MAY 2015
MAGAZINE
SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC Celebrating 100 glorious years
GENERATIONS IN MUSIC
Sydney Youth Orchestra world premiere
THE ELDERS OF WORLD MUSIC
Wowing festival audiences
AUSTRALIA’S CHAMBER FESTIVAL Piers Lane on music in the tropics
LIVE EVENT
Fine Music puts on show for Sydney
COMING UP
Three fantastic concerts to enjoy this April and May with your SSO. CLASSICAL
ANZAC DAY SALUTE
TCHAIKOVSKY’S ROMANTIC NUTCRACKER VISIONS Pure Magic
Wagner, Bartók & Brahms
Reflect and salute the ANZACs on the centenary of the Gallipoli landings with this moving musical tribute. New creations by New Zealander Michael F Williams and by Australian composer James Ledger feature in a sombre elegy for the soldiers who met their maker too soon.
You’ll be dancing in your seat to the magical tones of the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Waltz of the Flowers and the exotic treats (Chocolate, Tea, Coffee!) of Tchaikovsky’s wide-eyed Nutcracker ballet. Pure enchantment! Whether it’s sweethearts on the Rhine, or the Kingdom of Sweets, this concert conjures up the lost loves, magic and the wonder of youth.
Welcome pianist Peter Serkin to perform Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto, with its folk flavours, nostalgic heartfelt yearning for his Hungarian homeland and vivacious finale. The impulsive dancing rhythms return in Brahms’s orchestrated G minor piano quartet – a brilliantly coloured orchestral tour de force, utterly faithful to Brahms.
Centenary Concert
WED 22 APR | 6.30PM FRI 24 APR | 8PM COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man MF WILLIAMS Letters from the Front australian premiere LEDGER War Music premiere VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
THU 7 MAY | 1.30PM EMIRATES METRO SERIES
FRI 8 MAY | 8PM SAT 9 MAY | 2PM
MAHLER Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Youth’s Magic Horn) TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker: Act II (Kingdom of the Sweets)
Richard Gill conductor Ayse Göknur Shanal soprano Gondwana Chorale
APT MASTER SERIES
WED 13 MAY | 8PM FRI 15 MAY | 8PM SAT 16 MAY | 8PM
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll BARTÓK Piano Concerto No.3 BRAHMS orch. Schoenberg Piano Quartet in G minor Matthias Pintscher conductor Peter Serkin piano
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EDITOR’S DESK
VOL 42 No 5
2 COVER STORY The Sydney Conservatorium of Music turns 100 4 Sydney Youth Orchestra’s world premiere 6 Fine Music reports from WOMADelaide 7 Fine Music upcoming events 9 Highlights of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music 11 Young Virtuosi 12 Contemporary Conductors: Darren Barenboim 13 Flashback with Derek Parker 14 What’s On 16 CD Reviews 19 Count Basie Orchestra heading our way 56 Crossword and Trivia Quiz
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It seems we have a lot to celebrate in the way of musical milestones in Sydney this year. One of the biggest occasions, that will actually involve a series of events running throughout the year, is the centenary of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Featured on our cover this month, you can read more about the life of the first Director of the ‘The Con’, Henri Verbrugghen, on page 2. We’re lucky to have an extract from the new book by Peter McCallum, ‘The Centenary of the Con’, that traces the story from its humble beginnings in the old Government House stables, to its current accommodation in facilities that are, by any measure, outstanding. The Con’s story includes not only renowned performances but some of Australia’s greatest musicians: Florence Austral, Roger Woodward, Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, Charles Mackerras, Malcolm Williamson, Peter Sculthorpe and Don Burrows, to name a few. You can read this exclusive book extract on page 3. Another institution that has been at the heart of Sydney’s cultural life is our own Fine Music 102.5, albeit for only 40 years! You’ve been hearing a lot about our activities this year to mark this historic occasion and now we’re pleased to announce that festivities will culminate in a gala musical event to be held at the Sydney Town Hall on 18 July from 3-6pm. Find details of our lineup of artists on page 7. We’ll also be broadcasting a special event live from Studio C on 30 May. Join Lloyd Capps, Maureen Meers and Stephen Wilson, and a fine selection of artists for an afternoon of live music from 12 noon until 5pm. Last but not least, the program and tickets are now available for the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, celebrating its 25th year. Read our interview with the Festival’s Piers Lane on page 9 to get an insight into this year’s program. And news just to hand: Acacia Quartet will celebrate its 5th Birthday in May with the concert series Five Chapters - the concerts are on May 23 and May 28 and you’ll find more information in our next issue.
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The views expressed by contributors to this magazine do not necessarily reflect or represent the views of the publisher, Fine Music 102.5. Cover image: Inaugural Director of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Henri Verbrugghen (1873-1934). Image - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Archives & Collections, PA/3/1/29 Henri Verbrugghen, c. 1890s May 2015
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CELEBRATING A MILESTONE IN SYDNEY’S MUSICAL HISTORY
THE ‘CON’ TURNS 100
Designed as horse stables for Governor Macquarie, the building affectionately known as the ‘Con’, will celebrate 100 years of existence this year. Now ranked as one of the finest music schools in the world, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music is living up to its first Director’s initial objective. Henri Verbrugghen, who was Director from 1915-1921, had a vision that the Con was to “provide tuition of a standard equal to that of the leading European conservatoriums”. Several other pre-eminent directors followed, including Dr Edgar Bainton (1934-1948), who established the opera school, and conductor and composer, Sir Eugene Goossens (18481955), who fashioned it into a world-class music institution. The Con’s modern transformation came with the amalgamation of the institution with the University of Sydney in 1990, and of course, a major re-development of the site between 1997-2001 saw the building become a worldclass facility for all of Sydney to enjoy. Current Dean and Principal, Professor Karl Kramer is pleased with five new initiatives he has overseen in the last three years. “One is the creation of the Pacific Alliance of Music Schools (PAMS) in April 2014 that saw the 12 elite music institutions from the Asia-Pacific gather at the Sydney Opera House to create an agenda, and draft a narrative that would establish closer ties which foster exchange. “In July 2014, Estivo, our annual European Chamber Music Summer School based in Verona, Italy, was established with over 45 tertiary music students from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music taking part to perform over 20 concerts in three Italian cities in a two-week period. “Thanks to the generosity and vision of our donors, the creation of the Westheimer String Quartet Development Program and two new annual conducting and piano scholarships were launched. “I am also pleased to see outreach programs such as the University of Sydney’s annual Wingara Mura summer music program that offers an intensive music workshop to Indigenous high school students (years 9 and 10), and this year’s launch of the Con’s brand new contemporary music performance program - the Bachelor of Music Studies (Contemporary Music) - to meet the changing interests and needs of the music world.” 2
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The Sydney Conservatorium building circa 1915
International reach With its world-class facilities and programs, the Con is able to attract some of the most outstanding conductors, performers, composers and teachers. One such new arrival is the international conductor, Professor Eduardo Diazmuñoz from Mexico. Having conducted all over the world, Professor Diazmuñoz, who, from an early age was a friend and musical assistant to the great Leonard Bernstein, is directing the major event in the Con’s calendar to celebrate its centenary, a performance of Bernstein’s MASS. “In this Opera House concert, Bernstein’s MASS celebrates diversity, tolerance and peace – all aspects for which we crave in this new century,” said Diazmuñoz. “It involves all disciplines, with its eclectic musical styles. It encompasses the symphonic, choral, operatic, even rock and roll, blues and musical theatre styles. “What I believe students and audience members will take away from this performance is seen in Bernstein’s own comment on the shape of music – ‘the main crisis of our time is a crisis of faith’. Apart from enhancing our students’ own performing abilities, they should have an open mind to the fusion of musical styles.” Diazmuñoz continues: “Still controversial four decades after its conception, the MASS is finally winning prominence in the world’s major concert halls and opera houses, regardless of the religious, artistic, philosophical, and/or ethical inclinations of its audiences.” Diazmuñoz believes that this is a most appropriate piece for the Con’s centenary, a benchmark work that reflects musical shifts in
the context of a changing world. “I believe that the MASS both strongly criticises and respects, not blasphemes, all creeds, all races, all religions, and all mankind. I encourage you to absorb its philosophical, existentialist content with open hearts and minds, as the music moves from introverted, reflexive, and meditative moments to those that are light, magnificent, rebellious, even outrageous. “This is Bernstein’s personal homage to our beliefs, our tribulations and concerns, our hopes and dreams, our doubts, our lives.” Professor Kramer’s and Professor Diazmuñoz’s world view of music aligns perfectly. The Con’s Dean concludes by saying: “Music is both universal and fundamental. Every culture in the world, it seems, has taught itself to coax sounds from a stretched hide, a hollow reed, or a vibrating string.” So does classical music matter? “You betcha!” says Professor Kramer, “You only have to attend a concert by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and other performances at the Sydney Opera House, as well as the many halls, clubs, and theatres in Sydney to see the large audiences that are regularly attending classical and jazz music events. “It is my hope that we build on our strengths and influences, while continuing to serve the people of Sydney and, indeed, all of Australia as a cultural hub with the finest musical education available for a lifetime of learning.” - Barry Walmsley MASS by Leonard Bernstein, presented by the University of Sydney and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music to celebrate the Centenary of the Con, 6 May 2015 at the Sydney Opera House.
EXCLUSIVE BOOK EXTRACT FROM ‘THE CENTENARY OF THE CON’ Henri Verbrugghen’s appointment as the Conservatorium’s first director was both musically and politically astute. He was a protégé of the Belgian violinist Eugene Ysaye, and early reports of his violin playing portray a musician of imagination and energy with the ability to engage the listener through nuance and a sense of line. In 1893 he had moved to the British Isles playing with the Scottish Orchestra Company in Glasgow and in summer with orchestras at Llandudno and Colwyn Bay, where he married Alice Emma Beatrice Beaumont on 21 September 1898. In 1904 he was appointed professor of violin, chamber music, orchestra and opera at the Glasgow Athenaeum, and in 1907 he gave the British premiere of Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto in D Minor. Despite the Conservatorium position’s advertised requirement, Verbrugghen’s operatic experience was slight. His greatest British success had been as conductor of a Beethoven festival with the London Symphony Orchestra and Leeds choir in July 1914, reports of which had reached Australia before anyone could have known he would be an applicant. The festival included all nine symphonies and all five piano concertos, and the local report praised the championing of Beethoven at a time when everyone was ‘going more or less crazy about Schoenberg and Scriabin (which was not a problem in Australia at the time). From the report it appears Verbrugghen, who later repeated the Beethoven festival formula in both Sydney and Melbourne, adopted a conservative stance in the contemporary debate over what changes, if any, were permissible in the adaptation of Beethoven’s text to modern taste, instruments and balance. The English music writer Sir George Grove had criticised Richard Wagner’s essay on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony which had suggested re-orchestration and recomposition. Gustav Mahler had gone further than Wagner, making bold, even eccentric adaptations, according to late-nineteenth-century taste, declaring, ‘Tradition ist Schlamperei’ (tradition is laziness). As for Verbrugghen, he has undertaken certain changes in the composition and balance of the orchestra which have naturally excited some comment. Whilst he is too great a Beethoven enthusiast to tamper with a note of the scores, the idea he has had in these alterations is to
produce Beethoven’s symphonies as the composer himself intended that they should sound. The orchestra has undergone many changes during the last 100 years; and not the least vital is that, while the number of strings has been doubled, that of the woodwind remains practically the same. Mr. Verbrugghen resolved to endeavor to restore the old balance: but in so doing he preferred not to reduce the size of the orchestra, as this would mean that the volume would be thin and ineffective. Therefore, instead of cutting down the number of the strings, he has doubled certain sections of the wind, making, of course, the necessary modulations in solo passages. Verbrugghen had followed this up with a Bach-Beethoven-Brahms festival the following year, though it was less well attended due, it was reported, to anti-German feeling, and Verbrugghen seems to have lost money. The other thing in Verbrugghen’s favour was that he was both Belgian and British. In order to invade France, German armies had requested transit rights across Belgium, which Belgium, being neutral, had refused. When Germany then invaded Belgium, British propaganda made much of the ‘rape of Belgium’, and in the local narrative Belgium was carefully woven into the story of Australia’s involvement in Gallipoli. Responding to a speech by the British prime minister H.H. Asquith in 1915, the Australian high commissioner in London, Sir George Houstoun Reid, thundered that “the rape of Belgium had awakened the young lion, with the result that Australians leaped into the Aegean, and faced the Turkish and German storm of shot and shell, and won a dauntless way until the flag victorious was placed upon the summit of the cliffs”. A modern public relations firm skilled in the science of media spin could hardly have engineered a better campaign around Verbrugghen’s arrival. It had been known towards the end of April 1915 that he had been offered the position, and as the inaugural concert [on 6 May 1915] had approached, the press had breathlessly awaited his reply. Four days after the concert his acceptance was reported, setting off a chain of Verbrugghen-orientated media comment that scarcely abated until he left the post. Arthur Mason, who had served on the London board and was a regular correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald, recapitulated Verbrugghen’s London triumphs. His farewell concert from London was reported, and the perils of his journey on the RMS Maloja were covered in detail. The Maloja was itself sunk by a mine outside Dover in 1916. The steamship journey from Europe lent itself naturally to a triumphant arrival. News of the ship’s striking the Australian mainland at Fremantle on 12 August were cabled around the country, with staged interviews in Adelaide and Melbourne. The procession concluded with a train journey from Melbourne and an interview at Sydney’s Central railway station. Verbrugghen’s grand vision, his jokes and his views on the primacy of German music up to Johannes Brahms were reported with undimmed avidity.
[l-r] Henri Verbrugghen, Jenny Cullen, David Nichols and James Messeas
Extract from Chapter Two of ‘The Centenary of the Con’ by Peter McCallum, Associate Professor at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and Chair of the Academic Board, University of Sydney (consulting editor Julie Simonds), reproduced with kind permission of the author. The book is available for purchase from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music centenary website: http://con100years.music.sydney.edu.au May 2015
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SYDNEY YOUTH ORCHESTRA’S WORLD PREMIERE Father and son to perform new concerto The Sydney Youth Orchestra (SYO) has seen many of its musicians progress to international careers. It has become an unofficial ‘right of passage’ to those who perform in it and on many occasions performers come full circle and return to perform with the SYO as guest soloists or conductors. In May the SYO will perform a program of music called Ride of the Valkyries featuring Berlioz’ Roman Carnival Overture, Wagner’s The Ring Without Words (arr. Leinsdorf) and the world premier of Lee Bracegirdle’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. The violin soloist, Michael Dauth, is an alumni of the SYO having held the post as Concertmaster and has since established an international career as soloist, orchestral and chamber player. Dauth will perform publicly with his son, SYO Concertmaster, Darcy for the first time, a spectacular performance with 73 members of the Sydney Youth Orchestra. In fact, Michael Dauth was part of the reason behind the creation of the concerto, says Bracegirdle. “[He] came to me with the suggestion I write a solo work for him. He had played as Concertmaster with the SSO in some of my previous orchestral works, and I believe it was during a rehearsal of my Ammerseelieder that he approached me with this idea. I immediately began thinking up ideas”.
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Bracegirdle outlined some other influences in the work that make it fitting for an Australian premier: “I have always loved the curious, lyric sounds that Australian magpies sing. The opening 12-note violin melody of the slow movement is based on one of these magpie songs.” In regard to the father and son performing this world premiere, Bracegirdle said: “This is a very interesting coincidence, and one to which I look forward very much. “It should provide some fabulous music-making, especially since there are some passages where there is duet-like collaboration between the two players, and also a string septet section in the slow movement”. Darcy is looking forward to performing this work with his father - it is the first time they have performed together publicly. “The concerto is going to be a highlight and something to remember forever in my musical career. It will be fantastic to work with someone that I look up to and respect greatly,” he said. Valuable experiences The SYO regularly performs world premieres, which are an important part of a young musician’s life, “because this is what they will be presented with when they are professionals” says Bracegirdle. “And what better chance to become accustomed to it than in a good youth orchestra.
“If previous performances by the SYO are any indication… I foresee unbridled, uninhibited, undaunted, and unpredictable playing, and it’s something to relish,” said Bracegirdle. As Concertmaster, Darcy faces many challenges in preparing for a new work: “It can be very different performing a classical canon work to a new work. New works explore very new ideas and techniques in their music, different to those composers of classical canon works. “Being able to watch my father lead a professional symphony orchestra was always a fantastic opportunity. I have learnt much from watching him and learning the Concertmaster role of the orchestra and the leading aspects,” said Darcy, who is currently studying violin at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and hopes to study overseas upon the completion of his studies here. Bracegirdle himself has an established career as a composer, conductor and french horn player. He says that much of the time he spent in the orchestra has been helpful in learning about composing, orchestration and conducting: “I think that the many years I spent sitting right in the middle of the orchestra, in the US, South America, Europe, then Sydney, was a valuable lesson about how to write for the instruments of the orchestra and how the music will sound.” Bracegirdle has some advice for young musicians aspiring to make professional careers in the industry: “For performers: live, sleep, eat, drink and think your instrument and forget all the other stuff. “For conductors: learn an orchestral instrument, follow my advice to performers and get a job in an orchestra so you can experience what we have to put up with from you. For composers: all of the above and study the scores of the masters.” The Sydney Youth Orchestra, conducted by Alex Briger will perform the world premier of Lee Bracegirdle’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra and other works on Saturday 30 May, 7pm Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium and again on Sunday 31st May 3pm Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. - Samuel Cottell For more information visit www.syo.com.au
FINE MUSIC REPORTS FROM WOMADELAIDE Graced by the elders of world music It can be a bit hard to know what to pack for South Australia in March. It can be 40 degrees for five days in a row or it can be mild and sunny as it was this year. Botanic Park is part of the ring of green that surrounds the centre of Adelaide. It’s a perfect setting for a festival that attracts the best international world music artists and an audience from around Australia who come to see them.
cooked Melanzane while singing in strident three part harmony and playing tarantellas from southern Italy. And then there were the Malawi Mouse boys. They are a quartet of young men who made a living in their village by catching mice, threading them onto sticks and roasting them to sell by the roadside. But how they sing! This was gorgeous gospel sung Malawi style in four part harmony in the local Chichewa language.
One of the headliners in 2015 was Youssou N’dour who was making a return visit after setting the festival on its successful path at the inaugural WOMADelaide in 1992. Among the other main stage acts was Buena Vista Social Club with four original members still in the line-up. Was there a theme emerging here? Was this a history lesson? Apparently not. These older performers had at least as much energy and twice as much class as some of the younger acts. Youssou N’Dour started his music career in Senegal when he was 12 years old and has never lived anywhere else. His mother was from a Griot family of hereditary historians and praise singer/musicians. His young band introduced mbalax music to Senegal in the 1970s, which added Cuban rhythms to the West African music, bringing it all back home. It didn’t take long till he had the world enthralled through his Colombia and Real World releases. His life since then has included a political career in Senegal which he says is his way of giving back to his people. He was giving it back to us here in Australia when he and his incredible Super Étoile band closed the Sunday night at WOMAD. What an emotive and powerful tenor voice – eminently recognisable anywhere. Toumani Diabate is from a Malian Griot family. He has followed the tradition and passed his musical skills on to his son Sidiki. His father was the first to release an album of kora (West African harp) music in 1970. Toumani has achieved global recognition collaborating with flamenco, jazz and blues musicians as well as other African musicians. Hearing the kora-playing father and son duo together was absolute bliss. The interweaving of the improvised lines and accompanying rhythms played on the multitude of strings and resonated by the large gourd was mesmerising. 6
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Bolivian singer Luzmila Carpio
No-one spoke for the whole hour of the concert. An artist I was particularly looking forward to seeing was an indigenous Bolivian singer from a Unicef cassette I had been given in the 1980s, Luzmila Carpio. A champion of indigenous Andean cultures, Carpio sings in Quechua and Aymara – the languages of the Incas. She relocated to Paris 10 years ago after being appointed Bolivia’s Ambassador to France. With her French band she has set her traditional songs into more contemporary instrumental arrangements topped by her incredibly high crystal clear voice and tiny strummed charango (originally made from Armadillo shell). One song featured her amazingly accurate mimicry of bird calls of the Altiplano or high plains. A unique feature of WOMAD festivals is the Taste the World stage where performers cook a signature dish from their culture of origin while being interviewed. This worked perfectly in the case of Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino who
But let’s get back to the elders. Omara Portuondo, at 84 years of age, is with Buena Vista Social Club on their Adios Tour. Portuondo took command of the stage from the moment she stepped out of the shadows. She entered the spotlight and captivated everyone with her stage craft, her expressive voice and exquisite phrasing and improvisations. Though needing to support herself on the piano or a music stand, she still managed some pretty hot dance moves. Starting out as a dancer, Portuondo first became a singing star in the 1940’s, when Cuban mambo and other dance rhythms took the world by storm. She didn’t want to leave the stage at any of the Buena Vista performances, resisting attempts by rising star pianist Rolando Luna to help her off the stage. She kept waving, taking bows, acknowledging the band and exited very slowly. It probably will be her farewell tour but I don’t know about the rest of Buena Vista. Maybe we do sometimes only get to see these big stars in the twilight of their careers. But these elders have definitely still got what it takes and outshine much younger performers with their highly developed art and stage presence. - Linda Marr Sunday 1pm WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide Showcases music from diverse cultures
Your personal Invitation from Fine Music Make new musical memories - 40th Anniversary Live from Sydney Town Hall In another live ‘first’, Fine Music 102.5 is pleased to announce that the pinnacle of its 40th anniversary celebrations this year will be the staging of a spectacular concert of music from Sydney Lower Town Hall on 18 July. Broadcast live to the world, the event is free for all Sydneysiders to attend - stay for one or all of the performances. It’s a celebration of the quality broadcasting on FM and digital that Fine Music delivers today and every day, but also the work of thousands of volunteers and staff who have kept the station on the air since 1974. From 3-6pm, the stages will be graced by musical luminaries including: jazz artist Frances Madden & Band; saxophone ensemble Nexas Quartet; percussionist Timothy Constable; Duo Histoire; chamber group Omega Ensemble with soprano Jane Sheldon; recorder player Alicia Crossley & guests; and pianist Kevin Fan. “Four presenters, a team of sound engineers, seven different groups of artists, two stages, a three hour broadcast – all this makes Live from Sydney Town Hall the most ambitious outside broadcast event ever presented by Fine Music 102.5,” said Fine Music 102.5 General Manager David Sidebottom. Please join us for a celebration of Fine Music at Sydney Town Hall, 18 July 2015, 3-6pm.
WSO 2015 Pre-Concert Talks As part of the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra program this year, some of our Fine Music presenters will give talks prior to its performances. Feel free to join us one hour prior to scheduled performances on the following dates: 2/3 May - West Side Story with Ross Hayes; 27/28 June - Bohemian Tango with Marilyn Schock; 8/9 August - Carmina Burana with Michael Field; 26/27 September - Myths and Legends with Michael Morton-Evans; and 24/25 October Last Night at the Proms – presenter/s to be announced.
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AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Twenty-five years of sun and music Recently the Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM) made the announcement that legendary pianist Piotr Anderszewski will headline the 25th Anniversary of Queensland’s famed event. It is no doubt a great coup for AFCM, but it’s also a rare opportunity for music lovers as Anderszewski has only performed once before in Australia in 2001 and is not doing any other recitals whilst here this time. Returning for his ninth year as the Festival’s Artistic Director, Piers Lane has curated another innovative program which will include tributes to the late Peter Sculthorpe, world premieres of three new works, outstanding Australian and internationally acclaimed musicians, and even comedic performances. A free 25th Anniversary Celebration Concert – The 1812! will be staged for the people of Townsville in the Queens Gardens and two Concert Crawl roving events, as well as a Long Table Lunch on the waterfront, will provide special anniversary experiences for visitors and locals. Over the past quarter of a century, the internationally renowned festival has cultivated a reputation for delivering brilliant performances by world-class artists, each year building on the success of previous seasons and becoming a must-attend event for both audiences and artists alike. “I look forward to celebrating the deep sense of community that has been fostered by the festival over the past 25 years, while also looking ahead to another 25 years of showcasing toptier artists and their magnificent performances in Townsville – the birthplace of the AFCM,” said Lane. When asked why Townsville? Lane replied: “The real answer to why it’s here is the weather. “It’s a great place for Melbournians and Sydney siders to escape the cold of the winter, and come up here to the tropics and enjoy high quality music making. The founders wanted to fashion it on a festival in Finland. “On a personal note, by chance is that the town is also very dear to me because my mother and her family were born here,” said Lane. Also joining the Anniversary celebrations will be the Festival’s founding artistic director, Ukranian-American conductor and viola player Theodore (Ted) Kuchar who was with the festival until 2006 and will be warmly welcomed back.
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Festival highlights Reading over the program it is hard to select highlights as each day has a stellar lineup and plenty of music – from 31 July–8 August – from mid-morning most days through the afternoon and then well into the evening. “There’s no single must-see concert, rather there are quite a few must-see concerts,” said Lane. “Several world premieres are happening. Elena Kats-Chernin has been commissioned to write a 30 minute ballet or dance with detachable chamber music for the AFCM… that music will be a world premiere at the festival. “American pianist David Sampson is coming to play works by composer Dave Elton. We’ll also be honouring several composers’ anniversaries, for example Sibelius, Nielsen and Glazunov,” said Lane. Last year’s event sold in excess of 12,000 tickets, making it arguably the largest chamber music festival in the Southern Hemisphere. “Some people enjoy coming to just the first weekend or the second weekend. Other people sometimes book a couple of weekdays, leaving them time to do tourist things while they’re in town,” said Lane. The much-loved signature series Concert Conversations, hosted by Lane over six mornings, will give audiences the rare opportunity for an extended chat with the legendary Piotr Anderszewski, and with Theodore Kuchar as well as Louise Hopkins, Jack Liebeck, Rainer Hersch, Benjamin Martin, Nicholas Daniel, Hartmut Rohde, Ike See, Rohan
Dasika, soprano Valda Wilson, composer David Sampson, and many others from the Festival program. Whilst noted for his interpretations of the central German repertoire, Piotr Anderszewski has received equal acclaim for his exploration of works by Szymanowski, Janacek and Chopin. He will give a number of performances at the AFCM including works by Mozart and Bach and others with which he is identified. Another element of the AFCM program returning this year is a crowd favourite, the Concert Crawl – returning with two versions in 2015, an evening version and a daytime one. The audience will be divided into groups that move between venues while enjoying a glass of wine and refreshments or afternoon tea accompanied by musicians performing varied styles of music. “I’ve added a comic element with Jerry Connolly who will play pieces and then comment on them. It’s truly funny,” said Lane. Commenting on the music scene in Australia Lane says: “I find it vibrant and exciting. I think the orchestral scene is great and I am recording this year for Hyperion. “Whenever I come back to Australia I am always pleased to bump into friends from overseas, often touring with Musica Viva which is one of the best chamber music organisations in the world.” For more information visit: www.afcm.com.au - Interview by Allan Scott-Rogers May 2015
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Broadcasts of the Young Virtuoso Award semi-finalists continue
Fine Music continues its broadcasts of the Young Virtuoso Awards (YVA) semi-finalists every Wednesday from 1pm. On offer is a generous first prize of $10,000 from The Frank Family Foundation and Cameron Williams and a performance for the winner with the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra. The second place winner will receive a $2,000 prize from Sydney Piano World. And, the NSW Doctors Orchestra, in line with their philosophy of supporting young musicians, has committed to donate the third place prize of $1,000. The remaining finalists will each receive $500. Robbin Reza
Australian pianist Robbin Reza (20) began studies at the age of five under the tutelage of Sayano Ito. He is currently in his third year at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music working towards a Bachelor of Performance, after being awarded with the Bessie Cook Piano Scholarship. From an early age, Reza has won countless prizes, and has been awarded numerous performance opportunities in Australia and overseas. “Highlights for me are usually when I feel like I have fulfilled a goal whether it be big like winning a major competition or small like finally being able to play a passage you have been working on for so long,” he told Fine Music magazine. In 2013 and 2014, Reza presented a Young Virtuosi live broadcast with Fine Music 102.5 and performed the Australian Premiere of Elliot Carter’s Conversations (2010) as a soloist at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Chloe Chung Chloe Chung made her flute debut with Fine Music in Year 8, but since finishing an internship last summer, works as a budding presenter on the Young Virtuosi team. Chung has played with the Conservatorium Orchestra and with Sydney Youth Orchestra
in the 25 years and under violin section at Sydney Eisteddfod. She is currently playing a 1760 Francois Fent violin from the Westheimer Collection. “Being broadcast on a prestigious radio station gives you as the performer a challenging but unique and rewarding experience that is rare, also being able to do this whilst meeting other like-minded young people makes it a lot of fun,” said Lee of her participation in the YVA.
since 2010. Her highlight of last year was playing the alto flute in Rite of Spring on the SYO flagship tour to Kangaroo Valley. “In the past year I have had some amazing opportunities… I played piccolo in the Shostakovich Symphony no. 5, and Ravel La Valse under the baton of Darby Judd,” Chung told Fine Music. “Last year with SYO, I was lucky enough to play first flute in Debussy’s Afternoon of a Faun – which is every flute player’s dream come true in a way – and after being in SYO for two years and growing with the players around me it was a really memorable concert. “This is my second year in the YVA semi-finals – and I’m so glad I get to do it all again! It’s an invaluable experience – preparing a 50-minute program is a time consuming business, but extremely rewarding,” said Chung. Gemma Lee
Having learnt the violin from the age of five, Gemma Lee attended Santa Sabina College and is currently studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under the tutelage of Dr Goetz Richter. She has previously been a member of the Sydney Youth Orchestra, performed as both member and soloist in the SBS Youth Orchestra and is currently part of Sydney Conservatorium Symphony and Chamber Orchestra. Recently, Lee was awarded winner of the instrumental duo section and third place
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Twenty-year-old Vincent Lo is studying a Bachelor of Music performance degree at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, after taking up the cello at the age of five. He was selected as a state finalist in the 2MBS-FM Young Performer competition in 2011. “I am entering the YVA again this year as I believe it offers a unique and valuable experience, as performing on radio is a totally different experience to performing for an audience,” said Lo. Lo has also achieved first place in the instrumental duo section of the Sydney Eistedfodd, and travelled to Italy as a member of a quartet which he rates as a highlight of his musical career, along with “participation in orchestras such as Sydney Youth Orchestra and the Sydney Conservatorium Orchestra, as well as chamber music experience”. Wednesdays 1pm See Youth tab on Fine Music website for full repertoire list YVA series - May 6 Robbin Reza (piano) 13 Vincent Lo (cello) 20 Chloe Chung (flute) 27 Gemma Lee (violin) Presenter: Troy Fil Audio engineer: Greg Ghavalas, assisted by Nico Buchner YV Co ordinator: Judy Deacon, yv@finemusicfm.com May 2015
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CONTEMPORARY CONDUCTORS Daniel Barenboim
Barenboim performed the prelude to Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde as an encore and received overwhelming applause. Barenboim’s contribution to a better world was conceived in 1999 when he met Edward Said. And here I quote from the obituary The Guardian newspaper ran after Said’s death in 2003:
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Daniel Barenboim has had a long and glorious career both as a concert pianist and a celebrated conductor. He has been described as one of the great humanists and a person respected for his integrity and principles. But first a brief look at his life to date. He was born in Argentina in 1942 to parents of RussianJewish descent. He started piano lessons at 5 and at the age of 7 gave his first concert in his home town of Buenos Aires. The family moved to Israel in 1952 and at 17 Barenboim performed his first cycle of Beethoven piano sonatas, something he has repeated over 30 times. He conducted his first orchestra in Israel when he was 20. Since then, he has been music director of the Paris Orchestra, Chicago Symphony and, his particular favourite the Berlin State Opera. In Milan, the La Scala Theatre has created a special post for him – maestro scaligero – master of La Scala. He has conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in its New Year Concert on two occasions, 2009 and 2014 and both times he announced the hope that that year would be a year of peace and human justice, particularly in the Middle East. Barenboim’s recordings as a conductor include the complete symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Schubert and Schumann plus the Da Ponte operas of Mozart, several works by Wagner, including the complete Ring Cycle. The music of Mahler appears to be a problem for him although he has recorded Mahler’s 12
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Fifth, Seventh and Ninth Symphonies plus Das Lied von der Erde. Barenboim also continues to perform and record chamber music, at times with the orchestras he has led. Barenboim married Jacqueline du Pré, the well-known British cellist, in 1967 at a Western Wall ceremony in Jerusalem, du Pré having converted to Judaism. Zubin Mehta was one of the witnesses. Soon after their wedding du Pré decided not to accompany her husband in his many professional sojourns and her career ended in 1973 when she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). She died in 1987. Unbeknownst to du Pré, Barenboim had begun an affair with Russian pianist Elena Bashkirova who bore him two sons, David Arthur (1983) and Michael (1985). Barenboim believes that he successfully managed to keep the affair hidden from du Pré and he and Bashkirova married in 1988, a year after du Pré’s death. Barenboim has had many tussles with the Israeli cultural bureaucracy in his many attempts to perform the works of Richard Wagner in Israel., where since 1948 the playing of Wagner’s music had been banned because of the latter’s perceived anti-Semitism. In 1974 and 1981 Zubin Mehta had planned to lead the Israeli Orchestra in works by Wagner but it never eventuated. In 1990 Barenboim led the Berlin Philharmonic in its first Israeli appearance but no Wagner works were performed. Eventually in 2001, in a Jerusalem concert with the Berlin Staaskapelle,
“As professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, New York, Said was widely regarded as the outstanding representative of the poststructuralist left in America. Above all, he was the most articulate and visible advocate of the Palestinian cause in the United States, where it earned him many enemies. The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra he founded with the Israeli citizen Daniel Barenboim in 1999 grew out of the friendship he forged with the musician who shares his belief that art and, in particular, the music of Wagner transcends political ideology. With Said’s assistance, Barenboim gave master classes for Palestinian students in the occupied West Bank, infuriating the Israeli right.” On the subject of the Divan orchestra, Barenboim adds that people mistake the function of the orchestra as a project for peace. The Divan, he emphasises, is a project against ignorance. “I am not trying to convert the Arab members of the Divan to the Israeli point of view, and I am not trying to convince the Israelis to the Arab point of view.” “I am trying,” he continues, “to create a platform where the two sides can disagree and not resort to knives”. What Barenboim is trying to achieve is how to get 100 musicians to think and feel alike, “….to get together and feel one huge common lung (so) that you breathe the music the same way”. In July 2012, Barenboim and the Divan orchestra were rewarded by performing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the BBC London Proms. It coincided with the opening of the London Olympic Games. Barenboim was also chosen to carry an Olympic flag at the opening ceremony for bringing ‘harmony in place of discord.’ - Randolph Magri-Overend
FLASHBACK WITH DEREK PARKER
Constant Lambert – the demi-semi Australian If you stroll into the Art Gallery of New South Wales and turn into the second gallery on the right, you will see a painting by George W. Lambert entitled ‘Holiday in Essex’. It shows a couple of boys and their mother, and a pony, no doubt off on an agreeable outing. One of the boys – bare feet and long blonde hair - is on the pony’s back. He was the artist’s son, and he grew up to become the ‘Australian’ composer and conductor Constant Lambert. I perhaps rather rudely put the word Australian in inverted commas: his father, George Lambert, was born in St Petersburg and had American forebears, though he was certainly naturalised and is always referred to as ‘the Australian painter’. Constant, though born in England in 1905, never came to Australia, but always thought of himself as Australian, and worked with many Australian artists, including Robert Helpmann and Arthur Benjamin. His musical education took place in London; while he was thirteen, and still at Christ’s Hospital, he wrote his first orchestral works, and later at the Royal College he learned composition from Ralph Vaughan Williams and conducting from Malcolm Sargent. Astonishingly, at twenty the great impresario Serge Diaghilev commissioned him to write a score for a ballet by Bronislava Nijinska about a rehearsal of Romeo and Juliet (the principal dancers who are rehearsing the play make love rather than rehearsing their parts). It was not altogether a happy collaboration – Lambert disagreed with every idea Diaghilev had about the piece, and the impresario lost his temper and took to avoiding him. Then Diaghilev cut an important scene and both Nijinska and Lambert were incandescent with rage. Lambert tried to remove his orchestral score from the orchestra pit, but was forestalled – at rehearsals he had a man on each side of him to make sure he didn’t tear up the music. He told his mother he became so distraught that Diaghilev had him watched by two detectives. The ballet was not a success, but the audience at the first night called for Lambert until he took a bow, “blushing like a schoolboy”, the Daily Express reported. It was a pretty upsetting experience - but it gave Lambert experience both for writing for the ballet and conducting performances. However, for the next few years he concentrated on composition, turning out among other pieces his most popular work, The Rio Grande, for piano, alto soloists, chorus and orchestra. It was written to a libretto by Sacheverell Sitwell for a ballet, A Day in a Southern Port, about low life in a tropical sea-port, with prostitutes in skimpy costumes
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and an orgy of sailors, and shows Lambert’s interest in African-American music and jazz (he was a great admirer of Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt and Stéfane Grappelli). His masterpiece however may be Summer’s Last Will and Testament, a choral setting of Thomas Nashe’s poem about 16th-century London in the plague years. It is scarcely ever performed. Return to the ballet As a conductor he was very active, highly effective in the romantic Russian composers, many of whose works he introduced to British audiences. The most important and influential part of his life began in the 1930s, when he began conducting for the Vic-Wells Ballet (later the Royal Ballet). With Ninette de Valois, the company’s director, and Frederick Ashton, its chief choreographer, he was one of a trio who really built the company’s reputation, not only musically but with his keen interest in stage design. His enthusiasm, it was said, “flowed like a torrent, drenched like a fountain”. Helpmann thought he was the greatest of all conductors for the ballet: he could, he said, make the Sadler’s Wells orchestra sound double its size. A Day in a Southern Port provided a first starring role for Margot Fonteyn. She fell desperately in love with Lambert, and despite his being married and twice her age, their liaison lasted for many years. He gave up composition in favour of his work for the Vic-Wells – which among other things meant frenetic work during the war years, when the company toured incessantly – but he also
had a real talent for friendship, with among others Ashton, the Sitwells, Michael Tippett (who he called Arseover Tippett) the artist Michael Ayrton and the writer Anthony Powell – in whose A Dance to the Music of Time he appears as the character Hugh Moreland. He himself was no mean writer, and his book Music Ho!, sub-titled ‘A study of music in decline’, is acute, opinionated, idiosyncratic and often very funny. Of one composer’s work he writes: “The gear-change between the first and second subjects would have made a dead French taxi-driver turn in his grave”, and he claimed that while many composers work at the piano, Brahms must have worked at the double-bass. He composed scabrous limericks, and loved practical jokes: he once published a fake catalogue of a Royal Academy exhibition which included paintings by the highly conventional painter Frank Brangwyn, with the titles ‘Blowing Up the Rubber Woman’ and ‘The Annual Dinner of the Rectal Dining Society’. He could also turn out witty verse at the drop of a hat – faced with having to rehearse a rival composer’s work, he invented a rhyme to suit the main rhythm: ‘Oh dearie me/I do want to pee/And I don’t much care if the audience see’. Lambert was said to be the most fervent drunk of his generation (he would not have scorned the title). He died in 1951 of undiagnosed diabetes complicated by alcohol poisoning. He may have been only a demi-semi Australian, but who would not want to claim him as a fellow citizen? - Derek Parker May 2015
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ENSEMBLE MOZART’S PIANO AND WINDS OMEGA ENSEMBLE With guest artist Kathryn Selby 11 May 7.30pm Venue: City Recital Hall, Angel Place Tickets: $29-89 Bookings: 02 8256 2222 or cityrecitalhall.com Information: omegaensemble.com.au One of the most important aspects of Omega Ensemble’s programming over the past ten years has been the flexible instrumentation on offer. A rare and unique element of this performance is the wind quintet that features in each composition. Unlike the standard string quartet with its homogeneous blend of colour, the instruments in a wind quintet differ from each other considerably in technique, idiom, and timbre which creates a huge palette of colour, highlighting the individual sounds of each musician. The feature work of the evening is Mozart’s sublime Piano and Winds. Joined by wellknown virtuoso pianist Kathy Selby, the simplicity and elegance of Mozart’s Piano and Winds is contrasted with the rarely heard Sextet in C minor by French female composer, Louise Farrenc. The final two pieces feature Hindemith, a great advocate for piano and wind compositions, as well as one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century, Romanian composer Ligeti. CHAMBER MOSTLY MENDELSSOHN FEATURING STEFAN JACKIW 17 May 2pm - Sydney Opera House 19 May 8pm, 20 May 7pm, 22 May 1.30pm, 23 May 7pm – City Recital Hall, Angel Place Tickets: $42-133 Bookings: www.aco.com.au The combination of youthful vigour, oldworld wisdom and dazzling technique have led critics to compare American violin virtuoso Stefan Jackiw to a young Isaac Stern. His solo performance of Mendelssohn’s 14
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CHAMBER AUSTRALIA ENSEMBLE @ UNSW SPIRITS AND SHADOWS 23 May 8pm Venue: Sir John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW Tickets: $17-$48 Bookings: 02 9385 4874 Australia.ensemble@unsw.edu.au www.music.unsw.edu.au It is thought that in Beethoven’s ‘Ghost’ Trio the composer was experimenting with material he would use in an opera based upon Macbeth. Although this was never to eventuate, the Piano Trio has an intriguingly elusive, shadowy quality. Programmed in celebration of Nigel Butterley’s 80th birthday, Spindles of the Stars is one of the most rewarding chamber
compositions of this highly decorated composer. Max Bruch, whose famous violin concerto overshadows many of his other works, was also an important composer of chamber music; this program includes selections from his Eight Pieces for clarinet, viola and piano including the mysterious Nocturne. And in a spectacular end to the first half of the program, flautist Geoffrey Collins is joined by two dancers in a newlychoreographed version of Thea Musgrave’s Narcissus for solo flute and digital delay. Here both musicians and dancers play delightfully with ideas of reflections and shadows.
LECTURE ABOUT MUSIC LECTURE SERIES CURATING OPERA 25 May 5pm Venue: Recital Hall West, Sydney Conservatorium of Music Tickets: Free (registration required) Booking: music.sydney.edu.au/ Stephen Mould, Chair of Opera Production and Senior Lecturer in Conducting and Operatic Studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, will discuss the rise of the public art museum in Europe, along with curatorial practices developed in organising and displaying artworks that demonstrate interesting parallels and contrasts with the development of the modern opera house and the operatic repertoire. More recent (post-war) curatorial developments, have radically called into question the role of the artist vis-à-vis that of the curator, and caused a shift in power that has destabilised the identity of the artist,
the artwork and the curator. In opera houses a similar shift can be discerned, with the stage director vying for a dominant curatorial role, often at the expense of the librettist, creating a new hierarchy in the ever-shifting roles of librettist, composer, conductor, stage director, singer, and impresario. Stephen will also be conducting the Con Opera production of Malcolm Williamson’s English Eccentrics in Semester Two. Details of other events here music.sydney.edu.au/event-listings.
Violin Concerto with the YouTube Symphony Orchestra at Sydney Opera House was watched live online by more than 30 million people worldwide. Now this exciting artist joins the ACO in a program powered by musical prodigies. Jackiw takes the solo role in Mendelssohn’s famous E minor Violin Concerto, in an intimate arrangement for string orchestra. The Orchestra also performs Mendelssohn’s String Symphony No.9 and we rediscover the Maxime Bibeau joins the program as soloist playful Italian Serenade of another romantic for Bottesini’s Gran Duo, played on his mighty prodigy, Hugo Wolf. The ACO’s very own late-16th century Gasparo da Salò Bass.
VOCAL/ORCHESTRAL ANTONIN DVOˇRÁK STABAT MATER SYDNEY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA Music Director – Christopher Bowen OAM 3 May 3pm Venue: Great Hall University of Sydney Tickets: $25-45 Bookings: Seymour Centre Box Office on 02 9351 7940/www.seymourcentre.com/ or Ticketmaster on 1300 723 038/www. ticketmaster.com.au/ The Sydney University Graduate Choir’s first
CHORAL THE SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA CHOIRS PRESENTS JENKINS: THE ARMED MAN – A MASS FOR PEACE Conductor: Elizabeth Scott Festival Chorus VOX Sydney Youth Orchestra Philharmonic 16 May 1pm 17 May 7:30pm Venue: Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House Tickets: $50-$100 Bookings: sydneyphilharmonia.com.au or 02 9251 3115 Festival Chorus performs The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace by Karl Jenkins, one of the most performed works by a living composer in the world today. Our young adult choir VOX also present works celebrating and evoking peace. Ongoing commemorations of World War 1 remind us of the horrors of war as well as the humanity which emerges during conflict. This event, along with many other more recent tragedies, have taught us that to rise above the ugliness of violence and conflict we must draw on qualities of empathy, compassion, and, ultimately, of peace. This very special work, by composer Karl Jenkins, reflects on the passing of ‘the most war-torn and destructive century in human history’ and looks forward in hope to a more peaceful future. What makes this work distinctive is the texts which are drawn from many parts of the world and from diverse religions and cultures. The music, too, is cosmopolitan in its inspiration and includes a Muslim call for prayer. Prior to the Saturday event a release of doves will take place on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House.
concert of 2015 will feature Antonin Dvoˇrák’s intensely moving Stabat Mater. Completed in 1877 and underpinned by Dvoˇrák’s grief at the untimely death of his daughter Josefa, and of two other children (Rozena and Otakar) shortly after, the Stabat Mater reflects the profound grief of Mary as she maintains her vigil at the foot of the Cross, with superlative nuance in harmony and counterpoint as well as dexterity in vocal writing. The work premiered in Prague in 1880, and quickly established Dvoˇrák’s reputation throughout Europe, and beyond. Scored for soloists, choir SOLOIST ALICIA CROSSLEY PRESENTS ALCHEMY TOUR 1 May 7pm – King Street, Sydney 2 May 3pm – Griffith, NSW 23 May 2pm – Forrest, ACT 29 May 7pm – Penrith, NSW 30 May 3pm – Burradoo, NSW Tickets: $15-25 Bookings: www.trybooking.com/HBII Information: www.aliciacrossley.com.au Alchemy presents an exhilarating combination of historical and contemporary compositions, transformed into masterpieces for recorder. Featuring works such as JS Bach’s invigorating Cello Suite No. 1, Debussy’s impressionist masterpiece Syrinx, and the ‘avant-pop’ contemporary stylings of JacobTV’s The Garden of Love, Alchemy is a unique experience of virtuosic works transcribed for recorder, ORCHESTRAL SYDNEY YOUTH ORCHESTRA PRESENTS THE RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES 30 May 7pm - Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music 31 May 3pm - Riverside Theatre, Parramatta Tickets: $15-100 Bookings: www.syo.com.au or For Sydney Conservatorium of Music phone Ticketek: 132 849 For Riverside Theatre Parramatta phone: 02 8839 3399 Sydney Youth Orchestra (SYO) is pleased to present two performances of The Ride of the Valkyries, encompassing music from one of the world’s greatest and best loved opera cycles - the magnificent Der Ring Ohne Worte (The Ring Without Words). Conducted by Alexander Briger, SYOs The Ride of the Valkyries concerts promise audiences a captivating journey through the history of classical music featuring orchestral
and orchestra, this very special concert will take place in the atmospheric Great Hall of the University of Sydney. Soloists include Lucinda Mirikata Deakin (Soprano), David Hamilton (Tenor), Adrian Tamburini (Bass).
performed by award winning Australian recorder player Alicia Crossley. This tour coincides with the launch of her CD by the same name, that includes accompaniment by Verna Lee on harp and Joseph Littlefield on guitar. Crossley is known for performing a wide variety of repertoire from renaissance dance tunes to contemporary electro-acoustic works with a particular interest in bass recorder repertoire. She is recipient of the Fine Music FM Kruger scholarship for an outstanding young performer for 2014.
music spanning the 19th and 21st centuries. From Wagner’s classics to the vibrancy of a world premiere composition, the concerts will carry audiences through a musical passage of time with Leinsdorf’s arrangement featuring some of The Ring’s most powerful, compelling compositions. In a moving performance of the World Premiere of Bracegirdle’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, violinist and former Sydney Symphony Concertmaster, violin virtuoso, Michael Dauth will perform publicly with his son, SYO Concertmaster, Darcy Dauth for the first time. Find out more about this event on page 4. May 2015
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KEYS TO MOZART Daria van den Bercken, piano Sony Classical 88875060112
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✶✶✶ I am not quite sure about this double-CD album. On the one hand I greatly admire Marshall McGuire’s virtuosity as a harp player and yet, except for a few tracks scattered amongst the 47 on offer, there is not much that is readily recognisable as being well known. The usual standards are here like Bach’s Prelude in C major and in C minor, Caccini’s Amarilli mia bella, Handel’s Ombra mai fu and Petzold’s Minuet in G major and in G minor.
PERCY GRAINGER PIANO WORKS IN THREE VOLUMES Leslie Howard, David Stanhope and Geoffrey Parson, pianos ABC Classics
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in 2012, playing the keyboard works by George Frideric Handel and finding a new audience for this music through videos, concerts and alternative stages and platforms. ‘Handel At The Piano’ was well received at home and abroad, leading to the prestigious Amsterdam Prize in 2012, concerts worldwide and a release on Sony Classical. Next to her concert engagements, Daria developed the Talk & Play presentation, in which she invites audiences to listen to music and rethink structures. She presents it at universities, companies and stages such as TED – Ideas worth spreading. In her latest foray, she has delved into the beauty of the Mozart Piano Sonatas. The phrase ‘Mozart in the morning’ has never been more apt than in this expose which includes the Sonatas K 332, K 282 and K 331. The Fantasie in
C Minor K 396 provides a darker and haunting interlude between the sonatas and for me, was the highlight of the disc. The clarity and precision of her playing is simply outstanding. The F Major sonata sparkles with clean and crisp tempi throughout whereas the opening movement of the A Major sonata is portrayed as a free flowing and graceful monologue and yet, her attention to detail remains unwavering. The extra little flourishes in the Rondo Alla Turca are not to be missed either. Best enjoyed at 5:30am in the darkness and stillness of the morning. Coffee optional. This is a brilliant CD. Get on board with Daria... she has only just begun to tell us her story in her own unique way. Pianists like her are the way forward and they deserve our support. There are some great videos of her on YouTube as well. - Frank Shostakovich
But the rest, alas, is so obscure that unless you are a harp aficionado the excerpts can hardly sustain one’s interest for very long. There are modern composers aplenty – Cage, Koehne, Sculthorpe, Britten, Part, Glanville-Hicks and Vine….and that’s just on the first of the CDs. The problem is that most of the music McGuire has on offer is either arranged for harp by himself or by others. Which means that the music on show here was originally written for other instruments and transitions are not always best served by new settings. Plus, the offerings go back to recordings made as far back as 1994 with the most recent made in 2006. So what we are listening to has already been aired and is in all probability old hat!
However, Marshall McGuire’s artistry still shines through. - Fulton Myers
One great composer with three splendid pianists – some on their own, some performing on two pianos and a third volume showing what six hands on two pianos sound like. There are useful musical and texture descriptions of the music as well as who’s playing what and when. Leslie Howard knows what it’s like to be involved with mammoth piano projects with his Liszt project now successfully completed. The Proms in London one year included the Grieg Piano Concerto performed by Grainger. How could this have been so as he’d been dead for years? Ever resourceful in their programming the organisers had produced a life-size cardboard cutout of Grainger and they’d also found a piano roll with Grainger performing the solo part. Could have been a nightmare for the conductor! Until then Grainger was mostly a name to me. Jump forward to this particular three volume, five CD recording and I’m captivated and find it difficult not to be listening continually at
home and in the car. Whilst I’m indulging myself in the delicious, sumptuous harmonies, chromatic and otherwise which are thrown up, one has to appreciate and be reminded of the better known and much loved works which appear. Most of the works are short and so very listenable, and particularly attractive are Shepherd’s Hey, Molly on the Shore, Irish Tune from County Derry (better known as Danny Boy), Handel on the Strand and The Gum-Suckers March. There are lots of strange titles from a composer who was considered eccentric but very loveable. What does ‘Arrival Platform Humlet’ mean and how is it conveyed ? And look out for the rich orchestral texture of the longer six hands works. The collection shows a composer at his most energetic, his most poetic, his most reflective and we can be thankful to Leslie Howard for showing the initiative in producing these recordings. - Emyr Evans
CD Reviews THE FRENCH COLLECTION Piotr Beczala, tenor Orchestre de l’Opera National de Lyons/ Altinoglu Deutsche Grammophon
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ALCHEMY Alicia Crossley, Recorder Verna Lee, harp Joseph Littlefield, guitar Move Records
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Here at Fine Music 102.5 we’re delighted to know that Alicia Crossley is developing her prowess as a creditable musician. Last year she was awarded the Kruger Scholarship, our prestigious prize, and judging by the appearance of this CD she is moving forward with great confidence to fulfil her aspirations. Not many people are closely familiar with the bass recorder and Alicia has seized the challenge of producing a formidable and fascinating programme involving the tenor recorder and the bass which appears only in the Bach. Among the music is Bach Cello Suite, Telemann’s Fantasia 10, Anne Boyd’s Goldfish through Summer Rain, Debussy’s Syrinx, Takemitsu’s Toward the Sea and JacobTV’s Garden of Love, a considerable contrast to other works and inspired by natural rhythms and melodies that occur with spoken words. One of the serious problems of the recorder in this
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Beczala regales us with. I say regales because this album is a feast of singing. Beczala is at times either lyrical, forceful, dramatic or beguiling (sometimes all of them!) and very convincing in his pronunciation of the French language. I was lucky to interview Beczala about two years ago and he showed then his proficiency in the English language. This time round he displays his versatility with French… well, at least, in pronouncing it. Beczala seems to revel in the arias he has chosen. Massenet is represented (including Pourquoi me reveiller from ‘Werther’), an absolutely hypnotic version of Donizetti’s Ange si pur (also known as Spirito gentil) from ‘La Favorita’ and there are arias from Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ and Gounod’s
These are Volumes 4 and 5 in a five CD series issued by Tall Poppies devoted to the Cantigas de Santa Maria. These songs were collated by scholars under the supervision of King Alfonso X of Castile (reigned 1252-1284); the King himself may have composed some of them. The texts of the songs are in Galician, a language (obviously derived from Latin) much used in Spain in the Middle Ages for literary purposes. Most of the songs recount miracles attributed to the Virgin; others are songs in her praise. To modern ears, some of the narratives sound merely quaint, such as one about a woman gambler who, in disgust, threw her
‘Romeo et Juliette’ and ‘Faust’. I only wish I could afford more than 5 stars. - Randolph Magri-Overend
performance involves breath control. The fluency of the melodic line can easily be affected and the intonation is not always secure particularly with the arrival of long notes at cadence points. The playing on the tenor is controlled with lots of musical shaping and the playing overall produces impressive articulation. That articulation is commendable throughout and contributes to some great control in the many embellishments sometimes sounding like a flutter tonguing. Alicia has travelled extensively throughout Australia and there is no doubt that in this CD she shows great passion for the music, and one hopes that current composers will produce copious amounts of music for her. She deserves it! Harp and guitar add some pleasant accompaniments to the recorder and overall the CD is worthy of a valuable place in the recorder repertoire. - EE
remaining money at a statue of the Virgin after she had lost most of it gambling; others, such as one about a Jew who defecated on a statue of the Virgin, racist and repulsive. Some of the songs are presented purely as instrumental pieces without vocalists; others are delivered in a sort of sprech-stimme without a definite vocal line. The music is pleasant and easy to listen to, but serious students of these songs who want to get into grips with them will have to do a lot of homework before they can understand the very detailed notes about these songs that have been written by Winsome Evans. It is very gratifying that musicians in Australia have reached a standard that enables them to offer such accomplished performances of this difficult music. All the singers have voices of good quality and display fine musicianship; the instrumental playing is, to my untutored ear in this music, very virtuosic. - Richard Gate May 2015
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Who Am I? Rob.E.Thomas Regal Records RR00044
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It is often said that it takes years to become an overnight success, and so it is for Rob Thomas to produce his first full album. With a top 10 hit in the 1960s as Bobbie Thomas and the Beaumen, a lifetime of singing as well as acting (Les Mis, Aspects of Love), and as with many musicians, a day job to fit in as well, it has taken years for it all to come together in one outstanding album. And if it is going to take this long to come to fruition, then it is worth going all out on the production – all producing to an exciting listening experience. Thomas says of his choice of music, that he has selected songs that make him want to sing, choosing them according to the story at their heart and the way they made him feel. The 13 songs come from a variety of songbooks, such
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✶✶✶✶ While perusing the shelves at Birdland, playing in the background was this record. What better way to be introduced to an album than enjoying it before deciding to purchase. That’s what CD reviews are about, though, giving you the chance to listen through the ears of another before searching out the music, as indeed is radio in giving you a wide range of listening pleasure without the effort of searching out and choosing each track. Tenor saxophonist Julien Wilson has been on the Australian jazz scene for the past two decades and has appeared on more than 50 records with over 20 as leader. This small group album features Wilson on 18
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as Rodgers and Hart’s She Was Too Good To Me written in 1930, Kern and Fields The Way You Look Tonight which won an academy award in 1936, through songs from My Fair Lady in the 1950s, Trent and Hatch’s Who Am I? from the 1960s and even songs from the Carpenters and Jimmy Webb. Also included is a Motown hit from 1963, which Thomas originally recorded in 1967 and has now included in this album. All are highly expressive – you can hear him singing from the heart and from life’s experiences. Adding to the experience is the big band sound of 22 of Australia’s leading musicians assembled by Graham Jesse and including the wonderful piano of Dave MacRae, Sydney Big Band leader Ralph Pyl, trombonist Dave Panichi who spent years in New York working with performers such as Buddy Rich and Mel Torme, and the remarkable bandleader and composer Ed Wilson, to name just a few. With such a
wealth of talent on one album and playing the arrangements of Jesse and Wilson, the music flows from beginning to end with a range of feelings from contemplative to exciting, all in an exceedingly listenable grouping. Rob Thomas can be heard on 102.5 at midday every Saturday and on Fine Music digital jazz.
In celebrating the centenary of the birth of Billie Holiday, I went searching for more recent releases of her recordings. The great find was this collection of releases from the last decade of Holiday’s music, beginning with remasters of 78rpms from 1952 through to her last albums just months before her death in 1959. While many consider her early 1930s recordings with band-leaders such as Benny Goodman to be her best, by the 1950s she was full of character and intensity, singing with an emotional delivery that made her one of the most recognisable voices of the 20th century. It has often been acknowledged that in her earlier recording career, Holiday was seldom given first rate songs, but when Norman Granz brought her into the Verve stable, she was given some of the greatest songs from the jazz songbooks along with the studio backing of the leading musicians such as Harry Sweets Edison, Charlie Shavers, Ben Webster, Kenny Burrell, Ray Brown and Oscar
Peterson, and that is what we hear in this set. There are probably about 50 musicians included on the 100 tracks, all of which are studio recordings. They range from swinging dance tunes to the more mournful ballads, all recorded under the best conditions, arranged chronologically and delivered in characteristic Holiday style. As she herself said, “You have to live with my tunes. When I sing a song it’s got to mean something to me, something I’ve had to live. Otherwise I can’t sing”. And live it she does in these songs. They are a wonderful way to appreciate why Billie Holiday was and is considered one of the jazz greats, and why the musicians held her in such esteem with her phrasing being that of an instrumentalist rather than just singing the lyrics. This is a six CD set presented in a metal tin with a 60-page book giving full discography, photographs and background information.
both tenor and clarinet, Barney McAll, grand piano, Jonathan Zwartz, acoustic bass and Allan Browne, drums and cymbals. All are leading musicians and composers individually. McAll worked and recorded in New York for over a decade, is an ARIA winner and has been awarded several fellowships, Zwartz has worked with leading Australian and international musicians and won numerous awards, and Browne has been one of the main players on the Melbourne jazz scene, his music ranging from the early New Orleans jazz tunes to the very contemporary. Recorded in 2013, this album contains nine tracks, three are Julien Wilson compositions while the others are from the leading American jazz composers such as Duke Ellington, Harry Warren, Ray Henderson and Comden and Green. This is a collection of beautifully laid back music, the sort
to enjoy later at night rather than in the middle of the day. It has a true small group sound, where each musician is given the room to stretch and expand their playing, but where the combination is greater than the parts. While it is an Australian group, the recording sits firmly in the international scene.
RETURN OF A LEGENDARY ORCHESTRA THE COUNT BASIE 80TH ANNIVERSARY
major motion picture Cinderfella starring the great comedic actor Jerry Lewis. It became a box office hit, Mr Basie and his orchestra became a household name and the touring schedule and demand increased greatly. Other associations at this time included Frank Sinatra and Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, and it went to even greater heights. “It is this period of the 1960s that the orchestra truly became unmatched in precision, dynamics, intonation, and deep and consistent swing. We are still there,” said Barnhart. Continuing the legacy While all the musicians have individual careers, they all love Count Basie and the CBO, so they all want to keep that special sound. When they play Moten Swing from 1935, April In Paris from 1954, The Wind Machine from 1979, or one of the new arrangements from 2014, leader Scotty Barnhart listens for very specific things that help keep them “honest” in how they play, such as dynamics, correct tempos, balance, and their sophisticated swagger.
The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra
Celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra is sharing the fun by embarking on a tour of Australia and New Zealand. First working under the CBO name in 1935 when Basie took over Bennie Moten’s band following his death, it has continued playing and remained fresh for the past eight decades. The orchestra was led by William “Count” Basie himself until his passing in 1984 and since by six others including Thad Jones, Frank Foster and now Scotty Barnhart. There are still two members hired by Basie in the 1980s as well as highly experienced musicians who have worked in other great jazz orchestras.
are necessary to keep our sound and our unparalleled way of swing.”
Barnhart took time from his busy schedule to talk to Fine Music magazine about the upcoming tour. He said the CBO keep the freshness and momentum going out of their love and deepest respect for what Mr Basie represented and achieved.
Another high point was when Basie reorganised the orchestra in 1952 after having to disband it in 1948 and use a small group for a few years. When he put the new orchestra together, The New Testament Orchestra, things really began to take on a higher level of performance and refinement and the orchestra was introduced to more international audiences.
“All of us in the orchestra have admired this orchestra from the very first time we heard it and we realised its importance in the world of jazz and music in general,” said Barnhart. “As Director, I make it a point to make sure we always have the right musicians with the proper level of understanding what makes the orchestra unique and what elements
This includes a combination of introducing new arrangements, varying the set list each night, and giving each musician enough solo space also helps to keep it fresh and exciting. Historical moments Over the years there have been numerous high points, including the band’s arrival in New York around 1937. They were the most talked about orchestra as they displayed their unique and fresh approach to 4/4 swing and showed that a big band could also be relaxed.
“Recordings such as April In Paris in 1954 and others to follow during this period through the 1950s put the orchestra in a position of being rivaled only by The Duke Ellington Orchestra in truly representing the very best,” said Barnhart. In the early 1960s, the orchestra appeared in a
Fifty-year-old Barnhart began playing at age nine and claims the CBO and particularly trumpeter Freddie Hubbard as his first major influence. He saw the band twice as a young man and now says that all jazz musicians, particularly trumpeters, became his serious passion. So much so that he authored a book on it - The World of Jazz Trumpet – A Comprehensive History and Practical Philosophy. In their Australian tour, the Count Basie Orchestra is bringing 80 years of the most swinging and exciting jazz orchestra in history, and their unmistakable foot tapping quality. There will be selections spanning each decade of the orchestra and every musician will be featured at least once. “The audience should expect to have a good time, as we surely do each time we perform, and they can also expect to leave with a smile on their faces and feeling a little bit better about life in general,” said Barnhart. “A few of the highlights will be how we can play softer than any other jazz orchestra in the world, and then a split second later we are at full volume while never losing the original tempo that I count off. “Of course, there are more and we’ll save those for the concert,” he said. Can’t wait to experience the CBO in Australiahope they play Cute. - Jeannie McInnes The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra is touring Australia and New Zealand in May and performing in Sydney 14 May. May 2015
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In a Sentimental Mood The Classical Era General Classical
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MORE MUSIC IN MAY Riverside Theatres presents ROTUNDA By the New Zealand Dance Company 13-16 May The New Zealand Dance Company’s Rotunda is a unique production that features a powerful collision of a 24-piece live brass band with the raw beauty of contemporary dance to honour the Gallipoli landings in 1915. Bookings: 02 8839 3399 or www.riversideparramatta.com.au Sydney Conservatorium Orchestra c.1915 outside the Conservatorium
FREE Lunchtime Concert The Conservatorium’s Centenary Wednesday 6 May 2015 at 12.30pm Verbrugghen Hall, Conservatorium of Music This is a free lunchtime concert recreating the opening concert at the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music on 6 May 1915. Although this is a free concert open to the public, bookings are essential. Bookings: 02 9351 1403 VIVID LIVE 2015 Full lineup announced 22 May – 8 June, Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House has announced the full line-up of artists joining British iconoclast Morrissey at the seventh annual Vivid LIVE program of contemporary music - part of Vivid Sydney, the Southern Hemisphere’s largest festival of light, music and ideas. Information: sydneyoperahouse.com/VividLIVE 20
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The Marais Project Concert 1 – Smörgåsbord! CD launch Directed by Jennifer Eriksson and Tommie Andersson Saturday 30 May at 7.30pm The Independent, North Sydney The Marais Project’s three-year musical exploration of Tommie Andersson and Jenny Eriksson’s Swedish heritage comes to a head with the launch of this beautifully recorded CD and concert. Bookings: 02 9955 3000 or www.theindependent.org.au Five Chapters Acacia Quartet 23 May - Burradoo NSW 28 May – Australian Hall, Sydney For their 5th Birthday celebrations Acacia Quartet will be joined by Tamara-Anna Cislowska, one of Australia’s most acclaimed and recognised pianists. The exciting program will feature works by Lyle Chan, Claude Debussy and Elena Kats-Chernin. Information: www.acaciaquartet.com
MAY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS THE WAYWARD DAUGHTER Saturday, 2 May 3-5.30pm The titivating title of our Saturday afternoon program is fully intended to lure you to listen. What you will hear is a complete performance of much loved ballet La Fille Mal Gardee (The Poorly Guarded Girl), one of the oldest and most important works of the modern ballet repertoire. Originally a pastiche of music based on 55 popular French songs first performed in 1789 at the Grand Theatre de Bordeaux, a new version of La Fille Mal Gardee appeared in 1828 to the music of Ferdinand Herold. The ballet continued to evolve and, in 1960, a version by choreographer Frederick Ashton and conductor and composer John Lanchbery was premiered in the Royal Opera House, based on the Herold score adapted and added to by John Lanchbery. LIVE AND LOCAL: CARL PINI PLAYS BEETHOVEN Thursday, 7 May 8–9.30pm Recorded live for Fine Music by Kerry Joyner, this program of early Beethoven music is in two parts. In Part 1, noted Australian violinist Carl Pini plays three sonatas, composed between 1797and 1801, accompanied by pianist Julie Haskell. The second part of the program, Beethoven for Four, is a performance of Beethoven’s String Quartet in G, op 18 no 2 (c.1800) by Members of the Australia Ensemble. HOLLAND’S MUSICAL EXPORT: Ton Koopman Friday, 8 May 2-4pm Born in October 1942, Dutch conductor, organist and harpsichordist, Ton Koopman, is recognised primarily for his specialisation in the music of the Baroque, especially by JS Bach, and his establishment of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra in 1979. In 2005, Koopman completed a major project to record all of Bach’s cantatas with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir. He then turned to recording the complete works of Bach’s predecessor, Buxtehude, completing this project in November 2014. Since 2011, he has been Artist in Residence with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra. Today’s program includes Koopman conducting the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra in JS Bach’s Double concerto in D minor, BWV1043 (1730-31), the Flute Concerto in D minor by C P E Bach and Mozart’s Symphony no 39 in E flat, K543 (1788), as well as examples of Koopman as harpsichord soloist in works by Germiniani and Monteverdi. CONTEMPORARY CONDUCTORS: Daniel Barenboim Tuesday, 12 May 2-4pm Daniel Barenboim, pianist and conductor, needs no introduction. He is without doubt one of
music. Rather than focussing on the most famous of his compositions, this morning’s program samples compositions for clarinet and piano, and references the music of Mexico and Cuba and the poetry of Emily Dickinson, in an arrangement sung by fine American soprano, Dawn Upshaw.
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the leading musicians of the second half of the twentieth century. This afternoon’s program features some of his most famous recordings as a conductor, including violinist Pinchas Zukerman playing Vaughan Williams’ exquisite The Lark Ascending with the English Chamber Orchestra and Jacqueline du Pre’s famous performance of Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, op 85 (1919). DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC: Artist of Choice – Mischa Maisky Tuesday, 19 May 9-10.30am If, like me, you were unable to be in Sydney last month to hear the wonderful Mischa Maisky perform live at the Sydney Conservatorium in Musica Viva’s Festival, this morning’s program provides an opportunity to hear him in a varied program of works. These include Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, op 33 (1876) and Haydn’s Cello Concerto No 1 in C, as well as music by Mendelssohn, Richard Strauss, Schumann and Brahms. Maisky, born in Riga, Latvia in January 1948, studied at both the Leningrad Conservatory and, under Mstislav Rostropovich, at the Moscow Conservatory. Now 67 years old, he is renowned for the energy and authority of his musicianship, his vast discography and the musical friendships and partnerships forged with many of the greatest soloists and conductors of the last 50 years. DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC: Composer focus: Aaron Copland Thursday, 21 May 9-10.30am Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990), American composer, teacher, writer and conductor, was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to a conservative Jewish family of Lithuanian origins. Drawing on his European origins and absorbing a vast array of other influences including the immense classical knowledge of his teacher, Nadia Boulanger and folk music, jazz, Stravinsky and later Schoenberg, he became the iconic composer of twentieth century American
GOODBYE, FAREWELL Friday, 29 May3-4pm Whimsically titled, this program roams over the music of farewell, with varied songs and short pieces by artists including The King’s Singers, Jose Carreras, Dietrich Fischer-Diskau and the Macquarie Trio. The program concludes with Mahler’s beautiful and deeply moving Der Abschied, the Farewell, the final movement of Das Lied von der Erde, sung by Australian mezzo-soprano, Elizabeth Campbell with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stuart Challender. NOT TO BE MISSED Sunday, 3 May 2–4pm SUNDAY SPECIAL: Concert in Hanover Square Rooms, London, 27 June 1853 Saturday, 9 May 1–2pm The Excitement of Cities Tuesday, 12 May 9–10.30am Diversions in Fine Music - Artist of Choice: Alicia de Larrocha Saturday, 16 May 3–.30pm The Red Poppy Sunday, 17 May 2–4pm SUNDAY SPECIAL: The great orchestrators: Dynamic proportions Friday, 22 May 2–4pm From the City of Birmingham Thursday, 28 May 8– 9.30pm LIVE AND LOCAL: Australian String Quartet CONTINUING SERIES OPERA – Wednesdays 8pm 6 May, 8–10.30pm Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito 13 May, 8–11.30pm Verdi: Don Carlos 20 May, 8–11pm Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro 27 May, 8–10.30pm Charpentier: David and Jonathon Tuesdays 8–10pm Recent Releases Tuesdays 10pm–Midnight Into the Twentieth Century Thursdays 8–10pm Evenings with the Orchestra Thursdays 10pm–Midnight Chamber Soiree Fridays 10pm-Midnight Baroque and Before May 2015
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Debussy, C. Sonata for flute, viola and harp (1915). Members of Nash Ensemble. Virgin VC 7 91148-2 17
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Strauss, R. Four last songs, op posth (1948). Yvonne Kenny, sop; Queensland SO/Johannes Fritzsch. ABC 476 3954 21
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Exploring chamber Prepared by Jan Brown
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Brendan Walsh
Mozart, W. Adagio and rondo, K617 (1791). Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Pierre Pierlot, ob; John Steele Ritter, celesta; Bruno Pasquier, va; Roland Pidoux, vc. Sony 88725443532 11
19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron Focus on the current Sydney jazz scene mixed with a range of international jazz stars and a weekly a cappella item
String quartet no 15 in D minor, K421 (1783). Artis Quartett. Sony 88725443532 25 Brahms, J. Piano quartet in C minor, op 60 (1855-75). Isaac Stern, vn; Jaime Laredo, va; Yoyo Ma, vc; Emmanuel Ax, pf. Sony 88725443532 35 Mozart, W. Andante for mechanical organ, K616 (1791; arr Goehr 1942). Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Pierre Pierlot, ob; Bruno Pasquier, va; Roland Pidoux , vc. Sony 88725443532 4 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Madilina Tresca
13:00 OPERA AND ITS INSPIRATION Prepared by Giovanna Grech Lecocq, C. Overture to La fille de Madame Angot (1872-3). New Philharmonia O/Richard Bonynge. Decca 466 431-2 5 Verdi, G. Condotta ell’era in ceppi, from Il travatore (1853). Lauris Elms, mezz; Sydney SO/ Eric Clapham. ABC 442 369-2 5
20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Robert Small Dvorák, A. Overture: In nature’s realm, op 91 (1891). Czech PO/Karel Sejna. Supraphon SU 1915-2 001 13 Cello concerto in A (1865). Steven Isserlis, vc; Mahler CO/Daniel Harding. Hyperion CDA67917 34
Thomas, A. Ballet music from Hamlet (1868). National PO/Richard Bonynge. LP Decca SXDL 7583 22
Suk, J. Symphony no 1, op 14 (1897-99). BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek. Chandos CHSA 5081 40
Thalberg, S. Fantasy on Rossini’s L’Assedio di Corinto, op 3. Francesco Nicolosi, pf. Marco Polo 8.223367 13
Dvorák, A. Sonatina in G, op 100 (1893). James Galway, fl; Phillip Moll, pf. RCA RD 87802 20 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Robert Small
Pugnani, G. Overture no 1 in D. Ensemble L’Astrée. Symphonia SY 93S21 13
Donizetti, G. Inosservato, penetrava, Angelo casto e bel, from Il Duca d’Alba (1839; compl. Salvi and others 1882). Luciano Pavarotti, ten; Vienna Opera O/Edward Downes. Decca 417 638-2 7
Haydn, J. Harpsichord concerto in G, Hob. XVIII:4 (bef. 1781). Ton Koopman, hpd; Amsterdam Baroque O. Philips 446 542-2 19
14:00 A MUSICAL CAVALCADE Prepared by Rex Burgess
Graupner, C. Sonata a 3 for flute, viola d’amore and harpsichord, GWV207.
Lalande, M-R. de Te Deum (pub. 1687). Véronique Gens, sop; Sandrine Piau, sop; Arlette Steyer, sop; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, ten; François Piolino, ten; Jérôme Corréas, bass; Les Arts Florissants/William Christie. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901351 20
Trio for bassoon, chalumeau and harpsichord, GWV201. 9
Mozart, W. Exsultate, jubilate, K165 (1773). Elly Ameling, sop; English CO/Benjamin Britten. BBC BBCB8005-2 16 Sibelius, J. Symphony no 5 in E flat, op 82 (1915/19). Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi. BIS CD-222 34 12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell Accessible in-the-hammock jazz to ease you into the weekend
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Schumann, R. Fantasie in C, op 17 (1836-38). Marc-André Hamelin, pf. Hyperion CDA67166 33 Brahms, J. Variations on a theme by Haydn, op 56a, St Anthoni chorale (1873). Scottish CO/ Charles Mackerras. Telarc 80450 17
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Vivaldi, A. The four seasons, op 8 nos 1 to 4. Australian CO/Richard Tognetti, vn & dir. BIS 2103 41 11
Members of the Finnish Baroque O (2 above) Ondine ODE 1240-2 Stradella, A. Pazienza, pinirà l’influenza; Ahi, che posar non puote; Fulmini, quanto sa quel sembiante severo. Susanne Ryder, sop; Emma Kirkby, sop; Alessio Tosi, ten; Sergio Foresti, bass; Harmonices Mundi/Claudio Astronio. Brilliant Classics 94343 18 Isaac, H. Missa de Apostolis (1500). Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips. Gimell CDGIM 023
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Saturday 2 May 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 GREAT ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL WORKS Prepared by Frank Morrison Mozart, W. Overture to Cosi fan tutte, K588 (1790). O of St Johns, Smith Square/John Lubbock. ASV QS 6197 5 Telemann, G. Orchestral suite in B flat, Ouverture burlesque. Collegium Musicum 90/ Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN 0512 15 Hummel, J. Trumpet concerto in E (1803). Geoffrey Payne, tpt; Melbourne SO/Michael Halász. ABC 982 697-6 17 Goldmark, K. Piano quintet in C sharp minor, op 54 (pub. 1916). Oliver Triendl, pf; Quatuor Sine Nomine. cpo 777 2777-2 35 Dvorák, A. Symphony no 8 in G, op 88 (1889). Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8666 36 11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher Saint-Saëns, C. Finale from Organ symphony. Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee. AMP 92138 9 Trad. Love divine (arr. Whitby). Black Dyke Mills Band/James Watson. Doyen DOY 060 3 Sargent, E. A life on the ocean waves. Band of HM Royal Marines/Nick Grace. ABC 278-0272 1 Holst, G. Mars, from The planets, op 32 (191416; arr. Sauer). Summit Brass. Summit DCD 171 8 Schubert, F. Serenade. Frank Kaderabek, flugelhorn; Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee. WWFM 1 4 12:00 A LITTLE TASTE OF JAZZ with Rob Thomas 13:00 CHINESE MOSAIC + POSTCARDS FROM SHANGHAI Prepared by Paolo Hooke An exploration of the best of Chinese classical, traditional and film music, incorporating material specially provided by Shanghai Radio 14:00 VOICE AND MORE Prepared by Chris Blower Haydn, J. Salve Regina in E, Hob.XXIIIb:1 (c1756). Ann Monoyios, sop; Tölz Youth Choir; Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil. Sony SK 53 368 14
Clementi, M. Sonata in E flat, op 8 no 2 (1782). Howard Shelley, pf. Hyperion CDA67632 11
Sarasate, P. de Carmen fantasy, op 25 (c1883). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Royal PO/Lawrence Foster. EMI CDB 7 62988 2 12
Stenhammar, W. Three a capella songs. Danish NR Choir/Stefan Parkman. Chandos CHAN 9464
Andersson - Ulvaeus. Excerpts from Mamma mia. Original cast from London production. EMI CDB 7 62988 2 13
Paganini, N. Romance, op 23. Thomas Zehetmair, vn; Silke Avenhaus, pf. EMI 5 55607
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Mayr, S. Cantata for the death of Beethoven (1827). Talia Or, sop; Altin Piriù, ten; Nikolay Borchev, bass; Simon Mayr Choir; Ingolstadt Georgian CO/Franz Hauk. Naxos 8.557958 15 15:00 THE WAYWARD DAUGHTER Hérold, F. La fille mal gardée (1789; arr. Lanchbery). Royal Opera House O/John Lanchbery. Decca 442 9048 1:35 Mendelssohn, F. Incidental music to A midsummer night’s dream, op 21 (1826), op 61 (1842). Arlene Saunders, sop; Helen Vanni, mezz; Inga Swenson, narr; James Stagliano, hn; Boston Symphony Ch & O/Erich Leinsdorf. RCA Victrola VD87816 48 17:30 IMPROMPTU Prepared by Chris Blower Chopin, F. Impromptu no 3 in G flat, op 51 (1841). Idil Biret, pf. Naxos 8.554538 6 Pierné, G. Impromptu-caprice, op 9 (1885). Yolanda Kondonassis, hp. Telarc 80581 6 Mertz, J. Impromptu. Paulo Lambiase, gui; Piero Viti, gui. Nuova Era 7036 6 Tchaikovsky, P. Three Impromptus, op 21 (1873). Viktoria Postnikova, pf. Erato 2292-45967-2
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20:00 THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT In the shadow of Haydn Prepared by Philip Lidbury Pleyel, I. Clarinet concerto in C (1797). Paul Meyer, cl; Franz Liszt CO/Jean-Pierre Rampal. Denon CO-78911 24 Oboe quartet in D, op 25 no 1 (c1800). Pierre Feit, ob; Günther Volmer, vn; Pavel Skabar, va; Ciri Skerjanec, vc. Koch Schwann 316 038 F1 15 Haydn, J. Cello concerto no 2 in D, Hob.VIIb:2 (1783). Heinrich Schiff, vc; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Philips 420 923-2 24 Pleyel, I. Sextet in E flat (1787). Wind Players of the Strasbourg PO. LP Erato STU 71278 24 Symphony in D minor (1791). London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9525 23 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Angela Bell Mozart, W. Flute quartet no 3 in C, K285b (1777). Michala Petri, rec; Carolin Widmann, vn; Ula Ulijona, va; Marta Sudraba, vc. OUR Recordings 6.220570 18 Tchaikovsky, P. Serenade for strings, op 48 (1880). London PO/Vladimir Jurowski. BBC Music Vol 16 no 2 32
19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Josh Ebert Bizet, G. Flower song, from Carmen (1875). Donald Smith, ten. LP HMV OASD 7580 4 Toreador’s song. Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bar; Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker. ABC 476 695-5
Lloyd Webber, A. Masquerade/Why so silent, from Phantom of the opera (1986). Sarah Brightman, sop; Michael Crawford, ten; Steve Barton, John Savident, Rosemary Ashe, David Firth, voices; Ballet Ch of the Opera Populaire; Phantom of the Opera O/Mike Reed. Really Useful Records 314 543 928-2 6
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Bohemian song. Regina Reznik, mezz; Royal Opera House O/Edward Downes. LP Ace of Diamonds SDD 222 5 Habanera: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle. SallyAnne Russell, mezz; Adelaide Vocal Project; Adelaide SO/Nicholas Milton. ABC 476 596-3 5
Bruch, M. Pieces for clarinet, viola and piano (1910). Paul Dean, cl; Brett Dean, va; Stephen Emmerson, pf. ABC 442 363-2 21 Muffat, G. Concerto grosso no 1 in D, from Armonico tributo. Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901581 17 Krommer, F. Partita in E flat, op 79 (1810). Michael Thompson Wind Ensemble. Naxos 8.554226 23 May 2015
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13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide Showcases diverse music from cultures around the world, both traditional and modern, featuring musicians from all corners of the globe, including Australia
6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Terry McMullen 9:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Stephen Wilson Mozart, W. String quartet no 3 in G, K156 (1772). Australian String Quartet. ABC 434 721-2 12 Glinka, M. Trio pathétique in D minor (1832). Borodin Trio. Chandos CHAN 8477 18 Purcell, H. Suite à 4 in G. London Baroque. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901327 7 Vaughan Williams, R. Three preludes on Welsh hymn tunes (1940-41). Nash Ensemble. Hyperion CDA67381/2 16 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Barrie Brockwell Gluck, C. Overture to Orfeo ed Euridice (1762). Gewandhaus O/Horst Förster. Berlin Classics 0300249BC 3 Bach, C.P.E. Oboe concerto in E flat, Wq165 (1765). Camerata Bern/Heinz Holliger, ob d’amore & dir. Philips 454 450-2 20 Mozart, W. Io ti lascio, K255. Nathalia Stutzmann, cont; Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spikavov. RCA 09026 6818 2 5 Monn, M. Sinfonia in B. Camerata Bern/ Thomas Füri. Archiv 410 599-2
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Haydn, J. String quartet in E flat, op 33 no 2 Joke (1781). Kodály Quartet. Naxos 8.550788 17 Bach, J. Christian Cello concerto in C minor (c1773). I Musci de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky, vc & dir. Chandos CHAN 8470 14 Schubert, F. Stabat Mater in G minor, D175 (1815). Monteverdi Choir; O Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner. Philips 456 578-2 6 Ries, F. Piano quintet in B minor, op 74. Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet. Brilliant Classics 94377 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 24
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14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Concert in the Hanover Square Rooms, London, 27 June 1853 Prepared by Elaine Siversen Spohr, L. Symphony no 6 in G, op 116 (1840). NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover/Howard Griffiths. cpo 777 179-2 24 Hiller, F. Piano concerto no 2 in F sharp minor, op 69 (1843). Tasmanian SO/Howard Shelley, pf & dir. Hyperion CDA67655 20 Weber, C.M. Und ob die Wolke sie verhülle, from Der Freischütz (1821). Joan Sutherland, sop; Nelson Cooke, vc; London SO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 448 594-2 6 Lindpaintner, P. Bassoon concerto in F, op 44. Albrecht Holder, bn; Stuttgart PO/Nicolas Pasquet. Naxos 8.553456 22 Mozart, W. Ah, guarda, sorella; Pedero quel brunettino, from Così fan tutte, K588 (1790). Charlotte Margiono, sop; Dolores Ziegler, sop; Royal Concertgebouw O/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 0630-10031- 2 6 Beethoven, L. Symphony no 4 in B flat, op 60 (1806). London Classical Players/Roger Norrington. EMI CDC 7 49656 2 31 16:00 THE BAROQUE TRUMPET Prepared by Stephen Wilson Telemann, G. Suite no 1 in D for trumpet, strings and continuo. Otto Sauter, tpt; Kurzpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim/Nicol Mat. Brilliant Classics 94104 23 Hertel, J. Double concerto in E flat. Niklas Eklund, tpt; Ulf Bjurenhed, ob; Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble. Naxos 8.554375 14 Neruda, J. Trumpet concerto in E flat. John Wallace, tpt; Leslie Pearson, hpd; Philharmonia O/Christopher Warren-Green. Nimbus NI 7016 14
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Roger Norrington 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Meg Matthews Hymns: Crown Him with many crowns; Jesu love of my soul; Lead us heavenly Father; O Jesus I have promised. Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford; Clive Driskill-Smith, org; Stephen Darlington, cond. Griffin GCCD 4047 13 Delany, J. Kyrie, from Mass in A flat (c1892). St Mary’s Cathedral Choir; Sydney Conservatorium Chorale; Jubilee Choir & O/ David Russell. Walsingham WAL 8010-2 10 Brahms, J. Three motets, op 110 (1889). Chamber Choir of Stuttgart/Frieder Bernius. 8 Carus 83.201 Two settings of Psalm no 23. The Sixteen/ Harry Christophers. VCJ 179 5732
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Dupré, M. Ave Maria; Laudate Dominum; O salutaris hostia, from Quatre motets, op 9 (1916). Choir of Westminster Cathedral; Joseph Cullen, org; James O’Donnell, cond. Hyperion CDA 66898 11 Hewitt - Jones. Thou art worthy O Lord. Voces 8. 2 RSCM 18:00 SUNDAY EVENING KEYBOARD Prepared by Stephen Matthews Schubert, F. Notturno in E flat, D897 (c1827). Macquarie Trio. ABC 465 792-2 11 Haydn, J. Keyboard trio in G, Hob.XV:25, Gypsy (1795). Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 454 098-2
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Schubert, F. Impromptu in A flat, D899 no 4 (1827). Murray Perahia, pf. CBS Masterworks MK 37291 7 Beethoven, L. Ten variations in G on Müller’s Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu, op 121a (c1803/16). Pinchas Zukerman, vn; Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Daniel Barenboim, pf. EMI CMS 7 63124-2 19
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19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Jennifer Foong Bizet, G. Overture: Patrie, op 19 (1873). Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. Decca 452 102-2
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Bellini, V. Perdona, o mia diletta ... Prendi, l’anel ti dono, from La sonnambula (1831). Joan Sutherland, sop; Luciano Pavarotti, ten; National PO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 400-058-2 11
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Francis Frank
Massenet, J. Ballet music from Le Cid (1885). City of Birmingham SO/Louis Frémaux. EMI 5 65150 2 20
Guillaume le Vinier. Lai: Espris d’ire et d’amour (arr. Fulden, Whelden). Susan Rode Morris, sop; Cheryl Ann Fulton, hp. Nonesuch 979 240-2 6
Giordano, U. Colpito qui m’avete, from Andrea Chénier Act I (1896). Roberto Alagna, ten; Royal Opera House O/Mark Elder. EMI 5 57600 2 5
Meyerbeer, G. Ballet: Les patineurs (1894; arr. Lambert 1937). Israel PO/Jean Martinon. Decca 476 2742 21
Puccini, G. Donna non vidi mai, from Manon Lescaut (1893). José Carreras, ten; London SO/ Jésus López Cobos. Philips 426 643-2 2
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Massenet, J. Piano concerto in E flat (1902). Aldo Ciccolini, pf; Monte Carlo PO/Sylvain Cambreling. EMI CDM 7 64277 2 30 Devienne, F. Flute concerto no 1 in D (1782). Swedish CO/Patrick Gallois, fl & dir. Naxos 8.573230 18 Saint-Saëns, C. Symphony no 2 in A minor, op 55 (1859). Ulster O/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 8822 21 20:30 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Rex Burgess Boismortier, J. de Flute suite no 6, op 35 (pub. 1731). Anne Savignat, fl; Christine Plubeau, bass viol; Beatrice Martin, hpd. Naxos 8.554457 9 Mendelssohn, F. String quartet no 6 in F minor, op 80 (1847). The Lindsays. ASV QS 6173 25 Franck, C. Violin sonata in A (1886). Lydia Mordkovitch, vn; Marina Gusak-Grin, pf. Chandos CHAN 9109 28 Messiaen, O. Quartet for the end of time (1940). Olivier Messiaen Quartet. Pierre Verany PV794012 50 22:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Phil Vendy Maderna, B. Biogramma (1972). North German RSO/Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG 423 246-2 14 Ferrero, L. Piano concerto (1991). Riccardo Caramella, pf; Prague CO. Nuova Era 7058 23 Procaccioli, S. Percorso A (2012). Antonietta Loffredo, pf. Wirripang Wirr 059 5
Paisiello, G. Il mio ben quando verrà, from Arie antiche (arr. Parisotti). Cecilia Bartoli, sop; György Fischer, pf. Decca 436 267-2 7
14:30 EARLY ROMANTICS Prepared by Philip Lidbury
Mozart, W. Quintet in E flat (1782; arr. from Horn quintet, K407). Australia Ensemble. ABC 481 0853 15
Servais, A-F. Grande fantaisie, op 6, after Rossini’s Le barbier de Seville (arr.). Wen-Sinn Yang, vc; Munich RSO/Terje Mikkelsen. cpo 777 542-2 14
Janácek, L. The Makropulos case (1926; arr. Serebrier). Czech State PO/José Serebrier. Reference RR-75CD 31
Coste, N. Concert fantasy, op 6 (c1837). Frédéric Zigante, gui. Naxos 8.554194
10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Sheila Catzel
Berlioz, H. Overture: Waverley, op 1 (1827-28). Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson. Chandos CHAN 10412X 10
Warlock, P. Capriol suite (1926). Nash Ensemble/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA66938
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Moeran, E.J. Violin concerto (1937-42). Tasmin Little, vn; BBC PO/Andrew Davis. Chandos CHAN 10796 33 Sullivan, A. Symphony in E, Irish (1866). Royal Liverpool PO/Charles Groves. EMI CDM 7 64726 2 36 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan Featuring bands of the 1930s swing era and the dance bands of the 1920s taken from radio broadcasts, transcriptions and recording sessions 13:00 OPERA IN CONCERT Prepared by Giovanna Grech
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Berlioz, H. Elegy; Sunset, from Ireland, nine melodies after Moore, op 2 no 9 (1829). Thomas Hampson, bar; Geoffrey Parsons, pf. EMI 5 75187 2 10 Schubert, F. Rondo in B minor, D895, Rondo brillant (1826). Isaac Stern, vn; Daniel Barenboim, pf. Sony SM2K 64528 16 Liszt, F. Piano concerto no 1 in E flat (1849). Wilhelm Kempff, pf; London SO/Anatole Fistoulari. DG 479 1133 19 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett 19:00 JAZZ NICE ‘N EASY with Ken Weatherley
Berio, L. Chemins IV (1975). Werner Herbers, ob; Royal Concertgebouw O/Luciano Berio. Radio Nederland RCO 06004 11
Rossini, G. Overture to The silken ladder (1812). Philharmonia O/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDM 1 66417-2
Brusa, E. Nittemero symphony (1985-88). Ukraine NSO/Fabio Mastrangelo. Naxos 8.555266 29
Verdi, G. Come o Levite, from Nabucco (1842). Neil Warren-Smith, bass; Sydney SO/Eric Clapham. ABC 438 196-2 6
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Tuesday 5 May 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Frank Morrison Sullivan, A. Overture to The pirates of Penzance (1879). Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Andrew Penny. Naxos 8.554165 7 Saint-Saëns, C. Suite algérienne, op 60 (1880). Swiss Italian O/Francis Travis. Chandos CHAN 9837 20 Dohnányi, E. Symphony no 1 in D minor, op 9 (1900). BBC PO/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9647 55
Matthias Bamert 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
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
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 Artist of choice: Martin Fröst Prepared by Di Cox
Lutoslawski, W. Dance preludes nos 1 to 5 (1955). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. BIS SACD 1863 9 Mozart, W. Clarinet concerto in A, K622 (1791). German Philharmonic CO, Bremen. BIS BIS-1893 27 Trad. Let’s be happy (arr. Göran Fröst). Christian Svarfar, vn; Åsa Hallerback Thedéen, vn; Göran Fröst, va; Torleif Thedéen, vc; Svante Henryson, db. 3 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. The flight of the bumble-bee (1900; arr. Pöntinen). Malena Ernman, mezz.
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Hartmann, E. Symphonic poem: Hakon Jarl, op 40 (1887). Copenhagen PO/Bo Holten. Dacapo 8.226041 21 Glass, L. Cello sonata in F, op 5 (1889). Henrik Brendstrup, vc; Christina Bjorkoe, pf. cpo 999 548-2 19
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Gade, N. On Sjolund’s brave plains. Danish National Radio Choir/Stefan Parkman. Chandos CHAN 9464 2 Symphony no 1 in C minor, op 5 (1840-42). Danish NRSO/Dmitri Kitaienko. Chandos CHAN 9422 36 Lumbye, H. Musical entertainment: A festive night at Tivoli (1861). 11 Tivoli gondola galop (1843). Tivoli SO/Tamás Vetö (2 above) Marco Polo 8.225223
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Haydn, J. Keyboard concerto in G, Hob. XVIII:4 (bef. 1781). Mikhail Pletnev, pf; German Chamber Philharmonic. Virgin 5 45196 2 26
Kuhlau, F. Overture to Lulu (1824). Odense SO/Eduard Serov. Unicorn-Kanchana DKP 9132 8
Nielsen, C. Humoresque-bagatelles, op 11 (c1890). Elisabeth Westenholz, pf. BIS CD-167/168
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15:00 A CLASSICAL COLLECTION Prepared by Paul Hopwood Beethoven, L. Cello sonata no 3 in A, op 69 (1808). Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, pf. CBS M2K 42446 28
13:00 DANISH ROMANTICS Prepared by Anne Irish
Brahms, J. Clarinet sonata no 2 in E flat, op 120 no 2 (1894) Roland Pöntinen, pf. BIS SACD-1353 20
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16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Andrew Dziedzic 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps Smooth small group jazz from the 50s on, and with a visit from Miles Davis each week 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Michael Field 22:00 INTO THE 20TH CENTURY Prepared by Frank Morrison Sinding, C. Piano trio no 2 in A minor, op 64 (1902). András Kiss, vn; Tamás Koó, vc; Ilona Prunyi, pf. Marco Polo 8.223283 27 Weill, K. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, suite (1928). London Sinfonietta/David Atherton. DG 423 255-2 22 Pärt, A. Fratres for string quartet (1977). I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen. Telarc 80387
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Strauss, R. An alpine symphony, op 64 (191115). Philadelphia O/André Previn. EMI 5 74116 2 49
Wednesday 6 May 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 Music of the 18th century Prepared by Rex Burgess Stamitz, J. Symphony in E flat, op 11 no 3 (pub. 1758). New Zealand CO/Donald Armstrong. Naxos 8.553194 17 Kraus, J.M. Vienna flute quintet in D (1783). Lena Weman, fl; Jaap Schröder, vn; Per Sandklef, vn; Björn Sjögren, va; Kari Ottesen, vc. Musica Sveciae MSCD 415 22 Boccherini, L. Guitar quintet no 9 in C, La ritirata di Madrid (1798). Alexander Schneider, vn; Felix Galimir, vn; Michael Tree, va; David Soyer, vc; Alirio Diaz, gui. Vanguard OVC 8006 23
RIAS Chamber Choir 13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans Each week we meet one of the world’s great musicians, singers, composers or conductors, along with up-and-comers and some of the men and women who influence the arts landscape. The program goes live to air so you never quite know what’s going to happen. 15:00 DONIZETTI OFF STAGE Prepared by Stephen Wilson
Stamitz, C. Viola concerto in D, op 1 (pub. 1774). Tabea Zimmermann, va; European Union CO/Dmitri Demetriades. Helios CDH55035 21
Donizetti, G. Concertino in D. Marc Grauwels, fl; Belgian RTSO/André Vandernoot. Naxos 8.555977 10
10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Raj Gopalakrishnan
String quartet no 12 in C (1821). Revolutionary Drawing Room. cpo 999 279-2 21
Mussorgsky, M. A night on Bare Mountain (1869-72; orch. Stokowski 1922). Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.557645 9
Sinfonia in D minor (c1820). Failoni CO/Géza Oberfrank. Marco Polo 8.223577 23
Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 20 in D minor, K466 (1785). Maria Joäo Pires, pf; O Mozart/ Claudio Abbado. DG 479 0075 31 Dukas, P. The sorcerer’s apprentice (1897; arr. 1949). French NO/Leonard Slatkin. Sony 88697290382 12 Hanson, H. Symphony no 2, op 30, Romantic (1930). Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE3705 28 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale Jazz of many colours, some old, some new and all designed to inform and stimulate the senses
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Tom Forrester-Paton 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell The stars of American jazz from bebop on, mainly small group low temperature jazz 20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Elaine Siversen Mozart, W. La Clemenza di Tito. Opera in two acts. Libretto by Caterino Mazzola, adapted from Metastasio. First performed Prague, 1791.
TITO: Mark Padmore, ten VITELLIA: Alexandrina Pendatchanska, sop SESTO: Bernarda Fink, mezz RIAS Chamber Choir; Freiburg Baroque O/René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901923/24 2:15 Vitellia, daughter of an Emperor, is in love with Emperor Tito, even though his father murdered hers. Enraged that he does not respond, she persuades his best friend Sesto, who is in love with her, to murder Tito and share the throne with her. He sets fire to the Roman Capitol and in the confusion rumours of Tito’s death spread. A conspirator is arrested, implicates Sesto who refuses to implicate Vitellia and is condemned to death in the Colosseum. Tito cannot bring himself to sign his friend’s death warrant, and is about to pardon Sesto, when Vitellia confesses. Tito pardons her as well, displaying his famous clemency. 22:30 TRANSFORMATIONS Prepared by Rex Burgess Strauss, R. Death and transfiguration, op 24 (1888-89). Metropolitan Opera O/James Levine. DG 469 804-2 27 Schoenberg, A. Transfigured night, op 4 (1899). Raphael Ensemble. Hyperion CDA66425
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Respighi, O. Metamorphoses, theme and variations (1930). Philharmonia O/Geoffrey Simon. LP Chandos ABRD 1142 25
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Thursday 7 May 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey Contemporary and modern sounds of now in jazz from all corners of the globe
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore
20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Part 1: Carl Pini plays Beethoven sonatas Recorded by Kerry Joyner for FINE MUSIC
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans
Beethoven, L. Sonata in D, op 12 no 1 (179798). 18
d’Indy, V. Symphonie italienne in A minor, mvt 2. Chandos CHAN 10660 6 The enchanted forest, op 8 (1878). Chandos CHAN 10464
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Iceland SO/Rumon Gamba (2 above) Poem of the mountains, op 15 (1881). Stephanie McCallum, pf. ABC 461 798-2 20 Symphony on a French mountain song, op 25, Cevennes Symphony, mvt 3. Duncan Gifford, pf; Tasmanian SO/Sebastian Lang-Lessing. ABC 481 0069 8 String quartet no 2 in E, op 45 (1897). Quatuor Joachim. Calliope CAL 3891.2 35 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Beethoven, L. 11 Viennese dances, WoO17 (1819). Tasmanian SO/Jacques Moscato. LP ABC/WRC VXL1 4065 18 Villa-Lobos, H. Piano concerto no 5 (1954). Cristina Ortiz, pf; Royal PO/Miguel GómezMartínez. Decca 430628-2 21 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Suite from The snow maiden (1880-81). Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572787 13 Spohr, L. Symphony no 5 in C minor, op 102 (1837). Czecho-Slovak PO/Alfred Walter. Marco Polo 8.223363 29 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 28
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13:00 CHILD’S PLAY Prepared by Jan Brown
Part 2: Beethoven for four
Quilter, R. Children’s overture, op 17 (1914). Light Music Society O/Vivian Dunn. EMI 7 64131 2 11
Beethoven, L. String quartet in G, op 18 no 2 (c1800). Members of Australia Ensemble. Fine Music Tape Archive 22
Walton, W. Duets for children (1940). Rhonda Gillespie, pf; Robert Weatherburn, pf. AVM 1022 12
21:30 BONNEY SINGS MOZART Prepared by Rex Burgess
Elgar, E. Dream children, op 43 (1902). Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar. Chandos CHAN 6544 8 Britten, B. Children’s crusade, op 82 (1969). Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir and soloists; Ian Cobb, pf; John Clegg, pf; Jonathan Smith, org; Benjamin Britten, cond. Decca 468 811-2 19 14:00 FOUR BY FOUR BY FOUR Prepared by Frank Morrison Purcell, H. Ayres and dances, from Dido and Aeneas (1689). Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players/Geoffrey Lancaster. ABC 456 667-2 17
Mozart, W. An die Freude, K53 (1767); Ridente 7 la calma, K152 (1775). Dans un bois solitaire, K308 (1777-78); Sei du mein Trost, K391 (1782); Als Luise die Briefe, 8 K520 (1787). Lied der Trennung, K519; Das Traumbild, K530 (1787). 8 Barbara Bonney, sop; Geoffrey Parsons, pf (all above) Teldec 2292-46334-2 22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Prepared by Denis Patterson Estevez, A. Noon on the plain (1942). Simón Bolívar Youth O of Venezuela. DG 477 7457 8
Mozart, W. String quartet no 23 in F, K590 (1790). Salomon Quartet. Hyperion CDA66355 36
Strauss, R. Don Juan, op 20 (1888). Guy Baunstein, vn; Berlin PO. DG 479 1041
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Vieuxtemps, H. Violin concerto no 5 in A minor, op 37 (1861). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Paris O/ Daniel Barenboim. EMI CDC 7 47165 2 21
Castellanos, E. Santa Cruz de Pacairigua symphonic suite. DG 477 7457
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Prokofiev, S. Symphony no 4 in C, op 47 (1929). Ukraine NSO/Theodore Kuchar. Naxos 8.553055 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Debbie Scholem
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Revueltas, S. The night of the Mayas (1939). DG 477 8775 30 Stravinsky, I. The Rite of Spring (1913/47). Decca 478 3729 35 Simón Bolivar Youth O of Venezuela (3 above) Gustavo Dudamel, cond (all above)
Friday 8 May 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Judy Ekstein
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus
Rossini, G. Overture to Semiramide (1823). European CO per Musica/Julian Reynolds. Globe GLO 6014 12
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Exploring chamber Prepared by Sheila Catzel
Giuliani, M. Guitar concerto in A, op 30 (pub. 1808). John Williams, gui; English CO/Charles Groves. CBS M2YK 45610 22
Schumann, R. Five popular pieces, op 102 (1849). Steven Isserlis, vc; Dénes Varjon, pf. Hyperion CDA67661 15
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Moeran, E.J. String quartet in E flat. Maggini String Quartet. Naxos 8.554079 18
14:00 HOLLAND’S MUSICAL EXPORT Ton Koopman Prepared by Philip Lidbury
Grieg, E. Violin sonata no 2 in G, op 13 (1867). Vadim Repin, vn; Nikolai Lugansky, pf. DG 477 8794 19
Bach, J.S. Double concerto in D minor, BWV1043 (1730-31). Monica Huggett, vn; Alison Bury, vn; Amsterdam Baroque O/Ton Koopman. Erato 245 283-2 15
Sinding, C. Piano trio no 3 in C, op 87 (1908). András Kiss, vn; Tamás Koó, vc; Ilona Prunyi, pf. Marco Polo 8.223283 30 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Anne Irish Gade, N. Overture: Echoes from Ossian, op 1 (1840). Danish NRSO/Dmitri Kitaienko. Chandos CHAN 9422 15 Mendelssohn, F. Double concerto in E (1823). Güher Pekinel, pf; Süher Pekinel, pf; Philharmonia O/Neville Marriner. Chandos CHAN 9711 29 Mozart, W. Symphony no 41 in C, K551, Jupiter (1788). New Dutch Academy/Simon Murphy. Radio Netherlands MCCP121 38 12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell
Bach, C.P.E. Flute concerto in D minor, Wq22 (c1747). Konrad Hünteler, fl; Amsterdam Baroque O/Ton Koopman. Erato ECD 75536 22 Monteverdi, C. Lettera amorosa a voce sola, from the Seventh book of madrigals (pub. 1619). Montserrat Figueras, sop; Rolf Lislevand, theorbo; Lorenz Duftschmid, vn; Paolo Pandolfo, va; Andrew Lawrence-King, double hp; Ton Koopman, hpd, org; Jordi Savall, cond. Alia Vox AVSA 9884 B 9 Telemann, G. Overture in B flat, from Musique de table III (pub. 1733). Eu Ebbinge, ob; Michel Henry, ob; Monica Huggett, vn; Alison Bury, vn; Amsterdam Baroque O/Ton Koopman. Erato ECD 75394 23
13:00 CHAMBER THROUGH THE AGES Prepared by Sheila Catzel Haydn, J. String quartet in G, Hob.III:81, Lobkowitz (1799). Jerusalem Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901823
Geminiani, F. Sonata in C, op 5 no 3 (pub. 1746). Heinrich Schiff, vc; Jaap ter Linden, vc; Ton Koopman, hpd. Philips 434 124-2 11
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Puccini, G. Quartet in D (1880). Raphael String Quartet. Etcetera KTC 1050 8 Turina, J. Piano trio no 1 in D, op 35 (1926). Trío Arbós. Naxos 8.555870 22
Mozart, W. Symphony no 39 in E flat, K543 (1788). Amsterdam Baroque O/Ton Koopman. Erato 0630-12724-2 27 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Lloyd Capps
Busoni, F. Variations and fugue on Chopin’s Prelude in C minor (1884-5/1922). Wolf Harden, pf. Naxos 8.555699 31 Strauss, R. Symphonic fantasy: Aus Italien, op 16 (1886). Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 10218 X 41 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE France through the ages Prepared by Philip Lidbury Marais, M. Suite no 1 in C, from Pièces en trio pour les flûtes, violin et les dessus de viole (1692). Leopold Stastny, fl; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, bass viol; Herbert Tachezi, hpd. Harmonia Mundi HMC 90414 15 Machaut, G. de Mes esperis se combat. Early Music Consort of London/David Munrow. 4 Virgin 5 61284 2 Rameau, J-P. Gavotte. Elizabeth Anderson, hpd. Move MD 3078 6 Motet: In convertendo, Dominus (pub. 1722). Suzanne Gari, sop; Henri Ledroit, ct; Stephen Varcoe, bar; La Chapelle Royale Choir & O/ Philippe Herreweghe. Harmonia Mundi HM 901078 24 Blavet, M. Flute concerto in A minor. Per Øien, fl; Norwegian CO/Terje Tønnesen. BIS CD-118
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Josquin Desprez. Illibata Dei, Virgo nutrix. Sydney Chamber Choir/Nicholas Routley. Tall Poppies TP054 8 Couperin, F. Concert royal no 4 in E minor, from Concerts royaux, in Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin (1714-15). Aurèle Nicolet, fl; Christiane Nicolet, fl; Manfred Sax, bn; Josef Ulsamer, va da gamba; Christiane Jaccottet, hpd. Archiv 427 119-2 14 Lully, J-B. Benedictus. Le Concert Spirituel/ Hervé Niquet. Naxos 8.554399 18 May 2015
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Saturday 9 May 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney
Montsalvatge, X. Barcelona blues (1956-61). Jordi Masó, pf; Miquel Villalba, pf. Naxos 8.572636 5
9:30 GREAT ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL WORKS Prepared by Di Cox
Solovyov-Sedoy, V. Moscow nights. The Red Army Choir/Vikto Eliseev. FGL 479 2311 4
Kodály, Z. Dances from Galánta (1933). SBS Youth O/Matthew Krel. SBS YME-5CD 17
Sherwin, M. A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square (1939; arr. Danillon). Piers Lane, pf. Hyperion CDA67967 4
Schubert, F. Der Atlas, from Schwanengesang, D957 no 8 (1828). Dietrich Fischer-Diskau, bar; Gerald Moore, pf. 2 DG 477 5765
Gershwin, G. An American in Paris (1928). New York PO/Leonard Bernstein. CBS MYK 42611 18
Nielsen, C. Pan and Syrinx, op 49 (1918). Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson. Chandos CHAN 6524
14:00 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD with Maureen Meers Nostalgic music and artists from the 30s, 40s and 50s and occasionally beyond, in a trip down many memory lanes
Stravinsky, I. Apollon musagète (1928). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Decca 443 577-2 30
Schubert, F. Divertissement à la hongroise in G minor, D818 (1824). Christoph Eschenbach, Justus Frantz, pf. EMI 5 69770 2 32 Joachim, J. Notturno, op 12 (c1860). Hans Maile, vn; Berlin RSO/Jésus López-Cobos. Schwann 11622
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Brahms, J. Symphony no 1 in C minor, op 68 (1876). Vienna PO/István Kertész. Decca 448 197-2 47 11:30 ON PARADE With the Rolls Royce Coventry Brass Band Prepared by Robert Small
15:00 THE CHILDHOOD OF CHRIST Berlioz, H. The childhood of Christ, op 25 (1850-54). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, ten; Michel Fockenoy, ten; Gilles Cachemaille, bar; René Schirrer, bar; José van Dam, bass; Jules Bastin, bass; Monteverdi Choir; Lyon Opera O/John Eliot Gardiner. Erato 2292-45275-2 1:34
Meyerbeer, G. Coronation march (arr. Jakeway).
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Lloyd Webber, A. With one look.
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Elgar, E. Symphony no 1 in A flat (1907-08). London PO/Georg Solti. Decca 421387-2 49
Sedaka - Cody. Solitaire.
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Mozart, W. Overture to The magic flute, K620 (1791; arr. Kenyon). 7
Mozart, W. Overture to Idomeneo, K366 (1781). Staatskapelle Dresden/Karl Böhm. DG 469 666-2
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Szymanowski, K. Three myths, op 30 (1915). David Oistrakh, vn; Vladimir Yampolski, pf. Brilliant Classics 8402 19
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Britten, B. Six metamorphoses after Ovid, op 49 (1951). François Leleux, ob. Harmonia Mundi HMN 911556 14 Roussel, A. Suite no 2 from Bacchus et Ariadne, op 43 (1930). Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8996 19 Wagner, R. Finale: Immolation Scene, from Götterdämmerung (1869-74). Philadelphia O/ Eugene Ormandy. 7 RCA Victrola VD87819 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Rex Burgess Stamitz, J. Sinfonia a quattro in F (c1750). New Dutch Academy CO/Simon Murphy. PentaTone PTC 5186 029 16
18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Organ Music Society of Sydney Prepared by Andrew Grahame 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers
Grainger, P. Lincolnshire posy (1937-38). Leslie Howard, pf; David Stanhope, pf. LP EMI FC 136 16
Loewe, F. Excerpts from Camelot (1960). Richard Burton, Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet, voices. Columbia SK 60542 19
Stamitz, C. Concerto in B flat for clarinet and bassoon. Koji Okazaki, bn; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Kálmán Berkes, cl & dir. Naxos 8.553584 24
Elgar, E. Overture: Cockaigne, op 40, In London Town (1900-01). Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy. Sony SB2K 63247 15
Rodgers, R. So far; A fellow needs a girl; What a lovely day for a wedding; Come home from Allegro. Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; English Northern Philharmonia. DG 449 163-2 12
Cherubini, L. String quartet no 2 in C (1829). Quartetto David. BIS CD-1003 28
Weill, K. Berlin im Licht (1928). Dawn Upshaw, sop; Margo Garrett, pf. Musicmasters 7045-2-C 2
Excerpts from South Pacific (1949). Mary Martin, Enzio Pinza, Juanita Hall, voices. Columbia SMK 60722
Rolls Royce Coventry Brass Band (all above) Soho 051 12:00 A LITTLE TASTE OF JAZZ with Rob Thomas 13:00 THE EXCITEMENT OF CITIES Prepared by Susan Briedis
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20:00 MYTHOLOGY IN MUSIC Prepared by Caroline Ryvers
Bernstein, L. New York, New York, from On the town (1944; arr. Brown). Philharmonia O/ David Zinman. Sony SK89358 2
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Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 4 in A, op 90, Italian (1833). Tasmanian SO/Sebastian LangLessing. ABC 476 3623 28
Sunday 10 May Tchaikovsky, P. Variations on a rococo theme, op 33 (1876). János Starker, vc; London SO/ Antal Doráti. Mercury 432 001-2 16
0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Robert Small 9:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Frank Morrison Mozart, W. String quartet no 11 in E flat, K171 (1773). Quartetto Italiano. Decca 478 5555 17
Sullivan, A. Suite from Pineapple Poll (1951; arr. Mackerras, Duthoit). Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell. Decca 468 810-2 11
18:00 SCARLATTI AND FRIENDS Prepared by Emyr Evans Scarlatti, D. Sonata in A, Kk209. Nicholas Parle, hpd. Tall Poppies TP057
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Villa-Lobos, H. Children’s suite no 2 (1913). Debora Halász, pf. BIS CD-912 5
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Fauré, G. Violin concerto in D minor, op 14 (1880). Philippe Graffin, vn; Ulster O/Thierry Fischer. Hyperion CDA67294 16
Donizetti, G. Sonata for violin and harp. Alberto Ambrosini, vn; Claudia Antonelli, hp. Naxos 8.554252 4
Albéniz, I. Amalia, mazurka de salon, op 95 (1889). Miguel Baselga, pf. BIS CD-1043 14
Stravinsky, I. Three movements from Petrushka (1911). Emil Gilels, pf. Philips 456 796-2
Andrée, E. Piano trio in G minor (1884). Trio Nordica. IMCD 113 25
Satie, E. Parade (1917). New London O/Ronald Corp. Hyperion CDA66365 15
Bartók, B. Six dances in Bulgarian rhythm, from Microcosmos (1932-39). Tamas Vesmas, pf. MANU 1443 10
10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA 1795-1830 Prepared by Brian Drummond
16:00 A CLASSICAL COLLECTION Prepared by Paul Hopwood
19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Rex Burgess
Dittersdorf, C. Symphony in D, The fall of Phaëton (pub. 1767). Failoni O/Hanspeter Gmür. Naxos 8.553368 23
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. Overture: The merchant of Venice, op 76 (1933). West Australian SO/Andrew Penny. Naxos 8.572501 15
Beethoven, L. Sonata no 4 in E flat, op 7 (1796-97). Sviatoslav Richter, pf. Olympia OCD 336 28
Field, J. Piano concerto no 6 in C (1819). Miceal O’Rourke, pf; London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9442 31
Glass, P. Violin concerto (1987). Adele Anthony, vn; Ulster O/Takuo Yuasa. Naxos 8.554568
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Symphony no 5 in C minor, op 67 (1807-08). Anima Eterna Brugge/Jos van Immerseel. Zig-Zag ZZT 2100104 30
17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Heather Sykes
Copland, A. Symphony no 3 (1946). New Zealand SO/James Judd. Naxos 8.559106
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Stanhope, D. Three folksongs for brass quintet (c1973). Members of Sydney Brass. Tall Poppies TP199
Haydn, J. Piano trio no 24 in D, Hob XV:24 (1795). Florestan Trio. Hyperion CDA67719 15
Mendelssohn, F. String quartet no 1 in E flat, op 12 (1829). New Zealand String Quartet. Naxos 8.570001 24 Kalkbrenner, F. Adagio ed allegro di bravura, op 102 (1830). Tasmanian SO/Howard Shelley, pf & dir. Hyperion CDA67843 11 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with John Buchanan The early days of jazz and ragtime as recorded during the first 30 years of the 20th century 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide 14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Born in May 1813-1866 Prepared by Frank Morrison Wagner, R. Overture to The flying Dutchman (1841). Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572767 12 Brahms, J. Piano trio no 3 in C minor, op 101 (1886). Borodin Trio. Chandos CHAN 8335 24
Wesley, S.S. Anthems: O give thanks unto the Lord; Thou wilt keep Him in perfect peace (c1850). Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/ Christopher Robinson. Naxos 8.570318 12 Anon. Gregorian chant: Ascension. Scholars of Hofburg Chapel, Vienna/P. Hubert Dopf. Decca 478 4671 10 Handel, G. Let God arise, HWV256b (1725-26). Choir of the Chapel Royal/Andrew Gant, org & dir. Naxos 8.557935 13
Bach, J.S. Chaconne (1720; transcr. Busoni). Shura Cherkassky, pf. Decca 433 654-2 17
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20:30 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Canberra International Music Festival Prepared by Troy Fil Lilburn, D. Phantasy (1939). New Zealand String Quartet. Naxos 8.573079
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Bloch, E. Nigun, from Baal Shem (arr. 1923). Marianne Piketty, vn; Pascal Contet, accordion. Maguelone Music MAG111.174 6 Psathas, J. Kartsigar (2005). New Zealand String Quartet. Rattle RAT-D022
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Hymns: O thou who camest from above; Blessed Jesus, at your word; Jesu, lover of my soul; Who would true valour see. Cantus choro/Peter Chapman. Move MD 3142 10
Anon. Resurrexit hodie, from Visitatio sepulchri (c1200). Song Company; Joseph Tawadros, oud; James Tawadros, perc; Winsome Evans, org. Song Company recording
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Cooman, C. Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (2003). Choir of Royal Holloway; Samuel Rathbone, org; Rupert Gough, cond. Naxos 8.559361
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Sunday 10 May Page, R. Zerkalo (Mirror) (2013). The Noise; Ollie MIller, James Eccles, perc; Rosalind Page, perc, elec. Vexations-840 940-1301 16 Bozza, E. Aria (1936). Amy Dickson, sax; Catherine Milledge, pf. RCA 886972030722
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Whitehead, G. Puhake ki te rangi (2007). Richard Nunns, nguru, karanga manu, putorino, tumutumu; New Zealand String Quartet. Atoll ACD107 16 Glass, P. Music in similar motion (1969). Ensemble Offspring. ensembleoffspring.com
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Moore, K. Ridgeway (2009). Bang on a Can All-Stars. Cantaloupe Music CA-21074 13
Bryant, A. Lady Isabelle was that kind of woman (2011). Aeolus Quartet. Longhorn Music LHM 2011003 10 Gubaiduling, S. Sounds of the forest. Abbie de Quant, fl; Elizabeth van Malde, pf. Challenge Classics FL72413 3 Corrales, A. Canon fractal por aumentacion sobre una melodica popular (2009). Ensemble Vortex. Neos Music NEOS1113 9 Naon, L. Comun requiebro (2001). Susanna Moncayo, mezz; Claude Delarglo, sax; Max Bonnay, ban; Odile Catelin-Delangle, pf; Jean Geoffroy, perc. BIS 1170 3 4
Kubal, O. Clarinetto, op 11. Jan Jakub Bokun, cl; Anton Jaro, db; Slovak Quartet. JB Records JBR008-2 13 Bretschneider - Hildebrandt. A different kind of tension (2012). David Hildebrandt, perc; Frank Bretschneider, elec. Da capo 8.226540 6 Musgrave, T. Pierrot (1985). Verdehr Trio. Crystal CD742 Lennon - McCartney. Eleanor Rigby (arr. Bracegirdle). American Horn Quartet. Albany TROY1536 Gubaidulina, S. Allegro rustico. Abbie de Quant, fl; Elizabeth van Malde, pf. Challenge Classics FL72415 32
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Robert Small 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Madilina Tresca Mendelssohn, F. Clarinet quintet in C minor (1822; arr. Baermann). Members of Consortium Classicum; Dieter Klöcker, cl & dir. Orfeo C314 941 A 22 Hummel, J. Die Eselshaut (1814; arr. Sedlak). Albion Ensemble. Helios CDH55037 15
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10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Derek Parker Sullivan, A. Suite from The tempest, op 1 (1861). BBC PO/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 9859 28 Schubert, F. Symphony no 9 in C, D944, Great (1825-28). London PO/Adrian Boult. EMI 5 62791 2 54 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan 13:00 FIRST AND LAST Prepared by Yola Center Beethoven, L. String quartet in F, op 18 no 1 (1798). Alban Berg Quartet. EMI 5 62778 2 28 String quartet no 16 in F, op 135 (1826). Lindsay String Quartet. ASV DCS 403 27
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14:00 THE PRACTICALLY UNKNOWN BACHS Prepared by Philip Lidbury Bach, J.B. Passepied 1; Passepied 2; La Joye, 3 from Ouverture in D.
Finzi, G. Five bagatelles, op 23 (1938-43; arr. Smith). Kenneth Smith, fl; Paul Rhodes, pf. ASV DCA 862 15
22:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Troy Fil
Stroble, T. Nachts. Eight Strings. Oehms Classics OC837
0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
Bach, G.C. Siehe, wie fein und lieblich ist es. Julian Podger, ten; Robert Evans, ten; Michael McCarthy, bass. 6 Bach, J.E. Sonata in F for violin and harpsichord.
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Die ungleichen Freunde in G; Die Unzufriedenheit in E; Der Afte un die Schäferin in C, from Sammlung ausserlesener Fabein I. Catherine Bott, sop. 12 Florilegium (4 above) Channel Classics CCS 9096 Bach, J.C.F. Symphony in C (1770). Leipzig CO/ Morten Schuldt-Jensen. Naxos 8.572217 17 15:00 MUSIC AND WAR Prepared by Gerald Holder Holst, G. Ode to death, op 38 (1914). London Symphony Ch; City of London Sinfonia/ Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 9437 13 Butterworth, G. Bredon Hill (1911-12). Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; Malcolm Martineau, pf. 5 DG 445 946-2 Ives, C. In Flanders fields (1917). Patrick Carfizzi, bar; J.J. Penna, pf. Naxos 8.559271 2 Sibelius, J. Symphony no 4 in A minor, op 63 (1911). Royal Concertgebouw O/Paavo Berglund. Radio Nederland RCO11004 33 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Ogilvie 19:00 JAZZ NICE ‘N EASY with Ken Weatherley 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson
Tuesday 12 May
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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 Artist of choice: Alicia de Larrocha Prepared by Barrie Brockwell Turina, J. Symphonic rhapsody, op 66 (1931; arr. C. Halffter). London PO/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Decca 433 905-2 9 Granados, E. Queja, o la maja y el ruiseñor (1911). Decca 448 191 7 Bach, J.S. Keyboard concerto no 5 in F minor, BWV1056. London Sinfonietta/David Zinman. Decca 476 2729 11 Granados, E. El amor y la muerte (1911). Decca 448 191
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Falla, M. de Nights in the gardens of Spain (1909-15). London PO/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Decca 466 128-2 25 Suite: El amor brujo (1915; transcr. Falla). Decca 433929-2
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Alicia de Larrocha, pf (all above) 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Barrie Brockwell Telemann, G. Suite in G minor, TWV55:g1, La musette. Akademie für Alte Musick. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901654 12
Bach, C.P.E. Sinfonia in B flat, Wq182 no 2 (1773). English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 415 300-2 12
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Michael Field
Mozart, W. Double concerto in E flat, K365 (1779). Rudolf Serkin, pf; Peter Serkin, pf; Marlboro FO/Alexander Schneider. Sony SMK 46255 25
18:00 SYDNEY SYMPHONY 2015 Produced by Andrew Bukenya
Spohr, L. Symphony no 2 in D minor, op 49 (1820). Slovak State PO/Alfred Walter. Marco Polo 8.223454 31
What’s on in concerts during the next month 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps
12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes
20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Charles Barton
13:00 AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Produced by Simon Moore Highlights and previews of the month’s concerts including interviews with the key players
22:00 INTO THE 20TH CENTURY Some Bohemian composers Prepared by Elaine Siversen
14:00 CONTEMPORARY CONDUCTORS Daniel Barenboim Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Vaughan Williams, R. The lark ascending (1914/20). Pinchas Zukerman, vn; English CO. DG 442 8333 14 Wagner, R. Prelude, Liebestod, from Tristan and Isolde (1857-59). Chicago SO. Teldec 4509-99595-2 17 Elgar, E. Cello concerto in E minor, op 85 (1919). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Philadelphia O. Sony SB2K 63247 31 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Scheherazade, symphonic suite op 35 (1888). Samuel Magad, vn; Chicago SO. Apex 2564 67429-0 48 Daniel Barenboim, cond (all above)
Suk, J. Fantastické scherzo, op 25 (1903). Buffalo PO/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.572323
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Foerster, J. Quintet in D, op 95 (1909). Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet. BIS CD-612 22 Novák, V. South Bohemian suite, op 64 (193637). Brno State PO/Jirí Pinkas. LP Supraphon 1110 2486 30 Schulhoff, E. Suite no 3 for the left hand, WV80 (1926). Caroline Weichert, pf. Grand Piano GP604 15 Martinu, B. Symphony no 6, Symphonic fantasies (1953). Ukraine NSO/Arthur Fagen. Naxos 8.553348 29
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Wednesday 13 May Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 14 in E flat, K449 (1784). Malcolm Bilson, fp; English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. Archiv 413 463-2 21 Schubert, F. Symphony no 9 in C, D944, Great (1825-28). Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner. Naxos 8.557234 48 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale George Tintner 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans
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 Music of the 18th century Prepared by Frank Morrison Zelenka, J. Capriccio no 1 in D (1729). Camerata Bern. Archiv 469 842-2 15 Stamitz, C. Cello concerto in A (c1786). Claude Starck, vc; South-West German CO, Pforzheim/Paul Angerer. Claves 50 8105 19 Kozeluch, L. Octet concertant: Parthia in B flat. Consortium Classicum. Orfeo 442 981 12 Myslivecek, J. Violin concerto no 4 in B flat (c1772). Elizabeth Wallfisch, vn; Brandenburg O/ Roy Goodman. Hyperion CDA66840 17 Vanhal, J. Symphony in G (c1770). City of London Sinfonia/Andrew Watkinson. Naxos 8.554138 19 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Jan Brown Quilter, R. Children’s overture, op 17 (1914). Light Music Society O/Vivian Dunn. EMI 7 64131 2 11
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15:00 TWO GREAT ENGLISH COMPOSERS Prepared by Emyr Evans Elgar, E. Variations on an original theme, op 36, Enigma (1899). Royal PO/Andrew Litton. Virgin VC 7 90727-2 31 Tippett, M. Ritual dances, from The midsummer marriage (1955). Rita Cullis, sop; Margaret McDonald, mezz; Mark Curtis, ten; Matthew Best, bass; Opera North Ch; English Northern Philharmonia/Michael Tippett. Nimbus NI 5217 24 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with James Hunter 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell 20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Michael Tesoriero Verdi, G. Don Carlos. Opera in four acts. Libretto by Angelo Zanardini. First performed Paris, 1867. DON CARLOS: José Carreras, ten ELISABETTA DE VALOIS: Mirella Freni, sop PRINCESS EBOLI: Agnes Baltsa, mezz FILIPPO II: Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass RODRIGO, MARQUIS OF POSA: Piero Cappuccilli, bar GRAND INQUISITOR: Ruggero Raimondi, bass Deutsche Oper Ch; Berlin PO/ Herbert von Karajan. EMI CMS 769304 3:10
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Agnes Baltsa Don Carlos, heir to the Spanish throne, is betrothed to Elisabetta of Valois, the French Princess. They fall in love on sight, but are frustrated when King Filippo II, Carlos’ father, marries her. Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa, Carlos’ friend, suggests Carlos join him in assisting the oppressed people of Flanders. Eboli, who has been rejected by Carlos, informs her lover King Filippo of Carlos’ continuing love for Elisabetta. During an auto-da-fe by the Inquisition, Carlos and deputies from Flanders beg the King for mercy but Carlos is arrested. Filippo, in turmoil, turns to the Grand Inquisitor, who requests Rodrigo’s arrest. When Rodrigo visits Carlos, he is shot by the King’s guards, but not before arranging a meeting between Carlos and the Queen at the tomb of Charles V. The King finds them, hands his son over to the Inquisition, but a mysterious monk, perhaps the ghost of the great Emperor, leads Carlos to safety. 23:30 OFF THE DEEP END Prepared by Stephen Wilson Boismortier, J. de Sonata in D minor, op 50 no 4 (pub. 1734). Kim Walker, bn; Clena Stein, db; Darryl Nixon, hpd. 5 Gallo 367 Bottesini, G. Elegy in D. Thomas Martin, db; Anthony Halstead, pf. 5 Naxos 8.570399 Dvorák, A. Intermezzo in B, op 77 (1874-83). Duncan McTier, db; Chilingirian Quartet. Chandos CHAN 9046 4 Paganini, N. Bravura variations on Dal tuo stellato soglio, from Rossini’s Moses, op 24 (1818-19; arr. Karr). Gary Karr, db; Berlin RSO/ Uros Lajovic. LP Schwann VMS 2063 9
Thursday 14 May 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
Paganini, N. Prayer sonata (1806-09). Gil Shaham, vn; Göran Söllscher, gui. DG 437 837-2
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore
Myaskovsky, N. Adagio e molto cantabile from Violin concerto in D minor, op 44. Vadim Repin, vn; Kirov O/Valery Gergiev. Philips 473 343-2 10 Andantino grazioso; Andante elevato, from Sinfonietta in A minor, op 68 no 2 (1945). Dalgat String Ensemble/Roland Melia. Naxos 8.550953 12 Adagio, from Symphony no 8 in A, op 26 (192425). Russian Federation Academic SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Olympia OCD 738 17 Allegro molto e con brio, from String quartet no 10 in F, op 67 no 1 (1907-45). Taneyev Quartet. Russian RD 11 031 5 Allegro moderato; Allegro con spirito, from Cello sonata no 2 in A minor, op 81 (1948). Yehuda Hanani, vc; Daphne Spottiswoode, pf. LP Finnadar SR 9022 15 Adagio; Allegro inquieto, from Symphony no 20 in E, op 50 (1940). Russian Federation Academic SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Olympia OCD 739 19
Rautavaara, E. Canticum Mariae Virginis (1978). Ondine ODE 1223-2
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Wolf-Ferrari, E. Cello concerto in C, op 31 (1945). Gustav Rivinius, vc; Frankfurt RSO/Alun Francis. cpo 999 278-2 22 Strauss, R. Symphonic fantasy: Aus Italien, op 16 (1886). Berlin PO/Riccardo Muti. Philips 422 399-2 42
19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey 20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Macquarie Trio Recorded by George Hilgevoord for FINE MUSIC
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Mozart, W. Piano trio no 6 in G, K564 (1788). 17
Panufnik, A. - Panufnik, R. Modlitwa, Prayer (1990-99). Clare Hammond, pf. BIS BIS-2003 5
Mendelssohn, F. Piano trio no 1 in D minor, op 49 (1839). 30
Schubert, F. Prayer, D815 (1824). Elly Ameling, sop; Janet Baker, mezz; Peter Schreier, ten; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar; Gerald Moore, pf. DG 435 596-2 11 Ravel, M. Kaddisch; L’énigme éternelle, from Two Hebrew melodies (1914). Victoria de los Angeles, sop; Conservatoire Concert Society O/Georges Prêtre. EMI CMS 5 65061 2 6 Boulanger, L. Old Buddhist prayer (1917). Julian Podger, ten; Monteverdi Choir; London SO/ John Eliot Gardiner. DG 463 789-2 8 14:00 THE BOULANGER LEGACY Prepared by David Ogilvie Monteverdi, C. Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti. 8 Mascherata dell’Ingrate, Ballo delle ingrate. 9 Lamento della ninfa.
10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Giovanna Grech
12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers
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Berlioz, H. Prière du matin (1846). Choir of the Lyon NO; Noel Lee, pf; Bernard Tetu, cond. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901293 3
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Raj Gopalakrishnan
Wagner, R. Prelude to Parsifal (1882). Philharmonia O/Otto Klemperer. EMI CDC 7 47255 2
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Marilyn Schock
13:00 PRAYERS Prepared by Andarí Anggamulia
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Irène Kedroff, sop; Lucia Rauh, sop; MarieBlanche de Polignac, sop; Nathalie Kedroff, cont; Hugues Cuenod, ten; Doda Conrad, bass; Nadia Boulanger, pf; Studio Ensemble/Paul Derenne Charpentier (3 above) IDIS 6493 Sibelius, J. Violin concerto in D minor, op 47 (1903/05). Ginette Neveu, vn; Philharmonia O/ Walter Susskind. EMI CDH 7 61011 2 32 Markevitch, I. The musical offering, after J.S. Bach (1950). Hans van Loenen, fl; Rémy Baudet, vn; Jeroen Reuling, vc; Dirk Luijmes, hpd; Arnhem PO/Christopher Lyndon-Gee. Naxos 8.572158 52
Brahms, J. Piano trio no 1 in B, op 8 (1853/89). 32 Macquarie Trio (all above) 21:30 ART SONG Prepared by Jan Brown Beethoven, L. Adelaïde, op 46 (1794-95); Sehnsucht, op 83 no 2 (1810). Peter Schreier, ten; András Schiff, pf. Decca 444 817-2 8 Schubert, F. An Sylvia, D891 (1826). Jussi Björling, ten; Harry Ebert, pf. Naxos 8.110789
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Brahms, J. Eight gypsy songs, op 103 (1887). Christina Wilson, mezz; Alan Hicks, pf. Artsound ASC 01 12 22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Respighi, The voice and the orchestra Prepared by Elaine Siversen Respighi, O. Concerto Gregoriano for violin and orchestra (1921). Vadim Brodsky, vn; Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma/Francesco La Vecchia. Brilliant Classics 94394 32 La sensitiva (1914). Linda Finnie, mezz; BBC PO/ Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 9453 32 Roman festivals (1928). Cincinnati SO/Jésus López-Cobos. Telarc 80356 24 Metamorphoses, theme and variations (1930). Philharmonia O/Geoffrey Simon. LP Chandos ABRD 1142 25 May 2015
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Friday 15 May 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
14:00 THREE CENTURIES OF PORTUGUESE MUSIC Prepared by Frank Morrison
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus
Carvalho, J. de Sousa Overture to L’amore industrioso (1769). Algarve O/Alvaro Cassuto. Naxos 8.557207 9
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Exploring chamber Prepared by Brian Drummond
Cardoso, M. Non mortui qui sunt in inferno. Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria SDG 710 6
Haydn, J. Keyboard trio in G, Hob.XIV:6 (1784). Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 454 098-2 12
Moreira, A. Sinfonia (1803). Algarve O/Alvaro Cassuto. Naxos 8.557207 5
Mozart, W. String duo no 1 in G, K423 (1783). Igor Oistrakh, vn; David Oistrakh, va. Decca 470 258-2 16
Seixas, C. Sonata in A no 57, from Eighty sonatas. Robert Woolley, hpd. Amon Ra SAR 43
Kraus, J.M. Vienna flute quintet in D (1783). Lena Weman, fl; Jaap Schröder, vn; Per Sandklef, vn; Björn Sjögren, va; Kari Ottesen, vc. Musica Sveciae MSCD 415 22
Bomtempo, J. Symphony no 1 in E flat, op 11 (1809). Algarve O/Álvaro Cassuto. Naxos 8.557163 25
Mozart, W. String quartet no 14 in G, K387 (1782). Franz Schubert Quartet. Nimbus NI 5433 30 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Elaine Siversen Messager, A. Suite from Les deux pigeons (1886). Royal Opera House O/Charles Mackerras. EMI CDZ 7 62515 2 23 Haydn, M. Incidental music to Voltaire’s Zaire (1777). German Chamber Academy Neuss/ Johannes Goritzki. cpo 999 512-2 28 Telemann, G. Suite in A minor, TWV55a2. Daniel Rothert, rec; Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl. Naxos 8.554018 30 12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell
Mozart, W. Mass in C, K317, Coronation (1779). 25 7
Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K339 (1780). 13 Alleluia, from Exsultate jubilate, K165 (1773). 3 Ave verum corpus, K618 (1791).
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Charlotte Pistor, sop; Marianna Niederhover, cont; Bonko Karadjov, ten; Martin Cooke, bass; Salzburg Cathedral Choir & O/Janos Czifra (all above) EOS 7666 36
15:00 SPOTLIGHT ON GEORGE DREYFUS Prepared by Madilina Tresca Dreyfus, G. Suite: The adventures of Sebastian the Fox (1963). George Dreyfus, narr; Melbourne Brass Ensemble. Australian Brass Work ABW 4001 12 There is something of Don Quixote in all of us (1990). Jochen Schubert, gui. Move MD 3129 8 The song of the maypole (1968). Australian Rosny Childrens’ Choir; Tasmanian SO. Move MD 3116 14 Mary Gilmore goes to Paraguay, from And their ghost may be heard (1975). Melbourne SO. Move MD 3098 14 George Dreyfus, cond (2 above) 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Brendan Walsh
13:00 PATRICK THOMAS PRESENTS Mozart’s sacred music
Regina coeli in C, K276 (1777).
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19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron 20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Frank Morrison Stenhammar, W. Piano concerto no 1 in B flat minor, op 1 (1893). Niklas Sivelöv, pf; Malmö SO/Mario Venzago. Naxos 8.572259 42 Berwald, F. String quartet in E flat (1849). Frydén String Quartet. Caprice CAP 21334 20
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Hummel, J. Trumpet concerto in E (1803). Håkan Hardenberger, tpt; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Philips 420 203-2 18 Schubert, F. Quartet for flute, guitar, viola and cello (1814). Alexa Still, fl; Paul Neubauer, va; Ronald Thomas, vc; JoAnn Falletta, gui. Koch 3-7404-2H1 29 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE England: From Elizabeth to the early Stuarts Prepared by Elaine Siversen Campion, T. O never to be moved; Fire, fire; Shall I come, sweet love, to thee? (1617). Drew Minter, ct; Paul O’dette, lute. 9 Harmonia Mundi HMU 907023 Weelkes, T. O Lord, grant the king a long life (c1603); A remembrance of my friend Thomas Morley (?1602); When David heard. Oxford Camerata; Gary Cooper, org; Jeremy Summerly, cond. Naxos 8.553209 11 Gibbons, O. The woods so wild; The Lord of Salisbury, his pavin and galiardo. Trevor Pinnock, hpd. 9 LP CRD 1050 Glorious and powerful God; We praise Thee, O Father. Clerkes of Oxenford/David Wulstan. LP Nonesuch H-71391 12 A voluntary for ye duble organ in A minor; Verse for the double organn in D minor. Richard Eggar, org. Harmonia Mundi HMU 807551 10 Wilbye, J. Weep, weep, mine eyes; Draw on sweet night. Amaryllis Consort. IMP PCD 873 11 Lawes, W. Suite no 9 in F, from The royall consort suites (c1620s). Nigel North, theorbo; Paul O’Dette, theorbo; Purcell Quartet. Chandos CHAN 0584/5 16 I’m sick of love (c1638); Gather ye rosebuds (c1640). Robin Blaze, ct; Elizabeth Kenny, lute. 4 Hyperion CDA67126 Tomkins, T. When David heard (pub. 1622); Then David mourned (pub. 1668). Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips. 7 Gimell CDGIM 024 Pavan and galliard (1654); A sad pavan for these distracted times (1649). Laurence Cummings, org. 8 Naxos 8.553794 Lawes, H. My soul the great God’s praises sings. Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley. Hyperion CDA66135 10
Saturday 16 May 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 GREAT ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL WORKS Prepared by Chris Blower Prokofiev, S. Winter bonfire, op 122 (1949-50). Paisley Abbey Boy Choristers; Scottish CO/ José Serebrier. ASV DCA 760 18 Beethoven, L. Sonata no 5 in F, op 24, Spring (1805). David Garrett, vn; Alexander Markovich, pf. DG 445 657-2 26 Coates, E. Suite: Summer days (1919). New Philharmonia O/Adrian Boult. Lyrita SRCD 246 12 Albéniz, I. Autumn waltz, op 170 (c1890). Alberto Guinovart, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMI 987007
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Glazunov, A. Ballet: The seasons, op 67 (1899). Moscow SO/Alexander Anissimov. Naxos 8.553915 40
14:00 VOICE AND MORE Prepared by Chris Blower
Rodrigo, J. Sonata giocosa. Remi Boucher, gui. Analekta AN2 8775 10
Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Cantata: From Homer, op 60 (1901). Svetlana Sizova, mezz; Tatiana Fedotova, sop; Ch of Moscow Academy of Choral Art; Moscow SO/Vladimir Ziva. Brilliant Classics 94495 12
Llobet, M. Variaciones sobre un tema de sor (1908). Lorenzo Micheli, gui. 8 Naxos 8.557351
Field, J. Nocturne no 14 in C (1835-36). Richard Burnett, pf. Amon Ra SAR 48 7 Schumann, R. An Anna nos I and II, from Five early songs, op posth (1828). Thomas Hampson, bar; Geoffrey Parsons, pf. Teldec 2292-44935-2 7 Bruch, M. Kol nidrei, op 47 (1881). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Gerald Moore, pf. EMI CZS 5 68132 2 10 Brahms, J. Song of destiny, op 54 (1868-71). Ambrosian Ch; New PO/Claudio Abbado. Decca 478 5365 15 15:00 THE RED POPPY Glier, R. The red poppy, ballet (1926-27). St Petersburg State SO/André Anichano. Naxos 8. 553496-7 1:48
11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher
Tchaikovsky, P. String quartet no 3 in E flat minor, op 30 (1876). New Haydn Quartet, Budapest. Naxos 8.550848 35
Sousa, J.P. Semper fidelis. Philip Jones Ensemble/Elgar Howarth. Decca 410-290-2
17:30 IMPROMPTU Prepared by Chris Blower
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Mozart, W. Overture: L’irato. Cyfartfa Band/ Simon Wright. Nimbus LC 5871 6 Straus, O. My hero, from The chocolate soldier. Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee. AMP 97188
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Kosma, J. Autumn leaves. Williams-Fairey Engineering Band. Delta 60357
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Schubert, F. Impromptu in A flat minor, D899 no 4 (1827). Javier Perianes, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMI 987080 9 Fauré, G. Impromptu in D flat, op 86 (1904). Markus Klinko, hp. EMI CDC 7 54467-2 8 Stenhammar, W. Impromptu in G flat minor (pub. 1898); Impromptu waltz (pub. 1895). Lucia Negro, pf. BIS CD-554 8
Street, A. Kim. Alan Morrison, didgeridoo; Brighouse & Rastrick Band/David Hurst. HOT 1100 6
18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Classical Guitar Society Prepared by Dan Sharkey
12:00 A LITTLE TASTE OF JAZZ with Rob Thomas
Asencio, V. Collectici intim (1965). Manuel Babiloni, gui. EGT Classica 656CD 15
13:00 CHINESE MOSAIC Prepared by Paolo Hooke An exploration of the best of Chinese classical, traditional and film music
Sanz, G. Four Baroque dances. Julian Bream, gui. RCA Victor 09026 61592 2 10
Pujol, E. Guajira. Carlos Bonell, gui. ASV QS6038
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19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Sue Jowell War and music 20:00 CHOPIN AND FRIENDS Prepared by Gael Golla Chopin, F. Four mazurkas, op 17 (1832-33). Alexander Brailowsky, pf. Sony SB2K 63237
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Berlioz, H. Marguerite’s romance, op 1 (1829). Susan Graham, sop; Montreal SO and Choir/ Charles Dutoit. Decca 475 097-2 10 Hiller, F. Piano concerto no 2 in F sharp minor, op 69 (1843). Tasmanian SO/Howard Shelley, pf & dir. Hyperion CDA67655 20 Mendelssohn, F. String quartet no 1 in E flat, op 12 (1829). Ysaÿe Quartet. Decca 473 255-2 23 Liszt, F. Rhapsody espagnol (c 1863). Stephen Hough, pf. Virgin 5 61129 2 13 Chopin, F. Piano concerto no 2 in F minor, op 21 (1829). Yevgeny Kissin, pf; Moscow PO/ Dmitri Kitaienko. RCA 09026 68378 2 29 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Chris Blower Saint-Saëns, C. Suite algérienne, op 60 (1880). Swiss Italian O/Francis Travis. Chandos CHAN 9837 20 Spohr, L. Double quartet no 2 in E flat, op 77 (1827). Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble. Hyperion CDD22014 27 Mozart, W. Clarinet quintet in A, K581 (1789). Eduard Brunner, cl; Hagen Quartett. DG 478 6975 31 Stojowski, Z. Piano concerto no 1 in F sharp minor, op 3 (1890). Jonathan Plowright, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA67314 35 May 2015
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Sunday 17 May 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Terry McMullen 9:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Paul Hopwood Brahms, J. Piano quartet no 3 in C minor, op 60 (1855-75). Domus Virgin VC 7 90709-2 34 Mozart, W. Trio in E flat, K498, Kegelstatt (1786). Janet Hilton, cl; Nobuko Imai, va; Roger Vignoles, pf. Chandos CHAN 8776 20
18:00 EXPLORING RAVEL Prepared by Akiho Suzuki Ravel, M. Sonatine (1903-05).
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16:00 THREE CENTURIES OF IRISH MUSIC Prepared by Frank Morrison
Miroirs (1904-05).
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Roseingrave, T. Concerto in D. Paul Nicholson, hpd. Hyperion CDA66564
Louis Lortie, pf (2 above) Chandos CHAN 7004/5
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Field, J. Piano concerto no 5 in C, L’incendie par l’orage (1817). Míceál O’Rourke, pf; London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9495 27
Rhapsodie espagnole (1907). Katia Labèque, pf; Marielle Labèque, pf. KML 1111 16 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend
10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Di Cox
Wood, C. Prelude on St Mary’s, Sixteen preludes for organ (pub. 1912). Jennifer Bate, org. Hyperion CDA66180 6
Nicolai, O. Overture to The merry wives of Windsor (1849). Staatskapelle Berlin/Bernhard Klee. 9 Berlin Classics 0300249BC
Schubert, F. Five German dances and seven trios with coda, D90 (1813). I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky. Chandos CHAN 8928 16
Harty, H. In Ireland (1915). Colin Fleming, fl; Denise Kelly, hp; Ulster O/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 6583 9
Ponchielli, A. Dance of the hours, from La gioconda (1876). Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi. DG 429 494-2 11
17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Richard Munge
Allegri, G. Psalm 50 (51): Miserere mei Deus (arr. Roberts). Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips. Gimell CDGIM 041 14
Hymn: The King of love my shepherd is. Choirs of Saint Paul’s, Washington; Bruce Neswick, org; Jeffrey Smith, cond. Pro Organo 7090 6
Litolff, H. Symphonic concerto no 4 in D minor, op 102 (c1852). Peter Donohoe, pf; Bournemouth SO/Andrew Litton. Hyperion CDA66889 38
Psalm 137: By the waters of Babylon. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; David Willcocks, org; Stephen Cleobury, cond. EMI 50999 9 68957 Z6 3
Dukas, P. The sorcerer’s apprentice (1897; arr. 1940). French NO/Leonard Slatkin. Sony 88697290382 12
Beethoven, L. Violin sonata no 5 in F, op 24, Spring (1800-01). Dene Olding, vn; Max Olding, pf. ABC 432 699-2 23 Dittersdorf, C. Symphony in C, The four ages of the world (pub. 1767). Failoni O/Hanspeter Gmür. Naxos 8.553368 17 Kraus, J.M. Du temps, qui détruit tout (178486). Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö, ten. 2 Son pietosa. Barbara Bonney, sop.
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20:30 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Sheila Catzel
Drottningholm Court TO/Thomas Schuback (2 above) Musica Sveciae MSCD 424
Parry, H. Evening service in D. Choir of St George’s, Windsor; Roger Judd, org; Christopher Robinson, cond. Hyperion CDA 66273
Carulli, F. Concerto in G for flute, guitar and orchestra. Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Alexandre Lagoya, gui; Franz Liszt CO/János Rolla. CBS MK 42130 22
Vaughan Williams, R. Gloria, from Mass in G minor (1920-21). John Eaton, treb; Nigel Perrin, alto; Robin Doveton, ten; David van Asch, bass. 4
Hill, A. String quartet no 6 in G, The kids (1927). Australian String Quartet. Marco Polo 8.223746
Fauré, G. In Paradisum, from Requiem, op 48. John Wells, org; New Philharmonia O. 4
Chopin, F. Piano trio in G minor, op 8 (1829). Trio Chausson. Mirare MIR 089 30
Hummel, J. Piano quintet in E flat, op 87 (1802). Schubert Ensemble of London. Helios CDH55427
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12:00 SPEAK EASY, SWING HARD with Richard Hughes 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide 14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL The great orchestrators: Dynamic proportions Prepared by Elaine Siversen Wagner, R. Overture to Tannhäuser (1845). Munich PO/Hans Knappertsbusch. DG 479 1148 16 Strauss, R. Thus spake Zarathustra, op 30 (1895-96). Michel Schwalbé, vn; Berlin PO/ Herbert von Karajan. DG 474 281-2 35 38
Mahler, G. Symphony no 4 in G (1900). Barbara Bonney, sop; Vienna PO/Riccardo Muti. Radio Nederland transcription 59
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Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (2 above) EMI 50999 9 68957 Z6
Hymns: O worship the King; Ye choirs of New Jerusalem. Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral/Barry Rose. Guild GMCD 7106 6
John Scott, org (2 above)
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Moeran, E.J. String trio in G. Maggini String Quartet. Naxos 8.554079 21
Parry, H. Hear my words, ye people. Choir of St George’s, Windsor; Roger Judd, org; Christopher Robinson, cond. Hyperion CDA 66273 15
Widor, C-M. Scherzo. Priory PRCD 5013
Schubert, F. Adagio in E flat, D897, Notturno (c1828). Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 442 9375 13
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Fauré, G. Piano quintet no 1, op 89 (1895/1905). Schubert Ensemble. Chandos CHAN 10576
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22:30 NEW HORIZONS Living composer series Prepared by Nev Dorrington Vangelis. The Tegos tapes (1998). Medical Publications 960 860 77 Piano in an empty room (2007). Universal 75303147 Vangelis (all above)
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Monday 18 May 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with James Hunter
Boccherini, L. Symphony in A, op 12 no 6 (1776). New Philharmonia O/Raymond Leppard. Philips 438 314-2 25
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Madeleine Tropman Stravinsky, I. Divertimento (1932; arr. Stravinsky, Dushkin). Viktoria Mullova, vn; Bruno Canino, pf. Philips 426 254-2
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Prokofiev, S. Suite from Romeo and Juliet (1938; arr. Lindberg). Christian Lindberg, tb; Roland Pöntinen, pf. BIS CD-478 23 Glazunov, A. The forest, op 19 (1882-87; arr. Glazunov for two pianos). Aurora Piano Quartet. Naxos 8.557717D 17 Haydn, J. Concerto in C, Hob.VIIb:1 (c1761-65; arr. M. Nakariakov). Sergei Nakariakov, tpt; Württemberg CO/Jörg Faerber. Teldec 3984-24276-2 24 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Angela Bell Bizet, G. Roma suite (1869). Munich RO/ Lamberto Gardelli. Orfeo C 184 891 A
Falla, M. de Night in the gardens of Spain (1909-15). Clifford Curzon, pf; New SO/Enrique Jorda. Decca 473 116-2 25
13:00 MUSIC FOR MOTION Prepared by Albert Gormley Ginastera, A. Estancia, op 8 (1943). London SO/Gisèle Ben-Dor. Naxos 8.570999 14 Khachaturian, A. Suite no 1 from Spartacus (1943). Chandos CHAN 8927 26 Dvorák, A. Slavonic dances: in F, op 46 no 4 (1878); in E minor, op 72 no 2 (1886). Chandos CHAN 8406 12
14:30 VIOLINIST AND CONDUCTOR Prepared by Sheila Catzel Mozart, W. Violin concerto no 2 in D, K211 (1775). Salzburg Camerata Academica/Augustin Dumay, vn & dir. DG 459 675-2 20 Fauré, G. Piano quartet no 1 in C minor, op 15 (1876-79/83). Augustin Dumay, vn; Bruno Pasquier, va; Frédéric Lodéon, vc; Jean-Phillipe Collard, pf. EMI CMS 7 62548-2 32 Schumann, R. Quintet in E flat, op 44 (1842). Maria João Pires, fp; Augustin Dumay, vn; Renaud Capuçon, vn; Gérard Caussée, va; Jian Wang, vc. DG 463 179-2 30 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett 19:00 JAZZ NICE ‘N EASY with Ken Weatherley
Prokofiev, S. Suite no 1, op 64a, from Romeo and Juliet (1936). Chandos CHAN 8940 28
20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg
Royal Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi (3 above)
22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson
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Tuesday 19 May Fasch, J. Concerto in D, Die Jagd. Hermann Baumann, hn; Radovan Vlatkovic, hn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Iona Brown, vn & dir. Philips 416 815-2 13 Strauss, R. Le bourgeois gentilhomme (1912). Australian CO/Christopher Lyndon-Gee. Omega OCD 1011 38 12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes 13:00 OPERA IN CONCERT Prepared by Giovanna Grech
Colin Fleming 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 Artist of choice: Mischa Maisky Prepared by Anne Irish Mendelssohn, F. Variations concertantes, op 17 (1829). Sergio Tiempo, pf. DG 471 565-2 8 Tchaikovsky, P. Variations on a rococo theme for cello and orchestra, op 33 (1876). Orpheus CO. DG 453 460-2 19 Strauss, R. Romance in F (1883). Pavel Gililov, pf. DG 477 7465 11 Schumann, R. Adagio and allegro, op 70 (1849). Daria Hovora, pf. DG 439 863-2
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Haydn, J. Cello concerto no 1 in C, Hob.VIIIb:1 (c1761-65). CO of Europe/Mischa Maisky. DG 419 786-2 23 Brahms, J. Rondo alla zingarese, from Piano quartet no 1 in G minor, op 25 (1861). Gidon Kremer, vn; Yuri Bashmet, va; Martha Argerich, pf. DG 477 9523 8 Mischa Maisky, vc ( all above) 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Chris Blower Shostakovich, D. Suite from The Gadfly, op 97a (1934). Philadelphia O/Riccardo Chailly. London 452 597-2 31 40
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Verdi, G. Overture to Aroldo (1857). National PO/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 410 141-2 9
Tchaikovsky, P. Manfred symphony, op 58 (1885). Vasily Petrenko, cond. Naxos 8.570568 58
Puccini, G. Mario! Mario! from Tosca (1900). Maria Callas, sop; Carlo Bergonzi, ten; Conservatoire Concert Society O/Georges Prêtre. EMI CDM 63087 2 13
Royal Liverpool O (all above)
Saint-Saëns, C. Mon coeur s’ouvre à ton voix, from Samson and Delilah (1877). Lauris Elms, cont; West Australian SO/Geoffrey Arnold. ABC 476 4431 6 Mascagni, P. Gli aranci olezzano, from Cavalleria rusticana (1890). Slovak Philharmonic Ch; Slovak RSO/Alexander Rahbari. Naxos 8.553963 8 Boïto, A. L’altra notte, from Mephistopheles (1868). Inessa Galante, sop; Latvian NSO/ Alexander Vilumanis. Campion RRCD 1335 5 Leoncavallo, R. My fate is in your hands ... Then will you say why you have enslaved me, from I Pagliacci (1892). Cheryl Barker, sop; William Dazeley, bar; London PO/David Parry. Chandos CHAN 3161 12 14:00 FROM ROYAL LIVERPOOL Prepared by Chris Blower Mussorgsky, M. A night on Bare Mountain (1867; orch. Rimsky-Korsakov 1886). Charles Mackerras, cond. Virgin VC 7 91174-2 11 Rachmaninov, S. Piano concerto no 3 in D minor, op 30 (1909). Simon Trpceski, pf; Vasily Petrenko, cond. Avie AV2192 42
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16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Andrew Dziedzic 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Robert Small 22:00 INTO THE 20TH CENTURY Prepared by Di Cox Roussel, A. Sinfonietta, op 52 (1934). I Musici. 8 Philips 426 669-2 Debussy, C. Iberia, from Images for orchestra (1905-12). London SO/Claudio Abbado. DG 423 103-2 19 Françaix, J. Concertino (1932). Claude Françaix, pf; London SO/Antal Doráti. 8 Mercury 478 5092 Ravel, M. Daphnis et Chloé (1912). Renaissance Singers; Colin Fleming, fl; Belfast Philharmonic Society; Ulster O/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 9205 55 Milhaud, D. Concerto for marimba and vibraphone (1947). Rainer Kuisma, mar, vibraphone; Norrköping SO/Jorma Panula. BIS CD-149 19
Wednesday 20 May 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Michael Tesoriero
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti
Mozart, W. The Marriage of Figaro. Opera in four acts. Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. First performed Vienna, 1786.
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Music of the 18th century Prepared by Jennifer Foong Wagenseil, G. Overture to Vincislao (1750). L’Orfeo Barockorchester/Michi Gaig. cpo 999 450-2 5 Mozart, L. Sinfonia in F (1750). New Zealand CO/Donald Armstrong. Naxos 8.553347 12 Arne, T. Keyboard concerto no 1 in C, from Six favourite concertos (1750s-70s). Paul Nicholson, hpd. Amon Ra SAR 42 14 Handel, G. Organ concerto no 5 in G minor, HWV310 (1750). Simon Preston, org; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 479 1932 12 Stamitz, J. Sinfonia a 4 in D (c1750). Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr. ABC 481 0615 12 Bach, C.P.E. Flute concerto in A minor, Wq166 (1750). Patrick Gallois, fl; Toronto Camerata/ Kevin Mallon. Naxos 8.555715/6 23 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Field Wagner, R. Siegfried’s Rhine journey, from Götterdämmerung (1869-74). New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen. EMI 4 57817 2 6 Rubinstein, A. Piano concerto no 4 in D minor, op 70 (1864). Marc-André Hamelin, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Michael Stern. Hyperion CDA67508 31 Brahms, J. Symphony no 1 in C minor, op 68 (1855-76). Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras. Telarc 80450 45 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale
FIGARO: Giuseppe Taddei, bar SUSANNA: Anna Moffo, sop COUNT ALMAVIVA :Eberhard Wächter, bar COUNTESS: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, sop CHERUBINO: Fiorenza Cossotto, mezz MARCELLINA: Dora Gatta, sop. Philharmonia O & Ch/ Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CMS763266-2 2:36
Eberhard Wächter 13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans 15:00 SEVEN NAUGHTY COMPOSERS Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Beethoven, L. Rondo a capriccio in G, op 129, Rage over a lost penny (1795). Grigory Ginsburg, pf. Philips 456 802-2
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Sibelius, J. The Oceanides, op 73 (1914). Iceland SO/Petri Sakari. Naxos 8.555299 10 Purcell, H. Take not a woman’s anger ill. Ian Partridge, ten; George Malcolm, hpd. ASV QS 6172 1 Fauré, G. Pie Jesu, from Reqiem, op 48 (1888/93/1900). Aled Jones, treb; Andrew Goodwin, org. ABC 476 3685
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Berlioz, H. March to the scaffold, from Symphonie fantastique, op 14 (1830). San Diego SO/Yoav Talmi. Naxos 8.557930-31 5 Gesualdo, C. Miserere, from Sacrae cantiones, bk II (1603). Vocalconsort Berlin/James Wood. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902123 8 Lord Berners. Luna Park, fantastic ballet in one act (1930). RTE Sinfonietta/Kenneth Alwyn. Marco Polo 8.223716 16 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Tom Forrester-Paton
Figaro and Susanna, servants of the Count, are to be married but Susanna suspects the Count wants to seduce her. Cherubino, a page, tells Susanna he loves women, especially the Countess. The Count arrives to proposition Susanna, Cherubino hides, but is found by the Count. When the Count punishes Cherubino by sending him to his regiment, the Countess and Susanna disguises him as a girl so he can stay. When they hear the Count arrive, Cherubino hides in a closet. The Count, suspicious of his wife, determines to open the door, but Susanna manages to change places with Cherubino. Marcellina, a housekeeper, alleges that Figaro borrowed money from her on a promise of marriage but is found to be to be Figaro’s mother. Eventurally, the Count sees the problems of his flirtations and Figaro and Susanna are married at last. 23:00 NOCTURNALS Prepared by Derek Parker Britten, B. Nocturnal after John Dowland, op 70 (1963). Julian Bream, gui. EMI 7 54901 2 18 Rue, R. Three nocturnal windows (1992). austraLYSIS. Tall Poppies TP039
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Sculthorpe, P. Nocturnal (1983). Elizabeth Green, pf. Sounds Australian BD01 10 Varèse, E. Nocturnal (1961). Elizabeth Watts, sop; Men’s voices of Camerata Silesia; Polish National RSO/Christopher Lyndon-Gee. 9 Naxos 8.557882 May 2015
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Thursday 21 May 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
13:00 BAROQUE MUSIC FROM SPAIN Prepared by Gael Golla
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
Padilla, J. de Incipit lamentatio Ieremiæ prophetæ. Westminster Cathedral Choir; Andrew Watts, curtal; Andrew Lawrence-King, hp; Iain Simcock, org; James O’Donnell, cond. Hyperion CDA66330 14
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Rex Burgess Copland, A. El salón México (1934-36). Detroit SO/Antal Doráti. Decca 414 273-2 10 Sextet for clarinet, piano and string quartet (1937). Naxos 8.559692 15 Quiet city (1939). Philip Collins, tpt; William Harrod, cora; Cincinnati Pops O/Erich Kunzel. Telarc 80339 9 Cuban dance (1945). New Philharmonia O/ Aaron Copland. CBS MK 42429
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Eight poems of Emily Dickinson (1958-70). Dawn Upshaw, sop; Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff. Teldec 9031-77310-2 21 Sonata for clarinet and piano (1986). Paul Meyer, cl; Eric Lesage, pf. Denon CO-18016
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10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Weber, C.M. Overture to Oberon (1825-26). Philharmonia O/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8766 9 Crusell, B. Sinfonia concertante in B flat, op 3 (1808). Anna-Maija Korsimaa-Hursti, cl; László Hara, bn; Ib Lanzky-Otto, hn; Tapiola Sinfonietta/Osmo Vänskä. BIS CD-495 28 Schoenberg, A. Concerto for string quartet and orchestra, after Handel’s Concerto grosso, op 6 (1933). American String Quartet; New York Chamber SO/Gerard Schwarz. Apex 79675 2 21 Pleyel, I. Symphony in G, op 68 (1804). London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9525 24 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers 42
Del Vado, J. Las campanas. Marta Almajano, sop; Juan Carlos Rivera, gui. Harmonia Mundi 1957028 11 Torre, F. de la Danza alta, sobre La Spagna. Eduardo Paniagua, rec, psaltery; Maximo Pradera, gui, vle; Rosalia Peraita, vc d’amore; Gregorio Paniagua, bass viol, gui; Jacob DuranLoriga, spinet, positive org; Beatriz Amo, castanets; Cristina Ubeda, perc. BIS SACD-1963 3 Soler, A. Fandango in D minor. Scott Ross, hpd. Erato 2292-45435-2 12 Hidalgo, J. Esperar, sentir, morir. Mina Kanaridis, voice; Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer. ABC 476 3828 4 Murcia, S. de Suite in D minor (pub. 1732). Barry Mason, baroque gui. Amon Ra SAR 45 15 Romero, M. Folía Romerico florido, from The song-book of Claudio de Sablonara. Ton Koopman, hpd. 3 Hermosas y enojadas, from The song-book of Claudio de Sablonara. Janneke van der Meer, vn. 3 Montserrat Figueras, sop; Jordi Savall, bass viol (2 above) Philips 432 822-2 Scarlatti, D. Concerto grosso no 9 in C (pub. 1744; arr. Avison). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Philips 438 806-2 12 14:30 SYMPHONIC DANCES OF THE 20TH CENTURY Prepared by Stephen Wilson
Hindemith, P. Symphonic dances (1937). BBC PO/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 9530 28 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Derek Parker 19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey 20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Bruckner Orchestra Sydney Recorded by Jonathan Palmer for The Musician Project Bruckner, A. Symphony no 5 in B flat (187576). Bruckner O Sydney. 1:14 21:30 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Giovanna Grech Mussorgsky, M. Coronation scene from Boris Godunov (1874). Bulgarian A Capella Choir; Sofia State PO/Emil Chakarov. LP Balkanton KKO 1004 10 Verdi, G. Chi v’impose unirvi a noi, from Macbeth (1847). Ambrosian Singers; London SO/Claudio Abbado. 8 Decca 478 5365 Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass (2 above) Gounod, C. This is the place. Hail, gloomy and silent tomb, from Romeo and Juliet (1867). Roberto Alagna, ten; London PO/Richard Armstrong. EMI 5 554772 6 22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Prepared by Judy Ekstein Britten, B. An American overture, op 27 (1941). City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle. EMI 1 66442 2 10 Bridge, F. The sea (1910-11). English CO/ Benjamin Britten. BBC BBCB 8007-2
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Britten, B. Canadian carnival, op 19 (1939). Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer. CBC SMCD 5123 13
Rachmaninov, S. Symphonic dances, op 45 (1940). London SO/Eugene Goossens. Price-Less D 22654 31
Violin concerto, op 15 (1939). Lorraine McAslan, vn; English CO/Steuart Bedford. Naxos 8.557198 33
Bernstein, L. Symphonic dances, from West Side story (1960). New York PO/Leonard Bernstein. CBS MYK 44773 21
Vaughan Williams, R. Concerto for two pianos (1946). Joan Yarbrough, pf; Robert Cowan, pf; Slovenian RSO/Paul Freeman. Centaur CRC 2095 26
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Friday 22 May Borodin, A. Symphony no 2 in B minor (186976). Rotterdam PO/Valery Gergiev. Philips 422 996-2 30 12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell 13:00 CHAMBER HOUR Trio, quartet and octet Prepared by Sheila Catzel
Paul van Nevel 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Exploring chamber Prepared by Di Cox Haydn, J. Flute trio in C, Hob.IV, London (1794). Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Isaac Stern, vn; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc. CBS 37786 8 Schubert, F. String quartet no 6 in E flat, D87 (1813). Quatuor Sine Nomine. Erato 2292-45635-2 23 Francaix, J. Petit quatour pour saxophones (1962). Fairer Sax. Collins 11302 7 Mendelssohn, F. Piano quartet in C minor, op 1 (1822). Domus. Virgin VC 7 91183-2 26 Dvorák, A. Bagatelles, op 47 (1878). Charles Castleman, vn; Julie Gigante, vn; Pamela Frame, vc; Barbara Harbach, harmonium. Albany TROY 041 16 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Giovanna Grech Mendelssohn, F. Overture: The Hebrides, op 26, Fingal’s Cave (1830). Bamberg SO/Claus Peter Flor. RCA Victor RD 87905 10 Beethoven, L. Piano concerto no 5 in E flat, op 73, Emperor (1809). Murray Perahia, pf; Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink. CBS MK 42330 39
Prokofiev, S. Overture on Hebrew themes, op 34 (1919/34). James Campbell, cl; Eleonora Turovsky, vn; Rivka Golani, va; Borodin Trio. Chandos CHAN 8924 10 Kozeluch, L. Octet: Parthia in F. Consortium Classicum. Orfeo 442 981 18 Dvorák, A. Piano quintet no 1 in A, op 5 (1872). Piers Lane, pf; Goldner String Quartet. Hyperion CDA67805 27 14:00 FROM THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM Prepared by Chris Blower
Goldner String Quartet Bazzini, A. Three lyric pieces, op 41 (1863). Chloe Hanslip, vn; Caspar Frantz, pf. Naxos 8.570800 16 Cavallini, E. Duo no 3 in B flat (1836). Nicola Bulfone, cl; Marco Giani, cl. Naxos 8.573133-34 16 Gambini, C. Memories of Paganini, op 50. Bruno Mezzena, pf. Dynamic CDS 05 25
Ibert, J. Divertissement (1930). Louis Frémaux, cond. EMI 5 66010 2 14
Martucci, G. Piano concerto no 1 in D minor (1878). Francesco Caramiello, pf; Philharmonia O/Francesco d’Avalos. ASV DCA 690 37
Saint-Saëns, C. Piano concerto no 5 in F, op 103, Egyptian (1896). Stephen Hough, pf; Sakari Oramo, cond. Hyperion CDA67331/2 27
22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Rex Burgess
City of Birmingham SO (2 above) Beethoven, L. Symphony no 9 in D minor, op 125, Choral (1822-24). Barbara Bonney, sop; Birgit Remmert, cont; Kurt Streit, ten; Thomas Hampson, bar; City of Birmingham Symphony Ch; Vienna PO/Simon Rattle. EMI 5 57448 2 1:10 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with James Hunter 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron 20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Phil Vendy Catalani, A. Hero and Leander, symphonic poem (1884). SO di Roma/Francesco La Vecchia. Naxos 8.573072 18
Veracini, F. Overture no 2 in F (c1716). Accademia I Filarmonici/Alberto Martini. Naxos 8.553412
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Gesualdo, C. Canzon francese. Tragicomedia. EMI CDC 7 54312 2 6 Cara, M. O mia cieca e dura sorte. Shirley Rumsey, voice, lute. Naxos 8.550615
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Corelli, A. Sonata in A, after Corelli op 5 (c1716). Andrew Manze, vn; David Watkin, vc. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907261.62 14 Various. In morte di Madonna Leura, 12 madrigals after Petrarch. Huelges Ensemble/ Paul van Nevel. Sony SK 05-492 1:02
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Saturday 23 May 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Peter Bell
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9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney
Beethoven, L. String quartet in F minor, op 95 (1810). Goldner String Quartet. ABC 476 3541 22
14:00 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD with Maureen Meers Nostalgic music and artists from the 30s, 40s and 50s and occasionally beyond, in a trip down many memory lanes
20:00 MOZART REINCARNATED Prepared by Stephen Wilson
15:00 PARADISE AND THE PERI
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Schumann, R. Paradise and the Peri, op 50 (1843). Barbara Bonney, sop; Alexandra Coku, sop; Bernarda Fink, mezz; Christoph Prégardien, ten; Neil Archer, ten; Gerald Finley, bar; Cornelius Hauptmann, bass; Monteverdi Choir; O Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner. Archiv 457 660-2 1:36
Wagner, R. Prelude to Act I; Isoldes Liebestod, from Tristan und Isolde (1857-59). Munich PO/ Hans Knappertsbusch. DG 479 1148 16
Mozart, W. Serenade no 3 in D, K185, Andretter (1773). Jaap Schroder, vn; Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 411 936-2 47
Skryabin, A. Two pieces, op 57 (1910). Glenn Gould, pf. Philips 456 808-2 4 Prokofiev, S. Symphony no 1 in D, op 25, Classical, op 25 (1916-17). New York PO/ Leonard Bernstein. CBS MYK 44718
Chopin, F. Nocturne in C sharp minor (1830; arr. Piatigorsky). Maria Kliegel, vc; Bernd Glemser, pf. Naxos 8.553159 4 Berlioz, H. Symphonie fantastique, op 14 (1830). Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy. Sony SBK 46 329 49 11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Paul Hopwood Tchaikovsky, P. Excerpt from Symphony no 2, Little Russian (arr. Gordon). Sellers Engineering Brass Band. Soho SOHOCD051 6 Fernie, A. Scottish rhapsody, op 143 (1919; arr. Graham). 6 Langford, G. An Australian fantasy (1898; arr. Graham). 5 Sellers Engineering Band/Douglas Blackledge (2 above) Chandos CHAN 4511 Britten, B. Night mail (1936). Nigel Hawthorne, narr; Nash Ensemble/Lionel Friend. Hyperion CDA66845 4
17:30 ARTS IN FOCUS 18:00 SYDNEY SCHUBERT SOCIETY Prepared by Ross Hayes Schubert, F. Trinklied im Mai, D427 (1816). Die Singphoniker. cpo 999 400-2 3 Adelwold und Emma, D211 (1815). Martyn Hill, ten; Graham Johnson, pf. Hyperion CDJ 33010 28 Litanei, from Litany for the Feast of All Souls, D343 (1816; transcr. Godovsky). Ian Holtham, pf. Move MD 3187 5 May night, D194 (1815). Margaret Price, sop; Graham Johnson, pf. Hyperion CDJ33015
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15 original dances from D365 (arr. Schubert). Gil Shaham, vn; Göran Söllscher, gui. DG 479 2565 12 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers Bock, J. Excerpts from Fiddler on the roof (1964). Zero Mostel, Julie Migenes, Tanya Everett, Joanna Merlin, Maria Karnilova, voices. Red Seal RCD1-7060 19
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Various. I dreamed a dream, from Les miserables; Easy terms, from Blood brothers; Love changes everything, from Aspects of love. Michael Ball, voice. Polygram TV 533892-2 11 Coleman, C. Excerpts from Sweet Charity. Gwen Verdon, John McMartin, Helen Gallagher, voices. Columbia SMK S 60960 20
13:00 ASIAN MUSIC Prepared by Oscar Foong
9:30 GREAT ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL WORKS Love and other drugs Prepared by Caroline Ryvers
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Rimmer, W. March: The Australasian. Hawthorn Band/Ken MacDonald. Walsingham WAL 9000-2
Arriaga, J. Overture to The happy slaves (c1820). Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall. Astrée E 8532 8 Boïeldieu, A. Harp concerto in C (1801). Lily Laskine, hp; Jean-François Paillard CO/JeanFrançois Paillard. Erato 2292-45084-2 21 Wesley, S. String quartet in E flat. Salomon Quartet. Hyperion CDA66780 22 Linley, T. the younger Violin concerto in F (c1772). Elizabeth Wallfisch, vn; Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman. Helios CDH55260 16 Kraus, J.M. Symphony in C minor (1783). Swedish CO/Petter Sundkvist. Naxos 8.553734
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Rossini, G. Bassoon concerto. Karen Geoghegan, bn; BBC PO/Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN 10613 18 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Elaine Siversen Strauss, E. Garland of Johann Strauss waltzes, op 292 (1894). Johann Strauss O/Jack Rothstein. Chandos CHAN 10684(3) X 13 Schubert, F. Piano trio 1 in B flat, D898 (1827). Hansheinz Schneeberger, vn; Thomas Demenga, vc; Jörg Ewald Dähler, fp. Claves 50-9112 41 Respighi, O. Rossiniana: Suite for orchestra (1925). Buffalo PO/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.557711 21 Brahms, J. Clarinet quintet in B minor, op 115 (1891). Australia Ensemble. Tall Poppies TP131 38
Sunday 24 May 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett 9:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Rex Burgess Duvernoy, V. Concertino, op 45 (1899). John Wion, fl; Thomas Hrynkiw, pf. Hartt HMP 2W91514 6 Vierne, L. String quartet, op 12 (1894). Quatuor Phillips. Timpani 2C2019 21 Ravel, M. Piano trio in A minor (1914). Steven Copes, vn; Philippe Muller, vc; Stephen Prutsman, pf. ABC 465 841-2 26 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Sheila Catzel Pugnani, G. Overture no 5 in E flat. Academia Montis Regalis/Luigi Mangiocavallo. Opus 111 OPS 30-151 15 Marsh, J. Conversation symphony in E flat for two orchestras (1778). London Mozart Players/ Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 10458 11 Cambini, G. Piano concerto in E, op 15 no 3 (c1780). Franco Redondi, pf; Milan CO/Paolo Vaglieri. Nuova Era 7059 14 Haydn, M. String quintet in G (1773). L’Archibudelli. Sony SK 53987
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Kozeluch, L. Octet: Parthia in F. Consortium Classicum. Orfeo 442 981 18 Reicha, A. Clarinet quintet in B flat, op 89 (pub. 1820). Ludmila Peterková, cl; Bennewitz Quartet. Supraphon SU 4061-2 26
13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide
Sibelius, J. Karelia suite, op 11 (1893). Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi. DG 447 760-2
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Stravinsky, I. Scherzo fantastique, op 3 (1908). Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.571224 13 Copland, A. Clarinet concerto (1947-48). Martin Fröst, cl; Lucy Reeves, hp; Benjamin Martin, pf; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. BIS SACD 1863 16 16:00 A CLASSICAL COLLECTION Prepared by Paul Hopwood Bach, J. Christian Sonata in B flat, op 17 no 6 (1762). Robert Woolley, fp. Chandos CHAN 0543 18 Mozart, L. Horn concerto in E flat (1752). Hermann Baumann, hn; Radovan Vlatkovic, hn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Iona Brown. Philips 416 815-2 11 Beethoven, L. Symphony no 1 in C, op 21 (1800). Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan. DG 429037-2 25 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Warwick Bartle Hymns: Praise my soul; Guide me, O thou great Jehovah; Thine be the glory. Massed Choirs of Manchester Cathedral/Stuart Beer. BBC 579 8 Sumsion, H. Te Deum; They that go down to the sea in ships; In exile. Donald Hunt Singers; Adrian Partington, org; Donald Hunt, cond. Helios CDH55009 23 Liszt, F. Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, from Missa choralis (1865). Priory PRCD 5010 15 Choir of Worcester Cathedral (2 above)
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Telemann, G. Sonata in B flat. Marianne Stucki, fl; Dries Munnik, vc; Christian Lambour, hpd. Etcetera KTC 1083 11 Verdi, G. String quartet in E minor. Melos Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901671 22
Bach, C.P.E. 12 variations in D minor on Folie d’Espagne, Wq118 no 9 (1777). Andreas Staier, hpd. Harmonia Mundi RD 77025 9 Villa-Lobos, H. Suite, from Prole do bebe (1918). Artur Rubinstein, pf. RCA RD 85670 11 Albéniz, I. Suite española, op 47 (1886). Esteban Sañchez, pf. Brilliant Classics 9255
Wallace, V. Overture to Maritana (1845). New PO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 466 431-2 10 Stanford, C. Villiers Piano concerto no 2 in C minor, op 126 (1915). Margaret Fingerhut, pf; Ulster O/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN 8736 39 Harty, H. An Irish symphony (1904/15/24). NSO of Ireland/Proinssías O’Duinn. Naxos 8.554732 31 20:30 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Francis Frank Dvorák, A. Terzetto in C, op 74 (1887). The Lindsays. ASV DCS 446 19 Mayr, S. Divertimento in E flat for oboe, two clarinets, two bassoons and horn (rev. Ballola). Camerata Strumentale Italiana. LP Italia ITL 70010 17 Bottesini, G. Duet for clarinet and double bass. James Campbell, cl; Joel Quarrington, db. Naxos 8.557042 10 Dvorák, A. Five bagatelles, op 47 (1878). The Lindsays. ASV DCS 446 17 Pessard, E. Bolero (arr. Rutter). Jane Rutter, fl; Members of Gagliano String Ensemble. ABC 476 647-5 4 Triebert, C-L. Fantasy on a Limousin air. Bert Lucarelli, ob; Simon Wynberg, gui. Price-Less D 21062 9 Spohr, L. Double quartet no 4 in G minor, op 136 (1847). Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble. Hyperion CDD22014 26 22:30 NEW HORIZONS Hirose and Hosokawa Prepared by Robert Small Hosokawa, T. Woven dreams (2009).
18:00 SCARLATTI AND FRIENDS Prepared by Emyr Evans
14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Long lives over the centuries Prepared by Frank Morrison Byrd, W. Ad Dominum cum tribularer. Cardinal’s Musick/Andrew Carwood. ASV GAU 178
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12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME With John Buchanan
19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Maureen Meers
Saint-Saëns, C. Cello concerto no 1 in A minor, op 33 (1872). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Philadelphia O/Daniel Barenboim. Teldec 8573-85340-2
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Monday 25 May Finch, C. Celtic concerto. Catrin Finch, hp; Sinfonia Cymru/John Rutter. DG 479 0497 13 Williams, G. Two choruses (1975). Frank Lloyd, hn; Christopher Larkin, hn; Caryl Thomas, hp; Richard Hickox Singers/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 9617 10 Hughes, A. Suite for orchestra (1947). Royal PO/Owain Arwel Hughes. BIS 1674 22 Carlos Kleiber 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Robert Small
Shostakovich, D. Symphony no 7 in C, op 60, Leningrad (1941). Mariinsky O/Valery Gergiev. Mariinsky SACD MAR0533 1:22
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Chris Blower Respighi, O. Rossiniana (1925). Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet. Decca 476 2724
Valery Gergiev 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Derek Parker
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Giuliani, M. Rossiniana no 1, op 119 (c1820). David Russell, gui. Telarc 80525 16 Rossini, G. Overture to William Tell (1829; arr. Liszt 1838). Frederic Chiu, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907102 13
13:00 A CLASSICAL COLLECTION Prepared by Paul Hopwood Mozart, W. Symphony no 36 in C, K425, Linz (1783). Vienna PO/Carlos Kleiber. Artists FED 013/14 29 Chopin, F. Piano sonata no 1 in C minor, op 4 (1828). Leif Ove Andsnes, pf. Virgin 7 59072 2 26
Overture to Semiramide (1823; arr. Giuliani). Emanuele Segre, gui. Claves 50-9303 13
14:00 RARE WELSH BITS Prepared by Stephen Wilson
Overture; Largo al factotum; Di si felice innesto, from The barber of Seville (1816; transcr. Sedlak). Melbourne Windpower/ Richard Runnels. Move MD 3110
Tomkins, T. Know you not (c1625). Choir of New College, Oxford; David Burchell, org; Edward Higginbottom, cond. CRD 3467 8
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15:00 MOSTLY STRINGS! Prepared by Sheila Catzel Villa-Lobos, H. Bachianas brasileiras no 5 (1938-45). Victoria de los Angeles, sop; Eight cellists of French NRO/Heitor Villa- Lobos. EMI CDH 7610152 11 Saint-Saëns, C. Septet in E flat, op 65 (1881). Paul Archibald, tpt; Ian Brown, pf, Nash Ensemble of London. Virgin VC 7 90751-2 18 Bruch, M. String quintet, op posth. (1918). Ensemble Ulf Hoelscher. cpo 999 451-2 26 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Ogilvie 19:00 JAZZ NICE ‘N EASY with Ken Weatherley 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson
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Tuesday 26 May
Karl Anton Richenbacher 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
Lorin Maazel Sibelius, J. Symphony no 2 in D, op 43 (1901). Adelaide SO/Arvo Volmer. ABC 476 3945 43
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds
Carulli, F. Guitar sonata, op 21 no 2. Naxos 8.553301
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Stephen Wilson
12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes 13:00 BEHOLD THE VALLEY Prepared by Stephen Wilson
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: Richard Savino Prepared by Madilina Tresca 20
Paganini, N. Grand sonata in A, op 39 (180304). Monica Huggett, vn. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907116 23 Richard Savino, gui (2 above) Scarlatti, A. Cello sonata. Deborah Dunham, vle; Barrett Sills, vc; Richard Savino, archlute; Matthew Dirst, hpd. Naxos 8.570950 8 Boccherini, L. Guitar quintet no 9 in C, La ritirata di Madrid (1798). Richard Savino, gui; Artaria Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907069 33
Ravel, M. La vallée des cloches (1904-05). Gordon Fergus-Thompson, pf. ASV DCA 809 Liszt, F. Tristia, transcription of The Obermann Valley (1840). Trio Chausson. Mirare MIR 089 Trad. Three valleys. Riley Lee, shakuhachi. Tall Poppies TP168
Chopin, F. 24 preludes, op 28 (1839; arr. Françaix). Berlin RSO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher. Schwann 311 060 H1 39
19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 6
20:00 RECENT RELEASES with David Garrett 22:00 INTO THE 20TH CENTURY Prepared by Judy Ekstein
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Casella, A. Heroic elegy, op 29 (1916). Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia. Naxos 8.572415 17
Beethoven, L. The Vale of Clwyd, WoO155 no 19 (1810). Catrin Wyn Davies, sop; Marieke Blankestijn, vn; Ursula Smith, vc; Malcolm Martineau, pf. DG 477 5128 5
Ponce, M. Concierto del sur (1941). Eduardo Fernández, gui; English CO/Enrique Garcia Asensio. Decca 455 364-2 24
Grofé, F. Death Valley suite. Capitol SO/Ferde Grofé. EMI 5 74117 2 17
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10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Field
14:00 ROMANTIC TO THE CORE Prepared by Ross Hayes
Ravel, M. La valse (1921). London SO/Claudio Abbado. DG 427 314-2 12
Liszt, F. Sonata in B minor (1843). Michael Kieran Harvey, pf. Move MD 3286
Finzi, G. Clarinet concerto, op 31 (1948-49). Michael Collins, cl; City of London Sinfonia/ Richard Hickox. Virgin VC 7 90718-2 28
Berlioz, H. Harold en Italie, op 16 (1834). Robert Vernon, va; Cleveland O/Lorin Maazel. Decca 480 6621 40
Porena, B. Vivaldi (1988). I Solisti Italiani. Denon CO-78949
Menotti, G. Piano concerto in F (1945). Earl Wild, pf; Symphony of the Air/Jorge Mester. Vanguard OVC 4029 33 Malipiero, G. Sesta sinfonia for strings (1947). I Solisti Italiani. Denon CO-78949 23
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Wednesday 27 May 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 Music of the 18th century Prepared by Chris Blower Bach, J.S. Brandenburg concerto no 4 in G, BWV1049 (1720). Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Alia Vox AVSA 9871 15 Haydn, J. String quartet in D, Hob.III:34 (1772). Esterházy Quartet. RCA GD 71959 24 Telemann, G. Suite in D, TWV55:D6 (1715-20). Sara Cunningham, bass viol; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Monica Huggett. Harmonia Mundi HMT 7907093 21 Beethoven, L. Piano trio in B flat, op 11, Gassenhauer (1797). Vienna Piano Trio. Nimbus NI 5508
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Smetana, B. Tabor, from My country, op 20 (1878). Prague RSO/Vladimir Válek. Supraphon SU 3916-2 12 Dvorák, A. Cello concerto in B minor, op 104 (1895). János Starker, vc; London SO/Antal Doráti. Mercury 432 001-2 38 Novák, V. South Bohemian suite, op 64 (193637). Brno State PO/Jirí Pinkas. LP Supraphon 1110 2486 30 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale
Sullivan, A. The ghosts’ high noon, from Ruddigore (1887). Tasmanian SO/Andrew Greene. ABC 476 5104
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Burgon, G. Viola concerto, Ghosts of the dance (2008). Philip Dukes, va; City of London Sinfonia/Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN 10592 21
Beethoven, L. Piano trio no 5 in D, op 70 no 1, Ghost (1809). Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 438 948-2 22
10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Elaine Siversen
Schubert, F. Ghost dance, D116 (1814). Ian Bostridge, ten; Julius Drake, pf. EMI 5 57141 2
Anders Dahlin Bolcom, W. Graceful ghost rag (1979). Pei-Yao Wang, pf. Naxos 8.559662 5
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waiting for the prophet Samuel. Samuel curses Saul for impiety. Saul’s son, Jonathan, introduces his shepherd friend David, whose harp-playing eases the king’s distress. The Philistine captain Goliath challenges the Israelites to send a champion against him. David sets out armed only with his sling and returns victorious. Jealous of David’s new popularity, Saul banishes him. David creeps into Saul’s tent at night, proving his loyalty by refusing to kill him. The dying Samuel is brought in and anoints David, but Saul refuses to relinquish power. Saul asks the witch of Endor to raise the ghost of Samuel, who prophesies Saul’s death. The Philistines overrun the camp, killing Jonathan and his brothers. Saul falls on his sword and David is proclaimed king. 22:30 RUSSIAN BALLET MUSIC Prepared by Gael Golla Stravinsky, I. Suite from The firebird (1910). New York PO/Leonard Bernstein. CBS MYK 42540 21 Khachaturian, A. Gayaneh suite (1942/52/67). Boston Pops O/Arthur Fiedler. 9 RCA Victrola VD 87734 Shostakovich, D. Ballet suite no 3 (1952; ed. Atovmyan). Russian PO/Dmitry Yablonsky. Naxos 8.557208 15 Glazunov, A. Summer, from The seasons, op 34 (1901). Sydney SO/Wilfred Lehmann. ABC 442 377-2 12 Tchaikovsky, P. Suite from The nutcracker, op 71a (1891-92). Berlin PO/Mstislav Rostropovich. DG 429 097-2 23
Thursday 28 May 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Australian String Quartet Produced by George Hilgevoord
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 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
Weber, C.M. Overture to Der Freischütz (1821). Los Angeles PO/Zubin Mehta. Decca 475 7470 9 Danzi, F. Bassoon concerto in C. Albrecht Holder, bn; New Brandenberg PO/Nicolás Pasquet. Naxos 8.554273 16 Enescu, G. Symphony no 2 in A, op 17 (1912-14). BBC PO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Chandos CHAN 9537 58 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers
Piazzolla, A. Le grand tango (1982). Trish O’Brien, vc; Renate Turrini, pf. MBS CD41
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Holst, G. Quintet in A minor, op 3 (1903). Christopher O’Neal, ob; Julian Farrell, cl; Christopher Blake, hn; Richard Skinner, bn; Anthony Goldstone, pf. Chandos CHAN 9077 17 Herzogenberg, H. Trio in D, op 61 (1889). Ingo Goritzki, ob; Barry Tuckwell, hn; Ricardo Requejo, pf. Claves 50 803 25 14:00 POLISH COMPOSERS OTHER THAN CHOPIN Prepared by Gael Golla Benedicimus Deum cœli. Kings’ Singers. Naxos 8.572987
Wieniawski, H. Polonaise no 2 in A, op 21 (pub. 1870). Krzysztof Jakowicz, vn; Krystyna Borucinska, pf. Olympia OCD 309 8 Szymanowski, K. Concert overture in E, op 12 (1905). Warsaw PO/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.570722 14 Paderewski, I. Theme and variations, op 16 no 3 (c1888-94). Earl Wild, pf. Vanguard OVC 4033 9 Penderecki, K. String quartet (1960). LaSalle Quartet. DG 423 245-2 7 Lutoslawski, W. Grzes is going through the village; A brook, from Six children’s songs (1952-53). Urszula Kryger, sop; Polish NRSO/ Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.555763 4
13:00 CHAMBER HOUR Prepared by Sheila Catzel
Górecki, H. Amen, op 35 (1975). Chicago Symphony Ch; Chicago Lyric Opera Ch/John Nelson. Nonesuch 7559 79348-2 6 15:00 CLASSICAL CHAMBER Prepared by Jan Brown Haydn, J. String quartet in G minor, Hob.III:33 (1772). Salomon String Quartet. Hyperion CDA66621 28 Mozart, W. String quartet no 22 in B flat, K589, Prussian (1790). Hagen Quartet. DG 00289 477 5081 24 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Marilyn Schock
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Mozart, W. Quartet in G, K387 (1782).
Australian String Quartet (all above) 21:30 LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE CHORUS Prepared by Philip Lidbury Tchaikovsky, P. A legend, op 54 no 5 (1889). USSR State Academic Russian Ch/Alexander Sveshnikov. 4 LP Melodiya C 01697-8 Verdi, G. Pater noster (1880). Vienna Boys’ Choir; Ch Viennensis/Peter Marschik. ABC 480 6690
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Trad. All through the night. Bryn Terfel, bassbar; The Black Mountain Ch; Risca Male Choir; Welsh National Opera O/Gareth Jones. ABC 479 0494 5 Biber, H. Gloria, from Mass: Salzburg festival mass (1654). Adelaide Ch; Ann Whelan, hpd; David Swale, org; Adelaide CO/Patrick Thomas. 9 ABC 476 4565 22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Prepared by Stephen Wilson Rachmaninov, S. Four études-tableaux, op 39 (1916; orch. Respighi 1929). BBC Welsh SO/ Tadaaki Otaka. Nimbus NI 5311 24 The bells, choral symphony, op 35 (1913). Elena Ustinova, sop; Kurt Westi, ten; Jorma Hynninen, bar; Danish NR Choir & SO/Dmitri Kitaienko. Chandos CHAN 8966 41 Piano concerto no 4 in G minor, op 40 (1927). William Black, pf; Icelandic SO/Igor Buketoff. Chandos CHAN 8987 31 Three Russian songs, op 41 (1926). Russian State SO and cappella/Valery Polyansky. Chandos CHAN 9665 15 May 2015
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Friday 29 May 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
14:00 FRENCH MOMENTS
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
Berlioz, H. Overture: Le corsaire, op 21 (1844). Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson. Chandos CHAN 8316 8
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus
Debussy, C. Songs of Bilitis: Pan’s flute; Hair; The tomb of the water-nymphs (1897-98). Régine Crespin, sop; John Wustman, pf. Decca 460 973-2 10
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Exploring chamber Prepared by Jennifer Foong Rachmaninov, S. Cello sonata in G minor, op 19 (1901). Leonard Elschenbroich, vc; Alexei Grynyuk, pf. Onyx 4116 36 Hummel, J. Octet-partita in E flat (1803). Albion Ensemble. Helios CDH55037
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Saint-Saëns, C. Piano quartet in B flat, op 41 (1875). Quatuor Élyséen. Arion ARN 68242 31 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Angela Bell Dvorák, A. Symphonic poem: The golden spinning wheel, op 109 (1896). Czech PO/ Charles Mackerras. Supraphon SU 4012-2 26 Coleridge-Taylor, S. Violin concerto in G minor, op 80 (1912). Anthony Marwood, vn; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA67420 32 Mozart, W. Symphony no 30 in D, K202 (1774). Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 417 841-2 25 12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell 13:00 DANCES FROM MY COUNTRY Prepared by Akiho Suzuki Bartók, B. Romanian folk dances nos 1 to 6 (1915). Jenö Jandó, pf. Naxos 8.554718 5 Schubert, F. Six German dances, D820 (1824). Mitsuko Uchida, pf. Philips 475 6282 8 Albéniz, I. Sevilla; Asturias, op 47 no 3, from Suite española (1886). Alicia de Larrocha, pf. Decca 417- 795-2 11 Chopin, F. Polonaise in F sharp minor, op 44 (1841). Maurizio Pollini, pf. DG 477 5430 11 Grieg, E. Solfager and the snake king; Cow call; The raven’s wedding, from 25 Norwegian folksongs and dances, op 17 (1869). Einar Steen-Nokleberg, pf. Naxos 8.578281-82 4 Smetana, B. Stomp dance; The lancer; Hopping dance, from Czech dances II (1879). Radoslav Kvapil, pf. Unicorn-Kanchana DKP 9139 12 50
Saint-Saëns, C. Danse macabre, op 40 (1874). French NRO/Jean Martinon. apex 8573 89244 2 7 14:30 SHAKESPEARE IN MUSIC Prepared by Francis Frank Quilter, R. Four Shakespeare songs, op 30 (1933). Jonathan Lemalu, bass-bar; Malcolm Martineau, pf. EMI 5 58076 2 6 Harris, M. When that I was and a little tiny boy, bk V no 4, from Shakespeare songs. Phoenix Bach Choir/Charles Bruffy. Chandos CHSA 5031 3 Humperdinck, E. Shakespeare suite no 2 (190708). Bamberg SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher. Schwann 3-1197-2 16 15:00 GOODBYE, FAREWELL Prepared by Susan Briedis Gibbons, O. The silver swan. King’s Singers. Signum SIGCD297 2 Grainger, P. Irish tune from County Derry. Royal Northern College of Music Wind O/ Timothy Reynish. Chandos CHAN 9549 4 Tosti, P. Good-bye (pub. 1880). Jose Carreras, ten; English CO/Edoardo Müller. Philips 416 900-2 4 Strauss, Josef. Farewell! polka, op 211 (1866). Johann Strauss O/Jack Rothstein. Chandos CHAN 8527 2 Schubert, F. Abschied, from Schwanengesang, D957 no 7 (1828). Dietrich Fischer-Diskau, bar; Gerald Moore, pf. DG 477 5765 4 Piazzolla, A. Farewell papa (1959). Macquarie Trio. ABC 980 678-0 4 Mahler, G. Der Abschied, from Das Lied von der Erde (1908-09). Elizabeth Campbell, mezz; Sydney SO/Stuart Challender. ABC 476 595-7 31 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Ross Hayes 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron 20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Denis Patterson
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Dargomyzhsky, A. Baba Yaga, or From the Volga to Riga. Bolshoi TO/Abram Stasevich. LP Melodiya CM 03262 10 Gade, N. Spring fantasia, op 23 (1852). Bodil Gobil, sop; Minna Nyhus, mezz; Ole Jensen, ten; Mogens Schmidt Johansen, bass; Eyvind Moller, pf; Danish RSO/John Frandsen. EMI 5 66000 2 21 Goldmark, K. Piano quintet in B flat, op 30 (1879). Oliver Triendl, pf; Quatuor Sine Nomine. cpo 777 2777-2 39 Lalo, E. Suite no. 1 from Namouna (1882). Detroit SO/Paul Paray. Mercury 475 6268 20 Liszt, F. Piano concerto no 1 in E flat (1849/53/56). Geoffrey Tozer, pf; Suisse Romande O/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 9360
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22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Under the influence of Venice Prepared by Stephen Matthews Galuppi, B. Voi che langsuite, from an unknown opera. Catherine King, mezz; Il Canto di Orfeo/Gianluca Capuano. Avie AV2116 9 Frescobaldi, G. Toccata settima. Michael Beth, org. 5 Profil PH10054 Bendinelli - Gabrieli. Fanfare; Sonata, from a liturgical reconstruction of For a Venetian 6 coronation rite. Gabrieli, A. Motet: O sacrum convivium. 5 Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh (2 above) Virgin Classics VC 791110-2 Zelenka, J. Concerto à eight concertante in G. Freiburger Barockorchester/Gottfried von der Goltz. Harmonia Mundi 05472 77339 2 16 Monteverdi, C. Motets: Currite populi; Christus; Adoramus Te. Taverner Consort/Andrew Parrott. EMI CDC 54117.2 7 Brixi, F. Harpsichord concerto in G. Alto ALC 1002
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Gabrieli, G. Motet: Shepherds, whom did you see? Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Stephen Cleobury. 9 Argo 417 468-2 Vivaldi, A. Opera arias of the Serenissima. Max Emanuel Cencic, ct. 8 Virgin Classics 5099946454522 Hasse, J. Salve Regina in G. Elizabeth Wilke, cont; Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler. Berlin Classics 0017372BC 17 Galuppi, B. Concerto a quattro in B flat. Il Canto di Orfeo/Gianluca Capuano. Avie Av2116 10
Saturday 30 May 12:00 FINE MUSIC LIVE 17:00 DOUBLE CONCERT Prepared by Gael Golla Bach, J.S. Double concerto in C minor, BWV1060 (1735-40). Andrew Davis, hpd; English CO/ Raymond Leppard, hpd & dir. Philips 422 497-2 13 Brahms, J. Double concerto in A minor, op 102 (1887). David Oistrakh, vn; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Cleveland O/George Szell. EMI 5 65701 2
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Mozart, W. Double concerto in C, K299 (1778). William Bennett, fl; Osian Ellis, hp; English CO/ Raymond Leppard. ASV DCA 532 27
Gerhart Hetzel 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Oscar Foong
Mendelssohn, F. Double concerto in D minor (1823). Gidon Kremer, vn; Martha Argerich, pf; Orpheus CO. DG 427 338-2 37
9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney
19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Chris Blower
9:30 GREAT ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL WORKS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend
Lloyd Webber, A. Excerpts from Cats (1981). Stephen Hill Singers; Royal PO/Michael Reed. EMI CDVAX 701517 14
Mahler, G. Funeral rite (1888). Chicago SO/ Pierre Boulez. DG 457 649-2 25 Kindertotenlieder (1901-04). Bryn Terfel, bassbar; Philharmonia O/Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG 449 190-2 26
Kander, J. Excerpts from Chicago (1975). Ctherine Zeta Jones; Renée Zellweger; Queen Latifah; Susan Misner; Deidre Goodwin; Denise Faye, Ekaterina Chtchelkanova, voices. Sony 5105323000 19
Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt, from Youth’s magic horn (1892-93; orch. 1898). Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar; London SO/ George Szell. EMI CDC 7 47277-2 4
Lloyd Webber, A. Excerpts from Phantom of the Opera (1986). Sarah Brightman, sop; Michael Crawford, ten; Steve Barton, voice; Phantom of the Opera O/MIchael Reed. Really Useful Rcds 314 543 928-2 18
Symphony no 4 in G (1899-1900). Frederica von Stade, mezz; Gerhart Hetzel, vn; Vienna PO/ Claudio Abbado. DG 453 037-2 58
20:00 OBOE AND FRIENDS Prepared by Philip Lidbury
11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Robert Small Trad. Coronation bells (arr. Partridge).
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Rosetti, A. Oboe concerto in C (1781-82). Kurt W. Meier, ob; Zurich CO/Johannes Moesus. cpo 777 631-2 21 Devienne, F. Oboe sonata in F, op 70 no 2 (1798-99). Peter Bree, ob; Roderick Shaw, fp. Etcetera KTC 1084 13 Handel, G. Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken, HWV204 (1724-27). Carolyn Sampson, sop; King’s Consort. Hyperion CDA67627
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Bach, J.S. Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV1060 (c1736). Diana Doherty, ob; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti, vn & dir. ABC 476 569-1 13
Jacqueline du Pré Krommer, F. Oboe quartet no1 in C, op 8 (c1795). Paul Goodwin, ob; Terzetto. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907220 15 Berlioz, H. Overture: King Lear, op 4 (1831). Elizabeth Green, ob; San Diego SO/Yoav Talmi. Naxos 8.550999 15 Pleyel, I. Sinfonia concertante no 5 in F (c1800). Hansjürgen Möhring, fl; Gunther Passin, ob; Jürgen Gode, bn; Walter Lexutt, hn; Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl. Koch schwann 316 038 F1 21 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Nicky Gluch Ramirez, A. Excerpts from Misa criolla (1964). José Carreras, ten; Arsenio Zambrano, charango; Lalo Gutierrez, gui; Raul Barboza, accordion; Ariel Ramirez, pf, hpd; Domingo Cura, perc; Jorge Padin, perc; Coral Salvé de Laredo; Sociedad Coral de Bilbao; Grupo Huancara/José Luis Ocejo. Philips 446 976-2 18 Smetana, B. String quartet no 1 in E minor, From my life (1880). Amadeus Quartet. DG 479 1924 28 Bach, C.P.E. Sinfonia no 2 in E flat, Wq183 no 2 (1775-76). English CO/Raymond Leppard. Philips 426 081-2 12 Haydn, J. Cello concerto no 2 in D, Hob.VIIb:2 (1783). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; London SO/John Barbirolli. EMI CZS 5 68132 2 30 Schumann, R. Symphony no 4 in D minor (1841). O Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner. Archiv 457 591-2 24
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16:00 THE SHORT AND LONG OF IT Prepared by Frank Morrison
6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC 9:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Frank Morrison Beethoven, L. Serenade in D, op 8 (1796-97). Attila Falvay, vn; János Fejérvari, va, György Éder, vc. Naxos 8.557895 27 Villa-Lobos, H. Wind trio (1921). Neil Black, ob; Thea King, cl; Robin O’Neill, bn. Hyperion CDA66295 19 Stanhope, D. Three folksongs for brass quintet (c1973). Members of Sydney Brass. Tall Poppies TP199
Tchaikovsky, P. Piano concerto no 2 in G, op 44 (1880). Jerome Lowenthal, pf; London SO/ Sergiu Comissiona. Arabesque Z6583 42 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Stephen Matthews
10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Denis Patterson
Hymns: Come thou long expected Jesus; All people that on earth do dwell. Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge; USAF Protestant Chapel Choir. Decca B0006647-2 5
Dittersdorf, C. Sinfonia in E flat. Lisbon Metropolitan O/Álvaro Cassuto. Naxos 8.570198
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Bach, J.S. Excerpts from Cantata, BWV184. Edition Bachakademie/Helmuth Rilling. Hänssler Vol: 55 4
Mozart, L. Trumpet concerto in D (1762). Rolf Smedvig, tpt; Scottish CO/Jahja Ling. Telarc 80227 13
Zelenka, J. Excerpt from The Holiest Trinity Mass. Ensemble Inegal/Adam Viktora. Nibiru 01572231 8
Boccherini, L. String quartet in F, op 64 no 1, (1804). Petersen Quartet. Brilliant Classics 94386 19
Mozart, W. Excerpt from Credo Messe. Limburger Domsingknaben/Klaus Knubben. Profil PHO8024 17
Gluck, C. Don Juan, ballet (1761). English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. Erato 2564 69562-0
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12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with Jeannie McInnes 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide 14:00 AUSTRALIA ENSEMBLE 35 years 1980-2015 Prepared by Sheila Catzel Edwards, R. Laikan (1979). Rebecca Lagos, perc. Tall Poppies TP126 13 Mozart, W. Quintet in E flat (1782; arr. from Horn quintet, K407). ABC 481 0853 15 Sculthorpe, P. Songs of sea and sky (1987/88). Fine Music Tape Archive 15 Beethoven, L. Piano trio no 1 in E flat, op 1 no 1 (1794-95). Fine Music Tape Archive 27 Brahms, J. Clarinet quintet in B minor, op 115 (1891). Tall Poppies TP131 38 Australia Ensemble members (all above) 52
Bach, J. Christian Piano concerto in F, op 1 no 3 (1763). Ingrid Haebler, fp; Vienna Capella Academica/Eduard Melkus. Philips 438 712-2 12
Mozart, W. Là ci darem la mano, from Don Giovanni, K527 (1787). Isobel Buchanan, sop; John Pringle, bar; Queensland SO/Richard Bonynge. 3 ABC 446 276-2 Chopin, F. Variations in B flat on Mozart’s Là ci darem la mano, from Don Giovanni, op 2 (1827). Claudio Arrau, pf; London PO/Eliahu Inbal. DG 477 8445 19 Liszt, F. Reminiscences, after Mozart’s Don Juan (1841-77). Anderson and Roe, pf. Steinway & Sons 30022 15 Beethoven, L. Symphony no 2 in D, op 36 (1801-02). London Classical Players/Roger Norrington. EMI 7 47698 2 33 20:30 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Angela Bell Dvorak, A. String sextet in A, op 48 (1878). Boston Symphony Chamber Players. apex 7559 79679 2 32 Myaskovsky, N. Cello 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
Haydn, M. Psalm 112: Beatus vir. American Boychoir; New York Collegium/James Litton. LINN CKD 152 5
Moulinié, E. At last the beautiful one I adore. Paul McMahon, ten; Tommie Andersson, lute; Daniel Yeadon, bass viol. 7 ABC 476 192-9
Hymn: Glory to thee my God this night. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/David Willcocks. Decca 3
Haydn, J. String quartet in C, Hob.III:72 (1793). Takács Quartet. Hyperion CDA 67781 22
Hymn: I bind unto myself this day. Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O’Donnell. Hyperion CDA 68013 3
22:30 NEW HORIZONS Skoryt and Rzewski Prepared by Robert Small
18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Sydney Society of Recorder Players Prepared by Robert Small Special program featuring 2015 Kruger Scholar Alycia Crossley 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Stephen Matthews Mendelssohn, F. Overture: The Hebrides, op 26, Fingal’s Cave (1830). London SO/Claudio Abbado. DG 471 467-2 10
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Skoryk, M. Diptych (1933).
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Violin concerto no 7 (2009). Nazary Pilatyuk, vn. 15 Cello concerto (1983). Valery Kazakov, vc. 19 Odessa PO/Hobart Earle (3 above) Naxos 8.573333 Rzewski, F. Four pieces (1977). Ralph van Raat, pf. Naxos 8.559759 33
The following composers have works of at least five minutes on the May dates listed Albéniz, I. 1860-1909 10,16,24,29 Allegri, G. 1582-1652 17 Andrée, E. 1841-1929 10 Arne, T. 1710-1778 20 Arriaga, J. 1806-1826 23 Asencio, V. 1908-1078 16 Bach, C.P.E. 1714-1788 3,8,12,20,24,30 Bach, G.C. 1642-1697 11 Bach, J. Christian 1735-1782 3,24,31 Bach, J.C.F. 1732-1795 11 Bach, J.E. 1722-1777 11 Bach, J.S. 1685-1750 8,10,12,27,30 Bartók, B. 1881-1945 10 Bazzini, A. 1818-1897 22 Beethoven, L. 1770-1827 3,5,7,1 0,11,14,16,17,20,22,23,24,26,27,31 Bellini, V. 1801-1835 4 Berio, L. b1925 3 Berlioz, H. 1803-1869 4,9,16,23,26,29,30 Bernstein, L. 1918-1990 21 Berwald, F. 1796-1868 15 Biber, H. 1644-1704 28 Bizet, G. 1838-1875 3,18 Blavet, M. 1700-1768 8 Bloch, E. 1880-1959 10 Boccherini, L. 1743-1805 6,18,26,31 Bock, J. b1928 23 Boïeldieu, A. 1775-1834 23 Boismortier, J. de 1689-1755 3,13 Boïto, A. 1842-1918 19 Bolcom, W. b1938 27 Bomtempo, J. 1771-1842 15 Borodin, A. 1833-1887 22,28 Bottesini, G. 1821-1889 13,24 Boulanger, L. 1893-1918 14 Brahms, J. 1833-1897 1,3,5,9,10,14 ,16,17,19,20,23,31 Bridge, F. 1879-1941 21 Britten, B. 1913-1976 7,9,20,21 Brixi, F. 1732-1771 29 Bruch, M. 1838-1920 2,16,25 Bruckner, A. 1824-1896 21 Brusa, E. b1954 3 Bryant, A. 20th c 10 Burgon, G. b1941 27 Busoni, F. 1866-1924 8 Byrd, W. 1543-1623 24 Cambini, G. 1746-1825 24 Campion, T. 1567-1620 15 Cardoso, M. 1566-1630 15 Carulli, F. 1770-1841 17,26 Carvalho, J. de Sousa 17451798 15 Casella, A. 1883-1959 26 Castellanos, E. 1915-1984 7 Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. 1895-1968 10
Catalani, A. 1854-1893 22 Cavallini, E. 1807-1874 22 Cherubini, L. 1760-1842 9 Chopin, F. 1810-1849 2,16,17,25,26,29,31 Clementi, M. 1752-1832 2 Coates, E. 1886-1957 16 Coleman, C. 1605-c1664 23 Coleridge-Taylor, S. 18751912 29 Cooman, C. b1982 10 Copland, A. 1900-1990 5,10,21,24 Corelli, A. 1653-1713 22 Corrales, A. b1973 10 Coste, N. 1806-1883 4 Couperin, F. 1668-1733 8 Crusell, B. 1775-1838 21 d’Indy, V. 1851-1931 7 Danzi, F. 1763-1826 28 Dargomyzhsky, A. 1813-1869 29 Debussy, C. 1862-1918 1,19,29 Del Vado, J. 17th c 21 Delany, J. 1852-1907 3 Devienne, F. 1759-1803 3,30 Dittersdorf, C. 1739-1799 10,17,31 Dohnányi, E. 1877-1960 5 Donizetti, G. 1797-1848 1,6 Dreyfus, G. b1928 15 Dukas, P. 1865-1935 6,17 Dupré, M. 1886-1971 3 Duvernoy, V. 1842-1907 24 Dvorak, A. 1841-1904 1,2,18,22,24,27,29,31 Dvorák, A. 1841-1904 1,2,18,22,24,27,29,31 Edwards, R. b1943 31 Elgar, E. 1857-1934 7,9,12,13 Enescu, G. 1881-1955 28 Estevez, A. 1916-1988 7 Falla, M. de 1876-1946 12,18 Fasch, J. 1688-1758 19 Fauré, G. 1845-1924 10,16,17,18 Fernie, A. b1960 23 Ferrero, L. b1951 3 Field, J. 1782-1837 10,16,17 Finch, C. b1980 25 Finzi, G. 1901-1956 11,26 Foerster, J. 1859-1951 12 Francaix, J. 1912-1997 19,22 Françaix, J. 1912-1997 19,22 Franck, C. 1822-1890 3 Frescobaldi, G. 1583-1643 29 Gabrieli, G. c1556-1612 29 Gade, N. 1817-1890 8,29 Galuppi, B. 1706-1785 29 Gambini, C. 1819-1865 22 Geminiani, F. 1687-1762 8 Gershwin, G. 1898-1937 9 Gesualdo, C. c1561-1613 20,22 Gibbons, O. 1583-1625 15 Ginastera, A. 1916-1983 18
Giordano, U. 1867-1948 4 Giuliani, M. 1781-1829 8,25 Glass, L. 1864-1936 5 Glass, P. b1937 10 Glazunov, A. 1865-1936 16,18,27 Glier, R. 1875-1976 16 Glinka, M. 1804-1857 3 Gluck, C. 1714-1787 31 Goldmark, K. 1830-1915 2,29 Górecki, H. b1933 28 Gounod, C. 1818-1893 21 Grainger, P. 1882-1961 9 Granados, E. 1867-1916 12 Graupner, C. 1683-1760 1 Grieg, E. 1843-1907 8 Grofé, F. 1892-1972 26 Gubaidulina, S. b1931 10 Guillaume le Vinier. c11901245 4 Handel, G. 1685-1759 10,20,30 Hanson, H. 1896-1981 6 Hartmann, E. 1836-1898 5 Harty, H. 1879-1941 17,24 Hasse, J. 1699-1783 29 Haydn, J. 1732-1809 1,2,3,5,8,10,1 5,18,19,22,27,28,30,31 Haydn, M. 1737-1806 15,24 Hérold, F. 1791-1833 2 Hertel, J. 1727-1789 3 Herzogenberg, H. 1843-1900 28 Hill, A. 1870-1960 17 Hiller, F. 1811-1885 3,16 Hindemith, P. 1895-1963 21 Hirose, R. b1930 24 Holst, G. 1874-1934 2,11,28 Hosokawa, T. b1955 24 Hughes, A. 1909-1990 25 Hummel, J. 1778-1837 2,11,15,17,29 Humperdinck, E. 1854-1921 29 Ibert, J. 1890-1962 22 Isaac, H. c1450-1517 1 Jacob, G. 1895-1984 30 Janácek, L. 1854-1928 4 Joachim, J. 1831-1907 9 Josquin Desprez. c1440-1521 8 Kalkbrenner, F. 1785-1849 10 Kander, J. b1927 30 Khachaturian, A. 1903-1978 18,27 Kodály, Z. 1882-1967 9 Kosma, J. 1905-1969 16 Kozeluch, L. 1747-1818 13,22,24 Kraus, J.M. 1756-1792 6,15,23 Krommer, F. 1759-1831 2,30 Kubal, O. b1964 10 Kuhlau, F. 1786-1832 5 Lalande, M-R. de 1657-1726 1 Lalo, E. 1823-1892 29 Lawes, H. 1596-1662 15 Lawes, W. 1602-1645 15 Leoncavallo, R. 1858-1919 19
Leone, G. b1956 11 Lilburn, D. 1915-2001 10 Lindpaintner, P. 1791-1856 3 Linley, T. the younger 17561778 23 Liszt, F. 1811-1886 4,16,24,26,29,31 Litolff, H. 1818-1891 17 Llobet, M. 1878-1938 16 Lloyd Webber, A. b1948 2,30 Loewe, F. 1901-1988 9 Lord Berners. 1883-1950 20 Lully, J-B. 1632-1687 8 Lumbye, H. 1810-1874 5 Lutoslawski, W. 1913-1994 5 Maderna, B. 1920-1973 3 Mahler, G. 1860-1911 17,29,30 Malipiero, G. 1882-1973 26 Marais, M. 1656-1728 8 Markevitch, I. 1912-1983 14 Marsh, J. 1752-1828 24 Martinu, B. 1890-1959 12 Martucci, G. 1856-1909 22 Mascagni, P. 1863-1945 19 Massenet, J. 1842-1912 3,4 Mayr, S. 1763-1845 2,24 Mendelssohn, F. 1809-1847 2,3,8,9,10,11,14,16,19,22,31 Menotti, G. 1911-2007 26 Mertz, J. 1806-1856 2 Messager, A. 1853-1929 15 Messiaen, O. 1908-1992 3 Meyerbeer, G. 1791-1864 4 Milhaud, D. 1892-1974 19 Moeran, E.J. 1894-1950 4,8,17 Monn, M. 1717-1750 3 Monteverdi, C. 1567-1643 8,14,29 Montsalvatge, X. b1912 9 Moore, K. b1919 10 Moulinié, E. 1599-1676 31 Mozart, L. 1719-1787 20,24,31 Mozart, W. 1756-1791 1,2,3,4,5 ,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,23,2 5,28,29,31 Muffat, G. 1653-1704 2 Murcia, S. de c1682-1740 21 Musgrave, T. b1928 10 Mussorgsky, M. 1839-1881 6,19,21 Mussorgsky, M. 1839-1881 6,19,21 Myaskovsky, N. 1881-1950 14,31 Myslivecek, J. 1737-1781 13 Neruda, J. 1707-1780 3 Nicolai, O. 1810-1849 17 Nielsen, C. 1865-1931 5,9 Novák, V. 1870-1949 12,27 Paderewski, I. 1860-1941 28 Padilla, J. de c1590-1664 21 Paganini, N. 1782-1840 2,13,14,26 Page, R. b1956 10 Paisiello, G. 1740-1816 4
Parry, H. 1848-1918 17 Pärt, A. b1935 5 Penderecki, K. b1933 28 Piazzolla, A. 1922-1992 28 Pierné, G. 1863-1937 2 Pleyel, I. 1757-1831 2,21,30 Ponce, M. 1882-1948 26 Ponchielli, A. 1834-1886 17 Porena, B. b1927 26 Prokofiev, S. 1891-1953 7,16,18,22,23 Psathas, J. b1966 10 Puccini, G. 1858-1924 8,19 Pugnani, G. 1731-1798 1,24 Purcell, H. 1659-1695 3,7 Quilter, R. 1877-1953 7,13,29 Rachmaninov, S. 1873-1943 19,21,28,29 Rameau, J-P. 1683-1764 8 Ramirez, A. b1921 30 Rautavaara, E. b1928 14 Ravel, M. 1875-1937 14,17,19,24,26 Reicha, A. 1770-1836 24 Respighi, O. 1879-1936 6,14,23,25 Revueltas, S. 1899-1940 7 Ries, F. 1784-1838 3 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. 18441908 7,12,16 Rodgers, R. 1902-1979 9 Rodrigo, J. 1901-1999 16 Roseingrave, T. 1690-1766 17 Rosetti, A. c1750-1792 30 Rossini, G. 1792-1868 4,8,23,25 Roussel, A. 1869-1937 9,19 Rubinstein, A. 1829-1894 20 Rue, R. b1950 20 Rzewski, F. b1938 31 Saint-Saëns, C. 1835-1921 2,3,5,16,19,22,24,25,29 Sanz, G. 1640-1710 16 Sarasate, P. de 1844-1908 2 Satie, E. 1866-1925 10 Scarlatti, A. 1659-1725 26 Scarlatti, D. 1685-1757 21 Schoenberg, A. 1874-1951 6,21 Schubert, F. 1797-1828 3,4,9,11,1 3,14,15,16,17,22,23,29 Schulhoff, E. 1894-1942 12 Schumann, R. 1810-1856 1,8,16,18,19,23,30 Sculthorpe, P. b1929 20,31 Seixas, C. 1704-1742 15 Servais, A-F. 1807-1866 4 Shostakovich, D. 1906-1975 19,25,27 Sibelius, J. 1865-1957 1,11,14,20,24,26 Sinding, C. 1856-1941 5,8 Skoryk, M. b1938 31 Smalley, R. b1943 10 Smetana, B. 1824-1884 27,29,30
Soler, A. 1729-1783 21 Spohr, L. 1784-1859 3,7,12,16,24 Stamitz, C. 1745-1801 6,9,13 Stamitz, J. 1717-1757 6,9,20 Stanford, C. Villiers 18521924 24 Stanhope, D. b1951 10,31 Stenhammar, W. 1871-1927 2,15,16 Stojowski, Z. 1870-1946 16 Stradella, A. 1644-1682 1 Strauss, E. 1835-1916 23 Strauss, R. 1864-1949 1,5,6,7,8,14,17,19 Stravinsky, I. 1882-1971 7,9,10,18,24,27 Street, A. 20th c 16 Suk, J. 1874-1935 1,12 Sullivan, A. 1842-1900 4,5,10,11 Sumsion, H. 1899-1995 24 Szymanowski, K. 1882-1937 9,28 Tchaikovsky, P. 1840-1893 2,10,16,19,23,27,31 Telemann, G. 1681-1767 2,3,8,12,15,24,27 Thalberg, S. 1812-1871 1 Thomas, A. 1811-1896 1 Tippett, M. 1905-1998 13 Tomkins, T. 1572-1656 15,25 Triebert, C-L. 1820-1867 24 Turina, J. 1882-1949 8,12 Vangelis. b1943 17 Vanhal, J. 1739-1813 13 Varèse, E. 1883-1965 20 Vaughan Williams, R. 18721958 3,12,21 Veracini, F. 1690-1768 22 Verdi, G. 1813-1901 4,11,19,21,24,28 Vierne, L. 1870-1937 24 Vieuxtemps, H. 1820-1881 7 Villa-Lobos, H. 1887-1959 7,24,25,31 Vivaldi, A. 1678-1741 1,29 Wagner, R. 1813-1883 9,10,12,14,17,20,23 Wallace, V. 1812-1865 24 Walton, W. 1902-1983 7 Warlock, P. 1894-1930 4 Weber, C.M. 1786-1826 3,21,28 Weelkes, T. 1576-1623 15 Weill, K. 1900-1950 5 Wesley, S. 1766-1837 23 Wesley, S.S. 1810-1876 10 Whitehead, G. b1941 10 Wieniawski, H. 1835-1880 28 Wilbye, J. 1574-1638 15 Williams, G. 1906-1977 25 Wolf-Ferrari, E. 1876-1948 14 Wood, C. 1866-1926 17 Zelenka, J. 1679-1745 13,29,31
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1 Bach wrote a musical one (8) 6 Composer of a golden age perhaps? (5) 10 A rich form of seating (5) 11 VIP ration causes austerity (9) 12 Needed to play a jaws harp (5) 13 A vast ark constructed for Sibelius lover (9) 14 Sound core of military rank (7) 15 Musical family reported on pub crawl (5) 18 Singers involved in final Tosca performance (5) 19 Sings about state transfers(7) 22 First class ACO symphony ends in discord (9) 25 A shot upset sworn testimonies (5) Compiled by Gwynn Roberts 26 Train Vera to provide commentary (9) 27 Real men started this kingdom (5) Name:_______________________________________________ 28 Colossal vocal part for Army member (5) Address: _____________________________________________ 29 Faust heroine in a spin (8) Tel:______________ Email_______________________________ To go in the draw to win a copy of Resonances – Music for Harp by Marshall McGuire, released by ABC, email your crossword answers to: competitions@finemusicfm.com by 23 May 2015 The Crossword 72-76 Chandos Street St Leonards NSW 2065
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2 Recorder of Fleet Gaol riot (9) 3 See harp? No. But a pair might help the announcer. (9) 4 Simpler explosion endangers one (9) 5 Composer demonstrates link between two keys (6) 6 American composer mad as hell … (5) 7 … at air with variations by Indian mainstay (5) 8 Vocal work initially composed as nocturne. Thanks, and thanks again. (7) 9 Hermit loses direction and becomes tart (6) 15 Posh crib I organised for the diocese (9) 16 Song sung by Gilbert Chancellor (9) 17 Olympian cup holder - mean, edgy mongrel (8) 18 Dialects or Diacriticals (7) 20 Seed opened with invocation (7) 21 Deferring to violin technique (6) 23 She sings at Christmas (5) 24 Quiet instrument (5)
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Across: 4 Schramm, 7 Irik, 9 Delaney, 11 Bainton, 12 Olive, 13 Strahan, 15 Emanuel, 17 Baker, 20 Hutcheson, 21 Reeder, 23 Tyrrell, 26 Agnew, 29 Rooman, 30 Di, 31 Knight Down: 1 Trumble, 2 Wilkins, 3 Finsterer, 5 Colborne, 6 Rankin, 8 Sutherland, 9 Dench, 10 Yee, 14 Russ, 16 Atherton 17 Burnard, 18 Koehne, 19 Burt 22 Elwyn, 24 Yu, 25 Lamb, 27 Reg, 28 Ann
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.
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Who was the original composer of the music for the German National Anthem? Which work, according to Wagner, placed Mendelssohn “amongst the foremost musical landscape painters?” By what name do we now call the 17th century instrument, the clavicembalo? Who was known as ‘The Father of Symphonic Jazz’? Beethoven wrote the Emperor Concerto, Johann Strauss wrote the Emperor Waltz. Who wrote the Emperor Quartet? Despite being one of the great five Russian composers known as The Mighty Handful, César Cui had no Russian blood at all. His mother was Polish. What nationality was his father? 7. “He hops like a kangaroo, submerges like a duck, makes passes like a fencer and glides like a skater”: To which conductor was this American reviewer referring in a 1928 New York paper? 8. Virgins have been a popular subject for ballets. Swedish composer Kurt Atterberg wrote one called The Foolish Virgins. Which British composer orchestrated the music of JS Bach for the ballet, The Wise Virgins? TRIVIA ANSWERS 1. Josef Haydn. 2. The Hebrides Overture. 3. Harpsichord. 4. Paul Whiteman. 5. Josef Haydn again! 6. French. 7. Sir Thomas Beecham. 8. Sir William Walton. 56
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Sydney Film Festival returns 3-14 June with 200 films from 50 countries, across 12 days 3-14 JUNE
At The State Theatre, the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace Cremorne, Dendy Cinemas and more.
ESSENTIAL BERGMAN Selected by David Stratton
2015’s retrospective program is a tribute to master filmmaker Igmar Bergman. At the Art Gallery of NSW, David Stratton presents a selection of 10 carefully curated titles spanning Berman’s illustrious, decadeslong career including Smiles of Summer Night, The Seventh Seal, Persona and Fanny and Alexander. Purchase single tickets, or take advantage of the special Bergman retrospective package available now for only $130 + bf which offers a saving of over $50 on single ticket prices.
SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT (1955)
THE SEVENTH SEAL (1957)
Bergman retrospective package and single tickets are on sale now at sff.org.au or 1300 733 733. A strictly limited number of State Theatre Subscription packages, starting at $250 (less than $8 per film!), are available now.
Full program released and on sale Wednesday 6 May 2015
“Ingmar Bergman changed my life. When I saw Smiles of a Summer Night on October 31, 1957, at the Birmingham Film Society, my concept of cinema altered forever.” – DAVID STRATTON
PERSONA (1966)
FANNY & ALEXANDER (1982)
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