Fine Music Magazine March 2013

March 2013

MAGAZINE

ERIC WHITACRE

Pioneer of 21st century composition

THE CLASSICAL ACCORDION

James Crabb - man of conviction

SIMON SAYS:

The concert pianist’s greatest fear

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Bon vivant, raconteur

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Champion of the arts

CONTENTS Vol 40 No 3 4

COVER STORY American Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre in an exclusive interview with Barry Walmsley.

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Simon Says

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OAM for Fine Music’s Max Benyon

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James Crabb - Accordion Pioneer

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Leonard Bernstein in Profile

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Farewell Gil Wahlquist

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Young Virtuosi

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What’s On

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CD Reviews

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Swinging on the Vine

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Napoleonic Music

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Program

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Directors, Committees, Staff

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Fine Music Friends

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Crossword and Trivia Quiz

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EDITOR’S DESK

With his Virtual Choirs YouTube video, Eric Whitacre reached out and grabbed the attention of more than 3.6 million viewers around the world. One of the most performed composers of our time, the Grammy-award winning visionary talks exclusively to Barry Walmsley.

Thanks to Sydney Philharmonia Choirs’ artistic director, Brett Weymark, Australian audiences will get to see Whitacre conducting a program that includes his own Lux Aurumque. More in Barry’s cover story on page four.

James Crabb considers himself in the pioneer bracket too as he endeavours to win over fans to the classical accordion. Luke Iredale talks with the man described as a consummate master of his instrument and an accordionist of dazzling virtuosity.

In the Australia Day honours list, Fine Music 102.5 was delighted to see Max Benyon recognised for some four decades of dedication to this radio station and community broadcasting in general. Liz Terracini tracks Max’s amazing contributions which have enabled the station to keep on the airwaves since 1974. His most recent work has set 102.5 up for probably some decades to come with the overseeing of construction of new studios and installation of up-to-the-minute broadcast equipment.

One who stays well away from construction sites, is Simon Tedeschi. He writes about ‘the hands’ and a musician’s greatest fear - injury. He also tells how the world was nearly deprived of one of the great concert pianists through a simple but bloody mishap.

In his colourful look at Leonard Bernstein, Randolph Magri-Overend reveals a man of many facets - a raconteur, jazz enthusiast, piano player, entertainer and bon vivant. And of course a composer and conductor of extraordinary talent.

Troy Fil steps back further in time to reflect on Napoleon Bonaparte - a lover of music and champion of the arts - a man who regularly commissioned works by leading composers of the day.

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One of the questions I tend to ask all my interviewees is who their favourite non-classical singer happens to be. Somehow, I find it displays that part of a person that previous questions had not identified. If I have room in the article I usually include their thoughts. Most times the answer remains in my notes unused but hardly forgotten. Here is a sample of some of the answers: Bruce Martin, retired bass-baritone from Opera Australia, liked a lot of non-classical stuff but didn’t have a favourite singer. However he enjoyed “the 1953 version of Dave Brubeck’s Take Five. You turn it on loud and let it fill your brain.”

Emma Matthews, Australian soprano, liked Julie Andrews the first time we met and added the name of Harry Connick Jr the second time. She added: “I like modern music to have that jazz-bluesy feeling.”

Oddly enough Simone Young, Australian conductor, also chose Harry Connick Jr but only as her second choice. Supreme in her non-classical genre is Sting.

Senator Bob Carr, current minister for Foreign Affairs, is not a jazz fan but thought that “Sinatra was sensational.”

Justice Barry O’Keefe, retired Supreme Court judge plumped for his late brother “Johnny O’Keefe. I went to every one of his concerts.”

Dawn Upshaw, American soprano, admitted to buying James Taylor’s album Fire and Rain in her youth and “admired the music of Bjork” and also includes the music of Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell and Ruth Crawford Seeger in her recitals.

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Alexander Briger, nephew of the late Sir Charles Mackerras and a conductor in his own right, enthused about Mick Jagger “although he can’t really sing” and then added Pink Floyd, Nick Drake and jazz legends Miles Davis, Stan Getz, John Coltrane and Art Pepper.

Robert Gard, the retired OA tenor and the subject of an article I once wrote entitled The Gentleman Tenor, loves Nat King Cole because he has “wonderful diction, perfect pitch and sustains his notes.” He also loves Anthony Warlow who “showed John Farnham and Olivia NewtonJohn how to enrich their longer notes.” - Randolph Magri-Overend

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Simon says: INJURY - THE MUSICIAN’S GREATEST FEAR Unsurprisingly, I’m often asked about my hands. The questions exist on a continuum from the fairly reasonable “are your hands insured?” to the overtly ridiculous “are you allowed to shake hands?” My answer to the last probe is to swallow my spit and breathe slowly.

“Yes.” The people who shake too hard are not the type to ask in advance. More often than not, they are stocky men, pleasant and ruddy faced with names like Bucka who wanna give the little goanner player a good old squeeze and a can of 4X. After I have recovered from the agony of having my ligaments upended, I stammer something like: “that was a bit too hard Bucka.” “Loved the piece you played,” he’ll continue, apparently undeterred, after my two hour recital is over. “Do you sing?”

I’m also regularly interrogated about how I protect my hands. I decided some time ago that being a concert pianist had enough opportunities to goad a neurotic mindset without having to prance around public places with oven mitts and a furtive expression. But, short of direct prevention, I am sensible. I go slow with sharp knives. I don’t fillet fish, even though I love fishing. I don’t really play any sport. This habit of taking simple precautions started when I was 15, as the result of an accident that could have been a lot worse.

I was at home and made the impulse decision to prise open a loaf of frozen bread with a serrated knife. All I remember was a lot of blood that never clotted. I rang my mother (with my left hand) who told me to apply pressure. The legacy of this brainwave is a small but visible scar on the thumb of my right hand. Every so often I look at it, and think how much worse it could have been.

As a result of this near-miss, I organised a meeting with Dr. Earl Owen, the renowned

The hand is part ornate finery and part machine…

Simon Tedeschi. Photo - Brendan Read.

Australian hand surgeon, so I could be briefed on hand injury prevention by the great man himself. Owen gave me a detailed breakdown of the anatomy of the hand – the cartilages, the muscles, the bones, the fibres – and by the time the meeting had ended, I was paralysed with fear but imbued with a new respect. The hand is part ornate finery and part machine with a range of motion that is unparalleled in nature. It was Owen who convinced me that I didn’t have to be absurd in my attitude to my hands but nor could I take them for granted either.

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The fast bowler who could play a piano concerto, or two.

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I tried insuring my hands once. I thought, hell - J-Lo insures her posterior so why shouldn’t I. It proved to be a torrid affair. No insurance company in Australia would go near me. As a pianist, I was considered to be in the realm of an elite athlete with a level of heightened risk (and consequently, premiums). Unlike an elite athlete, my taxable income looked like a moderate score on the breathalyser. Therein lay my problem.

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When I was about 11, I played cricket whenever and wherever I could. My cricket journey couldn’t have been more different to my musical one in that I wasn’t much good at it, it involved lots of time in the great outdoors and required absolute loyalty from my colleagues.

I was described in the school bulletin as the

“fast bowler who could play a piano concerto or two,” but in reality that was wishful thinking.

I simply did not have the athleticism – but there was more. The die was cast one fateful day when an opposing batsman hit a flier to me and I was fielding out at the boundary (where my captain wisely placed me). In that instant, I had an important decision to make. Would I be a pianist or a cricketer? Some important but nevertheless primitive facet of my brain instantly told me what I already knew, which is that I would never be a cricketer. With a thud, the ball hit the grass and my teammates chastised me with an unrelenting passion that I have never forgotten. Not one of them would ever go on to be a cricketer.

I, however, have remained a pianist.

Injury is the greatest fear of the musician.

However, intelligent decisions are the musician’s friend. Make them wisely and regularly. And whatever you do – DON’T prise open frozen bread with a knife. - Simon Tedeschi fineMusic FM 102.5

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REAL vs VIRTUAL CHORAL MUSIC INTO THE NEXT CENTURY Great numbers of people across the world are discovering choral music in completely new ways and, to a very large extent, American composer and conductor Eric Whitacre is responsible.

He has taken the world of choirs to a whole new level, with works which speak not only to the modern person but, at the same time, reposition choirs in a virtual world which, through YouTube, is reaching millions.

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Choral music is a life force..

For Whitacre, choral music is a life force, and he wants to transmit his passion to as many as possible, whether that be in the real world of live concerts and recordings, or by means of the virtual world.

But musical success hasn’t always come easily to Whitacre, whose name is now synonymous with modern choral repertoire right across the world. Nor is his journey one that followed the usual trajectory.

“I stumbled into choral music. I was 18 years old and had just gone off to university. I didn’t even read music,” said Whitacre.

“I had never really been exposed to classical music at all. I had played in a pop band in high school, but I joined the choir to meet girls.

“The first day, we rehearsed the Mozart Requiem, and it changed my life overnight. It was the biggest thing that had ever happened to me. It was literally life-changing!”

It seems hard to conceive that someone so successful fell upon his skills almost by accident.

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I always loved music, it’s like breathing..

“The Mozart Requiem was a real catalyst. I didn’t know the parts, nor could I really read. I look back on that moment and it’s like taking some drug. The impact of it was so physiological. It was music in three-dimensions, having all those voices in the room singing at the same time. I was incredibly fortunate that I got introduced to it in that way.”

For many composers, it’s about finding themselves. Whitacre could have travelled the road of a pop musician (and some of his appeal is no doubt the accessible and tonal style of his music for modern listeners). Instead, by stumbling into an experience as significant as 4

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Eric Whitacre. Photo - Andrew MacNaughton. the Mozart Requiem, the world of choral music was opened up and for Whitacre everything was changed forever.

“I always loved music. It’s like breathing - I never realised how it could touch you in so many layers. I still don’t quite understand it now. I still look at the Requiem’s Kyrie and still am amazed by it - trying to figure it out.”

Finding his voice was a slow journey. Choirs had become an addictive force for him, but he had not written his first choir piece for publication until the age of 21. He then wrote another piece, which also was published, and it just snowballed.

It was truly an odd process, in which he found himself getting fired from his regular jobs, which served to propel him more fully into music.

“I fell in love with music, and I realised that this was it - I was to be a classical composer.

“It took me a long time to catch up. It took me seven years to get through my first degree.

Then I went to do a Masters degree. It was really tough for me at first. Part of it was that I was self-taught; some of it I knew, but I knew it emotionally, as I didn’t know the theory. So part of it was replacing the emotional part of my brain with the technical.

“I had to use parts of my brain in a different way to work out the music, for better or worse. It was difficult - the ear-training. I suffered for years!”

But from his university days, he has transformed himself from a band member in a pop group to one of the world’s leading composers. As it

so happens, he has not cloistered himself in an unreal world.

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My beating heart is still rock and pop..

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Whitacre’s musical tastes are very eclectic, from orchestral and chamber music to film music, musical theatre and opera.

“But my beating heart, however, is still rock and pop,” he said.

“If you dropped me on a desert island, I would probably start with Abbey Road, then Pink Floyd, and then as much 80s pop as I could fit into my bag.”

To that end, Whitacre agreed to judge a worldwide competition to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Abbey Road Studios in the UK in 2011. The wide remit from the organisers at Abbey Road saw nearly 1000 entries flood in - everything from big pop Disney anthems through to hard core Elgar-like hymns.

Spending three days at Abbey Road Studios for Whitacre was like a religious experience.

“It was like stepping into a cathedral, especially being a Beatles’ fan. With all the film scores and classical music recorded in there … it totally feels like a sanctuary.”

The awe of the place made famous by The Beatles does not escape in Whitacre’s recount of this experience. He felt the presence of the Fab Four, just as much as the knowledge of the many tracks of film music laid down there by large orchestral and choral forces over the years.

“When you walk in, it’s just eerie. It sends chills down my spine just talking about it,” he confesses.

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A kaleidoscope of faces and voices blended...

Virtual Choir was born!

His next attempt was even more ambitious; here the composer conducted his Lux Aurumque, with the same result of a kaleidoscope of faces and voice blended together, and thus, Whitacre’s Virtual Choir was born!

With over one million hits within a short time frame, the bug had caught on and the second project, aptly named Virtual Choir 2, took off.

“We tried it (Virtual Choir) and it worked. But it worked beyond our wildest dreams. When we did the first video, it went viral. And then it just blew up. It became, and continues to be, much bigger than the medium. It’s become this organic runaway community – all coming together. I could never have imagined it when we started it.”

The success of this project has meant that in this year Virtual Choir 4 will be produced,

Virtual Choir

making it perhaps the most innovative way forward in the world of choral performance.

“My sincere hope is that in three years perhaps, the technology will allow us to do this in real time.”

Asked whether he viewed the creation of Virtual Choir projects as his own exclusive idea, Whitacre is more universal in its acceptance and potential.

But for the moment, the Virtual Choir 4 project has over £100,000 in startup funds to ensure the technical success of the operation, as technicians need to work with over 5000 videos to bring this monumental exercise to fruition.

The project will be realised when it is presented at Buckingham Palace for HM The Queen and the Royal Family. It is a testament to the enduring nature of fine quality choral music and the innovative adaption of new technology, by reaching millions more people around the world at any one moment. No better a person is there to whom to present this project than Queen Elizabeth II, who herself has witnessed an amazing transformation in choral music from the music first heard by her at her own Coronation 60 years ago, to such as is now on offer via the virtual world of music.

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But his job on this occasion was to judge, and record the final eight winning works, with the London Symphony Orchestra and his own Singers. From a vast array of original, unsigned and undiscovered composers, one of his winners was 24 year old Australian, Daniel Brinsmead, whose piece Come Sleep has a great likeness to much of Whitacre’s own oeuvre.

Another piece with the title Sleep, was the catalyst for Whitacre’s first venture into the unknown world of cyber performance. When Britlin Losee, a fan of Whitacre’s, shared a video of herself singing his song Sleep, the composer courageously sent out a call for others to buy the official recording of Sleep, record themselves singing to it, and upload the result.

The art of choral music is not dead..

What this project says perhaps more than anything, is that not only do people love Eric Whitacre’s music, but that the art of choral music is not a dead art.

“I hope that that is exactly what it says. For me, choral music is electric, it’s thrilling, it’s subtle.

It’s everything you want in a relevant art form.”

Asked how it feels being one of the most famous and imaginative composers of his

generation, he chuckles and says, “I lived in California for 15 years, and to use a surfer analogy, it feels like I cut a wave. I caught this epic wave out there with a bunch of people, and somehow I got on the right wave.”

Whilst he admits the thrill of his success, he knows it comes with some definite and humbling responsibility. A vital key to his compositional process is that he tries to write visually or cinematically.

Lux Aurumque (or Light and Gold) has a definite visual element. “Two themes that I come back to over and over are the beauty of the natural world and our basic humanity. I try to fill my music with those images.”

He is excited to be visiting Australia this month, and will conduct a performance in the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Philharmonia (Symphony) Choir and VOX, in which Lux Aurumque will feature.

“The concert in the Opera House will have a wide range of pieces I have written, some older pieces and some new ones (three of which will be performed for the first time in Australia). “ The challenge for Whitacre is not in creating glorious music, as this seems as natural as breathing, but is in reaching out to a worldwide audience of listeners and performers. Just as he challenges the real world with the virtual world, he is forever challenging the way performances are made. - Barry Walmsley Eric Whitacre, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and VOX appear in Light & Gold at Sydney Opera House on 30 March. www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.au

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THE UNSUNG HEROES A MAMMOTH MUSICAL JOURNEY

He has always come to the fore in moments of crisis to provide calm leadership such as in 1989 when our rooftop licensor informed us that we would have to vacate the AMP Centre roof by year’s end. The AMP had been our actual transmission site since 1978 and the short notice was especially troubling as finding an affordable high building or sharing an existing tower at reasonable rental was a very serious challenge.

The technical volunteers of Fine Music 102.5 are often the unsung heroes. They lack the public face of their better known colleagues – the presenters and programmers. But without their contribution 102.5 would not be on air.

Max Benyon has ensured that 2MBS - the Music Broadcasting Society of NSW - re-branded to Fine Music 102.5 in 2012 – has stayed on air since our first broadcast in 1974.

Max and another long term volunteer, Kit Scally, undertook the political lobbying and research to secure the rights to the roof of Governor Philip Tower which was being constructed at the time and where we still broadcast from today with excellent coverage. In 2011, our technical team started a project to replace our old transmitter. Funding was secured along with $70,000 in donations to purchase the new transmitter which became operational in early 2012 again overseen by Max and Kit Scally. A far cry from the $300 available for constructing the original transmitter.

He has never been tied to one role but has used his engineering skills, enquiring mind and love of research to advance the station in whatever way he can. From major involvement in building the first transmitter, lobbying politicians, to moving studios and adapting to digital broadcasting, Max’s quiet professional leadership and innovative ideas have been a guiding light.

On Australia Day this year, we were thrilled to see Max acknowledged with an Order of Australia Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the station and community broadcasting in general. These contributions have spanned some four decades.

Max worked for many years as a power transmission planning (electrical) engineer. His work and publications in that field are highly respected.

One particular report was issued following an inquiry he chaired covering the consequences of the December 1989 Newcastle earthquake on the generation and transmission system.

His love of research and enquiring mind were evident even from his twenties when his expertise was drawn upon in television. He was involved in CQ TV in England constructing TV and FM receivers and experimenting with closed circuit TV – that was back in the mid 1950s.

In Australia the experimental FM transmissions of the PMG’s Department were a valued source of high quality music until closed down in 1961.

By the early ‘70s, Max was one of the driving forces behind the push for FM broadcasting in NSW and gave evidence with the founders of the Music Broadcasting Society of NSW before the Senate Standing Committee on Education, Science & the Arts in July 1973 and to the Government’s Independent Inquiry into FM Broadcasting in January 1974.

In March 1974, he headed the group of three MBS technical experts that built our first transmitter with just $300 in the bank! By December that year, MBS was broadcasting and by midJanuary 1975 we were broadcasting in stereo 6

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Upgrading of the studios has always been managed by Max including the upgrade in 2007 which enabled our move into the digital age.

Max Benyon at the Governor Philiip Tower. with 400 watts, the first such broadcasting in Australia. The ABC officially started FM stereo broadcasting in January 1976.

During the mid-1970s Max was involved in providing expertise and the loan of low power transmitters to a number of aspiring community broadcasters for trial broadcasts. This especially applied to the Illawarra Community station with assistance in transmitter construction and of a studio to transmitter radio link. The development of the latter equipment was made available to the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia following receipt of a small grant to cover the costs so that others could build their own equipment.

A further development of that link equipment is still in use today to send the FM 102.5 program to the transmitter site in the city CBD. However, what is more important is that today Max, now an octogenarian, has lost none of his energy, commitment and passion, and currently oversees operations as chair of the Technical Committee.

In early 2010, Fine Music entered into a development agreement which would see 76 Chandos Street demolished and in its place a new structure built which would include studio and office accommodation as well as residential units. Our temporary home since then has been across the road at 87 Chandos - a seamless move which was overseen by Max and the Technical Committee with less than a two second break in broadcasting.

Max is currently concluding project management of the new state of the art studios and offices on the site of our old premises with major detail design input from colleague Roger Doyle ably assisted by another long standing volunteer, Rob Tregea.

Over the past 40 years, Max has been the constant quiet driving force behind our staying on air 24 hours a day 7 days a week donating many volunteer hours including weekends.

He contributes to the strategic direction of the station to ensure its ongoing viability and longevity.

His love of fine music has also been demonstrated over many years through his philanthropic support of many music organisations in Sydney.

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A PIONEERING JOURNEY JAMES CRABB & THE CLASSICAL ACCORDION

In part, these ‘different worlds’ are available thanks to the singular features of the classical accordion, which offers the opportunity to switch from the pre-fixed chord system in the left hand to a single-tone manual keyboard.

With two hands covering a tonal range of more than seven octaves, the classical accordion is an instrument with near-limitless possibilities.

instrument, and has held academic positions both at his alma mater in Copenhagen and at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria.

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Crabb’s eclectic repertoire spans a multitude of eras and genres…

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Consider the accordion. What do you see?

What do you hear? Perhaps you picture a grizzled busker, nodding his thanks as passersby flip coins into his hat. Maybe you visualise an overcrowded club, where even the walls seem to dance and sweat to the irresistible lurch of tango music. Your imagination may even evoke the frenetic energy and oompah-pah stomp of polka - but do you picture a concert hall, lights dimmed and the air thick with anticipation?

“I am in a way on a pioneering journey with the classical accordion in Australia”, says the Scottish-born musician. “It’s always a pleasure to have that element of surprise up my sleeve through the diversity of repertoire and instrumentation, from the familiar to the relatively or often completely unknown.”

Crabb is a frequent performer and collaborator and as such is the owner of an impressive CV, having brought his accordion to concert halls worldwide as soloist for (to name but a few), the London Philharmonic, the Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, the Nash Ensemble, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic.

As a passionate and acclaimed authority on the music of Astor Piazzola, Crabb’s talents have also been highlighted onstage alongside members of the influential tango composer’s original quintet. Crabb features on two lauded recordings of Piazzola’s compositions, one as soloist and arranger with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and the second with Richard Tognetti and the Tango Jam quintet.

An avid accordionist since the age of four, Crabb studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music with classical accordion pioneer Mogens Ellegaard and was awarded the Carl Nielsen Music Prize, Denmark in 1991. He is now a critically-acclaimed ambassador for his chosen

Crabb’s eclectic repertoire spans a multitude of eras and genres, ranging from Baroque transcriptions through to tango nuevo and contemporary original compositions, “completely different worlds,” he remarks, “from the well-known oompah-pah world.”

Whatever your preconceived notions may be, classical accordion virtuoso James Crabb is on a mission to challenge them - and it’s a mission he has pursued with great conviction and enthusiasm over the course of his remarkable career.

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...perfect poise and passion...

…a consummate master of his instrument

Watching James Crabb perform, there is little wonder as to why he has been variously described as “an accordionist of dazzling virtuosity”; “a performer of perfect poise, taste and passion” and “a consummate master of his instrument”. This virtuoso doesn’t so much play music as inhabit it, his eyes closed as his fingers dance across the keys of his ‘Mythos’ nr. 4 Pigini accordion. He deftly balances thoughtful textural complexity with flashes of technical brilliance, the richness of his timbre seeming to coat the ensemble’s sound. Into Crabb’s world the listener is irrevocably drawn, seduced by his taut arrangements and pure musical surety.

James Crabb. Photo – Christoffer Askman.

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Crabb shows no signs of slowing down - his 2013 engagements include conducting and performing in Piazzola’s Maria de Buenos Aires with the Victorian Opera, a Victorian tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and performances with Brett Dean in a new accordion/viola duo presentation. Crabb will furthermore be loaning his collaborative talents, both in the roles of soloist and musical director, to Opera Queensland in a project called ‘Delirium’, featuring the music of Händel.

In Crabb’s forthcoming collaboration with leading Sydney chamber group the Australia Ensemble@ UNSW, audiences can look forward to a diverse gallery of music for accordion and chamber ensemble, hand-picked by this supremely versatile artist. On offer is music from Lundquist, Franck, Tiensuu, Dvoˇrák and, of course, Piazzola. It promises to be a surprising and enlightening partnership, and will serve to highlight the broad palette of colours and depth of expressive character available to this fascinating instrument.

James Crabb presents the accordion as you’ve never heard it before. And that’s the way he likes it.

- Luke Iredale James Crabb joins the Australia Ensemble @UNSW at the first concert of their 2013 Subscription Series on Saturday March 16 at 8pm, at the Sir John Clancy Auditorium, the University of New South Wales. To book, contact Yvette Goodchild on 9385 4874. fineMusic FM 102.5

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LEONARD BERNSTEIN: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

This is the story of a man who was born Louis, the son of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants Sam and Jennie, and who died Leonard Bernstein, head of the multi-million dollar Amberson Production company. He was a teacher, raconteur, jazz enthusiast, piano player, entertainer, bon vivant and an accumulator of a “great circle of friends”, especially after the death of his wife, Felicia, in 1978.

romp that broke box-office records at the Metropolitan Opera. During the success of the Broadway version, Koussevitsky reminded his protégé about his musical responsibilities and for the next six years Bernstein devoted himself solely to conducting. On the strength of Bernstein’s popularity with the younger set and with an ear tuned to his box-office appeal, Bernstein was offered the musical directorship of the New York Philharmonic soon after the successful premiere of West Side Story. His composing quota fell drastically.

His demise as a composer coincided with his appointment as musical director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in 1958. Thereafter, his attempts at composing became jaded, fractured, ill-defined and yet, not sufficiently avant-garde for those who felt he should have embraced 12-tone music. He was an egotist. In his eyes, the rewards were as much about glory and adulation as they were about money. In his younger days, he loved being the centre of attention and always made a beeline for the piano at parties. If there was no piano he either sulked or left.

His early musical mentors, Aaron Copland, Dimitri Mitropoulos and Serge Koussevitzky were among many who thought Bernstein special. Captivated by Bernstein’s playing of some of his own (Bernstein’s) compositions and a Chopin Nocturne, Mitropoulos told the 18 year old he exuded greatness, perhaps even genius. Both Copland and Mitropoulos advised Bernstein to forget composing and concentrate on a conducting career. Serge Koussevitzky was different from the others. For a start he was attracted to Bernstein because of his musical talent. More importantly, he not only encouraged Bernstein to conduct, he offered him the tools of the trade, an orchestra to experiment with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

…the stage was set for Bernstein’s acclaimed debut as conductor..

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In fact Koussevitsky had visions of Bernstein succeeding him in Boston. But it never

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Leonard Bernstein at the piano. materialised and it set the stage for Bernstein’s acclaimed debut as conductor of the New York Philharmonic when he deputised for an ailing Bruno Walter on 14 November 1943.

Thereafter, Bernstein’s conducting career was virtually sealed and required only some more experience at conducting other orchestras before he emerged as sole master of the New York Philharmonic in 1958.

But there was another, non-musical, person who steered Bernstein towards a conducting career - his father, Sam. The senior Bernstein had never been enthusiastic about his son’s musical talents. Begrudgingly, he helped out with limited finances while his son learned his trade. To him, a musician’s life was ‘of a klesmer, which is little better than a beggar,’ Leonard wrote later, “a guy with a clarinet or a violin going from town to town to play for a few kopecks at weddings and bar mitzvahs.”

Bernstein flirted with composing from the moment he began to play the piano as a toddler.

But his talent went unrecognised beyond the classical fringes till he met Jerome Robbins. In 1943, Robbins was a choreographer in search of a musical score for a ballet about three sailors on a 24-hour furlough. Bernstein came up with the music for Fancy Free, a 30-minute

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He was also a composer. He was no giant like Beethoven or Mahler or even Gershwin but he did compose West Side Story. He wrote others of course, both classical and popular, but nothing to compare with his 1957 musical.

In fact, after West Side Story nothing he wrote ever achieved substantial recognition.

After his New York Philharmonic contract expired in 1969, he spent more time in Europe.

In cities like Vienna he had the cult following of a pop star. His recording career boomed too.

CBS Records (now known as Sony Classical) recorded more than five hundred albums with Bernstein. Personal revenue from sales of his records averaged US$200,000 per album and at one point Bernstein’s contract gave him carte blanche to record whatever he chose.

In 1975 CBS released Bernstein from his contract and he signed up with Deutsche Grammophon who were looking to expand in the US market. According to Peter Munves, a former CBS executive - “Bernstein opened up a whole new world in his career with Deutsche Grammophon. He became an international star, eclipsing every other living conductor.”

By now Bernstein had started filming and recording all his albums live. Not only was he maximising his revenue from three lucrative sources but, in addition, his old CBS recordings were re-issued and became best sellers all over again.

Somewhere up there Sam Bernstein was smiling. - Randolph Magri-Overend

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Raising a Glass to Gil jounalist and winemaker At that time Gil was writing about contemporary jazz in the magazine while I was covering more mainstream fare. Some members of the Jazz Police had long ago decided I was no friend of the esoteric cutting edge, something which Gil would good-naturedly rib me about. I would reply that his writing had a lot to do with my taste in jazz.

Gil Wahlquist.

I am looking at page 15 of the January, 2000 issue of the 2MBS-FM Radio magazine. It’s the first of three pages covering the 1999 Wangarratta Jazz and Blues Festival in northeastern Victoria, a country town which “got hip and ended up with an international event on its hands”. The words are not mine; they belong to Gil Wahlquist with whom I shared a byline. I was honoured to do so.

I remember it well. It was 1958 and, as a teenage cadet journalist on The Advocate in Burnie on the north-west coast of Tasmania, I had been driving my fellow cadets mad about Benny Goodman and jazz and my contemptuous views on the current pop fare which I described as amateurish junk. The senior cadet, the late Fred Robertson, walked into the newsroom waving a copy of the Sydney newspaper, The Sun-Herald, saying: “Read this about Benny Goodman.” It was Gil’s less than an enthusiastic review of an album on the Coronet label called The Vintage Goodman. The tracks included Billie Holiday’s first recording, Your Mother’s Son-In-Law, and Love Me Or Leave Me (both from 1933) and Moonglow (1934); the band included Jack Teagarden and Teddy Wilson.

OperaMania will take you on a journey of some of the most loved operas of all time including Carmen, The Magic Flute, The Barber of Seville and many more in this seamless theatrical production. OperaMania will delight the most seasoned music lovers and is the perfect introduction for first time opera-goers.

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Gil’s comment “that there was very little swing in it” didn’t stop me buying the album but I became an avid reader of his record columns until he retired from writing them after two decades in 1974. The columns had a major influence on my growing record collection.

Gil was looked upon as the father of organic wine growing in Mudgee in the Central West with his Botobolar Vineyard. His wines formed the easy drinking part of my cellar; when I was sporting editor of The Australian each Thursday a copyboy would be dispatched to The Oak Barrel with my expenses to pick up four bottles of wine - two of them from Botobolar.

Although I had worked on The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald from 1964-67 our paths didn’t cross until I attended my first editorial conference with the 2MBS-FM Radio magazine. I was saddened to hear of Gil’s death last year, more so because I never seemed able to get an opportunity to sit down and a have a long chat over a glass of wine with someone who helped foster my love for jazz and the classic American popular song. – Kevin Jones

Young Virtuosi

YOUNG PERFORMER 2013 SEMI FINALISTS ROBBIN REZA – PIANIST

The Collaborators The importance of the role played by an accompanist/associate artist during a performance is often greatly underestimated.

In the coming months Fine Music Magazine invites some of the highly sought after accompanists to share reflections on their profession – first up we meet Bradley Gilchrist.

Eighteen-year-old Sydney Conservatorium student, Robbin Reza recently won the NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition - Senior Section and in August last year was the Open Championship winner for the St. George Eisteddfod and recipient of Bessie Cook Piano Award Scholarship from the Sydney Conservatorium High School.

Robbin has performed at The Art Gallery of NSW, a 2008 Sydney International Piano Competition launch and at the Shanghai Expo in China in 2010. He began playing piano at five and took to the trumpet at nine. Robbin began piano study under Sayano Ito and now studies with Daniel Herscovitch. He has completed the AMEB exams for piano and is working towards an LmusA for the trumpet.

JOHANNA BLAKE – CELLIST

Sixteen-year-old Johanna Blake started playing the cello at the age of five as a student of Takao Mitzushima. In 2009 she was accepted into MLC Burwood on a full music scholarship and she began lessons with Susan Blake at age 13.

Johanna has gained distinctions in both her AmusA and LmusA. At 15, Johanna made her solo debut performing the Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto in Angel Place with the MLC Orchestra.

In the same year she was a senior finalist in the NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition performing the Lalo Cello Concerto with the Kuring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra.

Johanna has performed in master classes with Peter Bruns, Michael Haber, Inbal Megiddo, Uzi Wiezel and the Flinders Quartet.

A graduate of the WA and Sydney conservatoria and the Escuela Superior de Musica, Madrid, Bradley Gilchrist is a much in demand freelance accompanist and repetiteur specialising in vocal repertoire. He worked for several years as repetiteur at the Han National Ballet of Korea and as accompanist and coach at the Accademia Europea di Firenze. As opera repetiteur, he has worked for several Australian opera companies and the Lisa Gasteen Opera Summer School. Gilchrist will be accompanist for the Wagner Society series of concerts in Sydney throughout the year.

Gilchrist: I believe that piano accompaniment is a post-graduate study. Accompanists need to have a secure technique, highly developed aural skills, an understanding of style and music history as well as refined ensemble skills - all developed in an undergraduate degree.

The art of piano accompaniment is not just playing softly, but involves balancing the parts according to the requirements of the musical material and the ability of the soloist. Skills of perception are essential too, as accompanists work under time constraints and in stressful performance conditions where support of the soloist also includes hiding memory slips or wrong notes!

Often a soloist will come to a rehearsal without having any idea of the accompaniment, which is 50 percent of the music and it is an accompanist’s job to gently assist them to incorporate an understanding of the pianist’s part into their interpretation. Particularly in the context of accompanying students, an accompanist must sometimes suppress their own interpretation to reflect that of the soloist, requiring humility.

An accompanist is invariably coaching matters of ensemble, intonation, pitch and rhythmic accuracy, in the case of singers, wrong words, word stress and mispronunciation as well as leading discussion surrounding shared

Bradley Gilchrist understanding and rendition of the music.

In the case of repetiteurship and orchestral reductions, an accompanist must imitate the sound of the orchestra. Accompanists play for live, blind or recorded auditions, examinations, recitals, broadcasts, recordings, as repetiteurs for ballet and opera, and often specialise in different kinds of repertoire. It is an exciting and rewarding profession and good rapport with a fine accompanist is much sought after by successful soloists. You have to try to be inside the mind and the soul of the soloist, provide a first-rate equal partnership and be prepared to bow second.

YOUNG VIRTUOSI BROADCASTS 1pm Wednesday 13 March - Robbin Reza 1pm Wednesday 27 March - Johanna Blake Presenter - Andrew Bukenya, Audio Engineer - Greg Ghavalas, Piano tuning - Ron Overs, Overs Pianos. All recordings for the Young Performers Award series took place at St Catherine’s School Waverley.

Coordinator – Judy Deacon yd@finemusicfm.com Coming up Tuesday 12 March - Closing date Sydney Eisteddfod competition entries. Note new section - Piano Accompaniment Award Sunday 17 March: Concert - Mosman Art Gallery : Bradley Cooper and Sarah-Ann Walker, accompanist, Bradley Gilchrist

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CHAMBER MUSICA VIVA FESTIVAL

Thursday 4 - Sunday 7 April Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie Street, Sydney

Bookings: 1800 688 482 www.musicavivafestival.com.au Returning in 2013, in collaboration with the Australian Youth Orchestra, the Musica Viva Festival promises four days of inspiring experiences.

CHAMBER SYDNEY OMEGA ENSEMBLE HOUSE MUSIC 2013 Sunday 24 March 6pm Government House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney Tickets: $85-$90 Bookings: 8239 2211 www.hht.net.au

More than 20 artists perform in seven headline concerts. In a refreshing shake-up of the traditional concert format each main concert will feature several festival artists, as they take to the stage for solo and collaborative performances in a quick succession of varied chamber music repertoire. Hear solos, piano quartets, string octets, violin sonatas, horn quintets, piano trios and much more under the one roof.

From main festival concerts featuring the best international artists, through to recitals by the cream of young Australian musicians, as well as master classes, workshops, this festival offers every imaginable level of connection to the complete chamber music experience. Artists include Lambert Orkis, Sharon Bezaly, Hector McDonald, Pieter Wispelwey, Benjamin Beilman, Alice Giles (above), Pacifica Quartet, and Goldner String Quartet.

CHORAL LIGHT & GOLD SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA CHORUS & VOX Saturday 30 March 7pm Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall Tickets: from $45 Bookings: 9250 7777 www.sydneyoperahouse.com.au

ORCHESTRAL SYDNEY YOUTH ORCHESTRAS SYO1 Wednesday 6 March 7.30pm Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie Street, Sydney Bookings: 9251 2422 www.syo.com.au In this, the first concert of the Sydney Youth Orchestra’s 40th birthday season, you’ll hear a passionate performance of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique from Sydney’s best young musicians guided by chief conductor and artistic director Max McBride.

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There are very few nonets in the chamber music repertoire, and that of Joseph Rheinberger is ranked amongst one of the very best. Rheinberger was one of the most prolific composers of fugues after Johann Sebastian Bach. During this House Music concert, the Sydney Omega Ensemble repeats its crowd-pleasing 2012 performance of Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Souvenir de Florence - his string sextet which is an enthralling musical memento of the composer’s sojourn in Italy. Established by its artistic director David Rowden in 2005, the Sydney Ensemble has consistently received enthusiastic acclaim from audiences and reviewers alike, and continues to be broadcast around Australia on radio stations Fine Music 102.5 and ABC Classic FM. Program - Rheinberger Nonet in A Major, Op. 139 and Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence String Sextet, Op. 70.

Eric Whitacre has redefined choral music in the 21st century, making him one of the most popular composers of our time. In Light and Gold, he conducts the Sydney Philharmonia Chorus and Vox in what promises to be an exceptional and memorable concert - you’ll be moved by sounds that will haunt you for days. Whitacre’s debut album as composer and conductor, Light & Gold, was released in October 2010 and became the no.1 Classical Album in the US and UK charts within a week, receiving unanimous five star reviews and winning a Grammy in 2012 for Best Choral Performance. His video Virtual Choir has been seen by more than 3.5 million viewers on YouTube. This Light and Gold concert program includes Lux Aurumque, Five Hebrew Love Songs, The Seal Lullaby and Cloudburst.

Soloist is Tamara Anna Cislowska, one of Australia’s most acclaimed and recognised pianists. Cislowska has performed across five continents in repertoire spanning three centuries, from Scarlatti to Sculthorpe. The program is - Saint-Saëns’ Marche Miltaire Francaise, Britten’s Piano Concerto No.1, Op.13 and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14. The Sydney Youth Orchestra was founded as a single orchestra in 1973 by the visionary music educator and conductor, Peter Seymour. Since then it has grown to become a community of over 400 young musicians, aged 7-25, from all over Sydney and beyond.

RECITAL DAME KIRI AT THE JOAN Friday 15 March 8pm The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, 597 High Street, Penrith Tickets: $150 Bookings: 4723 7600 www.jspac.com.au

SYMPHONY SYDNEY SYMPHONY FATE & FESTIVALS Wednesday 13, Friday 15, Saturday 16 March 8pm Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall Tickets: $35-$135 Bookings: 8215 4600 Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto is the centrepiece of this thrilling program that runs from the drama of fate to a festival spirit. Tchaikovsky always wears his heart on his sleeve, whether in the exhilarating brilliance of his most popular piano concerto or in his youthful and very Russian obsession with fate. But the intense drama gives way to festivals as Respighi goes wild in a set of orchestral showpieces - noisy portraits of Roman circuses, ecstatic pilgrims, highspirited holidays and endless dancing.

The Othello Overture doesn’t try to tell the story of Shakespeare’s play, but its mix of tenderness and violent passion sets the scene for the whole concert. Charismatic young Canadian Charles Olivieri-Munroe conducts and Korean pianist Joyce Yang (above) makes her third visit to Sydney to take the solo spotlight.

Celebrating the transformative power of music, Penrith Performing & Visual Arts together with Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia present a very special gala concert starring Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (below).

Accompanied by renowned New Zealand pianist Terence Dennis, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa performs highlights from her amazing operatic career. This is the only opportunity to hear this legendary soprano in her only Sydney concert.

Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald last year, Harriet Cunningham remarked - “Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is in her seventh decade but her voice is as remarkable as ever… add an adventurous choice of repertoire and a generous stage presence and you end up with a recital that approaches perfection.”

Drinks on arrival and at interval, post show champagne supper and performance program are included in the ticket price.

JAZZ KIAMA JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL OVER 20 VENUES Friday 8 - Sunday 10 March Kiama, NSW Tickets: Free Information: www.kiamajazz.com This FREE festival of red hot jazz and blues has entertained locals and visitors for over 20 years. More than 50 events are spread across 20 Kiama venues. Jazz, Blues, Swing, Trad, World Fusion, Celtic, Bluegrass, Latin, Gypsy, Big Band - all types of jazz and blues feature at this fun festival with plenty to delight, entertain and amuse any audience. Events include - Dance, Cabaret, Eat to the Beat, Jazz Gospel Service, All Day Jazz & Blues in Hindmarsh Park, Young Bands Come out to Play, Jazz for breakfast lunch and dinner, pub jazz, and street jazz and blues.

Artists include VulgarGrad, Adrian Cunningham, Phil Manning, Ray Beadle, Caravana Sun, George Washingmachine, Pearlnoire, The Vanns, Tommy M and the Mastersounds, Crystal Barreca, Dorothy Jane Gosper, Chicken Shack Trio, Dr Don’s Double Dose, Don Hopkins, The Escalators and many more.

JAZZ SYDNEY JAZZ CLUB MID-WEEK JAZZ

Wednesday 13 March 12.30pm-3pm Sydney Flying Squadron, Milson’s Point Tickets: $10

BERRY ISLAND PICNIC

Sunday 17 March 12 noon-3pm Berry Island Reserve - bottom of Shirley Road, Wollstonecraft Tickets: Free Tickets at the door (both events) www.sydneyjazzclub.com

At this month’s Sydney Jazz Club Mid-Week Lunch you’ll be treated to the Bridge CityBlack Mountain Jazz band - a traditional band featuring musicians from Sydney and Canberra.

Dine on the deck and enjoy great music and a magnificent Harbour backdrop. Be early for a good seat.

For over 40 years the Sydney Jazz Club has held monthly picnics under the trees at Wollstonecraft. This free gig is a great place to meet up with friends and enjoy acoustic jazz, and a different band each month. Think atmosphere, think bush, thing great music and bring your picnic to hear the wonderful Bob Barnard (left) and his band. fineMusic FM 102.5

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VILLAZÓN VERDI Rolando Villazón, Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino conducted by Gianandrea Noseda Deutsche Grammophon 477 9460

✶✶✶✶✶ MENDELSSOHN UNKNOWN A film by Angelo Bozzolini Euroarts 2058858

✶✶✶ This DVD, Italian in origin, is about Mendelssohn’s life and works, based on his letters to his sister Fanny and on comments made by contemporary musicians such as Kurt Masur, Steven Isserlis, Riccardo Chailly and others. It is hard to see what the DVD reveals that is “unknown” about Mendelssohn. We already know that his grandfather was Moses Mendelssohn, that he was from a rich family, that he was born Jewish but converted to Lutheranism and that he died young. We also know, and this seems to be the controversial point about the DVD, that he has always been

PROKOFIEV: JANINE JANSEN Violin Concerto No 2 London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Jurowski, Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Itamar Golan (piano) Decca 478 3546

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Relatively few singers have gone through throat surgery and returned to work with their voices unaffected by the trauma. On the evidence of this disc, Rolando Villazón is one of the few: if there has been an effect at all, it is perhaps in a slight darkening of the voice, which without affecting the gleaming steel of the top notes seems to have added an almost nutty quality to the lower range, shown to particular advantage in the Brindisi.

There is so sign of strain or uncertainty anywhere, and the passion of which this singer is capable, and which is in a sense his trademark, is generously projected in the great bravura arias such as Questa o quella, O mio rimorso! and the extract from the Dies irae.

Less characteristic but perhaps even more

delightful are the quieter tones he deploys in Fenton’s sonnet from Falstaff - four minutes of seductive pleasure. With a finely eclectic choice of numbers, ranging from early to late Verdi (Oberto through to Falstaff) this recital of familiar and unfamiliar numbers will delight not only Villazón’s admirers but all those for whom a genuine Verdi tenor is rare enough to be carefully treasured. Is Villazón the natural successor to Domingo as the most convincing of Verdi tenors? This disc provides a strong argument in favour of the suggestion, and given the tactful accompaniment of the Torino orchestra under the direction of Noseda, and a spacious and finely-balanced recording, it will be a strong-minded Verdi-fancier who can resist adding it to the library. - Derek Parker

thought of as a lesser composer than Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and Haydn.The DVD was made in 2009, Mendelssohn’s centenary year, and puts forward the view that Mendelssohn has been underrated. Here, Kurt Masur claims that Mendelssohn’s oratorios can compare favourably with Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis.

The same view was put on a radio interview recently by a well-known British conductor who seemed to rate Mendelssohn as high as Mozart. But did Mendelssohn ever write anything as great as The Marriage of Figaro or Don Giovanni or the great Mozart piano concertos? Can Mendelssohn’s oratorios really stand comparison with Beethoven’s choral works? Isserlis and Masur may be right when they claim that much of Mendelssohn’s music has yet to be discovered and published and that, if it were, our opinion of him would

change. If this is the case, then by all means let these hidden masterpieces be unveiled.

– Richard Gate

This CD is a show-stopping spectacular showcasing violinist Janine Jansen’s virtuosic skills using Prokofiev’s music as the vehicle.

Her skills are amazing, and she even manages to add some élan in unexpected places. She makes these tremendously difficult works sound not so difficult; maybe even easy. She is predominantly a lyrical ‘Romantic’ violinist, and throughout all the pieces on the CD, a dominant legato line is clearly the focus all the time. The second violin concerto of Prokofiev is one of his most lyrical works. The innate legato of Janine’s playing suits this concerto a lot, but a few small sections don’t seem to match the intended mood. The soloist’s conception of the music is not in agreement with the conductor and the way that the orchestra

is playing. To my mind, the orchestra is right, and unfortunately shows up Janine’s lack of understanding of Prokofiev’s intent: a staccato passage at the end of the first movement is played detached by Janine and then the exact same passage is played musically perfectly by the orchestra. The ending of the concerto is not together, and for a recording, they should have attempted more takes to get it right. The next two pieces have different accompaniment and the balance between Janine and her partner is better. The entire CD plays very well, giving a feeling of slightly post-Romantic music, and it is very easy to press play to repeat the experience. - Richard Wong

CD Reviews This recording contains music by highly respected composers whose works date from the 1990s: Nigel Westlake, Ross Edwards, Paul Stanhope, Matthew Hindson and Romano Crivici (who plays Violin II in the quartet).

STRING LINES Elektra String Quartet ABC Classics 476 5039

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BENAUD TRIO: Music by Ross Edwards, Paul Stanhope, Matthew Hindson, Nicholas Buc Melba MR301139

✶✶✶✶ Australian chamber music is healthy when you come across a disc with contents such as these new piano trios (all written in the last decade or so). Each composer included here has his own distinctive voice in this genre, and has made significant contributions that should endure in history.

Written for the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition in 1998, Ross Edwards’ Piano Trio has seen many groups explore it. Well captured by the Benaud Trio are Edwards’ characteristics of transparency of tone, sparkling figures, solo lines and references

CARL VINE: STRING QUARTETS Goldner String Quartet ABC Classics 476 5168

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High Tension Wires (Westlake) comes from the composer’s days as a performer in a circus troupe, but more importantly, the title contains other associations in the work, such as violin strings, telegraph wires, or electrical discharges. Westlake’s rhythmic irregularities and agitated repetitions help to maintain a nervous edge throughout. Chorale and Ecstatic Dance (Edwards) begins in a reflective way with beautifully homogeneous tones, which break into rhythmic and repetitive short phrase bursts. Again, repetitive patterns work well in PhoSpherics (Stanhope) which also

uses saxophone solo lines for melodic and tonal contrast in an improvisatory manner. In Hindson’s Technologic 135, double stopping in the first movement’s opening cello solo collide with dissonant harmonics over a repetitive drone in the second movement, whilst the third produces a satisfying resolution to the previous tensions. Composers are constantly searching for new sounds, and perhaps, even new meanings to life. Attempts are made to impart this yearning into their works, and Crivici has successfully done so in his sensory Mantra.

These works show hugely divergent responses to writing for string quartet and this ensemble’s exploit of every tonal opportunity has created a rich and energised performance.

- Barry Walmsley

to other works of his, such as the appealing “maninyas” style.

After a mysterious opening, Paul Stanhope’s one movement work Piano Trio “Dolcissimo Uscignolo” (written in 2007) is occupied with agile rhythms and extensive use of the instruments’ ranges. Inspired by a Monteverdi madrigal, this trio exhibits some glorious sonorities.

A frantic Moto Perpetuo in Matthew Hindson’s Piano Trio (2008) is markedly contrasted with the lyrical second movement (Repetitions) with a poignancy heightened by its slow and ethereal ending. Breaking out in a dance style so typical of Hindson’s eclecticism, the third movement, Epic Diva is sure to have a life of its own.

Beautifully recorded, the award winning Benaud Trio (Amir Farid – piano; Lachlan Bramble – violin; Ewen Bramble – cello) has added superbly to the The composing of string quartets always seems to suggest a maturity for a composer.

Carl Vine writes for String Quartet with an acute understanding of technical challenges, but equally importantly tonal colours. He can be gloriously lyrical on the one hand, and then acerbic on the other hand.

Textural contrasts mark the String Quartet No 3. Frenetic paced polyphony in the outer sections contrasts with an appealing lyricism, in a one movement structure which has three easily identifiable sections.

String Quartet No 2 written ten years earlier, is similarly structured in one movement and with three sections, but the contrast could not be more overt, with its rhythmic development (irregular vs regular) being the central idea here.

Dissent and aggression are the hallmarks of String Quartet No 4, but there are expressive

repertoire, exhibiting exquisite playing of some of the finest writing of late. Three of the four works here (Stanhope, Hindson and Buc) are world premiere recordings, making this debut album for the Trio a standout. - BW

moments of brooding and quiet restlessness as well.

If you think by now that there is nothing more to know about Vine’s string quartet style, then his Fifth String Quartet has more to offer.

Six sections contained in one movement display opposing thoughts, which integrate well to make a coherent statement. Again, chromaticism is interjected with tonal and lyrical moments.

Two movements from Vine’s Knips Suite (a charming foray into dance music), contain spritely and energetic playing.

The Goldner Quartet has delivered a landmark performance of this important Australian chamber music. It stands tall as a recording of such virtuosity and integrity, that it will have life in the repertoire for a long time to come.

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He may not have been the best but when I was a teenager Gene Krupa was the most famous of all jazz drummers, a legacy of his years with Benny Goodman and as leader of his own big bands and small groups - and as a pioneer of the long drum solo. Krupa’s trio was one of the first groups Norman Granz signed for his Jazz At the Philharmonic touring troupe in the mid 1940s and by 1951 Krupa was one of the JATP’s stars, being featured in drum “battles” with Buddy

The late Whitney Balliett, jazz writer for The New Yorker, called it the sound of surprise.

I would add the word refreshing, not only in hearing a singer of this calibre for the first time based on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast of all places, but one whose repertoire is based on The Great American Songbook and jazz standards. It’s a welcome change from the current vogue of original compositions. Sue Bond, musical co-ordinator for the Palmer Resort Coolum who performs regularly at its Le Jazz Club with her quartet or quintet, is one of that rare breed who not only knows how to swing - not surprising when you consider Anita O’Day and Ella Fitzgerald head her list of favourites - but has first class pitch and control; and a penchant for melody which enables her Rich. Granz also recorded Krupa extensively; three of the best sessions are on this digitally remastered double CD set - the 1953-54 recordings by a sextet originally released on 10” LPs. The second session (September 10) is worth the price of the set alone. Just look at the lineup! Not only consistent and tasteful drumming by Krupa but also such jazz greats as trumpeter Charlie Shavers, trombonist Bill Harris, tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, pianist Teddy Wilson and bassist Ray Brown. Webster is magnificent; few, if any, could match his lyric beauty on Don’t Take Your Love From Me and Imagination and I again marvel at the elegance and effortless swing of Wilson, especially his solo on Dancing In The Dark as part of the ballad medley on the third session (February

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New York. Such stellar former Basie sidemen as trumpeter Buck Clayton, trombonist Vic Dickenson, tenor saxophonist Buddy Tate and drummer Jo Jones add to its rich tapestry. One of the highlights is Rushing accompanying himself on the piano for the first time as he

to caress a ballad such as I Should Care, long associated with Frank Sinatra. It’s my favourite track, her vocal complemented beautifully by the smooth tenor of Paul Williamson. And she is well served by local musicians - reed player Ian Edwards, whose flute playing on Everything Must Change is a highlight, and pianist John Reeves, a strong soloist, who admirably sets the tempo with bassist Andrew Shaw and drummer Geoff Proud. The bright opening title track sets the standard in an enjoyable album where the music of such legendary composers as Cole Porter, Arthur Schwarz and Howard Dietz and Jerome Kern shares the spotlight with jazz anthems by Thelonius Monk and Tadd Dameron.

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2). Shavers arranged all the numbers on the first two sessions and with alto saxophonist Willie Smith the only other on the first (April 14) recalls the sound of the John Kirby Sextet of the late 1930s and early 1940s. sings, almost conversationally, the hilarious Trick Ain’t Walkin’ No More. The big band tracks are superb especially the arrangement of Some Of These Days which leaves room for many solos.

This is what big band swing was all about! The same can be said for the Big Brass set of timehonoured standards including the best ever vocal version of I’m Coming Virginia. The hand-picked personnel of the roaring orchestra includes soloists of the calibre of Coleman Hawkins and Tate. Rushing was always at his best with a big band. The Smith Girls is his heartfelt tribute to the great blues singers of 1920s - Bessie, Mamie, Clara and Trixie; the accompanying musicians include Clayton, Hawkins and trombonist Dickie Wells. This is magnificent music! The Brubeck set is the weakest although Rushing shows a great affinity with alto saxophonist Paul Desmond.

SWINGING ON THE VINE REQUIEM FOR MELODY

The drunken snores of Little J penetrate my subconscious. I awaken to gaze bleary-eyed at the dark eastern sky which is slowly being replaced by a growing light. It’s the breathless hush that heralds the dawning of a new day. I take a reviver, several mouthfuls of the fruit of the red grape, as I await the soothing sounds of birdlife. Instead I hear the whine of a supercharged engine as the sleek roadster roars down the drive. Be thankful for small mercies I mutter as the insufferable pair, my brother-inlaw Clifford and his new friend “Nigel the Git”, leave my Hunter Valley hideaway; probably heading for the “Big Smoke” desperately seeking attention.

Leaning against a gum tree surrounded by several empty bottles I recall when pop music and the teenager were invented by what we would now call marketing forces. The year was 1958. It would lead to the rejection of the notion of marrying and settling down by a generation which would become more interested in coffee, sex and jazz. I shudder as I think of what once passed for coffee: a few teaspoons of Turban coffee essence mixed with hot water. And jazz! Now those were the days. So unlike today when the music seems to be marginalised; I despair when a respected vocalist like Tony Bennett calls Lady Gaga a jazz singer! I belch in disgust. The esoteric delights of the cutting edge hold no interest for me as I can remember when jazz was both melodic and swinging; when I gained as much enjoyment from a recording by Eddie Condon and his gang as I did with one by Dizzy Gillespie.

I shudder imagining the dreaded tides of jazz parochialism and its police moving up my legs to my string underwear.

The Great American Songbook is no longer nurtured by Broadway musicals. That era which began in the 1920s ended sometime in the 1950s. No longer do we have composers and lyricists such as Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, Vincent Youmans, and Arthur Schwarz and Howard Dietz. Instead we have “Les Mis”! I shudder at the thought of The Voice dragging me off to such fare. These great standards, which combined the talents of musical sophisticates, may have begun on Broadway but they acquired a timelessness after being

Ella Fitzgerald. Photo - W. Gottlieb, Library of Congress. transformed by jazz musicians including such Young who would spend his final days listening giants as Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Dizzy to Sinatra’s records.

Gillespie, Miles Davis and Oscar Peterson.

Jazz musicians would use the chord structures I can remember when I first heard the Rodgers of these great songs as a basis for their own and Hart chestnut Where Or When. It was compositions: Morgan Lewis and Nancy on an excellent tribute album to his old boss Hamilton’s How High The Moon became by pianist Jess Stacy with some of Benny Parker’s Ornithology; the Gershwin’s I Got Goodman’s former sidemen, an album whose Rhythm became Young’s Lester Leaps In, Count only flaw was the uninspiring drumming of Nick Basie’s Jump For Me and Ellington’s Cotton Tail.

Fatool. I can still hum Stacy’s piano solo and that Some great original jazz compositions entered of trumpeter Ziggy Elman. Goodman recorded the Songbook when given words, most notably it with Peggy Lee and his sextet in New York Ralph Burns and Woody Herman’s Early on Christmas Eve in 1941, some two weeks after Autumn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Errol the United States entered World War Two; a Garner’s Misty (lyrics by Johnny Burke) and minor gem which heralded the beginning of Benny Golson’s Whisper Not (lyrics by Feather). the end of the Swing Era. And what of Artie Shaw’s version of Begin The Beguine, one of But jazz no longer has this source. It has dried the most popular records in jazz history. No up in a wasteland of pop and unmusical drivel where high praise for the second rate is the doubt about it, we were spoilt. norm and amateurism the new professionalism.

No one in American music did more to I can remember the good times when my establish and celebrate The Great American journey of musical discovery through the Songbook than Frank Sinatra whose recordings Great American Songbook and jazz was one made it an art form. There has never been a of fulfilment and excitement - hearing for the more swinging version of I’ve Got You Under first time Goodman’s version of Honeysuckle My Skin than Sinatra’s with arranger Nelson Rose, Shaw and The Carioca, Ellington and I Let Riddle. He may not have been a jazz singer A Song Go Out Of My Heart, and Ella and In but he was the fulcrum which joined it and The Still Of The Night. the Songbook, being esteemed by its major talents as well as having a great influence on Jazz developed in the golden age of popular jazz musicians in general. In Leonard Feather’s music. Is it a relic or will it survive without famous poll in his Second Encyclopaedia this once great evolving repertoire? If it does Yearbook of Jazz (1959) Sinatra was named all I doubt if it will be in any form which interests time favourite singer by such legends as Duke me. I empty the bottle in anguish.

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March Program highlights NAPOLEONIC MUSIC Tuesday 5 March 1pm IN PRAISE OF NAPOLEON…MAINLY! Sunday 10 March 2pm Napoleon Bonaparte, the man who made the world tremble, died almost 192 years ago.

One of the most widely discussed figures in world history, he was one of those few men whose impulsions have had repercussions for centuries. The hero whom Beethoven honored was not only a great warrior; he was a genius - a legislator whose unequivocal spirit of organisation embraced every facet of human activity. From the scientific to the military, and from the artistic to the political, Napoleon often treated every aspect of his empire with the same stroke of unemotional order - music, interestingly enough, was the only field in which Napoleon could not govern unaffected.

Imagine a government where the leader frequented the theatres no less than political circles, a world where the highest in command is personally involved in re-organising your city’s venues so that there was no ‘doublingup’ of genres. Can you imagine a world where our prime minister personally delivers the manuscript of a particularly amazing composition to the local conservatory?

All this was the work of Napoleon - a man who you cannot help but be inspired by when it comes to his feeling for the arts, he regularly commissioned works by leading composers of the day (he showed obvious favouritism for a select few) and worked to set up ensembles of leading musicians. He also showed respect for the art and music of the cities he conquered, appointing a general to ensure the greatest art works were preserved.

IN MEMORIAM: HANS WERNER HENZE Thursday 14 March 1pm Ever since the role of composer was created those brave and talented enough to take on the profession have been inextricably tied to politics. Some of our most beloved pieces of music can shift in and out of becoming politically incorrect - an eerie recording of a performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in front of Hitler and his Nazis comes to mind, the brotherhood and joy conveyed, cruelly reinterpreted.

Hans Werner Henze had trodden a fine line at times throughout his career, growing up in Germany with a conservative father who fell under the spell of Nazi propaganda early in his

son’s life, as well, Henze himself was conscripted into the German army as a radio officer. It’s fair to say that political outspokenness was quite a necessity for Henze, rather than something he naturally took on. Nevertheless there is no mistaking Henze as a fine composer whose music overflows with influences as wide apart as serialism and Weber, Arabic music and jazz, atonality and Mendelssohn. Throw Stravinsky and Parisian pop music in and you’ve got quite a melting pot of ideas! Henze held a great affinity for vocal music, but also wrote purely instrumental works for the concert hall. It was Henze’s unique musical influences though, that which made him perfectly suited to the theatre. Returning to study music after the war, Henze’s first flirtation with ballet came when the Sadler’s Wells Ballet visited Hamburg in 1948 - such an effect this had on him he went on to compose his first ballets and take the position of ballet conductor at the Hessisches Staatstheatre Wiesbaden in 1950. Henze then branched out into opera, writing two for radio and his first great work for the stage, the jazzinfluenced Boulevard Solitude - a modern rehashing of the Manon Lescaut story.

Henze fled Germany in 1953 in reaction against homophobia and the country’s political climate. He settled in Italy for a while, on the island of Ischia where by chance William Walton was also living. Walton took a great interest in the young Henze, which perhaps led to a relaxation of the German avant-garde style he’d been composing in up till 1955.

Moving onto the Italian mainland Henze begun writing works highly-charged with political debate, the opera Konig Hirsch, and ballet Maratona di danza were both extremely controversial in nature. The most controversial of all Henze’s works was the oratorio ‘Das

Floß der medusa’ in which the musicians were instructed to perform under a portrait of Che Guevara and a revolutionary flag - this led to an outbreak of riot.

These setbacks didn’t seem to damage Henze’s career and with poet Ingeborg Bachmann, he wrote two operas and various choral works. These successes cemented Henze as a composer of note, and he went on to write works dedicated to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten.

Also a great instructor, he taught composition at the Cologne Music School.

Henze passed away on 27 October 2012.

CONCERTGEBOUW GOES DOWN UNDER Sunday 3 & 17 March 2pm With the news that the Royal Concertgebouw is coming to Australia later this year, you can’t help but get excited! The world’s finest orchestra is poised to celebrate its 125th anniversary by becoming the first orchestra ever to tour six continents in one year. In November the orchestra will present a program of Strauss, Wagenaar, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven. The inclusion of music by Richard Strauss, (who served as a guest conductor of the orchestra many times) highlights Concertgebouw’s fascinating history. Only six have held the position of chief conductor over 125 years - and current chief Mariss Jansens is celebrating his eleventh season with the Royal Concertgebouw this year.

As part of our Sunday Special at 2pm on Sundays 3 and 17 March, Elaine Siversen takes us into the history of this fine orchestra, exploring recordings made from 2000-2010.

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Verdi 200 - At the Opera: Legendary Met Performances - Macbeth, Wednesday 13 March 8pm

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La nuit, op 11 no 1; Réveil, op 11 no 2 (1883). Jean Sourisse Vocal Ensemble; Emmanuel Strosser, pf; Jean Sourisse, cond.

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Symphony in B flat, op 20 (1889). Philharmonia O/Francesco d’Avalos.

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9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Small forces Prepared by Brian Drummond Fasch, J. Trio in G minor for oboe, violin and continuo. Members of Epoca Barocca. cpo 777 204-2 12 Mozart, W. Quartet in F, K370 (1780-81). Robin Canter, ob; London Baroque.

Amon Ra SAR 34 15 Beethoven, L. Quintet in E flat, op 16 (1796).

Neil Black, ob; Thea King, cl; Graham Sheen, bn; Tony Halstead, hn; Murray Perahia, pf.

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19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron A focus on the current Sydney jazz scene mixed with a range of international jazz stars and a weekly a cappella item

Hilary Hahn 13:00 ENGLISH NOTES Prepared by Phil Vendy Britten, B. Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op 10 (1937). Australian CO/John Harding.

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Butterworth, G. A Shropshire lad (1911).

Thomas Allen, bar; Geoffrey Parsons, pf.

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Engel, J. Symphony in E flat (c1772). Warsaw CO/Marek Sewen.

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Holst, G. St Paul’s suite, op 29 no 2 (1912-13). St Paul CO/Christopher Hogwood.

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Wieniawski, H. Violin concerto no 1 in F sharp minor, op 14 (1853). Oleg Krysa, vn; Warsaw National Philharmonic SO/Witold Rowicki.

LP Muza SX 0382 26 Moszkowski, M. From foreign lands, op 23 (1884). Polish National RSO/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.553989 22

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ABC 462 013-2 10 Wert, G. de Sovente all’ ora. Song Company/ Roland Peelman.

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Szymanowski, K. Symphony no 3, op 27, The song of the night (1914-16). Rafal Bartminski, ten; Andreas Röhn, vn; Bavarian Radio Choir & SO/Mariss Jansons.

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Bach, J.S. Sonata in C minor, BWV1024.

Elizabeth Wallfisch, vn; Richard Tunnicliffe, vc; Paul Nicholson, hpd.

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Caccini, G. Ave Maria (arr. Caccini). Shu-Cheen Yu, sop; Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker.

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Doppler, F. Casilda fantasy (arr. Zamara).

Robert Aitken, fl; Erica Goodman, hp.

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Bach, J.S. Flute sonata in G minor, BWV1020 (c1720). Members of Sydney Consort.

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

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Haydn, J. Divertimento in B flat, Hob.II:43 (bef.

1784). Melbourne Windpower/Richard Runnels.

Move MD 3082 9 15:00 AN HOUR WITH ERNEST CHAUSSON Prepared by Rex Burgess Chausson, E. Poem, op 25 (1896). Leila Josefowicz, vn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

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20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Robert Small Bizet, G. Overture: Patrie (1874). Mexico PO/ Enrique Bátiz.

Brilliant Classics 94404 14 Brahms, J. Violin concerto in D, op 77 (1878).

Hilary Hahn, vn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Sony SK 89649 40 Bizet, G. Symphony in C (1855). Royal PO/ Enrique Batíz.

Brilliant Classics 94404 34 Berlioz, H. Tristia, op 18 (1831/48). Monteverdi Ch; O Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner.

Philips 446 676-2 18 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Robert Small Bach, J.S. Keyboard concerto in A minor, BWV1065. Kenneth Gilbert, hpd; Lars Ulrik Mortensen, hpd; Nicholas Kraemer, hpd; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock, hpd & dir.

Archiv 471 754-2 10 Handel, G. Cantata: Delirio amoroso, HWV99 (c1707). Magdalena Kozena, mezz; Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski.

Archiv 469 065-2 34 Charpentier, M-A. Incidental music to Les fous divertissants (1680). New Chamber Opera; Band of Instruments/Gary Cooper.

ASV GAU 167 39 Rameau, J-P. Ballet music from Hippolyte et Aricie (1733). Les Arts Florissants/William Christie.

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Saturday 2 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON MARTHA ARGERICH Prepared by Barrie Brockwell Chopin, F. Prelude in B flat minor, op 28 no 16 (1836-39).

DG 463 663-2 1 Chopin, F. Andante spianato and grande polonaise brillante in E flat, op 22 (1834).

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Beethoven, L. Quartet no 3 in C, WoO36 (1785). Renaud Capuçon, vn; Lida Chen, va; Gautier Capuçon, vc.

EMI 3 58472 2 18 Lutoslawski, W. Variations on a theme by Paganini (1941). Nelson Freire, pf.

DG 476 114-7 5 Bach, J.S. Two bourées, from Suite no 2 in A minor, BWV807, English (bef. 1725).

DG 423 882-2 4 Ravel, M. Piano concerto in G (1931). London SO/Claudio Abbado.

DG 423 665 22 Ondine, from Gaspard de la nuit (1908).

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Schumann, R. Three fantasy pieces, op 73 (1849). Mischa Maisky, vc.

DG 469 524-2 10 Liszt, F. Piano concerto No 1 in E flat (1849).

London SO/Claudio Abbado.

DG 449 719-2 18 Martha Argerich, pf (all above) 11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher Dvorak, A. Overture: Carnival. Sun Life Stanshawe Band/Roy Newsome.

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12:00 JAZZ THEN AND NOW with Michael Cooper A diverse range of jazz from days gone by up to the present with wonderful Australians featured

Wagner, R. Excerpts from Tristan und Isolde (1859).

Catarina Ligendza, sop; Ruza Baldani, alto; Hans Hopf, ten; Vienna State Opera O/Carlos Kleiber.

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13:00 CHINESE MOSAIC + POSTCARDS FROM SHANGHAI Prepared by Paolo Hooke A monthly exploration of the best of Chinese classical, traditional and film music, incorporating material specially provided by Shanghai Radio

18:00 FOCUS ON FOLK Folk Federation of NSW 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Derek Parker Straus, O. Excerpts from Ein Walzertraum.

Edda Moser, sop; Anneleiser Rothenburger, sop; Brigitte Fassbaender, mezz; Wolfgang Anheisser, bar; Munchen Staatsoper Ch; Graunke SO/Willi Mattes.

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14:00 MUSICAL EXPLORATIONS Pole to pole Prepared by Stephen Schafer Trad. West Javanese gamelan music: Vjiung laut, sangkor ratu. Gamelan Degung Ab-Syar.

Naive Y226129 10 Debussy, C. Pagodes, from Estampes (1903).

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Harmonia Mundi HMC901947.48 6 Ravel, M. Laideronette, Empress of the Pagodas, from Ma mère l’oye (1908-10).

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McPhee, C. Balinese ceremonial music (1938; transcr.). Benjamin Britten, pf; Colin McPhee, pf.

Chandos CHAN 5017 7 Balinese gamelan music: Wau rauh. Gamelan Angklung. naïve Y226129 3 Britten, B. The kingdom of the pagodas, from The prince of the pagodas, op 57 (1957). BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin.

Chandos CHAN5017 12 Come, now a roundel, and a fairy song; You spotted snakes; What though seest when thou dost wake, from A midsummer night’s dream (1959-60). Elizabeth Harwood, sop; Alfred Deller, ct; Choirs of Downside and Emanuel Schools; London SO/Benjamin Britten.

Decca 425 663-2 6 McPhee, C. Toccata: Tabuh-Tabuhan. Elizabeth Burley, pf; John Alley, pf; BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin.

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Chandos 4521 6 Sousa, J.P. Sabre and spurs. U.S Army Band/ Samuel Loboda.

LP RCA LSP 2685 3 Koenig, H. Post horn gallop. Band of the Honourable Artillery Company/Victor Hays.

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Chung, Y. Whirling dance (2007). Sharon Bezaly, fl; Taipei Chinese O/Chun Yiu-Kwong.

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Lehar, F. Excerpts from Das Land des Lachelns.

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, sop; Philharmonia Ch & O/Otto Ackermann.

EMI CHS 7695232 18 Nicolai Gedda, ten (2 above) Kalman, E. Excerpts from Die Csárdásfürstin.

Sari Barabas, sop; Guggi Lowinger, sop; Rupert Glawitsch, ten; Rudolf Schock, ten; Berlin SO/ Frank Fox. LaserLite 16035 16 20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Anthony Marwood and Aleksandar Madžar Prepared by Peter Bell RECORDED BY FINE MUSIC Kerry, G. Martian snow (2008).

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Saint-Saëns, C. Allegro appassionato, op 43 (1875). Paul Tortelier, vc; City of Birmingham SO/Louis Frémaux.

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Schumann, R. Introduction and allegro appassionato in G, op 92 (1849). Murray Perahia, pf; Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado.

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Martin, F. Le vin herbé, after Tristan and Isolde (1941). Jane Mackenzie, sop; James McLean, ten; Netherlands Chamber Choir; Schoenberg Ensemble/Eric Ericson.

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Sunday 3 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Terry McMullen

Royal Concertgebouw O (all above) Radio Netherlands RCO 12004

9:00 CELESTIAL NOTES Prepared by Rex Burgess Bruckner, A. Ecce sacerdos magnus (1885); Christus factus est (1884). Freiburg Vocal Ensemble/Wolfgang Schäfer.

Christophorus 74501 12 Mass no 1 in D minor (1864). Edith Mathis, sop; Murga Schimel, cont; Wieslaw Ochman, ten; Karl Ridderbusch, bass; Bavarian Radio Choir & O. 46 Te Deum (1884). Maria Stader, sop; Sieglinde Wagner, cont; Ernst Haefliger, ten; Peter Lagger, bass; Berlin Opera Choir; Berlin PO. 22 Eugen Jochum, cond (2 above) DG 423 127-2 10:30 CHAMBER MASTERWORKS Prepared by Frank Morrison Mozart, W. Quintet in E flat, K452 (1784).

George Pieterson, cl; Han de Vries, ob; Brian Pollard, bn; Vicente Zarzo, hn; Radu Lupu, pf.

Decca 414 291-2 25 Strauss, R. Capriccio: Introduction for string sextet in F (1940). Peter Holman, va; Vladimir Fortin, vc; Prazák Quartet.

Praga Digitals PRD/DSD 250 275 11 Haydn, J. Trio in C, Hob.XI:101. John Hsu, baryton; David Miller, va; Fortunato Arico, vc.

ASV GAU 104 8 Dvorák, A. Piano quartet in E flat, op 87 (1889). Domus.

Hyperion CDA66287

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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

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Bruckner, A. Symphony no 8 in C minor (1884-90). Zubin Mehta, cond.

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Tórroba, F. Moreno Madronos. John Williams, gui.

3 Sony SBK 46347

17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Meg Matthews Hymns: Ah holy Jesus how hast Thou offended?; It is a thing most wonderful.

Choir of Wells Cathedral; Rupert Gough, org; Malcolm Archer, cond.

Hyperion CDP 12103 6 Hymn: Jesu, lover of my soul. Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; Clive Driskill-Smith, org; Stephen Darlington, cond.

Griffin 4 Josquin Desprez. O Domine Jesu Christe.

Sydney Chamber Choir/Nicholas Routley.

Tall Poppies TP 141 12

19:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Rossini, G. Overture to The silken ladder (1812). Los Angeles PO/Zubin Mehta.

Decca 475 7471

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All’idea di quel metallo, from The barber of Seville (1816). Nicolai Gedda, ten; Sherill Milnes, bar; London SO/James Levine.

9 EMI 573 7572 Caro Padre, madre amata, from Il Turco in Italia (1814). Sumi Jo, sop; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

5 Decca 473 821-2

Handel, G. Chorale; Aria; Final chorus, from Brockes’ passion (1716). Maria Stader, sop; Choir of Regensburg Cathedral; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis/August Wenziger.

Archiv 463 644-2 8

Largo al factotum, from The barber of Seville.

Tito Gobbi, bar; PO/Alceo Galliera.

5 EMI 5668102

Vivaldi, A. Excerpts from Beatus Vir, RV597.

Lausanne Vocal Ensemble & CO/Michel Corboz.

Erato 4509 91936 2 7

Offenbach, J. Overture to La vie parisienne (1866). Polish National RO/Richard Hayman.

6 Naxos 8. 550473

Anthems: Tu es Petrus; Beati quorum via. 6

Saint-Georges, J. Violin concerto no 10 in G (c1777). Qian Zhou, vn; Toronto Camerata/ Kevin Mallon.

Naxos 8. 557322 24

Vaughan Williams, R. Kyrie, from Mass in G minor.

4 Choir of St Peters Cathedral/Leonie Hampton (2 above) Petrus 18:00 CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY Practice makes perfect Prepared by Dan Sharkey Charlton, R. Quatre valses melodiques (1994).

David Jaques, gui.

XXI-21 Productions XXI-CD 2 1997 7

13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide Traditional and contemporary music from around the globe with Anna Tranter

Albéniz, I. Capricho Catalan (arr. Lieske).

Wulfin Lieske, gui.

VMS Musical Treasures VMS 178

14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 2000-2010 Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Tarrega, F. Rosita and Marieta. Pepe Romero, gui.

Philips 456 552-2 3

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Strauss, R. Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, op 59 (1909-10; arr. 1911). Marriss Jansons, cond. 25

Houghton, P. Satyr dance; Romance; Aubade.

Raffaele Agostino, gui.

Agostino Music 5

Martinu, B. The frescoes of Piero della Francesca (1955). Leonard Slatkin, cond.

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Duarte, J. English suite, op 31. Antigoni Goni, gui.

Naxos 8.554554 8

Keulen, G. van Five tragic songs (2007). Detlef Roth, bar; Lothar Zagrosek, cond.

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Turina, J. Sonata, op 61 (1931). Simon Powis, gui. simonpowis.com 11

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Charlton, R. Berceuse and cakewalk. Raffaele Agostino, gui.

5 Agostino Music

19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT

Skryabin, A. Symphony no 3 in C minor, op 43, Divine poem (1902-04). Leningrad PO/ Valery Gergiev.

Russian Legacy RL 8410 42 Lehár, F. Gold and silver waltz (1902). Slovak RSO/Michael Dittrich.

9 Naxos 8. 553281 21:00 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Phil Vendy Liebermann, L. Piano concerto no 2, op 36.

Stephen Hough, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Lowell Liebermann.

Hyperion CDA66966 29 Alwyn, W. Sinfonietta for strings (1970).

London SO/Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHAN 9196

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Leyendecker, U. Symphony no 3 (1990-91), Roland Greutter, vn; North German RSO/ Johannes Kalitzke.

Naxos 8.557427 29 22:30 ULTIMA THULE Ambient and atmospheric music: www. ultimathule.info for detailed playlist

Monday 4 March 11:30 INTERMEZZO Prepared by Elaine Siversen Weber, C.M. Grande polonaise in E flat, op 21 (1808). Stephanie McCallum, pf.

ABC 462 764-2 7 Chopin, F. Polonaise-fantaisie in A flat, op 61 (1846). Maurizio Pollini, pf.

DG 477 5430 13 Dvorák, A. Polonaise in E flat (1879; arr.

Zubaty). Duo Crommelynck.

Claves 50 9106 Colin Davis

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6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with James Hunter

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

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Inspired by opera Prepared by Chris Blower

13:00 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST Prepared by Chris Blower

0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Chabrier, E. Souvenirs de Munich, Quadrille on favourite themes from Tristan und Isolde (1885-86). Christian Ivaldi, Noël Lee, pf.

LP Arion ARN 336 025 6 Berr - Fessy. Fantasy no 17 on themes from Bellini’s I Puritani. Hans Rudolf Stalder, cl; Zsuzsanna Sirokay, pf.

Jecklin 578-2 10 Glinka, M. Serenade on themes from Donizetti’s Anna Bolena (1832). Bolshoi TO Soloists/Alexander Lazarev.

Le Chant du Monde LDC 288 068 17 Tárrega, F. Fantasy on themes from La traviata. Michalis Kontaxakis, gui.

Naxos 8.570191

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Borne, F. Fantasia brillante on themes from Bizet’s Carmen. Jane Rutter, fl; Gerard Willems, pf.

ABC 476 6475 11 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Frank Morrison Horneman, C. Overture to Aladdin (1864).

Danish National RSO/Michael Schönwandt.

Chandos CHAN 9373 11 Bottesini, G. Gran double bass concerto in F sharp minor (c1878). Thomas Martin, db; English CO/Andrew Litton.

Naxos 8.570397 23 Britten, B. Four sea interludes, from Peter Grimes, op 33a (1945). London SO/André Previn.

EMI CDC 7 47667-2 16 Sibelius, J. Symphony no 5 in E flat, op 82 (1915). London SO/Colin Davis.

RCA 09026 61963 2 30

Hérold, F. Overture to Zampa (1831). Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet.

Decca 425 083-2 8 Chausson, E. Andante and allegro (1881).

Charles Neidich, cl; Pascal Devoyon, pf.

Hyperion CDA67028

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Ernst, H. Fantaisie brillante, op 11, after Rossini’s Otello (1839). Ilya Grubert, vn; Russian PO/Dmitry Yablonsky.

Naxos 8.557565 15 Handel, G. Sonata in G minor (arr. Slatter).

Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Ernest Lush, pf.

EMI CZS 5 68132 2 11 Donizetti, G. Povero Ernesto! … Cercherò lontana terra, from Don Pasquale. Juan Diego Flórez, ten; Gianluigi Petrarulo, tpt; Milan Giuseppe Verdi SO/Riccardo Frizza.

Decca 473 440-2 9 Nazareth, E. Tangos: Bambino; Sarabeque; Carioca (1909). Arthur Moreira Lima, pf.

Pro Arte CDD 144 12 Dohnányi, E. American rhapsody, op 47 (1953).

BBC PO/Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 9647 14 14:30 THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT Prepared by Philip Lidbury Cirri, G. Cello concerto in C (pub. 1780).

Markus Nyikos, vc; Carol Tainton, hpd; Berlin RSO/Hans Maile.

Schwann 11624 18

Sergei Rachmaninoff Handel, G. Overture and ballet music from Ariodante, HWV33 (1735). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Decca 480 1388 18 Bach, C.P.E. Sonata in G, Wq139 (1762). Isabelle Moretti, hp.

Harmonia Mundi 7905 184 14 Haydn, J. Songs, Hob.XXVIIb: no 4, Sir Goosewit to his valet; no 11, Leprechaun; no 43, Wish; no 7, The philanthropist; no 19, Epitaph; no 38, The musquet and the hare; no 16, Pay heed to the saying; no 12, The fox and the stoat; no 34, The ass and the jackdaw. Györ Girls’ Choir/Miklós Szabó.

LP Hungaroton SLPD 12890 10 Boccherini, L. Symphony in D minor, op 12 no 4 (c1771). New Philharmonia O/Raymond Leppard.

Philips 438 314-2 20 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett 19:00 JAZZ with Susan Gai Dowling 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 KEYBOARD CONTRASTS Beethoven, L. Sonata no 27 in E minor, op 90 (1814). Wilhelm Kempff, pf.

DG 429 306-2 14 Rachmaninov, S. Trio élégïaque no 2 in D minor, op 9 (1893/1907/17). Mikhail Vaíman, vn; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Pavel Serebrekov, pf.

Russian Legacy RL8408 46 Haydn, J. Sonata no 1 in G, Hob.XVI:8 (bef.

1766). Carmen Piazzini, pf.

Arte Nova 74321 37315 2 14 Soler, A. Sonata no 93 in F, op 4 no 3 (1779).

Gilbert Rowland, hpd.

Naxos 8.553464 27 Clementi, M. Sonata in B flat, op 24 no 2 (1788-89). Lamar Crowson, pf.

Decca 480 2071 11 fineMusic FM 102.5

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Tuesday 5 March 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Pianist of choice: Stephen Hough Prepared by Howard Pritchard Mozart, W. Fantasia in C minor, K396 (1782; compl. Stadler).

9 Liszt, F. Fantasia on themes from Mozart’s The marriage of Figaro (1842; arr Busoni). Stephen Hough, pf.

15 Hyperion CDA67598 (2 above) Chopin, F. Waltzes: in C sharp minor, op 64 no 2 (1847); in A flat, op 34 no 1 (1835).

9 Liszt, F. Mephisto waltz no 1, Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke (1860).

11 Hyperion CDA67686 (2 above) Albéniz, I. Evocación, from Iberia bk I (1906-08).

Hyperion CDA67565 5 Stephen Hough, pf (all above) 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Shamistha de Soysa Korngold, E. Fairy tale pictures, op 3 (1910; orch. 1913). BBC PO/Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 9631 19 Brahms, J. Symphony no 3 in F, op 90 (1883).

Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado.

DG 429 765-2 37 Barber, S. Violin concerto, op 14 (1939-41). Dene Olding, vn; Melbourne SO/Hiroyuki Iwaki.

ABC 439 900-2 23 11:30 SONGS OF SZYMANOWSKI Prepared by Elaine Siversen Szymanowski, K. Songs of a fairy-tale princess, op 31 (1915). Jadwiga Gadulanka, sop; Polish State PO/Karol Stryja.

Naxos 8.553688 10 Songs to words of James Joyce, op 54 (1926).

Andrzej Bachlada, ten; Jerzy Marchwinski, pf.

Muza PNCD 067 15 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

fineMusic FM 102.5

Allegri String Quartet 13:00 NAPOLEONIC MUSIC Prepared by Phil Vendy Duport, J-L. Cello concerto no 2 in G (1785). Frédéric Lodéon, vc; Paris Orchestral Ensemble/Jean-Pierre Wallez.

LP Erato NUM 75185 19 Kreutzer, R. Grand quintet in C (1790-99).

Sarah Francis, ob; Allegri String Quartet.

Hyperion CDA66143 15 Honegger, A. Excerpts from music for the film Napoleon (1927). USSR Ministry of Culture SO/ Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

7 Françaix, J. Suite for piano from music for the film Napoleon (1955). Victoria Postnikova, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, pf.

9 LP Melodiya C10-20459-009 (2 above) Pleyel, I. Trio in E minor (1788). Trio 1790. cpo 777 544-2

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Krumpholtz, J-B. Harp concerto no 6, op 9 (1782). Lily Laskine, hp; Jean-François Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard.

Erato 2292-45084-2 20 Solère, E. Symphony concertante in F (pub.

1790). Thea King, cl; Georgina Dobrée, cl; English CO/Andrew Litton.

Hyperion CDD 22017 18 15:00 BATTLEGROUNDS Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans

Liszt, F. Battle of the Huns (1857). CzechoSlovak RSO/Ondrej Lenard.

Naxos 8.570154-55 16 Tchaikovsky, P. In bloody battle, on the field of honour, from Mazeppa (1884). Sergei Larin, ten; Philharmonia O/Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

9 Chandos CHAN 9063 Sullivan, A. The battle roar is over, from Ruddigore (1887). Norma Knight, sop; Thomas Edmonds, ten; Adelaide SO/James Christiansen.

3 ABC 480 4510 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Brendan Walsh 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 Derek Parker 22:00 BEYOND ROMANTICISM Prepared by Phil Vendy Medtner, N. Piano concerto no 1 in C minor, op 33 (1914-18). Dmitri Alexeev, pf; BBC SO/ Alexander Lazarev.

Hyperion CDA66744 34

Strong, G. Peasant’s battle-march, from Die Nacht (1913). Moscow SO/Adriano.

Naxos 8.559048 5

Hart, F. The bush, op 59 (1923). Melbourne SO/Richard Divall.

Canberra School of Music CSM:38 40

Easdale, B. Prelude and march, from The battle of the River Plate (1956). BBC Welsh NO/Rumon Gamba.

Chandos CHAN 10636 6

Lemba, A. Symphony in C sharp minor (1908).

Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 8656 40

Walton, W. Suite from The battle of Britain (1969). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/ Neville Marriner.

Chandos CHAN 8870 11

Wednesday 6 March 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

12:00 THE SOUND OF JAZZ with Kevin Jones Jazz from the 1930s to the present day, with tracks from the DownBeat archives and recent releases

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti

13:00 MAKE MINE MOZART Prepared by Rex Burgess

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Aspects of Baroque Prepared by Chris Blower

Mozart, W. Masonic funeral music in C minor, K477 (1785). London Mozart Players/Jane Glover.

ASV DCA 757 6

Soler, A. Concerto no 4 in F. Bernard Brauchli, org; Esteban Elizondo, org.

Titanic Ti-152 9

Ah, lo previdi! K272 (1777). Emma Kirkby, sop; Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood.

L’Oiseau-Lyre 425 835-2 11

Anon. A quién me quejaré? Marta Almajano, sop; Juan Carlos Rivera, archlute; Mike Fentross, gui; Ventura Riso, bass viol; Pedro Estevan, perc.

Harmonia Mundi 1957028 6

Fantasia in C minor, K475 (1785). Stephen Hough, pf.

Hyperion CDA67598

Ruiz de Ribayaz, L. Jácaras; Españoletas (arr.

Pluhar, Habichuela). L’Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar. naïve V 5055 9 Sanz, G. Suite española (arr. Yepes). Narciso Yepes, gui.

DG 469 649-2 14 Scarlatti, D. Concerto grosso no 6 in D (pub.

1744; arr. Avison). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Philips 438 806-2 14 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Sheila Catzel Shostakovich, D. Jazz suite no 2 (1938).

Russian State SO/Dmitri Yablonsky.

Naxos 8.555949

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Flute concerto no 1 in G, K313 (1778). Emmanuel Pahud, fl; Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado.

EMI 5 57128 2 25 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans What exactly does it take to make music?

Leading musicians, composers and performers, both local and visiting from overseas, will be talking live on air telling us why they do it and how they do it.

15:00 NUMBERS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Strauss, J. II The sanguine ones, waltz, op 27 (1846). Polish State PO/Oliver Dohnányi.

Marco Polo 8.223208 10

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Dvorák, A. Violin concerto in A minor, op 53 (1880/82). Thomas Zehetmair, vn; Philharmonia O/Eliahu Inbal. apex 0927 49517 2 30

Bliss, A. Excerpts from film score, Men of two worlds (1945). Slovak Philharmonic Male Choir; Czecho-Slovak RSO/Adriano.

Marco Polo 8.223315 10

20:00 AT THE OPERA A 20th century triple bill Prepared by Elaine Siversen Shostakovich, D. The gamblers. First act of an unfinished opera. Libretto by the composer after Nikolai Gogol. Composed 1941-42; premiered in a concert performance 1978, Leningrad; first performed 1983, Wuppertal, Germany.

IKHARYOV: Boris Tarkhov, ten GAVRYUSHKA: Valery Byelykh, bass ALEXEY: Vladimir Rybasenko, bass SHVOKHNEV: Ashot Sarkisov, bass UTESHITELNY: Yaroslav Radivonik, ten Leningrad PO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

LP Melodiya/HMV ASD 3880 46 Ikharyov, a professional card sharp, arrives at a small inn in provincial Russia. He is delighted to learn that the other guests play cards every night. In his room, he opens his suitcase and surveys his hundreds of packs of cards. In the evening, he sets up the card game with the help of his servant, Gavryushka, and the hotel servant, Alexey, bribing them to ensure that the pack of cards he wants to be used are put into play. Ikharyov meets the other gamblers, Shvokhnev and Uteshitelny, and asks Alexey to supply some cards. As they play it becomes apparent that there are some peculiarities in the pack and Shvokhnev whispers to Uteshitelny that they have a first-rate sharper amongst them. They confront him and then join forces as the two of them had intended to cheat on Ikharyov. They become engrossed in telling each other of their various tricks and card sharping experiences.

Gogol’s story continued to where all three were outsmarted by another hotel guest, but Shostakovich stopped at this point.

Brumby, C. Three baroque angels (1978). 30th Intervarsity Choral Festival Choir; Queensland Youth O/John Nickson.

Jade JADCD 1049 11

Françaix, J. Paris, à nous deux! Comic opera in one act. Libretto by France Roche and the composer. Composed 1954; first performance date unknown.

11:30 CHAMBER ENCORE! Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Arnold, M. Four Irish dances, op 126 (1986).

Queensland SO/Andrew Penny.

Naxos 8.553526 8

Albéniz, I. Asturias, from Suite española no 1.

Guitar Trek.

ABC 476 3389 6

Schubert, F. Five minuets with 6 trios, D89 (1813). Eduard Melkus Ensemble Archiv 439 964-2 13

Shostakovich, D. Two pieces from Ballet suite no 2 (1951; arr. Atovmyan) David Pereira, vc; David Bollard, pf.

Tall Poppies TP078 8

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Ogilvie

MISTRESS OF THE SALON: Cora Canne Meijer, mezz THE SOCIAL CLIMBER: Howard Crook, ten THE GUIDE: Ruud van der Meer, bar THE CHILD: Tannie Willemstein, sop A SNOB: Jelle Draijer, bass A CONNOISSEUR: Jaap Dieleman, bass Netherlands Chamber Choir; Nelleke Geesink, pf; Netherlands Saxophone Quartet/Kerry Woodward.

LP CBS 71087 27

Dvorák, A. String quartet movement in F (1881). Chilingirian Quartet.

Chandos CHAN 8874 10

19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell The stars of American jazz from bebop on, mainly small group low temperature jazz

Albéniz, I. Iberia (1906-08; orch. Arbós).

Mexico State SO/Enrique Bátiz.

ASV DCA 888

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Thursday 7 March 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 Michael Morton-Evans Saint-Saëns, C. Symphony no 1 in E flat, op 2, mvt 4 (1853). French NRO/Jean Martinon.

EMI CZS 7 62643 2 7

Jean René Désiré Françaix

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Britten, B. O waly, waly (1947). Britten Sinfonia/Daniel Harding.

EMI 5 56871

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Stanford, C. Villiers La belle dame sans merci.

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Vaughan Williams, R. Silent noon.

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Julius Drake, pf (2 above) EMI 7243 5 56830 2 1 Ian Bostridge, ten (all above)

A social climber is in search of glory with the help of a guide. After many fruitless sorties into the political, sporting and military domains, the social climber decides to try his luck in the arts realm, as he decides there is no need of talent to succeed there. In one of the salons where the Parisian art scene is made or unmade, a child prodigy of voice and piano is admired by all the guests until one guest argues that this type of music has no place in the 20th century. The child is pushed aside to make way for a saxophone quartet which plays music of the century. Everyone is thrilled until, to close, the saxophone players execute a perfect cadence.

Horror of horrors! Two classic chords in the 20th century! The quartet is immediately banished as the social climber makes his entrance. As he is bitter as gall, everyone loves him. The moral of the story: in Paris, the essential thing is not to succeed yourself, but to prevent others from succeeding.

Piano concerto no 1 in D, op 17, mvt 1 (1858).

Stephen Hough, pf; City of Birmingham SO/ Sakari Oramo.

Hyperion CDA67331/2 12

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

Le rouet d’omphale, op 31 (arr. Wild). Earl Wild, pf.

Sony SK 62036 8

13:00 HOMAGE TO THE MASTERS Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Overture to La princesse jaune, op 30 (1871). Maria Costanza Nocentini, sop; Carlo Allemano, ten; Cantemus; Swiss Italian O/ Francis Travis.

Chandos CHAN 9837 7

Tchaikovsky, P. Suite no 4, op 61, Mozartiana (1887). Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 9514 25

Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix, from Samson and Delilah (1877). Marilyn Horne, mezz; Vienna Opera O/Henry Lewis.

Decca 476 1223 6

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Holst, G. Savitri. Opera in one act. Libretto by the composer after the Mahabharata. First performed London, 1916.

Valse-caprice in A flat, op 76, Wedding Cake (1885). Stephen Hough, pf; City of Birmingham SO/Sakari Oramo.

Hyperion CDA67331/2 6

SAVITRI: Felicity Palmer, mezz SATYAVAN: Philip Langridge, ten DEATH: Stephen Varcoe, bass Richard Hickox Singers; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox.

LP Hyperion A66099

Prayer, op 158 (1919). Christian Poltéra, vc; Kathryn Stott, pf.

Chandos CHAN 10552 31

Death comes to claim Satyavan. Death yields to Savitri’s pleas that life cannot be complete without her husband Satyavan. As Death returns to his kingdom, Savitri rejoices, singing in ecstasy of her love for her husband.

22:00 AT THE WINERY IN 1992 recorded by fine music Bach, J.S. Suite no 1 in G, BWV1007 (1717-23).

Steven Isserlis, vc.

15 Mozart, W. Sonata in A minor, K310 (1778).

Peter Waters, pf.

16 Hummel, J. Sonata in E flat, op 5 no 3 (pub.

1798). Hartmut Lindemann, va; Susan Powell, pf.

22 Medtner, N. Eight songs (pub. c1918). Jeannie Marsh, mezz; Geoffrey Tozer, pf.

22 Strauss, R. Sonata (1886). Kirsten Williams, vn; Tamara Anna Cislowska, pf.

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Gurney, I. Sleep. Julius Drake, pf.

EMI 7243 5 56830 2 1

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10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Milhaud, D. Le carnaval de Londres, op 172 (1937). New London O/Ronald Corp.

Hyperion CDA66594 28 Schumann, R. Piano concerto in A minor, op 54 (1841-45). Jenö Jandó, pf; Budapest SO/ András Ligeti.

Naxos 8.557547 30 Bomtempo, J. Symphony no 1 in E flat, op 11 (1809). Algarve O/Álvaro Cassuto.

Naxos 8.557163 25 11:30 IAN BOSTRIDGE SINGS BRITISH ART SONGS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Vaughan Williams, R. Ca’ the yowes (1922).

Holst Singers/Stephen Layton.

Hyperion CDA66777 7

Reinecke, C. Mozartiana, op 253 no 8.

Christian Lambour, pf.

Schwann 310 120

Respighi, O. Suite for orchestra: Rossiniana (1925). Buffalo PO/JoAnn Falletta.

Naxos 8.557711 21 Giuliani, M. Rossiniana no 5, op 123. Bruno Giuffredi, gui.

Arkadia CDAK 128.1 13 Casella, A. Paganiniana, divertimento, op 65 (1942). Swiss-Italian RO/Christian Benda.

Naxos 8.553706 18 Scarlattiana, op 44 (1926). Martin Roscoe, pf; BBC PO/Gianandrea Noseda.

Chandos CHAN 10605 27 15:00 THAT’S D’AMORE! Prepared by Philip Lidbury Vivaldi, A. Double concerto in D minor, RV540 (1740). Nils-Erik Sparf, vn; Tullo Galli, vn; AnnMarie Lysell, vn; Bertil Orsin, vn; Per Sandklef, vn; Lars Brolin, va; Ann Wallström, va; Monica Huggett, va d’amore; Kari Otteson, vc; Alf Petersén, vle; Jakob Lindberg, archlute; Maria Wieslander, org.

BIS CD-290 12 Schumann, R. Fantasy pieces, op 73 (1849).

David Nuttall, ob d’amore; Larry Sitsky, pf.

Tall Poppies TP041 12 Bach, J.S. Ich nehme mein Leiden mit Freuden auf mich, from Cantata, BWV75 (1723). Elly Ameling, sop; Han de Vries, ob d’amore; Richte van der Meer, vc; Albert de Klerk, org.

EMI CDC 5 55000 2 5

Thursday 7 March

Friday 8 March

Various. The old spagnoletta; La spagna.

Gregorio Paniagua, gui, treble viol; Rosalia Peraita, vc d’amore.

BIS BIS-SACD-1963

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 7

Bach, J.S. Oboe d’amore concerto in A, BWV1055 (1735-40). Diana Doherty, ob d’amore; Ironwood.

ABC 476 3673 15 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

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Small forces Prepared by Sheila Catzel Ravel, M. Sonata no 1 in A (1897). Alina Ibragimova, vn; Cédric Tiberghien, pf.

Hyperion CDA67820

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Glazunov, A. Valse, from Five novelettes, op 15 (1886). Borodin Quartet. apex 0927 49815 2 6

20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Dvorák 1883-1887 Prepared by Stephen Wilson

Beethoven, L. Piano trio no 11 in G, op 121a, Kakadu variations (1792-95). Beaux Arts Trio.

Philips 438 948-2 17

Dvorák, A. Overture: Hussite, op 67 (1883).

London SO/István Kertész.

Decca 417 597-2 14

Turina, J. Quartet in A minor, op 67 (1933).

Menuhin Festival Piano Quartet.

Claves CD 50-9403 15

Scherzo capriccioso, op 66 (1883). Baltimore SO/Marin Alsop.

Naxos 8.570995 15

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Keith Glendinning

Symphony no 7 in D minor, op 70 (1885).

London PO/Mstislav Rostropovich.

EMI 5 65705 2

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Adagio in D flat, op 68 no 5 (1893). Julius Berger, vc; Polish National RSO/Andrzej Straszynski.

EBS 6059 6 Slavonic dances, op 72 (1886-87). Czech PO/ Charles Mackerras.

Supraphon SU 3422-2 35 22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Sheila Catzel Mendelssohn, F. String quintet no 2 in B flat, op 87 (1845). Danilo Rossi, va; Fine Arts Quartet.

Naxos 8.570488 32 Sibelius, J. Quintet in G minor (1889). Anthony Goldstone, pf; Gabrieli String Quartet.

Chandos CHAN 8742 40 Fauré, G. Sonata no 2, op 117 (1918). Paul Tortelier, vc; Jean Hubeau, pf.

Erato 2292-45738-2

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Stanford, C. Villiers Trio no 3, op 138, Per aspera ad astra (1918). Gould Piano Trio.

Naxos 8.570416 21

Skryabin, A. Prometheus, Le poème du feu, op 60 (1908-10). Axel Lubimov, pf; Toronto Mendelssohn Choir; Toronto SO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste. apex 43073 2 21 Rodrigo, J. Fantasia for a gentleman (1954).

Christine Pendrill, cora; Augustin Leon Ara, vn; Pepe Romero, gui; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Philips 438 016-2 21 Schumann, R. Symphony no 2 in C, op 61 (184546). Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner.

Naxos 8.557235 41 11:30 ARRANGED FOR...

Prepared for Chris Blower Chopin, F. Variations on Non più mesta, from Rossini’s Cinderella (arr. Adams, Giacomantonio). Genevieve Lacey, rec; Karin Schaupp, gui.

ABC 476 5249 7 Strauss, R. Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier (1911; arr. Prihoda). Gil Shaham, vn; Akira Eguchi, pf.

DG 447 640-2 7 Bizet, G. Fantaisie brillante sur Carmen, from Carmen (1873-74; arr. Borne). Paula Robison, fl; Samuel Sanders, pf.

Vanguard OVC 4058 11 12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell

Gustav Holst 13:00 HOMAGE TO JUPITER Prepared by Derek Parker Holst, G. Jupiter, from The planets (1914-16).

Australian YO/Charles Mackerras.

8 ABC 476 6955 Tinel, E. Feast in the Temple of Jupiter, op 21 no 3 (1881). Belgian NO/Daniel Sternefeld.

LP Cultura 5074-2 19 Forqueray, J-B-A. Movements from the fifth suite: La Rameau, La Boisson, La Sylva, Jupiter.

Sophie Yates, hpd.

Chandos CHAN 0545 17 Kovarik, C. Jupiter (2008). Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa, pf.

3 Redshift Music TK423 Mozart, W. Symphony no 41 in C, K551, Jupiter (1788). English CO/Benjamin Britten.

Decca 466 820-2 36 14:30 WINDS FROM THE NORTH Prepared by Stephen Wilson Berwald, F. Grand septet in B flat (1842).

Richard Hosford, cl; Robin O’Neill, bn; Jonathan Williams, hn; Marieke Blankestijn, vn; Iris Juda, va; Christopher Marks, vc; Stephen Williams, db.

Hyperion CDA66834 22 Bruch, M. Eight pieces, op 83 (pub. 1910). Amici Ensemble.

Naxos 8.557347 36 Dvorák, A. Serenade in D minor, op 44 (1878).

Oslo PO Wind Soloists.

Naxos 8.554173 23 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Brendan Walsh 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron fineMusic FM 102.5

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Friday 8 March

Saturday 9 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Chris Blower Balakirev, M. Overture, from King Lear, music to the tragedy by William Shakespeare (1861).

USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Melodiya MELCD 1001877 12 Bizet, G. Chants du Rhin (1865). Julia Severus, pf.

Naxos 8.570831-32 21 Schumann, R. The page and the king’s daughter, op 140 (1852). Brigitte Lindner, sop; Doris Soffel, mezz; Ilse Gramatzki, mezz; Audrey Michael, mezz; Josef Protschka, ten; Andreas Schmidt, ten; Walter Berry, bass; Peter Meven, bass; Choir of Dusseldorf State Musicians; Dusseldorf Symphonic/Bernard Klee.

EMI 7 69453 2 28 Berwald, F. Duo in B flat (1857). Mats Rondin, vc; Åke Lundin, pf.

Naxos 8.554286 17 Sibelius, J. Incidental music from King Christian II, op 27 (1898). Iceland SO/Petri Sakari.

Chandos CHAN 9158 31 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Philip Lidbury Part 1: From Italy to Spain with Domenico Scarlatti, D. Fandango del Sgr Scarlate in D minor. Rafael Puyana, hpd.

L’Oiseau-Lyre 417 341-2 8 Concerto grosso no 9 in C (pub. 1744; arr.

Avison). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/ Neville Marriner.

Philips 438 806-2 12 Sonatas: in D, Kk287; in G, Kk328; in D, Kk288.

Francis Grier, org.

Hyperion CDA66182 11 Mass in G minor, Madrid. Monteverdi Chamber Choir/Éva Kollár.

Hungaroton HCD 31273 Handel, G. Organ concerto in F, HWV293 (1735-36). Andrew Blackburn, org.

Move MCD 289 Scarlatti, D. Pastorale and capriccio (arr.

Tausig). Isador Goodman, pf.

LP Philips 6768 327

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Strauss, R. Sonata in F, op 6 (1884). Yo-Yo Ma, vc.

CBS MK 44980 29 Haydn, J. Sonata no 33 in C minor, Hob.XVI:20 (1771).

CBS MK 44918 19 Emanuel Ax, pf (2 above) Bach, J.S. Suite no 1 in G, BWV1007 (c1720).

Yo-Yo Ma, vc.

CBS M2K 37867 16 Arban, J-B. Fantaisie brillante (arr. Hunsberger).

Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger.

CBS MK 42137 8 Puccini, G. Sì, mi chiamano Mimi, from La bohème (1896). Leontyne Price, sop; New Philhamonia O/Edward Downes.

RCA RD 85999

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Mozart, W. Violin concerto no 5 in A, K219, Turkish (1775). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Vienna PO/ James Levine.

DG 427 813-2 29 11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Robert Small Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Concerto for trombone and military band (1877; arr. Zurmühle).

Christian Lindberg, tb; Kosei Wind O/Chikara Imamura.

BIS CD-848 12

Nicolai Gedda Donizetti, G. Quanto è bella; Una furtiva lagrima, from L’elisir d’amore (1832). Nicolai Gedda, ten; Rome Opera TO/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli.

EMI 5 66532 2 7 Strauss, J. II Gypsy song; Here in this dear land; Who made us one? from The gypsy baron (1885). June Bronhill, sop; Sadler’s Wells Ch & O/Vilem Tausky.

EMI 0946 389 16420 16 Debussy, C. Clair de lune; La fille au cheveux de lin; La cathedrale engloutier. Moura Lympany, pf.

HMV 5721632 14 14:00 LISTENERS’ CHOICE with Christina MacGuinness Phone 9439 4777 or go to finemusicfm.com and follow the links to choose your music 15:30 AT THE MOVIES Prepared by Pat Hopper Porter, C. Excerpts from Les girls. Gene Kelly, Kay Kendall, Tania Elg, Mitzi Gaynor; voices; O/ Andre Previn.

MGM CDP 79 4251 2 16 Arnold, M. Excerpts from The key, film soundtrack. Studio O/Muir Mathieson.

LP CBS LA ALP 1008

6

Holst, G. Concertante for trombone and concert band (1894; arr. Roberts). Christian Lindberg, tb; Kosei Wind O/Chikara Imamura.

BIS CD-848 9

16:30 ARTS IN FOCUS

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Officium defunctorum: Invitatiorum. Gabrielli Consort/Paul McCreesh.

Archiv 457 597-2 14 fineMusic FM 102.5

9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON STARS OF THE JUILLIARD Prepared by Frank Morrison

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23:30 Part 2: Spain before Scarlatti

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9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney

Sousa, J.P. Vautour overture (1886). The Royal Norwegian Navy Band/Keith Brion.

Naxos 8.559397 5

Sonatas: in D; D minor. Wanda Landowska, hpd.

Naxos 8.111055 8

Morales, C. de Magnificat anima mea Dominum. Hilliard Ensemble.

Virgin 5 61394 2

6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett

12:00 JAZZ THEN AND NOW with Michael Cooper

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17:00 COLOURS OF THE KING Program of the Organ Society of Sydney Prepared by Andrew Grahame Bach, J.S. Prelude and fugue in D, BWV532. 12

13:00 HISTORIC RECORDINGS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Elgar, E. Introduction and five vesper voluntaries, op 14.

13

Chopin, F. Fantasie impromptu in C sharp minor; Waltz in C sharp minor; Mazurka in A minor. Moura Lympany, pf.

HMV 5721632 13

Poulenc, F. Organ concerto in G minor.

Sydney Grammar School O/Rita Fin.

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Robert Wagner, org (all above) Fine Music Recording

Saturday 9 March

Sunday 10 March

18:00 AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS’ HOUR Prepared by Janie Fitch Maclean, C. Love was His meaning (1992).

Sydney Chamber Choir/Nicholas Routley.

Tall Poppies TP073 14 Vine, C. The Anne Landa preludes nos 1-12 (2006). Michael Kieran Harvey, pf.

Tall Poppies TP190 24 Broadstock, B. Symphony no 4, Born from good angels’ tears (1995). Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner.

ABC 476 8041 15 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers

Rodgers, R. Symphonic suite from South Pacific (1949). Philadelphia Pops O/André Kostelanetz.

Columbia SMK 60722 10

20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL French anniversaries Prepared by Elaine Siversen; Produced by Greg Ghavalas. recorded by fine music Mozart, W. Quintet in E flat, K407 (1782).

Sharn McIver, hn; Roger Benedict, va; Eleanor Betts, vc.

18 Prokofiev, S. Quintet in G minor, op 39 (after the ballet Trapeze) (1924). Rachel Cashmore, ob; Rowena Watts, cl; Douglas Rutherford, db.

21 Debussy, C. Quartet in G minor, op 10 (1893).

27 Françaix, J. Divertimento (1942). Melissa Woodroffe, bn.

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Sophie Cole, vn; Eleanor Betts, vc (2 above) Lucy Warren, vn; Neil Thompson, va (all above) 21:30 SHORTER SYMPHONIES Prepared by Rex Burgess Honegger, A. Pacific 231 (1924). Bavarian RSO/ Charles Dutoit.

Erato 2292-45242-2 6 Symphony no 5, Di tre re (1951). Danish National RSO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 9176 22:00 AFTER HOURS with Kevin Jones

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0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Wagner, R. Treulich gefürt, from Lohengrin. 5

6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Robert Small

Das süsse Lied verhallt, from Lohengrin. Cheryl Studer, sop; Paul Frey, ten.

7

9:00 WAGNER AND FRIENDS Lohengrin Prepared by Barbara Brady

Bayreuth Festival Ch & O/Peter Schneider (2 above) Philips 434 602-2

200 th Anniversary

WAGNER

Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin. Vienna PO/ Georg Solti.

Decca 476 2457 10

2013

Bricusse, L. Excerpts from Stop the world I want to get off. Mike Holloway, Louise Gold; Danielle Carson, voices.

TER-Orbis MUS C N38 18

Scene from Lohengrin, Bayreuth Festival, 2011.

1813

Merrill, R. Excerpts from Take me along (1959). Walter Pidgeon, Jackie Gleason, Eileen Herlie, voices; members of the original Broadway cast.

Sony-DRG 19116 18

Wagner, R. Euch lüften, from Lohengrin (1848).

Gabriele Schnaut, sop; Ekkehard Wlashiha, bar; Bayreuth FO/Peter Schneider.

Philips 434 602-2 4 In ferner Einsamkeit das Waldes; Um Gott, was klagest du mich an? from Lohengrin. Waltraud Meier, mezz; Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado.

DG 439 768-2 14 Cheryl Studer, sop (2 above) Liszt, F. Elsa’s bridal procession, from Lohengrin (transcr. 1850). Zoltán Kocsis, pf.

Philips 456 052-2 8 Gluck, C. Cette nuit, from Iphigénie en Tauride (1779). Régine Crespin, sop; Suisse Romande O/Alain Lombard.

Decca 440 844-2

Mendelssohn, F. Sonata no 2 in D, op 58 (1843). Emil Klein, vc; Cristian Beldi, pf.

Arte Nova 74321 27788 2 27 Shostakovich, D. Quartet no 7 in F sharp minor, op 108 (1960). St Petersburg String Quartet.

Sony SMK 66 592 13 Reicha, A. Quintet in E flat, op 88 no 2.

Salzburg Wind Quintet.

Forum 506 2292-2

14

Schmelzer, J. Cucu sonata. Elizabeth Wallfisch, vn; Rosanne Hunt, vc; Linda Kent, hpd.

6 ABC 465 269-2 7

Spontini, G. Caro oggetto, from La vestale (1807).

Maria Callas, sop; La Scala TO/Tulio Serafin.

EMI 5 67701 2 4 Auber, D-F-E. Ferme tes yeux, from La muette de Portici (1828). Richard Conrad, ten; London SO/Richard Bonynge.

Decca 448 594-2 5 Weber, C.M. Overture to Oberon (1826).

Staatskapelle Dresden/Gustav Kuhn.

Brilliant 99935

10:30 CHAMBER MASTERWORKS

Boccherini, L. Quintet no 7 in E minor (c1798).

Narcíso Yepes, gui; Melos Quartet.

DG 429 512-2 20 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with John Buchanan The early days of jazz and ragtime as recorded during the first 30 years of the 20th century 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Gerry Myerson

9 fineMusic FM 102.5

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Sunday 10 March

Napoleon Bonaparte 14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL In praise of Napoleon ... mainly!

Prepared by Rex Burgess

17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Heather Sykes

Le Suer, J-F. March in G; Motet: Unxerunt Salomonem (1804). Brass Ensemble Guy Touvron; O of the Capella, Koch 3-1208-2 9

Gibbons, O. Anthems: Almighty and everlasting God; This is the record of John; O clap your hands (c1596). Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge/David Rowland.

Christ’s College Cambridge CD 80482 12

Rossini, G. Hymn to Napoleon (1827). Ildar Abrazakov, bar; Milan Symphony Ch & O/ Riccardo Chailly.

Decca 470 298-2 9

Moravian Brethren: Lovefeast for Lent. Sharon Baker, sop; Cynthia Sieden, sop; Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman.

Telarc 80482 19

Beethoven, L. 15 Variations and a fugue in E flat on an original theme, op 35, Eroica (1802).

Olli Mustonen, pf.

Decca 436 834-2 22

Gregorian Chant: Victimæ paschali laudes; Zima vetus expureetur; Easter sequences.

Capella Antiqua München/Konrad Ruhland.

RCA Victor 71953 9

Paisiello, G. Mass for the coronation of Napoleon and Josephine (1804). St Petersburg Capella Soloists & Ch; Brass Ensemble Guy Touvron; St Petersburg O/Vladislav Chernushenko.

Koch 3-1208-2 36

Various. Hail, gladdening light; Jesu, joy of man’s desiring. Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford/Francis Grier.

ASV RS 6019

Vierne, L. Triumphal march on the centenary of Napoléon I (1921). Christopher BowersBroadbent, org; London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble/Christopher Larkin.

Hyperion CDA66275 8

18:00 SYDNEY SCHUBERT SOCIETY Prepared by Jan Brown

Honegger, A. Three extracts from the music for the film Napoleon (1927). USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir and SO/Gennadi Rozhdestvensky.

Olympia OCD 212 7

Sonata no 21 in B flat, D960 (1828).

Schoenberg, A. Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte, op 41 (1942). David Wilson-Johnson, voice; Jeremy Denk, pf; Fred Sherry Quartet/Robert Craft.

Naxos 8.557528 15 Beethoven, L. Symphony no 3 in E flat, op 55, Eroica (1803). Tasmanian SO/David Porcelijn.

ABC 461 918-2 47 Couperin, G-F. Louis 18th or Happiness again (1815). Chantal de Zeeuw, org.

Pierre Verany PV 785 032/33 14 30

Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge

fineMusic FM 102.5

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Schubert, F. Klavierstücke no 3 in C, D946 (1828).

6 44

Mitsuko Uchida, pf (2 above) Philips 456 572 2 19:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Giovanna Grech Gluck, C. Che faro senza Euridice? from Orpheus and Eurydice (1774). Marilyn Horne, mezz; Royal Opera House O/Georg Solti.

Decca 440 844-2 4 Offenbach, J. Il était une fois à la cour d’Eisenach, from The tales of Hoffmann (1881).

Plácido Domingo, ten; French NO/Seiji Ozawa.

DG 429 374-2 6

Bizet, G. Me voila seule. Comme autrefois, from The pearl fishers (1863). Kiri Te Kanawa, sop; Royal Opera House O/Jeffrey Tate.

EMI CDC 7 49863 2 7 Lortzing, A. Listen, just listen!, from Der Wildschütz (1842). Christiane Oelze, sop; Thomas Quastoff, bass-bar; Berlin Opera O/ Christian Thielemann.

DG 471 493-2 8 19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Troy Fil Beath, B. Dreams and visions (1996).

Queensland SO/Mark Summerbell.

Vienna Modern Masters VMM 3039

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Beethoven, L. Piano concerto no 2 in B flat, op 19 (1794-95). Yevgeny Kissin, pf; Philharmonia O/James Levine.

Sony SK 62926

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Herzogenberg, H. Symphony no 2 in B flat, op 70 (1889). North German Radio PO/Frank Beermann. cpo 777 122-2 35 21:00 NEW HORIZONS The sun, the stars, the earth Prepared by Troy Fil Fuchs, K. Canticle to the sun (2005). Timothy Jones, hn; London SO/JoAnn Falletta.

Naxos 8.559335 21 Carr-Boyd, A. Look at the stars (1978). Ann Carr-Boyd, pf.

Jade JADCD 1031 7 Lim, L. Garden of earthly desire (1989). Elison Ensemble.

Ricordi CRMCD 1020 27 Buckley, L. Do you remember the planets (2004). Karen Dervan, va.

Centrediscs CMCCD06 7 Fredericks, I. Requiem for a planet (c1990).

Electroacoustic Music.

Canberra School of Music CSM:26 22 22:30 ULTIMA THULE

Monday 11 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Robert Small 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Inspired by opera Prepared by Elaine Siversen Gounod, C. Waltz, from Faust (1859; transcr.

Liszt). Geoffrey Saba, pf.

IMP PCD 858 11 Lully, J-B. Overture and suite from Amadis (1684). Collegium Aureum/Reinhard Peters.

LP Harmonia Mundi HM 20322 23 Cherubini, L. Excerpts from Medea (1797; arr Triebensee). Amphion Wind Octet Accent ACC24232 18 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Heather Sykes Khachaturian, A. Dance suite (1933). Armenian PO/Loris Tjeknavorian.

ASV DCA 964 23 Field, J. Piano concerto no 5 in C (1817).

Míceál O’Rourke, pf; London Mozart Players/ Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 9495 27 Berwald, F. Symphony no 1 in G minor (1842).

Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu.

Naxos 8.553051 31 11:30 STRINGS AND OTHERS Prepared by Heather Sykes Sor, F. Fantasy, op 16 (1823). Rafael Aguirre Miñarro, gui.

Naxos 8.572064 15 Tawadros, J. Ten ten. Slava Grigoryan, gui, synth; Leonard Grigoryan, gui; Joseph Tawadros, oud, vn; James Tawadros, bendir, cajon, req.

ABC 476 4316 10 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan 13:00 SUMMER SIZZLERS Prepared by Marilyn Schock Vivaldi, A. Violin concerto no 2 in G minor, RV315, Summer (pub. 1725). Nigel Kennedy, vn; Members of Berlin PO. EMI 5 57647 2 10 Piazzolla, A. Summer in Buenos Aires (1978).

Eleftheria Kotzia, gui.

Chandos CHAN 9732 6

Joshua Bell Bennett, Richard. Summer music. Kenneth Smith, fl; Paul Rhodes, pf.

ASV DCA 739 10

Kreisler, F. Prelude and allegro; Schön Rosmarin. Paul Coker, pf.

Decca 444 409-2

Gershwin, G. Summertime, from Porgy and Bess (1935). Felicity Lott, sop; Graham Johnson, pf.

Resonance RSN 3069 2

Schumann, R. Violin concerto in D minor (1853). Cleveland O/Christoph von Dohnányi.

Decca 444 811-2 28

Allworth, R. Indian summer (1972-3). John Martin, pf.

Jade JADCD-1103 3 Rodrigo, J. Summer concerto (1943). Michael Guttman, vn; Royal Philharmonic O/José Serebrier.

Resonance RSN 3069 22 Mendelssohn, F. Fantasy on the last rose of summer, op 15 (1827). Simon Tedeschi, pf.

Sony SK 89233 8 Aikin, W. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Anthony Rolfe Johnson, ten; Graham Johnson, pf.

Hyperion CDA66480 3 Delius, F. A song of summer (1929-30).

Philharmonia O/Owain Arwel Hughes.

Resonance RSN 3069

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14:30 GREAT STRING PLAYERS Joshua Bell Prepared by Norman Lees Bottesini, G. Gran duo concertante (1880).

Edgar Meyer, db; Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff.

Sony SK 60956 14 Mozart, W. Adagio in E, K261 (1776). English CO/Peter Maag.

Decca 436376-2 9 Bernstein, L. Suite from West Side story (1960; arr. Brown). Philharmonia O/David Zinman.

Sony SK89358 19

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Joshua Bell, vn (all above) 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Tom Forrester-Paton 19:00 JAZZ with Susan Gai Dowling 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 KEYBOARD CONTRASTS Prepared by Judy Ekstein Bach, J.S. Chaconne, from Partita for violin in D minor, BWV1004 (1720; transcr. Siloti). Risto Lauriala, pf.

Naxos 8.553761 16 Bach, J. Christian Sonata in B flat, op 17 no 6 (1762). Robert Woolley, fp.

Chandos CHAN 0543 18 Mozart, W. Twelve variations in G, K359 (1781).

Salvatore Accardo, vn; Bruno Canino, pf.

Nuova Era 6742 16 Haydn, J. Sonata no 60 in C, Hob.XVI:50 (1794).

Emanuel Ax, pf.

CBS MK 44918 17 Mozart, W. Sonata in D, K448 (1781). Robert Chamberlain, pf; Darryl Coote, pf..

Move MCD 046 19 Beethoven, L. Sonata no 12 in A flat, op 26 (1801). Wilhelm Kempff, pf.

DG 429 306-2 19 fineMusic FM 102.5

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Tuesday 12 March 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Puccini, G. Ch’ella mi creda, from La fanciulla del west (1910). Jussi Björling, ten; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino O/Alberto Erede.

2 Decca 421 316-2

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

Moross, J. Main theme from A big country.

Royal PO/José Serebrier.

3 Sony 88697161052

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Pianist of choice: Vladimir Horowitz Prepared by Barrie Brockwell

Copland, A. Four dance episodes, from Rodeo (1942). Detroit SO/Antal Dorati.

Decca 414 273-2 20

Schumann, R. Äusserst bewegt; Sehr inni, from Kreisleriana, op 16 (1838).

CBS MK 42409 8 Clementi, M. Rondo, from Sonata in E flat, op 12 no 2 (1784).

Sony SK 48093 4 Wagner, R. Isoldes liebstod, from Tristan und Isolde (1857-59; arr Liszt).

Sony SK 45818 7 Rachmaninov, S. Polka de W.R. (1911).

DG 419 499-2

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Chopin, F. Polonaise-fantasie in A flat op 61 (1846).

CBS MK 42412 13 Skryabin, A. Étude in D sharp minor, op 8 no 12 (1894).

CBS MK 42411 2 Sousa, J.P. Stars and Stripes forever (1896; arr.

Horowitz).

Sony 88697 419 402 4 Schumann, R. Träumerei, from Kinderscenen, op 15 (1838).

CBS MK 44797 3 Vladimir Horowitz, pf (all above) 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Barrie Brockwell German, E. Overture to Richard III (1889). RTE Concert O/Andrew Penny.

Marco Polo 8.223695 10 Offenbach, J. Cello concerto in G, Concerto militaire (1848). Catalin Ilea, vc; Rumanian RSO/ Emil Simon.

Olympia OCD 422 29 Tchaikovsky, P. Oui, Dieu le veut ... Adieu, forêts, from The maid of Orleans (1881). SallyAnne Russell, mezz; Adelaide SO/Nicholas Milton.

ABC 476 5963 8 Grechaninov, A. Symphony no 4, op 102 (1927). Russian State SO/Valery Polyansky.

Chandos CHAN 9559 35

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Bernstein, L. Only you; Tonight, from West Side story (1957). Angela Gheorghiu, sop; Roberto Alagna, ten; Royal Opera House O/ Richard Armstrong.

4 EMI 5 56117 2

Trio Chausson 11:30 ARRANGED FOR...

Prepared by Chris Blower Chopin, F. Introduction and polonaise brillante in C, op 3 (1829; transcr. Trio Chausson). Trio Chausson.

Mirare MIR 089

Grofé, F. Grand canyon suite (1931). Hollywood Bowl SO/Felix Slatkin.

EMI 5 74117 2 32 9

Weber, C.M. Concert piece (1823; transcr.

Liszt). Leslie Howard, pf.

Hyperion CDA67203 17

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Michael Morton-Evans 18:00 SYDNEY SYMPHONY 2013 Produced by Peter Kurti

12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes What’s on in concerts during the next month

13:00 SCANDINAVIAN BAROQUE Prepared by Angela Bell Agrell, J. Flute concerto in D (c1750). Maria Bania, fl; Concerto Copenhagen/Andrew Manze.

Chandos CHAN 0535 15 Roman, J. Concerto in D. Alf Nilsson, ob d’amore; Anders Öhrwal, hpd; Stockholm Sinfonietta/Jan-Olav Wedin.

BIS CD-165 16 Buxtehude, D. Sonata in F, op 1 no 1. Purcell Quartet.

Chaconne CHAN 0766 9 Roman, J. Flute sonata no 4 in G. Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble.

BIS CD-1975

19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with David Ogilvie 22:00 BEYOND ROMANTICISM Prepared by Frank Morrison Holland, D. Sonata (1954). Margery Smith, sax; Daniel Herscovich, pf.

Tall Poppies TP132 13 Villa-Lobos, H. Bachianas brasileiras no 4 (1930-41). Pro Arte Guitar Trio.

ASV WHL 2079 16

14:00 WAY OUT WEST Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Janácek, L. Capriccio for piano left hand and seven wind instruments (1926). Rudolf Firkusny, pf; Members of the Bavarian RSO/Rafael Kubelik.

DG 449 764-2 19

Copland, A. Ballet: Billy the kid (1939).

Cincinnati Pops O/Erich Kunzel.

Telarc CD-80339

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Milhaud, D. Suite provençale, op 152b (1936).

Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 9072 14

El salón México (1934-36). New Philharmonia O/Aaron Copland.

CBS MK 42429 11

Sibelius, J. Six pieces, op 79 (1915). Nils-Erik Sparf, vn; Bengt Forsberg, pf.

BIS CD-525 20

Holst, G. Songs of the west, op 21 no 1 (1906-07; arr. Curnow). City of London Wind Ensemble/Geoffrey Brand.

LDR LDRC 1001 11

Bernstein, L. Symphony no 1, Jeremiah (1942).

Christa Ludwig, mezz; Israel PO/Leonard Bernstein.

DG 415 964-2 25

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Wednesday 13 March 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Aspects of Baroque: music for the English stage Prepared by Philip Lidbury Purcell, H. Suite from The prophetess (1690).

Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall.

Alia Vox AVSA 9866 14 Lupo, T. Masque music i, ii. New London Consort.

Linn CDK 011 5 Boyce, W. Music for Florizel and Perdita, from A winter’s tale (1756). Opera Restor’d/Peter Holman.

Hyperion CDA66935 5 Arne, T. Cymon and Iphigenia (1753). Richard Morton, ten; Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman.

Hyperion CDA66237 12 Handel, G. Overture and ballet music from Alcina, HWV34 (1735). Colin Tilney, hpd; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Argo ZRGA.686 15 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Di Cox Strauss, R. Munich memorial waltz (1939/45).

Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 9606 9 Chopin, F. Piano concerto no 2 in F minor, op 21 (1829). Ewa Kupiec, pf; Tasmanian SO/ Sebastian Lang-Lessing.

ABC 4764836 34 Falla, M. de Ballet: The three-cornered hat (1923). Teresa Berganza, sop; Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet.

Decca 478 3156-67 37 11:30 SARABANDE Grovlez, G. Sicilienne and allegro giocoso (1930). Karen Geoghegan, bn; Philip Fisher, pf.

Chandos CHAN 10521 6 Satie, E. Sarabandes nos 1 to 3 (1887). Reinbert de Leeuw, pf.

Philips 462 162-2 20 12:00 THE SOUND OF JAZZ with Kevin Jones 13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI with Andrew Bukenya; recorded by Greg Ghavalis Supported by St Catherine’s School, Waverley, and Overs Pianos 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans What exactly does it take to make music?

Leading musicians, composers and performers, both local and visiting from overseas, will be talking live on air telling us why they do it and how they do it.

Thursday 14 March 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

15:00 RUSSIAN THEMES Prepared by Francis Frank Prokofiev, S. Russian overture, op 72 (1936). USSR Ministry of Culture SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

Melodiya 10-00205 14 Rachmaninov, S. Russian rhapsody, op posth (1891). Dmitri Alexeev, pf; Nikolai Demidenko, pf.

Hyperion CDA66654 8 Lyadov, A. Eight Russian folksongs, op 58 (pub. 1906). Tasmanian SO/Shalom Ronly-Riklis.

ABC 838 903-2 13 Lehár, F. Preludes; Russian dance, from Tatjana (1906). Hanover RPO/Klauspeter Seibel. cpo 999 423-2 18 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Andrew Dziedzic

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Troy Fil Lumbye, H. Champagne galop, op 14 (1845).

Odense SO/Peter Guth.

2 Unicorn-Kanchana DKP 9089 Tagebilleder, fantasia (1846). Tivoli SO/David Riddell.

Naxos 8.225255 14 Concert polka (1863). Bent Grosen, db; Jens Helm, db; Kitha Ottosen, pf.

Danacord DACOCD602 5

19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell 20:00 AT THE OPERA Legendary Met performances: 18 May 1973 Prepared by Michael Tesoriero Verdi, G. Macbeth. Opera in four acts.

Libretto by Francesco Piave. First performed Florence, 1847.

MACBETH: Sherill Milnes, bar LADY MACBETH: Grace Bumbry, mezz BANQUO: Ruggiero Raimondi, bass MACDUFF: Franco Corell, ten Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli.

Legendary Recorded Opera LRO 12 2:39 Three witches predict that Macbeth will become King of Scotland and that Banquo’s descendants will also become kings of Scotland. Lady Macbeth vows to help her husband attain the kingdom.

They murder Duncan, the old king, but Macbeth suffers remorse. The Macbeths are crowned. Lady Macbeth plots their next victims: Banquo and his son, who are ambushed by assassins. Banquo is killed, but his son escapes. The witches warn Macbeth to beware of Macduff, predict that no man born of woman can harm him and that he will be invincible until Birnam Wood attacks him. Macbeth confidently meets Macduff and the English, who are camouflaged with branches stripped from Birnam Wood. Macduff then tells him that he was ‘ripped untimely from my mother’s womb’. He kills Macbeth and Banquo’s son is proclaimed King 23:00 MAKE MINE MOZART Prepared by Rex Burgess Mozart, W. Adagio and fugue in C minor, K546 (1788). Talich Quartet.

Calliope CAL 3244.5

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

Introduction and finale to Act 1 of Le conservatoire (1849). Lars Bjornkjaer, vn; Aalborg SO/Peter Ernst Lassen.

Danacord DACOCD631-639

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Sadness waltz (1844). Tivoli SO/Tamás Vetö.

8 Marco Polo 8.225223 March. Copenhagen Brass Quintet.

Classico CLASSCD391

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Nordic sworn brother galop (1862). Tivoli SO/ Tamás Vetö.

3 Marco Polo 8.225223 Copenhagen’s steam railway galop (1847).

Danish NSO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

Chandos CHAN10354X

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10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Angela Bell Luigini, A. Ballet égyptien, op 12 (1875).

London SO/Richard Bonynge.

Decca 452 767-2

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Vanhal, J. Double bass concerto in D (178284). Chi-Chi Nwanoku, db; Swedish CO/Paul Goodwin.

Hyperion CDA67179 25 Sibelius, J. Symphony no 1 in E minor, op 39 (1899). Adelaide SO/Arvo Volmer.

ABC 476 3944 36 11:30 DONIZETTI OPERA ARRANGED Prepared by Chris Blower

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Divertimento no 7 in D, K205 (1775). Danilo Marchello, hn; Thomas Heissbauer, hn; Salzburg Chamber Players/Lavard Skou Larsen.

Denon CO- 78918 18 Violin concerto no 5 in A, K219, Turkish (1775).

Itzhak Perlman, vn; Vienna PO/James Levine.

DG 427 813-2 29

Liszt, F. Reminiscences of Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia (1848). Leslie Howard, pf.

Hyperion CDA67101/2 11 Pasculli, A. Fantasia on the opera Poliuto

by Donizetti. Ivan Paisov, ob; Natalia Shcherbakova, pf.

Naxos 8.570567 14 fineMusic FM 102.5

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Thursday 14 March 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

13:00 IN MEMORIAM HANS WERNER HENZE Prepared by Oscar Foong

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

Henze, H. Telemanniana (1967). Rolf Plagge, pf; Nordwestdeutsche PO/Gerhard Markson. cpo 999 322-2 13 Hunt of the Menads (1953). Gustav Mahler Youth O/Claudio Abbado.

DG 447 115-2

Three Auden songs (1983). Ian Bostridge, ten; Julius Drake, pf.

EMI 5 57112 2 10 Act II from ballet, Undine. Peter Donohoe, pf; London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen.

DG 453 467-2 16 Boulevard solitude (1953). Gustav Mahler Youth O/Claudio Abbado.

DG 447 115-2 14

Oliver von Dohnányi

Chopin, F. Variations on a theme of Rossini (1824). Marc Grauwels, fl; Catherine Michel, hp.

7 Marco Polo 8.220441

20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA The symphonies of Mendelssohn Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Mozart, W. Trio no 6 in C, K548 (1788). AnneSophie Mutter, vn; Daniel Müller-Schott, vc; André Previn, pf.

DG 477 6114 20

Mendelssohn, F. Overture: The Hebrides, op 26, Fingal’s Cave (1830). Slovak PO/Oliver Dohnányi.

Naxos 8.554433 11

Bach, C.P.E. Flute sonata in E, Wq84 (c1749).

Fiati con Tasto. cpo 999 508-2 15

Paganini, N. Violin concerto no 4 in D minor (1829-30). Gidon Kremer, vn; Vienna PO/ Riccardo Muti.

Philips 446 718-2 32

Onslow, G. Variations on God save the King, from Quartet in G minor, op 9 no 1. Coull String Quartet.

ASV DCA 808 10

Berlioz, H. Overture: Rob Roy (1831). Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson.

Chandos CHAN 8316 13

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Sheila Catzel Rajna, T. Video games (1994-95). NSO of South Africa/Richard Cock.

Amarantha AR015

14:30 PIANO WIZARDS Prepared by Phil Vendy

Mendelssohn, F. Piano concerto no 1 in G minor, op 25 (1831). Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pf; Gewandhaus O/Herbert Blomstedt.

Decca 468 600-2 20

Bach, J.S. Concerto in F, BWV971, Italian (1735).

Glenn Gould, pf.

Sony 88697417292 13

Symphony no 5 in D, op 107, Reformation (1832).

National SO of Ireland/Reinhard Seifried.

Naxos 8.550957 33

Chopin, F. Sonata in B flat minor, op 35 (1839).

Daniel Barenboim, pf.

DG 477 9519 22

22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Angela Bell

Brahms, J. Symphony no 3 in F, op 90 (1883).

London PO/Marin Alsop.

Naxos 8.557430 37

Dvorák, A. String sextet in A, op 48 (1878).

Boston Symphony Chamber Players. apex 7559 79679 2 32

11:30 CHAMINADE INTERLUDE Prepared by Elaine Siversen

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Saint-Saëns, C. Omphale’s spinning wheel, op 31 (arr. Wild). Earl Wild, pf.

Sony SK 62036 8 Beethoven, L. Sonata no 27 in E minor, op 90 (1814). Alfred Brendel, pf.

Philips 438 374-2 14 Mozart, W. Sonata no 11 in A, K331 (1781-83).

Solomon, pf.

HMV RLS 726 22 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Marilyn Schock 19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey 34

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Small forces Prepared by Jan Brown

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Gemini ballet performed to Symphony no 3 for large orchestra (1949). Berlin PO/Hans Henze.

ABC 480 6403 5

Incessantly in motion; Calm, held back, from Symphony no 7 (1983-84).

City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle.

EMI CDC 7 54762 2

Friday 15 March

fineMusic FM 102.5

Myaskovsky, N. Sonata no 1, op 12. Truls Mørk, vc; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pf.

Virgin 5 45119 2 20 Mozart, W. Piano quartet no 1 in G minor, K478 (1785). Mozartean Players.

Harmonia Mundi HMU 907018 28 Moulinié, E. At last the beautiful one I adore.

Paul McMahon, ten; Tommie Andersson, lute; Daniel Yeadon, bass viol.

ABC 476 192-9 7 Haydn, J. String quartet in C, Hob.III:72 (1793).

Takács Quartet.

Hyperion CDA 67781 22

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Dohnányi, E. Violin concerto no 2 in C minor, op 43 (1949). Michael Ludwig, vn; Royal Scottish NO/JoAnn Falletta.

Naxos 8.570833 31

Chaminade, C. Carnival waltz, op 73. Peter Jablonski, pf; Bengt Forsberg, pf.

6 DG 471 331-2 Sonata in C minor, op 21. Peter Jacobs, pf.

Hyperion CDA66846 19 12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell 13:00 STRINGS STRUMMED AND STRUCK Prepared by Brian Drummond Hummel, J. Mandolin sonata in C, op 35 (1810).

Dorina Frati, mand; Stefano Fiuzzi, pf.

Dynamic CDS 128 17

Friday 15 March

Saturday 16 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON STEPHEN HOUGH Prepared by Oscar Foong Beethoven, L. Sonata in F, op 24, Spring (1801).

Robert Mann, vn.

Nimbus NI 2553/56 23

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra Vierne, L. Rhapsody, op 25 (1909). Pascale Zanlonghi, hp.

Timpani 2C2019 11 Sor, F. Fantasy. Adam Holzman, gui.

Naxos 8.553450

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Sugár, M. Cimbalom concerto. Agnes Szakály, cimbalom; Budapest SO/Miklós Sugár.

Hungaroton HCD 31571 13 14:00 CELLO TRANSCRIPTIONS Prepared by David Rossell Beethoven, L. Romance no 1 in G, op 40 (c1802; arr. Müller-Schott). Daniel MüllerSchott, vc; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.

Orfeo C 080 031 A 6 Adelaïde, op 46 (1794-95); Memory, WoO136 (1809); I love you, WoO123 (1795). Peter Schreier, ten; András Schiff, pf.

Decca 444 817-2 10 Romance no 2 in F, op 50 (1798; transcr. 1803; arr. Müller-Schott). Daniel Müller-Schott, vc; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.

Orfeo C 080 031 A 8 14:30 RACHMANINOV IN SWITZERLAND Prepared by Denis Patterson Rachmaninov, S. Variations on a theme of Corelli, op 42 (1931). Duncan Gifford, pf.

ABC 438 827-2 20 Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op 43 (1934). Ayako Uehara, pf; Sydney SO/Edvard Tchivzhel.

ABC 461 654-2 25

20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Heather Sykes Berwald, F. Grand septet in B flat for clarinet, horn, bassoon, two violins, cello and double bass (1842). Gaudier Ensemble.

Hyperion CDA66834 22 Pixis, J. Piano concerto in C, op 100 (1829).

Tasmanian SO/Howard Shelley, pf & dir.

Hyperion CDA67915 26 Glazunov, A. Scènes de ballet, op 52 (1894).

Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 8804 28 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Symphony no 2, op 9, Antar (1868/97). Philharmonia O/Yondani Butt.

ASV DCA 1024 32

Suk, J. Ballade in D minor, op 3 no 1 (1890); Serenade in A, op 3 no 2 (1896). Steven Isserliss, vc.

Hyperion CDA67529 10 Hough, S. Musical jewellry box.

3

Rodgers, R. Hello young lovers, from the The 2 king and I (1951; arr. Hough).

Trad. Londonderry air (arr. Hough).

3

Hough, S. Étude de concert.

Hyperion CDA67043 (4 above)

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22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Danish composers Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Saint-Saëns, C. Piano concerto no 5 in F, op 103, Egyptian (1896). City of Birmingham SO/ Sakari Oramo.

Hyperion CDA67331/2 27

Pedersøn, M. Mass from Pratum spirituale (1620). Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier.

BIS CD-389 11

Chopin, F. Waltz in C sharp minor, op 64 no 2 (1847).

3 Hyperion CDA67686

Borchgrevinck, M. Paduana; Galliard (pub.

1607). Dowland Consort/Jakob Lindberg.

BIS CD-390 6

Stephen Hough, pf (all above)

Terkelsen. S Hylas does not want to get married; Myrtillo’s lament to his most beloved Amaryllis.

Ulrik Cold, bar; Lars Ulrik Mortensen, hpd.

BIS CD-391 4 Buxtehude, D. Fantasia: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ. Julia Brown, org Naxos 8.570312 10

Symphony no 3 in A minor, op 44 (1935-36/38).

St Petersburg PO/Mariss Jansons.

EMI 5 62809 2 38

Scheibe, J. Sinfonia in B flat. Combattimento Consort Amsterdam/Jan Willem de Vriend.

Radio Netherlands MCCP121 10

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Lloyd Capps

Buxtehude, D. Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV75.

Emma Kirkby, sop; Elin Manahan Thomas sop; Michael Chance, ct; Charles Daniels, ten; Peter Harvey, bass; Purcell Quartet; Fretwork.

Chaconne CHAN 0775 1:05

19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron

Hummel, J. Piano concerto in A minor, op 85 (c1816). English CO/Bryden Thomson.

Chandos CHAN 8507 30

11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher German, E. Overture: Richard III. Besses o’ th’ Barn Band/RoyNewsome 8 LP Chandos CBRD 1009 Strauss, R. Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier.

Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee.

AMP 27183 10 Prokofiev, S. March, op 99. USSR Defence Ministry Band/Nikolai Sergeev.

3 LP Melodiya CSD 3782 Satie, E. Gymnopédie no 1. Graeme Page, hn; Erica Goodman, hp; Don Gillis, pf; Canadian Brass.

4 EMI 8371882 fineMusic FM 102.5

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Saturday 16 March 12:00 JAZZ THEN AND NOW with Michael Cooper 13:00 CLASSIC VOICES Gounod, C. Sanctus (1855). Placido Domingo, ten; Ch & O Sinfonico di Milano, Giuseppe Verdi/Marcello Viotto.

DG 471 575-2 5 Mozart, W. Venga pur, minacci e frema, from Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K87 (1770). Jochen Kowalski, ct; CPE Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen.

LaserLight 14071 8 Schumann, R. Mondnacht (1840); Mignon, op 98a (1849). Felicity Lott, sop; Graham Johnson, pf.

Brilliant Classics 99948/2 9 Hasse, J. Se mai piu saro geloso, from Cleofide (1731). Emma Kirkby, sop; Derek Lee Ragin, ct; Cappella Coloniensis/William Christie.

Laserlight 14071 6 Wolf, H. Four Mörike Lieder (1888). Markus Schäfer, ten; Ulrik Spang-Hanssen, org.

Classico CLASSCD 606 11 Handel, G. Act 2, scene 2, from Athalia (1733).

Joan Sutherland, sop; Emma Kirkby, sop; Aled Jones, treb; Academy of Ancient Music/ Christopher Hogwood.

Decca 475 207-2 12

17:30 ADAGIO Prepared by Francis Frank Albinoni, T. Adagio in G minor (arr. Mageau).

Brisbane Baroque Trio.

Jade JADCD 1030 4 Beethoven, L. Adagio in E flat, WoO43b (1796). Alison Stephens, mand; Richard Burnett, pf.

Amon Ra CD-SAR 53 6 Bach, J.S. Adagio in G, BWV968. Skip Sempé, hpd; Olivier Fortin, hpd.

Astrée E 8645 4

Darren Pene Pati Mozart, W. Ach, Ich liebte, from Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1782). Emma Moore, 5 sop.

Bizet, G. La fleur que tu m’avais jetée, from Carmen (1873-74). Darren Pene Pati, ten.

4 Massenet, J. Il est doux, il est bon, from Hérodiade (1881). Naomi Johns, sop.

5

Donizetti, G. Son anch’io la citru magica, from Don Pasquale (1843). Stacey Alleaume, sop. 6 Massenet, J. Pourquoi me reveiller; from Werther (1892). Roberto Abate, ten.

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14:00 MUSICAL EXPLORATIONS Influence of folk traditions: Hungary Prepared by Judy Ekstein

Baermann, H. Adagio for clarinet and strings (1821). Members of Vienna Octet.

Decca 417 643-2 5

Bellini, V. Eccomi ... Oh quante volte, from I capuleti e I Montecchi (1830). Tabitha 7 McFadyen, sop.

Bartók, B. Contrasts (1938). Michael Collins, cl; Krysia Osostowicz, vn; Susan Tomes, pf.

Hyperion CDA66415 17

Messager, A. Finale, suite from Les deux pigeons (1886). Royal Opera House O/Charles Mackerras.

EMI CDZ 7 62515 2 3

Donizetti, G. Regnava nel silencio, from Lucia di Lammermoor (1835). Emma Moore, sop. 8

Dohnányi, E. Quintet in E flat minor, op 26 (1914). Martin Roscoe, pf; Vanbrugh Quartet.

ASV DCA 915 23 Kodály, Z. Dances of Marosszék (1930). Brno State PO/José Serebrier.

BIS CD 875 14 Bartók, B. Piano concerto no 3 (1945). Géza Anda, pf; Berlin RSO/Ferenc Fricsay.

DG 447 399-2 24 15:30 SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA IN CONCERT Prepared by Peter Bell Bach, J.S. St John Passion. Jennifer Bates, sop; Irene Waugh, mezz; Thomas Edmonds, ten; Grant Dickson, bass; Michael Leighton-Jones, bass; Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir; Sydney Philharmonia Baroque O/Neil McEwen.

SPC recording 1:52 36

Geza Anda

fineMusic FM 102.5

18:00 FOCUS ON FOLK Folk Federation of NSW 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Politics, prejudice and pretension Prepared by Sue Jowell Focuses on shows that moved away from the sentimentality of the first two decades of the 20th century and dealt with serious themes 20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Bel Canto Award Finals Produced by Roger Doyle recorded by fine music Puccini, G. Averte torto! ... Firenze è come un albero fiorito, from Gianni Schicchi (1918).

Roberto Abate, ten.

3 Rossini, G. Il s’éloignent enfin ... Sombre forêt, from Giullaume Tell (1829). Tabatha McFadyen, sop.

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Verdi, G. Ella mi fu rapita ... Parmi veder le lagrime, from Rigoletto (1851). Darren Pene Pati, 5 ten.

Mozart, W. Porgi amor; from Le nozze di Figaro (1786). Naomi Johns, sop.

3

Meyerbeer, G. Robert, toi que j’aime, from Robert le Diable (1831). Stacey Alleaume, sop. 6 Sharolyn Kimmorley, pf (all above) 21:30 A MOORSIDE MÊLÉE Prepared by Phil Vendy Bliss, A. Mêlée fantasque (1921). Royal Scottish NO/David Lloyd-Jones.

Naxos 8.557641 12 Holst, G. A moorside suite (1928). BMC (Oxford) Band/Imogen Holst.

LP World Record Club S4893 22:00 AFTER HOURS with Kevin Jones

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Sunday 17 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Nicholas Chaplin 9:00 CELESTIAL NOTES Prepared by Heather Sykes Saint-Saëns, C. Motets au Saint Sacrement (1857). Flemish Radio Choir; Bart Cypers, hn; François Saint-Yves, org.

Glossa GCD 922210 32 Grechaninov, A. All-night vigil, op 59 (1912).

Holst Singers/Stephen Layton.

Hyperion CDA67080 47

The Lindsays

10:30 CHAMBER MASTERWORKS Prepared by Di Cox

17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Keith Glendinning

19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Angela Bell

Beethoven, L. Piano trio in B flat, op 97, Archduke (1810-11). Beaux Arts Trio.

Philips 438 948-2

Hymns: He would valiant be; Angel voices ever singing; The day Thou gavest. English Brass Ensemble.

Helios CDH 55036 9

Glazunov, A. Carnival overture, op 45. USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov.

9 Melodiya SUCD 10-00163

Howells, H. Evening service (1946).

Helios CDH 55402

Weber, C.M. Clarinet concerto no 1 in F minor, op 73 (1811). City of London Sinfonia/Michael Collins, cl & dir.

Chandos CHAN 10702 21

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Mozart, W. Quintet in E flat, K407 (1782). Gerd Seifert, hn; members of Amadeus Quartet.

DG 437 137-2 16 Dvorák, A. String quartet no 12 in F, op 96, American (1893). The Lindsays.

ASV DCS 446 27 12:00 SPEAK EASY, SWING HARD with Richard Hughes 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Linda Marr Traditional and contemporary music from around the globe

Schubert - Berio. Rendering (1989-90). Heinz Holliger, cond.

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Szymanowski, K. Violin concerto no 1 (1916).

Vesko Eschkenczy, vn; Mark Elder, cond. 25 Britten, B. Sinfonia da Requiem. Stefan Asbury, cond.

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Ravel, M. Suite no 2, from Daphnis et Chloé (1909-13.) Mariss Jansons, cond.

16 Shostakovich, D. Symphony no 13 in B flat minor, op 113, Babi Yar (1962). Sergei Leiferkus, bass; Men of the Prague Philharmonic Choir/ Kurt Masur.

59 Royal Concertgebouw O (all above).

Radio Netherlands RCO 12004

Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral; Christopher Dearnley, org; John Scott, cond (2 above) Moore, D. All wisdom cometh from the Lord (1980). John Robinson, bass; Girl choristers of Salisbury Cathedral; David Halls, org; Richard Seal, cond.

Guild GMCD 7101 9 Bach, J.S. Mass in B minor, BWV232, part IV (1747-48). Margaret Marshall, sop; Janet Baker, sop; Robert Tear, ten; Samuel Ramey, bass; Academy of St Martin in the Fields Ch & O/ Neville Marriner.

Decca 480 2338 20

14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 2000-2010 Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Busoni, F. Berceuse élégïaque (1909). Ed Spanjaard, cond.

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18:00 A FIELD OF TALL POPPIES with Julie Simonds A monthly program of recordings selected from the Tall Poppies label 19:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Jan Brown Wagner, R. O! du mein holder Abendstern, from Tannhäuser (1845). Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado.

DG 449 190-2 6 Die Frist ist um, from The flying Dutchman (1841). Metropolitan Opera O/James Levine.

DG 445 866-2 12 Bryn Terfel, bass-bar (2 above) Mild und leise wie er lächelt, from Tristan and Isolde (1859). Joan Sutherland, sop; National PO/Richard Bonynge.

Decca 475 6302 6

Grieg, E. Holberg suite, op 40 (1884; orch.

1885). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/ Neville Marriner.

Decca 478 3156-67 20 Beethoven, L. Symphony no 5 in C minor, op 67 (1807-08). Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan.

DG 429 039-2 31 21:00 NEW HORIZONS Modern Britain, part 2: Nyman and the minimalists Prepared by Oscar Foong Nyman, M. Where the bee dances (1991). Amy Dickson, sax; Royal PO/Mikel Toms.

Sony 88697376792 16 Fitkin, C. Sextet (1989). Piano circus.

Argo 433 522-2

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Nyman, M. MGV (Musique à Grande Vitesse) (1993). Michael Nyman Band & O/Michael Nyman.

Argo 443 382-2 26 Seddon, T. 16 (1976). Piano circus.

Argo 433 522-2

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Nyman, M. In re Don Giovanni (1977); Revisiting the Don (2006); Not knowing the ropes (1988); Wedding tango (1988); Oh my dear papa (1991); Profit and loss (1991). Michael Nyman Band/Michael Nyman.

MN Records MNRCD 113 25 22:30 ULTIMA THULE

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Monday 18 March 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 Inspired by opera Prepared by Giovanna Grech Strauss, R. Salome’s dance, op 54 (1905).

Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 8758

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Berlioz, H. Nocturne, from Beatrice and Benedict (1860-62). April Cantelo, sop; Helen Watts, mezz; London SO/Colin Davis.

Decca 421 314-2 12 Rossini, G. Excerpts from The barber of Seville (1816; transcr. Sedlek). Melbourne Windpower/Richard Runnels.

Move MD 3110

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Massé, V. Carnival of Venice, from The topaz queen (1856). Sumi Jo, sop; English CO/Richard Bonynge.

ABC 480 5514 6 Verdi, G. Sul fil d’un soffio etesio, from Falstaff (1893). Angela Gheorghiu, sop; Turin Regio Theatre Ch & O/John Mauceri.

Decca 452 417-2 6 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Heather Sykes

13:00 ELGAR, AUSTRALIAN MADE Prepared by George Hilgevoord Elgar, E. Chanson de matin, op 15 no 2 (1901).

West Australian SO/David Measham.

ABC 476 6157 4 Dream children, op 43 (1902).

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Serenade in E minor for strings, op 20 (1902). 11 Queensland SO/Bernard Heinze (2 above) Nursery suite (1931). Sydney SO/Myer Fredman.

26 ABC 4766156 (3 above) 14:00 FROM THE BACH FAMILY ALBUM Prepared by Philip Lidbury

Glazunov, A. Suite in E: From the Middle Ages, op 79 (1903). Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 8804 23

Bach, C.P.E. Double concerto in E flat, Wq47 (1788). Tini Mathot, fp; Amsterdam Baroque O/ Ton Koopman, hpd & dir.

Erato ECD 75396 18

Sibelius, J. Violin concerto in D minor, op 47 (1903). Adele Anthony, vn; Adelaide SO/Arvo Volmer.

ABC 476 3947 32

Bach, J. Christian Sonata in C minor, op 17 no 2 (1773). Ian Hobson, pf.

Arabesque Z 6594 11

Mozart, W. Symphony no 20 in D, K133 (1772).

Danish Radio Sinfonietta/Àdám Fischer.

Da Capo 6.220541 25 11:30 DUETS Prepared by Heather Sykes Beethoven, L. Duet in E flat, WoO32 (1796-97).

Tabea Zimmermann, va; Maria Kliegel, vc.

Naxos 8.555787 13 Debussy, C. Petite suite (1889). Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque, pf.

Decca 4783691 11 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan 38

Angela Hewitt

fineMusic FM 102.5

Bach, J.C.F. Sonata in A for two violins and basso continuo. London Baroque.

Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908601.30 12 Bach, J.S. Cantata, BWV202: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, Wedding cantata (c1718-23). Friederike Wagner, sop; Capella Istropolitana/Christian Brembeck.

Naxos 8.554042 21 Double concerto in D minor, BWV1043 (173031). Monica Huggett, vn; Alison Bury, vn; Amsterdam Baroque O/Ton Koopman.

Erato 245 283-2 15 Bach, J. Christian Quartet in B flat. Max Artved, ob; Elise Båtnes, vn; Tue Lautrup, va; Lars Holm Johansen, vc.

Naxos 8.557361 10

Bach, J.S. Triple concerto in A minor, BWV1044 (1729-41). Alison Mitchell, fl; Angela Hewitt, pf; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti, vn & dir.

Hyperion CDA67307 20 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett 19:00 JAZZ with Susan Gai Dowling 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 KEYBOARD CONTRASTS Prepared by Phil Vendy Sibelius, J. Ten piano pieces, op 58 (1909).

Havard Gimse, pf.

Naxos 8.554824 36 Bach, J. Christian Sonata in A, op 17 no 5 (1762). Robert Woolley, fp.

Chandos CHAN 0543 11 Liszt, F. Concert waltz on two motifs from Donizetti’s Lucia and Parisina (1850-52). William Wolfram, pf.

Naxos 8.570137 10 Froberger, J. Tombeau faict à Paris sur la mort de Monsieur Blancrocher (1652). Gustav Leonhardt, hpd.

5 Harmonia Mundi GD 77923 Ireland, J. Four London pieces: Chelsea Reach; Ragamuffin; Soho forenoons; Month’s mind (1917-20). John Lenehan, pf.

Naxos 8.553700 14 Schumann, R. Piano trio no 1 in D minor, op 63 (1847). Borodin Trio.

Chandos CHAN 8832/3 35

Tuesday 19 March

Imogen Cooper. Photo - Tina Pluchino

Edward Elgar

Luigi Boccerini

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

11:30 VERDI OPERAS ARRANGED Prepared by Chris Blower

Corelli, A. Violin sonata no 7 in D minor (1700). Members of Sydney Consort.

Sydney Consort SC002

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

Thalberg, S. Souvenir of Verdi’s Ballo in maschera, op 81. Francesco Nicolosi, pf.

Marco Polo 8.223367

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

Tárrega, F. Fantasia on themes of Verdi’s La traviata. Silvina Strano, gui.

Walsingham 2WAL80282 7

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Pianist of choice: Imogen Cooper Prepared by Di Cox Schubert, F. Impromptus (1827).

Ottavo OTR C78923

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Liszt, F. Paraphrase on the Miserere, from Verdi’s Il trovatore (1859). Daniel Barenboim, pf.

Erato ECD 75477 9

Vivaldi, A. Bassoon concerto in C, RV477.

Tamás Benkócs, bn; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Béla Drahos.

Naxos 8.557829 11 Boccherini, L. Sinfonia in D minor, op 12 no 4, La casa del Diavolo (pub. 1771). Australian CO/ Richard Tognetti.

Sony SK62855 22

12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Ogilvie

13:00 ELGAR, AUSTRALIAN MADE Prepared by George Hilgevoord

19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps

Mozart, W. Allegro and andante in F minor, K608 (1791). Anne Queffélec, pf.

Ottavo OTR C129242 9

Elgar, E. Sea pictures, op 37 (1897-99).

Elizabeth Campbell, mezz; Adelaide SO/ Nicholas Braithwaite.

ABC Classics 476 6155

20:00 RECENT RELEASES with David Garrett

Schumann, R. Variations on the name Abegg, op 1 (1833).

Ottavo OTR C39027 8

Enigma variations, op 36 (1898-99). Sydney SO/ Myer Fredman.

ABC Classic 476 6156 21

Imogen Cooper, pf (all above)

14:00 FOR WINDS Prepared by Phil Vendy

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Haydn, J. Love returned, Hob.XXVIa:16; Consolation of unhappy love, Hob.XXVla:9 (c1781-84). Wolfgang Holzmair, bar.

Philips 454 475-2 6

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Shamistha de Soysa Adams, J. Shaker loops (1978/83).

Bournemouth SO/Marin Alsop.

Naxos 8.559031

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Liszt, F. The winds are roaring (1845). Thomas Hampson, bar; Geoffrey Parsons, pf.

EMI 5 75187 2 3 25

Dvorák, A. Cello concerto in B minor, op 104 (1895). Yo-Yo Ma, vc; New York PO/Kurt Masur.

Sony SK 67173 41 Barber, S. Capricorn concerto, op 21 (1944).

Joseph Mariano, fl; Robert Sprenkle, ob; Sidney Mear, tpt; Eastman-Rochester O/Howard Hanson.

Mercury 475 6274 15

Bird, A. Suite in D for ten winds. Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble/Harlan D. Parker.

Naxos 8.570403 26 Dvorák, A. Serenade in D minor for winds, op 44 (1878). Winds of Prague Philharmonia/Jakub Hrusa.

Supraphon SU 3932-2 24

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22:00 BEYOND ROMANTICISM Bax and Arnold, the British symphonists Prepared by Troy Fil Coles, C. Scherzo in A minor (1909-10). BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins.

Hyperion CDA67293 8 Bax, A. Two Russian tone pictures (1912).

Ashley Wass, pf.

Naxos 8.557769

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Symphony, Spring fire (1913). Royal PO/Vernon Handley.

Chandos CHAN 8464 31 Bliss, A. Quartet (1915). Laurence Jackson, vn; Martin Outram, va; Michael Kaznowski, vc; Peter Donohoe, pf.

Naxos 8.555931 16

15:00 THE ITALIAN INFLUENCE Prepared by Denis Patterson

Arnold, M. Symphony no 1, op 22 (1949). NSO of Ireland/Andrew Penny.

Naxos 8.553406 28

Cherubini, L. Overture to Médée (1797). San Remo SO/Piero Bellugi.

Naxos 8.557908 8

Beckus the dandipratt, op 5 (1943). BBC PO/ Rumon Gamba.

Chandos CHAN10293 8 fineMusic FM 102.5

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Wednesday 20 March 11:30 CHANSONS OF JOSEPH KOSMA Prepared by Phil Vendy Kosma, J. Si tu t’imagine; Barbara; Attente; Les oiseaux du souci; L’enfance; L’amour est parti; Les feuilles mortes (pub. 1977). Françoise Masset, sop; Christine Icart, hp.

Harmonia Mundi ZZT 061001 26 12:00 THE SOUND OF JAZZ with Kevin Jones René Jacobs 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Aspects of Baroque Prepared by Frank Morrison Bach, J.S. Toccata in D minor, BWV913 (c1708).

Kenneth Gilbert, hpd.

Archiv 431659-2 13 Schütz, H. Kleine geistliche konzerte (1639).

Concerto Vocale/René Jacobs.

Harmonia Mundi HMX 2971310 14 Quantz, J. Flute concerto in E minor (c1740).

Jed Wentz, fl; Musica ad Rhenum; Florian Deuter, vn & dir.

Vanguard 99040 12 Handel, G. Sonata in G, HWV399 (c1737-38).

Ingrid Seifert, vn; Richard Gwilt, vn; Charles Medlam, vc; Richard Egarr, hpd.

Harmonia Mundi HMC 901 389 13 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Raj Gopalakrishnan Khachaturian, A. Masquerade, suite (1941).

Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 8542 16 Arensky, A. Violin concerto in A minor, op 54 (1891). Ilya Gringolts, vn; BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov.

Hyperion CDA67642 19 Ravel, M. Valses nobles et sentimentales (1912). Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit.

Decca 478 3156-67 16 Prokofiev, S. Waltz suite, op 110 (1946). Mikhail Chernykhovsky, vn; USSR Radio and TV Large SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

Consonance 81-5005 28

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fineMusic FM 102.5

13:00 ELGAR, AUSTRALIAN MADE Prepared by George Hilgevoord

Loretta di Franco

Elgar, E. Prelude, from The kingdom, op 51 (1906).

10 Cello concerto in E minor, op 85 (1919). Li Wei, vc.

30 Adelaide SO/Nicholas Braithwaite (2 above) ABC Classics 476 6155 Sospiri, op 70 (1914). Tasmanian SO/David Stanhope.

ABC Classics 476 6157

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Pomp and circumstance march, no 4 (1907).

West Australian SO/David Measham.

ABC Classics 476 3772 4 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans What exactly does it take to make music?

Leading musicians, composers and performers, both local and visiting from overseas, will be talking live on air telling us why they do it and how they do it.

15:00 PIANO BY NAME Prepared by Chris Blower Haydn, J. Sonata no 60 in C, Hob.XVI:50, English (1794-95). Mikhail Pletnev, pf.

Virgin 5 45254 2 Schubert, F. Duo in A minor, D947, Lebensstürme (1828). Anne Queffélec, pf; Imogen Cooper, pf. apex 0927 49812 2 Beethoven, L. Sonata no 21 in C, op 53, Waldstein (1794-95). Alice Sara Ott, pf.

DG 4779291 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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20:00 AT THE OPERA Legendary Met performances: 5 March 1966 Prepared by Michael Tesoriero Donizetti, G. L’elisir d’amore. Opera in two acts. Libretto by Felice Romani. First performed Milan, 1832.

GIANNETTA: Loretta di Franco, sop NEMORINO: Carlo Bergonzi, ten ADINA: Roberta Peters, sop BELCORE: Frank Guarrera, bar DR. DULCAMARA: Fernando Corena, bass The Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/Thomas Schippers Sony 90991-2 2:01 Nemorino, a peasant, loves Adina, a rich landowner, but she rejects him, as well as the newly arrived Sergeant Belcore. Dr Dulcamara, a quack, sells the desperate Nemorino a supposed elixir of love which is actually wine.

To provoke Nemorino, Adina accepts Belcore’s proposal to marry that night. Nemorino enlists in Belcore’s regiment and buys more elixir. The village girls discover that Nemorino’s uncle has left him a large fortune and all flock around him. He attributes his sudden popularity to the elixir. Adina asks Dulcamara why Nemorino is so happy and he tells her how he has bought elixir to win the love of a cruel beauty.

Adina is touched by Nemorino’s devotion.

She buys his freedom from the army but he refuses this if she does not love him. Adina kisses him to show her love.

22:30 AUSTRALIA ENSEMBLE IN CONCERT RECORDED BY fine music

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Weber, C.M. Trio in G minor (1819). Geoffrey Collins, fl; David Pereira, vc; David Bollard, pf. 19 Schubert, F. Trio movement in E flat, D897, Notturno (c1827). Dene Olding, vn; David 9 Pereira, vc; David Bollard, pf.

Westlake, N. Refractions at Summer Cloud Bay (1989). Geoffrey Collins, fl; Nigel Westlake, cl; Dene Olding, vn; Irena Morozova, va; David Pereira, vc.

13 Mozart, W. Quintet in A, K581 (1789). Nigel Westlake, cl; Dene Olding, vn; Qian Zhao, vn; Irena Morozova, va; David Pereira, vc.

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Thursday 21 March 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

13:00 IN MEMORIAM Prepared by Oscar Foong

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

Brubeck, D. Lamento. Richard Runnels, hn; Tony Gould, pf.

Move MD 3106 5

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

Harvey, J. The angels (1994). Latvian Radio Choir/Kaspars Putnins.

Hyperion CDA67835 5

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Keith Glendinning Wirén, D. Sonata no 1, op 1 (1931). Maurice Maréchal, vc; Harry Ebert, pf.

Caprice CAP 21761 8 Theme with variations, op 5. Stefan Bojsten, pf.

BIS CD-797 11 Sinfonietta, op 7 (1933-34).

Radiosymphonikerna/Tonsättaren.

Caprice CAP 21761

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Serenade, op 11 (1937). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Decca 466 459-2 15 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Vivaldi, A. Piccolo concerto in C, RV443.

William Bennett, piccolo; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Decca 448 110-2

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Glazunov, A. Concert waltz no 1, op 47 (1893).

Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin.

Naxos 8.553838 9

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11:30 PIANO AND FRIENDS Prepared by Paul Hopwood

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Harvey, J. Ashes dance back (1997). Latvian Radio Choir; Jonathan Harvey, Carl Faia, electronics; Clive Williamson, synthesizer; Kaspars Putnins, cond.

Hyperion CDA67835 17 Brubeck, D. Blue rondo á la Turk. Simon Tedeschi, pf; Kevin Hunt, pf.

ABC 275 2052

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14:00 PANTAGRUEL Prepared by Angela Bell Various. The Quadro galliard; Pantheas lament; The princis masque.

Tveitt, G. 100 folk tunes from Hardanger, suite no 2, op 151 nos 16 to 30 (1955). Royal Scottish NO/Bjarte Engeset.

Naxos 555304 35

Rubbra, E. Symphony no 4, op 53 (1941).

Philharmonia O/Norman Del Mar. Lyrita SRCD 202

ten Holt, S. Soloduiveldans 4 (1998). Ivo Janssen, pf.

Void VOID 9903

5

Ravenscroft, T. Yonder comes a courteous knight.

6 Anon. The punckes delight; The dark is my delight; Excuse me.

6 Dowland, J. O sweet woods.

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Dvorák, A. String quartet no 12 in F, op 96, American (1893). Talich Quartet.

Calliope CAL 3331 27 MacDowell, E. Piano concerto no 1 in A minor, op 15 (1882). Seta Tanyel, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins.

Hyperion CDA67165

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16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Stephen Wilson 19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey 20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Creative links: Latin influences Prepared by Judy Ekstein Respighi, O. Trittico Botticelliano (1927).

Accademia Bizantina/Carlo Chiarappa.

Denon CO-78916

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Rota, N. String concerto (1964-65). I Solisti Italiani.

Denon CO-78949 16 Vivaldi, A. Double concerto in C, RV537. John Wallace, tpt; John Miller, tpt; Philharmonia O/ Christopher Warren-Green.

8 Nimbus NI 5017 Malipiero, G. Sesta sinfonia for strings (1947).

I Solisti Italiani.

Denon CO-78949 23 Ghedini, G. Violin concerto, Il belprato (1947).

Accademia Bizantina/Carlo Chiarappa, vn & dir.

Denon CO-78916 17 Ponce, M. Concierto del sur (1941). Eduardo Fernández, gui; English CO/Enrique Garcia Asensio.

Decca 455 364-2 24

Pantagruel (all above) Carpe Diem CD-16282 14:30 TRIP TO AMERICA Prepared by Daisy Ou Bernstein, L. Overture to Candide (1955-56).

Israel PO/Leonard Bernstein.

DG 469 115-2 4 Henrique, V. Boi-bumbá (arr. Russ).

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Glinka, M. Trio pathétique in D minor (1832).

Trio d’Amsterdam.

Koch 3-7015-2 HI 15

Ovalle, J. Azulão (arr. Almeida).

2

Barroso, P. Para niñar (arr. Almeida).

2

Debussy, C. Sonata (1915). Paul Tortelier, vc; Jean Hubeau, pf.

Erato 2292-45738-2 11

Kathleen Battle, sop; Christopher Parkening, gui (3 above) EMI CDC 7 47196-2

12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers

Piston, W. Ballet suite: The incredible flutist (1938). Joseph Mariano, fl; Eastman-Rochester O/Howard Hanson.

Mercury 475 6274 16

22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Phil Vendy Khandoshkin, I. Six old Russian songs (1783).

Anastasia Khitruk, vn; Dimitry Yakubovsky, va; Kyrill Yevtushenko, vc.

Naxos 8.570028 24 Leclair, J-M. Sonata in E minor, op 9 no 2 (pub. 1743). Barthold Kuijken, fl; Wieland Kuijken, bass viol; Robert Kohnen, hpd.

Accent ACC 58436 D 29 Castillon, A. Piano quartet in G minor, op 7 (c1870). Quatuor Kandinsky.

FNAC 592315 30 Dohnányi, E. Sextet in C for clarinet, horn, piano and string trio, op 37 (1935). Endymion Ensemble.

ASV DCA 943 30 fineMusic FM 102.5

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Friday 22 March 12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell 13:00 SELECT YOUR CLASSICS with Stephen Schafer New and recent releases from Select AudioVisual Distribution 15:00 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Stephen Schafer Schumann, R. Quartet in E flat, op 47 (1842).

Alexander Pavlovsky, vn; Ori Kam, va; Kyril Zlotnikov, vc.

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Emmy Verhey 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Quintet in E flat, op 44 (1842). Jerusalem Quartet.

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus

Schubert, F. Sonata in A, D574 (1817). Emmy Verhey, vn; Youri Egorov, pf.

Sony ECD 71060 20 Vivaldi, A. Winter, from The four seasons (pub. 1725). Ransom Wilson, fl; Modern Mandolin Quartet.

Windham Hill 11108-2 8

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Derek Parker 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron 20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Denis Patterson

Beethoven, L. String trio no 1 in G, op 9 (179798). Trio Bell’Arte.

ZYX Classic CLS 4066 26

Berwald, F. Foot race (1842). Gävle SO/Petri Sakari.

Naxos 8.555370 9

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Jan Brown

Spohr, L. Sextet in C, op 140 (1848). Sándor Papp, va; Tamás Varga, vc; New Haydn Quartet.

Naxos 8.555968 24

Tchaikovsky, P. Overture to The storm, op 76 (1864). Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 9587 13 Taneyev, S. Concert suite, op 28 (1908-09 ).

Lydia Mordkovitch, vn; Royal Scottish NO/ Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 10491 47 Borodin, A. Symphony no 3 in A minor (1882-87). Royal Stockholm PO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

Chandos CHAN 9199

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11:30 FROM THE ORGAN LOFT Prepared by Keith Glendinning Bach, J.S. Prelude and fugue in C minor, BWV546 (1723-29).

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Prelude in C, BWV545.

2

Prelude and fugue in C minor, BWV537.

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Christopher Herrick, org (3 above) Hyperion CDA66791/2 fineMusic FM 102.5

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE The best of naïve Prepared by Oscar Foong Purcell, H. The fife and all the harmony of war; Let these amongst themselves contest; Hail! Bright Cecilia! from Ode to Saint Cecilia’s Day, Hail bright Cecilia (1692). Lucy Crowe, sop; Nathalie Stutzman, cont; David Bates, ct; Anders J. Dahin, ten; Richard Croft, ten; Neil Baker, bar; Luca Tittoto, bass; Les Musiciens du Louvre Choir & O/Marc Minkowski.

9 naïve V 5183

Alexander Melnikov, pf (2 above) Harmonia Mundi HMC 902122

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Small forces

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Sandrine Piau. Photo - Antoine Le Grand-Naive

Waldteufel, E. Tres jolie waltz (1878). Slovak State PO/Alfred Walter.

Naxos 8.578041-42 9

Handel, G. Disserratevi, O porte d’Averno, from The resurrection, HWV47 (1708); Aria: Sweet bird, from L’Allegroi, il penseroso, ed il moderato, HWV55 (1740); Let the bright seraphim, from Samson, HWV57 (1743).

Sandrine Piau, sop; Accademia Bizantina/ Stefano Montanari. naïve OP 30484 22 Couperin, F. Excerpts from Le concert dans le goût théatral (1724): Prologue and part 1 of Zéphire. Capriccio Stravagante/Skip Sempé. naïve E8820 21

Liszt, F. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude.

Marc-André Hamelin, pf.

Hyperion CDA67760 18

Lully, J-B. Air des deux insulaires; Air de Logistille; Chaconne, from Roland (1685).

Salomé Haller, sop; Anders Dahlin, ct; Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro, ten; Lausanne Opera Ch; Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset. naïve V 5197 21

Meyerbeer, G. The skaters, ballet music from Le prophète (1849). North German RPO/ Michail Jurowski. cpo 999 336-2 18

Vivaldi, A. Bassoon concerto in A minor, RV499. Sergio Azzolini, bn; L’Aura Soave Cremona. naïve OP 30518 10

Balfe, M. Come into the garden, Maud.

Graham Titus, bar; Margaret Lion, pf.

Griffin GCCD 4009

3

Borodin, A. Symphony no 2 in B minor (1869-76). Czecho-Slovak RSO/Stephen Gunzenhauser.

Naxos 8.550238

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Melani, A. Litanie per la beata vergine; O voces formidandæ; Vivere sine Te. Alena Dantcheva, sop; Monica Piccinini, sop; Anna Simboli, sop; Gabriella Martellacci, cont; Andrea Arrivabene, alto; Luca Dordolo, ten; Raffaele Giordani, ten; Matteo Bellotto, bass; Sergio Foresti, bass; Craig Marchitelli, theorbo; Michael Leopol, theorbo; Rinaldo Alessandrini, org. naïve OP 30431 23

Saturday 23 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Edwards, R. Sacred kingfisher psalms (2009).

Ars Nova Copenhagen/Paul Hillier.

Ars Nova 6.220597 13

6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Peter Bell

Grainger, P. Harvest hymn (1932). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Philips 442 8415 4

9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON THE NASH ENSEMBLE Prepared by Chris Blower Spohr, L. Octet in E, op 32 (1814). Nash Ensemble. crd 3354

19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers 27

Schumann, R. Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen, from Liederkreis, op 24 (1840). Toby Spence, ten; Ian Brown, pf.

Hyperion CDA66930 4 Holloway, R. Adagio, from Fantasy-pieces on the Heine Liederkreis of Schumann, op 16 (1971). Nash Ensemble/Martyn Brabbins.

Hyperion CDA66930 6 Brahms, J. Horn trio in E flat, op 40 (1865).

Members of Nash Ensemble. crd 3489 30 Vaughan Williams, R. On Wenlock Edge; From far, from eve and morning(1906). John Mark Ainsley, ten.

Hyperion CDA67168 6 Warlock, P. Capriol suite (1926) Martyn Brabbins, cond.

Hyperion CDA66938

10

Stravinsky, I. Suite from The soldier’s tale (1918). Elgar Howarth, cond.

EMI 5 72698 2 25

11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Paul Hopwood

7

Colonial song (1912).

7

Curnow, J. Fanfare and flourishes.

2

Anon. Waltzing Matilda (transcr. Macpherson 1895).

3

Hawthorn Band/Ken MacDonald (5 above) Walsingham WAL 9000-2

12:00 JAZZ THEN AND NOW with Michael Cooper

Ellis, V. Selection from Bless the bride (1947).

Vivian Ellis, pf; Adelphi TO/Michael Collins.

8 Sepia 1124

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

Strouse, C. Excerpts from Annie (1977). Andrea McArdle, Reid Shelton, voices, Members of the original Broadway cast.

Columbia SK 60723 19

14:00 LISTENERS’ CHOICE with Christina MacGuinness Phone 9439 4777 or go to finemusicfm.com and follow the links to choose your music 15:30 AT THE MOVIES Prepared by Nicholas Chaplin Zigman, A. Original soundtrack: The notebook (2004). Billie Holliday, voice; Duke Ellington, pf; Benny Goodman & O; Glenn Miller & O; Hollywood Studio SO/Aaron Zigman.

Silva Screen SILCD1173 54

Feeney, P. Excerpts from Cinderella (1989).

Northern Ballet TO/John Pryce-Jones.

Naxos 8.553495 25

Grainger, P. Over the hills and far away.

Concert Band of RAN/G.D.C. Coxon.

LP EMI SCXO 8015

Gershwin, G. Strike up the band (1932).

Billie Holiday

16:30 AT THE BALLET Prepared by Raj Gopalakrishnan

Nash Ensemble (3 above)

Grainger, P. Irish tune from County Derry (1911).

Strouse, C. Excerpts from Applause (1970).

Lauren Bacall, Len Cariou, voices, Members of the original Broadway cast.

Decca 012 159 404-2 19

3 3

Prokofiev, S. Cinderella ballet suites (1946): no 1, op 107; no 3, op 109. Royal Scottish NO/ Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN8939 55 18:00 AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS’ HOUR. Prepared by Janie Fitch Mills, R. Tenebrae (1992). Melbourne SO/ Richard Mills.

ABC 476 4217 19 Sculthorpe, P. Songs of sea and sky (1979).

William Barton, didgeridoo; Queensland SO/ Michael Christie.

ABC 476 192-1 16

20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Fantasy and fairytale Produced by Greg Ghavalas recorded by fine music Schumann, R. Märchenbilder, op 113 (1851).

Justine Marsden, va; Robert Chamberlain, pf. 16 Fuchs, R. Fantasiestücke, op 57 nos 1 to 3.

Marina Marsden, vn; Justine Marsden, va; Robert Chamberlain, pf.

9

Grieg, E. Sonata no 2 in G, op 13 (1867). Marina Marsden, vn; Robert Chamberlain, pf.

21 Handel, G. Passacaglia, from Harpsichord suite in G minor, HWV432 (pub. 1720; arr. Halvorsen).

Marina Marsden, vn; Justine Marsden, va. 7 Brahms, J. Trio no 1 in B, op 8 (1853-54/89; transcr. Justine Marsden). Marina Marsden, vn; Justine Marsden, va; Robert Chamberlain, pf. 32 Massenet, J. Under the linden trees, from Scènes alsaciennes (1881; transcr.)

4 21:35 ENCORE Prepared by Elaine Siversen Nielsen, C. Sonata in A, op 9 (1895). Marina Marsden, vn; Robert Chamberlain, pf.

Tall Poppies TP067 21 22:00 AFTER HOURS with Kevin Jones

fineMusic FM 102.5

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Sunday 24 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett

1813

Avison, C. Concerto grosso no 6 in D, after sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti (1744).

CBC Enterprises SMCD5061 15

2013

WAGNER

Wagner, R. Prelude to Act 1 of Tristan und Isolde (1857-59). Vienna PO/George Solti.

Decca 442 8283 11

Bach, J.S. Brandenburg concertos nos 1 to 3, BWV1046-48 (1711-20).

Tafelmusik Media TMK1004CD2 42

Schmerzen; Träume, from, Wesendonck lieder (1857). Jessye Norman, sop; LSO/Colin Davis.

Philips 412 655-2 7

Motet: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV225 (c1727). Tafelmusik Chamber Choir/ Ivars Taurins.

CBC Records MVCD 1136 13

Strauss, R. Prelude to Capriccio (1942).

Members of Vienna PO/André Previn.

DG 437 790 2

Brandenburg concertos nos 4 to 6, BWV1049-51 (1711-20).

Tafelmusik Media TMK1004CD2 51

10

Wagner, R. O sink hernieder; Einsam wachend in der Nacht; So starben wir, from Tristan und Isolde. Birgit Nilsson, sop; Christa Ludwig, mezz; Wolfgang Windgassen, ten; Bayreuth FO/Karl Böhm.

DG 449 772 2 15 Shepherd’s tune, from Tristan und Isolde.

Heinz Holliger, cora.

Philips 426 288-2 Bellini, V. Ah! non credea mirarti, from La sonnambula (1831). Angela Gheorghiu, sop; London SO/Evelino Pidò.

EMI 5 57163 2

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Vivaldi, A. The four seasons, op 8.

Tafelmusik Media TMK1007CD

39

Tafelmusik Baroque O (all above) 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Warwick Bartle Hymns: All glory, laud and honor; When I survey. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge Stephen Cleobury.

Decca 436927-2 7

Offenbach, J. Scintille, diamant, from The tales of Hoffmann (1881). Samuel Ramey, bass; London PO/Julius Rudel.

4 ABC 461 680-2 Verdi, G. Bella figlia dell’amore, from Rigoletto (1851). Ileana Cotruba 6 DC 439 533-2 Tchaikovsky, P. Peasant’s chorus, from Eugene Onegin (1879). Bulgarian National Opera Ch & PO, Sofia/Ruslan Raychev.

5 Sonatina 165 020-2 19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Paul Hopwood Korngold, E. Overture: Sursum Corda, op 13 (1920). BBC PO/Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 9317 20 Shostakovich, D. Double concerto in C minor, op 35 (1933). Peter Jablonski, pf; Raymond Simmons, tpt; Royal PO/Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Decca 436 239-2 23 Franck, C. Symphony in D minor (1888).

Philharmonia O/Carlo Maria Giulini.

EMI CZS 7 67723 2

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Psalms: no 24, The earth is the Lord’s; no 47, O clap your hands together.

Decca 452941-2 5

21:00 NEW HORIZONS An all USA affair Prepared by Troy Fil

Berlioz, H. Love scene, from Romeo and Juliet, op 17 (1839). Sydney SO/Robert Pikler.

Chandos CHAN 6587 17

Anthems: Hosanna to the son of David; Kyrie from Paukenmesse; Crucifixus.

Decca 443390-2 11

Brubeck, D. The salmon strikes. John Salmon, pf.

3 Naxos 8.559212

Wagner, R. Mild und leise, from Tristan und Isolde. Birgit Nilsson, sop; Bayreuth FO/Karl Böhm.

DG 449 772-2 6

Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge/George Guest (2 above)

10:30 CHAMBER MASTERWORKS Prepared by Judy Ekstein

Gregorian Chant: Hosanna filio David; Pueri hebraeorum portantes. Choir of Benedictine monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos.

EMI Classics 7243 5 65217 2 3

5

Locatelli, P. Violin sonata in E flat, op 6 no 11 (1737). Locatelli Trio.

Hyperion CDA66363 13 Beethoven, L. Quartet no 8 in E minor, op 59 no 2, Razumovsky (1805-06). Australian String Quartet.

ABC 426 805-2 37 Mendelssohn, F. Piano trio no 1 in D minor, op 49 (1839). Macquarie Trio.

ABC 456 191-2 29 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with John Buchanan

44

Leoncavallo, R. I Pagliacci: Act 1, scene 2 (1892). Miriam Gauci, sop; Eduard Tumagian, bar; CSR SO/Alexander Rahbari.

Naxos 8.660021 9

14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Tafelmusik Prepared by Stephen Schafer

9:00 WAGNER AND FRIENDS Tristan und Isolde Prepared by Barbara Brady 200 th Anniversary

19:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS

13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Josh Oshlak

fineMusic FM 102.5

Wood, C. Sing my tongue; The heavenly word; Lord when we bow; My God, I love thee; Faithful cross above all other; Bend they bows O tree of glory, from St Mark’s Passion. Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge/Daniel Hyde.

Naxos 8.570561 19 Hymns: O sacred head; Thou, whose almighty word. Choir of Adelaide Cathedral; Shirley Gale, org; Leonie Hampton, cond.

Private recording 6 18:00 WHAT’S ON AT THE CON with Julie Simonds A monthly program of music, news and interviews from the Sydney Conservatorium

Torke, M. Corner in Manhattan (2000). Ying Quartet.

Quartz QTZ 2003 20 Whitacre, E. Five Hebrew love songs (1996).

Katharina Sahfeld, sop; Junges Vokalensemble Hannover; Hartwig Meynecke, vn; Michael Immer, tambourine; Alexander Schories, pf; Klaus- Jungen Etzold, cond.

Rondeau Production ROP6064 10 Danielpour, R. A child’s reliquary (2000/06).

Jamie Laredo, vn; Sharon Robinson, vc; Vermont SO/Sarah Hicks.

Bridge Records BCD9354 26 Mackey, S. Indigenous instruments (1989).

Eighth Blackbird.

Cedille CDR90000-094 18 Mackey, J. Asphalt cocktail (2009). Ohio State University Wind Symphony/Russel C. Mikkelson.

6 Naxos 8.572980 22:30 ULTIMA THULE

Monday 25 March Dvorák, A. Cello concerto in B minor, op 104 (1895). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Chicago SO/ Daniel Barenboim.

EMI CZS 5 68132 2 42

Widor, C-M. Toccata, from Organ symphony no 5 in F minor, op 42 no 1 (1879). Jennifer 7 Chou, org.

ABC 476 4621 (all above)

Berwald, F. Capricious symphony no 2 in D (1842). Malmö SO/Sixten Ehrling.

BIS CD-795 28

14:30 THE ENGLISH CLARINET Prepared by Sheila Catzel

11:30 CHOIRS AND PLACES Prepared by Philip Lidbury Monteverdi, C. Lamento della Ninfa (arr.

Krenek). Caroline Stein, sop; RIAS Chamber Choir/Hans-Christoph Rademann; Philip Mayers, pf.

Harmonia Mundi HMC 902049 6

Daniel Barenboim 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Handel, G. The people shall hear and be afraid, from Israel in Egypt, HWV54 (1739/56).

English Baroque Soloists.

Philips 456 502-2 8

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Robert Small

Schubert, F. Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D714 (1820).

Philips 454 428-2 11

9:00 DIVERSION IN FINE MUSIC Inspired by opera Prepared by Elaine Siversen Sor, F. Six airs, from The magic flute, op 19.

Margarita Escarpa, gui.

Naxos 8.554197 11 Falla, M. de Excerpts from El amor brujo (1915). Mexico City PO/Enrique Bátiz.

ASV DCA 735

13

Barbieri, F. Excerpts from El Barberillo de Lavapiés (1874). Alicia de la Victoria, sop; Angeles Chamorro, sop; Carlo del Monte, ten; Jose Antonio Viñe, ten; Spanish RTV Choir & SO/Igor Markevitch.

Philips 432 824-2 11 Falla, M. de Excerpts from The threecornered hat (1917-19; arr Williams). John Williams, gui.

CBS MK 44794

Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (2 above) 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan 13:00 ONE HIT WONDERS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Glinka, M. Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila (1842). Sydney SO/Edo de Waart.

ABC 476 4621 5 Canteloube, J. Bailèro, from Songs of the Auvergne (1922-30). Sara Macliver, sop; Queensland SO; Brett Kelly.

6 Allegri, G. Miserere mei Deus. Members of Cantillation/Antony Walker.

12

6

Sorozábal, P. No puede ser, from La tabernera del puerto (1936).

3 Tórroba, F. Moreno Los vareadores, from Luisa Fernanda (1932); Amor, vida de mi vida, from Maravilla (1941).

10 Plácido Domingo, ten; Madrid Zarzuela Theatre Ch; Madrid Rondalla Lirica; Madrid SO/Manuel Moreno- Buendia (2 above) EMI CDC 7 49148 2 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Angela Bell Haydn, J. Divertimento in G, Hob.X:12 (1775).

Haydn Sinfonietta.

Schwann 3-1250-2 13

Balfe, M. I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, from The Bohemian girl (1843). Yvonne Kenny, sop; Melbourne SO/Vladimir Kamirski.

4 Nicolai, O. Overture to The merry wives of Windsor (1849). Tasmanian SO/Sebastian LangLessing.

8 Addinsell, R. Warsaw concerto (1941). Isador Goodman, pf; Melbourne SO/Patrick Thomas.

8 Litolff, H. Scherzo, from Concerto symphonique no 4 in D minor, op 102 (c1852).

Ian Munro, pf; Tasmanian SO/David Porcelijn. 7 Dukas, P. The sorcerer’s apprentice (1896-97).

Melbourne SO/Christopher Seaman.

12 Alfvén, H. Theme, from Swedish rhapsody, no 1 (1903). Sydney SO/Stanford Robinson.

4

Stanford, C. Villiers Clarinet concerto in A minor, op 80 (1904). Emma Johnson, cl; Royal PO/Charles Groves.

ASV DCA 787 21 Finzi, G. Five bagatelles, op 23 (1943). Murray Khouri, cl; Peter Pettinger, pf.

Continuum CCD 1038 14 Howells, H. Rhapsodic quintet for clarinet and string quartet (1919). Mobius.

Naxos 8.557188 12 Stanford, C. Villiers Fantasy no 1 in G minor (c1921). Thea King, cl; Britten String Quartet.

Hyperion CDA66479 12 Ireland, J. Trio in D (1912-14; ed. Fox). Robert Plane, cl; Alice Neary, vc; Sophia Rahman, pf.

Naxos 8.570550 23 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Tom Forrester-Paton 19:00 JAZZ with Susan Gai Dowling 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 KEYBOARD CONTRASTS Prepared by Frank Morrison Mozart, W. Sonata in F, K497 (1786). Christoph Eschenbach, Justus Frantz, pf.

DG 435 042-2 29 Bonazzi, F. Pastorale (c1800). Luigi Celeghin, org; Bianka Pezic, org.

4 Naxos 8.557131 Haydn, J. Sonata no 59 in E flat, Hob.XVI:49 (1789-90). Andreas Staier, fp.

Harmonia Mundi RD 77160 18 Bach, W.F. Polonaise no 3 in D (c1765). Steve Barrell, clvd.

5 Globe GLO 5035 Clarke, R. Trio for violin, cello and piano (1921).

Hartley Trio.

Heritage HTGCD 218 23 Martinu, B. Sonata (1958). Monika Knoblochová, hpd.

Supraphon SU 3805-2

7

Schumann, R. Sonata no 2 in G minor, op 22 (1833-38). Marc-André Hamelin, pf.

Hyperion CDA67166 18 fineMusic FM 102.5

45

Tuesday 26 March Rachmaninov, S. The bells, choral symphony, op 35 (1913). Suzanne Murphy, sop; Keith Lewis, ten; David Wilson-Johnson, bar; Scottish National Ch & O/ Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 8476 37 11:30 A TALENTED FAMILY Prepared by Elaine Siversen Rachmaninov, S. Lilacs, op 21 no 5 (1902); Daisies, op 38 no 3 (1916). Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf.

5 Waltz (1890); Romance (1894). Vladimir Ashkenazy, Dódy Ashkenazy, Vovka Ashkenazy, pf.

5

Keith Lewis 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Italian polka (1906). Alastair Mackie, tpt; Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vovka Ashkenazy, pf.

Decca 470 291 2 (3 above)

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

Stravinsky, I. Suite from The soldier’s tale (1918). Dimitri Ashkenazy, cl; European Soloists Ensemble; Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf & dir.

Decca 473 810 2 14

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Pianist of choice: Alfred Cortot Prepared by Jennifer Foong

12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes 13:00 DEBUSSY GONE WILD Prepared by Ross Hayes

Bach, J.S. Aria from Concerto in F minor, BWV1056 (c1738; transcr. Cortot).

Naxos 8.110658

3

Debussy, C. Hommage à Rameau, from Images, bk I (1905). Kathryn Stott, pf.

Conifer CDCF 148

8

Chabrier, E. Idylle, pièce pittoresque no 6 (1881).

Larrikin DDC 936 3

Ballade of Villon to his mistress (1910).

Stéphane Degout, bar; Hélène Lucas, pf. naïve V 5209

4

Schumann, R. Trio no 1 in D minor, op 63 (1847). Jacques Thibaud, vn; Pablo Casals, vc.

Naxos 8.110185 31

Minstrels, from Préludes, bk 1 (1909-10). Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pf.

Memoria ABM 999-001 3

Chopin, F. Impromptu in G flat, op 51 (1842). 4

Mouvement, from Images bk I. Roger Woodward, pf.

ABC 472 170-2

4

Chevaux de bois, from Ariettes oubliées.

Suzanne Danco, sop; Guido Agosti, pf.

Decca 467 909-2

3

Alfred Cortot, pf (all above) 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Field Brahms, J. Variations on a theme of Joseph Haydn, op 56a (1873). Vienna PO/Carlo Maria Giulini.

DG 431 681-2 21 Korngold, E. Violin concerto, op 35 (1945).

Laurent Korica, vn; Liège Royal PO/JeanJacques Kantorow. naïve V5280 24 fineMusic FM 102.5

Beethoven, L. Symphony no 8 in F, op 93 (1812). Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan.

DG 429 040-2 25 Martinu, B. Joyful sinfonietta (1940). Dennis Hennig, pf; Australian CO/Charles Mackerras.

Conifer CDCF 170 29 Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 4 in A, op 90, Italian (1833). Vienna PO/Christoph von Dohnányi.

Decca 460 239-2 26 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Michael Morton-Evans 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps

22:00 BEYOND ROMANTICISM Stravinsky bursts out!

Prepared by Oscar Foong

Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq, from Preludes, bk 2 (1913). Duncan Gifford, pf.

ABC 476 290-0 2 Ballade of the women of Paris (1910). Stéphane Degout, bar; Hélène Lucas, pf. naïve V 5209 2 La mer (1905). Royal Concertgebouw O/ Bernard Haitink.

Philips 438 742-2

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

Sony SK 57484 30

20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Stephen Wilson

Saint-Säens, C. Étude in waltz form, op 52 no 6 (1877). .

Larrikin DDC 936 6

Liszt, F. Hungarian rhapsody no 11 (1851-54). 6

Larrikin DDC 936 (2 above)

46

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14:00 DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY Prepared by Ross Hayes

23

Stravinsky, I. The star-spangled banner, after J.S. Smith (1941). Festival Singers of Toronto; 1 CBC SO. Fireworks, op 4 (1908-09). Columbia SO.

4

Ragtime for 11 instruments (1917-18).

5

Igor Stravinsky, cond (3 above) Sony S2K89910 Ballet: Pulcinella (1922/49). Diana Montague, mezz; Robin Leggate, ten; Mark Beesley, bass; Philharmonia O/Robert Craft.

Naxos 8.557503 36 Duo concertante (1932). Ray Chen, vn; Timothy Young, pf.

Melba MR 301128 17 Ballet: Apollo (1947). London SO/Robert Craft.

Naxos 8.557502 28 Schnittke, A. Canon in memoriam to Igor Stravinsky (1971). Tale Quartet.

5 BIS 547 Boulez, P. Éclat (1965). Nieuw Ensemble/Ed Spanjaard.

9 Radio Netherlands MCCP121

Wednesday 27 March

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

11:30 ORGAN INTERLUDE Prepared by Stephen Wilson

19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell

Mendelssohn, F. Prelude and fugue in C minor, op 37 no 1 (1837). Andreas Buschnakowski, org.

Berlin 0012912BC

20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Colleen Chesterman

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Aspects of Baroque Prepared by Paul Hopwood Handel, G. Overture in D for two clarinets and horn, HWV424 (c1742). Ricercar Consort.

Ricercar RIC 049027 13 Locke, M. Music for His Majesty’s sackbutts and cornetts. Malmö Brass Ensemble.

BIS CD-223 10 Hertel, J. Trumpet concerto no 1 in E flat.

Håkan Hardenberger, tpt; London PO/Elgar Howarth.

Philips 426 311-2 13 Scarlatti, A. Arias with solo trumpet. Judith Nelson, sop; Dennis Ferry, tpt; Gordon Murray, hpd.

Harmonia Mundi HMA 1905137 15 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Derek Parker Dyson, G. Overture: At the Tabard Inn (1943).

Bournemouth SO/David Lloyd-Jones.

Naxos 8.557720 11 Walton, W. Symphony no 1 in B flat minor (1931-35). London Symphony Ch & O/Colin Davis.

LSO Live LS00681 46 Britten, B. Symphonic suite: Gloriana (1953).

Bournemouth SO/Uri Segal.

LP HMV ASD 4073 25

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1813

Andreas Buschnakowski

200 th Anniversary

WAGNER

2013

William Walton

Haydn, J. Pieces for mechanical clock. Robert Ampt, org.

Move MD 3030 7

Wagner, R. Lohengrin. Opera in three acts.

Libretto by composer. First performed Weimar, 1850.

Bach, J.S. Prelude and fugue in G, BWV541 (1712-17). Peter Hurford, org.

EMI 5 65028 2 8

LOHENGRIN: Jess Thomas, ten ELSA: Elisabeth Grümmer, sop FREDERICK OF TELRAMUND: Dietrich FischerDieskau, bar ORTRUD: Christsa Ludwig, mezz KING HENRY: Gottlob Frick, bass Vienna State Opera Ch; Vienna PO/Rudolf Kempe.

EMI Classics 72435674152 2 3:37

12:00 THE SOUND OF JAZZ with Kevin Jones 13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI with Andrew Bukenya; recorded by Greg Ghavalis.

Supported by St Catherine’s School and Overs Pianos 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans What exactly does it take to make music?

Leading musicians, composers and performers, both local and visiting from overseas, will be talking live on air telling us why they do it and how they do it.

15:00 AN AFTERNOON CONCERT Prepared by Stephen Wilson Berlioz, H. Overture: Le corsaire, op 21 (1844).

Polish State PO/Kenneth Jean.

Naxos 8.550231 9

Count Telramund accuses Elsa of murdering her brother, the Duke of Brabant. Elsa prays a knight will come to her defence and a boat drawn by a swan appears. The knight in the prow will defend Elsa on condition that she never asks his name or origin. When Elsa and the knight marry, Ortrud dares her to ask her husband’s name and Elsa succumbs. Telramund and armed men break into the bridal room and the knight kills him. He then tells Elsa he is Lohengrin from Montsalvat; he must leave her because she has asked the forbidden question.

The boat appears and the swan turns into her brother. Lohengrin sails away as Elsa falls dead in her brother’s arms.

Saint-Saëns, C. Violin concerto no 1 in A, op 20 (1859). Philippe Graffin, vn; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins.

Hyperion CDA67074 13 Beethoven, L. Symphony no 2 in D, op 36 (1801-02). Tasmanian SO/Jacques Moscato.

LP ABC/WRC VXL1 4065 31 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Brendan Walsh

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Thursday 28 March Bernstein, L. Symphonic dances, from West Side story (1960). New York PO/Leonard Bernstein.

CBS MYK 44773 21

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

14:30 PIANO PLUS

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 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Jan Brown Balakirev, M. Suite in D minor after Chopin (1910). USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov.

LP Melodiya C10 234-5 001 22 Glazunov, A. Concerto ballata in C, op 108. Yegor Dyachkov, vc; Members of the Sherbrooke SO; I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky.

Chandos CHAN 9528 21 Balakirev, M. Symphony no 2 in D minor (1900-08). Philharmonia O/Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Hyperion CDA66586 37 11:30 VERDI OPERA ARRANGED Prepared by Chris Blower Liszt, F. Salve Maria de l’opera de Verdi Jérusalem (c1882). Leslie Howard, pf.

Hyperion CDA67101/2

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Thalberg, S. Grand concert fantasy on Verdi’s Il trovatore, op 77. Francesco Nicolosi, pf.

Marco Polo 8.223367 10 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Small forces Prepared by Judy Ekstein

Saint-Saëns, C. Piano quartet in E (1853).

Quatuor Élyséen.

Arion ARN 68242

Haydn, J. Trio in D for flute, cello and piano, Hob.XV:16 (1790). Canterbury Belles.

Move MCD 063 13

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Godard, B. Piano concerto no 1 in A minor, op 31 (1875). Victor Sangiorgio, pf; Royal Scottish NO/Martin Yates.

RSNO CDLX 7274 29 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Marilyn Schock

Rossini, G. Quartet no 1 in F for flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon (c1804; arr. Berr, Zachert).

Canberra Wind Soloists.

ABC 434 718-2 11 Tchaikovsky, P. Pezzo capriccioso, op 62 (1887); Solo from ballet, Sleeping beauty (1889).

Alexander Ivashkin, vc; Ingrid Wahlberg, pf.

Manu MANU 1426 12

19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey 20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Prepared by Denis Patterson

Reger, M. Violin concerto in A, op 101 (1907-8).

Tanja Becker-Bender, vn; Berlin Concert O/ Lotha Zagrosek.

Hyperion CDA67892 57 Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 3 in A minor, op 56, Scottish (1842). Chamber O of Europe/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Apex 2564 67391-0 40 22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE

13:00 CARDINAL POINTS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Beethoven, L. Quartet no 1 in E flat, WoO36.

Mannheim Piano Quartet.

ZYX Classic CLS 4067 20

Elgar, E. Overture: In the South, op 50, Alassio (1904). Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Exton EXCL-00029 21

Paganini, N. Grand sonata in A, op 39 (180304). Marco Tamayo, gui.

Naxos 8.557598 22

Delius, F. North country sketches: The march of Spring (1913-14). Hallé/Mark Elder.

Hallé HLL 7528 10

Mozart, W. Quartet no 3 in C, K285b (1777).

Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Trio Pasquier.

Aura AUR 200-2 16

Saint-Saëns, C. East and West, op 25 (1869).

Royal Northern College of Music Wind O/ Timothy Reynish.

Chandos CHAN 9897 8

Porpora, N. Sinfonia da camera, op 2 no 6.

Anna Hölbling, vn; Quido Hölbling, vn; Jan Slavik, vc; Daniela Ruso, hpd; Vladimir Ruse, org.

Naxos 8.550619 12

Grainger, P. Four settings from Songs of the North. Martyn Hill, ten; Penelope Thwaites, pf.

Chandos CHAN 9610 10

Telemann, G. Sonata in A minor. Jérôme Simonpoli, ob; Daniel Matrone, org.

Editions Milan (BMG) 29892-2

Strauss, J. II Roses from the South, op 388 (1880). New York Vocal Arts Ensemble/ Raymond Beegle.

Arabesque Z 6586 8

Brahms, J. Sextet no 1 in B flat, op 18 (185860). Stuttgart String Sextet.

Naxos 8.550436 33

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Weber, C.M. Sonata no 1 in C, op 24 (1812).

Garrick Ohlsson, pf.

Hyperion CDD22076 29

Grieg, E. Two Nordic melodies, op 63 (1895).

Bergen PO/Ole Kristian Ruud.

BIS CD-1740/42 12

Lovreglio, D. Fantasia on themes from Verdi’s La traviata, op 45. Colin Bradbury, cl; Oliver Davies, pf.

ASV DCA 701 10

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Mozart, W. Trio no 6 in G, K564 (1788).

Gerard Willems, pf; Robert Ingram, vn; Georg Pedersen, vc.

Tall Poppies TP070 17 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Elaine Siversen Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Overture: Russian Easter festival, op 36 (1888). Bergen PO/Dmitri Kitaienko.

Chandos CHAN 9229 16 Bowen, C. Tenebrae (2005). Bernadette Fisher, sop; George Gilmour, ten; Sydney University Graduate Choir and O/Christopher Bowen.

SUGC 24 Foerster, J. Symphony no 4 in C minor, Easter (1905). Prague SO/Václav Smetácek.

LP Supraphon 1 10 0617 41 11:30 BOHEMIAN WINDS Prepared by Elaine Siversen Vanhal, J. Sonata in B flat. Nigel Westlake, cl; David Bollard, pf.

Fine Music Tape Archive 13 Kozeluch, L. Octet concertant: Parthia in B flat. Consortium Classicum.

Orfeo 442 981 12 12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell

Friday 29 March

Saturday 30 March

Bjarte Engeset

Maxim Vengerov

Raphael Wallfisch. Photo - Benjamin Ealovega

13:00 A PATH LESS TRAVELLED Prepared by Stephen Wilson

Tchaikovsky, P. Three pieces, op 42, Souvenir of a beloved place (1878; arr. Parhamovsky).

Maxim Vengerov, vn; Vag Papian, pf.

EMI 5 57164 2 18

0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Albéniz, I. Rapsodia española, op 70 (1911; arr.

C. Halffter). Alicia de Larrocha, pf; London PO/ Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

Decca 433 905-2 18

9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney

Stenhammar, W. Serenade, op 31 (1908-13).

Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi.

BIS CD-310 44 Field, J. Piano concerto no 6 in C (c1833). John O’Conor, pf; New Irish CO/János Fürst.

Vanguard 08 9178 72 34 Grieg, E. Symphony in C minor (1864). Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset.

Naxos 8.557991 33 15:00 GOOD FRIDAY PASSION MUSIC Prepared by Meg Matthews Handel, G. Excerpts from the Brockes passion, HWV48 (1717). Maria Staden, sop; Edda Moser, sop; Paul Esswood, alto; Ernst Haefliger, ten; Jerry J. Jennings, ten; Theo Adam, bass; Jakob Stämpfli, bass; Regensburger Cathedral Choir; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis/August Wenzinger.

Archiv 463 644-2

Bach, J. Christoph Meine Freundin, du bist schön, Wedding piece (c1742). Maria Zedelius, sop; David Cordier, ct; Paul Elliott, ten; Michael Schopper, bass; Rheinische Kantorei; Members of Musica Antiqua, Cologne/Reinhard Goebel.

Archiv 419 253-2 22 Ritter, C. Suite in F sharp minor. Gustav Leonhardt, clvd.

Philips 422 349-2

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Praetorius, M. Magnificat per omnes versus super ut re mi fa sol la. Huelgas Ensemble/Paul van Nevel.

Sony SK 48 039 18

16:00 FINE MUSIC HOLIDAY including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Oscar Foong 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron

Telemann, G. Flute concerto in D. Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Franz Liszt CO/János Rolla.

CBS MK 42362 12

20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Early and late works Prepared by Judy Ekstein Schubert, F. Fantasie in C, D760, Wanderer (c1823). Kathryn Selby, pf.

ABC 432 700-2 23 Rossini, G. Theme and variations (1812).

Members of Ex Novo Ensemble Giulia GS 201001

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Bach and beyond Prepared by Paul Hopwood

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Schumann, R. Quartet no 2 in F, op 41 no 2 (1842). Vertavo String Quartet.

Simax PSC 1098 24 Saint-Saëns, C. Bretonne rhapsody, op 7 bis (1892). Monte Carlo PO/David Robertson.

Auvidis V 4688 11

Scheidt, S. Passamezzo, variations 1 to 12.

Gillian Weir, org.

Argo 460 185-2 14 Bach, J.S. Brandenburg concerto no 5 in D, BWV1050 (1720). Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Rees.

Virgin VJ 7 91564-2 21 Oswald von Wolkenstein. Der oben swebt.

Catherine Bott, sop; Paul Agnew, ten; Michael George, bar; Simon Grant, bass; New London Consort/Philip Pickett.

L’Oiseau-Lyre 444 173-2 9

6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Oscar Foong

9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON THE WALLFISCH FAMILY Prepared by Chris Blower Strauss, R. Romanze in F (1883). Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Royal Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 10236 X 10 Rossini, G. String sonata no 3 in C (1804).

Elizabeth Wallfisch, vn; Marshall Marcus, vn; Richard Tunnicliffe, vc; Chi-chi Nwanoku, db.

Hyperion CDA66595 11 Leighton, K. Fantasy on an American hymn tune, op 70 (1974). Janet Hilton, cl; Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Peter Wallfisch, pf.

Chandos CHAN 9132 20 Marini, B. Sonata prima, Semplice; Sonata terza, Variata. Elizabeth Wallfisch, vn; Richard Tunnicliffe, vc; Paul Nicholson, hpd; Paul Chateauneuf, theorbo.

Hyperion CDA66985 9 Dvorák, A. Slavonic dances, op 46 (1878): no 8; no 3. Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Linn Hendry, pf.

9 Chandos CHAN 6552 Schubert, F. Rondo in A, D438 (1816). Elizabeth Wallfisch, vn; Brandenburg O/Roy Goodman.

Hyperion CDA66840 14 Respighi, O. Adagio with variations (1920). Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Tamás Vásáry.

Chandos CHAN 8913 10 Bach, J.S. Concerto in D minor, BWV1052 (1735-40). O of the Age of Enlightenment/ Elizabeth Wallfisch, vn & dir.

Virgin 5 45095 2 23 fineMusic FM 102.5

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Saturday 30 March 11:30 ON PARADE The band at the opera house Donizetti, G. Overture to The daughter of the regiment (1840; arr. Langford). Geoffrey Brand, cond.

Chandos CHAN 6539 6 Donizetti, G. Quando rapito in estasio, from Lucia di Lammermoor (arr. Parkes). Phillip McCann, cornet; Peter Parkes, cond.

4 John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band (2 above) Verdi, G. Triumphal march, from Aïda (1871; arr.

Creatore). The President’s Own United States Marine Band/Michael Colburn.

Naxos 8.570243 5 Puccini, G. One fine day (arr. Langford); None shall sleep, from Turandot (arr. Parkes); O, my beloved father, from Gianni Schicchi (arr.

Langford). Philip McCann, cornet; Black Dyke Mills Band/Peter Parkes.

Chandos 4501 9 12:00 JAZZ THEN AND NOW with Michael Cooper

Crusell, B. Divertimento in C, op 9 (1822).

Jouko Teikari, ob; Olavi Pälli, vn; Hannele Segerstam, vn; Pentti Mikkonen, va; Risto Poutanen, vc.

Finlandia FACD 012 10 Kraus, J.M. Sonata in D minor (1777). Nils-Erik Sparf, vn; Kari Ottesen, vc; Maria Weislander, hpd.

Musica Sveciae MSCD 415 12 Frumerie, G. de Trio no 2, op 45 (1952). Mircea Saulesco, vn; Leo Winland, vc; Esther Bodin, pf.

Caprice CAP 1170 18 Rangström, T. Notturno nella maniera di E.T.A. Hoffmann. Uppsala Chamber Soloists.

LCM C 115 13 14:00 MUSICAL EXPLORATIONS Bernstein: conflicts of interest Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

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La bonne cuisine (1947). Jennie Tourel, mezz; Leonard Bernstein, pf.

Sony SMK 60697 4 Excerpts from Fancy free (1943). Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin.

EMI 5 72 091 2 13 Beethoven, L. Bernstein discusses the first movement of Beethoven’s Eroica, with musical illustrations.

Sony SMK 60692 14 50

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Gershwin, G. Rhapsody in blue (1924).

Columbia SO/Leonard Bernstein, pf & dir.

Sony SMK 47529 16 Bernstein, L. Excerpts from Symphony no 3, Kaddish (1963). New York PO/Leonard Bernstein.

8 Excerpts from Divertimento (1980). Vienna PO/ Leonard Bernstein.

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13:00 FROM SWEDISH CHAMBERS Prepared by Francis Frank

Bernstein, L. Overture to Candide (1954).

Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin.

EMI 5 72 091 2

Leonard Bernstein

Excerpts from Chichester psalms (1965).

Camerata Singers/Abraham Kaplan.

Sony SMK 60595 (3 above)

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15:30 MUSIC FOR WORDS Prepared by Chris Blower Blow, J. Venus and Adonis (1681). Members of London Oratory Junior Choir; Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley.

Harmonia Mundi GD77117 1:08 Cimarosa, D. Il maestro di cappella. Fernando Corena, bar; Collegium Academicum/Robert Dunand.

LP Concert Hall SMS 2650 18 Berlioz, H. Lélio, ou le retour de la vie, monodrame lyrique, op 14a (1831-32). Jean Topart, narr; Charles Burles, ten; Nicolai Gedda, ten; Jean Van Gorp, bar; Michel Sendrez, pf; Marie-Claire Jamet, hp; French Radio & Television Ch & O/Jean Martinon.

EMI 7 62739 2 54 18:00 DEUTSCHE WELLE CONCERT HOUR Phil Vendy By courtesy of Radio Deutsche Welle Liszt, F. Mephisto waltz no. 1, The dance in the village inn (1859-60).

Bartók, B. Piano concerto no 3 (1945).

Debussy, C. Footprints in the snow, from Préludes bk 1 (1910).

Igor Levit, pf; Budapest Festival O/Ivan Fischer (all above) Radio Deutsche Welle transcription

19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Chris Blower Sullivan, A. Excerpts from The Gondoliers (1889). Elsie Morrison, sop; Monica Sinclair, cont; Richard Lewis, ten; Geraint Evans, bar; John Cameron, bar; James Milligan, bass-bar; Owen Brannigan, bass; Glyndebourne Festival Ch; Pro Arte O/Malcolm Sargent.

EMI CMS 7 64394-2 55 20:00 MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIA ENSEMBLE Produced by George Hilgevoord RECORDED BY fine music Mozart, W. Trio in G minor, K498, Kegelstatt (1786). Catherine McCorkill, cl; Irina Morozova, va.

20 Brahms, J. Hungarian dance suite (1852-69).

Geoffrey Collins, fl; Catherine McCorkill, cl. 13 Schubert, F. Introduction and variations on Trock’ne Blumen, D802 (1823). Geoffrey Collins, fl.

18 Bruch, M. Four pieces, op 83 (1910). Catherine McCorkill, cl; Irina Morozova, va.

18 Ian Munro, pf (all above) 21:30 HIGH SEASON Prepared by Phil Vendy Holmboe, V. Hymn to the sun, op 77 (1961).

Danish National Vocal Ensemble/Søren Kinch Hansen.

Dacapo 8.226051 13 Alfvén, H. Midsummer vigil, Swedish rhapsody no 1, op 19 (1903). Stockholm PO/ Neeme Järvi.

BIS CD-385 14 22:00 AFTER HOURS with Kevin Jones

Sunday 31 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Eleonore Fuchter 9:00 CELESTIAL NOTES Prepared by Di Cox Mahler, G. Symphony no 2 in C minor, Resurrection (1884-96). Arleen Augér, sop; Janet Baker, mezz; City of Birmingham Ch & SO/Simon Rattle.

EMI CDS 7 47962-8 1:27 10:30 CHAMBER MASTERWORKS Prepared by Chris Blower Beethoven, L. Sonatina in C, WoO33 nos 4 and 5 (c1794; ed. Hess). Maxim Rysanov, va; Kristina Blaumane, vc; Jacob Katsnelson, pf.

Onyx 4108 8 Reinecke, C. Sextet in B flat, op 271 (c1905).

Manfred Klier, hn; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet.

BIS CD-612 21 Bach, J.S. Sonata in C minor, BWV1017 (bef.

1725). Andrew Manze, vn; Richard Egarr, hpd.

Harmonia Mundi HMU 907250-1 16 Dvorák, A. Cypresses, for string quartet (1887).

Panocha Quartet.

Supraphon 11 1457-2 131 36 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with Jeannie McInnes 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Ian Carswell 14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Chamber music in Spain Prepared by Elaine Siversen Selma y Salaverde, B. de Canzon a due XI. Janneke van der Meer, vn; Pere Ros, vle; Ton Koopman, hpd.

Philips 432 822-2 5 Murcia, S. de Canarios. Paul O’Dette, gui; Pat O’Brien, gui; Steve Player, gui; Andrew Lawrence-King, hp, psaltery; Pedro Estevan, perc.

Harmonia Mundi HMX 2907212 5 Sor, F. Six valses, op 39. Robert Kubica, gui; Wilma van Berkel, gui.

Naxos 8.553302 15 Arriaga, J. String quartet no 3 in E flat (1824).

Camerata Boccherini.

Naxos 8.557628 23 Fossa, F. de Trio no 3 in F, op 18 (1808).

Martin Beaver, vn; Bryan Epperson, vc; Simon Wynberg, gui.

Naxos 8. 550760 27 Sarasate, P. de Pateneras, op 35 (pub 1894); Jota de S. Fermin, op 36 (pub. 1894). Ruggiero Ricci, vn; Graeme McNaught, pf.

Dynamic CDS 94 13

Granados, E. Piano trio, op 50 (1894). Beaux Arts Trio.

Philips 446 684-2 25 Falla, M. de Concerto for harpsichord and five instruments (1923-26). Lenka KozderkováSimková, fl; Vladislav Borovka, ob; Karel Dohnal, cl; Adéla Stajnochrová, vn; Tomás Strasil, vc; Monika Knoblochová, hpd.

Supraphon SU 3805-2 14 Turina, J. Quintet in G minor, op 1 (1907).

Christine Busch, vn; Menuhin Festival Piano Quartet.

Claves CD 50-9403 28 Tórroba, F. Moreno Sonatina trianera for four guitars and castanets. Angelita Romero, castanets; Los Romeros.

Philips 412 609-2 8

Sieg, S. Farewell; Good news, from African suite no 3 (2003). Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet.

Radio Nederland MCCP123 6 19:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Giovanna Grech Mascagni, P. Tu qui, Santuzza? from Cavalleria rusticana (1890). Renata Tebaldi, sop; Rina Corsi, sop; Lucia Dani, mezz; Jussi Björling, ten; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino O/Alberto Erede.

Decca 421 316-2 13 Giordano, U. Come un bel dì di maggio, from Andrea Chénier (1896). Franco Corelli, ten; Rome Opera TO/Gabriele Santini.

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17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Richard Munge

Donizetti, G. Bella siccome un angelo, from Don Pasquale (1843). Dmitri Hvorostovsky, bar; Philharmonia O/Ion Marin.

3 Philips 434 912-2

Hymns: When I survey the wondrous cross; O sacred head, sorely wounded; Christ the Lord is risen to-day. Huddersfield Choral Society; David Bell, org; Owain Hughes, cond.

EMI MFP 6059 12

Verdi, G. Libiamo ne’ lieti calici, from La traviata (1853). Angela Gheorghiu, sop; Frank Lopardo, ten; Royal Opera House Ch & /Georg Solti.

3 Decca 448 135-2

Howells, H. Magnificat; Nunc dimittis.

Christopher Dearnley, org.

19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Jan Brown

Mendelssohn, F. I waited for the Lord.

Andrew Lucas, org.

Hyperion SPCC 2000

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Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral/John Scott (2 above) Weelkes, T. Christ rising again.

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Byrd, W. Haec dies.

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Scarlatti, D. Laudate pueri.

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Choir of Canterbury Cathedral; Timothy Noon, org; David Flood, cond (3 above) York CD162 Hymns: Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow; Jesus lives! Thy terrors now; Praise, my soul, the King of heaven. Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral.

Guild GMCD 7106 9 18:00 SYDNEY SOCIETY OF RECORDER PLAYERS Prepared by Robert Small Berkeley, L. Sonata (1940). Alison Melville, rec; Alayne Hall, pf.

ATMA ACD 2 2206 9 Vaughan Williams, R. Suite for pipes (1939).

Swedish Recorder Quartet.

Caprice CAP 21687 10 Karkoff, I. Recorder concerto (2000).

Dan Laurin, rec; Östgöta Symphonic Wind Ensemble/Petter Sundkvist.

BIS CD-1425 20

Dvorák, A. Overture: In nature’s realm, op 91 (1891). Vienna State Opera O/László Somogyi.

Westminster 471 266-2 15 Zelenka, J. Capriccio no 1 in D (1723). NeuEröffnete O/Jürgen Sonnentheil. cpo 999 629-2 16 Stamitz, C. Flute concerto in G (ed. Galway).

James Galway, fl, New Irish CO/André Prieur.

RCA RD 60450 19 Suk, J. Serenade in E flat for strings, op 6 (1892). Czech PO/Jiri Bélohlávek.

Chandos CHAN 9640 30 21:00 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Robert Small Rihm, W. Uber die Linie VII. Tianwa Yang, vn.

Naxos 8.572730 25 Rautavaara, E. Cello concerto no 2, Towards the horizon (2008-09). Truls Mørk, vc; Helsinki PO/John Storgårds.

Ondine ODE 1178-2 21 Dean, R. Joining up. Roger Dean, pf, recorded material.

Tall Poppies TP225 26 Pratt, D. Web spinner (1986). Alison Eddington, vibraphone.

Tall Poppies TP170

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The following composers have works of at31 least January five minutes on the March dates listed Thursday Canteloube, J. 1879-1957 25 Carr-Boyd, A. b1938 10 Casella, A. 1883-1959 7 Castillon, A. 1838-1873 21 Chabrier, E. 1841-1894 4 Chaminade, C. 1857-1944 15 Charlton, R. b1955 3 Charpentier, M-A. 1635-1704 1 Chausson, E. 1855-1899 1,4 Cherubini, L. 1760-1842 11,19 Chopin, F. 1810-1849 1,2,4,5,8,9,12,13,14,15 Chung, Y. b1956 2 Cimarosa, D. 1749-1801 30 Bach, C.P.E. 1714-1788 4,15,18 Cirri, G. 1724-1806 4 Bach, J. Christian 1735-1782 11,18 Clarke, R. 1886-1979 25 Bach, J. Christoph 1642-1703 29 Clementi, M. 1752-1832 4 Coles, C. 1888-1918 19 Bach, J.C.F. 1732-1795 18 Bach, J.S. 1685-1750 1,6,7,9,11,14,16, Copland, A. 1900-1990 12 Corelli, A. 1653-1713 19 17,18,20,22,24,27,29,30,31 Couperin, F. 1668-1733 22 Balakirev, M. 1837-1910 8,28 Couperin, G-F. 1759-1826 10 Barber, S. 1910-1981 5,19 Crusell, B. 1775-1838 30 Barbieri, F. 1823-1894 25 Bartók, B. 1881-1945 16 Danielpour, R. 24 * Bax, A. 1883-1953 19 Dean, R. b1948 31 Beath, B. b1932 10 Debussy, C. 1862-1918 Beethoven, L. 1770-1827 1,2,4, 2,9,18,21,26 8,10,11,14,15,16,17,18,20,22,24,26,2 Delius, F. 1862-1934 11,28 7,28,30,31 Dohnányi, E. 1877-1960 Bellini, V. 1801-1835 16,24 4,15,16,21 Bennett, Richard. b1936 11 Donizetti, G. 1797-1848 Berkeley, L. 1905-1989 31 4,9,16,30 Berlioz, H. 1803-1869 Doppler, F. 1821-1883 1 1,14,18,24,27,30 Dowland, J. c1563-1626 21 Bernstein, L. 1918-1990 Duarte, J. 1919-2004 3 11,12,28,30 Dukas, P. 1865-1935 25 Berwald, F. 1796-1868 Duport, J-L. 1749-1819 5 8,11,15,22,25 Dvorák, A. 1841-1904 2,3,4,6,7,8,1 Bird, A. 1856-1923 19 4,17,19,21,25,30,31 Bizet, G. 1838-1875 1,8,10 Dyson, G. 1883-1964 27 Bliss, A. 1891-1975 6,16,19 Blow, J. 1649-1708 30 Easdale, B. 1909-1995 5 Boccherini, L. 1743-1805 4,10,19 Edwards, R. b1943 23 Bomtempo, J. 1771-1842 7 Elgar, E. 1857-1934 9,19,20,28 Borchgrevinck, M. c1570Ellis, V. 1903-1996 23 1632 15 Engel, J. fl 1770 1 Borne, F. 1840-1920 4 Ernst, H. 1814-1865 4 Borodin, A. 1833-1887 22 Falla, M. de 1876-1946 13,25,31 Bottesini, G. 1821-1889 4,11 Fasch, J. 1688-1758 1 Boulez, P. b1925 26 Fauré, G. 1845-1924 7 Bowen, C. b1956 29 Feeney, P. b1954 23 Boyce, W. 1711-1779 13 Field, J. 1782-1837 11,29 Brahms, J. 1833-1897 Finzi, G. 1901-1956 25 1,5,15,23,26,28,30 Fitkin, C. 17 * Bricusse, L. b1931 9 Britten, B. 1913-1976 1,2,4,17,27 Foerster, J. 1859-1951 29 Forqueray, J-B-A. 1699-1782 8 Broadstock, B. b1952 9 Fossa, F. de 1775-1849 31 Brubeck, D. b1920 21 Françaix, J. 1912-1997 5,9 Bruch, M. 1838-1920 8,30 Franck, C. 1822-1890 24 Bruckner, A. 1824-1896 3 Fredericks, I. b1943 10 Brumby, C. b1933 6 Froberger, J. 1616-1667 18 Buckley, L. b1979 10 Frumerie, G. de 1908-1987 30 Busoni, F. 1866-1924 17 Butterworth, G. 1885-1916 1 Fuchs, K. b1956 10 Buxtehude, D. 1637-1707 12,15 Fuchs, R. 1847-1927 23 Adams, J. b1947 19 Addinsell, R. 1904-1977 25 Agrell, J. 1701-1765 12 Albéniz, I. 1860-1909 5,6,29 Alfvén, H. 1872-1960 30 Allegri, G. 1582-1652 25 Alwyn, W. 1905-1985 3 Arban, J-B. 1825-1889 9 Arensky, A. 1861-1906 20 Arlen, H. 1905-1986 2 Arne, T. 1710-1778 13 Arnold, M. 1921-2006 6,9,19 Arriaga, J. 1806-1826 31 Avison, C. 1709-1770 24

German, E. 1862-1936 12,16 Gershwin, G. 1898-1937 30 Ghedini, G. 1892-1965 21 Giazotto, R. b1910 1 Gibbons, O. 1583-1625 10 Giuliani, M. 1781-1829 7 Glazunov, A. 1865-1936 8,15,17,18,21,28 Glinka, M. 1804-1857 4,21,25 Gluck, C. 1714-1787 10 Godard, B. 1849-1895 28 Gounod, C. 1818-1893 11,16 Grainger, P. 1882-1961 23,28 Granados, E. 1867-1916 2,31 Grechaninov, A. 1864-1956 12,17 Grieg, E. 1843-1907 17,23,28,29 Grofé, F. 1892-1972 12 Grovlez, G. 1879-1944 13 Handel, G. 1685-1759 1,3,4,8,13,16,20,22,23,25,27 Hart, F. 1874-1949 5 Harvey, J. b1939 21 Hasse, J. 1699-1783 16 Haydn, J. 1732-1809 1,3,4,9,11,14,19,20,25,27,29 Henze, H. b1926 14 Hérold, F. 1791-1833 4 Hertel, J. 1727-1789 27 Herzogenberg, H. 1843-1900 10 Holland, D. 1913-2000 12 Holloway, R. b1943 23 Holmboe, V. 1909-1996 30 Holst, G. 1874-1934 1,8,9,12,16 Honegger, A. 1892-1955 5,9,10 Horneman, C. 1840-1906 4 Houghton, P. b1954 3 Howells, H. 1892-1983 17,25,31 Hummel, J. 1778-1837 6,15,16 Ireland, J. 1879-1962 18,25 Janácek, L. 1854-1928 12 Josquin Desprez. c1440-1521 3 Kalman, E. 1882-1953 2 Karkoff, I. 20th c 31 Kerry, G. b1954 2 Keulen, G. van 3 * Khachaturian, A. 1903-1978 11,20 Khandoshkin, I. 1747-1804 21 Kodály, Z. 1882-1967 16 Korngold, E. 1897-1957 5,24,26 Kosma, J. 1905-1969 20 Kozeluch, L. 1747-1818 29 Kraus, J.M. 1756-1792 30 Kreisler, F. 1875-1962 11 Kreutzer, R. 1766-1831 5 Krumpholtz, J-B. 1742-1790 5 Le Suer, J-F. 1760-1837 10 Leclair, J-M. 1697-1764 21 Lehár, F. 1870-1948 2,3,13 Leighton, K. b1929 30 Lemba, A. 1885-1963 5 Leoncavallo, R. 1858-1919 24

Leyendecker, U. b1946 3 Liebermann, L. b1961 3 Lim, L. b1966 10 Liszt, F. 1811-1886 2,5,10,14,18,19,22,26,28 Litolff, H. 1818-1891 25 Locatelli, P. 1695-1764 24 Locke, M. c1621-1677 27 Lortzing, A. 1801-1851 10 Lovreglio, D. 1841-1907 28 Luigini, A. 1850-1906 14 Lully, J-B. 1632-1687 11,22 Lupo, T. c1571- 1628 13 Lutoslawski, W. 1913-1994 2 Lyadov, A. 1855-1914 13 MacDowell, E. 1860-1908 21 Mackey, J. b1973 24 Mackey, S. b1956 24 Maclean, C. b1958 9 Mahler, G. 1860-1911 31 Malipiero, G. 1882-1973 21 Marini, B. c1587-1663 30 Martin, F. 1890-1974 2 Martinu, B. 1890-1959 3,25,26 Mascagni, P. 1863-1945 31 Massé, V. 1822-1884 18 Massenet, J. 1842-1912 16 McPhee, C. 1901-1964 2 Medtner, N. 1880-1951 5,6 Melani, A. 1639-1703 22 Mendelssohn, F. 1809-1847 7,10,11,14,24,26,27,28 Merrill, R. 1921-1998 9 Meyerbeer, G. 1791-1864 16,22 Milhaud, D. 1892-1974 7,12 Mills, R. b1949 23 Monteverdi, C. 1567-1643 25 Moore, D. 1893-1969 17 Morales, C. de c1500-1553 8 Moszkowski, M. 1854-1925 1 Moulinié, E. 1599-1676 14 Mozart, W. 1756-1791 1,3,5,6,8,9 ,11,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,25,28,29,30 Myaskovsky, N. 1881-1950 14

Poulenc, F. 1899-1963 9 Praetorius, M. c1571-1621 29 Pratt, D. b c1958 31 Prokofiev, S. 1891-1953 9,13,20,23 Puccini, G. 1858-1924 30 Purcell, H. 1659-1695 13,22 Quantz, J. 1697-1773 20 Rachmaninov, S. 1873-1943 4,13,15,26 Rajna, T. b1928 15 Rameau, J-P. 1683-1764 1 Rangström, T. 1884-1947 30 Rautavaara, E. b1928 31 Ravel, M. 1875-1937 2,8,17,20 Ravenscroft, T. c1589-c1633 21 Reger, M. 1873-1916 28 Reicha, A. 1770-1836 10 Reinecke, C. 1824-1910 31 Respighi, O. 1879-1936 7,21,30 Rihm, W. b1952 31 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. 1844-1908 9,15,29 Ritter, C. 1645-c1725 29 Rodgers, R. 1902-1979 9 Rodrigo, J. 1901-1999 8,11 Roman, J. 1694-1758 12 Rossini, G. 1792-1868 3,10,16,18,29,30 Rota, N. 1911-1979 21 Rubbra, E. 1901-1986 21 Ruiz de Ribayaz, L. c1650-? 6

Stamitz, C. 1745-1801 31 Stanford, C. Villiers 1852-1924 7,25 Stenhammar, W. 1871-1927 29 Straus, O. 1870-1954 2 Strauss, J. II 1825-1899 6,9,28 Strauss, R. 1864-1949 3,6,8,9,13,16,18,24,30 Stravinsky, I. 1882-1971 23,26 Strouse, C. b 1928 23 Sugár, M. b1952 15 Suk, J. 1874-1935 16,31 Sullivan, A. 1842-1900 30 Szymanowski, K. 1882-1937 1,5,17 Taneyev, S. 1856-1915 22 Tárrega, F. 1852-1909 4,19 Tawadros, J. b1982 11 Tchaikovsky, P. 1840-1893 5,7,12,22,29 Telemann, G. 1681-1767 28,29 ten Holt, S. b 1963 21 Thalberg, S. 1812-1871 19,28 Tinel, E. 1854-1912 8 Torke, M. b 1961 24 Tôrroba, F. Moreno 1891-1982 25,31 Turina, J. 1882-1949 3,8,31 Tveitt, G. 1908-1981 21

Vanhal, J. 1739-1813 14,29 Vaughan Williams, R. 1872-1958 7,23,31 Verdi, G. 1813-1901 16,18,24,30 Saint-Georges, J. 1739-1799 3 Vierne, L. 1870-1937 10,15 Villa-Lobos, H. 1887-1959 12 Saint-Saëns, C. 1835-1921 Vine, C. b1954 9 7,14,16,17,26,27,28,29 Vivaldi, A. 1678-1741 Sanz, G. 1640-1710 6 3,7,11,19,21,22,24 Sarasate, P. de 1844-1908 31 Satie, E. 1866-1925 13 Wagner, R. 1813-1883 Scarlatti, A. 1659-1725 27 2,10,12,17,24 Scarlatti, D. 1685-1757 6,8 Waldteufel, E. 1837-1915 22 Scheibe, J. 1708-1776 15 Walton, W. 1902-1983 5,27 Scheidt, S. 1587-1654 29 Warlock, P. 1894-1930 23 Schmelzer, J. c1620-1680 10 Weber, C.M. 1786-1826 Schoenberg, A. 1874-1951 10 Nazareth, E. 1863-1934 4 4,10,12,17,20,28 Schubert, F. 1797-1828 Nicolai, O. 1810-1849 25 Weelkes, T. 1576-1623 31 2,6,10,19,20,22,25,29,30 Nielsen, C. 1865-1931 23 Westlake, N. b1958 20 Nyman, M. b1948 17 Schumann, R. 1810-1856 2,7,8,11,1 Whitacre, E. b1970 24 2,16,18,19,22,23,25,26,29 Widor, C-M. 1844-1937 25 Offenbach, J. 1819-1880 3,10,12 Schütz, H. 1585-1672 20 Wieniawski, H. 1835-1880 1 Onslow, G. 1784-1853 15 Sculthorpe, P. b1929 23 Wirén, D. 1905-1986 21 Oswald von Wolkenstein.

Selma y Salaverde, B. de Wolf, H. 1860-1903 16 c1377-1445 29 c1580-c1638 31 Wood, C. 1866-1926 24 Paganini, N. 1782-1840 14,28 Shostakovich, D. 1906-1975 Zelenka, J. 1679-1745 31 6,10,17,24 Paisiello, G. 1740-1816 10 Zigman, A. b1963 23 Sibelius, J. 1865-1957 Pasculli, A. 1842-1924 14 4,7,8,12,14,18 Pedersøn, M. c1580-1628 15 Sieg, S. b1956 31 Piazzolla, A. 1922-1992 11 Skryabin, A. 1872-1915 3,8 Piston, W. 1894-1976 21 Soler, A. 1729-1783 4,6 Pixis, J. 1788-1874 15 Solère, E. 1753-1817 5 Pleyel, I. 1757-1831 5 Sor, F. 1778-1839 11,15,25,31 Ponce, M. 1882-1948 21 Sousa, J.P. 1854-1932 9 Porpora, N. 1686-1768 28 Spohr, L. 1784-1859 22,23 Porter, C. 1891-1964 9

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Name:_______________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________ Tel:______________ Email_______________________________ To go in the draw to win the Deutsche Grammophon CD, Villazón Verdi featuring tenor Rolando Villazón, send your answers to the address below by 20 March. Please include your name and address on the back of the envelope.

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Across 8 Alight in California with headless finality (4) 9 Little devil with heart of black can be remorseless (10) 10 At 2200 hours, be there with Denmark’s first (6) 11 That time of the year when the male face grows hairier for charity (8) 12 First, then again, be extra rigorous in coming up with nasty tropical disease (8) 14 Sinclair Lewis described Elmer’s crane platform (6) 16 Once upon a time, could a point be added to a definite article? (4) 17 Tree anchors as euro enters back street (5) 18 It reversed extremely loud quarrel (4) 19 Work I consumed found to encourage somnolence (6) 21 No! Gary nine? We’ve been longing for this! (8) 23 Befuddled, I spy sons taking a general view of things (8) 26 Ms. Farrow’s parent unfortunately has a nasty smell (6) 27 Admittedly stupid and hanging around, but able to convey stuff from level to level (10) 28 Cover tyro visiting Orient (4)

Down 1 Hopelessly I pelt bahts at the pride of the fleet (10) 2 Hollandaise with everything gone showing firm contact (8) 3 Secure colour irregularly through knots (3-3) 4 Favourable slant on gambling at home. (4) 5 The Spanish named it “The Meadows”.

These days, salvages may be needed by visitors (3,5) 6 Heartless cricketer attends his military master (6) 7 A Fosters with nothing in it may turn out to be a purgative (4) 13 Parsimony, with directories lost, brings sarcasm (5) 15 Lease covering healthy yours truly shows real style (10) 17 Suspiciously hotter as we apply measuring instrument (8) 18 Marquee power and the Parisian feeler and grasper (8) 20 Once rid of the head- louse, abominate protozoan (6) 22 Like to publicise the swamp (6) 24 Leaders yell out under Rwandan ownership (4) 25 Have more than enough of political entity without bar. (4)

Crossword Solution 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. Which famous Italian composer was rejected by the Milan Conservatory for being insufficiently talented?

2. Name the work written by Stravinsky for the American Ballet Theatre which includes the Dance of the Joker, Variations of the Four Queens and Variation of the Knave of Hearts.

3. What tragedy did Brahms have in mind when he wrote his Tragic Overture. Was it (a) the death of his sister (b) the sinking of a local ferry drowning eight children or (c) he never disclosed what he had in mind.

4. What is an organostrum?

5. For how many cellos did Austrian composer David Popper write his famous Requiem, was it (a) 8, (b) 4 or (c) 3?

6. Which Philip Glass composition involves a series of tableaux consisting of a train, a trail, a spaceship and a man playing the violin?

7. In which country did Australian soprano Nellie Melba make her operatic debut, in which opera and in what role?

8. Which composer of waltzes admitted that he was unable to dance?

To go in the draw to win the ABC Classics CD The Pearl Fishers – Great Opera Duets, send your answers to the address below by 20 March. Please include your name and address on the back of the envelope.

The Quiz Master 72-76 Chandos Street St Leonards NSW 2065 February TRIVIA ANSWERS: 1. Maria, 2. Dmitri Shostakovich, 3. Uzbekistan, 4. Cimbalom, 5.Vilia, 6. Franz Liszt, 7. Pablo de Sarasate, 8.They were composed by order of the Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenberg. There are six of them.

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