Fine Music Magazine - March 2015

March 2015

MAGAZINE

MUSICA VIVA FESTIVAL BEGINS Mischa Maisky plays Bach

ROSS EDWARDS’ TRIBUTE Gallipoli for String Quartet

NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL Discovering a true ‘Australian voice’

THE A TO Z OF JAZZ

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EDITOR’S DESK

VOL 42 No 3 2 COVER STORY Mischa Maisky headlines Musica Viva Festival

As the fine music year begins to ramp up, I’m overwhelmed by the number of passionate and talented musicians not only active in Australia, but visiting our shores in the months to come. Not least, the world-renowned cellist Mischa Maisky. Sydney audiences will have an opportunity to see and hear why critics called him the next Rostropovich, when Musica Viva presents its much-loved biennial Festival at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in early April.

Maisky will play three Bach’s cello suites, a tribute to a lifelong love affair which began when he was just 11 years of age.

4 The National Folk Festival’s Pam Merrigan 6 Ross Edwards’ tribute to ANZAC Diggers 7 Bowral’s Autumn Music Festival 9 Flashback with Derek Parker 10 Forgotten Composers: Fritz Hart 11 Contemporary Conductors: Marin Alsop 12 Live broadcast from Fine Music 102.5’s Studio C 13 Young Virtuosi 14 What’s On 16 CD Reviews 19 Interview with James Morrison

Changing tune just a bit, Fine Music magazine also catches up with the National Folk Festival’s Director Pam Merrigan. This epic event, set to hit Canberra, is committed to a broad representation of Australian ‘folk’ music as well as a high-end program - featuring more than 20 international and 180 Australian acts. But has it managed to find the true ‘Australian voice’?

Pam thinks they have - hear what she has to say on page 4.

We’re continuing our jaunt outside Sydney this month with a ‘trip’ the Bowral Autumn Music Festival. A celebration of fine venues, finely tuned instruments and even finer music, the festival is entering its ninth year and you can find out more on page 7.

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Cover image: Mischa Maisky will perform in Australia in early April as part of Musica Viva Festival.

To find out what’s on in Sydney this month, turn to page 14. One highlight will take place in Fine Music 102.5’s very own Studio C on 7 March. We’ve organised a great lineup of musical talent to help celebrate our 40th year of broadcasting, where Fine Music 102.5 presenters will be joined by Jane Rutter, Simon Tedeschi, Ayse Goknur Shanal, Acacia Quartet and The Idea of North, just to name few. Read more about this event on page 12 and remember to tune in to Fine Music 102.5FM from 2-6pm on 7 March.

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MUSICA VIVA PRESENTS MISCHA MAISKY “ROSTROPOVICH OF THE FUTURE” HERE TODAY

with Martha Argerich; and Bach’s Six Solo Suites, Dvorák’s Cello Concerto and Bloch’s Schelomo with Leonard Bernstein and the Israel Philharmonic.

Maisky has received accolades by music critics in every capital city of the world. In the process, he had to overcome the Stalinist strictures of the former Soviet Union in the form of two years in a Gulag on trumped up charges, resulting from his sister’s emigration to Israel.

“This was the beginning of major problems in my life. All my concerts were cancelled and I wasn’t allowed to travel abroad,” he recalled.

Maisky says the painful memories have never left him: “It was a difficult time for me, but at the same time I don’t regret what happened to me. In a perverse way, I am even grateful.

Even though I never received my diploma from the Moscow Conservatoire because of my imprisonment, I actually believe I got a complete life education instead.

“The whole experience was very important for my personality as a musician.”

Half a century ago, a hyperactive eight-year old football loving Latvian lad announced to his musically inclined Riga family that he wanted to stop playing football and start playing the cello.

A bare nine years later not only had Mischa Maisky mastered the instrument but made his international debut from the stage of Carnegie Hall with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under William Steinberg.

The critics of the day rushed into laudatory print, calling him the Rostropovich of the future.

Sydney audiences will have an opportunity to see and hear what they meant when Musica Viva presents its much-loved biennial Festival at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in early April. Its drawcard, the now 67 year old and world-renowned Maisky will play three Bach’s cello suites, a tribute to a lifelong love affair which began when he was just 11, his older brother having given him a copy of the score which he inscribed: “Work as hard as you can all your life to be worthy of this great music”.

As part of the first concert, Maisky will be featured along with the Doric Quartet, joined 2

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by Aleksandar Madžar for a Quintet by Thomas Adès; clarinet wunderkind Narek Arutyunian and pianist Daniel de Borah; and the Pavel Haas Quartet from Prague.

In addition to the Musica Viva Festival, Maisky’s tour sees him making a return visit to Australia playing the Dvorák concerto with the Brisbane Symphony under the baton of Yan Pascal Tortellier, as well as accepting a personal invitation to Perth by Western Australia Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Conductor Asher Fisch where he will play Bloch’s Hebraic Rhapsody, Schelomo and Richard Strauss’ Tone Poem, Don Quixote.

Stalinist strictures A distinguished, highly acclaimed international career, nurtured by the years of study with Rostropovich at Moscow’s famous Conservatoire has encompassed concerts with virtually all the world’s leading orchestras for Maisky. He has made more than 40 recordings including Brahms’ Double Concerto with Gidon Kremer and the Wiener Philharmoniker under Leonard Bernstein; the Bach Cello Sonatas

Maisky settled briefly in Israel in 1972, and the country is still close to his heart. His pianist sister still lives there with her family and he has many relatives there.

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Mischa Maisky. Photo – Bernard Rosenberg

Under the circumstances, it would undoubtedly have been a particularly sensitive atmosphere in which in 1995 he returned to Moscow for the first time in 23 years to give a concert and to record works by Prokofiev and Miaskovsky with Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra.

“I still have an Israeli passport and consider myself an Israeli,” he says proudly. However, the travel demands of his career meant it was more practical for Maisky to be based in Belgium where he now lives with his young family - his Italian wife, Evelyn and their two sons. He has two grown-up children from a previous marriage - Lily, a 23-year-old pianist based in Brussels, and Sascha, a 22-year-old violinist based in Vienna - who have become accomplished musicians in their own right.

A cosmopolitan citizen For more than 30 years, Maisky has been playing a rare 18th century cello made by Domenico

man had tears rolling “ the olddown his cheeks ...

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He describes the instrument as the love of his life and it dramatically reflects his multicultural, multinational, multimusical ethos. He is quoted as having described his life on the basis that he was born in Latvia, educated in Russia, is Jewish by background; drives a Japanese car and wears a Swiss watch; his children were born in France, Belgium and Italy –a cosmopolitan citizen if ever there was one.

Not only is this description to be confined to his personal life. Just a single year – in this instance 2001 as a random example – illustrates the internationalist career and repertoire selection to which Maisky can lay claim. A mere excerpt of his activities in 2001 includes the world premiere of Shchedrin’s double concerto Romantic Offering with Martha Argerich and the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra under Neeme Järvi, in Lucerne and on tour; a concert in The Hague and a German tour with Järvi and the Hague Residentie Orchestra followed by further concerts with the Royal Philharmonic, Prague Chamber, Montreal Symphony, Danish National Symphony and Hamburg Philharmonic orchestras plus the Israel Camerata and Kremerata Baltica.

Masterclass with a difference Maisky says he is often asked what Piatigorsky added to that which Rostropovich had taught him. He credits the Ukrainian born American cellist as having influenced him in many ways.

He said: “First of all I was a bit older and I was undoubtedly a better student throughout the four intensive months that he taught me, almost every day.

Doric String Quartet will also perform in the first concert of the 2015 Musica Viva Festival.

“Secondly, I was meeting a cellist who had a legendary reputation in Russia and whom everybody – including Slava (Rostropovich) – admired unconditionally.

“What he taught me above all was the importance of sound quality – the most important feature of all for a cellist. We used to play cello duets together, and sometimes we would swap cellos and try to recreate each other’s sound. It was a wonderful experience”.

Maisky’s choice of the Bach cello suites for his only Sydney concerts is a reflection of his lifelong love affair with Johann Sebastian. What other cellist can lay claim, as Maisky can, to have presented a virtual Bach ‘marathon’ - playing all of Bach’s works for cello in three concerts on one day, thereby racking up at the time over 100 Bach concerts worldwide. In addition to these concerts he will preside over a Masterclass on April 10 but, as with most things Maisky, it will be a masterclass with a difference because he does not teach and rarely if ever comments on mere technique. Instead, his masterclasses are renowned for their focus on emotion and expression.

What he taught me “ above all was the importance of sound quality ...

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Montagnana which, like so much of his life, carries a story within it. He recalls that, while studying with Piatigorsky in Los Angeles in 1974 (Maisky is the only cellist to have studied with both Rostropovich and Piatigorsky) he was approached by an elderly gentleman whose nonagenarian uncle wanted his cherished cello to go to a talented young musician rather than to a dealer.

After he had played it for a half hour Maisky reminisced, “the old man had tears rolling down his cheeks saying: ‘Now I can die peacefully, knowing that someone is going to play concerts so plenty of people will enjoy it’”.

An impecunious Maisky at the time “had no money, only debts” but was able to arrange for the American-Israeli Cultural Foundation to help raise the purchase price of the cello.

Several years later he was able to buy it back from the Foundation.

“For me there two ways of playing music that should be forbidden by law: to play it ugly or to play it boring”, he insists.

Australian audiences are promised performances of neither description; indeed they are promised performances of intense character, of emotional concentration and passionate strength.

New music One of the delicate balancing acts which a musician of Maisky’s calibre and reputation constantly confronts is how to achieve a balance between the conventional and ‘new’ music. How to juggle a programming repertoire between acknowledged composers and those climbing the ladder of recognition.

Maisky handles the problem by referring back to his ultimate source of cellistic skills, Mstislav Rostropovich who was well known for encouraging living composers. Not that he subscribes to any hard and fast rule, abhorring the selection of contemporary compositions for their own sake or as a virtual philosophy.

The question of course always needs to be considered in terms of the disciplines of learning a new piece. He admits he is not the quickest of quick learners.

He has said that perhaps he is too much of a perfectionist, illustrating his point by saying that a work by Bach or Mozart played badly has no effect on the reputation of the composer – they will continue to survive. But new, unknown music played badly downgrades the composer.

Maisky’s basic defining philosophy of his life and his music recurs here: “I play cello from the heart. I never play anything that I don’t love”.

- Henry Mendelson 2015 Musica Viva Festival April 9-12 Venue: The Sydney Conservatorium of Music Mischa Maisky performs in three concerts (1, 2 & 4) - April 9-11 www.musicavivafestival.com.au March 2015

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NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL’S PAM MERRIGAN FINDING AN AUSTRALIAN VOICE

Gina Williams (r) and Guy Ghouse are a rare act from WA that captures the hearts and imagination of audiences through the power of song in Noongar Language.

Recently I came across a listing titled “Australian folk music” on an Australian Government information website. The page begins with a definition of ‘folk’ music: “music that originates in and is handed down by oral tradition amongst common people”. It then goes on to give what could best be described as a potted history of folk music in Australia. It covers the early use of tunes from the British Isles adapted to new lyrics, convict and bush songs, railway, war and union songs and Indigenous folk music. There was also a paragraph or two on “new Australian folk music” which it says “draws upon folk styles from around the world, including Gaelic, Celtic, Ceilidh, Sevdah, Romany, African, Cajun, Breton, American country, Bluegrass and Klezmer which are heard at a range of Australian folk festivals”.

dozen producers sanitising and tailoring it to fit a mass market.

So, where does that leave our Australian folk music? It is certainly true that migrants,

especially since the 1970s, have influenced Australian music. This aspect will be reflected in the National Folk Festival’s 2015 program with groups such as Equus combining the stunning

does that leave our “ … where Australian folk music?

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As the Director of one of Australia’s major folk festivals the piece got me thinking about ‘folk’ on a number of levels and the kind of music that is finding its way into folk festival programs.

Firstly the definition, while not incorrect is a very narrow view of ‘folk’ particularly in the context of today’s ‘folk’ music.

When programming the National Folk Festival I am particularly interested in the capacity of music to connect with and engage people, in music with cohesive threads and narratives.

Folk music can offer an alternative to the mainstream. It is music that is close to the source, music that hasn’t been put through a 4

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Equus: The stunning artistry and musicianship of Mongolian horse-head fiddle player and throat singer, Bukhu, meets a world of old and new sounds: from evocative ballads to high-energy tunes and improvisations, from Mongolian folk songs to all new original fusion pieces.

One such group doing just that is the Victorianbased Stray Hens. They rearrange folk revival tunes with driving twin fiddles and complex harmonies and timings, inspired by English folk, traditional Irish, Appalachian and jazz.

With all these diverse influences from convict heritage to the impact of multi-culturalism through to the contemporary fusion of styles to create new folk genres what is the Australian voice, the sound that can be identified as uniquely Australian?

out of that loss there “ …comes great renewal …

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artistry of Mongolian horse-head fiddle player and throat singer, Bukhu with the haunting lilt of the Arabic oud, and Turkish saz; the Bulgarian influenced original sounds of Chaika; neo-gypsy/klezmer ensemble, Greshka; and the Indo-Pacific grooves of Rendra Freestone’s Rhythm Hunters.

There is also a place for the historical. This year’s festival will recognise the John Meredith Folklore Collection held in the National Library of Australia with two special events.

Keith McKenry will present a special launch of his book, More than a life: John Meredith and the Fight for Australian Tradition, along with a concert of material selected from the more than 550 items listed in the John Meredith Folklore Collection and an illustrated talk on Meredith’s life and work.

McKenry says: “A political radical throughout the Cold War years, Meredith fought all his life against poverty, cultural toadyism and official indifference… John Meredith became one of the world’s great song collectors… was the leading warrior in the fight to preserve and celebrate Australia’s unique folk heritage… and, Australia’s foremost pioneer in folk song performance”.

I’m keen to feature acts that can take this music and reimagine it for contemporary audiences.

I believe this comes from Australia’s First Peoples. Their contemporary music has grown and developed from a deep loss, loss of rights to their land and a loss of their cultural identity. And yet, out of that loss there comes great renewal and a voice that is uniquely Australian. Just as music has always been integral to the social and cultural life of our Indigenous people, today it has become an important vehicle, giving voice to their story.

Fusing traditional styles with imported western styles Indigenous Australians are “singing” their culture, “writing” their history with a music that resonates with this place we call Australia.

A Celebration of Australia’s First Peoples is an important and integral part of the National Folk Festival’s program and in 2015 Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse will headline a diverse showcase celebrating the music of Indigenous Australia. Gina is a rare performer capturing the hearts and imagination of audiences, connecting deeply through the power of song. Her performances are made even more special by singing in the rare Noongar language.

Teaming up with guitarist Guy Ghouse (Desert Child), Gina brings a modern take on an ancient tradition, merging evocative sounds, acoustic instruments and her incredible, beautiful voice.

For me this represents a unique Australian voice.

The National Folk Festival takes place over the Easter weekend 2-6 April and is committed to a broad representation of Australian ‘folk’ music as well as a high-end program featuring international and top Australian performers.

The 2015 program will feature more than 20 international acts representing nine countries along with over 180 Australian folk acts.

- Pam Merrigan For more information visit: www.folkfestival.org.au

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NEW WORK BY ROSS EDWARDS PAYING TRIBUTE TO ANZAC DIGGERS

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Ross Edwards. Photo - Bridget Elliot

harmonic idioms of the period. On hearing an early performance he described it as “inward, sombre and other worldliness – even more so than I anticipated. Its ending resounds with an ethereal violin melody wandering heavenwards over a prayer taken from the Agnus Dei of my Mass of the Dreaming – still in search of an answer”, he reflected.

time I had finished “ By theI felt wrung out

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Legendary Australian composer, Ross Edwards describes his latest work, Gallipoli for String Quartet as a deep meditation on the senseless horror and futility of war and a longing for peace in the world.

The work is the centrepiece of a new album, Gallipoli – A Tribute, commissioned in preparation for the 100th Anniversary of the 1915 ANZAC landings by The Ian Potter Cultural Trust and is performed on the album by The Australian String Quartet’s Kristian Winther and Ioana Tache, violins, Stephen King, viola and Sharon Draper, cello.

While popular assumption might have the work reflect the historical events of that fateful chapter in Australia’s military history, Edwards told Fine Music Magazine his approach to the composition was a more personal one.

“I decided to base the work not on actual historical events but rather to reflect my innermost responses to them”, he said.

“Gallipoli is therefore in no sense a narrative and I have made no attempt to evoke an impression of a battleground on the beach and no other kind of military activity”.

He went on to describe the work as “stark, fragile and interior with anguished outbursts that are always kept under control”.

Complementing the conceptualisation of this approach to the composition is Ross Edwards’ annotated requirement for the Quartet’s instruments to be muted throughout its entire performance as well as the composer’s request for an archaic sound which minimises the throbbing vibrato usually associated with modern string instruments.

“Such requirements, as well as the production of some extremely high harmonics make Gallipoli an extremely challenging piece to perform,” he pointed out.

To augment the specifics stressed in the score’s annotations, Edwards points to his envisaging a darkened concert hall, its stage lights doused before the beginning of the performance, with the players reading from pit lamps on their music stands to help the audience focus attention.

“I particularly wanted it to be a memorable experience for the audience, both aurally and visually – an image which people might carry with them from the concert hall and perhaps reflect on later.”

His description of Gallipoli ranges between the sorrowful, drone-based questioning with which it begins, graceful tenderness, fierce tensions and consolatory moments which touch on

Having begun work on the score in mid 2013 and completed it in October of last year, Ross Edwards recalls the task had completely overtaken him.

“By the time I had finished I felt wrung out.”

Edwards’ contribution to the Potter Trust commissioned album has been recorded and sits alongside other war music and poetry on the CD including poetry and prose readings by actors, Sam Neill and John Bell. In addition it contains a collection of instrumental works and songs performed by leading musicians, Paul Grabowsky, Hoang Pham, Caroline Almonte, Christopher Latham, Dimity Shepherd, Stefan Cassomenos, Christopher Latham and Merlyn Quaife, as well as the Choir of Newman College, (The University of Melbourne) and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. As a collection, the recording evokes not only the hardship and tragedy of the World War I Dardanelles campaign, but also mateship, compassion, and the legacy of respect and honour that endures and strengthened with

the passing years. Of the many comments made about the entire project, none evokes these sentiments more sympathetically and concisely than that by Australian Governor General, Sir Peter Cosgrove, who said: “This CD is a poignant way of honouring the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who stormed the shores of Gallipoli 100 years ago. Since this time, their heroics, selflessness and demonstrations of mateship have inspired Australians and New Zealanders and helped define our national ideals.”

The Ian Potter Cultural Trust Music Commissions were established to help put the spotlight on composition of new Australian music, an area that lacked profile and investment, yet deserved to hold a central role in the cultural and artistic landscape. The Trust’s intent was to recognise and invest in Australia’s most talented composers and provide them with the liberty to explore new possibilities in their work. From 1999–2009, 23 Australian composers were supported with grants totalling $500,000.

Gallipoli for String Quartet by Ross Edwards will be performed by The Australian String Quartet as part of its national tour Remember Tomorrow - its Sydney performance is on 7 March.

- Henry Mendelson

CREATING MEMORIES IN THE HIGHLANDS BOWRAL AUTUMN MUSIC FESTIVAL

This year’s Bowral Autumn Music Festival (27-29 March) will be the ninth such event centred upon the Anglican Church of St Simon and St Jude in the Southern Highlands of NSW. Festival Committee Chairman Allan Beavis, explains how the event has become an integral part of a long and rich cultural heritage of the region.

A major contributor to this heritage was the late Ian Cooper AM, who was head of Music at Frensham, Mittagong, for many years. With wife Roma Dix OAM, he founded the Berrima Singers and was Music Director for the Berrima District Music Group. For many years Frensham was the location for Musica Viva’s annual Easter Weekend Chamber Music Festival. This brought some of Australia’s leading performers to the Highlands.

we welcome violinist “…Myee Clohessy as our

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Artistic Director

And it was in this fertile soil that the Bowral Autumn Music Festival was seeded and developed.

St Jude’s Church in Bowral has a very fine pipe organ and since permanently relocating in the early 2000s I have been keen to promote it within the community and initiated a series of recitals and concerts. It has long been my belief that sponsoring classical music is an important ministry of the Church. Indeed, I would argue that the development of Western Music owes much to the sponsorship of the Church. Bach and Mozart, for example, both benefitted from the Church’s patronage. At one time in my life I taught at the Cathedral School in Hereford, England. The choir of this Cathedral, together with those of Worcester and Gloucester Cathedrals, has held an annual Three Choirs’ Festival since at least 1719. I was able to attend the 250th Festival in Gloucester Cathedral and was impressed by its scale and quality. It is the oldest extant music festival in Europe. I also attended a Festival in the very large Parish Church in the small Herefordshire village of Madley. I will never forget the performance I heard of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony performed by the BBC Northern Orchestra at this festival.

Creating history When an opportunity arose to hold a Music Festival at St Jude’s, I clutched it with both hands. The Rector of St Jude’s, the Rev. Stephen Fifer, was most supportive and Roma Dix joined

me in promoting the Festival and developing a committee to support and manage it and ensure it became a regular feature of music in the Highlands.

From the beginning, the programs and performers at each of the Festivals have been selected by the Artistic Director. In recent years this has been Yvette Goodchild one of Australia’s foremost viola players. Yvette is well reputed both in Australia and overseas having performed in some of the world’s leading orchestras. In addition she has performed widely with chamber groups in Europe and Australia.

With her wide contacts in the music world, Yvette was able to attract performers recognised as among the most celebrated chamber musicians in Australia: artists such as Dean Olding and the Goldner Quartet; violinists Charmian Gadd and Niki Vaseilakis; cellists Emma-Jane Murphy and Julian Smiles to name but a few.

In 2015, we welcome violinist Myee Clohessy as our Artistic Director. Originally from the Southern Highlands, Myee left Mittagong to pursue her studies firstly in Hong Kong then London. After another ten years based in Scandinavia, Myee returned to Australia and is now a member of the acclaimed Acacia Quartet. The program she has produced for

2015 makes it clear that she will maintain and build on the solid foundation and very high standard developed by Yvette.

Myee has prepared a feast of quality chamber music for the 2015 Festival again brought to life by some of Australia’s leading performers with the Acacia Quartet as artists-in-residence. They will be joined by Anna McMichael (violin); Neal Peres Da Costa (harpsichord); Nick Russoniello (saxophone); Gerard Willems (piano); Rachel Gregg (narrator). In addition to the many popular works such as Mozart’s String Quartet No. 1; Beethoven’s Appassionata Sonata; Schumann’s Piano Quintet; Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Concerti, there are a number of hidden gems that will give much joy and delight.

In recent years the Festival program has been augmented by two organ recitals: one by a recognised concert organist and the other by a young up-coming organist. In 2015 the major recital will be presented by Amy Johansen, the Sydney University organist.

A weekend amid the autumnal colours of the Southern Highlands in the picturesque St Jude’s Church and the Mittagong Playhouse enjoying quality chamber music is an experience not to miss.

Full details of the program can be found at: www.bowralautumnmusicfestival.org.au.

- Allan Beavis

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FLASHBACK WITH DEREK PARKER Just not HIP

Sir Roger Norrington: more HIP than most? Photo – Manfred Esser

country; they did things differently there. We wouldn’t necessarily like their food or share their delight in bear-baiting; why should it be assumed that the sounds they made might be palatable?

has Bach’s current “ Whoemail address?

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I well remember my first experience of hearing a Bach slow movement played on allegedly authentic reproductions of the instruments of his period. It was at a Prom concert in I think 1958, and the orchestra was Nikolaus Harnancourt’s Concentus Musicus Wien. The horror, the sheer remorseless nastiness of the sound has remained with me ever since – which is not to say that it has not, alas, too often been repeated.

I had gone to the concert with genuine interest, and to some extent it was rewarded.

Hearing Beethoven’s op.111 sonata played on the fortepiano was instructive; it certainly reminded one that the piano is a percussive instrument, if it also clearly demonstrated that in every possible way, compared to a modern Bechstein, it performed as a Model T Ford would when pitted against a Rolls-Royce Maharaja Phantom Drophead Coupé. On the way home, I was trying to do two things: first, to erase from my memory the dreadful noises I had just heard, and second to wonder, simply, why anyone should want to make them. The conclusions I came to in the half-hour journey back to Notting Hill have never really changed; nor has my general view of ‘H.I.P’ – ‘historically informed performances.’

Why, when for instance we have no desire to hear Shakespeare acted in the accents of Elizabethan England (‘Taw bay or not taw bay, thawt es the kuostion’) should it be assumed that we want to hear music played as the Elizabethans heard it? And indeed, who is to say that that is possible? Who has Bach’s current email address? We can never know how music sounded in 1630, and it is fruitless to suggest that conjecture can be anything but shonky. Yes, we can play seventeenth century instruments and make excellent replicas of them; but we can never know precisely how the finest performers of the time played them – the real nature or quality of the sound produced as the result of techniques at which we can only guess. Apart from which, supposing that by some miracle (the Ouija board, perhaps?) all this was set down for us, what is gained (other than the satisfaction of impertinent curiosity) by forcing 21st century ears to pay attention to counterfeit 17th century sounds – sounds perhaps current in their time, but as unforgiving in ours as the taste of the rancid food the Elizabethans were often forced to eat. The past, as someone said, is a different

There are signs that even some critics begin to share my feelings on the subject. While the 80th birthday of Sir Roger Norrington – one of the most enthusiastic supporters and purveyors of H.I.P - was understandably the occasion of much celebration last year, and he is indeed greatly admired by many musiclovers, there was and is some dissention. The British music critic Tully Potter, for instance, recently lost his temper in public: “If you want to ruin my Saturday morning, just say ‘Norrington’ a few times. Chris de Souza did so this morning in his BBC Building a Library feature on Schubert’s Unfinished, and then even went so far as to choose the dreaded Norrington’s bloody awful recording with the bloody awful London Classical Players as his best version, throwing in some ill-informed remarks about portamento (a propos the Carlos Kleiber recording) on the way. He walked straight into the trap that many presenters fall into: assuming that a ‘traditional’ interpretation is a priori wrong and that we all need to be jolted out of our complacency. In truth, most

of us have plenty to contend with in our lives without being jolted by radio presenters and the like. And there are usually very good reasons why ‘traditional’ performances persist. Could it be that, in practice, they actually work?”

One of the disservices of the H.I.P movement has indeed been that it has deprived us of many excellent performances from conductors who have suddenly become ‘old-fashioned’ because they prefer a 20th century approach.

Anyone who doubts this might like to compare, say, Klemperer’s St Matthew Passion or the beautiful old recording of Purcell’s Fairy Queen with Anthony Lewis and the Boyd Neel Orchestra with any H.I.P recording of the same works. The fact that many admirers of H.I.P regard these as sentimental and syrupy is a very clear indication of the yawning gap between ‘them’ and ‘us’.

I don’t for a moment doubt the sincerity of those who take an opposite view to myself; the amount of research that has been done, the skill with which performers have mastered the difficulties set by the instruments they choose to use is admirable, and no-one would dispute their absolute right to live with their ears straining desperately to hear the faint and, in the end, inaudible sounds of 1600. I suppose the truth is that, in the end, I’m just not HIP. - Derek Parker March 2015

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FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS FRITZ HART

as he came “‘LittletoFritz’ be known…

Composer Fritz Hart (courtesy of the NLA).

Photo - May Moore

It seems that Hart and his wife led fairly independent lives. He would often travel interstate alone to be an adjudicator in music competitions and she would do likewise to compete (very successfully) in dog shows.

Sometimes they spent extended periods apart: Hart travelled in Europe and Britain for six months in 1920; and his wife and son did the same for over a year.

At the unanimous request of its members, Hart became the conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 1927. With them he premiered a number of his own compositions, championed the music of Percy Grainger, and gave premiere performances of orchestral works

by Louis Lavater, Louis Hattenbach and Esther Rofe.

During 1928, Hart began to receive clandestine visitations and written correspondence from a 22 year old schoolteacher named Mary Winifred Dean. This continued for three years until she was found severely bashed and sexually assaulted in a lane at Elwood in the early hours of 21 November. She died in hospital later that

morning. Hart was mentioned during the inquest in January 1931 but not implicated in her murder.

Later that year Hart was one of the pallbearers during the funeral of his great friend Dame Nellie Melba at Scot’s Church in Melbourne on 26 February. He composed a Requiem in her memory which was sung at her grave in Lilydale Cemetery on 22 March by past and present teachers and staff of the Albert Street Conservatorium, an event that would be repeated annually thereafter. In September, Hart was selected above 14 American born candidates to be guest conductor of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra. He and his wife sailed to Hawaii in December for the five month stint in this and the next four years until she died in East Melbourne on 25 November 1935.

founded the Australian “… Hart Opera League in 1914 …

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It should be no surprise to learn that the most prolific composer of English Art songs in the 20th century was an Englishman. Despite his having admitted to destroying about 200 efforts, his surviving output of 514 songs is substantial.

At least 346 of these were composed in Australia where he spent most of his adult life.

Fritz Bennecke Hart was born into a musical family at Brockley in Kent on 11 February 1874.

He entered the Royal College of Music in London in 1893 where he became friends with the new generation of English composers including Gustav Holst who he helped copy and orchestrate his opera Sita for entry in the Ricordi Prize of 1908. It was adjudged second.

On 31 May in the following year Hart arrived in Melbourne aboard the RMS China with his wife Jessie (a fellow RCM graduate) and their only child, Basil. He was contracted to be a director and conductor for the J.C Williamson Company in productions of musical comedies throughout Australia and New Zealand. Beside rehearsals and performances there was some recreation: whilst on tour in Perth in 1910, Hart and members of the company played a game of cricket against a West Australia XI at the WACA ground on 8 September.

In May of the following year, Hart became foundation Professor of Music at the University of Hawaii. He resigned from the Albert Street Conservatorium (where his pupils had included Vera Buck, Hubert Clifford, Dudley Glass, Peggy Glanville-Hicks and Margaret Sutherland) and settled in Honolulu where he and Marvell Allison were married on 22 September 1937.

Hart’s last excursion to Australia was a 10-week visit to Melbourne in mid 1945. Returning to Hawaii he continued to compose, took up painting and writing novels, 23 of which he completed between October 1939 and January 1946. None of them were published. He began to suffer heart problems in 1949 and after three weeks of illness, Hart died in Honolulu on 9 July.

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‘Little Fritz’ as he came to be known was well regarded and the company members presented him with two silver cigarette cases, a gold mounted walking stick and a case of razors prior to his resignation on 7 December 1912. He settled in Melbourne, earning a living by teaching, and writing music and drama criticism for The Age newspaper.

When the director and founder of the Albert Street Conservatorium, G. W. L Marshall-Hall departed for England on 21 February 1913, Hart was entrusted to take over his position and to reside at his home in Hawthorn. He busied himself that year composing two light operas, writing numerous songs and having a volume of his poetry published.

With Alfred Hill, Hart founded the Australian Opera League in 1914 and both composers had one of their operas performed a number of times in Sydney and Melbourne but the outbreak of World War I became the major reason why the venture was discontinued. Hart’s German Christian name (his ancestry was actually Cornish) caused he and his wife some grief to begin with, but a lot of the prejudice was alleviated when the staunchly proBritish Nellie Melba joined the staff of the Albert Street Conservatorium as a singing teacher in 1915. Fritz Hart studied at the Royal College of Music, London in 1893 10

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CONTEMPORARY CONDUCTORS MARIN ALSOP

recordings have jumped immeasurably, mostly on the Naxos label. Alsop’s contract has been extended to 2021.

But Alsop’s achievements have been dwarfed by her selection as the first woman in history to conduct the Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London. That was in 2013.

Marin Alsop

Alsop met Bernstein at the Tanglewood Music Festival, the annual get-together for promising American musicians sponsored by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It was, of course, where Bernstein’s own talent first exploded onto the world as a conductor and, eventually, as a major musical tour-de-force. He in turn had been mentored by another musical great, the BSO’s Serge Alexander Koussevitzky – a Russian born composer and conductor (and double-bassist to give him his original metier) who ruled the Boston musical scene as music director from 1924 to 1949.

But harking back to Alsop’s fatalistic meeting with Bernstein in 1989, Alsop quotes a recently published book in which the author asks Bernstein his predictions for the next great conductor and Bernstein speaks only of Alsop.

“You’re never quite sure,” Alsop admits, “with someone of that stature about where you stand, but I always felt he had this belief in me”.

Bernstein mentored Alsop until his death in 1990 and in many ways Alsop’s career as a conductor has developed along the lines Bernstein envisioned for her.

Alsop was nine years old when Bernstein first became an obsession and she decorated her room with posters of The Beatles and “a bigger poster of Bernstein”. Her parents, who were professional musicians, gave her a box of conductor batons when they discovered one of her tutors had informed her that women did not become conductors. Subsequently Alsop gathered some friends and together they made music purely so Alsop could practise her burgeoning conductor skills. Her talents were subsequently honed at the renowned Juillard School of Music, graduating in 1978 with a master’s degree in violin performance. From there she formed her own string ensemble before plying her trade with orchestras in California and Oregon.

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I realise I’ll be accused of name-dropping but Marin Alsop and I share a common bond – we are both avid fans of Leonard Bernstein. But almost even before we started, unfortunately, our similarities end there because I have admired Bernstein from a distance whereas Alsop is leagues ahead having met the man and subsequently finding herself being in the enviable position of having him as a mentor.

In 2003 she was appointed principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and won the Gramophone Magazine’s Artist of the Year award as well as the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Conductor award. In 2007, amidst much controversy from orchestral members, she was appointed Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director, the first woman to hold such an elevated position with a major American orchestra. She inherited a $16 million debt, poor ticket sales and a 10-year dearth of recording contracts. These days, attendances have achieved an average of 80% capacity – some concerts have been sold out – and

For 118 years the Last Night conducting rites has been the domain of male musicians. The day after the extravaganza, Martin Kettle wrote in The Guardian: “Marin Alsop got it spot-on in her speech. The shocking thing is that there are still such firsts to be achieved in 2013. Yet Alsop’s groundbreaking podium appearance as the first woman to conduct the Last Night of the Proms was not just a good day for equality. It also energised the 2013 last night itself, making it an enjoyable musical occasion that often looked forward rather than back and lifting the evening out of some – but not all – of its imperialist-era ruts”.

Meanwhile the spirit of Bernstein pervades everything Alsop does. “One of the greatest gifts Bernstein shared with me,” she reminisces, “was the significance of story; that every piece has an inherent story and that every composer spends his life trying to articulate his own personal story and answer those existential questions that are so consuming for him.

“For me the thing that set LB apart was not only his embracing of the story, but his profound understanding that every story has a moral that connects all of us on the most basic human level.”

Alsop is also very philosophical about the gender debate that plagues her wherever she goes. Conducting is a very competitive business, she admits, yet she still attributes her success to the fact that she never feels rejections are based on gender.

Quoting from The Guardian again she concludes: “This enabled me to use each rejection as an opportunity to improve myself by working harder, listening to criticism and developing even more perseverance. I personally feel that accepting the role of a powerless victim can become a self-fulfilling prophecy and I am unwilling to even entertain that concept”.

Brava Maestra!

- Randolph Magri-Overend March 2015

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40TH ANNIVERSARY OF FINE MUSIC LIVE BROADCAST FROM STUDIO C

The Idea of North: Andrew Piper (bass); Naomi Crellin (alto); Sally Cameron (soprano); and Nick Begbie (tenor).

As part of Fine Music 102.5’s 40th anniversary year, there is a fabulous line up of musicians for a special live broadcast from the station’s Studio C, taking place on 7 March.

During Fine Music Live, listeners will experience a range of fine local artists such as The Idea of North, featuring Fine Music’s very own announcer Sally Cameron who joined the ARIA award winning vocal quartet in 2007. She took time out to speak with Fine Music Magazine about what we can expect from this one-off performance.

FM: So who are The Idea of North?

SC: In short, we’re a quartet of musicians, serious about our music without taking ourselves too seriously. The instrumentation: voice (soprano), voice (alto), voice (tenor) and voice (bass), with a little bit of vocal percussion thrown in. We have a distinct sound and style, but cross many musical genres: jazz, folk, gospel, pop, classical, comedy - exactly what you see and hear at a concert is difficult to describe.

FM: Can you give us a hint about what you will present on 7 March?

We have a vast repertoire of many genres and for our part in the live to air broadcast on 7 March we’ll be performing a range of tunes that we’ll (in true jazz style) no doubt decide on the day! Truthfully, this is how it works with The Idea of North usually. We need to assess the acoustics of the room, how everyone’s particular bodies/voices are behaving that 12

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day and consider many things that cannot be decided beforehand. Most likely we’ll include a swing tune, a comedy number, a ballad, something original, something well-known and something unusual.

FM: You have been with the station (Fine Music 102.5FM) for a few years now. Can you explain what that’s been like for you?

SC: I was very happy to be asked to join the Fine Music jazz team a few years ago and I jumped at the chance to start presenting the Friday Night Jazz Session. Fine Music is a professionally run organisation with beautiful studios, great equipment and a lovely vibe around the station. I enjoy comments and support from our listeners and also enjoy the community spirit that this station promotes.

Inspired by a quote from Cannonball Adderley, I’m here to give listeners some music that you want to hear - music that will make you feel good and then also perhaps some music that may challenge you. Jazz is continually evolving and so should we be in the way we listen to music and appreciate the artform of jazz.

FM: You have a busy schedule with The Idea of North, can you give us some of your highlights of the past year and what you’re looking forward to in the coming year?

SC: One of the TION highlights over the past year for me would include presenting at the 2014 ARIAs. I presented the Best Classical Album which was won by Lior and Nigel Westlake - a real privilege. Also performing with The Manhattan Transfer was a hoot! The

coming year promises a focus on Australian composers both extremely well-known and some not so well-known. It will be a great mix of Australian music focusing on a show we are calling Homegrown.

FM: The group is a great asset to Australian music, having been together for several decades now. Why do you think you’ve experienced such longevity?

SC: Thank you. Part of it is simply staying together, but there are other aspects to our success and longevity in my opinion. Growing and evolving musically is important to us as a team, so we work very hard in rehearsals and we tour a lot around Australia and the world. We challenge ourselves and each other regularly in the way we approach our music and our position in the Australian music industry. We’ve had great support form musicians we admire and we’ve built up a rather loyal fan base of supporters both in Australia and internationally and honestly they are the main reason we continue this amazing job year after year.

FM: How do you think we can best encourage upcoming generations to support fine music of all kinds?

SC: Quite simply by explaining it. This is one of many things I have learned from observing James Morrison with his audiences as he is very good at making the audience feel included and an important part of the performance. In a specialised area of music such as jazz, I have found audiences sometimes feel that they can’t enjoy it, because they don’t necessarily understand what is going on. A simple introduction to a piece telling people what to listen out for will get people actively listening and therefore much more engaged.

MARCH 7 14:00-18:00 FINE MUSIC LIVE Fine Music 102.5 continues to celebrate its 40th birthday with a very special Fine Music Live from Studio C. High calibre performers include Simon Tedeschi, Ayse Goknur Shanal, Jane Rutter, Acacia Quartet, Nick Russoniello and The Idea of North.

Engineers: Roger Doyle, Jayson McBride and Joanne Wroblewska Presenters: Maureen Mears, Stephen Wilson and Lloyd Capps Producer: Steve-Marc McCulloch

YOUNG VIRTUOSI

Broadcasts of the Young Virtuoso Award semi-finalists continue

Fine Music continues its broadcasts of the Young Virtuoso Awards semi-finalists every Wednesday from1pm. On offer is a generous first prize of $10,000 from The Frank Family Foundation and Cameron Williams and a performance for the winner with the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

The second place winner will receive a $2,000 prize from Sydney Piano World. And, the NSW Doctors Orchestra, in line with their philosophy of supporting young musicians, has committed to donate the third place prize of $1,000. The remaining finalists will each receive $500.

Christopher Nazarian

Bass and pianist, Christopher Nazarian is an opera student at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He graduated with a Masters and a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance under the tuition of Natalia Sheludiakova and currently studies within the opera studio under the tuition of Maree Ryan.

As a concert pianist, Nazarian has a wide variety of performance experience in Sydney and Europe. He credits his five performances of piano concertos with orchestras as one of the highlights of his career to date.

Nazarian has also performed a number of operatic roles and won first place in Russian Song (Sydney Eisteddfod) and Arias performance broadcast on Fine Music 102.5FM. What does it mean to him to be selected as a semi-finalist in the Young Virtuoso Award?

“I am a conscientious opera student who is eager to pursue his ambition of being an internationally acclaimed operatic artist,” he told Fine Music Magazine. “Being selected as a semifinalist would not only assist me in opening more doors, but gain the ability to take the next step in… making my dreams a reality.”

Laura Chung Laura Chung is a 19-year-old student at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She commenced studying the flute when she was

A special recent highlight for Giddy was attending the inaugural Sydney Conservatorium Organ Music Academy, which focused on improvisation.

What does he bring to the Young Virtuoso Award that is unique?

“Organ music offers a uniquely broad perspective on Western music in general… I also play the piano, and my musical ‘outlook’ is influenced mainly by Baroque and Classical keyboard music, as well as orchestral and chamber music and twentieth-century piano and organ music,” said Giddy.

eight years’ old, with Jane Bolinowsky.

One of the highlights of her musical career was participating in the William Bennett International Flute Summer School.

“His great sensitivity and integrity to the music, as well as his passion and quirky sense of humour continue to inspire me as a flautist,” said Chung.

Another highlight was taking part in a masterclass given by Denis Bouriakov in 2012, an experience she describes as “rewarding and extremely frightening”.

“In entering the Young Virtuoso Award, I hope to gain experience as a performer, have the opportunity to learn some of the most respected works of the flute repertoire, and hopefully bring joy to the audience of Fine Music,” said Chung, adding that she has been listening to the radio station since she was two years of age.

Samuel Giddy

Samuel Giddy began learning organ about three years ago, studying with Sydney Conservatorium’s Philip Swanton at Wesley Uniting Church in Canberra. A regular first-prize-winner in the Sydney Organ Competition, he gained his LMusA in organ in October 2014. Samuel appears regularly at Sydney’s annual Young Organists’ Day, as well as at St Andrew’s Cathedral in its Rising Stars series.

In addition to organ, Samuel also plays the piano, studying under the renowned Israeli pianist Arnan Wiesel. His aim through music is to give joy to others and praise to God.

Jessica Harper

Jessica Harper is a freelance soprano based in Sydney who will, this year, perform in a number of concerts in regional NSW and SA. In 2014, Harper appeared as Denise in Sydney Independent Opera’s production of Offenbach’s Love by Lanternlight, and as the Ice cream Seller in Opera Prometheus’ production of Brundibar.

The highlight of 2014 was being a Young Artist with Pacific Opera, and playing Tessa in its production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers: Dream Getaway.

“I’ve had a fabulous time… as a Young Artist with Pacific Opera. This gave me incredible opportunities all year to sing for and work with famous singers and directors,” she said.

Harper entered the Young Virtuoso Award at the behest of a good friend, and because it gives her an opportunity to compete against musicians from “all parts of the musical spectrum”.

“There is nothing so expressive as the human voice. I have the benefit of language and poetry at my disposal, and I think that lends itself beautifully to the themes and meanings that can be found in a recital program.”

WEDNESDAYS 4 - Christopher Nazarian (bass) with Alexander Yau on piano 11 - Samuel Giddy (pipe organ) 18 - Jessica Harper (soprano) 25 - Laura Chung (flute) Presenter Troy Fil, Engineer: Greg Ghavalas Coordinator: Judy Deacon March 2015

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ORCHESTRAL AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA REFLECTIONS ON GALLIPOLI 14-27 March, times vary Sydney: City Recital Hall, Angel Place and Sydney Opera House Tickets: $46-112 Bookings: for details www.aco.com.au In the words of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk: “You, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.”

These are the words inscribed on the memorial stone overlooking ANZAC Cove in Gallipoli. They echo in our hearts, as does the music of Frederick Septimus Kelly. An Australian-born composer living in London when war broke out, Kelly joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve with his friend, the poet Rupert Brooke. After Brooke fell ill and died on the way to Gallipoli, Kelly who was by his side wrote a haunting string serenade in his memory.

One of Australia’s great storytellers, Neil Armfield, directs this heartfelt exploration of our ANZAC story through music, spoken text and visual imagery. Set to music in a new work by Carl Vine featuring soprano Taryn Fiebig, the program also features English works that are evocative of the era, including Elgar’s Sospiri and Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, as well as the music of the Ottoman Empire and 20thcentury Turkey.

ORCHESTRAL SYDNEY YOUTH ORCHESTRA LEGENDS OF THE PAST Saturday 28 March 7pm City Recital Hall, Angel Place Tickets: $15-100 Bookings: for details www.syo.com.au Join the SYO to mark the anniversary of Gallipoli in a special World War I commemorate concert which includes new work by celebrated young Australian composer Andrew Howes. SYO is proud to perform the Australian premiere of Adrian Sutton’s War Horse Suite. Hailed

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JAZZ AN EVENING WITH ELLA, LOUIS AND THE DUKE: JAMES MORRISON’S A-Z OF JAZZ 5-7 March, times vary Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House Presented by: Sydney Symphony Orchestra Tickets: $39-99 Bookings: www.sydneysymphony.com All the colours of the orchestra and Australia’s First Man of Jazz come together for an engaging journey through the great moments of jazz history. James Morrison is a magician of the trumpet… and the trombone, and the saxophone, and the keyboard. He sings too!

His talents are as multifaceted as a symphony orchestra and he’s joining the SSO for a brilliant celebration of jazz in its many styles and colours.

With the alluring and charismatic vocalist Hetty Kate, trumpeter James Morrison will lead you on a joyous, sophisticated dance

through the Dixieland of Louis Armstrong, the Swing of Ella Fitzgerald, the Big Band of Duke Ellington, the smouldering Cool of Miles Davis, the Latin colours of Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz, and the modern fusion of Joe Zawinul.

From Armstrong to Zawinul, James Morrison covers the full trajectory of jazz.

To read an interview with James Morrison turn to page 19.

CHORAL THE SIXTEEN Tuesday March 10 7pm Venue: Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House Tickets: $45-99 Bookings: www.sydneyoperahouse.com One of the most internationally acclaimed choral ensembles returns to the Sydney Opera House for an unforgettable performance.

World-renowned choir The Sixteen is delighted to present The Queen of Heaven. An unmissable new version of Allegri’s Miserere is one of the program’s highlights, accompanied by glorious music by Palestrina and MacMillan.

Allegri’s Miserere is perhaps the single most famous piece of sacred music ever written.

However, mythology surrounds it and, the intention of this program is to shed light on its complicated history. Musicologist Ben Byram-Wigfield’s work on the Allegri, gave the

group an invaluable insight into the origins of the music. Sadly, nothing survives from Allegri’s lifetime, and what we usually hear today is the result of scribal errors and fanciful interpretation.

“What we have attempted to do, by making use of the many sources, is show how the piece has evolved over the centuries into the version audiences know and love today,” said Founder and Conductor Harry Christophers.

decade”, War Horse is loved by millions of people worldwide, including those that saw the Australian production by Global Creatures and the National Theatre of Great Britain in 2013.

The concert also features a special performance of Loyal Creatures, a monologue

by Morris Gleitzman. Both heart-warming and heartbreaking, it was inspired by War Horse and explores its moving themes from an Australian perspective.

In the second half of the concert, you will be dazzled by the virtuosic brilliance of Dimity Hall and Julian Smiles as they join SYO in a performance of Brahms’ Double Concerto for

Violin and Cello. The concert concludes with the orchestral epic of Debussy’s La Mer. There is something in this program for everyone and promises to linger in your memory long after you leave the auditorium.

ORCHESTRAL NORTH SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA GALLIPOLI CENTENARY CONCERT Saturday 28 March 8pm Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music Tickets: $5-28 Bookings: Tickets4Me or 1300 306 776 http://nsso.org.au/ Twenty-eight Australian vessels and ten New Zealand ships left Western Australia in 1914, destined for war. On 1 November 1914, the first convoy of Australian and New Zealand soldiers, soon to be known as the ANZACs, FOLK NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL FIVE DAYS INA PERFECT WORLD 2-6 April - Exhibition Park, Canberra Tickets: Various packages available: http://folkfestival.org.au/tickets Bookings: http://tinyurl.com/lfxyjs2 www.folkfestival.org.au For five days in April, Exhibition Park in Canberra becomes a magic place, filled with colour and sound of the National Folk Festival. Hundreds of the world’s best musicians perform daily, in a nonstop flow of entertainment across 22 fabulous venues. Every day is packed with workshops and sessions, where you can join in the dancing, singing and playing and become part of the celebration. It’s all there for you; once you’ve bought your ticket and come through the gates you won’t need to leave.

The concert program sees the best folk and acoustic musicians and singers from all over Australia, and around the world, performing at their best on big concert stages and in comfortable intimate surroundings – more than 100 concerts.

Just one of the acts features Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse (pictured) from WA who capture the hearts and imagination of audiences through the power of song in Noongar Language. With the blessings of community, they will take you on an unforgettable journey.

To read more about the National Folk Festival turn to page 4.

steamed out of King George Sound in Albany. To mark the centenary, North Sydney Symphony Orchestra (NSSO) dedicates its first concert of 2015 to those valiant young men and women who were destined for the battlefields of World War I, most notably for the battle of Gallipoli.

In 1915, around 20,000 ANZACs stormed a beach on the Gallipoli peninsula. Many lives were lost.

One-hundred years later, this NSSO program commemorates their memory with a series of works including Holst’s Mars, The God of War and Albinoni’s peaceful Adagio. Above all, NSSO is proud to present three Australian

CHAMBER BOWRAL AUTUMN MUSIC FESTIVAL LEGENDS OF THE PAST 27-29 March Various events between 10.30am and 7.30pm daily The Church of St Simon and St Jude, Bowral The Mittagong Playhouse, Mittagong Tickets: From $15 to $45 per event, or subscription to all events Bookings: Destination Southern Highlands 1300 657 559 Tickets for individual concerts are available at: The Brown Bookshop, 311 Bong Bong St, Bowral and at the door (cash only). www.bowralautumnmusicfestival.org.au ENSEMBLE MUSICAVIVA COFFEE CONCERT SERIES SEVEN HARP ENSEMBLE (S.H.E.) Tuesday 10 March 10am Independent Theatre, North Sydney Tickets: $42 per concert or series subscription available Bookings: for details www.musicaviva.com.au The harp is the most captivating and irresistible of instruments. Imagine then, seven harps playing together in heavenly consort. The visual beauty of the harp and the graceful gestures of the harpists combine with the enchanting sound of this ancient instrument to transport the listener away from the everyday.

S.H.E’s mission is to introduce Australian audiences to the harp as an ensemble instrument, promoting and supporting quality comtemporary Australian music through performing and commissioning new works.

This exciting and enchanting ensemble

works: Graeme Koehne’s The Voyage-Albany Harbour; Heroic Elegy by Miriam Hyde; and the world premiere of Graham Howard’s Symphony No. 2 Gallipoli.

Don’t miss this memorable celebration.

Many music festivals have their origins in the patronage of the church and church buildings and church musicians have played, and continue to play important roles in these historic and significant events. It is upon this tradition that the Bowral Autumn Music Festival was founded in 2007. Its goal is to present high quality classical chamber music centred on the Anglican Church of St Simon and St Jude in Bowral amid the lovely autumnal colours of the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Conveniently located mid-way between the metropolitan areas of Sydney and Canberra, Bowral offers a perfect location for a weekend of fine music.

Now in its ninth year, the Bowral Autumn Music Festival has developed an enviable reputation for the quality of its concerts, attracting many of Australia’s leading classical musicians. This year it welcomes a new Artistic Director, Myee Clohessy, who has curated a wonderful program for this three-day festival.

Plan to visit the Southern Highlands in Autumn and make the Bowral Autumn Music Festival a regular event in your annual musical calendar.

performs a diverse repertoire – from works which are daring and progressive in their use of the seven harps, to audience favourites which are bound to captivate and delight.

Led by pre-eminent harpist Alice Giles, the heavenly sounds of S.H.E. open the 2015 Sydney Coffee Concert Season. A rich and diverse program shows off the extraordinary talents of seven of Australia’s finest harpists in this graceful and spectacular ensemble – Alice Giles, Genevieve Lang Huppert, Laura Tanata, Melina van Leeuwen, Hannah Lane, Tegan Peemoeller and Ingrid Bauer.

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CD Reviews

SALIERI - THE CHIMNEY SWEEP The Pinchgut Opera Pinchgut Live PG005

✶✶✶✶ A MUSICAL AFFAIR (LIVE IN JAPAN) Il Divo Sony Music

✶✶✶ Formed in 2003, Il Divo comprises four singers: Urs Buhler, Carlos Marin, Sebastien Izambard and David Miller. I am not quite sure who sings what in this compilation but one of the gentleman has a big and booming tenor voice.

It is what I call a deaf-defying voice. Which is important in the context of the songs they sing because the only time this gentleman chimes in (and it happens in all of the 15 songs on this CD) is at the climax of the song – the last two

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Salieri… the mere mention of the name conjures up visions of F Murray Abraham in Amadeus. He laments at the end of the movie that his music is no longer heard and he is no longer appreciated. For the most part, he is correct. If only he knew that he would be the only composer portrayed to have an Academy Award for best actor… A little over 200 years after this opera was first premiered in Vienna! That’s a shame because after listening to the Pinchgut Opera’s version of his comedy, The Chimney Sweep, I know for one that I am going to make much more of an effort to explore his music. The opera is sung in English - the vernacular tradition of Singspiel - and to suit Australian audiences. or three verses (might be four or five, but who’s counting?). The only reason I mention this is because every single song receives the same treatment and it creates not only uniformity but also shows some lack of imagination on the part of the arranger. Plus, after a while, it becomes a bit shrug-of-the-shoulder stuff. Admittedly the voices are good and we are all familiar with the tunes but, as they say, familiarity breeds complacency. I am not quite sure whether this formula is used throughout the previous Il Divo offerings but if it is then I would recommend they advertise for a new arranger. Star of the Broadway stage, Lea Salonga, contributes here and there to add a bit of variety but all in all

Under conductor Clemens Krauss the first New Year’s concert was held in Vienna in 1939. He was succeeded in 1955 by Willi Boskovsky who went on to conduct the event 25 times until 1979. Since then, there has been a who’s who of eminent conductors leading this annual event. The latest one is Zubin Mehta who has now conducted the event five times. The first televised broadcast took place in 1959 and more than 50 million people in more than 80 countries now enjoy the live broadcasts. However, one wonders why they still produce an annual CD. The latest statistics show sales have been down this year (albeit still in its infancy as I write this) with 117. Perhaps the music is kind-of

It is the first full recording of available of this opera, recorded live at the City Recital Hall in Sydney in July 2014. Conductor Erin Helyard has focussed of the authenticity of the original score but he makes comment on various liberties taken especially in the writing for the flutes and oboes. I paid particular attention to these nuances and found them to be bright and attractive and befitting of a comic opera. The performances of Stuart Haycock as Volpino and Alexandra Oomens as Lisel are also worthy of mention - they divulge dynamically into their roles and give exceptional interpretations of their roles.

I just wish I was there in attendance last year.

- Frank Shostakovich

this CD is a disappointment.

- Phillip Middleton

schmaltzy – admittedly of the upper-class type – but schmaltz is schmaltz however you might try to disguise it. At least, it’s superbly played schmaltz! The producers have, to their credit, tried to include new music to this year’s CD – Suppé’s Morning Noon and Night in Vienna, for example, and Lumbye’s Champagne Gallop, Johann Strauss II On the Elbe and Student Polka plus his father’s Freedom March and a polka each from Josef Strauss and Eduard Straus. But is that enough?

Mmmm... I fear that, alas, it has become an anachronism that has reached its used-by date.

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PAPER PLANES – THE MOVIE Nigel Westlake conducting the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Various Australian musicians

✶✶✶✶✶ DEEP HARMONY Music of the Great Welsh Choirs Y Brythoniaid Male Choir, Welsh Choirs Sing Folk, Cantorion Colin Jones in Concert ABC 481 1242 – 3 CDs

✶✶✶ This three-CD compilation of well-known welsh choirs is a bit of a mixed bag. In some cases the precision of choristers singing the same note at the same time is not quite there so that the musical output appears to drag, but most of it is spot-on. I know it sounds ridiculous but choirs can be unwieldly vehicles for singing. Most of them are 50 or more strong, so that when it AN AUSTRALIAN WAR REQUIEM Music by Christopher Bowen, Text by Pamela Traynor Sydney University Graduate Choir, Orchestra and Guest Choir Waitara Voices and Fort Street High School Singers Celeste Lazarenko, Ayse Goknur Shanal sopranos Henry Choo tenor, Adrian Tamburini bass Christopher Richardson, bass Director Christopher Bowen

✶✶✶✶✶ There was no doubting the historic relevance of this wonderful work produced by local musicians – and what a huge number there

Three years in the making the film gave Westlake the opportunity to evolve the music as the plot developed, and from the outset, he admits that he was captivated by the enchantment of the story and keen to be part of the adventure. The participating musicians include Michael Kieran Harvey on piano; Riley Lee on shakuhachi; Hannah Coleman on recorder; and Lior on vocals and guitar.

Alongside them we have Sam Worthington, Ed Oxenbould, Deborah Mailman and David Wenham who lend their insight into the richness and emotion of the overall narrative.

Whilst there are no heavyweight musical moments there are fifteen snippets of comes to singing something that is intricate and quick there is not enough flexibility to change rhythmic courses. Choirs are suited to singing broad thematic material like Cymru’n Un (One Wales) or Verdi’s La Vergine from his opera The Force of Destiny. But when it comes to singing something like Dry Bones or Annie Laurie they’re best left sung by smaller groups like a trio or quintet with the bulk of the choristers humming in the background. This the Cantorion Colin Jones does admirably. In fact if I had to pick one CD over the other two, I’d pick them. Their control, both in rhythm and volume output is admirable. This doesn’t mean that the others are incapable of good music.

were of them. Whilst it shows considerable energy and a scintillating outcome to all the hard work the only problem over such a gigantic project is whether Christopher Bowen and others will be able to repeat the

delightful music for adults and youngsters alike to savour. These range from the lush texture of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to the lilting accompaniments of the recorder, the piano, the shakuhachi and Lior’s vocals and guitar. The determination, virtuosity, passion and dedication can be heard in every bar shown by the MSO during the three days of recording. As Westlake says it’s always gratifying to engage with a director, in this case, Robert Connolly, who sees music as a priority, and is willing to allocate appropriate resources to the task.

- Emyr Evans

But it is a pity that their high standards are marred by some bad choices of material.

- RMO performance. Let’s hope so. As the title of the work suggests there’s a close musical and textual affinity with Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem and in this respect I need to express a personal involvement in that rather a long time ago I prepared and conducted the Boys Choir in an early performance of the War Requiem conducted by Meredith Davies.

But I digress. There is a distinct lack of space to record all the observations necessary to acknowledge the hard work and the quality of the performance but Christopher Bowen needs our eternal thanks for contributing so meaningfully to so much celebration, and indeed, understanding and conveying the emotion of the Great War. This recording is available in CD and in DVD. - EE March 2015

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JAZZ CD REVIEWS Discourse with Kevin Jones

The 3 Herds Woody Herman Poll Winners PWR 27275

✶✶✶✶✶ As befits the greatest white big band leader of them all, Woody Herman always believed that not only was jazz the music to have a ball with but it had to swing to be the real thing. The proof is here on these recordings from 1945-54 by the first three of his many Herds. Herman also believed the essence of jazz was its spirit of abandon, and there are few better examples than the solos of Bill Harris (trombone) and Flip Phillips (tenor) on the classic 1945 recording of Caldonia climaxed by the unison bop chorus by the five-man trumpet section. All propelled

The Big Sound Johnny Hodges and the Ellington Men Poll Winners PWR 27227

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by the drums of the incomparable Dave Tough.

Of particular interest is Sidewalks of Cuba with a superb trumpet chorus by Sonny Berman, one of his few recorded solos, who died at the age of 22 when on the edge of greatness, the result of drugs at a wild party. At its peak this band, Herman’s best, was the ultimate excitement machine. The best of the Second Herd’s recordings are on the Capitol label but here we have the original classic recording of Four Brothers with Herbie Steward, Stan Getz and Zoot Sims and Serge Chaloff, the three tenors and baritone voicing one which would be the template for the future Herman reed sections. Getz was full of admiration for Bill Perkins and to understand why listen to Perkins tenor solo on Early Autumn (1952). I can only

echo the words of veteran jazz writer Nat Hentof - Herman and these bands were among the best things to ever happen to jazz.

This was the first of the many LPs by Johnny Hodges on the Verve label which dominated my early years as a record collector. Hodges, who with Benny Carter and Charlie Parker made up the trinity of the jazz alto saxophone, was Duke Ellington’s greatest soloist. After Hodges sudden death in 1970 the Duke said what a pleasure it had been to feature “his unique tonal personality” for so many years.

Another great Ellingtonian, trumpeter Clark Terry, praised his consistency and ability to play soft or loud with one of the warmest tones. These 1957 sessions highlight the solo riches in Ellington’s finest aggregation since the legendary 1940-42 lineup, which has been dubbed the Blanton–Webster band. The trumpets included Clark Terry, Shorty Baker and Ray Nance, trombonist Quentin Jackson

and the nonpareil reed section - Hodges, Russell Procope (altos), Jimmy Hamilton and Paul Gonsalves (tenors) and Harry Carney (baritone) which did so much to identify Ducal sound. The music here not only defies any category but is dateless whether it is the sound of the full Ellington band with Billy Strayhorn at the piano or the smaller units. The masterful Hodges is at his peak dominating the sessions with his letter-perfect solos, especially on my favourite track, Johnny Come Lately, where Carney is also featured and one can only marvel at his easy flow of ideas on Gone And Crazy. Other highlights include Terry on Digits and Jackson’s plunger-muted trombone on the long Little Rabbit Blues. The bonus four septet tracks from the previous year are of the same high standard.

worked with the legendary jazz engineer Rudy Van Gelder; also in the group are organist Gene Ludwig, an outstanding soloist, and, on two tracks, baritone saxophonist Doug James from Robillard’s band. There are many enjoyable moments in this program of jazz originals and ballads but the best track is the Duke Ellington’s swinger Cop Out with its nimble exchanges between Hamilton and Robillard. Originally called Cop Out Extension it was feature for that distinguished Ellington tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves in the 1950’s. Coincidentally this was Hamilton’s first recording with an organ since his 1996 Ellington tribute (Organic Duke).

Hamilton wraps his buttery tone around the ballad Save Your Love For Me, Sweet Slumber and Memories Of You, a pleasing contrast to such romping fare as Something For Red, his

tribute to jump blues saxophonist Red Prysock.

Gerry Mulligan once said “pipe and slippers jazz is what I want”. This music is in the tradition but pipe and slippers jazz it isn’t. This is a feel good session.

Australia’s first man of jazz with the SSO Interview with James Morrison

power of the sound “ … the is so much greater…

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“I guess it’s the different between sailing a small boat and an ocean liner,” said Morrison. “The orchestra tends to get a great momentum that you just don’t get with a small group, so to affect the orchestra is unlikely for me, it’s more than I’m surrounded with the sound and I work within the framework they make.

“For me, one of the great things about working with an orchestra is just the power of the sound is so much greater than when you’re playing with a jazz combo and so the setting they provide for you to improvise within is stunning.”

While Morrison has performed a number of concertos, one of the most often played is High Art – Concerto for jazz trumpet, composed

by Graeme Koehne which he has performed previously with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

He’ll be performing another concerto in July with double bass player Edgar Meyer and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. While he has been tempted to write such a work, Morrison says that although he can certainly write, “my thing is to play”.

And play he has. From the age of seven, Morrison knew he was going to play and “that was it”.

He told interviewer Andrew Denton several years back that he has no idea why that was the case: “It just was. It was never a decision.

The decision that so many people seem to grapple with – ‘What will I do? How will I spend my life?’ - is one I’m still sort of looking forward to having to make.

“I say being a musician is not something you do, it’s something you are. And if I never played again, I’d still be a musician. I’d just be one who’s not playing.”

In the same interview Morrison talks about integrity by providing an example of a couple of young musicians who had emailed him wanting to play with him. He didn’t get back to them and when he remembered while on stage performing he thought, “That’s not right.”

He asked if they were in the audience. They were. “I said, ‘come up and have a play.’ And we got together and had the musical moment they wanted in front of a couple of thousand people”.

Morrison has long had the desire to open up a school for aspiring musicians and he tells Fine Music that one of the “big things” for him this year is the opening of the James Morrison Academy of Music in South Australia.

“Over the years I’ve thought that one day I would have a school and it’s finally happening… we’re really excited about that starting next

month,” he said, adding that it will initially offer a Jazz Diploma and a Jazz Associate Degree, with a full Bachelor Degree in future years and the possibility of opening up streams in other musical forms.

Another high point of the year for Morrison will be his upcoming performances with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra - An Evening with Ella, Louis and the Duke/James Morrison’s A-Z of Jazz - from March 5-7.

thought that one day I “… I’vewould have a school …

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He plays with big bands, quartets, orchestras and jazz combos, an indication of the incredible range of one of Australia’s best known musicians. With prodigious talents few, if any, can match, James Morrison is now set to wow Sydney audiences with his A to Z of Jazz.

Listening to the CD of the same name released last year, featuring a recording with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, is a cross over experience that melds both classical and jazz elements. The recording shows Morrison’s unmatched virtuosity on a number of instruments - soprano, alto and tenor saxophone, piano, trumpet and trombone.

James Morrison spoke with Fine Music’s Kevin Jones recently about the experience of playing with an orchestra.

With the alluring and charismatic vocalist Hetty Kate, he will lead the audience on a joyous, sophisticated dance through the Dixieland of Louis Armstrong, the Swing of Ella Fitzgerald, the Big Band of Duke Ellington, the smouldering cool of Miles Davis, the Latin colours of Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz, and the modern fusion of Joe Zawinul.

It’s sure to be a unique experience especially if Hetty Kate’s work on the CD recording of A to Z of Jazz is anything to go by. Her vocals on Stardust, Honeysuckle Rose, Cherokee and Desafinado are stand-outs. “We’ve been doing quite a bit together and she’s wonderful,” added Morrison.

Coming back to perform with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra is a reminder of the extraordinary variety that James Morrison has offered to audiences over the years.

“Variety is one of the great things I enjoy and I know audiences do too. People say ‘What’s your favourite way of playing?’ and I say ‘Whatever I haven’t just been doing’,” he said.

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Join us for ENJOY, LEARN, DISCUSS 2015

Joseph Haydn

Join us for a series of events where you can meet the presenters and volunteers at Fine Music 102.5. Designed for the novice and devoted enthusiast, these informative events will be held in the studios of Fine Music 102.5 on the third Sunday of each month from 2.30pm.

In March, the talk will be on the work of Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), best known as a composer of symphonies, string quartets, two oratorios and masses. Less well known is the fact that he also wrote around a dozen operas. Most were written for the palace at Esterháza in the 1770s but Orfeo was commissioned for London in 1791.

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For various reasons this project failed and it was never performed in Haydn’s lifetime, but was performed by Pinchgut in Sydney in 2011.

We will listen to excerpts from these delightful operas and Fine Music 102.5’s Meg Matthews will lead a discussion why they are so rarely performed today.

In April, Fine Music 102.5 presenter David Ogilvie will take us through the extraordinary life of Nadia Boulanger – from the premature death of her prodigiously talented sister Lilli, her teaching career at the École Normale de Musique in Paris, the war years in the United States, to her later life as Director of the American Conservatory of Music at Fontainebleau.

Nadia Boulanger

The Boulanger Legacy will be aired as a series of six monthly programs on FineMusic 102.5 (which started in January).

We welcome you to attend any of the following events: 15 March - Haydn Operas PRESENTED BY: Meg Matthews 19 April - The Boulanger Legacy: “Choice, love, passion...”

PRESENTED BY: David Ogilvie 17 May - Surprises from the World of Opera PRESENTED BY: Brendan Walsh 21 June - Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue PRESENTED BY: Marilyn Schock For bookings or enquiries, please contact the receptionist at Fine Music 102.5 during business hours on 02 9439 4777.

Entry: $10 or $5 for volunteers & subscribers, per event.

Payments are by cash at the door (no EFTPOS or credit card payments accepted) All talks are held at the Fine Music 102.5 studios: 72-76 Chandos Street, St Leonards.

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MARCH PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Monday 2 March 9–10.30am Tuesday 3 March 9–10.30am COMPOSER FOCUS: William Walton Thursday 5 March 9–10.30am In the first week of the month the music of William Walton features strongly, both in Diversions in Fine Music (DFM) on 2 and 3 March, respectively with the Troilus and Cressida Symphonic Suite performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Tate and the Cello Concerto, played by Peter Wispelwey with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Tate, and in the Composer Focus program on 5 March. In his 60-year career, the English composer, Walton (1902 – 1983), wrote in several classical music genres and styles from film scores to operas to symphonies and concerti. He was regarded as the pre-eminent English composer of his times, particularly in the early part of his career. In addition to the major works in the DFM programs, Composer Focus includes music from some of his best known works including Façade, the Viola Concerto and Belshazar’s Feast.

FM102.5 LIVE RECORDINGS In addition to a plethora of fine programs of music on CDs, the March program includes several impressive concerts recorded live in 2014 by our volunteer recording engineers. The live recordings highlighted below, of concerts by a solo pianist, a violinist with piano accompanist and two quartets, give you the opportunity to catch up with a concert you may have missed or listen again if you were lucky enough to be there.

SUNDAY SPECIAL Sunday 8 March 2–4pm Musica Viva presents Imogen Cooper Brilliant London pianist Imogen Cooper has been described as a pianist ‘of virtuosity and poetic poise’. She has a vast repertoire and has performed in major European and United States venues for many years but may be best known for her recordings of solo piano works

by Schumann and Schubert. Today’s program includes Schumann’s Davidsbundlertanze, op 6 and the Sonata no 21 in B flat by Schubert. The Sydney Morning Herald reviewer described this music as ‘some of the most harmonically inventive music of the nineteenth century….like being taken on a walk where, again and again, one turns a corner to find an unexpected yet subtle change of colour, vista or shade.’ Cooper demonstrates her own subtlety and immense sensitivity and command in her playing of this sonata.

the late Shostakovich String Quartet no 8 in C minor, op 110 (1960). As described in the review in the Sydney Morning Herald, the performance is smooth and the sound perfectly balanced ‘with impeccable intonation and nigh-perfect moulding of each phrase’.

Imogen Cooper

LIVE AND LOCAL Musica Viva presents Ray Chen with Timothy Young Thursday 12 March 8–9.40pm Ray Chen will have his 26th birthday this month.

Born in Taiwan in 1989 and raised in Australia, his talents have been recognised since he was 10 years old. He has won international competitions such as the 2008 Yehudi Menuhin Competition and the 2009 Queen Elisabeth competition, has more than one million followers on SoundCloud, blogs about his life as a travelling musician but also visits schools, holds classes and does everything he can to inspire the love of classical music by a new generation. He was the youngest soloist ever to perform in the televised Nobel Prize concert for Nobel Laureates in 2012. In this program of music by Mozart, Prokofiev, Bach and Sarasate with accomplished pianist Timothy Young, Chen demonstrates amply the silken tone, faultless technique, vitality and lightness that have established him as one of the brightest of new generation violinists.

MUSICA VIVA PRESENTS THE BORODIN QUARTET Saturday 14 March 3.30–5.30pm Formed in Moscow in 1945, the Borodin Quartet will celebrate its 70th anniversary in 2015.

Renowned for the richness and coherence of its sound and interpretations, the quartet has throughout its varied life been most closely associated with the music of Beethoven and with the Russian repertoire, particularly the music of Tchaikovsky and of Shostakovich who worked closely with the original quartet in the development of his compositions. This program, recorded in September 2014, contrasts early quartets by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky with the bleak sparseness and complexity of

GOLDNER STRING QUARTET Thursday 26 March 8–9.30pm The fourth of our live recordings is a program by the well-respected Australian Goldner String Quartet, established in 1995 in tribute to Richard Goldner, the founder of Musica Viva.

It still has all four founding members today, Dene Olding, violin, Dimity Hall, violin, Irina Morozova, viola and Julian Smiles, cello. The program, of quartets by Haydn, Janacek and Beethoven, contrasts an early Beethoven and a late Haydn quartet, almost contemporaneous in composition, at a time when Haydn was the pre-eminent composer in Europe and the young Beethoven, not yet struggling with deafness, was confidently establishing himself.

- Cynthia Kaye NOT TO BE MISSED Saturday 7 March 9.30–11.30am A hero’s life Friday 13 March 2–3pm Death by murder Tuesday 31 March 9–10.30am Artist of choice: Radu Lupu pf.

Tuesday 31 March 1–2pm Mr Britten’s Fludde CONTINUING SERIES OPERA – Wednesdays 8pm 4 March 8–11pm Rossini: La donna del lago 11 March 8–11.30pm Gounod: Faust 18 March 8–11pm Verdi: Aida 25 March 8–11.30pm Handel: Serse (Xerxes) -------------------------------Tuesdays 8–10pm Recent Releases Tuesdays 10pm–Midnight Into the Twentieth Century Thursdays 8–10pm Evenings with the Orchestra Thursdays 10pm–Midnight Chamber Soiree Fridays 10pm-Midnight Baroque and Before March 2015

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Sunday 1 March 14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL 74-75: Auspicious years Prepared by Elaine Siversen

0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Terry McMullen 9:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Stephen Wilson Gounod, C. String quartet in A. minor.

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Kuhlau, F. Trio in G, op 119 (1831). Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Claudi Arimany, fl; John Steele Ritter, pf.

Delos DE 3212 16 Muffat, G. Sonata no 5 in G (pub. 1682).

Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players/ Geoffrey Lancaster.

ABC 456 667-2

Mozart, W. Symphony no 51 in D, K207a (177475). English CO/Jeffrey Tate.

EMI 5 55480 2 7 Mozart, W. Sonata no 4 in E flat, K282 (177475). Tamara Anna Cislowska, pf.

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Grieg, E. Suite no 2 from Peer Gynt, op 55 (1874-75). Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset.

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Cimarosa, D. Overture to L’impresario in angustie (1786). Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/ Alessandro Amoretti.

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Sculthorpe, P. The song of Tailitnama (1974).

Rita Baldacchino, sop; Gregory Elmaloglou, vc; Robert Miller, vc; Algimantis Motiekaitis, vc; Juris Muiznieks, vc; Joyce Murphy, vc; Maureen O’Carroll, vc; Michael Askill, perc; Colin Piper, perc; Patrick Thomas, cond.

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10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Barrie Brockwell

Mozart, W. Bester Jüngling, from The impresario, K486 (1786). Sumi Jo, sop; English CO/Kenneth Montgomery.

Erato 0630-14637-2 3 Wölfl, J. Septet in D (1800). Consortium Classicum.

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Haydn, J. Missa brevis in F, Hob.XXII:1 (174950). Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; Academy of Ancient Music/Simon Preston.

L’Oiseau-Lyre 421 654-2 14 Spohr, L. Clarinet concerto no 4 in E minor (1828). Michael Collins, cl; Swedish CO/Robin O’Neill.

Hyperion CDA67561 25 Donizetti, G. Sonata. Alberto Ambrosini, vn; Claudia Antonelli, hp.

Naxos 8.554252 4 Hummel, J. Adagio and rondo in A, Allla polacca. James Ehnes, vn; London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley.

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Beethoven, L. Sonata no 4 in E flat, op 7 (1797-98). John Lill, pf.

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Charpentier, M-A. Psalm 83: Quam dilecta (1675). Barbara Schlick, sop; Nancy Zijlstra, sop; Kai Wessel, ct; Dominique Visse, ct; Christoph Prégardien, ten; Harry van Berne, ten; Peter Kooy, bass; Klaus Mertens, bass; Amsterdam Baroque O/Ton Koopman.

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Brumby, C. The phoenix and the turtle (1974).

Melbourne SO/Hiroyuki Iwaki.

Jade JADCD 1067 9 Shostakovich, D. Sonata, op 147 (1975).

Lawrence Power, va; Simon Crawford-Phillips, pf.

Hyperion CDA67865 30 16:00 FROM ROMANTIC AMERICA Prepared by Frank Morrison Fry, W. Niagara symphony (1854). Royal Scottish NO/Tony Rowe.

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Beach, A. Four sketches, op 15 (1892). Virginia Eskin, pf.

Koch 3-7254-2 11 Kelly, D. Home on the range. Bryn Terfel, bassbar; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Temple Square O/Mack Wilberg.

DG 479 1073 4 Chadwick, G. Quartet in 1 in G minor (1878).

Portland String Quartet.

Northeastern NR 236-CD 25 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Meg Matthews Hymns: My song is love unknown; O sacred head; Let all mortal flesh keep silence; God that madest earth and heaven. Choir of St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide; Shirley Gale, org; Leonie Hempton, cond.

Sounds of St Peters 11 Vivaldi, A. Excerpts from Stabat Mater.

Michael Chance, ct; The English Concert/ Trevor Pinnock.

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Victoria, T.de Introit; Kyrie, from Missa Surge propera. Choir of Christ Church St Laurence/ Neil McEwan.

One M One 1M1CD 1005 7 Bach, J.S. Christ lay in death’s dark bonds, BWV4. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bass; Munich Bach Choir and O/Karl Richter.

Archiv 439 374-2 22 18:00 QUINTET DELIGHTS Prepared by Frank Morrison Mozart, W. Quintet no 3 in C, K515 (1787). Ryo Terakado, va; Kuijken String Quartet.

Denon CO-78850 36 Danzi, F. Quintet in E minor, op 67 no 2 (1824).

Berlin Phiharmonic Wind Quintet.

BIS CD-532 18 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Jennifer Foong Meyerbeer, G. Overture to L’Etoile du Nord (1854). New Zealand SO/Darrell Ang. 9 Naxos 8.573195 Bennett, W. Sterndale. Caprice in E, op 22 (1838). BBC Scottish SO/Howard Shelley, pf & dir.

Hyperion CDA67595 13 Saint-Saëns, C. Violin concerto no 3 in B minor, op 61 (1880). Renaud Capuçon, vn; Radio France PO/Lionel Bringuier.

Erato 934134 2 8 29 Burgmüller, N. Symphony no 2 in D, op 11 (1834-35; compl. Schumann). Wuppertal SO/ Gernot Schmalfuss.

MDG 335 0817-2 32 20:30 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Rex Burgess d’Indy, V. Sextet in B flat, op 45 (1927).

Quatuor Joachim.

Calliope CAL 3891 2 22 Koechlin, C. Sonata op 70 (1918/25). Barry Tuckwell, hn; Daniel Blumenthal, pf.

ASV DCA 716 14 Hahn, R. Quintet in F minor (1921). Alexandre Tharaud, pf; Quatuor Parisii.

Auvidis V 4848 26 Debussy, C. Sonata (1915). Members of Nash Ensemble.

Virgin VC 7 91148-2 17 Ravel, M. Quartet in F (1902-03). Borodin String Quartet.

Virgin VJ 7914569-2 30 22:30 NEW HORIZONS In France Prepared by Phil Vendy Lancino, T. Violin concerto (2005). Isabelle Faust, vn; Luxembourg PO/Arturo Tamayo.

Naxos 8.573204 35 Dusapin, P. I pesci (1989). Juliette Hurel, fl. naïve V 4925 10 Gastinel, G. Marutz (1979). Anne Gastinel, vc; Suzy Bossard, pf.

Ottavo OTR C 79032 18 Wolff, J-C. Symphony no 2 (1978). Wieslaw Kwasny, vn; Polish Radio & TV SO/Szymon Kawalla.

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Monday 2 March 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Elaine Siversen Debussy, C. Nocturnes (1897-99). London SO/ Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.

IMP PCD 915 24 Dittersdorf, C. Viola concerto in F. Petr Pribyl, va; South Bohemia Chamber PO/Ondrej Kukal.

Campion RRCD 1342 25

Jean Sibelius

Sibelius, J. Symphony no 4 in A minor, op 63 (1911). Royal Concertgebouw O/Paavo Berglund.

Radio Nederland RCO11004 33

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

12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan Featuring bands of the 1930s swing era and the dance bands of the 1920s taken from radio broadcasts, transcriptions and recording sessions

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Francis Frank

13:00 MUSIC VIVA PRESENTS ISABELLE MORETTI Recorded by Peter Bell for FINE MUSIC

Brahms, J. Tragic overture, op 81 (1880/81).

Vienna PO/Leonard Bernstein.

DG 410 084-2 14

14:10 70th ANNIVERSARY CARILLON RECITAL Part 1 Recorded by Greg Ghavalas for FINE MUSIC

0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Reinecke, C. From the cradle to the grave, op 202 (1888; arr. Kohler). Hugh Hinton, pf; members of Boston SO. Naxos 8.570777 24 Clemencic, R. Thème de l’amour, from Film music to Molière. Clemencic Consort/René Clemencic.

Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901020 7 Walton, W. Troilus and Cressida, symphonic suite (1947-54; arr. Palmer). London PO/Bryden Thomson.

Chandos CHAN 8772 34

Cannabich, C. Flute quintet in D, op 7 no 5 (1768-69). Camerata Cologne. cpo 999 544-2 17 Beer, J. Clarinet concerto in B flat. Dieter Klöcker, cl; Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair.

Schwann 3-6422-2 H1 23 Bach, C.P.E. Six sonatas. Melbourne Windpower/Richard Runnels.

Move MD 3082

Advance Australia fair (arr. E. Grantham 1944). 1 Grantham, E. Sonata.

Raphael Frübeck de Burgos

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Edward Grantham, carillon (2 above) 14:30 THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT The winds of change Prepared by Philip Lidbury Wagenseil, G. Trombone concerto in E flat.

Northern Sinfonia/Alain Trudel, tb & dir.

Naxos 8.553831 10

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Hofmann, L. Flute concerto in D. Kazunori Seo, fl; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Béla Drahos.

Naxos 8.554747 20 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett 19:00 JAZZ NICE ‘N EASY with Ken Weatherley 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson

STUDIO C Available for Hire Recording and Rehearsals Contact - Steve-Marc McCulloch programs@finemusicfm.com Phone - 02 9439 4777 72-76 Chandos Street, St Leonards, NSW, 2065 Photo – Jeanie McInnes

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Tuesday 3 March 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Britten, B. Serenade, op 31 (1943). Martin Hill, ten; Jeffrey Bryant, hn; Royal PO/Vladimir Ashkenazy.

ASV RPO 8023 26

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

Pärt, A. Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten (2012). English CO/Nigel Short.

6 Decca 4806386

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: Pieter Wispelwey Prepared by Di Cox Schubert, F. Duo in A, D574 (1817). Paolo Giacometti, pf.

Onyx 4046

Purcell, H. Dido’s Lament: When I am laid in earth, from Dido and Aeneas (1689). Cheryl Barker, sop; Queensland SO/Guillaume Tourniaire.

5 Melba MR301129 22

Britten, B. Ciaccona: Cello suite no 2, op 80 (1967).

Onyx ONYX4042 7 Prokofiev, S. Sonata. Dejan Lazic, pf.

Channel Classics CCS 20098

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Walton, W. Cello concerto (1956). Sydney SO/ Jeffrey Tate.

Onyx 4042 31 Pieter Wispelwey, vc (all above)

Rossini, G. Overture to Semiramide (1823).

Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda.

Naxos 8.570933 12

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Khachaturian, A. Symphony no 2, The bell (1943). Royal Scottish O/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 8945 51 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 13:00 CLASSICAL SONATAS Prepared by Gael Golla Pierné, G. Impromptu-caprice, op 9 (1900). 6 Giuliani, M. Gran sonata eroica, op 150. Karin Schaupp, gui.

Warner 8573833112 9 24

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Fauré, G. Une châtelaine en sa tour, op 110 (1918).

5 Bach, J. Christian Sonata in D, op 20 no 2 (c1785). London Baroque.

Harmonia Mundi HMC 901395 9 Tournier, M. Sonatine, op 30 (1924).

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Clementi, M. Sonata in A, op 2 no 4 (1779).

Howard Shelley, pf.

Hyperion CDA67632 9 Liszt, F. Le rossignol, from Deux Mélodies russes ou arabesques (1842; transcr. Renié). 5

10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Frank Morrison

Vieuxtemps, H. Violin concerto no 5 in A minor, op 37 (1861). Sarah Chang, vn; Philharmonia O/Charles Dutoit.

EMI 5 55292 2

Neeme Järvi

15:00 FOUR HANDS Prepared by Jan Brown Poulenc, F. Sonata for two pianos (1952-53).

Alexandre Tharaud, pf; François Chaplin, pf.

Naxos 8.553613 21 Czerny, C. Piano concerto in C, op 153. Liu Xiao Ming, Horst Göbel, pf; Brandenburg State O/Frankfurt/Nikos Athiäos.

Christophorus CHE 0140-2 31 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Andrew Dziedzic

Mozart, W. Sonata in G, K11 (1764). Marc Grauwels, fl; Jan Sciffer, vc; Guy Penson, hpd.

Hyperion CDA66391 10

19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps Smooth small group jazz from the 50s on, and with a visit from Miles Davis each week

Debussy, C. Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque (1890-1905; arr. Moretti).

20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Michael Field

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Beethoven, L. Sonata in F, op 17 (1800).

Hermann Baumann, hn; Leonard Hokanson, pf.

Philips 416 816-2 15 Albéniz, I. Asturias in G minor, from Suite española, op 47 no 5 (c1886).

14 Zabel, A. Faust fantasie after Gounod, op 12 (1859).

5 Isabelle Moretti, hp (all above) 14:00 IN MEMORIAM Prepared by Susan Briedis Purcell, H. Funeral sentences: Music for the funeral of Queen Mary (1695). Tessa Bonner, sop; Patrizia Kwella, sop; Kai Wessel, alto; Paul Agnew, ten; William Kendall, ten; Peter Kooy, bass; Collegium Vocale Choir and O/Phillipe Herreweghe.

Harmonia Mundi HMC 901462 15

22:00 INTO THE 20TH CENTURY Prepared by Frank Morrison Lehár, F. Concertino in B minor. Robert McDuffie, vn; Cincinnati Pops O/Erich Kunzel.

Telarc 80402 13 Respighi, O. Three Botticelli pictures (1927).

Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Tamás Vásáry.

Chandos CHAN 8913 19 Clarke, R. Trio (1921). Andrew Watkinson, vn; David Waterman, vc; Martin Roscoe, pf.

ASV DCA 932 23 Bernstein, L. Suite, from West Side story (1960; arr. Crees). Phillip Jones Brass Ensemble.

Decca 417 354-2 23 Bartók, B. String quartet no 6 (1939). New Budapest Quartet.

Hyperion CDA66581/2 29

Wednesday 4 March 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 Colleen Chesterman Rossini, G. La donna del lago. Melodrama in two acts. Libretto by Andrea Leona Tottola.

First performed Naples, 1819.

Sonia Ganassi

Daniel Barenboim

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Grieg, E. Symphonic dances, op 64 (1898).

Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. hänssler 98.128 31

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Music of the 18th century Prepared by Rex Burgess Gluck, C. Ballet: Alessandro (1764). Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel.

Archiv 445 824-2 24 Clérambault, L-N. Cantata: Orpheus (1710).

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

Meridian CDE 84182 19 Haydn, J. Divertimento in D, Hob.X:1 (1775).

Members of Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss.

BIS CD-1796/98 16 Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 12 in A, K414 (1782). Berlin PO/Daniel Barenboim, pf & dir.

Teldec 0630-13162-2 24 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Chris Blower Chausson, E. Viviane, symphonic poem on a legend of the round table, op 5 (1882). O symphonique et lyrique de Nancy/Jérôme Kaltenbach.

Naxos 8.553652 12 Enescu, G. Sinfonia concertante in B minor, op 8 (1901). Valentin Arcu, vc; Rumanian RTO/ Josif Conta.

Marco Polo 8.223141 24 Bach, J. Christian Sinfonia in E, op 18 no 5 (c1781). Failoni O/Hanspeter Gmür.

Naxos 8. 553367 15

12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale Jazz of many colours, some old, some new and all designed to inform and stimulate the senses 13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI Christopher Nazarian, bass, with Alexander Yau, piano Recorded by Greg Ghavalas 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans Each week we meet one of the world’s great musicians, singers, composers or conductors, along with up-and-comers and some of the men and women who influence the arts landscape. The program goes live to air so you never quite know what’s going to happen.

15:00 FRENCH FOUR Prepared by Gael Golla Milhaud, D. La cheminée du roi René (1939).

Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet.

BIS CD-536 13 Messiaen, O. La mort du nombre (1930). Ann Murray, sop; Philip Langridge, ten; Andrew Watkinson, vn; Roger Vignoles, pf.

Virgin VC 7 91179-2 10 Mouquet, J. La flûte de Pan, op 15. Manuela Wiesler, fl; Helsingborg SO/Philippe Auguin.

BIS CD-529 15 Massenet, J. Suite no 4: Picturesque scenes (1874). Opéra Comique NTO/Pierre Dervaux.

EMI 5 65150 2 15 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Tom Forrester-Paton

ELENA: Sonia Ganassi, mezz UBERTO/JAMES V: Maxim Mironov, ten MALCOLM: Marianna Pizzolato, mezz RODRIGO: Ferdinand von Bothmer, ten DOUGLAS: Wojtek Gierlach, bass Prague Chamber Choir; South-West German Radio O/Alberto Zedda.

Naxos 8.660235-6 2:26 By the lake, Elena hears horns and hopes her lover Malcolm is coming. Instead it is Uberto, King James in disguise, who has heard of her beauty. He claims to be lost, she takes him to her cottage, where James realizes her father is his ex-tutor Douglas, who has joined the Highland rebellion. From friends Elena learns her father has given her hand to Rodrigo, the rebel leader of the Highland rebellion.

Malcolm decides to join the rebellion, but despairs when hearing of Elena’s betrothal.

Rodrigo is slain in battle, Douglas goes to the King to seek peace. The King as Uberto gives Elena a ring, and she goes to the palace to ask for the king to forgive the rebels. She realizes that the King is Uberto, he forgives her father and reunites her with Malcolm.

23:00 FOCUS ON MIRIAM HYDE Prepared by Janie Fitch Hyde, M. A river idyll (1931). John Martin, pf.

5 Wirripang WIRR 052 Sonata (1937). Anne-Louise Comerford, va; James Muir, pf.

Walsingham 2WAL8036-2 16 Village fair (1942-45). Sydney SO/Dobbs Franks.

ABC 446 285-2 11 Sonata in F minor (1949). Nigel Westlake, cl; David Bollard, pf.

Tall Poppies TP004 16 Serenade (1955). Marina Marsden, vn; Clemens Leske, pf.

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Thursday 5 March 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

Guarnieri, C. Piano concerto no 2 (1946). Max Barros, pf; Warsaw PO/Thomas Conlin.

Naxos 8.557666 23

Pleyel, I. Duo in F, op 24 no 2. Lola Bobesco, vn; Jerrold Rubenstein, vn.

LP Pavane ADW7090 9

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore

Rossini, G. String sonata no 1 in G (c1804). I Musici.

Newton 8802041 13

Haydn, J. Symphony in D, Hob.I:93 (1791).

Cleveland O/George Szell.

Sony M2YK 45673

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans

Atterberg, K. Symphony no 6 in C, op 31, Dollar (1927-28). Norrköping SO/Jun’ichi Hirokami.

BIS CD-553 33

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Debbie Scholem

Walton, W. String quartet, mvt 1 (1919-22).

Doric String Quartet.

Chandos CHAN 10661 8

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

19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey Contemporary and modern sounds of now in jazz from all corners of the globe

Facade, suite no 2 (1920/77-79). London PO/Jan Latham-Koenig.

Chandos CHAN 9148 10 Viola concerto, mvt 2 (1928-29/36/61). Yehudi Menuhin, va; New Philharmonia O/William Walton.

EMI 5 65003 2 4 If I forget three, O Jerusalem, from Belshazzar’s feast (1930-31/48/57). Peter Coleman-Wright, bar; London Symphony Ch & O/Colin Davis.

LSO Live LS00681 5 Overture: Scapino (1950). London PO/Bryden Thomson.

Chandos CHAN 8968 9 Hamlet: Funeral march (1947; arr. Mathieson).

New Philharmonia O/William Walton.

EMI 5 65003 2 4 Spitfire prelude (1942). Central Band of the Royal Air Force.

Decca 2747512 4 How can I sleep, from Troilus and Cressida (1954). Marie Collier, sop; Peter Pears, bass; Royal Opera House O/William Walton.

Decca 480 0952

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Old Sir Falk, from Three songs by Edith Sitwell (1931). Yvonne Kenny, sop; Malcolm Martineau, pf.

Etcetera FTC 1140 2 Sonata (1947-50). Yehudi Menuhin, vn; Louis Kentner, pf.

EMI 5 66122 2 25 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Beethoven, L. Music for a knightly ballet, WoO1 (1790-91). Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/ Béla Drahos.

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13:00 A SPANISH FIESTA Prepared by Marilyn Schock Rodrigo, J. Four Andalusian pictures (1946-52).

Artur Pizarro, pf.

Naxos 8.557272 14 Soler, A. Sonata in E (arr. Yepes). Narciso Yepes, gui.

DG 469 649-2

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Mompou, F. Cançó i dansa no 14 (1918-62).

Jordí Masó, pf.

Naxos 8.554332 10 Rodrigo, J. Summer concerto (1943). Michael Guttman, vn; Royal PO/José Serebrier.

Resonance RSN 3069 22 14:00 HAYDN AND THREE ACQUAINTANCES Prepared by Philip Lidbury Haydn, J. Trumpet concerto in E flat, Hob. Vlle:1 (1796). Crispian Steele-Perkins, tpt; King’s Consort/Robert King.

Hyperion CDA67266 14 Mozart, W. Symphony no 4 in D, K19 (1765).

Mozart Akademie Amsterdam/Jaap ter Linden.

Brilliant Classics 94295 9 Haydn, J. Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo in B flat, Hob.XXII:7, Little organ mass (1779).

Jennifer Smith, sop; Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge; John Scott, org; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/George Guest.

Decca 430 160-2 19 Bach, C.P.E. Trio sonata in A, Wq146 (1731/47).

Le Nouveau Quatuor.

Amon Ra SAR 44 16 Haydn, J. String quartet in D, op 64 no 5, Lark (1790). The Lindsays.

ASV QS 6145 19

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20:00 SYDNEY SOLOISTS PLAY MOZART AND BRAHMS Recorded by Kerry Joyner for FINE MUSIC Mozart, W. String quintet in C, K51 (1787). 37 Brahms, J. Clarinet quintet in B minor, op 115 (1891).

39 Sydney Soloists (2 above) 21:30 BRAHMS IN SONG Prepared by Elaine Siversen Brahms, J. Longing at rest, op 91 no 1 (pub.

1884). Linda Finnie, mezz; John Harrington, va; Anthony Legge, pf.

7 Chandos CHAN 8786 Four serious songs, op 121 (1896). John ShirleyQuirk, bar; Matin Isepp, pf.

Decca 461 245-2 19 22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Budapest Festival Orchestra Prepared by Denis Patterson Debussy, C. Fantasy. Zoltán Kocsis, pf.

Philips 456 874-2

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Bartok, B. Piano concerto no 1 (1926). Andras Schiff, pf.

Apex 2564 67437-8 24 Dvorák, A. Notturno in B, op 40 (1875?).

Philips 464 647-2

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Stravinsky, I. Suite from The Firebird (1910; arr. 1919).

Hungaroton HCD 31095 20 Dvorák, A. Legends, op 59 (1881).

Philips 464 647-2 Budapest FO/Iván Fischer (all above)

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Friday 6 March Spohr, L. The abandoned girl’s song (1814-15).

Marjorie Patterson, sop; Daniel Sarge, pf.

3 Marco Polo 8.223869 Field, J. Piano concerto no 4 in E flat (1814).

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

Chandos CHAN 9442 34 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Brendan Walsh Sakari Oramo 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

13:00 FROM THE ROMANTIC PERIOD Prepared by Frank Morrison

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

Rossini, G. String sonata no 1 in G (c1804). I Musici.

Newton 8802041 13

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

Schumann, R. Aus den hebräischen Gesängen, from Myrthen, op 25 no 17 (1840).

Peter Schreier, ten; Christoph Eschenbach, pf.

Teldec 2292-46154-2 4

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Exploring chamber Prepared by Jan Brown Mozart, W. String quartet no 17 in B flat, K458, The hunt (1784). Franz Schubert Quartet of Vienna.

Nimbus NI 5455/6 28 Haydn, J. Quartet no 62 in C, Hob.III:77, Emperor. Kodály Quartet.

Naxos 8.550129

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Czerny, C. Andante e polacca, op posth (1848).

Barry Tuckwell, hn; Daniel Blumenthal, pf.

Etcetera KTC1121 12 Saint-Saëns, C. Piano concerto no 2 in G minor, op 22 (1868). Stephen Hough, pf; City of Birmingham SO/Sakari Oramo.

Hyperion CDA67331/2 22

19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron Focus on the current Sydney jazz scene mixed with a range of international jazz stars and a weekly a cappella item 20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Robert Small Rossini, G. Overture to The Turk in Italy (1814).

Prague SO/Christian Benda.

9 Naxos 8.572735 Chopin, F. Concerto no 1 in E minor, op 11 (1830). Maria João Pires, pf; CO of Europe/ Emmanuel Krivine.

DG 479 1112 42 Brahms, J. Symphony no 1 in C minor, op 68 (1876). O Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner.

Sol Deo Gloria SDG 702 44

14:00 COMPOSED IN 1814 Prepared by Francis Franck

Schubert, F. Impromptu in C minor, D899 no 1 (1827). Maria João Pires, pf.

DG 457 550-2 11

10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Beethoven, L. Overture to Leonore, op 72a no 3 (1814). Philharmonia O/Herbert von Karajan.

EMI CDM 1 66426 2 15

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Robert Small

Massenet, J. Ballet music from Le Cid (1885).

Israel PO/Jean Martinon.

Decca 476 2742 18

Sonata no 27 in E minor, op 90 (1814). Wilhelm Kempff, pf.

DG 429 306-2 14

Godard, B. Piano concerto no 1 in A minor, op 31 (1875). Victor Sangiorgio, pf; Royal Scottish NO/Martin Yates.

RSNO CDLX 7274 29

Cherubini, L. Trois pas redoublés et la seconde March pour la musique du Régiment des Chasseurs de la Garde du Roi de Prusse (1814). London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble/ Christopher Larkin.

Hyperion CDA66470 8

Pleyel, I. Sextet in F. Ensemble Urs Mächler.

Sipario CS 28C 27

Sibelius, J. Symphony no 5 in E flat, op 82 (1915/19). Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi.

BIS CD-222 34 12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell Accessible in-the-hammock jazz to ease you into the weekend

Giuliani, M. Grande ouverture, op 61 (pub.

1814). Raphaella Smits, gui.

Accent ACC2 8863 D 10 Grand quintet in C, op 65 (1814). Ensemble Urs Mächler.

Nuova Era 7194 22

Vivaldi, A. Gloria, RV588. Patrizia Kwella, sop; Elizabeth Priday, sop; Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezz; Andrew Carwood, ten; Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; Hanover Band/ Stephen Darlington.

Nimbus NI 5278 26 Bach, J.S. Overture; Rondeau; Menuet, from Suite in A minor for violin and strings, after BWV1067 (c1738-39). Jean Lamon, vn; Tafelmusik Baroque O/Jeanne Lamon.

Analekta AN 2 9878 10 Biber, H. Missa Salisburgensis (c1682). Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel; Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh.

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Saturday 7 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Excerpts from La vie parisienne (1866). June Bronhill, sop; Suzanne Steele, sop; Cynthia Morey, sop; Anna Pollak, mezz; Kevin Miller, ten; Jon Weaving, ten; John Fryatt, ten; John Kentish, ten; Eric Shilling, bass-bar; Peter Tracey, bass; Sadlers Wells Ch & O/Alexander Faris.

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6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney

20:00 ROMANTIC STRINGS Prepared by Stephen Wilson

9:30 GREAT ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL WORKS A hero’s life Prepared by Di Cox Horneman, C. Ouverture héroïque (1867).

Danish National RSO/Michael Schönwandt.

Chandos CHAN 9373 13 Beethoven, L. Variations on the theme, See the conqu’ring hero comes, from Judas Maccabaeus, WoO45 (1796). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Daniel Barenboim, pf.

EMI CZS 5 68132 2 12 Handel, G. Heroes, when with glory burning, from Joshua, HWV64. James Bowman, ct; King’s Consort/Robert King.

IMP PCD 894 4 Franck, C. Pièce héroïque in B minor, from Three pieces (1878). Eric Lebrun, org.

Naxos 8.554698 8 Dvorák, A. Symphonic poem: The hero’s song, op 111 (1897). Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 8798 21 Chopin, F. Polonaise in A flat, op 53 (1842).

Nelson Freire, pf.

Teldec 8.44075 6 Strauss, R. Ein Heldenleben, op 40 (1897-98).

Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy.

Sony SBK 48 272 44

Trad. Lark in a clear air (arr. Langford). Sandy Smith, solo; Williams Fairey Band/Peter Parkes.

EMI 7243 5 21450 4

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Various. Music hall selection: Don’t dilly dally on the way; Lily of Laguna; A broken doll; Sweet Rosy O’Grady. Coldstream Guards.

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Forsyth, M. Iste confessor. Studio Brass Band of Sydney/Jason Katsikaris.

Trombonis Australis TAP 01 5 Clarke, H.L. Carnival of Venice. Frank Kaderabek, cornet; Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee.

AMP 96197 3 12:00 A LITTLE TASTE OF JAZZ with Rob Thomas 13:00 CHINESE MOSAIC + POSTCARDS FROM SHANGHAI Prepared by Paolo Hooke An exploration of the best of Chinese classical, traditional and film music, incorporating material specially provided by Shanghai Radio 14:00 FINE MUSIC LIVE FINE MUSIC 102.5 continues to celebrate its 40th birthday with a very special Fine Music Live from our Studio C. The high calibre performers include Simon Tedeschi, Ayse Goknur Shanal, Jane Rutter, Acacia Quartet, Nick Russoniello and The Idea of North.

18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Folk Federation of New South Wales

11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher

Wagner, R. Pilgrims chorus. Ambulance Service Band/Robert Heath.

AMBO AS 01

Christopher Warren-Green

19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Chris Blower Offenbach, J. Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld (1858/74). City of Birmingham SO/ Louis Frémaux.

EMI CDM 1 66418 2 10 Invocation to death; Fly duet; from Orpheus in the Underworld. June Bronhill, sop; Eric Shilling, bar; Sadler’s Wells Opera O/Alexander Faris.

EMI 3891632 9

Hummel, J. Fantasia on Mozart’s Il mio tesore in tanto (1833). Wolfram Christ, va; Strings of Australian Youth O. 8 Fine Music Tape Archive Dvorák, A. Serenade in E, op 22 (1875). Strings of Philharmonia O/Christopher Warren-Green.

Chandos CHAN 6526 30 Tchaikovsky, P. Elegy in C for strings (1886). St Petersburg Camerata/Saulius Sondeckis.

7 Sony SMK 58 976 Herzogenberg, H. String trio in F, op 27 no 2 (1879). Belcanto Strings. cpo 999 710-2 24 Mendelssohn, F. String symphony no 11 in F minor (1823). German Chamber Academy of Neuss/Johannes Goritzki.

Claves CD 50-9002 40 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Angela Bell Schubert, F. Rondo in A, D438 (1816-17). Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet.

Westminster Chamber Music Collection 15 Mozart, W. Sonata no 10 in C, K330 (1781-83).

Alicia de Larrocha, pf.

Philips 456 886-2 18 Haydn, J. Divertimento in C, Hob.II:1, Birthday (c1755-57). Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss.

Schwann 3-1286-2 23 Bach, J.S. Orchestral suite no 2 in B minor, BWV1067 (c1739). Consort of London/Robert Haydon Clark.

Brilliant Classics 94413 19 Smyth, E. Serenade in D (1890). BBC PO/ Odaline de la Martinez.

Chandos CHAN 9449

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Sunday 8 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Robert Small

Brahms, J. Theme and variations in D minor (1860; arr, Brahms from String sextet no 1, op 18).

11 Schubert, F. Sonata no 21 in B flat, D960 (1828). 41

Granados, E. Intermezzo, from Goyescas (1916). Anne Gastinel, vc; Pablo Márquez, gui.

5 naïve V5182

Imogen Cooper, pf (all above)

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

EMI CDC 7 47667-2 16

Hoffmeister, F. String quartet in F, op 14 no 1 (1791). Aviv Quartet.

Naxos 8.555952 18

16:00 FROM ALPINE SWITZERLAND Prepared by Frank Morrison

19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Rex Burgess

Prokofiev, S. Five melodies, op 35. Joshua Bell, vn; Olli Mustonen, pf.

Decca 440 926-2 12

Bloch, E. Baal shem, three pictures of Chassidic life (1923). Michael Guttman, vn; Royal PO/José Serebrier.

ASV DCA 785 15

Berlioz, H. Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict (1862). Sydney SO/Edo de Waart.

8 ABC 476 4991

9:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Frank Morrison

Allegretto in C minor.

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Death of Cleopatra (1829). Janet Baker, mezz; London SO/Alexander Gibson.

EMI 5 62788 2 21

Franck, C. Piano trio in B flat, op 1 no 2 (183942). Elvira Bekova, vn; Alfia Bekova, vc; Eleonora Bekova, pf.

Chandos CHAN 9742 24

Martin, F. Ballade (1939). Jean-Francois Antonioli, pf; Torino PO/Marcello Viotti.

Claves CD 50-8509

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10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA 1780-1815 Prepared by Brian Drummond

Honegger, A. Symphony no 1 (1929-30).

Bavarian RSO/Charles Dutoit.

Erato 2292-45242-2

Orchestral music from Romeo and Juliet, op 17 (1839). Chicago SO/Carlo Maria Giulini.

EMI 5 85974 2 53

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Marsh, J. Symphony no 2 in B flat, La Chasse (1780). London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 10458 15

17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Heather Sykes

20:30 CHAMBER SOIREE Prepared by Troy Fil

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

Sony SM2K 64516 10

Hymns: Beati quorum via; Like as the hart; A prayer of King Henry VI. Eton College Chapel Choir; Clive Driscoll-Smith, org; Ralph Allwood, cond.

Sound Alive Music SAMLS 501 12

Mozart, W. Clarinet concerto in A, K622 (1791).

David Campbell, cl; City of London Sinfonia/ Richard Hickox.

IMP PCD 852 28

Bortnyansky, D. Choral concerto no 32: Lord make me to know my end. Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier.

Harmonia Mundi HMG 507318

Clementi, M. Sonata in A, op 33 no 1 (1794).

Howard Shelley, pf.

Hyperion CDA67738 9

Psalms: no 69, Save me, O God; no 98, O sing unto the Lord a new song. Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge; John Scott, org; George Guest, cond.

Decca 452 941-2 12

Beethoven, L. Sonata no 5 in F, op 24, Spring (1805). Joseph Szigeti, vn; Claudio Arrau, pf.

Vanguard 08 8063 74 22 Schubert, F. Symphony no 3 in D, D200 (1815).

City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox.

IMP PCD 848 24 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with John Buchanan The early days of jazz and ragtime as recorded during the first 30 years of the 20th century 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide

Hymns: In exitu Israel; Beati quorum Israel; Hail gladdening light. Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford/Francis Grier.

ASV QS 6019 14 18:00 INTERLUDES AND INTERMEZZI Prepared by Susan Briedis Puccini, G. Intermezzo, from Madame Butterfly Act II part 2 (1904). Kiri Te Kanawa, sop; National Opera O/Kent Nagano.

Apex 2564 67391-4 8 Mozart, W. Four interludes from Thamos, King of Egypt, K345 (1773-76). London SO/Peter Maag.

Decca 466 500-2 18

14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Musica Viva presents Imogen Cooper Recorded by Greg Simmons for FINE MUSIC Schumann, R. Novelette in D, op 21 no 2 (c1838). 7 Davidsbündlertänze, op 6 (1837).

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Mascagni, P. Intermezzo sinfonico, from Cavalleria rusticana (1890). Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi.

DG 429 494-2 4

Crespo, E. Suite Americana no 1 (1977). Feeling Brass Quintet.

Polymnie POL570170 19 Morlock, J. Three meditations on light (2011).

Couloir.

Ravello Records RR7879 16 Ireland, J. Phantasie-trio in A minor (1906).

Dimension Piano Trio.

Champs Hill Records CHRCD060 12 Gordon, M. Yo Shakespeare (1992). Icebreaker, Cantaloupe Music CA-21031 11 Satoh, S. The heavenly spheres are illuminated by lights (1979). Lise Messier, sop; Margaret Leng Tan, pf; Michael Pugliese, perc.

New Albion NA008 12 Yorke, M. Chalk (1992). Balanescu Quartet.

Ecstatic Records ER092206 16 Tomasi, H. Variations gregoriennes sur le salve regina (1964; arr.). Eric Aubier, tpt; Thierry Escalch, org.

6 Indesens INDE038 Mykietyn, P. At Radek’s (1993). Warsaw Modern Duo. Sarton Records SARTON012-2

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Miranda, R. Variacoes serias (1991). Berlin Deutsche Opera Chamber Soloists.

New Classical Adventure NCA60195-215

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Sunday 8 March

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

Salieri, A. Concerto in C. Richard Adeney, fl; James Brown, ob; English CO/Richard Bonynge.

ABC 475 070-2 18

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

Krumpholtz, J-B. L’amante abandonée.

Isabelle Poulenard, sop; Stephanie Paulet, vn; Sandrine Chatron, hp.

4 Ambroisie AM 179

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Madilina Tresca Ravel, M. Suite from Mother Goose (1908-10; arr. McIntyre). Canberra Wind Soloists.

ABC 434 718-2 14 Leif Ove Andsnes 22:30 NEW HORIZONS Chinese new year Prepared by Troy Fil

Schumann, R. Sonata no 3 in A minor (1853; arr.

Isserlis). Steven Isserlis, vc; Dénes Varjon, pf.

Hyperion CDA67661 20

Various. Suiren (1988). Deep Listening Band.

New Albion NA022CD 10

Anon. Bransles de village (pub. 1545; arr.

Piffaro). Piffaro Renaissance Band.

Archiv 447 107-2

Pertout, A. Digressioni modali. Noah Getz, sax; Jeffrey Chappell, pf.

Albany TROY971 18 Abbott, K. Sunburnt aftertones. Syzygy Ensemble.

Move Records MCD441 Ge, G-R. String quartet no 1, Fu (1983).

ModernWorks.

Naxos 8.570603

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Deng-Liu. On the grassland. Xiaohui Ma, erhu; Shanghai Virtuosi.

Middle Kingdom 8.828016 8 Dong, K. Spring, summer, autumn and winter (2006). Melody of China; Del Sol String Quartet.

Other Minds OM1018-2 6 Liptak, D. Broken cries (2001). Tarab Cello Ensemble.

Bridge Records BCD9167 10 Liu, T. Emptiness. Xiaofeng Tang, pipa.

Marco Polo 8.225986 Yu, J. In the sunshine of Bach (1989).

Contemporary Singers/Antony Walker.

ABC 454510-2

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Chen, Y. Spring dreams. Chanticleer/Matthew Oltman.

Chanticleer Records CR-2284 5 Chan, K. Majestic flair (1987). Patricia Parr, pf.

CBC MVCD1169 7 30

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Stravinsky, I. Suite Italienne (1932; arr. Rife).

Eleonora Turovsky, vn; Yuli Turovsky, vc.

Chandos CHAN 8652 19 Haydn, J. Concerto in C, Hob.VIIb:1 (cc1761-65; arr. M. Nakariakov). Sergei Nakariakov, tpt; Württemberg CO/Jörg Faerber.

Teldec 3984-24276-2 24 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Derek Parker Bax, A. Overture, elegy and rondo (1927).

Slovak PO/Barry Wordsworth.

Marco Polo 8.223102 24 Vanhal, J. Violin concerto in G, Weinmann IIb:G3 (bef. 1772). Takako Nishizaki, vn; Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl.

Naxos 8.557815 27 Bliss, A. A colour symphony (1921-22/32).

Ulster O/Vernon Handley.

Chandos CHAN 10221

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Pleyel, I. Serenade no 1 in F (1790). Wind Octet of the Strasbourg PO. LP Erato STU 71278 18 14:00 THREE BARBERS! Prepared by Emyr Evans Barber, S. Agnus Dei (1967; arr. Barber 1938 from Adagio for strings). Choir of Ormond College; Len Vorster, pf; Douglas Lawrence, cond.

6 Naxos 8.559053 Suite from ballet, Medea, op 23 (1946).

Eastman-Rochester O/Howard Hanson.

Mercury 432-016-2

Violin concerto, op 14 (1939-41). Dene Olding, vn; Melbourne SO/Hiroyuki Iwaki.

ABC 439 900-2 23 15:00 A CZECH SUMMER Prepared by Jan Brown Suk, J. Summer impressions, op 22b (1902); Over sleeping children, lullaby, op 33 (1910-12).

Margaret Fingerhut, pf.

Chandos CHAN 9026/7 17 Janácek, L. On the overgrown path (1901-08).

Leif Ove Andsnes, pf.

Virgin VC 7 91222-2 36 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Ogilvie 19:00 JAZZ NICE ‘N EASY with Ken Weatherley

12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan

20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg

13:00 CONTEMPORARIES OF MOZART Prepared by Jan Brown

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

Mozart, L. Sinfonia in F (c1750). New Zealand CO/Donald Armstrong.

Naxos 8.553347 12

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Tuesday 10 March 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: The Nash Ensemble Prepared by Barrie Brockwell Krommer, F. Partita in E flat, op 79 (pub. c1825).

CRD 3410

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Vaughan Williams, R. From far, from eve and morning (1906). John Mark Ainsley, ten.

Hyperion CDA67168 2 Warlock, P. Capriol suite (1926). Martyn Brabbins, cond.

Hyperion CDA66938

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Walton, W. Fanfare; Hornpipe; TangoPasodoble; Popular song; Jodelling song; Tarantella, from Façade, an entertainment (1921-2). Eleanor Bron, narr; Richard Stilgoe, narr; David Lloyd-Jones, cond.

Hyperion CDA67239 9

Jean-Yves Thibaudet Saint-Saëns, C. Suite algérienne, op 60 (1880).

Swiss Italian O/Francis Travis.

Chandos CHAN 9837 20

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Michael Field

12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes

19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps

13:00 AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Produced by Simon Moore Highlights and previews of the month’s concerts including interviews with the key players

20:00 RECENT RELEASES with David Ogilvie

14:00 CONTEMPORARY CONDUCTORS Marin Alsop Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

22:00 INTO THE 20TH CENTURY On Soviet themes Prepared by Elaine Siversen Glier, R. Suite from The red poppy, op 70 (1927). BBC PO/Edward Downes.

Chandos CHAN 9160 26

Vaughan Williams, R. Scherzo: Allegro con brio (1904).

Hyperion CDA67381/2 6

Gershwin, G. Variations on I got rhythm (1934). Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pf; Baltimore SO. Decca 478 2189 9

Britten, B. Night mail (1936). Nigel Hawthorne, narr; Lionel Friend, cond.

Hyperion CDA66845 4

Barber, S. Medea’s meditation and dance of vengeance, op 29a (1955). Royal Scottish NO. Naxos 8.559133 13

Saint-Saëns, C. Carnival of the animals (1886).

Virgin 5 61782 2 20

Brahms, J. Variations on a theme by Haydn, op 56a, St Anthoni chorale (1873). London PO. Naxos 8.557430 19

Myaskovsky, N. Symphony no 12 in G minor, op 35 (1931-32). Russian Federation Academic SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Olympia OCD 735 33

Bernstein, L. Divertimento (1980).

Bournemouth SO. Naxos 8.559245

Shostakovich, D. Festive overture (1917).

Philharmonia O/Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Signum SIGCD135

Nash Ensemble (all above) 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Barrie Brockwell

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Dauvergne, A. Concert de simphonies in B flat, op 3 no 1 (pub. 1751). Concerto Cologne.

FNAC 592295 18

Gershwin, G. Piano concerto in F (1928; arr.

Grofé). Andrew Balio, tpt; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pf; Baltimore SO. Decca 478 2189 31

Godard, B. Piano concerto no. 2 in G minor, op 148 (1893). Tasmanian SO/Howard Shelley, pf & dir.

Hyperion CDA68043 29

Bernstein, L. Chichester psalms (1965).

Elizabeth Franklin-Kitchen, sop; Thomas Kelly, treb; Victoria Nayler, cont; Jeremy Budd, ten; Paul Charrier, bass; Bournemouth Symphony Ch & O. Naxos 8.559177 18

Turina, J. Danzas fantásticas, op 22 (1920).

Cincinnati SO/Jésus López-Cobos.

Telarc 80574 15

Marin Alsop, cond (all above)

Kabalevsky, D. Poem of struggle (1930).

Gnesin Academy Ch; Russian PO/Dmitry Yablonsky.

Naxos 8.557794

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Suite from The bolt, op 27a (1934). Philadelphia O/Riccardo Chailly.

London 452 597-2 21 Prokofiev, S. Song of joy, Hail to Stalin, op 85 (1939). A. Machistova, voice; USSR Radio Ch & O/Yevgeny Svetlanov.

Le Chant du Monde CM 201 14

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Wednesday 11 March

Placido Domingo 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Music of the 18th century Prepared by Frank Morrison Haydn, J. Violin concerto no 1 in C, Hob.VIIa:1 (1769). Salvatore Accardo, vn; English CO/Edo de Waart.

Philips 438 797-2 21 Hoffmeister, F. String quartet in F, op 14 no 1 (1791). Aviv Quartet.

Naxos 8.555952 18 Dittersdorf, C. Double bass concerto in E. Ludwig Streicher, db; Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair.

Teldec 2292-42452-2 ME

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Mozart, W. Symphony no 19 in E flat, K132 (1772). Concentus Musicus Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Teldec 9031-74728-2 25 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Giovanna Grech Meyerbeer, G. Ballet: Les patineurs (1894; arr.

Lambert 1937). Israel PO/Jean Martinon.

Decca 476 2742 21 Sibelius, J. Tone poem: Tapiola, op 112 (1926).

Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson.

Chandos CHAN 6508 16 Beethoven, L. Symphony no 6 in F, op 68, Pastoral (1808). CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Teldec 2292-46452-2 44 32

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12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale

Nikolaus Harnoncourt 20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Michael Tesoriero

13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI Organist, Samuel Giddy Recorded by Greg Ghavalas

Gounod, C. Faust. Opera in five acts. Libretto

by Jules Barbier and Michel Carre. First performed Paris, 1859.

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.

FAUST: Plácido Domingo, ten MARGUERITE: Mirella Freni, sop MEPHISTOHELES: Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass VALENTIN: Thomas Allen, bar Opera de Paris Ch & O/Georges Prêtre.

EMI 747493-2 2:59

15:00 MOZART’S GRAN PARTITA Prepared by Jan Brown Mozart, W. Serenade no 10 in B flat, K361, Gran Partita (1781). Orpheus CO. DG 478 5185 51 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with James Hunter 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell

Faust is old, depressed and about to take poison. Mephistopheles offers him youth in return for his soul, tempting him with a vision of beautiful Marguerite. Faust drinks Mephistopheles’ potion and is transformed into a handsome young knight. Faust and Marguerite fall passionately in love. Valentin returns from the wars to find his sister betrayed and deserted by Faust. He fights a duel with Faust and is slain. Faust and Mephistopheles visit Marguerite in prison, facing death because she killed Faust’s child.

She recognises Mephistopheles as the devil and implores God for mercy. Angels bear her heavenward, Faust prays and an archangel confronts Mephistopheles.

23:30 SHORTER SYMPHONIES Prepared by Rex Burgess Mendelssohn, F. String symphony no 3 in E minor (1821). Northern CO/Nicholas Ward.

Naxos 8.553161 9 Rautavaara, E. Symphony no 1 (1956). Leipzig RSO/Max Pommer.

Ondine ODE 740-2 17

Thursday 12 March 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers 13:00 LES SIX Prepared by Gael Golla Milhaud, D. Scaramouche, op 165c (1937).

Pekka Savijoki, sax; Margit Rahkonen, pf.

BIS CD-209

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Auric, G. Adieu New York (1918). Marcelo Bratke, pf.

Olympia OCD 487 6 Honegger, A. Pastorale d’été, symphonic poem (1920). Bavarian RSO/Charles Dutoit.

Erato 2292-45242-2 8

Nadia Boulanger 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore

Durey, L. Hommage à Eric Satie (1916); Chansons basques, op 23 (1919). François Le Roux, bar; Graham Johnson, pf.

Hyperion CDA67257 7

Geoffrey Payne 20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Musica Viva presents Ray Chen with Timothy Young Recorded by Greg Simmons for FINE MUSIC

Tailleferre, G. Sonata (1957). Isabelle Moretti, hp.

Harmonia Mundi 7905 184 9

Mozart, W. Sonata no 22 in A, K305 (1778). 16

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Raj Gopalakrishnan

Poulenc, F. Suite française (1935). French NO/ Charles Dutoit.

Decca 476 2181 12

Dukas, P. Ballet: La péri (1912). New York PO/ Pierre Boulez.

Sony SMK 68 333 19

14:00 THE BOULANGER LEGACY Prepared by David Ogilvie

Alla gitana. Jirí Tancibudek, ob; John Champ, pf.

LP ABC RRCS 569 4 Overture to Polyeucte (1891). BBC PO/Yan Pascal Tortelier.

Chandos CHAN 241-32 15 Prélude élégiaque. Kenji Fujimura, pf.

Move MD 3369

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Andante, from Symphony in C (1895-96). BBC PO/Yan Pascal Tortelier.

Chandos CHAN 241-32 15

Copland, A. The cat and the mouse (1921); Passacaglia (1922). Robert Silverman, pf.

Orion MAR 3112 10 Thomson, V. Sentimental tango no 2 (1923).

Bennett Lerner, pf.

Etcetera KTC 1019 2 Piston, W. String quartet no 1 (1933). Harlem Quartet.

Naxos 8.559630 17

Vivement, avec legerete, from Sonata in E flat minor (1899-1901). Chantal Stigliani, pf.

Naxos 8.557053 10

Thomson, V. Suite from Louisiana story (1948).

New London O/Ronald Corp.

Hyperion CDA66576 21

The sorcerer’s apprentice (1897). Montreal SO/ Charles Dutoit.

Decca 421 527-2 12

Copland, A. Appalachian spring (1938). Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz.

Delos DE 3154 24

10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Jan Brown Berlioz, H. Overture: King Lear, op 4 (1831).

Elizabeth Green, ob; San Diego SO/Yoav Talmi.

Naxos 8.550999 15 Saint-Saëns, C. Violin concerto no 3 in B minor, op 61 (1880). Gil Shaham, vn; New York PO/Giuseppe Sinopoli.

DG 429 786-2 31 Schumann, R. Symphony no 3 in E flat, op 97, Rhenish (1850). Polish NRSO/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.553082 32

Copland, A. Symphony for organ and orchestra (1924). Paul Jacobs, org; San Francisco SO/ Michael Tilson Thomas.

San Francisco Symphony recording 27 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Marilyn Schock 19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey

Prokofiev, S. Sonata no 2 in D, op 94 (1944). 26 Bach, J.S. Partita no 3 in E, BWV1006 (c1718-23). 16 Sarasate, P. de Spanish dances (pub. 1878-82): Habanera, op 21 no 2; Playera, op 23 no 1. 10 Zigeunerweisen, op 20 (pub. 1878).

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Introduction and tarantella, op 43.

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Massenet, J. Meditation, from Thaïs.

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Ray Chen, vn; Timothy Young, pf (all above) 21:40 REFLECTIONS Prepared by Elaine Siversen Debussy, C. Reflections in the water, from Images, Set 1 (1905). Roy Howat, pf.

Fine Music Tape Archive 17 22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Haydn, the voice and the orchestra Prepared by Elaine Siversen Haydn, J. Cello concerto no 2 in D, Hob.VIIb:2 (1783). Daniel Müller-Schott, vc; Australian CO/ Richard Tognetti.

Orfeo C 080 031 A 25 Missa in angustiis, Hob.XXII:11, Nelson Mass (1798). Felicity Lott, sop; Carolyn Watkinson, mezz; Maldwyn Davies, ten; David WilsonJohnson, bass; Nicholas Parle, org; English Concert & Choir/Trevor Pinnock.

Decca 478 3640 42 Symphony in G, Hob.I:92, Oxford (1789).

Freiburg Baroque O/René Jacobs.

Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908601.30

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Trumpet concerto in E flat, Hob.Vlle:1 (1796).

Geoffrey Payne, tpt; Melbourne SO/Michael Halász.

ABC 476 4110 15 March 2015

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Friday 13 March 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Exploring chamber Prepared by Sheila Catzel Boccherini, L. String quintet in C, op 30 no 6 (1780). Eckart Runge, vc; Daniel Tummer, castanets; Cuarteto Casals.

Harmonia Mundi HMG 902092 14 Myaskovsky, N. Sonata no 1, op 12. Truls Mørk, vc; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pf.

Virgin 5 45119 2 20 Dvorák, A. Five bagatelles, op 47 (1878). The Lindsays.

ASV DCS 446 17 Busoni, F. Sonata in C (1876). Cristiano Rossi, vn; Marco Vincenzi, pf.

Dynamic CDS 87 12 Strauss, R. Trio no 1 in A (1877). Amelia Piano Trio.

Naxos 8.570896 16 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Frank Morrison Verdi, G. Overture to Luisa Miller (1849). State of Mexico SO/Enrique Bátiz.

ASV DCA 856 6 Kozeluch, L. Clarinet concerto in E flat (bef. 1790).

Emma Johnson, cl; Royal PO/Günther Herbig.

ASV DCA 763 22 Shostakovich, D. Symphony no 10 in E minor, op 43 (1953). London PO/Bernard Haitink.

Decca 425 064-2 55

Gesualdo, C. Two motets (arr. Maxwell Davies). Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble.

ABC 446 735-2 Stradella, A. Sinfonia XI. The Rare Fruits Council; Manfredo Kraemer, vn & dir.

Ambronay AMY028

Berwald, F. String quartet no 3 in E flat (1849).

Yggdrasil Quartet.

BIS CD-759 22 8

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Leclair, J-M. Violin concerto in G minor, op 10 no 6 (1745). Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage vn & dir.

Chandos CHAN 0589 17 Mozart, W. Mass no 19 in D minor, K626, Requiem (1791; compl. Süssmayr). Arleen Augér, sop; Carolyn Watkinson, cont; Siegfried Jerusalem, ten; Siegmund Nimsgern, bass; Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart; Bach Collegium Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling.

Sony 88697529902 14 15:00 MUSIC OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION Prepared by Gael Golla Méhul, É-N. Overture to La chasse du jeune Henri (1797). Brittany O/Stefan Sanderling.

ASV DCA 1140 11 Devienne, F. Sonata in C, op 70 no 1 (1798-99).

Peter Bree, ob; Roderick Shaw, fp.

Etcetera KTC 1084 14 Jadin, H. String quartet, op 4 no 1 (1798).

Rasumovsky Quartet.

ASV GAU 151

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Pleyel, I. Serenade no 1 in F (1790). Wind Octet of the Strasbourg PO. LP Erato STU 71278 18 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Lloyd Capps 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron

12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell

20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Judy Ekstein

13:00 HIGHLIGHTS FROM DER FREISCHÜTZ Prepared by Yvonne Laki

Borodin, A. Overture to Prince Igor (1887; orch. Glazunov). Royal Liverpool PO/Charles Mackerras.

Virgin VC 7 91174-2 11

Excerpts from Der Freischütz (1821). Gundula Janowitz, sop; Edith Mathis; sop; Peter Schreier, ten; Günther Leib, ten; Theo Adam, bass; Gerhard Paul, voice; Radio Choir, Leipzig; Staatskapelle Dresden/Carlos Kleiber.

DG 415 434-2 52 34

14:00 DEATH BY MURDER Prepared by Stephen Wilson

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Mendelssohn, F. Quintet in C minor (1822; arr. Baermann). Dieter Klöcker, cl; members of Consortium Classicum.

Orfeo C314 941 A 22

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

Teldec 4509-91184-2

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Brahms, J. Trio in C, op 87 (1880-82). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Lynn Harrell, vc; Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf.

EMI 7 54725 2 28 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Bach returns to his cantatas: 1723 Prepared by Philip Lidbury Bach, J.S. Cantata, BWV147: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (1723). Yukari Nonoshita, sop; Robin Blaze, ct; Gerd Türk, ten; Peter Kooij, bass; Bach Collegium, Japan/Masaaki Suzuki.

BIS CD-9027/29 30 Telemann, G. Overture in C, TWV55:C3, Hamburg ebb and flow (1723). Bremen Baroque O/Wolfgang Helbich. cpo 999 373-2

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Handel, G. Vieni, o figlio, from Ottone, HWV15 (1723). Bernardette Greevey, cont; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Raymond Leppard.

7 Decca 461 593-2 Colin de Blamont, F. Greek and Roman festivals (1723). Les Ombres.

Ambronay AMY301

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Marais, M. Sonate à la Marésienne, from La gamme et autres morceaux de simphonie (1723). Spectre de la Rose.

Naxos 8.553081 13 Bach, J.S. Cantata, BWV75: Die Elenden sollen essen (1723). Carolyn Sampson, sop; Daniel Taylor, alto; Mark Padmore, ten; Peter Kooij, bass; Collegium Vocal/Philippe Herreweghe.

Harmonia Mundi HML 5908357.59 20

Saturday 14 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett 9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:30 GREAT ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL WORKS North of the Border Prepared by Stephen Wilson Coles, C. From the Scottish Highlands (190507). BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins.

Hyperion CDA67293 13 Albert, E. d’ Acht Klavierstücke, op 5. Piers Lane, pf.

Hyperion CDA66945 29 Mackenzie, A. Violin concerto in C sharp minor, op 32 (1884-85). Malcolm Stewart, vn; Royal Scottish NO/Vernon Handley.

Hyperion CDA66975 31 Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 3 in A minor, op 56 (1842). Gewandhaus O/Kurt Masur. apex 0927 49817 2 38 11:30 ON PARADE With the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble Prepared by Robert Small Bryant, S. Dusk (2004).

Naxos 8.572129

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Gould, M. Symphony no 4, West Point (1952).

Naxos 8.572629 21 University of Kansas Wind Ensemble/Scott Weiss (2 above) 12:00 A LITTLE TASTE OF JAZZ with Rob Thomas 13:00 BAROQUE TO CLASSICAL GEMS Prepared by Frank Morrison Gabrielli, D. Concerto a 6. David Staff, tpt; Mark Bennett, tpt; St James’ Baroque Players/ Ivor Bolton.

Teldec 4509-91192-2 6 Vivaldi, A. Stabat Mater in F minor, RV621.

Marion Newman, cont; Ariadia Ensemble/ Kevin Mallon.

Naxos 8.557852 19 Telemann, G. Double concerto in E minor (c1718).

Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood.

L’ Oiseau-Lyre 411 949-2 14 Dussek, J. Trio sonata in D, op 31 no 2 (c1795).

Trio 1790. cpo 999 583-2 13 14:00 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD with Maureen Meers Nostalgic music and artists from the 30s, 40s and 50s and occasionally beyond, in a trip down many memory lanes

15:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Giovanna Grech Auber, D-F-E. Laughing song, from Manon Lescaut (1856). Amelia Farrugia, sop; BBC SO/ Alexander Briger.

Decca 987 5237 4 Cimarosa, D. Pria che spunti in ciel l’aurora, from The secret marriage (1792). Juan Diego Flórez, ten; Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Ch & O/Carlo Rizzi.

Decca 475 550-2 7 Mascagni, P. Intermezzo, from Cavalleria rusticana (1890). West Australian SO/David Measham.

ABC 442 377-2 3 Leoncavallo, R. Angioletto, il tuo nome? from Zazà (1900). Renée Fleming, sop; Barbara Vignudelli, sop; Emma Latis, voice; Milan Symphony Ch & O/Marco Armiliato.

Decca 478 1533 11 15:30 MUSICA VIVA PRESENTS THE BORODIN QUARTET Recorded by Greg Simmons and Joanne Wroblewska for FINE MUSIC Beethoven, L. String quartet in G, op 18 no 2 (1798-1800).

24 Shostakovich, D. String quartet no 8 in C minor, op 110 (1960).

23 Tchaikovsky, P. String quartet no 2 in F, op 22 (1874) 36 Sweet dream, from Children’s album, op 39. 2 Borodin Quartet (all above) 17:05 A LIGHT TOUCH Prepared by Heather Sykes Easton, M. Cocktail suite (1982). Darryl Coote, Max Cooke, pf.

Move MD 3158 10 Piccolo concerto. Frederick Shade, picc; Academy of Melbourne/Brett Kelly.

Screen Themes ST5005 13 17:30 ARTS IN FOCUS 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Organ Music Society of Sydney Prepared by Andrew Grahame Krebs, J.L. Trio in E flat.

Fuga in A minor.

Priory PRCD 734 (2 above) Toccata and fugue in E. Priory PRCD 735 9 Chorale preludes: Meinem Jesum lass ich nicht; Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern.

Priory PRCD 736 7 Chorale preludes: Wir glauben all an einem Gott, Vater; Jesu, meines Lebens Leben.

Priory PRCD 737 8 Preludium and fuga in F minor.

Priory PRCD 738 5 Fuga in G minor.

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Choral preludes: Wir glauben all an einem Gott, Vater; Heut triumphiret Gottes Sohn. 8 Priory PRCD 739 (2 above) 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers Bernstein, L. Excerpts from On the town (1944). Nancy Walker, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, John Reardon, Cris Alexander, voices; O/Leonard Bernstein.

Columbia SK 60538 19 Yeston, M. Folies bergère, from Nine (1982). Liliane Montevecchi, Stephanie Cotsirilos, voices.

7 Coleman, C. Come follow the band, from Barnum (1980). Jim Dale, voice.

4 Sony Broadway SK 53541 (2 above) Bernstein, L. Excerpts from West Side story (1957). Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence, voices; original Broadway cast.

Columbia SK 60724 19 20:00 NO DRUMS NO TRUMPETS Prepared by Stephen Wilson Wirén, D. Serenade in G for string orchestra, op 11 (1937). National Arts Centre O of Canada/ Eduardo Mata.

RCA RCD1-5362 14 Britten, B. Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, op 10 (1937). Camerata Nordica/Terje Tønnesen.

BIS 2060 27 Haydn, J. Organ concerto in C, Hob.XVIII:1 (1756). Gábor Lehotka, org; Budapest Strings.

Hungaroton HCD 31175 23 Hill, A. Symphony no 13 in A minor (1935/50).

Strings of West Australian SO/Tibor Paul.

LP ABC AC 1015 25 Ireland, J. Concertino pastorale (1939).

Westminster Cathedral String O/Colin Mawby.

LP Unicorn UNS 260 19 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Rex Burgess Vivaldi, A. Trio sonata in D, RV84. Darja Grossheide, fl; Gabriele Nussberger, baroque vn; Robert Nikolayczik, vc; Willi Kronenberg, hpd.

Naxos 8.557573 7 Schubert, F. Concerto in A minor, D821, Arpeggione (1824; arr.). Alexander Labko, va d’amore; RIAS Sinfonietta/Jirí Stárek.

Musica Mundi 316 023 F1 23 Berwald, F. Grand septet (1842). Gervase de Peyer, cl; Melos Ensemble.

EMI 5 65995 2 23 Haydn, J. Trumpet concerto in E flat, Hob. Vlle:1 (1796). Maurice André, tpt; Munich CO/ Hans Stadlmair.

Decca 478 4664 15 Gluck, C. Don Juan, or the stone guest’s banquet ballet (1761). English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner.

Erato 2564 69562-0 45 March 2015

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Sunday 15 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Terry McMullen 9:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Paul Hopwood Arnold, M. String quartet no 1, op 23 (1949).

McCapra Quartet.

Chandos CHAN 9112 18 Onslow, G. Grand sextet, op 77b (1849). Marc Marder, db; Jean Hubeau, pf; Members of Nielsen Quintet. apex 0927 49536 2 33 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Di Cox Myslivecek, J. Overture to Romolo ed Ersilia (1773). Orfeo Baroque O/Michi Gaigg. cpo 777 050-2 9 Cramer, J. Sonata in F, op 27 no 1 (1802). Ian Hobson, pf.

Arabesque Z 6595 19 Haydn, J. String quartet in G minor, Hob.III:74 (1793). Kodály Quartet.

Naxos 8.550396 21 Weber, C.M. Clarinet concerto no 2 in E flat, op 74 (1811). City of London Sinfonia/Michael Collins, cl & dir.

Chandos CHAN 10702 22 Schubert, F. Excerpts from Rosamunde, D797 (1823). Anne-Sofie von Otter, mezz; Ernst-Senff Chor; CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado.

DG 431 655-2 37 12:00 SPEAK EASY, SWING HARD with Richard Hughes 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide 14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL The great orchestrators: Berlioz Prepared by Elaine Siversen Berlioz, H. Love scene, from Romeo and Juliet, op 17 (1839). Sydney SO/Robert Pikler.

Chandos CHAN 6587 17 Gluck, C. Suite du divertissement, from Iphigenia in Aulis (1774). Rhenish CO/Jan Corazolla.

Christophorus CHE 0064-2

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Beethoven, L. Symphony no 2 in D, op 36 (1801-02). Vienna PO/Simon Rattle.

EMI 5 57448 2 32 Berlioz, H. Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, op 15 (1840). John Alldis Choir; Dennis Wick, tb; London SO/Colin Davis.

Philips 442 290-2 35 36

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Royal hunt and storm; March; from The Trojans (1856-58). City of Birmingham O/Louis Frémaux.

EMI CDM 1 66434-2 15

18:00 BEST OF OCTETS Prepared by Frank Morrison

16:00 GLORIOUS VENICE Prepared by Susan Briedis

Mendelssohn, F. String octet in E flat, op 20 (1825). London Concertante.

Zum CD0722 32

Dalza, J. Pavana alla Veneziana (pub. 1508).

New World Consort.

CBC Records MVCD 1044 3

Beethoven, L. Octet in E flat, op 103 (1792).

Mozzafiato/Charles Neidich.

Sony SK 53367 22

Gabrieli, A. Jubilate Deo. Gentlemen of the Chappell; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.

ASV GAU 122 3

19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Bassano, G. Vestiva i colli. Kithara.

Chandos CHAN 0562

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Gabrieli, G. Sonata pian e forte (pub. 1597).

His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.

ASV GAU 122 5 Monteverdi, C. Vespro della Beata Vergine: IIIa Magnificat a 7 (1612). Ann Monoyios, sop; Marinella Pennicchi, sop; Michael Chance, ct; Mark Tucker, ten; Nigel Robson, ten; Sandro Naglia, ten; Bryn Terfel, bass; Alastair Miles, bass; Monteverdi Choir; London Oratory Junior Choir; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner.

Decca 478 3640 18 Vivaldi, A. Concerto in D for violin, two oboes, two horns and strings (1716). King’s Consort/Robert King.

Hyperion CDA67073

Debussy, C. From dawn to noon on the sea, from La mer (1905). London SO/Charles Mackerras.

9 Centaur CRC 2090 Bernstein, L. On the waterfront, symphonic suite (1954). New York PO/Leonard Bernstein.

CBS MYK 44773 20 Dvorák, A. Symphonic poem: The water goblin, op 107 (1896). Polish NSO/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.550896 21 Handel, G. Water music, suite no 2 in F, HWV349 (c1715/36). Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall.

Astrée E 8512 30 20:30 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Sheila Catzel

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17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Richard Munge Hymns: Be thou my vision; Dear Lord and Father of mankind. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; Benjamin Bayl, org; Thomas Williamson, org; Stephen Cleobury, cond.

EMI 7243 5 57026 2 9

Tyberg, M. Trio in F (1935-36). Michael Ludwig, vn; Roman Mekinulov, vc; Ya-Fei Chuang, pf.

Naxos 8.572236 24 Myaskovsky, N. String quartet no 13 in A minor, op 86 (1949). Leningrad Taneyev Quartet.

Melodiya MA 3006

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Blanc, A. Septet, op 40. Octuor de France.

Caliope CAL 9384 27

Hymn: Jesus the name high over all; Psalm 27: The Lord is my light. Choir of St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney; Mark Quarmby, org; Michael Deasey, cond.

STA 0201 9

Franck, C. Quintet in F minor (1878-79).

Richard Friedman, vn; Steven Smith, vn; Christopher Wellington, va; Ross Pople, vc; Pascal Rogé, pf.

ASV DCA 769 34

Blair, H. Magnificat; Nunc dimittis. Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral, London; Christopher Dearnley, org; John Scott, cond.

Helios CDH 55401 11

22:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Nev Dorrington

Gardiner, H. Evening hymn (1908). Choir of St George’s Chapel, Windsor; Roger Judd, org; Timothy Byram-Wigfield, cond.

Delphian DCD 34048 6 Britten, B. Missa brevis. Choir of Canterbury Cathedral; Michael Harris, org; David Flood, cond.

York 120 10 Dubois, T. Toccata in G. David Swale, org.

5UV Records SP5UV001

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Hoppé, M. This majestic land; Lachrymosa; Pie Jesu. Heidi Fielding, sop; Prague SO; Michael Hoppe, pf.

Spring Hill Music SHM 60422 10 Preisner, Z. Life; The beginning; Destiny; Kai kairos, from Requiem for my friend (1997-8). Varsov Chamber Choir; Sinfonia Varsovia/Jacek Kaspszyk.

Erato 3984 241 46 19 Silence, night and dreams. Teresa Salgueiro, sop; Tomy Cully, treb; Aukso O/Marek Mos. AMI 9463 93999 57

Monday 16 March

Rainer Honeck 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Robert Small 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Chris Blower Chopin, F. Etude, op 25 no 7 (1836; arr. Maisky); Nocturne in C minor, op posth (1837; arr.

Maisky). Mischa Maisky, vc; Daria Hovora, pf.

DG 439 863-2 11 Nocturnes (arr. Rutter): op 9 no 2 (1830-31); op 15 no 2 (1830-31); op 32 no 1 (1836-37). Jane Rutter, fl; Gerard Willems, pf.

ABC 476 647-5 12 Nocturne in E flat, op 55 no 2 (arr. Saint-Saëns; Waltz in E minor, op posth (arr. Ysaÿe); Ballade no 1 in G minor, op 23 (arr. Ysaÿe). Philippe Graffin, vn; Pascal Devoyon, pf.

Helios CDH55353 19 24 preludes, op 28 (1839; arr. Françaix). Berlin RSO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher.

Schwann 311 060 H1 39 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Elaine Siversen Mozart, W. Symphony no 19 in E flat, K132 (1772). Concentus Musicus Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Teldec 9031-74728-2 25

Mariss Jansons Strauss, R. A hero’s life: Tone poem, op 40 (1897-98). Rainer Honeck, vn; Vienna PO/ Christian Thielemann.

DG 479 1426 47 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan 13:00 SONATAS THROUGH THE AGES Prepared by Gael Golla Scarlatti, D. Sonatas in A, Kk208 and Kk209.

Kate Clark, fl; Nicholas Parle, hpd.

Fine Music Tape Archive 5 Corelli, A. Trio sonata in B minor, op 4 no 12 (pub. 1694). Purcell Quartet.

Chandos CHAN 0532 5 Beethoven, L. Sonata in F, op 17 (1800).

Hermann Baumann, hn; Leonard Hokanson, pf.

Philips 416 816-2 15 Sor, F. Grand solo, op 14 (c1814). Slava Grigorian, gui.

ABC 472 224-2

14:30 ALPHABETICAL COMPOSERS The Rs part 1 Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Rossini, G. Overture to William Tell (1829).

Philharmonia O/Carlo Maria Giulini.

EMI 5 62802 2 12 Ravel, M. La valse (1921). Los Angeles PO/ Zubin Mehta.

Decca 475 7470 12 Rameau, J-P. Excerpts from Hippolyte et Aricie (1733). Véronique Gens, sop; Les Talens Lyrique/Christophe Rousset.

MBF 1108 11 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Scheherazade, symphonic suite, op 35 (1888). London PO/ Mariss Jansons.

EMI 5 55227-2 45 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett

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Brahms, J. Sonata no 2 in A, op 100 (1886).

Anne-Sophie Mutter, vn; Lambert Orkis, pf.

DG 477 8767 19 Hindemith, P. Sonata (1939). Håkan Hardenberger, tpt; Roland Pöntinen, pf.

Philips 426 144-2

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Vine, C. Sonata II. Roberto Cominati, pf.

ABC 454 975-2

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19:00 JAZZ NICE ‘N EASY with Ken Weatherley 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson

Glinka, M. Spanish overture no 2, Memory of a summer night in Madrid (1851). Armenian PO/Loris Tjeknavorian.

ASV DCA 1075 10 March 2015

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Tuesday 17 March 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Weber, C.M. Symphony no 1 in C (1806).

London SO/Hans Hubert Schönzeler.

Guild GMCD 7138

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

McMillan, A. The beacon (1997).

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Sculthorpe, P. Djilile (1988).

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McMillan, A. Let me lie along the length (1997).

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An age turf tumbled (1997).

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Mendelssohn, F. Song without words, op 19 no 1 (1834).

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

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Gershwin, G. Prelude no 2 in C sharp minor (1925).

3 Brahms, J. Intermezzo in A, op 118 no 2 (1892). 8 Rachmaninov, S. Prelude in D, op 23 no 4 (1903).

6 Hyde, M. Concert study no 3 in C sharp minor (1935).

Wayfarer ISD 29663E (2 above) 4 Aaron McMillan, pf (all above) Wayfarer ISD 29663-4 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Angela Bell Haydn, J. Symphony in D, Hob.I:53 (c1778-79).

Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Doráti.

Decca 425 915-2 22 Tchaikovsky, P. Variations on a rococo theme, op 33 (1876). Truls Mørk, vc; Oslo PO/Mariss Jansons.

Virgin VC 7 59325 2 19 Handel, G. Suite from Rodrigo, HWV5 (1706).

Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman.

Hyperion CDA67053 16 fineMusic 102.5

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Farewell bliss and farewell Nancy, from 25 Irish songs, WoO 152 (1814). Alexander Young, ten. 3 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar; Andreas Roehn, vn; Georg Donderer, vc; Karl Engel, pf (3 above) DG 480 0385

13:00 DEUTSCHE WELLE CONCERT HOUR By courtesy of Radio Deutsche Welle Prepared by Phil Vendy

Schumann, R. Fantasie in C, op 17 (1836-38). 30

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12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: Aaron McMillan Prepared by Anne Irish

Liszt, F. Consolation no 3.

The pulse of an Irishman; Put round the bright wine, from 12 Irish songs, WoO154 (1816).

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Bach, J.S. My soul glorifies the Lord, from Fugue on the Magnificat, BWV733; Kyrie: God the Father in eternity, BWV669; Consultation to the entire world, BWV670; Kyrie: God, holy spirit, BWV671. Ullrich Böhme, org.

Magnificat in D, BWV243. Julia Sophia Wagner, sop; Susanne Krumbiegel, mezz; Benno Schachtner, alto; Martin Petzold, ten; Andreas Scheibner, bass; St Thomas’ Boys’ Choir, Leipzig; Tafelmusik Baroque O; Leipzig Baroque O/Gotthold Schwarz.

Radio Deutsche Welle transcription

Trad. My wild irish rose (arr. Jarrett). Shani Diluka, pf.

Mirare MIR 239

Sullivan, A. Symphony in E, Irish (1866). Royal Liverpool PO/Charles Groves.

EMI CDM 7 64726 2 36 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Andrew Dziedzic 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps

14:00 THE IRISH CONNECTION Prepared by Anne Irish

20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Stephen Wilson

Trad. Danny boy (arr. Grainger). Sydney SO/ Stuart Challender.

ABC 480 2944 4

22:00 INTO THE 20TH CENTURY Prepared by Di Cox

Stanford, C. Villiers Irish rhapsody no 3, op 137 (1913). Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Ulster O/ Vernon Handley.

Chandos CHAN 7002 14 Grainger, P. Irish tune from county Derry (1911). Leslie Howard, pf.

ABC 464 192-2

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Field, J. Irish dance: Go to the devil (c1797).

Míceál O’Rourke, pf.

Chandos CHAN 9315 4 Duff, A. Irish suite for strings. Irish CO/ Fionnuala Hunt.

Black Box BBM1003

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Esposito, M. Five Irish folk tunes, from My Irish sketchbook. Miceal O’Rourke, pf.

Chandos CHAN 9675 11 Stanford-Grainger Four Irish Dances, Maguire’s kick, op 79. Percy Grainger, reproducing pf.

Nimbus NI 8801

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Wirén, D. Serenade, op 11 (1937). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Decca 442 8196 15 Janácek, L. Sextet: Mládí (1924). Michael Harris, cl; Michael Thompson Wind Quintet.

Naxos 8.553851 17 Hindemith, P. Symphony Mathis der Maler (1934). Royal Concertgebouw O/Eugene Ormándy.

Radio Netherlands RCO 05001 25 Strauss, R. Traumlicht from Drei Männerchore (1935). Sons of Orpheus Choir/Eric Ericsson.

5 BIS CD-383 Bartók, B. Piano concerto no 3 (1945). Martha Argerich, pf; Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit.

EMI 5 56654 2 25 Bernstein, L. Symphonic suite, from On the waterfront (1954). Israel PO/Leonard Bernstein.

DG 415 253-2 22

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Beethoven, L. Once more I hail Thee, from 25 Irish songs, WoO 152 (1814).

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Wednesday 18 March 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Tom Forrester-Paton 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell 20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Michael Tesoriero Verdi, G. Aïda. Opera in four acts. Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, First performed Cairo, 1871.

Leo Nucci 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Field

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

Mozart, W. Overture to Lucio Silla, K135 (1772).

London SO/Peter Maag.

Decca 466 500-2 9

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Music of 18th century Prepared by Jennifer Foong

Schumann, R. Cello concerto in A minor, op 129 (1850). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; New PO/ Daniel Barenboim.

EMI CZS 5 68132 2 25

Handel, G. Overture to Admeto, re di Tessaglia, HWV22 (1727). Academy of Ancient Music.

Harmonia Mundi HMC901685 6

Elgar, E. Symphony no 1 in A flat (1907-08).

London PO/Georg Solti.

Decca 421387-2 49 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale

Dieupart, C. Concerto in A minor. Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel.

Archiv 447 644-2

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

Teldec 8.41062

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Clementi, M. The black joke with 21 variations, WoO10. Howard Shelley, pf.

Hyperion CDA 67850

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Abel, C. Allegro in F (c1770). Vittorio Ghielmi, bass viol.

Harmonia Mundi HMI 987063 1 Pepusch, J. Cantata V: Corydon (1710). Bergen Barokk.

BIS CD-965 9 Barsanti, F. Concerto grosso in D, op 3 no 4 (1743). Zdenek Tylsar, hn; Bedrich Tylsar, hn; Frantisek Thuri, hpd; Dvorák CO/Libor Pesek.

Supraphon 103907-2 11 Locatelli, P. Violin concerto in G, op 3 no 9 (pub. 1733). Giuliano Carmignola, vn; Venice Baroque O/Andrea Marcon.

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13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI Soprano, Jessica Harper Recorded by Greg Ghavalas 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans Each week we meet one of the world’s great musicians, singers, composers or conductors, along with up-and-comers and some of the men and women who influence the arts landscape. The program goes live to air so you never quite know what’s going to happen.

15:00 STRING SERENADES Prepared by Derek Parker Suk, J. Serenade in E flat, op 6 (1892). Prague Philharmonia/Jakub Hrusa.

Supraphon SU 3882-2 29 Wirén, D. Serenade in G, op 11 (1937).

Gothenburg RSO/Sixten Eckerberg.

Caprice CAP 21761

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Elgar, E. Serenade in E minor, op 20 (1892).

Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy.

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In ancient Egypt, Aïda, daughter of the Ethiopian king Amonasro, is a slave in the Pharaoh’s palace. Both Aida and Amneris, the Pharaoh’s daughter, are in love with Radamès, who is leading Egyptian troops against Ethiopia. He returns triumphant from the war with Amonasro his prisoner and is given .

Amneris as bride. Radamès, in love with Aïda, asks for the life of his prisoners. That night, Radamès farewells Aida. But Amonasro has persuaded her to ask Radamès to escape, bringing the Egyptians’ military plans. Amneris overhears them and alerts the guards.

Amonasro and Aïda escape, but Radamès is sentenced to death. Aïda hides in his tomb, revealing herself as it is sealed.

23:00 ELENA Prepared by Madilina Tresca Kats-Chernin, E. Blue silence (2006). Streeton Trio. www.streetontrio.com STRON002 8 Langsam (1994). Members of Perihelion.

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Tears from above, from Phoenix story (2007).

Pei-Sian Ng, vc; Pei-Jee Ng, vc.

Melba MR 301113 10 Torque (2002). James Crabb, accordion; Tamara Anna Cislowska, pf; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.

ABC 476 102-6 15 Three character interludes (2000-02). Jane Rayner, fl; Peter Lynch, gui.

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Thursday 19 March 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers 13:00 CHARPENTIER TO HAYDN Prepared by Frank Morrison Charpentier, M-A. Ballet music from Médée (1693). Les Arts Florissants/William Christie.

Erato 3984-26129-2 9 Quantz, J. Flute concerto in E minor. Jed Wentz, fl; Musica ad Rhenum/Florian Deuter.

Vanguard 99040 12 Peter Maag

Locatelli, P. Concerto grosso in F minor, op 1 no 8 (pub. 1721). Capella Istropolitana/Jaroslav Krecek.

Naxos 8.553446 14

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore

Haydn, J. String quartet in D, Hob.III:42 (1782).

Salomon Quartet.

Hyperion CDA66682 17

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Rex Burgess Milhaud, D. Carnaval d’Aix, op 83b (1926).

Josef Hála, pf; Prague SO/Jindrich Rohan.

Praga PR 250 007 19 Sonata, op 47 (1918). Jeanette Landré, fl; Pauline Oostenrijk, ob; Céleste Zerwald, cl; David Kuyken, pf.

RN Music MCCN120 20 Trio, op 274 (1947). String Trio of Paris.

Erato ECD 88254

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Grantham, E. Chaconne, In memoriam; Pièce d’occasion; The cuckoo and the duck; Fugue in G minor. Edward Grantham, carillon.

9 Fantasia in G minor. Lucy Koe, carillon.

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Toccata poloniensis; Adagio Sancta Catharina; Gdansk fugue in the Dorian mode. Amy Johansen, carillon.

11 14:30 THE CELLO OF YO-YO MA Prepared by Gael Golla

Le boeuf sur le toit, op 58 (1919). Ulster O/Yan Pascal Tortelier.

Chandos CHAN 9023 16

Bloch, E. Schelomo: Hebraic rhapsody (191516). Chicago SO/Alan Gilbert.

CSO Resound CSOR 901 801 23

10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans

Franck, C. Sonata in A (1886; transcr. Yo-Yo Ma). Kathryn Stott, pf.

Sony SK 87287 27 20

Roussel, A. Symphony no 3 in G minor, op 42 (1929-30). Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 8996 22 Elgar, E. Violin concerto in B minor, op 61 (1909-10). Jascha Heifetz, vn; London SO/ Malcolm Sargent.

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Piazzolla, A. Fugata. Antoni Agri, vn; Hector Console, db; Horacio Malvicino, gui; Nestor Marconi, ban; Kathryn Stott, pf.

Sony SK 63122 4 Elgar, E. Cello concerto in E minor, op 85 (1918-19). London SO/André Previn.

CBS M2K 44562 29 Yo-Yo Ma, vc (all above)

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Derek Parker 19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey 20:00 SCHUBERTIADE AT THE CON Recorded by George Hilgevoord for FINE MUSIC Schubert, F. Quintet in C, D956 (1828). Aram Zarazyan, vn; Rowan Harvey, vn; Francisco Regozo, va; Christina Christensen, vc; Georg Pedersen, vc. 49

Lettres d’Alissa, from Alissa, op 9 (1913/31).

Carole Farley, sop; John Constable, pf.

ASV DCA 810 10

Grieg, E. Holberg suite, op 40 (1884/85).

Bergen PO/Ole Kristian Ruud.

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14:00 70th ANNIVERSARY CARILLON RECITAL Part 2 Recorded by Greg Ghavalas for FINE MUSIC

Eugene Ormándy

Quintet in A, D667, Trout (1819). Ronald Thomas, vn; Alex Todicescu, va; Thomas Tsai, vc; Andrew Meisel, double bass; David Miller, pf.

34 21:30 SCHUBERT AND HEINE Prepared by Derek Parker Schubert, F. Ständchen, D957 no 4; Die Stadt, D957 no 11; Am Meer, D957 no 12; Der Doppelgänger, D957 no 13; Die Taubenpost, D957 no 14; Ihr Bild, D957 no 9; Das Fischermädchen, D957 no 10. Dietrich FischerDiskau, bar; Gerald Moore, pf.

DG 477 5765 24 22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Prepared by Judy Ekstein Berlioz, H. Overture: King Lear, op 4 (1831).

Elizabeth Green, ob; San Diego SO/Yoav Talmi.

Naxos 8.550999 15 Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 3 in A minor, op 56, Scottish (1842). London SO/Peter Maag.

Decca 443 578-2 38 Schumann, R. Concert piece in F, op 86 (1849).

Peter Damm, hn; Klaus Pietzonka, hn; Dieter Pansa, hn; Johannes Friemel, hn; Staatskkapelle Dresden/Siegfried Kurz.

Berlin Classics 0012882BC 19 Brahms, J. Double concerto in A minor, op 102 (1887). Issac Stern, vn; Leonard Rose, vc; Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormándy.

Sony SM2K 66 941 34

Friday 20 March 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

Benda, G. Cantata: Cephalus und Aurore (c1780). Emma Kirkby, sop; Timothy Roberts, fp.

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

Boccherini, L. Quintet in E flat, op 56 no 4 (1797). Ilario Gregoletto, fp; Ensemble Claviere.

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9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Exploring chamber Prepared by Brian Drummond

Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 21 in C, K467 (1785). Malcolm Bilson, fp; English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner.

Decca 479 1044 28

Schubert, F. The shepherd on the rock, D965 (1828). Jennifer Bates, sop; Nigel Westlake, cl; David Bollard, pf.

Tall Poppies TP011 12 Ibert, J. Entr’acte (1937). Virginia Taylor, fl; Timothy Kain, gui.

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Glazunov, A. Saxophone quartet, op 109 (1932). Rollin’ Phones.

BIS CD-466 27 Beethoven, L. Septet in E flat, op 20 (17991800). Gaudier Ensemble.

Hyperion CDA66513 38 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Anne Irish Tchaikovsky, P. Festive overture on the Danish national anthem, op 15 (1866). SO of Russia/Veronika Dudarova.

Olympia OCD 512 A&B 14 Sinding, C. Violin concerto no 1 in A, op 45 (1898). Henning Kraggerud, vn; Bournemouth SO/Bjarte Engeset.

Naxos 8.557266 21 Brahms, J. Symphony no 1 in C minor, op 68 (1876). Vienna PO/István Kertész.

Decca 448 197-2 47 12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell

14:30 A SPANISH FIESTA! Prepared by Marilyn Schock Ravel, M. Spanish rhapsody (1907). Detroit SO/Paul Paray.

Mercury 475 6268 15 Granados, E. Valses poéticos (1887). Pro Arte Guitar Trio.

ASV WHL 2061 15 Sarasate, P. de Malagueña; Habanera; Andalusian romance, op 22 no 1 (pub. 1878-82).

Ruggiero Ricci, vn; Louis Persinger, pf.

Decca 458 191-2 12 Rodrigo, J. Suite from Soleriana (1953).

Asturias SO/Maximiano Valdés.

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Elgar, E. Variations on an original theme, op 36, Enigma (1898-99). Czecho-Slovak RSO/ Adrian Leaper.

Naxos 8.554161 30 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Music in England before Henry VIII Prepared by Elaine Siversen Anon. Rota: Sumer is icumen in. Joculatores Upsalienses.

2 BIS CD-3 Various. Quene note; Gentilesse; Now wolde y fayne sum merthis mak; Tappster, drynker fylle another ale anon. Grand Désir.

Radio Nederland MCCP124 10 Anon. The Agincourt carol. Gothic Voices/ Christopher Page.

4 Hyperion CDS44252 Dunstaple, J. Agincourt hymn. Michael Murray, org.

Telarc 80169

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Quam pulchra es. Hilliard Ensemble.

Virgin 5 61342 2

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O rosa bella; Quodlibet, O rosa bella.

Joculatores Upsalienses.

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Anon. Estampie on See, wretched man, and judge (c1325). Stevie Wishart, fiddle; Jim Denley, perc.

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16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Brendan Walsh 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron 20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Frank Morrison Herbert, V. Cello concerto no 2 in E minor, op 30 (1894). Yo-Yo Ma, vc; New York PO/Kurt Masur.

Sony SK 67173 21

Davy, R. St Matthew Passion. Ian Partridge, ten; Christopher Keyte, bass; Purcell Consort of Voices; Choir of All Saints, Margaret Street/ Grayston Burgess.

LP Argo RG558 42 Holborne, A. Five dances. London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble.

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13:00 FORTEPIANO Prepared by Angela Bell

Gottschalk, L. Polka in A flat (1859). Richard Burnett, pf.

Amon Ra SAR 32 3

Taverner, J. Magnificat a 4: Nesciens mater.

The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.

Hyperion CDS44401/10 12

Clementi, M. Sonata in F, Wo03 (pub. c178990). Susan Alexander-Max, fp.

Naxos 8.570475 10

Bristow, G. Symphony in F, op 26 (1858).

Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 9169

Tallis, T. Spem in alium à 40. Tallis Scholars.

Gimell CDGIM 203 10

Haydn, J. Trio in D, Hob.XV:24 (1795). London Fortepiano Trio.

Hyperion CDA66297 18

Cramer, J. Quintet in B flat, op 79 (1832).

Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet.

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Byrd, W. Fantasia: The leeves be green. Musica Dolce/Clas Pehrsson.

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Saturday 21 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

14:00 OPERA IN CONCERT Prepared by Giovanna Grech

6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson

Wagner, R. Overture to Polonia (1836). Hong Kong PO/Varujan Kojian.

LP Marco Polo 6.220114 12

9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:30 GREAT ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL WORKS Travels in Italy Prepared by Di Cox Weber, C.M. Invitation to the dance (1819; orch. Berlioz). London SO/Charles Mackerras.

Mercury 434 352-2 10 Paganini, N. Violin concerto no 1 in D, op 6 (1817-18). Salvatore Accardo, vn; London PO/ Charles Dutoit.

DG 437 210 2 38 Liszt, F. Après une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi sonata, from Years of pilgrimage, bk 2 (1837-49). Leslie Howard, pf.

Hyperion CDA67233/4 18 Berlioz, H. Harold in Italy, op 16 (1834).

Nobuko Imai, va; London SO/Colin Davis.

Philips 442 290-2 42 11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher Puccini, G. One fine day, from Madama Butterfly. Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee.

AMP 27183 3 Respighi, O. Pines of Rome. Cory Band/ Robert Childs.

Doyen DOY CD 239 Weinberger, J. Polka and fugue, from Schwanda the bagpiper. Dallas Wind Symphony/Frederick Fennell.

Reference Recordings RR-58CD Simon, F. Willow echoes. David Hickman, cornet; American Serenade Band/Henry Charles Smith.

Summit DCD 121 Stanhope, D. Little ripper. Elder Conservatorium Wind Ensemble/Robert Hower.

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13:00 CHINESE MOSAIC Prepared by Paolo Hooke An exploration of the best of Chinese classical, traditional and film music fineMusic 102.5

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Verdi, G. Perfidi! all’anglo contra me v’unite, from Macbeth (1847). Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; Metropolitan Opera O/James Levine.

DG 445 866-2 5 Gounod, C. Va! je t’ai pardonné, from Roméo et Juliette (1867). Anna-Lisa Björling, sop; Jussi Björling, ten; San Francisco Opera O/Gaetano Merola.

Naxos 8.110142 10 Verdi, G. Ballet music from Don Carlos (1867).

Monte Carlo National Opera O/Antonio de Almeida.

Philips 422 846-2 16 Massenet, J. Je suis seul, from Manon (1884).

Roberto Alagna, ten; Royal Opera House O/ Richard Armstrong.

EMI 5 56117 2 4 Bellini, V. A te o cara, from I puritani (1835).

Maria Callas, sop; Giuseppe di Stefano, ten; Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, bass; Carlo Forti, bass; La Scala Ch & O/Tullio Serafin.

EMI CDC 7 54016 2 6 15:00 A TASTE OF IRELAND Prepared by Brendan Walsh Field, J. Rondo in A flat (1812). Míceál O’Rourke, pf; London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 9534 7 Harty, H. Londonderry air. Ulster O/Bryden Thomson.

Chandos CHAN 7035 5

12:00 A LITTLE TASTE OF JAZZ with Rob Thomas

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Cherubini, L. Nemici senza cor, from Medea (1797). Gwyneth Jones, sop; Bruno Prevedi, ten; St Cecilia Academy O/Lamberto Gardelli.

Decca 440 844-2 5

Steiner, M. Main theme from The informer (1935). Ambrosian Singers; National PO/Charles Gerhardt.

RCA Victor 5 Vivaldi, A. Flute concerto in D, RV428, Il gardellino (pub. c1728; ed. Galway). Malcolm Proud, hpd; New Irish CO/James Galway, fl & dir.

RCA RD 60450 9 Harty, H. In Ireland (1915). Colin Fleming, fl; Denise Kelly, hp; Ulster O/Bryden Thomson.

Chandos CHAN 6583 9

St. John, P. The fields of Athenry. Paddy Reilly, voice.

5 IRISH CD1 Stanford, C. Villiers Fantasy no 1 for clarinet and string quartet (1921). Robert Plane, cl; Mia Cooper, vn; David Adams, va; members of Gould Piano Trio.

Naxos 8.570416 12 Moloney, P. Planxty Bunting. Chieftains; Belfast Harp O. RCA Victor 61490-2

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Herbert, V. Excerpts from The red mill (1906).

Razumovsky SO/Keith Brion.

Marco Polo 8.223843 10 Jarre, M. Suite from Ryan’s daughter (1970).

Royal PO/Maurice Jarre.

9 Music Club MCCD 277 Moeran, E.J. Rhapsody no 2 (1924/41). London PO/Adrian Boult.

Lyrita SRCD.248 13 Bennand - Boberg. The old rugged cross; How great thou art. Frank Patterson, ten; Irish Prom O/Peter Knight.

8 Shillelagh SH 3093 Fleischmann, A. Elizabeth MacDermott Roe (1941). Irish CO/Fionnuala Hunt.

7 Black Box BBM1003 Balfe, M. I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, from The Bohemian girl (1843). Joan Sutherland, sop; New Philharmonia O/Richard Bonynge.

5 ABC 468 513-2 Larchet, J. Nocturne. RTE Sinfonietta/ Proinnsias O’Duinn.

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Puccini, G. Bimba degli occhi; Un bel di, from Madama Butterfly (1904). Margaret Sheridan, sop; Lionello Cecil, ten; La Scala O/Carlo Sabajno.

7 RCM 89001-2 Trad. Over the fields to Maggie. Matt Molloy and Ensemble.

6 Real World CDRW 26 Coulter, P. The old man. Phil Coulter, voice & pf.

Four Seasons FSCD 015 Mozart, W. Il mio tesoro, from Don Giovanni, K527 (1787). John McCormack, ten.

4 Nimbus NI 7801 Davey, S. Theme; Newfoundland, from The Brendan voyage suite (1980). Liam O’Flynn, uileann pipes; RTE SO/Noel Kelehan.

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Saturday 21 March 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Classical Guitar Society Prepared by Dan Sharkey Granados, E. Spanish dance no 4, Vilanesca.

Gareth Koch, gui.

Artworks AW026 5 Lindsey-Clarke, V. Prelude and recollection waltz (1993). Vincent Lindsey-Clarke, gui.

New Classical CDNC 465357-4 10 Machado, C. Dancas populares brasileiras.

Guitar Trek.

ABC 476 3389 10 Dyens, R. Ga-jol dance (1992). Eden-Stell Guitar Duo. BGS 112 6 Piazzolla, A. Two tangos: Autumn; Winter.

Daniel McKay, gui.

Daniel McKay 2009 AMC 2530 10 Borges, R. Vals venezolano. John Williams, gui.

Sony SK 90451 3 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Sue Jowell There is nothing like a dame: musicals about women 20:00 DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY The noughts Prepared by Rex Burgess Balakirev, M. Symphonic poem: In Bohemia (1906). BBC PO/Vassily Sinaisky.

Chandos CHAN 9667 12 Medtner, N. Three nocturnes, op 16 (1909).

Laurence Kayaleh, vn; Paul Stewart, pf.

Naxos 8.570298 14 Mahler, G. Rückert-Lieder (1902). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; North German RSO/ John Eliot Gardiner.

DG 439 928-2 20 Ravel, M. Gaspard de la nuit (1908). Pascal Rogé, pf.

Decca 440 836 2 21 Schoenberg, A. Symphonic poem: Pelleas and Melisande, op 5 (1902-03). Sydney SO/Edo de Waart.

ABC 454 514-2 42 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Chris Blower Fucik, J. Concert overture: Marinarella. Czech PO/Vaclav Neumann.

LP Orfeo 8.223516 11 Romberg, A. Quintet in E flat, op 57. Thea King, cl; Britten String Quartet.

Hyperion CDA66479 23 Mozart, W. Regina coeli, laetare, in B flat, K127 (1772). Mária Zádori, sop; Ensemble Vocal Savaria & Bach Singers; Capella Savaria/Pál Németh.

Harmonia Mundi QUI 903015 15 Dubois, T. Concerto-capriccioso in C minor (1876). Cédric Tiberghien, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Andrew Manze.

Hyperion CDA67931 16 Vaughan Williams, R. Job, a masque for dancing (1930). English Northern Philharmonia/ David Lloyd-Jones.

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Sunday 22 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett 9:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Prepared by Rex Burgess Leclair, J-M. Sonata in E minor, op 9 no 2 (pub. 1743). Convivium.

Hyperion CDA67068 19 Buxtehude, D. Sonata in G minor, op 2 no 3 (pub. 1696). Boston Museum Trio.

Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901089 12 Mozart, W. Divertimento no 9 in B flat, K240 (1776). Hansjörg Schellenberger, ob; Burkhard Rohde, ob; Günter Piesk, bn; Henning Trog, bn; Gerd Seifert, hn; Manfred Klier, hn.

Orfeo C 152 861 A 12 Mahler, G. Quartet in A minor (1876). Gidon Kremer, vn; Veronika Hagen, va; Clemens Hagen, vc; Oleg Maisenberg, pf.

DG 477 8825 11 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Sheila Catzel Pugnani, G. Overture no 1 in D. Ensemble L’Astrée.

Symphonia SY 93S21 13 Soler, A. Sonata in D. Alicia de Larrocha, pf.

Decca 433 920-2 7 Dittersdorf, C. Sinfonia concertante. Petr Pribyol, va; Jakub Waldmann, db; South Bohemia Chamber PO/Ondrej Kukal.

Campion RRCD 1342 20 Schobert, J. Quartet in F minor, op 7 no 2 (1764). Luciano Sgrizzi, fp; Chiara Banchini, vn; Véronique Méjean, vn; Philipp Bosbach, vc.

Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908250.79 13 Gossec, F-J. Symphony in F, op 12 no 6 (pub.1769).

London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 9661 15 Myslivecek, J. Octet no 1 in E flat. Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble.

EMI 5 55512 2 16 Wagenseil, G. Cello concerto in C. György Körösi, vc; Salieri CO/Tamás Pál.

Arkadia CDAK 130.1 24 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME With John Buchanan 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide 14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL One work composer?

Prepared by Stephen Wilson Weill, K. Kleine Dreigroschenmusik, suite (1928). London Sinfonietta/David Atherton.

DG 423 255-2 22 Sonata (1920). Jerry Grossman, vc; Diane Walsh, pf.

LP Nonesuch D 79016 19 Violin concerto, op 12 (1925). Chantal Juillet, vn; Berlin RSO/John Mauceri.

Decca 452 481-2 29 Three songs from One touch of Venus: Foolish heart; Speak low; I’m a stranger here myself (1943). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; James Sims, ten; Karl-Heinz Lampe, ten; Christfried

Biebrach, bar; Frederick Martin, bass; North German RSO/John Eliott Gardiner.

Decca 479 1044 10 Symphony no 2 (1933-34). Bournemouth SO/ Marin Alsop.

Naxos 8.557481 30 16:00 FROM 20TH CENTURY ROMANIA Prepared by Frank Morrison Vieru, A. Cello concerto no 1 (1955). Catalin Ilea, vc; Ovidiu Badila, db; Bucharest George Enescu PO/Werner Stiefel.

Olympia OCD 422 16 Mihalovici, M. Musique nocturne, op 87.

Eduard Brunner, cl; I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen.

Schwann 3-1026-2 15 Enescu, G. Trio (1911-16). Alexandra Wood, vn; Schubert Ensemble.

Chandos CHAN 10790 21 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Warwick Bartle Hymns: O Jesus I have promised; Christ is our cornerstone. Choir of Wells Cathedral; Malcolm Archer, org; Rupert Gough, cond.

6 Hyperion CDP 12102 Walton, W. A Litany.

6 Elgar, E. Ave verum corpus.

Choir of Truro Cathedral; John Hosking, org; Andrew Nethsingha, cond (2 above) Priory PRCD 732 Howells, H. Magnificat; Nunc dimittis. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; Christopher Hughes, org; Stephen Cleobury, cond.

EMI CDC 7544122 11 Poulenc, F. Four motets for a time of penitence. Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw.

Telarc 80236 14 Purcell, H. Psalm no 79: Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?; Hear my prayer, O Lord.

Cambridge Singers.

Collegium COLCD 107 7 Bach, J.S. Be near me, Lord, when dying, from St Matthew passion, BWV244 (1727). Choir of Truro Cathedral; John Hosking, org; Andrew Nethsingha, cond.

Priory PRCD 732 1 Langlais, J. Postlude no 2. Alan Spedding, org.

Priory PRCD 5024 3 18:00 A HUNTING WE WILL GO Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Berlioz, H. Royal hunt and storm, from The Trojans (1856-58). City of Birmingham O/Louis Frémaux.

EMI CDM 1 66434-2 9 Liszt, F. Halloh!: Hunting chorus and Steyrer, from Duke Ernst’s Tony (1849). Leslie Howard, pf.

Hyperion CDA66371/72 7 Lanner, J. Galop: Hunter’s lust, op 82.

Boskovsky Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky.

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Sunday 22 March Gottschalk, L. Overture: Young Henry’s hunt, after Méhul (1861; reconstr, ed. Rosenberg). John Contiguglia, pf; Richard Contiguglia, pf; Angela Draghicescu, pf; Chin-Ming Lin, pf; Joshua Pepper, pf; Hot Springs Festival SO/Richard Rosenberg.

Naxos 8.559320 11 Franz, R. Hunting song, op 1 no 9 (1843).

Wolfgang Holzmair, bar; Imogen Cooper, pf.

Philips 464 991-2 2 Franck, C. The accursed huntsman (1882). Paris O/Daniel Barenboim.

DG 476 2800 16 Hartmann, E. The elf-maids and the hunters, op 6b (pub. 1876). Copenhagen PO/Bo Holten.

Dacapo 8.226041 4 19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Maureen Meers Larsson, L-E. Pastoral suite, op 19 (1938).

Stockholm Sinfonietta/Jan-Olav Wedin.

BIS CD-165 12 Crusell, B. Clarinet concerto no 2 in F minor, op 5 (1808). Per Billman, cl; Uppsala CO/Gérard Korsten.

Naxos 8.554144 23 Peterson-Berger, W. Symphony no 2, Journey on the southerly winds (1910). Norrköping SO/ Mochail Jurowski. cpo 999 564-2 45 20:30 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Francis Frank Ysaÿe, E. String trio, op posth. Le chimay (1927). Henning Kraggerud, vn; Lars Anders Tomter, va; Ole-Eirik Ree, vc.

Naxos 8.570977 18 Böhm, T. Elegy in A flat, op 47 (1881). Irena Grafenauer, fl; Barton Weber, pf.

LP Orfeo S 018822 H 7 Liszt, F. Tristia, transcription of The Obermann valley (1840). Trio Chausson.

Mirare MIR 089 18 Donizetti, G. Sonata (1821). Dieter Klöcker, cl; Waldemar Wandel, cl.

LP Telefunken 6.42416 13 Bottesini, G. Capriccio di bravura. Thomas Martin, db; Anthony Halstead, pf.

Naxos 8.570399 9 Molique, B. Introduction, andante and polonaise, op 43 (1851). Peter-Lukas Graf, fl; Zsuzsanna Sirokay, pf.

Jecklin 577-2 13 Marais, M. Suite in G (pub. 1686). Smithsonian Chamber Players.

Harmonia Mundi RD 77146 27 22:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Robert Small Daugherty, M. Fire and blood (2003). Ida Kavafian, vn; Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi.

Naxos 8.559372 28 Chan, L. String quartet, an AIDS Activists memoir in music. Acacia Quartet.

Vexations 840-1401 32 Stanhope, P. Concerto. Andrew Macleod, picc, fl; Melbourne SO/Benjamin Northey.

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Monday 23 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with James Hunter

Fauré, G. Cantique de Jean Racine, op 11 (1865; orch. Rutter). Cambridge Singers; John Scott, org; City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter.

7 Collegium COLCD 101 Debussy, C. Iberia, from Images (1905-12).

London SO/Claudio Abbado.

DG 423 103-2 19

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Chris Blower Satie, E. Three morceaux en forme de poire (1890-93; orch. Désormière). Utah SO/Maurice Abravanel.

Vanguard OVC 4030 13 Haydn, J. Grand duet no 5 in D, from String quartet, Hob.III:11 (bef. 1765; arr. Fossa). Jukka Savijoki, gui; Erik Stenstadvold, gui. apex 0927 49452 2 15 Tchaikovsky, P. Souvenir of a beloved place, op 42 (1878; orch. Glazunov). Ilya Kaler, vn; Russian PO/Dmitry Yablonsky.

Naxos 8.557690 17 Schubert, F. Impromptus, D899: no 2 in E flat; no 3 in G flat (1827; transcr. Liszt). Leslie Howard, pf.

Hyperion CDA67203 11 Bizet, G. Intermezzo; Chanson bohème, from Carmen (1873-74; arr. Falletta). Debra Wendells Cross, fl; Robert Alemany, cl; JoAnn Falletta, gui.

Virginia Arts Festival VA901 7 Ravel, M. Le tombeau de Couperin (1913-17; transcr. Walter). Claire Désert, pf; Moraguès Quintet.

Le Chant du Monde LDC2781116 17 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Derek Parker Raff, J. Overture to Die Eifersüchtigen, WoO 54 (1881-82). Suisse Romande O/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHSA 5135 8 Oswald, H. Piano concerto in G minor, op 10 (1886). Artur Pizarro, pf; BBC Welsh NO/ Martyn Brabbins.

Hyperion CDA67984 30 Tchaikovsky, P. Symphony no 3 in D, op 29, Polish (1875). Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink.

Decca 478 5867 44 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan

14:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Giovanna Grech Verdi, G. Zacchariah’s prayer, from Nabucco (1842). Neil Warren-Smith, bass; Cello Ensemble/Gregory Elmaloglou, 5 LP ABC AA9059 Donizetti, G. Una furtiva lagrima, from L’elisir d’amore (1832). Luciano Pavarotti, ten; English CO/Richard Bonynge.

5 Decca 417 638-2 Mozart, W. Madamina, il catalogo è questo, from Don Giovanni, K527 (1787). Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bass-bar; Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner.

6 ABC 472 826-2 Ponchielli, A. Cielo e mar, from La Gioconda (1876). Donald Smith, ten; Tasmanian SO/Vanco Cavdarski.

4 EMI 1 66283 2 Massenet, J. Que m’oses-tu dire?, from Hérodiade (1881). Renée Fleming, sop; Juan Pons, bar; San Francisco Opera Ch & O/Valery Gergiev.

3 Sony SK 61 965 14:30 ALPHABETICAL COMPOSERS The Rs Part II Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Respighi, O. Roman festivals (1928). Royal PO/ Enrique Bátiz.

Naxos 8.550539 25 Rodrigo, J. Concierto de Aranjuez (1939).

Karin Schaupp, gui; Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey.

ABC 476 3627 23 Rachmaninov, S. Piano concerto no 2 in C minor, op 18 (1900-01). Isador Goodman, pf; Melbourne SO/Patrick Thomas.

ABC 476 4570 33 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Ogilvie 19:00 JAZZ NICE ‘N EASY with Ken Weatherley

13:00 IMAGES Prepared by Susan Briedis

20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg

Ravel, M. String quartet in F (1902-03).

Australian String Quartet.

ABC 434 721-2

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

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Tuesday 24 March

Martha Argerich

András Adorján 12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

13:00 BAROQUE FAVOURITES Prepared by Angela Bell

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds

Bach, J.S. Double concerto in D minor, BWV1043 (1730-31). Julia Fisher, vn; Alander Sitkovetsky, vn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

Decca 478 0650 15

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: András Adorján Prepared by Madilina Tresca Beethoven, L. Serenade in D, op 25 (1801).

Dmitry Sitkovetsky, vn; Gérard Caussé, va.

Virgin VC 7 90755-2 24

Murcia, S. de Suite in D minor (pub. 1732).

Barry Mason, baroque gui.

Amon Ra SAR 45 15

Danzi, F. Flute concerto no 4 in D, op 43 (1814).

Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair.

LP Orfeo S 003812 H 22

Bach, J.S. Suite no 1 in C, BWV1066 (c1724).

Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman.

Hyperion CDA66501 24

Moscheles, I. Six concert variations in D minor, op 21. Noël Lee, pf.

LP Orfeo S 049832 H

14:00 MOUNTAIN JOURNEYS Prepared by Stephen Wilson 8

Mozart, W. Double concerto in C, K299 (1778). Suzanna Klintcharova, hp; Sofia Soloists Chamber Ensemble/Emil Tabakov.

Balkanton 030015 26

Mussorgsky, M. A night on Bald Mountain (1867; arr. Rimsky-Korsakov). Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado.

DG 445 238-2 13 Haas, P. String quartet no 2, op 7, From the Monkey Mountain (1923; arr. Tognetti).

Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.

Chandos CHAN 10016 33

András Adorján, fl (all above) 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Field Tchaikovsky, P. Overture to The storm, op 76 (1864). Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 9587 13

d’Indy, V. Poem of the mountains, op 15 (1881).

Stephanie McCallum, pf.

ABC 461 798-2 20

Mendelssohn, F. Double concerto in D minor (1823). Gidon Kremer, vn; Martha Argerich, pf; Orpheus CO. DG 427 338-2 37

Franck, C. Symphonic poem: What you hear on the mountain (1846). Belgian RTO/Alfred Walter.

Schwann 311 105 H1 22

Bizet, G. Roma symphony (1860-68).

Melbourne SO/John Lanchbery.

ABC 456 669-2

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Hovhaness, A. Mountains and rivers without end, op 225 (1968). Manhattan CO/Richard Auldon Clark.

Koch 3-7221-2H1 24

Howard Shelley 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Stephen Wilson 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with David Garrett 22:00 INTO THE 20TH CENTURY Prepared by Judy Ekstein Hindemith, P. Kammermusik no 1, op 24 no 1 (1922). Konstanty Kulka, vn; Kim Kashkashian, va; Norbert Blume, va d’amore; Lynn Harrell, vc; Ronald Brautigam, pf; Leo van Doeselaar, org; Royal Concertgebouw O/Riccardo Chailly.

Decca 433 816 2 15 Dohnányi, E. Variations on a nursery theme, op 25 (1915). Howard Shelley, pf; BBC PO/ Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 9733 25 Koechlin, C. Poem, op 70bis (1927). Ben Jacks, hn; Queensland O/Barry Tuckwell.

Melba MR 301117 15 Hoddinott, A. Sonata no 1, op 17 (1959).

Martin Jones, pf.

Nimbus NI 5369

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Korngold, E. Cello concerto in C, op 37 (1946).

Peter Dixon, vc; BBC PO/Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 9508 13 Hovhaness, A. Concerto no 10, op 413 (1988).

Chris Butler, tpt; Martin Berkofsky, pf; Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz.

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Ortun Wenkel 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Music of the 18th century Prepared by Chris Blower Zelenka, J. Overture à 7 concertanti in F (1723).

Jürg Schaeftlein, ob; Paul Hailperin, ob; Alice Harnoncourt, vn; Walter Pfeiffer, vn; Kurt Theiner, va; Milan Turkovic, bn; Concentus Musicus Vienna;Nikolaus Harnoncourt, vc & dir.

Teldec 8.42415 20 Vanhal, J. Symphony no 2 in G minor (1771).

London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert.

Chandos CHAN 9607 19 Krumpholtz, J-B. L’amante abandonée; La nuit profonde. Isabelle Poulenard, sop; JeanFrançois Lombard, ten; Stephanie Paulet, vn; Sandrine Chatron, hp.

Ambroisie AM 179 7 Kozeluch, L. Clarinet concerto in E flat (bef.

1790). Emma Johnson, cl; Royal PO/Günther Herbig.

ASV DCA 763 22 Richter, F. String quartet in B flat, op 5 no 2 (1768). Members of Concentus Musicus Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Teldec 8.41062 12 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Jan Brown Berlioz, H. Overture: King Lear, op 4 (1831).

Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson.

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Krommer, F. Double concerto in E flat, op 91 (pub. c1815). Tomoko Takashima, cl; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Kálmán Berkes, cl & dir.

Naxos 8.553178 24 Madetoja, L. Symphony no 2, op 35 (1916-18).

Tampere PO/Parvo Rautio. apex 0927 43074 2 42 12:00 JAZZ SKETCHES with Robert Vale 13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI Flautist Laura Chung Recorded by Greg Ghavalas 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans Each week we meet one of the world’s great musicians, singers, composers or conductors, along with up-and-comers and some of the men and women who influence the arts landscape. The program goes live to air so you never quite know what’s going to happen.

15:00 THE MUSIC OF AMY BEACH Prepared by Chris Blower Beach, A. Les rêves de Columbine, op 65 (1907). Virginia Eskin, pf.

Northeastern NR 223 16 Symphony in E minor, op 32, Gaelic, mvt 4 (1896;transcr. Székely). Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi.

Chandos CHAN 8958 9 The rainy day (1880); Sleep, little darling; op 29 no 3; Far awa’, op 43 no 4 (1899). Katherine Kelton, mezz; Catherine Bringerud, pf.

Naxos 8.559191 7 Theme and variations in A minor, op 80 (1920).

The Ambache.

Chandos CHAN 9752 21 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Camille Mercep

Laura Chung 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell 20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Colleen Chesterman Handel, G. Xerxes. Opera in three acts. Libretto adapted from one by Silvio Stampigha from earlier opera by Boconcini. First performed London, 1738.

XERXES: Carolyn Watkinson, mezz ARSAMENE: Paul Esswood, ct AMASTRE: Ortrun Wenkel, cont ROMILDA: Barbara Hendricks, sop ATALANTA: Anne-Marie Rodd, sop Ensemble Vocal Jean Bridier; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy/Jean-Claude Magloire.

Sony SM3K 36941 Brothers Serse and Arsamene both love Romilda, who loves Arsamene. Serse, although betrothed to Amastre, banishes Arsamene from the kingdom.

Amastre loves Serse and disguises herself as a young soldier to be near him. Atalanta, in love with Arsamene, attempts to ensure that Serse marries Romilda by suggesting that Arsamene loves only her. Serse pardons Arsamene, then tells Romilda’s father Ariodate that his daughter will marry royal blood. Ariodate mistakenly arranges a marriage ceremony between Arsamene and Romilda. Serse is furious, but finally is reconciled with Amastre.

Concerto grosso no 5 in D minor, HWV317 (c1715-22). Concentus Musicus Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Teldec 242 599-2 10 23:30 ORCHESTRAL MINIATURES Prepared by Rex Burgess Gomes, C. Overture to Il Guarany. Royal PO/ Enrique Arturo Diemecke.

Tring TRP 085 9 Piazzolla, A. Tango: Milonga del ángel (1968; arr. Vídal). Pablo Mainetti, ban; Teatre Lliure CO/Josep Pons.

6 Harmonia Mundi HMC 901595 Moncayo, J. Huapango (1941). Royal PO/ Enrique Arturo Diemecke.

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Thursday 26 March 14:00 LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE CHORUS Prepared by Philip Lidbury Smetana, B. The peasant (1868). Czech Philharmonic Ch/Josef Veselka.

LP Supraphon MS 112 1143

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Bellini, V. Fine al rito, from Norma (1831). Joan Sutherland, sop; Clifford Grant, bass; Australian Opera Ch; Elizabethan Sydney O/Richard Bonynge.

ABC 465 687-2 5

Anna Goldsworthy 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 Name the composer Be the first to identify the mystery composer and win a CD. All other correct answers go in a draw for a second CD: 9439 4777 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Emyr Evans Janácek, L. Lachian dances (1925). Rochester PO/David Zinman.

Apex 79677 2 20 Saint-Saëns, C. Violin concerto no 2 in C, op 58 (1858). Philippe Graffin, vn; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins.

Hyperion CDA67074 31 Berkeley, L. Symphony no 1, op 16 (1940).

London PO/Norman Del Mar. Lyrita SRCD 249

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12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers 13:00 CLASSICAL CHAMBER Prepared by Jan Brown Beethoven, L. Trio in B flat , op 11 (1797). James Campbell, cl; Yuli Turovsky, vc; Luba Edlina, pf.

Chandos CHAN 8655 24 Quartet in A, op 18 no 5 (1798-1800). Smithson String Quartet.

Harmonia Mundi RD 77029 31

Rossini, G. Ah, la sorte ci tradi … Si, vi sara vendetta, from Semiramide (1823).

Samuel Ramey, bass; Ambrosian Opera Ch; Philharmonia O/Donato Renzetti.

Philips 420 184-2 10

Sergei Rachmaninov 21:30 BEETHOVEN IN SCOTLAND Prepared by Derek Parker

14:30 ALPHABETICAL COMPOSERS the Ss Part 1 Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Beethoven, L. O köstliche Zeit, op 108 (1818); Trinklied (1825); Der treue Johnie, op 108 (1818).

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar; Helmut Heller, 4 vn; Irmgard Poppen, vc.

Satie, E. Gymnopédies 1 to 3 (1888). Reinbert de Leeuw, pf.

Philips 462 162-2 16 Schubert, F. String quartet no 2 in C, D32 (1812). Melos Quartet.

DG 419 879-2 17 Scarlatti, D. Ballet: The good-humoured ladies (arr. Tommasini). Sydney SO/Patrick Thomas.

LP Philips 410 377-1 15 Saint-Saëns, C. Carnival of the animals (1886).

Justine Clarke, narr; Jay Lag’aia, narr; Georgie Parker, narr; Janis Laurs, vc; Anna Goldsworthy, pf; Mark Kruger, pf; Adelaide SO/David Stanhope.

ABC 476 3686 34 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Marilyn Schock

20:00 GOLDNER STRING QUARTET Recorded by George Hilgevoord for FINE MUSIC Haydn, J. Quartet in C, Hob.III:77, Emperor (1797).

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Beethoven, L. Quartet in F, op 18 no 1 (17981800).

28 Goldner String Quartet (all above)

Bonny Ladie, highland lady, op 108; Behold my love how green the groves, op 108 (1818).

Julia Hamari, mezz; Andreas Roehn, vn; Georg 5 Donderer, vc; Karl Engel, pf.

Karl Engel, pf (all above) DG 480 0385 22:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Prepared by Stephen Wilson Rachmaninov, S. The isle of the dead, op 29 (1909). Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Exton EXCL-00018 20 Spring cantata, op 20 (1902). Alexei Tanovitski, bass; Mariinsky Theatre Ch; BBC Philharmonic/ Gianandrea Noseda.

Chandos CHAN 10706 15

19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey

Janácek, L. Quartet no 1 (1923).

Duncan Gray, WoO 156 (1824-25); Faithfu’ Johnie, op 108; Could this ill world have been contriv’d, op 108 (1818). Edith Mathis, sop; Alexander Young, ten; Dietrich FischerDieskau, bar; Andreas Roehn, vn; Georg 9 Donderer, vc.

Piano concerto no 2 in C minor, op 18 (190001). Sergei Rachmaninov, pf; Philadelphia SO/ Leopold Stokowski.

Fidelio 8819 31 Excerpts from Francesca da Rimini (1906).

Mariana Zvetkova, sop; Boiko Zvetanov, ten; Peter Naydenov, bass; Sofia National Opera Ch & O/Nayden Todorov.

Naxos 8.557817 22 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Suite from Mlada (1909). Czecho-Slovak RSO/Donald Johanos.

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Friday 27 March

Michael Schopper

Sebastian Lang-Lessing

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

13:00 SEVEN AND EIGHT Prepared by Denis Patterson

19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron

Kozeluch, L. Octet concertant: parthia in B flat. Consortium Classicum.

Orfeo 442 981 12

20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Phil Vendy

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Exploring chamber Prepared by Di Cox Spohr, L. Sonata concertante D, op 115 (1811).

Sophie Langdon, vn; Hugh Webb, hp.

Naxos 8.555364 22 Haydn, J. Keyboard trio in G, Hob.XV:25, Gypsy (1795). Beaux Arts Trio.

Philips 454 098-2

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Brahms, J. Quintet in B minor, op 115 (1891).

Janet Hilton, cl; Lindsay String Quartet.

Chandos CHAN 6522 42 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Angela Bell Mozart, W. Symphony no 40 in G minor, K550 (1788). Tasmanian SO/Sebastian Lang-Lessing.

ABC 476 4561 28 Rachmaninov, S. Caprice bohémien, op 12 (1892-94). BBC PO/Gianandrea Noseda.

Chandos CHAN 10677 18 Paganini, N. Violin concerto no 3 in E (1826).

Salvatore Accardo, vn; London PO/Charles Dutoit.

DG 437 210 2 37 12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell

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Saint-Saëns, C. Septet in E flat, op 65 (1881).

David Guerrier, tpt; Renaud Capuçon, vn; Esther Hoppe, vn; Beatrice Muthelet, va; Gautier Capuçon, vc; Janne Saksala, db; Frank Braley, pf.

EMI/Virgin 5 45602 2 16 Blanc, A. Septet, op 40. Octuor de France.

Caliope CAL 9384 27 14:00 SOUTH OF THE BORDER Music of Mexico Prepared by Stephen Wilson Halffter, E. Rapsodia Portuguesa (1938). Juh Hee Suh, pf; Frankfurt RSO/Muhai Tang. cpo 999 493-2 16 Ponce, M. Piano trio, Trio romantico (1911).

Trio Tulsa.

ASV DCA 1053 31 Halffter, E. Guitar concerto. Narciso Yepes, gui; Spanish Radio & Television SO/Odón Alonso.

LP DG 2530 326 27 Revueltas, S. The lady colonel (1940). Santa Barbara SO/Gisèle Ben-Dor. Naxos 8.572250 34 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with James Hunter

Chausson, E. Concert in D, op 21 (1889-91).

Stephen Shipps, vn; Eric Larsen, pf; Wihan String Quartet.

Naxos 8.572468 42 Castillon, A. Piano quartet in G minor, op 7 (c1870). Quatuor Kandinsky.

FNAC 592315 30 Franck, C. Sonata in A (1887; orig. for violin).

Dmitry Ferschtman, vc; Mila Baslawskaya, pf.

Globe GLO 5057 30 Debussy, C. Prelude to the afternoon of a faun (1892-94). Lyon NO/Jun Märkl.

Naxos 8.570759 10 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Rex Burgess Buxtehude, D. Sonata in B flat, BuxWV273.

Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel.

Archiv 427 118-2 15 Telemann, G. Hamburg Admiralty music, TWV24:1 (1723). Mieke van der Sluis, sop; Graham Pushee, ct; Rufus Müller, ten; Klaus Mertens, bass; David Thomas, bass; Michael Schopper, bass; Alsfeld Vocal Ensemble; Bremen Baroque O/Wolfgang Helbich. cpo 999 373-2 1:38

Saturday 28 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

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

6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Peter Bell

Herman, J. Excerpts from Hello Dolly (1964).

Carol Channing, Charles Nelson Reilly, Sondra Lee, Eileen Brennan, voices; members of original Broadway cast.

Masterworks Broadway 88697 49921 2 19

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

Lerner, A.J. Suite from My fair lady (1964).

English Chorale; London SO/Peter Knight.

Success 16279 11

9:30 GREAT ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL WORKS Prepared by Chris Blower Purcell, H. The masque of Cupid and Psyche, from Timon of Athens (1694). Musicians of the Globe/Philip Pickett.

Philips 446 218-2 24 Schubert, F. Prometheus, D674 (1819). Dietrich Fischer-Diskau, bar; Gerald Moore, pf.

DG 477 5765 5 Liszt, F. Fantasy on Beethoven’s The ruins of Athens (c1852). Leslie Howard, pf.

Hyperion CDA66575 12 Duncan, E. The Titans (2008). So-Yun Kim, fl; Young Jung Kim, va; Aeri Ji, kayageum.

Move MD 3362 5 Szymanowski, K. Pan and the Dryads, from Myths, op 30 (1915). Krzysztof Bakowski, vn; Anna Gorecka, pf.

Accord ACD 077-2 9 Mahler, G. Symphony no 1 in D, Titan (1888).

Chicago SO/Pierre Boulez.

DG 477 9528 53 11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Paul Hopwood Botsford, G. Black and white rag (arr. Snell). 4 Sherwin, M. A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square (arr. Catherall).

5 Gershwin, G. Someone to watch over me (arr.

Fernie).

4 Sellers Engineering Brass Band (3 above) Soho SOHOCD051 Williams, J. Medley from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

5 Barry, J. Medley of themes from James Bond movies.

6 Grimethorpe Colliery UK Coal Band (2 above) RCA 74321 88393 2

Berlin, I. Excerpts from Easter parade (1989).

Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, voices; MGM Studio O. Sony 88697638362 19

Christopher Hogwood 12:00 A LITTLE TASTE OF JAZZ with Rob Thomas

20:00 CLASSICAL WINDS Prepared by Stephen Wilson

13:00 ASIAN MUSIC Prepared by Oscar Foong An exploration of music from across Asia 14:00 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD with Maureen Meers Nostalgic music and artists from the 30s, 40s and 50s and occasionally beyond, in a trip down many memory lanes 15:00 ELGAR’S DREAM Prepared by Chris Blower Elgar, E. The dream of Gerontius, op 38 (1900). Felicity Palmer, mezz; Arthur Davies, ten; Gwynne Howell, bass; Roderick Elms, org; London Symphony Ch & O/Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHAN 8641/2 1:35 Elgar, E. Violin concerto in B minor, op 61 (1909-10). Marat Bisengaliev, vn; West Kazakhstan PO/Bundit Ungrangsee.

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17:30 ARTS IN FOCUS 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Sydney Schubert Society Prepared by Ross Hayes Czerny, C. Fantasy no 1, from Three brilliant fantasies after Schubert, op 339 (1836). Barry Tuckwell, hn; Daniel Blumenthal, pf.

Etcetera KTC1121 16

Kozeluch, L. Wind sinfonia in D. Consortium Classicum.

Orfeo 442 981 13 Mozart, W. Serenade no 10 in B flat, K361, Gran partita (1781). Amadeus Winds/ Christopher Hogwood.

L’Oiseau-Lyre 421 437-2 46 Beethoven, L. Octet, op 103 (1792). Classical Winds.

Amon Ra SAR 26 30 Pleyel, I. Sinfonia concertante (1800s).

Hansjürgen Möhring, fl; Gübther Passin, ob; Jürgen Gode, bn; Walter Lexutt, hn; Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl.

LP Schwann LC 1083 21 22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Listen to the birds Prepared by Elaine Siversen Respighi, O. Suite: The birds (1927). BBC PO/ Patrick Thomas.

Carlton Classics 15656 91372 18 Vaughan Williams, R. The lark ascending (1914/20). Tasmin Little, vn; BBC PO/Andrew Davis.

Chandos CHAN 10796 16

Ponce, M. Sonata romantica, Hommage to Schubert (1928). Marcin Dylla, gui.

Naxos 8.572060 23

Stravinsky, I. The song of the nightingale (1917). Royal Concertgebouw O/Riccardo Chailly.

Radio Nederland RCO 08005 20

Böhm, T. Fantasy in A on a theme of Schubert, op 21 (1838). Aurèle Nicolet, fl; Barton Weber, pf.

LP Orfeo S 018822 H 11

Messager, A. Ballet: The two pigeons (1886).

Bournemouth SO/John Lanchbery.

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Sunday 29 March 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with Jeannie McInnes

6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Paul Roper

13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide

9:00 MUSIC FOR SMALL FORCES Handel, G. Sonata in G minor, op 2 no 7 (c1718). David Oistrakh, vn; Igor Oistrakh, vn; Vladimir Yampolsky, pf.

DG 463 616-2 11 Lhoyer, A. de Duo concertant in C, op 31 no 2 (1814). Matteo Mela, gui; Lorenzo Micheli, gui.

Naxos 8.570146 16 Dvorák, A. Two waltzes for string quartet, op 54 nos 1 and 4 (1880). The Lindsays.

ASV DCS 446 7 Mozart, W. Trio no 4 in E, K542 (1788).

Gerard Willems, pf; Robert Ingram, vn; Georg Pedersen, vc.

Tall Poppies TP070 20 10:00 THE CLASSICAL ERA Prepared by Denis Patterson Cimarosa, D. Overture to I due baroni di Rocca Azzura (1783). Haydn Philharmonia/Ezio Rojatti.

Nuova Era 6726 11 Gossec, F-J. Symphonie concertante in D. Lily Laskine, hp; Odette Le Dentu, hp; Jean-Francois Paillard CO/Jean-Francois Paillard.

Erato 0630-13705-2 12 Bach, C.P.E. Keyboard concerto in C minor, Wq43 no 4 (1770-72). Miklós Spányi, hpd; Concerto Armonica Budapest/Miklós Spányi.

BIS CD-1787 13 Spontini, G. Divertimento. Sören Hermansson, hn; Erica Goodman, hp.

BIS CD-648

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Weber, C.M. Quintet in B flat, op 34 (1815).

Eduard Brunner, cl; Hagen Quartett.

DG 478 6975 25 Bach, J. Christian Piano concerto in B flat, op 13 no 4 (pub. 1777). Ingrid Haebler, fp; Vienna Capella Academica/Eduard Melkus.

Philips 456 064-2 17 Haydn, M. Divertimento in D (1781). Members of the Salzburger Hofmusik/Wolfgang Brunner. cpo 999 230-2 24 50

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Hymn: All glory laud and honour. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury.

4 Argo 414609-2 Bach, J.S. I say farewell to you, from Cantata, BWV95. Bachakademie/Helmuth Rilling.

2 Hänssler Classics 30

14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Completing the forty Prepared by Chris Blower Beethoven, L. Overture to Egmont, op 84 (1810). Vienna PO/Karl Böhm.

DG 479 1949 9 Rachmaninov, S. Sonata no 2 in B flat minor (original version), op 36 (1913). Zoltán Kocsis, pf.

Philips 446 220-2 23 Schumann, R. Cello concerto in A minor, op 129 (1850; arr. Maisky). Mischa Maisky, vc; Orpheus CO. DG 469 524-2 24 Haydn, J. Quartet in G minor, Hob.III:33 (1772).

Tinalley String Quartet.

Move MD 3374 23 Bach, C.P.E. Sonata in G, Wq85 (1754).

Christopher Hyde-Smith, fl; Jane Dodd, hpd.

ASV QS 6205 15 Ibert, J. Divertissement (1930). City of Birmingham SO/Louis Frémaux.

EMI 5 66010 2

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16:00 SONGS OF THE ISLES Prepared by Emyr Evans Britten, B. Five flower songs, op 47 (1950). The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.

Collins 12862 10 Stanford, C. Villiers Six songs from The glens of Antrim, op 174 (1920). Stephen Varcoe, bar; Clifford Benson, pf.

Hyperion CDA67123 16 Bax, A. Four songs (1921-34). Martyn Hill, ten; London PO/Bryden Thompson.

Chandos CHAN 8628 22 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Stephen Matthews Hymn: Ride on, ride on in majesty. Cantus Choro/Peter Chapman.

Move MD3062

Haydn, J. Benedictus, from Missa Harmoniemesse. Monteverdi Choir; English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner.

4 Philips 475 101-2 Bach, J.S. Excerpts from Cantata, BWV182.

Munich Bach Choir & O/Karl Richter.

Archiv 439 376-2 23 Gibbons, O. Hosanna to the son of David.

Cambridge Singers/John Rutter.

3 Collegium COLCD107 Hymn: All creatures of our God and King. Choir of Gloucester Cathedral/David Briggs.

5 Priory PRCD 704 18:00 SOCIETY SPOT Sydney Society of Recorder Players Prepared by Robert Small Bach, J.S. Prelude and fugue in C minor, BWV537.

L’Oiseau-Lyre 421 130-2

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Palestrina, G. da Lamentation Jeremiae.

Radio Nederland MCCP123

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Boismortier, J. de Sonata in C minor, op 34 no 6 (pub. 1731).

8 L’Oiseau-Lyre 421 130-2 Aston, H. Hugh Aston’s Maske.

Decca 478 5637

Scheidt, S. Fantasia super Io son ferito (c1624).

L’Oiseau-Lyre 421 130-2 10 Hirose, R. Lamentation (1975).

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Hymn: All people that on earth do dwell. Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow.

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Sieg, S. Farewell; Good news, from African 6 suite no 3 (2003).

Radio Nederland MCCP123 (2 above) Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet (all above)

Sunday 29 March

Monday 30 March

19:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT

0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

Chabrier, E. Suite pastorale (1888). Monte Carlo PO/Hervé Niquet.

Naxos 8.554248 17

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

d’Indy, V. Symphony on a French mountain air, op 25 (1886). François-Joël Thiollier, pf; NSO of Ireland/Antonio de Almeida.

Naxos 8.550754 26

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Chris Blower

Franck, C. Symphony in D minor (1887-88).

Philharmonia O/Carlo Maria Giulini.

EMI CZS 7 67723 2 40 20:30 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Paul Hopwood Arriaga, J. String quartet no 2 in A (1821-22).

Chilingirian Quartet.

CRD 33123 29 Dohnányi, E. Sextet in C, op 37 (1935). Béla Kovács, cl; Ferenc Tarjáni, hn; Vilmos Tátrai, vn; György Konrád, va; Ede Banda, vc; Ernö Szegedi, pf.

Hungaroton HCD 1162 30 Bach, C.P.E. Trio in B flat (1731/47). Marzio Conti, fl; Alain Marion, fl; Daniele Roi, hpd.

Fonè 89 F 04-28 CD 19 Mozart, W. Clarinet quintet in A, K581 (1789).

Angela Malmsbury, cl; Coull Quartet.

LDR LDRCD 1011 33 22:30 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Robert Small Nørgård, P. Symphony no 8 (2010-11). Vienna PO/Sakari Oramo.

Dacapo 6.220574 26 Pärt, A. Stabat Mater (1985). Zsuzsi Toth, sop; Barnabas Hegyi, ct; Olivier Berten, bar; Goeyvaerts String Trio.

Challenge Classics CC72616 29 Balakrishnan, D. Mara’s garden of false delights. Turtle Island String Quartet; Ying Quartet.

Telarc 80630 17 Smetanin, M. If stars are lit (2010). Michael Duke, sax; David Howie, pf.

Cala CACD 77013 9

Paganini, N. I palpiti, op 13 (1819). Franco Gulli, vn; Enrica Cavallo, pf.

Il Canale DC-U30 10

Schubert, F. You are repose, D776 (1823; arr.

Reger); In the glow of the evening, D799 (1824; arr. Reger). Michael Lewis, bar; Adelaide SO/ David Porcelijn.

ABC 456 362-2 8 Sonata in A minor, D821, Arpeggione (1824; arr. Williams, Gunning). John Williams, gui; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.

Sony SK 63385 22 Der Leiermann: the hurdy-gurdy man, from Winterreise, D911 no 24 (1827; arr. McGuire).

Riley Lee, shakuhachi; Marshall McGuire, hp.

ABC 476 4870 4 Auf dem wasser zu singen, D774 (1823; arr.

Liszt); Die Forelle, D550 (c1817-20; arr. Liszt).

Jorge Bolet, pf.

Decca 425 689-2 9 String quartet in D minor, D810, Death and the maiden (1824; arr. Mahler). Norwegian CO/Iona Brown.

Chandos CHAN 9616 37 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Raj Gopalakrishnan Schreker, F. Birthday of the Infanta.

Gewandhaus O/Lothar Zagrosek.

Decca 444 182-2 MacDowell, E. Piano concerto no 1 in A minor, op 15 (1882). Seta Tanyel, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins.

Hyperion CDA67165

Hummel, J. Trumpet concerto in E (1803).

Håkan Hardenberger, tpt; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.

Philips 420 203-2 18

Tchaikovsky, P. Capriccio italien, op 45 (1880).

Kirov O/Valery Gergiev.

Philips 442 775-2 15 14:00 JUST JOKING Prepared by Jan Brown Haydn, J. Quartet in E flat, Hob.III:38, Joke (1781). Emerson String Quartet.

DG 471 327-2 16 Holst, G. Ballet music from The perfect fool, op 39 (1918-22). BBC Welsh NO/Richard Hickox.

Chandos CHSA 5069 12 Mozart, W. A musical joke, K522 (1787). English Concert/Andrew Manze.

Harmonia Mundi HMX 2907280 23 Strauss, J. II Practical joke polka, op 17 (1846).

CSSR State PO/Alfred Walter.

3 Marco Polo 8.223203 15:00 STRINGS, YOUNG AND OLDER Prepared by Emyr Evans Vivaldi, A. Violin concerto in C, RV171 (c1720s).

Fabio Biondi, vn; Europa Galante.

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Alfvén, H. Symphony no 3 in E, op 23 (1905).

Royal Scottish NO/Niklas Willén.

Naxos 8.553729 35 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan 13:00 19TH CENTURY DELIGHTS Prepared by Frank Morrison Auber, D-F-E. Overture to The bronze horse (1835). Czecho-Slovak PO/Richard Hayman.

Naxos 8.553264 8

Schoenberg, A. Transfigured night, op 4 (1899; orch. 1917/43). Berlin PO/James Levine.

DG 469 804-2 29 Britten, B. Simple symphony, op 4 (1934).

Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford.

Naxos 8.557205 16 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm With Stephen Wilson 19:00 JAZZ NICE ‘N EASY with Ken Weatherley 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ SCENE with Susan Gai Dowling and Peter Nelson March 2015

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Tuesday 31 March Glazunov, A. Symphony no 4 in E flat, op 48 (1893). USSR Ministry of Culture SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

Melodiya MA 00113 34 12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes 13:00 MR BRITTEN’S FLUDDE Prepared by Denis Patterson Britten, B. The twelve apostles (1962). Philip Langridge, ten; Wenhaston Boys’ Choir; David Owen Norris, pf; Christopher Barnett, cond.

Naxos 8.557222 6

Richard Hickox 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

Noye’s fludde - The Chester miracle play to music, op 59 (1958). Caroline Clack, sop; Marie-Theres Pinto, sop; Eileen Donovan, sop; David Pinto; treb; Darien Angadi, treb; Stephen Alexander, treb; Sheila Rex, cont; Owen Brannigan, bass-bar; English Opera Group O/ Norman Del Mar. Decca 478 5364 48

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: Radu Lupu Prepared by Frank Morrison

14:00 AN HOUR OF ÉTUDES Prepared by Gael Golla

Beethoven, L. Sonata no 8 in C minor, op 13, Pathétique (1798).

Decca 478 3156-67 22

Liszt, F. Harmonies du soir, from Études d’exécution transcendante. Jorge Bolet, pf.

Philips 456 814-2 11

Schubert, F. Fantasie in F minor, D940 (1828).

Murray Perahia, pf.

Sony MK 39511 19

Wieniawski, H. Three études-caprices, op 18: nos 2, 5 and 4. David Oistrakh, vn; Igor Oistrakh, vn.

DG 463 616-2 9

Debussy, C. Sonata (1916-17). Kyung Wha Chung, vn.

Decca 421 154-2

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Brahms, J. Intermezzo in B minor, op 119 no 1 (bef. 1893).

Decca 417 599-2 3 Brahms, J. Six pieces, op 118 (1892).

Decca 478 5609

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Radu Lupu, pf (all above) 10:30 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Jan Brown Sibelius, J. Symphonic poem: En saga, op 9 (1892/1901). Royal Concertgebouw O/Kyrill Kondrashin.

Radio Nederland RCO 06004 17 Schumann, R. Piano concerto in A minor, op 54 (1841-45). Alfred Cortot, pf; London PO/ Landon Ronald.

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Villa-Lobos, H. Études nos 9 and 10, from Twelve études (1929). Fabio Zanon, gui.

Music Masters 01612-67188-2

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Shostakovich, D. Two fables of Krylov, op 4 (1922). Larissa Dyadkova, mezz; Women’s voices of Gothenburg Opera; Gothenburg SO/ Neeme Järvi.

9 DG 439 860-2 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Everyone says there is no justice on earth, from Mozart and Salieri (1898). Sergei Alekashkin, bass; Philharmonia O/ Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

Chandos CHAN 9629 8 Mussorgsky, M. The Field Marshall, from Songs and dances of death. Sergej Larin, ten; Eleonora Bekova, pf.

7 Chandos CHAN 9547 Rachmaninov, S. Spring cantata, op 20 (1902).

Jorma Hynninen, bar; Danish NR Choir; Danish National RSO/Dmitri Kitaienko.

Chandos CHAN 8966 17 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Michael Morton-Evans 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Robert Small 22:00 INTO THE 20TH CENTURY Prepared by Robert Small Poulenc, F. Sonata (1957). Felicia van den End, fl; Daria van den Bercken, pf.

Radio Nederland MCCP123 12

Bazzini, A. Deux grandes études, op 49. Chloe Hanslip, vn; Caspar Frantz, pf.

Naxos 8.570800 11

Tippett, M. Symphony no 2 (1956-57).

Bournemouth SO/Richard Hickox.

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Debussy, C. Pour les sixtes, from Études, bk I (1915). Roger Woodward, pf.

ABC 472 170-2 4

Martinu, B. Oboe concerto (1955). Jirí Tancibudek, ob; Adelaide SO/Elyakum Shapirra.

ABC 461 703-2

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Stravinsky, I. Quatre études (1914-29).

Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit.

Decca 473 810-2

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15:00 RUSSIAN VOICES Prepared by Frank Morrison Tchaikovsky, P. I do not understand your silence, from Iolanta (1892). Anna Netrebko, sop; Rolando Villazón, ten; Dresden Staatskapelle/Nicola Luisotti.

DG 477 6457 10

Glanville-Hicks, P. Letters from Morocco (1952). Gerald English, ten; Tasmanian SO/ Antony Walker.

Tall Poppies TP112 15 Rawsthorne, A. Violin concerto no 2 (1956).

Rebecca Hirsch, vn; BBC Scottish SO/Lionel Friend.

Naxos 8.554240 23

The following composers have works of at least five minutes on the March dates listed Abbott, K. b1971 8 Albéniz, I. 1860-1909 3 Albert, E. d’ 1864-1932 14 Alfvén, H. 1872-1960 30 Arnold, M. 1921-2006 15 Arriaga, J. 1806-1826 29 Atterberg, K. 1887-1974 5 Auber, D-F-E. 1782-1871 30 Auric, G. 1899-1983 12

Cannabich, C. 1731-1798 2 Castillon, A. 1838-1873 27 Chabrier, E. 1841-1894 29 Chadwick, G. 1854-1931 1 Chan, Ka Nin. b1949 8 Chan, L. b1967 22 Charpentier, M-A. 1635-1704 1,19 Chausson, E. 1855-1899 4,27 Cherubini, L. 1760-1842 6,21 Bach, C.P.E. 1714-1788 2,5,29 Chopin, F. 1810-1849 6,7,16 Cimarosa, D. 1749-1801 1,14,29 Bach, J. Christian 1735-1782 Clarke, R. 1886-1979 3 3,4,18,29 Clemencic, R. b1928 2 Bach, J.S. 1685-1750 Clementi, M. 1752-1832 1,6,7,12,13,24,29 3,8,18,20 Balakirev, M. 1837-1910 21 Clérambault, L-N. 1676-1749 4 Balakrishnan, D. b1954 29 Coles, C. 1888-1918 14 Barber, S. 1910-1981 9,10 Colin de Blamont, F. 13 Barry, J. b1933 28 Copland, A. 1900-1990 12 Barsanti, F. 1690-1772 18 Cramer, J. 1771-1858 15,20 Bartok, B. 1881-1945 3,5,17 Crespo, E. b1956 8 Bartók, B. 1881-1945 3,5,17 Crusell, B. 1775-1838 22 Bassano, G. c1558-1617 15 Czerny, C. 1791-1857 3,6,28 Bax, A. 1883-1953 9,29 d’Indy, V. 1851-1931 1,24,29 Bazzini, A. 1818-1897 31 Danzi, F. 1763-1826 1,24 Beach, A. 1867-1944 1,25 Daugherty, M. b1954 22 Beer, J. 1655-1700 2 Beethoven, L. 1770-1827 1,3,5,6, Dauvergne, A. 1713-1797 10 7,8,11,14,15,16,20,24,26,28,29,31 Davey, S. b1948 21 Davy, R. c1465-c1507 20 Bellini, V. 1801-1835 21,26 Debussy, C. 1862-1918 Benda, G. 1722-1795 20 1,2,3,5,12,15,23,27,31 Bennett, W. Sterndale 1816Devienne, F. 1759-1803 13 1875 1 Dittersdorf, C. 1739-1799 2,11,22 Berkeley, L. 1905-1989 26 Dohnányi, E. 1877-1960 24,29 Berlin, I. 1888-1989 28 Donizetti, G. 1797-1848 22 Berlioz, H. 1803-1869 Dubois, T. 1837-1924 15,21 8,12,15,19,21,22,25 Duff, A. 1899-1956 17 Bernstein, L. 1918-1990 Dukas, P. 1865-1935 12 3,10,14,15,17 Durey, L. 1888-1979 12 Berwald, F. 1796-1868 13,14 Dusapin, P. b1956 1 Biber, H. 1644-1704 6 Dussek, J. 1760-1812 14 Bizet, G. 1838-1875 23,24 Dvorák, A. 1841-1904 5,7,13,15,29 Blair, H. 1864-1932 15 Dyens, R. b1955 21 Blanc, A. 1828-1885 15,27 Bliss, A. 1891-1975 9 Easton, M. 1954-2004 14 Bloch, E. 1880-1959 8,19 Elgar, E. 1857-1934 18,19,20,22,28 Boccherini, L. 1743-1805 13,20 Enescu, G. 1881-1955 4,22 Böhm, T. 1794-1881 22,28 Esposito, M. 1855-1929 17 Boismortier, J. de 1689-1755 29 Borodin, A. 1833-1887 13 Fauré, G. 1845-1924 3,23 Bortnyansky, D. 1751-1825 8 Field, J. 1782-1837 6,21 Bottesini, G. 1821-1889 22 Fleischmann, A. 1910-1992 21 Brahms, J. 1833-1897 2,5,6,8,10,13, Franck, C. 1822-1890 16,17,19,20,27,31 7,8,15,19,22,24,27,29 Bristow, G. 1825-1898 20 Fry, W. 1813-1864 1 Britten, B. 1913-1976 Fucik, J. 1872-1916 21 3,8,14,15,29,30,31 Brumby, C. b1933 1 Gabrielli, D. 1651-1690 14 Burgmüller, N. 1810-1836 1 Gardiner, H. Balfour 1877Busoni, F. 1866-1924 13 1950 15 Buxtehude, D. 1637-1707 22,27 Gastinel, G. b1949 1

Gershwin, G. 1898-1937 10 Gesualdo, C. c1561-1613 13 Giuliani, M. 1781-1829 3,6 Glanville-Hicks, P. 1912-1990 31 Glazunov, A. 1865-1936 20,31 Glier, R. 1875-1976 10 Glinka, M. 1804-1857 16 Gluck, C. 1714-1787 4,14,15 Godard, B. 1849-1895 6,10 Gomes, C. 1836-1896 25 Gordon, M. b1963 8 Gossec, F-J. 1734-1829 22,29 Gottschalk, L. 1829-1869 22 Gould, M. 1913-1996 14 Gounod, C. 1818-1893 1,21 Granados, E. 1867-1916 20,21 Grieg, E. 1843-1907 1,4,19 Guarnieri, C. 1907-1993 5

Lancino, T. b1954 1 Larchet, J. 1894-1967 21 Larsson, L-E. 1908-1986 22 Leclair, J-M. 1697-1764 13,22 Lehár, F. 1870-1948 3 Leoncavallo, R. 1858-1919 14 Lhoyer, A. de 1768-1852 29 Lindsey-Clark, V. 20th c 21 Liptak, D. b1949 8 Liszt, F. 1811-1886 21,22,28,31 Locatelli, P. 1695-1764 18,19

MacDowell, E. 1860-1908 30 Machado, C. b1953 21 Mackenzie, A. 1847-1935 14 Madetoja, L. 1887-1947 25 Mahler, G. 1860-1911 21,22,28 Marais, M. 1656-1728 13,22 Marsh, J. 1752-1828 8 Martin, F. 1890-1974 8 Haas, P. 1899-1944 24 Martinu, B. 1890-1959 31 Hahn, R. 1875-1947 1 Massenet, J. 1842-1912 4,6,12 Halffter, E. 1905-1989 27 Medtner, N. 1880-1951 21 Handel, G. 1685-1759 Méhul, É-N. 1763-1817 13 13,15,17,18,29 Mendelssohn, F. 1809-1847 Harty, H. 1879-1941 21 Haydn, J. 1732-1809 1,4,5,6,7,8,9,11 7,11,13,14,15,19,24 Messager, A. 1853-1929 28 ,12,14,15,17,19,20,23,26,27,29,30 Messiaen, O. 1908-1992 4 Haydn, M. 1737-1806 29 Meyerbeer, G. 1791-1864 1,11 Herbert, V. 1859-1924 20,21 Mihalovici, M. 1898-1985 22 Herman, J. b1932 28 Herzogenberg, H. 1843-1900 7 Milhaud, D. 1892-1974 4,12,19 Miranda, R. b1948 8 Hill, A. 1870-1960 14 Hindemith, P. 1895-1963 16,17,24 Moeran, E.J. 1894-1950 21 Molique, B. 1802-1869 22 Hirose, R. b1930 29 Mompou, F. 1893-1987 5 Hoddinott, A. b1929 24 Moncayo, J. 1912-1958 25 Hoffmeister, F. 1754-1812 8,11 Monteverdi, C. 1567-1643 15 Hofmann, L. 1738-1793 2 Holborne, A. fl c1584-1602 20 Morlock, J. b1969 8 Moscheles, I. 1794-1870 24 Holst, G. 1874-1934 30 Mouquet, J. 1867-1946 4 Honegger, A. 1892-1955 8,12 Mozart, L. 1719-1787 9 Horneman, C. 1840-1906 7 Mozart, W. 1756-1791 1,3,4,5,6, Hovhaness, A. 1911-2000 24 7,8,11,12,13,16,18,20,21,22,23,24,27 Howells, H. 1892-1983 22 ,28,29,30 Hummel, J. 1778-1837 1,7,30 Muffat, G. 1653-1704 1 Murcia, S. de c1682-1740 24 Ibert, J. 1890-1962 29 Mussorgsky, M. 1839-1881 24,31 Ireland, J. 1879-1962 8,14 Myaskovsky, N. 1881-1950 10,13,15 Jadin, H. 1769-1802 13 Myslivecek, J. 1737-1781 15,22 Janácek, L. 1854-1928 9,17,26 Jarre, M. b1924 21 Nørgård, P. b1932 29 Kabalevsky, D. 1904-1987 10 Offenbach, J. 1819-1880 7 Kats-Chernin, E. b1957 18 Onslow, G. 1784-1853 15 Khachaturian, A. 1903-1978 3 Oswald, H. 1852-1931 23 Koechlin, C. 1867-1950 1,24 Korngold, E. 1897-1957 24 Paganini, N. 1782-1840 Kozeluch, L. 1747-1818 21,27,30 13,25,27,28 Palestrina, G. da c1525-1594 29 Krommer, F. 1759-1831 10,25 Krumpholtz, J-B. 1742-1790 25 Pärt, A. b1935 3,29 Pepusch, J. 1667-1752 18 Kuhlau, F. 1786-1832 1

Pertout, A. 20th c 8 Peterson-Berger, W. 18671942 22 Piazzolla, A. 1922-1992 21,25 Pierné, G. 1863-1937 3 Piston, W. 1894-1976 12 Pleyel, I. 1757-1831 5,6,9,13,28 Ponce, M. 1882-1948 27,28 Poulenc, F. 1899-1963 3,12,22,31 Preisner, Z. 20th c 15 Prokofiev, S. 1891-1953 3,8,10,12 Puccini, G. 1858-1924 8,21 Pugnani, G. 1731-1798 22 Purcell, H. 1659-1695 3,22,28

Sor, F. 1778-1839 16 Spohr, L. 1784-1859 1,27 Spontini, G. 1774-1851 29 Stanford, C. Villiers 1852-1924 17,21,29 Stanhope, P. b 1969 22 Stradella, A. 1644-1682 13 Strauss, R. 1864-1949 7,13,16 Stravinsky, I. 1882-1971 5,9,28,31 Suk, J. 1874-1935 9,18 Sullivan, A. 1842-1900 17 Szymanowski, K. 1882-1937 28

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Tailleferre, G. 1892-1983 12 Tallis, T. c1505-1585 20 Taverner, J. c1490-1545 20 Tchaikovsky, P. 1840-1893 7,14,17,20,23,24,30,31 Telemann, G. 1681-1767 13,14,27 Thomson, V. 1896-1989 12 Tippett, M. 1905-1998 31 Tomasi, H. 1907-1971 8 Tournier, M. 1879-1951 3 Turina, J. 1882-1949 10 Tyberg, M. 1893-1944 15 Vanhal, J. 1739-1813 9,25 Vaughan Williams, R. 1872-1958 10,21,28 Verdi, G. 1813-1901 13,21,23 Victoria, T. de 1548-1611 1 Vieru, A. b1926 22 Vieuxtemps, H. 1820-1881 3 Villa-Lobos, H. 1887-1959 31 Vine, C. b1954 16 Vivaldi, A. 1678-1741 1,6,14,15,21,30 Wagenseil, G. 1715-1777 2,22 Wagner, R. 1813-1883 21 Walton, W. 1902-1983 2,3,5,10 Warlock, P. 1894-1930 10 Weber, C.M. 1786-1826 15,17,21,29 Weill, K. 1900-1950 22 Weinberger, J. 1896-1967 21 Wieniawski, H. 1835-1880 31 Williams, J. b1932 28 Wirén, D. 1905-1986 14,17,18 Wolff, J-C. b1946 1 Wölfl, J. 1773-1812 1 Ysaÿe, E. 1858-1931 22 Zabel, A. 1834-1910 3 Zelenka, J. 1679-1745 25

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1. Divest oneself of the edges for Joshua.

5. Wesley forges his compositions.

10 11 7. An avian name for the above.

8. Indian Bread is cooked for Miss 12 13 14 15 Pimakhova.

16 17 9. Half a glass!

18 19 20 10. Lead minus an organiser.

22 21 13. Rebuild naves.

23 24 14. North is your only direction.

16. Racy composition needs editing.

18. A stone adjusted.

25 26 22. Miss Rawlings, Mummy is calling 27 you!

28 23. Made sense of our thin ad.

29 30 25. A horn played incorrectly for Mr. Phillips. © Copyright Stephen Pleskun 2014 All the composers above can be found in the four-volume A Chronological History 26. Young Mr. Duffield’s of Australian Composers and their Compositions 1901-2013. understanding?

Name:_______________________________________________ 27. Offended the wrong way when you look at it.

Address: _____________________________________________ 28. Ox net is broken.

Tel:______________ Email_______________________________ 29. She who must be bourne (sic!).

30. Spoken talk in the middle of an To go in the draw to win James English County.

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2. Naive, without a clue.

3. Might retain; otherwise may sell.

4. Is fed with dates initially.

5. Shah reconstituted naan.

6. Sounds like a genuine adult male.

11. A lame excuse for a dick...(sorry, Richard).

12. Jam ran out.

15. So jarring to re-arrange without a single call.

17. Mean host is sorted out.

19. Exchanges one’s rand.

20. See 26. down.

21. A problem no more.

24. Had Len over to meet Amanda.

26. and 20. She ran kitchens badly.

27. A backward approval to banks.

CROSSWORD SOLUTION - FEBRUARY 2015

Across: 3 Douglas, 5 Pollard, 7 Antill, 8 Humble, 10 Houghton, 12 Hill, 13 Hicks, 15 Boyd, 17 Hair, 19 Peg, 20 Penberthy, 21 Smeaton, 22 Arlen, 24 Anne, 25 Hutchens

Down: 1 Butterley, 2 Cale, 3 Dean, 4 Allworth, 5. Plush, 6 Dreyfus, 9 Brophy,

11 Grainer, 14 Knehans, 16 Overman, 18 Beath, 23 Rae MUSICAL TRIVIA WITH MICHAEL MORTON-EVANS How well do you know the world of classical music? Test your knowledge with these musical brain teasers from Fine Music 102.5 presenter, Michael Morton-Evans.

1. Which instrument did Dr Albert Schweitzer play on his concert tours to raise money for his missionary work in Africa?

2. Which famous Italian conductor’s father fought with Garibaldi for Italian independence?

3. With which well-known tenor is the song Vienna, City of My Dreams forever associated?

4. Who wrote the waltz Village Swallows?

5. What does the musical notation stringendo mean?

6. In the Puccini aria Oh! Mio babbino caro, what does the word babbino mean?

7. Which country is responsible for awarding the Prix de Rome?

8. By what name is Chopin’s Etude in C minor, Op.10. No12, written when he received the news that Warsaw had fallen to the Russians, known?

TRIVIA ANSWERS

1. Organ 2. Arturo Toscanini 3. Richard Tauber 4. Josef Strauss 5. With increasing speed 6. Daddy 7. France 8. The Revolutionary Etude 56

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Met Opera LIVE ON SCREEN The Death of Klinghoffer Adams Jan 31, Feb 1, 5

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La Donna del Lago Rossini Jun 13, 14, 18

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