OCTOBER 2013
MAGAZINE
DAVID HANSEN The Guy Who Sings High
UNCOVERING GIASONE
Sex, scandal and tragedy
DAVID HELFGOTT Sharing the love far and wide
AUSSIES ABROAD Deborah Humble, singer, writer, photographer
THE AUSTRALIAN WORLD ORCHESTRA
How Alexander Briger snared Zubin Mehta the ‘unobtainable conductor’
Giasone francesco cavalli One man. TwO wOmen. Three Times The TrOuble.
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CONTENTS Vol 40 No 10
4 COVER STORY Anna Svenne writes about Francesco Cavalli’s Giasone - a hit of the 17th century that is soon to be performed by Pinchgut Opera with countertenor David Hansen singing the lead role. 3 The NOISE and top composer collaborators 5 David Hansen, the guy who sings high 6 Flashback - The late great Yehudi Menuhin 7 On tour - David Helfgott 9 Alexander Briger & Australia’s world orchestra 11 Young Virtuosi 13 Aussies Abroad – Deborah Humble 14 What’s On 16. CD Reviews 19 Swinging on the Vine 20 The Haydn Marathon 54 Directors, Committees, Staff 55 Fine Music Friends 56 Crossword and Trivia Quiz
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EDITOR’S DESK
Our cover artist this month is David Hansen - “the guy who sings high”. The Aussie counter-tenor with movie star good looks resides in Norway but returns home to play “Jason” in Pinchgut Opera’s Giasone in December. The Francesco Cavalli opera was the hit of the 17th century and Erin Helyard, who will direct the upcoming performance, questions how Giasone, the singularly most popular opera of its day, could have slipped so far into obscurity. Ahead of the Australian World Orchestra’s sole Sydney performance, Randolph Magri-Overend meets up with artistic director Alexander Briger - the man who thought up the concept and saw it through to realisation. Briger talks about his coup of the year – attracting one of the world’s leading conductors, Zubin Mehta. Fine Music 102.5’s investment in youth, which is funded by a big hearted group of music loving philanthropists, has made for a busy few weeks. The 30th winner of the annual Fine Music Young Performer Award was named following a four way final at the Sydney Conservatorium where an enthusiastic post-ballot box crowd was treated to music from very fine emerging artists. The event was managed by Judy Deacon who runs the Young Virtuosi program which takes in not only awards, but ongoing youth broadcasts. You can read more about the Young Performer winner on page 11. There are many exceptional young artists performing around town among them is The NOISE, a vibrant string quartet which is just about to launch a new CD with commissioned works from the likes of Andrew Ford and Rosalind Page. On page three, Meldi Arkinstall explains the unusual creative processes that have fed into the group’s new recording - Composed NOISE. Also with a new CD just out are the far more seasoned singers from The Idea of North. This a cappella group has notched up 20 years of entertaining locally and overseas. While they have nine albums to their name, they say, “…the best stuff actually happens live and can’t be recorded onto plastic, no matter how shiny it is.” So if you haven’t had the thrill of hearing them in concert, mark this one in the diary - Idea of North 20th Anniversary Concert - details next page.
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GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901) Born on 10 October, Le Roncole, Italy Reigned this monarch of opera in La Scala, Milan, And in other great Houses from New York to Cannes. Through his genius rare, his clefs, notes and dots, Countless singers he challenged through music and plots. To Trovatore, Traviata, Masked Ball and Macbeth, Verdi’s dramas of love, mirth, betrayal and death, Add the trills and the thrills for singers as norm, And Aida and Falstaff us also transform. For two hundred years since the date of his birth, Verdi’s works have prevailed, both in whole and excerpt. The gifts that he left us have music enriched, And opera-phile hearts both charmed and bewitched. - Patrick Thomas MBE Courtesy, Wirripang Pty Ltd October 2013
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Filling auditoriums In our August issue, Friend of Fine Music, Dan MacLeod lamented the choice of operas in Opera Australia’s 2013 program labeling them “same old”, and asked, “Where are the operas by Haydn, Respighi, Tippett, Hindemith, Messiaen, Ginastera, B A Zimmermann and Henze - to name but a few.” Joe Neustatl, an opera lover, shares his opinion.. Dear Mr MacLeod, Australian Opera has to finance their productions. To fill its auditorium is their first priority and to please the audience is second. Their repertoire has to cover the four most important composers of opera, which are Puccini, Verdi, Mozart and Wagner. They manage to introduce some new Australian works and every year there appears an unusual composition performed to half full auditorium. This year it is Britten’s Albert Herring, last year The Dead City and a year before Of Mice and Men. All these operas can be staged only if the company can make profit on the rest of the season. I am very proud of our AO for finding a way to keep going and bring in important singers from overseas. - Joe Neustatl JOHANN STRAUSS JNR. (1825-1899) Born 25 October
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Johann Strauss, the Waltz King, was a genius true; Many greats viewed his gifts as more than a few. Johannes Brahms praised both his talents and flair, Aware the Strauss style needed much subtle care. Aside from great names such as Bach and Delibes, There are millions of folk who in Johann believe; And as Schubert’s Lied rose from a simple folk tune, So became the Strauss Waltz a classic form soon. It was *Stehgeiger Strauss with his Band who first played All those Waltzes and Polkas we love when essayed. Many still feel today, the best Strauss to hear Comes from players who live in Vienna or near. As most pros know well, with each Strauss melody, There is more than its beat and distinctive esprit. Thus in terms of rubato and lilt so imbued, Who other than Strauss could such fame have accrued? * Stehgeiger – A “Standing Violinist” who, as soloist, also leads a band from the front. - Patrick Thomas MBE Courtesy, Wirripang Pty Ltd To buy Thomas’ new book of poetry “Some Fine Music Composers - One Conductor’s Selection”, visit www.finemusicfm.com or call 9439 4777.
OCTOBER AT THE INDEPENDENT THEATRE - Exclusive reader ticket offer Tuesday 1 October 11am, *Musica Viva Coffee Concerts, Choir of Trinity College Melbourne Friday 4 October 7.30pm, Roger Benedict presents, Postcards in Vienna Sunday 6 October 3pm, Sonus Piano Quartet, Paris with Love Friday 11 October 7.30pm, The Idea of North, 20th Anniversary Concert Saturday 12 October 7.30pm, Ensemble Vinifera, Concert 2 Saturday 19 October 3 pm, ACMS, Chamber Music For Pleasure Sunday 20 October 2pm, *The Actors’ Forum , The Prisoner of Second Avenue Saturday 26 October 8.30pm, Gai Bryant, Palacio de la Rumba Courtesy of The Australian Elizabethan Trust, readers of Fine Music Magazine can purchase individual tickets for $31 - a generous reduction on normal adult ticket prices and most concessions. Use promotional code ‘FM2013’ when buying your tickets at The Independent. Visit theindependent.org.au or call 1300 302 604 for details and bookings. *Discount does not apply to asterisked events.
Composed NOISE
SEVEN NEW WORKS BY LEADING COMPOSERS Andrew Batt-Rawden produced a score in the form of an animated video. The musical notes appear in real time, just before the musicians are required to play them. The final score will be projected onto a screen so the audience can follow. He describes his work, called simply, “28”, which is his age, as “delicate and extremely tonal”. A section of Rosalind Page’s work has the group improvising to video footage from legendary Russian film maker Andrei Tarkovsky. Amanda Cole is pushing the boundaries with light and sound, using a stroboscopic light metronome. She has just ordered big LED lights for the concerts: “It’s never been done on this scale before,” she said with excitement. The NOISE recorded a CD of the works while work-shopping and improvising with the composer present. The roles of performer and creator merged in this group, which prides itself on being able to “compose in real time”.
the Australian Haydn Ensemble, a period instrument group. He has also worked with the Sydney Dance Company and did post graduate studies in Berlin. This ambitious and exciting project is so allencompassing that The NOISE has given it its own name: Composed NOISE.
just thinking outside the “..not box, but reinventing the box!
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Most new music groups commission a new work or two a year. Amplified string quartet The NOISE has commissioned seven new works by leading Australian composers and will present them at Sydney’s Cell Block Theatre this month. The composers are Andrew Ford, Rosalind Page, Paul Cutlan, Lyle Chan, Andrew Batt-Rawden, Alex Pozniak and Amanda Cole. The violinists in the group are Veronique Serret and Mirabai Peart, James Eccles plays viola and Ollie Miller is on cello. Past collaborations for The NOISE have involved Judy Bailey,TaikOz and Vivid Festival 2013. So how did it all begin? “We began improvising for fun in a little terrace house in Darlinghurst…and out of this we created our first album of semi-composed and improvised material,’’ viola player James Eccles said. All classically trained, each member of the group has a great depth of musical knowledge and has explored many different styles of music. Each player also shares another important quality: a raw and focused passion directed towards creating new and incredible music, towards pushing things to the limit. Violinist Mirabai Peart is currently touring Europe and Japan with one of the world’s most respected exponents of Balkan and Greek music, guitarist Ryan Francesconi. Cellist Ollie Miller studied jazz piano with Judy Baily at the Sydney Conservatorium and plays cello in several jazz bands. Violinist Veronique Serret is one of Sydney’s most sought after session musicians, and James Eccles recently joined
Each composer was given instructions to compose a work that involved some kind of improvisation or indeterminacy. “We threw down the gauntlet to the composers and asked them not just to think outside the box, but actually to reinvent the box itself!” Eccles said. The composers ran with the challenge, to the point that Lyle Chan created a work whose score is determined by a game of 500. Chan is fascinated by game theory. The quartet literally plays a game of 500. The rhythms, pitches and texture of the piece are played according to how the game plays out, and according to the simple rules devised by Chan. He explained: “That was the extent of my instructions. How the rhythms and pitches and texture actually get put together to form music is entirely up to their sensibility, their taste, their personality.” Andrew Ford’s quartet was commissioned thanks to the generosity of Julian Burnside QC. It is a work about “individual freedoms”. Describing the work as “powerful”, Eccles said a recent performance saw one audience member let out an involuntary “wow!” after a strong climactic moment in the music.
..modern classical musicians “don’t have, nor do they develop, the skill of improvisation.
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Ollie Miller, James Eccles, Mirabai Peart, Veronique Serret. Photo - Michael Wholley
The art of improvisation requires a deep understanding of harmony, style and melody, and up until the nineteenth century was considered a necessary skill for the classical musician. But modern classical musicians don’t develop the skill of improvisation. Eccles would like to see this change: “I don’t see my work in this group as mutually exclusive from my work as a classical musician. Each member of The NOISE brings a unique set of additional playing skills that literally opens up a whole other world of playing possibilities.It brings a different kind of virtuosity to our group that goes way beyond the stock-standard ‘I can play Paganini faster than you can’ kind of mentality. We seem to forget that Paganini and Liszt were composers - creating their own new music, not just regurgitating someone else’s music”. Cutlan, who composed Merge/Emerge, best summed up the process: “You know you’ve done your job if you’ve given them enough room to contribute, but it’s based on a template from the composer - to fully understand each work in this project, each must be studied in the context of its final performance.” - Meldi Arkinstall THE NOISE IN CONCERT 8, 9 October 7pm, The Cell Block Theatre, National Art School, Darlinghurst Bookings: www.composednoise.eventbrite.com.au or 0411 463 541 Composed Noise CDs sold at the concerts and online - www.thenoise.com.au October 2013
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Uncovering Giasone Sex, scandal and tragedy aplenty
in the biggest selling show of the 17th century Navigating an opera plot is never a straightforward exercise. Charting the history of opera is, in many ways, an even bigger challenge. Oftentimes, discoveries are made when they’re least expected. Erin Helyard, co-artistic director of Pinchgut Opera recalls: “I was teaching a course on baroque opera at McGill University in Montreal and happened upon this piece by Francesco Cavalli - Giasone.” (Say the name “Jason” with a vaguely Italian accent and you’ve basically mastered the pronunciation.) “It was the most frequently performed opera of the entire 17th century.” From the time it was written in 1648 until the turn of the century, “Jason” was revived a whopping 22 times. “I was intrigued,” says Helyard. How was it that this piece - once the singularly most popular opera of its day Erin Helyard. Photo - Nelson Mail - could have slipped so far into obscurity? Yet forgets why he has travelled across the world. He’s more confoundingly, on closer examination Erin not a heroic figure - without Medea’s magic powers, discovered a sparkling comedy-tragedy, and a he will not succeed in his mission. Indeed, Jason’s very unusual take on the Jason and Medea story. love life is a hopeless mess until the two female rivals sort things out.
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Jason was an iconic hero to the Venetians; they couldn’t get enough of his amorous escapades. In Cavalli’s version of the story, Jason sets off with a group of friends - the Argonauts - on a seemingly impossible mission: to steal the Golden Fleece. It soon becomes apparent that Jason is not as brave as he always claims to be, and that he has a great weakness for feminine beauty. “Cavalli was one of the greatest entertainers of his day, and one of the first to realise the powerful dramatic potential of opera,” says Helyard, who will be directing Pinchgut’s December production from the keyboard. “He balanced the Venetian people’s love of spectacle with their passion for everyday drama.” Jason first falls for the charms of the beautiful, tragic Isifile. Later, in the arms of the mysterious Medea, Jason
From Jason’s beautiful first aria “Delizie, contenti”, the musical tone is set - beautifully nuanced melodies, full of grace, subtlety and charm. Interspersed with these languid moments, Cavalli’s comic flair makes a lasting impression. Criticised for abandoning “linguistic elegance and purity”, Cavalli blew a raspberry at his critics. He knew better the tastes of his Venetian public, understanding their overriding desire for entertainment. The unfortunate character of the stuttering servant Demo, for instance, literally stammers and splutters his way through the aria “Son gobbo, son Demo”, to great comic affect.
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forward to the delicious possibilities of these contrasts. “It’s really a wonderful romantic drama, held in the arms of a charming and slightly risqué comedy; and it’s a very loving embrace!” RaderShieber first worked with Pinchgut in 2008, on Charpentier’s David & Jonathan. “For me, Pinchgut represents the very best kind of operamaking: collaboration, community, and a spirit of joyousness. I try never to create an opera alone; it doesn’t produce such good results! Most often I think of having to find a common goal with a lot of other people, and try to guide the ‘ship’ in that direction. But I do believe that the ultimate goal of the theatre is to make the audience feel more human on their way out of the theatre, than they felt on the way in.” And, he adds, the audience will be at the heart of these performances. “The audience is the reason any of us do what we do. Opera without an audience is just a very expensive rehearsal.” Giasone - 5, 7, 8 & 9 December www.cityrecitalhall.com
Director Chas Rader-Shieber, returning to Pinchgut Opera for a second time, is looking
Pinchgut & Progress
Pinchgut Opera was born over a cup of coffee some twelve years ago. A group of friends collectively wondered whether it might be possible to present opera in such a way that every element - sets, costumes, production - would be in the service of the music. These friends, by their own admission, had no strategic plan, just a rough budget for the first production. They had no government grants, just confidence that they would find enough people who wanted to help them. Scroll forward to the present day and Pinchgut is on the brink of an exciting new development. In 2014, for the first time, this Sydney-born-andbred opera company will tackle two productions in one year: the Australian premiere of Antonio 4
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Salieri’s comic opera The Chimney Sweep in July, to be directed by Erin Helyard, and then in their usual December “slot”, a masterpiece of the French baroque - Gluck’s Iphigenie - conducted by Antony Walker. When you think about it, it’s a pretty big step to take. Twice as many singers and players to find. Twice as many notes to learn. Twice as many people to entice to hear two operas that have either never, or only rarely, been heard before in Australia. It’s a bold undertaking, and a decision that hasn’t been made lightly. “We’ve done our homework,” says Pinchgut chair, Liz Nielsen. “As a team we had a series of strategy sessions - much more formal than that first coffee!” she laughs. “We looked at all the possibilities for how to
expand Pinchgut. There were lots of options to consider.” The team all agreed that they wanted to maintain a focus on historically informed musical excellence. “Anyone who’s been to a Pinchgut performance will also understand the importance we place on nurturing our relationships with the audience and our artists,” continues Nielsen. “Because we perform at City Recital Hall, there’s always an intimacy in the music making, and we don’t want to lose that. “Right from the beginning we always had faith that people would enjoy what we do, and want to support what we do. It’s double the work, but double the fun! We hope you will all come with us as we take this next step.” - Anna Svenne
David Hansen guy who sings high There are several things that immediately strike you about Australian countertenor David Hansen. First, it’s hard to escape those piercing blue eyes. (Yes, they really are that blue.) Then there’s his depth of knowledge about the craft and repertoire of his specialist voice type. Third, his devoutly down-to-earth attitude. All this combined with his passion for communication, and it’s hard to imagine a more interesting performer. This year for Pinchgut’s annual production, Hansen is taking the title role in Francesco Cavalli’s Giasone (Jason). With natural enthusiasm, Hansen poses a rhetorical question. “Who wouldn’t want to play Jason of the Argonauts!? I remember the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece vividly from a book of Greek legends that my grandpa bought me when I was a boy.” Jason is most commonly associated with great heroism and recognised as a leader of men. But, says Hansen, the character within Cavalli’s opera is flawed by common human weaknesses. “Jason’s desires and earthly pursuits lead him to skirt responsibility. For me, that makes his character all the more appealing. Of course he becomes a great hero, but every hero has their flaws and it’s those flaws that make Jason both human and, ultimately, believable.”
David Hansen. Photo - Tilje Thilesen
Speaking from Norway via Skype, Hansen says for the time being, he’s completely absorbed with preparations for György Ligeti’s only opera, Le grand macabre. “I’m singing the sole countertenor role. I have to hop around the stage bouncing on a giant, bouncy ball. Singing, while doing that, is hard. It’s next to impossible to achieve any kind of legato whilst bouncing around.” No kidding. Though Ligeti’s anti-anti-opera is perhaps not to everyone’s taste, Hansen has been enjoying one aspect of the Norwegian Opera production above all others. “My wife Ida is a harpist. This is the first time we’ve worked together since we met in 2007 doing Handel’s Julius Caesar. As a singer, if you’re successful in your freelance career, it can mean you’re away a lot. But just that act of going to work together, and coming home together - I can’t tell you how nice it is.” They’ll be travelling to Sydney together come November when rehearsals with Pinchgut commence. “I’m fortunate to have two home crowds: Australia, where I grew up, and Norway, where I live. There is a marked difference when performing to a home crowd - they’re usually more vocal in their support (or disapproval), probably because they feel they ‘know’ you. I spend a lot of time away from my two homes,
so nostalgia is a feeling I relish and which undeniably draws something special out of me. Not that I ever purposefully give less anywhere else I perform, but for me, knowing my family and friends are in the audience only heightens the experience of performing. In 2011, Pinchgut’s Griselda was the first opera I had ever sung in Sydney to my home crowd - and that experience was one I will never forget.” - Anna Svenne Hansen’s debut solo album “Rivals”, recorded in Italy in June, has just been released. It features the world premiere recordings of many arias originally sung by his castrato “ancestors” back in the 17th century. “It’s some of the hardest music I’ve ever sung,” says Hansen. Many hours of research in libraries in Milan, Melbourne and elsewhere turned up a treasure trove of music not heard for centuries. “I had a little keyboard with me to play through the melody and get a feel for each one - provided the handwriting was good enough. The good arias really jumped out at me.”
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FLASHBACK WITH DEREK PARKER
YEHUDI MENUHIN I didn’t realise that in the past several years this was in the early ‘60s - he had been much taken by meditation and yoga, and found that standing on his head for five minutes or so every day was extremely calming and regenerative. Though he took some drawing out - I think he was basically a very shy person - he said that in the late 1940s and early ‘50s he had come close to a personal and artistic breakdown, partly the result of over-work (he had toured incessantly during the war, playing for the troops) and partly the result of a recital he and Benjamin Britten gave in 1945 for the survivors of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp almost immediately after its liberation, the smell of death was still strong, and many of the audience too weak and emaciated to sit upright.
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He spent many months re-examining his whole attitude to playing in public, and to technique, and found both unsatisfactory; he virtually retaught himself, holding his bow in a completely different way, and returning to a strict régime of practice which he had given up for many years. Yoga, too - which he learned from the influential B. K. S. Iyengar, one of the greatest living teachers of yoga (still practising at the age of 95) was an enormous and continual help. I don’t know what he was like during the years when he was under strain, but when I knew him he was almost preternaturally placid, calm, and with a kind attentiveness which made him a pleasure to interview.
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Hall (where most musicians seemed to want to meet); but one had to run the gauntlet of placating his extremely protective wife, “the awfully frank and frankly awful Diana” (her words). As Diana Gould, she had been a ballerina, described by Anna Pavlova as the only English dancer with a soul. Her career had been in some ways tragic - both Diaghilev and Pavlova invited her to join their companies, but both died before this could take place. She met Menuhin just after his marriage to his Australian first wife had failed and they were married in 1947; she was no doubt one of the prime elements in what was virtually his re-birth as an artist. They were totally devoted (signing Christmas cards Yehudiana), but she had a tongue like a very well-honed razor, and you had to work pretty hard to get under her guard. In that sense she was just what he needed, for he would agree all too readily to do anything for anyone. His generosity was clear from his public appearances: the first time I heard him play, at a concert at the Albert Hall, he played the Beethoven concerto, and then both the romances as encores! His reputation meant that he became almost notorious for his charitable work (though Diana did her best to keep it under control), and when he believed in a cause he would support it through any kind of criticism - he was violently attacked for agreeing to play under the baton of Wilhelm Furtwängler, who had continued to conduct throughout the Nazi regime. He did it, he said, in the cause of reconciliation. As one might expect of a violinist who had introduced the Elgar concerto while still virtually a schoolboy, he was associated with new music all his life, commissioning and introducing several concerti including Priaulx Rainier’s Due canti e finale, Alan Hovhaness’ concerto for violin, sita and orchestra (the result of his long friendship with Ravi Shankar) and Malcolm Williamson’s concerto, which he often played and which is now disgracefully neglected. His sense of fun was obvious in conversation, but publicly less so until relatively late in his life, when it certainly came out in his association with the French violinist and founder of the quintette du Hot Club de France, Stephane Grapelli. Maybe their appearance in the Eurovision Song Contest was a mistake, but the resulting recordings sold extremely well even if there was never a moment when one thought
Menuhin with yogi Vithaldas of Menuhin as a jazz performer; he was just giving a respectable imitation of one.
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I have to confess to being slightly disconcerted, on arriving in Yehudi Menuhin’s drawing-room, to find him standing on his head.
Among his achievements, on his way to his O.B.E., K.B.E. and Baronetcy, was the founding in 1962 of his school at Stoke d’Abernon, in a quiet and pleasant corner of Surrey. There, though never with the time to teach regularly, he was the sort of tutor one might dream of, and it was an enormous pleasure to watch him with the young students. Among them, in I think 1966, I heard a ten-year-old play quite wonderfully, and afterwards he was a real pleasure to talk to: polite, charming, with a quiet pleasantly modulated voice, very “English”, very “middle-class” and deferent. His name was Nigel Kennedy. I’ve often wondered what happened to him. - Derek Parker
DAVID HELFGOTT: GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! record-breaking audiences and exposed, to the soaring experience of classical music, a segment of the populace barely familiar with the Russian composer, while coming in for strong criticism from Helfgott’s sister, Margaret. Her book, “Out of Tune” challenged a range of facts portrayed on screen as alleged inaccuracies, particularly the portrayal of Helfgott senior a tyrannical despot. While on the topic of highlights, perhaps Helfgott’s most miraculous moment came during an evening in the late 1970s when the then Saturday-night wine bar pianist was introduced to his future wife, Gillian, at Ricardo’s in Perth. She has been his mentor, manager and minder for over three decades, shielding him from the media and the hordes of autograph hunters who besiege him after every concert, wherever it may take place. Indeed, it was her influence and support and that of promoter, Mike Perry which enabled Helfgott to resume his concert career in 1984 after periods of illness. As a result, a sell-out tour of Australia’s eastern States in 1986 was followed by recitals in Germany and Denmark.
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“ I’ve been everywhere, man....
David Helfgott’s journeying to ply his masterly musical career is legendary. For a man now in his mid 60s, his stamina and enthusiasm for pleasing audiences throughout not only Australia’s capital cities (in 1996 he played four sold-out concerts in the Sydney Opera House - an unprecedented occurrence) but also in many of its musically under-nourished country centres is legendary. A shining (the pun is unintentional) example of this can be seen in the geographic spread of his current year’s concert tour of Australia (see box) taking in Tamworth, Newcastle, Bathurst, Wagga, Orange, Wangaratta, Warrnambool, Adelaide, Bendigo, Melbourne, Launceston, Hobart and Sydney.
David Helfgott with wife Gillian For nigh on a year, keyboard wunderkind David Helfgott’s Rach Three CD consistently topped the charts to attain gold status in Australia, the UK as well as the US, a feat arguably attained by no other Downunderclassical performer. Subsequent recordings by Helfgott have been accorded numerous other prestigious awards. The son of Melbourne-resident Polish parents, at the age of five he won the ABC’s Instrumental & Vocal Competition State finals and went on to claim the award on five more occasions. He can be compared to few other
Australian musicians. One of his early teachers, the renowned English pianist, Cyril Smith described the then-19 year old as his “most brilliant student in 25 years of teaching” and likened him to Horowitz. The Scholarship which he won to no less than London’s Royal College of Music took him to heights a mere handful of young musicians have scaled, crowned by his Danreuther Prize for Best Concerto Performance of the Rachmaninoff concerto which featured in the film based on his life, the Oscar-winning ‘Shine’. The film drew
Moreover, he must be sitting on a containerload of frequent flyer points, having delighted audiences during many a gruelling tour to Austria, Germany, Denmark, the US, UK, Japan, New Zealand, China, Norway, Turkey and more recently Israel, sponsored by an Australia-Israel Cultural Exchange program. Over the years he has particularly been drawn to South Africa where he has performed to sold-out audiences since 1998. However last month’s four-concert tour may be his last there, given that he admits to the need to cut down on travel. October 2013
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the 2013 tour program is headed by Bach’s Italian Concerto (BWV971). Other items listed for this year’s audiences include Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata), the second Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor by Liszt and Grandes Études No. 3 in G minor, “La campanella” by Paganini. A range of critics in some countries have found Helfgott’s unusual platform manner hard to handle. One such, Anthony Tommasini noted that Helfgott “stares into the hall and renders a nonstop commentary of grunts, groans and mutterings”. Such is the leniency lent to genius. If his soldout houses are anything to go by, Australian audiences who have experienced his concert idiosyncrasies are obviously content to accept them in return for the drama, the sensitiveness and the magic moments of his keyboard mastery. – Henry Mendelson
Friday 15 November 8pm A young David Helfgott with father, Peter.
Helfgott has been the recipient of numerous awards, including an Honorary Doctorate of Music at the Edith Cowan University Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. His town of Bellingen has recognised his contribution to music and to community by erecting a statue in a park there and in Montecatini Terme, home to both Verdi and Puccini, he and Gillian were given the keys to the town. More recently he has been honoured by Prague’s world famous Petrof Piano company, one of the world’s most respected keyboard manufacturers which presented him one of its top of the range eight foot hand-crafted Monsoon master grand pianos. The Helfgotts have had to knock out a wall of David’s studio to accommodate this superb instrument. Not content to fill the concert halls of the world, Helfgott spends a great deal of his time involved with charities and fund raising events. His residential seclusion in the coastal hinterland of New South Wales sees him encouraging the local Youth Orchestra, mentoring a young violinist there and assisting organisations concerned with refugee problems throughout Australia. In addition, over the past years he has given numerous concerts to raise funds for music education in Australian schools, a project supported by the Petrof people. “David is incredibly generous with his time and talents for worthy causes”, wife Gillian stated, describing life in their Bellingen valley (its appropriate appellation of The Promised Land hints at his career) as fulfilling all the needs for a creative, if restful environment. After a shaky start to life due to a stressful medical history, she proudly points out that David Helfgott today 8
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While Helfgott generally prefers to perform Romantic music - mostly Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Liszt, Schumann and Rimsky-Korsakov, he is for the first time this year embarking on a relationship with J.S. Bach. In association with his UK agent, Walter Hartz,
DAVID HELFGOTT IN SOLO RECITAL The Councourse - Concert Hall Chatswood The pianist who stole our hearts performs the music that captured his soul. The inspiration for the Oscar winning film Shine, Helfgott is one of Australia's most treasured musicians. In his eagerly anticipated debut recital at the Concourse...
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ALEXANDER BRIGER BIRTH OF AN ORCHESTRA
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Alexander Briger. Photo – Randolph Magri-Overend I wrote an article on Alexander Briger in late 2004 when he was living in London, was married to a clarinettist, Natascha and had a five-month old daughter called Claudia. These days he’s re-emigrated back to Australia, lives on Sydney’s North Shore, is still married to Natascha and now has two more children Sofia aged seven and Scarlett aged four “all blondies with blue eyes.” Briger loves playing daddy when he’s at home and dutifully picks up his children from school. Soon he’ll be off conducting Katya Kabanova in Toulon, the Chatelet in Paris, Oslo Philharmonic and The Chamber Orchestra of Paris. He is the nephew of not only the late conductor Sir Charles Mackerras but also Alistair Mackerras, former headmaster of Sydney Grammar School and Malcolm Mackerras the political analyst.
It’s not a new idea, admits Briger, there are other orchestras based on a similar format. There’s Claudio Abbado’s Lucerne Festival Orchestra, which Briger much admires, and there’s Ivan Fischer’s Budapest Festival Orchestra. But unlike the Australian version they’re made up of leading European players who do not have a country as a common denominator. The difference with The Australian World Orchestra is that 50 per cent of the players are ex-pat Australians in top orchestral positions abroad and the rest command leading positions in Australian orchestras. “We recruited people like Matt McDonald, principal double-bass player with the Berlin Philharmonic, Toby Lea, principal violist from the Vienna Philharmonic, Andrew Bain, principal horn from the Los Angeles Philharmonic (who can’t be with us this year), Simon James, concert master from the Seattle Symphony….” The names go on and on. The germ of the idea came to Briger in 2006 while conducting the AWO’s Japanese equivalent in Tokyo but they comprised only of Japanese players based in Japan. Briger’s brainchild was more ambitious. But, how to do it? He contacted uncle Charles who liked the idea and suggested they perform Beethoven’s 9th in their opening concert. The first player to be sounded out was Nick Deutsch, oboeplayer extraordinaire for the Gewandhaus and
other famous orchestras (and who managed to persuade Zubin Mehta to conduct this year’s concerts). He bubbled with enthusiasm; other expats were approached and they all wanted to be part of it. The establishments that ran the local concert halls were less impressed, however. Peter Weiss, the philanthropist, was contacted and he was sufficiently interested that he suggested a “battle plan” for them. Slowly the puzzle began to be less daunting. Simone Young was recruited to conduct the first night. Fund-raisers were organised at places like John Laws’ house, Alan Jones and Fine Music 102.5 supported them on the airwaves, Qantas agreed to transport the players on a contra basis, the Sofitel chain of hotels agreed to put them up and many other organisations came to the party.
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At the first rehearsal, it was obvious the orchestra was something special. “Everyone was looking at each other, at their peers. We started off with the Tchaikovsky on purpose because the double-basses (the best players from Berlin, New York, Vienna and Sydney) start it off and then it filters through to the others. Young noticed the tension in the room and during a break said they looked “like the AYO with wrinkles!” And then it was like watching a musical windscreen wiper. They all started swaying to the rhythm; bows flying everywhere. It was immediate. The sound was European and rich. The strings were so full.” Young summed it all up when she proclaimed: “I think we have an orchestra.”
I meet Briger at Xenos in Crows Nest. I’d never met him before (the previous article had been written by means of email Q&As) and I am amazed at his youthfulness, his charm and his creative energy. We spend the first few minutes talking about how Karajan got the best out of Pavarotti in the recording of Puccini’s La Bohème and how Domingo is coping singing in Salzburg so soon after his heart scare. However, an event that has transpired since I last wrote about Briger is the emergence of The Australian World Orchestra. Now here’s a subject you can really sink your teeth into. I had to know the Who? What? Where? When? Why? and Whoweeee (after it had become a resounding success following its debut concerts in August 2011).
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“On the opening night,” recalls Briger, “when the orchestra walked on stage they received a three minute ovation. Nick Deutsch was so nervous he had tears streaming down his face and couldn’t even blow the A to tune the orchestra with. Simone walked in to applause the like I’ve never heard before.” Later, in the middle of Tchaikovsky’s first movement and during a slight break in the music, someone in the audience, caught in the excitement of the night, shouted “Bravo!” The clamour for tickets was so great after the first night, people had to be turned away for the second concert. This year’s series also involves Melbourne. Logistically it is more of a nightmare because the single Sydney concert is sandwiched between two Melbourne ones. Trucks will transport the heavier instruments to and
Lord Berners Zubin Mehta. Photo - G. Luca Moggi/New Press Photo from both capitals. The repertoire is the CALAMITY, Zubin e-mailed that the Ring cycle same throughout: Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring dates he was to conduct had to be re-organised (celebrating its 100th anniversary) and Mahler’s which meant cancelling us. But this is the 1st Symphony (including the much-neglected beauty of the AWO - we have so many players Blumine movement), both conducted by Zubin who are tops in the world - I contacted Matt McDonald and Stan Dodds who were playing Mehta - and therein lies a tale too. with Mehta at the Berlin Philharmonic and “We needed an I instructed them to ‘go into Zubin’s dressing ‘unobtainable’ conductor…” room, tell him to look at his calendar and don’t “Take it or leave it,” said Zubin leave until you’ve found us some new dates’, Briger describes it thus: “We needed to go to and they did and they discovered the only five the next level up and get an ‘unobtainable’ day window in the next five years. ‘Take it or conductor. We thought of Rattle, Abbado, leave it’, said Zubin. We went to the Opera Mehta, Barenboim and even Dudamel, and we House with the new dates and it’s all worked came up with Zubin. He’s the man - everybody out.” - Randolph Magri-Overend
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Brett Dean, the Australian violist and composer, had been approached to see whether he would play in the orchestra (he’s the leading violist at the Berlin Philharmonic) as well as conduct one of his compositions. His Vexations and Devotions became one of the pieces played on the second night which began with Briger conducting Brahms’ Festival Overture and concluded with Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (Briger conducting again) with soloists Cheryl Barker, Steve Davislim, Elizabeth Campbell and Teddy Tahu Rhodes. Young conducted the first night with the 96-strong orchestra performing Wagner’s Prelude and Venusberg music from “Tannhauser”, Sculthorpe’s Earth Cry with William Barton on didgeridoo and Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony.
loves him and we got Nick Deutsch to contact him. Mehta wanted names of players - he was impressed, all tip-top names. Zubin gave us dates and we booked the halls and then
The Australian World Orchestra performs at the Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House on Thursday 3 October 8pm
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YOUNG PERFORMER OF THE YEAR - GRACE CLIFFORD Fifteen-year-old violinist Grace Clifford was named Fine Music 102.5 Young Performer of the Year following an enchanting performance of Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy Op 25 and Debussy’s Beau Soir at the finals held in the Sydney Conservatorium’s Verbrugghen Hall on September 7. Her performance was all the more impressive for the fact that she was still recovering from a severe upper respiratory tract infection and had come very close to forfeiting. “Had it been 24 hours earlier, she would not have made it,” said organiser Judy Deacon. The modest, poised and well-named Grace, said that she thought her performance had “..gone quite well really,” and that the chance to test herself in public and through being recorded was one of the most important aspects and benefits of competition, “I really enjoyed it, and it is always great to find a place where you can perform.” With the Kendall Violin and ABC young performer finals next on her agenda, Grace will have plenty more public outings and with those in mind, rejected any coddling and was back rehearsing early the following morning. A Year 9 student at Abbotsleigh, Grace is in the Sydney Conservatorium’s Rising Stars program under Robin Wilson, one of Australia’s leading teachers. Last year she was placed fourth in the junior section of the Yehudi Menuhin competition and this year toured as a development artist with Selby and Friends. As Fine Music Young Performer of the Year, she has won $5,000 from the Family Frank Foundation, and will represent NSW in the national finals in Brisbane on 15 November. She has also achieved another opportunity to appear in public - this time in a major performance with the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 2014. She will take the stage as a soloist under conductor Steven Hillinger, who was an adjudicator of the Award. He said of Grace’s winning performance, “She makes everything sound so easy. Her expressiveness and musical phrasing were beautiful and the character of the
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Young Performer of the year Grace Clifford. Photography - Raymond Horsey pieces really came through. She told us a story YOUNG VIRTUOSI BROADCASTS through her performance.” 1pm Wednesday 2 October Hillinger was delighted with all four of the Sydney Eisteddfod Accompanist Award final contestants and made these comments Presenter - David Nutting following the event 3.30 pm – 5.30 pm Saturday 5 October 2013 Young Performer Award Final Jonathon Ramsay (euphonium) - runner up Presenter - Oscar Foong and winner of $2,000 from Sydney Piano World: 1pm Wednesday 9 October “Jonathon is a technical and musical whizz on YPA reprise 2012 winner pianist Bo An Lu the euphonium. Not only is his fast playing Presenter - Troy Fil incredibly accurate, clear and consistent, it is 1pm Wednesday 16 October incredibly musical. There was always a sense Sydney Eisteddfod Aria & Opera and Arts of direction and line in his playing while also Support Group Vocal Scholarship Finals still coming across as light and playful. In the Presenter - Camille Mercép slow passages his sound was warm and round 1pm Wednesday 23 October as he sang the long musical lines through his Sydney Eisteddfod Alf & Pearl Pollard Award instrument. “ Presenter - Joshua McNulty Antonia Berg (flute) - “Antonia had the 1pm Wednesday 30 October facility to play with a soft, delicate sound or Composers Series Presenter - Troy Fil Audio Engineer, Greg Ghavalas a full, rich sound as required by the repertoire. Her beautiful lyrical playing through phrases UPCOMING EVENTS created wonderfully musical shapes.” 8pm Tuesday 8 October - Sydney Eisteddfod Alf & Pearl Pollard Memorial Paul Cheung (piano) - “Paul played with a Awards for Performance Excellence, Lane great clarity of rhythm and finesse and managed Cove- Mowbray Anglican Church, Rosenthal to achieve a wonderful balance between Avenue, Lane Cove his left and right hands, so noticeable when 18 October - Entries close Young Performer the melody and accompaniment swapped Award 2014 - see website for application between them. He had wonderful control over form www.finemusicfm.com his dynamics and played with great energy.” 31 October – Performance “Music: Count Other final adjudicators were Phillip Chu and Us In” schools program. Entries open now. Simon Kenway. The Hon Gabrielle Upton MP www.musiccountusin.org.au opened the event and station patron Simon Young Virtuosi Co-ordinator: Tedeschi presented the winner’s prize. Judy Deacon yv@finemusicfm.com – Lizzie Herbert October 2013
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DEBORAH HUMBLE: HAVE VOICE, WILL TRAVEL Australian mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble is a singer who doesn’t mind travelling to further her career. Having spent eight years in Hamburg where another ex-pat, Simone Young (Artistic Director of the Hamburg State Opera and Music Director of the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra), is also about to look for “greener pastures”, Humble is currently on a sabbatical tour of Italy based in Como. Some people have all the luck!
In 1998 she decided to accept a singing role with Les Musiciens du Louvre in Paris and stayed till 2002. While there she also sang for Théâtre du Châtelet where she recorded many CDs such as La Belle Helene, sang the lead role in Offenbach’s Barbe Bleue and performed in
the Festival International d’Art Lyrique d’Aixen-Provence.
called the group of “ They us the kangaroo club!
“I returned to London,” she continues, “to audition for Simone Young who was about to take over at Opera Australia. I sang Erda’s ‘Warnung’ from Das Rheingold much to her distress. She pointed out that I was much too young for the Wagner repertoire and that I should put that music in a drawer for at least a decade. After a second audition with more appropriate repertoire I received a contract with Opera Australia where I stayed for three years. When Simone relocated to the State Opera of Hamburg I was invited to audition for the available, full time position of ‘Tiefer Alt’ or contralto. I started there at the end of 2005. Simone told me that I had to be extra conscientious because I had come from Australia. They called the group of us the kangaroo club!”
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It’s a far cry from her early days when following various musical stints (including singing in the Victoria State Opera Chorus) and armed with a Diploma of Education from Melbourne University and a Master of Music Research from the Australian Catholic University she set out to conquer Europe. “I just packed up and went,” she recalls. “Luckily, some other singing friends went around the same time so I felt there was a bit of a community waiting in London at the end of the journey. If I ever came close to giving up, that was the time. I taught in some very difficult schools and never had time or energy to practise. I used to wonder what on earth I had done, that I must be completely crazy! It was the same for all of us. Friends were filing in offices, working in shops, waiting at tables. We looked after each other, and in any case I was too proud and too stubborn to change my course.”
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Right now, she says, she is merely happy to sit back and revisit the role of Amneris from Aida which she performed in Melbourne earlier this year. “I know exactly what worked and what didn’t work technically and dramatically in performance and it’s a perfect time to revisit things, while everything is still fresh.” She is also currently working on some of the bigger Wagnerian roles: Fricka and Kundry “the things one can do with vocal maturity.” She’s also casting an eye over the Italian repertoire. “Eboli (from Verdi’s Don Carlo) is a good choice for my voice. Another one of my favourite roles is Suzuki (Puccini’s Madama Butterfly). I love the music.” She is also attracted to the music of Strauss, Brahms and Mahler. “I love song repertoire in general, particularly anything French or Russian. I adore Vaughan Williams and Elgar.”
But Humble’s German was minimal and she spent many stressful days when she couldn’t understand what people were telling her to do. Since then “I have sung night after night with some of the best in the singing world - a daily on-stage lesson in singing and acting. Being from Adelaide I only ever imagined I would
see those names on the back of my CD covers. Dreams sometimes come true!” Humble’s next appearance in Australia is at Melbourne’s Opera Australia production of the Ring Cycle in November where she’ll be singing the role of Erda the earth goddess whose aria in Das Rheingold is all of five minutes long - she comes out of the ground “sings and then disappears back where she came from.” She pops up again in Siegfried. She’s also singing Waltraute in both Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung. Also on the cards for 2014 are appearances with both the Sydney and Queensland Symphony Orchestras. But it is as a travel-writer/photographer that Deborah would also like to be remembered. If her efforts on her website www.divadiary.it are anything to go by, she could be on to a winner. Besides the photographs on display, she shows a ready wit when writing on the subject of Italian beaches. Here’s a sample: The smaller and rockier the beach the more money it will cost to spend the day there. Foreigners will be charged more on principle. The man who rents the sun beds will randomly decide a price based on the size of your bikini. Alas, we are not privy to what she paid! Randolph Magri-Overend September 2013
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What’s On CHAMBER AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA BRAHMS 4 WITH ISSERLIS Sunday 27 October 2pm Tuesday 29 October 8pm Sydney Opera House Tickets: $45-$125 Bookings: 1800 444 444 www.aco.com.au CHAMBER AUSTRALIA ENSEMBLE Saturday 12 October 8pm University of New South Wales, Sir John Clancy Auditorium Tickets: $17-$47 Bookings: 9385 4874 www.ae.unsw.edu.au The two composing Bs whose music helps to enliven the first half of this program are not the usual ones cited in some central European tallies of musical excellence but possess in abundance their own mastery and distinction. Bartók’s Contrasts is a viscerally exciting personification of instrumental characters in active combat and occasional reconciliation. Britten was very young when he showed in his Sinfonietta for ten instruments his complete control of animated, fresh-sounding musical dialogue. Owing to the deferred arrival of a commissioned score by Nigel Butterley, its place will be taken by a new work, Double Entendre, by another Australian composer, John Peterson, in which the Australia Ensemble’s brilliant instrumentalists will be partnered by two dancers. Mendelssohn seems to have been born with or developed almost all the talents, distinctions or blessings accessible to human beings. His D minor Piano Trio is one of a list of surviving works of an entirely dazzling beauty.
The Fourth is Brahms’ final and greatest symphony. Here, Brahms takes flight, as he melds the soaring sounds of Romanticism to classical structure in a constantly evolving drama. Brahms premiered the symphony with a small orchestra of 48 musicians, which he declined to augment. The Australian Chamber Orchestra follows his lead and performs with wind instruments from Brahms’ time. Steven Isserlis (above, right) is one of the ACO’s CHAMBER SYDNEY OMEGA ENSEMBLE RESONATE SERIES Sunday 13 October 7pm Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Tickets: $70-$80 Bookings: 9225 1878 www.sydneyomegaensemble.com Emma Matthews (right) is a highly acclaimed and awarded coloratura soprano equally at home with opera, recital and concert repertoire. She performs regularly with Australia’s leading opera companies, orchestras and festivals. This performance sees the Sydney Omega Ensemble return for their eighth appearance on the Resonate stage. The concert is a rare opportunity to hear Matthews perform in a chamber music recital with members of the Ensemble. The concert will be preceded by a champagne reception and private viewing of A Silk Road Saga: Yu Hong’s Sarcophagus ORCHESTRAL THE METROPOLITAN ORCHESTRA MET SERIES 4 – Fifth Anniversary Celebration Saturday 2 November 8pm Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo Tickets: $20-$40 Bookings: 8007 7131 www.metorchestra.com.au Launching as Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra in April 2009 and rebranding to The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) early 2012, TMO is recognised for delivering first-
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favourite collaborators - the epitome of the intelligent and passionate cellist. There could be no better soloist for Dvorˇák’s ardent and much-loved concerto. Isserlis first played it as a child. “I used to think it was so joyous,” he says. “As I’ve got older, the more tragic it seems.” Artists - Richard Tognetti, director and violin, Steven Isserlis, cello.
exhibition. Performers - Huy-Nguyen Bui (violin), Lisa Osmialowski (flute), David Rowden (clarinet), Michael Dixon (horn) and Maria Raspopova (piano). The program includes Spohr, Songs (6), Op. 103 Schubert, Auf dem Strom, D 943/Op. 119 Ibert, Deux Interludes, Schubert, Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D 965/Op. 129 (The Shepherd on the Rock). Image Emma Matthews. Photo Bridget Elliot. class, intimate concert experiences across the Sydney region. Comprising some of Sydney’s most dynamic musicians and with Guy Noble as its patron, TMO has staged more than 60 acclaimed concerts as part of their highly regarded annual season under the direction of Artistic Director and Chief Conductor SarahGrace Williams (left). This concert celebrates TMO’s Fifth Anniversary with two of the Great Fives - the symphonies of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. This exhilarating and powerful program features the largest orchestra size in a Met Series for the year and is a fitting end to the 2013 season.
CHORAL SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA CHOIRS ODE TO JOY – 4 Hands, 100 Voices Friday 25 October 8pm Sydney Conservatorium of Music Tickets: $60-$70 Bookings: 9251 3115 www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.au
SYMPHONY SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LATIN FEVER - WITH THE LABÈQUE SISTERS Friday 25, Saturday 26 and Monday 28 October Sydney Opera House Tickets: $35-$125 Bookings: 8215 4600 www.sydneysymphony.com Enjoy the hot-blooded orchestral sounds from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Peru. Peruvian conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya (pictured) returns to Sydney and his theme is dance. But not just the tangos of Latin American tradition - Jimmy López makes an irresistible mashup of trance, techno and Latin rhythms in his wild and explosive Fiesta! With Golijov’s Nazareno, French sisters Katia and Marielle Labèque make a welcome and long-awaited return to Sydney. Their elegant partnership is placed in the spotlight with hypnotic dance beats, fierce passions and haunting melodies. Program - Márquez Danzón No.2, Golijov (Arr. Grau Nazareno), Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No.4: Preludio And Danza, Piazzolla Tangazo, López Fiesta! - 4 Pop Dances. Artists -Miguel Harth-Bedoya conductor, Katia & Marielle Labèque piano duo, Gonzalo Grau percussion, Raphael Seguiniër drums.
JAZZ MANLY JAZZ FESTIVAL Saturday 5 October - Monday 7 October Manly Corso and various indoor venues www.manly.nsw.gov.au/whatson/manlyjazz Over the October long weekend see some of jazz’s finest including USA’s Lionel Cole (above), John Morrison and Jackie Cooper with special
An evening of amazing salon versions of popular choral works and irresistible choral arrangements of beautiful orchestral and chamber works. The Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers present an intimate program of some of the greatest orchestral works arranged for the voice, from Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Mahler to Cole Porter and the Swingle Singers. Program of arrangements include - Ludwig van Beethoven Finale from the Ninth Symphony, Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Gustav Mahler Ich bin die Welt Abhanden gekommen, Samuel Barber Agnus Dei, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumble Bee as well as songs from the Swingle Singers. Postperformance Q&A with conductor and Music Director, Brett Weymark with a complimentary glass of wine from Dindima Wines. Sydney Philharmonia celebrates and shares the joy of communal singing. It presents the 500-year-old art form of choral music for audiences at the highest standards of artistic excellence, with key artistic partners and through its own programs.
SYDNEY YOUTH ORCHESTRAS 40TH ANNIVERSARY GALA CONCERT Sunday 3 November 3pm Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music Tickets: $17-$53 Bookings: 1300 795 012 www.ticketek.com The Sydney Youth Orchestra marks its 40th anniversary with a very special Gala Anniversary Concert. Experience the power of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony, with many SYO alumni and well known Sydney musicians joining the ranks of the orchestra to celebrate the achievements of this wonderful organisation which has provided inspiration for countless young musicians. Conducted by Max McBride, the concert opens with Stravinsky’s Greeting Prelude, a playful birthday tune, followed by Haydn’s Sinfonia Concertante, featuring soloists from the current Sydney Youth Orchestra - musical rising stars. Join this concert and celebrate SYO’s contribution to Australia’s cultural heritage, now and into the future. JAZZ THE NEW EMPIRE BALLROOM RAGTIME DANCE ORCHESTRA AND THE NEW YOUNG NORTHSIDE BIG BAND Sunday 27 October 2pm North Sydney Leagues Club Tickets $25 ($160 for a table of 8) Bookings: 0438 654 267
guest guitar legend George Golla, Australia’s Got Talent Grand Finalist Liam Burrows and the Andy Firth Big Band, as well as Australia’s greatest gift to jazz vocals, Emma Pask. Now in its 36th year, Manly Jazz has a rich history of dishing up some of the best live jazz performances from across Australia and around the world. Taking place over the October long weekend, this is an iconic event on the Australian music scene and is firmly positioned as Sydney’s biggest celebration of all things jazz. It takes place in the heart of Manly along the Manly Corso and the picturesque Manly Beachfront. Up to 45,000 jazz enthusiasts experience this landmark music festival which features over 70 free performances on several outdoor stages. When the sun goes down the vibe continues in the many bars and music venues across town to keep the music going well into the night.
The New Empire Ballroom Ragtime Dance Orchestra re-creates ragtime era music and the hot dance orchestras of Paul Whiteman, Jean Goldkette, Duke Ellington and other great bands of the “Jazz Age”. Under the direction of Barney Waters they present a genuine re-creation of the music provided by the famous jazz orchestras of the 1920s. The New Young Northside Big Band features the music of Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman and other top bandleaders of the Swing Era of the 1930s and the Big Band Era of the 1940s. Under the direction of Geoff Power they have a marvellous understanding of the music and playing mainly from original band arrangements - they transport us back to those exciting times. October 2013
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ELGAR & CARTER: CELLO CONCERTOS Alisa Weilerstein, Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin Decca: 4782735
✶✶✶✶ RICHARD WAGNER DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN DG 00289 479 1560 – 14 CDs and 2 DVDs Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera/Christian Thielemann
✶✶✶✶ You don’t have to be a nuclear scientist to conclude that Wagner’s operas, and in particular his Ring Cycle, are an acquired taste. I am slowly starting to appreciate them. I’ve realised that Wagner is a genius at composing orchestral works. But, alas, there are but a handful of examples in this 14 CD version of a 2011 Vienna State Opera live performance of The Ring. His musical interludes are awesome;
There always seems to be a danger when recording a famous and enduringly popular work that the performance will be measured against past favourites to the extent that the new recording becomes simply a collection of ratings and opinions. Managing to avoid that by pairing the Elgar with the Carter cello concertos draws all the more attention to Weilerstein’s skill and interpretation as a cellist. Having confessed a desire to avoid mimicry of du Pre’s powerful rendition of the Elgar; Weilerstein seems to channel less of the grating post-war trauma and draw the emotion of the work from our own modern context. It is a striking and very effective way of drawing the listener into every aspect of her finest performance of the work. The orchestra, under Barenboim, is an asset to they are majestic, towering and totally aweinspiring. It’s the bits in between that I have difficulty with. I am not saying that those bits are not superbly sung and artistically staged but unless you have witnessed a live performance - and only a select few have had the privilege - one can only use the powers of imagination to appreciate what’s on offer. The orchestra is exceptional and the singers - no Bryn Terfel or Jonas Kaufmann here - are all wonderful. But is that enough? The visuals on the DVDs are a great help, and here we have snatches from four different productions to compare including one production from La Fura dels Baus (producers of this year’s Verdi’s Masked Ball at the Sydney Opera House). I fear all I can do is echo Mark Sally Cameron, soprano – Naomi Crellin, alto – Nick Begbie, tenor – Andrew Piper, bass ABC 481-0503
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Weilerstein throughout, complementary and competitive by turns as the music demands. The crisp articulation and ordered dynamics do not detract from the raw emotion in any way, displaying the orchestra rather as Barenboim’s singular instrument in a duet with the cello. Weilerstein’s performance of Carter’s 2001 concerto evokes the words of the composer himself: “I tried to find personal ways of revealing the cello’s…possibilities”. Her enthusiasm and energy in Carter’s musically explorative work casts a charm over even the most searing sections. And the final resonant chord of Bruch’s Kol Nidrei proves that this collection will be one against which future interpretations are worthily measured. - Joshua McNulty
Twain’s sentiments when he labelled Wagner’s music as “not as bad as it sounds”. - Randolph Magri-Overend and Trish Delaney-Brown (Rachel) who was one of the founders of TION. Some of the songs have percussive backing but it is the unaccompanied songs that impress the most. Charlie Chaplin’s Smile and Sting’s Fragile are good examples - there is a wistfulness in the unaccompanied songs that appeals greatly plus the vocal pizzicato adds immeasurably to the depth of the pieces. The faster numbers which include Mas Que Nada and St Thomas just go to prove that TION can handle all styles. But we knew that already. What next for this fabulous group of harmonic singers? They have the Midas touch and anything they put their minds and voices to will always sound magical. - Fulton Myers Sally Cameron is a presenter of jazz on Fine Music 102.5
CD Reviews the Bruckner symphonies which more often than not remain neglected and naturally overshadowed by the revised versions. In this recording Nagano successfully engages the orchestra from start to finish, and convinces his listeners that the peculiarities written in this original version have their perks and charm under the right direction. BRUCKNER SYMPHONY NO.4, 7 & 8 Kent Nagano Bavarian State Orchestra FARAO Classics B108074
✶✶✶✶ This box set released by Farao Classics marks the end of Kent Nagano’s reign as the Bavarian State Orchestra’s Music Director after his seven year long stint. It features the first versions of THE TRIO SONATA IN 18TH CENTURY GERMANY With the London Baroque BIS Records 1995
✶✶✶✶ The Trio Sonata In 18th Century Germany is the last of an eight-disc series which opened with three Fantasias composed before 1620 by Orlando Gibbons. Through the collection London Baroque has covered staples of the repertoire by renowned composers and presented lesser known works. This final of the series, which has traced the rise and fall of the trio sonata, takes us to 18th century Germany. It consists of six substantial trio sonatas written by Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Johann Christoph TURNER – A LIFE IN MUSIC Music by Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Berlioz, Giuliani, Beethoven, Mendelssohn and others
The composer’s intent and patriotism towards a Wagnerian sound is masterfully captured by the orchestra with Nagano single-handedly shaping the musical phrases and bringing to light the thicker textural complexity required in Bruckner’s music. This full-bodied sounding orchestra was just as sensitive in quiet introverted passages, where just enough nuance was used, keeping the overall balance of the music.
The 4th Symphony opens with a beautiful haunting single horn call, married with an underlying unsettled bass tremolo, before elevating the opening passage into a vast array of sound. Nagano’s command of the silences between contrasting passages is absolutely stunning, seizing and exposing the beauty written even in passages which may otherwise seem disjunct. The orchestra masterfully executed the textural dynamics written, shaping the overall structural layers of sound, thus showcasing the essence of Bruckner’s horizontal writing style. Overall, Nagano’s ability to carry through the anticipation within the phrasing yet never seeming overly indulgent truly brings out the exquisiteness of the Bruckner symphonies. - Andrea Nicole Lim
Friedrich Bach, Johann Gottlieb Graun, G.P. Telemann, and C.P.E. Bach. Partly because all these composers come from the same period of time and compose the same kind of music, it is really hard to differentiate the pieces and to be fully aware of when one piece ends and a different composition written by a different composer begins. However, they are all upbeat pieces, sparky and energising which makes this CD superb for early mornings and breakfast time, when you are rushing about getting ready to go to work, or school, or what have you. In fact, I was listening to this CD at that time and I noticed that the music affected my mood even though I was not focussing on it. This further enhanced my belief in music as a powerful stimulant to uplift hungry minds. Authentic instrumentalists will appreciate the
clarity and the quality of the ensemble playing. - Richard Wong
Various Orchestras and Soloists ABC 481 0377
from Emma Ayres, the ABC presenter of Classic Breakfast. No topic or artist is so sacred that it can’t provide fodder for her own twist on the subject. For example, writing about Franz Schubert she mentions that he never made much money but “he did express his soul and the yearnings of his generation. Let’s call them Gen S - better fashions than Gen Y, but unfortunately no antibiotics.” Regarding Liszt and his flamboyant life-style she describes him as “long-haired, unfettered and free. He makes Lady Gaga look like Dame Edna.” The music itself, isn’t half-bad either with a rendition of Rossini’s forgotten overture to Eduardo e Cristina (a bit too loud, alas) opening the portals to the 30 or so final years of Turner’s life and the Romantic period in music. - Randolph Magri-Overend
✶✶✶ This album was inspired by the exhibition of J M W Turner’s paintings which were recently displayed in Canberra’s National Gallery of Australia. In drawing parallels between Turner’s works and music, ABC Classics has, through this recording, tracked the music that Turner probably encountered in his lifetime. Initially we are regaled with the andante from J C Bach Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat major, then Mozart and Haydn and eventually finish off with Stephanie McCallum’s piano interpretation of Liszt’s Transcendental Studies. It’s an interesting concept, and helped in no small measure by the amusing and perceptive notes
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JAZZ CD REVIEWS Discourse with Kevin Jones
BOB BROOKMEYER LEADER AND CO-LEADER: Four Classic Albums (Stan Getz, Bob Brookmeyer Recorded Fall 1961; The Blues Hot And Cold; Tonite’s Music Today; Brookmeyer). AvidAMSC1054
✶✶✶✶✶ The best value going around must be this English label which continues to package three or four albums in a release, most of them often long unavailable and neglected by the major labels for which they were first recorded. This set not only showcases a most distinguished musician, composer and arranger, one of jazz’s most creative thinkers, but highlights the high standard of musicianship on
REMBERING BILLIE Scott Hamilton Blue Duchess BDCD003
✶✶✶✶ SUNDAY IN NEW YORK Mel Torme Rhino (Atlantic Masters series) 8122733362
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many of the recordings by valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer from the mid-1950s to early 1960s in what has fondly been recalled as a golden era for jazz albums when so many were released. Not surprising when considering the elite names on these recordings - Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Jimmy Rowles, Hank Jones, Milt Hinton, Mel Lewis and Gus Johnson. Pride of place must go to Brookmeyer’s reunion with Getz who had just returned to the United States from Sweden where he lived since 1958 - the Lester Young influence had receded and his sound now had a luxurious breathlessness that would mark his best work. This, allied with his masterful technique and effortless swing, made sure there would be many memorable moments on this little known session. Brookmeyer’s valve trombone blends easily with Getz’s cooltoned tenor, making light of intricacies of the
uptempo Minuet Circa ’61. Mention must also be made of the 1956 set with Sims (Tonite’s Music Today) where the hard-swinging cool-toned solos owe as much to that era as the innovations of bebop.
One year into a 15-year association with Rosemary Clooney on Concord Records a 24-year-old Scott Hamilton backed the singer on one of her finest albums, the 1978 tribute to the great Billie Holiday called Here’s To My Lady. Showing the strong influence of his idols including Ben Webster and Don Byas, Hamilton would help make this album and others, some devoted to such songwriters as Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin and Johnny Mercer, the most popular in the label’s catalogue. As Hamilton’s recorded repertoire since has usually been made up of standards, ballads blues and the occasional original, it’s surprising that his debut disc for the Dutch label should be a tribute to one of jazz’s most tragic icons. Not that I am complaining. I find Hamilton’s one
of the two most satisfying sounds on tenor saxophone in jazz today; the other is Harry Allen - pardon my bias! Produced by his longtime friend Duke Robillard who plays acoustic guitar on two tracks, Fooling Myself and I’ll Never Be The Same, the now Florence-based Hamilton concentrates on Holiday’s pre-World War Two more swinging output, a happier period for her, which is probably why the disc begins with a jaunty When You’re Smiling. His rich full-bodied sound is a joy to the ear on Good Morning Heartache and God Bless The Child. Other highlights include a wistful Fooling Myself and a sprightly If Dreams Come True but for me the gem is the moody and atmospheric You’re My Thrill.
American Songbook. This album, his third and last for the Atlantic label in the early 1960s after being cast adrift when MGM acquired Norman Granz’s Verve records, is a superb tribute to the world’s greatest metropolis, capturing its many varying moods in words and music, sophisticated and swinging. As a singer, he is flawless; there was no better example of male jazz vocalising at this time. And the fine arrangements to name but a few by Dick Hazard (Harlem Nocturne and Manhattan), Shorty Rogers (Lullaby Of Birdland) and Johnny T Williams (Broadway and the title track) perfectly complement his artistry. It’s interesting to compare the George Shearing-like backing to Lullaby of Birdland here with his classic 1956 version with the Marty Paich Dektette where after singing the lyrics
accompanied by Red Mitchell’s bass, he scats fluently before trading four-bar breaks with trumpeters Pete Candoli and Don Faguerquist and trombonist Bob Enevoldsen. Both are superb. I wouldn’t be without either.
SWINGING ON THE VINE THAT TODDLIN’ TOWN
The mist is slowly lifting across the meadows as I stand at the entrance to my Hunter Valley hideaway oblivious to the sun slowly rising in the east. Empty glass in hand I begin to hum “Into each life some rain must fall…” Yes, The Ink Spots never sang truer words. I ponder on the coming visit of my sister-in-law, The Mouth, who seems to have regressed to her earlier years after another sojourn in Europe where no doubt her companions found her hideously embarrassing as she emphasised her Australian heritage. Not only is she a stalwart of her Neighbourhood Watch but she has also joined the local fire brigade! The mind boggles even more as I am told with her faux grandiloquence she has joined the “internet circus” of adjectival junkies populating unreadable blogs. I shudder but smile at the thought of the insufferable Clifford being battered into submission by her acquiescence. Not that I escaped unscathed during her last visit. Her scream of “manners” as I picked up a bowl and began slurping my soup still haunts me and her remarks on my refuge and one true friend are unprintable. I may be a Neanderthal but I am one with class. There is a war of words in the offing and it may be time to call Rocco to stock up my hideaway with fine food for the coming siege on my sanity. Banishing from my mind any further thoughts allied to our superficial society hooked on bogan slogans I wander over to an unopened bottle of red wine. I waken (Bigger Now) Little J who raises his head and wags his tail at the thought of all his piggy dreams of drinking bowls of shiraz becoming a reality. Ruby Braff And His Buddies are in the groove doing justice to Jimmy Van Heusen’s Swinging On A Star; eat your heart out Bing Crosby. Braff, that most melodic of cornet players, once claimed he was a “graduate of the University of Louis Armstrong”! Chicago pianist Art Hodes went one better - his musical education was completed by hanging out with Louis Armstrong in the late 1920s! He’d been introduced to Armstrong by his friend, the one-armed New Orleans trumpet player Wingy Manone with whom he roomed for a couple of years. Hodes recalled in a Jazz Journal interview with Ray Horricks: “Not only was I knocked out musically but Louis took to me as a person. Started taking me around with him into joints where there
business. No wonder Hodes found it hard to concentrate - they were only four feet away. He never felt comfortable as he explained “in a place like that you never knew what might happen next”! But after Prohibition the music scene declined. By 1938 only accordion players were working as the need for pianists and jazz dried up.
Kaiser Marshall, Art Hodes, Sandy Williams, and Cecil (Xavier) Scott, Times Square, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947 was all this black music I’d never known existed before. Jazz - and wow - those great blues singers, guitarists and pianists.” But Hodes never had a chance to play a date with his mentor. The reason was simple - in Chicago black was black especially in music and entertainment. In New York the attitude was more liberal but in Chicago there was an unwritten law - no mixing black and white on the bandstand. This is why the white musicians when forming their own bands became known as the Chicagoans. Hodes had nine years hanging out with the black musicians during which he evolved a personal jazz style and learnt the true meaning of the blues and their musical cousin boogie woogie. He flexed his fingers with his leading contemporaries with the white Chicagoan school of jazz playing with Gene Krupa, Frank Teschmacher, Bud Freeman and Muggsy Spanier. Hodes, who was raised in Chicago’s “bloody twentieth ward”, used to play piano behind the bar in a hotel on 22nd Street where Al Capone and his gang lived. Some of Capone’s heaviest guys, those responsible for the St Valentine’s Day massacre, would hang out at the bar talking
His good friends Pee Wee Russell, Muggsy Spanier and George Wetling had all left so reluctantly he headed for New York leaving the city he always loved. But the next decade would become the most feverish, varied and certainly the most influential of his working life. Things were slow early. Clarinettist Joe Marsala hired him for his band at the Hickory House but the musicians union stopped it. Bunny Berigan wanted him for his orchestra. However, once he got his union card things picked up. He spent some time in New Jersey accompanying singer Frankie Laine. In fact he showed him how to sing That’s My Desire which became Laine’s first big hit. Hodes had a trio at Jimmy Ryan’s club where he was told: “Don’t have any pictures taken with the band. And above all don’t rehearse. Otherwise you get your notice!” The Village Vanguard was next and more satisfactory. His musical companions included Wild Bill Davison, later replaced by trumpeter Max Kaminsky, and drummer Freddie Moore. “We had great singers there. Pearl Bailey sang off the floor. And there was lot of good blues, in particular by Big Bill Broonzy who always had a fifth of Scotch with him. He used to gargle with the stuff! Moreover it was due to Big Bill that I got to meet Leadbelly. He stopped by the club one night and Bill sang and I played Happy Birthday to him…” However, more importantly he became the virtual house pianist for Alfred Lion’s newlyformed Blue Note records and was also the only white player on Don Qualey’s Solo Arts label. But more about that next month and the long forgotten “jazz wars”; and talking of wars there is car stopping in front of the homestead. The Mouth has arrived. It’s time to contact Rocco on his answering machine with a few bars of The Good Earth by Woody Herman’s First Herd. It’s our distress signal. - Patrick D Maguire
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THE HAYDN SYMPHONIES ON AIR - THE FIRST COMPLETE RECORDING
This month Fine Music 102.5 begins an epic weekly series of broadcasts covering the first complete recording of the Haydn symphonies – all 107 of them. The series, prepared by Fine Music’s Chris Blower, begins on Wednesday 2 October at 3pm and will be regularly broadcast in that time slot through to February 2015. The one hour program includes other chamber works from the same era. Michael Morton-Evans presents the Haydn Symphonies straight after his In Conversation program. “The broadcasts are of significant historical interest because they present the first complete recording of the Haydn symphonies,” said Blower. “They weren’t widely known when the original recordings were first made and published on LP by the Music Heritage Society.” The CDs which are to be played were recordings from the LPs arranged by Haydn enthusiast, Tony Crane. The Musical Heritage Society of America recorded the symphonies between 1967 and 1971 with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Ernst Märzendorfer. At the time it was the largest single recording project in history, and the LPs were finally published in April 1972. That month, in the, now defunct, High Fidelity magazine Jack Hiemenz wrote - “The Musical
noted as a conductor of the symphonic repertory. Since his school days (he was a pupil of Clemens Krauss) his principal associations have been with opera companies. From 1945 to 1951 he headed the Graz Opera. Then came a two-year stint at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, followed by his permanent appointment at the Vienna State Opera. In this country [USA] he has appeared with the New York City Opera, the Philadelphia Lyric Opera, and the Opera Society of Washington.”
Ernst Märzendorfer Heritage Society is an American record company, but their Haydn Symphony project is Viennese from the roots up. Dr Michael Naida, the Society’s president, wanted it that way, wanted these performances to shimmer with a characteristically Viennese string sound, wanted the musicians to be natives of the land that was Haydn’s source of inspiration. Accordingly, he picked the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, a composite of musicians from the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna Symphony. The recording sessions took place in that city, under the baton of Ernst Märzendorfer of the Vienna State Opera. “Paradoxically, Märzendorfer is not particularly
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Chamber
At the Keyboard
With the Orchestra
From the 20th Century
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From Current Catalogues Stephen Wilson
In Conversation with Michael Morton-Evans (repeats)
Treasures of Recorded Music with Randolph Magri-Overend
21 October ACO
1 Oct - John Lill (31 July 2013)
4, 11, 18, 25 October Feature artist or Sydney Symphony with Peter Kurti (2nd Fri of month)
2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Oct The Voices – the Roles with Angela Cockburn
8 Oct - Piroozi DesaiKeane (7 Aug 2013) 15 Oct - Goknur Shanal (14 Aug 2013) 22 Oct - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (21 Aug 2013)
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29 Oct – Lyndon Terracini (28 Aug 2013) Jazz Standards featuring important compositions
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23 October Countdown to The Ring. Episode 10
Jazz Australia showcasing a wealth of local talent
Jazz Biography highlighting a musician and their work
Jazz in Concert live recordings
October Program Highlights DEATH AND THE MAIDEN Historic Recordings Saturday 12 October 1pm Sydney Schubert Society Sunday 13 October 6pm Australian String Quartet Wednesday 30 October 11.30pm
Danny Elfman has written the score for “‘Oz: The Great and Powerful” and his style really captures the essence of the story - where he heightens the drama, there is also an underlying sense of nostalgia, and, where appropriate, irony. It took Elfman only six weeks to provide music for the entire film, which says something for efficiency! In his own words: “We’re going to take an approach that’s old school but not self-consciously old-fashioned. Let the melodrama be melodrama, let everything be what it is. I also think there’s the advantage that I’m able to write narratively, and when I’m able to write narratively I can also move quicker because that’s my natural instinct, I can tell a story in the music.” Catch the music behind Disney’s “Oz: The Great and Powerful” in our “At the Movies” program. – Troy Fil
ANNIVERSARY PROGRAMS 200 th Anniversary
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Wednesday 2 October 8pm - At the Opera: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act III Wednesday 23 October 8pm - At the Opera: Parsifal Act I Wednesday 30 October 8pm - At the Opera: Parsifal Acts II & III 200 th Anniversary
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CONTINUING SERIES’ Every Wednesday 3pm The Symphonies of Haydn Every Sunday 4pm - Tchaikovsky’s Quartets Wednesday 9 October 8pm - At the Opera: Legendary Met Performances Nabucco (10 April 2004) Thursday 10 October 8pm - Evenings with the Orchestra –The Symphonies of Martinu Wednesday 16 October 8pm At the Opera: Legendary Met Performances Le Nozze di Figaro (1 March 1952) 2013
The scherzo moves into wistful happiness, and leads to a final movement in which some have detected a Dance of Death; the four movements, unified in mood and intention, form a work of a very different kind from, for example, the Trout Quintet, in which the world is one of greater peace and serenity. In the D minor Quartet tragedy is near. One of the most recorded pieces of chamber music of all time. Catch different recordings of Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’ Quartet throughout the month.
BLAST FROM THE WIZARDING PAST At the Movies: Soundtrack from “Oz: The Great and Powerful” Saturday 26 October 3.30pm In 1905 Kansas, Oscar “Oz” Diggs works as a small-time magician in a traveling circus. As a storm approaches, the circus strongman learns Oscar has flirted with his wife and goes after him. However Oscar dramatically escapes in a hot air balloon, but alas, is sucked into a tornado that takes him into a strange land, a land where the roads are paved with yellow bricks, and monkeys have the rather disturbing ability to fly. Yes that’s right - there is now a prequel to the Classic 1939 movie-musical “The Wizard of Oz” - Disney’s new “Oz: The Great and Powerful”. The film was realised early this year and aims to flesh out the “great and powerful Oz’s” rise to fame in that land “Over the Rainbow” that a young Miss Garland sang to us about all those years ago. The way Disney explains how Oz came to be the “Great and Powerful” is fascinating - and they manage to tie in the events of the original movie quite well, even if things are a little exaggerated at times, (it seems that poppy field gets travellers every time). What is brought to the table that is brand new is the interaction between Oscar and the three witches. Oz: The Great and Powerful chronicles the relationship between the three witches. With Oscar caught in the centre of their feuding - the whole of Oz inevitably descends into out-and-out warfare as the wicked witches’ minions face off against all that is good in the world (munchkins, quadlings and tinkers). Finally, the good prevail as the Wicked Witch and her army are frightened off by Oscar’s seemingly invincible “true form”, which is the old projector and fire trickery from the original movie (if you want to know how he manages to build all that machinery I suggest you watch the movie as you really must see it to believe it!)
NOT TO BE MISSED! Every Wednesday 3pm The Symphonies of Haydn Friday 11 October 10pm Baroque and Before: From Northern Climes Monday 14 October - 9am DIFM - Artist of Choice: Marshall McGuire, Saturday 19 October 8pm - Live and Local: Flinders Quartet with Dmitry Onishchenko
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At a time when the composer’s mind was fraught with thoughts of illness and death, it is no surprise that such a work should have been brought to life. The first movement opens with a call to our attention, to be contrasted with a more yielding lyrical second subject. This is followed by the slow movement, which gives the quartet its title. It is in the form of a theme and five variations taken from Schubert’s setting of the poem by Matthias Claudius, “Der Tod und das Mädchen” (The Death and the Maiden), in which the second section provides apt music and characteristic rhythm for the words of Death himself.
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So strong is the association of death within Schubert’s String Quartet No 14 in D minor, D.810 that many analysts consider it to be programmatic, rather than absolute music. “The first movement of Schubert’s Death and the Maiden String Quartet can be interpreted in a quasi-programmatic fashion, even though it is usually viewed as an abstract work,” writes Deborah Kessler. Each movement chronicles a different episode in the mythic process of death and resurrection.
Friday 4 October 1pm - The Other Verdi Wednesday 9 October 8pm - At the Opera: Nabucco, Saturday 12 October 9am - Music of the Dance - Verdi Ballet October 2013
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11:30 A DANISH INTERLUDE Prepared by Elaine Siversen
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
Nielsen, C. Fantasy pieces, op 2 (1889). Steinar Hannevold, ob; Leif Ove Andsnes, pf. BIS CD-428 6
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds
Gade, N. String quartet in F minor (1851). Kontra Quartet. BIS CD-516
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: Gidon Kremer Prepared by Di Cox Beethoven, L. Romance in G, op 40 (1802). CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 9031-74881-2 6 Mahler, G. Quartet in A minor (1876). Veronika Hagen, va; Clemens Hagen, vc; Oleg Maisenberg, pf. DG 477 8825 11
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 ROMANTIC GERMANY Prepared by Frank Morrison
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Bruch, M. Double concerto in E minor, op 88 (c1912). Paul Meyer, cl; Gérard Caussé, va; Lyon Opera O/Kent Nagano. Erato 2292-45483-2 19
Mozart, W. Violin concerto no 1 in B flat, K207 (1773). Kremerata Baltica. Nonesuch 512789-2 20
Wagner, R. Elsa! Wer ruft? from Lohengrin (1848). Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, sop; Christa Ludwig, mezz; Philharmonia O/Heinz Wallberg. EMI 5 67634 2 6
Schubert, F. Rondo in A, D438 (1816-17). London SO/Emil Tchakarov. DG 431 168-2
Gidon Kremer, vn (all above) 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Giovanna Grech Paganini, N. Variations on The carnival of Venice, op 10 (1829). Salvatore Accardo, vn; CO of Europe/Franco Tamponi. EMI 5 72854 2 12 Mahler, G. Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor (1901-02). Sydney Symphony/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Sydney Symphony SSO201003 1:12 22
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Schumann, R. Quartet in E flat, op 47 (1842). Jonathan Sparey, vn; Alan George, va; Richard Tunnicliffe, vc; Richard Burnett, pf. Amon Ra CD-SAR 54 27 14:00 SERENADES... AND SERENADES Prepared by Denis Patterson Rodrigo, J. Concerto-serenade (1952). Nicanor Zabaleta, hp; Berlin RSO/Ernst Märzendorfer. DG 463 648-2 23 Hanson, H. Serenade, op 35 (1945). Judith Mendenhall, fl; Susan Jolles, hp; New York Chamber SO/Gerard Schwarz. Delos DE3705
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Britten, B. Serenade, op 31 (1943). Ian Bostridge, ten; Radek Baborák, hn; Strings of Berlin PO/Simon Rattle. EMI 5 58049 2 24 Françaix, J. Sérénade (1934). Ulster O/Thierry Fischer. Hyperion CDA67323 9 Roussel, A. Sérénade, op 30 (1925). Czech Nonet. Praga Da Camera PRD 350 018 16 Bernstein, L. Serenade for violin, strings, harp and percussion (1954). Philippe Quint, vn; members of Bournemouth SO/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559245 31 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Brendan Walsh 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps Smooth small group jazz from the 50s on, and with a visit from Miles Davis each week 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Derek Parker 22:00 BEYOND THE ROMANTIC ERA Prepared by Phil Vendy Riisager, K. Darduse, op 32 (1936). Ars Nova; Helsingborg SO/Thomas Dausgaard. Dacapo 6.220584 19 Ornstein, L. Sonata no 4 (1924). Janice Weber, pf. Naxos 8.559104 20 Reger, M. Serenade in C, op 95 (1906). Royal Concertgebouw O/Eugen Jochum. Radio Nederland RCO 06004 38 Tahourdin, P. Symphony no 1 (1960). Sydney SO/Henry Krips. LP ABC RRCS 132 35
Wednesday 2 October 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Aspects of Baroque Prepared by Angela Bell Sainte-Colombe, A. Concert no 41, Le Retour. Wieland Kuijken, bass viol; Jordi Savall, bass viol. Astrée E 7729 8 Marais, M. La gamme (1723). London Baroque/ Charles Medlam. Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901105 35 Montéclair, M. de Cantata: Le triomfe de la constance (c1709). Judith Nelson, sop; Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 436 185-2 11 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Sheila Catzel Nielsen, C. Little suite, op 1 (1888/89). Danish NRSO/Ulf Schirmer. Decca 452 486-2 16 Kuhlau, F. Piano concerto in C, op 7 (1810). Michael Ponti, pf; Odense SO/Othmar Maga. Unicorn-Kanchana DKP 9110 30 Sibelius, J. Symphony no 1 in E minor, op 39 (1899). Adelaide SO/Arvo Volmer. ABC 476 3944 36 11:30 CHAMBER ENCORE Prepared by Sheila Catzel Sibelius, J. Four pieces, op 115 (1929). Nils-Erik Sparf, vn; Bengt Forsberg, pf. BIS CD-625 10 Kuhlau, F. Trio in G, op 119 (1831). Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Claudi Arimany, fl; John Steele Ritter, pf. Delos DE 3212 16 12:00 THE SOUND OF JAZZ with Kevin Jones Jazz from the 1930s to the present day, with tracks from the DownBeat archives and recent releases 13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI Sydney Eisteddfod Accompanist Award with David Nutting; recorded by Greg Ghavalas
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14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans What exactly does it take to make music? Leading musicians, composers and performers, both local and visiting from overseas, will be talking live on air telling us why they do it and how they do it.
20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Colleen Chesterman
15:00 THE SYMPHONIES OF HAYDN Prepared by Chris Blower Haydn, J. Symphony no 1 in D (c1759). Vienna CO/Ernst Märzendorfer. Musical Heritage Society OR H-201-249 10 Clementi, M. Piano trio, op 22 no 1 (pub. 1788). Trio Fauré. Dynamic S 93
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Haydn, J. Symphony A in B flat (c1759). Vienna CO/Ernst Märzendorfer. Musical Heritage Society OR H-201-249 15 Hoffmeister, F. Quintet in E flat. Nury Guarnaschelli, hn; Signum Quartet. Capriccio C 5059
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Haydn, J. Symphony no 2 in C (c1759). Vienna CO/Ernst Märzendorfer. Musical Heritage Society OR H-201-249 9 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Ogilvie 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell The stars of American jazz from bebop on, mainly small group low temperature jazz
Wagner, R. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act 3. Libretto by composer. First performed Munich, 1868. SACHS: Bernd Weikl, bar WALTER: Ben Heppner, ten EVA: Cheryl Studer, sop POGNER: Kurt Moll, bass BECKMESSER: Siegfried Lorenz, bar Bavarian State Ch & O/Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI 555 422 1:56 Hans Sachs had prevented Eva and Walther from eloping during the riot. He now shows Walter how to compose a mastersong, though Walter resists. Eva expresses her gratitude to Sachs. Beckmesser, limping from the night’s riot, sees Sachs’ notes for the song; he steals them. On the festive St John’s Day, all the guilds parade, the Song Contest takes place, Beckmesser sings badly, Walther wins the contest and the hand of Eva. The crowd praises Sachs. 22:30 GOLDNER QUARTET Recorded by Kerry Joyner for FINE MUSIC Mozart, W. String quartet in B flat, K589, Prussian (1790). 23 Schubert, F. String quartet in C minor, D703, Quartettsatz (1820). 10 Mozart, W. String quartet in C, K465, Dissonance (1785).
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Thursday 3 October 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore
Spohr, L. Lullaby, op 25 no 1; Gretchen, op 25 no 3 (1809). Marjorie Patterson, sop; Daniel Sarge, pf. Marco Polo 8.223869 7
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans
Schubert, F. Romanze aus Rosamunde, D797 (1823); Der Einsame, D808 (1825). Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, sop. EMI 5 66084 2 8
Meyerbeer, G. Sceglier fra mille un core. Ning Liang, mezz; Ilmo Ranta, pf. cpo 999 269-2 2
Beethoven, L. Der Wachtelschlag, WoO129 (1816); Adelaïde, op 46 (1794). Dietrich FischerDieskau, bar. Orfeo C 140501 A 10
Popolo dell’Egitto, from Il crociato in Egitto. Alfredo Kraus, ten; Welsh National Opera Ch & O/Carlo Rizzi. Philips 442 785-2 9 En vain j’espère, from Robert le Diable (1831). Joan Sutherland, sop; Suisse Romande O/ Richard Bonynge. Decca 475 6302 9 Roi du ciel, from Le prophète (1849). Ben Heppner, ten; London Voices; London SO/ Myung-Whun Chung. DG 471 372-2 4 Torch dance no 3 in C minor, from Dances for Prussian royal weddings (1856). Hanover RPO/ Michail Jurowski. cpo 999 168-2 13 Prelude to Act 4 of L’Africaine. North German RPO/Michail Jurowski. cpo 999 336-2 5 Festival march for centenary of Schiller’s birth (1859). Hanover RPO/Michail Jurowski. cpo 999 168-2 9 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans d’Indy, V. Symphonic variations: Istar (1896). Loire PO/Pierre Dervaux. LP Pathé Marconi 2C069-14043 13 Martucci, G. Minuetto, op 57 no 2 (1880). Philharmonia O/Francesco d’Avalos. ASV DCA 691 6 Elgar, E. The sanguine fan, op 81 (1917). London PO/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 8610 19 Chopin, F. Concerto no 1 in E minor, op 11 (1830). Kun-Woo Paik, pf; Warsaw PO/Antoni Wit. Decca 475 169-2 43 24
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Gerald Moore, pf (2 above) 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 13:00 A FIELD GUIDE TO MUSIC Prepared by Michael Field Michael Field takes a close look at some of his favourite music. In today’s program he will be discussing and playing two works by J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D, BWV243 and Cantata, BWV190, Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied.
Bach, J.S. Orchestral suite no 3 in D, BWV1068 (c1731). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. Sony SK 53356 21 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Debbie Scholem 19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey Contemporary and modern sounds of now in jazz from all corners of the globe 20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA At the ballet Prepared by Madilina Tresca Shostakovich, D. Ballet suite no 1 (1950; ed. Atovmyan). Russian PO/Dmitry Yablonsky. Naxos 8.557208 13 Philidor, A.D. Les ballets et mascarades. Simphonie du Marais/Hugo Reyne. FNAC 592332
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Verdi, G. Ballet music from Don Carlos (1867). Monte Carlo National Opera O/Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422 846-2 16
14:00 RHAPSODIC REGRETS Prepared by Phil Vendy
Salieri, A. Ballet: Les Danaïdes (1784). Mannheim Mozart O/Thomas Fey. Hänssler 98.506
Nystroem, G. Regrets (1923-24). Bengt Forsberg, pf. Acoustica ACCD-1016
Shchedrin, R. Ballet: Carmen suite after Bizet (1967). Ukrainian State SO/Theodore Kuchar. Naxos 8.553038 45
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Enescu, G. Rumanian rhapsody, op 11 no 1 (1901). London SO/Antal Dorati. Mercury 432 015-2 12
22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Sheila Catzel
14:30 BAROQUE FOR A WHILE Prepared by Phili Lidbury
Cherubini, L. String quartet no 3 in D minor (1834). Quartetto David. BIS CD-1004 29
Vivaldi, A. Oboe concerto in C, RV447. Theodore Baskin, ob; I Musici de Montréal/ Yuli Turovsky. Chandos CHAN 8651 15 Buxtehude, D. Suite in D minor. Jacqueline Ogeil, hpd. Move MD 3191 8 Torelli, G. Concerto grosso in E minor, op 8 no 9 (pub. 1709). Mariana Sirbu, vn; I Musici. Philips 432 118-2 14 Handel, G. The king shall rejoice, from Four coronation anthems, HWV260 (1727). Choir of Winchester Cathedral; Brandenburg Consort/ David Hill. Argo 440 946-2 11 Weiss, S. Sonata in F. Lutz Kirchhof, lute. Sony S2K 48391
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Mozart, W. Grand sextet in concertante style (1779; arr. from Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K364). Hartmut Lindemann, va; David Pereira, vc; Australia Ensemble. ABC 438 199-2 31 Brahms, J. Sonata no 1 in E minor, op 38 (186265). Steven Isserlis, vc; Stephen Hough, pf. Hyperion A67529 26 Beach, A. Quintet in F sharp, op 67 (1907). Martin Roscoe, pf; Endellion Quartet. ASV DCA 932 27
Friday 4 October 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell Accessible in-the-hammock jazz to ease you into the weekend
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus
Carr-Boyd, A. Mars; Perpetual motion (1978/92). Ann Carr-Boyd, pf. Jade JADCD 1029
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13:00 THE OTHER VERDI Preludes and overtures Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend
Aikman, J. Violin concerto, Lines in motion (2009). Charles Wetherbee, vn; St Petersburg State SO/Vladimir Lande. Naxos 8.559720 23
Verdi, G. Overture to La traviata (1853). La Scala PO/Riccardo Muti. Sony SBK 89738 4
Grieg, E. Once upon a time, op 71 no 1 (1901). Emil Gilels, pf. 5 DG 449 721-2
Overture to The Sicilian vespers (1855). San Francisco Opera O/Gaetano Merola. Naxos 8.110144 9
From Holberg’s time, op 40 (1884). Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi. DG 437 520-2 19
Pezel, J. Ceremonial brass music (pub. 1685). London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble. ASV QS 6013 9
Overture to The force of destiny (1862). La Scala PO/Riccardo Muti. Sony SBK 89738 8
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with James Hunter
Schubert, F. String quartet no 9 in G minor, D173 (1815). Melos Quartet. DG 419 879-2 23
Overture to Rigoletto (1851). St Cecilia Academy O/Giuseppe Sinopoli. Philips 468 183-2
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Overture to A masked ball (1859). La Scala PO/ Riccardo Muti. Sony SBK 89738 4
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
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Small forces Prepared by Frank Morrison Brahms, J. Trio in C minor no 3, op 101 (1886). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Lynn Harrell, vc; Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf. EMI 7 54725-2 21
Liszt, F. Symphonic poem no 1: What is heard on the mountain (1848-49/50/54). New Zealand/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.557846 29 Danzi, F. Flute concerto no 3 in D minor, op 42 (1814). András Adorján, fl; Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair. Brilliant Classics 99745/1 17 Svendsen, J. Symphony no 1 in D, op 4 (186566). Oslo PO/Mariss Jansons. EMI 5 85068-2 35 11:30 KIRI TE KANAWA SINGS FRENCH Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Berlioz, H. D’amour l’ardente flamme, from The damnation of Faust, op 24 (1845-46). Royal Opera House O/Jeffrey Tate. EMI C 7 49863 2 8 Duparc, H. L’invitation au voyage (1870). Richard Amner, pf. CBS MK 76868
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Charpentier, G. Depuis le jour, from Louise (1889-96). Royal Opera House O/Jeffrey Tate. EMI C 7 49863 2 5 Gounod, C. Alerte, alerte! Sauvée! from Faust (1859). Francisco Araiza, ten; Yevgeny Nesterenko, bass; Bavarian Radio Ch & O/Colin Davis. Philips 442 601-2 5 Kiri Te Kanawa, sop (all above)
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Overture to Joan of Arc (1845). National PO/ Riccardo Chailly. Decca 410 141-2 7 Overture to Aida (1872). BBC PO/Edward Downes. Chandos CHAN 9788
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14:00 TIME AND MOTION Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Poulenc, F. Four motets for a time of penitence (1938-39). Eamonn O’Dwyer, treb; Westminster Cathedral Choir; Iain Simcock, org; James O’Donnell, cond. Hyperion CDA66664 16 Mozart, W. Now is the time, Vitellia, to examine your constancy, from La clemenza di Tito (1791). Cecilia Bartoli, mezz; Vienna O/ György Fischer. Decca 430 513-2 9
20:00 THE AGE OF EMOTION Prepared by Robert Small Elgar, E. Sea pictures, op 37 (1899). Margreta Elkins, mezz; Queensland SO/Werner Andreas Albert. ABC 461 992-2 22 Strauss, R. A hero’s life, op 40 (1897-98). Sydney SO/Edo de Waart. ABC 476 595-7
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Schubert, F. Three heroic marches, D602: no 1 in B flat; no 2 in C; no 3 in D (1824). Duo Crommelynck, pf. LP Claves 50-8802 21 Schumann, R. Concert piece, op 86 (1849). Canberra School of Music SO/Michael Mulcahy. Fine Music Tape Archive 17 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Robert Small
Rossini, G. Specimen of my time, from Album de chateau (1850). Frederic Chiu, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907102 10
Purcell, H. Dido and Aeneas (1689). St James’ Singers; St James’ Baroque Players/Ivor Bolton. Teldec 4509-91191-2 58
Broadstock, B. Timeless (2002). Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner. ABC 476 804-1 11
Zelenka, J. Capriccio no 4 in A (1729). Camerata Bern. Archiv 469 842-2
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Vaughan Williams, R. Motion and stillness, from Four poems by Fredegond Shove (1925). Roderick Williams, bar; Iain Burnside, pf. Naxos 8.557643 3
Ockeghem, J. Missa au travail suis. Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips. Gimell 454 935-2
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Saturday 5 October 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
Rossini, G. Bel raggio lusinghier, from Semiramide (1823). Julia Lezhneva, sop; Sinfonia Varsovia/Marc Minkowski. Naïve V5221 10
6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson
Sibelius, J. Oriental procession, from Belshazzar’s feast, op 51 (1906). London SO/ Robert Kajanus. 3 Naxos 8.111394
9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney 9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON JOAQUIN RODRIGO Prepared by Maureen Meers Rodrigo, J. The triptych of Mosén Cinto (1936). Victoria de los Angeles, sop; Lamoureux Concerts O/Rafael Frübeck de Burgos. EMI CMS 5 65061 2 11 Summer concerto (1943). Michael Guttman, vn; Royal PO/José Serebrier. ASV DCA 855 21 Canticle of St Francis of Assisi (1982). Madrid Comunidad Ch & O/José Ramón Encinar. Naxos 8.557223 18 Two Andalusian miniatures (1929). Joanna G’froerer, fl; Asturias SO/Maximiano Valdés. Naxos 8.557801 5 Hymns of the neophytes of Qumran (1965-74). María Jésus Prieto, sop; Victoria Marchante, sop; Ada Allende, sop. 19 Music for a Salamancan codex (1953). David Rubiera, bar. 11 Madrid Comunidad Ch & O/José Ramón Encinar (2 above) Naxos 8.557223 Concierto de Aranjuez (1939). Narciso Yepes, gui; Philharmonia O/Garcia Navarro. Decca 480 3913 23 11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher Brahms, J. Overture: Academic festival. Grimethorpe Colliery Band; GUS Footwear Band; Morris Concert Band; Yorkshire Imperial Metals Band/Harry Mortimer. LP HMV CSD3697 9 Bellstedt, H. Venetian love song, from A day in Venice. Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee. AMP 28229 3
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15:30 YOUNG VIRTUOSI Young Performers Award finals Joaquin Rodrigo Clarke, H. Carnival of Venice. John Clough, euphonium; Black Dyke Mills Band/Roy Newsome. LP Astor GGS 1444 6 Hartman, J. Facilita. David Hickman, cornet; American Serenade Band/Henry Charles Smith. Summit D 114 7 12:00 JAZZ THEN AND NOW with Michael Cooper A diverse range of jazz from days gone by up to the present, often featuring Australian musicians 13:00 CHINESE MOSAIC + POSTCARDS FROM SHANGHAI Prepared by Paolo Hooke A monthly exploration of the best of Chinese classical, traditional and film music, incorporating material specially provided by Shanghai Radio 14:00 MUSICAL EXPLORATIONS Pole to Pole Prepared by Stephen Schafer Handel, G. Overture; Vain, fluctuating state; Thou, God most high, from Belshazzar, HWV61 (1745). Felicity Palmer, mezz; Concentus Musicus, Wien/Niklolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 8.35326 14 Rameau, J-P. Zoroastre suite (1749/56). O of the Eighteenth Century/Frans Brüggen. Glossa G 921106 34 Trad. Dastgâh mâhûr. Simâ Binâ, voice; Hossein Omoumi, ney; Shahmirza Morâdi, sorna; Rezà Khaladdj, dohol; Nadjid Khaladj, tombak; Madjid Derakhshâni, tar. Coro COR 16065 20
17:30 WALDSTEIN Beethoven, L. Sonata in C, op 53, Waldstein (1804). Amir Farid, pf. Move MD 3331 27 18:00 FOCUS ON FOLK Folk Federation of NSW with John Milce 19:00 MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Derek Parker Offenbach, J. Excerpts from Orphée aux Enfers (1858). Mady Mesplé, sop; Michèlle Command, sop; Jane Berbié, mezz; Michel Senéchal, ten; Bruce Brewer, ten; Jean-Phillipe Lafonte, bar; Michel Trempont, bar; Toulouse Opera Ch & O/Michel Plasson. EMI S 7496472 56 20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Sydney Mozart Society presents the Diemen Quartet Recorded by Greg Ghavalas for FINE MUSIC Haydn, J. String quartet in B minor, op 33 no 1 (1781). 17 Mozart, W. String quartet in B flat, K458, Hunt (1784). 25 Beethoven, L. String quartet no 9 in C, op 59 no 3, Rasumovsky (1805-06). 33 Diemen Quartet (all above) 21:30 ROMAN FESTIVALS Respighi, O. Roman festivals (1928). Royal PO/ Enrique Bátiz. Naxos 8.550539 25 22:00 AFTER HOURS with Kevin Jones Laid back late night music to give a wonderfully smooth end to the busy day; lie back, relax and enjoy
Sunday 6 October 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Terry McMullen
13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide Traditional and contemporary music from around the globe
17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Meg Matthews
14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL The art of Pinchas Zukerman Prepared by Frank Morrison
9:00 MUSIC OF THE DANCE Prepared by Di Cox Hindemith, P. Suite of French dances (1958). Philharmonia O/José Serebrier. ASV DCA 945 9 Turina, J. Gypsy dances, op 55 (c1931). Jordi Masó, pf. Naxos 8.557150 13 Britten, B. Mont Juic: Suite of Catalan dances, op 9 (1937). English CO/Steuart Bedford. Naxos 8.557198 12 Alwyn, W. Suite of Scottish dances (1946). Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos 8.570704 8 Arnold, M. Four Irish dances, op 126 (1986). Queensland SO/Andrew Penny. Naxos 8.553526 8
Beethoven, L. Romance no 2 in F, op 50 (c1798). Pinchas Zukerman, vn; London PO/ Daniel Barenboim. DG 429 179-2 10 Vivaldi, A. Violin concerto in B flat, RV362, La caccia (pub. 1725). English CO/Pinchas Zukerman, vn & dir. Sony SBK 53 513 9 Mozart, W. Exsultate, jubilate, K165 (1773). Judith Blegen, sop; Mostly Mozart FO/Pinchas Zukerman. Sony 8869 7529902 16 Berg, A. Violin concerto, In memory of an angel (1935). London SO/Pierre Boulez. Sony SMK 68331 27 Vaughan Williams, R. The lark ascending (1914/20). English CO/Daniel Barenboim. DG 442 8333 14
10:00 THE DEFINING YEARS Music form the Classical era Prepared by Philip Lidbury Schubert, F. Viola, D786 (1823). Ann Murray, mezz; Graham Johnson, pf. Hyperion J 33003 15
Vivaldi, A. Triple concerto in F, RV551 (c1730). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Isaac Stern, vn; New York PO/Zubin Mehta. Sony SM2K 66 472 11
Vogler, G. Ballet suite no 1 (1772). London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 10504 10
Mozart, W. Sonata no 25 in F, K377 (1781). Marc Neikrug, pf. RCA RD 60447 21
Rossini, G. Il dì già cade, from Semiramide (1823). Samuel Ramey, bass; Welsh National Opera Ch & O/Gabriele Ferro. Teldec 9031-73242-2 18
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Salieri, A. Ballet: Pafio and Mirra (1778). Mannheim Mozart O/Thomas Fey. Hänssler 98.506
Tchaikovsky, P. Capriccio italien, op 45 (1880; arr. Langer). Aurora Piano Quartet. Naxos 8.557717D 13
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Mayr, S. Cantata for the death of Beethoven (1827). Talia Or, sop; Altin Piriù, ten; Nikolay Borchev, bass; Simon Mayr Choir; Ingolstadt Georgian CO/Framz Hauk. Naxos 8.557958 15
Melody, op 42 no 3 (1878). Mischa Elman, vn; Joseph Seiger, pf. Vanguard OVC 8030 4
Mozart, W. Ballet music from Idomeneo, K367 (1781). Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 452 604-2 24
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12:00 SPEAK EASY, SWING HARD with Richard Hughes The Golden Era of jazz, as seen through the knowledge and experience of one of Australia’s leading exponents
Pezzo capriccioso, op 62 (1887). Alexander Ivashkin, vc; Ingrid Wahlberg, pf. Manu MANU1426 String quartet no 1 in D, op 11 (1871). Franz Schubert Quartet. Nimbus NI 5380
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Hymns: All my hope on God is founded; Who would true valour see; O praise ye the Lord; Angel voices ever singing. Choir of St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide/Leonie Hampton. Sounds of St Peters 11 Schütz, H. Magnificat. Hanover Knabenchor; Hilliard Ensemble; London Baroque O/Heinz Hennig. 8 EMI 724355 65736-2 Stradella, A. These tears and sighs, from Oratorio, St. John the Baptist. Patricia Petibon, sop; Venicew Baroque O/Andrew Marcon. 5 DG 477 8763 Aguiar, E. Psalm 150: Laudate Dominum.
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Trad. All creatures our God and King (arr. Maddux). Elizabeth Wied, mezz; James Moore, ten; Eric Carr, bar. 7 St. Olaf Choir/Anton Armstrong (2 above) St. Olaf Choir E 2047 Trad. They crucified Him (arr. Mganga). Victoria Fraser, sop; Philip Chu, ten; Kappella/ Meg Matthews. 3 Knox 3 Howells, H. Nunc dimittis, for double choir (1914). Cambridge Singers/John Rutter. 3 Collegium COLCD 113 Bach, J.S. Chorale prelude: Ein fester Burg ist unser Gott, BWV720 (c1708). Kevin Bower, org. 3 Nimbus NI 5289 18:00 CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY PROGRAM Four by four Prepared by Sue McCreadie Tórroba, F. Moreno Estampas.
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Guitars A Quattro (2 above) Intim Musik IM 051 Kleynjans, F. Los cuatro elementos. Melbourne Guitar Quartet. melbourneguitarquartet.com.au
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Monday 7 October 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
19:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Puccini, G. Signore, ascolta! … non piangere, Liù, from Turandot (1920-24; compl. Alfano 1926). Renata Scotto, sop; Franco Corelli, ten; Rome Opera Ch & O/Francesco MolinariPradelli. EMI Z 7 62520 2 7 Wagner, R. In fernem Land, from Lohengrin (1848). Ben Heppner, ten; Bavarian State Opera Ch & O/Colin Davis. ABC 461 680-2 5 Gluck, C. Le perfide Renaud me fult, from Armide (1777). Janet Baker, mezz; English CO/ Raymond Leppard. Philips 476 2617 8 Verdi, G. Soldiers chorus, from Il trovatore (1853). Munich State Opera Ch; Nuremberg SO/Hanspeter Gmür. Eclipse 64472-2 4
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Madilina Tresca Piazzolla, A. Romance del diablo (arr. Crabb). James Crabb, accordion; Benjamin Martin, pf. Chandos CHAN 10163 7 Hogberg, F. Dancing with silent purpose, mvts 1 to 4 (arr. Fröst). Martin Fröst, cl. BIS SACD 1863 11 Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (2 above) Prokofiev, S. Sonata in C, op 56 (1932; arr. Oistrakh). David Oistrakh, vn; Igor Oistrakh, vn. Brilliant Classics 8402 15 Lutoslawski, W. Folk melodies (1945; arr. Bream). Julian Bream, gui. EMI 7 54901 2 16 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Anne Irish
19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Chris Blower Kabalevsky, D. Suite: The comedians (1940). SBS Youth O/Matthew Krel. SBS YME-5 16 Mills, R. Trumpet concerto (1982). Geoffrey Payne, tpt; Melbourne SO/John Hopkins. ABC 982 697-6 20 Sibelius, J. Symphony no 2 in D, op 43 (1902). Minnesota O/Osmo Vänskä. BIS SA 1986 46
Borodin, A. Polovtsian dances, from Prince Igor (1887). Sydney SO/Stuart Challender. ABC 434 717-2 10 Mendelssohn, F. Violin concerto in E minor, op 64 (1844). Gil Shaham, vn; Philharmonia O/ Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG 427 656-2 30 Riisager, K. Études. Danish National RSO/ Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Chandos CHAN 9432 41 11:30 SPANISH INTERLUDE
21:00 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Phil Vendy
Sor, F. Caprice, op 50, Le calme (c1832). Jeffrey McFadden, gui. Naxos 8.553985 7
Hedelin, F. Akt (2005). Zilliacus Persson Raitinen Trio. Phono Suecia PSCD 189
Lecuona, E. Suite española, Andalucía. Thomas Tirino, pf. BIS CD-754
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Aldridge, R. Clarinet concerto (2004). David Singer, cl; A Far Cry O. Naxos 8.559667 27 Österling, F. Voices of silence (2003). Trio Paradox. BIS CD-1425 17 Matsumura, T. Symphony no 2 for piano and orchestra (1998/99/2006). Ikuyo Kamiya, pf; RTÉ NSO/Takuo Yuasa. Naxos 8.570337 22 22:30 ULTIMA THULE Ambient and atmospheric music: www. ultimathule.info for detailed playlist
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6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with James Hunter
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Boyce, W. Tell me, lovely shepherd, from Solomon (1743). Deborah Riedel, sop; Arcadia Lane O/Richard Bonynge. Melba MR30118 3 Arne, T. Keyboard concerto no 3 in A (pub. 1793). Parley of Instruments Baroque O/Paul Nicholson, fp & dir. Hyperion CDA66509 17 Haydn, J. Symphony in D, Hob.I:86 (1786). City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle. EMI 5 55509 2 26 14:30 SPANISH MASTERS Prepared by Robert Vale Sor, F. Estudio nos 9, 5 and 12. Julian Bream, gui. MCA M 80113 5 Albéniz, I. Danza (1887); Tango (1889). Ida Presti, gui; Alexandre Lagoya, gui. Belart 450 146-2
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Granados, E. Danza española nos 1 to 7 (1890). Alicia de Larrocha, pf. RCA Victor 09026 68184 2 30 Tórroba, F. Moreno Sonatina in A (c1920). Slava Grigoryan, gui. Sony SMK 68351 11 Rodrigo, J. Concierto para una fiesta (1982). Alfonso Moreno, gui; State of Mexico SO/ Enrique Batiz. Regis RRC 1360 27 16:00 FINE MUSIC HOLIDAY including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett 19:00 SPIRIT OF JAZZ with Susan Gai Dowling Mainstream to contemporary jazz, with an emphasis on Australian performers 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 KEYBOARD CONTRASTS
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12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan Featuring bands of the 1930s swing era and the dance bands of the 1920s taken from radio broadcasts, transcriptions and recording sessions 13:00 A CLASSICAL CONCERT Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans Hasse, J. Flute concerto in D. Irene Spranger, fl; Concerto Copenhagen/Andrew Manze. Chandos CHAN 0535 12 Gluck, C. J’ai perdu mon Eurydice, from Orpheus and Eurydice (1774 ). David Hobson, ten; Tasmanian SO/Marco Guidarini. ABC 461 677-2 4 Bach, C.P.E. Cello concerto in A, Wq172 (c1753). Alison McGillivray, vc; English Concert/Andrew Manze. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907403 20
Mozart, W. Sonata in B flat, K281 (1775). Nikita Magaloff, pf. Aura AUR 420-2 16 Chopin, F. Ballade no 1 in G minor, op 23 (1835). Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pf. Ermitage ERM 211-2
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Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Quintet in B flat for piano, flute, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1876). Capricorn. Hyperion A 66163 29 Prokofiev, S. Three pieces, op 96 (1941-42). Lincoln Mayorga, pf. Sheffield Lab SLS 505 11 Soler, A. Sonata no 28 in C. Gilbert Rowland, hpd. Naxos 8.553464 9 Schumann, R. Carnaval, op 9 (1833-35). Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pf. Aura AUR 222-2 34
Tuesday 8 October 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: Michael Collins Burgmüller, N. Duo, op 15 (1834). Michael McHale, pf. Chandos CHAN 10637 11 Schubert, F. Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D965 (1828). Felicity Lott, sop; Ian Brown, pf. IMP PCD 868 12
13:00 ROMANTIC ITALY Prepared by Frank Morrison Carulli, F. Duo in C, op 11 (c1826), Leopoldo Saracino, gui; Massimo Palumbo, fp. Nuova Era 7167 19 Leoncavallo, R. Prologue to I pagliacci (1892). Robert Merrill, bar; St Cecilia Academy O/ Lamberto Gardelli. Decca 440 844-2 7 Puccini, G. Quartet in D (1880). Raphael String Quartet. Etcetera KTC 1050 8 Cilea, F. Sonata in D, op 38 (1894). Luca Signorini, vc; Francesco Nicolosi, pf. Nuova Era 7191
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Messager, A. Solo de concours (1899). Piers Lane, pf. Chandos CHAN 10615 6
14:30 FINZI: PIANO PLUS Prepared by Heather Sykes
Beethoven, L. Trio in B flat, op 11 (1797). Christopher van Kampen, vc; Ian Brown, pf. Virgin VC 7 91137-2 21
Finzi, G. Five bagatelles, op 23 (1942). Michael Collins, cl; Michael McHale, pf. Chandos CHAN 10637 15
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Eclogue, op 10 (c1928/40). Martin Jones, pf; English String O/William Boughton. Nimbus NI 5366 10
10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Barrie Brockwell Wallace, W. Introduction and passacaglia. London SO/Boris Brott. Campion RR 1307 7 Strauss, R. Panathenäenzug, op 74 (1926/27). Malcolm Fragel, pf; Staatskapelle Dresden/ Rudolf Kempe. EMI 973612-2 28 Vaughan Williams, R. Serenade to music (1939). London PO/Adrian Boult. EMI C 7 47214 2 13
Summer schemes; When I set out for Lyonnesse; Waiting both; The phantom; So I have fared; Rollicum-Rorum, from Earth and Air and Rain, op 15 (1929-32). Benjamin Luxton, bar; David Willinson, pf. Decca 461 491-2 14 Grand fantasia and toccata in D minor, op 38 (c1928/53). Peter Donohoe, pf; Northern Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths. Naxos 8.555766 14 15:00 DREAMING Prepared by Angela Bell
German, E. Symphony no 2 in A minor, Norwich (1893). National SO of Ireland/Andrew Penny. Marco Polo 8.223726 32
Waldteufel, E. My dream, op 151 (1877). Slovak State PO/Alfred Walter. Marco Polo 8.223451 10
11:30 SONATAS FOR TWO Prepared by Paul Hopwood
Arensky, A. Overture to The dream on the Volga (1891). Ukraine NSO/Theodore Kuchar. Naxos 8.554843 7
Busoni, F. Sonata in C (1876). Cristiano Rossi, vn; Marco Vincenzi, pf. Dynamic S 87 12
Elgar, E. Dream children, op 43 (1892). English CO/Paul Goodwin. Harmonia Mundi HMG 507258 7
Devienne, F. Sonata in C, op 70 no 1 (1798-99). Peter Bree, ob; Roderick Shaw, fp. Etcetera KTC 1084 14
Mendelssohn, F. Excerpts from Incidental music to A midsummer night’s dream, op 61 (1842). Jennifer Vyvyan, sop; Marion Lowe, sop; female Ch of the Royal Opera House; London SO/Peter Maag. Decca 478 3156-67 29
12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Michael Morton-Evans 18:00 SYDNEY SYMPHONY 2013 Produced by Peter Kurti
What’s on in concerts during the next month 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with David Ogilvie 22:00 BEYOND THE ROMANTIC ERA Prepared by Frank Morrison Elgar, E. Overture: Cockaigne, op 40, In London town (1901). London SO/Charles Mackerras. Argo 430 835-2
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Weill, K. The saga of Jenny, from Lady in the dark (1940). Carole Farley, sop; Roger Vignoles, pf. ASV DCA 790 5 Walton, W. Symphony no 2 (1957-60). Cleveland O/George Szell. Sony Master Works MPK 46732
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Dukas, P. Villanelle (1906). Richard Runnels, hn; Brachi Tilles, pf. Move MD 3172 7 Ibert, J. Symphonie marine (1931). City of Birmingham SO/Louis Frémaux. EMI 5 66010 2 14 Pärt, A. Credo (1968). Boris Berman, pf; Philharmonia Ch & O/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 9134
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Shostakovich, D. Trio no 2 in E minor, op 67 (1944). Vienna Piano Trio. Nimbus NI 5572 28 October 2013
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Wednesday 9 October 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Aspects of Baroque Prepared by Frank Morrison Purcell, H. Suite from Abdelazer (1695). Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 433 191-2
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Arne, T. Cantata: Delia (1755). Emma Kirkby, sop; London Baroque/Charles Medlam. EMI C 7 49799 2 6 Hebden, J. Concerto no 1 in A for strings (c1745). Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd. Chandos CHAN 8339
19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell
Grieg, E. In heav’n above, from Four psalms, op 74 (1905). Håkan Hagegård, bar; Oslo Cathedral Choir/Terje Kvam. Nimbus NI 5171 5
20:00 AT THE OPERA Legendary Met performances: 10 April 2004 Prepared by Michael Tesoriero
Humfrey, P. By the waters of Babylon. Drew Minter, ct; Rogers Covey-Crump, ten; John Potter, ten; David Thomas, bass; Choir of Clare College, Cambridge; Romanesca/Nicholas McGegan. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907053 11
Verdi, G. Nabucco. Opera in four acts. Libretto by Temistocle Solera. First performed Milan, 1842.
Beethoven, L. Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, op 112 (1814-15). Bodil Arnesen, sop; Berlin Radio Choir & SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher. Koch Schwann 3-1485-2 9 12:00 THE SOUND OF JAZZ with Kevin Jones
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Stanley, J. Suite of trumpet voluntaries no 1 in D. Gabriele Cassone, natural tpt; Antonio Frigé, org. Nuova Era 7053 8
13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI Bo An Lu plays Liszt’s Piano concerto no 1 with Troy Fil; recorded by Greg Ghavalas
Lawes, W. Suite no 4 in D, from The royall consort suites (c1620). Nigel North, theorbo; Paul O’Dette, theorbo; Purcell Quartet. Chandos CHAN 0584/5 13
14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans What exactly does it take to make music? Leading musicians, composers and performers, both local and visiting from overseas, will be talking live on air telling us why they do it and how they do it.
10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Derek Parker
15:00 THE SYMPHONIES OF HAYDN Prepared by Chris Blower
Corelli, A. Concerto grosso in F, op 6 no 2 (pub. 1714). Chiara Banchini, vn; Jesper Christensen, hpd; Ensemble 415. Harmonia Mundi HMG 501406.07
Schubert, F. Sonata no 1 in D, D384 (1816). Gidon Kremer, vn; Oleg Maisenberg, pf. DG 437 092-2 13
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Tippett, M. Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli (1953). John Tunnell, vn; Rosemary Ellison, vn; Kevin McCrae, vc; Scottish CO/ Michael Tippett. Virgin VC 7 90701-2 19 Stanford, C. Villiers Symphony no 6 in E flat, op 94, In honour of the life-work of a great artist: George Frederick Watts (1905). Bournemouth SO/David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos 8.570355 37 Stravinsky, I. Concerto in E flat, Dumbarton Oaks (1938). Montreal Sinfonietta/Charles Dutoit. Decca 473 810-2 15 30
11:30 CHOIRS AND PLACES Prepared by Philip Lidbury
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Haydn, J. Symphony no 3 in G (c1760). Vienna CO/Ernst Märzendorfer. Musical Heritage Society OR H-201-249 13 Boccherini, L. Flute quintet in D, op 19 no 4 (pub. 1774). Auser Musici. Hyperion A67646 10
ABIGAILLE: Andrea Gruber, sop FENENA: Marina Domashenko, mezz ISMAELE: Gwyn Hughes Jones, ten NABUCCO: Leo Nucci, bar ZACCARIA: Samuel Ramey, bass Metropolitan Ch & O/Carlo Rizzi. Metropolitan Opera tape
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The Hebrews are taken prisoner by Assyrian king, Nabucco. His supposed daughter, Abigaille, is in love with the Hebrew Ismaele. He loves her sister Fenena, whom he saves from death ordered by the high priest Zaccaria. Abigaille discovers she is not Nabucco’s daughter, but of slave birth. She plots against Fenena who has converted to the Hebrew faith and been appointed Regent. Nabucco is reported killed and Abigaille demands the crown. But Nabucco, alive, proclaims himself both king and God. He is struck down by a thunderbolt and goes mad. Abigaille seizes the throne, tricks Nabucco into signing the death warrant of Fenena and the Hebrews, then has him imprisoned. Nabucco prays to the God of the Hebrews for forgiveness, is restored to sanity, stops the execution and frees the Hebrews. Abigaille repents and takes poison. 22:30 MENDELSSOHN IN CONCERT Prepared by Angela Bell Mendelssohn, F. Overture and war march of the priests, from Athalie, op 74 (1845). Vienna PO/Christoph von Dohnányi. Decca 460 239-2 14
Haydn, J. Symphony B in B flat, Hob:I:108 (c1760). Vienna CO/Ernst Märzendorfer. Musical Heritage Society OR H-201-249 17
Double concerto in D minor (1823). Kristian Bezuidenhout, fp; Freiburg Baroque O/ Gottfried von der Goltz, vn & dir. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902082 37
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Andrew Dziedzic
Symphony no 4 in A, op 90, Italian (1833). Israel PO/Leonard Bernstein. DG 439 411-2 30
Thursday 10 October 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Chris Blower Edwards, R. Concerto for guitar and strings (1995). Karin Schaupp, gui; Strings of Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills. ABC 476 227-0 19 Three children’s pieces. Elizabeth Green, pf. Sounds Australian BD01 4 Love duet, from Oboe concerto. Diana Doherty, ob; Alexandre Oguey, cora; Sinfonia Australis/Mark Summerbell. ABC 481 0116 4 Chorale and ecstatic dance. Margery Smith, sax, bass cl; Elektra String Quartet. ABC 476 503-9 11 Ulpirra suite (1993-98). Deborah de Graaff, cl; Len Vorster, perc. Walsingham WAL80442 13 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Angela Bell Wolf-Ferrari, E. Suite from The jewels of the Madonna (1911). BBC PO/Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN 10511 17 Coleridge-Taylor, S. Violin concerto in G minor, op 80 (1912). Anthony Marwood, vn; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion A67420 32 Bizet, G. Symphony in C (1855). Royal PO/ Enrique Bátiz. ASV DCA 696 34 11:30 SONATAS FOR TWO Prepared by Paul Hopwood Bach, C.P.E. Sonata in D, Wq83 (c1747). Alain Marion, fl; Daniele Roi, hpd. Fonè 89 F 02-26 14 Debussy, C. Sonata (1915). Christopher van Kampen, vc; Ian Brown, pf. Virgin VC7911482 12
12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers 13:00 LESSER-KNOWN LYAPUNOV Prepared by Sheila Catzel Lyapunov, S. Rhapsody on Ukrainian themes, op 28 (1907). Hamish Milne, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion A67326 17 Symphonic poem: Zelazowa Wola, op 37 (1909). USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya 10-00173
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Piano concerto no 2 in E, op 38 (1909). Hamish Milne, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion A67326 19 Symphony no 2 in B flat minor, op 66 (1917). USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya 10-00173 50 Transcendental étude no 10 in B minor, Lesghinka (1900-05). Stephen Hough, pf. ASV AMM 157R
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15:00 REED ONLY Beethoven, L. Duo concerto in C, WoO27 no 1 (1796). Denis Godburn, bn; Mozzafiato/ Charles Neidich, cl & dir. Sony SK 53367 13 Mozart, W. 12 pieces, K487 (1786). Michel Portal, cl; Paul Meyer, cl. EMI 5 56732 2 20 Beethoven, L. Trio in C, op 87 (1795). Guy Henderson, ob; Claire Fox, ob; Peter Newberry, cora. LP ABC R. 02424 21 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Marilyn Schock 19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey 20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA The symphonies of Martinu Prepared by Elaine Siversen Martinu, B. Serenade no 4 for oboe, violin, viola, piano and string orchestra (1932). Prague CO/Oldrich Vlcek. Supraphon 11 0098-2 8
Sergei Lyapunov Duo concertante (1937). Bohuslav Matousek, vc; Régis Pasquier, vn; Czech PO/Christopher Hogwood. Hyperion A67671 18 Serenade no 5 for chamber orchestra (1930). Prague CO/Oldrich Vlcek. Supraphon 11 0098-2 12 Cello concerto no 2 (1944-45). Sasa Vectomov, vc; Prague SO/Zdenek Kosler. LP Supraphon 50883 38 Symphony no 4 (1945). BBC SO/Ji Onyx 4061
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22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Angela Bell Ponchielli, A. The get-together: divertimento (1868). Colin Bradbury, cl; Donald Watson, cl; Oliver Davies, pf. ASV DCA 701 10 Saint-Saens, C. Piano trio no 2 in E minor, op 92 (1892). Florestan Trio. Hyperion A67538 34 Boccherini, L. Sextet in A, op 16 no 1. Piccolo Concerto Vienna/Roberto Sensi. Accent ACC 24246 22 Herzogenberg, H. Trio, op 61 (1889). Albrecht Mayer, ob; Marie-Luise Neunecker, hn; Markus Becker, pf. Decca 478 3564 22 Myaskovsky, N. String quartet no 6 in G minor, op 49 (1939-40). Taneyev Quartet. Russian RD 11 031 23
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Friday 11 October 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
13:00 VIBRANT VIOLINS Prepared by Sheila Catzel
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Janine Burrus
Brahms, J. Sonata no 3 in D minor, op 108 (1886-88). Simon Fischer, vn; Raymond Fischer, pf. Biddulph 80229-2 23
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Small forces Prepared by Sheila Catzel
Janácek, L. Sonata (1914/21). Vadim Repin, vn; Nikolai Lugansky, pf. DG 477 8794 17
BBC PO/Yan Pascal Tortelier (2 above) Chandos CHAN 9416
Saint-Saens, C. Tarantella in A minor, op 6 (1857; arr Falletta). Debra Wendells Cross, fl; Robert Alemany, cl; JoAnn Falletta, gui. Virginia Arts Festival VA901 6
Respighi, O. Sonata in B minor (1917). AnneSophie Mutter, vn; Lambert Orkis, pf. DG 469 503-2 25
Saint-Saëns, C. Piano concerto no 2 in G minor, op 22 (1868). Artur Rubinstein, pf; Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy. RCA 5666-2-RC 23
Scharwenka, X. Sonata in E minor, op 46a (c1878). Colin Carr, vc; Seta Tanyel, pf. Collins 14482 21 Ireland, J. Phantasie trio (1907). Lydia Mordkovitch, vn; Karine Georgian, vc; Ian Brown, pf. Chandos CHAN 9377/8
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10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Elaine Siversen Smetana, B. Grand overture in D (1848). BBC PO/Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN 10413 8 Carmichael, J. Trumpet concerto. Kevin Johnston, tpt; West Australian SO/David Measham. ABC 442 374-2
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Sibelius, J. Lemminkäinen suite, op 22 (1896). Royal Stockholm PO/Paavo Järvi. Virgin 5 45213 2 49 11:30 A CARMICHAEL ENCORE Prepared by Elaine Siversen Carmichael, J. Latin-American suite (1990). Antony Gray, pf. ABC 476 619-1 9 Fantasy sonata. Roger Armstrong, fl; John Carmichael, pf. ABC 476 156-1 12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell fineMusic 102.5
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Stravinsky, I. Duo concertante (1932). Ray Chen, vn; Timothy Young, pf. Melba MR 301128 17 14:30 BEETHOVEN MAKES HIS MARK: 1795 Prepared by Brian Drummond
Vaughan Williams, R. Phantasy quintet (1912). Members of Nash Ensemble. Hyperion A67313 14
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Franck, C. Suite from Psyché (1887-88). Paris O/Daniel Barenboim. DG 476 280-0 27
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Beethoven, L. Piano trio in C minor, op 1 no 3 (1792-95). Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 438 948-2 23
Fauré, G. Pavane, op 50 (1887).
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Élégie, op 24 (1880; orch. Aubert). Peter Dixon, 8 vc.
22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE From northern climes Prepared by Philip Lidbury Agrell, J. Flute concerto in D (c1750). Maria Bania, fl; Concerto Copenhagen/Andrew Manze. Chandos CHAN 0535 15
German dances, WoO2, 3 and 8 (1795). Vienna Mozart Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky. Decca 436 782-2 5
Buxtehude, D. Cantata: Ich halte es dafür, BuxWV48. Suzie LeBlanc, sop; Peter Harvey, bass; Purcell Quartet. Chandos CHAN 0691 11
Sonata no 3 in C, op 2 no 3 (1794-95). Stephen Kovacevich, pf. EMI 5 62700 2 24
Roman, J. Oboe concerto in B flat. Helén Jahren, ob; Musica Vitae/Wojciech Rajski. BIS CD-460 17
Piano concerto no 2 in B flat, op 19 (1793/9495). Julius Katchen, pf; London SO/Piero Gamba. Decca 460 822-2 28
Sweelinck, J. Psalm 148. Netherlands Chamber Choir/Ton Koopman. BFO Centre Netherlands Music A3 11
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Emyr Evans 19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron 20:00 THE AGE OF EMOTION Prepared by Judy Ekstein Elgar, E. Serenade for strings in E minor, op 20 (1892). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/ Neville Marriner. ASV QS 6087 12 Fauré, G. Piano quartet no 2 in G minor, op 45 (1885-86). Domus. Hyperion A66166 32
Variations on Allein Gott in der Hoh sei ehr. Kurt Ison, org. KJI KJ001 10 Hellendaal, P. Concerto grosso in F, op 3 no 6 (pub. c1758). Combattimento Consort Amsterdam/Jan Willem de Vriend. NM Classics 92019 13 Obrecht, J. Ave Maris stella. Grupo de Música Alfonso X et Sabio/Luis Lonzano Virumbrales. 8 Decca 436 116-2 Roman, J. Suite in D, Little Drottningholm music (1744). National Museum CO/Claude Génetay. Musica Sveciae MS 417 21
Saturday 12 October 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett
13:00 HISTORIC RECORDINGS Schubert, F. String quartet no 15 in G, D887, mvts 1 and 3 (1826). 19
9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney
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9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON THE CANBERRA SCHOOL OF MUSIC Prepared by Chris Blower Ferrabosco, A. jnr So beauty on the waters stood. 1 Monteverdi, C. I am black; O how beautiful. 9 Paul McMahon, ten; Tommie Andersson, lute; Daniel Yeadon, bass viol (2 above) ABC 476 192-9 Edwards, R. Maninya III (1985). Vernon Hill, fl; Alan Vivian, cl; David Nuttall, ob; Richard McIntyre, bn; Hector McDonald, hn. Canberra School of Music CSM:14 11 Haydn, J. Symphony in C, Hob.I:90 (1788). Australian CO/Max McBride. Fine Music Tape Archive 23 France, S. Miss Mugwort (1997). Virginia Taylor, fl; Nicole Canham, cl; Barbara Gilby, vn; Charlotte Winslade, vc; Kate Bowan, pf; Gary France, perc; Wyana Etherington, perc; Sandra France, tin whistle; Tor Fromyhr, cond. Tall Poppies TP177 8 Handel, G. Va tacito e nascosto, from Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV17 (1724). Graeme Pushee, ct; Dominic Harvey, hn; Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer. ABC 480 562-9 7 Coste, N. Le montagnard, op 34. Virginia Taylor, fl; Timothy Kain, gui. Tall Poppies TP003
Ford, A. Five cabaret songs (1986). Gerald English, ten; Tall Poppies Ensemble. Tall Poppies TP 128 10
12:00 JAZZ THEN AND NOW with Michael Cooper
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Schumann, R. Suite in folkstyle, op 102 (1849). David Pereira, vc; David Bollard, pf. Tall Poppies TP078 17 Westlake, N. Excerpts from Antarctica (1991). Christine Douglas, sop; Philippe Anquetil, treb; David Pereira, vc; Louise Johnson, hp; Timothy Kain, gui; Dene Olding, vn; Studio O/Carl Vine. Tall Poppies TP012 22 11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Robert Small Rossini, G. Overture to Cinderella (arr. Parkes). John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band/Peter Parkes. Chandos CHAN 4505 8 Vaughan Williams, R. Variations. Williams Fairey Band/Bryan Hurdley. Chandos CHAN 4547 11 Rossini, G. Overture to William Tell (arr. Grant). John Clough, euphonium; John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band/Peter Parkes. Chandos CHAN 4505 5
Busch Quartet (2 above) EMI H 769795 2 14:00 LISTENERS’ CHOICE with Christina MacGuinness Phone 9439 4777 or go to finemusicfm.com and follow the links to choose your music 15:30 AT THE MOVIES Prepared by Pat Hopper Herrmann, B. Soundtrack: Cape Fear. Studio O. MCA MCAD 10463 41
Wilcher, P. Shimmer (2002). Jeanell Carrigan, pf. Wirripang WIRR 012 2 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers Tesori, J. Excerpts from Thoroughly modern Millie (2002). Sutton Foster, Harriet Harris, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Mark Kurdoch, David Creel, voices; members of the original Broadway cast. RCA Victor 09026-63959-2 18 Rodgers, R. Excerpts from The sound of music (1959). June Bronhill, sop; Rosina Raisbeck, sop; Beryl Cheers, Peter Graves, voices; members of the 1961 Princess Theatre Melbourne cast. LP 12
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Willson, M. Excerpts from The music man (1957). Timothy Noble, Kathleen Brett, Doc Severinsen, voices; Cincinnati Pops O/Erich Kunzel. Telarc 80276 19
16:30 ARTS IN FOCUS with Sydney Youth Orchestra Produced by Debbie Scholem
20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Northern Lights Recorded by Jayson McBride for FINE MUSIC
17:00 COLOURS OF THE KING Program of the Organ Music Society of Sydney Prepared by Andrew Grahame
Pärt, A. Bogoróditse djévo (1990).
Karg-Elert, S. Praeambulum festivum, op 64 no 4 (1923). Harold Fabrikant, org. Academy Music AMCD 971111 3
Skipworth, L. Shinjitsu (2011). Belinda Montgomery, sop; Richard Sanchez, ten; Sébastien Maury, bar; James Nightingale, sax. 11
Alcock, W. Introduction and passacaglia (1933). June Nixon, org. Master Disk SPC-D 393 14
Tüür, E-S. Lamentatio (1995), Continuum Sax. 11
Rozsa, M. Excerpts from Plymouth adventure. Nuremberg SO. Varèse-Sarabande VSD 5206 12
Wills, A. Variations on a carol. Michael Dudman, org. Chartreuse CRCD 1794
Trad. Bogoróditse djévo. Richard Sanchez, ten. Pärt, A. Seven Magnificat antiphons (1988-91). 16
Esenvalds, E. Evening. Megan Cronin, sop. 3 Trad. The Lord’s prayer. Natalie Shea, cont.
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Esenvalds, E. A drop in the ocean (1991). Josie Ryan, sop. 8
Jackson, F. Toccata, chorale and fugue, op 16 (1957). David Drury, org. ABC 454 173-2 15
Kancheli, G. Amao omi (2005). Belinda Montgomery, sop; Sam Piper, bass; Simon Harris, bass; Continuum Sax. 22
18:00 AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS’ HOUR Prepared by Troy Fil
Sisask, U. Benedictio (1991).
Yates, S. Trietto (2007). Members of Sydney Consort. Sydney Consort SC004 5 Boyd, A. As all waters flow (1976). Sydney Chamber Choir; Sydney University SO Soloists; Sydney Percussion/Nicholas Routley. ABC 462 007-2 20 Wilcher, P. Study in E minor (2001). Jeanell Carrigan, pf. Wirripang WIRR 012
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Bremner, A. In the shrubbery (1989). Song Company and friends/Roland Peelman. Tall Poppies TP064 16
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Sydney Chamber Choir/Paul Stanhope (all above) 21:30 A TOUCH OF RUSSIA Prepared by Heather Sykes Sokolov, N. Variation on a Russian theme (1901). Oxana Yablonskaya, pf; Moscow SO/ Dmitri Yablonsky. Naxos 8.553928 3 Khandoshkin, I. Six old Russian songs (1783). Anastasia Khitruk, vn; Dimitry Yakubovsky, va; Kyrill Yevtushenko, vc. Naxos 8.570028 24 22:00 AFTER HOURS with Kevin Jones October 2013
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Sunday 13 October 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Robert Small
Duparc, H. Romance de Mignon (1869); La fuite (1871). Sarah Walker, mezz; Roger Vignoles, pf. Hyperion A66323
9:00 MUSIC OF THE DANCE Verdi ballet Prepared by Oscar Foong
Chanson triste (1868); La vie antérierure (1884). Carole Farley, sop. ASV DCA 605 7
Verdi, G. Triumph march, ballet music and chorus, from Aida (1871). RTE Philharmonic Choir and others; NSO of Ireland/Rico Saccani. Naxos 8.553963 12
Lalo, E. Quartet in E flat, op 45 (1880). Daniel String Quartet. Discover DI 920159 26
Ballet music from Otello (1887). Decca 425 108-2 Ballet music from Macbeth (1847).
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Bologna Comunale TO/Riccardo Chailly (2 above) Decca 425 108-2 Ballet music from Il trovatore (1853). BBC PO/ Edward Downes. Chandos CHAN 9594 24 10:00 THE DEFINING YEARS Music from the Classical era Prepared by Frank Morrison Hummel, J. Piano concerto in A minor, op 85 (c1816). Martin Galling, pf; Stuttgart PO/ Alexander Paulmüller. Vanguard 08 9178 72 27 Richter, F. Sonata no 6 in G minor, from Sonatas da camera (1764). Pauliina Fred, fl; Heidi Peltoniemi, vc; Aapo Häkkinen, hpd. Naxos 8.572030 17 Bach, C.P.E. Symphony for strings in B flat, Wq182 no 2. Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players/Geoffrey Lancaster. ABC 472 424-2 10 Schubert, F. The crow, from Winterreise, D911 (1827). Olaf Bär, bar; Geoffrey Parsons, pf. EMI C 7 49334 2 2 Gluck, C. Ballet: Alessandro (1764). Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 445 824-2 24 Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 4 in A, op 90, Italian (1833). London SO/Claudio Abbado. Decca 458 176-2 30 12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME with John Buchanan The early days of jazz and ragtime as recorded during the first 30 years of the 20th century 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide 14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL French romantics: The middle years Prepared by Rex Burgess Chabrier, E. Suite pastorale (1880). Vienna PO/ John Eliot Gardiner. DG 447 751-2 19 34
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Saint-Saëns, C. The lyre and the harp, op 57 (1879). Françoise Pollet, sop; Héléne Perraguin, mezz; Daniel Galvez-Vallejo, ten; Didier Henry, bar; Ile de France Victoria Regional Choir; Ile de France NO/Jacques Mercier. Ades 204222 49 16:00 TCHAIKOVSKY’S QUARTETS Prepared by Chris Blower
Death and the maiden, D531 (1817). Dietrich Fischer-Diskau, bar; Gerald Moore, pf. DG 477 5765 2 19:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Giovanna Grech Verdi, G. Il acerato spirito, from Simon Boccanegra (1857). Alexander Kipnis, bass-bar; Ch & O/Erich Orthmann. Nimbus NI 7885/6 5 Donizetti, G. Tranquillo ei posa ... Com’è bello, from Lucrezia Borgia (1833). Maria Callas, sop; Philharmonia O/Antonio Tonini. EMI C 7 54437 2 8 Rachmaninov, S. By the magical power of the singing, from Aleko (1893). Sergei Alekashkin, bass; Philharmonia O/Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Chandos CHAN 9629 6
Tchaikovsky, P. Souvenir of a beloved place, op 42 (1878; arr. Parhamovsky). Maxim Vengerov, vn; Vag Papian, pf; Virtuosi. EMI 5 57164 2 18
Delibes, L. Prendre le dessin d’un bijou ... Fantaisie aux devins mensonges, from Lakmé (1883). Alfredo Kraus, ten; Welsh National Opera O/Carlo Rizzi. Philips 442 785-2 5
Quartet no 2 in F, op 22 (1874). Borodin String Quartet. EMI 7 64879 2 37
19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Troy Fil
17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Heather Sykes Hymns: Praise my soul, the King of heaven; City of God, how broad and far; Jesu, lover of my soul. Huddersfield Choral Society/Owain Arwel Hughes. EMI MFP 6059 10 Padilla, J. de Kirie; Gloria; Credo, from Missa Mexicana (c1649). Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2907293 12 Psalms: No 61, Hear my crying, O God; no 67, God be merciful unto us; no 69, Save me, O God. Choir of Westminster Abbey; Andrew Lumsden, org; Martin Neary, cond. Virgin VC7 91211-2 12 Poulenc, F. Four little prayers of St Francis of Assisi (1948). Choir of Westminster Cathedral/ James O’Donnell. Hyperion A66664 8 Bortnyansky, D. Song of the Cherubim; Choral concerto no 34: Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered. Chamber Choir Lege Artis/Boris Abalyan. Sony SMK 57661 10
Giuliani, M. Six arias from verse by Metastasio, op 95 (pub. 1818). Members of Meister Consort. Jecklin JD 624-2 16 Schwertsik, K. Tree songs, op 65 (1992). Adelaide SO/David Porcelijn. ABC 476 227-3
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Beethoven, L. Violin concerto in D, op 61 (1806). Kyung-Wha Chung, vn; Vienna PO/Kyrill Kondrashin. Decca 400 048-2 45 21:00 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Troy Fil Gorecki, H. Totus tuus, op 60 (1987). Robert Shaw Chamber Singers. Telarc 80531 11 Blake, H. Sinfonietta for ten brass instruments (1981). English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel. ASV DCA 905 16 Skog, Y. Inspired integration (1997). Mårten Landström, pf. dBCD 126 4 Sato, N. There is your soul (2007). Naomi Sato, sho; Aurelia Saxophone Quartet. Radio Nederland MCCP123 9
18:00 SYDNEY SCHUBERT SOCIETY Prepared by Jan Brown
Xenakis, I. Serment (1981). New London Chamber Choir/James Wood. Hyperion CDA66980
Schubert, F. Death and the maiden, D531 (1817). Marian Anderson, cont; Kosti Vehanen, pf. Naxos 8.120566 3
Stockhausen, K. Helicopter string quartet (1992-3). Arditti String Quartet. Montaigne MO 782097 32
String quartet in D minor, no 14, Death and the maiden (1824). Borodin Quartet. Apex 2564 67429-8 44
22:30 ULTIMA THULE
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Monday 14 October 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 Francis Frank Bizet, G. First overture (c1855; arr. d’Almeida). Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. Decca 452 102-2 13 Haydn, J. Divertimento in B flat, Hob.II:46, St Antoni (bef. 1784; arr. Perry). Sydney Wind Quintet. Fine Music Tape Archive 11 Alyabyev, A. The Russian nightingale (arr. Richardson). Beverly Hoch, sop; Hong Kong PO/Kenneth Schermerhorn. IMP P 827 6 Albinoni, T. Double sinfonia in G (arr. Camden). Anthony Camden, ob; Alison Alty, ob; London Virtuosi/John Georgiadis. Naxos 8.553002 8 Sarti, G. Lungi dal caro bene, from Armida e Rinaldo (arr. Gamley). Renata Tebaldi, sop; New Philharmonia O/Richard Bonynge. Decca 458 185-2 3 Lehár, F. Overture to The merry widow (1905; arr. Gamley). Australian Pops O/Douglas Gamley. WEA 9031-72815-2 8 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Jan Brown Rossini, G. Overture to La gazza ladra (c1817). Prague Sinfonia O/Christian Benda. Naxos 8.570933 10 Respighi, O. Toccata (1928). Geoffrey Tozer, pf; BBC PO/Edward Downes. Chandos CHAN 9311 25 Beethoven, L. Symphony no 6 in F, op 68, Pastoral (1808). Philharmonia O/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Decca 410 003-2 46 11:30 SOME LATE ROMANTICS Prepared by Francis Frank
Tárrega, F. Capriccio arabe. Konrad Ragossnig, gui. Claves 50-806 5 Svendsen, J. Two Swedish folksongs, op 27 (1876). Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Studt. Naxos 8.553106 6 Röntgen, J. Motet: Kommt her zu mir, alle die ihr mein begeeret (1929). Netherlands Chamber Choir/Uwe Gronostay. NM Classics 92039 4 Sarasate, P. de Gipsy airs, op 20 (1878). Leila Josefowicz, vn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Philips 454 440-2 9
Polonaise fantasy in A flat, op 61 (1845-46). Nikolai Demidenko, pf. Hyperion A66597 14 Wieniawski, H. Polonaise brillante, op 21 (ed. Francescatti). Michiko Kamiya, vn; Ian Brown, pf. 9 Naxos 8.554401-02 Vieuxtemps, H. Ballad and polonaise, op 38 (1860). Misha Keylin, vn; Slovak RSO/Andrew Mogrelia. Naxos 8.570974 15 Liszt, F. Two polonaises (1851). Jean Dubé, pf. Naxos 8.557364 21
12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Tom Forrester-Paton
13:00 20TH CENTURY SOUTH AMERICA Prepared by Robert Vale
19:00 SPIRIT OF JAZZ with Susan Gai Dowling
Villa-Lobos, H. Guitar concerto (1951). John Williams, gui; English CO/Daniel Barenboim. CBS M2YK 45610 19
20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg
Nin, J. Suite espagnole (1930). David Pereira, vc; David Bollard, pf. Tall Poppies TP010 9 Lecuona, E. Cuban dances (1918). Thomas Tirino, pf. BIS CD-1104 16 Gershwin, G. Cuban overture (1932). Sydney SO/Edo de Waart. ABC 462 013-2 11 Brouwer, L. Elegy to the dance (1964). Pepe Romero, gui. Philips 432 102-2 6 Copland, A. Clarinet concerto (1947-48). Martin Fröst, ct; Malmö SO/Lan Shui. BIS CD-893
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14:30 MID 19th CENTURY POLONAISES Prepared by Denis Patterson Liszt, F. Weber’s Polonaise brillante (c1851). Leslie Howard, pf; Budapest SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher. Hyperion A67401/2 11 Chopin, F. Polonaise no 1 in C sharp minor, op 26 (1834-35). Ronald Farren-Price, pf. Move MD 3147 8
22:00 KEYBOARD CONTRASTS Prepared by Judy Ekstein Bach, J.S. Concerto in F, BWV971, Italian (1735). Ivo Janssen, pf. Void 9803 14 Bach, C.P.E. Fantasia II (1787). Inger GrundinBrandt, hpd. 9 BIS CD-142 Anglebert, J-H. Suite no 3 in D minor. Brigitte Tramier, hpd. Pierre Verany PV795012 14 Bach, J. Christian Sonata in C minor, op 17 no 2 (1762). Robert Woolley, fp. Chandos CHAN 0543 17 Forqueray, J-B-A. Movements from the 5th Suite. Sophie Yates, hpd. Chandos CHAN 0545 17 Haydn, J. Trio in D, Hob.XV:16 (1790). Canterbury Belles. Move M 063
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Mozart, W. Sonata no 14 in C minor, K457 (1784). Sviatoslav Richter, pf. Stradivarius STR 33343 24 October 2013
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Tuesday 15 October 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
11:30 CELEBRATE THE FLUTE Prepared by Derek Parker
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
Mozart, W. Quartet no 2 in G, K285a (1777). Paul Fried, fl; Victor Romanul, vn; Robert Barnes, va; Ronald Feldman, vc. Gold Tone GTCD 003 9
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: Marshall McGuire Prepared by Madilina Tresca Glanville-Hicks, P. Sonata (1952). Tall Poppies TP071
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Nagasawa, K. Hoshun: First stirrings of spring (1971; arr. McGuire). Riley Lee, shakuhachi. ABC 476 4870 10 Dowland, J. Lachrymae antiquae pavane (ed. Watkins). Artworks AW013 4 Nagasawa, K. First stirrings of Spring (1971; arr. McGuire). Riley Lee, shakuhachi. ABC 465 757-2 10 Solbiati, A. Vezelay (1994). ABC 456 696-2 Frescobaldi, G. Aria detta Balletto (arr. McGuire). Artworks AW013
d’Indy, V. Chorale and variations, op 55 (1903). Lawrence Power, va; BBC Welsh NO/Thierry Fischer. Hyperion CDA67690 12 Walton, W. The quest (1943/58; ed. Palmer). London PO/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 8871 42
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Saint-Saëns, C. Piano concerto no 2 in G minor, op 22 (1868). Stephen Hough, pf; City of Birmingham SO/Sakari Oramo. Hyperion A67331/2 22
12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Ogilvie
13:00 BALLADA Prepared by Angela Bell Grieg, E. Ballade in G minor, op 24 (1876). Eva Knardahl, pf. BIS CD-109 20
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Fauré, G. Ballade in F sharp, op 19 (1881). François-Joël Thiollier, pf; Irish NSO/Antonio de Almeida. Naxos 8.550754 14
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Bach, J.S. Flute sonata in C, BWV1033 (c 1736). Canterbury Belles. Move MCD 063 9
Salzedo, C. Ballade, op 28 (1910). Alice Giles, hp. Tall Poppies TP137 9
Chausson, E. Evening festival, op 32 (1897-98). BBC PO/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 9650 14
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Franck, C. Sonata in A (1886). Jennifer Pike, vn; Martin Roscoe, pf. Chandos CHAN 10667 28
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10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Keith Glendinning
Chausson, E. Andante and allegro (1881). Charles Neidich, cl; Pascal Devoyon, pf. Hyperion A67028
Boismortier, J. de Suite no 4, op 35 (pub. 1731). Anne Savignat, fl; Christine Plubeau, bass viol; Beatrice Martin, hpd. Naxos 8.554457 8
Dvorák, A. Ballade, op 15 (1885). Graham Wood, vn; David Bollard, pf. Tall Poppies TP056
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Debussy, C. Prelude to L’après-midi d’un faune (1894). Michel Béroff, pf; Jean-Philippe Collard, pf. 9 EMI 5 74112 2
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Atterberg, K. Ballad without words, op 56 (1957-58). Norrköping SO/Jun’ichi Hirokami. BIS CD-553 18 14:00 FRESH AIRS Prepared by Angela Bell Pachelbel, J. Air with variations in A. Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 427 118-2 10 Byrd, W. Air and variations on The carman’s whistle (arr. Grainger). Martin Jones, pf. Nimbus NI 5286 5 Broschi, R. Air de Dario, from Idaspe (1730). Ewa Mallas-Godlewska, sop; Derek Lee Ragin, ct; Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset. Auvidis K 1005 10 14:30 PIANO PLUS Prepared by Jan Brown Satie, E. Trois morceaux en forme de poire (1903). Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque, pf. KML 1120 15
19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with David Garrett 22:00 BEYOND THE ROMANTIC ERA Thus spoke three premieres Prepared by Oscar Foong Britten, B. Variations and fugue on a theme of Purcell, op 34, The young person’s guide to the orchestra (1946). Royal Liverpool PO/Libor Pesek. Virgin 5 61782 2 19 Debussy, C. La mer (1903-05). Royal Scottish NO/Stéphane Denève. Chandos CHSA 5102(2) 24 Shostakovich, D. Piano concerto no 1 in C minor, op 35 (1933). Gábor Boldoczki, tpt; Lise de la Salle, pf; Gulbenkian O/Lawrence Foster. naive V 5053 23 Strauss, R. Thus spake Zarathustra, op 30 (1895-96). Michel Schwalbé, vn; Berlin PO/ Herbert von Karajan. DG 474 281-2 35 Britten, B. Agnus Dei, from War Requiem, op 66 (1961). Galina Vishnevskaya, sop; Peter Pears, ten; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar; Bach Choir; London SO Ch; Highgate School Choir; Melos Ensemble; London SO/Benjamin Britten. 4 Decca 478 3640
Wednesday 16 October 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
Haydn, J. Symphony no 5 in A flat (c1760). Vienna CO/Ernst Märzendorfer. Musical Heritage Society OR H-201-249 14
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with James Hunter
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Aspects of Baroque Prepared by Brian Drummond
19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell
Gabrieli, G. Canzon IX duodecimi toni à 10, from Sacrae symphoniae … tam vocibus quam instrumentis (pub. 1597). Wallace Collection/ Simon Wright. Nimbus NI 5236 4 Carissimi, G. Vittoria, mio core! (pub. 1656; arr. Reynolds). Dmitri Hvorostovsky, bar; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Philips 456 543-2 3 Sweelinck, J. Mein junges Leben hat ein End. Gillian Weir, org. Argo 460 185-2 7 Corelli, A. Concerto grosso in G minor, op 6 no 8 (pub. 1714). Ensemble 415. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901406.07 15 Lully, J-B. Chaconne, from Roland (1685). Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset. naïve V5197 12 Pachelbel, J. Suite in G. Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 427 118-2
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10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Field Weber, C.M. Overture to Oberon (1826). Berlin PO/Herbert Von Karajan. DG 419 070-2 9 Field, J. Piano concerto no 3 in E flat (pub. 1816). John O’Conor, pf; Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras. Telarc 80370 32
20:00 AT THE OPERA Legendary Met performances: 1 March 1952 Prepared by Michael Tesoriero David Hobson David Hobson, ten; Tasmanian SO/Marco Guidarini (2 above) ABC 461 677-2 Sonata in F. Heinz Holliger, ob; Gabriel Bürgin, pf. Philips 426 288-2 7 Gluck, C. Quel est l’audacieux, from Orpheus and Eurydice (1774). David Hobson, ten; Opera Australia Ch; Australian Opera and Ballet O/ Marco Guidarini. ABC 462 006-2 8 12:00 THE SOUND OF JAZZ with Kevin Jones 13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI Sydney Eisteddfod Operatic Aria and Opera and Arts Vocal Scholarship finals with Camille Mercep; recorded by Greg Ghavalas and Jayson McBride 14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans What exactly does it take to make music? Leading musicians, composers and performers, both local and visiting from overseas, will be talking live on air telling us why they do it and how they do it. 15:00 THE SYMPHONIES OF HAYDN Prepared by Chris Blower
Stenhammar, W. Serenade, op 31 (1908-13). Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi. BIS CD-310 44
Bach, C.P.E. Flute quartet no 3 in G, Wq95 (1788). Les Adieux. DHM GD 77052 18
11:30 FEATURING DAVID HOBSON Prepared by Elaine Siversen
Haydn, J. Symphony no 4 in D (c1761). Vienna CO/Ernst Märzendorfer. Musical Heritage Society OR H-201-249 11
Massenet, J. Je suis seul, from Manon (1884). 5 Donizetti, G. Una furtiva lagrima, from The elixir of love (1832). 4
Devienne, F. Sonata in C, op 24 no 1 (c1785). Klaus Thunemann, bn; Klaus Stoll, vle; Jörg Ewald Dähler, fp. Claves 50-9207 10
Mozart, W. Le Nozze de Figaro. Opera in four acts. Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. First performed Vienna, 1786. COUNT: Giuseppe Valdengo, bar COUNTESS: Victoria de los Angeles, sop SUSANNA: Nadine Connor, sop FIGARO: Cesare Siepi, bass CHERUBINO: Mildred Miller, mezz Metropolitan Ch & O/Fritz Reiner. AS AS1108 2:36 Figaro and Susanna, servants of the Count, are to be married but Susanna suspects the Count wants to seduce her. Cherubino, a page, tells Susanna he loves women, especially the Countess. The Count arrives to proposition Susanna, Cherubino hides, but is found when the Count hides to avoid another visitor. When the Count punishes Cherubino by sending him to his regiment, the Countess and Susanna disguise him as a girl so he can stay. When they hear the Count arrive, Cherubino hides in a closet. The Count, suspicious of his neglected wife, determines to open the door, but Susanna manages to change places with Cherubino. In the resolution of these confusions, the Count apologises to his Countess for his infidelities and Figaro and Susanna are married at last. 22:00 ROGER WOODWARD AT THE SYDNEY TOWN HALL Recorded by John Logan for FINE MUSIC Chopin, F. Polonaises, op posth.: in G flat (1829); in A flat (1821); in G sharp minor (1822). 18 Rondos: à la mazur in F, op 5 (1826); in C minor, op 1 (1825); in C, op 73 posth (1828). 26 Waltz in A minor, op 34 no 2 (1831).
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Thursday 17 October 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
I do not understand your silence, from Iolanta (1892). Anna Netrebko, sop; Rolando Villazón, ten; Dresden Staatskapelle/Nicola Luisotti. DG 477 6457 10
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore
12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Francis Frank Graun, C. Trio for horn, oboe and bassoon. Ricercar Consort. Ricercar RIC 049027 7 Graun, J. Trio in D. Les Amis de Philippe. cpo 999 623-2
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Graun, C. Voglio strage, e sangue voglio, from Caesar and Cleopatra (1742). Iris Vermillion, mezz; Concerto Cologne/René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908150.52 5
14:00 CHAMBER MUSIC OF 1890 Prepared by Angela Bell Debussy, C. Ballade, slave (1890). Noël Lee, pf. Auvidis V 4440 5
Graun, J. Trio in G. Ensemble Baroque de Limoges. Auvidis E 8617 11
Dvorák, A. Piano trio no 4 in E minor, op 90, Dumky (1890-91). Borodin Trio. Chandos CHAN 8445 36
Oboe concerto in G minor. Heinz Holliger, ob; Christiane Jaccottet, hpd; Camerata Bern/ Alexander van Wijnkoop. Archiv 00289 477 5002 11
d’Indy, V. String quartet no 1 in D, op 35 (1890). Quatuor Joachim. Calliope CAL 3891.2 39
10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans
Widor, C-M. Quintet in D minor, op 7 (1890). Ilona Prunyi, pf; New Budapest Quartet. Naxos 8.555416 29
Reger, M. Eine Ballettsuite, op 130 (1913). Karl Suske, vn; Heinz Schunk, vn; Berlin Staatskapelle/Otmar Suitner. LP Ariola-Eurodisc 86 535 XEK
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Brendan Walsh
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Rode, P. Violin concerto no 4 in A, op 6 (17981800). Friedemann Eichhorn, vn; Jena PO/ Nicolás Pasquet. Naxos 8.570767 23 Taneyev, S. Symphony no 3 in D minor (1884). Novosibirsk Academic SO/Thomas Sanderling. Naxos 8.570336 42 11:30 TCHAIKOVSKY IN OPERA Prepared by Elaine Siversen Tchaikovsky, P. Where, O where, have you gone? from Eugene Onegin (1879). Sergei Larin, ten; Philharmonia O/Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Chandos CHAN 9063 7 Oui, Dieu le veut ... Adieu, forêts, from The Maid of Orleans (1881). Sally-Anne Russell, mezz; Adelaide SO/Nicholas Milton. ABC 476 596-3 8 38
13:00 A FIELD GUIDE TO MUSIC Prepared by Michael Field Michael Field takes a close look at some of his favourite music. In today’s program he will be discussing and playing Prologue to Act 1 of Götterdämmerung, the final opera in Wagner’s The ring of the Nibelung.
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Steven Isserlis. Photo - Tom Miller Elgar, E. Cello concerto in E minor, op 85 (1919). Steven Isserlis, vc; London SO/Richard Hickox. Virgin 5 61125 2 29 22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Francis Frank Corelli, A. Concerto grosso in B flat, op 6 no 11 (pub. 1714). Ensemble 415. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901406.07 10 Bach, J.S. Sonata in B minor, BWV1014 no 1 (bef. 1725). Elizabeth Wallfisch, vn; Paul Nicholson, hpd. Hyperion D22025 12 Myslivecek, J. Octet no 1 in E flat. Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble. EMI 5 55512 2 16 Bach, J.S. Sonata in A, BWV1015 no 2 (bef. 1725). Elizabeth Wallfisch, vn; Paul Nicholson, hpd. Hyperion D22025 13
19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey 20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Musicians from the British Isles Prepared by Judy Ekstein
Anon. Sextet in E flat. Consortium Classicum. Schwann 310 002 H1 15
Bridge, F. Suite: The sea (1911). Ulster O/ Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN 8473
Dieupart, C. Suite no 1 in A, from Six suites (1701). Ruth Wilkinson, flûte à voix; Linda Kent, hpd. Move MD 3161 14
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Britten, B. Orchestral arrangements of folk songs (1942-56). Philip Langridge, ten; Thomas Allen, bar; Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford. Naxos 8.557222 31 Vaughan Williams, R. Double concerto (1946). Joan Yarbrough, pf; Robert Cowan, pf; Slovenian RSO/Paul Freeman. Centaur CRC 2095 26
Czerny, C. Variations on Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser, op 73 (1825). Maureen Jones, pf; Zurich Chamber Ensemble. Jecklin 608-2 27
Friday 18 October 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 Small forces Prepared by Jan Brown Müller, I. Fantaisie sur un thème de Mozart. Friederike Roth, cl; Erika le Roux, pf. Naxos 8.572885 11 Mozart, W. Trio no 5 in E, K542 (1788). AnneSophie Mutter, vn; Daniel Müller-Schott, vc; André Previn, pf. DG 477 6114 19 Schubert, F. String quartet no 6 in D, D74 (1813). Melos Quartet. DG 419 879-2 23 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Elaine Siversen Dittersdorf, C. Viola concerto in F. Petr Pribyl, va; South Bohemia Chamber PO/Ondrej Kukal. Campion RRCD 1342 25 Tchaikovsky, P. Manfred symphony, op 58 (1885). London PO/Mstislav Rostropovich. EMI 5 65709 2 1:00 11:30 ENCORE Prepared by Elaine Siversen Tchaikovsky, P. Souvenir of a beloved place, op 42 (1878). James Ehnes, vn; Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf. Sydney Symphony SSO201206 17
Hogberg, F. Dancing with silent purpose, mvts 1 to 4 (arr. Fröst). Martin Fröst, cl; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. BIS SACD 1863 11 Perry, W. The silent years: Three rhapsodies for piano and orchestra. Michael Chertock, pf; Irish National RSO/Paul Phillips. Naxos 8.572576 24 Rachmaninov, S. In the silence of mysterious night, op 4 no 3 (1890-3). Renée Fleming, sop; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pf. Decca 467 697-2 3 Grainger, P. Fantasy on the final love duet, from R. Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier. Geoffrey Saba, pf. IMP PCD 858 7 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 Medtner, N. Knight errant, op 58 no 2 (1940). Dmitri Alexeev, pf; Nikolai Demidenko, pf. Hyperion CDA66654 11 Vaughan Williams, R. Silent noon. Yvonne Kenny, sop; Caroline Almonte, pf. ABC 476 158-1 4 Strauss, R. Waltz, from Der Rosenkavalier (1911). Slovak PO/Zdenek Kosler. Naxos 8.578041-42 12 15:00 CHAMBER STRINGS Prepared by Marilyn Schock Schubert, F. Moments musicaux, D780 (182328). Maria Joao Pires, pf. DG 427 769-2 27
Dittersdorf, C. Divertimento in D. Ondrej Kukal, vn; Petr Pribyl, va; David Rejchrt, vc. Campion RR 1342 10
Dvorák, A. String quartet in F, op 96, American (1893). Takács Quartet. Decca 476 280-2
12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Lloyd Capps
13:00 SILENT KNIGHT Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Dvorák, A. Silent woods, op 68 no 5 (1883-84; arr. 1891). David Pereira, vc; David Bollard, pf. Tall Poppies TP010 7 Rachmaninov, S. Excerpts from The miserly knight, op 24 (1906). Boiko Zvetanov, ten; Niko Isakiv, bar; Plamen Beykov, bass; Sofia National Opera Ch & O/Nayden Todorov. Naxos 8.557817 14
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19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron 20:00 THE AGE OF EMOTION Prepared by Heather Sykes Dvorák, A. Romantic pieces, op 75 (1887). Salvatore Accardo, vn; Bruno Canino pf. Dynamic CDS 51 16 Bruckner, A. Symphony no 4 in E flat, Romantic (1874/80). Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan. DG 439 522-2 1:04
Strauss, R. Romance in F (1883). Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8631
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Arensky, A. Suite from ballet Egyptian nights, op 50a (1900-08). USSR RSO/Boris Demchenko. Melodiya MEL 45002-2 20 22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Handel in London: Friends and rivals Prepared by Elaine Siversen Handel, G. Overture to Rinaldo (1711). English CO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 466 434-2 6 Excerpts from Rinaldo. Yvonne Kenny, sop; Graham Pushee, ct; Australian Brandenburg O/ Paul Dyer. ABC 465 428-2 10 Ariosti, A. Cantata no 4: Libertà acquistata in amore (1723-24). Musica Solare. 9 Naxos 8.557573 Viola d’amore sonata in D (1724). Members of Sydney Consort. 8 Sydney Consort SC002 Porpora, N. Cantata no 7: Veggo la selva e il monte (bef. 1735). Iestyn Davies, ct; Arcangelo/ Jonathan Cohen. Hyperion CDA 67894 10 Greene, M. Suite of trumpet voluntaries in D. Gabriele Cassone, natural tpt; Antonio Frigé, org. 9 Nuova Era 7053 Arise, shine, O Zion. Choir of St Alban’s Abbey; Peter Hurford, org & dir. LP Argo ZRG832 11 Bononcini, G. Divertimento da camera no 6 in C minor (pub. 1722). Michala Petri, rec; George Malcolm, hpd. 7 Philips 476 7072 Per la gloria d’adorarvi, from Griselda (1722; ed. Bonynge). Joan Sutherland, sop; Philomusica of London/Granville Jones. 5 Decca 475 6302 Stanley, J. Voluntaries, op 5 (pub 1748): no 1 in C, no 5 in D. David Kinsela, org. Walsingham WAL 8030-2 12 Pepusch, J. Excerpts from The beggar’s opera (1728). Patrizia Kwella, sop; Paul Elliott, ten; Rosemary Thorndycraft, bass viol; Jeremy Barlow, hpd. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901071 17 October 2013
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Saturday 19 October 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
13:00 CLASSIC VOICES Prepared by Maureen Meers
6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson
Puccini, G. Un bel dì vedremo, from Madama Butterfly (1904). Montserrat Caballé, sop; London SO/Charles Mackerras. 5
9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney
E lucevan le stelle, from Tosca (1900). Paris Opera National TO/Georges Prêtre.
Tu, tu amore? Tu? from Manon Lescaut (1893). Montserrat Caballé, sop; New PO/Bruno Bartoletti. 8
9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON AUSTRALIA ENSEMBLE Prepared by Brian Drummond Boccherini, L. Flute quartet in D (1773). Fine Music Tape Archive
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Wesley-Smith, M. White Knight and Beaver (1984). Tall Poppies TP002 9 Wuorinen, C. Bearbeitungen über das Glogauer Liederbuch (1962).
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Beethoven, L. Piano trio no 1 in E flat, op 1 no 1 (1794-95). 27 Fine Music Tape Archive (2 above) Isaacs, M. So it does (1985). Tall Poppies TP002
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Brahms, J. Clarinet quintet in B minor, op 115 (1891). Tall Poppies TP131 38
Bizet, G. La fleur que tu m’avais jeté, from Carmen (1875). Jose Carreras, ten; Royal Opera House O/Jacques Delacote. 4 Quand je vous aimerai?... L’amour est un oiseau rebelle, from Carmen. Victoria de los Angeles, sop; French Radio Ch & O/Thomas Beecham. 5 EMI M 7 64359 2 (5 above) Chapí, R. Cancion de Pastora; Cancion de la gitana. Members of the Spanish NO/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. EMI Angel M 7 69078 2 6
19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Sue Jowell The master of dance: Jerome Robbins
14:00 STRINGS AND THINGS Prepared by Stephen Wilson
20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Flinders Quartet with Dmitry Onishchenko Recorded by Peter Bell for FINE MUSIC
Britten, B. Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, op 31 (1943). Christoph Prégardien, ten; Ib LanzkyOtto, hn; Tapiola Sinfonietta/Osmo Vänskä. BIS CD-540 25
Strauss, J. II Overture: Die Fledermaus (1874). Fodens Motor Works Band/James Scott. LP Decca SB 333 9
Williamson, M. Double concerto (1972). Malcolm Williamson, pf; Simon Campion, pf; Tasmanian SO/Barry Tuckwell. ABC 426 483-2 20
Waldteufel, E. Waltz: Estudiantina (1883). Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee. AMP 99207
Alwyn, W. Sinfonietta for strings (1970). London SO/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 9196
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Liszt, F. Fantasy on Beethoven’s The ruins of Athens (1848-52). Michel Béroff, pf; Gewandhaus O/Kurt Masur. EMI CZS 7 67214 2 11
Mussorgsky, M. Die Kinderstube (1870-72). Teresa Berganza, mezz; Ricardo Requejo, pf. Claves 8204 17
11:30 ON PARADE Music that’s band Prepared by Owen Fisher
Chambers, W. Chicago Tribune March. Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee. AMP 21188
Bach, C.P.E. Fantasia in B flat, Wq61 no 3 (178586). Geoffrey Lancaster, fp. ABC 432 248-2 6
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18:00 FOCUS ON FOLK Folk Federation of NSW with Carole Garland
Barber, S. Adagio for strings, op 11a (1936-38). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. Sony SK 48252 9
Kennedy, J. South of the Border. Mexican Brass. LP RCA CAS-949 3
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15:30 PHILHARMONIA IN CONCERT Prepared by Peter Bell Gluck, C. Orphée et Euridice. Lauris Elms, sop; Ronda Bruce, sop; Romola Tyrell, mezz; Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir; Australian Youth O/Peter Seymour. 17:30 MUSICAL FANTASIES Prepared by Francis Frank Lehár, F. Hungarian fantasy, op 45. Robert McDuffie, vn; Cincinnati Pops O/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80402 8
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Munro, I. Divertissement sur le nom d’Erik Satie (2006). 21 Shostakovich, D. Quintet in G minor, op 57 (1940). Dmitry Onishchenko, pf. 33 Flinders Quartet (all above) 21:30 TRIAL AND ERROR Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Coles, C. Overture: Comedy of errors (1911). BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA67293 11 Sullivan, A. When first my old, old love I knew, from Trial by jury (1866). Thomas Edmonds, ten; Corinthian Singers & Festival Chorale; Adelaide SO/James Christiansen. 2 ABC 480 4510 Glass, P. Trial 2: Prison, prematurely air-conditioned supermarket, from Einstein on the beach (1975). Philip Glass Ensemble/Michael Riesman. Elektra 7559-79323-2 12 22:00 AFTER HOURS with Kevin Jones
Sunday 20 October 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Paul Roper 9:00 MUSIC OF THE DANCE Prepared by Elaine Siversen Françaix, J. Five exotic dances (1982). Pekka Savijoki, sax; Margit Rahkonen, pf. BIS CD-209 6 Milhaud, D. Saudades do Brasil: dance suite, op 67 (1921; arr Kuisma). Markus Leoson, mar; Niklas Sivelöv, pf. Caprice CAP 21743 12 Debussy, C. Jeux: Poème dansé (1913). Lyon NO/Jun Märkl. Naxos 8.570759 19 Eychenne, M. Cantilena and dance (1966). Peter Clinch, sax; Paul McDermott, vn; Margaret Schofield, pf. Move MS 3041 14 10:00 THE DEFINING YEARS Music from the Classical era Prepared by Chris Blower Pugnani, G. Overture no 6 in F. Academia Montis Regalis/Luigi Mangiocavallo. Opus 111 OPS 30-151 16 Viotti, G. Sonata no 1 in E, op 4 (pub. 1788). Felix Ayo, vn; Corrado de Bernat, pf. Dynamic DM8026 14 Cherubini, L. Nemici senza cor; Solo un pianto, from Medea (1797). Gwyneth Jones, sop; Fiorenza Cossotto, mezz; Bruno Prevedi, ten; St Cecilia Academy O/Lamberto Gardelli. Decca 440 844-2 10 Viotti, G. Sinfonia concertante no 2 in B flat (1786). Roberto Baraldi, vn; Alberto Martini, vn; Accademia dei Filarmonici/Aldo Sisillo. Naxos 8.553861 19 Cramer, J. Quintet in B flat, op 79 (1832). Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet. Brilliant Classics 94377
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Viotti, G. Violin concerto no 17 in D minor (pub. 1788-89). Symphonia Perusina/Franco Mezzena, vn & dir. Dynamic CDS 680 (243) 27 12:00 SPEAK EASY, SWING HARD with Richard Hughes 13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide 14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL An American concert Prepared by Angela Bell Gershwin, G. Cuban overture (1932). Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. Decca 425 111-2 10
Gruenberg, L. Violin concerto, op 47 (1944). Jascha Heifetz, vn; Boston SO/Serge Koussevitsky. Naxos 8.110942 38 Bernstein, L. The lonely town, from On the town, three dance episodes (1944). Bournemouth Symphony Ch & O/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559177 3
19:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Jan Brown Rossini, G. Tanti affetti, from La donna del lago (1819). Montserrat Caballé, sop; Radio France Lyric O/Gian-Franco Masini. Rodolphe RCP 32455 5
Hadley, H. Symphony no 4 in D minor, op 64 (1911). Ukraine NSO/John McLaughlin Williams. Naxos 8.559064 38
Cilea, F. E’ la solita storia del pastore, lamento di Federico, from L’Arlesiana (1902). Jussi Björling, ten; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino O/ Alberto Erede. 5 Decca 421 316-2
Meyer, Edgar. Double concerto (1995). Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Edgar Meyer, db; Saint Paul C/Hugh Wolff. Sony SK 60956 19
Mozart, W. Deh, per questo, from La clemenza di Tito (1791). Cecilia Bartoli, mezz; Vienna O/György Fischer. 7 Decca 430 513-2
16:00 TCHAIKOVSKY’S QUARTETS Prepared by Chris Blower
Puccini, G. Ah! quegli occhi, from Tosca (1900). Maria Callas, sop; Giuseppe di Stefano, ten; La Scala O/Victor de Sabata. 5 Sarabandas 54009
Tchaikovsky, P. Capriccioso, from Six morceaux, op 19 (1873). Duncan Gifford, pf. ABC 438 827-2 11 Valse sentimentale, op 51 no 6 (1882). Kyung Wha Chung, vn; Phillip Moll, pf. Decca 417 289-2 2 Waltz-scherzo. Jane Peters, vn; Rachel Valler, pf. MBS 27 CD 6 String quartet no 3 in E flat minor, op 30 (1876). New Haydn Quartet, Budapest. Naxos 8.550848 35 17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Keith Glendinning Hymns: O Jesus, I have promised; Alleluya alleluya; Christ is our cornerstone; Nearer my God to three. Choir of Wells Cathedral; Rupert Gough, org; Malcolm Archer, cond. Hyperion CDP 12102 12 Bruckner, A. Te Deum in C (1884). Frances Yeend, sop; Martha Lipton, mezz; David Lloyd, ten; Mack Harrell, bar; Westminster Choir; New York PO/Bruno Walter. Sony SMK 64 480 20 Greene, M. Lord, let me know mine end. Choir of the Chapel of Newington College; Benjamin Lim String Ensemble; Amy Johansen, org; Elizabeth Swain, cond. Newington College NC 3 6 Wesley, S.S. The wilderness (1832). Choir of Clare College, Cambridge; James McVinnie, org; Christopher Robinson, cond. Naxos 8.570318 12 18:00 A FIELD OF TALL POPPIES with Julie Simonds A monthly program of recordings selected from the Tall Poppies label
19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Rex Burgess Dohnányi, E. Ruralia hungarica, op 32b (1924). Sonia Wieder-Atherton, vc; Sinfonia Varsovia/ Christophe Mangou. naïve V 5178 11 Berg, A. Violin concerto, In memory of an angel (1935). Pinchas Zukerman, vn; London SO/Pierre Boulez. Sony SMK 68331 27 Shostakovich, D. Symphony no 15 in A, op 141 (1971). Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. Decca 436 838-2 43 21:00 NEW HORIZONS Modern Ireland Prepared by Oscar Foong Jackson, N. Sonata da chiesa (1989). Maurice Murphy, tpt; Rod Franks, tpt; Nicholas Jackson, org. 9 Naxos 8.554773 Martin, P. Concerto (1993). Andreja Malir, hp. Marco Polo 8.223834 30 Martin, P. Beato Angelico (1990). Marco Polo 8.223834
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Kasper de Roo, cond (2 above) Buckley, J. Organ concerto (1992). Peter Sweeney, org; Colman Pearce, cond. Marco Polo 8.223876
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Monday 21 October
Kryptos Quartet 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with James Hunter 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC By arrangement Prepared by Chris Blower Ysaÿe, E. Paganini variations for string quartet (arr. Jacques Ysaÿe). Kryptos Quartet. Klara KTC 4034 10 Corelli, A. Recorder concerto in E minor, op 5 no 8 (arr. Geminiani). Maurice Steger, rec; English Concer/Laurence Cummings. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907523 14 Webbe, S. jr Variations on Adeste fideles. Salomon Quartet. Hyperion A66780 7 Mompou, F. Variations on a theme of Chopin. Jonathan Plowright, pf. Hyperion A67803 21 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Heather Sykes Sibelius, J. Incidental music from King Christian II, op 27 (1898). Iceland SO/Petri Sakari. Chandos CHAN 9158
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Gershwin, G. Rhapsody in blue (1924). David Greilsammer, pf; French Radio PO/Steven Sloane. naïve V 5224 18 Cherubini, L. Symphony in D (1815). London SO/Charles Mackerras. Carlton Classics 15656 91372 30 42
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11:30 GUITAR PLUS Prepared by Heather Sykes
14:30 BEFORE THE ROMANTICS Prepared by Philip Lidbury
Diabelli, A. Grande sonate brillante in D minor, op 102. Romulo Lazarde, gui; Hans Kann, pf. LP Harmonia Mundi HM 435 10
Biscogli, F. Concerto in D. Maurice Bourge, ob; Maurice Allard, bn; Maurice André, tpt; Württemberg CO/Jörg Faerber. EMI CMS 7 69880-2 23
Serenade, op 99. Konrad Hünteler, fl; Reinbert Evers, gui. Pantheon D 14 112 16
Jadin, H. Sonata in B flat, op 4 no 1 (pub. 1795). Jean-Claude Pennetier, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901189 15
12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan
Rigel, H-J. Flight from Egypt. Isabelle Poulenard, sop; Philippe Do, ct; Alain Buet, bar; Versailles Baroque Music Centre Singers; Orchestre des Folies Françoises/Olivier Schneebeli. MBF 1108 19
13:00 CELLO GEMS Prepared by Anne Irish Dvorák, A. Rondo in G minor, op 94 (1891). Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Linn Hendry, pf. Chandos CHAN 6552 7
Dussek, J. Sonata in C minor, op 35 no 3 (pub. 1797). Gabriella dall’Olio, hp. 7 Claves 50 9301
Mendelssohn, F. Song without words, op 109 (1845). Mischa Maisky, vc; Sergio Tiempo, pf. DG 471 565-2 5
Handel, G. Concerto grosso in A, op 6 no 11 (1739). Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer. Fine Music Tape Archive 16
Sibelius, J. Andante molto in F minor (1887). Torleif Thedéen, vc; Folke Gräsbeck, pf. BIS CD-817 5
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett
Bruch, M. Kol nidrei, op 47 (1881). Truls Mørk, vc; French RPO/Paavo Järvi. Virgin 5 45664 2 11 Fauré, G. Élégie in C minor, op 24 (1880). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Gerald Moore, pf. EMI CZS 5 68132 2
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19:00 SPIRIT OF JAZZ with Susan Gai Dowling 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 KEYBOARD CONTRASTS Prepared by Phil Vendy
Ries, F. Romance in G, op 86 no 2 (pub. 1819). Guido Larisch, vc; Robert Hill, fp. cpo 999 666-2 2
Rubinstein, A. Fantasie, op 73 (1864). Joan Yarbrough, pf; Robert Cowan, pf. Pantheon D 07183 38
Schumann, R. Adagio and allegro, op 70 (1849). Steven Isserlis, vc; Dénes Varjon, pf. Hyperion A67661 9
Fischer, J. Suite in D minor, Uranie, from Musicalischer Parnassus (pub. 1738). Luc Beauséjour, hpd. Naxos 8.554446
Saint-Saëns, C. The swan, from The carnival of the animals (1886). Christian Poltéra, vc; Kathryn Stott, pf. Chandos CHAN 10552 3
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Scarlatti, D. Sonata in E, Kk216. Jacqueline Ogeil, fp. 5 ABC 476 622-1
14:00 FANTASIAS
Marchand, L. Organ pieces, bk 2. Joseph Payne, org. Naxos 8.553214
Mudarra, A. Fantasia que contraharpe en la manera de Ludovico. Narciso Yepes, gui. DG 469 649-2 5
Walden, S. Five similes (1989). Robert Levin, pf. Naxos 8.559355 10
Beethoven, L. Fantasia in C minor, op 80, Choral (1807). German State Opera Choir; Berlin PO/Daniel Barenboim, pf & dir. EMI 5 55516 2 20
Tchaikovsky, P. The nutcracker, op 71a, (1892; transcr. Esipoff). Julia Severus, Alina Luschtschizkaja, pf. Naxos 8.570418
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Tuesday 22 October 11:30 ELEGY Prepared by Francis Frank Granados, E. Eternal elegy (1910). Joyce DiDonato, mezz; Julius Drake, pf. Eloquentia EL 0608
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Shostakovich, D. Adagio, from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, op 29 (1934). Emerson String Quartet. DG 463 284-2 5
Yuri Bashmet 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN
Berlioz, H. Elegy, from Ireland, 9 melodies after Moore, op 2 no 9 (1829). Thomas Hampson, bar; Geoffrey Parsons, pf. EMI 5 75187 2 5 Bottesini, G. Introduction and gavotte. Joel Quarrington, db; Andrew Burashko, pf. Naxos 8.554002 4
Warwick Tyrell Wagenseil, G. Trombone concerto in E flat (1751-63). Warwick Tyrrell, tb; Adelaide SO/ Nicholas Braithwaite. ABC 438 825-2 9
6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds
Alfvén, H. Elegy, from Gustav II Adolf (1932). Royal Stockholm PO/Neeme Järvi. BIS CD-585 4
Ries, F. Sonata in F sharp minor, op 26, L’infortunée (c1808). Susan Kagan, pf. Naxos 8.572204
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: Yuri Bashmet Prepared by Jennifer Foong
12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes
Dragonetti, D. Double bass concerto in A. Gary Karr, db; Berlin RSO/Uros Lajovic. Schwann VMS 2063 16
Brahms, J. Rondo alla zingarese, from Piano quartet no 1 in G minor, op 25 (1861). Gidon Kremer, vn; Yuri Bashmet, va; Mischa Maisky, vc; Martha Argerich, pf. DG 477 9523 8 Hindemith, P. Trauermusik, for viola and strings (1935). Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet. RCA RD 60 464 9 Tchaikovsky, P. Sextet in D minor, op 70, Souvenir de Florence (1890/91-92). Yuri Bashmet, va; Natalia Gutman, vc; Borodin String Quartet. EMI 7 64879 2 34 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Field Brahms, J. Tragic overture, op 81 (1880/81). Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado. DG 429 765-2 13 Rautavaara, E. Piano concerto no 3, Gift of dreams (1998). Laura Mikkola, pf; Netherlands RSO/ Eri Klas. Naxos 8.557009 27 Rachmaninov, S. Symphony no 3 in A minor, op 44 (1935-36/38). London SO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8614 43
13:00 AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Produced by Simon Moore Highlights and previews of the month’s concerts including interviews with the key players 14:00 FRENCH AND BELGIAN CONNECTIONS Prepared by David Rossell Saint-Saëns, C. Printemps qui commence; Mon coeur s’ouvre à ton voix, from Samson and Dalila (1877). Lauris Elms, cont; West Australian SO/Geoffrey Arnold. ABC 476 443-1 12 Franck, C. Les djinns, op 45 (1884). Duncan Gifford, pf; Tasmanian SO/Sebastian LangLessing. ABC 476 192-8 13 14:30 CLASSICALLY UNFAMILIAR Prepared by Angela Bell Kraus, J.M. Rondo in F (1780). Jacques Després, pf. Naxos 8.555771 9 Vachon, P. String quartet in F minor, op 5 no 3. Quatuor Cambini. MBF 1108 12 Carvalho, J. de Sousa Toccata in G minor. János Sebestyén, hpd. Hungaroton H 12884 7
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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 Stephen Wilson 22:00 BEYOND THE ROMANTIC ERA Prepared by Chris Blower Alfvén, H. Suite from The mountain king (1917-22). Royal Scottish NO/Niklas Willén. Naxos 8.553962 16 Falla, M. de Siete canciones populares españolas (1914-15). Bernarda Fink, mezz; Anthony Spiri, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902133
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Prokofiev, S. Scythian suite, op 20 (1915). Czech PO/Zden Supraphon SU 4093-2 23 Kodály, Z. String quartet no 2, op 10 (1916-18). Melos Quartett. DG 479 0529 18 Myaskovsky, N. Symphony no 4 in E minor, op 17 (1918). Russian Federation Academic SO/ Yevgeny Svetlanov. Olympia OCD 734 41 October 2013
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Wednesday 23 October Elgar, E. Sketches for symphony no 3 (1932-33). BBC SO/Andrew Davis. NMC NMC D053 56 Tchaikovsky, P. Fantasy overture: Romeo and Juliet (1880). Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard. BIS SACD-1959 19 11:30 PIANO DOUBLES Prepared by Paul Hopwood Arensky, A. Suite no 1, op 15 (1888). Joan Yarbrough, pf; Robert Cowan, pf. Pantheon D 07183
Christopher Purves 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti 9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Aspects of Baroque Prepared by Oscar Foong Handel, G. I rage, I melt, I burn! ... O ruddier than the cherry, from Acis and Galatea, HWV49b (1718); Fra l’ombre e gl’orrori, from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV72 (1708). Christopher Purves, bass; Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen. Hyperion CDA67842 12 The trumpet shall sound, from Messiah, HWV56 (1742/50). Neal Davies, bass; Choir of Clare College; Freiburg Baroque O/René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901928.29 9 Excerpts from Semele, HWV 58 (1743). Julla Schmidt, sop; Anette Markert, cont; Klaus Mertens, bass; Junge Kantorei; Frankfurt Baroque O/Joachim Carlos Martini. Naxos 8.570431-33 8 Mie piante correte ... Cara pianta, from Apollo e Dafne, HWV122 (c1708). Christopher Purves, bass; Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen. Hyperion A67842 10 Voli colla sua tromba, from Ariodante, HWV33 (1735); Ombra mai fu, from Xerxes, HWV40 (1738); Già risonar d’intorno, from Ezio, HWV29 (1732). Ildebrando d’Arcangelo, bass-bar; Modo Antiquo/Federico Maria Sardelli. DG 477 8361 12 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Derek Parker Berlioz, H. Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict (1862). Sydney SO/Edo de Waart. ABC 476 499-1 8 44
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12:00 THE SOUND OF JAZZ with Kevin Jones
14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans What exactly does it take to make music? Leading musicians, composers and performers, both local and visiting from overseas, will be talking live on air telling us why they do it and how they do it. 15:00 THE SYMPHONIES OF HAYDN Prepared by Chris Blower Haydn, J. String quartet in F, Hob.III:82 (1799). Alban Berg Quartett. EMI 5 57474 2 25
Haydn, J. Symphony no 6 in D, Le matin (c1761). Vienna CO/Ernst Märzendorfer. Musical Heritage Society OR H-201-249 16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Stephen Wilson 19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell
Wagner, R. Parsifal, Act 1. Libretto by composer. First performed Bayreuth, 1882. GURNEMANZ: Kurt Moll, bass AMFORTAS: James Morris, bass-bar KUNDRY: Jessye Norman, sop PARSIFAL: Placido Domingo, ten Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/James Levine. DG 437501-2 1:52
13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI Sydney Eisteddfod Alf & Pearl Pollard Memorial Awards with Joshua McNulty; recorded by Greg Ghavalas
Spontini, G. Divertimento. Sören Hermansson, hn; Erica Goodman, hp. BIS CD-648
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In the castle of Monsalvat, home of the Grail, Gurnemanz, the oldest Knight, prays with his young squires when Kundry bursts in with balsam she has brought to heal the pain suffered by Amfortas, King of the Knights. Amfortas appears to bathe the wound inflicted by his own holy spear. A swan is killed by a young man who is shamed when Gurnemanz asks why kill an innocent creature in a holy place. He is taken to observe the communion of the grail. But guiltridden Amfortas cannot take part until he is redeemed by a pure fool. 22:15 LEGENDS Prepared by Stephen Wilson Tchaikovsky, P. A legend, op 54 no 5 (1889). USSR State Academic Russian Ch/Alexander Sveshnikov. 4 LP Melodiya C 01697-8 Sibelius, J. Lemminkäinen suite, op 22 (1896). Royal Stockholm PO/Paavo Järvi. Virgin 5 45213 2 49 Liszt, F. Two legends (1876). BBC PO/ Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN 10524
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Debussy, C. The sunken cathedral, from Preludes bk 2 (1910; orch. Stokowski). New Philharmonia O/Leopold Stokowski. Decca 4783691
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Alfvén, H. Legend of the Skerries, op 20 (1904). Royal Scottish NO/Niklas Willén. Naxos 8.553729
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Thursday 24 October 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
Magnificat anima mea Dominum; Nunc dimittis (1975). Finzi Singers; Andrew Lumsden, org; Paul Spicer, cond. Chandos CHAN 9222 6
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 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Britten, B. Four sea interludes, from Peter Grimes, op 33a (1944-45). Philharmonia O/Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CZS 7 67723 2 17 Sculthorpe, P. Songs of sea and sky (1987; arr. 1988). Members of Australia Ensemble. Fine Music Tape Archive 15 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Symphonic suite: Scheherazade, op 35 (1888). Kees Hulsmann, vn; London SO/Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80208 45 11:30 DAME FELICITY SINGS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Mozart, W. Per pietà, ben mio, perdona, from Così fan tutte, K588 (1790). Scottish National CO/Charles Mackerras. Telarc 80529 8 Strauss, R. Ich danke, Fräulein, aber der Richtige, wenn’s einen gibt, from Arabella (1933). Natalie Dessay, sop; Royal Opera House O/Antonio Pappano. Virgin 5 45705 2 9 Wolf, H. Mignon IV. Geoffrey Parsons, pf. Chandos CHAN 8726
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Felicity Lott, sop (3 above) 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers 13:00 MUSIC SACRED AND SECULAR Prepared by Francis Frank Walton, W. Overture: Johannesburg Festival (1956). English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel. Naxos 8.553402 8
Major Barbara: a Shavian sequence for orchestra (1941; arr. Palmer). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Chandos CHAN 8841 11 Gloria (1961). Ameral Gunson, cont; Neil Mackie, ten; Stephen Roberts, bass; Bach Choir; Philharmonia O/David Willcocks. Chandos CHAN 8760
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Orb and sceptre (1953). English Northern PO/ Paul Daniel. Naxos 8.555869 7 14:30 CLARINET PLUS Prepared by Jan Brown Weber, C.M. Grand duet, op 48 (1815-16). Walter Boeykens, cl; Robert Groslot, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901481
Petra Müllejans Galuppi, B. Concerto a quattro no 1 in G minor. Jörg Ewald Dähler, hpd; English CO/Paul Angerer. LP Claves D 8306 11 Haydn, J. Symphony in G, Hob. I:8, Evening (1761). Freiburg Baroque O/Petra Müllejans. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2961767 27
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Brahms, J. Quintet in B minor, op 115 (1891). Benny Goodman, cl; Berkshire String Quartet. Music Masters 5027-2-C 33
Stamitz, C. Sonata in B flat. Helga Fiedler, va; Dieter Goldmann, pf. Onyx 66582 15
Mozart, W. Clarinet concerto in A, K622 (1791). Gervase de Peyer; London SO/Peter Maag. Decca 466 247-2 30
Sor, F. Variations on Das klinget so herrlich. Pierre Laniau, gui. 7 EMI 7 54885 2
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Marilyn Schock
Krommer, F. Partita in E flat, op 79. Rotterdam Philharmonic Wind Ensemble. Brilliant Classics 93759 22
19:00 JAZZ VIBES with Matt Bailey
Coprario, J. Fantazia: Almand-Ayre. Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley. 8 Decca 480 2298
20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Prepared by Denis Patterson Wieniawski, H. Legend in G minor, op 17. Andrei Korsakov, vn; USSR TV & Radio Large SO/Vladimir Fedoseyev. LP Melodiya C10 15219 001 8 Handel, G. Concerto grosso in G minor, op 6 no 6 (1739). Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer. ABC 476 343-6 14
Missa brevis (1965-66). Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer. Chandos CHAN 9222 9
Kozeluch, L. Symphony in G minor. Prague CO/Libor Hlavácek. LP Supraphon 1102078 23
In honour of the City of London (1937). Bach Choir; John Scott, org; Philharmonia O/David Willcocks. Chandos CHAN 8998 17
Spohr, L. Symphony no 6 in G, op 116 (1839). Swiss Italian O/Howard Shelley. Hyperion A67788 26
Arriaga, J. String quartet no 3 in E flat (1824). Camerata Boccherini. Naxos 8.557628 23 Debussy, C. Clair de lune (1905). Philippa Davies, fl; Thelma Owen, hp. IMP P 835
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Moscheles, I. Septet in D, op 88 (1832). Walter Hermann, cl; Christoph Moinian, hn; Mayumi Shimizu, vn; Jaap Zeijl, va; Christoph Groth, vc; Volker Donandt, db; Caroline Weichert, pf. Koch Schwann 3-1178-2 30
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Friday 25 October
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Polina Leschenko. Photo - Marco Borggreve
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 Small forces Prepared by Di Cox Haydn, J. Quartet in C, Hob.III:77, Emperor (1797). Emerson String Quartet. DG 445 598-2 24 Dvorák, A. Rondo in G minor, op 94 (1891). Steven Isserlis, vc; Stephen Hough, pf. Hyperion A67529 7
19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron
Strauss, R. Morgen, op 27 no 4 (1894); Ruhe, meine Seele, op 27 no 1 (1894). Gundula Janowitz, sop; Academy of London/Richard Stamp. Virgin 5 61324 2 7
20:00 THE AGE OF EMOTION Prepared by Phil Vendy
Ständchen, op 17 no 2 (1885-87); Das Rosenband, op 36 no 1 (1897); Des Dichters Abendgang, op 47 no 2 (1900). Siegfried Jerusalem, ten. Philips 432 614-2 11
Gewandhaus O/Kurt Masur (2 above)
Stanford, C. Villiers Symphony no 5 in D, op 56, L’allegro ed il penseroso (1894). Bournemouth SO/David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos 8.570289
13:00 SELECT YOUR CLASSICS with Stephen Schafer New and recent releases from Select AudioVisual Distribution
Schubert, F. Symphony no 3 in D, D200 (1815). Northern Sinfonia/Heinrich Schiff. Chandos CHAN 9136 24 fineMusic 102.5
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Sibelius, J. Quintet in G minor (1889). Anthony Goldstone, pf; Gabrieli String Quartet. Chandos CHAN 8742 40 Grieg, E. Sonata no 1 in F, op 8 (1865). Marina Marsden, vn; Robert Chamberlain, pf. Tall Poppies TP067 20
10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Giovanna Grech
Offenbach, J. Cello concerto in G (1850). Ofra Harnoy, vc; Cincinnati SO/Erich Kunzel. RCA RD 71003 21
Demersseman, J. Flute concerto no 6, op 82. Karl-Bernhard Sebon, fl; Berlin RSO/Uros Lajovic. Schwann 11608 13
Cradle song, op 41 no 1 (1899); Dedication, op 10 no 1 (1885). Jessye Norman, sop. Philips 411 052-2 7
12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell
Khachaturian, A. Suite from Gayaneh (1942/52/57). Armenian PO/Loris Tjeknavorian. ASV DCA 773 14
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11:30 STRAUSS IN SONG Prepared by Elaine Siversen
Danzi, F. Quintet in F, op 56 no 3 (pub. 1821). Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet. BIS CD-552 22
Strauss, R. Death and transfiguration, op 24 (1888-89). Detroit SO/Antal Dorati. Decca 400 085-2 22
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15:00 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Stephen Schafer
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22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Rex Burgess Hasse, J. Sinfonia in D, op 3 no 3. Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 453 435-2
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Weber, C.M. Clarinet concerto in F minor no 1, op 73 (1811). City of London Sinfonia/Michael Collins, cl & dir. Chandos CHAN 10702 21
Sonata in B minor, op 2 no 6. Nancy Hadden, fl; Erin Headley, bass viol. 9
Mendelssohn, F. Double concerto in D minor (1823). Richard Tognetti, vn; Polina Leschenko, pf; Australian CO. BIS 1984 35
Malcolm Proud, hpd (2 above) CRD 3488
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Derek Parker
Sonata in C minor, op 7 no 6.
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The pilgrims at the tomb of Our Lord (1742). Rachel Elliott, sop; Valerie Gabail, sop; Michael Chanee, alto; Peter Harvey, bass; Il Seminario Musicale; Gerard Lesne, alto & dir. Virgin 5 45329 2 1:15
Saturday 26 October 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Peter Bell
14:00 LISTENERS’ CHOICE with Christina MacGuinness Phone 9439 4777 or go to finemusicfm.com and follow the links to choose your music
9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney
15:30 AT THE MOVIES Prepared by Nicholas Chaplin
9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON ASHKENAZY AND TCHAIKOVSKY Prepared by Paul Hopwood
Elfman, D. Soundtrack from Oz the great and powerful (2013). Studio Choir & O/Pete Anthony. Disney Intrada D001809202 54
Tchaikovsky, P. Trio in A minor, op 50 (188182). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Lynn Harrell, vc; Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf. EMI 7 64879 2 50 Souvenir of a beloved place, op 42 (1878). James Ehnes, vn; Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf. Sydney Symphony SSO 201206 17 Valse-scherzo, op 34 (1877). Boris Belkin, vn; Berlin RSO. Decca 476 7488 8 Violin concerto in D, op 35 (1878). James Ehnes, vn; Sydney SO. Sydney Symphony SSO201206 35 Vladimir Ashkenazy, cond (2 above) 11:30 ON PARADE Arranged Gordon Langford Prepared by Chris Blower Sousa, J.P. The thunderer (1889; arr. Langford); The gladiator march (1886; arr. Langford). Band of the Blues and Royals/Major E.W. Jeanes. Chandos CHAN 6517 5
16:30 PRESENTING PINCHGUT 18:00 AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS’ HOUR Prepared by Janie Fitch Meale, R. Come then, from Voss. Soloists; Opera Australia Ch; Sydney SO/Stuart Challender. ABC 462 006-2 4 Sculthorpe, P. Nourlangie (1989). Karin Schaupp, gui; Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills. ABC 476 762-7 21 Kats-Chernin, E. Piano concerto no 2 (2002). Ian Munro, pf; Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner. ABC 476 763-9 18 Orlovich, M. Night. St Peters Chorale/Graeme Morton. St Peters Chorale recording 4 Sculthorpe, P. Parting (1993). David Pereira, vc; Ian Munro, pf. Tall Poppies TP136 2
Dvorák, A. Largo, from Symphony no 9 (arr. Langford). Sellers Engineering Band/Phillip McCann. Chandos CHAN 4511 9
19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers
Handel, G. Overture in D minor, from Chandos anthem no 2 (arr. Elgar, Langford). John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band/Peter Parkes. Chandos 4507 6
Porter, C. Excerpts from Anything goes (1934). Patti LuPone, Rex Everhart, Howard McGillin, voices; members of the new Broadway cast. RCA Victor 7769-2-RC 19
Trad. Believe me, if all those endearing young charms (arr. Langford). William-Fairey Engineering Band/Kenneth Dennison. Chandos CHAN 6530 5
Rodgers, R. Excerpts from Me and Juliet (1953). Isabel Bigley, Bill Hayes, Joan McCracken, voices; members of the original Broadway cast. DG 19115 13
12:00 JAZZ THEN AND NOW with Michael Cooper 13:00 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD with Maureen Meers Nostalgic music and artists from the 30s, 40s and 50s and occasionally beyond, in a trip down many memory lanes
Herman, J. Excerpts from Mame (1957). Angela Lansbury, Jerry Lanning, Beatrice Arthur, Charles Braswell, voices; members of the original Broadway cast. Columbia SK 60959 19
20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Part 1: Musique de foule Recorded by Greg Ghavalas for FINE MUSIC Lithgow, A. The Invercargill march.
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Chédeville, N. Winter.
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Hargraves, C. Summer idyll.
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Kosma, J. Autumn leaves.
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Handel, G. Grand overture; Allegro, from Concerto no 2 in B flat, op 4 no 2 (c1735).
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Lefébure-Wély, L-J-A. Spring andante.
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Wells, J. Kokako fanfare and march.
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Various. Highland cathedral; March of the Crusaders; The birth of the blues; Hurricane; 5 Mooloo movements. Wagner, R. Ride of the Valkyries.
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Dussek, J. The death of Marie-Antoinette da 9 capo al fine. Salome, T. Prelude-cantilene.
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Batiste, T. Postlude.
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Hainsworth, C. Grand megalomaniacal improvisation on themes by request.
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Christopher Hainsworth, org (all above) Part 2: Sonata Janácek, L. Sonata (1914/21). David Saffir, vn; Albert Landa, pf. Fine Music Tape Archive 18 21:30 SERENADES Prepared by Maureen Meers Mozart, W. Serenade no 6 in D, K239, Serenata notturna (1776). Soloists of Australia/Ronald Thomas. Chandos CHAN 6526
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Mendelssohn, F. Serenade and allegro giocoso in B minor, op 43. Stephen Hough, pf; City of Birmingham SO/Lawrence Foster. Hyperion A66969 13 22:00 AFTER HOURS with Kevin Jones October 2013
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14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL The final compositions: Schumann 1852-58 Prepared by Ron Walledge
6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett
Schumann, R. Overture to Faust (1853). Polish National RSO/Johannes Wildner. Naxos 8.550608 9
9:00 THE MUSIC OF THE DANCE Prepared by Chris Blower Starzer, J. Ten dances. Eduard Melkus Ensemble. Archiv 427 122-2
Fantasy in C, op 131 (1853). Thomas Zehetmair, vn; Philharmonia O/Christoph Eschenbach. apex 0927-49592-2 15 19
Bruch, M. Swedish dances, op 63. Martin Berkofsky, pf; David Hagan, pf. Turnabout TV 34732 16 Holst, G. Ballet suite in E flat, op 10. Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 9734 19 10:00 THE DEFINING YEARS Music from the Classical era Prepared by Denis Patterson Field, J. Divertissement no 2 in A (c1811). Míceál O’Rourke, pf; London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9534 9
Violin concerto in D minor (1853). Henryk Szeryng, vn; London SO/Antal Dorati. Mercury 434 339-2 28 Mass in C minor, op 147 (1852). Audrey Michael, sop; Gulbenkian Foundation Choir & O/Michel Corboz. Erato E 75542 41 16:00 TCHAIKOVSKY’S QUARTETS Prepared by Chris Blower Tchaikovsky, P. Four movements for string quartet (1865). István Tóth, db; members of New Haydn Quartet, Budapest. 7
19:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Giovanna Grech Verdi, G. Morir, tremenda cosa! ... Urna fatale del mio destin, from La forza del destino (1862). Robert Allman, bar; Sydney SO/Eric Clapham. 5 ABC 442 369-2 Saint-Saëns, C. Gypsy dance, from Henry VIII (1883). London SO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 466 431-2 3 Massenet, J. Pleurez mes yeux! from Le Cid (1885). Grace Bumbry, sop; Stuttgart RSO/ Stefan Soltesz. 5 Orfeo C 081 841 A Giordano, U. Carlo Gérard?; Come sa amare! from Andrea Chénier (1895). Eva Marton, sop; Giorgio Zancanaro, bar; Jósef Gregor, bar; Hungarian State O/Giuseppe Patané. CBS M2K 42369 10 19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT
Paganini, N. Grand sonata in A, op 39 (180304). Marco Tamayo, gui. Naxos 8.557598 22
String quartet in B flat (1865). New Haydn Quartet, Budapest. 13 Naxos 8.550848 (2 above)
Wallace, V. Overture to Maritana (1845). New Philharmonia O/Richard Bonynge. Decca 466 431-2 10
Haydn, M. Violin concerto in A (c1775). Gert R. Schubert, vn; Vienna Concert-Verein. Schwann 311 050 H1 22
Tchaikovsky, P. Sextet in D minor, op 70, Souvenir de Florence (1890/91-92). Yuri Bashmet, va; Natalia Gutman, vc; Borodin String Quartet. EMI 7 64879 2 34
Dvorák, A. Violin concerto in A minor, op 53 (1880). Thomas Zehetmair, vn; Philharmonia O/ Eliahu Inbal. Teldec 4509-91444-2 31
Haydn, J. Sonata no 20 in B flat, Hob.XVI:18 (1788). Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, pf. Chandos CHAN 10668 14 Weber, C.M. Horn concertino in E minor, op 45 (1806/15). Stephen Stirling, hn; City of London Sinfonia/Michael Collins. Chandos CHAN 10702 16 Chopin, F. Scherzo no 1 in B minor, op 20. François-René Duchâble, pf. EMI 5 72356 2 4
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17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Warwick Bartle Hymns: Spirit of mercy, truth and love; Lead us, Heavenly Father, lead us; Immortal, invisible, God only wise; Jesus, lover of my soul. Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge; Brian Runnett, org; George Guest, cond. Belart 450011-2 10 Poulenc, F. Mass in G (1937). Choir of Winchester Cathedral/Martin Neary. EMI 0946 3 75906 2
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Rossini, G. String sonata no 6 in D (c1804). I Musici. Newton 8802041 16
Psalms: no 23; no 32; no 61; no 126. Choir of Hereford Cathedral. Priory PR 5005 11
12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME With John Buchanan
Mozart, W. Dixit Dominus. Choir of York Minster/Philip Moore.
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Harris, W. Prelude in E flat (pub. 1931).
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Introduction and concert allegro in D minor, op 134 (1853). Idil Biret, pf; Polish NSO/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.554088 15
18:00 WHAT’S ON AT THE CON with Julie Simonds A monthly program of music, news and interviews from the Sydney Conservatorium
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Brahms, J. Piano quartet in G minor, op 25 (1861; arr. Schoenberg). Sydney SO/Edo de Waart. ABC 454 515-2 42 21:00 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Robert Small Daugherty, M. Radio City: Symphonic fantasy on Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra (2011). Pacific Symphony/Carl St Clair. Naxos 8.559749 26 Duncan, E. Butterfly modernism (2011). Michael Kieran Harvey, pf; Silo String Quartet. Move MD 3362 17 Fairouz, M. Sonata (2011). Rachel Barton Pine, vn. Naxos 8.559744 24 Daugherty, M. Raise the roof (2003). Brian Jones, timp; Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi. Naxos 8.559372 13 22:30 ULTIMA THULE
Monday 28 October
Vladimir Jurowski. Photo - Roman Gontcharov 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 Francis Frank Lehár, F. Overture to The merry widow (1905; arr. Gamley). Australian Pops O/Douglas Gamley. WEA 9031-72815-2 8 Mozart, W. Quintet in E flat (1782; arr. from Horn quintet, K407). Hartmut Lindemann, va; David Pereira, vc; Australia Ensemble. ABC 438 199-2 15
Maurizio Pollini 11:30 CLASSICAL SONATAS Prepared by Elaine Siversen Abel, C. Sonata in G. Bengt Ericson, va da gamba. BIS CD-22 8 Beethoven, L. Sonata no 4 in C, op 102 no 1 (1815). Heinrich Schiff, vc; Till Fellner, pf. Philips 462 601-2 16 12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan
Hofmann, J. Kaleidescope, op 40 no 4. Shura Cherkassky, pf. Decca 433 654-2 5
Wagner, R. Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla, from Das Rheingold (1853-54; transcr. Stokowski). Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier. Naxos 8.570293 8
Liszt, F. Study no 9 in A flat, from Transcendental studies (1851). Georges Cziffra, pf. EMI 5 62799 2 9
Bach, J.S. Chorale prelude, BWV654 (bef. 1732; arr. Schoenberg). Sydney SO/Edo de Waart. ABC 454 515-2 8
Albéniz, I. Almería, from Iberia, bk II (1905; orch. Breiner). Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin. Naxos 8.553023 10
Vivaldi, A. Guitar concerto in D (arr. Koch). Gareth Koch, gui; Guillermo Büchler, vn; Willem de Swardt, vn; Herwig Tachezi, vc; Timothy Walker Brown, hpd. Gracia 0010692 12
Saint-Saëns, C. Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix, from Samson and Delilah (1877). Marilyn Horne, mezz; Vienna Opera O/Henry Lewis. Decca 476 1223 6
10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Francis Frank Copland, A. Four dance episodes, from Rodeo (1942). Cincinnati Pops O/Erich Kunzel. Telarc 80339 19 Bennett, W. Sterndale Piano concerto no 1 in D minor, op 1 (1832; ed. Byers). Malcolm Binns, pf; London PO/Nicholas Braithwaite. Lyrita SR 204 24 Mozart, W. Symphony no 36 in C, K425, Linz (1783). Prague PO/Jirí Belohlávek. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901891 39
Beethoven, L. Serenade in D, op 41 (1803). Emmanuel Pahud, fl; Eric le Sage, pf. naïve V 4863 24 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 Tom Forrester-Paton
13:00 FAMOUS CHILD PRODIGIES Prepared by Sheila Catzel
Chopin, F. Mazurka in A minor, op 17 no 4 (1832-34). Evgeny Kissin, pf. Sony 88697301102
Fauré, G. Serenade, op 98 (1908). Ina-Esther Joost Ben-Sasson, vc; Allan Sternfield, pf. 3 Naxos 8.570545
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Prokofiev, S. Piano concerto no 1 in D flat, op 10 (1912). Martha Argerich, pf; Montreal SO/ Charles Dutoit. EMI 5 56654 2 16 14:00 SERENADES... AND SERENADES Prepared by Denis Patterson Tchaikovsky, P. Serenade for strings, op 48 (1880). London PO/Vladimir Jurowski. BBC Music Vol 16 no 2 31
19:00 SPIRIT OF JAZZ with Susan Gai Dowling 20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg 22:00 KEYBOARD CONTRASTS Prepared by Frank Morrison Pinto, G. Grand sonata in C minor inscribed to his friend John Field (1803). Riko Fukuda, fp. Olympia O 494 20 Khachaturian, A. Suite in three movements. Joan Yarbrough, pf; Robert Cowan, pf. Pantheon D 20910 11 Hummel, J. Piano trio in E no 5, op 83 (1819). Borodin Trio. Chandos CHAN 9529 26 Rameau, J-P. L’Enharmonique; L’Egyptienne; La Dauphine. Sophie Yates, hpd. Chandos CHAN 0545 12 Holst, G. Two dances (1932). Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow, pf. Chandos CHAN 9382
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Schumann, R. Sonata no 1 in F sharp minor, op 11 (1832-35). Maurizio Pollini, pf. Philips 456 937-2 32 October 2013
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Tuesday 29 October 14:30 AUSTRALIANS PLAY CLASSICAL CHAMBER Prepared by Francis Frank
0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds
Beethoven, L. Adagio in E flat, WoO43b (1796). Paul Hooper, mand; Catherine Finnis, vc; John Gray, hpd. Fine Music Tape Archive 8
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Artist of choice: Yehudi Menuhin Prepared by Chris Blower
Krähmer, E. Hungarian rondo, op 28. Genevieve Lacey, rec; Karin Schaupp, gui. ABC 476 524-9
Saint-Saëns, C. Havanaise (1887). Philharmonia O/Eugene Goossens. EMI 1664482 10 Beethoven, L. Variations on Mozart’s Se vuol ballare, from The marriage of Figaro, WoO40 (1792-93). Wilhelm Kempff, pf. DG 459 433-2 13 Haydn, J. My boy Tammy, from Scottish folksong arrangements, Hob.XXXIa:18 (by 1792). Janet Baker, mezz; George Malcolm, hpd. Testament SBT 1241 4 Yehudi Menuhin, vn (3 above) Berlioz, H. Serenade, from Harold in Italy, op 16 (1834). Yehudi Menuhin, va; Philharmonia O/ Colin Davis. EMI CDM 1 66434-2 6 Bach, J.S. Partita no 3 in E, BWV1006 (1720). Yehudi Menuhin, vn. Naxos 8.110964 18 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Heather Sykes Delius, F. North country sketches: The march of Spring (1913-14). Hallé/Mark Elder. Hallé HLL 7528 10 Reger, M. Piano concerto in F minor, op 114 (1910). Marc-Andreé Hamelin, pf; Berlin RSO/ Ilan Volkov. Hyperion A67635 37 Reinecke, C. Symphony no 3 in G minor, op 227 (c1890). Brandenburg State O, Frankfurt/ Heribert Beissel. Christophorus CHE 0162-2 35 11:30 DIFFERENT VOICES Prepared by Heather Sykes Rossini, G. Bel raggio lusinghier, from Semiramide (1823). Margaret Price, sop; Munich RO/Heinz Wallberg. BR-Klassik 900305 6 50
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Yehudi Menuhin O muto asil del pianto ... corriam, voilam! from William Tell (1829). Luciano Pavarotti, ten; Vienna Opera Ch & O/Nicola Rescigno. ABC 480 551-2 8 Alle voci della gloria (1813). Samuel Ramey, bass; Welsh National Opera Ch & O/Gabriele Ferro. Teldec 9031-73242-2 11 12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes
Weber, C.M. Seven variations in B flat on a theme from Silvana, op 33 (1811). Murray Khouri, cl; David Bollard, pf. RCA VRL1 0162 10 Haydn, J. Flute trio in D, Hob.XV:16 (1790). Canterbury Belles. Move M 063 13 Schubert, F. Ave Maria, Ellen’s song no 3, D839 (1825). Jascha Heifetz, vn; Emanuel Bay, pf. ABC 476 595-0 6 Beethoven, L. Trio no 7 in B flat, op 97, Archduke (1810-11). Dimity Hall, vn; Julian Smiles, vc; Charlie Albright, pf. ABC 476 696-0 36
13:00 OF KINGS AND QUEENS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend Beethoven, L. Seven variations on God save the King, WoO78 (1803). Olli Mustonen, pf. Decca 436 834-2 7 Elgar, E. Suite from King Arthur (1923). Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst. Chandos CHAN 6582
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Massenet, J. De moi je veux bannir, from The king of Lahore (1875-76). Joan Sutherland, sop; National PO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 475 6302 7 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Tsar Dodon at the Queen of Shemakha’s, from Le coq d’or (1909). Moscow RSO/Konstantin Ivanov. Melodiya MA 3027 7 Handel, G. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon (1748). West Australian SO/ David Measham. ABC 476 333-5 3 Strauss, J. I Homage to Queen Victoria, op 103 (1838). London SO/John Georgiadis. Chandos CHAN 8739 8 Alfvén, H. Suite from The mountain king (1916-23). Royal Stockholm PO/Neeme Järvi. BIS CD-585 15 Mozart, W. Interlude, from Thamos, King of Egypt, K345 (1774). Radio Berlin Soloists; Staatskapelle Berlin/Bernhard Klee. Philips 464 940-2 6
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Trisha McDonald 19:00 THE JAZZ BEAT with Lloyd Capps 20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Robert Small 22:00 BEYOND THE ROMANTIC ERA Prepared by Robert Small Ravel, M. Introduction and allegro (1908). Michel Moragues, fl; Pascal Moragues, cl; Isabelle Moretti, hp; Quatuor Parisii. naive V 5129 11 Nielsen, C. Clarinet concerto, op 57 (1928). Olle Schill, cl; Gothenburg SO/Myung-Whun Chung. BIS CD-614/616 25 Sibelius, J. Symphony no 4 in A minor, op 63 (1911). Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan. EMI M 7 69224-2 39 Bernstein, L. Serenade (1954). Philippe Quint, vn; members of Bournemouth SO/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.559245 31
Wednesday 30 October Andriessen, H. Variations and fugue on a theme by Johann Kuhnau (1935). Hague Residency O/Ferdinand Leitner. Olympia O 504
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Mahler, G. Songs of a wayfarer (1883). Frederica von Stade, mezz; London PO/ Andrew Davis. Sony SBK 46 535
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Mozart, W. Symphony no 40 in G minor, K550 (1788). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. ABC 465 425-2 35 Frederica von Stade 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE 3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Peter Kurti
11:30 ELLY AMELING, SOPRANO Prepared by Philip Lidbury
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Brahms, J. Muss es ein Trennung gebe, op 33 no 12; Süssliebchen (1861). Rudolf Jansen, pf. Hyperion CDA66444 10
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Oscar Foong
Bach, J.S. Cantata, BWV82: Ich hab genug (1727). Hans-Martin Linde, bar; Johannes Koch, bass viol; Angelica May, vc; Rudolf Ewerhart, positive org; Gustav Leonhardt, hpd. Harmonia Mundi GD 77150 8
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Aspects of Baroque Prepared by Paul Hopwood Locke, M. Music for His Majesty’s sackbutts and cornetts. Malmö Brass Ensemble. BIS CD-223 10
Schubert, F. Bertas Lied in der Nacht, D653; An die Musik, D547 (1819). Dalton Baldwin, pf. Philips 410 037-2 5 Ely Ameling, sop (all above)
Mozart, L. Horn concerto in E flat (1752). Hermann Baumann, hn; Radovan Vlatkovic, hn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Iona Brown. Philips 416 815-2 11
12:00 THE SOUND OF JAZZ with Kevin Jones
Hertel, J. Trumpet concerto no 1 in E flat. Håkan Hardenberger, tpt; London PO/Elgar Howarth. Philips 426 311-2 13
14:00 IN CONVERSATION with Michael Morton-Evans What exactly does it take to make music? Leading musicians, composers and performers, both local and visiting from overseas, will be talking live on air telling us why they do it and how they do it.
Vivaldi, A. Concerto in F for two horns, RV539. Michael Thompson, hn; Richard Watkins, hn; Philharmonia O/Christopher Warren-Green. Nimbus NIM 5018 Bach, J.S. Four chorales. Crispian SteelePerkins, tpt; Leslie Pearson, org. LDR 1006
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13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI Göknur Shanal in Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater with Troy Fil; recorded by Greg Ghavalas
15:00 THE SYMPHONIES OF HAYDN Prepared by Chris Blower Haydn, J. String quartet in E flat, Hob.III:71 (1793). Chilingirian Quartet. Chandos CHAN 9146 21
10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Rex Burgess
Bach, C.P.E. Oboe sonata in G minor, Wq135 (c1735). Fiati con Tasto. cpo 999 508-2 10
Alkan, C-V. Chamber concerto in A minor, op 10 no 1 (1832). Marc-André Hamelin, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion A66717 14
Haydn, J. Symphony no 7 in D, Le midi (c1761). Vienna CO/Ernst Märzendorfer. Musical Heritage Society OR H-201-249 22
19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell 20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Colleen Chesterman Wagner, R. Parsifal, Acts 2 and 3. Libretto by composer. First performed Bayreuth, 1882. KLINGSOR: Ekkehard Wlashiha, bar KUNDRY: Jessye Norman, sop GURNEMANZ: Kurt Moll, bass AMFORTAS: James Morris, bass-bar PARSIFAL: Plácido Domingo, ten Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/James Levine. DG 437 501-2 2:29 The evil Klingsor self-castrated to control the lust which banished him from the Grail Knights. When Parsifal defeats Klingsor’s knights, Klingsor urges Kundry, now an alluring woman, to seduce the boy and summons beautiful flower-maidens. Kundry rescues Parsifal and tells him about his past. Rejecting her advances, Parsifal realises his compassion for Amfortas. Klingsor throws the Holy Spear at him but Parsifal catches it. Years later both Kundry and Parsifal appear in Montsalvat on Good Friday. Kundry asks to serve and Parsifal baptizes her. Gurnemanz tells them that Amfortas has not uncovered the Grail and his father has died. Parsifal touches Amfortas’side with the Spear, healing and absolving him as the Grail is unveiled. 22:30 AUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTET Recorded by Kerry Joyner for FINE MUSIC Mozart, W. Quartet in B flat, K159 (1773). 13 Haydn, J. Quartet in D, Hob.III:79 (1797). 20 Schubert, F. Quartet in D minor, D810, Death and the maiden. (1826). 38 Australian String Quartet (all above) October 2013
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Thursday 31 October 0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
Little concert suite, op 77 (1911). Philharmonia O/George Weldon. HMV ESD 7161 13
3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN 6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Simon Moore
Piano quintet in G minor, op 1 (1893). Members of Nash Ensemble. Hyperion CDA67590 26
9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Chris Blower
16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Stephen Wilson
Ries, F. Introduction and Russian dance, op 113 no 1. Guido Larisch, vc; Robert Hill, fp. cpo 999 666-2 9 Symphony no 3 in E flat, op 90, mvt 1 (c1820). Zurich CO/Howard Griffiths. cpo 999 547-2 9 Sonata in A, op 114 (c1823). Susan Kagan, pf. Naxos 8.572300 13 Fantasy no 11, op 133 no 2 (c1825). Peter-Lukas Graf, fl; Zsuzsanna Sirokay, pf. Jecklin 577-2 10 Sextet, op 142, mvt 1. Dieter Klöcker, cl; Karl Hartmann, bn; Nury Guarnaschelli, hn; Wolfgang Güttler, db; Edward Witsenburg, hp; Werner Genuit, pf. Schwann 310 001 H1 20 10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Di Cox Prokofiev, S. Symphony no 1 in D, op 25, Classical (1917). Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Exton EXCL-00042
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Grieg, E. Incidental music to Peer Gynt, op 23 (1874-75). Elly Ameling, sop; Geraldine Walther, va; San Francisco Symphony Ch & O/Edo de Waart. Philips 432 192-2 44 11:30 CHOIRS AND PLACES Prepared by Philip Lidbury Verdi, G. Stabat mater, from Four sacred pieces (pub. 1898). Hungarian State Opera Choir & O/Pier Giorgio Morandi. Naxos 8.550944-45 13 Elgar, E. Ave Maria, op 2 no 2 (1887); Fear not, O land (1888). Choir of Worcester Cathedral; Adrian Partington, org; Donald Hunt, cond. Hyperion CDA66313 3 Hill, A. Glora in excelsis, from Symphony no 2, Joy of life (1941). Adelaide Singers; Adelaide Philharmonic Choir; Adelaide SO/Patrick Thomas. ABC 442 377-2 6 fineMusic 102.5
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20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA From virtuoso composers Prepared by Frank Morrison
Gustav Leonhart 12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers
Joachim, J. Overture: Hamlet, op 4 (1855). Stuttgart RSO/Meir Minsky. Naxos 8.554733 17
13:00 THE ART OF GUSTAV LEONHARDT Prepared by Philip Lidbury Bach, C.P.E. Cello concerto in A, Wq172 (1753). Anner Bijlsma, vc; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Gustav Leonhardt. Virgin VC 7 90800-2
Paganini, N. The convent of Mount St Bernard (1832). Genoa CO/Antonio Plotino. Dynamic CDS 27 22 19
Marais, M. La sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont de Paris (pub. 1723). Sigiswald Kuijken, vn; Wieland Kuijken, bass viol; Gustav Leonhardt, hpd. Harmonia Mundi GD 77145 8 Various. Three variations on Psalm 23; Christ lag in Todesbanden. Gustav Leonhardt, org. Sony SK 66262 13
Dohnányi, E. Variations on a nursery tune, op 25. Julius Katchen, pf; London PO/Adrian Boult. Philips 456 859-2 23
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Purcell, H. Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary: Love’s goddess sure was blind (1692). Julia Gooding, sop; James Bowman, ct; Christopher Robson, ct; David Wilson-Johnson, bass; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Gustav Leonhardt. Virgin 5 61400 2 21 Corelli, A. La follia in G minor, op 5 no 12 (pub. 1700). Frans Brüggen, rec; Anner Bijlsma vc; Gustav Leonhardt, hpd. Pro Arte CDD 291 9 Bach, C.P.E. Symphony, Wq183 no 2 (177576). O of the Age of Enlightenment/Gustav Leonhardt. Virgin 5 61400 2 10 14:30 in memoriam Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Prepared by Stephen Wilson Coleridge-Taylor, S. Overture to Hiawatha (1928). RTE Concert O/Adrian Leaper. Naxos 8.570575/76 11 Violin concerto in G minor, op 80 (1912). Anthony Marwood, vn; BBC Scottish SO/ Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA67420 32
Vieuxtemps, H. Violin concerto no 1 in E, op 10 (1837). Misha Keylin, vn; Janácek PO/Dennis Burkh. Naxos 8.554506 40 Liszt, F. Symphonic poem no 1: Ce qu’on entend sur la montagne (1848-49/50-54). London PO/Bernard Haitink. Philips 438 751-2 30 22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Angela Bell Mozart, W. Quartet no 2 in E flat, K493 (1786). Christian Zacharias, pf; Frank Peter Zimmermann, vn; Tabea Zimmermann, va; Tilmann Wick, vc. EMI CDC 7 49879 2 36 Kreutzer, J. Grand trio, op 16. Alexa Still, fl; Robert Alemany, cl; JoAnn Falletta, gui. Koch 3-7404-2H1 19 Buxtehude, D. Gen Himmel zu dem Vater mein. Emma Kirkby, sop; John Holloway, vn; Manfredo Kraemer, vn; Jaap ter Linden, va; Lars Ulrik Mortensen, hpd, org. Naxos 8.557251 8 Spohr, L. Sonata in B flat, op 16 (c1805). Sophie Langdon, vn; Hugh Webb, hp. Naxos 8.555364 20 Smetana, B. Trio in G minor, op 15 (1855/57). Joseph Silverstein, vn; Jules Erskine, vc; Gilbert Kalish, pf. apex 7559 79679 2 28
The following composers have works of at least five minutes on the October dates listed Abel, C. 1723-1787 28 Agrell, J. 1701-1765 11 Aikman, J. b1959 4 Albéniz, I. 1860-1909 7,28 Albinoni, T. 1671-1751 14 Alcock, W. 1861-1947 12 Aldridge, R. b1954 6 Alfvén, H. 1872-1960 22,23,29 Alkan, C-V. 1813-1888 30 Alwyn, W. 1905-1985 6,19 Alyabyev, A. 1787-1851 14 Andriessen, H. 1892-1981 30 Anglebert, J-H. 1635-1691 14 Arensky, A. 1861-1906 8,18,23 Ariosti, A. 1666-c1729 18 Arne, T. 1710-1778 7,9 Arnold, M. 1921-2006 6 Arriaga, J. 1806-1826 24 Atterberg, K. 1887-1974 15
Chabrier, E. 1841-1894 13 Chapí, R. 1851-1909 19 Charpentier, G. 1860-1956 4 Chausson, E. 1855-1899 15 Cherubini, L. 1760-1842 3,20,21 Chopin, F. 1810-1849 3,7,14,16,27 Cilea, F. 1866-1950 8 Clarke, H. 1867-1945 5 Clementi, M. 1752-1832 2 Coleridge-Taylor, S. 1875-1912 10,31 Coles, C. 1888-1918 19 Copland, A. 1900-1990 14,28 Coprario, J. c1575-1626 24 Corelli, A. 1653-1713 9,16,17,21,31 Coste, N. 1806-1883 12 Cramer, J. 1771-1858 20 Czerny, C. 1791-1857 17
Gershwin, G. 1898-1937 14,20,21 Giordano, U. 1867-1948 27 Giuliani, M. 1781-1829 13 Glanville-Hicks, P. 1912-1990 15 Glass, P. b1937 19 Gluck, C. 1714-1787 6,13,16 Gorecki, H. b1933 13 Gounod, C. 1818-1893 4 Grainger, P. 1882-1961 18 Granados, E. 1867-1916 7,22 Graun, C. 1704-1759 17 Graun, J. 1702-1771 17 Greene, M. 1696-1755 18,20 Grieg, E. 1843-1907 9,15,25,31 Gruenberg, L. 1884-1964 20
Kuhlau, F. 1786-1832 2
Porpora, N. 1686-1768 18 Porter, C. 1891-1964 26 Poulenc, F. 1899-1963 4,13,27 Lalo, E. 1823-1892 13 Prokofiev, S. 1891-1953 Lawes, W. 1602-1645 9 7,22,28,31 Lecuona, E. 1896-1963 7,14 Puccini, G. 1858-1924 6,8,19,20 Lehár, F. 1870-1948 14,19,28 Pugnani, G. 1731-1798 20 Leoncavallo, R. 1858-1919 8 Liszt, F. 1811-1886 4,14,19,23,28,31 Purcell, H. 1659-1695 4,9,31 Locke, M. c1621-1677 30 Rachmaninov, S. 1873-1943 Lully, J-B. 1632-1687 16 13,18,22 Lutoslawski, W. 1913-1994 7 Rameau, J-P. 1683-1764 5,28 Lyapunov, S. 1859-1924 10 Rautavaara, E. b1928 22 Ravel, M. 1875-1937 19,29 Mahler, G. 1860-1911 1,30 Reger, M. 1873-1916 1,17,29 Marais, M. 1656-1728 2,31 Reinecke, C. 1824-1910 29 Marchand, L. 1669-1732 21 Respighi, O. 1879-1936 5,11,14 Martin, P. b1947 20 Hadley, H. 1871-1937 20 Richter, F. 1709-1789 13 Martinu, B. 1890-1959 10 Hainsworth, C. 20th c 26 Ries, F. 1784-1838 22,31 Martucci, G. 1856-1909 3 Handel, G. 1685-1759 Rigel, H-J. 1741-1799 21 Massenet, J. 1842-1912 27,29 d’Indy, V. 1851-1931 3,15,17 3,5,12,18,21,23,24,26 Riisager, K. 1897-1974 1,7 Bach, C.P.E. 1714-1788 Matsumura, T. b1929 6 Danzi, F. 1763-1826 4,25 Hanson, H. 1896-1981 1 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. 1844-1908 7,10,13,14,16,19,30,31 Mayr, S. 1763-1845 6 Daugherty, M. b1954 27 Hartman, J. b1950 5 7,24,29 Bach, J. Christian 1735-1782 14 Debussy, C. 1862-1918 Medtner, N. 1880-1951 18 Hasse, J. 1699-1783 7,25 Rode, P. 1774-1830 17 * Bach, J.S. 1685-1750 10,15,17,20,23,24 Haydn, J. 1732-1809 2,5,7,9,12,14,1 Mendelssohn, F. 1809-1847 Rodgers, R. 1902-1979 12,26 3,14,15,17,28,29,30 7,8,9,13,21,25,26 Delibes, L. 1836-1891 13 6,23,24,25,27,29,30 Rodrigo, J. 1901-1999 1,5,7 Barber, S. 1910-1981 19 Messager, A. 1853-1929 8 Delius, F. 1862-1934 29 Haydn, M. 1737-1806 27 Roman, J. 1694-1758 11 Beach, A. 1867-1944 3 Meyer, Edgar. b1960 20 Demersseman, J. 1833-1866 25 Hebden, J. 1712-1765 9 Rossini, G. 1792-1868 Beethoven, L. 1770-1827 1,3,5,6, Devienne, F. 1759-1803 8,16 Milhaud, D. 1892-1974 20 Hedelin, F. b1965 6 4,5,6,12,14,20,27,29 8,9,10,11,13,14,19,21,28,29 Mills, R. b1949 6 Diabelli, A. 1781-1858 21 Hellendaal, P. 1721-1799 11 Roussel, A. 1869-1937 1 Bennett, W. Sterndale 1816- Dieupart, C. c1667-c1740 17 Mompou, F. 1893-1987 21 Herman, J. b1932 26 M. 1907-1995 12 1875 28 Montéclair, M. de 1667-1737 2 Rozsa, Dittersdorf, C. 1739-1799 18 Herrmann, B. 1911-1975 12 Rubinstein, A. 1829-1894 21 Berg, A. 1885-1935 6,20 Monteverdi, C. 1567-1643 12 Dohnányi, E. 1877-1960 20,31 Hertel, J. 1727-1789 30 Berlioz, H. 1803-1869 4,23,29 Donizetti, G. 1797-1848 13 Herzogenberg, H. 1843-1900 10 Moscheles, I. 1794-1870 24 Saint-Saëns, C. 1835-1921 Bernstein, L. 1918-1990 1,29 Mozart, L. 1719-1787 30 Dragonetti, D. 1763-1846 22 Hill, A. 1870-1960 31 10,11,13,15,22,28,29 Biscogli, F. fl..c1740 21 Mozart, W. 1756-1791 1,2,3,4,5,6, Sainte-Colombe, A. c1630Dukas, P. 1865-1935 8 Hindemith, P. 1895-1963 6,22 Bizet, G. 1838-1875 10,14 7, 1 0, 1 4, 1 5, 1 8,20,24,26,28,29,30,31 Duncan, E. b1956 27 Hoffmeister, F. 1754-1812 2 1701 2 Blake, H. b1938 13 Müller, I. 1786-1854 18 Duparc, H. 1848-1933 13 Hogberg, F. 20th c 7,18 Salieri, A. 1750-1825 3,6 Boccherini, L. 1743-1805 9,10,19 Dussek, J. 1760-1812 21,26 Munro, I. b1963 19 Holst, G. 1874-1934 27,28 Salzedo, C. 1885-1961 15 Boismortier, J. de 1689-1755 15 Dvorák, A. 1841-1904 Mussorgsky, M. 1839-1881 19 Humfrey, P. 1647-1674 9 Sarasate, P. de 1844-1908 14 Bononcini, G. 1670-1747 18 Myaskovsky, N. 1881-1950 10,22 Satie, E. 1866-1925 15 15,17,18,21,25,26,27 Hummel, J. 1778-1837 13,28 Borodin, A. 1833-1887 7 Myslivecek, J. 1737-1781 17 Sato, N. b1975 13 Bortnyansky, D. 1751-1825 13 Edwards, R. b1943 10,12 Ibert, J. 1890-1962 8 Scarlatti, D. 1685-1757 21 Boyd, A. b1946 12 Nagasawa, K. b1933 15 Elfman, D. b1953 26 Ireland, J. 1879-1962 11 Scharwenka, X. 1850-1924 11 Brahms, J. 1833-1897 Nielsen, C. 1865-1931 1,2,29 Elgar, E. 1857-1934 Isaacs, M. b1958 19 Schubert, F. 1797-1828 3,4,5,11,19,22,24,27,30 Nin, J. 1879-1949 14 3,4,8,11,17,23,29 1,2,3,4,6,8,9,12,18,25,29,30 Bremner, A. 20th c 12 Nystroem, G. 1890-1966 3 Enescu, G. 1881-1955 3 Jackson, F. b1917 12 Schumann, R. 1810-1856 Bridge, F. 1879-1941 17 Eychenne, M. b1933 20 Jackson, N. b1934 20 1,4,7,12,21,27,28 Britten, B. 1913-1976 1,6,15,17,19,24 Obrecht, J. c1450-1505 11 Jadin, H. 1769-1802 21 Schütz, H. 1585-1672 6 Broadstock, B. b1952 4 Ockeghem, J. 1430-1497 4 Fairouz, M. b1985 27 Janácek, L. 1854-1928 11,26 Schwertsik, K. b1935 13 Broschi, R. c1698-1756 15 Offenbach, J. 1819-1880 5,25 Falla, M. de 1876-1946 22 Joachim, J. 1831-1907 31 Sculthorpe, P. b1929 24,26 Brouwer, L. b1939 6,14 Ornstein, L. c1895-2002 1 Fauré, G. 1845-1924 11,15,21 Shchedrin, R. b1932 3 Bruch, M. 1838-1920 1,21,27 Österling, F. b1966 6 Field, J. 1782-1837 16,27 Kabalevsky, D. 1904-1987 6 Shostakovich, D. 1906-1975 Bruckner, A. 1824-1896 18,20 Finzi, G. 1901-1956 8 Kancheli, G. b1935 12 3,8,15,19,20 Buckley, J. b1951 20 Pachelbel, J. 1653-1706 15,16 Fischer, J. 1646-1717 21 Kats-Chernin, E. b1957 26 Sibelius, J. 1865-1957 Burgmüller, N. 1810-1836 8 Padilla, J. de c1590-1664 13 Ford, A. b1957 12 Khachaturian, A. 1903-1978 2,6,11,21,23,25,29 Busoni, F. 1866-1924 8 Paganini, N. 1782-1840 1,27,31 Forqueray, J-B-A. 1699-1782 14 25,28 Sisask, U. b1940 12 Buxtehude, D. 1637-1707 3,11,31 Françaix, J. 1912-1997 1,20 Pärt, A. b1935 8,12 Skipworth, L. b1982 12 Khandoshkin, I. 1747-1804 12 Byrd, W. 1543-1623 15 Pepusch, J. 1667-1752 18 France, S. b1968 12 Smetana, B. 1824-1884 11,31 Kleynjans, F. b1951 6 Perry, W. b1930 18 Franck, C. 1822-1890 11,15,22 Solbiati, A. b1956 15 Kodály, Z. 1882-1967 22 Carmichael, J. b1930 11 Soler, A. 1729-1783 7 Pezel, J. 1639-1704 4 Frescobaldi, G. 1583-1643 15 Kozeluch, L. 1747-1818 24 Sor, F. 1778-1839 7,24 Carr-Boyd, A. b1938 4 Philidor, A.D. c1647-1730 3 Krähmer, E. 18th-19th c 29 Sousa, J.P. 1854-1932 26 Carulli, F. 1770-1841 8 Piazzolla, A. 1922-1992 7 Gade, N. 1817-1890 1 Kraus, J.M. 1756-1792 22 Spohr, L. 1784-1859 3,24,31 Carvalho, J. de Sousa 1745- Galuppi, B. 1706-1785 24 Pinto, G. 1785-1806 28 Kreutzer, J. 1778-1832 31 Spontini, G. 1774-1851 23 1798 22 Ponchielli, A. 1834-1886 10 German, E. 1862-1936 8 Krommer, F. 1759-1831 24
Stamitz, C. 1745-1801 24 Stanford, C. Villiers 1852-1924 9,25 Stanley, J. 1712-1786 9,18 Starzer, J. 1726-1787 27 Stenhammar, W. 1871-1927 16 Stockhausen, K. b1928 13 Strauss, J. I 1804-1849 29 Strauss, J. II 1825-1899 19 Strauss, R. 1864-1949 4,8,15,18,24,25 Stravinsky, I. 1882-1971 9,11 Svendsen, J. 1840-1911 4,14 Sweelinck, J. 1562-1621 11,16 Tahourdin, P. b1928 1 Taneyev, S. 1856-1915 17 Tchaikovsky, P. 1840-1893 6,13,17, 18,20,21,22,23,26,27,28 Tesori, J. 20th c 12 Tippett, M. 1905-1998 9 Torelli, G. 1658-1709 3 Tórroba, F. Moreno 1891-1982 6,7 Turina, J. 1882-1949 6 Tüür, E-S. b1959 12 Vachon, P. 1731-1803 22 Vaughan Williams, R. 1872-1958 6,8,11,12,17 Verdi, G. 1813-1901 3,13,27,31 Vieuxtemps, H. 1820-1881 14,31 Villa-Lobos, H. 1887-1959 14 Viotti, G. 1755-1824 20 Vivaldi, A. 1678-1741 3,6,28,30 Vogler, G. 1749-1814 6 Wagenseil, G. 1715-1777 22 Wagner, R. 1813-1883 1,28 Walden, S. b1932 21 Waldteufel, E. 1837-1915 8,19 Wallace, V. 1812-1865 27 Wallace, W. 1860-1940 8 Walton, W. 1902-1983 8,15,24 Webbe, S. jr c1770-1843 21 Weber, C.M. 1786-1826 16,24,25,27,29 Weiss, S. 1686-1750 3 Wesley-Smith, M. b1945 19 Wesley, S.S. 1810-1876 20 Westlake, N. b1958 12 Widor, C-M. 1844-1937 17 Wieniawski, H. 1835-1880 14,24 Williamson, M. 1931-2003 19 Wills, A. b1926 12 Willson, M. 1902-1984 12 Wolf-Ferrari, E. 1876-1948 10 Wolf, H. 1860-1903 24 Wuorinen, C. b1938 19 Xenakis, I. 1922-2001 13 Yates, S. b1957 12 Ysaÿe, E. 1858-1931 21 Zelenka, J. 1679-1745 4
Key Music duration is shown after the record and citation SO: Symphony Orchestra Orchestra bshn: basset horn
PO: Philharmonic Orchestra NO: National Orchestra RO: Radio Orchestra FO: Festival Orchestra CO: Chamber Orchestra TO: Theatre Orchestra RSO: Radio Symphony Orchestra RTO: Radio & Television
Prom O: Promenade Orchestra Ch & O: Chorus & Orchestra NSO: National Symphony Orchestra alto: male alto ban: bandoneon bar: baritone
bass: bass bn: bassoon bass-bar: bass-baritone cl: clarinet clvd: clavichord cont: contralto cora: cor anglais ct: counter-tenor db: double bass
dbn: double bassoon elec: electronic eng horn: English horn fl: flute fp: fortepiano gui: guitar hn: French horn hp: harp hpd: harpsichord mand: mandolin
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crossword Across 1 Colourant without heavy weight of the eye (6) 5 Faultless decapitated fish follows world body (8) 9 Ridiculous Fat Elvis carnival (8) 10 From Marseilles, autograph the diagram (6) 11 Inappropriately , art memento shown before demise (10) 12 Boneless espresso behind time (4) 13 Highly strung shooting stick (ex Congo) (8) 16 First of all, Charles Roland Edglington described it truly - a feather in his cap. (6) 17 Without bother, road metal excellent ornament for upper limb (6) Compiled by Nevil Anderson 19 Ridgepole covering large plant (8) Name:_______________________________________________ 21 Tofu SS “White Star” brouhaha (4) Address: _____________________________________________ 22 Somehow, one’s expiry morphs into synthetic polymer ? (5,5) Tel:______________ Email_______________________________ 25 Scary fad for possessions prevails. Can we manage ? (6) To go in the draw to win the Idea 26 Laboratory equipment ? Try out the of North latest CD Smile, email underground ! (4,4) your answers to competitions@ 27 Morning freshness saw sign of emotion finemusicfm.com, or post them to the (4-4) address below by 23 October 2013. 28 Perhaps Rodney, seen at a distance. (6) The Crossword 72-76 Chandos Street St Leonards NSW 2065
Down 2 Respectable Uncle Andrew ! (5) 3 Limber measurement takes precedence over definite article (5) 4 Delicious, savoury meal - provisionally abandons bridge supports (7) 5 Open up disguised clan hut (7) 6 Put a stop to wild mice prevalent locally (7) 7 Somehow it relines being adaptable (9) 8 Near bar, then stretch hours of darkness (5-4) 14 What fuss and commotion ! Just pot mixed up with flounce (9) 15 High drama of improbability (4,5) 18 For a certain seventh of each week, Ms. Weld to stay due it seems (7) 19 Hit the perch when well established around south (7) 20 Even without Karen, donkey’s years went by on this voyage (7) 23 Consumed heathens but be quiet about it. (5) 24 First things first, I must betake unusual efforts to tinge deeply (5)
Crossword Solution MUSICAL TRIVIA with Michael Morton-Evans How well do you know the world of classical music? Test your knowledge with these musical brain teasers from Fine Music 102.5 presenter, Michael Morton-Evans. 1. Who wrote the opera Henry VIII? 2. Where and how did Hungarian conductor Istvan Kertsez die? 3. Which Austrian-born violinist was so talented that he was accepted into the Vienna Conservatorium at the age of 7? 4. Which British concert pianist nearly had his career ended when muggers slashed his hands with a machete? 5. By which title was Mikhail Glinka’s opera, A Life of the Tsar, originally known? 6. What is the English equivalent of the Hungarian cimbolom? 7. By what name was Richard and Cosima Wagner’s daughter christened? 8. Whose Opus 70, No 1 is known as The Ghost Trio?
-September 2013 Across: 8 Bewail, 9 Doornail, 10 Arch, 11 Viewfinder, 12 Hi-fi, 13 Ultimately, 17 Egad, 18 Finis, 19 Arvo, 21 Encyclical, 23 Fall, 24 Age bracket, 28 Clam, 29 Diskette, 30 Niacin. Down: 1 Learning, 2 Bad hair day, 3 Flavourful, 4 Idle, 5 Doff, 6 Anon, 7 Lineal, 14 Tunic, 15 Muscle tone, 16 Traffic jam, 20 Volcanic, 22 Noggin, 25 Bake, 26 Anti, 27 Keen.
OCTOBER TRIVIA ANSWERS: 1.Camille Saint-Saens, 2. In Israel. He died while swimming. 3. Fritz Kreisler, 4. John Lill, 5. Ivan Susanin, 6. The Dulcimer, 7. Isolde, 8. Beethoven SEPTEMBER TRIVIA ANSWERS: 1. Francois Borne; Ferrucio Busoni;Vladimir Horowitz; Jeno Hubay; Buxton Orr; Pablo de Sarasate; Franz Waxman. 2. Jean-Baptiste; Etienne-Nicolas; Hans Christian. 3. Saturn. 4. A large trumpet dating from the late Nordic Bronze Age. 5. Vaughan Williams. 6. On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring. 7.Anton. 8. Thomas Alva Edison in 1877. His first recorded words were “Mary had a little lamb.” 56
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