Ingo Goritzki, ob; Burkhard Glaetzner, ob; Knut Sönstevold, bn; Achim Beyer, vn; Siegfried Pank, bass viol; Walter Bernstein, hpd. Berlin 0012852BC 17 Devienne, F. Oboe sonata in C, op 70 no 1 (1798-99). Peter Bree, ob; Roderick Shaw, fp. Etcetera KTC 1084 14 Strauss, R. Oboe concerto in D (1946). Heinz Holliger, ob; New PO/Edo de Waart. Newton 8802066 26
Sculthorpe, P. Quartet no 8 (1969).
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Bliss, A. Quintet (1932). Deborah de Graaff, cl. 30 Bernard Haitink Mozart, W. Oboe quartet, in F, K370 (1780-81). Robin Canter, ob; London Baroque. Amon Ra SAR 34 15
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Marcello, A. Concerto grosso no 6 in G (pub. 1738). Pierre Pierlot, ob; Alessandro Bonelli, ob; Sergio Penazzi, bn; Piero Toso, vn; Vito Prato, vn; I Solisti Veneti. LP Erato S/6512 8
Villa-Lobos, H. Bachianas brasileiras no 6 (1938). Emmanuel Pahud, fl; Friedrich Edelmann, bn. 9 Marco Polo 8.223527
14:30 ENGLISH REFLECTIONS Prepared by Emyr Evans Vaughan Williams, R. Fantasia on Greensleeves (1912; arr. Greaves). English String O/William Boughton. Nimbus NI 7013 4 Tippett, M. Five negro spirituals, from A child of our time (1939-41). Vancouver Bach Choir; Vancouver SO/Bruce Pullan. CBC SMCD 5121 11 Britten, B. Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op 10 (1937). English Northern Sinfonia/ Richard Hickox. ASV DC QS 6214 26 Tippett, M. Ritual dances, from The midsummer marriage (1955). Rita Cullis, sop; Margaret McDonald, mezz; Mark Curtis, ten; Matthew Best, bass; Opera North Ch; English Northern Philharmonia/Michael Tippett. Nimbus NI 5217 24 Vaughan Williams, R. Five variants of Dives and Lazarus (1939). Sydney SO/Carl Pini. ABC 446 282-2 11
21:30 VILLA-LOBOS IN CHAMBER Prepared by Elaine Siversen
Elégie, op 87 (1916). Rebecca Rust, vc; David Apter, pf. Marco Polo 8.223527 6 Quinteto em forma de chôros (1928). Reykjavik Wind Quintet. Chandos CHAN 9174 10 22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Rachmaninov - the last years Prepared by Stephen Wilson Rachmaninov, S. Vocalise, op 34 no 14 (transcr. Kin). USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya SUCD 10-00141
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Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op 43 (1934). Ayako Uehara, pf; Sydney SO/Edvard Tchivzhel. ABC 461 654-2 25 Symphony no 3 in A minor, op 44 (1935-36/38). London SO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8614 43 Symphonic dances, op 45 (1940). Melbourne SO/Vanco Cavdarski. LP ABC AO 7058/9 37
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Friday 26 June 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
Prokofiev, S. Symphony no 3 in A minor, op 56, Scottish (1842). Claudio Abbado, cond. Decca 478 5365 35
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus
London SO (2 above) 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with James Hunter
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Exploring chamber Prepared by Di Cox Grieg, E. Sonata in A minor, op 36 (1883). Steven Isserlis, vc; Stephen Hough, pf. RCA 09026 68290 2
19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron 25
Gounod, C. Petite symphony in B flat for nine wind instruments (1885). Munich Wind Academy/Alexander Brezina. Orfeo C 051 831 A 21 Beethoven, L. Theme and variations for viola and piano, from the Serenade for string trio in C, op 8 (1796-97). Maxim Rysanov, va; Jacob Katsnelson, pf. Onyx 4108 10 Boccherini, L. String quintet in E, op 13 no 5 (1771). Alexander Schneider, vn; Felix Galimir, vn; Michael Tree, va; David Soyer, vc; Lynn Harrell, vc. Vanguard OVC 8006 24 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Paul Hopwood Respighi, O. Fountains of Rome (1917). Philharmonia O/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 8989
Sammartini, G.B. Symphony in D minor. Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon. Naxos 8.557298
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Boccherini, L. Aria accademica no 3 in G, G546: Please let me breathe. Adelina Scarabelli, sop; Luigi De Filippi, vn; Allesandro Mancuso, vn; Michele Minne, va; Luca Signorini, vc; Franco Fraioli, db; Federico Amendola, cond. Nuova Era 6849 13 Boccherini, L. Introduction and fandango. Aquarelle Guitar Quartet. Chandos CHAN 10609 6 Nardini, P. Flute concerto in D. Marzio Conti, fl; I Solisti Aquilani/Vittorio Antonellini. Nuova Era 7066 16
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Berwald, F. Violin concerto in C sharp minor, op 2 (1820). Arve Tellefsen, vn; Royal PO/Ulf Björlin. EMI CDM 5 65073 2 21
Boccherini, L. Cello concerto no 9 in B flat. Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Northern CO/Nicholas Ward. Naxos 8.557589 18 14:30 FOCUS ON PROKOFIEV Prepared by Emyr Evans
Dvorák, A. Symphony no 9 in E minor, op 95, From the New World (1893). London SO/ Istvan Kertész. Decca 417 724-2 44
Prokofiev, S. Five melodies for violin and piano, op 35b (1925). David Oistrakh, vn; Vladimir Yampolski, pf. Brilliant Classics 8402 13
12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell
Prokofiev, S. Dance of the knights, from Romeo and Juliet, ballet, op 64 (1938). Royal PO/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Decca 4784 746 6
13:00 BOCCHERINI AND HIS ACQUAINTANCES Prepared by Philip Lidbury
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István Kertész Boccherini, L. Quintet in E flat, op 45 no 5 (1797). Sarah Francis, ob; Allegri String Quartet. Decca 433 173-2 13
Prokofiev, S. Piano concerto no 3 in C, op 26 (1917-21). Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf; André Previn, cond. Decca 425 572-2 29
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20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY In Austria Prepared by Phil Vendy Hummel, J. Fantasie (c1833). Laurent Verney, va; Claire Marie le Guay, pf. 8 Pierre Verany PV793121 Zemlinsky, A. Trio in D minor, op 3 (1896). Murray Khouri, cl; David Pereira, vc; David Bollard, pf. LP Philips 416 000-1 23 Thuille, L. Sonata, op 22 (1883). Sophie Rolland, vc; Marc-André Hamelin, pf. ASV DCA 913
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Brüll, I. Piano concerto no 2 in C, op 24 (1868). Martin Roscoe, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA67069 30 Berg, A. Three pieces for orchestra, op 6 (1889). Berlin PO/James Levine. DG 469 804-2
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22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Rex Burgess Bach, J.S. Sonata no 1 in B minor, BWV1014 (bef. 1725). Catherine Mackintosh, vn; Maggie Cole, hpd. Chandos CHAN 0602/3 12 Monteverdi, C. Vespers of the Blessed Virgin (1610). Jill Gomez, sop; Felicity Palmer, sop; James Bowman, ct; Robert Tear, ten; Philip Langridge, ten; John Shirley-Quirk, bar; Mark Rippon, bass; Monteverdi Salisbury Cathedral Choir; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; David Munrow Recorder Ensemble/John Eliot Gardiner. Decca 443 482-2 1:40
Saturday 27 June 15:00 A SUMMER’S MIDDAY DREAM Prepared by Chris Blower
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 9:30 GREAT ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL WORKS Prepared by Chris Blower Rufinatscha, J. Overture from the Bride of Messina (c1850). BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN 10665 14 Grieg, E. Wedding day at Troldhaugen, op 65 no 6 (1897). Eva Knardahl, pf. BIS CD-106 7 Purcell, H. Ode for the wedding of Prince George of Denmark and Princess Anne: From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war (1683). Gillian Fisher, sop; Tessa Bonner, sop; James Bowman ct; Jonathan Kenney, ct; Rogers Covey-Crump, ten; Charles Daniels, ten; Michael George, bass; Charles Pott, bass; King’s Consort/Robert King. Hyperion CDA66456 17 Liszt, F. Fantasia on themes from Mozart’s The marriage of Figaro (1842; arr. Busoni). Emil Gilels, piano. Naxos 8.111386 13
Mahler, G. Symphony no 3 in D minor (189396). Martha Lipton, mezz; Women’s Ch of the Schola Cantorum; Church of the Transfiguration Boys’ Choir; John Corigliano, vn; John Ware, posthorn; New York PO/Leonard Bernstein. Sony 88697943332 1:40 Smetana, B. Dreams (1875). Kathryn Stott, pf. Chandos CHAN 10430 30 Sculthorpe, P. Dream tracks (1992). Floyd Williams, cl; Michele Walsh, vn; Stephen Emmerson, pf. Move MD 3378 14 17:30 ARTS IN FOCUS 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Sydney Schubert Society Prepared by Ross Hayes Schubert, F. Frozen tears, D911 no 3, from Winterreise (1827). Jonas Kaufmann, ten; Helmut Deutsch, pf. Sony 88883795652
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Sonata in A minor, D821, Arpeggione (1824). Alfred Hornung, vc; Yuri Rozum pf. Oz Classique 23396RH 27 Dream of springtime, from Winterreise, D911 no 11 (1827). Wolfgang Holzmair, bar; Imogen Cooper, pf. Philips 476 200-2 4
Goldmark, K. Rustic wedding symphony, op 26 (1877). Royal PO/Yondani Butt. ASV DCA 791 47
Rondo in A, D438 (1816-17). Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet/Wilhelm Hübner, lead vn & dir. Westminster Chamber Music Collection 15
Gershwin, G. Someone to watch over me (1926). 4 Grainger, P. Colonial song (1912).
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Hawthorn Band/Ken MacDonald (2 above) Walsingham WAL 9000-2 Sousa, J.P. Songs of grace and songs of glory (1892). 8 Sousa, J.P. Coronation march, from Tales of a traveller. 6 Artillery Band/Keith Brion (2 above) Naxos 8.559093 12:00 A LITTLE TASTE OF JAZZ with Rob Thomas 13:00 ASIAN MUSIC Prepared by Oscar Foong An exploration of music from across Asia 14:00 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
Morawetz, O. Harp concerto (1976). Gianetta Baril, hp; Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer. CBC 2-5086 27 Bax, A. Harp quintet (1919). Nash Ensemble. Hyperion CDA66807 15 Spohr, L. Variations, op 36 (1807). Mary Anderson, hp. Tara Hall
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21:30 COMPOSED 201 YEARS AGO Prepared by Francis Frank Rossini, G. Squalida veste e bruna, from Il Turco in Italia (1814). Cecilia Bartoli, mezz; Roberto di Candia, bar; La Scala Ch & O/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 473 380-2 7 Field, J. Rondo écossois (1814). Míceál O’Rourke, pf. Chandos CHAN 9315 5
Grainger, P. The bride’s tragedy (pub. 1914). Monteverdi Choir; English Country Gardiner O/John Eliot Gardiner. DG 479 1044 9
11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Paul Hopwood
Spohr, L. Sonata concertante in D, op 115 (1811). Sophie Langdon, vn; Hugh Webb, hp. Naxos 8.555364 22
Andante après l’opéra Die Zauberharfe, D644 (1820). Céline Moinet, ob. cora; Sarah Christ, hp. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902175 2 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers Sondheim, S. Excerpts from Merrily we roll along (1981). Jim Walton, Ann Morrison, Lonny Price, voices; Original Broadway Cast. Sony 88697 90257 2 19 Bernstein, L. Dance at the gym; Ballet sequence, from West Side story (1957). Royal PO/Barry Wordsworth. IMG Records 15 Sondheim, S. Excerpts from Anyone can whistle (1964). Angela Lansbury, Lee Remick, Harry Guardino, voices; original Broadway cast. Columbia SK 86860 17
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 Beethoven, L. Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, op 112 (1814-15). Corydon Singers; Corydon O/Matthew Best. Hyperion CDA66880 8 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Elaine Sivsersen Vaughan Williams, R. Serenade to music (1938). Vancouver Bach Choir; Vancouver SO/Bruce Pullan. CBC SMCD 5121 13 Elgar, E. Serenade in E minor, op 20 (1892). Soloists of Australia/Ronald Thomas. Chandos CHAN 6526 11 Schubert, F. Serenade: D957 no 4, (1928). Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; Malcolm Martineau, pf. ABC 476 4438 5 Hummel, J. Grand serenade no 1, op 63 (c1814). Dieter Klöcker, cl; Jörn Maatz, bn; Ernö Sebestyén, vn; Sonja Prunnbauer, gui; Ighsvan Turnagoel, gui; Werner Genuit, pf. LP Schwann VMS 1051 17 Schubert, F. Ständchen, D920 (1827). Udo Reinemann, bar; Utrecht Vocal Soloists; Ronald Brautigam, pf. Globe GLO 5021 6 Brahms, J. Serenade no 2 in A, op 16 (1858-59). London SO/István Kertész. Decca 478 6420 29
20:00 HARP PLUS Prepared by Jan Brown
Romberg, S. Serenade, from The student prince (1924). Joseph Calleja, ten; BBC Concert O/Steven Mercurio. Decca 478 3531 3
Glanville-Hicks, P. Sonata (1950). Mary Anderson, hp. Tara Hall bc 1282
Dvorák, A. Serenade in D minor for winds, op 44 (1878). Oslo PO Wind Soloists. Naxos 8.554173 23
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Sunday 28 June 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett 9:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Rex Burgess Respighi, O. Adagio with variations (1920). Luca Signorini, vc; Francesco Nicolosi, pf. Nuova Era 7191 11 Janácek, L. Mládi, for wind sextet (1924). Aurèle Nicolet, fl; Heinz Holliger, ob; Eduard Brunner, cl; Elmar Schmid, bass cl; Klaus Thunemann, bn; Radovan Vlatkovic, hn. Denon 33CO-1474 16 Nielsen, C. String quartet no 4 in F, op 44 (1919). The Young Danish String Quartet. Dacapo 6.220521 26 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Sheila Catzel Cambini, G. Sinfonia concertante in D (c1780). Raffaele Giuliani, fl; Mauro Catalano vn; Malgorzata Graczyk, vn; Milan CO/Paolo Vaglieri. Nuova Era 7059 16 Clementi, M. Sonata in D, op 40 no 3 (pub. 1802). Nikolai Demidenko, pf. Hyperion CDA66808 20 Pleyel, I. Cello concerto in C, op 26. Ivan Monighetti, vc; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Stephan Mai. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908601.30 22 Neukomm, S. Quintet in B flat, op 8 (c1804). Divertimento Salzburg. Claves 50-8703 27 Spohr, L. Violin concerto no 10 in A, op 62 (1810). Ulf Hoelscher, vn; Berlin RSO/Christian Frölich. cpo 999 232-2 24 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME With John Buchanan 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide 14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL
Symphony no 5, op 50 (1921-22). Swedish RSO/ Esa-Pekka Salonen. CBS MK 44547 37 16:00 SCARLATTI AND FRIENDS Prepared by Emyr Evans
Mathiske, B. Suite in D minor. Bruce Mathiske, gui; Metropolitan O/Sarah-Grace Williams. Mathiske Music BM051 13
Scarlatti, D. Sonata in D minor, Kk517. András Schiff, pf. Decca 421 422-2 3
Hanson, R. Violin concerto, op 21 (1948). Alwyn Elliott, vn; Patrick Thomas, cond. LP ABC AC 1048
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Chopin, F. Andante spianato and polonaise, op 22 (1834). Alfred Cortot, pf. Larrikin DDC 936 12
Brumby, C. Symphony no 1 (1981). Robert Boughen, cond. Jade JADCD 1049
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Beach, A. Four sketches, op 15 (1892). Virginia Eskin, pf. Koch 3-7254-2 11
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Mendelssohn, F. Andante and rondo capriccioso in E minor, op 14 (1824). Murray Perahia, pf. CBS MK 42401 6
Tchaikovsky, P. String quartet in B flat (1865). New Haydn Quartet, Budapest. Naxos 8.550848 13
Prokofiev, S. Sonata no 7 in B flat, op 83 (1939-42). Glenn Gould, pf. Philips 456 808-2
Chopin, F. Variations on Non più mesta, from Rossini’s Cinderella (arr. Adams, Giacomantonio). Genevieve Lacey, rec; Karin Schaupp, gui. ABC 476 524-9 7
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17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Warwick Bartle Prokofiev, S. Hymns: Just as I am; Through all the changing scenes of life; We sing the praise; All my hope. Choir of Norwich Cathedral; Simon Johnson, org; Neil Taylor, cond. Priory PRCD 5018 14 Harris, W. Anthems: O Hearken thou; Faire is the heav’n; Bring us, O Lord God. Choir of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle; Roger Judd, org; Timothy Byram-Wigfield, cond. Naxos 8.570148 13 Harris, W. Hymns: Sing praises to God; It is a thing most wonderful; It is finished. Choir of Leeds Minster; Yorkshire Classic Brass/Simon Lindley. 14 Howells, H. Paean, from 6 pieces (1940).
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Nielsen, C. Laagen letter; Børnene leger; Tro og hab spiller, from Moderen (1922). Bergen Wind Quintet. BIS CD-428 7 Suite, op 45 (1919-20). Mina Miller, pf. Hyperion CDA66231
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Springtime in Funen, op 42 (1921). Inga Nielsen, sop; Peter Grønlund, ten; Sten Byriel, bass-bar; St Anne’s High School Children’s Ch; Danish NR Choir and SO/Leif Segerstam. Chandos CHAN 8853 18 Wind quintet, op 43 (1922). Bergen Wind Quintet. BIS CD-428 26 50
20:30 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Francis Frank
Albert, H. Turpe snex miles, turpe senilis amor. Andreas Scholl, ct; Pablo Valetti, vn; Alix Verzier, vc; Karl Ernst Schröder, lute; Markus Märkl, hpd. 5 Harmonia Mundi HMC 901505 Donizetti, G. Sonata for two clarinets (1821). Dieter Klöcker, cl; Waldemar Wandel, cl. Telefunken 6.42416 13 Mendelssohn, F. String quintet no 1 in A, op 18, Original third mvt (1826). Danilo Rossi, va; Fine Arts Quartet. 5 Naxos 8.570488 Garimond, H. Concert fantasy on Bellini’s I Puritani. Bert Lucarelli, ob; Thomas Hrynkiw, pf. 7 Price-Less D 21062 Bacewicz, G. String quartet no 7 (1965). Grazyna Bacewicz Warsaw String Quartet. Olympia OCD 310 17 Bridge, F. Piano trio no 2 (1929). Dartington Piano Trio. Hyperion CDA66279 35
18:00 BEETHOVEN’S KEYBOARD Prepared by Chris Blower
19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Maureen Meers
Beethoven, L. 12 German dances, WoO13 (1795). Jenö Jandó, pf. Naxos 8.553798 14
22:30 NEW HORIZONS Godzilla eats Vegas Prepared by Robert Small
Variations on The Ruins of Athens, op 76 (1809). Brigitte Engerer, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901346
Hétu, J. String quartet no 2. (1991). New Orford String Quartet. Naxos 8.57 3395
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Monday 29 June Wolf-Ferrari, E. Cello concerto in C, op 31 (1945). Gustav Rivinius, vc; Frankfurt RSO/Alun Francis. cpo 999 278-2 22 Stanford, C. Villiers Symphony no 4 in F, op 31 (1888). Bournemouth SO/David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos 8.570285 43 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan 13:00 COMEDY HOUR Prepared by Brendan Walsh David Lloyd-Jones 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with James Hunter 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Schubert, F. Six German dances, D820 (1824; arr. Webern). American SO/Leon Botstein. Koch 3-7307-2 7 Bernstein, L. Symphonic dances from West Side story (1961; transcr. Lavender 2007). Lone Star Wind O/Eugene Migliaro Corporon. Naxos 8.572837 23 Falla, M. de Four Spanish dances (1909; arr. Grigoryan). Slava Grigoryan, gui; Leonard Grigoryan.. ABC 476 6088 16 Bartòk, B. Romanian folk dances (1915; arr. Falletta). Debra Wendells Cross, fl; Robert Alemany, ct; JoAnn Falletta, gui. Virginia Arts Festival VA901 6 Delius, F. A dance rhapsody (1908/22; arr. Grainger). Martin Jones, Richard McMahon, pf. Nimbus NI 5286 12 Elgar, E. Three Bavarian dances (arr. Parkes). John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band/Peter Parkes. Chandos 4507 14 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Bruch, M. Suite, op 79b (1905). Rhenish PO/ Wolfgang Balzer. EBS 6071 16
Benjamin, A. Overture to an Italian comedy (1937). Sydney SO/Joseph Post. ABC 442 374-2 6 Harty, H. A comedy overture (1906). Ulster O/ Takuo Yuasa. Naxos 8.557731 13
Charles Mackerras Schubert, F. Ave Maria, D839 (1825). Lauris Elms, cont; John Winther, pf. ABC 476 4232
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Strauss, R. Morgen, op 27 no 4 (1894). Jussi Björling, ten; Frederick Schauwecker, pf. Naxos 8.110789 4
Bax, A. Overture to a picaresque comedy (1930). Royal Scottish NO/David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos 8.555343 9
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Busoni, F. Comedy overture, op 38 (1897/1904). London SO/Charles Mackerras. Carlton Classics 15656 91372 7
Beethoven, L. Piano sonata no 8 in C minor, op 13, Pathétique (1798). Wilhelm Kempff, pf. DG 429 306-2 15
Gardiner, H. Balfour Overture to a comedy (1906). Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. EMI CDC 7 49933 2 8
Sculthorpe, P. String quartet no 8 (1969). Austral String Quartet. LP ABC RRCS 1468
Goldschmidt, B. Overture to Comedy of errors (1925). City of Birmingham O/Berthold Goldschmidt. Decca 452 599-2 5
Handel, G. Concerto grosso in C minor, op 6 no 8 (1739). Emanuel Hurwitz, vn; Raymond Keenlyside, vn; Keith Harvey, vc; Leslie Pearson, hpd; English CO/Raymond Leppard. Philips 426 465-2 14
Easton, M. Overture to an Italianate comedy. State O of Victoria/Brett Kelly. Naxos 8.554368 6 14:00 ART SONG Prepared by Jan Brown Brahms, J. Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, op 105 no 2 (1886). Margaret Price, sop; James Lockhart, pf. Orfeo C 058 831 A 4 Brahms, J. Von ewige Liebe, op 43 no 1 (1864). Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar; Daniel Barenboim, pf. DG 439 441-2
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Schubert, F. Erlkönig, D328 (1815/21). Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bass-bar; Kristian Chong, pf. ABC 4764363 4
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Tuesday 30 June 13:00 SCARLATTI AND FRIENDS Prepared by Emyr Evans Scarlatti, D. Sonata in F minor, Kk481, L’autunno (arr. Groslot). Il Novecento/Robert Groslot. Vanguard 99031 8 Handel, G. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon, HWV67 (1749). Graham Jackson, org. Sony 88697532502 4 Delius, F. A dance rhapsody (1908/22; arr. Grainger). Martin Jones, pf; Richard McMahon, pf. Nimbus NI 5286 12
David Pereira 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
Arnold, M. Sonata (1942). Benjamin Frith, pf. Koch 3-7162-2H1 10
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Brahms, J. Variations on a theme by Haydn, op 56b (1873). Martha Argerich, pf; Alexandre Rabinovitch, pf. Teldec 4509-92257-2 16
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: Shlomo Mintz Prepared by Frank Morrison Mendelssohn, F. Violin sonata in F minor, op 4 (1825). Paul Ostrovsky, pf. DG 419 244-2 24 Dvorák, A. Violin concerto in A minor, op 53 (1879). Berlin PO/James Levine. DG 419 618-2 36 Fauré, G. Sonata in E minor, op 108 (1916-17). Yefim Bronfman, pf. DG 477 5448 24 Shlomo Mintz, vn (all above) 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Elaine Siversen Koehne, G. Palm Court suite (1984). Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills. ABC 476 650-2 24 Hanson, R. Violin concerto, op 21 (1948). Alwyn Elliott, vn; Queensland PO/Patrick Thomas. LP ABC AC 1048
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Bach, J.S. Gloria in excelsis Deo, from Mass in B minor, BWV232 (1747-49). St Thomas Boys’ Choir, Leipzig. Rondeau ROP4030 6 Mozart, W. Laudate Dominum, from Vesperae solennes de confessore, K339 (arr. Phillips). Boys of Leeds Parish Church Choir; Phillip McCann, cornet; Simon Lindley, org; Roy Newsome, cond. Chandos CHAN 4521 4 Haydn, J. Missa brevis de St Joannis de Deo, in B flat, Hob.XXII:7, Little Organ mass (c1773-77). Reinhold Zott, treb; Augsburg Cathedral Boys Choir; Klemens Schnorr, org; Residency CO, Munich/Reinhard Kammler. EMI CDC 7 47529 2 15 14:30 ALPHABETICAL COMPOSERS the S’s Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend
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Mills, R. Bamaga diptych (1986). Queensland SO/Richard Mills. ABC OZM 1002 18 12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes
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Strauss, J. II Tales from the Vienna Woods, op 325 (1868). Strauss FO/Ondrej Lenárd. Naxos 8.578041-42 12 Shostakovich, D. Jazz suite no 1 (1934). Melbourne SO/Oleg Caetani. ABC 476 836-4
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James Levine Strauss, R. Four last songs, op posth (1948). Jessye Norman, sop; Gewandhaus O/Kurt Masur. Philips 411 052-2 25 Stravinsky, I. The rite of Spring (1913). Israel PO/Leonard Bernstein. DG 410 508-2 37 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Michael Morton-Evans 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Stephen Wilson 22:00 INTO THE 20TH CENTURY Some instrumental genres Prepared by Robert Small Kodály, Z. Sonata for solo cello, op 8 (1915). David Pereira, vc. Tall Poppies TP017 35 Nielsen, C. Symphony no 5, op 50 (1921-22). Concertgebouw O/Kirill Kondrashin. Radio Nederland RCO 08005 32 Gershwin, G. Suite from Porgy and Bess (1935; arr. Gale). Center City Brass Quintet. Chandos CHAN 4554 21 Piano concerto no 4, Incantation (1956). Giorgio Koukl, pf; Bohuslav Martinu PO/Arthur Fagen. Naxos 8.572373 20
The following composers have works of at least five minutes on the June dates listed Adam, A. 1803-1856 6 Adriaenssen, E. c1554-1604 11 Albéniz, I. 1860-1909 8,19 Alfonso X, El Sabio. 12211284 23 Alkan, C-V. 1813-1888 12 Arensky, A. 1861-1906 2,10,21,24 Arne, T. 1710-1778 10 Arnold, M. 1921-2006 7,30 Arnold, S. 1740-1802 10 Arriaga, J. 1806-1826 6,8 Avison, C. 1709-1770 10
Busoni, F. 1866-1924 1,29 Buxtehude, D. 1637-1707 18 Byrd, W. 1543-1623 23
Khachaturian, A. 1903-1978 2,21 Kodály, Z. 1882-1967 4,30 Gardiner, H. Balfour 1877- Koehne, G. b1956 3,30 Korngold, E. 1897-1957 2,5 Cambini, G. 1746-1825 28 1950 29 Kraus, J.M. 1756-1792 6,21 Carissimi, G. 1605-1674 20 Garimond, H. 19th c 28 Kreisler, F. 1875-1962 4 Carmichael, J. b1930 20 Gassmann, F. 1729-1774 7 Carr, E. 1926-2003 9 Gershwin, G. 1898-1937 4,12,30 Kreuz, M. b1953 7 Kuerti, A. b1938 7 Carulli, F. 1770-1841 17 Ghedini, G. 1892-1965 23 Casella, A. 1883-1959 23 Gibbons, O. 1583-1625 7 Lalo, E. 1823-1892 16 Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. Ginastera, A. 1916-1983 19 Lambert, C. 1905-1951 8 1895-1968 12,14 Giordano, U. 1867-1948 2 Langgaard, R. 1893-1962 1 Chabrier, E. 1841-1894 2,15,19 Glanville-Hicks, P. 1912-1990 Leclair, J-M. 1697-1764 3,13 Bacewicz, G. 1909-1969 28 Charlton, R. b1955 20 2,3,27 Lecocq, C. 1832-1918 1 Bach, C.P.E. 1714-1788 24,25 Charpentier, G. 1860-1956 12 Glass, P. b1937 4,21 Lehár, F. 1870-1948 19,21 Bach, J. Christian 1735-1782 Charpentier, M-A. 1635-1704 5 Glazunov, A. 1865-1936 12 Leoncavallo, R. 1858-1919 4 Cherubini, L. 1760-1842 24 1,24 Glinka, M. 1804-1857 7,11,17 Leone, G. b1956 8 Bach, J.C.F. 1732-1795 17,21,24 Chopin, F. 1810-1849 Gluck, C. 1714-1787 1,10 Ligeti, G. 1923-2006 7 2,9,11,13,16,17,22,28 Bach, J.S. 1685-1750 Godard, B. 1849-1895 24 Lilburn, D. 1915-2001 9 Cilea, F. 1866-1950 14 9,11,13,18,20,21,23,24,26,30 Goldmark, K. 1830-1915 4,15,27 Liszt, F. 1811-1886 Cimarosa, D. 1749-1801 21 Bach, W.F. 1710-1784 17,24 Goldschmidt, B. 1903-1996 5,7,12,14,16,17,20,21,22,27 Clementi, M. 1752-1832 21,28 16,29 Balakirev, M. 1837-1910 11 Locke, M. c1621-1677 19 Copland, A. 1900-1990 5,17,19 Gould, M. 1913-1996 6 Banks, D. 1923-1980 28 Loeillet de Gant, J.B. 1688Corelli, A. 1653-1713 18 Barber, S. 1910-1981 5,20 Gounod, C. 1818-1893 7,8,18,26 c1720 15 Bartók, B. 1881-1945 16,19,29 Couperin, F. 1668-1733 5,23 Grainger, P. 1882-1961 27 Lully, J-B. 1632-1687 5 Lutoslawski, W. 1913-1994 14 Bartòk, B. 1881-1945 16,19,29 Crusell, B. 1775-1838 19,21 Granados, E. 1867-1916 Lyadov, A. 1855-1914 17,25 Czerny, C. 1791-1857 22 Bax, A. 1883-1953 27,29 9,12,19,23 Lyapunov, S. 1859-1924 11 Beach, A. 1867-1944 28 Graupner, C. 1683-1760 21 Beethoven, L. 1770-1827 3,4,6, Davis, C. b1936 17 Grieg, E. 1843-1907 3,6,16,26,27 Mahler, G. 1860-1911 27 7,8,13,14,18,19,20,22,26,27,28,29 Davis, O. 20th c 14 Marais, M. 1656-1728 7 Debussy, C. 1862-1918 Bellini, V. 1801-1835 2,13 Handel, G. 1685-1759 Marcello, A. 1684-1750 25 6,7,12,13,14,15,17,23 Benda, F. 1709-1786 19 12,15,19,20,22,29 Marsh, J. 1752-1828 10 Delibes, L. 1836-1891 15 Benda, G. 1722-1795 5,7 Hanson, R. 1913-1976 28,30 Martinu, B. 1890-1959 4,16 Delius, F. 1862-1934 9,29,30 Benjamin, A. 1893-1960 29 Harris, W. 1883-1973 28 Martucci, G. 1856-1909 7 DePaul, G. 1919-1988 13 Berg, A. 1885-1935 26 Harty, H. 1879-1941 29 Massenet, J. 1842-1912 16,20 Bériot, C-A. de 1802-1870 12 Devienne, F. 1759-1803 25 Harwood, B. 1859-1949 21 Dohnányi, E. 1877-1960 7,23 Haydn, J. 1732-1809 1,7,16,18,30 Mathiske, B. b1963 28 Berkeley, L. 1905-1989 18 McCabe, J. b1939 13 Berlioz, H. 1803-1869 6,13,15,16 Donizetti, G. 1797-1848 2,28 Haydn, M. 1737-1806 10,17 Medaglia, J. b1938 14 Bernstein, L. 1918-1990 6,27,29 Dowland, J. c1563-1626 11 Hebden, J. 1712-1765 10 Medtner, N. 1880-1951 21 Berwald, F. 1796-1868 5,18,26 Dukas, P. 1865-1935 15 Heinichen, J. 1683-1729 15 Mendelssohn, F. 1809-1847 Dupré, M. 1886-1971 21 Biber, H. 1644-1704 19 Hely-Hutchinson, V. 19013,6,7,8,12,14,18,21,28,30 Duruflé, M. 1902-1986 14 Bizet, G. 1838-1875 10 1947 9 Menotti, G. 1911-2007 2 Duvernoy, F. 1765-1838 17 Blavet, M. 1700-1768 19 Hétu, J. b1938 28 Milhaud, D. 1892-1974 13,22 Dvorák, A. 1841-1904 Bliss, A. 1891-1975 25 Hildegard of Bingen. 1098Miller, S.M. 1965-2014 14 19,24,26,27,29,30 Bloch, E. 1880-1959 5 1179 12 Mills, R. b1949 30 Boccherini, L. 1743-1805 Holst, G. 1874-1934 18 Minkus, L. 1826-1917 18 Easton, M. 1954-2004 29 2,5,7,8,14,26 Honegger, A. 1892-1955 13 Monteverdi, C. 1567-1643 26 Boismortier, J. de 1689-1755 Eccles, J. c1668-1735 19 Hotteterre, J-M. 1674-1763 15 Morawetz, O. b1917 27 Edwards, R. b1943 17 5,19,21 Howells, H. 1892-1983 4,16,28 Mozart, L. 1719-1787 5,17 Elgar, E. 1857-1934 Borodin, A. 1833-1887 5,19 Hummel, J. 1778-1837 Mozart, W. 1756-1791 1,3,4,6,7,8 Bortkiewicz, S. 1877-1952 10 2,9,16,18,19,21,22,27,29 3,7,14,26,27 ,11,13,15,18,19,20,25 Erskine, T. 1732-1781 1 Boyce, W. 1711-1779 10,19 Muczynski, R. b1929 5 Eybler, J. 1765-1846 21 Boyd, A. b1946 12 Ibert, J. 1890-1962 13,14 Myaskovsky, N. 1881-1950 12 Brahms, J. 1833-1897 Myslivecek, J. 1737-1781 10 Falla, M. de 1876-1946 2,6,7,8,9,11,13,20,23,24,27,30 Janácek, L. 1854-1928 21,28 15,20,29 Bridge, F. 1879-1941 18,28 Jolivet, A. 1905-1974 13 Nardini, P. 1720-1793 26 Britten, B. 1913-1976 4,18,22,25 Fauré, G. 1845-1924 Jones, Q. b1931 11 Neukomm, S. 1778-1858 28 Bruch, M. 1838-1920 8,23,29 4,8,11,15,23,30 Nielsen, C. 1865-1931 Field, J. 1782-1837 4 Brüll, I. 1846-1907 26 Kabalevsky, D. 1904-1987 16 14,16,21,28,30 Fine, I. 1914-1962 16 Brumby, C. b1933 28 Kalinnikov, Vasily. 1866-1901 12 Flagello, N. b1928 20 Budd, H. b1936 21 Kalliwoda, J. 1801-1866 12,19 Onslow, G. 1784-1853 21 Francaix, J. 1912-1997 2,11,19 Bunch, K. b1973 14 Otto, L. fl c1750 8 Karlowicz, M. 1876-1909 1,12 Françaix, J. 1912-1997 2,11,19 Franck, C. 1822-1890 14
Paganini, N. 1782-1840 17 Paisiello, G. 1740-1816 1 Pantelidis, C. b1994 11 Parish Alvars, E. 1808-1849 16 Pärt, A. b1935 2,21 Pergolesi, G. 1710-1736 3 Piazzolla, A. 1922-1992 2,13 Pickard, J. b1963 28 Pleyel, I. 1757-1831 9,28 Poulenc, F. 1899-1963 22 Preisner, Z. 20th c 21 Prokofiev, S. 1891-1953 11,18,21,26,28 Purcell, H. 1659-1695 9,19,27
Smetana, B. 1824-1884 7,8,27 Smith, R. b1958 20 Sondheim, S. b1930 27 Sousa, J.P. 1854-1932 20,27 Spohr, L. 1784-1859 7,27,28 Stainer, J. 1840-1901 7 Stamitz, J. 1717-1757 20 Stanford, C. Villiers 1852-1924 4,21,29 Stanley, J. 1712-1786 10 Stenhammar, W. 1871-1927 11,24 Strauss, J. II 1825-1899 30 Strauss, R. 1864-1949 4,17,19,25,30 Stravinsky, I. 1882-1971 11,13,16,30 Suriñach, C. 1915-1997 19
Rachmaninov, S. 1873-1943 6,7,12,20,24,25 Raff, J. 1822-1882 8,24 Rainier, P. 1903-1986 9 Ravel, M. 1875-1937 1,4,9,15,19,20,23 Reicha, A. 1770-1836 14 Respighi, O. 1879-1936 13,14,18,19,23,26,28 Rheinberger, J. 1839-1901 13 Rich, R. 20th c 21 Richter, F. 1709-1789 6 Ries, F. 1784-1838 10 Rimmer, W. 1862-1936 6 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. 18441908 6,11,23 Rodgers, R. 1902-1979 13 Rodrigo, J. 1901-1999 23 Röntgen, J. 1855-1932 17 Rorke, P. 1925-1988 9 Rosetti, F. 1746-1792 7,18 Rossini, G. 1792-1868 2,5,18,20,27 Rota, N. 1911-1979 23 Rozsa, M. 1907-1995 13 Rubinstein, A. 1829-1894 4 Rufinatscha, J. 1898-1937 27
Tailleferre, G. 1892-1983 22 Takahishi, J. b1959 21 Tallis, T. c1505-1585 4 Taneyev, S. 1856-1915 6,11 Tartini, G. 1692-1770 2 Tchaikovsky, P. 1840-1893 5,6,25,28 Telemann, G. 1681-1767 4,13,15,18 Thomson, V. 1896-1989 2 Thuille, L. 1861-1907 26 Tippett, M. 1905-1998 15,21,25 Tunder, F. 1614-1667 6 Turina, J. 1882-1949 12 Twist, J. b1982 4
Saint-Saëns, C. 1835-1921 1,22,23 Saint-Säens, C. 1835-1921 1,22,23 Salieri, A. 1750-1825 5 Sammartini, G.B. 1700-1775 26 Satie, E. 1866-1925 15,22 Scarlatti, A. 1659-1725 18 Scarlatti, D. 1685-1757 30 Schobert, J. 1740-1767 1,14,17 Schubert, F. 1797-1828 1,3,5,7,8, 10,12,14,17,18,20,21,27,29 Schultz, A. b1960 14 Schulz-Evler, A. 1854-1905 9 Schulze, W. b1952 7 Schumann, C. 1819-1896 20 Schumann, R. 1810-1856 5,13 Sculthorpe, P. b1929 25,27,29 Shostakovich, D. 1906-1975 30 Sibelius, J. 1865-1957 2,16,19 Skryabin, A. 1872-1915 21 Smeaton, B. b1938 14
Vangelis. b1943 21 Vaughan Williams, R. 18721958 2,4,9,18,21,22,23,25,27 Verdi, G. 1813-1901 2,13 Villa-Lobos, H. 1887-1959 25 Vine, C. b1954 12 Viotti, G. 1755-1824 5 Vivaldi, A. 1678-1741 2,18,20,21 Volkmann, R. 1815-1883 15 Wagner, R. 1813-1883 25 Weber, C.M. 1786-1826 17 Whitacre, E. b1970 28 Wilby, P. b1949 13 Willan, H. 1880-1968 18 Williamson, M. 1931-2003 13 Wolf-Ferrari, E. 1876-1948 21,29 Wolf, H. 1860-1903 13,20 Wyk, A. 1916-1983 9 Yeston, M. b1945 6 Zavaro, P. b1959 14 Zelenka, J. 1679-1745 25 Zemlinsky, A. 1871-1942 26 Zumaya, M. de 1678-1756 15
Key Music duration is shown after the record and citation SO: Symphony Orchestra Orchestra bshn: basset horn
PO: Philharmonic Orchestra NO: National Orchestra RO: Radio Orchestra FO: Festival Orchestra CO: Chamber Orchestra TO: Theatre Orchestra RSO: Radio Symphony Orchestra RTO: Radio & Television
Prom O: Promenade Orchestra Ch & O: Chorus & Orchestra NSO: National Symphony Orchestra alto: male alto ban: bandoneon bar: baritone
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 elec: electronic eng horn: English horn 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 June 2015
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Crossword and Trivia
Compiled by Gwynn Roberts
Name:_______________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________ Tel:______________ Email_______________________________ To go in the draw to win a copy of J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion from ABC Classics, email your crossword answers to: competitions@finemusicfm.com by 23 June 2015 The Crossword 72-76 Chandos Street St Leonards NSW 2065
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1 Meet Carol, confused, and arriving after concert has started (9) 4 Inventory report for composer (5) 6 Rough archer drawing for 4-across’s son-in-law (7,6) 9 Emblematic motet ensemble (5) 10 See 2 down 12 Dash broken vessel (3) 13 Revive state, cruise around (11) 14 Characterizes hi-fi enthusiasts (11) 17 Insert note in CD case for scoundrel (3) 18 Riot in Leghorn instigated by 6 across (9) 20 Somewhat egregious Norwegian (5) 21 Key support for singers (13) 22 Model left wild despot and struck an attitude (5) 23 Outrageous if greed is attributed to 6 across (9)
2,10 across Forged Titians undersold by 6 across (7,3,6) 3 Sounds heard by 23 across in a forest (7) 4 Strategic plans to record extreme ictus spasms (9) 5 Conductor heard on ebay (5) 7 Close your mouth and sing! (3) 8 Foot myth (6) 11,13 down Read, sing, hold assembly by 6 across (3,9) 12 Sounds from Sinding’s spring (6) 13 See 10 down 15 Art changes pitch (3) 16 Atonement begins with writing (7) 17 I twice participated in chant to get wine (7) 19 Chops drudges (5) 20 Oddly gleaming jewel (3)
CROSSWORD SOLUTION - MAY 2015
Across: 1 Offering, 6 Auric, 10 Chair, 11 Privation, 12 Teeth, 13 Rakastava, 14 Colonel, 15 Benda, 18 Altos, 19 Assigns, 22 Cacophony, 25 Oaths, 26 Narrative, 27 Realm, 28 Salvo, 29 Gretchen. Down: 2 Flageolet, 3 Earphones, 4 Imperils, 5 Glinka, 6 Adams, 7 Raita, 8 Cantata, 9 Acetic, 15 Bishopric, 16 Nightmare, 17 Ganymede, 18 Accents/Ascends, 20 Sesame, 21 Bowing, 23 Carol, 24 Piano.
MUSICAL TRIVIA WITH MICHAEL MORTON-EVANS
How well do you know the world of classical music? Test your knowledge with these musical brain teasers from Fine Music 102.5 presenter, Michael Morton-Evans. 1. By what name is the B flat tenor tuba better known? 2. Who wrote the collection of piano exercises called Gradus ad Parnassum? 3. Can you name English composer Sir Henry Bishop’s most famous song? 4. Who wrote the humorous song cycle I Hate Music? 5. Pohjola’s Daughter is a symphonic fantasy by Sibelius. But what country is Pohjola meant to represent? 6. Which well-known Australian folk song was written to fit the old Scottish tune Thou Bonnie Wood of Craigielea? 7. Can you name the 1945 film for which Cole Porter wrote the song Begin the Beguine? 8. … and one for our jazz lovers. Can you name the Canadian jazz pianist who began his career as a pianist in his local Montreal church? TRIVIA ANSWERS
1. Euphonium. 2. Museo Clementi. 3. Home, Sweet Home. 4. Leonard Bernstein. 5. Lapland. 6. Waltzing Matilda. 7. Night and Day. 8. Oscar Peterson. 56
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sydney Film Festival returns 3-14 june with 200 films from over 50 countries across 12 days
3-14 june
at the state theatre, the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace Cremorne, Dendy Cinemas and more.
essential Bergman selected by David stratton
2015’s retrospective program is a tribute to master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. At the Art Gallery of NSW, David Stratton presents a selection of 10 carefully curated titles spanning Bergman’s illustrious, decades-long career including Smiles of a Summer Night, The Seventh Seal, Persona and Fanny and Alexander. Purchase single tickets, or take advantage of the special Bergman retrospective package available now for only $130 + bf which offers a saving of over $50 on single ticket prices.
smiles OF a summer nigHt (1955)
tHe seVentH seal (1957)
Bergman retrospective package and single tickets are on sale now at sff.org.au or 1300 733 733. Full program released and on sale Wednesday 6 May 2015
PersOna (1966)
“ingmar Bergman changed my life. When i saw Smiles of a Summer Night on October 31, 1957, at the Birmingham Film society, my concept of cinema altered forever.” – DAVID STRATTON FannY anD aleXanDer (1982)
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