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SSO’s SALUTE TO THE ANZACS

Poignant reminder of the nature of war

ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO IN AUSTRALIA

Using music as a ‘weapon of peace’

AN AUSTRALIAN WAR REQUIEM

Echoing the cries of the fallen

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THE PLANETS

SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS

by Gustav Holst

Star French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie returns to Sydney to perform two short, spirited opportunities for virtuosic display by Mozart and Franck.

Plus Mozart’s Paris Symphony and Franck’s grand Symphony in D.

Join Chief Conductor David Robertson as we soar through the solar system with wing-heeled Mercury, warlike Mars, jolly Jupiter, magical Uranus and the other masters of the astrological universe who inspired Holst to his best-loved work and his most famous tune of all.

THU 9 APR | 1.30PM FRI 10 APR | 8PM SAT 11 APR | 2PM

FRI 27 MAR | 11AM

MOZART Symphony No.31 (Paris) FRANCK Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra MOZART Rondo in D for piano and orchestra, K382 FRANCK Symphony in D minor

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SAT 28 MAR | 8.30PM

A CONCERT FOR THE PLANET ON THE EVENING OF EARTH HOUR In association with the Global Orchestra project

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LE GRAND TANGO

ANZAC DAY SALUTE

Experience the tango’s wild and brutal passions on stage for ‘music made visible’ in a seductive physical realisation of three works by Piazzolla and more.

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.

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CONTENTS

EDITOR’S DESK

VOL 42 No 4

2 COVER STORY The SSO’s salute to the ANZACs 4 Interview with Angélique Kidjo 5 Story of the Willoughby Municipal Chamber Orchestra 6 Fine Music celebrates 40 years: volunteers remember …

7 Re-live an Australian War Requiem 9 Patrick Thomas presents a Haydn gem 10 Young Virtuosi 13 Contemporary Conductors: Zubin Mehta 14 What’s On 16 CD Reviews 19 Swinging on the Vine: Buddy DeFranco 20 Fine Music Jazz celebrates Billie Holiday 56 Crossword and Trivia Quiz

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Cover image: The Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Rick Miller on timpani in the foreground and Rebecca Lagos in the background. They will help bring to life the world premiere of James Ledger’s War Music as part of the SSO’s Salute to the ANZACs on 22 and 24 April.

Correction: In the March issue Fine Music Magazine, the story that appeared on pages 2 and 3 should have been attributed to Henry Mendelson as author.

As many of you will be aware, this month marks the centenary of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli and Australia’s involvement in the ‘war to end all wars’. During the Anzac Centenary we will remember not only the original ANZACs who served at Gallipoli and the Western Front, but commemorate more than a century of service

by Australian servicemen and women.

There are numerous events taking place in and around Sydney that explore the themes of war, peace and personal sacrifice. Not least of these are the Centenary Concerts being performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra on 22 and 24 April.

In a tribute to the spirit of ANZAC co-operation, the SSO and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra have commissioned two new works that bring together young voices from both nations. Read our interview with both composers on the following pages.

Further afield, the themes arising from the centenary are explored in programs by the Sydney Youth Orchestra and the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra, in late March.

Fine Music 102.5 will also mark the occasion with various programs that you can find listed from page 23. A major highlight will be the broadcast of the premiere performance of An Australian War Requiem recorded in August last year. Composed by Christopher Bowen for the Sydney University Graduate Choir, the work is discussed in detail in the article by Pamela Traynor, its librettist, on page 7.

The call for peace is continued in our conversation with Angélique Kidjo, who has used her music as a “weapon of peace” and to champion issues of equality and women’s rights. Don’t miss her when she visits Australia this month, especially her powerhouse show at the Sydney Opera House with Mavis Staples.

And, in late breaking news, the Australian Festival of Chamber Music has just announced that superstar international pianist Piotr Anderszewski has chosen the festival, set to take place in Townsville in July/August, to make his Australian debut. More on that in our next issue.

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Contemporary compositions to mark commemoration

The SSO’s salute to the ANZACs

Sturm und Drang mounts the concert stage in Sydney and New Zealand when their respective symphony orchestras fire up salvos to our shared military history, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Richard Gill.

In a tribute to the spirit of ANZAC cooperation, the SSO and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra have commissioned two new works that bring together young voices from both nations.

The first of these, Australian composer James Ledger’s War Music, which includes a lyric by songwriter Paul Kelly, takes its central themes from what Ledger describes as his focus on two emotions, fear and despair.

For the second, the event crosses the Tasman for Kiwi composer Michael Williams’ Letters from the Front, his recently completed musical reminiscences inspired by the World War I correspondence between an ANZAC grandfather and his children in New Zealand.

reminder “ …ofa poignant the nature of war

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James Ledger

years saw him play in the conventional teenage bands of the time followed by a tertiary degree in French Horn performance which led to a full blown musical career combination of all these components.

Having completed War Music in an intense six month stint, Ledger admits he was humbled on many occasions during the process, finding himself writing a work that “somehow commemorates what in reality was unadulterated horror”.

As part of that reaction, he recalled having been moved by the contribution for the choral section of the work by Australian songwriter,Paul Kelly.

“He has written a beautiful text from the point of view of the ghosts or souls of the Diggers who died at Gallipoli”, Ledger told Fine Music magazine.

“All of us in Australia know the story of the ANZAC landing – what a terrible mistake it was and the needless young lives that were lost.

“I didn’t focus on any one particular incident or event. More broadly I focused on two emotions – fear and despair.”

Fine Music magazine placed Ledger on the spot

in attempting to put into perspective his take on current contemporary music and the extent to which it is accepted in Australia and abroad.

His reaction, if frank, was not entirely predictable.

“This is a problematic area for me. I do feel that there is a wave of conservatism in Australian contemporary music that needs to be cracked open. It seems that we can handle (and even crave) visual art that shocks or confronts us, but we’re not overly accepting of music that does the same.

… Ledger admits he was “humbled on many occasions

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The two orchestras will perform these works at virtually the same time, on 22 and 24 April in Sydney and 22 and 23 April in Wellington and Auckland, ahead of ANZAC Day on 25 April.

In an emotional observation, an SSO commentator pointed out that the singers in the Australian and New Zealand choirs will be about the same age as the young soldiers whose fate it had been to fight at Gallipoli - a poignant reminder of the nature of war.

Both programs open with Fanfare for the Common Man by American composer Aaron Copland. Written in 1942 for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under conductor Eugene Goossens, the piece was inspired in part by a famous speech made earlier in the same year in which vice president Henry Wallace proclaimed the dawning of the “Century of the Common Man”. This will be followed by Letters from the Front and War Music – the world premiere of both taking place in New Zealand and Australia respectively.

After interval the program continues with Vaughan Williams’ moving Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, a work for strings on an ancient hymn tune.

A broad perspective James Ledger’s musical metamorphosis into a comprehensive Australian composer began as a six year old making up short pieces on the family piano, using only the black notes. Later

“I realise that at an art gallery you could take in each piece at your own leisure and that at a concert we’re trapped listening to a work for its entire duration. A friend was telling me about the complaints he received after including György Ligeti’s Piano Concerto in a concert program.

“So I guess it comes down to education. It sounds clichéd, but I think we need to all start singing in school, or sing more in school – and

Michael Williams

of genres including chamber music, orchestral, concerti and opera with an ongoing interest in the digital manipulation of acoustic instruments.

In particular, his Chamber Opera The Prodigal Child has enjoyed great success while his Triple Concerto, a commission from the Opus Chamber Orchestra with the New Zealand Chamber Soloists premiered in September 2008.

Letters is not Williams’ first war-themed work, having been preceded by a short piece for flute and digital effects. This was followed by The Juniper Passion - an opera in three acts based on the WWII Italian battle of Montecassino which pointedly premiered at the location on which it was based.

the sheer number of dead “… must have had a terribly desensitising effect

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without the karaoke accompaniment. A young mind can absorb so much more than we give it credit for, and a child will hum and repeat what they hear –so let’s play them Ligeti’s Piano Concerto at Kindy”.

Quizzed on what 2015 has in store for James Ledger, he hedged his bets by revealing an involvement in a large-scale work for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. He hesitated to go into detail, given “it is still in its early stages and I’m not sure where it’s taking me”.

Time and the WASO will tell.

Divide of the ‘ditch’ The formal traditions of European classical music took longer to develop in New Zealand, due to the country’s geographical isolation.

Composers such as Alfred Hill were educated in Europe and brought late romantic music traditions to New Zealand, attempting to graft them on to New Zealand themes. However, before 1960 New Zealand did not have a distinct classical style of its own, having - what one historian described as - “a tendency to over-criticise home-produced goods”.

The first composer with a truly New Zealand voice and international recognition, Douglas Lilburn, working predominantly in the third quarter of the 20th century is often credited with being the first composer to introduce a truly New Zealand voice and gain international recognition. In 2004 Wellington composer, John Psathas achieved the largest audience for New Zealand-composed music when his fanfares and other music were heard by billions of sports fans throughout the world during the opening and closing ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics.

Other established New Zealand names include those of 1940s born Jack Body, Dame Gillian Whitehead, Jenny McLeod and Ross Harris.

Their compositional emphasis often takes on the resonance of nature, traditional Maori instrumental sounds and chant, rock music, and computers, as well as the Western classical mainstream.

Michael Williams told Fine Music magazine: “My father was a wonderful bass singer and could have had a professional career but chose the safer option of accounting”.

Nevertheless, Williams Snr witnessed with pride as his 1960s born son chose to study at Melbourne’s Melba Conservatorium, going on to Honours and Masters degrees at the University of Waikato.

A recently completed PhD through Melbourne University has capped a distinguished collegiate career.

A well-known figure in New Zealand composition, Williams has received commissions from most of the country’s major musical institutions, his music covering a wide range

Williams explained that Letters is quite different from the Opera, being directly related to his family’s World War I connection.

By way of background, Williams told Fine Music magazine that the letters from his grandfather “have been floating around the family for years”.

“Of course when I was younger I didn’t see their significance or the poignancy of the love expressed from a father who was never to return from Europe. My family is in possession of the wallet with a picture of his family which he carried with him in the trenches and when it was returned, they hadn’t even bothered to clear off the blood.

“He must have been shot through the heart and the bullet went right through the wallet.

“I came to the conclusion that the sheer number of dead must have had a terribly desensitising effect on all those involved”.

Letters will also touch on other 1914-18 events such as the battles in France and Belgium.

“My great grandfather, Arthur Major, was killed in the 3rd Battle of Passchendaele (which military records often refer to as the 3rd Battle of Ypres) on 31 August 1917.

“I will be using some of the letters that he wrote and sent back to his family as the basis for the role of the narrator in this work.

“I’m also looking for other letters from the Front from New Zealand, German, English and Turkish soldiers.”

Of the compositional process, Williams reminisced that “I had to dig very deep, since 2014 was not a great year for me on a personal level and looking back at what I have written in this symphony it seems that my personal struggles have found their way into its fabric, albeit unconsciously”.

That said, he enthused that 2015 will be a busy year with works in hand including a concerto for electric violin and orchestra as well as a string quartet for a CD featuring composers from New Zealand, China, the US and Great Britain.

- Henry Mendelson ANZAC Day Salute Centenary Concert 22 & 24 April Sydney Opera House Richard Gill conductor Gondwana Chorale www.sydneysymphony.com April 2015

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Angélique Kidjo in Australia in April Using music as a ‘weapon of peace’

Angélique Kidjo’s voice comes down the line like a breath of fresh air. The energy of this diminutive singer from Benin, West Africa, positively sizzles and her laugh is infectious.

I am thrilled to be speaking to someone whose career I have followed for decades. And this is a woman whose latest album Eve (her 13th studio album) has just won a Grammy award; who has just published her autobiography; and is about to release a collaborative recording with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra.

“I’m waiting to come back, I love Australia,” Kidjo tells Fine Music magazine. When congratulated on her recent Grammy Award win, she replies: “Thankyou! The women of Africa have won, not me”.

Continuing to embrace her long held belief that music is a “weapon of peace,” Kidjo is rapidly closing in on a quarter century since her Island Records debut Logozo reached #1 on the Billboard World Music chart. The success of that recording lit her path towards international superstardom as an artist/performer, which in turn opened opportunities for her global influence as a philanthropist, including her role as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

With each new recording and live performance Kidjo feels a deep responsibility to build and transcend cultural bridges between her native Africa and the rest of the world. She has never shied away from championing women and bringing issues of inequality and abuse to the forefront. She says:“You don’t sound crazy when you talk about it anymore because it’s becoming a liability for the economy. It’s not good for the men’s image either, to be treating women like that”.

Angélique Kidjo SINGS SINGS is the new album from Grammy Awardwinning singer, songwriter and performer Angélique Kidjo and the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, released on 27 March.

Backed by the sweeping grandeur of the 110 musician ensemble, the singer - drawing fresh, emotional power from her trademark guttural voice - re-imagines nine classic pieces from her 24 year discography and two new tunes (Otishe, Mamae) from the sessions of 4

But it has been portrayed for so many years as being the music of the elite. And now I think more orchestras are doing projects with other artists to bring … mainstream people to know more about classical music - and not to be afraid of it but to participate in it”.

The orchestral parts were recorded in Luxembourg, Kidjo’s vocals were recorded in a studio in Normandy in France. She brought percussionists and singers from Benin to add the African flavour to the orchestral sound.

Additional recording, mixing and production was done in New York by Kidjo and husband Jean Hebrail.

Angélique Kidjo

Monumental achievement Whether she is singing in French, Fon or Mino there is never any doubt that Kidjo’s mind, body and soul are totally committed to the song.

“I just did what I love to do, I just sing,’ she says, “When you do it right, people feel it, people love it, people can relate to it, be part of it, and it’s really empowering”.

Kidjo was approached by Gast Waltzing, conductor of the Luxembourg Philharmonic, who wanted to arrange some of her music for the orchestra. Fast forward and this dynamic team put together a live concert in Luxembourg in June 2012 to present the fruits of their labour.

Kidjo was surprised by the reaction of the public: “We had five standing ovations… I was happy”. She had been afraid that people might not like it. “Actually, I realised that people more and more want to get close to classical music. her 2014 Grammy winning (Best World Music Album) masterwork Eve. Kidjo’s 13th studio album Eve, released in 2014 debuted at #1 on Billboard World Chart and recently won the ‘Best World Music Album’ at the 2015 Grammy Awards. She will perform songs from Eve on her upcoming Australian tour which includes a night with Mavis Staples at the Sydney Opera House on 12 April; and the Bluesfest at Byron Bay on 5-6 April.

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From the delicate treatment of Miriam Makeba’s signature song Malaika to the up tempo Kelele, the result is very impressive. The orchestral arrangements complement Kidjo’s nuanced style and powerful voice without overshadowing it - they leave space for all the elements to breathe. Together Waltzing and Kidjo have created a truly vibrant new music celebrating European Classical and West African traditions - and there is another project in the pipeline.

As for her book, well it was originally intended to be a cookbook. But her publisher, Harper Collins, said “readers want to hear your story, about how you dreamed big”. The result is a volume entitled Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music. On the back cover, former US president Bill Clinton is quoted as saying: “The only thing bigger than Angélique Kidjo’s voice is her heart”.

Find out what he meant when Angélique Kidjo comes Down Under.

- Linda Marr

STORY OF THE WILLOUGHY MUNICIPAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS…

A full house in a magnificent concert hall with exciting young soloists, a brilliant orchestra and conductor, passionate choral singing and an enthusiastic audience – all this and more made the 2015 opening concert performance of the Willoughby Symphony exactly what was promised, “a glittering gala concert of epic proportions”. Sounds over the top? Not at all.

That this opening to Willoughby Symphony’s 2015 Season was such an outstanding musical event should not be at all surprising. It is a long-established orchestra having presented its inaugural concert as the Willoughby Municipal Symphony Orchestra in the Assembly Hall of the Artarmon Public School on Thursday 24 November 1966. The Mayor of Willoughby, Alderman L.F. McGinty, speaking at the Council meeting the following week reported that the concert had “proved to be one of the most outstanding cultural successes the Municipality has had the privilege of staging”.

This however was not the only cultural investment by Willoughby Council in the 1960s.

Council’s formal support for orchestral music performances began in 1965 when it approved a recommendation from the Community Services Advisory Committee “That Council approve of the formation of a chamber orchestra to be known as the Willoughby Municipal Chamber Orchestra and that Mr B. Ruttkai be asked to be the Conductor of same”.

What do we know of this Chamber Orchestra and its members? Mr B. Ruttkai was Bela Ruttkai, born in Budapest, Hungary 1901. He studied piano and clarinet at the famous Franz Liszt Academy where he majored in piano performance and conducting.

He conducted in Budapest and other major centres in Hungary and also in Sweden. After the 1956 Revolution the family fled Hungary and came to Australia, settling in Sydney.

Although he had obtained a Master Builder Degree and had worked on projects in the rebuilding of Budapest after World War II, music was Ruttkai’s passion. He delighted in musical evenings at which he and fellow musicians would get together, forget their day jobs and play Piano Trios or Quartets with Ruttkai at the piano. Recruiting some of his fellow Hungarians as members he formed a small string group.

Before long, other musicians in the community welcomed the opportunity to join Ruttkai’s group and a chamber orchestra was formed.

Photo published in The Clarion, Wednesday 21 July, 1965

Council minutes of the meeting referred to above (1965) report that Ruttkai advised: “the orchestra meets each Thursday for practice and at present there are sixteen members in the orchestra comprising of six violins, four violas, two cellos and one double bass and one vocalist.” An outcome of this meeting with Ruttkai was that Council approved the formation of the Willoughby Municipal Chamber Orchestra, together with a series of recommendations that would launch the orchestra, including an amount of £75.00 for music and stands, commitment to a series of concerts during the year and that the orchestra would present a concert on 17 July 1965 as a contribution to the Centenary celebrations and to launch the Willoughby Municipal Chamber Orchestra.

On its way From small beginnings in his own home, Bela Ruttkai had secured the support of the Council to form the Willoughby Municipal Chamber Orchestra. They rehearsed in the Municipal Depot at 60 Neridah Street Chatswood. On 17 July their concert for the Centenary was held in the Central Methodist Activities Centre, Chatswood with Ruttkai conducting. They received a standing ovation. One of the musicians in the orchestra was the double bass player and industrial chemist David Potts who later joined the Sydney Symphony Orchestra where he played for over 30 years. Potts is still active as a professional musician, teacher and AMEB examiner and has

vivid and very satisfying memories of his time with the Chamber Orchestra. Another musician of that time who recalls the joy of playing with the orchestra was viola player, Philip Silver, who subsequently played with both the Willoughby Symphony and Kuring-Gai Philharmonic.

As Willoughby Council’s resources and scope of community and cultural activities increased, it also supported the formation of the full symphony orchestra known as the Willoughby Municipal Symphony Orchestra under Albert Keats, which is today the Willoughby Symphony. It is remarkable, and to the very great credit of the Council staff and Aldermen and leaders such as Bela Ruttkai and Albert Keats, that for some years the Council supported both the Chamber Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra. The Willoughby Symphony has its own fascinating history, which is a story for another day.

What began in a small way has now developed into the premier orchestra we have in Willoughby today. Interestingly, a chamber orchestra, drawn from members of the Willoughby Symphony, will present the music for the High Tea with the Orchestra for the Mothers’ Day concert at the Concourse on Sunday 10 May. Bela Ruttkai and his initial group of chamber musicians would be delighted.

- Noel Cislowski, Deputy Chairman Willoughby Symphony Advisory Committee April 2015

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FINE MUSIC 102.5 CELEBRATES 40 YEARS VOLUNTEERS REMEMBER …

Celebrating our 40th anniversary brings back many happy memories, particularly when we read of the death of one of our loved and respected long-serving volunteers, Win Thompson, with whom I worked on various 2MBS-FM ventures (the predecessor of Fine Music 102.5FM).

One extremely interesting and enjoyable such venture was preparing a series of programs along with Charles Barton, Andrew Parker and Margaret Farquhar. It was 1993, October being the 40th anniversary of the death of one of the most wonderful singers, Kathleen Ferrier.

The five of us decided that we would love to commemorate Ferrier by presenting four programs – with pianist, orchestra and live – scheduled for Saturday afternoons.

Between the five of us we had LPs, (mono) CDs and inspiring writings. It was Win who suggested that we meet in each other’s homes, she commencing our get-togethers with dinner and discussion. Thereafter, each get-together was preceded by a dinner, stimulating our thoughts on what and how to present four programs during October 1993.

Win Thompson “ Workingwaswith always a joy

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Playing our various LPs and CDs and perusing our printed material led us into finding works hardly ever heard (such as Kathleen accompanying herself, playing and singing The Floral Dance). It also led us into setting a theme to our programs by commencing each with that melodic voice bringing tears to our eyes, with her signature theme, Blow the Wind Southerly, and writing an accompanying article for the 2MBS October Guide.

The four presenters, Win, Margaret, Charles and Andrew, decided which collection they wished to present and when. Charles and Andrew being university physics teachers, were unfortunately scheduled to give Saturday classes but that did not worry either of them.

They pre-recorded their programs and took a radio into the laboratory so that they, along with their students, greatly enjoyed the afternoon. The students were amazed to hear their physics teachers simultaneously on the radio and in the laboratory.

The highlights of our programming were – Kathleen’s collaborations with Bruno Walter: Schumann – Frauenliebe und-leben (Walter at the piano); Mahler – Das lied von der Erde 6

A page from the 2MBS-FM October 1993 guide on the programs commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of the English contralto singer Kathleen Ferrier

(Walter as conductor with Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra); and Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice (Ferrier as Orfeo).

We finished our series of programs with Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, in which Kathleen sang What is Life live in concert. We also broadcast a studio performance recorded separately. Both made each of us stop and listen, but hearing it live left us speechless. To quote Stewart Wilson, Musical Director of the Arts Council of Great Britain in 1947: “…it is lucky that during my lifetime, I have heard it … as near my dreams as I could ever want”.

Not long after these programs went to air we received a telephone call from Winifred Ferrier,

Win Thompson (R) and Rog Owen

Kathleen’s sister. She had heard about our month’s commemoration and sought a copy of our October 1993 Guide for what was then the Kathleen Ferrier Museum. A copy of our guide has been deposited there.

Working was a joy Working with Win Thompson was always a joy.

She commenced at 2MBS as a receptionist and after a short time encouraged a close work friend, Rog Owen, to volunteer. They joined the band of evening receptionists and were subsequently promoted to SODs (Supervisors on Duty), learning to change reel-to-reel tapes and logging tapes, announce (as stand-in presenters), eventually becoming presenters.

They also took on (in their own areas) that monthly job (sometimes hilarious, sometimes onerous, depending on weather and/or letterbox positions) of Guide delivering. Rog is now one of that indispensable team of people (known as stuffers) who monthly unbox the Fine Music magazine, stuff inserts into them and stuff the resulting bundles into envelopes in preparation for delivery.

Win was also a programmer at the station and became a director. She was always willing to assist other volunteers and was a cheerful helper at the annual book and record bazaars when they were in the old Studio C and then across the road in the neighbour’s basement carpark.

Win and Rog remained close friends. The accompanying photograph shows them together in the Blue Mountains on one of their many holidays together.

- Elizabeth Barton with Rog Owen

BOWEN’S MASTERPIECE ECHOES THE CRIES OF THE FALLEN

RE-LIVE AN AUSTRALIAN WAR REQUIEM

An Australian War Requiem, scored for orchestra, five soloists, massed choir, semi chorus and children’s choir, premiered at Sydney Town Hall in August last year. Photo – Anthony Nixon

Australia’s first War Requiem has been written by the eminent composer-conductor, Christopher Bowen OAM to commemorate the centenary of World War 1 and the Gallipoli campaign. It was premiered in the Sydney Town Hall to great acclaim in August last year. Scored for orchestra, five soloists, massed choir, semi chorus and children’s choir, Bowen’s long held desire to write an Australian War Requiem was fulfilled when Sydney University Graduate Choir commissioned the work. The choir got behind the event with immense enthusiasm while the small, dedicated management committee brought exceptional expertise and skill to the large enterprise which achieved an unqualified success.

The genesis of the work lay in Bowen’s decision to set his music to letters written between young Australian soldiers on the battlefields and their mothers at home in Australia. The Australian War Memorial holds scores of these letters and reading them became a highly emotional experience. Text of the medieval Marian hymn Stabat Mater (generally ascribed to Jacopone da Todi ca. 1230 – 1306) which describes the suffering of Christ’s mother at her son’s crucifixion, was then interwoven with these wartime letters. The juxtaposition provides a powerful text.

An extract from just one of these soldier’s letters written by Vivian Neville Main to his mother on Christmas Day, 1917 reads: My dearest Mother, We’re somewhere in France and I’ve just finished Christmas dinner. I’ve been thinking of you all at home today. Oh! How I would like to be there with you all.

Had my birthday in the trenches in none too comfortable a spot but one must put up with these sort of things in these hard times.

By jove it has been cold over here.

Everything frozen and the water in my water bottle was one hard lump.

I had a very narrow squeak this time: A piece of shrapnel came and tore my clothes and then went in to the ground. It was quite near enough.

Vivian was killed in action later that Christmas Day, aged twenty-four.

And a letter from a mother, Alice Crowley, to her son Lieutenant Clive Stanley Crowley dated March 31, 1918 reads in part: My very dear Clive, I am feeling awfully low spirited dearest since hearing such very terrible news relating to this fearful war.

It just feels too heavy to bear: Whenever will it end and I am always wondering how you are. I have never felt my old self since you left us. I try and imagine you at home here with us again and see your dear good face as in the happy days of yore.

Lieutenant Crowley died on June 25, 1918. A fellow officer wrote of his death: At daybreak during an early-morning bombardment at Villers-Bretonneux in June 1918 I met Lieutenant Crowley coming out walking from the front line. He was badly gassed but just able to speak to me and I heard that he died at the Dressing Station the same afternoon. He was a friend of mine.

Another officer reported: “I saw Lieutenant Crowley walking out and heard him say, ‘I’m done. Get your gas helmets on, boys’”.

These are just some brief examples of the material which inspire the text and music.

Moved to the core An important and profoundly significant step in the evolution of the composition occurred when Bowen embarked on a journey to VillersBretonneux, Pozieres, Passchendaele, Tyne Cot, Ypres and Gallipoli. In these historical locations he experienced first-hand what were once the terrible battlefields where so many lost their lives during “the war to end all wars”. As he travelled through towns and villages, it was as if he could hear echoes of the rumble of artillery fire and the cries of the fallen. He wrote in his extensive diary: “I have just returned from a very intensive twelve-day pilgrimage which has provided me with so much inspiration and material for this composition and has moved me to my very core. It is my hope that this War Requiem speaks a universal language and reinforces those qualities which bring all people together and enable them to share a common humanity in peace”.

The premiere performance proved to be an intensely emotional musical experience for both performers and audience alike.

Soloists Celeste Lazarenko and Ayse Göknur Shanal (sopranos), Henry Choo (tenor), Adrian Tamburini and Christopher Richardson (basses) and all those who participated were deeply moved. The performance received a standing ovation from the packed audience at the Sydney Town Hall.

Following the performance, Kim Williams AM, author, leader in arts, business, government and media, described the work as: “majestic, monumental and a deeply moving experience”.

Australia’s mezzo soprano Lauris Elms AM OBE wrote: “Christopher Bowen has written some fine work over the years. In Australian War Requiem he has established himself as a great composer for all time. Musically this was a thrilling and unforgettable experience”.

You can experience this extraordinary performance when Fine Music plays its live recording of An Australian War Requiem on ANZAC day, 25 April from 2pm.

- Pamela Traynor ON AIR SUNDAY 25 APRIL 16:00 AN AUSTRALIAN WAR REQUIEM Recorded by Greg Ghavalas for FINE MUSIC Bowen, C. An Australian war requiem (2014) April 2015

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PATRICK THOMAS PRESENTS A HAYDN GEM MASS IN THE TIME OF WAR One never ceases to wonder at the amazingly prolific Franz Joseph Haydn, who was also a close friend and influential mentor of Salzburg’s most famous musical son, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Apart from the immense library of symphonies and string quartets Haydn produced, there were lots of other compositions for diverse groups of performers. Among his numerous choral works were Masses he wrote for the Esterházy family, and of those, numbers 9 to 14 celebrate the birthday of Princess Maria Hermenegild, the wife of Prince Nikolaus II, a long-standing friend of the composer.

The second of these nine masses, Number 10 in C Major, nicknamed the Paukenmesse (The Kettledrum Mass) or Mass in the Time of War, was first performed on December 26, 1797.

To use its alternative title in Italian, the Missa in Tempore Belli was composed in 1796, and employs SATB soloists, chorus, and orchestra.

It is one of the finest of the six Princess Hermenegild masses and, along with such works as The Creation, and The Seasons, represents a glorious pinnacle in Haydn’s final creative period. Although the Paukenmesse was originally written for relatively modest orchestral forces, the wind scoring was expanded when it was first performed to great acclaim in Vienna. At the time Joseph Haydn wrote his Mass In the Time of War, Napoleon Bonaparte’s armies were edging east through Europe towards Vienna, where the Mass was to be performed, so it generated a pronounced patriotic feeling that reflected the imminence of that conflict. Whilst there is no dearth of the composer’s characteristic buoyancy of spirit, the Mass includes some darkly ominous moments in the opening and closing sections, despite his use of the sunny, even somewhat care-free key of C Major. The various drum and brass interjections in the Mass convey a sense of anxiety that precedes the final soothing prayer for peace.

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… drum and brass interjections in the Mass convey a sense of anxiety

In fact, Haydn’s Dona Nobis Pacem seems to not merely plead for peace, but almost joyously anticipate it. And given that a hallmark of great music is its ability to speak to future generations, this particular Mass succeeds in doing just that and with great eloquence.

One notable instance from modern times must surely have been in January 1973 when, in Washington’s National Cathedral, Leonard Bernstein conducted this Mass in a “Concert

A performance of Franz Joseph Haydn’s Mass In The Time Of War, took place on Easter Sunday 2014, in Salzburg Cathedral in Austria (pictured above).

for Peace”. On that occasion, its performance proved a significant protest against the Vietnam War that had bitterly divided the citizenry of many nations, including the USA and Australia.

More recent interpretations Haydn’s Mass in the Time of War follows the usual six-movement Latin form, with its sequence of Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei. In the performance that took place in Salzburg last Easter Sunday (2014), with the Cathedral Choir and Orchestra and soloists under the conductorship of the Dom’s Music Director Janos Czifra, several compositions for solo organ by Joseph Messner are also interspersed. The Munich-trained Joseph Messner, who was ordained a priest in 1916, later made his mark as an organist, prolific composer and famous conductor; one of the best who led the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra and Salzburg Cathedral Choir for more than 20 years in the post-WWII era. His close association with that Cathedral explains the presence of several of his works in last year’s performance.

As the introduction to the Mass, Salzburg Cathedral’s organist, Heribert Metzger, plays Joseph Messner’s triumphant Resurrexit. Having himself enjoyed a long stretch as a highly acclaimed Salzburg Cathedral Kapellmeister and composer, works by him are still programmed in its services. After the Credo, the same composer’s Easter Sunday Offertorium precedes the Sanctus and Benedictus. Based

on the traditional Terra Tremuit (the earth trembles), Messner’s Offertorium resounds with Alleluias and joyful pronouncements of the resurrection, though the darker tones of the Introit symbolise the miracle of the rising and sacrifice of the Saviour. Finally, following the Benedictus and Agnus Dei, soloists, choir and orchestra join in Der Heiland ist erstanden (The Saviour is Risen) in celebration of Easter Sunday. Organist, Heribert Metzger’s brilliantly extrovert improvisation serves as the postlude that caps a grand musical celebration of Easter Sunday, in Mozart’s own home city, and with the music of his mentor, Franz Joseph Haydn.

The soloists in this 2014 performance with the Cathedral Choir and Orchestra included soprano, Simone Vierlinger; contralto Bernadette Furch; tenor Maximilian Kiener; and the Sydney-born bass, Martin Cooke. The continuo cellist is Matthias Beckmann; the solo organist is Salzburg Cathedral’s Heribert Metzger; and this live performance, given in Salzburg Cathedral on Easter Sunday 2014, is conducted by the Cathedral’s distinguished Director of Music, Janos Czifra.

- Patrick Thomas SUNDAY 5 APRIL 16:00 PATRICK THOMAS PRESENTS Haydn’s Paukenmesse Haydn, J. Mass no 10 in C, Hob.XXII:9, Paukenmesse (1796) April 2015

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YOUNG VIRTUOSI

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.

Justin Julian

Born in 1998, Justin Julian studies viola with Roger Benedict and is currently at Sydney Distance Education High School. He found his passion for the viola at age 14 whilst studying with Robyn Brookfield.

But it was performing Alfred Hill’s Viola Concerto with the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic for their annual Concerto Competition, at which he was awarded 2014 Senior Runner-Up, that Julian lists as one of his career highlights to date.

“It was an excellent opportunity to bring to audiences a rare gem of Australian music.

“Another highlight of my musical life was being Associate Principal Viola of the Australian Youth Orchestra in 2014. Sharing masterful music with, and being in such close proximity to the legendary Maestro Simone Young and Ray Chen was an experience I’ll never forget,” he told Fine Music magazine.

In 2014, Julian received the Robert Pikler Scholarship and Ernest V. Llewellyn Memorial 10

Fund Scholarship, and won a Matthew Krel Scholarship for Orchestral Excellence in 2013.

What does he bring to the YVA that is unique or different?

“I hope to communicate something universally recognisable but inimitable by using this unique instrument as a voice to convey the rich spectrum of human emotion,” he said.

James Julian “In 2013 I played Max Bruch’s Double Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra with my brother Justin Julian and the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra,” James Julian tells Fine Music magazine. “As my first opportunity to play solo with orchestra it has been a definite highlight”.

Year 12 student at Sydney Distance Education High School, Julian also rates playing in the Australian Youth Orchestra’s National Music Camp program in January 2013 and 2014.

Turning 17 this year, Julian studies clarinet with Peter Jenkin and was awarded a scholarship to study at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Rising Stars program, receiving his LMusA with distinction in 2014.

Julian is entering the YVA in order to further his skills as a musician.

“It is my goal to one day become a professional classical musician and I strongly feel that the invaluable experience of recording a fifty minute recital program with Fine Music FM will be a major stepping stone towards realising my dreams,” he said.

“My intention with the YVA is to entice the listener with familiar music for the clarinet that is well loved, and at the same time intrigue them by revealing lesser known masterworks which can surprise and amaze through extraordinary expressions of feeling, inspiration and sound.”

Simon Watts

Saxophonist Simon Watts has been heavily involved in concert bands and has enjoyed touring and competing throughout Australia with the North West Wind Ensemble.

Recently, Watts graduated with his Bachelor in Music (Performance) degree at The Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and has commenced his Master of Music (performance) with a Kirkpix Trust scholarship awarded for academic merit.

“During my time at the Sydney Con, I had some fantastic opportunities. In 2010 I won an audition to travel to Shanghai, China with the SCM saxophone quartet to play numerous performances at the World Expo,” said Watts.

“Recently, playing soprano saxophone as part of ‘Fracture’ saxophone quartet I won an audition to take part in the SCM’s inaugural ‘Estivo’ programme held in Verona, Italy, giving performances and receiving tuition from two fantastic international tutors.”

Watts then took the opportunity to extend the trip and take part in the ‘University of Saxophone Gap’ held in Gap, France where he received tuition from several of the most preeminent saxophonists of our time.

“As a classical saxophonist I bring a unique musical freshness to the YVA,” said Watts. “I look forward to sharing with audiences the vast capabilities of the saxophone as a serious concert instrument- fulfilling the intention the inventor of the instrument, Adolphe Sax first envisaged.”

Sarah Kemeny

Mezzo-soprano Sarah Kemeny trained in ballet, Spanish flamenco and European character dance before beginning her formal studies at the Queensland Conservatorium, completing her third year at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance, studying with Dr Rowena Cowley).

As a concert soloist, Kemeny has represented the Conservatorium in several high-profile concerts, and this year won a full-scholarship to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s prestigious ESTIVO Summer School in Verona, Italy.

She tells Fine Music magazine: “I am so grateful for the opportunities I have to express myself as an artist. Every time I sing I love the feeling of being immersed within another character, thinking and feeling through different parameters.

“It is such a wonderful opportunity and privilege to be a part of a competition that wishes to showcase the skills of a broad range

of musicians,” she said of YVA. “I am really looking forward to reaching out and engaging with an audience and inviting them to share in the magic of this art form”.

Having developed her musical communication through dance, Kemeny found it natural to bring this to her singing. “The opportunity to move an audience to feel and experience something, is what really drives me,” she said.

Amanda Chen After studying violin since Year 1, Amanda Chen received a full music scholarship to study at Meriden School and in Year 12 she served as the school’s Music Prefect. From Year 7-12 she attended the Rising Stars program through the Open Academy at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, which was a very valuable experience as it helped develop her interest in performance and chamber music.

This year she performed at the Sydney Opera

House for the ENCORE 2015 concert. She has received a scholarship to study a Bachelor of Music (Performance) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and hopes to study overseas in the future.

She comes the YVA program without having done “anything like this before”.

“It will challenge my ability to perform a lengthy program…Being able to play on air will be a wonderful opportunity to further my development as a performer and test my nerves,” she said.

She will be approaching this as a performance opportunity rather than focusing on the competitive element, “so I can concentrate on giving my best interpretation of the music”, said Chen.

Wednesdays 1pm See Youth tab on Fine Music website for full repertoire list YVA series - April 1 Simon Watts (saxophone) 8 Justin Julian (viola) 15 Sarah Kemeny (mezzo soprano) 22 Amanda Chen (violin) 29 James Julian (clarinet) Presenter: Troy Fil Audio engineer: Greg Ghavalas YV Co ordinator: Judy Deacon

WSOC – Fine Music 102.5 Young Composer Award 2015 In association with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Fine Music 102.5 is proud to support a new generation of Australian composers with the WSOC – Fine Music 102.5 Young Composer Award. In 2015, entrants are required to compose a work of up to 10 minutes for orchestra and choir using a set text for the libretto for the choir.

Entries close and will not be accepted after Friday 10 July 2015. All entrants must be born on or after the 1st of January 1985.

There’s $5,000 in prize money on offer for the selected entry as well as minor prizes.

The world premiere performance of the selected composition will take place on 26 September at 7pm with the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra & Choir and Sunday 27 September at 2pm. The conductor is Stephen Mould and both performances will be held at The Concourse, Chatswood.

The premiere performance will be recorded

by Fine Music 102.5.and broadcast in 2016.

Any composition/score submitted must be a new, original composition never before performed or published.

The composition must use the following

instrumentation: two flutes (2nd may double Piccolo); two oboes (2nd may double Cor Anglais); two Bb clarinets (2nd may double Bass Clarinet); two bassoons; four French Horns in F; two Bb trumpets; two trombones; one bass trombone; two percussion, timpani and strings (violin 1, violin 2, viola, violoncello, double bass).

The instrumentation is based on the other works in the program. Elena Kats-Chernin: Mythic, Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129 and Beethoven Symphony No 8 in F major. Op. 93 For more information contact 0427 035 465.

An important objective of the Choir is ‘the encouragement and promotion of choral music in Australia through…the development and sponsorship of young singers’. With this in mind, in 2004 an award was established to provide financial encouragement to an outstanding young classical singer. Australian soprano icon Joan Carden AO OBE graciously agreed to lend her name and, most generously, her time as judge to the award.

This year, the pool from which potential competitors are drawn has been broadened and the prize for 2015 has been increased to $6,000. The distinguished adjudicators in 2015 will be Miss Joan Carden AO OBE, Mr Christopher Bowen OAM (Music Director of the Sydney University Graduate Choir), and Mr Anson Austin OAM. It is expected that the Award will be conducted biennially. But get in quickly, as the applications close on 1 May.

The Joan Carden Award 2015 A highlight of the 2015 Sydney University Graduate Choir concert series in 2015 will, with the kind support of Miss Joan Carden AO OBE, be the Joan Carden Award competition.

Young singers aged between 22 and 35 years are invited to become part of this exciting event. More information about the Terms and Conditions and the application form can be found on the competition’s website sydneysings.com.au/jca/

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CONTEMPORARY CONDUCTORS ZUBIN MEHTA

as a Music Advisor, becoming Music Director in 1977 and in 1981 is made Music Director for Life.

Since 1985 Mehta has been chief conductor of the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentina.

From 1998 till 2006 he is Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera while the Munich Philharmonic bestows on him an Honorary Conductorship. Lorin Maazel shared the main conductor duties at the new opera house in Valencia with Mehta until the untimely death of Maazel last year.

There is something wholesomely endearing about Zubin Mehta. If you had a favourite uncle you’d want him to look like him. He has the demeanour of a well-travelled person, full of bon-homie and joie-de-vivre, with perhaps a touch of the imp about him. A mate.

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As if that is not enough, Mehta also loves cricket. In fact when he initially agreed to conduct the Australian World Orchestra in December 2013 he did so on the understanding that he would spend what was left of his nonmusical activities watching the Ashes series.

As it turned out, his best plans were spoilt by the decision of Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències in Valencia, Spain to schedule the first of the Wagner Ring Cycles simultaneously; but as he tells Luke Slattery of The Australian “the economic situation in Spain meant we couldn’t do the whole Ring so I could have come in December after all.” The AWO concerts in both Melbourne and Sydney were re-scheduled to October of the same year and Mehta made up for his Ashes disappointment by surrounding himself with cricketers Brett Lee, Steve Waugh, Richie Benaud and Ian Chappell amongst others. At the concerts, Mehta conducted Mahler’s First Symphony and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, both to great acclaim as you can hear from the CD produced in association with the ABC (ABC 481 0847).

Strident beginnings Mehta’s musical career begins in 1954 when, as a teenager, he decides to forsake his medical studies in Bombay (now Mumbai) in favour of studying with Hungarian-born conductor Hans Swarowsky in Vienna. Two of his colleagues at the ‘school’ turn out to be the late Claudio Abbado and Daniel Barenboim. Within four years Mehta has made his conducting debut with the Vienna Philharmonic and also with The Liverpool International Conducting Competition. He is barely 22. He becomes the assistant at the Liverpool Philharmonic before becoming chief conductor. In 1960 he is made Musical Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (I personally saw him perform there in the late 1960s) a post he holds until 1967. At the same time, he is made assistant to Georg Solti at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a post he holds briefly because Solti, his superior at the time, resigns in a huff for not being consulted of Mehta’s appointment. Mehta thereafter takes over the mantle of Music Director in 1962, a post he holds till 1978. In recognition of his endeavours at Los Angeles he is awarded his own ‘star’ on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011.

Mehta has a history of staying at Musical Director posts for long periods of time – a rarity in his profession. His next tenure is at the New York Philharmonic where he lasts from 1978 to 1991. Throughout, he continues his rapport with the Israel Philharmonic which he joined in 1969

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Some highlights But the ‘main event’ of Mehta’s professional career is conducting the FIFA world-cup three tenors concert held at the Caracalla Baths in Rome on July 7, 1990. Who can forget the sumptuousness of the venue and the spectacular singing that Pavarotti, Carreras and Domingo produced. It caught the imagination of the world like no other musical event ever did. Even the subsequent three tenors concerts (one in Melbourne) never captured the magic of that first one. At the time, I remember walking into the Bangkok airport transit lounge (our flight from England to Sydney had been delayed due to mechanical problems) and being transfixed by what I saw and heard on the television screen. The VHS video of the event becomes a best-seller and the whole cycle is repeated when the digital version came out recently on DVD.

For years Mehta and his good chum, Daniel Barenboim have been trying, without success, to convince the Israeli authorities to allow operatic performances of Wagner’s works in the country. In addition Barenboim, with his WestEastern Divan Orchestra, is trying to breach the divide between the Arab-Israeli culture.

But Mehta himself has not been backwards in that regard. He spends at least three months of the year in Israel where all 105 members of the Israel Philharmonic are hand-picked. So far no Israeli Arabs have been part of the mix but Mehta is hopeful that in years to come their talent will surface. “We have an Arab training programme in the town of Nazareth,” he is quoted as saying. “They are not ready to join the orchestra but that is my dream.”

- Randolph Magri-Overend April 2015

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What’s On MUSICAL THEATRE SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC CELEBRATES ITS CENTENARY MASS BY LEONARD BERNSTEIN 6 May 7pm Venue: Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Tickets: $55-69 Bookings: www.sydneyoperahouse.com/bernsteinmass More information on the Con’s Centenary and its 2015 concert program – music.sydney.edu.au/con100years This year marks the centenary of the one of the finest music institutions in Australia – the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (the Con).

To mark this historic milestone and 100 years of music making and scholarship, the Con will present a number of special fanfare events featuring concerts, music premieres and exceptional guest musicians.

On 6 May, the Con will present Leonard Bernstein’s epic masterpiece MASS in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, featuring alumnus soloist and star of Opera Australia Barry Ryan as the Celebrant. Still controversial four decades after its conception, MASS explores the debate around religious beliefs through a young man’s crisis of faith. Based on The Tridentine Mass of the Roman Catholic Church, Bernstein’s MASS draws from a variety of musical and theatrical styles – from concert hall to Broadway. This is Bernstein’s personal homage to our beliefs, our tribulations and concerns, our hopes and dreams, our doubts, our lives.

With more than 400 singers and musicians, including choristers and street singers, a full orchestra and jazz ensembles, together with special appearances from the Sydney Children’s Choir, this is a powerful night in the Concert Hall that you won’t want to miss.

ORCHESTRAL SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS 9-11 April, various times Venue: Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House Tickets: $39-85 Bookings: www.sydneyoperahouse.com The Orchestra performs Mozart’s Paris Symphony and Franck’s grand Symphony in D under the baton of conductor Yan-Pascal Tortelier and with pianist Louis Lortie.

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CHAMBER GOLDNER STRING QUARTET FOR MUSICA VIVA Touring nationally in April and May Sydney dates: 4 May 7pm 10 May 2pm Venue: City Recital Hall, Angel Place Tickets: $30-98 Bookings: www.sydneysymphony.com Four friends, three pieces, two married couples, one quartet: this tour celebrates the 20th anniversary of Australia’s pre-eminent chamber ensemble. Critics and audiences around the globe have warmed to the musical and emotional insights brought to light by this extraordinary quartet.

The Goldners have chosen works of great personal meaning for this tour. Literally engaging with matters of life and death, Ligeti’s searing and revolutionary Quartet no 1 was considered too dangerous to premiere behind the Iron Curtain. This is paired with the almost unbearable beauty of Beethoven’s Op 132, which was written as a “holy song of

thanksgiving from a convalescent” following the composer’s severe illness. Together these pieces are truly music from the heart; and whether listeners enter the concert hall needing to share in Ligeti’s darkness, or to be consoled and uplifted by Beethoven, the power of this program will leave no one unmoved.

The other work on the program looks forward: Paul Stanhope’s third string quartet, newly commissioned for the Goldners by the audience of the Huntington Estate Music Festival, makes its first appearance outside Mudgee.

The program includes Ligeti’s String Quartet no 1 Métamorphoses nocturnes; Stanhope’s String Quartet no 3 commissioned for Musica Viva Australia by Huntington Estate and friends; Beethoven’s String Quartet no 15 in A minor, op 132.

LIVE AT LUNCH Selected dates April-November This month: 13 May 12pm Venue: Concert Hall, The Concourse, Chatswood Tickets: $90-230 Bookings: www.theconcourse.com.au/event/ live-lunch-2015 Contact the Box Office on 9411 8144 to purchase a lunch package Lunch hour concert series, Live at Lunch returns to The Concourse in 2015 with a host of international musicians following a highly successful 2014 season.

Artistic Director, international flutist Jane Rutter, brings warmth and flair to the concert series, which is now recognised as a major lunchtime musical event in Sydney.

The 2015 series will feature a host of international artists including Simon Tedeschi, Taryn Fiebig, the Acacia Quartet, David Hobson and Slava Grigoryan.

Guests have the option to join Artistic Director,

Jane Rutter and her guest artists for lunch after each concert. Lunch seats are limited, reserve a place when you purchase your concert tickets.

Lunch is held at Terrazza on The Concourse.

Upcoming concerts: La Folia & the Beauty of Baroque: Vivaldi, Corelli, Telemann, Bach 7 Couperin – 13 May Some Enchanted Lunchtime with soprano Taryn Fiebig and baritone Jud Arthur – 18 June If music be the food of love: Elizabethan Love songs in the Exquisite Hour with tenor, David Hobson – 19 August Mozart Quartets with the Acacia Quartet and flute soloist Jane Rutter – 22 October The Grigoryan Brothers – 25 November

taste and he had his French audience cheering at the premiere of his Symphony No.31. A century later César Franck was demonstrating his own ear for fashion - but still he puts a distinctive stamp on his great Symphony in D minor. Come and hear why this richly melodic symphony was for a long time the most popular late Romantic symphony in the repertoire.

Between their symphonies, Mozart and Franck give us two piano concertos by other names.

Short, spirited opportunities for virtuoso display.

The program includes: Mozart’s Symphony

No.31 (Paris); Franck’s Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra; Mozart’s Rondo in D for piano and orchestra, K382; and Franck’s Symphony in D minor.

WORLD MUSIC ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO & MAVIS STAPLES MUSIC AT THE HOUSE 12 April 8pm Venue: Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House Tickets: $79-91 Bookings: www.sydneyoperahouse.com In a one-off double fantasy featuring a Hall-ofFame soul legend and a Grammy Award-winning icon, R&B revolutionary Mavis Staples goes back-to-back with world music powerhouse Angélique Kidjo.

Following a prolific year that has seen her aweinspiring autobiography Spirit Rising hit shelves alongside her album Eve, Kidjo has continued her

CHAMBER MUSICA VIVA FESTIVAL 2015 9-12 April, six concerts at various times Venue: The Sydney Conservatorium of Music Tickets: from $17.50, festival subscriptions available Bookings: musicavivafestival.com.au/tickets/ The Sydney Conservatorium of Music provides the perfect location for this tightly packed series of events, and the Con’s staff contributes a special Showcase Concert on Saturday afternoon exploring Scott Joplin’s iconic ragtime collection, ‘The Red Back Book’.

Internationally acclaimed cellist Mischa Maisky heads the register of wonderful musicians performing in the festival. It welcomes back some of the greatest artists who have appeared recently for Musica Viva – Serbian pianist Aleksandar Madžar, Armenian clarinettist Narek Arutyunian, the Doric String Quartet from the UK and the Pavel Haas Quartet from the Czech Republic.

Brilliant young Bulgarian violinist Bella Hristova, winner of the 2013 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2007 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, makes her Australian concert debut. Outstanding Brisbane guitarist Karin Schaupp and accomplished Melbourne pianist Daniel de Borah round out the masterful cast of the main festival concerts.

The 2015 festival features not only great masterworks of the classical canon, but also the world premiere of two works by Australian composers. Lachlan Skipworth’s first Piano Trio, and Natalie Williams’ String Octet will be performed for the very first time by some of the world’s finest musicians. Chamber music is not only alive and well; it is thriving and evolving before your very eyes at the Musica Viva Festival.

tireless work as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador whilst performing with Laura Mvula, Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Keonig, and the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra for Philip Glass.

Proving Kidjo’s prolific equal at a youthful 75 years of age, the Staples Singers belter has turned her smoky vocals toward the gospel golden days across two critically acclaimed albums helmed

by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy. Celebrating her birthday with a star-studded concert in her hometown Chicago, Mavis Staples has hit a new roll akin to her chart-topping years with Respect Yourself and (If You’re Ready) Come Go With Me, recently fronting Arcade Fire as they brought the epic Reflektor tour to an end.

CHAMBER MOZART’S FLUTE THE AUSTRALIAN HAYDN ENSEMBLE 27 April 7pm Venue: Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House Tickets: $40-69 or book a show package Bookings: www.sydneyoperahouse.com Mozart’s works for the flute are beloved jewels of the repertoire for this exquisite instrument, despite having admitted in a letter to his father that he “cannot bear” composing for it.

CHAMBER ACO VIRTUAL comes to MANLY A collaboration between Australian Chamber Orchestra and Mod Productions 28 March-3 May 12 April – artist’s talk Venue: Manly Art Gallery and Museum Entry to the museum is free https://www.aco.com.au/about/acovirtual Imagine standing on stage surrounded by the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s virtuoso musicians, feeling the energy of Artistic Director Richard Tognetti playing his priceless Guarneri del Gesù violin, or getting up close to Principal Violinist Satu Vänskä’s Stradivarius.

ACO VIRTUAL, the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s world-first digital installation, promises this and more.

Fusing digital technologies with visual and sonic innovation, this revolutionary interactive installation allows the audience to conduct and even play with the ACO. Audiences can see the players’ lightning-quick hands in a way not possible in a concert hall, hear the unique

Taking their dual legacies of female empowerment to the stage for a marathon of dance fever hits, Angélique Kidjo and Mavis Staples will share the stage in a sweat-inducing affair from the rarest of song-writing greats.

For more information and interview with Angélique Kidjo turn to page 4.

One of Mozart’s glorious flute quartets, demonstrative of the extraordinary developments and rise to fame of the flute’s expressive and virtuosic capabilities in the 18th century, is joined by another ravishing but lesser-known work for this instrumentation by the composer and violinist Wendling.

Three charming string trios are also featured on this program. Haydn indulged his patron Prince Esterházy with 126 trios for his favourite instrument, the baryton, however there are just three short works from this great master’s Op 35 for the combination of violin, viola and cello.

Beethoven is said to have mastered the string trio with his Op 9 collection, however the Op 8 Serenade reveals ‘a giant at play’, with Beethoven stretching the limits of the old suite format with a bold and very entertaining series of movements. This is light-hearted chamber music at its best.

sounds of the ACO’s multi-million-dollar collection of instruments and feel the rush of being immersed in this “bad ass classical band” (Time Out New York).

The musical score can be turned on to stream along the bottom of the screen, meaning anyone who plays an instrument can play along with the ACO, even standing in for Artistic Director Richard Tognetti himself.

The work runs for 30 minutes and comprises music by Bach, Grieg, Smalley and Piazzolla, designed to maximise the opportunity for audience participation.

Michela Ledwidge, Artist and Director of ACO VIRTUAL, will discuss on 12 April the artistic process which went into the development and creation of the project.

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CD Reviews

TIME IS A RIVER Graeme Koehne Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/ Richard Mills ABC Classics 481 1480

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CAPRICORNIA Nicholas Young Scintillations Records

✶✶✶✶✶ They say a stranger is just a friend that you haven’t met yet…and Nicholas Young certainly makes a great first impression. You can’t help but be instantly charmed by Young’s introduction. His debut CD Capricornia with his bold, yet sensitive approach to the piano is a pleasure to discover.

A treat for piano enthusiasts and modern romantics, Young travels through piano works

by Roy Agnew, Ferruccio Busoni & Elliott Carter.

He opens with piano sonatas by Australian Composer, Roy Agnew. Often described as Agnew’s most important works and full of fantasy and colour, Young dances through the

2CELLOS Celloverse Sony

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This album is the latest in the Australian Composer Series and it ain’t half bad. Ever since I heard his Powerhouse –Rhumba for Orchestra I have been a fan of Graeme Koehne (pronounced Kerner – as in the former Premier of Victoria). However, I have always found that Koehne’s musical style fluctuates, depending on whose influence he is under. His Powerhouse, for example, is reminiscent of Leonard Bernstein at his best, his In Flight Entertainment, with its western theme (and here I’m talking cowboy) reminds us of the spaghetti themes composed

by Ennio Morricone. I therefore expected to hear something echoing someone else’s composition when I started listening to this CD. Except for the opening piece Forty Reasons to be Cheerful my expectations have been happily dashed. The solitary piece in question does have some faint resemblance to Ravel’s orchestration

for Bolero but only because it relies heavily on a simple, single theme throughout the piece and it has a key change as it reaches its final climax.

Otherwise it is original. But the highlight of this album is Koehne’s adaption of his own music composed in 1996 for the Australian Ballet.

Then the score ran for 75 odd minutes but this adaption has been shortened to just a tick over 36 minutes. The programmatic music represents the journey in 1914 (fatal alas) of Jim Saddler from the placid backwoods of Queensland to the horrors of the front line in Belgium. It starts off with birdcalls and ends with the grieving of Jim by a good friend. In between is the most savage, brutal and brash march theme imaginable. It reflects the futility of war and how, despite centuries of learning from mistakes, Man’s main enemy still remains Man himself.

- Randolph Magri-Overend

technically-demanding works with great style.

The music draws listeners into a beautiful and dramatic world, before being swept up into the fast pace of the Busoni Toccata (BV287). Young then takes us to another dimension with Elliott Carter’s Piano Sonata. His inspired take on the piece almost makes you forget about the atonality and rhythmic complexity. It sounds effortless, energised and is a perfect way to end a well-rounded journey through the works of three unique 20th century composers.

As one of Australia’s finest young talents, Nicholas Young has an impressive list of accomplishments, including winning prizes at the Australian National Piano Award, ABC Young Performer Award as well as having his performances broadcast on Fine Music 102.5FM. With his technically-precise playing and

beautiful feel for phrasing, Young’s Capricornia is a stunning collection of his performances. He is continuing his pursuit of musical discovery, collaborating with many European composers and performers to create and realise new masterworks.

- Katherine Ly

An unusual CD arrived on the desk here at Fine Music and it was difficult to decide whether it forged part of what might be described as rock and pop and perhaps some classical.

As a result, to place the music in a particular recognisable style seems to be more than difficult. So in this instance does identifying, pigeon-holing the music matter? And of course it doesn’t. Croatian cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser who have self produced Celloverse were propelled into international fame in 2011 after their version of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal went viral with 20 million-plus YouTube views. And they again return to their rock roots on their third album,

Celloverse. Sulic and Hauser start off with The Trooper Overture, a metal-meets-classical mash up of Iron Maiden’s hit and Rossini’s William Tell Overture. The album includes their take on AC/DC’s Thunderstruck as well as Paul McCartney’s classic Live and Let Die with special guest Lang Lang. 2CELLOS’ playing style has broken down the boundaries and they’ve proven to have no limits when it comes to performing live. They have sold out shows around the globe and also performed with Elton John as well as opening his shows to rapturous acclaim. If you’ve got a catholic musical taste this CD is for you.

- Emyr Evans

CD Reviews

HOWARD BLAKE Lifecycle Piano music of imagination and reflection William Chen piano ABC Classics

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JOURNEY EAST Nemanja Radulovic, violin with assorted guests Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/ Michail Jurowski Deutsche Grammophon

✶✶✶✶ I’d never heard of Radulovic before this CD came out with its vignettes from the world of violin sparklers. In a way the album is very reminiscent of another celebrated violinist – Andre Rieu – so if you are an admirer of the latter you’ll really enjoy this album. If you’re not – and I must say I’m ambivalent – then there are enough differences in the repertoire

Born in 1938 in London Howard Blake is a prolific composer who has enjoyed phenomenal public success. He studied piano with Harold Craxton, and composition with Howard Ferguson at the Royal Academy in London. In his later career he began to refine his technique in terms of instrumental and vocal understanding and adopted the habit of writing music every day. As a result Blake had by 2003 completed 500 works. Amongst those were large-scale symphonic and concerto works, to miniatures from theatre to film, to chamber and opera, all producing considerable technical and emotional accomplishment. Lifecycle covers the composer’s creative life and encompasses it on this CD with 24 short works whilst pianist William Chen easily embraces the varying styles.

Blake came across Chen to whom would fall the honour of making the world premier recording of

Lifecycle quite by chance. Blake’s friend Alberto Portugheis was organising a concert in which each of the 24 pieces was assigned to a different student of his. The recital took place at an art gallery in London which William Chen was visiting.

After the meeting Blake realised that Chen’s talent, enthusiasm and sensitivity to what Blake was saying made him the perfect interpreter of the works. They have what could be described as conventional titles, titles which attempt to reflect the character – the delightful Toccatina, the very reflective Impromptu, the energetic Scherzo, and the very pensive Serioso which was composed originally for a short mime film entitled Mamako.

The best known of these pieces is probably Walking in the Air in C-sharp minor which was composed as a song for the well known animated film The Snowman in 1982. - EE

played here to disregard the similarities. But first a word or two about the artist himself: Radulovic is Serbian, 30 years of age with (according to the blurb) “extravagantly flowing locks, gothic fashion style and show-stopping virtuosity”. A bit like Jonas Kaufmann then!

But Radulovic is a wizard on the fiddle which he has played since the age of seven when he was found to have perfect pitch. So what’s so special about this DG album? Well it has its quiet moments – Shostakovich’s suite from The Gadfly and John Williams’ theme from the film Schindler’s List – and it also has its moments of whirlwind energy – Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance and Monti’s Csardas for example. In between

Radulovic plays traditional Slavic music with his invited guests. It all makes for an entertaining album. - RMO

THE GENIUS OF GEOFFREY TOZER Works composed during his childhood Lachlan Redd piano Move: MO 3377

✶✶✶ Geoffrey Tozer dying at too young an age of 54 in 2009 was described as an artist of the first rank and amongst the world’s finest. He had a boundless musical memory, the ability to improvise and to create on the piano a rich reduction of an orchestral score at sight. Most importantly he was a musician’s musician. The works included on this CD allow the listener to glimpse the adventures of a young genius into the world of classical music. Sometimes his music is tumultuous, sometimes meditative but it is ever the embodiment of a growing

young artist. One of the problems of being a musically developing youngster is that it’s very difficult for his music to sound original.

There are in all 38 mostly very short tracks not long enough to get your teeth into but all performed with energy and sensitivity

by Lachlan Redd. Lots of the tracks sound vaguely familiar and because of the absence of originality there’s nothing that tells us that the music is unequivocally Tozer. The music shows the devices of repeated statements, occasionally changing harmonies, rather a lot of tonic/dominant moments, sometimes with slight variety in the melodic line but overall able to reveal music style which reflects the titles. I’m not sure whether I liked Greensleeves in the Aolian mode but the ‘piano frolic’ displayed much spirit, Bartok showed some authenticity and the Waltz in D reflected some interesting Godowsky! I liked the Old Mill and others showed some tension and musical climaxes. Some rather grand Handelian effects were bathed in ternary form and lots of baroque influences.

- EE April 2015

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JAZZ CD REVIEWS Discourse with Kevin Jones

I Get A Boot Out Of You/ The Picasso of Big Band Jazz Marty Paich Master Jazz Recordings MJR 8892851

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Marty Paich’s name will always be associated with that of Mel Torme and the 1950s sessions with the pianist, composer and arranger’s dektette which produced some of the greatest jazz-flavoured examples of The American Songbook. But Paich, a musician of eclectic tastes (films, television and even leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl backing Sarah Vaughan in one of her last public appearances), was also a master of the art of arranging and composing for a big band. His swinging opus The Big Chase was the highlight of Stan Kenton’s 1958 Back To Balboa

The Complete Quintet Studio Sessions Ben Webster and Harry “Sweets” Edison Essential Jazz Classics EJC55588

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✶✶✶✶✶ There could be only one thing better than having this album, the best live recording by Scott Hamilton I have heard, and that would to be seated where it was recorded, in Smalls Jazz Club, 183 West 10 St in Greenwich Village New York in 2013. The club is now releasing albums “dedicated to the idea that jazz is best had in a live context with minimal editing captured in the full spontaneous moment in which it was created”. Thus many of the tracks are quite long, not that it matters with Hamilton in his prime with his original drummer Chuck Riggs, pianist Rossano Sportiello and bassist Hassan 18

session for Capitol Records. These two albums emphasise what a golden period this was for Paich as a writer. The two 13-piece big bands contained the cream of the West Coast jazz scene, many of them former sidemen with either Kenton or Woody Herman including trumpeters Conte Candoli and Jack Sheldon, valve trombonist Bob Enevoldsen, alto great Art Pepper and the tenors of Bob Cooper and Bill Perkins with Mel Lewis at the helm giving a master class in the art of drumming.

The numbers on the 1959 session (Boot) are all standards, four of them by Duke Ellington, Paich revelling in the the opportunity to retain the feeling of Ellington without his sound. Pepper is outstanding, his ballad playing on Violets For Your Furs of the highest class. Except for What’s New, a beautiful, lyrical feature for

Sheldon, the compositions on the 1958 album (Picasso) are all Paich originals sculptured in a variety of moods and tempos.

Although this 1962 session does not reach the heights of the memorable collaborations in 1956-57 by Ben Webster and Harry “Sweets” Edison for Norman Granz’s Verve label, it comes close. Webster, one of Duke Ellington’s greatest soloists, may have been called “The Brute” because of his aggressive manner, but his tender and lyrical balladry often belied that reputation. Many tales have been told of how Webster, feeling maudlin under the influence of alcohol, would play Danny Boy, his eyes full of tears. His emotional reading of the Gershwin evergreen How Long Has This Been Going On is worth the price of this album alone. Edison excels on another Gershwin standard Embraceable You. Webster could play more jazz by just stating the melody than many musicians favoured by some critics for

their technical wizardy. Another good example of this is My Old Flame which he shares with a muted Edison, one of the sparkplugs of Count Basie’s classic big band before World War II. It’s no surprise that their musical styles complement each other perfectly, and, aided by a rhythm section containing musicians of the stature of pianist Hank Jones and bassist George Duvivier who teams perfectly with drummer Clarence Johnson, the result is a superior session which could be filed under mainstream but is in reality a timeless example of the best in jazz. Which begs the question: why the “ho hum” review of it I read in Down Beat magazine as a teenager? This album has everything a listener could want.

Shakur. Take the Italian love song Estate, now recognised worldwide as a jazz standard; it lasts nearly 10 minutes yet my attention never wavered from Hamilton’s opening statement, a prime example of how to embellish a melody without fuss, through the solos of Sportiello and Shakur and Hamilton reprising the theme.

Hamilton’s ballad playing, drawing on the legacy of his early days when he was so much under the influence of Ben Webster, is superb.

Numbers like The Nearness Of You and If I Ever Love Again have aged well. In Hamilton’s hands they are like old friends, but delightful in spite of its familiarity. They are made even better by the tasteful rapport of Sportiello whose solos are a constant delight. The musical energy reaches a peak on the spirited Apple Honey

which had me delving into my collection to find Woody Herman’s original version. Don’t miss this!

SWINGING ON THE VINE

GENTLEMAN OF THE CLARINET

Buddy DeFranco

Things are swinging in my Hunter Valley hideaway: Big J is rhythmically burping between slurping great quantities of shiraz from a vat and I am waving a half full bottle of pinot noir in drunken delight. We are celebrating the life of Boniface Ferdinand Leonardo DeFranco, better known as Buddy, to the sounds of Tommy Dorsey’s 1944 recording of Sy Oliver’s Opus One which begins with a Buddy Rich drum burst.

The highlight is the clarinet soloist, already showing the influence of the unsentimental, edgy rhythms of bebop.

It seems remarkable that the clarinet, the dominant voice of the Swing Era through the unmatched artistry of Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, could become marginalised in jazz with the first wave of the bebop revolution in the mid-1940s. Although the clarinet’s woody tone was not suited to this “new music” and would be replaced by the more robust tenor saxophone, there was one exception – DeFranco. He was the maverick, a rare talent, who developed a flawless technique to explore the labrinyths of bebop and in doing so crossed the line from swing to a more linear approach on his instrument.

Vibraphonist Terry Gibbs, a self-styled “bebop freak” who co-led a group with DeFranco for many years, said: “When Buddy came in

playing from Charlie Parker’s school he scared everybody because nobody could play the clarinet that way”.

DeFranco and his good friend, pianist Dodo Marmarosa, first heard Parker as teenagers when they were both members of Charlie Barnet’s Orchestra in 1943 after being alerted by trumpeter Charlie Shavers about “a guy playing uptown (in New York), playing alto. He’s playing crazy music. I don’t know what it is but it’s fantastic. You gotta hear him”. After hearing Parker in Harlem, DeFranco recalled that “he was just unbelievable. When I left there (the club) my head was spinning and I couldn’t sleep for two nights”. On the urging of Marmarosa, DeFranco began to play the clarinet like Parker.

Playing like this in one of the major orchestras at the end of the big band era couldn’t have been easy especially as Dorsey, who DeFranco described as “very stormy, frightening at times”, summed up bebop in two words “It stinks”.

Playing with the greats DeFranco, who found that playing bebop on the clarinet came easily to him, took part in many sessions with Parker whom he described as “the most fascinating player of all time. I don’t think there’s anyone playing modern jazz who has not been influenced by him. We’re all

off shoots of Bird and 75 per cent of the young players today aren’t aware of it”.

DeFranco played with the greatest names in jazz from Goodman to Count Basie, from Dizzy Gillespie to Stan Getz, and from Billie Holiday to Ella Fitzgerald. But only three musicians intimidated him musically. One was Parker; the other two were the pianists, Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson.

Some may recall the cover photo of the album for the February 6, 1956 session in Los Angeles between Tatum and DeFranco supervised by impresario Norman Granz for his Verve label.

DeFranco is seated - the reason is very simple: they were both very ill. In fact DeFranco, who had a bad virus, couldn’t stand up but he took part in the session because he believed it would be his only chance to ever play with Tatum who died shortly afterwards. “I didn’t do as good a job as I wanted to but I am glad that I did.” However, from all accounts they both enjoyed the session.

DeFranco was studying classical music when he first heard Goodman. Enthralled he decided to become a jazz musician. Then he heard Shaw who was to have a great influence on his playing; Shaw was more harmonically advanced than Goodman although the latter swung more.

Some critics labelled DeFranco’s playing coldly efficient but he had a rich tone and was seamlessly fluent especially when playing in the lyrical jazz style which he loved. He was billed as “Mr Clarinet” but he could never be ranked with either Goodman or Shaw, who were in a class of their own, or for that matter Irving Fazola, noted for his work with Bob Crosby’s Orchestra and The Bobcats in the 1930’s. But he was a worthy member of the instrument’s pantheon of jazz greats.

DeFranco continued to play well into his 80’s because he found the clarinet still challenging _ “No matter what point you are in your career, you are always looking forward and hoping to play better”. He practised every day so as not to lose his “edge”. It takes a special person and a versatile musician to go from the fringes of the avant-garde to leading the Glenn Miller Orchestra for 12 years including 8000 one night stands. Also one who had a longer playing career than any other musician, except probably pianist Hank Jones, I top up Big J’s vat and raise another bottle to a true gentleman of jazz to the sounds of Tommy Dorsey swinging through Opus One. Buddy DeFranco died on 25 December last year at the age of 91.

- Patrick D.Maguire April 2015

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THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF BILLIE HOLIDAY

CELEBRATE WITH FINE MUSIC JAZZ

Holiday had no musical training. She listened to jazz instrumentalists to shape her style, trying to surprise by avoiding obvious accents, adding unexpected phrases and reworking lyrics. She talked about her work, saying “I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. If I’m going to sing like someone else, then I don’t need to sing at all … you can’t copy anybody and end with anything. If you copy, it means you’re working without any real feeling. And without feeling, whatever you do amounts to nothing”.

a sold-out audience “ She sangat toCarnegie Hall …

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The unique Billie Holiday.

Billie Holiday is perhaps one of the most recognisable voices in jazz, and 7 April marks the centenary of her birth. She was one of the few jazz singers regarded as a great jazz musician by the standards applied to instrumentalists, her sensitive and flexible voice able to improvise like a saxophone.

Billie Holiday’s life was undoubtedly tough. As she stated, “Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was eighteen, she was sixteen and I was three”. Her father, Clarence Holiday, a musician and sometimes member of the Fletcher Henderson band, left the family early in her childhood and her mother often left her with unsympathetic relatives when she went looking for work. In her teens she moved to New York with her mother where she drifted into the seedier side of life.

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At 15, desperate for money, she discovered singing and by 1933 was discovered by impresario John Hammond: “She was the first girl singer I’d come across who actually sang like an improvising jazz genius”.

Her 1936 recordings with Teddy Wilson were classics, many included seemingly spontaneous musical conversations with saxophonist Lester Young, demonstrating her ability even at an early age to transform a song to her own style.

She worked briefly with Count Basie and toured with Artie Shaw, a very difficult experience in America’s south where she was the only black member of a white band. Unfortunately, 20

her strife-torn life including news-worthy episodes of drug addiction and incarceration, her insecurities and her difficulties with local and international press, all meant she rarely had opportunity to discuss the music and musicians she loved.

Lester Young was a constant and respected friend, giving her the name “Lady Day”. When waitressing, other girls mocked her, calling her “Lady” thinking her too grand to take money from tables, and it was Young who took that title, added it to the “day” in Holiday and made a respected moniker. She in turn thought him the best and most important, calling him the President, “The Prez”.

She took the anti-racist poem Strange Fruit, with its chilling images of Southern lynchings, making it into an unexpected hit. Others included God Bless the Child, supposedly written after a fight with her mother over money, Travellin’ Light, Don’t Explain, What is This Thing Called Love? and Lover Man. In the late 1940s Holiday was at her commercial peak with high ratings in polls run by Down Beat, Billboard and Metronome magazines. She sang to a sold-out audience at Carnegie Hall and with a show Holiday on Broadway.

During the 1950s, drug abuse, bad relationships and trouble with the law led to her health deteriorating. She did however continue to record, perform and even tour Europe. In March 1959, musical soul-mate Lester Young died. Four months later, Billie Holiday also collapsed and died, a tragic end to a turbulent but creative life.

Certainly Holiday had a truly unique sound, from her early recordings with Teddy Wilson, through her work for Norman Granz for Jazz at the Philharmonic, to her final more erratic performances and recordings in the mid to late 1950s, Billie always sounded like Billie, full of emotion and feeling.

Musician, writer and producer Leonard Feather perhaps best sums her up: “Billie Holiday’s voice was the voice of living intensity of soul in the true sense of that greatly abused word. As a human being she was sweet, sour, kind, mean, generous, profane, lovable and impossible, and nobody who knew her expects to see anyone quite like her again”.

On Fine Music Fine Music Jazz will be broadcasting a variety of programs celebrating this important event: in the midday FM programs - on 6 April, John Buchanan features the early recordings from the 1930s, on 7 April, Jeannie McInnes will cover the 1940s and 50s and on 8 April, Robert Vale presents a mix of Billie Holiday’s music performed by others and new music written in remembrance of her. On 19 April, Dick Hughes presents a special program, including his interview with her from the 1950s. Other presenters will also highlight music, including a concert recording by Wynton Marsalis in honour of Billie Holiday, featured by Lloyd Capps on his Tuesday 7pm program.

On Fine Music Digital, Leita Hutchings will present two in-depth biography programs covering the background of Holiday’s life and sound. These can be heard at 3pm on Monday April 6 and Tuesday 7 April, and again at 10pm on 7 April.

- Jeannie McInnes

April Fine Music Digital Schedule Time 00:00

Weekdays Mon: Contemporary Collective Tue-Frid: General classical General classical Fine Music Breakfast In a Sentimental Mood

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Mon: Tue: Wed: Thur: Fri:

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Baroque Romantic 20th Century With the Orchestra Chamber

Saturday Contemporary Collective

Sunday Contemporary Collective

General classical Saturday Morning Music In a Sentimental Mood

General classical Sunday Morning Music In a Sentimental Mood

Small Forces General classical The Classical Era

General Classical

Magic of Stage and Screen Opera

Jazz Diversions in Fine Music

General classical

Repeat of Morning Concerts

General Classical Repeat of Saturday night at home

Jazz Repeat of Sunday Night Concert

General classical

General classical Repeat of Sunday Special After Hours Jazz Mon: General classical Tues-Frid: Jazz

After Hours Jazz

Ultima Thule

Jazz every which way at Fine Music 102.5 Our new additional programming is in the late night time slot, with the Jazz After Hours programs at 10pm till midnight Tuesday to Saturday, and a few hours earlier on Sunday evening. Kevin Jones joins you for these programs on both Saturday and Sunday, while Jeannie McInnes, Rob Thomas, Robert Vale and Ken Weatherley are sharing the other nights.

Louis Armstrong

Occasionally we hear people refer to “fine music” as meaning “classical”, but the jazz team know that “fine music” encompasses much more, and that jazz certainly fits into this terminology. As Louis Armstrong once said, “there’s only two ways to sum up music; either it’s good or it’s bad”.

Our Fine Music Jazz output has been very strong on the FM band, with programs every day at midday, each weeknight at 7pm, and the Australian Jazz Scene on Mondays from 10-midnight. Until this year we also had After Hours with Kevin Jones on

Saturday night, but this has moved to our digital band.

With the increased hours of separate broadcasting on the digital band, jazz is making an even greater contribution to your listening pleasure, with our popular Jazz … programs each week afternoon at 3pm. These cover a variety of themes – Jazz off the Shelf, Jazz Standards, Jazz Australia, Jazz Biography and Jazz in Concert. On Saturday evening there is a chance to catch up on some of our programs you may have missed, in Jazz Encore.

We do hope you are enjoying these programs, and would welcome any feedback you may have – this can come via the Contact tab on the website (www.finemusicfm.com) or by phone: 02 9439 4777.

No matter where you are in the world you can always find Sydney’s fine music. We broadcast on 102.5 FM which can be heard all over greater Sydney and as far north as Newcastle, west to the Blue Mountains and south to Wollongong.

To access the full schedule for our digital channel FINE MUS, visit: www.finemusicfm. com/fm-on-air.html Or listen online at: http://finemusicfm.com/ play.html April 2015

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APRIL PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS April is the month of festivals and change, of Easter and Anzac Day, of long weekends and school holidays, of autumn in Australia and spring in the northern hemisphere.

EASTER WEEK The foundation Christian story of Easter has inspired composers throughout the centuries with the suffering of Christ and the lamentations of Mary on Good Friday and the resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday. Easter music is threaded through the Easter festival period including: MUSIC FOR GOOD FRIDAY Friday 3 April 6–7pm Ranging from excerpts from The seven last words of our Saviour on the Cross, by Haydn, sung by the Stuttgart Chamber Choir and Orchestra and from J S Bach’s St Matthew’s Passion, to several hymns about the cross, this program culminates in a stirring rendition of the traditional hymn, The Old Rugged Cross by the Brass Band with James Morrison.

AT THE FEET OF CHRIST Saturday 4 April 2–4.30pm On Easter Saturday, the Italian baroque oratorio in two parts by Antonio Caldara (1670 – 1736), Maddelena au piedi di Christo, is played in full.

Caldara, a contemporary of Vivaldi, was born in Venice, the son of a violinist and himself a chorister at St Mark’s Basilica, performer on several instruments and composer of operas, cantatas and oratorios. While the beautiful music of this oratorio may be unfamiliar, the 1995 recording we are playing has won multiple awards. It is performed by the Orchestra of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, directed by Rene Jacobs, with outstanding soloists including Maria Christina Kiehr, soprano, as Maddalena, Rosa Dominguez, soprano, as Marta, Bernada Fink, alto, as Amor Terreno and Andreas Scholl, counter-tenor as Amor Celeste.

PATRICK THOMAS PRESENTS Haydn’s Paukenmesse Sunday 5 April 4–5pm This mass has several names. The Paukenmesse or Kettle Drum Mass was so called because of the inclusion of timpani in the orchestra, but it is better known as the Missa in tempori belli or Mass in the Time of War. The tenth of Haydn’s fourteen masses, it was composed at Eisenstadt in 1796 at the time of Austria’s general mobilisation into war. The first performance was on 26 December 1796 at the Piarist Church of Maria Treu in Vienna. Some commentators have found an anti-war message in the unsettled character of the music in the 22

Portrait of Joseph Haydn by Thomas Hardy (1792)

Benedictus and the Agnus Dei including an ominous drum-roll but this is debatable and the music is overall lyrical. Find out more on page 9.

HOSANNA Sunday 5 April 5–6pm The Paukenmesse is followed immediately

by Easter Sunday Hosanna, a program of joyous hymns, both familiar and unfamiliar, celebrating the Resurrection, and endng in Sydney Philharmonia’s performance of the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah, and Nun danket alle Gott, played on the organ by Harold Fabrikant.

HOSANNA – EASTER HYMNS AND CAROLS Sunday 12 April 5–6pm There is such a wealth of Easter music that Hosanna for the Sunday after Easter Sunday is also dedicated to the hymns of this great festival, and includes uplifting singing by the Goulburn Cathedral Choir, the Chamber Choir Lege Artis, Yvonne Kenny with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the Schola Cantorum of Oxford and the Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral.

THE CENTENNARY OF ANZAC Overlapping with the music of Easter, April also celebrates this most significant turning point in Australian history, culminating in the performance of An Australian War Requiem on Anzac Day. NEW HORIZONS Australians at War: 100th anniversary of ANZAC Day Sunday 12 April 10.30–Midnight The final item of Chamber Soiree, which immediately precedes this program, is Miriam Hyde’s short Dawn Service: ANZAC Threnody, composed in 1951 – 2. It will lead into one and a half hours of Australian war music and songs both traditional and twentieth century, full of the comradeship and the pain and the yearning of soldiers away at war.

ASIAN MUSIC Saturday 25 April 1–2pm On the eve of the centenary of Gallipoli, Asian Music will travel to Turkey to discover its musical roots. Drawing on Turkey’s past and the haunting settings of the great Ottoman poets, from the musical exchanges between the Armenians and the Sephardic Jews and onwards towards industrial Europe, the program will be a melting pot of eastern and western traditions, featuring traditional, historical and modern performances by Jordi Savall with Hesperion 21, John Zorn and Paris Combo.

AN AUSTRALIAN WAR REQUIEM Saturday 25 April 4–5.30pm The major work for Anzac Day will be the moving Australian War Requiem, composed by Christopher Bowen for the Sydney University Graduate Choir and premiered in August 2014 in the Sydney Town Hall. This afternoon’s program was recorded by Greg Ghavalas and is discussed in detail in the article by Pamela Traynor, its librettist, on page 7.

NOT TO BE MISSED Sunday 5 April 2–4pm Emanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma Tuesday 7 April 1–2pm Tribute to Julian Lloyd Webber Friday 10 April 1–2.30pm Scandinavian reflections Thursday 16 April 8–9.30pm Live and Local: Australian Trio with Diana Doherty Tuesday 28 April 2–4pm The conservative romantics CONTINUING SERIES OPERA – Wednesdays 8pm 1 April, 8–10pm Rossini: Le Comte d’Ory 8 April, 8–10.30pm Puccini: Turandot 15 April, 8–10.30pm Verdi: La Traviata 22 April, 8pm–Midnight Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress, and Shostakovich, The Nose 29 April, 8–11pm Galuppi, Opera oscura: a Venetian La Clemenza 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

Wednesday 1 April 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Colleen Chesterman

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

Rossini, G. Le Comte d’Ory. Comic opera in two acts. Libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poerson. First performed Paris, 1828.

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti

COUNT ORY: Huw Rhys-Evans, ten COUNTESS DE FORMOUTIERS: Linda Gerrard, sop ISOLIER: Luisa Islam-Ali-Zade, mezz Czech Philharmonic Choir; Czech Chamber soloists/Brad Cohen.

Naxos 8.660207/08 2:08

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Music of the 18th century Prepared by Rex Burgess Bach, W.F. Harpsichord concerto in A minor (1733). Richard Egarr, hpd; London Baroque/ Charles Medlam.

Harmonia Mundi HMC 901558 15 Bach, C.P.E. Cello concerto in A, Wq172 (1753). Anner Bijlsma, vc; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Gustav Leonhardt.

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Bach, J. Christian Quintet in D, op 11 no 6 (1774). Members of Concentus Musicus Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Teldec 8.41062

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Bach, J.C.F. Symphony in C (1770). Leipzig CO/ Morten Schuldt-Jensen.

Naxos 8.572217 17 Bach, J.S. Cantata, BWV164: Ihr, die Ihr Euch von Christo nennet (1725). Yukari Nonoshita, sop; Robin Blaze, ct; Makoto Sakurada, ten; Peter Kooij, bass; Bach Collegium Japan/ Masaaki Suzuki.

BIS CD-9033/35 16 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Sheila Catzel Poulenc, F. Suite from Les biches (1923).

Southwest RSO Baden-Baden/Marcello Viotti.

Claves 50-9111 20 Respighi, O. Concerto Gregoriano (1921).

Vadim Brodsky, vn; O Sinfonica di Roma/ Francesco La Vecchia.

Brilliant Classics 94394 32 Clementi, M. Symphony no 3 in G, Great National. Philharmonia O/Francesco d’Avalos.

ASV DCS 247 30 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale Jazz of many colours, some old, some new and all designed to inform and stimulate the senses

Eugéne Scribe 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 FROM 1650 TO 1800 Prepared by Frank Morrison Purcell, H. King Arthur suite (1691; arr. Balsom).

Alison Balsom, tpt; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock.

EMI 4 40329 2 14 Couperin, F. Nouveau concerts no 13 (1724).

Jesse Read, bn; Doug McNames, vc.

Etcetera KTC 1087 9 Pergolesi, G. Salve Regina in A minor (1736).

Barbara Bonney, sop; Les Talens Lyrique/ Christophe Rousset.

Decca 466 134-2 10

Adèle has been left when her brother and his men join the Crusades. Count Ory, in love with Adèle, disguises himself as a hermit in order to seduce the women left behind. Ory’s page Isolier, not recognising his master, confides that he is in love with Adèle and plans to enter the castle disguised as a pilgrim. Ory resolves to use the plan for his own ends. Adèle consults the ‘hermit’ who prescribes a love affair to cure her.

She confesses her feelings for Isolier but Ory warns her not to get involved with the page.

She invites the hermit to the castle, where he is recognised as Ory. Ory then returns with his men disguised as nuns and when the ‘pious sisters’ start carousing, Isolier realises who the ‘guests’ are, extinguishes the lamp in Adèle’s bedroom, and Ory, seeking Adèle , mistakenly makes his advances towards Isolier. When the latter reveals his identity, Ory is left with no choice but to make his escape as the Crusaders return.

22:30 ROMANTIC FAVOURITES Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Mendelssohn, F. String symphony no 1 in C (1821). Northern CO/Nicholas Ward.

Naxos 8.553161 12 Wagner, R. A Faust overture (1840/43-44).

Cleveland O/George Szell.

CBS M2YK 46466 12

Viotti, G. Violin concerto no 5 in C (pub.

1782-83). Symphonia Perusina/Franco Mezzena, vn & dir.

Dynamic CDS 680 (238) 19

Massenet, J. Meditation, from Thaïs (1894; arr. Parhamovsky). Maxim Vengerov, vn; Vag Papian, pf; Virtuosi.

6 EMI 5 57164 2

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Tom Forrester-Paton

Bruch, M. Jubilate, op 3 (1858). Aleksandra Baranska, sop; Elzbieta Towarnicka, sop; Halina Matuszek, sop; Cracow Philharmonic Ch & O/ Roland Bader.

5 Koch Schwann 3-1253-2

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

Smetana, B. Tábor, from Má vlast (1874-79).

Milwaukee SO/Zdenek Macal.

Telarc 80265 12 Schubert, F. Symphony no 2 in B flat (1815).

Vienna PO/Riccardo Muti.

EMI CDC 7 54873 2 35 April 2015

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Thursday 2 April 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Paganini, N. Caprice in C minor, op 1 no 4 (1801-07). James Ehnes, vn.

Onyx 4044

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Tarantella in A minor, op 33 (1819-26). Franco Mezzena, vn; Genoa CO/Antonio Plotino.

Dynamic CDS 27 5 Bravura variations on Dal tuo stellato soglio, from Rossini’s Moses, op 24 (1818-19). Salvatore Accardo, vn; CO of Europe/Franco Tamponi.

EMI 5 72854 2 10 La campanella, rondo from Violin concerto no 2 in B minor, op 7 (1826; arr. Wilhelmj). David Garrett, vn; Alexander Markovich, pf.

DG 479 0933 6 Guitar quartet no 7 in E minor, op 4 no 1 (1833).

Anthea Gifford, gui; Mozart String Trio.

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13:00 ARRANGED BY LISZT Prepared by Stephen Wilson

Britten, B. Serenade, op 31 (1943). Thomas Edmonds, ten; Hector McDonald, hn; Carl Pini, cond.

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Berlioz, H. Harold in Italy, op 16 (1834; transcr.

Liszt). Philip Dukes, va; Piers Lane, pf.

Naxos 8.573011 44

Mozart, W. Symphony no 25 in G minor, K183 (1774). Australian CO/Carl Pini.

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Beethoven, L. Symphony no 6 in F, op 68, Pastoral (1808; transcr. Liszt 1840/56). Cyprien Katsaris, pf.

Teldec 8.42781 44

Part 2: ACO plays Mozart

21:30 CLASSIC SONATA, CLASSIC PERFORMANCE Prepared by Elaine Siversen

15:00 SUN, SNOW AND STARS Prepared by Gael Golla

Schubert, F. Sonata in A minor, D821, Arpeggione (1824). Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Benjamin Britten, pf.

Decca 443 575-2 28

Fowler, J. Threaded stars (c1980). Marshall McGuire, hp.

Tall Poppies TP071

22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRAS Lille National Orchestra Prepared by Denis Patterson

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Berlioz, H. Sunset, from Ireland, nine melodies after Moore, op 2 no 1 (1829). Thomas Hampson, bar; Geoffrey Parsons, pf.

EMI 5 75187 2 5 Sculthorpe, P. How the stars were made (1971). Michael Askill, perc.

Southern Cross SCCD 1021

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Schumann, R. Fantasy in C, op 131 (1853). Ulf Wallin, vn; Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie/ Frank Beermann.

BIS SACD-1775 16

Poulenc, F. An evening of snow (1944).

Accentus Chamber Choir/Laurence Equilbey.

Pierre Verany PV794042 7

Kabalevsky, D. Symphony no 2 in C minor, op 19 (1934). North German RPO/Eiji Oue. cpo 999 833-2 26

Les illuminations, op 18 (1939). Marilyn Richardson, sop; Peter Robinson, cond.

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Australian CO (all above)

10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans

Haydn, J. Trumpet concerto in E flat, Hob. VIIe:1 (1796). Maurice André, tpt; Philharmonia O/Riccardo Muti.

EMI 1 66449 2 16

Respighi, O. Il tramonto (1914). Elizabeth Campbell, mezz; Peter Robinson, cond.

Schubert, F. Erl-king, D328 (1815; arr. Liszt).

Michael Lewis, bar; Adelaide SO/David Porcelijn.

ABC 456 362-2 4

Boyd, A. Red sun, chill wind (1980). Geoffrey Collins, fl; David Miller, pf.

LP MBS 6 7

Pleyel, I. Clarinet concerto in B flat. Paul Meyer, cl; Franz Liszt CO/Jean-Pierre Rampal.

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20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Part 1: ACO with voices

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

Liszt). Leslie Howard, pf.

Hyperion CDA67203 17

Fantasia on the G string, op 24. Ruggiero Ricci, vn; Louis Persinger, pf.

Decca 458 191-2 5

The convent of Mount St Bernard (1832).

Genoa CO/Antonio Plotino.

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12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers Covering the many aspects of jazz from Swing to Mainstream, with the Great American Songbook making regular appearances

Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Suite from The snow maiden (1898). Czecho-Slovak RSO/Donald Johanos.

Naxos 8.553247 13 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Debbie Scholem 19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey Contemporary and modern sounds of now in jazz from all corners of the globe

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

Naxos 8.557287 15 Bizet, G. Te Deum (1858). Katarina Jovanovic, sop; Philippe Do, ten; Mark Schnaible, bass; Choeur Régional Nord Pas de Calais.

Naxos 8.572270 18 Berlioz, H. Herminie (1828). Michèle Lagrange, sop.

Harmonia Mundi HMC 901542 21 Jean-Claude Casadesus, cond (3 above) Canteloube, J. Four songs of the Auvergne: Lo fiolairé; Pour l’enfant; Chut, chut; Pastorale (18791957). Véronique Gens, sop; Serge Baudo, cond.

Naxos 8.570338 12 Poulenc, F. Concert champêtre (1927-28).

Elisabeth Chojnacka, hpd.

Naxos 8.554241 24 Prokofiev, S. Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, op 60 (1934).

Naxos 8.557725 20 Jean-Claude Casadesus, cond (2 above) Lille NO (all above)

Friday 3 April 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Duarte, J. Birds, op 66. Antigoni Goni, gui.

Naxos 8.554554 10

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

Ravel, M. Three lovely birds of paradise. David Hobson, ten; David McSkimming, pf.

ABC 476 528-2 3

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Exploring chamber Prepared by Jan Brown Dvorák, A. Piano trio in B flat, op 21 (1875/80).

Smetana Trio.

Supraphon SU 3927-2 29 Reicha, A. Wind quintet no 2 in E flat, op 88 no 2. Biedermeier Quintet.

Globe GLO 5114 27 Smetana, B. String quartet no 1 in E minor, From my life (1880). Manfred Quartet.

Pierre Verany PV795041 28 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Angela Bell Schumann, R. Overture to Hermann and Dorothea, op 136 (1851). Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard.

BIS SACD-1619 9

Messiaen, O. The wood lark, from Catalogue of birds (1956-58). Håkon Austbo, pf.

Naxos 8.553532-34 7

Bach, J.S. Excerpts from St Matthew Passion.

Bach Choir; St Pauls Cathedral Choir; Thames CO. Decca 475 7987 11

Holbrooke, J. The birds of Rhiannon, op 87 (1925). National SO of Ukraine/Andrew Penny.

Marco Polo 8.223721 13

Sacred part songs. Choir of KIngs College, Cambridge; Simon Preston, org.

Alto ALC 1181

14:00 A MAINLY CLASSICAL AFFAIR Prepared by Rex Burgess

David Willcocks, cond (2 above)

Roman, J. Suite in D, Little Drottningholm music (1744). National Museum CO/Claude Génetay.

Musica Sveciae PRCD 9047 21 Fossa, F. de Guitar trio no 3 in F, op 18 (1808).

Simon Wynberg, gui; Martin Beaver, vn; Bryan Epperson, vc.

Naxos 8.550760 27 Crusell, B. Divertimento in C, op 9 (1822).

Sarah Francis, ob; Allegri String Quartet.

Hyperion CDA66143 10

Schoeck, O. Violin concerto in B flat, op 21 (1911-12). Ursula Bagdasarjanz, vn; Lugano Radio O/Francesco d’Avalos.

Gallo 1250 35

Haydn, J. The seven last words of Christ on the cross, Hob.XX:1a (1787). Orchestral Ensemble of Paris/Armin Jordan.

FNAC Music 592195

Dvorák, A. Legends, op 59 (1881). Nordic CO/ Christian Lindberg.

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16:00 FINE MUSIC HOLIDAY including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Brendan Walsh

12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell Accessible in-the-hammock jazz to ease you into the weekend

18:00 MUSIC FOR GOOD FRIDAY Prepared by Stephen Matthews

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Hymn: There is a green hill far away. Choir of Wells Cathedral; Rupert Gough, org; Malcolm Archer, cond.

Hyperion CDP 12104 2

13:00 AVIAN INSPIRATION Prepared by Gael Golla Anon. Six tunes for the instruction of singingbirds (pub. 1717). David Munrow, flageolet.

Decca 440 079-2 4 Mouquet, J. Pan and the birds, op 15. Marc Grauwels, fl; Belgian RTSO/André Vandernoot.

Naxos 8.555977 7 Casals, P. Song of the birds (1972). Ofra Harnoy, vc; Orford String Quartet.

Pro Arte CDD 418

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James, W. The carol of the birds. Imogen Children’s Chorale; Jill Atkinson, hp.

Walsingham WAL 8009 2

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Haydn, J. Prelude and opening chorus, from The seven last words of our Saviour on the Cross. Stuttgart Chamber Choir & O/Frieder Bernius.

Profil PH 05050 13

Hymn: When I survey the wondrous cross.

Choir of Christ Church St Lawrence; Peter Jewkes, org; Neil McEwan, cond.

CCSL 06 4 Hymn: Lift high the cross. Male choir of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco; John Fernstermaker, org & dir.

Grace Cathedral 2 Lotti, A. Crucifixus. Choir of Christ Church St Lawrence; Peter Jewkes, org; Neil McEwan, cond.

CCSL 06 3

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Trad. The old rugged cross. The Brass Band/ James Morrison.

7 WEA 9031-7211-2 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron Focus on the current Sydney jazz scene mixed with a range of international jazz stars and a weekly a cappella item 20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Robert Small Liszt, F. Via crucis. Dorothee Labusch, mezz; Furio Zanasi, bar; Ulrich Rausch, bass; SwissItalian Radio Ch/Diego Fasolis.

Naxos 8.553786 36 Dvorák, A. Symphony no 9 in E minor, op 95, From the New World (1893). Melbourne SO/ Tadaaki Otaka.

ABC 476 4598 42 Rheinberger, J. Requiem in D minor, op 194 (1900). Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; Christopher Monks, org; Geoffrey Webber, cond.

ASV DCA 989 18 Schubert, F. Duo in A minor, D947, Lebensstürme (1828). Anne Queffélec, Imogen Cooper, pf. apex 0927 49812 2 11 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Brockes passion Prepared by Robert Small Telemann, G. Brockes-Passion, TWV5.1 (1716).

Birgitte Christensen, sop; Lydia Teuscher, sop; Marie-Claude Chappuis, mezz; Donat Havar, ten; Daniel Behle, ten; Johannes Weisser, bar; RIAS Chamber Choir; Akademie für Alte Musik/René Jacobs.

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Saturday 4 April 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 THE YEAR 1875 Prepared by Di Cox Bizet, G. Suite from Carmen (1873-74). Ulster O/Yan Pascal Tortelier.

Chandos CHAN 6600 32 Fauré, G. Sonata no 1 in A, op 13 (1875-76).

Dong-Suk Kang, vn; Pascal Devoyon, pf.

Naxos 8.550906 25 Grieg, E. Prelude, morning mood; Arab dance; Anitra’s dance; Solveig’s song, from Peer Gynt, op 46 (1875). Barbara Hendricks, sop; Oslo PO/ Esa-Pekka Salonen.

CBS MK 44528D 18 Tchaikovsky, P. Piano concerto no 1 in B flat minor, op 23 (1875/79). Martha Argerich, pf; Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado.

DG 449 816-2 32 11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher Mendelssohn, F. Theme from violin concerto, mvt 3. Black Dyke Mills Band/Peter Parkes.

Chandos CHAN 4502 4 Fucik, J. Florentiner march, op 214. Rothwell Band, Leeds/Douglas Blackledge.

EMI 7243-5-21451-2 5 Sullivan, A. The lost chord. John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band; Besses o’ th’ Barn Band; Yorkshire Imperial Metals Band/Roy Newsome.

Chandos CHAN 8571 4 Sousa, J.P. Characteristic dance: The coquette caprice. Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee.

AMP 24024 3 Tchaikovsky, P. Marche slave, op 31 (1876).

Sellers Engineering Band/Phillip McCann.

Chandos CHAN 4527 7 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 AT THE FEET OF CHRIST Caldara, A. Oratorio: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo, op 2 no 7 (c1700). Maria Cristina Kiehr, sop; Rosa Dominguez, sop; Bernarda Fink, cont; Andreas Scholl, ct; Gerd Türk, ten; Ulrich Messthaler, bass; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis/René Jacobs.

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

Chandos CHAN 10604

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16:30 EARLY 20TH CENTURY BRITISH Prepared by Gael Golla Elgar, E. Serenade in E minor, op 20 (1892).

Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

ASV QS 6087 12 Vaughan Williams, R. Suite de ballet.

Kenneth Smith, fl; Paul Rhodes, pf.

ASV DCA 768

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Tippett, M. Sonata for four horns. Michael Thompson Horn Quartet.

EMI 5 55452 2 14 Walton, W. Crown imperial (1937).

Philharmonia O; John Scott, org; David Willcocks, cond.

Chandos CHAN 8998

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Finzi, G. Eclogue, op 10 (c1928/40). Martin Jones, pf; English String O/William Boughton.

Nimbus NI 5366 10 Britten, B. O waly, waly, from Folksongs vol 3 (c1940); The nurse’s song, from A charm of lullabies, op 41 (1947). Carolyn Watkinson, cont; Tan Crone, pf.

Etcetera KTC 1046 8 Bridge, F. Elegy (1905). Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; John McCabe, pf.

ASV DCA 807 4 Arnold, M. Clarinet concerto, op 20 (1948).

Michael Collins, cl; London Musici/Mark Stephenson.

Conifer CDCF 172 16 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Folk Federation of NSW 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN G & S and the law Prepared by Chris Blower Sullivan, A. When I was a lad, from HMS Pinafore (1878). Dennis Olsen, bar; Corinthian Singers and Festival Chorale; Adelaide SO/ James Christiansen.

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A more humane Mikado, from The Mikado. John Wegner, bass; State O of Victoria/Richard Duvall. 4 ABC 480 4510 (5 above) Excerpts from Trial by jury (1866). Rebecca Evans, sop; Barry Banks, ten; Peter Savidge, bar; Gareth Rhys-Davies, bar; Richard Suart, bass; Donald Adams, bass; Welsh National Opera Ch & O/Charles Mackerras.

Telarc 2CD-80404 31 20:00 A FRENCH BAROQUE AFFAIR Prepared by Rex Burgess Lully, J-B. Ballet de Xerxès (1660). Aradia Baroque Ensemble/Kevin Mallon.

Naxos 8.554003

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Clérambault, L-N. Cantata: Orpheus (1710).

Julianne Baird, sop; Music’s Re-creation.

Meridian CDE 84182 19 Couperin, F. Concert royal no 3 in A (171415). Heinz Holliger, ob; Thomas Brandis, vn; Josef Ulsamer, va da gamba; Manfred Sax, bn; Christiane Jaccottet, hpd.

Archiv 427 119-2 17 Rameau, J-P. Suite no 2 from Le temple de la gloire (1745). English CO/Raymond Leppard, hpd & dir.

Decca 433733-2 20 Lalande, M-R. de Super flumina Babilonis (1687). Véronique Gens, sop; Sandrine Piau, sop; Arlette Steyer, sop; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, ct; François Piolino, ten; Jérôme Corréas, bass; Les Arts Florissants Ch & O/ William Christie.

Harmonia Mundi HMC 901351 18 Leclair, J-M. Violin concerto in F, op 10 no 4 (1745). Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage vn & dir.

Chandos CHAN 0589 15 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Angela Bell Haydn, J. Quartet in D (bef. 1765; arr. from String quartet, op 2 no 2 ). Karin Schaupp, gui; members of Flinders Quartet.

ABC 476 4435 23

Said I to myself, said I, from Iolanthe (1882).

John Reed, bar; New SO of London.

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Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Suite from Pan voyevoda, op 59 (1903). Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin.

Naxos 8.553858

When a felon’s not engaged in his employment; With cat like tread, from The pirates of Penzance (1879). Owen Brannigan, bass; D’Oyly Carte Opera Ch; Royal PO. 5

Mozart, W. Piano trio no 4 in B flat, K502 (1786). Anne-Sophie Mutter, vn; Daniel MüllerSchott, vc; André Previn, pf.

DG 477 6114 23

Isador Godfrey, cond (2 above)

Hovhaness, A. Symphony no 63, op 411, Loon Lake (1988). Royal Scottish NO/Stewart Robertson.

Naxos 8.559336 26

Behold the Lord High Executioner; Taken from the County jail; As some day it may happen, from The Mikado (1885). Dennis Olsen, bar; Corinthian Singers & Festival Chorale; Adelaide SO/James Christiansen.

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Handel, G. Concerto grosso no 7 in B flat, HWV325 (1739). English Concert/Trevor Pinnock.

Archiv 479 1932

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Sunday 5 April 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Terry McMullen 9:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Stephen Wilson

Bach, C.P.E. Excerpts from Cantata Anbetung dem Erbarme, Wq243 (bef. 1784). Rheinische Kantorei/Hermann Max. Capriccio 10 208 7

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

Corelli, A. Sonata in E minor, op 2 no 4 (pub.

1685). London Baroque.

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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

Mozart, W. Flute quartet no 4 in A, K298 (c1786). Judith Hall, fl; Paul Barrit, vn; Gustav Clarkson, va; Josephine Horder, vc.

Collins D 26003 12

14:00 EMANUEL AX AND YO-YO MA Prepared by Gael Golla

Rossini, G. A tear. Members of Ex Novo Ensemble.

Giulia GS 201001 12 Saint-Saëns, C. L’assassinat du Duc de Guise, op 128 (1908). Ensemble Musique Oblique.

Harmonia Mundi HMC 901472 20

Strauss, R. Cello sonata in F, op 6 (1884).

CBS MK 44980

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Dvorák, A. Piano trio no 4 in E minor, op 90, Dumky (1890-91). Young Uck Kim, vn.

CBS MK 44527 31

10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Barrie Brockwell

Beethoven, L. Seven variations on Mozart’s Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen, WoO46 (1801).

CBS M2K 42446 10

Piccinni, N. Overture to Iphigenia en Tauride (1781). Tasmanian SO/Richard Divall.

LP ABC 5ABCL 8001 8

Brahms, J. Piano quartet no 1 in G minor, op 25 (1861). Isaac Stern, vn; Jaime Laredo, va.

Sony SM3K 64520 40

Gluck, C. O toi qui prolongeas mes jours, from Iphigénie en Tauride (1779). Kiri Te Kanawa, sop; Royal Opera House O/Jeffrey Tate.

EMI CDC 7 49863 2 4

Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, pf (all above)

Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 20 in D minor, K466 (1785). Martha Argerich, pf; O Mozart/ Claudio Abbado.

DG 289 479 1033 31 Beethoven, L. Opferlied, op 121b (1822). Bodil Arnesen, sop; Berlin Radio Choir & SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher.

Koch Schwann 3-1485-2 6 Schubert, F. Notturno in E flat, D897 (c1828).

La Gaia Scienza.

Winter & Winter 910 017-2 8 Coste, N. Fantasy on two themes from Bellini’s Norma, op 16 (1831). Roch Modrzejewski, gui.

Brilliant Classics 94446 7 Bellini, V. Mira, O Norma, from Norma (1831). Elena Suliotis, sop; St Cecilia Academy O/Silvio Varviso.

Decca 440 844-2 7 Triebensee, J. Variations on a theme of Haydn. Marilyn Zupnik, ob; Kathryn Greenbank, ob; Elizabeth Starr, cora.

ASV QS 6192 4 Haydn, J. Symphony in G, Hob.I:94, Surprise (1791). Vienna PO/Carlos Kleiber.

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Stanford, C. Villiers Psalm 150. Choir of Durham Cathedral; James Lancelot, org & dir.

Priory PRCD 5009 2 Macmillan, J. Christus vincit (1994). Choir of Westminster Cathedral; Andrew Reid, org; Martin Baker, cond.

Hyperion CDA 67219 6 Handel, G. Hallelujah chorus, from Messiah, HVW56 (1742). Sydney Philharmonia Motet & Symphonic Choirs; Sydney PO/Antony Walker.

ABC 980-103-3 4 Karg-Elert, S. Nun danket alle Gott. Harold Fabrikant, org.

AMCD 9673 3 18:00 SYDNEY PIANO WORLD PRESENTS Keyboard interlude Prepared by Stephen Matthews Liszt, F. Valse-impromptu (1842-52). Stephanie McCallum, pf.

ABC 472 763-2 4

16:00 PATRICK THOMAS PRESENTS Haydn’s Paukenmesse Haydn, J. Mass no 10 in C, Hob.XXII:9, Paukenmesse (1796). Simone Vierlinger, sop; Bernadette Furch, cont; Maximilian Kiener, ten; Martin Cooke, bass; Mathias Beckmann, vc; Salzburg Dom O/János Czifra.

47 Messner, J. Resurrexit; Offertorium.

Mendelssohn, F. Jauchzet dem hern alle welt.

Chamber Choir of Stuttgart/Frieder Bernius.

Carus 83.203 5

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Handel, G. Suite no 1 in A, HWV426 (pub.

1720). Keith Jarrett, pf.

EGM 445 298-2 12 Beethoven, L. Sonata no 25 in G, op 79 (1809).

Claudio Arrau, pf.

Phillips 462 358-2 10

Salzburger Dom Choir; Herbert Metzger, org (2 above) Private recording

Gottschalk, L. Caprice elegiaque. Philip Martin, pf.

Hyperion CDA 67349

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17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Meg Matthews

Bach, J.S. Prelude and fugue in C. Glenn Gould, pf.

Sony 88725412692

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Hymns: The strife is o’er, the battle done; Christ the Lord is risen today. Cantus Choro; Norman Kaye, org; Peter Chapman, cond.

Move MD 3062 5

Shostakovich, D. Prelude and fugue in C. Keith Jarratt, pf.

EGM 437 1892

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Hymns: Christ triumphant, over reigning; We sing the praise of him who died. Choir of Wells Cathedral; Rupert Gough, org; Malcolm Archer, cond.

Hyperion CDP 12101 6 Bach, J.S. Excerpts from Cantata: Der Himmel lacht, BWV31 (1715); Sonata; Chorus, from Easter cantata. Bach Ensemble/Helmuth Rilling.

Hänssler 8

Delius, F. Air and Dance (arr. Grainger). Martin Jones, pf.

Nimbus N1767 N15255 5 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Jennifer Foong Berlioz, H. Overture: Rob Roy (1831). Sydney Green, cora; Sheila Sterling, hp; San Diego SO/ Yoav Talmi.

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Monday 6 April 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with James Hunter 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Francis Frank Britten, B. An American overture, op 27 (1941; arr. Britten). City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle.

EMI 1 66442 2 10

Jaime Laredo Weber, C.M. Concert piece in F minor, op 79 (1821). Melvyn Tan, fp; London Classical Players/ Roger Norrington.

EMI 5 55348 2 17 Besozzi, C. Oboe concerto no 1 in C. Anthony Camden, ob; City of London Sinfonia/Nicholas Ward.

Naxos 8.554772 21 Oswald, H. Piano concerto in G minor, op 10 (1886). Artur Pizarro, pf; BBC NO of Wales/ Martyn Brabbins.

Hyperion CDA67984 30 20:30 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Rex Burgess Schubert, F. Piano trio no 1 in B flat, D898 (1827). Macquarie Trio.

ABC 465 792-2 40 Bruckner, A. String quintet in F (1879).

L’Archibudelli.

Sony SK 66 251 Schoenberg, A. Transfigured night, op 4 (1899). Walter Trampler, va; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Juilliard String Quartet.

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22:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Phil Vendy Jost, C. Pietà (2004). Philippe Schartz, tpt; BBC Welsh NO/Jac van Steen.

Chandos CHAN 10562 23 Klebe, G. Angry songs without words, op 118 (1994). Silke-Thora Matthies, pf.

Marco Polo 8.225290 15 Wölki, K. Concertino in D minor (1979). Stefan Gleitsmann, ob; Hessian Plucked String O/ Keith Harris.

HZO HZO 002 11 Leyendecker, U. Symphony no 3 (1990-91).

Roland Greutter, vn; North German RSO/ Johannes Kalitzke.

Naxos 8.557427 29 Schiller. Time for dreams (arr. Suschke). Lang Lang, pf.

DG 477 9014 3 28

Mozart, W. Quintet in E flat (1782; arr. from Horn quintet, K407). Australia Ensemble.

ABC 481 0853 15 Paisiello, G. Il mio ben quando verrà, from Arie antiche (arr. Parisotti). Cecilia Bartoli, sop; György Fischer, pf.

Decca 436 267-2 7 Strauss, J. II Suite from Die Fledermaus (1874; arr. Davis). London PO/Carl Davis.

Virgin VC 7 90716-2 27 Meyerbeer, G. Ballet: Les patineurs (1894; arr.

Lambert 1937). Israel PO/Jean Martinon.

Decca 476 2742 21 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Jan Brown Glazunov, A. Spring, op 34 (1891). Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin.

Naxos 8.553838 14 Shostakovich, D. Cello concerto no 1, op 107 (1959). Mischa Maisky, vc; London SO/Michael Tilson Thomas.

DG 445 821-2 29 Kalinnikov, Vasily. Symphony no 2 in A (1897). Ukraine NSO/Theodore Kuchar.

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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 COMPOSED 150 YEARS AGO Prepared by Francis Frank Sullivan, A. Overture in C, In memoriam (1864). RTE Concert O/Andrew Penny.

Marco Polo 8.223461

Brahms, J. Sextet no 2 in G, op 36 (1864).

Jascha Heifetz, vn; Israel Baker, vn; William Primrose, va; Virginia Majewski, va; Gregor Piatigorsky, vc; Gabor Rijto, vc.

RCA GD87965 29 Massenet, J. Toi! Vous! ... Oui, ce’est moir ...

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

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

DG 477 6457 8 Bazzini, A. Three pieces in sonata form, op 44 (1864). Chloe Hanslip, vn; Caspar Frantz, pf.

Naxos 8.570800 19 Moniuszko, S. Intrada to The haunted manor (1864). Warsaw PO/Antoni Wit. 4 Naxos 8.572716 14:30 CHOIRS AND PLACES Prepared by Philip Lidbury Pergolesi, G. Magnificat anima mea Dominum in C. Elizabeth Vaughan, sop; Janet Baker, cont; Ian Partridge, ten; Christopher Keyte, bass; Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/David Willcocks.

Decca 443 868-2 12 Padilla, J. de Incipit lamentatio Ieremiæ prophetæ. Choir of Westminster Cathedral; Andrew Watts, curtal; Andrew Lawrence-King, hp; Iain Simcock, org; James O’Donnell, cond.

Hyperion CDA66330 14 15:00 FROM THE 20TH CENTURY Prepared by Frank Morrison Dohnányi, E. Symphonic minutes, op 36 (1933). BBC PO/Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 9455

Shostakovich, D. String quartet no 11 in F minor, op 122 (1966). Emerson String Quartet.

DG 463 284-2 16 Bernstein, L. Symphonic dances, from West Side story (1957). London SO/Michael Tilson Thomas.

DG 439 926-2 22 16:00 FINE MUSIC HOLIDAY including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett 19:00 JAZZ NICE ‘N EASY with Ken Weatherley

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20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg

Verdi, G. Ballet music from Macbeth (1847/6465). BBC PO/Edward Downes.

Chandos CHAN 9510 5

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

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Tuesday 7 April 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: Marc Grauwels Prepared by Di Cox Chopin, F. Variations on a theme of Rossini (1824). Catherine Michel, hp.

Marco Polo 8.220441 7 Mozart, W. Flute quartet no 1 in D, K285 (1777). Brussels Virtuosi.

Hyperion CDA66392

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Saint-Saëns, C. Tarantelle, op 6 (1857).

Guy Vanderborght, cl; Belgian RTSO/André Vandernoot.

Naxos 8.555977 7

Hanson, H. Symphony no 1 in E minor, op 21, Nordic (1923). Eastman-Rochester O/Howard Hanson.

Mercury 432 008-2 27

Tchaikovsky, P. Lisa’s aria, from The queen of spades (1890). Netania Davrath, sop; Vienna State Opera O/Vladimir Golschmann.

5 Vanguard 089080 72

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

Mayerl, B. Ace of hearts, from the Four aces suite (1933). Eric Parkin, pf.

3 Chandos CHAN 8560

13:00 TRIBUTE TO JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER Prepared by Emyr Evans Elgar, E. Romance, op 62 (1909). London SO/ Charles Mackerras.

EMI CDM 7 64726 2 6 Grainger, P. Youthful rapture (1901). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Philips 442 8415 5 Whitacre, E. The River Cam (2011). Eric Whitacre Singers; London SO. Decca 2796323

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Devienne, F. Flute concerto no 7 in E minor (1788). Walloon CO/Bernard Labadie.

Naxos 8.555918 18

Glass, P. Cello concerto. Royal Liverpool PO/ Gerard Schwarz.

Orange Mountain Music 0014 31

Mozart, W. Piano sonata in B flat, K10 (1764).

Guy Penson, pf.

Hyperion CDA66391 10

Julian Lloyd Webber, vc (all above)

Donizetti, G. Concertino in D. Belgian RTSO/ André Vandernoot.

Naxos 8.555977 10

Strauss, R. Dance of the seven veils, from Salome, op 54 (1905). Sydney SO/Stuart Challender.

ABC 434 716-2 10

Drouet, L. Introduction and variations on an English theme (1815-19). Catherine Michel, hp.

Marco Polo 8.220441 11 Fauré, G. Sicilienne, op 78 (1898; orch. Talmi).

Belgian RTSO/André Vandernoot.

Naxos 8.555977 3 Marc Grauwels, fl (all above) 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Raj Gopalakrishnan Respighi, O. Ancient airs and dances, suite no 2 (1924). Australian CO/Christopher LyndonGee. Omega OCD 1007 20 Sibelius, J. Violin concerto in D minor, op 47 (1903/05). Leonidas Kavakos, vn; Lahti SO/ Osmo Vänskä.

BIS CD-500 35

Sibelius, J. Diamond on the snow, op 36 no 6 (1899). Karita Mattila, sop; Ilmo Ranta, pf.

Ondine ODE 1108-2 3 Diamond, D. Concert piece for orchestra (1939). Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz.

Delos DE 3189 13 Piazzolla, A. Night-club, from Histoire du tango (1960). Virginia Taylor, fl; Timothy Kain, gui.

ABC 456 691-2 6 Stravinsky, I. Card game (1937). Royal Concertgebouw O/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 7120

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16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Andrew Dziedzic

14:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Giovanna Grech

Bellini, V. Come per me sereno, from La sonnambula (1831). Joan Sutherland, sop; London Opera Ch; National PO/Richard Bonynge.

Decca 421 883-2

Lehár, F. Dein ist mein ganzes Herz, from The land of smiles (1929). Richard Tauber, ten; Berlin State Opera O/Franz Lehár.

BBC BBS 716 3

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

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Thomas, A. Adieu, Mignon, from Mignon (1866). Plácido Domingo, ten; Thomas Hampson, bar; Philharmonia Ch & O/Eugene Kohn.

EMI 5 55554 2 5 14:30 THE CLASSICAL BRIDGE PLAYER Prepared by Frank Morrison Bridge, F. Three idylls (1907). Goldner String Quartet.

Hyperion CDA67726 14 Suppé, F. Overture to The queen of spades (1864). Vienna PO/Zubin Mehta.

CBS MK 44932 8

Prokofiev, S. Piano concerto no 5 in G, op 55 (1931-32). Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf; London SO/ André Previn.

Decca 425 572-2 25 Ravel, M. String quartet in F (1902-03).

Australian String Quartet.

ABC 434 721-2

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Copland, A. Suite: Appalachian Spring.

Melbourne SO/Benjamin Northey.

ABC 4810863

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Shostakovich, D. Piano trio no 2 in E minor, op 67 (1944). Isabelle van Keulen, vn; Alexander Ivashkin, vc; Boris Berman, pf.

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Wednesday 8 April 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Borodin, A. Symphony no 1 in E flat (1862-67). Royal Stockholm PO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

Chandos CHAN 9199

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

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12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Music of the 18th century Prepared by Frank Morrison

13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI

Gossec, F-J. Symphony in E flat, op 12 no 5 (pub.1769). London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 9661 13

15:00 THE CLASSICAL HARP Prepared by Stephen Wilson

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Rameau, J-P. Suite from Zoroastre (1749). O of the Eighteenth Century/Frans Brüggen.

Glossa GCD C81106 34 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Angela Bell Stravinsky, I. Suite: Petrushka (1919). Chicago SO/Carlo Maria Giulini.

EMI 5 85974 2 24 Giuliani, M. Guitar concerto no 1 in A, op 30 (1808). Pepe Romero, gui; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

ABC 480 6461 22

Baur, J.P. Sonata in B flat no 4, op 6, Chartres (1773). Marielle Nordmann, hp; Brigitte Haudebourg, hpd.

Arion ARN 68285 8 Spohr, L. Fantasy in B minor on themes of Danzi and Vogler, op 118 (1814). Sophie Langdon, vn; Hugh Webb, hp.

Naxos 8.555365

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Albrechtsberger, J. Harp concerto in C. Jana Bouskova, hp; South West German CO/ Vladislav Czarnecki.

Brilliant Classics 99512 19 Petrini, F. Symphony with harp. Marielle Nordmann, hp; Auvergne O/Jean-Jacques Kantorow.

FNAC 592099 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with James Hunter 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell

Puccini, G. Turandot. Opera in three acts.

Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. First performed Milan, 1926.

TURANDOT: Ghena Dimitrova, sop CALAF: Nicola Martinucci,ten LIU: Cecilin Gasdia, sop TIMUR: Roberto Scandiuzzi, bass, Teatro Communale dell’Opera di Genova Ch & O/Daniel Oren.

Arts 47257-2 2:05

14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans

Couperin, F. Suite no 2, from Pièces de violes (1728). Jordi Savall, va da gamba; Ariane Maurette, va da gamba; Ton Koopman, hpd.

Alia Vox AVSA9893 20 Grétry, A-E-M. Flute concerto in C. Marc Grauwels, fl; European Union CO/Dmitri Demetriades.

Helios CDH55035

20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Michael Tesoriero

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Turandot, a beautiful Chinese princess, insists that nobles wanting her hand must answer three questions she poses and if unsuccessful must die. Prince Calaf arrives incognito and recognises his old father Timur and the servant Liù, who loves him. Calaf offers to answer the questions and, to Turandot’s dismay, does so.

She does not wish to marry Calaf but her father insists. Calaf offers to die if she can learn his name by dawn. Turandot orders her subjects to find it or be executed. Liù stabs herself rather than tell. Finally Calaf reveals his name and Turandot realises it is ‘love’.

10:30 FOCUS ON VIOLAS Prepared by Emyr Evans Debussy, C. Sonata (1915). Members of Nash Ensemble.

Virgin VC 7 91148-2 17 Bruch, M. Romance, op 85 (c1912). Rainer Moog, va; Rhenish PO/Wolfgang Balzer.

EBS 6071

Dean, B. Testament (2002). BBC SO/Martyn Brabbins.

BIS 2016 15 Berlioz, H. Harold in Italy, op 16 (1834). Rivka Golani, va; San Diego SO/Yoav Talmi.

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Thursday 9 April 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

Bach, W.F. Sinfonia in F (c1760). Salzburg Chamber PO/Yoon K. Lee. Naxos 8.553289

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Raj Gopalakrishnan Alfvén, H. Suite from The mountain king (1916-23).

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Andante, from Symphony no 5 in A minor, op 54 (1942-53).

7 Royal Stockholm PO/Neeme Järvi (2 above) BIS CD-585 So take my heart (1946); Scents of summer, op 8 no 2 (1899); The forest sleeps, op 28 no 6 (1908). Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö, ten; Folke Alin, pf.

BIS CD-633 9 The prodigal son, suite (1957). Stockholm PO/ Neeme Järvi.

BIS CD-455 19 Symphony no 4, op 39, From the outermost Skerries, mvts 1 and 2 (1919). Arndis Halla, sop; Johann Valdimarsson, ten; Sigrün Edvaldsdóttir, vn, Richard Talkowsky, vc; Kristján Th. Stephensen, cora; Iceland SO/Niklas Willén.

Naxos 8.557284 48 Midsummer vigil, Swedish rhapsody no 1, op 19 (1903). Stockholm PO/Neeme Järvi.

BIS CD-385 14 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Anne Irish Sibelius, J. Suite: Karelia, op 11 (1893). Finnish RSO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

RCA RD87765 14 Salieri, A. Piano concerto in B flat (1773).

Philharmonia O/Pietro Spada, pf & dir.

ASV DCA 955

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Tchaikovsky, P. Symphony no 1 in G minor, op 13, Winter daydreams (1866). USSR SO/ Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Melodiya 74321170922 42 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Marilyn Schock

13:00 MUSIC FROM THE 18TH CENTURY Prepared by Frank Morrison

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19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey

Porpora, N. D’amore il primo dardo (c1748).

Christine Brandes, sop; Four Nations Ensemble/ Andrew Appel.

ASV GAU 192 13

20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Superb sonatas Recorded by George Hilgevoord for FINE MUSIC Prokofiev, S. Sonata, op 119 (1949).

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Kraus, J.M. Sonata in D minor (1777). Nils-Erik Sparf, vn; Kari Ottesen, vc; Maria Weislander, hpd.

Musica Sveciae MSCD 415 12

Kabalevsky, D. Sonata, op 71 (1962).

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Shostakovich, D. Sonata, op 40 (1934).

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Zelenka, J. Capriccio no 5 in G (1729). NeuEröffnete O/Jürgen Sonnentheil. cpo 999 629-2 17 14:00 THE BOULANGER LEGACY with David Ogilvie Berkeley, L. Serenade (1936). BBC Welsh NO/ Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHAN 9981 13 Harris, R. Untitled (1926). Geoffrey Burleson, pf.

Naxos 8.559664 3 Françaix, J. Little saxophone quartet (1935).

Deffayet Quartet EMI 5 72360 2 7 Berkeley, L. O lurcher-loving collier; Eyes look into the well, from 5 poems by Auden, op 53 (1958). Philip Langridge, ten; Steuart Bedford, pf.

Naxos 8.557204 4 Harris, R. Symphony no 3 in one movement (1939). New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein.

DG 419 780-2 19

Georg Pedersen, vc; Nikolai Evrov, pf (all above) 21:30 LESSER KNOWN RUSSIAN COMPOSERS Prepared by Stephen Wilson Davidov, K. Ballade, op 25 (1875). Vyautas Sondeckis, vc; Lithuanian CO/David Geringas.

Naxos 8.554381 5 Shvedov, K. The cherubic hymn, op 13. Holst Singers/Stephen Layton.

5 Hyperion CDA67756 Nápravnik, E. Nocturne after Chopin, op 48 no 1 (1894). Jonathan Plowright, pf.

6 Hyperion CDA67803 Alyabyev, A. The nightingale. Natalie Dessay, sop; Berlin SO/Michael Schønwandt.

5 EMI 5 56565 2 Ewald, V. Melody. Christian Lindberg, tb; Roland Pöntinen, pf.

BIS CD-478

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22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Mendelssohn: the voice and the orchestra Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Françaix, J. Concertino (1932). Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pf; Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit.

Decca 452 448-2 9

Mendelssohn, F. Concert piece no 1 in F minor, op 113 (1832). Sabine Meyer, cl; Wolfgang Meyer, bshn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Kenneth Sillito.

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Diamond, D. Flute quintet in B minor (1937).

David Gilbert, fl; Kees Kooper, vn; Paul Doktor, va, Fred Sherry, vc; Mary Louise Boehm, pf.

Turnabout TV-S 34508 13

Infelice, op 94 (1834). Janet Baker, mezz; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox.

Virgin VC 7 91123-2 10

Carter, E. Holiday overtures (1944/61). Mark Wait, pf; Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn.

Naxos 8.559151 10 Concerto for harpsichord and piano with two chamber orchestras (1961). Paul Jacobs, hpd; Charles Rosen, pf; English CO/Frederick Prausnitz.

Columbia MS 719 24

Concerto in D minor (1823). Polina Leschenko, pf; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti, vn & dir.

BIS SACD-1984 35 Symphony no 2 in B flat, op 52, Hymn of praise (1840). Barbara Bonney, sop; Edith Wiens, sop; Peter Schreier, ten; Leipzig Radio Choir; Michael Schönheit, org; Gewandhaus O/ Kurt Masur.

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Friday 10 April 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Nielsen, C. Symphony no 4, op 29, The inextinguishable (1914-16). BBC SO/Andrew Davis.

Virgin VC 7 91210-2 34

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

14:30 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Giovanna Grech

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Exploring chamber Prepared by Sheila Catzel Berwald, F. Piano trio in C (1853). Susan Tomes, pf; Gaudier Ensemble.

Hyperion CDA66835

Giordano, U. O Pastorelle, addio, from Andrea Chénier (1895). Hungarian State Radio & Television Ch; Hungarian State O/Giuseppe Patané.

CBS M2K 42369 2 17

Martinu, B. La revue de cuisine (1927).

David Campbell, cl; Graham Sheen, bn; Barry Collarbone, tpt; Oliver Butterworth, vn; Michael Evans, vc; John Bryden, pf.

Hyperion CDD22039 15 Bruch, M. Excerpts from Eight pieces, op 83: nos 1, 2, 3 and 6 (pub. 1910). Ensemble Liaison.

Tall Poppies TP217 19 Dvorák, A. String quartet no 9 in D minor, op 34 (1877). American String Quartet. apex 79671 2 30 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Elaine Siversen Verdi, G. The four seasons, from The Sicilian vespers (1855). Guido Toschi, ob; Giovanni Tedeschi, cl; Bologna Comunale TO/Riccardo Chailly.

Decca 425 108-2 28 Bériot, C-A. de Violin concerto no 2 in B minor, op 32 (1835). Philippe Quint, vn; Slovak RSO/Kirk Trevor.

Naxos 8.570360 28 Schubert, F. Symphony no 3 in D, D200 (1815). Royal Concertgebouw O/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Teldec 4509-91184-2

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12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell 13:00 SCANDINAVIAN REFLECTIONS Prepared by Emyr Evans Lundquist, T. Scandinavian music (1978).

Urban Agnas, tpt; Joakim Agnas, tpt; Anna Axelsson, hn; Jonas Bylund, tb; Lennart Nord, tuba.

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Bellini, V. A te, o cara, from I puritani (1835).

Montserrat Caballé, sop; Alfredo Kraus, ten; Agostino Ferrin, bass; Stefan Elenkov, bass; Ambrosian Opera Ch; Philharmonia O/Riccardo Muti.

EMI CDC 7 49929 2 6 Bizet, G. Je crois entendre encore, from The pearl fishers (1863). Alan Vanzo, ten; Paris National Opera TO/Georges Prêtre.

EMI CDC 7 54016 2 3 Mozart, W. Ach Belmonte! Ach mein Leben! from The abduction from the seraglio, K384 (1782). Yvonne Kenny, sop; Lillian Watson, sop; Peter Schreier, ten; Wilfrid Gamlich, ten; Zurich Opera House Mozart O/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Teldec 0630-13811-9 11 15:00 A WELL-GROUNDED COMPOSER Prepared by Stephen Wilson Eybler, J. Overture (1804). Geneva CO/Michael Hofstetter. cpo 777 104-2 7 Clarinet concerto in B flat. Eduard Brunner, cl; Bamberger SO/Hans Stadlmair.

Tudor 782 25 Symphony no 1 in C (c1780). Geneva CO/ Michael Hofstetter. cpo 777 104-2

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16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Lloyd Capps 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron 20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Judy Ekstein

Grieg, E. From Holberg’s time, op 40 (1884).

Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi.

DG 437 520-2 19

Spohr, L. Violin concerto no 8 in A minor, op 47 (1816). Elizabeth Wallfisch, vn; Brandenburg O/Roy Goodman.

Hyperion CDA66840 19

Gade, N. Overture: Echoes from Ossian, op 1 (1840). Danish National RSO/Dmitri Kitaienko.

Chandos CHAN 9422 15

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

Nobuko Imai, va; London SO/Colin Davis.

Philips 442 290-2 42

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Schubert, F. Fantasy in C, D760, Wanderer (c1823). Kathryn Selby, pf.

ABC 432 700-2 23 Tchaikovsky, P. Fantasy overture: Romeo and Juliet (1880). London PO/Mstislav Rostropovich.

EMI 5 65709 2 23 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Philip Lidbury Locke, M. Suite in G minor, from Tripla concordia (1677). Locke Consort.

Globe GLO 5027

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Purcell, H. Thy hand, Belinda, from Dido and Aeneas (pub. 1697). Barbara Bonney, sop; Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood.

5 Decca 468 818-2 Welcome song for Charles II: Swifter, Isis, swifter flow (1681). Gillian Fisher, sop; Susan Hamilton, sop; James Bowman, ct; Nigel Short, ct; Rogers Covey-Crump, ten; Charles Daniels, ten; Michael George, bass; Robert Evans, bass; King’s Consort/Robert King.

Hyperion CDA66587 15 Music lessons 7 to 12, from Musick’s handmaid, Part II (1687). George Malcolm, hpd.

Vanguard OVC 2002/3

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Anthem: Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, from Music for Queen Mary (1689). Westminster Abbey Choir; New London Consort/Martin Neary.

7 Sony SK 66243 Clarke, J. Suite in D (bef. 1705). Håkan Hardenberger, tpt; Simon Preston, org.

Philips 434 074-2

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Purcell, H. They that go down to the sea in ships (1685). Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; Trevor Pinnock, org; English Concert/ Simon Preston.

Archiv 459 487-2 10 Suite from The prophetess (1690). Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall.

Alia Vox AVSA 9866 14 Blow, J. No, Lesbia, no, you ask in vain, from Three elegies upon the much lamented loss of our late most gracious Queen Mary (1695). Barbara Borden, sop; Academy of the Begynhof, Amsterdam.

5 Globe GLO 5029 Purcell, H. Ayres and dances, from Dido and Aeneas, Z626 (1689). Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players/Geoffrey Lancaster.

ABC 456 667-2 17

Saturday 11 April 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

Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Sinfonietta in A minor, op 31 (1880-84). USSR Academic SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Melodiya MCD 211 25 Sibelius, J. Seven songs, op 17 (c1894). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Bengt Forsberg, pf.

BIS CD-457 13 Albéniz, I. Sonata no 5, op 82 (c1888). Alberto Guinovart, pf.

Harmonia Mundi HMI 987007 24 Lekeu, G. Adagio for orchestral quartet (1891).

Ensemble Musique Oblique.

Harmonia Mundi 1901 455 10 Brahms, J. Symphony no 3 in F, op 90 (1883).

Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado.

DG 429 765-2 38 11:30 ON PARADE With the Fairey Band Prepared by Robert Small Trad. Believe me, if all those endearing young charms (arr. Langford).

5 Grieg, E. Elegiac melody no 2, Spring (arr.

Ryan).

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Langford, G. Famous British marches.

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Godard, B. Angels guard thee (arr. Langford).

Harry Foster, tb.

5 Sullivan, A. Take a pair of sparkling eyes, from The gondoliers (arr. Langford).

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William Fairy Engineering Band/Kenneth Dennison (all above) Chandos CHAN 6530

19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers

13:00 The year 1784 Prepared by Andari Anggamulia

Youmans, V. Excerpts from Hit the deck (1955). Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller, Vic Damone, Tony Martin, voices.

Sony 88697638572

Haydn, J. Piano concerto in G, Hob.XVIII:4 Sebastian Knauer, pf; Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl.

Naxos 8.570485 20

9:30 GREAT ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL WORKS Prepared by Rex Burgess

Coates, E. Knightsbridge march.

12:00 A LITTLE TASTE OF JAZZ with Rob Thomas

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Kraus, J.M. Innocente donzelletta (1784).

Barbara Bonney, sop; Drottningholm Court TO/Thomas Schuback.

Musica Sveciae MSCD 424 5 Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 18 in B flat, K456 (1784). Martha Argerich, pf; Bavarian RO/ Eugen Jochum.

BR Klassik 403571900701 29 14:00 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD with Maureen Meers Nostalgic music and artists from the 30s, 40s and 50s and occasionally beyond, in a trip down many memory lanes 15:00 ROMEO AND JULIET Prepared by Di Cox Berlioz, H. Romeo and Juliet, op 17 (1839). Catherine Robbin, mezz; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, ten; Gilles Cachemaille, bassbar; Monteverdi Choir; O Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner.

Philips 454 454-2 2:15 Prokofiev, S. Folk dance; The street awakens, scene; Arrival of the guests, minuet, from Romeo and Juliet, op 75 (1937). Boris Berman, pf.

Chandos CHAN 8851 8

Lloyd Webber, A. Excerpts from Phantom of the opera (1986). Sarah Brightman, sop; Michael Crawford, ten; O/Mike Reed.

Really Useful Records 314 543 929-2 13 DePaul, G. Excerpts from Seven brides for seven brothers (1954). Jane Powell, Howard Keel; MGM Studio O/Adolph Deutsch.

Sony 88697639902 19 20:00 BEETHOVEN’S FRIEND AND RIVAL Prepared by Stephen Wilson Hummel, J. String quartet in C, op 30 no 1 (1804). Delmé String Quartet.

Hyperion CDA66568 25 Mandolin concerto in G (1799). Alison Stephens, mand; London Mozart Players/ Howard Shelley.

Chandos CHAN 9925 18 Septet in D minor, op 74 (1816). Melos Ensemble.

Decca 430 297-2

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Double concerto in G, op 17 (c1805). Alexander Trostiansky, vn; Polina Osetinskaya, pf; Russian PO/Gregory Rose.

Naxos 8.557595 37 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Rex Burgess Dvorák, A. Serenade in E, op 22 (1875).

Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Decca 466 459-2 28

17:30 ARTS IN FOCUS Featuring the SCM Symphony Orchestra with Simon Moore 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Organ Music Society of Sydney with Andrew Grahame Franck, C. Chorale no l in E. Christopher Dearnley, org.

EMI Classics 0 85418 2

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Grieg, E. Two elegiac melodies, op 34 (1881).

Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi.

8 DG 437 520-2 16

Reger, M. Fantasia and fugue on Hallelujah!

Gott zu loben. Fernando Germani, org.

EMI Classics 0 85423 2 13 Wood, C. Prelude on St Mary. Philip Marshall, org.

EMI Classics 0 85422 2 7 Duruflé, M. Prelude and fugue sur le nom d’Alain. Melville Cook, org.

EMI Classics 0 85418 2 11

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

Orfeo C 155 871 A 28 Sor, F. Elegiac fantasy, op 59. Nicholas Goluses, gui.

Naxos 8.553342 18 Tchaikovsky, P. String serenade in C, op 48 (1880). London CO/Christopher Warren-Green.

Virgin VC 7 91165-2 28 April 2015

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Sunday 12 April 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 Lalo, E. Piano trio no 2 in B minor (1852).

Barbican Piano Trio.

ASV DCA 899

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Danzi, F. Wind quintet in B flat, op 56 no 1 (pub. 1821). Vega Wind Quintet.

LDR LDRC 1002 13

Grofé, F. Mississippi Suite (1925). Hollywood Bowl SO/Felix Slatkin.

EMI 5 74117 2 13

Beethoven, L. Sonata no 14 in C sharp minor, op 27 no 2, Moonlight (1801). Eugene Istomin, pf.

Reference Recordings RR-69 15

17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Heather Sykes

Verdi, G. Eri tu che macchiavi quell’ anima, from A masked ball (1859). Santa Cecilia Academy O/Bruno Bartoletti.

Decca 478 2346 4

Easter hymns and carols: Come, faithful people, come away; Love’s redeeming work is done; A brighter dawn is breaking; Alleluia, hearts to heaven and voices raise; This is the day the Lord has made. Goulburn Cathedral Choir/Paul Paviour.

Goulburn Cathedral Choir GCV 210 13

Shostakovich, D. String quartet no 1 in C, op 49 (1938). Borodin String Quartet.

EMI CDC 7 49266-2 14

Rossini, G. Largo al factotum, from The barber of Seville (1816). London PO/Silvio Varviso.

Decca 440 844-2

10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Brian Drummond

Sherrill Milnes, bar (2 above)

Bortnyansky, D. Song of the Cherubim (no 7); Choral Concerto no 34: Let God arise.

Chamber Choir Lege Artis/Boris Abalyan.

Sony SMK 57661 10

Tosti, P. L’ultima canzone (1905). Leone Magiera, pf.

Decca 466 350-2

Gounod, C. O divine Redeemer (1894). Yvonne Kenny, sop; Adelaide SO/David Stanhope.

ABC 980 103-3 6

Mozart, W. Overture to Così fan tutte, K588 (1790). O of St Johns, Smith Square/John Lubbock.

ASV QS 6197 5

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Haydn, J. Trumpet concerto in E flat, Hob. Vlle:1 (1796). Crispian Steele-Perkins, tpt; King’s Consort/Robert King.

Hyperion CDA67266 14

Rossini, G. O muto asil del pianto...corriam, voilam! from William Tell (1829). Vienna Opera Ch & O/Nicola Rescigno.

ABC 480 5512 8

Beethoven, L. Overture to Leonore, op 72a no 3 (1806). Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado.

DG 435617-2 15

Luciana Pavarotti, ten (2 above)

Piano trio in D, op 70 no 1, Ghost (1808).

Pinchas Zukerman, vn; Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Daniel Barenboim, pf.

EMI CMS 7 63124-2 27 Danzi, F. Horn sonata in E minor, op 44 (pub.

1814). Michael Thompson, hn; Philip Fowke, pf.

Naxos 8.554694 22 Spohr, L. Violin concerto no 11 in G, op 70 (1825). Simone Lamsma, vn; Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois.

Naxos 8.570528 26 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 1915, 1925 and 1935 Prepared by Frank Morrison Rachmaninov, S. Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op 43 (1934). Earl Wild, pf; Royal PO/ Jascha Horenstein.

Chandos CHAN 6605 21

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

Sony SM2K 64516 10

Thompson, R. Alleluia (1940); Fare well (1974).

Schola Cantorum of Oxford/James Burton.

Hyperion CDA 67679 15

Glazunov, A. Chant du ménestrel, op 71 (1900).

Mstislav Ristropovich, vc.

DG 479 2561 4

Hymns: Ye holy angels bright; Dear Lord and father of mankind; Lord Jesus think on me.

Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral; Christopher Darnley, org; John Scott, cond.

9 Helios CDH 55036

Tchaikovsky, P. Black Swan pas de deux, from Swan Lake (1877).

ABC 480 6403 8

18:00 SYDNEY PIANO WORLD PRESENTS Master and pupils Prepared by Chris Blower

Boston SO/Seijo Ozawa, cond (2 above)

Fibich, Z. Forest solitude; The dance of the blessed ones; Io and Jupiter, from Studies of paintings, op 56 no 1 (1898-99). Radoslav Kvapil, pf.

Unicorn-Kanchana DKP9149 17

16:00 THE ROMANCE OF RIVERS Prepared by Susan Briedis Mussorgsky, M. Prelude: Dawn on the Moscow River, from Khovanshchina (1872-80).

West Australian SO/David Measham.

ABC 434 717-2 5 Trad. The keel row (arr. Whittaker). Kathleen Ferrier, cont; Phyllis Spurr, pf.

Decca 475 078-2 2 Wagner, R. Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine journey, from Twilight of the gods (1869-74).

Cleveland O/George Szell.

CBS M2YK 46466 12 O’Hagan, J. Old Father Thames. Peter Dawson, bass-bar.

EMI CDMID 166187 3

Ravel, M. Spanish rhapsody (1907). Berlin PO/ Pierre Boulez.

DG 439 858-2 17

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

Sydney Symphony SS01 11

Boulez, P. Piano sonata no 1 (1946). Claude Helffer, pf.

Astrée E 7716 9

Weill, K. Complainte de la Seine (1934). Teresa Stratas, sop; Richard Woitach, pf.

Nonesuch 979 019-2 4

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Mendelssohn, F. Three caprices, op 33 (183335). Martin Jones, pf.

Nimbus NI 5069 22 Moscheles, I. Quatre grandes études de concert, op 111 (1845). Piers Lane, pf.

Helios CDH55387

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19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Rex Burgess Diepenbrock, A. Symphonic suite: Elektra (1919-20). Emmy Verhey, vn; Hague Residency O/Hans Vonk.

Chandos CHAN 8821 20 Mahler, G. Das klagende Lied (1880/9293/98-99). Susan Dunn, sop; Markus Baur, treb; Brigitte Fassbaender, cont; Werner Hollweg, ten; Andreas Schmidt, bar; Dusseldorf Municipal Music Society Choir; Berlin RSO/ Riccardo Chailly.

DG 477 8825 1:04

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Monday 13 April 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

20:30 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Troy Fil Koetsier, J. Kinderzirkus, op 79 (1986). Custom Brass Quintet.

Cafua CACG-0063 17 Daniel-Lesur, J. Suite medievale (1946.) Cante Libre Chamber Ensemble.

4TAY Records 4TA-4033 12 Anon. Klagevisa over clenna torra och balla var (c1697; arr. M.Dagge and M. Paulsson). Ute Goeclecke, vocals; Martin Bagge, vocals; Mikael Paulsson, theorbo, archlute; Ensemble Mare Balticum Footprint Records FRCD 066 10 Saint-Saëns, C. From Six etudes, op 52: no 6, caprice d’après l’étude en forme de valse (1877; arr. Ysäye). Jacques Israelievitch, vn; Stephanie Sebastian, pf.

Fleur de son FDS 57926 8

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Robert Small

Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Trombone concerto (1877; arr. Langford). Norman Law, tb; John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band/Peter Parkes.

Chandos CHAN 8793 11 Bizet, G. Fantaisie brillante sur Carmen, from Carmen (1873-74; arr. Borne). Paula Robison, fl; Samuel Sanders, pf.

Vanguard OVC 4058 11 Bach, J.S. Harp concerto in C, BWV976 (1713-14; arr. Zabaleta). Nicanor Zabaleta, hp; English CO/Garcia Navarro.

DG 469 544-2 10 Liszt, F. Fantasia on themes from Mozart’s The marriage of Figaro (1842; arr. Busoni). Stephen Hough, pf.

Hyperion CDA67598 15

Welin, K-E. Solo (1983). Knut Sonstevold, bn.

Daphne Records DAPHNE1007 10

Paganini, N. Violin concerto no 5 in A minor (1830; arr. Mompellio). Franco Gulli, vn; O dell’Angelicum/Luciano Rosada.

Il Canale DC-U30 32

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Hyde, M. Dawn service; Anzac threnody (195152). Wendy Dixon, sop; David Miller, pf.

Wirripang WIRR 044 5 22:30 NEW HORIZONS Australians at war, 100th anniversary of ANZAC Day Prepared by Troy Fil Mason, R. Excerpts from Australians at war suite (2000). Tasmanian SO/David Stanhope. 36 Anon. Soldier’s songs. James Blundell, voice. 6 Sampson, W. High command (1942). The Kew Band/Graham Lloyd.

4 Martin, T. Vietnam vets. Australian Army Band, Perth/Tom Martin.

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Trad. Waltzing Matilda.

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O’Hagan, J. Along the road to Gundagai.

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Peter Dawson, bar (2 above) ABC 461 800 2 (6 above) Bresnick, M. Three choral songs (1986). Yale Camerata/Marguerite Brooks.

Albany TROY1184 8 Body, J. Palaran: Songs of love and war (2004).

Budi Surasa, voice; New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young.

Naxos 8.573198 16

10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Derek Parker Telemann, G. Overture in F, Alster overture.

Andrew Clark, hn; New London Consort/Philip Pickett Decca 455 621-2 33 Liszt, F. Concerto pathétique in E minor, S365b (1849; arr. Lizt, Reuss 1885-86). Leslie Howard, pf; Budapest SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher.

Hyperion CDS44598 25 Weber, C.M. Symphony no 1 in C, op 19 (1807).

Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Brilliant 99935 25

Seville (arr. Silvetti).

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Halffter, E. Habanera (1931). Gran Canaria PO/ Adrian Leaper.

9 ASV DCA 1078 Ponce, M. Balada mexicana (1914). Eva Suk, pf; State of Mexico SO/Enrique Bátiz.

ASV DCA 926 11 14:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Giovanna Grech Rossini, G. Overture to The silken ladder (1812). New York PO/Leonard Bernstein.

CBS MYK 44719

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Wagner, R. Gar viel and schön ward hier, from Tannhäuser (1845). Thomas Quastoff, bass-bar; Berlin Opera Ch & O/Christian Thielemann.

7 DG 471 493-2 Berlioz, H. D’amour l’ardente flamme, from The damnation of Faust, op 24 (1845-46). Kiri Te Kanawa, sop; Royal Opera House O/Jeffrey Tate.

8 EMI CDC 7 49863 2 Massenet, J. Toute mon âme ... pourquoi me réveiller? from Werther (1892). Alfredo Kraus, ten; London PO/Michel Plasson.

3 EMI CDC 7 49929-2 14:30 SYMPHONIC POEMS Prepared by Anne Irish Rachmaninov, S. The rock, op 7 (1893). St. Petersburg Academic SO/Alexander Dmitriev.

Sony SMK 57650 14 Liszt, F. Les préludes (1848/53). Gewandhaus O/Kurt Masur.

EMI CDM 1 66431 2 14 Hartmann, E. Hakon Jarl, op 40 (1887).

Copenhagen PO/Bo Holten.

Dacapo 8.226041

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Lehár, F. Il Guado (1906). Volker Banfield, pf; Hanover RPO/Klauspeter Seibel.

8 cpo 999 423-2

12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan 13:00 20TH CENTURY BRAZILIAN COMPOSERS Prepared by Frank Morrison Chávez, C. Symphony no 2, Sinfonia india (193536). New World SO/Michael Tilson Thomas.

Decca 467 603-2 12 Marroquin, J. Mexican lullaby. Henryk Szeryng, vn; Charles Reiner, pf.

Mercury 434 339-2

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Plácido Domingo, ten; VVC SO/Bebu Silvetti (2 above) Sony SK 62625

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Madilina Tresca

Debussy, C. Childen’s corner (1908; arr. D. Fox).

Laurence Torr, picc, fl; Sara Cutler, hp; William Moersch, perc.

Fleur de son FDS 57937 16

Toldra, E. Six sonetos (1921). Alejandro Bustamente, vn; Enrique Bagaria, pf.

Columna Musica 1CM0255

Lara, A. Murcia (arr. Silvetti).

Sony SK 62625

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Revueltas, S. Sensemayà (1938; arr. Roberts).

Anthony Kniffen, tuba; Chicago SO Brass/ Michael Mulcahy.

CSO-Resound CSOR 901 1101 7

Dvorák, A. The golden spinning wheel, op 109 (1896). Czech PO/Charles Mackerras.

Supraphon SU 4012-2 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 April 2015

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Tuesday 14 April Chabrier, E. Prélude pastoral (1888). Vienna PO/John Eliot Gardiner.

DG 447 751-2 7 Fauré, G. Ballade, op 19 (1881). Louis Lortie, pf; London SO/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

Chandos CHAN 8773 13 Franck, C. Symphony in D minor (1887-88).

Philharmonia O/Carlo Maria Giulini.

EMI CZS 7 67723 2 40 12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes Radu Lupu 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: Maria João Pires Prepared by Barrie Brockwell Bach, J.S. Concerto in A, BWV1055 (1735-40).

Gulbenkian Foundation CO/Michel Corboz.

Erato ECD 40001 13 Schubert, F. Moments musicaux, D780: no 5 in F minor; no 3 in F minor; no 6 in A flat (1823/28).

DG 427 769 11 Mozart, W. Ch’io mi scordi di te?, K505 (1786).

Christine Schäfer, sop; Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado.

DG 457 582-2 10 Chopin, F. Nocturnes, op 62: no 1 in B; no 2 in E (1846).

DG 00289 477 8445 12 Mozart, W. Sonata in D, K381 (1772). Martha Agerich, pf.

EMI 7 21119 2 15 Schubert, F. Impromptus: in G flat, D899 no 3; in F minor, D935 no 4 (1827).

DG 457 550-2 12 Maria João Pires, pf (all above) 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Barrie Brockwell Rameau, J-P. Ouverture; Entree des guerrieurs; Bruit de guerre; Air vif, Tambourins; Chaconne, from Dardanus. O of the Eighteenth Century/Frans Bruggen.

Philips 420 240 20 36

Maria João Pires

13:00 MUSICA DA CAMERA Prepared by Jan Brown Pleyel, I. Sextet in F. Ensemble Urs Mächler.

Sipario CS 28C 27 Mozart, W. Wind quintet in E flat, K452 (1784).

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

Decca 414 291-2 25 14:00 CONTEMPORARY CONDUCTORS Zubin Mehta Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Ravel, M. La valse (1921). Los Angeles PO. Decca 475 7470

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Elgar, E. Variations on an original theme, op 36, Enigma (1898-99).

31 Los Angeles PO (2 above) Decca 475 7470 Various. Medley. José Carreras, ten; Plácido Domingo, ten; Luciano Pavarotti, ten; Florence Maggio Musicale O; Rome Opera TO. Decca 430 433-2 20 Zubin Mehta, cond (all above) 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Michael Field 18:00 SYDNEY SYMPHONY 2015 Produced by Andrew Bukenya

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20:00 RECENT RELEASES with David Ogilvie 22:00 INTO THE 20TH CENTURY From the Low Countries Prepared by Elaine Siversen Ysaÿe, E. Sonata in G, op 27 no 5 (1924). Oscar Shumsky, vn.

9 Nimbus NI 7715

Tchaikovsky, P. Capricio italien, op 45 (1880).

Israel PO. Teldec 4509-90201-2 16 Strauss, R. Tone poem: Thus spake Zarathustra, op 30 (1895-96).

19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps

Jongen, J. Two pieces, op 33 (1908): Soleil à midi; Clair de lune. Marcelle Mercenier, pf.

LP Musique en Wallone MW 80012 14 Lonque, G. Violin concerto, op 40 (1948).

Clemens Quatacker, vn; Belgian RTCO/Edgard Doneux.

LP EMI 4C 161-96986/989 24 Diepenbrock, A. Die Nacht (1911). Linda Finnie, mezz; Hague Residency O/Hans Vonk.

Chandos CHAN 8878 15 Röntgen, J. Piano trio no 4 in C minor, op 50 (1904). Storioni Trio.

Radio Nederland MCCP122 21 Jong, M. de Hiawatha, symphonic epic, op 36 (1945). Antwerp PO/Frederik Devreese.

LP Culture 5072-5 14 Peeters, F. Aria, op 51 (1945); Prelude and fugue in F minor, from op 72 (1950); Duo for flutes and cromone, from Six lyrical pieces, op 116 (1966). Flor Peeters, org.

LP Eufoda 1078/79 12

Wednesday 15 April 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Michael Tesoriero

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

Verdi, G. La Traviata. Opera in three acts.

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. First Performed Venice, 1853.

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti

VIOLETTA: Anna Netrebko, sop FLORA: Helene Schneiderman, mezz ALFREDO GERMONT: Rolando Villazón, ten GIORGIO GERMONT: Thomas Hampson, bar Vienna PO/Carlo Rizzi.

DG 2894775936 2:01

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Music of the 18th century Prepared by Jennifer Foong Philidor, F-A. Overture to Tom Jones (1765).

Prague CO/Christian Benda.

Naxos 8.557593/94 8 Bach, J. Christian Sinfonia in D, op 3 no 1 (1765). Simon Preston, hpd; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Philips 456 064-2

13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans 9

Mozart, W. Va’, dal furor portata, K21 (1765).

Rolando Villazón, ten; London SO/Antonio Pappano.

DG 479 2463 6 Haydn, J. Piano sonata no 19 in E minor, Hob. XVI:47 bis (c1765). Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, pf.

Chandos CHAN 10668 14 Bach, C.P.E. Oboe concerto in B flat, Wq164 (1765; reconstr. Arnold Mehl). Camerata Bern/ Heinz Holliger, ob d’amore & dir.

Philips 454 450-2 21 Gluck, C. Ballet: Semiramis (1765). Tafelmusik/ Bruno Weill.

Sony SK 53119 21 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Field Liszt, F. Two legends (1876). BBC PO/ Gianandrea Noseda.

Chandos CHAN 10524

15:00 WATERCOLOURS Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Aulin, T. Four watercolours (c1900). Semmy Stahlhammer, vn; Love Derwinger, hpd. nosag 4049 14 Strauss, Josef. Aquarellen, op 258 (1869).

Vienna PO/Claudio Abbado.

DG 431 628-2

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Franck, C. Symphony in D minor (1887-88).

ORTF NO/Jean Martinon.

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Grieg, E. Med en vandlilje, with a waterlily, op 25 (1876). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Bengt Forsberg, pf.

DG 437 521-2 2 Mendelssohn, F. Water journey (transcr. Liszt 1848). Leslie Howard, pf.

Hyperion CDS44555 4 Dvorák, A. Psalm 137: By the waters of Babylon, op 99 (1894). Magdalena Kožená, mezz; Berlin PO/Simon Rattle.

DG 4790065

Busoni, F. Violin concerto in D, op 35a. Tanja Becker-Bender, vn; BBC Scottish SO/Garry Walker.

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12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale

Carlo Rizzi

19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell

10:30 OBOE PLUS Prepared by Jan Brown Arnold, M. Oboe concerto, op 39 (1952).

Gordon Hunt, ob; Bournemouth Sinfonietta/ Norman Del Mar. EMI CDM 7 63491 2 13 Devienne, F. Sonata in C, op 70 no 1 (1798-99).

Peter Bree, ob; Roderick Shaw, fp.

Etcetera KTC 1084 14

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Symphonic poem: The water goblin, op 107 (1896). Polish NSO/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.550896 21 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Tom Forrester-Paton

Violetta is a leading light in the demi-monde of Paris. Alfredo persuades her to give up her life there and retire with him to a country cottage. Life is full of happiness for them until Alfredo’s fatherGiorgio tells Violetta that his son’s life is being ruined by their liaison, and his daughter’s chance of marriage is prejudiced. Violetta decides to sacrifice herself for her lover’s sake. She leaves the cottage secretly and returns to Paris, where she throws herself into a life of gaiety. Alfredo follows her to Paris, and, seeing her surrounded by a court of admirers, publicly insults her. Too late he discovers the unselfish love which led her to leave him. He finds her ill consumption and she dies in his arms.

Albinoni, T. Double concerto in C, op 7 no 2 (1715). Anthony Camden, ob; Alison Alty, ob; London Virtuosi/John Georgiadis.

Naxos 8.553002 10 Reicha, A. Oboe quintet in F, op 107 (1821-26).

Sarah Francis, ob; Allegri String Quartet.

Hyperion CDA66143 23 Bach, J.S. Brandenburg concerto no 1 in F, BWV1046 (1720). Julia Girdwood, ob; Hilary Storer, ob; Elizabeth Fyfe, ob; Martin Gatt, bn; Richard Bissil, hn; Stephen Sterling, hn; Consort of London/Robert Haydon Clark.

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Thursday 16 April 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Handel, G. Tornami a vagheggiar, from Alcina (1742). Joan Sutherland, sop; Philomusica of London/Anthony Lewis.

Decca 475 6302 5

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett

Charpentier, G. Depuis le jour, from Louise (1900). Marilyn Richardson, sop; Queensland SO/Vladimir Kamirski.

ABC 434 138-2 5

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore

Liszt, F. Concert waltz on motifs from Donizetti’s Lucia and Parisina. Leslie Howard, pf.

Hyperion CDA66861/2 9

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Rex Burgess Janácek, L. Lachian dances (1890). Slovak RSO/ Ondrej Lenárd.

Naxos 8.550411 19 String quartet no 1, Kreutzer sonata (1923).

Melos Quartet.

Harmonia Mundi HMG 501380 18 Five Moravium folk poetry songs (arr.). Iva Bittová, voice; Skampo Quartet.

Supraphon SU 3794-2 In the mist (1912). Lisa Moore, pf.

Tall Poppies TP066

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Sinfonietta (1926). Slovak RSO/Ondrej Lenárd.

Naxos 8.550411 22 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Morton Evans Shostakovich, D. Suite from The gadfly, op 97a (1934). Philadelphia O/Riccardo Chailly.

London 452 597-2 31 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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12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers 13:00 INSPIRED BY OPERA Prepared by Giovanna Grech Franck, C. Variations on a favourite ronde after Auber’s Gustav III, op 8 (1834-35). JeanClaude Vanden Eynden, pf; Belgian RTV New SO/Edgar Doneux.

Schwann 311 111G1 14

19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey 20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Australian Trio with Diana Doherty Recorded by George Hilgevoord for FINE MUSIC Mozart, W. Piano quartet in G minor, K478 (1785). Jane Hazelwood, va; Australian Trio. 26 Oboe quartet in F, K370 (1781). Diana Doherty, ob; Donald Hazelwood, vn; Jane Hazelwood, va; Susan Blake, vc.

15 Beethoven, L. Piano trio in E flat, op 70 no 2 (1808). Australian Trio.

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14:00 ON THE PLAINS Prepared by Elaine Siversen

21:30 BUXTEHUDE IN BRIEF

Moleiro, M. Pictures of the plains. Clara Rodriguez, pf.

ASV DCA 890

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Buxtehude, D. Sonata in D, BuxWV260 (pub.

1696). Trio Sonnerie.

ASV GAU 110 12

Jiao Jie. In the North West Plain (arr. Breiner).

Takako Nishizaki vn; Czecho-Slovak RSO/ Kenneth Jean.

Marco Polo 8.223350 7

Singet dem Herr nein neus Lied, BuxWV98.

Emma Kirkby, sop; John Holloway, vn; Lars Ulrik Mortensen, org.

9 Naxos 8.557251

Borodin, A. In the steppes of Central Asia (1880). O Lamoureux/Igor Markevitch.

DG 479 0530 8

Ciacona, BuxWV160. Da Pacem.

Couvent K617227

14:30 ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Vaughan Williams, R. Overture to The wasps (1909). English String O/William Boughton.

Nimbus NI 7013 9

Villa-Lobos, H. Symphony no 4, Victory (1919).

São Paulo SO/Isaac Karabtchevsky.

Naxos 8.573151 31

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Giordano, U. Final scene of Act III of Andrea Chénier (1895). José Carreras, ten; Franco Federici, bass; Hungarian State O/Giuseppe Patané.

CBS M2K 42369 16

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

Delius, F. On hearing the first cuckoo in spring (1911-12). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/ Neville Marriner.

Philips 442 8415 5 Schubert, F. Piano quintet in A, D667, The trout (1819). Ronan O’Hora, pf; Royal Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble/Jonathan Carney, vn & dir.

Tring TRP016 34 Saint-Saëns, C. Carnival of the animals (1886).

Justine Clarke, narr; Jay Lag’aia, narr; Georgie Parker, narr; Janis Laurs, vc; Anna Goldsworthy, pf; Mark Kruger, pf; Adelaide SO/David Stanhope.

ABC 476 3686 34

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22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Prepared by Judy Ekstein Liszt, F. Hungarian rhapsody no 1 in F minor (orch. Liszt, Doppler 1854-58). Staatskapelle Weimar/Arthur Fagen.

Naxos 8.570230 12 Dvorák, A. Czech suite, op 39 (1879). Scottish CO/José Serebrier.

ASV DCA 765 23 Suk, J. Fantasy in G minor, op 24 (1902-03).

Pamela Frank, vn; Czech PO/Charles Mackerras.

Decca 460 316-2 23 Dohnányi, E. Variations on a nursery theme, op 25 (1915). Howard Shelley, pf; BBC PO/ Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 9733 25 Kodály, Z. Suite: Háry János, op 15 (1927).

South-West German SO/José Serebrier.

BIS CD-875

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Friday 17 April 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Saint-Saëns, C. Septet in E flat, op 65 (1881).

David Guerrier, tpt; Renaud Capuçon, vn; Esther Hoppe, vn; Beatrice Muthelet, va; Gautier Capuçon, vc; Janne Saksala, db; Frank Braley, pf.

EMI/Virgin 5 45602 2 16

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

Schumann, R. Romanzen, op 94 (1849).

Vinciane Béranger ob; Anne-Lise Gastaldi, pf.

Harmonia Mundi ZZT2010401 13

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Exploring chamber Prepared by Brian Drummond Dvorák, A. Serenade in D minor, op 44 (1878).

Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble.

EMI 5 55512 2 25 Haydn, J. String quartet in D, op 64 no 5, Lark (1790). The Lindsays.

ASV QS 6145 18 Schubert, F. String quartet no 2 in C, D32 (1812). Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet.

Westminster Chamber Music Collection 10 Dvorák, A. String quartet no 12 in F, op 96, American (1893). The Lindsays.

ASV DCS 446 27

Czerny, C. Fantasy no 1, from Three brilliant fantasies after Schubert, op 339 (1836). Barry Tuckwell, hn; Daniel Blumenthal, pf.

Etcetera KTC1121 16 Mendelssohn, F. Concert piece no 1 in F minor, op 113 (1833). Alan Hacker, cl; Lesley Schatzberger, bshn; Richard Burnett, pf.

Amon Ra SAR 38

Brahms, J. Piano trio in C minor no 3, op 101 (1886). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Lynn Harrell, vc; Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf.

EMI 7 54725 2 21 15:00 FROM LULLY TO MOZART Prepared by Frank Morrison

10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Paul Hopwood Beethoven, L. Overture to Coriolan, op 62 (1807). Beethovenhalle O/Dennis Russell Davies.

Music Masters 67121-2 8 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Scheherazade, symphonic suite, op 35 (1888). Kees Hulsmann, vn; London SO/Charles Mackerras.

Telarc 80208 45 Bizet, G. Symphony in C (1855). French NRSO/ Thomas Beecham.

EMI CDC-7 47794 2 28

Lully, J-B. Ballet des plaisirs (1655). Aradia Baroque Ensemble/Kevin Mallon.

Naxos 8.554003

13:00 19TH CENTURY CHAMBER MUSIC Prepared by Gael Golla

19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron

Glinka, M. Trio pathétique in D minor (1832).

Borodin Trio.

Chandos CHAN 8477 18

20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Frank Morrison

Chaminade, C. Flute concertino, op 107 (1902).

Paul Fried, fl; Robert Thies, pf.

Golden Tone GTCD 005 8

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Mozart, W. Symphony no 41 in C, K551, Jupiter (1788). New York PO/Bruno Walter.

Sony SMK 64 477 29

12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell

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Tchaikovsky, P. Piano concerto no 1 in B flat minor, op 23 (1875/78/79). Peter Donohoe, pf; Bournemouth SO/Rudolf Barshai.

EMI CDC 7499392 36 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE The Elizabethan age Prepared by Elaine Siversen Tallis, T. Missa Puer natus est nobis. Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips.

Gimell CDGIM 202 24 Byrd, W. Watkin’s ale; Lady Morley; Rowland or Lord Willoughby’s welcome home; The carman’s whistle. Trevor Pinnock, hpd.

9 LP CRD 1050 In exitu Israel (à 4). Cardinal’s Musick/Andrew Carwood.

ASV GAU 178 17 Morley, T. It was a lover and his lass, from As you like it; O mistress mine, from Twelfth night. Deller Consort.

4 Harmonia Mundi HMA 190202

Handel, G. Organ concerto no 3 in G minor, HWV291 (1735-36). Simon Preston, org; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock.

Archiv 479 1932 11

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Brendan Walsh

Fauré, G. Élégie in C minor, op 24 (1880).

Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Gerald Moore, pf.

EMI CZS 5 68132 2

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Glinka, M. Grand sextet in E flat (1832).

Capricorn.

Hyperion CDA66163

Now is the month of Maying; The silver swan.

Ormond College Choir/Douglas Lawrence.

Move MD 3109 3 Dowland, J. The frog galliard; Come away; La mia Barbara. Paul O’Dette, lute.

Harmonia Mundi HMU 907163 10 I saw my lady weepe; Flow my tears; Sorrow, stay (1600). Rogers Covey-Crump, ct.

BIS CD-391 12 Now, O now, I needs must part (1597); Fine knacks for ladies (1600); If my complaints could passions move (1597). Ian Partridge, ten.

Helios CDH88011 10 Jakob Lindberg, lute (2 above)

Arriaga, J. String quartet no 1 in D minor (182122). Chilingirian Quartet.

CRD 33123 30

Piper’s pavane; The most high and mighty Christianus the fourth, King of Denmark, his galliard (pub. 1604); The shoemaker’s wife, a toy. Yasunori Imamura, lute.

9 Etcetera KTC 1030

Albéniz, I. Rapsodia española, op 70 (1887; arr.

C. Halffter). Alicia de Larrocha, pf; London PO/ Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

Decca 410 289-2 18

Holborne, A. Dance suite. Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble.

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Saturday 18 April 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

15:00 IBSEN’S PEER

6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson

Grieg, E. Incidental music to Peer Gynt, op 23 (1874-75). Malmö Chamber Choir & SO/Bjarte Engeset.

Naxos 8.570871-72 2:08

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

Saeverud, H. Easy pieces for piano, op 14. Jan Henrik Kayser, pf.

LP BIS 73 16

9:30 GREAT ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL WORKS Tchaikovsky’s influence, or not?

Prepared by Elaine Siversen

17:30 A CAPELLA Prepared by Jan Brown

Tchaikovsky, P. Souvenir de Florence, op 70 (1890/91/92; orch). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Decca 478 3156-67 27 Arensky, A. Piano trio no 1 in D minor, op 32 (1894). Australian Trio.

ABC 476 123-1 32 Skryabin, A. The poem of ecstasy, op 54 (1905-08). Boston SO/Claudio Abbado.

DG 479 0013 19 Rachmaninov, S. Piano concerto no 2 in C minor, op 18 (1900-01). Byron Janis, pf; Minneapolis SO/Antal Dorati.

Mercury 432 759-2 11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher

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18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Classical Guitar Society with Sue McCreadie

14:00 THE BEST OF BEZUIDENHOUT Prepared by Sheila Catzel Mozart, W. Rondo in D, K485 (1786). Kristian Bezuidenhout, pf.

Harmonia Mundi HMU 907498 6

Coste, N. Fantasy on two themes from Bellini’s Norma, op 16. Pavel Steidl, gui.

Naxos 8.554353 7 Tárrega, F. Fantasia on themes of Verdi’s La traviata. Silvina Strano, gui.

Walsingham 2WAL80282 7 Chopin, F. Variations on Non più mesta, from Rossini’s Cinderella (arr. Adams, Giacomantonio). Genevieve Lacey, rec; Karin Schaupp, gui.

ABC 476 524-9 7 Mertz, J. Opern-Revue (Lucia di Lammermoor, after Donizetti). Fabio Zanon, gui.

Naxos 8.554431 10

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Mendelssohn, F. Concerto in A minor for piano and strings (1822). Freiburg Baroque O/ Gottfried von der Goltz.

Harmonia Mundi HMC 902082 34

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Anon. Alleluia nativitatis (c1050). Mora Vocis.

Pierre Verany PV793101 10

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13:00 CHINESE MOSAIC Prepared by Paolo Hooke An exploration of the best of Chinese classical, traditional and film music

Kristian Bezuidenhout, fp (2 above)

Stenhammar, W. Three a capella songs.

Danish National Radio Choir/Stefan Parkman.

Chandos CHAN 9464 5

Parkman, H. To Österland. Danish NR Choir/ Stefan Parkman.

Chandos CHAN 9464 2

12:00 A LITTLE TASTE OF JAZZ with Rob Thomas

Six variations on Au bord d’une fontaine, K360/374b (1781). Petra Müllehans, vn.

Harmonia Mundi HMU 907494

Haydn, J. Missa brevis alla capella, Hob. XXII:3, Rorate coeli desuper. Gabriele Öhlinger, sop; Maria Bayer, cont; Martin Klietmann, ten; Andreas Lebeda, bass; Collegium Musicum Plagense/Rupert Gottfried Frieberger.

Christophorus 74541 7

Handel, G. Lascia ch’io pianga, from Rinaldo (arr. Eriksson).

3 Mascagni, P. Intermezzo, from Cavalleria Rusticana.

Karin Schaupp, gui (2 above) ABC 476 226-9

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Bizet, G. Intermezzo; Chanson bohème, from Carmen (1873-74; arr. Falletta). Debra Wendells Cross, fl; Robert Alemany, cl; JoAnn Falletta, gui.

6 Virginia Arts Festival VA901 Sor, F. Variations on a theme by Mozart, from The magic flute, op 9 (c1814). Slava Grigorian, gui.

9 ABC 472 224-2 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Sue Jowell Bernstein: Broadway and beyond 20:00 AN 18TH CENTURY ITALIAN AFFAIR Prepared by Rex Burgess Veracini, F. Concerto in D for violin octet (1712). Accademia I Filarmonici/Alberto Martini.

Naxos 8.553413 18 Galuppi, B. Sonata in F. Matteo Napoli, pf.

Naxos 8.572263 12 Boccherini, L. Guitar quintet no 9 in C, The retreat from Madrid (1798). Richard Savino, gui; Artaria Quartet.

Harmonia Mundi HMU 907069 33 Bononcini, A. Mass in G minor (transcr. Pollio, Alessandrini). Raffaella Milanesi, sop; Silvia Frigato, sop; Andrea Arrivabene, ct; Elena Biscuola, cont; Sara Mingardo, cont; Valerio Contaldo, ten; Rafaele Giordani, ten; Salvo Vitale, bass; Concerto Italia Choir & O/Rinaldo Alessandrini. naïve OP 30537 48 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Chris Blower Saint-Saëns, C. The muse and the poet, op 132 (1910). Patrice Fontanarosa, vn; Gary Hoffman, vc; Paris Orchestral Ensemble/JeanJacques Kantorow.

EMI 7 54913 2 16 Kodàly, Z. Pange lingua (1931). Regent Chamber Choir; John Scott, org; Gary Cole, cond.

Regent REGCD 103 11 Martinu, B. Suite no 1 from the ballet Spalicek (1931-33/40). Brno State PO/Jirí Waldhans.

LP Supraphon 1 10 1129 23 Schubert, F. String quartet no 8 in B flat, D112 (1814). Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet.

Westminster Chamber Music Collection MK 39560 27 Tchaikovsky, P. Album for children, op 39 (1878; arr. Dubinsky, Turovsky). I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky.

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Sunday 19 April 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Paul Roper

16:00 WINDS AND STRINGS Prepared by Sheila Catzel Kuhlau, F. Piano trio in G, op 119 (1831). Paul Fried, fl; Alan Weiss, fl; Bryan Pezzone, pf.

Gold Tone GTR-006 18

9:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Paul Hopwood Beethoven, L. Piano trio in E flat, op 1 no 1 (c1794-95). Pinchas Zukerman, vn; Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Daniel Barenboim, pf.

EMI CMS 7 63124-2 28 Bartók, B. String quartet no 2, op 17 (1915-17).

New Budapest Quartet.

Hyperion CDA66581/2 27

Danzi, F. Wind quintet in G minor, op 56 no 2 (pub. 1821). Vienna-Berlin Ensemble.

DG 423 591-2 14 Mozart, W. String quintet no 2 in C minor, K406 (c1787-88). Cecil Aronowitz, va; Amadeus Quartet.

DG 431 149-2 22 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Richard Munge

Glazunov, A. Fantasy: The sea, op 28 (1889).

USSR RSO/Gennady Provatorov.

Melodiya MA 3010 15 Sculthorpe, P. Songs of sea and sky (1979).

William Barton, didjeridoo; Queensland SO/ Michael Christie.

ABC 476 192-1 16 Rachmaninov, S. La mer er les mouettes, op 39 no 2, from Études tableaux, op 39 (1917; orch. Respighi 1930). BBC PO/Gianandrea Noseda.

9 Chandos CHAN 10388

10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Di Cox

Hymns: Love divine, all loves excelling; Praise to the holiest in the height.

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Debussy, C. La mer (1903-05). St Cecilia Academy O/Leonard Bernstein.

DG 429 728-2

Stamitz, J. Trio in A, op 1 no 2 (1754-55). New Zealand CO/Donald Armstrong.

Naxos 8.553213 16

Hymn: Guide me, O thou great Jehovah. Bryn Terfel, bar.

4 BBC 982 797-2 (2 above)

20:30 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Bach, J. Christian Quintet in D, op 11 no 6 (1774). Members of Concentus Musicus Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Teldec 8.41062

Psalms: no 114, When Israel came out of Egypt; no 115, Not unto us, O Lord. David Willcocks, org & cond.

EMI CDM 7631012 7

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Cramer, J. Piano concerto no 8 in D minor, op 70 (pub. 1825). London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley, pf & dir.

Chandos CHAN 10005 27 Mozart, W. Ch’io mi scordi di te? K505 (1786).

Yvonne Kenny, sop; Pierre Nola, pf; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.

Sony SK 66282 10 Haydn, J. Symphony in G, Hob:I:92, Oxford (1789). Royal Concertgebouw O/Karel Ancerl.

Radio Nederland RCO 06004 27 Beethoven, L. 14 Variations in E flat, op 44 (1803). Isaac Stern, vn; Leonard Rose, vc; Eugene Istomin, pf.

Sony SM2K 64510 14 12:00 SPEAK EASY, SWING HARD with Richard Hughes 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide 14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL The great orchestrators: Nicolai RimskyKorsakov Prepared by Elaine Siversen Auber, D-F-E. Overture to La muette de Portici (1828). Polish NRSO/Richard Hayman.

Naxos 8.553264 10 Glinka, M. Overture and three dances, from Ivan Susanin (1836). USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Melodiya SUCD 10-00166 25 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Symphonic suite: Scheherazade, op 35 (1888). London PO/Mariss Jansons.

EMI 5 55227-2 45 Respighi, O. Concerto all’antica (pub. 1923).

Ingolf Turban, vn; English CO/Marcello Viotti.

Claves 50-9017 28

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (3 above) Leighton, K. Magnificat; Nunc dimittis.

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Elgar, E. GIve unto the Lord.

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Howells, H. Take Him, earth, for cherishing. 8 Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge; Christopher Robinson, org & dir (3 above) Naxos 8.557557.58 Hymns: Praise my soul the King of heaven; Come down O love divine; O praise ye the Lord; Worcester Cathedral Choir; Paul Trepte, org; Donald Hunt, cond.

Griffin GCCD 4024 9 Guilmant, A. March on a theme of Handel.

Simon Preston, org.

6 18:00 SYDNEY PIANO WORLD PRESENTS piano works from the USA Prepared by Frank Morrison Beach, A. Piano trio in A minor, op 150 (1920).

Elizabeth Layton, vn; Naomi Butterworth, vc; Diana Ambache, pf.

Chandos CHAN 9752 15 Mason, W. Silver spring, op 6 (c1850). Philip Martin, pf.

Hyperion CDA67379 5 Gottschalk, L. Marche de nuit, op 17 (1855).

Eugene List, Joseph Werner, pf.

Vanguard OVC 4051 5 MacDowell, E. Piano concerto no 1 in A minor, op 15 (1882). Seta Tanyel, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins.

Hyperion CDA67165

Ries, F. Piano trio in B flat, op 28. Jürgen Demmler, cl; Markus Tillier, vc; Peter Grabinger, pf.

Naxos 8.553389 23 Mozart, W. Adagio in B flat, K411 (1785).

Members of the Holliger Wind Ensemble.

Philips 422 505-2

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Grechaninov, A. Piano trio no 1 in C minor, op 38 (1906). Moscow Rachmaninov Trio.

Hyperion CDA67295 27 Bowen, Y. Sonata no 2 in F, op 22 (1906).

Lawrence Power, va; Simon Crawford-Phillips, pf.

Hyperion CDA67651-52 26 Gade, N. String octet in F, op 17 (pub. 1848).

L’Archibudelli; Smithsonian Chamber Players.

Sony SK 48307 29 22:30 NEW HORIZONS Living composer series Prepared by Nev Dorrington O’Hearn, P. Music for three vibraphones (2005). Patrick O’Hearn. patrickohearn.com

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Hackett, S. Suite: Bay of kings (1983) Steve Hackett, gui; John Hackett, fl; Mick Magnus, keyboards.

Edifying Records EDFCD 002 29 O’Hearn, P. Soundtrack: The wheelhouse (2006). Patrick O’Hearn. patrickohearn.com 10 Oldfield, M. Suite: Music of the spheres (2008). Sinfonia Sfera O/Mike Oldfield.

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19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

O’Hearn, P. A lovely place to be; Beyond this moment (2001). Patrick O’Hearn. patrickohearn.com 13

Sculthorpe, P. Earth cry (1986). William Barton, didgeridoo; New Zealand SO/James Judd.

Naxos 8.557382 14

Fripp, R. Threshold bells; Evensong coda (2006). Robert Fripp.

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Monday 20 April Sibelius, J. Symphony no 5 in E flat, op 82 (1915-19). Royal Concertgebouw O/Mark Elder.

Radio Nederland RCO12004 33 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan 13:00 ITALIAN BAROQUE AND CLASSICAL Prepared by Gael Golla Caldara, A. Cantata: La forriera del giorno (pub. 1701-02). Wren Baroque Soloists/Martin Elliott.

Unicorn-Kanchana DKP(CD)9130 9

Vladimir Spivakov 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with James Hunter 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Chris Blower Glier, R. Coloratura concerto for oboe and string orchestra (1942-43; arr. Yu). Australia Pro Arte CO/Jeffrey Crellin, ob & dir.

Move MD 3312 14 Rachmaninov, S. Cinq études-tableaux (191117; arr. Respighi). Cincinnati SO/Jésus LópezCoboz.

Telarc 80396 24 Glazunov, A. The forest, op 19 (1882-87; arr.

Glazunov for two pianos, eight hands). Aurora Piano Quartet.

Naxos 8.557717D 17 Tchaikovsky, P. Children’s album, op 39 (1878; arr. Milman, Spivakov). Moscow Virtuosi/ Vladimir Spivakov.

RCA 09026 61964 2 27 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Elaine Siversen Kraus, J.M. Symphony in F. Swedish CO/ Petter Sundkvist.

Naxos 8.554472

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Scarlatti, D. Sonata in E minor, Kk263. Maggie Cole, hpd.

Amon Ra CD SAR 27 6

Donizetti, G. Cor anglais concertino in G. Jeremy Polmear, cora; Diana Ambache, pf.

Meridian CDE 84147

Albinoni, T. Trumpet concerto in B flat.

Maurice André, tpt; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Erato 2292-45062-2 8

Paganini, N. Sonata and variations on a theme by Weigl (1824). Salvatore Accardo, vn; London PO/Charles Dutoit.

DG 423 717-2 10

Lully, J-B. Scène deuxième, from Pastorale comique (1667). Gilles Ragon, ten; Michel Verchaeve, bar; Bernard Delétré, bass; Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski.

Erato 245 286-2 6

15:00 LISTEN TO THE BIRDS Prepared by Susan Briedis

Corelli, A. Sonata in B flat, op 5 no 11 (pub.

1700). Frans Brüggen, rec; Anner Bijlsma, vc; Gustav Leonhardt, hpd.

Pro Arte CDD 291 7 Monteverdi, C. Ch’io t’ami e t’ami più de la mia vita, from Fifth book of madrigals (pub. 1605). Cologne Chamber Choir/Peter Neumann.

MD+G L 3081 8 Cimarosa, D. Overture to La donna sempre al suo peggior s’appiglia (1785). Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon.

Naxos 8.570279 5 Giuliani, M. Serenata in G, op 127. Konrad Hünteler, fl; Reinbert Evers, gui.

Pantheon D 14 112 15

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Crusell, B. Clarinet concerto no 3 in B flat, op 11 (1807). Per Billman, cl; Uppsala CO/Gérard Korsten.

Naxos 8.554144 24

Rossini, G. Una voce poco fà, from The barber of Seville (1816). Kiri Te Kanawa, sop; New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation Little SO/Juan Matteucci.

Decca 430 325-2 5

Kajanus, R. Symphonic overture (1926).

Helsinki PO/Leif Segerstam.

Ondine ODE 1112-2

Boccherini, L. String quartet in D, op 32 no 3 (pub. 1781). Quartetto Esterházy.

Teldec 4509-95988-2 14

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Gerard Korsten. Photo - Marco Borggreve

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Vaughan Williams, R. The lark ascending (1914/20). Richard Tognetti, vn; Australian CO/ Roland Peelman.

ABC 476 1026 16 Granados, E. The maiden and the nightingale (1910-11). Kiri Te Kanawa, sop; Roger Vignoles, pf.

6 Decca 478 6419 Casals, P. Song of the birds (1972). Ofra Harnoy, vc; Orford String Quartet.

Pro Arte CDD 418

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Kats-Chernin, E. Pigeon and sparrow, Genevieve Lacey, rec; The Song Company.

Song Company recording

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Respighi, O. Suite: The birds (1927). Tasmanian SO/Omri Hadari.

LP ABC/Festival L38548 18 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett 19:00 JAZZ NICE ‘N EASY with Ken Weatherley 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson

Tuesday 21 April 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Haydn, M. Divertimento in C for violin, cello and continuo (c1758-60). Members of the Salzburger Hofmusik/Wolfgang Brunner, cpo 999 230-2 20

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

Haydn, J. Divertimento in G, Hob.XIV:13 (c1767). Reinhard Goebel, vn; Alda Stuurop, vn; Charles Medlam, vc; Ton Koopman, hpd.

9 Philips 446 542-2

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: Anne-Sophie Mutter Prepared by Anne Irish Kreisler, F. Schön Rosmarin (c1912). Lambert Orkis, pf.

DG 479 2949 2 Glazunov, A. Violin concerto in A minor, op 82 (1904-05). National SO/Mstislav Rostropovich.

Erato ECD 75506 20 Mozart, W. Adagio in E, K261 (1776).

Philharmonia O/Riccardo Muti.

EMI 5 62825 2

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Beethoven, L. Romance no 2 in F, op 50 (1798). New York PO/Kurt Masur.

DG 471 349-2

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Mendelssohn, F. Piano trio no 1 in D minor, op 49 (1839). Lyn Harrell, vc; André Previn, pf.

DG 477 8001 28 Massenet, J. Meditation, from Thaïs (1894).

Lambert Orkis, pf.

DG 479 2949 7 Sarasate, P. de Zigeunerweisen, op 20 (1878).

French NO/Seiji Ozawa.

EMI CDC 7 47318 2 8 Anne-Sophie Mutter, vn (all above) MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Frank Morrison Elgar, E. Serenade in E minor, op 20 (1892).

Royal PO/Andrew Litton.

Virgin VC 7 90727-2 13

Haydn, M. Horn concertino in D (c1775).

English CO/Barry Tuckwell, hn & dir.

EMI 5 69395 2

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13:00 INSPIRED BY OPERA Prepared by Giovanna Grech

Symphony no 8 in D. Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal. cpo 999 153-2

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Marschner, H. Overture to The vampire (1828). Tasmanian SO/Sebastian Lang-Lessing.

ABC 476 773-6 7

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Andrew Dziedzic

Verdi, G. Tace il vento, è queta l’onda, from I due Foscari (1844). Welsh National Opera Ch & O/Richard Armstrong.

EMI 5 66115 2 3

19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps

Johannes Wildner

Janácek, L. Mamicko, mám tezkou hlavu ...

Kdo to je? from Jenufa (1904). Reneé Fleming, sop; Yvona Skvárova, cont; Kirill Terentiev, vn; Mariinsky TO/Valery Gergiev.

Decca 475 8070 14 Menotti, G. Ricercare and toccata on a theme from The old maid and the thief (1953). Silva Costanzo, pf.

Nuova Era 7122 9 Fauré, G. Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande, op 80 (1898). Loire PO/Marc Soustrot.

Pierre Verany PV 792051 18 14:00 THE YOUNGER HAYDN .... and his contemporaries Prepared by Philip Lidbury

Chopin, F. Variations on Mozart’s Là ci darem la mano, op 2 (1827). Kun-Woo Paik, pf; Warsaw PO/Antoni Wit. Decca 475 169-2 18

Haydn, M. Trumpet concerto in D (c1765-68).

Maurice André, tpt; Hilde Noe, hpd; Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair.

Decca 478 4664 11

Bruckner, A. Symphony no 3 in D minor, Wagner (1877/89). New PO of Westphalia/ Johannes Wildner.

Naxos 8.555928/9 50

Ave Regina. Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge/George Guest.

Decca 430 159-2

12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes

Mozart, W. Ballet music from Idomeneo, K367 (1781). Cleveland Baroque O/Jeannette Sorrell.

Apollo’s Fire AV2159 16

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20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Stephen Wilson 22:00 INTO THE 20TH CENTURY Prepared by Di Cox Benjamin, A. Cotillon (1938). Sydney SO/ Patrick Thomas.

ABC 442 374-2

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Hyde, M. Piano concerto no 1 in E flat minor (1933). Miriam Hyde, pf; West Australian SO/ Geoffrey Simon.

ABC 446 285-2 30 Arnold, M. Three sea shanties (1943). Vega Wind Quintet.

7 LDR 1002 Glanville-Hicks, P. Harp sonata (1952).

Marshall McGuire, hp.

Tall Poppies TP112

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Moeran, E.J. Cello concerto (1945). Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Bournemouth Sinfonietta/ Norman Del Mar. Chandos CHAN 8456 29 Antill, J. Suite from ballet, Corroboree (1946).

Sydney SO/John Antill.

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Wednesday 22 April 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

15:00 FROM LALO TO SMETANA Prepared by Frank Morrison

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti

Lalo, E. Cello concerto in D minor (1877).

János Starker, vc; London SO/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski.

Mercury 432 010-2

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Music of the 18th century Prepared by Chris Blower Cherubini, L. Overture to Lodoïska (1791). San Remo SO/Piero Bellugi.

Naxos 8.557908 11 Rameau, J-P. Chaconne, from Les Indes galantes (1735). Les Ambassadeurs/Alexis Kossenko.

Erato 50999 93414920

Beethoven, L. An die ferne Geliebte, op 98 (1815). Peter Schreier, ten; András Schiff, pf.

Decca 444 817-2 13 Smetana, B. String quartet no 2 in D minor (1882-83). Lindsay String Quartet.

ASV DCA 777 17

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Boismortier, J. de Trio sonata in D, op 50 no 6 (1734). Paul Wright, vn; Suzanne Wijsman, vc; Noeleen Wright, vc; Stewart Smith, hpd.

ABC 476 6996 12

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Trisha McDonald 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell

Edelmann, J-F. Sonata in C, op 8 no 1 (1779).

Sylvie Pécot-Douatte, pf.

Calliope CAL 9296 13

20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Colleen Chesterman

Dornel, L-A. Suitte in A minor, from Six suittes en trio (1709). Musica Barocca.

Naxos 8.570826

Stravinsky, I. The rake’s progress. Opera in three acts and epilogue, Libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman. First performed Venice, 1951.

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Rode, P. Violin concerto no 3 in G minor, op 5 (1798). Friedemann Eichhorn, vn; Jena PO/ Nicolás Pasquet.

Naxos 8.570767 28 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Frank Morrison Brahms, J. Academic festival overture, op 80 (1880). Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras.

Telarc 80450 10 Hummel, J. Piano concerto in A minor, op 85 (c1816). Martin Galling, pf; Stuttgart PO/ Alexander Paulmüller.

Vanguard 08 9178 72 27 Glier, R. Symphony no 2 in C minor, op 25 (1907). New Jersey SO/Zdenek Macal.

Delos DE 3178 46 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale 13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI 44

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ANNE TRULOVE: Jayne West, sop TOM RAKEWELL: Jon Garrison, ten NICK SHADOW: John Cheek, bass-bar BABA THE TURK: Wendy White, mezz Gregg Smith Singers; St Luke’s O/Robert Craft.

Music Masters 67131-2 2:08 Tom Rakewell leaves for London to claim a fortune left by his uncle, promising to send for his betrothed, Anne Truelove, when his affairs are settled. In London, Tom spends his time carousing with his companion Nick Shadow. In the country, Anne waits in vain but when no word comes from Tom, she travels to London only to find that he has married Baba the Turk. Tom is ruined in a business venture with Shadow and his assets are being sold off when Anne returns. Baba urges Anne to seek out Tom as he still loves her and may be reformed.

On a starless night in a churchyard, Nick Shadow demands his wages but it is not money he seeks but Tom’s soul. On the stroke of midnight, Tom is to slay himself and his soul will pay the debt. Tom pleads for his life and

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as the clock strikes nine, Shadow stops the chime and suggests a game of cards to decide Tom’s fate. Shadow will cut three cards and if Tom cannot name them, he will follow Nick to Hell. Tom correctly guesses two cards and the clock strikes once after each guess. As Anne’s voice is heard, Tom guesses correctly Queen of Hearts. The clock strikes twelve and Nick sinks into an open grave. Tom, however, has lost his mind and is taken to a madhouse.

Anne visits him and he dies as she sings softly to him.

Shostakovich, D. The nose. Opera in three acts. Libretto by Zamyatin, Ionin and Preis.

First performed Leningrad,1930.

PLATON KUZMICH KOVALEV: Vladislav Sulimsky, bar IVAN YAKOVLEVICH: Alexei Tanovitski, bass THE NOSE: Sergei Semishkur, ten Mariinsky Theatre soloists,C h& O/Valery Gergiev.

Mariinsky MAR0501 1:22 Kovalev is being shaved by barber Yakovlevich.

Next morning, Yakovlevich finds a nose in his bread. His wife, believing he has cut off one of his customers’ noses, asks him to get rid of it. He throws it into the Neva River, but he is seen by a police officer and taken away for questioning. Meanwhile Kovalyov wakes and finds his nose missing. He later sees his nose praying in the Kazan Cathedral, now the size of a human being. Since the nose has acquired a higher rank than he, it refuses to have any dealings with him, and leaves. Eventually, the police take up the search. At a railway station, the nose tries to stop a train, a general pursuit ensues and it is captured, beaten to its normal size, wrapped and returned to Kovalyov.

Because he is unable to reattach it, Kovalyov suspects that he has been placed under a spell by a woman because he would not marry her daughter. He asks her to undo the spell, but she misinterprets the letter as a proposal to her daughter. Kovalyov’s nose is reattached and all ends happily.

Thursday 23 April 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Delius, F. Final scene, from Koanga (1904).

Royal Philharmonic Ch & O/Thomas Beecham.

Naxos 8.110982/83 9

20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Sydney soloists in concert Produced by Kerry Joyner

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore

Gluck, C. Chè farò senza Euridice? from Orpheus and Eurydice (1762). Janet Baker, cont; London PO/Raymond Leppard.

Erato 4509-98524-2 5

Mozart, W. Flute quartet in F, K285 (1777).

Alison Mitchell, fl; John Harding, vn; Nathan Waks, vc.

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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

Elgar, E. Pomp and circumstance march no 1 in D, op 39 (1900). BBC Chorus; BBC Choral Society; BBC SO/Colin Davis.

Philips 420 985 2 8

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Chris Blower

Arnold, M. Little suite no 2, op 78. City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHAN 9509 9

Coleridge-Taylor, S. Gipsy suite, op 20 (1897).

RTE Concert O/Adrian Leaper.

Marco Polo 8.223516 13

Bath, H. Cornish rhapsody, from Love story (1944). Isador Goodman, pf; Melbourne SO/ Patrick Thomas.

ABC 464 055-2 5

Dittersdorf, C. Viola concerto in F. Petr Pribyl, va; South Bohemia Chamber PO/Ondrej Kukal.

Campion RRCD 1342 25

Gluck, C. What is life to me without thee? from Orfeo ed Euridice (1762). Kathleen Ferrier, cont; London SO/Malcolm Sargent.

Decca 475 078-2 4

Chadwick, G. Symphonic poem: Tam O’Shanter (1915). Czech State PO/José Serebrier.

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Vaughan Williams, R. The lark ascending (1914/20). Pinchas Zukerman, vn; English CO/ Daniel Barenboim.

DG 442 8333 14

Edwards, R. Symphony no 3, Mater Magna (2001). Melbourne SO/Markus Stenz.

ABC 461 830-2 24

Warlock, P. Bethlehem Down (1927; arr. Lane).

Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland.

Naxos 8.557753 4

12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers

Lloyd Webber, A. The music of the night, from Phantom of the opera (1986). Michael Crawford, ten; Royal PO/David Caddick.

Polydor 837 282 2 6

13:00 BELGIAN ROMANTICS Prepared by Frank Morrison Lekeu, G. Adagio (1891). Kremlin CO/Misha Rachlevsky.

Claves 50-9325 10 Bériot, C-A. de Violin concerto no 8 in D, op 99 (1855). Takako Nishizaki, vn; Belgian RTV SO/ Alfred Walter.

Naxos 8.555104 23 Tinel, E. Feast in the temple of Jupiter, op 21 no 3 (1881). Belgian NO/Daniel Sternefeld.

LP Cultura 5074-2 19 14:00 THE BEST OF BRITISH Prepared by Brendan Walsh Sullivan, A. Overture to The mikado(1885).

Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Andrew Penny.

Naxos 8.554165 8

Holst, G. The perfect fool, ballet music, op 39 (1918-22). London PO/Adrian Boult.

Belart 461 3542 11 Coates, E. Suite: From meadow to Mayfair (1931). New Philharmonia O/Adrian Boult.

Lyrita SRCD 246 8 Butterworth, G. A Shropshire lad, rhapsody (1911). London PO/Adrian Boult.

Belart 461 3542 9 Ketèlbey, A. In a monastery garden (1915).

Ambrosian Singers; Philharmonia O/John Lanchbery.

EMI 1 66443 2 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Marilyn Schock 19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey

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Bruch, M. From eight pieces, op 83 (1910): nos 1, 2, 5 and 4. Frank Celata, cl; Michael Brimer, pf. 16 Esther van Stralen, va (2 above) Schubert, F. Introduction and variations on Trock’ne Blumen, D802 (1824). Alison Mitchell, fl.

21 Brahms, J. Clarinet trio in A minor, op 114 (1891). Frank Celata, cl; Nathan Waks, vc. 25 Michael Brimer, pf (2 above) 21:30 LULLABIES Prepared by Francis Frank Gershwin, G. Lullaby for string orchestra (1919). Indianapolis SO/Raymond Leppard.

Decca 458 157-2

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Brahms, J. Lullaby, op 49 no 4 (arr. Salzedo).

Alice Giles, hp.

2 ABC 476 525-0 Trad. Lullaby (arr. Hazell). Bryn Terfel, bass-bar.

5 DG 477 6686 Szymanowski, K. Lullaby, op 52 (1925).

Krzysztof Bakowski, vn; Anna Gorecka, pf.

Accord ACD 077-2

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Brahms, J. Lullaby, op 49 no 1 (1868). Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne; Peter Clark, vn; Delyth Stafford, hp; Jonathan Bradley, pf; Michael Leighton Jones, cond.

2 ABC 467 3769 22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Rachmaninov - Last years in Russia Prepared by Stephen Wilson Cui, C. Scherzo no 2 in F, from Three scherzos, op 82 (pub. 1910). Russian State SO/Valery Polyansky.

8 Chandos CHAN 10201 Rachmaninov, S. Piano concerto no 3 in D minor, op 30 (1909). Martha Argerich, pf; Berlin RSO/Riccardo Chailly.

Philips 464 732-2 41 Symphony no 2 in E minor, op 27 (1906-07).

Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy.

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Friday 24 April 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Hotteterre, J-M. Suite no 1 in G minor, op 5 (pub. 1715). Jean-François Bouges, fl; Philippe Pierlot, bass viol; Yasuko Uyama-Bouvard, hpd.

Naxos 8.553708 15

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

Handel, G. Penna tiranna, from Amadigi di Gaula, HWV11 (1715). Bernarda Fink, cont; Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski.

Erato 4509-98524-2 6

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Exploring chamber Prepared by Di Cox Poulenc, F. Clarinet sonata (1962). Gervase de Peyer, cl; Gwenneth Pryor, pf.

Chandos CHAN 8526 13 Nielsen, C. Little suite for strings in A minor, op 1 (1888/89; arr. Zapolski). Zapolski Quartet.

Chandos CHAN 9635 15 Molique, B. Flute quintet in D, op 35. John Wion, fl; Eric Lewis, vn; Andrew Berdahl, va;Rosemary Glyde, va; Judith Glyde, vc.

Hart HMP4W91514 24 Mozart, W. Piano quartet no 1 in G minor, K478 (1785). Isidore Cohen, vn; Bruno Giuranna, va; Bernard Greenhouse, vc; Menahem Pressler, pf.

Philips 410 391-2 29 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Frank Morrison Mozart, W. Overture to La clemenza di Tito, K621 (1791). O of St Johns, Smith Square/John Lubbock.

ASV QS 6197 5 Khachaturian, A. Spartacus suite no 1 (1943).

St Petersburg State SO/André Anichanov.

Naxos 8.550801 26 Schubert, F. Symphony no 9 in C, D944, Great (1825-28). Columbia SO/Bruno Walter.

Sony SMK 64478 52 12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell

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20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Phil Vendy Rietz, J. Concert piece, op 33. Diana Doherty, ob; Queensland SO/Werner Andreas Albert.

ABC 456 681-2 15

Telemann, G. Double concerto in A minor (1715-20). Marion Verbruggen, rec; Sara Cunningham, bass viol; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Monica Huggett, vn & dir.

Harmonia Mundi HMT 7907093 15

Moscheles, I. Sonata concertante in G, op 79 (1828). András Adorján, fl; Noël Lee, pf.

LP Orfeo S 049832 H 16

Zelenka, J. Sonata no 1 in F (1715-16). Camerata Bern.

Archiv 469 842-2 17

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Handel, G. Concerto grosso, op 3 no 5 in D minor, HWV316 (1715-22). Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin/Richard Egarr.

Harmonia Mundi HMX2908417.24 10 Bach, J.S. Cantata, BWV31: Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret (1715). Treble of Vienna Boys Choir; Paul Esswood, ct; Kurt Equiluz, ten; Max van Egmond, bass; Siegmund Nimsgern, bass; Vienna Boys Choir; Ch Viennensis; Concentus Musicus Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Teldec 8.35035 21 15:00 THE ROMANTIC TRUMPET Prepared by Stephen Wilson Verdi, G. Overture to Aroldo (1857). Andrew Balio, tpt; State of Mexico SO/Enrique Bátiz.

ASV DCA 856 11 Saint-Saëns, C. Septet in E flat, op 65 (1881).

David Guerrier, tpt; Renaud Capuçon, vn; Esther Hoppe, vn; Beatrice Muthelet, va; Gautier Capuçon, vc; Janne Saksala, db; Frank Braley, pf.

EMI/Virgin 5 45602 2 16

13:00 COMPOSED 300 YEARS AGO Prepared by Francis Frank

Glazunov, A. Albumblatt (1899). Ole Edvard Antonsen, tpt; Wolfgang Sawallisch, pf.

EMI 5 56367 2 4

Albinoni, T. Double concerto in C, op 7 no 11 (pub. 1715). Anthony Camden, ob; Alison Alty, ob; London Virtuosi/John Georgiadis.

Naxos 8.553035 11

Mendelssohn, F. Concerto in D minor (1822; arr. M. Nakariakov). Sergei Nakariakov, tpt; Württemberg CO/Jörg Faerber.

Teldec 3984-24276-2 22

Heinichen, J. Concerto in G (1715). Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel.

Archiv 437 549-2

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

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19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron

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Strauss, R. Serenade in E flat, op 7 (1881).

Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury.

EMI 5 65581 2

Bülow, H. Ballade, op.11. Werner Gernuit, pf.

LP Bellaphon EB 23,049 12 Reger, M. String quartet in A, op 54 no 2 (1900). Reger Quartet.

Pantheon D 14090

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Raff, J. Symphony no 5 in E, op 177, Lenore (1872). Suisse Romande O/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHSA 5135 40 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Rex Burgess Bach, J.S. Cantata, BWV172: Erschallet, ihr Lieder (1714). Éva Csapó, sop; Doris Soffel, cont; Adelbert Krauss, ten; Wolfgang Schöne, bass; Frankfurter Kantorei; Bach Collegium Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling.

Hänssler 98 864 17 Abelard, P. Planctus David (c1130). Early Music Studio/Thomas Binkley.

EMI 7243 8 26492 2 9 22 Le Jeune, C. Missa Ad placitum (pub. 1607).

Choir of the New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom.

Hyperion CDA 66387 38 Bach, J.S. Missa in G, BWV236 (1738-39).

Elisabeth Speiser, sop; Ingeborg Russ, cont; John van Kesteren, ten; Jacob Stämpfli, bass; Göchinger Kantorei; Bach Collegium, Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling.

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Saturday 25 April 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Prepared by Sheila Catzel

6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Peter Bell

Boccherini, L. Introduction and fandango (arr.

Bream). Martin Maria Krüger, gui; Klaus Schilde, pf.

Calig CAL 50912 6

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

Meyerbeer, G. Clarinet quintet in E flat (1813).

Dieter Klöcker, cl; Berlin Philharmonia Quartet.

Orfeo C 213 901 A 21

9:30 GREAT ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL WORKS Prepared by Chris Blower Bach, J.S. Cantata, BWV150: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (bef. 1710). Sebastian Hennig, treb; Ansgar Pfeiffer, treb; Paul Esswood, alto; Kurt Equiluz, ten; Max van Egmond, bass; Hanover Boys’ Choir; Collegium Vocale; Leonhardt Consort/Gustav Leonhardt.

Teldec 8.35654 ZL 16

Mozart, W. Piano quartet no 2 in E flat, K493 (1786). Menuhin Festival Piano Quartet.

Mediaphon MED 72.117 27 16:00 AN AUSTRALIAN WAR REQUIEM Recorded by Greg Ghavalas for FINE MUSIC

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Bowen, C. An Australian war requiem (2014).

Celeste Lazarenko, sop; Ayse Göknur, sop; Henry choo, ten; Adrian Tamburini, basso cantate; Christopher Richardson, bass-bar; Waitara Voices; Fort Street High School Choir & O/Christopher Bowen.

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Berlioz, H. D’amour l’ardente flamme, from The damnation of Faust, op 24 (1845-46).

DG 479 0071 9

Sculthorpe, P. Lament (1976). Cameron Retchford, vc; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.

ABC 454 504-2 10

Reger, M. String quartet in A, op 54 no 2 (1900). Reger Quartet.

Pantheon D 14090

17:30 ARTS IN FOCUS Featuring Musica Viva with Tom Forrester-Paton

Strauss, R. Five piano pieces, op 3 (1881).

Glenn Gould, pf.

Philips 456 808-2

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Brahms, J. Symphony no 4 in E minor, op 98 (1884-85). Gewandhaus O/Riccardo Chailly.

Decca 478 5344 38

18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Sydney Schubert Society with Ross Hayes

11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Schubert, F. Ave Maria, D839 (1825; arr.

Thilde). John Foster, tpt; David Drury, org.

ABC 476 4110

Sparke, P. Orient Express.

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Vinter, G. Hunter’s moon. Volker Schoeler, tb. 7 Steven Stanke, cond (2 above) Royal Australian Navy RAN-013 Vaughan Williams, R. Sea songs. Charles Anderson, cond.

Royal Australian Navy RAN-002

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Fucik, J. Florentiner march, op 214. Andrew Stokes, cond.

Royal Australian Navy RAN-005 6 Royal Australian Navy Band (all above) 12:00 A LITTLE TASTE OF JAZZ with Rob Thomas 13:00 ASIAN MUSIC Prepared by Oscar Foong A monthly exploration of music from across Asia 14:00 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD with Maureen Meers Nostalgic music and artists from the 30s, 40s and 50s and occasionally beyond, in a trip down many memory lanes 15:00 CLASSICAL HOUR

Duke, V. Soundtrack of Cabin in the sky (1943).

Ethel Waters, ‘Rochester’ Anderson, Lena Horne, voices.

Sony 88697638532 18 MGM Studio O/Georgie Stoll (2 above) 20:00 FIRST OF A HANDFUL Prepared by Stephen Wilson Balakirev, M. Overture on three Russian themes (1858-81). Philharmonia O/Yevgeny Svetlanov.

9 Hyperion CDA66586 The wilderness (1895). Piotr Glouboky, bass; Ilya Scheps, pf.

Le Chant du Monde LDC 288 037 3 Piano concerto no 2 in E flat, op posth (1862/1906; compl. Lyapunov). Malcolm Binns, pf; English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones.

Hyperion CDA66640 32 Let all mortal flesh keep silence. Holst Singers/ Stephen Layton.

5 Hyperion CDA67756

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The Shepherd on the rock, D965 (1828). Cecelia Wasson, sop; Robert Alemany, cl; JoAnn Falletta, gui.

Koch 3-75682-2 HI 13 Andantino; theme with variations from piano quintet in A, D667, Trout (1819). Jenõ Jandó, pf; Kodály Quartet; lstvan Tóth, db.

Naxos 8.578281-82 7 Am Meer, from Schwanengesang, D957 no 12 (1828). Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; Malcolm Martineau, pf.

Marquis 8157 2

Gershwin, G. Excerpts from Girl crazy (1943).

Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, voices.

Sony 88697638562 13

Sonata in B flat minor (1905). Donna Amato, pf.

Archduke DARC 2 23 Symphony no 2 in D minor (1900-08). BBC PO/ Vassily Sinaisky.

Chandos CHAN 9727 35 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Elaine Siversen Weiner, L. Hungarian folk dance suite, op 18 (1931). Philharmonia O/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 9029 28

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String trio in B flat, D581 (1817). Istvan Tóth, db; Ensemble Villa Musica.

Naxos 8.553255 21 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers Borodin, A. Excerpts from Kismet (arr. Wright, Forrest 1953). Alfred Drake; Doretta Morrow; Joan Diener; Richard Kiley, voices; members of the original Broadway cast.

Sony SK 89252 19

Liszt, F. Sonata in B minor (1852-53). Leslie Howard, pf.

Hyperion CDS44517 24 Mozart, W. Symphony no 41 in C, K551, Jupiter (1788). Dresden State O/Colin Davis.

Philips 410 046-2 35 Czerny, C. Variations on Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser for piano quintet, op 73 (1825).

Maureen Jones, pf; Zurich Chamber Ensemble.

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Sunday 26 April 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

16:00 FOR STRINGS Prepared by Chris Blower

9:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Rex Burgess Janácek, L. Violin sonata (1922). Frank Peter Zimmermann, vn; Alexander Lonquich, pf.

EMI CDC 7 54305 2 19 Debussy, C. Sonata for flute, viola and harp (1915). Members of Nash Ensemble.

Virgin VC 7 91148-2 17 Bax, A. Nonet (1928-30). Nash Ensemble; Ian Brown, pf & dir.

Hyperion CDA66807 18 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Sheila Catzel Devienne, F. Flute quartet in A minor, op 66 no 1. Alexis Kossenko, fl; Quatuor Cambini.

MBF 1108 15 Wranitzky, P. Symphony in D, op 36 (1799).

London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 9916 22 Spohr, L. Sonata concertante for violin and harp in D, op 115 (1811). Sophie Langdon, vn; Hugh Webb, hp.

Naxos 8.555364 22 Pichl, V. Symphony concertante in D, op 6, Apollo. Oradea PO/Romeo Rîmbu.

Olympia OCD 434 23 Beethoven, L. Wind quintet in E flat, op 16 (1796). Neil Black, ob; Thea King, cl; Graham Sheen, bn; Tony Halstead, hn; Murray Perahia, pf.

Sony SX4K 63380 27 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME With John Buchanan 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide

Elgar, E. Serenade, op 20 (1892). Marat Bisengaliev, vn; West Kazakhstan PO/Bundit Ungrangsee.

Naxos 8.572643-45 11 Dvorák, A. Serenade in E, op 22 (1875).

London PO/Christopher Hogwood.

Decca 448 981-2

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17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Warwick Bartle Hymns: Oh God our help in ages past; Abide with me. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; Richard Farnes, org; Stephen Cleobury, cond.

Decca 475 7498 7 Jenkins, K. Canticles from The armed man.

National Youth Choir of Great Britain; London PO/Mike Brewer.

EMI 50999 2 17296-2 27 Psalms: no 130, Out of the deep; no 67, God be merciful; no 121, I will lift up mine eyes. Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge/George Guest.

Decca 452 941-2 8 I vow to thee, my country; Be still, my soul.

Cantillation; David Drury, org; Brett Wymark, cond.

ABC 980 103-3 10 18:00 SYDNEY PIANO WORLD PRESENTS The Spanish Spirit Prepared by Akiho Suzuki

Bloch, E. Symphonic concerto (1948). Marjorie Mitchell, pf; Vienna State Opera O/Vladimir Golschmann.

Vanguard 08 4052 71 39 20:30 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Francis Frank Reicha, A. 18 Variations and a fantasy on Mozart’s Se vuol ballare, op 51 (1804). JeanPierre Rampal, fl; Isaac Stern, vn; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc.

Sony SK 44568 17 Cart, J. Trio with two flutes (1939). Members of Quartetto Telemann.

Syrinx SY 0001-2 131 10 Klein, G. String quartet, op 2 (1936-38).

Serge Garcia, vn; Sona Khochafian, vn; David Simpson, vc; Françoise Gnéri, va.

Arion ARN 68272 13 Tuma, F. Sonata à quattro in A minor.

Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini. naïve OP 30436

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Fiala, J. Divertimento in D sharp for 10 winds.

LP Supraphon 1111 2973G 11 Schulhoff, E. Concertino for flute, viola and double bass (1925). Fenwick Smith, fl; Mark Ludwig, va; Edwin Barker, db.

Chandos CHAN 10515 15 Klein, G. Divertimento (1940). Jean-Pierre Arnaud, ob; Jean-Marc Liet, ob; Rémi Lerner, cl; Christian Rocca, cl; Michael Tavernier, bn; Amaury Wallez, bn; Éric Karcher, hn; Philippe Queyraud, hn.

Arion ARN 68272 14

14:00 SIBELIUS ON A SMALLER SCALE Prepared by Stephen Wilson

Halffter, E. Danza de la pastora; Danza de la gitana (1931).

Decca 433929-2 7

Sibelius, J. Five country dances, op 106 (1925).

Nils-Erik Sparf, vn; Bengt Forsberg, pf.

BIS CD-625 19

Soler, A. Sonatas: in D minor; in C sharp minor.

Decca 433 920-2

Six impromptus, op 5 (1893). Erik T. Tawaststjerna, pf.

BIS CD-153

Falla, M. de Dances from The three-cornered hat (1919).

Decca 433929-2 10

Svoboda, T. Concerto for wood wind quintet, op 111 (1982). O’Connor, ob; Kristin Halay, fl; Thomas Michael Anderson, cl; Steve Vacchi, bn; Edward Mc Manus, hn.

North Pacific Music NPM LD 016 17

Mompou, F. Two songs and dances.

Newton 8802096

22:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Robert Small

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The lizard, op 8 (1909). Laura Vikman, vn; Jaakko Kuusisto, vn; Jyrki Lasonpalo, vn; Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic, va; Taneli Turunen, vc; Eero Munter, db.

BIS BIS-2065 17 Serenata (1887). Jaakko Kuusisto, vn; Laura Vikman, vn; Taneli Turunen, vc.

BIS BIS-2065

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Malinconia, op 20 (1901). Steven Isserlis, vc; Olli Mustonen, pf.

BIS SACD2042 11 Piano quintet in G minor (1889). Anthony Goldstone, pf; Gabrieli String Quartet.

Chandos CHAN 8742 48

Wassenaer, U. Concerto in F for strings, op 9 no 4, from Concerti armonici (pub. 1740).

Stuttgart CO/Karl Munchinger.

Decca 425 728-2 12

Daetwyler, J. Concerto for alphorn and orchestra. Jozsef Molnár, alphorn; Slovak PO/ Urs Schneider.

Naxos 8.555978 22

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Granados, E. El fandango del Candil; O La Maja y el ruiseñoc; El pelele, from Goyescas (1911).

Decca 478 3156-67 17

Sierra, R. Carnaval (2007).

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Sinfonia no 4 (2008-09).

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Alicia de Larrocha, pf (all above)

Nashville SO/Giancarlo Guerrero (2 above) Naxos 8.559738

19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Maureen Meers Martin, F. Little symphony concertante (1945). Louise Johnson, hp; Colin Forbes, hpd; Joyce Hutchinson, pf; Sydney SO/Willem van Otterloo.

LP RCA VRL1 0122 20

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Cale, B. Valleys and mountains suite, op 64 (1988). Tasmanian SO/Dobbs Frank.

Tall Poppies TP188 23 Cullenbenbong (1989). Ian Shanahan, rec, bells.

Jade JADCD 1065 14

Monday 27 April

Bernard Haitink 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Robert Small 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Chris Blower Beethoven, L. Romance no 2 in F, op 50 (1798; transcr. 1803; arr. Müller-Schott). Daniel MüllerSchott, vc; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.

Orfeo C 080 031 A 8 Pierné, G. Violin sonata, op 36 (1900; transcr.

Langevin). Robert Langevin, fl; Jonathan Feldman, pf.

Avie AV2213 22 Balakirev, M. Symphonic poem: Tamara (186782; transcr.). Aurora Piano Quartet.

Naxos 8.557717D 19 Handel, G. Organ concerto in F, HWV293 (1735-36; transcr. Williams). John Williams, gui; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Kenneth Sillito.

CBS MK 39560 8 Mozart, W. Symphony no 39 in E flat, K543 (1788; arr. Hummel). Friedemann Eichhorn, vn; Martin Rummel, vc; Uwe Grodd, fl; Roland Krüger, pf.

Naxos 8.572841 24

Robert Langevin Ravel, M. Daphnis and Chloe (1912). Chicago Symphony Ch & O/Bernard Haitink.

CSO-Resound CSOR 901 906 53

Liszt, F. Ave Maria I (1846). Hungarian State Ch; László Révész, org; Gábor Ugrin, cond.

5 Hungaroton HCD 31103

12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan

Mozart, W. Eine kleine Freimaurer-Kantate: Laut verkünde uns’re Freude, K623 (1791). Heo Young-Hoon, ten; Lars Ruhl, ten; Jürgen Appel, bar; Male voices of Kassel State Opera Ch; Kassel Spohr CO/Roberto Paternostro.

Naxos 8.570897 13

13:00 SPANISH CHAMBER MUSIC Prepared by Gael Golla Anon. A que faz os pecadores, from Cantigas de Santa Maria no 234 (c1250). Florata.

ASV GAU 144 5 Falla, M. de Suite populaire espagnole (191415). David Pereira, vc; David Bollard, pf.

Tall Poppies TP078 13 Albéniz, I. Granada, from Suite española, op 47 (1886). Sebastien Lipman hp; Sayo Lipman, hp.

Arpeggio 5 Rodrigo, J. Serenata al Alba del Dia. Virginia Taylor, fl; Timothy Kain, gui.

Tall Poppies TP003 4 Sarasate, P. de Andalusian romance, op 22 no 1 (pub. 1878-82). Ruggiero Ricci, vn; Louis Persinger, pf.

Decca 458 191-2 4 Granados, E. Spanish dances, op 5: Fandango; Galante (1892-1900) Pro Arte Guitar Trio.

ASV WHL 2061 7

10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Derek Parker

Turina, J. Sextet, for viola and piano quintet, op 7, Scène Andalouse (1912). Nash Ensemble.

Hyperion CDA67889 12

Handel, G. Overture to Faramondo, HWV39 (1738). English CO/Richard Bonynge.

ABC 482 1059 8

14:00 LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE CHORUS Prepared by Philip Lidbury

Poulenc, F. Concerto in G minor for organ, strings and timpani (1938). Joachim Dalitz, org; Berlin SO/Claus Peter Flor.

Berlin 0012912BC 22

Verdi, G. Soldiers’ chorus: Let the warlike trumpet blaze forth, from Il trovatore. Chicago SO & Ch/Georg Solti.

ABC 480 7518 6

14:30 ALPHABETICAL COMPOSERS The Ss Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Smetana, B. The Moldau, from My country.

Vienna PO/James Levine.

DG 419 768-2 12 Schumann, R. Piano concerto in A minor, op 54 (1841-45). Dinu Lipatti, pf; Philharmonia O/ Herbert von Karajan.

Philips 456 892-2 30 Sibelius, J. Symphony no 2 in D, op 43 (1901).

Royal Concertgebouw O/George Széll.

Radio Netherlands RCO 05001 42 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 28 April 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Field Rossini, G. Ballet music from William Tell (1829). London SO/Richard Bonynge.

Decca 452 772-2

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Beethoven, L. Fantasia in C minor, op 80, Choral fantasy (1808). John Lill, pf; Scottish National Ch & O/Alexander Gibson.

EMI 1 66450 2 20 Dussek, J. Piano concerto in E flat, op 70 (1810). Ulster O/Howard Shelley, pf & cond.

Hyperion CDA68027 31

John Eliot Gardner 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Schubert, F. Symphony no 8, D759, Unfinished (1822). Tasmanian SO/Sebastian Lang-Lessing.

ABC 476 4740 24

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

12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes 13:00 INSPIRED BY OPERA Prepared by Giovanna Grech

Yradier, S. La paloma (arr. Tárrega).

Philips 432 102-2

Hummel, J. Ten variations on a theme from Gluck’s Armida, op 57 (c1811-15). Richard Burnett, fp.

Amon Ra SAR 7 14

Cordero, E. Concierto festivo (2003). I Solisti di Zagreb.

Naxos 8.572707 25 Giuliani, M. Variazioni concertanti, op 130.

Celedonio Romero, gui.

Philips 454 262-2 13 Boccherini, L. Guitar quintet no 5 in D (1798).

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.

Philips 438 769-2 18 Vivaldi, A. Concerto in G. Celin Romero, gui; San Antonio SO/Victor Alessandro.

Mercury 434 369-2 11 Palomo, L. Nocturne of Córdoba. Seville RSO/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

Naxos 8.557135

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Rodrigo, J. Canconetta. Christine Pendrill, hn; Augustin Leon Ara, vn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Philips 438 016-2 3 Pepe Romero, gui (all above)

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Janácek, L. Suite, from The cunning little vixen (1921-23). Czech PO/Frántisek Jílek.

Supraphon/Denon 38C37 7303 17 Gounod, C. L’amour, l’amour … Ah! lève-toi, soleil, from Romeo and Juliet (1867). Alfredo Kraus, ten; Toulouse Capitole O/Michel Plasson.

EMI CDC 7 54016 2 4 Verdi, G. Ballet music from Otello (1887).

Bologna Comunale TO/Riccardo Chailly.

Decca 425 108-2

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Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Hymn to the sun, from The golden cockerel (1909; arr. Rubinstein).

Artur Rubinstein, pf.

Larrikin DDC 935 8 14:00 THE CONSERVATIVE ROMANTICS with Ross Hayes Schumann, R. Kinderszenen, op 15 (1838).

Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf.

Decca 478 5616 19 Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 4 in A, op 90, Italian (1833). Israel PO/Leonard Bernstein.

DG 439 411-2 30

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Brahms, J. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt, from A German requiem, op 45 (1865-68). Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bass-bar; Melbourne SO & Ch/Johannes Fritzsch.

ABC 4764363 11 Schubert, F. Symphony no 9 in C, D944, Great (1825-28). Royal Concertgebouw O/John Eliot Gardiner.

Radio Nederland RCO11004 48

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: Pepe Romero Prepared by Madilina Tresca 3

Leonard Bernstien. Photo - Jack Mitchell

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Stephen Wilson 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with David Garrett 22:00 INTO THE 20TH CENTURY Prepared by Judy Ekstein Debussy, C. Images for orchestra (1905-12).

Cleveland O/Pierre Boulez.

Sony SM2K 68 327 36 Dahl, I. Saxophone concerto (1948). John Harle, sax; New World SO/Michael Tilson Thomas.

Argo 444 459-2

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Bloch, E. Voice in the wilderness (1936).

Natalie Clein, vc; BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov.

Hyperion CDA67910 24 Ravel, M. La valse (1921). Louis Lortie, pf.

Chandos CHAN 7004/5

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Turina, J. Danzas fantásticas, op 22 (1920).

Cincinnati SO/Jésus López-Cobos.

Telarc 80574 15

Wednesday 29 April 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Savaria Baroque O/Fabio Pirona.

Hungaroton HCD 32538-39

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

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.

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 Akiho Suzuki Vivaldi, A. Flute concerto in G minor, RV439, La notte (pub. 1728). Béla Drahos, fl; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia.

Naxos 8.553101 9 Bach, J.S. Violin sonata no 3 in E, BWV1016 (bef. 1725). Christian Ferras, vn; Celiny ChailleyRichez, pf.

DG 480 6655 19

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Andrea Meláth 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans 15:00 SENTIMENTAL COLOUR Prepared by Jacob Gutmann

Keyboard sonata in C. Luca Guglielmi, fp.

Accent ACC 24227

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Mozart, W. Der Frühling, K597 (1791); An Chloë, K524 (1787). Werner Güra, ten; Christoph Berner, fp.

Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908409.16 5

Chausson, E. Poem for violin and orchestra, op 25 (1896). Laurent Korcia vn; O symphonique et lyrique de Nancy/Jérôme Kaltenbach.

Naxos 8.553652 16

Beethoven, L. Sonata no 1 in F minor, op 2 no 1 (1793-95). Paavali Jumppanen, pf.

Ondine ODE 1248-2D 22

Chausson, E. Soir de fête, op 32 (1897-98).

BBC PO/Yan Pascal Tortelier.

Chandos CHAN 9650 14

23:00 LEHÁR AND THE ORCHESTRA Prepared by Stephen Wilson

Haydn, J. String quartet in B flat, op 76 no 4, Sunrise (c1799). Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet.

Westminster Chamber Music Collection 24

Massenet, J. Overture to Phèdre (1900).

Detroit SO/Paul Paray.

Mercury 432 014-2

Lehár, F. Concertino for violin and orchestra in B minor. Robert McDuffie, vn; Cincinnati Pops O/Erich Kunzel.

Telarc 80402 13

10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Di Cox

Massenet, J. Suite from Cendrillon (1899).

Hong Kong PO/Kenneth Jean.

Naxos 8.555986 10

Berlioz, H. Overture: Rob Roy (1831). Sydney Green, cora; Sheila Sterling, hp; San Diego SO/ Yoav Talmi.

Naxos 8.550999 13

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm With Oscar Foong

Beethoven, L. Piano concerto no 5 in E flat, op 73, Emperor (1809). Gerard Willems, pf; Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker.

ABC 980 046-5 40 Rubbra, E. Symphony no 5 in B flat, op 63 (1947-48). Melbourne SO/Hans-Hubert Schönzeler.

Chandos CHAN 6576 29 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale 13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI

19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell 20:00 AT THE OPERA Opera oscura: a Venetian La clemenza Galuppi, B. La clemenza di Tito. Opera in three acts. Libretto by Pietro Metastio. First performed Venice, 1760.

TITO: Zoltán Megyesi, ten VITELLIA: Mónika González, sop SERVILIA: Zita Váradi, sop SESTO: Andrea Meláth, mezz ANNIO: Baranabás Hegyi, ct PUBLIO: Tamás Kóbor, ten

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Hasse, J. Se mai senti spirarti sui volto, from La clemenza di Tito (1735). Philippe Jaroussky, ct; Le Concert d’Astrée/Emmanuelle Haïm.

8 Virgin 3 95242 8

Il Guado, symphonic poem (1906). Volker Banfield, pf.

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A vision, my youth (1907).

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Hanover RPO/Klauspeter Seibel (2 above) cpo 999 423-2 Hungarian fantasy, op 45. Robert McDuffie, vn; Cincinnati Pops O/Erich Kunzel.

8 Telarc 80402 Tone poem: Fieber (1915). Robert Gambill, ten; Volker Worlitzsch, vn; Hanover RPO/ Klauspeter Seibel. cpo 999 423-2

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Thursday 30 April 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Lawes, W. Pieces for two lutes. Jacob Heringman, lute; David Miller, lute.

Naxos 8.550601

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

Adriaenssen, E. Tante vous allez, douce Guillemette (1584). Marie-Claude Vallin, sop; Sabine Dreier, fl; Petra Manz, bass viol; Lutz Kirchhof, lute & dir.

Sony SK 66 263 2

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Stephen Matthews Haydn, M. Clarinet concerto in A. Salzburger Hofmusik/Wolfgang Brunner. cpo 777 781-2 12 The battle of repentance and conversion.

Tunde Szaboki, sop; Purcell Choir; Orfeo O/ Gyorgy Vadhegyi.

Carus 83.351 3 Lied der Freiheit. Die Singphoniker. cpo 999 333-2

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String quartet in C, mvt 3. Sonare Quartet.

Claves 2940 49506

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Sanctus; Benedictus; Agnus Dei, from St Aloysius Mass. Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow.

Conifer 75605-51220-2

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Symphony no 2 in C. Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal. cpo 999 591-2 21 Horn concerto in D. Barry Tuckwell, hn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Hyperion CDA 67510 11 Agnus Dei; Requiem aeternam, from Requiem for Archbishop Sigismund. King’s Consort/ Robert King.

Hyperion CDA 67510 11 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Nicole Pring Mendelssohn, F. Overture: The Hebrides, op 26, Fingal’s Cave (1830). Sydney SO/Stuart Challender.

ABC 446 279-2 10 Chopin, F. Piano concerto no 1 in E minor, op 11 (1830). Yevgeny Kissin, pf; Moscow PO/Dmitri Kataenko.

RCA 09026 68378 2 36 Mozart, W. Symphony no 41 in C, K551, Jupiter (1788). London Mozart Players/Jane Glover.

ASV DCA 761 34 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers

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Massaino, T. Canzon per 8 tromboni, from The wedding of Venice to the sea, Ascension Day (c1600). King’s Consort/Robert King.

Hyperion CDA67048 4 Palestrina, G. da O sacrum convivium. Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford/Stephen Darlington.

Nimbus NI 5394 5

20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Recorded treasures In a French salon Dubois, P. Suite. Ann Menzies, cl; Donald Hazelwood, vn; Rachel Valler, pf.

10 Duparc, H. Chanson triste (1868/1902); La vague et la cloche (1871). John Pringle, bass-bar; Sharolyn Kimmorley, pf.

8 Poulenc, F. Piano trio (1926). Linda Walsh, ob; Lorelei Dowling, bn; Catherine Davis, pf. 13 Bizet, G. Jeux d’enfants (1871). Elizabeth Powell, Ffrangon Davies, pf.

20 Ravel, M. String quartet in F (1902-03).

Australian String Quartet.

Fine Music Tape Archive (all above)

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Bartolotti, A. Guitar suite. Stephen Player, gui.

ASV GAU 193 6

21:30 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Giovanna Grech

Alison, R. Alison’s knell (pub. 1599). Nancy Hadden, fl; Catherine Mackintosh, treb viol; James Tyler, ten viol; Jane Ryan, bass viol; Robert Spencer, pandora, lute; Julian Bream, lute.

RCA RD87801 5

Thomas, A. Mad scene, from Hamlet (1869).

Jennifer McGregor, sop; Western Australian SO/Peter Bandy.

CBS 462 793-2 9

Allegri, G. Psalm 50 (51): Miserere mei Deus.

Saul Quirke, treb; Choir of Westminster Cathedral; Andrew Wright, org; Stephen Cleobury, cond.

Argo 410 005-2 11

Offenbach, J. Il était une fois a la cour d’Eisenach, from The tales of Hoffmann (1881).

Plácido Domingo, ten; French NO/Seiji Ozawa.

5 DG 429 374-2

14:00 ART SONG Prepared by Jan Brown

Donizetti, G. So anch’io la virtu magica, from Don Pasquale (1843). Ileana Cotrubas, sop; New Philharmonia O/John Pritchard.

6 LP CBS SBR 35850

Berlioz, H. Le spectre de la rose; Línconnue, from Les nuits d’été, op 7 no 2 (1840). Janet Howd, sop; Christopher Ross, pf.

Duo DUOCD 89005 10

Puccini, G. Un bel di, from Madama Butterfly (1904). Cheryl Barker, sop; O Victoria/Richard Bonynge.

5 Melba MN-301085

Schumann, R. Auf das Trinkglas, from 12 Gedichte, op 35 no 6 (1840). Wolfgang Holzmair, bar; Imogen Cooper, pf.

Philips 462 610-2

22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Prepared by Caroline Ryvers 4

Duparc, H. Phydilé (1882). Janet Howd, sop; Christopher Ross, pf.

Duo DUOCD 89005 6 14:30 DUSTY CORNERS Three rarely heard orchestral studies Prepared by Stephen Wilson Merikanto, A. Symphonic study (1928; reconstr.

Heininen). Finnish RSO/Leif Segerstam.

Finlandia FACD 349 18 Strauss, R. Study for 23 solo strings, op 16 (1886). Strings of Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 10218 X 26

13:00 RENAISSANCE PLEASURES Prepared by Gael Golla

Elgar, E. Falstaff, symphonic study in C minor, op 68 (1913). Royal Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson.

Chandos CHAN 6607 34

Tallis, T. Spem in alium á 40. Cantillation/ Antony Walker.

ABC 472 881-2 10

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

For a digital schedule turn to page 21 or find online: www.finemusicfm.com/digital.html

Falla, M. de Night in the gardens of Spain (1909-15). Alicia de Larrocha, pf; Suisse Romande O/Sergiu Comissiona.

Decca 417 771-2 24 Saint-Saëns, C. Danse macabre, op 40 (1874).

Royal Stockholm PO/James DePreist.

BIS CD-555 8 Bartók, B. Music for strings, percussion and celesta (1936). London SO/Antal Dorati.

Mercury 478 5092 31 Debussy, C. Perfumes of the night, from Images (1905-12). Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink.

9 Philips 438 742-2 Schoenberg, A. Verklärte Nacht, op 4 (1899).

English CO/Daniel Barenboim.

EMI 5 65079 2 31 Stravinsky, I. Shrovetide fair, from Petrushka suite (1947). Chicago SO/Carlo Maria Guilini.

EMI 5859742 10

The following composers have works of at least five minutes on the April dates listed Abelard, P. 1079-1142 24 Albéniz, I. 1860-1909 11,17 Albinoni, T. 1671-1751 15,20,24 Albrechtsberger, J. 17361809 8 Alfvén, H. 1872-1960 9 Alison, R. fl 1592-1606 30 Allegri, G. 1582-1652 30 Alyabyev, A. 1787-1851 9 Antill, J. 1904-1986 21 Arensky, A. 1861-1906 18 Arnold, M. 1921-2006 4,15,21,23 Arriaga, J. 1806-1826 17 Auber, D-F-E. 1782-1871 19 Aulin, T. 1872-1960 15

Edelmann, J-F. 1749-1794 22 Edwards, R. b1943 23 Elgar, E. 1857-1934 4,7,14,19,21,23,26,30 Eybler, J. 1765-1846 10

Shostakovich, D. 1906-1975 5,6,7,9,12,16 Sibelius, J. 1865-1957 7,9,11,20,26,27 O’Hearn, P. b1954 19 Sierra, R. b1953 26 Offenbach, J. 1819-1880 30 Skryabin, A. 1872-1915 18 Oldfield, M. b1953 19 Smetana, B. 1824-1884 Oswald, H. 1852-1931 5 Falla, M. de 1876-1946 1,3,22,27 Caldara, A. c1670-1736 4,20 26,27,30 D. 1904-1987 2,9 Padilla, J. de c1590-1664 6 Soler, A. 1729-1783 26 Cale, B. b1939 26 Fauré, G. 1845-1924 4,14,17,21 Kabalevsky, Kajanus, R. 18956-1933 20 Paganini, N. 1782-1840 2,13,20 Sor, F. 1778-1839 11 Canteloube, J. 1879-1957 2 Fiala, J. 1748-1816 26 Sparke, P. b1951 25 Kalinnikov, Vasily. 1866-1901 6 Paisiello, G. 1740-1816 6 Cart, J. 1708-1774 26 Fibich, Z. 1850-1900 12 Spohr, L. 1784-1859 Kats-Chernin, E. b1957 20 Palomo, L. b1938 28 Carter, E. b1908 9 Finzi, G. 1901-1956 4 8,10,11,12,26 Ketèlbey, A. 1875-1959 23 Peeters, F. 1903-1986 14 Chabrier, E. 1841-1894 14 Fossa, F. de 1775-1849 3 Stamitz, J. 1717-1757 19 Khachaturian, A. 1903-1978 24 Pergolesi, G. 1710-1736 1,6 Chadwick, G. 1854-1931 23 Fowler, J. b1939 2 Stenhammar, W. 1871-1927 18 Klebe, G. b1925 5 Petrini, F. 1744-1819 8 Chaminade, C. 1857-1944 17 Françaix, J. 1912-1997 9 Strauss, J. II 1825-1899 6,12 Klein, G. 1891-1945 26 Philidor, F-A. 1726-1795 15 Chausson, E. 1855-1899 29 Strauss, Josef. 1827-1870 15 Franck, C. 1822-1890 11,14,15,16 Kodály, Z. 1882-1967 16,18 Piazzolla, A. 1922-1992 7 Chávez, C. 1899-1978 13 Strauss, R. 1864-1949 Kodàly, Z. 1882-1967 16,18 Piccinni, N. 1728-1800 5 Fripp, R. b1946 19 Bach, C.P.E. 1714-1788 1,5,15 Cherubini, L. 1760-1842 22 5,7,14,24,25,30 Koetsier, J. b1911 12 Pichl, V. 1741-1805 26 Fucik, J. 1872-1916 25 Bach, J. Christian 1735-1782 Chopin, F. 1810-1849 7,14,21,30 Stravinsky, I. 1882-1971 7,8,30 Kraus, J.M. 1756-1792 9,20 Pierné, G. 1863-1937 27 1,15,19 Cimarosa, D. 1749-1801 20 Suk, J. 1874-1935 16 Kuhlau, F. 1786-1832 19 Pleyel, I. 1757-1831 2,14 Gade, N. 1817-1890 10,19 Bach, J.C.F. 1732-1795 1 Clarke, J. 1673-1707 10 Sullivan, A. 1842-1900 6,23 Ponce, M. 1882-1948 13 Galuppi, B. 1706-1785 18 Bach, J.S. 1685-1750 Clementi, M. 1752-1832 1 Suppé, F. 1819-1895 7 Lalande, M-R. de 1657Porpora, N. 1686-1768 9 Gershwin, G. 1898-1937 23,25 1,3,5,13,14,15,24,25,29 Clérambault, L-N. 1676-1749 4 Svoboda, T. b1939 26 1726 4 Poulenc, F. 1899-1963 Giordano, U. 1867-1948 16 Bach, W.F. 1710-1784 1,9 Coates, E. 1886-1957 23 Szymanowski, K. 1882-1937 Lalo, E. 1823-1892 12,22 1,2,24,27,30 Giuliani, M. 1781-1829 8,20,28 Balakirev, M. 1837-1910 25,27 Coleridge-Taylor, S. 1875Lawes, W. 1602-1645 30 Prokofiev, S. 1891-1953 2,7,9,11 23 Glanville-Hicks, P. 1912-1990 Le Jeune, C. c1529-1600 24 Bartók, B. 1881-1945 19,30 1912 23 Purcell, H. 1659-1695 1,10 21 Bartolotti, A. 17th c 30 Copland, A. 1900-1990 7 Tallis, T. c1505-1585 17,30 Leclair, J-M. 1697-1764 4 Glass, P. b1937 7 Bath, H. 1883-1945 23 Cordero, E. b1946 28 Lehár, F. 1870-1948 13,29 Rachmaninov, S. 1873-1943 Tchaikovsky, P. 1840-1893 Glazunov, A. 1865-1936 4,7,9,10,11,12,14,17,18,20 Baur, J.P. 1719-1773 8 Corelli, A. 1653-1713 5,20 Leighton, K. b1929 19 12,13,18,19,20,23 6,19,20,21 Telemann, G. 1681-1767 Bax, A. 1883-1953 26 Coste, N. 1806-1883 5 Lekeu, G. 1870-1894 11,23 Raff, J. 1822-1882 24 3,13,24 Glier, R. 1875-1976 20,22 Bazzini, A. 1818-1897 6 Couperin, F. 1668-1733 1,4,8 Leyendecker, U. b1946 5 Rameau, J-P. 1683-1764 Thomas, A. 1811-1896 30 Glinka, M. 1804-1857 17,19 Beach, A. 1867-1944 19 Cramer, J. 1771-1858 19 Liszt, F. 1811-1886 4,8,14,22 Thompson, R. 1899-1984 12 Gluck, C. 1714-1787 15 Beethoven, L. 1770-1827 2,5,12 Crusell, B. 1775-1838 3,20 3,13,15,16,25,27 Ravel, M. 1875-1937 Tinel, E. 1854-1912 23 Lloyd Webber, A. b1948 11,23 7,12,14,27,28,30 ,16,17,19,21,22,26,27,28,29 Cui, C. 1835-1918 23 Gossec, F-J. 1734-1829 8 Tippett, M. 1905-1998 4 Locke, M. c1621-1677 10 Reger, M. 1873-1916 11,24,25 Bellini, V. 1801-1835 5,7,10 Czerny, C. 1791-1857 17,25 Gounod, C. 1818-1893 12 Lonque, G. 1900-1967 14 Reicha, A. 1770-1836 3,15,26 Toldra, E. 1895-1962 12 Benjamin, A. 1893-1960 21 Grainger, P. 1882-1961 7 Tuma, F. 1909-1999 26 Lully, J-B. 1632-1687 4,17,20 Respighi, O. 1879-1936 Bériot, C-A. de 1802-1870 Daetwyler, J. b1907 26 Granados, E. 1867-1916 Turina, J. 1882-1949 27,28 Lundquist, T. b1920 10 1,2,7,19,20 10,23 Dahl, I. 1912-1970 28 20,26,27 Revueltas, S. 1899-1940 13 Berkeley, L. 1905-1989 9 Daniel-Lesur, J. 1908-2002 12 Grechaninov, A. 1864-1956 19 Vaughan Williams, R. MacDowell, E. 1860-1908 19 Rheinberger, J. 1839-1901 3 Berlioz, H. 1803-1869 Danzi, F. 1763-1826 12,19 Grétry, A-E-M. 1741-1813 8 1872-1958 4,16,20,23 Macmillan, J. b1959 5 Ries, F. 1784-1838 19 2,5,8,10,11,13,25,29,30 Davidov, K. 1838-1889 9 Grieg, E. 1843-1907 4,10,11,18 Veracini, F. 1690-1768 18 Mahler, G. 1860-1911 12 Rietz, J. 1812-1877 24 Bernstein, L. 1918-1990 6 Dean, B. b1961 8 Grofé, F. 1892-1972 12 Verdi, G. 1813-1901 Marschner, H. 1795-1861 21 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. 1844Berwald, F. 1796-1868 10 Debussy, C. 1862-1918 Guilmant, A. 1837-1911 19 6,10,24,27,28 Martin, F. 1890-1974 26 1908 2,4,11,13,17,19,28 Besozzi, C. 1738-1791 5 8,12,19,26,28,30 Villa-Lobos, H. 1887-1959 16 Martinu, B. 1890-1959 10,18 Rode, P. 1774-1830 22 Bizet, G. 1838-1875 2,4,13,17,30 Delius, F. 1862-1934 5,16,23 Hackett, S. b1950 19 Vinter, G. 1909-1969 25 Mason, R. b1959 12 Roman, J. 1694-1758 3 Bloch, E. 1880-1959 26,28 DePaul, G. 1919-1988 11 Viotti, G. 1755-1824 1 Halffter, E. 1905-1989 13,26 Massenet, J. 1842-1912 1,6,21,29 Röntgen, J. 1855-1932 14 Blow, J. 1649-1708 10 Devienne, F. 1759-1803 7,15,26 Handel, G. 1685-1759 Vivaldi, A. 1678-1741 28,29 Mendelssohn, F. 1809-1847 Rossini, G. 1792-1868 Boccherini, L. 1743-1805 Diamond, D. b1915 7,9 4,5,16,17,24,27 1,9,12,17,18,21,24,28,30 5,12,13,20,28 4,18,20,25,28 Diepenbrock, A. 1862-1921 Wagner, R. 1813-1883 1,12,13 Menotti, G. 1911-2007 21 Rubbra, E. 1901-1986 29 Hanson, H. 1896-1981 7 Body, J. b1944 12 12,14 Walton, W. 1902-1983 4 Merikanto, A. 1893-1958 30 Harris, R. 1898-1979 9 Boismortier, J. de 1689-1755 Dittersdorf, C. 1739-1799 23 Wassenaer, U. 1692-1766 26 Messiaen, O. 1908-1992 3 Saeverud, H. 1897-1988 18 22 Dohnányi, E. 1877-1960 6,16 Hartmann, E. 1836-1898 13 Weber, C.M. 1786-1826 2,5,13 Meyerbeer, G. 1791-1864 6,25 Saint-Saëns, C. 1835-1921 Hasse, J. 1699-1783 29 Bononcini, A. 1677-1726 18 Donizetti, G. 1797-1848 Weiner, L. 1885-1960 25 Milhaud, D. 1892-1974 2 5,7,12,16,17,18,24,30 Haydn, J. 1732-1809 2,3,4,5,11,1 Borodin, A. 1833-1887 8,16,25 7,20,30 Welin, K-E. b1934 12 Moeran, E.J. 1894-1950 21 Salieri, A. 1750-1825 9 Bortnyansky, D. 1751-1825 12 Dornel, L-A. c1680-c1756 22 2,15,17,18,19,21,29 Moleiro, M. 1904-1979 16 Sarasate, P. de 1844-1908 21 Whitacre, E. b1970 7 Haydn, M. 1737-1806 21,30 Boulez, P. b1925 12 Dowland, J. c1563-1626 17 Wölki, K. 1904-1983 5 Molique, B. 1802-1869 24 Scarlatti, D. 1685-1757 20 Heinichen, J. 1683-1729 24 Wood, C. 1866-1926 11 Bowen, C. b1956 25 Drouet, L. 1792-1873 7 Mompou, F. 1893-1987 26 Schoeck, O. 1886-1957 3 Holborne, A. fl c1584-1602 17 Monteverdi, C. 1567-1643 20 Schoenberg, A. 1874-1951 5,30 Wranitzky, P. 1756-1808 26 Bowen, Y. 1884-1961 19 Duarte, J. 1919-2004 3 Holbrooke, J. 1876-1958 3 Boyd, A. b1946 2 Dubois, P. 1930-1995 30 Moscheles, I. 1794-1870 12,24 Schubert, F. 1797-1828 1,2,3,5,1 Holst, G. 1874-1934 23 Youmans, V. 1898-1946 11 Brahms, J. 1833-1897 Duke, V. 1903-1969 25 Mouquet, J. 1867-1946 3 0,14,16,17,18,23,24,25,28 Hotteterre, J-M. 1674-1763 24 Mozart, W. 1756-1791 2,4,5,6, Schulhoff, E. 1894-1942 26 Ysaÿe, E. 1858-1931 14 5,6,11,17,22,23,25,28 Duparc, H. 1848-1933 30 Hovhaness, A. 1911-2000 4 Bresnick, M. b1946 12 Duruflé, M. 1902-1986 11 7,10,11,14,15,16,17,18,19,21,23,24,2 Schumann, R. 1810-1856 Zelenka, J. 1679-1745 9,24 Howells, H. 1892-1983 19 Bridge, F. 1879-1941 7 Dussek, J. 1760-1812 28 5,27,29,30 2,3,17,27,28 Hummel, J. 1778-1837 11,22,28 Mussorgsky, M. 1839-1881 12 Sculthorpe, P. b1929 2,19,25 Britten, B. 1913-1976 2,4,6 Dvorák, A. 1841-1904 Hyde, M. 1913-2005 12,21 Bruch, M. 1838-1920 8,10,23 3,5,10,11,13,16,17,26 Bruckner, A. 1824-1896 5,21 Bülow, H. 1830-1894 24 Busoni, F. 1866-1924 15 Butterworth, G. 1885-1916 23 Buxtehude, D. 1637-1707 16 Byrd, W. 1543-1623 17

Janácek, L. 1854-1928 16,21,26,28 Jenkins, K. b1944 26 Jiao Jie. 20th c 16 Jong, M. de 1891-1984 14 Jongen, J. 1873-1953 14 Jost, C. b1963 5

Nápravnik, E. 1839-1916 9 Nielsen, C. 1865-1931 10,24

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9. Harden chain in the middle...before sustaining an 10. Eye problem.

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Address: _____________________________________________ 30. Miss Blom...your Mum is calling you.

Tel:______________ Email_______________________________ 31. King hit. Rehabilitated after losing one function.

To go in the draw to win CELLOVERSE, from Sony Music, email your crossword answers to competitions@finemusicfm.com by 23 April 2015 The Crossword 72-76 Chandos Street St Leonards NSW 2065 MUSICAL TRIVIA WITH MICHAEL MORTON-EVANS

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Lumsdaine, 13. Evans, 14. Thorn, 16. Cary, 18. Easton, 22.

Kath, 23. Tahourdin, 25. Rohan, 26. Ken, 27. Dennis, 28.

Exton, 29. Una, 30. Kent Down: 2. Vine, 3. Smalley, 4. Fiddes, 5. Shanahan, 6. Truman, 11. Meale, 12.

Jarman, 15. Rojas, 17. Stoneham, 19. Anderson, 20. Chernin, 21. Moreno, 24.

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Which Australian composer wrote the opera The Tale of Two Cities based on the novel by Charles Dickens?

By what name is the singer Helen Porter better known?

What sort of instrument was a baryton? Was it a stringed instrument, a woodwind or percussion?

In which opera by American composer John Adams does the leading lady turn herself into a tree?

Which popular 20th century musical was based on Shakespeare’s play A Comedy of Errors?

Of which composer was he speaking when Brahms declared that he wrote “symphonic boa-constrictors?”

Which composers wrote the following: (a) Songs of Travel; (b) Songs of a Wayfarer; (c) Songs of Sea and Sky? Of which playing card suit was Tchaikovsky’s opera Queen of …?

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1. Arthur Benjamin 2. Dame Nellie Melba 3. An 18th century bowed string instrument 4. A Flowering Tree 5. The Boys from Syracuse 6. Anton Bruckner 7. (a) Vaughan Williams (b) Gustav Mahler (c) Peter Sculthorpe 8. Spades.

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