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LANG LANG’S WELCOME RETURN The Charismatic Pianist in Sydney ‘THE MOZART OF THE BOULEVARDS’ Celebrating Offenbach’s 200th Anniversary RADIANT CHORAL MUSIC Two Modern Sacred Works OPERA’S FALLEN WOMEN Victims or Opportunists?
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THIS MONTH @ FINE MUSIC
2 Lang Lang’s Welcome Return 4 Fine Music Donor: John Selby Radiant Choral Music 5 ‘The Mozart of the Boulevards’ 6 Fantasy and Mischief Keeping it in the Family 7 Offenbach’s Ethereal Butterfly 9 Program Guide and Composer List 41 Opera’s Fallen Women 42 What’s On in Music 43 Trials and Tribulations 44 CD Reviews 45 Musical Families 46 The Best is Yet to Come 47 A Lifelong Affinity with Music: David Hilton 48 Notes from the Editor
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LANG LANG’S WELCOME RETURN CATHERINE PEAKE FINDS A CHARISMATIC PIANIST The Sydney Symphony Orchestra has a busy and exciting month scheduled for June. Renowned pianist Lang Lang will be joining the orchestra during his upcoming tour of Australia, and its members are looking forward to welcoming him back to the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall stage. The Lang Lang Gala Performance will present two concerts at the end of June. Vincent Plush will be giving a pre-concert talk before each concert. Having last performed with Lang Lang in 2016, the Sydney Symphony Photo: Robert Ascroft Orchestra is anticipating his arrival: “Lang Lang is a global phenomenon and a passionate ambassador for classical music, from Carnegie Hall to the Beijing Olympics, and his astonishing technique and irresistible charisma have earned him millions of fans world-wide.” The concert features Lang Lang’s performance of Mozart’s Piano concerto no 24 in C minor, K491 with Chief Conductor David Robertson on the podium. The concerto for keyboard and orchestra is of interest as one of only two keyboard concertos that Mozart wrote in the minor key, the other being no 20 in D minor. He also composed the concerto without fully scoring the soloist’s part, intending to perform it himself. Further works on the program are Rendering after Schubert’s Symphony in D, D936a by Luciano Berio and Schubert’s Symphony no 8 in B minor, D759. Rendering, written by Berio in 1990 as a completion of Schubert’s sketches for a ‘Tenth’ Symphony, is nonetheless intended to be heard as a piece in its own right. Schubert wrote only two movements for his Eighth Symphony. Known as the Unfinished, the symphony is sometimes referred to as being the first romantic symphony due to its lyricism and a style of orchestration that heralds the Romantic period. At 36 years of age, Lang Lang has something of a ‘rockstar’ status in the classical music world, and the New York Times has rated him as ‘the hottest artist on the classical music planet’. He has been awarded accolades and prizes almost from the beginning of his career which began by starting piano lessons at age three and first performing in public at age five. He later attended the Beijing Central 2
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Music Conservatory and won the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Moscow at age 13. Two years later he moved to the United States to pursue a career as a concert pianist, studying at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia under pianist Gary Graffman. At age 17, Lang Lang’s professional career took a leap forward when he became an ‘overnight star’ at a concert with the Chicago Symphony, playing Tchaikovsky’s Piano concerto no 1 after pianist André Watts was forced to cancel due to illness. Since then, Lang Lang has performed with leading orchestras in the United States, Europe, Canada and Australia, as well as in his home country of China. Well-known for his sense of showmanship, some have found his theatricality in performance excessive while others are unconcerned, focusing on the musical sensitivity rather than the visual impact. When Lang Lang was included in the Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people in 2009, jazz pianist Herbie Hancock (who taught him how to improvise) said that Lang Lang’s playing was ‘sensitive and so deeply human … You hear him play, and he never ceases to touch your heart’. Part of Lang Lang’s appeal is the combination of formidable technique and a natural affinity with his audience. Conductor Jahja Ling has said: “Lang Lang is special because of his total mastery of the piano … He has the flair and great communicative power.” The Times journalist Emma Pomfret writes: “I can think of no other classical artist who has achieved Lang Lang’s broad appeal without dumbing down.”
Lang Lang’s work in preparing for a concert incorporates the understanding of the historical context of a composer. In speaking with Ben Finane, Lang Lang attributes a portion of his interpretation to having worked with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, as well as the early influence of family: “I had the privilege to work on pianoforte and harpsichord with [Harnoncourt] and experienced listening to Baroque and early music on its original instruments. And in my family, my father played the Chinese folk instrument, the erhu [a twostring bowed instrument]. I really like to listen to those old, very poetic compositions from the original instruments that gave me this ‘authentic’ taste.” He has found as he grows older that his views of different composers change: “Every composer is different [now] from when I was a kid, or even a teenager … especially composers like Bach, Brahms, the late Beethoven. They have had a huge impact on me as I get older.” A large part of Lang Lang’s performance is in recording with labels that include Universal Music and Deutsche Grammophon, and in 2010 he signed with Sony Classical in a deal worth a reputed $3 million, ‘the richest headhunt ever seen in classical music’. His recording extends well beyond the classical concert hall and incorporates work in films such as The Painted Veil and The Banquet, and in 2008 he collaborated with Google and YouTube in theYouTube Symphony Orchestra project, the first online collaborative orchestra. He has also worked with jazz and pop musicians. Lang Lang has developed a very high public profile and played in major events with audiences of millions all over the world, including Beijing’s opening ceremony for the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2007 Nobel Prize concert in Stockholm. He appeared with conductor Seiji Ozawa at the 2007 New Year’s Eve gala opening for the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing and has appeared on US television programs including The Today Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Good Morning America.
“Lang Lang is a global phenomenon and a passionate ambassador for classical music . . .” Pieces in the album include Beethoven’s Für Elise, Debussy’s Clair de lune and J.S. Bach’s Prelude in C major from The welltempered Clavier. He also included some modern classics such as Max Richter’s The departure and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s music for Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, as well as a Chinese folk song, Jasmine flower.
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In March 2017, Lang Lang suffered a tendonitis injury to his left arm, leading to cancelled concerts and a three-month break. He said that he injured the arm through ‘a stupid practice of Ravel’s left-hand concerto’, a work written by Maurice Ravel for Paul Wittgenstein, a pianist who had lost his right arm in World War I. Lang Lang was back on stage in 2018, his absence from the concert platform having left a large gap, and Mark Volpe, Boston Symphony Orchestra’s managing director, stated: “Everyone needs Lang Lang to come back and do what he does in such a unique fashion. I don’t just mean playing the piano; I mean the bigger picture. There are other great pianists, but he has a personality, he’s got a presence.” Besides his regular performing schedule in recent years, Lang Lang has spent time on his ‘second career’ in working with children in the promotion of classical music. In 2008 he launched the Lang Lang International Music Foundation in New York, an organisation supported by the Grammys and UNICEF that works with children in schools to support their education in classical music. Lang Lang explains: “Music is powerful. I want every child to have access to music experiences that ignite something wonderful inside of them, just as music delivered something incredible for me. My hope with my Foundation was to find a way to capture the potential that I see in music to positively transform lives and provide inspiration to
kids around the world in a meaningful and sustainable way. I hope that my Foundation can help carry on my passion for music to encourage kids to engage in some way, any way, with any genre of music that touches them.” In 2007, in a striking recognition of his work, Steinway Pianos named a piano model after Lang Lang. Introduced into China, the model was designed for children and was the first named after a single artist. In supporting music students through his Foundation he has also performed with them; Lang Lang and three students played together on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2009. He has continued his work with children outside the Foundation and has been appointed a United Nations Messenger of Peace and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Lang Lang remains an inspiration to students and, during his visit to Australia in 2016, student Sandra Ismail said: “He’s a household name even among non-musical families. It’s just really inspiring knowing that you can cross that barrier from just being a classical musician.” In the recently-released album, Piano Book, his first recording for three years, Lang Lang takes a look back at his own youth and the pieces that influenced him: “I want to take every music lover on a journey through my favourite piano pieces. I hope to inspire as well as motivate every piano student to remain focused during daily practice, and to play and understand these essential pieces for what they really are: true masterpieces!”
During the month of June, in addition to the Lang Lang Gala Performance, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra will be performing with violinist Nemanja Radulović and oud player Joseph Tawadros. The orchestra’s cello section will perform works that highlight the instrument in The Cellos of the Sydney Symphony, and the cocktail hour Boccherini and Glazunov in the Utzon Room will feature other musicians of the orchestra. In its annual Last Night of the Proms, conductor Guy Noble will be leading the orchestra in the best of British classical and popular music. The Sydney Symphony Orchestra also travels this month, with a concert in Orange featuring soprano Emma Matthews, performing works by Schubert and Mozart.
EVENTS, DATES AND VENUES All concerts, except the last listed, will be held in the Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House LANG LANG GALA PERFORMANCE Thursday 27 and Saturday 29 June, 8pm THE CELLOS OF THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY Friday 7 June, 11am LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS Thursday 6 June, 6.30pm Friday 7 June, 8pm Saturday 8 June, 2pm DVORÁK’S SYMPHONY NO 6 Includes Chausson and Ravel with violinist Nemanja Radulović Friday 14 and Saturday 15 June, 8pm MUSIC OF THE OUD with oud player Joseph Tawadros Thursday 20, 6.30pm Friday 21 and Saturday 22 at 7pm BOCCHERINI AND GLAZUNOV Friday 21, 6pm Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House BOOKINGS AND INFORMATION: Sydney Symphony website or Sydney Opera House JUNE 2019
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FINE MUSIC DONOR: JOHN SELBY mature age student at university where his lecturer in Economics was Professor Neil Runcie, a founding member of the radio station. One day Runcie, who was pushed for time, invited John to travel in his car while he explained a problem in economics. During the journey John was introduced to Fine Music (then 2MBS-FM). “Ever since then, Fine Music has been that ‘music for the soul’ for me.”
“Looking at the photo, you go: ha, ha, another old fogey who is going to tell us that he doesn’t like modern music,” says John Selby. Directing his comments towards the younger generation, he continues: “There was a time when this old fogey was as young as you but his views haven’t changed much since; more for good reason than for intellectual sclerosis.” While he is respectful of the musical preferences of others, his favourite program on Fine Music 102.5 is The Classical Era on Sunday morning. John migrated to Australia from Switzerland in 1960 completing his tertiary studies in Marketing, French and Education at UNSW and UNE. He subsequently worked in business and taught business management. His active private life includes hang-gliding, paragliding, swimming, snowboarding and tennis. Writing, reading and listening to music fill his quieter moments. John’s father played the violin (badly as John recalls) and was determined that his son should
“Why do we need music?” he asks. “I will never forget the trip from Dubbo to Sydney in my Mazda 808 when I listened to a cassette tape of Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante in E flat. It brought tears to my eyes.” John listened to this music during a difficult time in his life and adds: “I choose music that consoles me when I am down.” learn either the violin or piano. With this limited choice he learned the piano. “Dad reminded me of Henry Ford saying ‘You can buy any colour car, as long as it’s black’. I would rather have settled for a wind instrument.” John’s introduction to Fine Music was as a
As a regular donor to Fine Music, John says: “I support Fine Music not only for easy access or nostalgic reasons but because I am convinced that there are other listeners who go through rough patches as I did, and derive emotional comfort from listening to the music that is dear to them.”
RADIANT CHORAL MUSIC CATHERINE PEAKE HIGHLIGHTS TWO SACRED WORKS Osanna Mass is a major choral work but the shorter Christ the King is also notable. It begins and ends with plainsong from the feast day of 25 October in the church calendar. Maclean has also incorporated the text of two poems by New Zealand poet James K. Baxter, Song to the Father and Song to the Lord God on a Spring Morning. In using Baxter’s work, Maclean says: “I did feel a sense of connection with his imagery of the natural world. The rhythms of the plainchant melody are fairly fluid, with notes falling into groups of twos and threes, and Baxter’s poetry has a similar natural flow which made it suitable for the plainchant.”
The connection between words and music infuses Clare Maclean’s compositions with layers of meaning. In the two choral works Osanna Mass and Christ the King, Maclean uses texts from both sacred and secular sources and weaves them into two distinctly Australasian compositions. As Inge Southcott says, Maclean ‘writes serious, beautifully crafted music that is compelling, complex, and original. Richly textured and intricate, it shows her deep understanding of choral traditions’. Maclean undertook her musical training in New Zealand and Australia, and her experience in singing with the Sydney University Chamber Choir provided an introduction to Renaissance polyphonic music which continues to influence her music. Both Osanna Mass and Christ the King are unaccompanied choral works, originally written for the Sydney Chamber Choir. In 2012, Maclean won the Art Music Awards Work of the Year (Vocal/Choral) with the Mass, the judges commenting that ‘The Osanna Mass is a gorgeously transcendent work of sinuous elegance, colour and radiance’. The word ‘Hosanna’ is used in both Judaism and Christianity, with meanings of both prayer and praise, and in composing the piece Maclean 4
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used plainchant melodies and Jewish liturgical melodies. “I combined melodies together in counterpoint, finding my own sonorities rather than following traditional rules of counterpoint, using old melodies to create a contemporary harmony and polyphony.” She points out that ‘another illustrative element was the incorporation of material onomatopoeically derived from bells and birdsong which both have spiritual connotations’. Blackbird, magpie and currawong song is featured.
Maclean has written to commission for numerous other ensembles including the Macquarie Singers, the Tasmanian Consort, Sydney Philharmonia Chorus, the vocal quartet SYNTONY and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Clare Maclean completed a Doctorate in Creative Arts at the University of Western Sydney and now lectures there in music theory, analysis, arranging and composition. Osanna Mass will be part of the Sunday Special program at 3pm on 23 June.
‘THE MOZART OF THE BOULEVARDS’ DEREK PARKER OUTLINES A BRILLIANT CAREER In the 1860s, even under a citizen king who carried an umbrella and in a Paris ruled by respectable bankers, there was still a bohemian life, and Jacques Offenbach was happier strolling the boulevards than attending polite soirées. He was at home among the artists and eccentrics, instantly recognisable: skinny, with a huge nose and long, wavy hair, looking (it was said) like ‘an intelligent scarecrow with the head of a parrot’. He had come from, well, nowhere in particular. He was the son of Isaac Eberst, a Jewish cantor who had been born in Offenbach, near Frankfurt, and had adopted the surname. Young Jacques, who was born in Cologne on 20 June 1819, learned the violin as a child and had secretly taught himself the cello, something he revealed only when the cellist failed to turn up for a family quartet. He was Jacques Offenbach sent to the Paris Conservatoire at 14, but after only a year ‘escaped’ to earn a Offenbach triumphed for the next 20 years, scant living as a cellist in theatre orchestras. staging success after success. He and Scraping an acquaintance with the composers Halévy gave his operettas a sharp edge Fromental Halévy and Friedrich von Flotow, which delighted the public: Orphée aux Enfers both of whom generously encouraged him, he (Orpheus in the Underworld), for instance, became for a while famous as ‘the Liszt of the his most popular work, staged in 1858, is cello’. In fact, Liszt accompanied Offenbach at apparently a satire on the private lives of concerts, as did Louis Gottschalk and Anton the gods and goddesses of Olympus; but, in fact, is an attack on the French social system. Rubinstein. Right-wing critics recognised this and attacked After falling in love with a theatre manager’s the piece, which started a controversy: crowds step-daughter, he hastily converted to descended on the Bouffes-Parisiens to see Catholicism and went to London to make this operetta. Orphée ran until the cast was enough money to marry her (happily, with too exhausted to continue. eventually four daughters and a son). Back in Paris, after failing to win the support of the With Orphée followed in the next ten years by Opéra Comique, he accumulated enough Barbe-Bleue, La vie parisienne, La Grande money to become his own impresario, and in Duchesse de Gérolstein and La périchole 1855 opened a tiny theatre off the Champs- Offenbach could do nothing wrong, that is, Elysée, the Bouffes-Parisiens. “Not room to for the public. There were dissenting voices swing a cat,” a visiting American journalist elsewhere: Wagner, for instance, in one of his wrote; “but people do not go to the Bouffes for less elegant phrases, called Offenbach’s music the purpose of swinging cats. They go to listen ‘a dung heap on which all the swine of Europe to the brightest and newest music, to witness wallow’. American critics were far too puritan the best acting that the French stage affords. to accept music by a composer about whom And they are never disappointed. Absolutely the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin remarked, ‘might be forgiven for his want of genius, but never.” his prurience is inexcusable’. London critics With the help of Ludovic Halévy, a brilliant were only a little less shocked by ‘works librettist, and Hortense Schneider, a singing whose vulgarity passes all description’. actress who was the sex symbol of the day, The parabola of popular Parisian success could
not, of course, last for ever. From the time in 1872 when Paris saw three simultaneous Offenbach productions, his popularity began to decline. Part of the trouble was non-musical: although he considered himself French, during the Franco-Prussian War he was stigmatised as ‘a German Jew’. Then came competition from new works by Planquette, Messager and Lecocq, and finally Johann Strauss appeared in Paris with Die Fledermaus. Trying to woo the public with expensive spectacles, Offenbach went bankrupt and, although unwell, went off to fulfil concert engagements in America where (Strauss said) one could pick up enormous sums of money in any convenient horse-trough. Puritans again raised their voices but as a conductor he attracted enormous crowds, and returned home relatively rich, and able to settle his debts. He turned finally to the opera that he had always wanted to write, Les contes d’Hoffmann (The tales of Hoffmann), which would be his 101st work for the stage. However, he failed to complete it, dying early in the morning of 5 October 1880. One of his comedians, Léonce, came to visit at daybreak, and was told the composer had died in his sleep. “Never mind,” said Léonce, “he’ll be quite vexed when he finds out.” Hoffmann is probably now Offenbach’s most famous work, respected and admired by conductors and producers to the extent that not long ago the distinguished Austrian opera director Walter Felstein spent three years and 233 rehearsals in preparing his production. The wit and sophistication of his operettas are unparalleled in the French repertoire, and although productions are less frequent, even in Paris, than they once were they continue to delight. It is easy to agree with Otto Klemperer, who said that: “… those who called Offenbach ‘the Mozart of the Boulevards’ were not much mistaken.” To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Offenbach’s birth, we will broadcast the opera (19), two operettas (8, 22), a program of ballet (15) and one of cello (20). Look for the Offenbach logo on these programs and on Offenbach Explored every Wednesday at 3pm. JUNE 2019
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FANTASY AND MISCHIEF PAMELA NEWLING EXPLORES LA BOUTIQUE FANTASQUE The first performance of La boutique fantasque was produced by the impressario Sergei Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes. Famous artists and performers eagerly awaited the opening night at the Alhambra Theatre London on 5 June 1919. Picasso was in attendance and made a sketch of the principal dancers in their final pose.
Respighi’s ballet, La boutique fantasque (The fantastic toyshop), is a delightful story of toys taking control of a toyshop. It opens with a world-famous toymaker impressing prestigious customers from America, Russia and England with automated dancing dolls. They perform mazurkas, tarantellas, Cossack dances and can-cans. After the shop closes, the dolls magically come to life, creating mischief and mayhem for the toymaker and his important clients. The make-believe continues throughout with fun and laughter. The most sophisticated dolls, a pair of cancan dancers, are in love but are due to be parted as they’ve been sold separately to a Russian and an American family. The toys plot to hide the can-can dolls so that they can stay together. When the customers return to collect their dolls the next day they are furious to discover that the can-can dolls are missing and blame the toymaker. In the ensuing fracas the Cossack dolls defend the toymaker with their bayonets. Driven out of the shop, the customers watch incredulously as the dolls
The ballet was choreographed by Léonide Massine. Toulouse-Lautrec was an influence on the period setting and style of the ballet and Massine envisaged the principal character ‘quite Lautrec-like’. He also worked with André Dérain on the costume and scenery design. Poster for La boutique fantasque
and the shopkeeper dance happily inside with the reunited can-can dancers. Many of Respighi’s works were influenced by 16th and 17th century music, but this ballet was arranged and orchestrated from Rossini’s mid-19th century piano music found in his late collection of soirée pieces entitled Sins of old age.
La boutique fantasque was such a success it was presented widely across Europe and America. J.C. Williamson arranged a tour of Australia and New Zealand and the ballet had its Australian premiere in 1936 at the Theatre Royal, Adelaide, on the opening night of the touring Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. To mark the centenary of the premiere of La boutique fantasque, the ballet can be heard on 1 June at 1pm.
KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY PAUL COOKE CONSIDERS SIEGFRIED WAGNER and shared responsibility for conducting the Ring cycle. In 1908, with his mother becoming too frail to continue in the role, he became Artistic Director and impressed with his fresh approach: his productions of Der fliegende Holländer and Lohengrin introduced cycloramas and three-dimensional effects. He remained in this position until his death in 1930 and during this time revived Bayreuth after the ravages of World War I thanks to finances brought in by his concert and lecture tours.
It can be difficult to be the child of a famous parent when you are trying to make your way in the same field of endeavour. Siegfried Wagner composed 18 operas and a number of orchestral works and vocal pieces but is remembered more as a conductor and director. He was born on 6 June 1869. His parents were Richard Wagner, who composed the Siegfried idyll on the occasion of his son’s birth, and Cosima, daughter of Franz Liszt. Siegfried received musical instruction from both Wagner and Liszt, but his first formal studies were with Engelbert Humperdinck, the composer of Hansel and Gretel and an influence on Siegfried’s own operas. He turned to a study of architecture in 1890; the West Australian newspaper published an obituary that noted ‘he designed the mausoleum of his grandfather ... at Bayreuth’. However, while travelling to India and China he decided to abandon architecture and, while on board ship, worked on a symphonic poem, Sehnsucht, inspired by Friedrich Schiller, the author also of An die Freude, set by Beethoven in his Choral Symphony. Siegfried had been immersed in the world 6
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of the Bayreuth Festivals from an early age. His father’s death in 1883 meant that, having made his decision to devote himself again to music, he became closely involved in the festival productions. In 1894 he made his conducting debut as an assistant conductor. In 1896 he became associate conductor
Wagner nevertheless found time to compose, ultimately writing more operas than his father. His first published opera was Der Bärenhäuter, which received great acclaim upon its premiere, but none of his subsequent operas met with popular or critical success. He returned to symphonic music after the composition of his ninth opera: his Symphony in C has been described as lacking ‘symphonic concentration’ even though its finale has ‘a Mahlerian majesty and some magnificent writing for the brass’. Make up your own mind at 2.30pm on 10 June.
OFFENBACH’S ETHEREAL BUTTERFLY ELAINE SIVERSEN DESCRIBES THE FATE OF THE BALLERINA “Never did German moonlight be-silver a more diaphanous elf or willi. She has an elevation which soars and a bound which carries one away. There are moments when we almost hear the wings on her shoulders quiver and rustle. It is an enchantment, a magic spell, to see her bound and rebound in the forest amid the playing light.” Paul de St Victor wrote this about Emma Livry in La Presse after the premiere of Offenbach’s only ballet, Le papillon (The butterfly).
protection that would have prevented the catastrophe.” On 15 November 1862, Livry’s skirt brushed too close to a gas light, and within seconds towering flames were swirling around her. Two dancers risked their own lives in a vain attempt to save her but she was badly burned. She survived for eight painful months and, in Migel’s words, ‘only extraordinary courage and deep religious faith enabled her to endure it, and while she fought to live, silent and uncomplaining, the whole of Paris grieved for her’. Richard Bonynge writes: “Thus Marie Taglioni initiated the great Romantic era of Ballet with her Sylphide in 1832 and guiding her beloved pupil Emma Livry, was present in the shadows at its death.”
Emma Livry was the star pupil of Mme Dominique, maîtresse de ballet at the Opéra. Livry was considered so extraordinarily talented that she was allowed to debut in that most famous and taxing of Romantic ballets La sylphide. It was this ballet that consolidated the reputation of the great Marie Taglioni. Le papillon is the only full- Emma Livry as Farfalla in Le papillon length ballet written by Jacques Offenbach; it is the only ballet to be an artist with whom ballon is a natural gift and choreographed by Taglioni who, in retirement, Mlle Livry has a ballon which has never been was so impressed by the talent of the young equalled … she bounds and leaps as no one Emma Livry that she made Emma her else could do. She skims over the ground, protégée. The ballet is historically important the water and the flowers, apparently without for these reasons. Taglioni had initiated the touching them. She rises like a feather and ‘Romantic Ballet’ in the title role of La sylphide; falls like a snowflake.” Le papillon signalled the end of this great era Taglioni was preparing a second ballet for of ballet. Livry when tragedy befell the young dancer Le papillon was created for Emma Livry. in the midst of her glory. Because of the gas Chevalier de Saint-Georges wrote the book lighting at the Opéra, a fire regulation was based on an idea presented by Taglioni. introduced requiring the dancers’ costumes Taglioni choreographed the ballet which to be coated with fire retardant solution. The opened at the Opéra on 26 November 1860. Its dancers were very unhappy because it made enormous success has been attributed to the their diaphanous costumes look rigid and enchanting Livry’s performance; Offenbach’s dingy. They said that it defeated all the efforts score was also highly praised by the press they had made to acquire an air of lightness at the time, especially for its magnificent and ballon. Livry, having been praised so orchestration. Certain snobbish voices were effusively for this very effect, refused to have raised against ‘the upstart from the Bouffes- hers treated and signed a waiver absolving the Parisiens daring to set foot in the temple of management of any responsibility. She was Rossini, Meyerbeer and Halévy’ but the ballet adamant that she would not dance in a treated ran for 42 performances. costume. “Did Mlle Emma Livry not exist, the Butterfly would not be possible,” wrote Paul Smith in the Revue et Gazette Musicale de Paris. He continued: “For this role, so ethereal and diaphanous, an intangible artist is imperative,
Parmenia Migel writes in The Ballerinas: “In people’s minds Emma had come to personify the papillon, and it seemed that, like a moth, she almost invited death, drawn into the flames after deliberately rejecting the
Because of this tragedy, Taglioni choreographed no more and perhaps it might also explain why Offenbach did not compose another full-length ballet. With his great feeling for the requirements of the dance it is unfortunate that he did not write more. The story of the ballet is almost prophetic and some might say tempting fate. The beautiful Farfalla attracts the attention of the Prince. She dances around a fire like a moth or a butterfly but the wicked fairy Hamza, who also wants the prince’s attention, locks Farfalla in a chest. When the chest is opened, an enchanting butterfly flies out and is joined by a host of butterflies who torment and drive Hamza away. Lots of magic ensues with the butterfly resuming human shape as Farfalla but reverting to a butterfly again before the prince can detain her. In trying to capture the prince’s heart, Hamza assumes the shape of a beautiful girl. She is determined to wed the Prince. When a wedding torch is brought in, Farfalla (as the butterfly) brushes against it and her wings catch fire. Along with the butterfly’s wings, Hamza’s magic charms are destroyed and she is turned into a statue. Unlike the tragic reallife ending, the butterfly is unharmed and the ballet ends with Farfalla and the Prince being transported to a sumptuous fairy palace. Listen to the magical music of Le papillon in Saturday Matinee at 3pm on 15 June. JUNE 2019
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Saturday 1 June
Cédric Tiberghien
Jean Françaix
Yvonne Kenny
0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
Attaingnant, P. Basse dance La brosse; Tripla; Tourdion (1530). Ulsamer Collegium. Archiv 439 964-2 2
Piano concerto in A minor (1902). Geoffrey Tozer, pf; BBC PO/Edward Downes. Chandos CHAN 9285 24
Lully, J-B. Ritournelle des fées, from Roland (1685). Le Jardin Secret. Coro COR 16060 2
Ballet: La boutique fantasque, op 40, after Rossini (1919). Cincinnati SO/Jésus LópezCoboz. Telarc 80396 42
6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:05 THE PIANO ALONE Pepared by Mariko Yata Ravel, M. Alborada del gracioso, from Miroirs (1905). Stephen Hough, pf. Hyperion CDA67890 6 Cage, J. Sonata no 1 (1946-50). Nigel Butterley, pf. Tall Poppies TP025 3 Sculthorpe, P. Harbour dreaming: Between five bells (2000). Tamara-Anna Cislowska, pf. ABC 481 1181 7 Schnelzer, A. Dance with the devil (2000). Francisca Skoogh, pf. Daphne 1031 8 Brahms, J. Ballades, op 10 (1854). Cédric Tiberghien, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908401.08 24 10:00 MUSIC OF THE DANCE Prepared by Gerald Holder Bach, J.S. Violin concerto in A minor, BWV1041 (c1730). Christian Ferras, vn; Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan. DG 480 6655 16 Foote, A. Sarabande and rigaudon, op 60 (1921). Fenwick Smith, fl; Marcus Thompson, va; Randall Hodgkinson, pf. Northeastern NR 227 8 Arbeau, T. Five branle dances from Orchésographie (pub. 1589). New York Renaissance Band/Sally Longemann. Arabesque Z 6514 6 Rameau, J-P. Gavotte et doubles (c1728). Rafael Puyana, hpd. Decca 478 5364 10 Loure. Eduard Melkus Ensemble. Archiv 439 964-2 3
Françaix, J. Ballet: Les malheurs de Sophie (1935). Ulster O/Thierry Fischer. Hyperion CDA67384 34 11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Trombone concerto, mvt 2. Norman Law, tb; Black Dyke Mills Band/Peter Parkes. Chandos CHAN 4523 5 Wilson, M. Seventy-six trombones. Big Brass Band/Harry Mortimer. Decca PFS 4143 2 Fillmore, H. Teddy trombone. Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee. AMP 21188 3 Herbert, V. March of the toys. Brighouse and Rastrick Band/James Scott. Grosvenor GRS 1023 4 Bach, J.S. Toccata and fugue in D minor, BWV565. Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee. Allen Organ Company 031-00089 10 12:00 URBAN JAZZ LOUNGE with Leita Hutchings 13:00 ACROSS TWO DECADES Orchestral works of Ottorino Respighi Prepared by Rex Burgess A Centenary Event
Respighi, O. Carnival overture (1913); Prelude, chorale and fugue (1901). Slovak RSO/Adriano. Naxos 8.557820 26
The ballad of the gnomes (1920). Liège Royal PO/John Neschling. BIS BIS-2130 17 15:00 SATURDAY MATINEE Deborah Handel, G. Oratorio: Deborah, HWV51 (1733). Yvonne Kenny, sop; Susan Gritton, sop; Catherine Denley, mezz; James Bowman, ct; Michael George, bass; Choir of New College, Oxford; Choir of Salisbury Cathedral; King’s Consort/Robert King. Hyperion CDA66841/2 2:20 17:30 STAGING MUSIC Prepared by Angela Cockburn Processions and parades 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Folk Federation of NSW 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Adam Bowen McDonald - Stone. Robbery under arms (1985). oneMore IMICD1013 6 Mercer, J. Something’s gotta give, from Daddy Long Legs. Ella Fitzgerald, voice. BBC/SBS/Voyage 2759806 3 Gordon, C. Crawl (2011). Magic Fire O/ Christopher Gordon. MFM 001 8 Koehler - Arlen. Tess’s torch song, from Up in arms (1944). Dinah Shore, voice. VJC 1048 3 Hoschna - Harbach. Cuddle up a little closer, from Coney Island (1908). Betty Grable, voice; 20th Century Fox Studio O. JUNE 2019
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Saturday 1 June Jasmine JASCO 103/4 2
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Sarde, P. The choice of arms (1981). Ron Carter, db; Buster Williams, db; London SO/ Nat Peck. Universal 014 115-2 10
6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Terry McMullen
Korngold, E. Suite from King’s Row (1942). National PO/Charles Gerhardt. Varese-Sarabande VCD 47203 16 Bernstein, E. Frankie Machine, from The man with the golden arm (1955). Shorty Rogers, flugel hn; O/Elmer Bernstein. Mojo 001 5 20:00 THE WORD TRANSFORMED Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning Prepared by Paul Cooke Lloyd Webber, W. How do I love thee? from Sonnets from the Portuguese (1952). Ian Brown, pf. Hyperion CDA67008 2 Larsen, L. With the same heart, I said, I’ll answer thee. Arleen Auger, sop; members of Saint Paul CO; Minnesota O/Joel Revzen. Koch 3-7248-2 3 Ives, C. Overture: Robert Browning (190812). Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn. Naxos 8.559076 25 Grainer, R. Excerpts from Robert and Elizabeth (1965). June Bronhill, sop; O/ Alexander Faris; O/Alyn Ainsworth. EMI 3 89163 2 23 Corigliano, J. Concerto, Pied Piper fantasy (1982). James Galway, fl; Eastman Philharmonia/David Effron. RCA 6602-2-RC 37 Wellesz, E. Sonnets by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, op 52 (1934). Renée Fleming, sop; Emerson String Quartet. Decca 478 8399 20 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Adam Bowen Handel, G. Concerto grosso in D minor, op 6 no 10 (1739). English CO/Raymond Leppard. Philips 426 465-2 16 Boccherini, L. Guitar quintet no 4 in D, Fandango (1798). Lucinda Moon, vn; Alice Evans, vn; Caroline Henbest, va; Cameron Retchford, vc; Tommie Andersson, gui. Fine Music concert recording 19 Brahms, J. Hungarian dances nos 2, 4 and 9 (1868; orch. Breiner). London PO/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.570233 23 Bizet, G. Suite no 1 from L’arlésienne (1872). Royal PO/Thomas Beecham. EMI CDC 7 47794 2 19
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Sunday 2 June
Elgar, E. Cello concerto in E minor, op 85 (1918-19). Jaqueline du Pré, vc; London SO/ John Barbirolli. JUNE 2019
9:00 MUSICA SACRA Prepared by Brian Drummond Bach, J.S. Mass in A, BWV234 (c1738). Susan Gritton, sop; Lisa Milne, sop; Michael Chance, ct; Ian Bostridge, ten; Michael George, bass; Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; Academy of Ancient Music/ Stephen Cleobury. EMI 5 56994 2 31 Handel, G. O praise the Lord with one consent, HWV254 (1717-18). Patrizia Kwella, sop; James Bowman, alto; Ian Partridge, ten; Michael George, bass; The Sixteen Ch & O/ Harry Christophers. Chandos CHAN 0505 24 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Rex Burgess Rossini, G. Overture to Semiramide (1823). San Francisco Opera O/Gaetano Merola. Naxos 8.110142 12 Galuppi, B. Piano sonata in C (c1770). Matteo Napoli, pf. Naxos 8.572490 13 Bellini, V. Air d’Imogen: Col sorriso d’innocenza, from Il pirata (1827). Montserrat Caballé, sop; Radio France Lyric O/GianFranco Masini. Rodolphe RCP 32455 15 Boccherini, L. Symphony in D, op 42 (1789). New Berlin CO/Michael Erxleben. Brilliant Classics 94386 19 Paganini, N. Guitar quartet no 9 in D (181820). Bruno Pignata, vn; Lorenzo Lugli, va; Paolo Mosca, vc; Pino Briasco, gui. Dynamic CDS 17/1-2 22 Rode, P. Violin concerto no 3 in G minor, op 5 (1798). Friedemann Eichhorn, vn; Jena PO/ Nicolás Pasquet. Naxos 8.570767 28 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with Maureen Meers The early days of jazz and ragtime as recorded during the first 30 years of the 20th century
Stephen Cleobury
13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Linda Marr Showcases diverse music from cultures around the world, both traditional and modern, featuring musicians from all corners of the globe, including Australia 14:00 INSPIRED BY SCOTLAND Prepared by Elaine Siversen Debussy, C. Scottish march (1894-96). Royal Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink. Philips 438 742-2 7 Glinka, M. Variations on a Scottish theme, The last rose of Summer, from A greeting to my native land (1847). Victor Ryabchikov, pf. BIS CD-979 8 Anderson, L. Scottish suite (1954). BBC Concert O/Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.559381 10 Mackenzie, A. Scottish concerto, op 55. Steven Osborne, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA67023 28 15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL From five continents Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Baker, M. Flute concerto, op 27 (1974). Marina Piccinini, fl; CBC Vancouver O/ Kazuyoshi Akiyama. CBC SMCD5107 15 Gougeon, D. Guitar concertino. Dimitri Illarionov, gui; Seasons O/Vladislav Bulakhov. Doberman DO500 15
CONTINUING PROGRAM SERIES Musical Families prepared by Jennifer Foong: Tuesdays 4, 18 at 2pm A Musical Caravan prepared by Frank Morrison: Fridays 7, 21 at 2pm Come to the Opera prepared by Derek Parker: Saturday 15 at 1pm British Symphonists prepared by Ron Walledge: Fridays 14, 28 at 2pm Rarities from the Russian Archives prepared by Paolo Hooke: Sunday 16 at 3pm Evenings with the Orchestra, Music from the New World prepared by David Brett: Friday 21 at 8pm
Sunday 2 June
Monday 3 June
Caldara, A. Magnificat in C. Rheinische Kantorei; Das Kleine Konzert/Hermann Max. Warner 5054197719028 6 Hymns: I vow to thee, my country; The church’s one foundation. Choir of Liverpool Cathedral; Ian Tracey, org; David Poulter, cond. Priory 1180 7 18:00 SMALL FORCES Prepared by Di Cox Dvorák, A. Five bagatelles, op 47 (1878). The Lindsays. ASV DCS 446 17 Emmanuel Chabrier
Raum, E. Freya (2003). Rebecca Danard, cl; Ralitsa Tcholakova, vn; Elaine Keillor, pf. Ottawa AU 001 8 Machado, C. Pé de Moleque; Quebra Queixco; Paçoca; Piazza Vittorio. David Nuttall, ob; Timothy Kain, gui. Tall Poppies TP119 13 Chabrier, E. Suite pastorale (1888). Monte Carlo PO/Hervé Niquet. Naxos 8.554248 17 Chen Yi. The ancient Chinese beauty (2008). Michala Petri, rec; Kremerata Baltica. OUR 8.226905 14 Tawadros, Joseph. The greater sea suite in A; Sleepless mother, from Concerto of the greater sea (2012). Christopher Moore, va; Joseph Tawadros, oud; James Tawadros, req, bendir; Matt McMahon, pf. ABC 476 4745 10 Gershwin, G. Rhapsody in blue (1924). Simon Tedeschi, pf. ABC 481 0629 18 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Stephen Matthews Hymns: The day of Resurrection; Love divine, all loves excelling; According to Thy gracious word. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury. Decca 452 252-2 8 Telemann, G. Cantata for Trinity. Rheinische Kantorei; Das Kleine Konzert/Hermann Max. cpo 777 261-2 15 Borovy, A. Andante seu preludium. Michael Novenko, org. Rosa RDO760 5 Holst, G. Psalm 148. City of London Choir; Holst O/Hilary Davan Wetton. EM Records EMR 004 4 Bach, J.S. Mein Jesu, dem die Seraphinen. Barbara Schlick, sop; Klaus Mertens, bar; Wouter Moller, vc; Bob van Asperen, hpd. cpo 999 407-2 3
Mozart, W. Clarinet quartet in E flat, op 79 no 2. Dieter Klöcker, cl; Members of Eder Quartet. LP Teldec 6.43046 AZ 18 Tchaikovsky, P. Souvenir of a beloved place, op 42 (1878; arr. Parhamovsky). Maxim Vengerov, vn; Vag Papian, pf; Virtuosi. EMI 5 57164 2 18 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Stephen Matthews Verdi, G. Overture to The Sicilian Vespers. La Scala PO/Riccardo Muti. Sony 88985465182 9 Vaughan Williams, R. Symphony no 7, Sinfonia antartica (1949-52). London PO/ Bernard Haitink. Warner 9 84762 2 42 Saint-Saëns, C. Cello concerto no 1 in A minor, op 33 (1872). Jaqueline du Pré, vc; New Philadelphia O/Daniel Barenboim. Warner 0 91937 2 20 Brahms, J. Hungarian dances 4 and 6 (orch. Juon, Parlow). Royal Concertgebouw O/ Bernard Haitink. Decca 478 2365 8 20:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Calogero Panvino Kurtág, G. Eight duos, op 4 (1961). Patricia Kopatchinskaya, vn; Victor Kopatchinsky, cimbalom. naïve V 5193 7 Lachenmann, H. Music for string quartet, Gran torso (1971-72/78). Arditti String Quartet. Kairos 0012662KAI 23 Ligeti, G. Violin concerto (1990-92). Saschoko Gwariloff, vn; Ensemble InterContemporain/Pierre Boulez. DG 439 808-2 28 Kurtág, G. Messages of the late Miss R.V. Troussova, op 17 (1976-80). Rosemary Hardy, sop; Ensemble Modern/Peter Eötvös. Sony SK 53290 26 22:00 AFTER HOURS JAZZ
George Szell
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 A year in retrospect: 1900 Prepared by Frank Morrison Ciurlionis, M. In the forest (1900). Slovak PO/Juozas Domarkas. Marco Polo 8.223323 15 Borne, F. Fantasie brilliant on Bizet’s Carmen (1900). Emanuel Ensemble. Champs Hill Records CHRCD023 11 Goedicke, A. Concertstück in D, op 11 (1900). Stephen Coombs, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA66877 14 Giménez, J. La tempranica, romanza (1900). Teresa Berganza, mezz; English CO/Enrique Garcia Asensio. Ensayo ENY 3407 6 Wolf-Ferrari, E. Piano quintet in D flat, op 6 (1900). Wolfgang Leopolder, vn; Hiroko Yoshida, vn; Gerhard Breinl, va; Friedrich Kleinknecht, vc; Wolfgang Sawallisch, pf. MD+G L 3310/11 32 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Di Cox Berlioz, H. Overture: Rob Roy (1831). Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson. Chandos CHAN 10412X 13 Britten, B. Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op 10 (1937). Camerata Nordica/Terje Tønnesen. BIS 2060 27 Mozart, W. Serenade no 9 in D, K320, Posthorn (1779). Cleveland O/George Szell. CBS MYK 45509 39 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 JUNE 2019
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Monday 3 June 13:00 SUNDAY IDYLLS Recorded for FINE MUSIC by Greg Ghavalas and Doug Jones Wagner, R. Siegfried idyll (1870). Christopher Tingay, cl; Marnie Sebire, hn. 19 Young, M. Time and tide: Echoes of Sydney Harbour (2018). 11 Reger, M. Lyric andante in D, Liebesträume (1898). 4 Mozart, W. Grand nonet after Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K297B (1778; arr. Roman Benedict). 30 Sydney Symphony Fellows/Roger Benedict (all above) 14:30 WOMEN OF ANTIQUITY Prepared by James Nightingale Boësset, A. Récit der Mnémosyne: Quelles beautés, ô mortels (c1620). Simone Kermes, sop; Enrico Casazza, vn; La Magnifica Comunità/Enrico Casazza. Sony 88875111382 3 Galuppi, B. A questa bianca mano, from Penelope (1741). Max Emanuel Cencic, ct; Armonia Atenea/George Petrou. Decca 478 8094 9 Rossini, G. I am here at last in Babylon, from Semiramide (1823). Vivica Genaux, mezz; Paris Orchestral Ensemble/John Nelson. Virgin 5 45545 2 11 Fauré, G. The birth of Venus, op 29. Brigitte Lafon, sop; Anna Holroyd, cont; Bruno Ranc, ten; Jacques Bona, bass; Lyon Soloists; Jean-Claude Pennetier, pf; Bernard Tétu, cond. EMI 5 56728 2 23 Puccini, G. Hymn to Diana (1899). Roberta Alexander, sop; Tan Crone, pf. Etcetera KTC 1050 2 Bantock, G. Hymn to Aphrodite (1900-07). Susan Bickley, mezz; Royal PO/Vernon Handley. Hyperion CDA66899 7 Barber, S. Suite from ballet, Medea, op 23 (1946). Eastman-Rochester O/Howard Hanson. Mercury 432-016-2 25
0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Colours of the keyboard Prepared by Rex Burgess Mozart, W. Violin sonata no 4 in G, K9 (1764). Pinchas Zuckerman, vn; Marc Neikrug, pf. Sony 86765424922 15 Boëly, A. Suite no 4 in F minor, from Suites in the style of the old masters, op 16 (1854). Stephanie McCallum, pf. Toccata TOCC 0471 15 Hummel, J. Grand sonata, op 37a (1810). Alison Stephens, mand; Richard Burnett, pf. Amon Ra CD-SAR 53 18 Liszt, F. Three concert études, S144 (c1848). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDS44506 22 Rzewski, F. A Mensch, from Dreams, part 1 (2012). Igor Levit, pf. Sony 88985424452 10 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Anne Irish Riisager, K. Overture: Erasmus Montanus, op 1 (1920). Danish National RSO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Chandos CHAN 9432 13 Mozart, W. Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra, K299 (1778). Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Lily Laskine, hp; Jean-François Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard. Erato 0630-13705-2 31 Schumann, R. Symphony no 2 in C, op 61 (1845-46). Bavarian RSO/Rafael Kubelik. Sony SBK 48 269 39 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
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm
13:00 HITCHCOCK MUSIC Prepared by Adam Bowen
19:00 JAZZ PULSE with Chris Wetherall
Tiomkin, D. Strangers on a train (1951) Utah SO/Charles Ketcham. Varèse-Sarabande VCD47225 10
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 4 June
JUNE 2019
Pinchas Zukerman
Herrmann, B. The trouble with Harry (1955). Royal Scottish NO/Joel McNeely. Varèse-Sarabande VSD- 5871 17 Benjamin, A. Cantata: The storm clouds, from The man who knew too much. Claire Henry, mezz; Ambrosian Singers; Royal PO/ Elmer Bernstein. Milan 7313835643-2 9 14:00 MUSICAL FAMILIES Sammartini brothers Prepared by Jennifer Foong Sammartini, G. Concerto grosso no 8 in G minor, op 5 no 8. Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini. Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901245 10 Sonata no 6 in D minor. Sally Melhuish, rec; Emily Baines, rec; Tim Blomfield, vc; Chris Berensen, hpd. Salut Baroque SAL006 9 Violin sonata no 1 in G (1727). Sydney Consort. Sydney Consort SC002 10 Sammartini, G.B. Weisse Schafchen. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, sop; Michael Raucheisen, pf. Acanta 43801 3 String quintet no 3 in G (1773). Chiara Banchini, vn; Trix Landolf, vn; Enrico Gatti, vn; Christine Angot, va; Käthi Gohl, vc. Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901245 16 Sammartini, G. Flute sonata in D (1745). Mario Carbotta, fl; Roberto Cognazzo, hpd. Nuova Era 7022 11 Recorder concerto in F. Clas Pehrsson, rec; Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble/Anders Ohrwall. BIS CD-210 13
Waxman, F. Rear window (1954). San Diego Symphony Pops/Lalo Schifrin. Pro Arte CDS 524 9
Sammartini, G.B. Confitebor. Silvia Mapelli, sop; Miroslava Yordanova, mezz; Giorgio Tiboni, ten; Symphonica Ensemble/Daniele Ferrari. Naxos 8.570253 7
Murray, L. To catch a thief (1955). City of Prague PO/Paul Bateman. Silva Screen FILM/CD 159 6
Oboe concerto in G. Padua and Veneto O/ Diego Dini Ciacci, ob & dir. cpo 777 715-2 16
Tuesday 4 June
Wednesday 5 June
Simon Standage
Riccardo Chailly
Johann Christian Bach
Symphony in C minor. Aradia Ensemble/ Kevin Mallon. Naxos 8.557298 9
0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
13:00 BACH TO BACH Part 1 Prepared by Jacky Ternisien
19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Troy Fil
20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Michael Field
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Frank Morrison Franck, C. Piano trio in B minor, op 2 no 4 (1839-42). Bekova Sisters. Chandos CHAN 9742 19
22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Paul Hopwood
Pièce héroïque (1878). Marcel Dupré, org. Mercury 478 5092 8
Bach, C.P.E. Trio sonata in B flat. Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN 0541 20
Panis angelicus (1872). Yvonne Kenny, sop; Melbourne SO/Vladimir Kamirski. ABC 442 509-2 3
Brahms, J. Piano quartet no 2 in A, op 26 (1861-62). Isaac Stern, vn; Jaime Laredo, va; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Emanuel Ax, pf. Sony SM3K 64520 52
Prelude, chorale and fugue (1884). Hannes Minnaar, pf. Cobra 0038 18
Smooth small group jazz from the 50s on, and with a visit from Miles Davis each week
Bach, J.S. Flute sonata in B minor, BWV1030 (1736-37). Vernon Hill, fl; Roger Heagney, hpd. Move MD 3118 19 Dohnányi, E. Serenade in C for string trio, op 10 (1902). Mayumi Seiler, vn; Douglas Paterson, va; Jane Salmon, vc. Hyperion CDA66786 21
Cello sonata in A (1886). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Daniel Barenboim, pf. EMI CZS 5 68132 2 29 10:30 CONCERT HALL 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 24
Vernon Hill
Bach, W.F. Concerto in A minor for harpsichord and strings, F45 (c1733). Il Convito/Maude Gratton. Mirare MIR 162 14 Bach, J.C.F. Cantata: Die Amerikanerin (pub. 1776). Magdalena Kozená, mezz; Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. DG 479 2557 11 Bach, J. Christian Quintet in D for flute, oboe, violin, viola and continuo, op 11 no 6 (1769). Members of English Concert. Archiv 423 385-2 14 Symphony in G minor, op 6 no 6 (1769). Academy of Ancient Music/Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN 0540 15 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 OFFENBACH EXPLORED Part 1 Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans 1819 2019
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
Offenbach 200th Anniversary
Offenbach, J. Cello duet in C, op 19 no 1 (183946). Paul Christopher, vc; Milovan Paz, vc. Human Metronome HMP 107-2016 9
12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale
Introduction et valse mélancolique, op 14 (1839; arr Geese). Guido Schiefen, vc; Cologne WDR RO/Gérard Oskamp. cpo 777 069-2 6
World-wide contemporary jazz including contributions from Australian artists and those from culturally emerging nations
Cello duet in A minor, op 53 no 2 (1847). Alain Meunier, vc; Philippe Muller, vc. Arion ARN 68234 8 JUNE 2019
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Wednesday 5 June
Thursday 6 June
Réverie au bord de la mer (1848; arr. Geese). Guido Schiefen, vc; Cologne West German RO/Gérard Oskamp. cpo 777 069-2 6 Cello concerto in G (1850). Ofra Harnoy, vc; Cincinnati SO/Erich Kunzel. RCA RD 71003 21 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell The stars of American jazz from bebop on, mainly small group low temperature jazz 20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Elaine Siversen Fauré, G. Pénélope. Opera in three acts. Libretto by René Fauchois. First performed Monte Carlo, 1913. PENELOPE: Jessye Norman, sop ULYSSES: Alain Vanzo, ten Ensemble Vocal Jean LaForge; Monte Carlo PO/Charles Dutoit. Erato 2292 45405-2 2:04 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Opera Brahms, J. Alto rhapsody, op 53 (1869). Jessye Norman, sop; Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia; Philadelphia O/Riccardo Muti. Philips 426 253-2 12 22:30 SIMPLE AS ABC Prepared by Robin Mitchell Arnold, M. Clarinet concerto, op 20 (1948). Michael Collins, cl; London Musici/Mark Stephenson. Conifer CDCF 172 16 Carnival of the animals, op 72 (1960). Royal PO/Vernon Handley. Sony 88875181702 9 Barber, S. Adagio for strings, op 11 (1936; arr. 1938). I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky. Chandos CHAN 8515 10 Violin concerto, op 14 (1939-41). Gil Shaham, vn; London SO/André Previn. DG 439 886-2 23 Copland, A. Fanfare for the Common Man (1942). Cincinnati Pops O/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80339 3 Clarinet concerto (1947-48). Swedish CO/ Michael Collins, cl & dir. Chandos CHAN 10756 16 Hoe-down (1942). Czecho-Slovak RSO/ Stephen Guzenhauser. Naxos 8.550282 3 Arnold’s Carnival of the Animals was written for the 1960 Hoffnung Memorial Concert and portrays six animals that failed to make it into the Ark. 14
JUNE 2019
Ingrid Haebler
Mirella Freni
0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
13:00 COMPOSER WORKSHOP Recorded for FINE MUSIC by Greg Ghavalas and Doug Jones Richmond, J. Barrenjoey (2018). 8
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC The music salon Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Saint-Saëns, C. Piano trio no 1 in F, op 18 (1863). Florestan Trio. Hyperion CDA67538 25 Mendelssohn, F. Three duets, op 77 (183647). Carolyn Sampson, sop; Iestyn Davies, ct; Joseph Middleton, pf. BIS 2279 6 Bach, J.S. Cello sonata no 3 in G minor, BWV1029 (bef. 1741). Rohan de Saram, vc; Preethi de Silva, hpd. First Hand Records FHR11 16 Schubert, F. Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D774 (1823). Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar; Gerald Moore, pf. DG 477 5765 3 Four impromptus for piano, D899 (1827). Ingrid Haebler, pf. Decca 478 5859 27 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Elaine Siversen MacDowell, E. Suite no 2, op 48, Indian (1891-95). Ulster O/Takuo Yuasa. Naxos 8.559075 30 Halffter, E. Guitar concerto (1969). Narciso Yepes, gui; Spanish RTV SO/Odón Alonso. LP DG 2530 326 27 Villa-Lobos, H. Symphony no 8 (1950). São Paulo SO/Isaac Karabtchevsky. Naxos 8.573777 24 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
Bakrncev, M. Czárdás (2018). 6 Dodd, N. Salt to the senses (2018). 7 Ku-ring-gai PO/Paul Terracini (all above) Kats-Chernin, E. Dance of the paper umbrellas (2013). Tamara Anna Cislowska, Elena Kats-Chernin, pf. ABC 481 2625 4 13:30 PIANO INTERLUDE Prepared by James Nightingale Françaix, J. Five encores (1955). Martin Jones, pf. Nimbus NI 5880/2 10 Beethoven, L. Sonata no 26 in E flat, op 81a, Les adieux (1810). Maurizio Pollini, pf. DG 427 642-2 16 14:00 OPERA’S FALLEN WOMEN Part 1 Prepared by Stephen Matthews Verdi, G. La traviata, Act II scene 2. Ileana Cotrubas, sop; Bavarian State Opera Ch & O/ Carlos Kleiber. DG 415 132-2 37 Bizet, G. Carmen, Act IV scenes 1 and 2. Magdalena Kozená, sop; Berlin PO/Simon Rattle. Warner 082564603531 22 Puccini, G. Manon Lescaut, Acts III and IV. Mirella Freni, sop; Royal Opera House Ch; Philharmonia O/Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG 477 6354 40 Massenet, J. Manon, Act II. Angela Gheorghiu, sop; La Monnaie Ch & SO/ Antonio Pappano. Warner 50999 4 56389 2 3 9 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm 19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley
Friday 7 June
Thursday 6 June
Arthur Benjamin
Maxim Shostakovich
Franz Liszt by Henri Lehmann, 1840
20:00 THE WORLD OF A SYMPHONY Prepared by Madilina Tresca
0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
Rachmaninov, S. Vocalise, op 34 no 14 (1915). Slava Grigoryan, gui; Leonard Grigoryan, gui. ABC 481 5101 7
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Annabelle Drumm
Bizet, G. Symphony in C (1855). Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. Decca 452 102-2 33
Gershwin, G. Rhapsody in blue (1924). Benjamin Wesner, cl; Jeffrey Biegel, pf; Brown University O/Paul Phillips. Naxos 8.573490 18 Ravel, M. Valse (1921). Geoffrey Saba, pf. Carnegie Concerts CC012 11 Shostakovich, D. Song cycle from Jewish folk poetry, op 79 (1948). Nadia Pelle, sop; Mary Ann Hart, mezz; Rodney Nolan, ten; I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky. Chandos CHAN 8800 25 Khachaturian, A. Symphony no 2, The bell (1943). Royal Scottish O/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8945 51 22:00 SHOWCASING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS Prepared by James Nightingale Williamson, M. Sinfonia concertante in F sharp for piano and three trumpets (1962). Caroline Almonte, pf; Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills. ABC 476 3218 19 Boccherini, L. Piano quintet in C, op 57 no 6, La ritirata notturno di Madrid (1797). Richard Tognetti, vn; Lorna Cumming, vn; Colin Cornish, va; Cameron Retchford, vc; Geoffrey Lancaster, fp. Fine Music concert recording 22 Couperin, F. Troisième leçon de ténèbres (pub. 1717). Anna Fraser, sop; Jane Sheldon, sop; Salut! Baroque. Salut Baroque SAL009 13 Rachmaninov, S. Variations on a theme of Corelli, op 42 (1902/13/41). Scott Davie, pf. ABC 472 671-2 19 Benjamin, A. Symphony no 1 (1944-45). Queensland SO/Christopher Lyndon-Gee. Marco Polo 8.223764 38
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Something borrowed Prepared by Elaine Siversen
12:00 A JAZZ HOUR with Barry O’Sullivan 13:00 LA BOHÈME Prepared by Jacky Ternisien
Glinka, M. Three Russian songs (arr. Hermann). Marina Marsden, vn; Justine Marsden, va; Robert Chamberlain, pf. 10
Pokorny, F. Concerto in F. Zdenek Tylsar, hn; Bedrich Tylsar, hn; Capella Istropolitana/ Frantisek Vajnar. Naxos 8.550459 15
Franck, C. Prelude, fugue and variations in B minor, op 18 (1860-62, arr.). James Crabb, accordion; Piers Lane, pf. 13
Suk, J. Scherzo fantastique, op 25 (1903). Prague Philharmonia/Jakub Hrusa. Supraphon SU 3882-2 15
Fine Music concert recording (2 above) Bach, J.S. Passacaglia and fugue in C minor, BWV582 (transcr. Stokowski). Philadelphia O/ Yannick Nézet-Séguin. DG 479 1074 13
Martinu, B. Four promenades (1939). Lenka Kozderková-Simková, fl; Adéla Stajnochrová, vn; Monika Knoblochová, hpd. Supraphon SU 3805-2 8
Berthélémy, F-C. Fantaisie brillante on Meyerbeer’s L’africaine (arr. Price). Bert Lucarelli, ob; Manhattan String Quartet. Price-Less D 21062 10 Tchaikovsky, P. The sleeping beauty, op 66a (1890; transcr. Rachmaninov). Julia Severus, pf; Alina Luschtschizkaja, pf. Naxos 8.570418 20 Mozart, W. String quintet in E flat (1782; arr. from Horn quintet, K407). Australia Ensemble. ABC 481 0853 15
Rosetti, A. Symphony in C (1773-76). Compagnia di Punto/Annie Laflamme, Christian Binde. DHM 88875143452 14 14:00 A MUSICAL CARAVAN Prepared by Frank Morrison Goldmark, K. Overture: In Italy, op 49 (1904). Philharmonia O/Yondani Butt. ASV DCA 934 12
10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Frank Morrison
Kálmán, E. Entrance song, from The gypsy princess (1915). Yvonne Kenny, sop; Melbourne Symphony Ch & O/Richard Bonynge. ABC 481 1873 3
Dohnányi, E. Suite in F sharp minor, op 19 (1908-09). West Australian SO/Jorge Mester. ABC 438 197-2 29
Liszt, F. Reminiscences, after Mozart’s Don Juan (1841-77). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDS44537 19
Shostakovich, D. Concerto in C minor for piano, trumpet, and string orchestra, op 35 (1933). James Thompson, tpt; Dmitri Shostakovich, pf; I Musici de Montréal/Maxim Shostakovich. Chandos CHAN 8357 20
Hubay, J. Variations on a Hungarian theme, op 72. Hagai Shaham, vn; BBC Scottish SO/ Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA67367 16 Mertz, J. Hungarian fantasy, op 65 no 1. Karin Schaupp, gui. Warner 8573833112 6 JUNE 2019
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Friday 7 June
Alexander Mickelthwate
Elizabeth Wallfisch
Maurizio Pollini
Lehár, F. Vilja, from The merry widow (1905). Joan Sutherland, sop; Ambrosian Light Opera Ch; New Philharmonia O/Richard Bonynge. ABC 468 513-2 7
Koehne, G. Palm Court suite (1984). Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills. ABC 476 650-2 24
0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Susan Foulcher Bassano, G. Vestiva i colli. Jeremy West, cornett; Timothy Roberts, org. Hyperion CDA66847 5 Geminiani, F. Concerto grosso in D minor, op 5 no 12, Follia (c1716). Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907261.62 11 Caldara, A. Stabat Mater (c1727). Berlin Vocal Academy; Bassano Ensemble Berlin/ Frank Markowitsch. Rondeau ROP6118 16 Locatelli, P. Violin concerto in D, op 3 no 12 (pub. 1733). Elizabeth Wallfisch, vn; Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer. Hyperion CDS44391/3 24 Sammartini, G. Recorder concerto in F. Anna Stegmann, rec; Ensemble Odyssee. Pan Classics PC 10386 12 Porpora, N. Cantata no 9: Destatevi, o pastori (pub. 1735). Iestyn Davies, ct; Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen. Hyperion CDA 67894 17 Carbonelli, G. Sonata no 1 in D. Illyria Consort. Delphian DCD34194 11 Platti, G. Keyboard sonata no 10 in A minor (1730-40). Elaine Funaro, fp. Wildboar WLBR9901 8
9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney
Bartók, B. String quartet no 3 (1927). New Budapest Quartet. Hyperion CDA66581/2 17 Kodály, Z. Suite from Háry János, op 15 (1927). Hungarian State SO/Adám Fischer. Nimbus NI 5284 25 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Christopher Waterhouse An hour of the best in jazz with a weekly ‘album of the week’ feature and a guide to upcoming live jazz gigs in Sydney 20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Prepared by Robert Small Berg, A. Violin concerto, To the memory of an angel (1935). Isabelle Faust, vn; O Mozart/ Claudio Abbado. Harmonia Mundi HMC902105 28 Schumann, R. Symphony no 1 in B flat, op 38, Spring (1841). Hanover Band/Roy Goodman. RCA 09026 61931 2 30 Mozart, W. Double piano concerto in E flat, K365 (1779). Silver Garburg Piano Duo; Tasmanian SO/Alexander Mickelthwate. ABC 481 0245 25
To the memory of an angel is the subtitle of Alban Berg’s Violin concerto, commissioned by the violinist Louis Krasner. Berg was immersed in composing his opera Lulu but put it aside to pour into the concerto his sorrow at the death from polio of Manon, the 18-year-old daughter of Alma Mahler and Walter Gropius. The concerto was his last completed work and it premiered after his death. Lulu remained unfinished. Despite his sorrow, the composing of the concerto gave Berg a sense of joy. He wrote to Krasner: “Yesterday I finished the composition [without the orchestration] of our Violin Concerto. I am probably more surprised by it than you will be ... the work gave me more and more joy. I hope, no, I have the confident belief that I have succeeded.” 16
Saturday 8 June
JUNE 2019
6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson
9:05 THE PIANO ALONE Prepared by Anne Irish Mendelssohn, F. Rondo capriccioso in E, op 14 (1834). Sebastian Knauer, pf. Berlin BC 1637 7 Gade, N. Arabesque, op 27 (1854). Anker Blyme, pf. Marco Polo DCCD 9116 9 Schumann, R. Symphonic studies, op 13 (1834-37). Maurizio Pollini, pf. DG 479 0908 32 10:00 MUSIC OF THE DANCE Prepared by Paul Cooke Saint-Saëns, C. Sarabande, op 93 no 1 (1892). Lille NO/Jun Märkl. Naxos 8.573745 6 Bazzini, A. Les rondes des lutins, op 25 (c1847). Chloe Hanslip, vn; Caspar Frantz, pf. Naxos 8.570800 5 Ravel, M. Suite no 2 from Daphnis and Chlöe (1905). Sydney SO/Willem van Otterloo. ABC 434 895-2 16 Browne, W. Denis To Gratiana dancing and singing (1912-14). Martyn Hill, ten; Clifford Benson, pf. Helios CDH55237 4 Destouches, A. Ballet: Les éléments (1721). Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 421 656-2 20 Shostakovich, D. Two pieces from The bolt, op 27 (1933; transcr. Shostakovich). Alexander Naoumenko, db; Hervé Désarbre, org. Le Chant du Monde LDC 7781124 5 Lord Berners. Suite from The triumph of
Saturday 8 June Marchand, L Sarabande, from Suite in D minor (1702). Ketil Haugsand, hpd. Simax PSC 1007 3 Liszt, F. Sarabande and chaconne, from Handel’s Almira (1879). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDS44537 11
1819 2019
15:00 SATURDAY MATINEE Operetta in the afternoon Prepared by Elaine Siversen
Erik Satie
Neptune (1926). Royal Liverpool PO/Barry Wordsworth. EMI CDC 7 47668 2 22 11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Robert Small Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Concerto for trombone and military band (1877; arr. Zurmühle). 12 Berlioz, H. Oraison funèbre, from Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, op 15 (1840; arr. Macdonald). 8 Christian Lindberg, tb; Kosei Wind O/Chikara Imamura (2 above) BIS 848 Williams, J. Catch me if you can. Claude Delangle, sax; Swedish Wind Ensemble/ Christian Lindberg. BIS 1640 7 12:00 URBAN JAZZ LOUNGE with Leita Hutchings 13:00 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD with Maureen Meers Nostalgic music and artists from the 30s, 40s and 50s and occasionally beyond, in a trip down many memory lanes 14:00 SARABANDES Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Handel, G. Great sarabande, from Harpsichord suite in D minor (arr. Rauber). Chambre Leopoldinum O. naïve V 5307 6 Bach, J.S. Sarabande, from Suite no 2 in D minor, BWV812. James Brice, euphonium. AEMS JB001 4 Satie, E. Three sarabandes (1887; arr. Miolin). Anders Miolin, gui. BIS CD-586 16 Bach, J.S. Sarabande, from Partita in A minor, BWV1013 (c1723; transcr.). Greg Dikmans, fl. Move MD 3163 5 Saint-Saens, C. Sarabande, op 93 no 1 (1892). Lille NO/Jun Märkl. Naxos 8.573745 6
Offenbach 200th Anniversary
Offenbach, J. Orpheus in the Underworld, operetta in two acts. Libretto by Ludovic Halévy; rev. Hector-Jonathan Crémieux. First performed Paris, 1858. EURYDICE: Natalie Dessay, sop ARISTAEUS/PLUTO: Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, ten ORPHEUS: Yann Beuron, ten PUBLIC OPINION: Ewa Podles, mezz JUPITER: Laurent Naouri, bar Lyon National Choir & O; Grenoble CO/Marc Minkowski. EMI 5 56725 2 1:50 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Opera Excerpts from Gaîté parisienne (1866; arr. Rosenthal 1938). Berlin RSO/Paul Strauss. DG 477 5349 25 17:30 THE VOICES, THE ROLES Prepared by Angela Cockburn Castrati: Handel’s stars 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Organ Music Society of Sydney Prepared by Andrew Grahame 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers Rodgers, R. Excerpts from Oklahoma (1943). Shirley Jones, sop; Gordon MacRae, bar; O/ Jay Blackton. Angel 5 27350 2 18 Schwarz, A. Excerpts from The band wagon (1953). Nanette Fabray, Fred Astaire, Oscar Levant, voices; MGM Studio Ch & O/Adolph Deutsch. Sony 88697638492 12 Loewe, F. Excerpts from Paint your wagon (1951). Keith Carradine, Alexandra Socha, Justin Guarini, voices; members of the New York City Center Encores. Sony 88985334092 19 20:00 THE WORD TRANSFORMED Prepared by Krystal Li Monteverdi, C. Di misera regina, from The return of Ulysses (1641). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Susanna Sundberg, cont;
Alexander Zemlinsky
Ensemble Capella Mediterranea/Leonardo García Alarcón. naïve V 5286 10 Telemann, G. Suite: Don Quixote. Northern CO/Nicholas Ward. Naxos 8.554019 18 Ravel, M. Shéhérazade, fairy overture (1898). Minnesota O/Eiji Oue. Reference RR-79CD 12 Martinu, B. Gilgamesh, from The epic of Gilgamesh (1955). Eva Depoltová, sop; Stefan Margita, ten; Ivan Kusnjer, bar; Ludek Vele, bass; Slovak Choir & PO/Zedenek Kosler. Naxos 8.555138 19 Bernstein, L. Overture to Candide (1955-56). Israel PO/Leonard Bernstein. DG 469 115-2 4 Zemlinsky, A. Lyric symphony, op 18 (1923). Alessandra Marc, sop; Håkon Hagegård, bar; Royal Concertgebow O/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 443 569-2 47 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Gerald Holder Vaughan Williams, R. The lark ascending (1914). Richard Tognetti, vn; Australian CO/ Roland Peelman. ABC 481 4571 17 Beethoven, L. Piano sonata no 14 in C sharp minor, op 27 no 2, Moonlight (1802). Michael Houston, pf. Trust 2001-2003 17 Telemann, G. Oboe concerto in D minor. Paul Goodwin, ob; King’s Consort/Robert King. Helios CDH55269 8 Dvorák, A. String quartet no 12 in F, op 96, American (1893). Simón Bolívar String Quartet. DG 479 0429 27 Tchaikovsky, P. Symphony no 4 in F minor, op 36 (1877). London PO/Mstislav Rostropovich. EMI 5 65709 2 45 JUNE 2019
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Sunday 9 June 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with John Buchanan 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Anna Tranter 14:00 INSPIRED BY SCOTLAND Prepared by Elaine Siversen MacKenzie, A. Burns, second Scottish rhapsody, op 24. BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA66764 16 Viviane Hagner
0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Robert Small 9:00 MUSICA SACRA Prepared by Elaine Siversen Villa-Lobos, H. Magnificat-alleluia (1958). Elizabeth McCormack, mezz; Corydon Singers; Corydon O/Matthew Best. Hyperion CDA66638 7 Hummel, J. Te Deum (1799). Patricia Wright, sop; Zan McKendree-Wright, cont; Patrick Power, ten; David Griffiths, bass; Tower Voices New Zealand; New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd. Naxos 8.557193 12 Vanhal, J. Missa pastoralis in G (c1782). Mary Enid Haines, sop; Nina Scott Stoddart, sop; Colin Ainsworth, ten; Steven Pitkanen, bar; Tower Voices; Aradia Ensemble/Uwe Grodd. Naxos 8.555080 34 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Frank Morrison Boccherini, L. String quartet in A, op 32 no 6 (1780). Quartetto Borciani. Naxos 8.555043 17 Salieri, A. 26 Variations on La follia di Spagna (1815). Philharmonia O/Pietro Spada. ASV DCA 955 23 Hummel, J. Octet-partita in E flat (1803). Albion Ensemble. Helios CDH55037 14
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Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 3 in A minor, op 56, Scottish (1842). Tasmanian SO/ Sebastian Lang-Lessing. ABC 476 3623 39 15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Introducing the Royals Prepared by Ron Walledge Haydn, J. Symphony in D, Hob.I:101, Clock (1793-94). Royal PO/Thomas Beecham. EMI 1 66449 2 28 Crusell, B. Introduction and variations on a Swedish song, op 12 (1830). Royal Stockholm PO/Martin Fröst. Sony 88875065292 10 Vieuxtemps, H. Violin concerto no 5 in A minor, op 37, Grétry (1859). Viviane Hagner, vn; Royal Flemish PO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA67798 20 Shostakovich, D. Symphony no 5 in D minor, op 47 (1937). Royal Liverpool PO/Vasily Petrenko. Naxos 8.572167 52 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Meg Matthews Hymns: Come down O love divine; Holy Spirit, ever dwelling. Choir of Wells Cathedral; Rupert Gough, org; Malcolm Archer, cond. Hyperion CDP 12102 6 Fenton, G. Veni Sancte Spiritus. Daniel Cochlin, treb; Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford/Grayston Ives. Angel Q 72435 55093-2 2 Gibbons, O. Drop, drop slow tears. Robin Blaze, treb. Griffin GCCD 4040 1
Mozart, W. Vorrei spiegarvi, O Dio ... Ah conte, partite, K418 (1783). Joan Sutherland, sop; National PO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 475 6302 7 Alyabyev, A. Violin sonata in E minor (182528). Adrian Chandler, vn; Olga Tverskaya, fp.
Sequence for Pentecost: Veni, Sancte Spiritus. Chant school of Münsterschwarzach Abbey/Godehard Joppich. DG 469 241-2 3
Opus 111 OPS 30-230 23 Pleyel, I. Symphony in G, op 68 (1804). London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9525 24
Choir of St Andrew’s Cathedral; Mark Quarmby, org; Michael Deasey, cond (2 above) STA 9601
JUNE 2019
Rutter, J. I will sing with the Spirit. 3 Bartlett, L. Every time I feel the Spirit. 4
Harris, W. Come down O love divine. Men and boys’ Choir of Bath Abbey; Marcus Sealy, org; Peter King, cond. Priory PRCD 666 3 Pergolesi, G. Mass in D (1734). Paola Valentina Molinari, sop; Karin Selva, sop; Marta Fumagalli, cont; Luca Cervoni, ten; Renato Dolcini, bass-bar; Ghislieri Ch & Consort/Giulio Prandi. Arcana A444 30 18:00 SMALL FORCES Prepared by Paul Hopwood Beethoven, L. Piano trio no 1 in E flat, op 1 no 1 (1794-95). Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 438 948-2 26 Borodin, A. String quartet no 2 in D (1881). Borodin Quartet. Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 793 29 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Frank Morrison Bax, A. Festival overture (1909/18). London PO/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 8586 16 Bennett, W. Sterndale Piano concerto no 1 in D minor, op 1 (1832; ed. Byers). Malcolm Binns, pf; London PO/Nicholas Braithwaite. Lyrita SRCD 204 24 Catoire, G. Symphony in C minor, op 7 (c1889-91; orch. 1895-98). Royal Scottish NO/Martin Yates. Dutton Epoch CDLX 7298 42 20:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by James Nightingale Monnakgotla, T. Apelsinen har mognat. Allmänna Sången/Maria Goundorina. BIS 2224 3 Coelho, T. As the dust settles (2011). Alicia Crossley, rec; Brad Gill, vibraphone. 6 The writer’s hand (2011). Susannah Lawergren, sop; Anna Fraser, sop; Lanneke Jones, mezz; Roland Peelman, cond. 7 Wirripang WIRR 056 (2 above) Read/Write error (2015). Ensemble Offspring. ensembleoffspring.com 12 Tann, H. In the theatre of air (2017). Marsyas Trio. Marco Polo 8.223764 16 McCombe, C. Songs of truth and loneliness (1994). Ian Holtham, pf. Move MD 3239 17 Salonen, E-P. Nyx (2010). Finnish RSO/EsaPekka Salonen. DG 479 0628 19 22:00 AFTER HOURS JAZZ
Monday 10 June
Tuesday 11 June 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Colours of the keyboard Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Bach, J. Christian Sextet in C for oboe, two horns, violin, cello and keyboard. English Concert. Archiv 423 385-2 17
Joseph Joachim
Ferdinand Ries
0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan
Widor, C-M. Suite florentine, arranged for flute and piano (1919; arr. Reede). Thies Roorda, fl; Alessandro Soccorsi, pf. Naxos 8.573764 12
13:00 THE VIRTUOSO COMPOSER The piano Prepared by James Nightingale
Paganini, N. Moses phantasy. Agnes Szakály, cimbalom; Norbert Szelecsényi, pf. Hungaroton HCD 31571 8
Ries, F. Piano sonata in F sharp minor, op 26, L’infortunée (c1808). Susan Kagan, pf. Naxos 8.572204 26
Handel, G. Harpsichord suite no 2 in F, HWV427 (1720). Erin Helyard, hpd. ABC 481 5711 10
Schumann, C. Piano trio in G minor, op 17 (bef. 1846). Oliver Butterworth, vn; Michael Evans, vc; Frank Wibaut, pf. Hyperion CDH55078 29
Purcell, H. Suite no 4 in A minor. Christopher Kite, virginals. Hyperion CDA66067 7
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with James Hunter 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC A year in retrospect: 1910 Prepared by Madilina Tresca Salzedo, C. Ballade, op 28 (1910). Alice Giles, hp. Tall Poppies TP137 9 Cras, J-E. Désir, from Élégies (1910). Philippe Do, ten; Brittany O/Claude Schnitzler. Timpani 1C1160 5 Stravinsky, I. Excerpts from The firebird (1910; arr. Gottschick). Sabine Meyer, cl; Alliage Quintet. Sony 88875190972 20 Pierné, G. Suite, from Ramuntcho no 2 (1910). BBC PO/Juanjo Mena. Chandos CHAN 10633 15 Szymanowski, K. Romance, op 23 (1910). Miriam Kramer, vn; Nicholas Durcan, pf. Naxos 8.557748 6 Vaughan Williams, R. Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis (1910). London PO/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 8502 16 Taneyev, S. Prelude and fugue in G sharp minor, op 29 (1910). Olga Solovieva, pf. Naxos 8.557804 7 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Derek Parker Weber, C.M. Overture to Abu Hassan (1811). London SO/Charles Mackerras. Mercury 434 352-2 3 Joachim, J. Violin concerto no 2 in D minor, op 11, In the Hungarian style (1861). Suyoen Kim, vn; Staatskapelle Weimar/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.570991 46 Haydn, J. Symphony in G, Hob.I:92, Oxford (1789). Freiburg Baroque O/René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908601.30 30
Prokofiev, S. Piano concerto no 3 in C, op 26 (1917-21). Julius Katchen, pf; London SO/ István Kertéz. Decca 478 2826 26 14:30 SIEGFRIED WAGNER Prepared by Paul Cooke
1869 2019
A Sesquicentenary Event
Wagner, S. Symphonic poem: Gluck (1923). Frankfurt RSO/Dimitrij Kitajenko. Koch/Schwann 3-1421-2 28 Das Pfäfflein Nacht, bedenklich die Miene! from Rainulf und Adelasia, op 14 (1922). Frank van Aken, ten; Franz Hawlata, bar. cpo 777 017-2 9 Symphony in C (1925). cpo 999 531-2 47
Franck, C. Pièce héroïque from Three pieces (1878). Marcel Dupré, org. Mercury 478 8388 8 Haydn, J. Fortepiano trio no 12 in E minor, Hob. XV:12 (1789). Ensemble of the Classic Era. ABC 472 561-2 16 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Rex Burgess Respighi, O. Suite: Rossiniana (1925). Buffalo PO/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.557711 21 Liszt, F. Piano concerto no 2 in A (1839/49/61). Geoffrey Tozer, pf; Suisse Romande O/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 9360 21 Strauss, R. Tone poem: Don Quixote, op 35 (1897). Pierre Fournier, vc; Royal Concertgebouw O/George Szell. Radio Netherlands RCO 05001 40
Rheinland-Pfalz PO/Werner Andreas Albert (2 above)
12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes
16:00 FINE MUSIC HOLIDAY including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Michael Field
13:00 IT’S FRENCH Prepared by Denis Patterson
19:00 JAZZ PULSE with Chris Wetherall 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson
Hérold, F. Jours de mon enfance, from Le pré aux clercs (1832). Sumi Jo, sop; English CO/ Richard Bonynge. Decca 440 679-2 8 Bazin, F. Je pense à vous, from Maître Pathelin (1856). Roberto Alagna, ten; Royal Opera House O/Bertrand de Billy. EMI 5 57012 2 3 JUNE 2019
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Tuesday 11 June
Henri Rabaud
Nikolai Demidenko
Tim Hugh
Rabaud, H. Églogue, poème virgilen, op 7 (1894); La procession nocturne, symphonic poem after Nicholas Lenau’s Faust, op 6 (1897). Loire PO/Pierre Dervaux. EMI CDM 7 63951 2 21
Barbara Schlick, sop; Claudia Schubert, cont; Wilfried Jochens, ten; Stephan Schreckenberger, bass; Rheinische Kantorei; Das Kleine Konzert/Hermann Max. Capriccio 5083 24
0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
Berlioz, H. Vous soupirez Madame? ... nuit paisible et sereine, from Béatrice et Bénédict (1860-62). April Cantelo sop; Helen Watts, cont; London SO/Colin Davis. Decca 482 5281 12
Bach, J.E. Fantasie in F, op 13 no 2 (1770). Gregor Hollman, hpd. MD+G L 3318 7
Pessard, E. Bolero (arr. Rutter). Jane Rutter, fl; Members of Gagliano String Ensemble. ABC 476 6475 4 Guiraud, E. Caprice (1884). Philippe Graffin, vn; Ulster O/Thierry Fischer. Hyperion CDA67294 12 Berlioz, H. Tristia, op 18 (1831/48). SouthWest German Radio Vocal Ensemble & SO/ Sylvain Cambreling. Hänssler 93.210 20 Thomas, A. Overture to Raymond (1851). Detroit SO/Paul Paray. Mercury 478 5092 7 Mais quelle est cette belle ... A vos jeux, mes amis, from Hamlet (1869). Beverly Sills, sop; Ambrosian Opera Ch; Royal PO/Charles Mackerras. Decca 467 906-2 15 Gounod, C. O Dieu! que de bijoux!, from Faust (1859). Joan Sutherland, sop; Royal Opera House O/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli. Decca 475 7981 5 Debussy, C. Romance (1891). Jane Rutter, fl; David Mibus, pf. ABC 481 0307 2 15:00 BACH TO BACH Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Bach, J. Christian Overture to Adriano in Siria (1765). Academy of Ancient Music/ Simon Standage. Chandos CHAN 0540 7 Bach, W.F. Cantata: The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness (early 1750s). 20
Wednesday 12 June
JUNE 2019
Bach, J. Christian Piano concerto in D, op 13 no 2. Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead, pf & dir. cpo 999 601-2 17 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm 18:00 SYDNEY SYMPHONY 2019 Produced by Andrew Bukenya What’s on in concerts during the next month 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with James Nightingale 22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Mariko Yata Borodin, A. Piano quintet in C minor (1862). Moscow String Quartet; Alexander Mndoiantz, pf. Brilliant Classics 94410 26 Prokofiev, S. Overture on Hebrew themes, op 34 (1919/34). James Campbell, cl; Eleonora Turovsky, vn; Rivka Golani, va; Borodin Trio. Chandos CHAN 8924 10 Mussorgsky, M. Pictures at an exhibition (1874). Nikolai Demidenko, pf. Hyperion CDA67018 34 Koehne, G. Divertissment: trois pièces bourgeoises (1983). Australian String Quartet. ABC 442 347-2 12 Blanc, A. Septet in E for winds and strings, op 40. Octuor de France. Caliope CAL 9384 27
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Troy Fil 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Rex Burgess Bach, C.P.E. Cello concerto in A minor, Wq170 (1750). Tim Hugh, vc; Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Studt. Naxos 8.553298 28 Piano sonata in F sharp minor, Wq52 no 4 (1744). Danny Driver, pf. Hyperion CDA67908 17 Heilig ist Gott, Wq217 (1776). Wiebke Lehmkuhl, cont; RIAS Chamber Choir; Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin/HansChristoph Rademann. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902167 8 Sinfonia in B flat, Wq182 no 2 (1773). English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 415 300-2 12 Flute quartet no 1 in A minor, Wq93 (1788). Nicholas McGegan, fl; Catherine Mackintosh, va; Anthony Pleeth, vc; Christopher Hogwood, fp. L’Oiseau-Lyre 433 189-2 15 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Paul Hopwood Respighi, O. Ancient airs and dances, suite no 3 (1932). Accademia Bizantina/Carlo Chiarappa. Denon CO-78916 18 Field, J. Piano concerto no 6 in C (c1819). Miceal O’Rourke, pf; London Mozart Players/ Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9442 31 Borodin, A. Symphony no 1 in E flat (1862-67). Czecho-Slovak RSO/Stephen Gunzenhauser. Naxos 8.550238 33
Wednesday 12 June
Geoffrey Simon
Louis Frémaux
Paul Dukas
12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale
Excerpts from Ba-ta-clan (1855). Hugette Boulangeot, sop; Raymond Amade, ten; Rémy Corazza, ten; René Terrasson, bass; Jean Desailly, narr; Philippe Caillard Chorale; Jean-François Paillard O/Marcel Couraud. LP Erato DUE 20240 10
20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Camille Mercep
13:00 POSTCARD FROM LONDON Prepared by Nicky Gluch Dukas, P. Prélude élégiaque sur le nom de Haydn (1909). Margaret Fingerhut, pf. Chandos CHAN 241-32 5 Bloch, E. Sacred service, Part 1 (1933). Jacquelin Bransom-Jones, sop; Jennifer Higgins, cont; Catherine Rogers, cont; Graham Godfrey, ten; Louis Berkman, bar; Richard Stuart, bass; Zemel Choir; members of London Chorale; members of London Concord Singers; London SO/Geoffrey Simon. Chandos CHAN 8418 12 Mahler, G. Symphony no 4 in G, mvt 2 (1900). Barbara Bonney, sop; Vienna PO/ Riccardo Muti. Radio Nederland transcription 10 Brahms, J. String quartet in A minor, op 51 no 2, mvt 3 (1873). Jerusalem Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902152 5 Bruckner, A. Symphony no 3 in D, Wagner, mvt 4 (1877). Staatskapelle Dresden/ Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG 431 684-2 15 Shostakovich, D. Chamber symphony, op 110a, mvt 5 (1960; arr. Barshai). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. Sony SK 62005 5 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans
1819 2019
15:00 OFFENBACH EXPLORED Part 2 Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans
Offenbach 200th Anniversary
Offenbach, J. Overture to Les deux aveugles. Philharmonia O/Neville Marriner. Philips 4
Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld (1858/74). City of Birmingham SO/Louis Frémaux. EMI CDM 1 66418 2 10 Couplets du berger joli, from Orpheus in the Underworld. Frederica von Stade, mezz; Scottish CO/Antonio de Almeida. RCA 09026 68116 2 3 Fly duet, from Orpheus in the Underworld. June Bronhill, sop; Eric Shilling, bar; Sadler’s Wells Opera O/Alexander Faris. EMI 3891632 6 Can-can, from Orpheus in the Underworld (arr. Pearce). John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band/Peter Parkes. Chandos CHAN 4516 2 Gendarmes duet, from Geneviève de Brabant (1859). Malcolm Mc Eachern, bass; Harold Williams, bar. LP HMV OASD 7580 3 Valse des rayons, from Le papillon (1860). London SO/Richard Bonynge. LP Decca SXL 6588 5 Overture to Les bavards. Choeur des Bavards. 6 Ce sont d’étranges personnages, from Les bavards (1860). 3 Et maintenant il faut que je vous quitte (1860). Philippe Pistole, ten. 3 Louise Pingeot, sop (2 above) Musicales Productions 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell
Dukas, P. Ariane et Barbe-bleue. Opera in three acts. Libretto by Maurice Maeterlinck. First performed Paris, 1907. ARIANE: Lori Phillips, sop BARBE-BLEUE: Peter Rose, bass BBC Singers; BBC SO/Leon Botstein. Telarc CD-80680 1:54 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Opera The sorcerer’s apprentice (1897). Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy. Sony SBK 46 329 10 Villanelle (1906). Barry Tuckwell, hn; Daniel Blumenthal, pf. Etcetera KTC 1135 6 22:30 CLASSICAL ITALIAN CHAMBER Prepared by Chris Blower Rossini, G. String sonata no 4 in B flat (1804). Elizabeth Wallfisch, vn; Marshall Marcus, vn; Richard Tunnicliffe, vc; Chi-chi Nwanoku, db. Hyperion CDA66595 14 Molino, F. Trio for flute, viola and guitar, op 4 no 1 (1809). Sérénade à Trois. cpo 777 448-2 14 Boccherini, L. String quintet in G, op 20 no 4 (1775). La Magnifica Comunità. Brilliant Classics 94386 18 Bellini, V. Paraphrase, from La sonnambula (1831). Gilbert Monier, picc, cl; Alessandro Carbonare, cl; Andrea Dindo, fp; Quatuor Z. Harmonia Mundi HMA 1951722 12 Paganini, N. Guitar quartet no 10 in A (181820). Bruno Pignata, vn; Lorenzo Lugli, va; Paolo Mosca, vc; Pino Briasco, gui. Dynamic CDS 17/1-2 24 Boccherini was an adventurous and prolific composer who wrote around 100 string quartets, more than 120 string quintets and almost 50 trios. JUNE 2019
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Thursday 13 June Mendelssohn, F. String octet in E flat, op 20 (1825). Members of Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. Sony SK 57484 30 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm 19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley 20:00 THE WORLD OF A SYMPHONY Prepared by Brian Drummond
Giuseppe Tartini
Adrian Boult
Schumann, R. Overture to Manfred, op 115 (1848-49). Philharmonia O/Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CZS 7 67723 2 12
0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers
Sullivan, A. Imperial march, from Utopia limited (1893). Royal PO/Royston Nash. Decca 480 1285 7
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC The music salon Prepared by Chris Blower Glinka, M. Variations on a theme by Mozart (1822). Victor Ryabchikov, pf. BIS CD-981 13 Tartini, G. Violin sonata in G minor, The devil’s trill (pub. 1734; arr. Kreisler). James Ehnes, vn; Andrew Armstrong, pf. Sydney Symphony SSO201601 17 Wolf, H. Eichendorff Lieder (1880-88). Ian Bostridge, ten; Antonio Pappano, pf. EMI 3 42256 2 12 Dvorák, A. Silent woods, op 68 no 5 (188384; arr. 1891). David Pereira, vc; David Bollard, pf. Tall Poppies TP010 7 Saint-Saëns, C. Clarinet sonata in E flat, op 167 (1921). Thomas Friedli, cl; Ulrich Koella, pf. Claves 50-9322 15 Mozart, W. String quartet no 10 in C, K170 (1773). Festetics Quartet. Hungaroton HCD 31443-45 15 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by James Nightingale Glazunov, A. Finnish fantasy, op 88 (1909). Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin. Naxos 8.553839 16 Sibelius, J. Violin concerto in D minor, op 47 (1904). Adele Anthony, vn; Adelaide SO/Arvo Volmer. Canary Classics CC09 32 Rautavaara, E. Symphony no 7, Angel of light (1994-95). Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä. BIS CD-1038 34 22
JUNE 2019
13:00 MATINÉE MUSICALE Prepared by Ray Lemond Ravel, M. Alborada del gracioso (1905). Cleveland O/Pierre Boulez. Sony SMK 45962 8 Poulenc, F. Suite from Les biches (1923). Ulster O/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 9023 20 Britten, B. Symphonic suite from Gloriana, op 53a (1953). Robert Murray, ten; BBC PO/ Edward Gardner. Chandos CHAN 10658 25 Albéniz, I. Spanish fantasy: La Vega (1897). Esteban Sánchez, pf. Brilliant Classics 9255 17 Bernstein, L. Prelude, fugue and riffs (1949). Harmen de Boer, cl; Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Richard Dufallo. Chandos CHAN 9210 8
Elgar, E. Pomp and circumstance march in G, op 39 no 4 (1907). London SO/Barry Tuckwell. IMP PCD 913 5 Brahms, J. Tragic overture, op 81 (1880/81). Vienna PO/Leonard Bernstein. DG 410 084-2 14 Rubinstein, A. An den Frühling, op 76 no 3 (1888). Sergej Larin, ten; Eleonora Bekova, pf. Chandos CHAN 9794 3 Elgar, E. Suite no 2 from The wand of youth, op 1b (1908). Ulster O/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 8318 18 Symphony no 1 in A flat, op 55 (1908). London PO/Adrian Boult. Lyrita SRCD.221 49 22:00 SHOWCASING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS Prepared by Paul Cooke
14:30 DELPHINE GALOU SINGS ITALIAN BAROQUE Prepared by Rex Burgess
Grainger, P. La Scandanavie (1902). David Pereira, vc. Tall Poppies TP222 16
Stradella, A. Et egressus est (c1670). 9
Schumann, R. Carnival jest from Vienna, op 26 (1839). Fine Music concert recording 22
Jommelli, N. Prigionier che fa ritorno, from Betulia liberata (1743). 8 Torelli, G. Cantata: Lumi dolenti lumi (1694). 9 Delphine Galou, cont; Accademia Bizantina/ Ottavio Dantone (all above) Alpha 371 15:00 SEXTET - SEPTET - OCTET Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Hoadley, B. Ostrakon for wind sextet (2013). Nicholas Russoniello, sax; Sydney Omega Ensemble/David Rowden. Fine Music concert recording 10 Stravinsky, I. Septet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano and string trio (1953). European Soloists Ensemble/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Decca 473 810-2 11
Koechlin, C. Four little pieces (1915). Ben Jacks, hn. Melba MR 301126 8 Timothy Young, pf (3 above) Schubert, F. Eight songs from Winterreise (1827; arr. Roger Benedict). Simon Tedeschi, pf. ABC 481 6751 27 Roger Benedict, va (2 above) Saint-Saëns, C. Concert piece, op 94 (1887). Ben Jacks, hn; Queensland O/Barry Tuckwell. Melba MR 301117 9 Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 17 in G, K453 (1784). Andrea Lam, pf; Tasmanian SO/ Nicholas Milton. ABC 481 0247 30
Friday 14 June 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Annabelle Drumm 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Something borrowed Prepared by Stephen Wilson Bach, J.S. Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata, BWV208 (c1713; transcr. Walton). Tasmanian SO/David Stanhope. ABC 480 6403 7 Pabst, P. Paraphrase, after Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, op 81. Grigory Ginsburg, pf. Philips 456 802-2 12 Villa-Lobos, H. Five songs (1926-50; transcr. for flute and harp). Lorna McGhee, fl; Alison Nicholls, hp. Naxos 8.557765 14 Vivaldi, A. Concerto grosso no 11 in D minor, RV565 (pub. 1711; transcr. Stokowski). Richard Davis, fl; Christopher Blake, ob; BBC PO/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9930 13 Paisiello, G. Il mio ben quando verrà, from Arie antiche (arr. Parisotti). Cecilia Bartoli, sop; György Fischer, pf. Decca 436 267-2 7 Brahms, J. Six songs (arr. Salter 1896). David Pereira, vc; David Bollard, pf. Tall Poppies TP078 15 Marcello, A. Oboe concerto in C minor (transcr. Williams). John Williams, gui; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Kenneth Sillito. CBS MK 39560 12 10:30 CONCERT HALL Wagner, R. A Faust overture (1840/43-44). Cleveland O/George Szell. CBS M2YK 46466 12 Mozart, W. Violin concerto no 3 in G, K216 (1775). Joshua Bell, vn; English CO/Peter Maag. Decca 436 376-2 25 Schubert, F. Entr’acte III, from Incidental music to Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus, D797 (1823). CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 431 655-2 8 Saint-Saëns, C. Symphony no 3 in C minor, op 78, Organ (1886). Gillian Weir, org; Ulster O/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 8822 34 12:00 A JAZZ HOUR with Barry O’Sullivan
13:00 MUSIC AT THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES Prepared by Ray Lemond
Glass, P. Company (1983). Ulster O/Takuo Yuasa. Naxos 8.554568 9
Marais, M. Suite no 2 in G minor, from Pièces en trio (1692). Marais Project. Move MCD 512 17
Beach, A. Symphony in E minor, op 32, Gaelic (1896). Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8958 41
Lully, J-B. Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs. Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall. Auvidis/Valois V 4640 2
22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Andrew Dziedzic
Campra, A. Suite from Les fêtes vénitiennes (1710). Collegium Aureum. LP Harmonia Mundi 20 29102-2 28 Charpentier, M-A. Ballet music from La descente d’Orphée aux Enfers (c1686). Les Arts Florissants/William Christie. Erato 3984-26129-2 5 14:00 BRITISH SYMPHONISTS Prepared by Ron Walledge Vaughan Williams, R. The lark ascending (1914/20). Nigel Kennedy, vn; City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle. EMI 5 62813 2 18 Suite for viola, chorus and orchestra: Flos campi (1925). Lawrence Power, va; BBC Welsh National Ch & O/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA67839 20 Fantasia on Greensleeves (1912; arr. Greaves). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/ Neville Marriner. Decca 460 357-2 4 Oboe concerto in A minor (1944). Neil Black, ob; English CO/Daniel Barenboim. DG 442 833-3 19 Vaughan Williams, R. Symphony no 2, A London symphony (1913/20/33). London SO/ Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 8629 48 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Christopher Waterhouse 20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Prepared by Katy Rogers-Davies Barber, S. Overture: The school for scandal, op 5 (1933). Royal Scottish NO/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559024 9 Ives, C. Three places in New England (191029). Royal Concertgebouw O/John Adams. Radio Nederland RCO11004 18 Bernstein, L. Serenade, after Plato’s Symposium, mvt 4 (1954). Anne-Sophie Mutter, vn; London SO/André Previn. DG 477 9730 8 Copland, A. Suite: Appalachian Spring (1943-44). Melbourne SO/Benjamin Northey. ABC 481 0863 25
Albinoni, T. Oboe concerto in D minor, op 9 no 2. Kirsten Barry, ob; Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer. ABC 476 2840 12 Vivaldi, A. Violin concerto no 1 in D minor, RV549. Alan Loveday, vn; Iona Brown, vn; Carmel Kaine, vn; Roy Gillard, vn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Decca 467 432-2 7 Handel, G. Cuopre tal volta il cielo, HWV98 (1708). Michael Leighton Jones, bar; Arcadia/ Jacqueline Ogeil. Tall Poppies TP173 10 Telemann, G. Trio in B flat, TWV42:B1 (1718). Members of Cologne Camerata. cpo 999 957-2 8 Vivaldi, A. Bassoon concerto in B flat, RV501, La notte. Sergio Azzolini, bn; Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca. Opus 111 OP 30379 10 Handel, G. Pensieri, voi mi tormentate, from Agrippina, HWV110 (c1708). Renée Fleming, sop; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Harry Bicket. Decca 475 547-2 5 Marcello, A. Oboe concerto in D minor (pub. c1717). Kirsten Barry, ob; Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer. ABC 476 2840 11 Purcell, H. Symphony, from The fairy queen (1692; arr. Britten). English CO/Benjamin Britten. Decca 467 454-2 7 When I am laid in earth, from Dido and Aeneas (1689). Catherine Bott, sop; Academy of Ancient Music Ch & O/Christopher Hogwood. Decca 467 454-2 7 dall’Abaco, E. Concerto in D for a few instruments, op 5 no 6 (pub. 1719). Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer. ABC 476 2840 9 Vivaldi, A. Oboe concerto in A minor, RV461. Hans Peter Westermann, ob; Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca. Opus 111 OP 30379 9 Corelli, A. Violin sonata in F, op 5 no 4 (1700). Lucy van Dael, vn; Bob van Asperen, hpd. Naxos 8.557165 10 JUNE 2019
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Saturday 15 June Chabrier, E. España. Big Brass Band/Harry Mortimer. LP Decca PFS 4143 3 Prokofiev, S. March, op 99. Allentown Band/ Ronald Demkee. AMP 21188 2 Verdi, G. Overture to Nabucco. Brighouse and Rastrick Band/James Scott. LP Grosvenor GRS 1023 7
0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Peter Bell 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:05 THE PIANO ALONE Prepared by Paul Cooke Satie, E. Sonatine bureaucratique (1917). Roland Pöntinen, pf. BIS CD-317 4 Bruzaite, Z. Waves (2010). Maria Martinova, pf. Delphian DCD34156 5 Beethoven, L. Piano sonata no 12 in A flat, op 26 (1801). Angela Hewitt, pf. Hyperion CDA67797 19 Grieg, E. Ballade in G minor, op 24 (1876). Eva Knardahl, pf. BIS CD-109 20 10:00 MUSIC OF THE DANCE Prepared by Chris Blower Smetana, B. Three dances, from The bartered bride (1866). Cleveland O/George Szell. Sony SBK 48 279 11 Schubert, F. 15 Original dances, D365 (1821). William Bennett, fl; Simon Wynberg, gui. ASV DCA 692 10 Howells, H. Three dances for violin and orchestra (1915). Malcolm Stewart, vn; Royal Liverpool PO/Vernon Handley. Hyperion CDA66610 14 Bax, A. The truth about the Russian dancers (1920/26). London PO/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 8863 46 11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher Sousa, J.P. Semper fidelis. United States Marine Band. Richardson 3297-70022-2 2 24
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19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Sue Jowell 20:00 THE WORD TRANSFORMED Prepared by James Nightingale
Tchaikovsky, P. 1812 overture. Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Robert Childs. Grim 2015 10
Mouquet, J. La flûte de Pan, op 15. Manuela Wiesler, fl; Helsingborg SO/Philippe Auguin. BIS CD-529 15
12:00 URBAN JAZZ LOUNGE with Leita Hutchings
Szymanowski, K. Mythes, op 30 (1915). Lydia Mordkovich, vn; Marina Gusak-Grin, pf. Chandos CHAN 8747 20
13:00 COME TO THE OPERA Are you an opera fan? If not, why not? Together the story and the song make for great entertainment as well as great art. Derek Parker tells the story of Verdi’s La traviata, and plays some of the music that makes it a great opera 14:30 QUARTETS Prepared by James Nightingale Chan, L. Towards Elysium. Acacia Quartet. Nonesuch 840-1401 6 Haydn, J. String quartet in F, Hob.III:48, Dream (1787). Salomon Quartet. Hyperion CDA66822 20 15:00 SATURDAY MATINEE Offenbach’s ballets Prepared by Elaine Siversen 1819 2019
Eva Knardahl
Sonata del Decamerón negro (2012). Callum Henshaw, gui. Soundset recordings SR 1103 21
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Offenbach, J. Ballet: Le papillon (1860). London SO/Richard Bonynge. LP Decca SXL 6588 55 Ballet from Orpheus in the Underworld (1858). 18 Ballet from Le voyage dans la lune (1875). 18 Philharmonia O/Antonio de Almeida (2 above) Philips 422 057-2 Ballet: Gaîté parisienne (arr. Rosenthal 1938). Royal Opera House O/Georg Solti. Decca 476 2724 39 17:30 STAGING MUSIC Prepared by Angela Cockburn Cliffs and ledges 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Classical Guitar Society Prepared by Sue McCreadie Brouwer, L. Nuevos estudios sencillos (2001). Graham Anthony Devine, gui. Naxos 8.570251 14 Danzas rituales y festivas (2012-14). Alí Arango, gui. Naxos 8.573506 15
Schreker, F. On eternal life. Valda Wilson, sop; Rhineland State PO/Christopher Ward. Capriccio C5348 15 Butterley, N. Three Whitman songs. Jane Sheldon, sop; Nicole Panizza, pf. Phosphor Records PR0002 7 Adams, J. The wound-dresser (1988). Sanford Sylvan, bar; Chris Gekker, tpt; Naoko Tanaka, vn; O of St Luke’s/John Adams. Elektra Nonesuch 979218 -2 19 Peterson, J. See, the prismatic colours (2013). Alison Morgan, sop; Jenny DuckChong, mezz; Jason Noble, cl; Geoffrey Gartner, vc; William Jackson, perc. Tall Poppies TP236 5 Delius, F. Sea drift (1903-04). John ShirleyQuirk, bar; London Symphony Ch; Royal PO/ Richard Hickox. Decca 440 323-2 27 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Elaine Siversen Dvorák, A. Czech suite, op 39 (1879). Scottish CO/José Serebrier. ASV DCA 765 23 Martinu, B. Suite no 2, from Spalicek (193132/37/40). Liidia Ilves, pf; Estonian NSO/ Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 10885 22 Bartók, B. Three rondos on Slovak folk tunes (1916; arr. Dorati). Budapest SO/András Ligeti. Conifer CDCF 189 9 Dvorák, A. Moravian quartets, after op 32 (1876, arr. Janácek). Song Company; Josephine Allen, pf; Roland Peelman, cond. Fine Music concert recording 11 Rachmaninov, S. Bohemian caprice, op 12 (1892/94). Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Exton EXCL-00018 17 Novák, V. South Bohemia suite, op 64 (193637). Brno State PO/Jirí Pinkas. LP Supraphon 1110 2486 30
Sunday 16 June 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
Howells, H. Rhapsody, op 17 no 3. 8
6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Paul Roper
John Challenger, org (2 above)
9:00 MUSICA SACRA Prepared by Rex Burgess
18:00 SMALL FORCES Prepared by Adam Bowen
Priory PRCD 1118
Carissimi, G. Motet: Usquequo peccatores for three choirs, two violins, lute and basso continuo (1672). Consortium Carissimi/ Garrick Comeaux. Naxos 8.573258 20 Bruckner, A. Missa solemnis in B flat minor (1854). Christine Orlze, sop; Claudia Schubert, cont; Jorg Dümüller, ten; Reinhard Hagen, bass; Bamberg Symphony Choir & O/ Karl Anton Richenbacher. Virgin VL 7 91481-2 32 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Ron Walledge Salieri, A. Overture to Don Quixote (1770). Slovak RSO/Michael Dittrich. Naxos 8.554838 7 Haydn, J. Symphony in C, Hob.I:50, Der Götterat (1773). Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/ Manfred Huss. BIS SACD-1815 19 Hummel, J. Piano concerto in B minor, op 89 (1819). Stephen Hough, pf; English CO/ Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 8507 36 Stamitz, C. Oboe quartet in D, op 8. Paul Goodwin, ob; Terzetto. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907220 15 Spohr, L. Symphony no 1 in E flat, op 20 (1811). North German Radio PO/Howard Griffiths. cpo 777 179-2 32 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with Jeannie McInnes 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Orli Zahava 14:00 INSPIRED BY SCOTLAND Prepared by Elaine Siversen Alwyn, W. Suite of Scottish dances (1946). Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos 8.570704 8 Sarasate, P. de Scottish airs, op 34 (1892). Adele Anthony, vn; Akira Eguchi, pf. Canary CC07 9 Arnold, M. Four Scottish dances (1957; arr. Painter). Sydney Defence Wind O/David Worrall. Fine Music concert recording 10 Bennett, Richard. Reflections on a Scottish folk song (2004). Paul Watkins, vc; Philharmonia O/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 10389 26
Marais, M. La sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont de Paris (pub. 1723). Latitude 37. www.latitude37baroque.com 8 Mozart, W. Flute quartet no 3 in C, K285b (1777). Genevieve Lacey, rec; Flinders Quartet. ABC 481 1562 14 Felix Blumenfeld
15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Rarities from the Russian archives Prepared by Paolo Hooke Blumenfeld, F. Symphony in C minor, op 39, To the dear beloved. State SO/Igor Golovchin. Russian Disc RD 11052 33 Shebalin, V. Symphony no 2 in C sharp minor, op 11 (1929). Russian Cinematographic SO/Sergei Skripka. Olympia OCD 597 22 Popov, G. Symphony no 3, Heroic (1939-46). St Petersburg State Academic SO/Alexander Titov. Northern Flowers NF/PMA 9972 54 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Richard Munge Hymns: Holy, holy, holy; I bind unto myself today. Choir of Wells Cathedral; Rupert Gough, org; Malcolm Archer, cond. Hyperion CDP 12103 10 Sumsion, H. Te Deum in G. Boy choristers and lay vicars of Salisbury Cathedral; John Challenger, org; David Halls, cond. Priory PRCD 1118 6 Britten, B. Jubilate Deo. 3 Mendelssohn, F. Anthem: For He shall give His angels charge over thee. 3 Wood, C. Anthem: Hail, gladdening light. 9 Choir of St George’s Chapel, Windsor; Roger Judd, org; Timothy Byram-Wigfield, cond (3 above) Delphian D 34048 Blow, J. Anthem: The Lord is my shepherd. Choir of Winchester Cathedral/David Hill; Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman. Hyperion CDD 22055 11 Hymns: Praise to the Lord the almighty; The King of Love my shepherd is. Choir of Worcester Cathedral; Paul Trepte, org; Donald Hunt, cond. Griffin GCCD 4024 6 Ye that know the Lord is gracious. Boy choristers and lay vicars of Salisbury Cathedral/David Halls. 3
Bizet, G. Suite from Carmen (1873-74; arr. Pepe Romero). Los Romeros. Philips 412 609-2 21 Yeo, C. Suite: The butterfly tree (2017). Caitlin Yeo, fl; Emily Long, vn; Lucy Warren, vn; Virginia Comerford, va; Rowena McNeish, vc; Greg Sheehan, perc; Hamish Stewart, perc. Caitlin Yeo 5054960482319 9 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by James Nightingale Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. Overture: The merchant of Venice, op 76 (1933). West Australian SO/Andrew Penny. Naxos 8.572501 15 Bach, C.P.E. Cello concerto in A minor, Wq170 (1750). Anner Bijlsma, vc; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Gustav Leonhardt. Virgin VC 7 90800-2 26 Dukas, P. Symphony in C (1895-96). BBC PO/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 241-32 41 20:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Nev Dorrington Bergersen, T. Sun (2014). Choir of Sofia; Thomas Bergersen, vn; Capellen O. CD Baby 88817 4991 962 1:09 Yamane, H. Threads (2018). Hoshiko Yamane, vn. Groove Unlimited GR 252 14 Bergersen, T. Remember me (2017). Thomas Bergersen, vn; Capellen O. CD Baby 88817 4991 962 4 22:00 AFTER HOURS JAZZ The three well-known numbered Masses (1 to 3) were not the first composed by Anton Bruckner but were his last. In his early career he produced three ‘country Masses’ for use in local churches and, during his time as organist at St Florian’s Abbey, his Missa solemnis in B flat minor was composed for the installation of the new abbot. JUNE 2019
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Tuesday 18 June
13:00 OPERA IN CONCERT Prepared by Giovanna Grech Offenbach, J. Overture to La belle Hélène (1864). City of Birmingham SO/Louis Frémaux. EMI CDM 1 66418 2 9 Giordano, U. Vicino a te, from Andrea Chénier (1895). Eva-Maria Westbroek, sop; Jonas Kaufmann, ten; Saint Cecilia National Academy O/Antonio Pappano. Decca 478 2258 7
Frantisek Herman
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 A year in retrospect: 1825 Prepared by Chris Blower Fesca, F. Overture in C, op 43 (1825). North German Radio PO/Frank Beermann. cpo 999 889-2 8 Chopin, F. Rondo in C minor, op 1 (1825). Lilya Zilberstein, pf. DG 477 8445 10 Berwald, F. Serenade (1825). Thomas Annmo, ten; Mikael Björk, db; Joakim Kallhed, pf; members of Arion Wind Quintet; members of Schein String Quartet. Naxos 8.553714 14 Mendelssohn, F. Violin sonata in F minor, op 4 (1825). Shlomo Mintz, vn; Paul Ostrovsky, pf. DG 419 244-2 24 Beethoven, L. String quartet no 16 in F, op 135 (1825). Tokyo String Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMU 807481.83 24 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by James Nightingale Glazunov, A. Karelian legend, op 99 (1912). Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin. Naxos 8.553839 22 Kozeluch, J. Bassoon concerto in C. Frantisek Herman, bn; Prague CO/Libor Pesek. LP Aria 1110 3175G 22 Brahms, J. Symphony no 4 in E minor, op 98 (1884-85). London Classical Players/Roger Norrington. EMI 5 56118 2 39 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan 26
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Puccini, G. Sola, perduta, abbandonata! from Manon Lescaut (1894). Renée Fleming, sop; Milan Symphony Ch & O/Marco Armiliato. Decca 478 1533 6 Massenet, J. Je suis seul, from Manon (1884). Roberto Alagna, ten; Royal Opera House O/Richard Armstrong. EMI 5 56117 2 4 Verdi, G. Prelude to I Masnadieri (1847). BBC PO/Edward Downes. Chandos CHAN 9510 5 Bellini, V. Ah! Per sempre io ti perdei, from I Puritani (1835). Dmitri Hvorostovsky, bar; Philharmonia O/Ion Marin. Philips 434 912-2 5 Donizetti, G. Al dolce guidami castel natio, from Anna Bolena (1830). Angela Gheorghiu, sop; Royal Opera House O/Richard Armstrong. EMI 5 56117 2 4 Mascagni, P. Easter hymn, from Cavalleria rusticana (1890). Slovak Philharmonic Ch; Slovak RSO/Alexander Rahbari. Naxos 8.553963 7 14:00 BRIDGING THE DIVIDE From Classical into Romantic Prepared by Elaine Siversen Gluck, C. Ballet: Don Juan (1761). Tafelmusik/Bruno Weill. Sony SK 53119 45 Haydn, M. Duo concertante for organ, viola and orchestra (1760-61). Stephen Shingles, va; Simon Preston, org; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Decca 436 222-2 30 Gade, N. Symphony no 1 in C minor, op 5 (1840-42). Danish National RSO/Dmitri Kitaienko. Chandos CHAN 9422 36 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm 19:00 JAZZ PULSE with Chris Wetherall 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson
Nai-Yuan Hu
0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Colours of the keyboard Prepared by Frank Morrison Delius, F. Cello sonata (1916). Julian Lloyd Webber, vc; Bengt Forsberg, pf. Philips 454 458-2 13 Bach, J.S. Prelude, BWV552.i, from Clavierübung III (1708-48). John O’Donnell, org. Tall Poppies TP140 8 Britten, B. Three character pieces (1930). Stephen Hough, pf. Virgin VC 7 91203-2 7 Telemann, G. Fantasia in G minor. Gisela Gumz, clvd. Hungaroton HCD 31185 5 MacDowell, E. New England idylls, op 62 (1902). James Barbagallo, pf. Marco Polo 8.223631 16 Cabanilles, J. Gallarda. Ton Koopman, hpd. EMI CDM 7 63418 2 7 Mendelssohn, F. Piano quartet no 2 in F minor, op 2 (1823). Menuhin Festival Piano Quartet. Ars FCD 368 312 22 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Paul Hopwood Berlioz, H. Overture: King Lear, op 4 (1831). Philharmonia O/Jean-Philippe Rouchon. ASV DCA 895 16 Bruch, M. Violin concerto no 2 in D minor, op 44 (1878). Nai-Yuan Hu, vn; Seattle SO/ Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE 3156 25 Rachmaninov, S. Symphony no 3 in A minor, op 44 (1935-36/38). London SO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8614 43
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Wednesday 19 June
Sonia Prina, cont; Ensemble Claudiana/Luca Pianca. naïve OP 30549 6 Sonata in D minor, op 2 no 2. Parnassus Avenue. BIS CD-945 8 Psalm 47 (48): Great is the Lord, from Estro poetico-armonico (pub. 1724). Cantus Cölln/ Konrad Junghänel. Harmonia Mundi HMG 901696 12
Alessandro Marcello
12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes 13:00 THE BARD OF AVON Music based on William Shakespeare Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Gade, N. Overture: Hamlet, op 37 (1861). Danish National RSO/Dmitri Kitaienko. Chandos CHAN 9422 10 Schubert, F. An Sylvia, D891 (1826). Lucia Popp, sop; Geoffrey Parsons, pf. BBC Music BBCL 4025-2 3
Marcello, A. Concerto grosso no 3 in B minor (pub. 1738). Pierre Pierlot, ob; Alessandro Bonelli, ob; Sergio Penazzi, bn; Piero Toso, vn; Vito Prato, vn; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone. LP Erato/WRC S/6512 9 Mozart, W. Piano concerto in E flat, K365/316a (1779). Lucas Jussen, pf; Arthur Jussen, pf; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. DG 481 2130 25 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps
Prokofiev, S. Folk dance; Masquers; Montagues and Capulets, from Romeo and Juliet, op 75 (1937). Boris Berman, pf. Chandos CHAN 8851 11
20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Charles Barton
Mendelssohn, F. Incidental music to A midsummer night’s dream, op 61 (1843). Gewandhaus O/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 481 0778 29
Mozart, W. Quintet in E flat for winds and piano, K452 (1784). David Rowden, cl; Alexandre Oguey, ob; Ben Hoadley, bn; Michael Dixon, hn; Kathryn Selby, pf. Fine Music concert recording 24
14:00 MUSICAL FAMILIES Prepared by Jennifer Foong Marcello, A. Oboe concerto in D minor (c1717). Clare Shanks, baroque ob; Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 421 655-2 11 Marcello, B. Psalm XIV, from Estro poeticoarmonico (pub. 1724). Mária Zádori, sop; members of Capella Savaria/Pál Németh. Harmonia Mundi QUI 903048 8 Recorder sonata in F, op 2 no 1 (pub. 1712). Michala Petri, rec; George Malcolm, hpd. Philips 476 7072 9 Cello sonata in F. Gary Williams, vc; Mary Mageau, hpd. LP Grevillea GRV 1080 7 Quella fiamma che m’accende, from Arie antiche (arr. Parisotti). Cecilia Bartoli, sop; György Fischer, pf. Decca 436 267-2 4 Psalm 19. Michael Murray, org. Telarc 80169 3 Se morto mi brami. Roberta Invernizzi, sop;
22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Rex Burgess
Holmboe, V. Triade, op 123 (1975). Edward H. Tarr, tpt; Elizabeth Westenholz, org. BIS CD-78 17 Francaix, J. Nonetto after Mozart’s Quintet in E flat for piano and winds, K452 (1995). Sebastian Bohren, vn; CHARTS Chamber Artists. Sony 88985317172 24 Schubert, F. String quartet no 8 in B flat, D112 (1814). Melos Quartet. DG 419 879-2 27 Fauré, G. Cello sonata no 2, op 117 (1921). Maria Kliegel, vc; Nina Tichman, pf. Naxos 8.557889 17 A lifelong admiration of Mozart led Jean Françaix to make a brilliant transcription for nonet of Mozart’s Quintet in E flat for winds and piano, K452. Retaining the parts for oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, he transcribed the piano part for a string quartet and double bass.
Alexander Skryabin
0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Troy Fil 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Jennifer Foong Joachim, J. Overture to Demetrius (arr. Brahms). Silke-Thora Matthies, pf; Christian Köhn, pf. Naxos 8.555849 16 Variations for violin and orchestra (1882). Hans Maile, vn; Berlin RSO/Jésus López-Cobos. Schwann CD11622 14 Scottish song. Vaughan Jones, vn. First Hand FHR29 2 Romance, op 2 no 1 (c1850). Daniel Hope, vn; Sebastian Knauer, pf. DG 477 9301 5 Violin concerto in G minor in one movement, op 3 (1851). Suyoen Kim, vn; Staatskapelle Weimar/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.570991 20 Variations for viola and piano, op 10 (pub. 1860). Zaslav Duo. Music & Arts CD-1087(2) 22 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Michael Field Parry, H. Elegy for Brahms (1897). London PO/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 6610 13 Korngold, E. Violin concerto in D, op 35 (1945). Nicola Benedetti, vn; Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits. Decca 478 3529 26 Skryabin, A. Symphony no 2 in C minor, op 29 (1902). Patrick Addinall, tpt; BBC PO/ Vassily Sinaisky. BBC Music MM 218 45 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale JUNE 2019
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Wednesday 19 June
Take me away to the one I adore, from Robinson Crusoe (1867). Yvonne Kenny, sop; Geoffrey Mitchell Choir; Royal PO/Alun Francis. ABC 456 695-2 4 Entr’acte, from La périchole (1868); Lettre de la périchole. Frederica von Stade, mezz. 6 Overture to La romance de la rose (1869). 2 Scottish CO/Antonio de Almeida (3 above) RCA 09026 68116 2
13:00 CHAMBER DELIGHTS Prepared by Elaine Siversen Salieri, A. Concerto in C for flute, oboe and chamber ensemble (1774). Geoffrey Collins, fl; David Nuttall, ob; Dene Olding, vn; Dimity Hall, vn; Irena Morozova, va; David Pereira, vc; Dorith Herskovits, db; Paul Dyer, hpd. Fine Music concert recording 19 Mozart, W. String quintet no 3 in C, K515 (1787). Louise Williams, va; The Lindsays. ASV DCA 992 35 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans
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15:00 OFFENBACH EXPLORED Part 3 Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans
Offenbach 200th Anniversary
Offenbach, J. Overture to La belle Hélène (1864). Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet. Decca 425 083-2 9 Amours divins. Frederica von Stade, mezz. 4 Overture to Bluebeard (1866). 3 Scottish CO/Antonio de Almeida (2 above) RCA 09026 68116 2 Overture to La vie parisienne (1866; arr. Dorati). Sydney SO/Patrick Thomas. ABC 476 4564 5 Rondeau et valse (1866). RCA 09026 68116 2 4 When she goes out ... her petticoats go frou, frou. June Bronhill, sop; Cynthia Morey, sop; Eric Shilling, bar; Sadler’s Wells Opera Ch & O/Alexander Faris. EMI 389163 2 2 Overture to The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein (1867). City of Birmingham SO/Louis Frémaux. EMI CDM 1 66418 2 7 28
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Marines’ hymn (1859; arr. Hunsberger 1955). President’s Own United States Marine Band/ Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.573121 1 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell 20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Angela Cockburn 1819 2019
Joan Sutherland
Offenbach 200th Anniversary
Offenbach, J. The tales of Hoffmann. Opera in five acts. Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. First performed Paris, 1881. HOFFMANN: Plácido Domingo, ten NICKLAUSSE: Huguette Tourangeau, mezz OLYMPIA, GUILIETTA, ANTONIA, STELLA: Joan Sutherland, sop LINDORF, COPPELIUS, DAPERTUTTO, DR MIRACLE: Gabriel Bacquier, bar Radio Suisse Romande Ch; Pro Arte of Lausanne; Chorale du Brassus; Suisse Romande O/Richard Bonynge. Decca 417 363-2 2:22 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Opera Cello duet in A minor, op 49 no 3 (c1847). Andrea Noferini, vc; Giovanni Sollima, vc. Brilliant Classics 94475 8 Langford, G. An Offenbach fantasy. Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Peter Parkes. Chandos CHAN 4542 10 23:00 CLASSICAL CHAMBER Prepared by Paul Hopwood Beethoven, L. Quintet in E flat for winds and piano, op 16 (1796). Lothar Koch, ob; Karl Leister, cl; Günter Piesk, bn; Gerd Seifert, hn; Jörg Demus, pf. DG 439 852-2 26 Mozart, W. Clarinet quintet in A, K581 (1789). Members of Vienna Octet. Decca 417 643-2 28
0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC The music salon Prepared by Madilina Tresca Bach, J.S. Suite in C minor, BWV997 (bef. 1740). Elizabeth Farr, lute-hpd. Naxos 8.570470-71 20 Mozart, W. Als Luise die Briefe, K520; Abendempfindung an Laura, K523 (1787). Barbara Bonney, sop; Geoffrey Parsons, pf. Teldec 2292-46334-2 7 Sor, F. Village fantasy, op 52 (c 1832). Adam Holzman, gui. Naxos 8.553450 11 Boccherini, L. String quintet in E, op 11 no 5, G275 (1771). La Magnifica Comunità. Brilliant Classics 94386 24 Liszt, F. Grand fantasia bravour, op 2, The little bell (1834). Bruno Mezzena, pf. Dynamic CDS 05 18 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Paul Cooke Beethoven, L. Overture to Leonore, no 3, op 72a (1814). Vienna PO/Karl Böhm. DG 479 1949 14 Carwithen, D. Concerto for piano and strings (1952). Howard Shelley, pf; London SO/ Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 9524 29 Raff, J. Symphony no 5 in E, op 177, Lenore (1872). Suisse Romande O/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHSA 5135 40 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers 13:00 OFFENBACH’S CELLO MUSIC Prepared by Elaine Siversen 1819 2019
Pif, paf, pouf, from The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein. Louis Musy, bar. Regis RRC 2063 3
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Offenbach, J. Concerto rondo (1851). Guido Schiefen, vc; West German RO/Helmut Froschauer. cpo 777 069-2 20 Cello duet in D, op 20 no 3 (1839-46). Paul Christopher, vc; Milovan Paz, vc. Human Metronome HMP 107-2016 13 Cello concerto in G, Militaire (1850). Ofra Harnoy, vc; Cincinnati SO/Erich Kunzel. RCA RD 71003 21 14:00 OPERA’S FALLEN WOMEN Part 2 Prepared by Stephen Matthews Puccini, G. Act III, from La rondine. Elena Mosuc, sop; Bavarian Radio Choir; Munich
Thursday 20 June RO/Ivan Repusic. cpo 555 075-2 33 Shostakovich, D. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Act I scenes 1 and 2. Galina Vishnevskaya, sop; Ambrosian Opera Ch; London PO/ Mstislav Rostropovich. Warner 0825646483204 31 Berg, A. Lulu, Act II scene 2. Teresa Stratas, sop; Paris Opera O. DG 463 617-2 30 Turnage, M-A. Anna Nicole, Act I scenes 1 and 2. Eva-Maria Westbroek, sop; Royal Opera House Ch & O/Antonio Pappano. The Royal Opera OA 1054 D 11 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm 19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley 20:00 THE WORLD OF A SYMPHONY Prepared by Krystal Li Arensky, A. Four studies, op 41 (1896). Adam Neiman, pf. Naxos 8.572233 7 Liszt, F. Symphonic poem no 5: Prometheus (1850/55). London PO/Bernard Haitink. Philips 438 751-2 13 Chopin, F. Nocturnes, op 9 (1830-31): no1 in B flat; no 2 in E flat; no 3 in B. Claudio Arrau, pf. Award AWCD 28220 18 Strauss, R. Death and transfiguration, op 24 (1888-89). Vienna PO/Fritz Reiner. Decca 480 5006 24 Skryabin, A. Symphony no 3 in C minor, op 43, The divine poem (1902-04). Stockholm PO/Leif Segerstam. BIS CD-475 49 22:00 SHOWCASING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS Prepared by Chris Blower Schumann, R. Concert piece for four horns and full orchestra, op 86 (1849). Canberra School of Music SO/Michael Mulcahy. Fine Music tape archive 17 Vaughan Williams, R. The lark ascending (1914). Richard Tognetti, vn; Australian CO/ Roland Peelman. ABC 481 4571 17 Beethoven, L. Piano concerto no 3 in C minor, op 37 (1800). Gerard Willems, pf; Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker. ABC 980 046-5 36 Haydn, J. Trio in G for flute, cello and piano, Hob.XV:15 (1790). Geoffrey Collins, fl; Julian Smiles, vc; Catherine Davis, pf. Fine Music concert recording 17 Josquin Desprez. Missa: Pange lingua (c1515). Ormond College Choir/Douglas Lawrence. Move MD 3130 26
Friday 21 June 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Annabelle Drumm 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Something borrowed Prepared by Paul Cooke Debussy, C. Clair de lune (1905 arr. Brouwer 2011). 4 Bach, J.S. Two-part invention in F (1723; arr. Brouwer 2011). 4 Blue Streak Ensemble (2 above) Naxos 8.559763 Brahms, J. Theme and variations in D minor, from String sextet op 18 (1860). Ian Holtham, pf. Tall Poppies TP 219 9 Haas, P. Four songs (1944; arr. van Vlijmen). Maarten Koningsberger, bar; Nieuw Ensemble/Ed Spanjaard. Radio Netherlands 93007 13 Doppler, F. Hungarian pastoral fantasy, op 26 (arr. Killönen). Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois. Naxos 8.570378 11 Finzi, G. Five bagatelles, op 23a (1943; arr. Ashmore). Robert Plane, cl; Northern Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths. Naxos 8.553566 15 Mozart, W. Symphony no 40 in G minor, K550 (1788; arr. Hummel). Uwe Grodd, fl; Friedemann Eichhorn, vn; Martin Rummel, vc; Roland Krüger, pf. Naxos 8.572841 24 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Elaine Siversen Chabrier, E. Pastoral suite (1888). Ulster O/ Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 8852 19 D’Hoedt, H. Short chronicles of bourgeois life. Belgian NO/Daniel Sternefeld. LP Cultura 5074-2 25 Rachmaninov, S. Piano concerto no 3 in D minor, op 30 (1909). Byron Janis, pf; London SO/Antal Dorati. Mercury 432 759-2 38 12:00 A JAZZ HOUR with Barry O’Sullivan 13:00 IN A PLAYFUL MOOD Prepared by Ron Walledge Saint-Saëns, C. The carnival of the animals (1886). David Strange, vc; Anthony Goldstone, pf; Ian Brown, pf; Royal PO/Owain Arwel Hughes. ASV QS 6124 22 Milhaud, D. Le boeuf sur le toit, op 58a (1919). Czech PO/Libor Pesek. Praga PR 250 007 15
Jane Glover
Debussy, C. Children’s corner suite (190608). François-Joël Thiollier, pf. Naxos 8.553291 18 14:00 A MUSICAL CARAVAN Prepared by Frank Morrison Strauss, R. Dance of the seven veils, from Salome, op 54 (1905). Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan. DG 474 281-2 10 Haydn, J. Piano sonata no 48 in C, Hob. XVI:35 (1780). Marc-André Hamelin, pf. Hyperion CDA67710 19 Berg, A. Here is peace, from Five orchestral songs, op 4 (1912). Jessye Norman, sop; London SO/Pierre Boulez. Sony SK 66826 4 Albrechtsberger, J. Fugue in C (c1770). Camerata Bern/Thomas Füri. Archiv 410 599-2 6 Bruckner, A. Helgoland. Chicago Symphony Ch & O/Daniel Barenboim. DG 437 250-2 14 Schubert, F. Piano trio in B flat, D898 (1827). Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 438 700-2 35 Mozart, W. Symphony no 35 in D, K385, Haffner (1782). London Mozart Players/Jane Glover. ASV DCA 615 19 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Christopher Waterhouse 20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Music from the New World: moderns Prepared by David Brett Waxman, F. Medley from the film, The two Mrs Carrolls (1947). National PO/Charles Gerhardt. RCA GD80422 4 Korngold, E. Violin concerto in D, op 35 (1945). Nicola Benedetti, vn; Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits. Decca 478 3529 26 JUNE 2019
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Saturday 22 June 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson
Johan Helmich Roman
Williams, J. Main theme, from Star wars (1977). Boston Pops O/John Williams. Decca 478 9244 6 Horner, J. Main theme, from Titanic (1997). Royal PO/Nick Ingman. Sony 88697290382 7 Reich, S. Three movements for orchestra (1986). Tonkünstler O/Kristjan Järvi. Chandos CHSA 5091 14 Adams, J. Shaker loops (1978/83). Naxos 8.559031 25 Glass, P. Symphony no 3 (1997). Naxos 8.559202 24 Bournemouth SO/Marin Alsop (2 above) 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Music for weddings Prepared by Elaine Siversen Bach, J.S. Cantata, BWV196: Der Herr denket an uns, Wedding (1707-08). Josie Ryan, sop; Andrei Leptev, ten; Alexander Knight, bass; Coro Innominata; Concertato/ Timothy Chung. Fine Music concert recording 13 Telemann, G. Seven dances, from The wedding divertissement. Benjamin Thorn, rec; Wayne Madden, spinet. Move MD 3219 7 Purcell, H. Ode for the wedding of Prince George of Denmark and Princess Anne: From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war (1683). Gillian Fisher, sop; Tessa Bonner, sop; James Bowman, ct; Jonathan Kenney, ct; Rogers Covey-Crump, high ten; Charles Daniels, ten; Michael George, bass; Charles Pott, bass; King’s Consort/Robert King. Hyperion CDA66456 18 Roman, J. Drottningholm music for a royal wedding (1744). Helsingborg SO/Andrew Manze. BIS CD-1602 1:10 “To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.” — Leonard Bernstein 30
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9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:05 THE PIANO ALONE Prepared by Katy Rogers-Davies Glazunov, A. Trois morceaux, op 49 (1894). Stephen Coombs, pf. Hyperion CDA66844 10 Rachmaninov, S. Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf, from Étude-tableau, op 39 no 6 (1911). Valentina Lisitsa, pf. Decca 478 4572 2 Skryabin, A. Poème-nocturne, op 61 (1911). Roger Woodward, pf. ABC 465 671-2 8 Medtner, N. Piano sonata in F minor, op 5 (1896-1903). Geoffrey Tozer, pf. Chandos CHAN 9691 31 10:00 MUSIC OF THE DANCE Prepared by Chris Blower Reger, M. A ballet suite, op 130 (1913). Heinz Schunk, vn; Staatskapelle Berlin/Otmar Suitner. LP Ariola-Eurodisc 86 535 XEK 18 Colborne-Veel, J. Seven scenes from the ballet, Tiger Tim (1985). Capricornia String Quartet. Jade JADCD 1036 20 Adams, J. Foxtrot for orchestra: The chairman dances (1985). San Francisco SO/ Edo de Waart. Nonesuch 979 144-2 12 Moyzes, A. Pohronic dances, op 43. CzechoSlovak RSO/Ondrej Lenard. Marco Polo 8.223278 31 11:30 ON PARADE Grainger, P. Colonial song (1912). Hawthorn Band/Ken MacDonald. Walsingham WAL 9000-2 7 A Lincolnshire posy. Royal Australian Navy Band/Phillip Anderson. Royal Australian Navy RAN-013 18 12:00 URBAN JAZZ LOUNGE with Leita Hutchings 13:00 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD with Maureen Meers Nostalgic music and artists from the 30s, 40s and 50s and occasionally beyond, in a trip down many memory lanes 14:00 LESS FAMILIAR INSTRUMENTS Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Roggen, D. Euphonium concerto in B flat. Roland Fröscher, euphonium; Capella Istropolitana/Dominique Roggen. Naxos 8.570725 10
Reser, H. Suite for banjo and orchestra (1922-30). Don Vappie, banjo; Hot Springs Music Festival SO/Richard Rosenberg. Naxos 8.559647 11 Edwards, R. Dawn mantras (2005). Jane Sheldon, sop; Sydney Children’s Choir; Cantillation; Matthew Doyle, did; Jim Franklin, shakuhachi; Rixon Thomas, cora; Ian Cleworth, perc; Brian Nixon, perc; Lyn Williams, cond. ABC 481 1909 7 Perry, W. Military ophicleide; Latin ophicleide, from Brass from the past: concerto for ophicleide and orchestra (2012). Nick Byrne, ophicleide; Irish Radio and Television NSO/ Paul Phillips. Naxos 8.573105 11 Frescobaldi, G. Canzona quarta for basso solo, from Canzoni da sonare (1634). Alan Lumbsden, serpent; Robert Spencer, chitarrone; Christopher Hogwood, org. Virgin 3 85811 2 2 Arnold, M. Harmonica concerto, op 46 (1954). Tommy Reilly, harmonica; BBC Concert O/Henry Krips. BBC BBCRD 9103 10 15:00 SATURDAY MATINEE Operetta in the afternoon Prepared by Elaine Siversen 1819 2019
Friday 21 June
Offenbach 200th Anniversary
Offenbach, J. The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein. Operetta in three acts and four tableaux. Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. First performed Paris, 1867. GRAND DUCHESS OF GEROLSTEIN: Huguette Tourangeau, mezz PRINCE PAUL: Ruchard Stilwell, ten BARON PUCK: Douglas Perry, bass FRITZ: John Walker, ten WANDA: Susan Belling, sop GENERAL BOUM: Donald Gramm, bar Sante Fé Opera Ch & O/John Crosby. Gala GL 100.552 2:12 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Opera 17:30 THE VOICES, THE ROLES Prepared by Angela Cockburn The chorus: Here comes the bride 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Sydney Schubert Society Prepared by Ross Hayes Schubert, F. Entr’acte I, from Incidental music to Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus, D797 (1823). CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado. DG 431 655-2 8 Totengräbers Heimweh, D842 (1825). Matthias Goerne, bar; Alexander Schmalcz, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902063 7
Saturday 22 June String quartet no 14 in D minor, D810, Death and the maiden (1824). Maggini Quartet. ASV QS 6150 38 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers Cohan, G. Excerpts from Yankee doodle (1942). James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, voices; Warner Brothers O. Sony 88697638662 20 Rodgers, R. Suite from The King and I (1951). O/Richard Hayman. Naxos 8.578039-40 12 Various. Excerpts from For me and my gal (1942; arr Edens). Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, voices; MGM Studio O. Sony 88697638552 18 20:00 THE WORD TRANSFORMED Prepared by Elaine Siversen Schubert, F. Incidental music to Rosamunde, D797 (1823). Vienna PO/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC 7 54873 2 16 Foote, A. Five poems after Omar Khayyám, op 41 (1898). Virginia Eskin, pf. Northeastern NR 223-CD 17 Bantock, G. Camel caravan; Prelude, from Omar Khayyám (1906). Royal Philharmonic Ch & O/Vernon Handley. Hyperion CDA67250 15 Hovhaness, A. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám, op 282 (1975). Douglas Fairbanks jnr, narr; Carmen Carrozza, accordion; O/ André Kostelanetz. LP CBS SBR 235868 14 Grieg, E. Incidental music to Peer Gynt (1875). Lucia Popp, sop; Ambrosian Singers; Stephen Shingles, va; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Mariner. EMI 7 47003 2 48 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Rex Burgess Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 12 in A, K414 (1782). Mitsuko Uchida, pf; English CO/ Jeffrey Tate. Philips 475 7306 25 Biber, H. Partia VI in D, from Harmonia artificiosa-ariosa (pub. 1712). Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 479 1957 18 Clérambault, L-N. Cantata: Orphée (pub. 1710). Rachel Yakar, sop; Wilbert Hazelet, fl; Reinhard Goebel, vn; Charles Medlam, bass viol; Alan Curtis, hpd. Archiv 437085-2 18 Schubert, F. String quartet no 6 in E flat, D87 (1813). Melos Quartet. DG 419 879-2 25 Khachaturian, A. Suite no 3 from Spartacus (1943). Armenian PO/Loris Tjeknavorian. ASV DCA 773 24
Sunday 23 June 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett 9:00 MUSICA SACRA Prepared by Di Cox Scarlatti, D. Salve Regina (c1717). James Bowman, ct; King’s Consort/Robert King. Hyperion CDA66875 13 Victoria, T. de Requiem for six voices (1605). Sydney University Chamber Choir/Neil McEwan. LP ABC/Festival L 38676 39 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Di Cox Schubert, F. Six German dances, D820 (1824; arr. Webern). American SO/Leon Botstein. Koch 3-7307-2 7 Hummel, J. Piano quintet in E flat, op 87 (c1802). Music Collection. Chandos CHAN 0800 25 Beethoven, L. String trio in G, op 9 no 1 (1797-98). Oleg Kagan, vn; Yuri Bashmet, va; Natalia Gutman, vc. Live Classics LCL 141 31 Gluck, C. O del mio dolce ardor, from Paride ed Elena (1770). Magdalena Kozená, mezz; Prague PO/Michel Swierczewski. DG 471 334-2 3 Haydn, J. Concertino in C, Hob.XIV:11 (1760). Reinhard Goebel, vn; Alda Stuurop, vn; Charles Medlam, vc; Ton Koopman, hpd. Philips 446 542-2 7 Vanhal, J. Clarinet trio in E flat, op 20 no 5 (1781). Deborah de Graaff, cl; Dimity Hall, vn; David Miller, pf. Fine Music concert recording 9 Mozart, W. Symphony no 29 in A, K201 (1774). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. Sony SK 53356 26 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with John Buchanan
15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Clare Maclean’s Osanna Mass Prepared by James Nightingale Hutchens, F. The island. Tamara Anna Cislowska, pf. ABC 476 6298 2 Bruch, M. Kol nidrei, op 47 (1881). Alisa Weilerstein, vc; Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim. Decca 478 2735 11 Maclean, C. Osanna Mass. Sydney Chamber Choir/Paul Stanhope. Tall Poppies TP218 29 Stanhope, P. Sea chronicles (1998). Jane Sheldon, sop; Ironwood. ABC 476 3870 20 Hutchens, F. Piano quintet in E minor (1930). Joyce Hutchinson, pf; Austral String Quartet. LP Festival L 42018 15 Whitehead, G. Manutaki (1986). Australia Ensemble. Tall Poppies TP002 11 Hill, A. Symphony no 7 in E minor (1956). Queensland SO/Wilfred Lehmann. Marco Polo 8.223537 21 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Jeremy Hall Tallis, T. If ye love me. Choir of Christ Church St Laurence/Neil McEwan. SLM 04 2 Hymn: Come down, O love divine. Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow. Conifer CON 51249 4 Howells, H. Magnificat; Nunc dimittis in G. Choir of Worcester College, Oxford/Thomas Allery. Herald HAVPCD403 7 Biebl, F. Ave Maria. Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne/Michael Leighton Jones. ABC 472 310-2 8 Elgar, E. Give unto the Lord. 8 Ave verum corpus. 3 Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (2 above) Gothic G-49262 Twist, J. Versa est in luctum. Warren Trevelyan-Jones, cond. 5
13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Carole Garland
Hymn: Love divine, all loves excelling. David Drury, org; Peter Ellis, cond. 4
14:00 INSPIRED BY ART Prepared by Stephen Wilson
Elgar, E. Sonata in G, op 28, mvt 1. Oliver Brett, org. 9
Rachmaninov, S. The Isle of the Dead, op 29 (1909). Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Exton EXCL-00018 20
18:00 SMALL FORCES Prepared by Frank Morrison
Bliss, A. A colour symphony (1921-22/32). Ulster O/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN 10221 X 31
Choir of St James, King Street (2 above)
Mozart, W. Trio in E flat for clarinet, viola and piano, K498, Kegelstatt (1786). Paul Dean, cl; Brett Dean, va; Stephen Emmerson, pf. ABC 442 363-2 18 JUNE 2019
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Monday 24 June 13:00 THE VIRTUOSO COMPOSER The piano Prepared by James Nightingale Beach, A. Les rêves de Columbine, op 65 (1907). Virginia Eskin, pf. Northeastern NR 223-CD 16 Farrenc, L. Piano quintet no 1 in A minor, op 30 (1839). Quintetto Bottesini. Brilliant Classics 94815 28 Hummel, J. Piano concerto no 3 in B minor, op 89 (1819). Chang Hae-won, pf; Budapest Symphony CO/Tamás Pál. Marco Polo 8.223107 38
Pierre Boulez
Ernest Chausson
Holst, G. Wind quintet in A flat, op 14 (1903). Vega Wind Quintet. LDR LDRC 1002 14 Schubert, F. String quartet no 6 in D, D74 (1813). Sine Nomine Quartet. Erato 2292-45635-2 21
0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Rex Burgess Ippolitov-Ivanov, M. Caucasian sketches, suite no 2, op 42, Iveria (1896). Sydney SO/ Christopher Lyndon-Gee. Marco Polo 8.220369 24 Kozeluch, L. Clarinet concerto in E flat (bef. 1790). Emma Johnson, cl; Royal PO/Günther Herbig. ASV DCA 763 22 Mozart, W. A Berenice e Vologeso sposi, K70 (1766). Lucia Popp, sop; Salzburg Mozarteum O/Leopold Hager. Philips 464 880-2 11 Roussel, A. Symphony no 3 in G minor (1929-30). New York PO/Pierre Boulez. Sony SMK 64107 24 20:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Brian Dummond Koppel, A. Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola, clarinet, bassoon and orchestra (2007). Yana Deschkova, vn; Anna Maria D. Dahl, va; Randi Østergaard, cl; Sheila Popkin, bn; Aalborg SO/Matthias Aeschbacher. Dacapo 8.226052 24 Del Tredici, D. Ballad in lavender (2004). Marc Peloquin, pf. Naxos 8.559680 14 Brouwer, M. Shattered glass (2007). Blue Streak Ensemble. Naxos 8.559763 14 Barbeler, D. Confession 2 (2006). Genevieve Lacey, rec; Emily Sun, vn. Music Films MFCD001 7 Koehne, G. Tivoli dances (2005). Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills. ABC 476 6502 21 22:00 AFTER HOURS JAZZ 32
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14:30 EXPERIMENTAL VOCAL MUSIC Prepared by Oscar Smith
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with James Hunter
Pérotin, le Grand. Viderunt omnes, for Christmas (c1198). Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier. ECM 837 751-2 12
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC A year in retrospect: 1788 Prepared by Derek Parker
Reich, S. Proverb (1995). SWR Vocal Ensemble/Marcus Creed. Hanssler CD 93.306 13
Cherubini, L. Overture to Démophoon (1788). Saint Cecilia Academy O/MyungWhun Chung. DG 471 566-2 7
15:00 ON THE SEINE Prepared by Jacky Ternisien
Haydn, J. String quartet in G, op 54 no 1 (1788). Schuppanzigh Quartet. Accent ACC 24223 17 Mozart, W. Piano sonata in F, K533/494 (1788). Mitsuko Uchida, pf. Philips 422 115-2 23 Boccherini, L. Symphony in C minor, G519, op 41 (1788). New Berlin CO/Michael Erxleben. Brilliant Classics 94386 17 Haydn, J. Se tu mi sprezzi, ingrata, (1788). Aldo Baldin, ten; Lausanne CO/Antal Dorati. Philips 473 851-2 6 Mozart, W. Six German dances, K567 (1788). Vienna Mozart Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky. Decca 436 784-2 10 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Derek Parker Milhaud, D. Suite provençale, op 152b (1936). Boston SO/Charles Munch. Sony 88875192992 17 Dohnányi, E. Violin concerto no 2 in C minor, op 43 (1949). Michael Ludwig, vn; Royal Scottish NO/JoAnn Falletta. Naxos 8.570833 31 Chausson, E. Symphony in B flat, op 20 (1889-90). Detroit SO/Paul Paray. Mercury 475 6268 31 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan
Ibert, J. Suite symphonique, Paris (1930). Suisse Romande O/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHSA 5168 13 Honegger, A. Concerto da camera (1948). Rachel Tolmie, cora; Amanda Muir, fl; Bourbaki Ensemble/David Angell. Wirripang Wir 018 13 Satie, E. Three preludes, Le fils des étoiles (1892; arr. Miolin). Anders Miolin, alto gui. BIS CD-586 12 Legrand, M. What are you doing the rest of your life? from The happy ending (1969). 3 Chanson de Maxence, from Les demoiselles de Rochefort (1967). 5 Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Brad Mehldau, pf (2 above) naïve V 5241 The windmills of your mind (1968). Amy Dickson, sax; Caroline Dale, vc; London Session O/Chris Walden. Sony 88843040412 5 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm 19:00 JAZZ PULSE with Chris Wetherall 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson
Tuesday 25 June
Carl Reinecke
Jean Martinon
Anton Rubinstein
0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds
Dvorák, A. Symphony no 4 in D minor, op 13 (1874). Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8608 43
15:00 ELEMENTAL MUSIC Prepared by Yola Center
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Colours of the keyboard Prepared by Jennifer Foong Bach, J.S. Fantasia in C minor, BWV562 (1745). Christopher Herrick, org. Hyperion CDA66791/2 5 Bach, C.P.E. Flute quartet no 1 in A minor, Wq93 (1788). Nicholas McGegan, fl; Catherine Mackintosh, va; Anthony Pleeth, vc; Christopher Hogwood, fp. L’Oiseau-Lyre 433 189-2 15 Beethoven, L. Farewell mirth and hilarity: Norah of Balamagairy, WoO153 no 8 (1813). Felicity Lott, sop; Christopher Maltman, bar; Toby Spence, ten; Elizabeth Layton, vn; Ursula Smith, vc; Malcolm Martineau, pf. DG 477 5128 3 Fioroni, G. Flute sonata in D. Mario Carbotta, fl; Roberto Cognazzo, hpd. Nuova Era 7022 10 Schubert, F. Suleika I, D720 (1821). Kathleen Ferrier, cont; Bruno Walter, pf. Decca 414 611-2 5 Reinecke, C. Trio for oboe, horn and piano, op 188 (1887). James Mason, ob; James Sommerville, hn; Rene Sharon, pf. Marquis ERAD 157 24 Novák, V. Piano trio in D minor, op 27, quasi una ballata (1902). Smetana Trio. Supraphon SU 3810-2 16 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Michael Field Respighi, O. Suite: The birds (1927). Tasmanian SO/Omri Hadari. LP ABC/Festival L38548 18 Boccherini, L. Cello concerto in B flat. Jacqueline du Pré, vc; English CO/Daniel Barenboim. EMI CMS 7 63283 2 23
12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes 13:00 IT’S FRENCH! Prepared by Denis Patterson Rabaud, H. Divertissment on Russian songs, op 2 (1899). Loire PO/Pierre Dervaux. EMI CDM 7 63951 2 13 Mouquet, J. La flûte de Pan, op 15. Manuela Wiesler, fl; Helsingborg SO/Philippe Auguin. BIS CD-529 15 Massenet, J. Ballet music from Le Cid (1885). Israel PO/Jean Martinon. Decca 476 2742 18 Bizet, G. Te Deum (1858). Katarina Jovanovic, sop; Philippe Do, ten; Mark Schnaible, bass; Northern Region Choir; Lille NO/Jean-Claude Casadesus. Naxos 8.572270 18 Dubois, T. Fiat lux. Johann Jakob Nater, org. OEHMS Classics OC 846 5 Debussy, C. The girl with the flaxen hair (1910). Paul Fried, fl; Robert Thies, pf. Golden Tone GTCD 005 2 Massenet, J. Fantasy for cello and orchestra (1897). Jascha Silberstein, vc; Suisse Romande O/Richard Bonynge. ABC 475 070-2 17 Halévy, F. Come dolce a me favelli, from Clari (1828). Cecilia Bartoli, mezz; Ada Pesch, vn; O La Scintilla/Adám Fischer. Decca 475 9077 5 Rachel, quand du seigneur, from La Juive (1835). Roberto Alagna, ten; Royal Opera House O/Bernard de Billy. DG 481 056-9 7 Debussy, C. Clair de lune (1905). Darryl Coote, pf. Move MCD 042 5
Beethoven, L. Finale, from The creatures of Prometheus (1800-01). Helsingborg SO/ Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU 807470 7 Debussy, C. La mer (1903-05). Saint Cecilia Academy O/Leonard Bernstein. DG 429 728-2 26 Mahler, G. Lonely man in autumn, from The song of the earth (1908-09). Yvonne Minton, mezz; René Kollo, ten; Chicago SO/Georg Solti. ABC 470 241-2 10 Holst, G. Venus; Mercury, from The planets, op 32 (1914-16). Melbourne SO/Malcolm Sargent. ABC 434 896-2 11 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with David Garrett 22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Paul Cooke Bauer, M. Duo, op 25 (1932). Jeremy Polmear, ob; Eli Eban, cl. Naxos 8.559253 8 Haydn, J. Piano trio no 39 in E flat, Hob. XV:25. Trio Wanderer. Harmonia Mundi HMG 501968 14 Giuliani, M. Grand duo concertant, op 85 (pub. 1817). Nora Shulman, fl; Norbert Kraft, gui. Naxos 8.554560 21 Berg, A. Lyric suite for string quartet (1926). Alban Berg Quartet. EMI 5 55190 2 27 Rubinstein, A. Piano sonata no 4 in A minor, op 100 (1877). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDA66105 41 JUNE 2019
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Wednesday 26 June 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Troy Fil 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Adam Bowen Desplat, A. Suite from Ghostwriter (2010). O/ Alexandre Desplat. Varese Sarabande 3020670072 13
Suite from The imitation game (2014). Sony 501212 14 Suite from Birth (2004). Silva Screen SIL 1171 10 London SO/Alexandre Desplat (2 above) Suite from A self made hero (1996). Traffic Quintet. EMI 852247 2 20 The meadow, from The twilight saga: New moon. Frederic Gaillardet, pf. Summit 5186571512 4 10:30 CONCERT HALL Weber, C.M. Overture to Der Freischütz (1821). Los Angeles PO/Zubin Mehta. Decca 475 7470 9 Peterson-Berger, W. Violin concerto (1928). Nilla Pierrou, vn; Swedish RSO/Stig Westerberg. Phono Suecia PSCD 95 32 Sinding, C. Symphony no 1 in D minor, op 21 (1890/95). Oslo PO/Øivin Fjeldstad. NKFCD 50016-2 40 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale 13:00 THE RELATIVES Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Bach, W.F. Harpsichord concerto in D (173540). Il Convito/Maude Gratton. Mirare MIR 162 16 Mozart, L. Cassation in G, Toy symphony. Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon. Naxos 8.570499 11 Schumann, C. Three romances, op 11 (1839). Yoshiko Iwai, pf. Naxos 8.553501 14 Haydn, M. Trombone concerto in D (c1764). Northern Sinfonia/Alain Trudel, tb & dir. Naxos 8.553831 13 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans 34
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Guido Schiefen
David Daniels
15:00 OFFENBACH EXPLORED Part 4 Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm
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Suite from Girl with a pearl earring. Frederic Gaillardet, pf; London Pro Arte O. Decca 475 5372 15
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Offenbach, J. Que voulez-vous faire? from La boulangère des Écus (1875). Reynaldo Hahn, bar & pf. Regis RRC 2063 1 Ma mère aux vignes m’envoyit, from Madame Favart (1878). Germaine Corney, sop. Regis RRC 2063 3 Overture to La fille du tambour-major (1879). New Philharmonia O/Richard Bonynge. Decca 466 431-2 7 Chanson de la fille, from La fille du tambourmajor. Frederica von Stade, mezz; Scottish CO/Antonio de Almeida. RCA 09026 68116 2 3 It était une fois a la cour d’Eisenach, from The tales of Hoffmann (1881). Plácido Domingo, ten; Radio Suisse Romande Choir; Pro Arte Choir of Lausanne; Chorale du Brassus. Decca 417 363-2 5 Les oiseaux dans la charmille, from The tales of Hoffmann. Joan Sutherland, sop. Decca 475 6302 5 Suisse Romande O/Richard Bonynge (2 above) Une guitare, O rêve de joie, from The tales of Hoffmann. Magdalena Kozená, mezz; Jean-Christophe Keck, ten; Mahler CO/Marc Minkowski. DG 474 214-2 4 Barcarolle, from The tales of Hoffmann. Anna Netrebko, sop; Elina Garanca, mezz; Prague Philharmonic Choir; Prague Philharmonia/ Emmanuel Villaume. DG 477 7639 4 Concerto rondo (1851). Guido Schiefen, vc; Cologne West German RO/Helmut Froschauer. cpo 777 069-2 20
19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell 20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by James Nightingale Handel, G. Rinaldo, HWV7a. Opera in three acts. Libretto by Aaron Hill and Giacomo Rossi. First performed London, 1711. GOFFREDO: Bernarda Fink, mezz ALMIRENA: Cecilia Bartoli, sop RINALDO: David Daniels, ct EUSTAZIO: Daniel Taylor, ct ARGANTE: Gerald Finley, bar ARMIDA: Luba Orgonasova, sop Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. Decca 467 087-2 2:54 Synopsis at finemusicfm.com/Opera Donizetti, G. Larghetto, theme and variations (1819). Massimo Belli, vn; Victoria Terekiev, pf. Nuova Era 7100/01 16 23:30 PIANO RECITAL Prepared by James Nightingale Schmidt, Heather. Nebula (2006). Heather Schmidt, pf. Centrediscs CMCCD 19613 10 Beethoven, L. Piano sonata no 14 in C sharp minor, op 27 no 2, Moonlight (1801). Yundi Li, pf. DG 476 5049 16 When reviewing a recording of Wilhelm Peterson-Berger’s Violin concerto, Raymond Tuttle wrote that its long first movement is ‘full of nobility and passion’, its second is ‘pastoral’ and the third is ‘exciting’. He considers it to be one of Sweden’s finest works in this genre, not dissimilar to Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, although he concedes that is a comparison that Peterson-Berger would probably have deplored!
Thursday 27 June 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC The music salon Prepared by Frank Morrison Paganini, N. String quartet no 1 (c1815). Paganini String Quartet. Dynamic CDS 134 19 Duparc, H. Phidylé (1882). Stephen Varcoe, bar; Graham Johnson, pf. Hyperion CDA66248 6 Liszt, F. Fantasy on themes from Mozart’s The marriage of Figaro (1842; arr. Busoni). Vladimir Horowitz, pf. Larrikin DDC 931 14 Parry, H. Three songs, op 12 (1872). Stephen Varcoe, bar; Clifford Benson, pf. Hyperion CDA67044 7 Glazunov, A. Theme and variations in F sharp minor, op 72 (1900). Michael Lewin, pf. Centaur CRC 2134 19 Haydn, J. Piano trio no 24 in G, Hob XV:25, Gypsy rondo (1795). Florestan Trio. Hyperion CDA67719 14 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Paul Cooke Saint-Saëns, C. Overture: Spartacus (1863). Orchestral Ensemble of Paris/Jean-Jacques Kantorow. EMI 5 55587 2 15 Spohr, L. Violin concerto no 7 in E minor, op 38 (1814). Ulf Hoelscher, vn; Berlin RSO/ Christian Frölich. cpo 999 232-2 23 Martucci, G. Symphony no 2 in F, op 81 (1904). Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia. Naxos 8.570930 45 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers 13:00 OPERA IN CONCERT Prepared by Giovanna Grech Mussorgsky, M. Coronation scene, from Boris Godounov (1940; arr. Shostakovich). Kirov Opera Ch; Kirov O/Valery Gergiev. Philips 442 775-2 6 Mascagni, P. Tu qui, Santuzza? from Cavalleria rusticana (1890). Renata Tebaldi, sop; Rina Corsi, sop; Lucia Dani, mezz; Jussi Björling, ten; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino O/ Alberto Erede. Decca 421 316-2 13 Gounod, C. O légère hirondelle, from Mireille (1864). Edita Gruberova, sop; Tokyo PO/ Friedrich Haider. Nightingale Classics NC 090560-2 4
Debussy, C. Vous ne savez pas où je vous ai menée ... C’est au bord d’une fontaine, from Pelléas et Mélisande (1902). Didier Henry, ten; Colette Alliot-Lugaz, sop; Montreal SO/ Charles Dutoit. Decca 460 805-2 10 Rossini, G. Pas de six, from William Tell (1829). Royal PO/Lamberto Gardelli. EMI CDM 1 66417-2 5 Donizetti, G. Spirito gentil, from La favorita (1843). Luciano Pavarotti, ten; Vienna Opera O/Edward Downes. Decca 475 9349 4 Verdi, G. Me pellegina ed orfana, from La forza del destino (1862). Renata Tebaldi, sop; Saint Cecilia Academy O/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli. Decca 470 280-2 4 Figlia! Mio padre, from Rigoletto (1851). Cheryl Barker, sop; Jeannie Marsh, mezz; Peter Coleman-Wright, bar; Tasmanian SO/ Martin André. ABC 465 699-2 8 14:00 WOMEN IN MUSIC Prepared by Sheila Catzel Martines, M. Sinfonia in C (1770). Bay Area Women’s PO/JoAnn Falletta. Newport Classic NCD 60102 15 Mendelssohn, Fanny. String quartet in E flat (1834). Erato Quartet Basel. cpo 999 679-2 20 Schumann, C. Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann, op 20 (1853). Veronica Jochum, pf. Pro Arte CDD 396 11 Gershwin, G. Rhapsody in blue (1924). Steven Barta, tpt; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pf; Baltimore SO/Marin Alsop. Decca 478 2189 17 Boulanger, L. Psalm 24, The earth is the Lord’s (1916). Ian Partridge, ten; BBC Symphony Ch & O/Nadia Boulanger. BBC BBCL 4026-2 4 Bloch, E. Suite hébraïque (1925-27). Hagai Shaham, vn; Atlas Camerata O/Dalia Atlas. Naxos 8.557151 13 Beach, A. Piano quintet in F sharp, op 67 (1907). Martin Roscoe, pf; Endellion Quartet. ASV DCA 932 27 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm 19:00 THE NEW JAZZ STANDARD with Frank Presley 20:00 THE WORLD OF A SYMPHONY Prepared by Paul Cooke Suppé, F. Overture to Poet and peasant (1846). Emanuel Brabec, vc; Vienna PO/ Georg Solti. Decca 478 2826 9
Beethoven, L. To the distant beloved, op 98 (1816). Thomas Hampson, bar; Geoffrey Parsons, pf. EMI 5 75187 2 15 Schumann, C. Preludes and fugues, op 16 (1845): no 1 in G minor; no 2 in B flat; no 3 in D minor. Helene Boschi, pf. Calliope CAL 9211 15 Mendelssohn, F. Then shall the righteous shine; Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet; But the Lord from the north hath raised one; And then shall your light break forth, from Elijah, op 70 (1846). Renée Fleming, sop; Patricia Bardon, cont; John Mark Ainsley, ten; Neal Davies, bass; Edinburgh Festival Ch; Age of Enlightenment O/Paul Daniel. Decca 478 3640 13 Markevitch, I. Sonata, from The musical offering, after J.S. Bach (1950). Hans van Loenen, fl; Rémy Baudet, vn; Jeroen Reuling, vc; Dirk Luijmes, hp; Arnhem PO/Christopher Lyndon-Gee. Naxos 8.572158 19 Schumann, R. Symphony no 2 in C, op 61 (1845-46). O Révolutionnaire et Romantique/ John Eliot Gardiner. Archiv 457 591-2 37 22:00 SHOWCASING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Mozart, W. String quartet in B flat, K458, Hunt (1784). Sydney String Quartet. Fine Music concert recording 27 Sculthorpe, P. Songs of sea and sky (2003). William Barton, did; Queensland SO/Michael Christie. ABC 481 1293 16 Schumann, R. Carnival jest from Vienna, op 26 (1839). Timothy Young, pf. Fine Music tape archive 22 Meyerbeer, G. Ô beau pays de la Touraine; Sombre chimère; À ce mot seul s’anime, from The Huguenots (1836). Joan Sutherland, sop; Kiri Te Kanawa, sop; Josephte Clément, sop; Hugette Tourangeau, mezz; Ambrosian Opera Ch; New Philharmonia O/Richard Bonynge. Decca 475 6302 13 Handel, G. Concerto grosso in A, op 6 no 11 (1739). Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer. ABC 476 3436 16 Caix d’Hervelois, L. de Suite in C for recorder and continuo, op 6 no 4 (pub. 1736). Owen Watkins, rec; Kate Morgan, vc; Tamara Rozek, hpd. Fine Music concert recording 7 Bach, J.S. Keyboard concerto no 4 in A, BWV1055. Angela Hewitt, pf; Australian CO/ Richard Tognetti. Hyperion CDA67308 14 JUNE 2019
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Friday 28 June Dohnányi, E. Variations on a nursery song, op 25 (1914). Arthur Ozolins, pf; Toronto SO/ Mario Bernardi. CBC SMCD 5052 24 Veress, S. Four Transylvanian dances (194349). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. Sony SK 62005 13 Rózsa, M. Variations on a Hungarian peasant song, op 4 (1929). Jennifer Pike, vn; BBC PO/Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN 10674 10
Elizabeth Hainen
Nicholas Kraemer
0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
12:00 A JAZZ HOUR with Barry O’Sullivan
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Annabelle Drumm 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Something borrowed Prepared by Chris Blower Ravel, M. Le tombeau de Couperin (1917; orch. Ravel 1919). Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. Decca 478 2826 15 Shostakovich, D. Prelude, op 34: nos 10, 15, 16, 24, 1 and 3 (1932-33; arr. Tsyganov). Eleonora Turovsky, vn; Peter Pettinger, pf. Chandos CHAN 8555 10 Holst, G. Seven Scottish airs (1907; arr. Alliage Quintet). Alliage Quintet. Sony 19075818372 7 Bach, J.S. Sonata no 1 in G minor for solo violin, BWV1001 (arr. Söllscher). Göran Söllscher, gui. DG 474 815-2 15 Beethoven, L. Adelaïde (transcr. Liszt 1836). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDS44568 14 Tchaikovsky, P. Souvenir of a beloved place, op 42 (1878; arr. Parhamovsky). Maxim Vengerov, vn; Vag Papian, pf; Virtuosi. EMI 5 57164 2 18 10:30 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Stephen Wilson Grétry, A-E-M. Overture to Le Magnifique (1773). English CO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 466 434-2 10 Parish Alvars, E. Harp concerto in G minor, op 81 (1842). Elizabeth Hainen, hp; Bulgarian National RO/Rossen Milanov. Avie AV 2221 31 Rachmaninov, S. Symphony no 3 in A minor, op 44 (1935-36/38). Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Exton EXCL-00018 39 36
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13:00 IN RACHMANINOV’S SHADOW Prepared by Ray Lemond Rachmaninov, S. Vocalise, op 34 no 14 (1915). Berlin PO/Lorin Maazel. DG 410 894-2 5 Bortkiewicz, S. Elégie in C sharp minor, op 46 (1932). Stephen Coombs, pf. Hyperion CDA67094 5 Rachmaninov, S. Russian rhapsody in E minor (1891). Lilya Zilberstein, pf; Alexander Mogilevsky, pf. Warner Classics 0825646235940 9 Bortkiewicz, S. Piano concerto no 1 in B flat, op 16 (1912). Stephen Coombs, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk. Hyperion CDA66624 36 14:00 BRITISH SYMPHONISTS Prepared by Ron Walledge Elgar, E. Overture: Cockaigne, op 40, In London Town (1900-01). BBC SO/Andrew Davis. Teldec 9031-73279-2 15 Sursum corda, op 11 (1894). BBC Concert O/ John Wilson. Somm SOMMCD 247 9 Cello concerto in E minor, op 85 (1918-19). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; London SO. EMI CMS 7 63283 2 30 Symphony no 2 in E flat, op 63 (1911). Hallé O. EMI CDM 7 64724 2 56 John Barbirolli, cond (2 above) 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Christopher Waterhouse 20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA In Hungary Prepared by Di Cox Kodály, Z. Dances of Galánta (1933). SBS Youth O/Matthew Krel. SBS YME-5CD 17
Goldmark, K. Rustic wedding symphony, op 26 (1877). Royal PO/Yondani Butt. ASV DCA 791 47 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Dining and dancing Pez, J. Overture, table music in D minor. Les Muffatti/Peter van Heyghen. Ramée RAM 0705 11 Telemann, G. Viola concerto in G. Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage, va & dir. Chandos CHAN 0593 12 Widmann, E. Dances and galliards, from Musikalischer Tugendspiegel (pub. 1613). Collegium Terpsichore/Fritz Neumeyer. DG 469 244-2 9 Handel, G. The many rend the skies, from Alexander’s feast, HWV75 (1736). Bach Choir; English Concert/David Hill. BIS SACD-1736 4 Telemann, G. Triple concerto in F, from Tafelmusik II (pub. 1733). Monica Huggett, vn; Alison Bury, vn; Roy Goodman, vn; Amsterdam Baroque O/Ton Koopman. Erato ECD 75394 13 Various. Content désir qui cause ma douleur. Piffaro Renaissance Band. Archiv 447 107-2 8 Handel, G. Revenge, Timotheus cries, from Alexander’s feast, HWV75 (1736). Forbes Robinson, bass; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Philip Ledger. Decca 461 593-2 8 Picchi, G. Dances for harpsichord (c1620). Rafael Puyana, hpd. Mercury 462 959-2 15 Telemann, G. Tafelmusik III (1733). Australian CO/Nicholas Kraemer. Fine Music tape archive 27 Goldmark’s Rustic wedding symphony is full of charm and joviality. With five movements it is more of a suite than a traditional symphony. Each movement has a title suggesting aspects of a country wedding: a wedding march, a bridal song, a serenade, a lyical movement titled In the garden and a dance as the finale.
Saturday 29 June Rossini, G. Ballet music from William Tell (1829). Monte-Carlo Opera NO/Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422 843-2 18 11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Robert Small Williams, J. Call of the champions (2002; arr. Soper). 5 Wilby, P. Dawn flight. 8 Holst, G. Jupiter, the bringer of jollity, from The planets (1914-16; arr. Reed, McAlister). 8 Claudio Arrau
0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:05 THE PIANO ALONE Prepared by Jennifer Foong Beethoven, L. Five variations on Rule Britannia, WoO79 (1803). John Ogden, pf. EMI 1 66450 2 6 Fauré, G. Theme and variations, op 73 (1895). Kathryn Stott, pf. Hyperion CDA66911/4 14 Brahms, J. Variations and fugue on a theme by Handel, op 24 (1861). Claudio Arrau, pf. Philips 432 302-2 29 10:00 MUSIC OF THE DANCE Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Lully, J-B. March, from Le bourgeois gentilhomme (1670). Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. DG 463 446-2 3
Larry H. Lang, cond (3 above) Naxos 8.573405 Whitcomb, K. Coat of arms (1957). Lowell E. Graham, cond. Altissimo ALT60162 4 United States Air Force Band (all above) 12:00 FINE MUSIC LIVE Jazz and classical music brought to you live from the Founders’ Studio 16:00 LET US SERENADE Prepared by Jacky Ternisien Françaix, J. Sérénade (1934). Ulster O/ Thierry Fischer. Hyperion CDA67323 9 Wirén, D. Little serenade, op 39. Göran Söllscher, gui. Caprice CAP 21514 9 Jaubert, M. Three serenades (1928). Felicity Lott, sop; Paris Chamber Ensemble/Armin Jordan. Virgin 5 22128 2 5 Elgar, E. Allegro piacevole, from Serenade for strings, op 20 (1892). Capella Istropolitana. Naxos 8.554161 12
Ponchielli, A. Dance of the hours, from La Gioconda (1876). Vienna PO/Gustavo Dudamel. DG 476 4717 10
Mozart, W. Serenade in D, K250, Haffner (1776). Lucy van Dael, vn; O of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen. Philips 432 997-2 51
Respighi, O. Tarantella; Mazurka; Cossack dance; Can-can; Galop, from La boutique fantasque (1919). BBC PO/Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN 10081 26
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Moniuszko, S. Mazurka, from Halka (1857); Mazurka, from Monte Cristo (1866). Warsaw PO/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.573610 9 Mozart, W. Six German dances, K509 (1787). Vienna Mozart Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky. Philips 422 643-2 13 Kabalevsky, D. Galop, from The comedians (1939). Tasmanian SO/Shalom Ronly-Riklis. ABC 838 903-2 2
Wolf, H. Symphonic poem: Penthesilea (1883-85). Paris O/Daniel Barenboim. Apex 0927-49582-2 26 Hofmann, L. Flute concerto in E minor (c1778-81). Kazunori Seo, fl; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Béla Drahos. Naxos 8.554748 17 Bayer, J. Ballet: The fairy doll (1888). Slovak RSO/Andrew Mogrelia. Naxos 8.557098 38 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Sue Jowell
Alfred Newman
20:00 THE WORD TRANSFORMED Prepared by Chris Blower Sullivan, A. Ivanhoe, Act I scene 1 (1891). Janice Watson. sop; Toby Spence, ten; Andrew Staples, ten; Peter Wedd, ten; James Rutherford,bass-bar; Peter Rose, bass; Adrian Partington Singers; BBC Welsh NO/ David Lloyd Jones. Chandos CHAN 10578(3) 24 Newman, A. Excerpts from The hunchback of Notre Dame (1939; reconstr. Morgan). Moscow Symphony Ch & O/William Stromberg. Naxos 8.570187 19 Lambert, C. Suite, from Anna Karenina (1948). National PO/Bernard Herrmann. Decca 448 954-2 11 Massenet, J. Ballet: Manon, Act III (1884; arr. Lucas 1974). Royal Opera House O/Richard Bonynge. LP Decca 414 585-2 24 Saint-Saëns, C. Cantata: Ivanhoe (1864). Marina de Liso, sop; Bernard Richter, ten; Pierre-Yves Pruvot, bar; Brussels PO/Hervé Niquet. Glossa GCD 922210 29 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Chris Blower Strauss, R. Le bourgeois gentilhomme (1912). Australian CO/Christopher Lyndon-Gee. Omega OCD 1011 35 Crusell, B. Clarinet quartet no 3 in D, op 7 (1821). Thea King, cl; members of Allegri String Quartet. Hyperion CDA66077 22 Sinding, C. Violin concerto no 2 in D, op 60 (1901). Andrej Bielow, vn; North German Radio PO/Frank Beermann. cpo 777 114-2 34 Mendelssohn, F. Psalm 42, op 42 (1837). Janet Baker, mezz; London Symphony Ch; City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. Virgin VC 7 91123-2 23 JUNE 2019
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Sunday 30 June 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Peter Poole 9:00 MUSICA SACRA Prepared by Robert Small Charpentier, M-A. Canticle in honour of St Xavier (1688). Nantes Vocal Ensemble; Ensemble Stradivaria/Paul Colleaux. Arion ARN 68037 18 Mozart, W. Exsultate, jubilate, K165 (1773). Danielle de Niese, sop; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Charles Mackerras. Decca 478 1511 14 Pergolesi, G. Salve Regina in C minor (1736). Anna Prohaska, sop; Bernarda Fink, cont; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Bernhard Forck. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902072 6 Mendelssohn, F. Give peace in our time; Christus II: The passion of Christ. Sandrine Piau, sop; Robert Getchell, ten; Markus Butter, bar; Accentus; Orchestral Ensemble of Paris/Laurence Equilbey. naïve V 5265 16 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Stephen Wilson Haydn, J. Organ concerto no 3 in C, Hob. XVIII:5 (c1750). Gábor Lehotka, org; Budapest Strings. Hungaroton HCD 31175 12 Hummel, J. Septet no 1 in D minor for winds, double bass and piano, op 74 (c1816). Capricorn. Hyperion CDA66396 38 Kraus, J.M. Violin concerto in C (1777). Takako Nishizaki, vn; New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd. Naxos 8.570334 30 Cherubini, L. Symphony in D. San Remo SO/Piero Bellugi. Naxos 8.557908 30 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with Jeannie McInnes 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Gerry Myerson 14:00 INSPIRED BY SCOTLAND Prepared by Elaine Siversen Balcarres Lute Book. Seven Scottish tunes. Jakob Lindberg, lute. BIS CD-327 10 Haydn, J. The white cockade, My boy Tammy; The flower of Edinburgh, from Scottish folksong arrangements, Hob. XXXIa:22 (bef. 1792). Janet Baker, mezz; Yehudi Menuhin, vn; George Malcolm, hpd. Testament SBT 1241 7 Dauprat, L. Variations on a Scottish air, op 22. Sören Hermansson, hn; Erica Goodman, hp. BIS CD-648 10 38
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Schubert, F. An old Scottish ballad, Edward, D923 (1827). Caroline Melzer, sop; Konstantin Wolff, bass-bar; Ulrich Eisenlohr, pf. Naxos 8.572036 6 Schubert, F. Scottish dances, D735 (c1822). Boskovsky Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky. Vanguard OVC 8016 4 Mendelssohn, F. Fantasie in F sharp minor, op 28, Scottish sonata (1833). Jamina Gerl, pf. TyXart TXA16082 14 15:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Edward MacDowell: Friends and influences Prepared by Elaine Siversen Debussy, C. Beau soir (c1878). Jessye Norman, sop; James Levine, pf. Philips 422 378-2 3 Raff, J. Overture: Romeo and Juliet (1879; ed. MacDowell). Philharmonia O/Francesco d’Avalos. ASV DCA 793 9 MacDowell, E. First modern suite, op 10 (c 1881). James Barbagallo, pf. Marco Polo 8.223632 24 Liszt, F. Symphonic poem no 13: From the cradle to the grave, S107 (1882). New Zealand SO/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.553355 13 d’Albert, E. Serenata. Piers Lane, pf. Hyperion CDA66945 5 MacDowell, E. Woodland sketches, op 51 (1896). Marco Polo 8.223631 19 Three songs, op 60 (1902). Steven Tharp, ten. Marco Polo 8.223866 6 James Barbagallo, pf (2 above) Piano concerto no 2 in D minor, op 23 (1884-86). Roberto Szidon, pf; London PO/Edward Downes. DG 477 5439 27 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Meg Matthews Hymns: Glorious things of Thee are spoken; Father hear the prayer we offer. Choir of Wells Cathedral; Rupert Gough, org; Malcolm Arthur, cond. Hyperion CDP 12101 6 Harvey, J. Come, Holy Ghost. Jeremy Budd, treb; Andrew Burden, ten; Nigel Beavan, bass; Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral. Hyperion CDA 66439 7 Byrd, W. Laudibus in sanctis (pub. 1591). 5 MacMillan, J. Sedebit Dominus Rex. 5 The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (2 above) Coro COR 16111 Bach, C.P.E. Excerpts from St Matthew Passion (1770-76). Berliner Singakademie; Zelten Ensemble/Joshard Daus. Capriccio 60 113 10 Tippett, M. Steal away; By and by, from A child of our time. The Sixteen/Harry Christophers. Coro COR 16111 4
Briggs, D. Jesus service (2008). Ely Cathedral Girls’ Choir; Alexander Berry, org; Sarah MacDonald, cond. Regent REG 477 11 Chilcott, B. Tallis canon (arr.). The Sixteen/ Harry Christophers. Coro COR 16111 2 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Sydney Society of Recorder Players Prepared by Susan Foulcher Glanville-Hicks, P. Sonatina (1938). David Howie, pf. Fine Music recording 6 Batt-Rawden, A. ‘E’. Ben Carey, elec. aliciacrossley.com.au 5 Yates, S. Bat music (2018). Acacia Quartet. Move MCD 587 8 Kats-Chernin, E. Re-inventions, based on two-part inventions of J.S. Bach (1720-23; transcr. for recorders and harpsichord 2004). Diana Weston, hpd. Thoroughbass 20130731 23 Hansen, Tim. Pencils (2014). Joshua Hill, mar. Move MCD561 6 Wells, J. Nisse, from Copenhagen Christmas. Acacia Quartet Move MCD 587 3 Alicia Crossley, rec (all above) 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by James Nightingale Brahms, J. Academic festival overture, op 80 (1880). Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado. DG 477 5424 10 Beethoven, L. Triple concerto in C, op 56 (1803-04). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Berlin PO/Daniel Barenboim, pf & dir. EMI 5 55516 2 35 Bartok, B. Concerto for orchestra (c1942/43/45). London SO/Antal Dorati. Mercury 478 5092 37 20:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Robert Small Westlake, N. Oboe concerto, Spirit of the wind (2016). Diana Doherty, ob; Sydney SO/ Nigel Westlake. ABC 481 7899 22 Grigoryan, S. - Grigoryan, L. A boy called Sailboat (2018). Slava Grigoryan, gui; Leonard Grigoryan, gui. ABC 481 7755 34 Jesse, G. Jazz flute suite (2018). Virginia Taylor, fl; Simon Tedeschi, pf. Move MCD 582 11 Moore, K. Fern (2012). Ensemble Offspring. ABC 481 7995 12 22:00 AFTER HOURS JAZZ
The following composers have works of at least five minutes on the June dates listed Adams, J. b1947 15,21,22 Albéniz, I. 1860-1909 13 Albinoni, T. 1671-1751 14 Albrechtsberger, J. 1736-1809 21 Alwyn, W. 1905-1985 16 Alyabyev, A. 1787-1851 9 Anderson, L. 1908-1975 2 Arbeau, T. 1519-1588 1 Arensky, A. 1861-1906 20 Arnold, M. 1921-2006 5,16,22
Bruch, M. 1838-1920 18,23 Bruckner, A. 1824-1896 12,16,21 Butterley, N. b1935 15 Byrd, W. 1543-1623 30
Cabanilles, J. 1644-1712 18 Caix d’Hervelois, L. de c1675-c1760 27 Caldara, A. c1670-1736 2,7 Campra, A. 1660-1744 14 Carbonelli, G. 1691-1772 7 Carissimi, G. 1605-1674 16 Bach, C.P.E. 1714-1788 4,12,16,25,30 Carwithen, D. 1922-2003 20 Bach, J. Christian 1735-1782 Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. 5,11 1895-1968 16 Bach, J.C.F. 1732-1795 5 Catoire, G. 1861-1926 9 Bach, J.E. 1722-1777 11 Chabrier, E. 1841-1894 2,21 Bach, J.S. 1685-1750 1,2,4,6, Chan, L. b1967 15 7,8,14,18,20,21,25,27,28 Charpentier, M-A. 1635-1704 Bach, W.F. 1710-1784 5,11,26 14,30 Baker, M. b1944 2 Chausson, E. 1855-1899 24 Bakrncev, M. b1989 6 Chen Yi. b1953 2 Bantock, G. 1868-1946 3,22 Cherubini, L. 1760-1842 Barbeler, D. b1972 23 24,30 Barber, S. 1910-1981 3,5,14 Chopin, F. 1810-1849 17,20 Bartók, B. 1881-1945 7,15,30 Ciurlionis, M. 1875-1911 3 Bauer, M. 1882-1955 25 Clérambault, L-N. 1676Bax, A. 1883-1953 9,15 1749 22 Bayer, J. 1852-1913 29 Coelho, T. b1983 9 Beach, A. 1867-1944 Cohan, G. 1878-1942 22 14,24,27 Colborne-Veel, J. 20th c 22 Beethoven, L. 1770-1827 Copland, A. 1900-1990 14 6,8,9,15,17,19,20,23,25,26, Corelli, A. 1653-1713 14 27,28,29,30 Corigliano, J. b1938 1 Bellini, V. 1801-1835 2,12 Couperin, F. 1668-1733 6 Benjamin, A. 1893-1960 4,6 Cras, J-E. 1879-1934 10 Bennett, Richard. 1936-2012 Crusell, B. 1775-1838 9,29 16 D’Hoedt, H. 1885-1936 21 Bennett, W. Sterndale dall’Abaco, E. 1675-1742 14 1816-1875 9 Dauprat, L. 1781-1861 30 Berg, A. 1885-1935 7,20,25 Debussy, C. 1862-1918 Bergersen, T. b1980 16 Bériot, C-A. de 1802-1870 5 2,21,25,27 Berlioz, H. 1803-1869 Del Tredici, D. b1937 23 3,8,11,18 Delius, F. 1862-1934 15,18 Bernstein, L. 1918-1990 13,14 Desplat, A. b1961 26 Berthélémy, F-C. 1829-1897 7 Destouches, A. 1672-1749 8 Berwald, F. 1796-1868 17 Dodd, N. 20th c 6 Biber, H. 1644-1704 22 Dohnányi, E. 1877-1960 Biebl, F. 1906-2001 23 4,7,24,28 Bizet, G. 1838-1875 Donizetti, G. 1797-1848 26 1,6,7,16,25 Doppler, F. 1821-1883 21 Blanc, A. 1828-1885 11 Dukas, P. 1865-1935 12,16 Bliss, A. 1891-1975 23 Duparc, H. 1848-1933 27 Bloch, E. 1880-1959 12,27 Dvorák, A. 1841-1904 Blow, J. 1649-1708 16 2,8,13,15,25 Blumenfeld, F. 1863-1931 16 Edwards, R. b1943 22 Boccherini, L. 1743-1805 Elgar, E. 1857-1934 1,2,6,9,12,20,24,25 1,13,23,28,29 Boëly, A. 1785-1858 4 Borne, F. 1840-1920 3 Farrenc, L. 1804-1875 24 Borodin, A. 1833-1887 Fauré, G. 1845-1924 9,11,12 3,5,18,29 Borovy, A. 1755-1832 2 Fesca, F. 1801-1835 17 Bortkiewicz, S. 1877-1952 28 Field, J. 1782-1837 12 Brahms, J. 1833-1897 Finzi, G. 1901-1956 21 1,2,4,5,12,13,14,17,21,29,30 Fioroni, G. 1715-1778 25 Briggs, D. b1962 30 Foote, A. 1853-1937 1,22 Britten, B. 1913-1976 3,13,18 Françaix, J. 1912-1997 Brouwer, L. b1939 15 1,6,18,29 Brouwer, M. b1940 23 Franck, C. 1822-1890 5,7,11
Gade, N. 1817-1890 8,17,18 Galuppi, B. 1706-1785 2,3 Geminiani, F. 1687-1762 7 Gershwin, G. 1898-1937 2,6,27 Giménez, J. 1854-1923 3 Giordano, U. 1867-1948 17 Giuliani, M. 1781-1829 25 Glanville-Hicks, P. 1912-1990 30 Glass, P. b1937 14,21 Glazunov, A. 1865-1936 13,17,22,27 Glinka, M. 1804-1857 2,7,13 Gluck, C. 1714-1787 17 Goedicke, A. 1877-1957 3 Goldmark, K. 1830-1915 7,28 Gordon, C. 20th c 1 Gougeon, D. b1951 2 Grainer, R. 1924-1981 1 Grainger, P. 1882-1961 13,22 Grétry, A-E-M. 1741-1813 28 Grieg, E. 1843-1907 15,22 Guiraud, E. 1837-1892 11
Kozeluch, L. 1747-1818 23 Kraus, J.M. 1756-1792 30 Kurtág, G. b1926 2
Jesse, G. 20th c 30 Joachim, J. 1831-1907 10,19 Jommelli, N. 1714-1774 13 Josquin Desprez. c1440-1521 20
Offenbach, J. 1819-1880 5,8,15,17,19,20,22
Lachenmann, H. b1935 2 Lambert, C. 1905-1951 29 Langford, G. 1930-2017 19 Lehár, F. 1870-1948 7 Ligeti, G. 1923-2006 2 Liszt, F. 1811-1886 4,7,8,11,20,27,30 Locatelli, P. 1695-1764 7 Loewe, F. 1901-1988 8 Lord Berners. 1883-1950 8
MacDowell, E. 1860-1908 6,18,30 Machado, C. b1953 2 Mackenzie, A. 1847-1935 2,9 Maclean, C. b1958 23 Mahler, G. 1860-1911 12,25 Marais, M. 1656-1728 14,16 Marcello, A. 1684-1750 14,18 Marcello, B. 1686-1739 18 Markevitch, I. 1912-1983 27 Martines, M. 1744-1812 27 Haas, P. 1899-1944 21 Martinu, B. 1890-1959 7,8,15 Halévy, F. 1799-1862 25 Martucci, G. 1856-1909 27 Halffter, E. 1905-1989 6 Mascagni, P. 1863-1945 Handel, G. 1685-1759 17,27 1,2,8,11,14,26,27,28 Massenet, J. 1842-1912 Hansen, Tim. b1978 30 6,25,29 Harvey, J. b1939 30 Haydn, J. 1732-1809 9,10,11, McCombe, C. b1967 9 Medtner, N. 1880-1951 22 15,16,20,21,23,24,25,27,30 Haydn, M. 1737-1806 17,26 Mendelssohn, F. 1809-1847 6,8,9,13,17,18,27,29,30 Hérold, F. 1791-1833 11 Mendelssohn, Fanny. 1805Herrmann, B. 1911-1975 4 1847 27 Hill, A. 1870-1960 23 Mertz, J. 1806-1856 7 Hoadley, B. 20th c 13 Meyerbeer, G. 1791-1864 27 Hofmann, L. 1738-1793 29 Milhaud, D. 1892-1974 21,24 Holmboe, V. 1909-1996 18 Molino, F. 1768-1847 12 Holst, G. 1874-1934 Moniuszko, S. 1819-1872 29 23,25,28,29 Monteverdi, C. 1567-1643 8 Honegger, A. 1892-1955 24 Moore, K. b1979 30 Horner, J. b1953 21 Hovhaness, A. 1911-2000 22 Mouquet, J. 1867-1946 15,25 Moyzes, A. 1906-1984 22 Howells, H. 1892-1983 Mozart, L. 1719-1787 26 15,16,23 Mozart, W. 1756-1791 2,3,4,7, Hubay, J. 1858-1937 7 9,13,14,16,18,19,20,21,22,23, Hummel, J. 1778-1837 24,27,29,30 4,9,16,23,24,30 Murray, L. 1909-1989 4 Hutchens, F. 1892-1965 23 Mussorgsky, M. 1839-1881 Ibert, J. 1890-1962 24 11,27 Ippolitov-Ivanov, M. Newman, A. b1941 29 1859-1935 23 Novák, V. 1870-1949 15,25 Ives, C. 1874-1954 1,14
Kats-Chernin, E. b1957 30 Khachaturian, A. 1903-1978 6,22 Kodály, Z. 1882-1967 7,28 Koechlin, C. 1867-1950 13 Koehne, G. b1956 7,11,23 Koppel, A. b1947 23 Korngold, E. 1897-1957 1,19,21 Kozeluch, J. 1738-1814 17
Pabst, P. 1854-1897 14 Paganini, N. 1782-1840 2,11,12,27 Paisiello, G. 1740-1816 14 Parish Alvars, E. 1808-1849 28 Parry, H. 1848-1918 19,27 Pergolesi, G. 1710-1736 9,30 Pérotin, le Grand. c1160-c1225 24 Perry, W. b1930 22 Peterson-Berger, W. 1867-1942 26 Pez, J. 1664-1715 28
Picchi, G. fl 1600-1625 28 Pierné, G. 1863-1937 10 Platti, G. 1700-1763 7 Pleyel, I. 1757-1831 9 Pokorny, F. 1729-1794 7 Ponchielli, A. 1834-1886 29 Popov, G. 1904-1972 16 Porpora, N. 1686-1768 7 Poulenc, F. 1899-1963 13 Prokofiev, S. 1891-1953 10,11,18 Puccini, G. 1858-1924 6,17,20 Purcell, H. 1659-1695 11,14,21
Shostakovich, D. 1906-1975 6,7,8,9,20,28 Sibelius, J. 1865-1957 13 Sinding, C. 1856-1941 26,29 Skryabin, A. 1872-1915 19,20,22 Smetana, B. 1824-1884 15 Sor, F. 1778-1839 20 Spohr, L. 1784-1859 16,27 Stamitz, C. 1745-1801 16 Stanhope, P. b 1969 23 Stradella, A. 1644-1682 13 Strauss, R. 1864-1949 11,20,21,29 Stravinsky, I. 1882-1971 10,13 Rabaud, H. 1873-1949 11,25 Suk, J. 1874-1935 7 Rachmaninov, S. 1873-1943 Sullivan, A. 1842-1900 13,29 6,15,18,21,23,28 Sumsion, H. 1899-1995 16 Raff, J. 1822-1882 20,30 Suppé, F. 1819-1895 27 Rameau, J-P. 1683-1764 1 Szymanowski, K. 1882-1937 Raum, E. 20th c 2 10,15 Rautavaara, E. 1928-2016 13 Taneyev, S. 1856-1915 10 Ravel, M. 1875-1937 Tann, H. b1947 9 1,6,8,13,28 Tartini, G. 1692-1770 13 Reger, M. 1873-1916 22 Tawadros, Joseph. b1982 2 Reich, S. b1936 21,24 Tchaikovsky, P. 1840-1893 Reinecke, C. 1824-1910 25 2,7,8,15,28 Reser, H. 1896-1965 22 Telemann, G. 1681-1767 Respighi, O. 1879-1936 2,8,14,18,21,28 1,11,12,25,29 Thomas, A. 1811-1896 11 Richmond, J. b1961 6 Tiomkin, D. 1894-1979 4 Ries, F. 1784-1838 10 Torelli, G. 1658-1709 13 Riisager, K. 1897-1974 4 Turnage, M-A. b1960 20 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. 1844-1908 8 Vanhal, J. 1739-1813 9,23 Rode, P. 1774-1830 2 Vaughan Williams, R. Rodgers, R. 1902-1979 8,22 1872-1958 2,8,10,14,20 Roggen, D. b1948 22 Verdi, G. 1813-1901 Roman, J. 1694-1758 21 2,5,6,15,17 Rosetti, A. c1750-1792 7 Veress, S. 1907-1992 28 Rossini, G. 1792-1868 Victoria, T. de 1548-1611 23 2,3,12,27,29 Vieuxtemps, H. 1820-1881 9 Roussel, A. 1869-1937 23 Villa-Lobos, H. 1887-1959 Rózsa, M. 1907-1995 28 6,9,14 Rubinstein, A. 1829-1894 25 Vivaldi, A. 1678-1741 14 Rzewski, F. b1938 4 Wagner, R. 1813-1883 3,14 Saint-Saëns, C. 1835-1921 Wagner, S. 1869-1930 10 2,6,8,13,14,21,27,29 Waxman, F. 1906-1962 4 Salieri, A. 1750-1825 9,16,19 Weber, C.M. 1786-1826 26 Salonen, E-P. b1958 9 Wellesz, E. 1885-1974 1 Salzedo, C. 1885-1961 10 Westlake, N. b1958 30 Sammartini, G. 1693-1750 4,7 Whitehead, G. b1941 23 Sammartini, G.B. Widmann, E. 1572-1634 28 1700-1775 4 Widor, C-M. 1844-1937 11 Sarasate, P. de 1844-1908 16 Wilby, P. b1949 29 Sarde, P. b1948 1 Williams, J. b1932 8,21,29 Satie, E. 1866-1925 8,24 Williamson, M. 1931-2003 6 Scarlatti, D. 1685-1757 23 Wirén, D. 1905-1986 29 Schmidt, Heather. b1994 26 Wolf-Ferrari, E. 1876-1948 3 Schnelzer, A. b1972 1 Wolf, H. 1860-1903 13,29 Wood, C. 1866-1926 16 Schreker, F. 1878-1934 15 Schubert, F. 1797-1828 Yamane, H. b1981 16 5,13,14,15,18,21,22,23,30 Yates, S. b1957 30 Schumann, C. 1819-1896 Yeo, C. b1966 16 10,26,27 Young, M. 20th c 3 Schumann, R. 1810-1856 4,7,8,13,20,27 Zemlinsky, A. 1871-1942 8 Schwarz, A. 1896-1983 8 Sculthorpe, P. 1929-2014 1,27 Shebalin, V. 1902-1963 16
Key Music duration is shown after the record and citation Orchestra Ch & O: Chorus & RTO: Radio & Television Orchestra CO: Chamber Orchestra Orchestra RTV SO: Radio and FO: Festival Orchestra Television Symphony NO: National Orchestra NSO: National Symphony Orchestra SO: Symphony Orchestra Orchestra PO: Philharmonic Orchestra TO: Theatre Orchestra alto: male alto RO: Radio Orchestra ban: bandoneon RSO: Radio Symphony
bar: baritone bshn: basset horn bass: bass bn: bassoon bass bar: bass baritone cl: clarinet clvd: clavichord cont: contralto cora: cor anglais ct: counter-tenor
db: double bass dbn: double bassoon did: didjeridu elec: electronic fl: flute fp: fortepiano gui: guitar hn: french horn hp: harp hpd: harpsichord
mand: mandolin mar: marimba mezz: mezzo-soprano narr: narrator ob: oboe org: organ perc: percussion pf: piano picc: piccolo rec: recorder
sax: saxophone sop: soprano tb: trombone ten: tenor timp: timpani tpt: trumpet treb: treble voice va: viola vc: cello vn: violin
A MUSICAL GAME OF THRONES CHRIS BLOWER RECALLS THE BIRTH OF ORATORIO Handel was 48 years old in 1733 and had been living in London for 20 years when he introduced an entirely new musical genre.
The story of the oratorio takes place in a single day and is based on the Biblical stories found in the Book of Judges. The Israelites have been subjugated for 20 years by the Canaanites, when the prophetess Deborah foretells the death of the Canaanite commander Sisera at the hands of a woman. The Israelite commander Barak leads them into battle against the Canaanites. The Israelites are victorious and a woman, Jael, assassinates Sisera as he sleeps in her tent.
Fourteen years earlier, a group of English aristocrats had founded the Royal Academy of Music (no connection with the eponymous school of music founded in 1822) aimed at ensuring a constant supply of baroque opera. Handel was appointed as Master of the Orchestra and was encouraged to offer extravagant fees to entice the best performers from Italy. Significant financial losses, together with the effects of the South Sea Bubble, inevitably led to the demise of the company in 1729. Handel immediately started a new company based in the King’s Theatre and supported by King George II. By 1733, however, a group of nobles, supported by the king’s son Frederick, Prince of Wales, had started a rival opera company: Opera of the Nobility. The new company caused Handel significant problems. The popularity of Italian operas in London had been dwindling and, despite attempts to reawaken public interest, box office takings were increasingly poor. Handel’s
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solution was to mount a lavish production: his new English-language oratorio Deborah, with 100 performers including 25 singers. The production had an all-star cast, featuring the distinguished and troublesome castrato, Senesino, who later deserted the company and took most of Handel’s singers to the opposition.
The production was successful musically, less so financially. Handel tried to raise the price of tickets to one guinea, a move that outraged the regular subscribers who gatecrashed the first night demanding that they be allowed to attend on the strength of their season tickets. Despite these setbacks, and with the subsequent bankruptcy of the opposition, the oratorio was officially launched in London. Its impact was to be felt for more than two centuries after. A performance of Handel’s innovative Englishlanguage oratorio, Deborah, his first in the genre, can be heard in Saturday Matinee on 1 June at 3pm.
RARITIES FROM THE RUSSIAN ARCHIVES PAOLO HOOKE REVEALS MORE RARE SYMPHONIES Symphony to the dear beloved is written in the late romantic style and is a notable example of Tchaikovsky’s influence on Felix Blumenfeld (1863-1931). Blumenfeld was a prominent conductor, pianist and teacher who studied composition with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov at the St Petersburg Conservatory. There are also echoes of Rachmaninov in this music of beauty and mastery that blends traditional form with a sense of unpredictability. Vissarion Shebalin (1902-1963), a friend and loyal supporter of Shostakovich, was a man of integrity. He was one of the few people who dared to defend Shostakovich in the wake of the Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk saga, the attack instigated by the notorious editorial in the Party newspaper Pravda that censured the composer’s opera. Shebalin’s style is academic and his symphonies are carefully crafted, displaying the influence of his teacher Nikolai Myaskovsky. While he may not have produced masterpieces like those of Shostakovich, his music has been unfairly neglected. His Symphony no 2 shows the influence of Borodin and Mussorgsky. 40
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Vissarion Shebalin
Composed in 1929 during a period of relative freedom for Russian artists living under the Soviet regime, it is an attractive and distinctly Russian work. Gavriil Popov (1904-1972), an almost exact contemporary of Shostakovich, featured in the
first program of this three-part series. Of all of the symphonies presented, his Symphony no 3, Heroic, written for large string orchestra, is probably the major revelation. It is a masterpiece of orchestral writing, a splendid work rooted in the Russian symphonic tradition of Tchaikovsky and Glazunov. Popov creates the illusion of a full-scale orchestra by using the timbre and dynamic abilities of the strings with great compositional skill. He divides the parts of similar instruments into several voices, creating an incredible richness of orchestral texture. It is an appealing work which, according to the composer, was inspired by Schoenberg. “I admired his Verklärte Nacht [Transfigured night], a symphonic poem for string orchestra … I heard his expressive melodies and realised his great ability to create emotionally hot musical forms. I felt elements of symphonism in Schoenberg’s opus.” This superb work is a memorable conclusion to the current series. Rarities from the Russian Archives can be heard in Sunday Special on 16 June at 3 pm.
OPERA’S FALLEN WOMEN MEGWENYA MATTHEWS TRACES FASCINATING STORIES Carmen, a departs from the typical profile. She is married Courtesans, prostitutes, but after five years is bored, childless, and factory girl and ‘kept’ women (usually a gypsy, thus restlessly looking for love. She finds this in very young) began defining her factory worker Sergei, so she murders her to appear as central marginal social father-in-law, then her husband, then a rival, characters in literature in the 18th century. status. She is and finally kills herself. Stalin banned this Stories such as Moll h e a d s t r o n g , opera so Shostakovich revised it but the Flanders by Daniel beautiful, a original is usually performed today. Defoe, Fanny Hill by ‘free spirit’ and Lulu by Alban Berg was unfinished when he John Cleland and loved by Don died in 1935. Based on two plays by Frank Manon Lescaut by José but is Wedekind, which together were subtitled A Abbé Prévost are ultimately killed Monster Tragedy, the completed opera was still read today. In all by him. Victim first performed in 1979. Lulu, who had ‘an cases the women have unfortunate childhood’, is a murderess. Three or opportunist? transgressed the code husbands disappear. She is imprisoned for Massenet and the murder of the third and ends up in London of virtue that was the Puccini were as a prostitute where she is murdered by her passport to marriage both attracted ‘client’, ‘Jack the Ripper’. and economic security. to the story of These women had Manon Lescaut Finally, a more recent work: Anna Nicole, ‘fallen from grace’; they by Abbé composed by Mark-Anthony Turnage, is were ‘fallen women’ Fanny Salvini-Donatelli, the first Violetta and by the 19th century Prévost but in described by Alison Burrell as a new work that they began appearing as central characters in their respective operas each presents her in still has to find its place in the contemporary opera. a different light. She is beautiful, passionate, opera scene. It is the true story of Anna Nicole but amoral, which suggests that attending Smith, a Playboy Playmate from Texas who Were they tragic victims or self-destructive either of these operas, each with a luscious married a billionaire 63 years her senior. When opportunists? This is the question posed by score, could have been a ‘troubling, titillating he died, the inevitable legal wrangles over Dr Alison Burrell in an essay written as part inheritance began. Unable to cope with the or cathartic experience’ in the 19th century. of her postgraduate course in music and tension and the media composing at Canterbury University in the Puccini’s La rondine spotlight upon her, she United Kingdom. Alison Burrell, economist, depicts Magda who, like died from an overdose pianist, composer and multi-linguist was a Violetta, is a courtesan aged 39. school friend of mine, someone larger than life with a wealthy lover but is in the scope of her intellect and curiosity about seeking true reciprocated When the few options life. She died in October 2018, but not before love. She finds this in open to women becoming a generous donor to Fine Music and Ruggero but when his (especially those giving her blessing for us to present programs mother gives her blessing in the lower social based on her essay, Opera’s Fallen Women. to their union, Magda is order) were marriage, shamed into revealing religious orders, or The first ‘fallen woman’ in opera is Violetta her past and renounces a role as governess, in Verdi’s La traviata. The story was adapted Ruggero, leaving seamstress, menial from the novel La Dame aux Camélias by him broken-hearted. servant or living as a Alexandre Dumas. Violetta is a courtesan who Was Magda a victim is dying from consumption but she keeps this courtesan or prostitute or opportunist? The secret from her lover Alfredo. Alfredo’s father on the margins of writing of this opera was Germont persuades her to renounce Alfredo society, women’s possibly coloured by the because her low social standing is adversely dependence on men fact that a real life drama affecting their noble family. She agrees but is and their manipulative in the Puccini household heartbroken; her illness progresses and, as use of sex was always had erupted around this she is dying, Alfredo and Germont seek her an integral part and time, provoked in part, by out and plead for forgiveness. So the ending often a destructive Puccini’s infidelities. is a tragic resolution of the conflict. The usual aspect of their lives. translation of the opera’s title is The Woman Moving to Russia, our It is little wonder so who Strayed but the Italian verb ‘traviare’ next ‘fallen woman’ is many became what means to corrupt. Italian censors tried to in the Shostakovich society called ‘fallen sanitise Verdi’s portrait of Violetta and Verdi opera, Lady Macbeth women’. is said to have retorted angrily ‘A whore must of Mtsensk. Based on always be a whore’. Listen to Opera’s the story of the same name by Nicolai Leskov, Fallen Women on 6 Carmen by Bizet is based on Prosper the central character Célestine Galli-Marié, the first Carmen, photo and 20 June at 2pm. Mérimée’s story. The central character is Katerina Izmailova by Félix Nadar JUNE 2019
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Mozart’s charismatic Flute quartet no 4 in A major, K298 opens this feast of chamber music. The Ensemble also presents the delightful and playful String quartet in E flat major, op 3 no 1 by Jadin. The tone darkens with Devienne’s Flute quartet, op 16 no 3 and its brooding opening movement in B minor, and the turbulent mood is sustained with Haydn’s Symphony no 87 in A in a new string quartet arrangement.
Skye McIntosh, Artistic Director Melissa Farrow, Period flute Sunday 2 June, 3pm, Independent Theatre, North Sydney Bookings: 1800 334 388 or australianhaydn.com.au Tuesday 4 June, 7pm, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House Bookings: 9250 7777 or sydneyoperahouse.com
Experience the essence of 18th century France in this chamber program of music by François Devienne, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Hyacinthe Jadin, Wolfgang Mozart and Joseph Haydn.
The program closes with Rameau’s Cinquième concert from Pièces de clavecin en concerts, a work paying homage to earlier composers Antoine Forqueray and Marin Marais.
Folksongs are heavily tethered to notions of place and identity, evoking a deep sense of nostalgia and connection to distant times. For centuries composers have tugged at our heart strings, using the medium of song to celebrate the sentiment of national identity. We welcome one of Australia’s most sought-after mezzosopranos, Fiona Campbell, together with world-renowned harpist and regular guest, Alice Giles.
Along with Australia Ensemble members, Fiona and Alice premiere Ford’s evocative Northumbrian songs, and charm us with Berio’s rustic Folksongs. Music by Vaughan Williams draws on pastoral themes while Lutosławski’s Dance preludes offers twists on seductive rhythms from Poland. Capping off the program, Dvorák’s Opus 90 Trio, the much-loved Dumky, highlights his Bohemian heritage in a lively finale.
AUSTRALIA ENSEMBLE PRESENTS FOLKSONG with Fiona Campbell and Alice Giles Saturday 8 June, 8pm Sir John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW Bookings: www.music.unsw.edu.au
ENJOY, LEARN, DISCUSS Musicals: not just entertainment Presenter: Sue Jowell Sunday 16 June, 2.30pm Fine Music Centre, 72-76 Chandos St, St Leonards Bookings: 9439 4777 or finemusicfm.com/ELD $15 general or $5 for Fine Music subscribers and volunteers
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The musicals of the 1930s consisted of simple melodies, and limited storylines. However, Showboat by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II broke new ground by introducing threedimensional characters and soaring music that integrated with the libretto. Above all, distasteful topics were woven into a complex plot. From then on musicals confronted other equally taboo subjects including racial prejudice, drug abuse, politics and even war. Musicals would never again be ‘just entertainment’.
TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS ANGELA COCKBURN RECOUNTS SOME STRANGE TALES You could be forgiven for thinking all opera is about trials and tribulations: difficult times for characters whose strong emotions are underpinned, emphasised and exaggerated by music. In June that idea is taken to a new level, in more ways than one, with Trials and Tribulations being our opera theme for the month. First is Fauré’s Pénélope, the story of the wife of the wily general Ulysses, King of Ithaca (Odysseus in Greek) who was the subject of Homer’s epic poetic novel The Odyssey. Dragged unwillingly into the Trojan War, Ulysses was arguably the only warrior there with any common sense, and he was the guy who came up with the idea of the Trojan Horse which effectively ended the war. The gods threw lots of barriers in his way as he travelled home, so that took an extra ten years on top of the ten-year war.
Pénélope recognises Odysseus by Jan Styka
Meanwhile, at home, Pénélope and their son Telemachus dealt with a group of unruly suitors competing for Pénélope, and a share in the kingdom. Pénélope wants to delay the decision until either Ulysses gets home or Telemachus is old enough to rule, so she says she’ll make a decision after she’s finished her current weaving project, which she unpicks every night. The suitors, who clearly know nothing about weaving and can’t be bothered to find out, fall for this for a long time but begin to lose patience. Unfortunately for the plot and the motivations, Fauré thought the libretto was too long and had the character of Telemachus cut. He also changed (with rather more reason) the lovely moment when Ulysses returns in disguise, and the only creature to recognise him is his
dog. Now, I do understand that dogs don’t sing very well, but substituting an unlikely old nurse doesn’t work, for me.
Hoffmann, whose quirky tales are seen now as part of the fantasy genre. Offenbach’s audiences knew who he was: they knew the story of Dr Coppelius and his mechanical daughter; they knew about Antonia singing herself to death, and they’d read all about Giulietta in A New Year’s Eve Adventure. So they must have watched each act comfortably anticipating where it was going, and the character of Hoffmann is merely a link, something to tie it all together. The device of one singer depicting all the girls and all the villains was there from the first production that makes it, if you like, a particular trial for Armida falls in love with Rinaldo by Nicolas Poussin 1616 the soprano, who has some very solid singing to do. The following week we’re presenting Dukas’ reworking of the Bluebeard story: Ariane et The final opera in our month of Trials and Barbe-Bleue, and this time the psychology Tribulations is Handel’s spectacular work and the characters ring true. Dukas’ opera Rinaldo, commissioned to show off the was adapted from Maeterlinck’s symbolist wonderful modern machinery of Aaron Hill’s play, itself loosely based on Perrault’s tale Queen’s Theatre. It had fiery chariots, several of which there are several musical versions: transformation scenes, and mermaids, and it’s Bartók’s highly effective Bluebeard’s castle, a definitely a trial and tribulation for the stage fun operetta by Offenbach, and even a recent crew, if for no one else. All this is because the musical. It’s such a good story, after all. Christian knight Rinaldo has his bride-to-be whisked away by a Saracen sorceress Armida The trial is set by Bluebeard in his neverwho then attempts to seduce him. ending quest for the perfect wife, who doesn’t exist. His sixth wife, Ariane, however, isn’t in The opera was wildly successful in its original the least interested in playing his game. Given form, but subsequent productions and the silver keys to his treasure rooms and the revisions minimised the special effects, and gold key to the forbidden room, she makes watered down the magic, and the more the straight for the seventh door, leaving her nurse spectacle was compromised, the less favour to open the other doors and let loose torrents the opera found with paying audiences. It was of jewels. Pity the stage manager who has successfully revived by Zurich Opera in 2003, to set that up and then tidy up afterwards. In set in an airport lounge, with escalators and charge all the way, Ariane collects up the other Bond girls. I think Handel would have loved wives, organises an escape route, and when it and it certainly would have appealed to the they won’t follow her sweeps off to freedom flamboyant Aaron Hill! with her nurse in tow, leaving them to tend to a Do join us At the Opera for Trials and beaten Bluebeard. Tribulations on Wednesdays in June at 8pm. In Offenbach’s The tales of Hoffmann, Hoffmann, too, is in search of the perfect, non-existent love, and he spectacularly fails every attempt at a relationship. The character is an actor’s nightmare: things happen TO him, and he lets them happen. His drinking friend Nicklausse has more character development. The problem is that The tales of Hoffmann is now out of context. The stories are those of the writer, composer and caricaturist E.T.A. Odysseus and Pénélope (adapted from Johann Tischbein) JUNE 2019
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CD REVIEWS DISTANT BELOVED
Beethoven, Schubert, Richard Strauss, Wagner Simon O’Neill, tenor; Terence Dennis, piano Decca 481 7905 HHH½
The term Lieder implies a form of song in which the piano, instead of merely accompanying, has its own voice in a pairing of equals. Congruence between voice and piano is all, and creating it makes unique demands of both. In short, the pianist must play a little like a singer, and the singer must sing a little like a piano. The great Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was blessed with a voice that naturally sounded almost piano-like. He had lasersharp intonation, a seamless tessitura, and in Gerald Moore found a ‘Ginger Rogers’ to his ‘Fred Astaire’. Simon O’Neill has a very different voice from Fischer-Dieskau. As his excellent sleeve notes reveal, he began singing as a Lieder baritone. He is now a fine Wagnerian heldentenor, and brings a heroic timbre to this collection of Lieder, together with some operatic habits,
MENDELSSOHN STRING QUARTETS
String Quartets and Lieder Greta Bradman, soprano; Tinalley String Quartet Decca 481 7967
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Australia is home to a large number of musical groups, many of whom are now as active overseas as they are at home. One such group is the delightfully named Tinalley String Quartet (which apparently takes its name from the laneway that runs through the University of Melbourne’s Parkville Campus where the quartet was formed). Last year the group released its first CD, a pairing of the Debussy and Ravel string quartets. This second release is a beautifully crisp rendition of Mendelssohn’s First and Second String Quartets. String quartet no 2 in A minor is actually the first that Mendelssohn wrote. Although written in 1827 when he was 18 years old, it wasn’t published until after the E flat major Quartet, hence the numbering. Both quartets were written very shortly after the death of Beethoven, and it’s not hard to discern the
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Francesca Prihasti Independent
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Francesca Prihasti is an Indonesian-born, now New York-based, pianist whose compositions are inspired and dedicated to special places and beings. On her recently released third album, Adriana, the pianist/composer has surrounded herself with a new ensemble of mainly New York musicians to explore her latest original works. She is joined by her husband, the Australian guitarist Nic Vardanega who provides colour and texture to her musical imaginings. Prihasti is a generous band leader allowing all of the players a good chance to shine. Her piano remains the centre of the arrangements, juxtaposing her strength as a composer as well as her capacity to converse and interact with her peers. It’s fascinating to consistently hear
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including a portamento that salutes O’Neill’s hero Fritz Wunderlich, but which this reviewer found a little trying. Accordingly, your response to this CD is likely to depend on whether you’re an opera fan, interested in knowing what all the German Lieder fuss is about. O’Neill’s grasp of Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder is predictably sure and the collection starts with, and takes its name from, the first true Lieder cycle, Beethoven’s To the distant beloved. It also embraces the apogee, albeit in voice/piano form, represented by Richard Strauss. If, on the other hand, you’re a hardened Lieder nut, the intrusion of the opera stage into your beloved parlour may prove a little indigestible. Tom Forrester-Paton
influence of the Master’s late string quartets on the young Mendelssohn. That said, the Tinalley String Quartet brings them to life with a crispness of tone and clarity of phrasing that almost makes one think they may have been written last week. Between the two quartets are five of Mendelssohn’s Lieder. Originally written for piano, they’ve been transcribed for string quartet by Australian composer Calvin Bowman and are on the whole delightful, although I have to say that I found the string accompaniment of the three, which are sung by soprano Greta Bradman, somewhat distracting. Long may the Tinalley String Quartet continue to produce CDs of this quality. Michael Morton-Evans
her chart a middle course, melding emotion and intellect, while deftly combining piano trills, suave phrases and rapid flights offering a steady stream of ideas without overloading the music or sounding laboured. Whether reflecting on times past on Time traveller, featuring Dave Pietro’s outstanding saxophone playing, or being inspired by Van Gogh’s painting on Stargazer, with Mike Rodriguez’ mournful flugelhorn, it’s a genuine pleasure to hear the ease with which she unites several themes and gleefully swings all the while. This album is reaffirms Prihasti’s stature as a wise, articulate and energetic piano stylist. Barry O’Sullivan
MUSICAL FAMILIES ELIZABETH HILL LOOKS AT DIFFERENT STYLISTIC TRAITS Giuseppe and Giovanni Battista Sammartini were among eight children of Milan-based Alexis Saint-Martin, a French oboist. After studying with their father, they were soon playing in an orchestra, and performing on the continent and in England. Yet their careers would take them on very different paths. When Giuseppe emigrated to England in 1728, he was already recognised as a promising composer owing to the publication there of his 12 Trio Sonatas a year earlier; but it was his skill as an oboist that made him a celebrity. Playing under the direction of Bononcini and Handel he transformed the playing of the oboe, gaining fame as ‘the greatest oboist the world had ever known’. Charles Burney praised his music as being ‘full of science, originality and fire’. Sammartini’s career advanced when he was hired as the music master for the Prince of Wales, for whose family he worked from 1736 until his death in 1750. There was a lot of opportunity for misnomer and misattribution of Giuseppe and Giovanni’s works. So it was in London that Giuseppe became known as ‘il Londinese’ to distinguish him from his stay-at-home younger brother, Giovanni ‘il Milanese’, who remained predominantly in Milan.
Giovanni Battista Sammartini by Domenico Ricciardi
Writing in a later Baroque style, Giuseppe shared stylistic traits with his baroque contemporaries, but also incorporated the use of the galant style, and Sturm und Drang (extreme and stormy emotions). His progressive musical trends included featuring four to five movements, with slow transitional movements, in some of his concertos and orchestral works, and starting a sonata with a slow movement. The two brothers developed markedly different styles: Giuseppe bore the stamp of conservative English taste, and Giovanni was
one of the instigators of an important new genre. At first Giovanni was content with writing sacred music but gradually turned to instrumental composition. Called the true father of the symphony, Giovanni’s most important contribution was the composing of nearly 80 symphonies, ahead of Haydn. His popularity was such that C.P.E. Bach was worried that, when his own symphonies were being performed in Milan and Padua, they just wouldn’t match the quality of those composed by Sammartini. Giovanni’s most famous pupil was Gluck, and his renown quickly spread all over Europe. The young Mozart took note of him as did Myslivecek, who announced he had discovered the source of Haydn’s symphonies, to which Haydn snorted ‘Nonsense!’
on the state of musical drama at the time. The work was frequently reprinted and is an important document in the early history of opera. His older brother Alessandro enjoyed a comfortable life that gave him the scope to pursue his interest in music. He held concerts in his home town and also composed and published several sets of concertos, including six concertos under the title of La Cetra, as well as cantatas, arias and violin sonatas. He often composed under the pseudonym Eterio Stinfalico, his name as a member of the celebrated Arcadian Academy.
Confusion often surrounded the works of composers who came from large musical families. Many of the instrumental works once believed to be by Benedetto Marcello are actually by others and some of Alessandro’s music has been misattributed to Benedetto. The brothers were born into a highly respected and influential Venetian aristocratic family whose rank decreed that they should receive a thorough education in music and the other arts, but that the only appropriate career for them was in jurisprudence. The younger Benedetto’s life was a strange mixture of the political and the artistic. A composer, poet and diplomat, he occupied several important government positions, but was what 18th century chroniclers called a ‘dilettante’ (not a dabbler as in the current vernacular, but an aristocrat who also pursued musical composition as a sideline). Besides several oratorios and operas, he wrote over 400 cantatas, and published collections of chamber, orchestral and instrumental music. His individual, at times eccentric, style didn’t submit to any of the fashionable trends of the time and he set the stage for the Classical era in Western music. As a poet he is especially remembered for his setting of the first 50 psalms, his translation of John Dryden’s Timotheus as a text for one of his own cantatas, a libretto for Ruggeri’s opera Arato in Sparta and for an amusing pamphlet in which he vented his opinions
Benedetto Marcello
Although his works are infrequently performed today, he is regarded as a very competent composer. His La Cetra concertos are ‘unusual for their wind solo parts and use of counterpoint within a broadly Vivaldian style, placing them as a last outpost of the classic Venetian Baroque concerto’. Bach’s keyboard concerto (BWV 974) is an adaptation of an oboe concerto in D minor which was long believed to have been composed by Benedetto Marcello but is now known to have been by Alessandro. This month we will also hear a concerto for two pianos by Mozart played by the Dutch piano duo, brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen, who have been performing together since childhood. Music by these brothers can be heard on Tuesdays 4 and 18 at 2pm. JUNE 2019
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THE BEST IS YET TO COME CHRISTOPHER WATERHOUSE CELEBRATES CY COLEMAN 14 June 2019 marks what would have been the 90th birthday of Cy Coleman, award-winning composer, pianist, conductor and producer. Born Seymour Kaufman in New York, he was a child prodigy, displaying extraordinary talents as a classical pianist. He gave recitals at Carnegie Hall and New York’s Town Hall while he was still a boy, but as he grew into adulthood he discovered jazz and never looked back. He formed the Cy Coleman Trio and enjoyed great success with numerous records and many live gigs across America. In the trio format he worked with Charlie Smith (drums) and Aaron Bell (bass) in 1958, with Ed Thigpen (bass) in 1959, and in the 1980s formed a new trio with Ron Zito (drums) and Jonathan Miller (bass). It’s a shame that very few of the Cy Coleman Trio albums were transferred to CD. As a result, his jazz trio work doesn’t enjoy the wide appreciation that it deserves. Coleman’s talents as a composer were first realised when he teamed up with the lyricist Carolyn Leigh in the 1950s and 60s, writing some of his biggest-ever hits including Witchcraft, You fascinate me and The best is yet to come, songs that became jazz standards and were made famous by the chart-topping recordings of Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and countless others. With Leigh, Coleman turned to the bright lights of Broadway and began writing for musical theatre, providing the scores for Wildcat (starring Lucille Ball) and Little Me. However,
on Broadway. He felt ill at the party and he and his wife Shelby went to the hospital where he collapsed and died from a heart attack. He was 75. The next evening the lights of Broadway were dimmed in his honour.
Leigh became increasingly frustrated that Coleman, because of his jazz commitments, was so often out of New York and therefore not available for writing projects. They went their separate ways and Coleman teamed up with the legendary Dorothy Fields. Together they wrote the scores for the hugely popular and successful musical Sweet Charity and the almost forgotten Seesaw. Their professional partnership was flourishing but was cut short in 1974 when Dorothy Fields died suddenly from a heart attack. Coleman continued to write for Broadway, with music for I Love My Wife in 1977 and On the Twentieth Century in 1978. Then, in 1980, he composed and produced the musical about circus showman P.T. Barnum. Barnum is one of my favourite musicals. It’s very difficult to stage because of the demands made on the performers, as Todd McKenny, Rachel Beck and company will attest, as they juggle, dance and tightrope-walk their way through this high-energy musical in the current Melbourne production. The score is divine; Coleman’s The colours of my life is perhaps the bestknown and best-loved of the songs from the show. Coleman lived life with a full palette of colour. In a 2002 interview with Playbill online he said: “I started off as a concert pianist. I think like a musician. In other words, if you are a musician, you’re liable to play a concert playing Mahler in the evening, and you’re liable to do a rock date in the morning. I feel as though I have a lot of colours in my palette and I want to use them.” On 18 November 2004, Cy Coleman attended the opening night party of the play Democracy
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Cy Coleman is best remembered for his many compositions, but he kept up his jazz playing until his death. Just weeks before, he joined Gary Haase (bass) and Buddy Williams (drums) to play a series of jazz gigs at Feinstein’s at the Regency in New York. In interviews he was asked why he’d stopped performing; did he no longer enjoy it, perhaps, or had people stopped asking to hear him play? No, the truth was simply a matter of time. His work as a composer demanded much attention and, given his fame and popularity, in the end he found it impossible to accept jazz bookings and chose instead to focus on his writing.
I’m pleased that Coleman kept writing because I love so many of his compositions, but I’m sorry that he didn’t continue with his jazz because there are so few recordings of him in the trio format. There are tales of some session recordings made in the early 2000s that were never published; I wonder if in this anniversary year we might see and hear them at last? If so, the best of Cy Coleman may be yet to come. A special edition of Friday Jazz Session devoted to the music of Cy Coleman will be presented on Friday 14 June at 7pm.
A LIFELONG AFFINITY WITH FINE MUSIC PAMELA NEWLING TALKS TO DAVID HILTON As a member of the Volunteers Committee, David also contributes to the development of policies and procedures that govern the way in which volunteers perform their tasks, in addition to other volunteer activities throughout the year. He says this also gives him a greater insight into the other areas of the station.
1974 holds significant and happy memories for David Hilton. It was the year he married and it was also the inception of 2MBS-FM (now Fine Music 102.5). He listened to the first broadcasts on his new FM receiver and has been a constant listener ever since. Upon retirement from full-time employment, and looking for some voluntary work, David heard a call from the station for volunteers. He decided to see if he could be of assistance and has worked in the library since 2013. Attention to detail is an essential part of the role, which involves collating and checking the CDs and other supporting material for a particular day from the programs compiled by the programmers. It also involves second checking previously collated programs. Another component of the work is to download CDs donated by record companies, burn CDs and initiate the entry of these into the station’s CD catalogue. David says that what he enjoys about working at the station “… is the reward of knowing that in some small way, I am contributing to the
David’s working life started with a very short period as a trainee teacher, followed by a slightly longer spell in the state public service. In 1973 he began a career of 40 years working in Information Technology and has seen it develop from humble beginnings to become a massive industry. success and continuity of the station. I enjoy working with a team of like-minded people and absorbing some of the vast body of knowledge of the station’s volunteers.” He comments that one of the bonuses of working at the station has been the ability to expand his own knowledge and appreciation of a wider sphere of music, composers and performers than when he started.
Musical favourites for David include opera (particularly the Italians), and the big-name composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn and Dvorák, but he is constantly finding new favourites. David says: “Unfortunately, my own music-making capabilities are non-existent so I rely on those great musicians of the past and present to provide my musical entertainment.”
PERSONNEL MUSIC BROADCASTING SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES CO-OPERATIVE LTD, registered under the Co-operatives Act 1992 (NSW); owner and operator of Australia’s first community-operated stereo FM station, 2MBS-FM now known as Fine Music 102.5; annual membership fee is $33 and members are entitled to vote at Society general meetings. Enquiries: admin@finemusicfm.com VOLUNTEERS Fine Music 102.5 is run by volunteers supported by a small team of staff. To find out how to join our volunteers, visit finemusicfm.com or call 9439 4777. DIRECTORS Chair: David Brett; Deputy Chair: David James; Secretary: Christopher Waterhouse; Roger Doyle, Peter Kurti, Jayson McBride, Simon Moore, Katy Rogers-Davies COMMITTEE CHAIRS Management: David James; Programming: James Nightingale; Presenters: Ross Hayes; Jazz: Barry O’Sullivan; Technical: Roger Doyle; Library: Rex Burgess; Volunteers: Cynthia Kaye; Finance: Peter Poole; Work Health and Safety: Angela Cockburn; Emerging Artists: Rebecca Beare
PROGRAMMERS AND PRESENTERS FOR JUNE Charles Barton, Peter Bell, Nena Beretin, Dan Bickel, Chris Blower, Adam Bowen, David Brett, John Buchanan, Andrew Bukenya, Rex Burgess, Lloyd Capps, Vince Carnovale, Sheila Catzel, Yola Center, Lyn Chong, Adam Cockburn, Angela Cockburn, Liam Collins, Paul Cooke, Di Cox, George Cruickshank, Nick Dan, Jackson Day, Nev Dorrington, Susan Gai Dowling, Annabelle Drumm, Brian Drummond, Andrew Dziedzic, Michael Field, Troy Fil, Owen Fisher, Jennifer Foong, Tom Forrester-Paton, Susan Foulcher, Carole Garland, David Garrett, Robert Gilchrist, Nicky Gluch, Joe Goddard, Andrew Grahame, Giovanna Grech, Jeremy Hall, Austin Harrison, Celeste Haworth, Ross Hayes, Gerald Holder, Paulo Hooke, Paul Hopwood, James Hunter, Leita Hutchings, Anne Irish, Sue Jowell, David Knapp, Peter Kurti, Ray Lemond, Ray Levis, Krystal Li, Christina MacGuinness, Lachlan Mahoney, Linda Marr, Meg Matthews, Stephen Matthews, Sue McCreadie, Trisha McDonald, Jeannie McInnes, Terry McMullen, Maureen Meers, Camille Mercep, John Milce, Peter Mitchell, Simon Moore, Frank Morrison, Michael Morton-Evans, Richard Munge, Gerry Myerson, Peter Nelson, James Nightingale, David Ogilvie, Barry O’Sullivan, Calogero Panvino, Derek Parker, Denis Patterson, Keith Pettigrew, Peter Poole, Frank Presley, Karoline Ren, Katy Rogers-Davies, Paul Roper, Marilyn Schock, Debbie Scholem, Jon Shapiro, Julie Simonds, Elaine Siversen, Robert Small, Oscar Smith, Garth Sundberg, Jacky Ternisien, Rob Thomas, Anna Tranter, Madilina Tresca, Robert Vale, Richard Verco, Ron Walledge, Christopher Waterhouse, Chris Wetherall, Stephen Wilson, Glenn Winfield, Chris Winner, Mariko Yata, Orli Zahava, Tom Zelinka PROGRAM SUBEDITORS Jan Akers, Chris Blower, Maureen Chaffey, Di Cox, Noelene Guillemot, Elaine Siversen, Jill Wagstaff, Teresa White LIBRARIANS Jan Akers, Rex Burgess, Maureen Chaffey, John Clayton, Di Cox, Helen Dignan, Lynden Dziedzic, Peter Goldner, Daniela Hartman, David Hilton, Dawn Jackson, Michael Marchbank, Phillip McGarn, Judy Miller, Rachel Miller, Helen Milthorpe, Susan Ping Kee, Mark Renton, Gary Russ, Andrew Treloar, Ricky Yu STATION OPERATIONS Transmitter: Max Benyon, John Shenstone; Studio operations: Roger Doyle, Robert Tregea; Live broadcasts and recordings: Jayson McBride; IT: Alice Roberts; Digitisation: John Xuereb STAFF Station Manager: Rebecca Beare; Office Manager: Sharon Sullivan; Community Access Manager: Sophie McCulloch; Community Engagement Manager: Mona Omar; Production Coordinator: Joe Goddard; Administration Assistant: Krystal Li JUNE 2019
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Mrs Halina Brett, Mr Lloyd & Mrs Mary Jo Capps, Mrs Lorna Alison Carr, Mrs Margaret Epps, Prof Michael Field AM, Mrs Freda Hugenberger, Dr Peter Ingle, Mr Ian Juniper, Mr D & Mrs R Keech, Ms Maureen Meers, Dr Andrew Mitterdorfer, Dr W J Poate, Mr Jude Rushbrooke, Ms Wendy Trevor-Jones, The Yim Family Foundation, Anonymous 3
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I’ve mentioned before that most of our articles are based on programs that we are broadcasting in the particular month. Sometimes a writer presents an idea for an article and a program is prepared to support that article. Most articles are commissioned to support programs, including program series, anniversaries of composers and premieres of well-known works. Also, within an assigned budget, the Programming Committee plans the broadcast of longer 20th century (or later) choral works for which Fine Music has to pay a very large copyright fee depending on the length of the work. We always point you to these through an article without mentioning the cost. Articles not related to programs are those about volunteers or the youth outreach of Fine Music. Also most front covers are
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Silver Patrons ($500 – $999) Mr Claus Blunck, Mr Colin Boston, Mr David Branscomb, Prof C E Deer, Mr John Fairfax AO, Mr Richard Farago, Mr Heinz Gager, Mr Michael and Mrs Rochelle Goot, Mr Paul Hopwood, Ms Sue Jowell, Mr Gerhard Koller, Dr Peter Krinks, Mr Reginald John Lamble AO, Mr Ian K Lloyd, Mrs Meryll Macarthur, Mr M F Madigan, Mrs E M McKinnon, Mr Michael MortonEvans OAM, Mr Ken Nielsen, Mrs Monica Olave, Dr Robert Osborn, Ms Christina M Pender, Mr J A Roberts, Ms Catherine Ruff, Mrs Ruth A Staples, Mrs Valerie Stoney, Mrs Margaret Suthers, Mrs Marie Thompson, Dr Pye Twaddell, Mr Richard Wilkins, Ms Caroline Wilkinson, Mr Alastair Wilson, Dr Paul Wormell, Anonymous 16
Bronze Patrons ($250 – $499) Ms Jacqui Axford, Ms Lily Bao, Mr John Bell, Mr Harold John Benyon OAM, Mrs Susan Berger, Mrs Patricia Biggers, Mrs Marion Blin, Mr Christopher Blower, Mr Stephen Booth, Mr Barrie Brockwell, The Hon John P Bryson QC, Mrs Alexandra Buchner, Ms Deanne Castronini, Ms Mary Choate, Mr David Clark, Mr Dom Cottam, Prof Stephen J Dain, Mrs Marie Digby, Dr David Dixon, Hon J R Dunford QC, Mr Andrew Dziedzic, In Memory of David W Allen, Mr Paul Evans, Ms Elizabeth Evatt, Mr William G Fleming, Mrs Kathy Freedman, Ms Diana Ruth Hanaor, Mr Geoffrey Hogbin, Mr Paul Jackson, Ms Ruth Jeremy, Mrs Barbara Johnson, Mr Bill and Eva Johnstone, Hon Mr Justice D Kirby, Mr Nicholas Korner, Mrs Sarah Lawrence, Jennifer Lewis, Mr Geoffrey Magney, Mrs M A Marsh, Dr Jim Masselos, Mr Philip Maxwell, Mrs Shirley Ann McEwin, Ms Alison Meldrum, Mr Simon Moore, Mr Donald Nairn, Dr Gordon H Packham, Mr Trevor Parkin, Mr Denis Patterson, Ms Susan Ping Kee, Mr Peter Poole, Mr Mike Price, Dr Brian Quinn, Dr Neil A Radford, Mr Gwynn Roberts, Mr Joseph Rooney, Dr Gideon Schoombie, Ms Mei Wah So, Mr John Stevenson, Ms Kathryn Tiffen, Mr Kevin James Vaughan, Mr Richard Williamson, Mrs Robin Yabsley, Mr Peter Zipkis, Anonymous 23 sponsored by music organisations who then receive a two-page article. This is usually part of a larger package which includes on-air and on-line sponsorship and we are most thankful for the income from sponsorship, and also from our loyal subscribers. However, many subscribers don’t realise that the subscription fee does not cover the cost of the magazine even though it’s produced by volunteers. If you enjoy having this magazine in print form, please consider the current request for donations. All income received helps to keep the fine music flowing and the magazine in print. If you wish to comment about any of the articles (or the magazine in general) please contact me via editor@finemusicfm.com or telephone and talk to a receptionist on 9439 4777. Elaine Siversen
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