fine music magazine april 2013

April 2013

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YURI BASHMET The cherished Russian violist

SIMON TEDESCHI Psychologist, lawyer, businessman, drunk, comedian and athlete

THE UNSUNG TENOR Kenneth Neate’s Story

THE PIANO MAN Nurturing what’s valuable

300 SING REQUIEMCelebrating Verdi’s anniversary

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When Muscovite Yuri Bashmet turned sixty this year, there was a three-day festival held in his honour. Re-nowned as the most charismatic violist performing today, Bashmet is a beloved figure in his native Russia and around the globe. This month Sydneysiders have the chance to experience the talent of Bashmet and his chamber orchestra - the Moscow Soloists. After stalking the in-demand violist, conductor, TV talent,

promoter and music professor through cyberspace, writer Mark Della-Libera caught up with his quarry in Russia. In the interview that followed, Bashmet talk-ed about returning to Australia and his one off Sydney Opera House concert.For those who have a love of playing the piano, there will be resonance in another of Della-Libera’s articles this month where his passion for the keyboard sings off the page. A particularly quotable line is this one - “Nothing speaks to the soul so universally and with such liquid grace as music…” Della-Libera has not only an emotional attachment to the piano, but his intimate knowledge of the instrument extends beyond the surface to the inner workings and craftsmanship. There is plenty to entertain on the April concert scene including Sydney University Graduate Choir’s Verdi Requiem which celebrates the great man’s 200th anniversary with some 300 singers and 60 musicians. The Sydney Chamber Opera has a somewhat different anniversary offering in mind for the other 2013 bicentenary icon. Their tribute to Richard Wagner, sponsored by the Wagner Society, is Climbing Toward Midnight. The program is based on Wagner’s text for Parsifal but with Jack Symonds’ score of new composition. Complementing upcoming on air programing, conductor Patrick Thomas tells the story of acclaimed Australian tenor, Kenneth Neate, and his belief that the man who won legions of fans throughout Europe was less known in his country of birth than he deserved. In his column, Simon Tedeschi talks about the ‘other’ talents involved with being a successful musician and claims a cocktail of gifts and vices make up the persona of a man who must juggle a myriad of demands.

Happy reading,

Lizzie

CONTENTSVol 40 No 4

4 COVER STORY Mark Della-Libera interviews world renowned Russian violist and conductor, Yuri Bashmet, ahead of his Sydney Opera House concert.

3 Simon Says

7 Meet The ‘Piano Man’

9 Life and Times of Kenneth Neate

11 Young Virtuosi

13 Sydney Sings Verdi’s Requiem

14 What’s On

16 Swinging on the Vine

17 CD Reviews

54 Directors, Committees, Staff

55 Fine Music Friends

56 Crossword and Trivia Quiz

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FINE MUSINGS Over the last few weeks, Fine Music 102.5 drive-time presenter Tom Forrester-Paton has aired listeners’ and Facebook visitors’ favourite driving tunes. TFP was inspired by hit TV show Top Gear which some years ago published viewers’ favourite driving tunes. What emerged were rock classics. Now we’re looking for classical classics!

Here are some of the listener picks of top “Travelling Tunes” which have gone to air - J S Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor; Beethoven Violin Concerto - last movement; Tchaikovsky - 6th Symphony - scherzo; Beethoven, Missa Solemnis - Gloria; H C Lumbye, The Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop; Dick Gaughan - Randers Hopsa/Scojun Waltz; and even….Flanders & Swann - A Transport of Delight.

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Ross Hayes: Beethoven String quartet in F minor, op 95, Quartetto serioso - first movement. It is the perfect expression of how people feel when driving - pent up frustration followed by release and the whole movement has a wonderful driving force.

James Hunter: Schubert’s Grand March No 3 (D819). Great for driving, especially in the rain....matches the beat of my windscreen wipers perfectly.

Debbie Scholem: Palladio by Karl Jenkins. A great catchy melody, rhythmic pulse in spades and a wonderful feeling of ‘going somewhere exciting and adventurous’ even if you’re stuck in traffic!

Peter Kurti: Robert Schumann: Arabesque In C, op 18. A lyrical solo piano piece for crossing the Harbour Bridge: it helps me keep my cool while everyone else is losing theirs.

Simon Moore: Mozart Symphony no 40 - first movement (especially the performance by the Australian Chamber Orchestra). There is nothing like zooming along with the roof down with this blaring out of the speakers. It sweeps, it soars, and the tempo is just right… but I have to be careful I don’t start speeding…

Andrew Dziedzic: Paul Dyer with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra - Handel’s op 6 concerti grossi. As I write, I am driving between Byron and the Gold Coast and I can’t think of anything better to keep you bouncing up and down as you drive. Happy to be alive!

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Piano playing. It’s been the cornerstone of my life, the force that pushes blood through my veins. I don’t know anything else, except for writing, and even writing is infused with a harmonic rhythm that is deeply musical. If I write well, there’s always music there. But, at age five, had I known what I know now, I might have developed a passing familiarity with some other intellectual disciplines.

It only took me a few years to work out that being a musician was anything but a tunnel visioned pursuit. In order to survive - and in Australia, music is a game of survival - I had to become a psychologist, a lawyer, a businessman, a drunk, a comedian and an athlete. Well, maybe the last one is putting it a little too finely, but you get the idea. Below is my attempt to extrapolate all of these roles that have become second nature to me.

PsychologistIt’s the Sydney Eisteddfod in 1992 and I’m about to perform for the Open Mozart. How should I prepare myself? I look at the gaggle of henpecked prodigies around me and instinctively I know I have to play to my strengths. I’m musical, there’s no doubt about that. Who’s the adjudicator? Oh rats, it’s that Russian lady again. She likes Mozart that sounds like Busoni. That means I’m at a tremendous disadvantage because Joanne (playing directly after me) has fingers like a meat tray at the Campsie RSL. My teacher is sitting next to me. She’s silent. Is she worried or is she just listening? I’d better warm up. Luckily I’ve brought my spotted blue bow tie, because this adjudicator likes dressing up. The elderly lady calls out my number. It’s my turn. Control yourself, Tedeschi.

LawyerHi Simon, it’s ____ here. Sorry to write to you through your website, but I don’t have your email address or your mobile. Anyways, the reason I am writing is because I’m wondering if you’d be free to perform at the home of ____. You may have heard of her, she’s the Kellogg’s heiress. She’s very rarely in Sydney, and she’s a huge fan. We’re wondering whether you’d be able to do a very special once (or twice) off performance for her family foundation. Unfortunately, we wouldn’t be able to offer a fee in this instance, however we know that you performed the Goldstein Variations in 1998 so we figured that it would be in your fingers still. Anyways, we’ve already put out advertising - we assumed you wouldn’t mind. We just can’t wait to meet you - you’re our favourite violinist.

P.S. We don’t want to deal with your manager, if that’s OK.

BusinessmanIt’s a buyer’s market, ladies and gentleman. A New York agent once told me that if an orchestra called him to put forward a soloist playing Tchaikovsky 1, he could think of 1000 people to fit the bill. Of course, the quality of said soloists was of secondary consideration, but you get the picture. How can I, as a musician - in a country of 20-20 cricket, Jackie O and a relatively punitive tax system - be competitive enough to get work over my competitors? What do I have to offer, without resorting to gimmicks? How can I deliver what I feel is a fresh take on Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms without compromising my artistic integrity in order to infiltrate the sidelined marketplace of high arts in Australia?

DrunkIt’s 1997, I’m 16 years old, it’s the Opera House, and an important Australian dignitary just offered me some Schnapps. I quaff it down like a starving dingo. ‘Nuff said.

ComedianI’m out of my comfort zone. This is not Sydney Town Hall, City Recital Hall or Iwaki auditorium. This is Blue Beat at Double Bay, a new venue that Sydney has been crying out for for years. Finally, somewhere great jazzers can do what they do best, which is swing. And you’d better believe it - if I wear a shirt like Alfred

Simon says: PIANO PLAYING - THE CORNERSTONE OF MY LIFE

Brendel here, I’ll end up with a fee that looks like the square root of Pi. As I gawk out into the audience, I see a veritable smattering of what federal politicians call a ‘cross section’ of the Australian community. No kids, however, so I can be a bit rude. What’s my next piece? Ah yes, Chopin (they wanted some classical). What can I say about Chopin? He was born in a town called Zelazowa Wola. There’s gotta be something there. Quick, think Tedeschi. OK, got one. Zelazowa Wola is Polish for treacle. It gets a small titter. Better than nothing.

AthleteI’m performing Chopin Piano Concerto no. 1 and I’m sitting through one of those five minute orchestral tuttis that seem to stretch into eternity. I’ve practised so hard, internalised every micro movement of every stroke, that my body - totally in sync with my mind - knows just when I have to economise. Chopin always taught that the arm has to follow the hand in the most technically demanding of passages. Who better to learn from than the master himself? I’ve been going to the gym for months now, concentrating especially on upper body conditioning without getting too bulky. I need flexibility and dexterity, like a ballet dancer. I need to be lithe but not mechanical, strong but not cumbersome. Everything hinges upon this moment. Ah, here we are - the 2/5/1 progression. It’s my turn. Sing, Tedeschi, sing - coax that sound from the piano like the most indelible love. - Simon Tedeschi

To survive I had to become a psychologist, lawyer, businessman,

drunk, comedian and athlete.

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Simon Tedeschi


VIOLA RENAISSANCE MAN:YURI ABRAMOVICH BASHMET

The eminence surrounding the name Yuri Bashmet is hard to miss. He’s just had his sixtieth birthday; Moscow held a three-day festival in his honour. He will be the host country’s Ambassador of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia next year. He is an honorary professor at Moscow State University, an honorary member of London’s Royal Academy of Music, an honorary citizen of Bulgaria. He has amassed state honours in Italy, Germany, France, Ukraine, Lithuania, and has a field of awards from Russia. He is the patron of festivals in Moscow, Yaroslavl, Minsk and the Island of Elba - together they incorporate everything from classical music and ballet to cinema, theatre and food. He is the principal conductor for the state symphony orchestra, New Russia, and the competition that bears his name bestows substantial prize money and prestige. He founded the Moscow Soloists, a chamber orchestra comprising the brightest stars of the Moscow Conservatory, with whom he won the 2008 Grammy award for best performance by a small ensemble. And, so on and, so on.

At home, his influence is enormous..“ “

The backbone of his accolade is virtuosity of the bowed string. He is one of a handful credited with delivering the viola to renaissance; he is an immensely talented violinist, a prominent conductor, a patron of creative influence. His career was established in the 1970s when he emerged from the Moscow Conservatory to win Munich’s ARD International Music Competition and tour Germany with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Through that decade and the next, he blossomed as a soloist, touring often and expanding his presence beyond Europe, both eastward and westward, building momentum on the back of milestones like giving the first ever solo viola recital at New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Barbican and a string of other high profile venues. At home, his influence is enormous. A fierce, if sometimes strained, nationalism anchors him to the institutions of a state that celebrates him with airtime on state television, with a formidable array of prestigious posts and with the promise of a legacy that will reach far into the future.

Bashmet has faced some unique challenges…“ “

As a violist, Bashmet has faced some unique challenges. It’s a notoriously non-standard instrument, for one thing, a favourite of designers with an appetite for experimenting. The middle child of the violoncello family, it

is small enough to be played at the shoulder but large enough that it requires considerable extra reach and a deep bowing technique to bring out the subtle warmth of its tenor. It is less agile than the violin, less robust than the cello; less recognised as an instrument that lends itself to technical virtuosity - and so it has been a perennial accompanist. The repertoire celebrating the viola as a solo instrument is thin: for centuries, both its bigger and smaller siblings have attracted vastly more composers and players. It has not been without its advocates - Haydn and Berlioz, Tertis and of course Paganini have done much to keep the viola from shrinking into irrelevance - but the modern resurgence of interest is largely thanks to Bashmet, for whom more than fifty-five new pieces have been written, close to two for each year of his career. The canon that his students’ students will inherit is a great deal bigger than it was just forty years ago.

Bashmet has played the same instrument, a 1758 Testore that he bought when he was in his second year at the Conservatory, for his whole career. It has toured with him across the globe and while it’s not the only instrument he’ll play, it is his constant companion with its own impressive pedigree. He must have developed a deeply personal relationship with it - or is it just that he knows it so closely, that its body and its voice resonate with his own musical inclinations?

I believe that I get a magic bridge between me and my viola. I have performed rarely on much better instruments, like Guarneri or Stradivarius, but I feel that me and my instrument are an ideal union. I am also playing with the same bow for forty years and

I have other very expensive, good bows in my case, but I feel most comfortable with that one – the simplest German factory bow!

Bashmet combines a commitment to rigorous

education with an openness to genius from beyond the

classical world..

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Today, he spends as much time with the baton as with the bow, casting a long shadow as a conductor known for boldness and innovation. In 1991 he reformed the Moscow Soloists (an earlier incarnation dissolved when several of its members defected to Montpellier to escape the perestroika). Now touring for their twenty-first birthday, the Soloists are a chamber orchestra comprising members of the Moscow Conservatory, with which Bashmet maintains a close relationship. He combines a commitment to rigorous education with an openness to genius from beyond the classical world, bringing together a lionised tradition with the passion of experimentation and creative novelty. It’s from this perspective that he drives the growth of his patrimony, encouraging not only the rediscovery of older works, but the adoption of new additions to the string repertoire as they appear.

The duality between Bashmet’s roles as player and conductor hasn’t always been easy to manage. For some years he resisted giving priority to either and instead found himself vacillating, enjoying the deeper satisfaction in breaking new ground alone on centre stage and in leading teams of young performers to new

Yuri Bashmet


musical insight and new audiences. While he still regularly premieres new works as a player, his profile as a conductor has taken great strides in the last twenty years with the enduring success of the Moscow Soloists, a decade at the helm of New Russia and performances with orchestras from Leipzig to Beijing. He seems to have put the worst of the struggle behind him, finding the balance that had eluded him for so long by side stepping the distinction altogether and focusing on the beating heart of the whole endeavour - the music.

You need to like what you are doing in the moment on stage more than something else, because you need to be honest with yourself, with the audience and with music. Everybody will feel if you are not honest and the concert will be dead. I am not sharing now these subjects inside of me – conducting and playing. It is only music which I am interested in.

He is engaged with the music he loves on stage and off…“ “

In whatever forms that might take. Between his competition, festival patronages and many master classes in Russia and across Europe, Bashmet is engaged with the music he loves full time, on stage and off. He has come to understand himself as more than a player, more than a conductor and pedagogue: more and more, he is a genuine father figure for Russian musical culture, and a truly global musical identity.

As his reach has grown, his heavy touring schedule (he is often away for four months a year) has seen him performing more frequently in our part of the world. His reputation in Japan and Singapore is already well-established and increasingly he is finding new opportunities in China, where classical music is blossoming in step with the nascent bourgeoisie. Like Bashmet, China has a synergistic approach to music, blending western classicism with the tropes of a musical culture that stretches back five millennia. The feedback is something Bashmet finds invigorating, helping to delineate and highlight those elements that can sometimes be lost in the familiarity of the context and the enormity of its heritage.

I think we have no cultural borders anymore, and cultures of different countries are assimilating the most interesting things from other cultures.

There is an implicit optimism colouring much of Bashmet’s vision. The growing repertoire, the interest from audiences and the eloquence of young players all point to a flourishing future for

the viola, and while it seems unlikely to ever usurp the prominence of its siblings, it continues to grow into the consciousness of musicians and the public alike. It has never enjoyed more exposure than it does right now, in large part thanks to Bashmet’s lifelong commitment and his prodigious, and still very active, career, and the renewed enthusiasm promises to usher the dearth of virtuosity and material to history once and for all.

Bashmet will be in Australia in May, playing the Sydney Opera House with the Moscow Soloists. The sweeping program takes in Grieg, Bruch, Mozart, Paganini and Tchaikovsky; it encompasses moving sombreness, liveliness, triumph and deep romance. It is a varied and sweetly rounded bill, with scope for both the craftsmanship and the narrative passion that have always illuminated Bashmet’s presence, and the seasoned accomplishment of the Soloists.

For all the cachet that accompanies his name, Bashmet speaks with a simple passion that leaves no doubt as to his motivation. It was love of music that had him drawing crowds with electric guitar covers of Beatles’ songs in Lviv, love of music that steered him to the viola, love of music that determined what

pieces he would share with his orchestras. We asked him if there was anything he wanted to say to his Australian audience before he arrives, and his response shows a youthful enthusiasm, unsullied by the weight of success. Fitting word to close:

I am happy to come back in Australia after big pause. I am looking forward to sharing my music from the heart with you! -Mark Della-Libera

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Program: Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40Bruch: Kol nidrei for viola and strings, Op. 47Mozart: Divertimento No. 1 in D Major K 136Paganini: Concertino in A Minor for viola and stringsTchaikovsky: Serenade for strings in C Major, Op.48

Yuri Bashmet


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Mark Della-Libera’s passion for music sings through his writing. A one-time musicology student, Della-Libera has taken his love of piano into a career as Kawai Australia’s product manager for digital pianos, where he spends his days at the forefront of piano technology, lending his expertise to the global research and development team, and working with some of the finest musicians playing today. When he’s not at the piano, Della-Libera can usually be found at the other kind of keyboard, writing fiction and non-fiction, essays and articles and many, many letters. Learning to play the piano well is as challenging mentally as it is physically. You pile hour upon hour of practice, year after year, through endless crushing failures and the brief ecstasies of success, until your fingertips come to know the shapes of the keys and the distance between intervals, and your feet come to know the pressure pushing back at every moment of every pedal with a familiarity - an intimacy - that goes beyond second nature. It becomes natural. Legs and spine and arms and brain all work together to tease rich nuance out of the piano’s voice; the silk in the overtones and the warm cascades of resonance that swim through the sound. It’s magical, that first time you feel

the music with your whole body, there’s no sensation quite like it.

Because, unlike purely technical endeavours, music - and anything creative really - is defined by a whole other element, something well beyond the scope of the technique itself: its beauty, its song, and all the mathematics and the precision and dexterity in the world can’t compensate if that’s missing. It’s where the magic comes from. It’s what makes music so fundamental to human nature that it shows up in every culture across the globe, as far back as our histories can illuminate, and almost certainly much farther back than that. It’s the reason we would want to expose ourselves and our children to this enormous, daunting instrument and start humbly tinkling out Für Elise in the first place.

The right piano can elicit the most divine subtleties of tone and character and narrative..

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I have a Shigeru Kawai SK3, and my only regret is my partner’s insistence that I not remove an interior wall - which is only the tiniest bit structurally significant - to accommodate a larger model. It is a very good piano, laughing off my most ferocious fortissimo, challenging

me to become stronger, better, faster and more in tune with the song inside. The right tool - the right piano - is not only capable of helping refine the player’s technique, it can elicit the most divine subtleties of tone and character and narrative, seduce the ear and the heart to explore new directions, turn the prosaic manual skill you’ve spent a lifetime cultivating to drawing out that most precious of expressions: the heat that gives life to music - and music to life.

Nothing speaks to the soul so universally and with such liquid

grace as music…

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It’s an investment like no other. And it’s worth taking care of. More than one of my teachers made the comparison between a fine piano and a sports car, stressing the need for skilled hands to maintain its chassis and its engine and its shell, its bones and body and voice, putting me at the wheel of a high performance machine, pumped and primed and ready to spring at my command. Putting in my hands the responsibility of nurturing what was valuable, something that even uncommonly sensitive young men, unprompted, seem not to realise until much later in life.

It’s a lesson I’ve always been glad to have learned. The SK3 gets tuned and regulated twice a year without fail, more if the weather is very inconsistent, and voiced at the first hint of bodilessness. It lives in its own room, impressed forever now with memories of Debussy and Chopin and Strauss, of earnest passion flowing unbridled from the heart out to the fingers, through the strings and across the soundboard, and into the ears of smiling friends I’ve known for half a lifetime.

I love my piano. Partly because it’s a handmade work of art, but mostly I love it because of what it can show me about myself. Nothing speaks to the soul so universally and with such liquid grace as music, and without the right instrument to bring it all to life beneath my fingers, I would never have come to know the sound of my soul’s song - and that has been one of life’s most profound joys. - Mark Della-Libera

Mark Della-Libera

THE PIANO MAN NURTURING WHAT’S VALUABLE

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A GREAT AUSTRALIAN TENOR

KENNETH NEATE – ‘THE SINGING POLICEMAN’

On Fine Music 102.5 this month, conductor Patrick Thomas MBE presents Kenneth Neate in recital. As a prelude to these two programs, Thomas provides a fascinating glimpse into the life of a brilliant and world class tenor.

Even taking into account our well-known ‘cultural cringe’, the amazing story of internationally acclaimed Australian tenor, Kenneth Neate, seems lesser known than it should be. After all, his fine voice won legions of fans throughout Europe.

Born in Cessnock, New South Wales in 1914, he later moved to Sydney, where he had piano and singing lessons both there and in Newcastle, from Lionello Cecil and Kezie Frazer. Having joined the NSW Police Force, he was soon co-opted as a member of its Choir, becoming known as “The Singing Policeman”. At that time, the Police Choir was highly regarded in Sydney and, because of Neate’s prodigious vocal talent, the Police Force actually paid for his lessons. As with so many other young aspiring Aussie singers, Neate was fired up by recordings of international singing stars of that era, such as the famous tenors, the great Enrico Caruso and Ireland’s John McCormack, as well as Australia’s much-loved soprano, Dame Nellie Melba and the popular ballad-singing bass baritone, Peter Dawson.

Neate left our shores to pursue fame and fortune.“ “

Having decided where his career path lay, it wasn’t long before Neate left our shores, heading overseas to pursue fame and fortune as a singer.

When the celebrated Australian baritone, John Brownlee, heard the young Neate he instantly recognised his immense potential, and things began to move forward. Most impressed also was the legendary German-born soprano, Lotte Lehmann, who introduced him to the great conductor Bruno Walter who, having auditioned him in Los Angeles, engaged him as Tamino’s understudy in the Met’s production of The Magic Flute in December 1941. When unexpectedly, the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbour prevented his planned return to Australia, Neate went north to Canada and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Later, in London, it was probably his first international broadcast for the BBC in 1945, celebrating the armistice, that helped kick-start his career in Europe. At that stage, as an Australian ex-patriot, he was still a Flying Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Returning to Canada to be demobbed, he heard that Covent Garden was holding auditions at the ‘Met’ and went there immediately. Having sung Don Jose at Covent Garden in its first post war season, he remained one of its major artists for many years. One notable success occurred in 1959, when, at short notice, he was summoned to sing Edgardo opposite the young Australian coloratura, Joan Sutherland, during her famous debut performance at Covent Garden in Lucia di Lammermoor.

Undertaking intensive study in France, Italy and Germany, he became progressively noticed during the 1950s by European opera managements and, over time, ‘trod the boards’ in several great opera houses in partnership with many of the world’s foremost singers.

In England, apart from his work at Covent Garden, among his impressive list of ‘firsts’ were the BBC’s initial live telecasts of Boheme and Butterfly; and also the first TV film for Radiotelevisione Italiana in 1956, when he sang the role of Dick Johnson in Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West.

…his fine voice won legions of fans throughout Europe. “ “

Later still, he became the second Australian to sing an important role at Bayreuth when, in 1963, he was cast as Loge in Das Rheingold. Many returns to the Bayreuth stage followed over the years. It needs be said that apart from his world class voice, Neate was not averse to study and hard work. Indeed, those who knew him admired his dedication and single-minded commitment to developing his vocal gifts, stage technique and linguistic skills. With these elements uppermost, he studied with a number of Europe’s finest coaches and mentors, so that the natural quality of his voice and his excellent technique placed him within the elite group of singers who appeared regularly in the top ‘houses’ of many countries.

As these two “Neate in Recital” programs develop we’ll discover more about this charismatic and brilliant tenor who, apart from his stellar performing career, produced operas and taught many talented students. Neate, who left Australia in the 1940s, spent virtually the rest of his life in Europe and became a much sought-after principal tenor. In addition to his extensive opera and concert commitments overseas, Neate returned for several ABC concert tours of his homeland. He died in his much-loved Munich in 1997 with a legacy and reputation as one of our greatest musical exports.

The performances we hear in these two programs come from a 1956 LP recording that was re-mastered and re-released just after Neate’s death in 1997. Its wide diversity of major roles in operas by composers such as Verdi, Rossini, Mascagni, Bellini and Puccini, leave one in no doubt as to this singer’s quality, power, and interpretative mastery across the virtuoso operatic tenor repertoire, from the lyric to the heavily dramatic. - Patrick Thomas

Kenneth Neate in Recital, 1pm Tuesday 9 and Tuesday 16 April

Neate as “Raoul” in Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots

Neate – Royal Canadian Air Force

…one of our greatest musical exports.“ “


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PAVLE CAJIC - PIANIST Eighteen-year-old Pavle Cajic started playing the piano when he was five years old and gave his first public performance two years later. At age 12 he was accepted into the Sydney Conservatorium of Music High School. He took part in the Ku-ring-gai Concerto Competition three times from 2009 to 2011 as well as participating in local eisteddfodau, winning first prizes and commendations. In 2011 he won the school’s CHAOS soloists’ competition playing Liszt’s second Ballade. The prize was a recording session with Fine Music 102.5. The same year he

was awarded the Licentiate of Music Diploma, LMusA. In 2012 he was accepted into the prestigious Casalmaggiore International Music Festival in Italy. Cajic also enjoys composing and arranging; recently his composition for soprano and orchestra was performed by the Conservatorium High School. This year he was offered a scholarship to study piano performance at the Conservatorium of Music, an undertaking he plans to pursue alongside physics studies at Sydney University.

Young Virtuosi YOUNG PERFORMER 2013 SEMI FINALISTS

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Evening Series – Three Sentiments Friday 2 August, 8:00pm, Townsville Civic Theatre

Concert Conversations with Piers Lane 6Saturday 3 August, 10:00am, Townsville Civic Theatre, C2

Festival FarewellSaturday 3 August, 8:00pm, Townsville Civic Theatre


Package includes 3 nights accommodation at your choice of partner hotels, plus a ticket to our three most popular events:

Opening Night – The Masked Ball Friday 26 July, 8:00pm, Townsville Civic TheatreConcert Conversations with Piers Lane 1

Saturday 27 July, 10:00am, Townsville Civic Theatre, C2Governor’s Gala – Liebestod

Saturday 27 July, 8:00pm, Townsville Civic TheatreAdd in a ticket to the sell-out Chefs in the North dinner, a four course five-star

black tie dinner on the lawns of Jupiters Townsville, for just $280 more.


An idyllic getaway combining a little chamber music with a lot of winter warmth. Includes four nights accommodation, Governor’s Gala

and the sell-out beach concert on Magnetic Island.

Governor’s Gala – LiebestodSaturday 27 July, 8:00pm, Townsville Civic Theatre

Music on Magnetic – Radical BayTuesday 31 July, 2:00pm, Depart Breakwater Ferry Terminal


A perfect introduction to chamber music, includes 3 nights accommodation and three Ray Golding Sunset Series concerts

Ray Golding Sunset Series – Bach by Candlelight 1 Wednesday 31 July, 5:30pm, Townsville Civic Theatre

Ray Golding Sunset Series - Strings + one! Thursday 1 August, 5:30pm, St Joseph’s ChurchRay Golding Sunset Series - Schubertiade Friday 2 August, 5:30pm, Townsville Civic Theatre


The Australian Festival of Chamber Music brings you 10 days of leading international musicians and unique programming in a seductive tropical North Queensland setting. Join Artistic Director Piers Lane and a superb line-up of artists that includes Michael Collins, Joe Chindamo, Giovanni Guzzo, Nicholas Daniel, Neal Perez da Costa, Zuill Bailey, Ksenija Siderova and more.Attend one, ten or all thirty concerts and special events that make up this wonderful festival. Be entertained by the personalities at Concert Conversations, the delights of a Ray Golding Sunset Series concert and the magic of a Magnetic Island beach concert.

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JEREMY WOODSIDE – ORGANIST New Zealand-born Jeremy Woodside began his musical career at age four with piano lessons and at age 10 began studying the organ. In 2009 he was made a Fellow of Trinity College London in Organ Performance. Woodside had gained his Licentiate with distinction from Trinity in 2005. The recipient of various organ scholarships, he recently graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree with First Class Honours from the University of Canterbury and is currently studying towards a Masters in Organ Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.In 2007 Woodside was Junior Organ Scholar at

Wells Cathedral in England where a number of his compositions were premiered. That year he was also accompanist for the very successful Christ’s College Chapel Choir European Tour. Following the New Zealand earthquake of 2011 Woodside directed the Cathedral Choir for the National Memorial Service in Hagley Park, Christchurch, performing for some 85,000 people. Twenty-three-year-old Woodside has released three solo CDs on the cathedral organ and various choral pieces of his are soon to be published by the RSCM.

THE COLLABORATORS

David Howie: Gerald Moore’s bible for accompanists “Am I Too Loud?” published in 1962, brought to the fore many of the plights of the accompanist at that time. His pianistic skills, impeccable musicianship and artistry spoke more than his words did, but unfortunately the general persona of the accompanist hasn’t really changed that much over the last 60 years.We are still considered by many to be second rate pianists who weren’t good enough to be soloists and viewed as the background fill that you have to have for the instrumentalist or vocalist to shine out. People still don’t understand that you would prefer to be named as “Associate Artist” or “Pianist” on a program rather than “Accompanist”, or even not being mentioned at all!Not so long ago, back in the 80s when you recorded for radio broadcasts for the ABC, you were separated by a screen from the soloist, so they could jig the balance. Invariably when you heard the broadcast you would find that you had been turned down so that the “soloist” would obviously stand out in exaggerated prominence, today this thankfully has changed!The skills required to be a good accompanist are many. Foremost you need to be an accomplished pianist, not a “second rate “ one, you need to be able to read not just your own

part, but the parts of your associate artist/artists at the same time as navigating the gymnastics at the keyboard. You need to be able to control balance and colour changes with your partner, be able to cover up any wrong entries or hiccups that may occur out of the blue, without the audience knowing, because if something sounds wrong it’s always the accompanist at fault, never the soloist! You need to be a good sight reader and be able to learn things very quickly. How often do you get a call from someone 24 hours before a concert saying their accompanist was bitten by a dog and had to pull out, “can you do it?”, “what is the piece?”,”………….”, “never heard of it, what’s the piano part like?”, ”oh, easy”, meaning they haven’t even looked at it! Being able to know how to work with the many different egos and human oddities that you bump into is also a helpful and important skill, you must not have an ego or even your own opinion sometimes!The truth about living as an accompanist, is that the rich and varied repertoire you learn, collaborating with wonderful instrumentalists and vocalists, making music together, far outweigh the plights and misconceptions those of our ilk are still striving to readdress.The motto from our Accompanists’ Guild of NSW makes a good finale to this little missive, “Fidelitas Comes Veraque”, Fidelity and True Partnership.

YOUNG VIRTUOSI BROADCASTS

1pm Wednesday 10 April - Pavle Cajic 1pm Wednesday 24 April - Jeremy Woodside

Presenter - Andrew Bukenya. Audio Engineer - Greg Ghavalas. Piano tuning - Ron Overs, Overs Piano’s.

Recordings for the Young Performers Award series took place at St Catherine’s School Waverley with the pipe organ performances recorded at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Coordinator - Judy Deacon [email protected]

David Howie


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SUN MAY 5 AT 1PM

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SYDNEY SINGS..…..VERDI REQUIEMA SOUL STIRRING CONCERT

A dramatic rollercoaster of musical expression will be brought to life this month when the Sydney University Graduate Choir presents “Sydney Sings … Verdi Requiem”. With music director Christopher Bowen OAM at the helm, it promises to be a soul stirring concert. A requiem is a mass for the dead, but if you expect a sombre afternoon, be warned! The Verdi Requiem is a journey of visceral emotion - the frightening, thrilling heights of Dies Irae, a stirring call to judgment in Tuba Mirum, the exultant, uplifting Sanctus, and the hopefulness of Libera Me – all of which leave its audience both exhilarated and inspired. Bowen leads an army of some 300 singers and over 60 musicians in this spectacular afternoon which commemorates Verdi’s 200th anniversary. It is the first concert of the year for the Choir and marks a dramatic start to the season. Performed in the magnificently renovated Centennial Hall of the Sydney Town Hall, it is not only the music that is exciting. The format of the performance presents its own challenges. The Sydney University Graduate Choir will be expanded by the addition of a 200 member guest choir, and this in itself will surely add electricity to the stage for this demanding work. Bringing everyone together - choristers, soloists and orchestra - will require intense concentration by all, not least by the conductor himself. However this doesn’t faze Bowen. In fact, it’s now familiar territory. Having conducted a number of performances in a similar format, including the

highly successful Sydney Sings Messiah with some 500 singers, most of whom are a guest choir, he is well versed in blending all elements seamlessly to deliver a quality performance.

Anna Dowsley: I can’t wait to have the powerful orchestra and

choir behind me…

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Among its outstanding soloists, the Choir welcomes the mezzo, Anna Dowsley, who was highly commended in the 2012 Joan Carden Award, an award sponsored by the Graduate Choir for a young singer. Dowsley went on to win a large number of scholarships, among them the richest prizes for singers in Australia, which took her to the United States.This talented young woman, who takes inspiration from Anne Sofie von Otter, Susan Graham and Joyce di Donato, says “I can’t wait to have the powerful orchestra and choir behind me – it gives incredible poise and heightens your energy”.Joining Dowsley are three soloists who have years of experience on local and international operatic stages. Russian born bass Gennadi Dubinsky and Australian tenor Jason Wasley are members of Opera Australia and have between them performed with many significant companies including Victorian Opera, Opera Queensland, British Youth Opera, National Opera Studio (UK), State Theatre of Operetta and Moscow State Concert. Australian born

soprano Celeste Lazarenko returned to Australia in 2011 after several years abroad where she worked extensively with the English National Opera and performed in Asia, Europe and the US.

An extraordinary line up of expertise….guaranteed to do

justice to Verdi’s Requiem

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The Sydney University Graduate Choir celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2012 and is one of the most highly regarded choral organisations in Australia. Bowen has directed the Choir for 20 years and is known for his contributions to Australian classical music, both as a conductor and as a composer whose works and arrangements have been broadcast and performed to much acclaim. An Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney, Bowen received an Order of Australia Medal for his services to music in 2009.This much anticipated Requiem concert showcases an extraordinary line up of expertise that is guaranteed to do justice to the beauty and complexity of Verdi’s Requiem in his anniversary year. - Jacqui Dropulic

Sydney Sings..…Verdi RequiemSunday 28 April 3.00pmSydney Town Hall, SydneyTickets - 9351 7940 www.ticketmaster.com.au

Sydney University Graduate Choir. Photo - Tibor Morvay


What’s On

CHORAL VERDI’S REQUIEMSunday 28 April 3pm Sydney Town Hall, SydneyTickets: $20-$40 Bookings: 9351 7940 www.seymourcentre.comObserving the bicentenary of the birth of the great Italian composer, Giuseppe Verdi, the Sydney University Graduate Choir, along with guests and Orchestra, opens its 2013

subscription season with a performance of his choral masterpiece, the Messa da Requiem. Verdi composed Requiem when in his late 50s, shortly after Aida - his most popular opera. In what may well the biggest concert staged by SUGC, the Choir will comprise some 300 singers in a community event similar to the hugely popular “Sydney Sings Messiah” concerts. Music director Christopher Bowen will conduct the Sydney University Graduate Choir, guests and Orchestra.

CHAMBER SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA CHAMBER SINGERS REMEMBER MEFriday 26 April 7pm The Concourse, 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood Bookings: 1300 795 012Saturday 27 April 2pm Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, 597 High St, PenrithBookings: 4723 7600Sunday 28 April 5pm City Recital Hall, Angel Place, SydneyBookings: 8256 2222/1300 797 118Tickets: $36.50-$94.50 www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.auConducted by Brett Weymark, Remember Me features the Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers with - Fiona Campbell, Anna Fraser, Penelope Mills, Richard Butler, Tobias Cole and Alexander Knight with a period instrument ensemble. At the end of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, a queen mourns loss of life and love - ‘When I am laid in earth’. It’s a soul-searing lament, with its haunting refrain, ‘remember me’. In this program we remember the genius of Purcell, and of Britten who was so inspired by the powerful music of his predecessor. Another thread runs through this program - the symbolism of flowers, so prevalent in English courtly life. This theme is reflected in Britten’s Five Flower Songs and Mealor’s Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal.

CHAMBER AUSTRALIA ENSEMBLE CONCERT 2Saturday 20 April 8pm Sir John Clancy Auditorium University of NSW 2 High St, RandwickTickets: $17-$47 Bookings: 9385 4874 www.ae.unsw.edu.au/boxOffice

The Czech composer Josef Suk married Dvorák’s daughter Otilie, and so in this concert it transpires that a composing son-in-law and his composing father-in-law begin and end this Australia Ensemble program. That family connection is less important than the fact that both composers declare in their very individual ways a profound love of the irresistible spirit of Czech musical and dance traditions. Dance and its instrumental distillations are key elements in this program. Ross Edwards communicates his audible pleasure in the kind of danceable impulse conjured up by offbeat accents and lilting syncopations. The Polish Witold Lutoslawski, one of the masters of 20th century music, draws on his own national inheritance in his superlatively crafted Dance Preludes. Guest artists are Huw Jones, oboe; Robert Johnson, horn; Andrew Barnes, bassoon and Kees Boersma, double bass. (Picture - Dimity Hall)

CHAMBER SYDNEY OMEGA ENSEMBLE OMEGA SOLOISTSSunday 21 April 3pm Sydney Opera House, Utzon RoomTickets: $45-$65 Bookings: 9250 7777 www.sydneyomegaensemble.com

The Sydney Omega Ensemble presents the first of its Omega Soloists concerts. The new format presents works which specifically feature various instruments within the Ensemble. This opening concert showcases a work where the flute and piano are put to the test with Prokofiev’s charming and virtuosic Flute Sonata. One of the best-known compositions in the violin repertoire is Franck’s Sonata in A major, which was composed as a wedding gift to violinist, and friend of the composer, Eugène Ysaÿe. The Ensemble also premieres a new work by emerging young Australian composer Cyrus Meurant. The concert concludes with the unparalleled Clarinet Quintet by Johannes Brahms. Performers are Lisa Osmialowski (flute), David Rowden (clarinet - pictured), Huy-Nguyen Bui (violin), Airena Nakamura (violin), Ewan Foster (viola), TeijeHylkema (cello), Maria Raspopova (piano).


ORCHESTRAL SYDNEY YOUTH ORCHESTRAConservatorium of Music, Macquarie Street, Sydney Thursday 2 May 7.30pmTickets: $15-50 Bookings: 9251 2422 www.syo.com.auIn this, the Sydney Youth Orchestra’s 40th anniversary series, prepare yourself for a powerful performance of driving, spirited music, including Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Showcasing Australia’s greatest emerging talent, the Sydney Youth Orchestra collaborates with the Canberra Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Max McBrideAs well as this Sydney event the program tours Canberra and the Kangaroo Valley. The concert features heritage Australian composer John Antill’s ballet Corroboree.The Sydney Youth Orchestra was founded as a single orchestra in 1973 by the visionary music educator and conductor, Peter Seymour. Since then it has grown to become a community of over 400 young musicians, aged 7-25, from all over Sydney and beyond.

OPERA CLIMBING TOWARD MIDNIGHTMonday 15, Wednesday 17, Friday 19, Saturday 20 April 7.30pm Parade Playhouse, Parade Theatres 215 Anzac Parade, KensingtonTickets: $30-$60 Enquiries: [email protected] is the bicentenary of Richard Wagner’s birth, and opera companies around the world are performing his towering music dramas to mark the occasion. Sydney Chamber Opera has developed a searching tribute: a living composer’s response to his controversial final work Parsifal. Jack Symonds’ Climbing Toward Midnight is based on Act II of the Wagner, and it explores the aborted romance between the two ill-matched main characters, Parsifal and Kundry. lt uses Wagner’s text. However, Symonds’ intimate chamber score is a totally new composition. Climbing Toward Midnight is a modern parable of obsession and desperation and does not require prior knowledge of Parsifal. Staged by colourful Israeli-Australian director Netta Yashchin, it is a 21st-century reflection on Wagner’s complex legacy. A pre-show talk takes place at 6.45pm. Principal sponsor of this event is the Wagner Society in NSW.

JAZZ CLASSIC JAZZ – RAGTIME & SWING Saturday 20, Sunday 21 April Clubbe Hall, Frensham School, MittagongTickets: $35-$110 (full weekend pass) Bookings: 0438 654 267 www.jbclassicjazz.com.au

This John Buchanan-presented weekend is a celebration of classic jazz - ragtime and swing. It includes special guest, American Marilyn Keller. Her extensive repertoire ranges from the great jazz singers of the 1920s to songs from the Great American Songbook of the 1930s. Over the two days you’ll also hear some of Australia’s finest jazz musicians and great new bands - The Young Northside Big Band and the New Empire Ballroom Ragtime Dance Orchestra. Other highlights include tributes to jazz pioneers Clarence Williams and Johnny Dodds and the wonderful music that came out of Kansas City in the 1920s and 1930s. And, outstanding pianist Kevin Hunt will take you on a musical journey from Bach to Joplin to Jelly Roll and on to the Duke.

JAZZ ALBARE iTD ON TOUR WITH LONG WAYSunday 5 May 8pm Sydney Opera House. StudioTickets: $39-$45 Bookings: 9250 7777 www.sydneyoperahouse.com

Recently returned from his successful international tour, acclaimed jazz guitarist Albare and his band will deliver a mesmerising performance, including tracks from his latest album, Long Way, which has earned him critical praise globally. Discovered by Matthias Winckelmann founder of Enja records, Albare’s Moroccan, Israeli, French and Australian compositions and recordings are poised to be enjoyed globally. Long Way, recorded in New York for Enja, is generating feel good reviews around the world. The popularity of the album stems from the melodic tunes and sticky rhythms performed by guitar virtuoso Albare and the world-class international quartet of drums, piano and bass accompanying him. When it comes to live performances, Albare draws his line ups from a wealth of first class international musicians.

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SWINGING ON THE VINEMELODY IS A MUST

I shudder as I drain the bottle of chilled red. I reach for another with the memory of what in folklore in future years will become known as the revenge of The Voice. The fruit of the red grape is my only salvation as I try to keep at bay the memories which still haunt my dreams in my Hunter Valley hideaway.

The Voice had offered to take me to the movies. With the thought of seeing Django Unchained and revelling in its violence - and maybe even seeing something I could use on the insufferable Clifford - I agreed in my most gentlemanly manner. Why didn’t I say no? The Voice is still gushing to anyone who will listen how good the movie was. For what seemed like an eternity I had sat miserably mute in the theatre as I watched an over hyped production that was too long, tedious more often than not, with one half-decent song and “singing” which left much to be desired. “Les Mis” was well named. I can understand why one English movie critic wrote that she would rather set her hair on fire than see it again. (Seeing the expression on my face Little J looks at me with sympathy. I fill his bowl in appreciation).

But in 2013 what else would you expect; an age where a “pop princess” can dash off a couple of songs in a few hours and be praised for their “content”. I despair about this country which seems to be in the grip of intellectual lethargy. It took George Gershwin, a genius, three weeks to write his 1924 masterpiece Rhapsody In Blue and another 10 days for Ferd Grofe, the composer of The Grand Canyon Suite, to orchestrate it. Trite has replaced melody in an age where extreme weather events are becoming the norm as the planet responds to the rape and pillage of the environment. Slightly out of whack with everything I mutter then laugh at my own joke as I open a third bottle and once again fill Little J’s bowl to slurps of piggy delight.

But I can remember when melody was commonplace, those wonderful early to mid 1950s recordings on the Capitol label by Bobby Hackett with string orchestras under comedian Jackie Gleason’s name. Gleason had little to do with the recordings beyond hiring Hackett and paying for the initial sessions and the arrangers who wrote charts for some of the finest standards, beautiful melodies which were fertile ground for Hackett’s gentle, evocative and understated horn playing.

The contract was for 12 months at a guarantee of $1000 a week, despite Goodman having to take time off because of his back problems. Hackett had always admired Goodman’s musicianship.

He told Jazz Journal: “I’ve always idolised Benny as a musician but I have never heard anything good about him as a person to work with. So let me tell you this - he’s in a class by himself if you happen to care about music. The greatest guy and the greatest musician I have worked with!”

Trombonist Urbie Green and pianist Mel Powell, favourites of Goodman, might agree. There are many musicians who wouldn’t. Goodman was a hard taskmaster, a perfectionist, who during one afternoon rehearsal with his final big band was so dissatisfied with the playing of the intro of one of his favourite charts, Fletcher Henderson’s arrangement of Irving Berlin’s Blues Skies, that they spent the session rehearsing it. And he still was not satisfied!

Goodman’s great powerhouse with Harry James and Gene Krupa is playing in the background. It’s from one of the four legendary Camel Caravan radio broadcasts from Los Angeles which delivered some of the finest swing music ever whether by the orchestra, trio or quartet.

Goodman is introducing Mary Lou Williams swinging opus Roll ‘Em: “You heard what the man said . . ’’ I crawl across the floor to turn up the sound and pass out . . .

- Patrick D Maguire

Hackett’s name has always been a byword for good taste; his solo on Glenn Miller’s A String of Pearls was the best thing on the record. He has always been associated with Bix Beiderbecke. He played I’m Coming Virginia as a tribute to the great cornet player at Benny Goodman’s famous 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. The beautiful clarity of tone and respect for melody is something both Bix and Hackett shared.

But Hackett also admired Louis Armstrong once stating: “There isn’t anything I could play that I didn’t steal from Armstrong years ago.

“Immediately you try to sound like him it doesn’t take very long to find out that he is inimitable. So either you have to find a different way of sounding or give into some other line. Everyone’s looking for a sound of their own and if you come across one I guess you’re lucky.”

Maybe, but Hackett came across a sound of his own and it is instantly recognisable and I don’t think luck had anything to do with it.

We both share the same thoughts on music. It should be pretty; the listener should hear and recognise the melody; real greatness is in simplicity - as Hackett told the English magazine Jazz Journal in 1998: “Simple things are the hardest to play and the easiest to listen to!”

It is interesting to read Hackett’s comments on Goodman with whom he worked on and off from 1962 after signing a contract in October of that year to tour with jazz’s greatest clarinettist.

Bobby Hackett


CD REVIEWS

PATER NOSTER – A CHORAL REFLECTION ON THE LORD’S PRAYERThe King’s SingersNaxos 8.572987

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As you would expect from anything by the King’s Singers this is a very well sung CD. The intonations are wonderful, the harmonies perfect and the style of singing very suitable for the periods selected. There is one problem however - there is too much of one style and not enough of anything else. But then we are talking about church music and I can only conclude that not much has been generated of this genre in the last few decades. Most of the music appears to have been composed during the 16th and 17th centuries and of the 20 composers selected on this CD only six have what you might call modernist tendencies - and one of them, Sir John Tavener, composed in a quasi-baroque style anyway. The inspiration behind this album appears to have been

FELICITY LOTT SINGS MOZART Felicity Lott, soprano London Mozart Players/Jane Glover Decca 480 5672

✶✶✶✶✶There are some albums you just love from the moment the first notes waft from your CD player. This is one of them. It helps too that Dame Felicity Ann Emwhyla Lott, DBE, FRCM has a voice to die for, especially when she sings such outstanding Mozart compositions as Exultate Jubilate and the aria Ruhe sanft mein holdes Leben from the opera Zaide which Mozart abandoned in 1780. Plus when you start researching Dame Felicity you discover she has a sense of humour unusual in one with such talent and sway in the music world.

I mean who else in the classical world would have a CD entitled Call me Flott in which songs by the likes of Benjamin Britten are mixed with songs from Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and others of the ilk of Ivor Novello? And she’s a Dame of the British Empire? Heaven forbid!

Then there’s another album in which she sings French vignettes entitled ‘S’amuse’. Joking aside, however, I feel this is a wonderful example of wonderful singing wonderfully sung by a wonderful singer! Have I convinced you yet? Forget that this is a re-issue of a 1989 recording when Dame Felicity was a svelte 42 years of age (she is now a svelte 65 and still going strong) and 14 years after making her professional debut as Pamina in Mozart’s Magic Flute at the English National Opera. Forget about all

JAZZ SINGERRosemary ClooneyColumbia Legacy CK86883262✶✶✶✶

This fine compilation, put together by her friend Michael Feinstein, shows the classy side of the young Rosemary Clooney who was probably best known for a string of novelty hits in the 1950s when a vocal prisoner of the Mitch Miller corn machine. But when freed from dishing out such lightweight fare as Come On-A My House, Botcha Me, This Ole House and Mambo Italiano which rose high in the charts, she showed she could be a heavyweight with superb recordings of Tenderly and Hey There, the latter selling more than three million copies. In 1995 she won the ASCAP Pied Piper Award, the inscription reading: “Rosemary Clooney: An American treasure and one of the

that. This is a voice to relish and delight, a living treasure. Need I say more? Ahem, I’ve said a Lott, already, already! – Randolph Margri-Overend

best friends a song ever had”. It not only sums up the music on this album, but also shows that behind the lightweight pop tunes lurked a jazz singer. Listen to her swinging effortlessly with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra on It Don’t Mean A Thing or her captivating treatment of Sophisticated Lady. You would be surprised to learn that because of a difficult pregnancy, her vocals were added later. She is at the top of her game with Benny Goodman on an introspective Goodbye with solos by Goodman and trombonist Urbie Green. I’ll Be Around with a jazz group including guitarist Mundell Lowe is another gem. And she’ll be around as long as there is a market for good music. - Kevin Jones

music written glorifying the name of the Lord although the impression given is that all the tracks are variants on the Lord’s Prayer whether sung in English, French or Latin. Only six are - two are the plainsong version (oddly enough, both identical!) and the others include compositions by Igor Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein. The latter’s version was composed as part of his 1971 Mass written for the opening of Washington’s Kennedy Centre. Probably some of the best pieces sung are a set of four compositions based on the prayers of St Francis of Assisi and penned by Francis Poulenc. Admirers of polyphonic church music will love this CD. - RMO


BLUE SILENCE Elena Kats-Chernin: Complete works for string quartet Acacia Quartet Vexations 840 840-1202

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Her moodiness suggests a composer in a constant state of creating the blues, five minutes at a time, yet Kats-Chernin is also committed to keeping optimism alive and well even when her sound is at its gloomiest. The music we hear is witty - a quality not always easy to come by without sounding cynically dismissive. Rather, it is music to make you smile, not wear you down, there is nothing sinister here. Understanding what is here, though, would take something more than there is on this double CD that is not quite a double CD. Matching the excellent CD notes to the actual tracks is a good way to start. The reading experience and the listening experience are hard to keep in sync, but both are important to understanding

why the effects of Kats-Chernin’s music come about. Despite being constructed from so many individual parts, in the end it is the overall effect that endures. Separately there is not a lot of warmth here, but taken together you discover passages of haunting atmosphere easily missed in isolation, and a sense of just how much this composer has to share about the world as she sees it. Room to fit the frightful Charleston Noir in, even as she uses the diary of a superwoman, J. S. Bach’s wife, no less, as the source of a bit of musical scrapbooking. We have heard some of these already, but every time the Acacia Quartet thinks its work is finished, here is another one waiting for their attention. - Phil Vendy

CHAMELEONS OF THE WHITE SHADOW Joseph Tawadros

✶✶✶✶Tantalising in both its energy and its mystery, this CD is a masterwork of eclecticism. The album is heightened by the stunning and thoughtful performances of Béla Fleck (banjo), Richard Bona (electric bass), and Joseph’s brother James (req & bendir) as well as further contributions from virtuosi of the accordion, vibraphone, tuba and Hammond organ. Tawadros describes these musicians as “chameleons – they can adapt to anything!”

The complexity of the Tawadros’ compositions certainly goes a long way to proving this assertion. It is not, perhaps, the complexity

that is so enticing about this album (Tawadros’ tenth, as a matter of fact) but the great accessibility of the music. Tawadros said that he was looking to create music that was not tied to any one ethnicity – and he has achieved that in a thoroughly wonderful manner. Catchy rhythms and jazzy harmonies abound in this compilation; thrown into the cooking-pot of instrumental timbres, they emerge stronger and more invigorating than ever - White Shadow and Chameleon are standouts. And when this is not the case, it only heralds one of the more beautifully haunting themes – Time as Place is an exceptional example.

The concept of the White Shadow itself is summed up by Tawdros as “..a place of fantasy, old legends and fairy tales – the sound they

seek.” Musically, the album does a blissful job of not only painting this world, but drawing you into it - a truly fantastic musical celebration. - Joshua McNulty

SIX FISH: CELEBRATING 25 YEARS Guitar Trek (Timothy Kain, Minh Le Hoang, Daniel McKay and Harold Gretton) Tall Poppies TP221 ✶✶✶✶✶

It is not often that Australian classical guitar music is recorded and it is even less often that music written for guitar quartet/guitar family is captured on disc. Given the seldom-played, seldom-recorded state of this type of music, it is rare to find a CD which not only encapsulates the innovative stylings of contemporary Australian guitar music but is done so with a wonderfully keen sense of style, musical maturity and a sense of intellectual depth that the avid and discriminating listener is constantly seeking.

Six Fish captures the aforementioned qualities superbly; a testament and celebration of the superlatively high standard of not only the modern-day classical guitarist but of the composers without whom such excellent music would have never come

into existence. On this CD are works from highly regarded Australian composers Nigel Westlake, Phillip Houghton, Richard Charlton and Martin Wesley-Smith.

I feel that it is worth mentioning that it is not necessary for the casual listener to feel alienated by the idea of an album made up entirely of contemporary Australian music. The carefully balanced programming ensures a wholly satisfying musical experience throughout as the pieces flow from one to another, showcasing beautifully harmonised melodies interweaved through an acute sense of balance and vibrant colours. This group is definitely one to follow for anyone interested in the spectacularly bright future of Australian guitar music. - Jeffrey Cheah

CD Reviews


NESSUN DORMA – GREAT OPERA ARIAS Singers include Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Kiri te Kanawa, Magdalena Kozená, Renata Tebaldi, Yvonne Kenny, Bryn Terfel and many others ABC 480 7180 – 2CDs

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This ABC 2-CD compilation is superior to the recent rehashes of old titles because it includes up and coming singers of the likes of sopranos Victoria Lambourn, Milica Ilic and tenor Roy Best. All are emerging Australian talent although Roy Best has been around since being one of the three finalists in the Operatunity Oz contest in 2006. This album also includes Fritz Wunderlich singing Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön and Olaf Bär singing Der Vogelfanger bin ich both from Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’, and any record label that includes either in their compilations can’t be all bad. Plus it also has an aria from my old friend, baritone John Pringle singing from Mozart’s (him again?) ‘The Marriage of Figaro’. I

shouldn’t be too cruel -Yvonne Kenny with an aria from Handel’s ‘Julius Caesar’, Marilyn Horne with an aria from Saint-Saens ‘Samson and Delilah’ (can you guess which one?..you’ll have to buy the CD to find out) and Stuart Burrows with another Mozart aria Un’aura amorosa all sing up a storm and deserve to be mentioned. But the supreme accolade goes to Mirella Freni singing Un bel di from Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly’. Here’s a singer who also deserves to be called ‘La Stupenda’ because she can sing all styles of opera and sound convincing. - Randolph Magri-Overend

PASSIONE Andrea Bocelli with guests artists Jennifer Lopez, Nelly Furtado and (believe it or not) Edith Piaf Sugar 3715130

✶✶✶✶This album would make a wonderful Valentine’s Day gift. After all it is more permanent than either a dozen roses or a box of chocklits! Plus it would also save you from buying a card. This is, without a doubt, one of the most romantic CDs currently on sale. With the odd guitar in the background, a solitary tinkling piano and the lush sweeps of soulful strings the music says it all. The mood is light and fluffy and the occasional bossa nova beat gives it an air

of elegant sophistication. Then add the voice of Andrea Bocelli and what more would you want? Oh yes, a candle on the grand piano and a single malt. Bliss! Do I hear a cacophony of yearning sighs? A prominent Alexander Technique teacher once confided in me that the purity of Bocelli’s voice emanated from the fact that he was blind. Because of that he had never copied the mannerisms of contemporary singers whose physical reactions to certain words or moods hindered the clarity of their voices. Most of the songs here are sung either in Italian or Spanish. Bliss! And through the miracle of technology he even sings a duet with Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose and his final effort is a rendition of Love Me Tender which was penned, composed and, of

course, sung by Elvis Presley. I knew he sang it but was unaware of his composing and poetic talents. Who said that ignorance was bliss! - RMO

SOUVENIRS Diana Doherty, oboe Sinfonia Australis/Mark Summerbell ABC 481 0116

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I remember when this album first came out in 2003. I bought it almost immediately and have never regretted it. Since then the CD has travelled well and I have used its contents for many of my programs. I have played many of the tracks and favourites have included Bendetto Marcello’s Adagio from his Concerto in D minor, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise (arranged for oboe by Fine Music presenter Julie Simonds, Doherty makes a special mention of this in her notes), Joseph Kosma’s Les Feuilles Mortes, Astor Piazolla’s Oblivion (Julie Simonds should love this) and Ennio Morricone’s Gabriel’s Oboe from the film ‘The Mission’. But the one I have favoured most has been Graeme Koehne’s Way out West. As you probably know, Koehne’s composing style is multi-faceted; he seems to like adapting

his music to different genres - one minute he enjoys the triplet rhythms of Leonard Bernstein, on another occasion he’s utilised the placidity and soothing ambience of the Bachs but on the occasion of Way Out West he has seen fit to regale us with the echoing loneliness of the vast plains of early America. The music started life as Inflight Entertainment which then became Horse Opera until Koehne finally settled on the current title. Whatever title has been used and in particular whatever styles are performed (and there’s lots of Baroque music on offer here) Diana Doherty continues to be the supreme master of her instrument and this album comes highly recommended. - RMO

CD Reviews


APRIL DIGITAL SCHEDULE Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday12:00 The Symphony Journey to Baroque At the Keyboard With the Orchestra From the 20th Century

14:00 1, 8, 15, 29 April What’s New with Stephen Wilson

22 April ACO in Performance with Simon Moore

In Conversation with Michael Morton -Evans

2 April - Monroe (rpt from 29 September 2012)

9 April - Lieven Bertels (rpt from 24 October 2012)

16 April - Richard Bonynge (rpt from 10 October 2012

23 April - Brian Castles-Onion (rpt from 12 December 2012)

30 April - Emma Matthews (rpt from 17 October 2012

3, 10, 24 April The Voices – the Roles with Angela Cockburn

17 April Countdown to The Ring. Episode 4

Treasures of Recorded Music with Randolph Magri-Overend

5, 19, 26 April Feature Artist

12 April Sydney Symphony with Peter Kurti

15:00 Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz

*See www.finemusicfm.com for program details

TURANDOT – Giacomo PucciniOpera Australia DVD OPOZ 56032; CD OPOZ 56034

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Opera Australia is building up a really interesting library of DVDs of its productions, which include many must-haves, from the 1990 Meistersingers under Mackerras (listed by the Penguin guide as a key performance) to the most recent, which is not only the most striking of the

company’s current productions but surely the best version of Turandot to be found on DVD (the only serious competitor is the San Francisco production with the garish designs of David Hockney). This is a peculiarly difficult opera to pull off, visually; its sadistic plot is so dark, and the whole concept so fantastic, that if it is to convince it must be presented with total assurance and without the faintest trace of sentimentality or ‘prettification’. To set aside the performances for a moment, this production has two enormous advantages: the inventive talent of choreographer Graeme Murphy and the designs of Kristian Fredrikson. Murphy presents the plot perfectly straightforwardly, without directorial comment or embroidery, but sets it within a continual ebb and flow of movement, from chorus and principals, which gives it a surreal dignity at once courtly and menacing. The magnificent costumes (there is no set to speak of) and make-up underline both qualities - so what we have, beautifully and tactfully filmed, is precisely what Puccini intended: a twelfth

century Chinese fairy-story as relentlessly foreboding as anything by the brothers Grimm.

I have concentrated on the visual and dramatic aspects of the production because they strike so true a note, in contrast to many contemporary productions of the popular classics. Musically, however, I can also highly recommend not only the DVD but the CD (a much sterner gauge of the musical quality, free from visual seductions). The star of the evening is undoubted the Liu of Hyeseong Kwon - a really beautiful, subtle and tactfully vocalised portrayal. Rosario La Spina and Susan Foster are perfectly acceptable as Calaf and Turandot, Foster somewhat less than menacing in her appallingly taxing opening scene, but opening out vocally in Act III; La Spina sustaining a constantly firm and forceful tone. The other principals, the chorus and orchestra, as usual with the company, maintain a remarkably high standard throughout under the reliable baton of Andrea Licata. – Derek Parker

DVD Review


April Program highlightsAUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS JOHN TALLIS 1911-1996 Friday 5 April 2pm

John “Jack” Morton Tallis lived what you could describe as a busy life. He grew up in Victoria in the 1920s and from a young age became fascinated with music. He moved to Paris in the early 30s to study composition with Marcel Dupre, and piano with Henri Etlin (who was reputed to have been a pupil of a pupil of Chopin). Tallis was to become a victim of the unfortunate economic and political climates in Europe; living in France became impossible for foreigners in 1931. Travelling with his father, who had just retired from working in the theatre business, Tallis moved back to London that year and began study at the Royal College of Music. It was there in 1933 that he and his father received the tragic news that his mother had died in Melbourne. Without any method of fast travel between England and Australia there was little they could do but grieve.

Travelling between Germany and London in the mid to late 30s Tallis witnessed the lead up to war on both sides. He returned home in early 1940, joined the army and then helped out on the family property at Wagga, where some Italian prisoners of war were employed. But it was another family property, an old Italianate villa built in 1863 that was to be John Tallis’ lasting home. He renovated and cared for the historic house and garden from the end of the war years right up until his death in 1996. Tallis bequeathed the villa - ‘Beleura’ - to the people of Victoria requesting it become a house museum. Located on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, the villa still stands today and is open to the public.

MUSICAL EXPLORATIONS - INFLUENCE OF FOLK TRADITIONS: HUNGARY Saturday 20 April 2pmWe’ve all heard at least one Hungarian dance in our life-time. From Brahms to Liszt, Dvorak to Bartok, but what’s so special about them?

The first thing we need to consider is the broad array of styles in the Hungarian Folk tradition. Basic folk dances include the verbunkos, csárdás and nóta and some of the key features of these are that each dance uses isometric strophe structure, paired with the use of pentatonic modes. These features really set Hungarian folk music apart when compared with the dances of other nations. Think of the most well known German dance for instance, the waltz, which served the basis of a lot of works throughout the classical period.

Composers such as Brahms, Liszt, and Dvorak wanted to get away from the hegemony of the classical tradition, so what better way to do that than by subtly using the harmonic, rhythmic and structural formulas from the radically different sounding Hungarian folk dances.

Hungarian composers themselves like Bartok and Kodaly took it all one step further and used these dances rather more literally in their compositions. On this program, you’ll hear the Hungarian Folk Tradition in action!

SUNDAY SPECIAL: THE BELGIAN BROTHERS OF OLDSunday 28 April 2pm

Wieland, Sigiswald and Barthold Kuijken have all been at the centre of the performance of early music for decades. All three have engaged in the art of early music practice from quite young ages, studying, listening and often coining their own techniques on instruments from ages gone by.

Wieland Kuijken, the eldest, performs on viola da gamba and baroque cello, while Sigiswald Kuijken is a conductor as well as a violinist and violist. He is also well known for championing the playing of the violin without a shoulder rest. The youngest of the brothers, Barthold, is a baroque flautist and recorder player.

The three brothers have worked extensively with the late master of early music performance Gustav Leonhardt, with whom, in 1972, they started ‘La Petite Bande’, an ensemble famous for its authentic recordings of Corelli, Rameau, Bach and Handel.

It is remarkable that three brothers are all such great musicians as well as sharing a dedication to early music performance.

BEYOND ROMANTICISM Tuesday 23 April 10pm

On this day, we say happy birthday to Sergei Prokofiev. The hugely productive composer raced from topic to topic, style to style, ranging from bitter sarcasm to the lushest romanticism, or from, in one short period, the artful fantasy of The Love for Three Oranges to the hysteria of The Fiery Angel. His restlessness expressed itself also in travelling. He emigrated soon after the 1917 revolution, and lived in the USA and Paris, before returning to assume an uncomfortable place in Russia under Stalin, where he was the unfortunate principal target of criticism meted out to composers in 1948. The works of his last years have often been seen as responses to an impossible situation. - Troy FilSigiswald Kujiken

John Tallis

Sergei Prokofiev


Monday 1 April

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 Inspired by opera Prepared by Chris Blower

Chabrier, E. Souvenirs de Munich, Quadrille on favourite themes from Tristan und Isolde (1885-86). Christian Ivaldi, Noël Lee, pf. LP Arion ARN 336 025 6

Triebensee, J. Variations on a theme from Jirovec’s The eye doctor. Collegium Musicum Prague. LP Supraphon 1111 2973G 5

Pasculli, A. Grand concerto on themes from The Sicilian vespers by Verdi. Ivan Paisov, ob; Natalia Shcherbakova, pf. Naxos 8.570567 15

Paganini, N. Variations on a theme from Rossini’s Moses, op 24 (1818-9). Salvatore Accardo, vn; CO of Europe/Franco Tamponi. EMI 5 72854 2 10

Liszt, F. Fantasia on themes from Mozart’s The marriage of Figaro (1842; arr Busoni). Stephen Hough, pf. Hyperion CDA67598 15

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Giovanna Grech

Addinsell, R. Warsaw concerto (1941). Isador Goodman, pf; Melbourne SO/Patrick Thomas. ABC 464 055-2 8

Tchaikovsky, P. Fantasy overture: Romeo and Juliet (1869/80). Royal Concertgebouw O/Edo de Waart. Philips 434 220-2 21

Rimsky-Korsakov, N. The tale of Tsar Saltan, musical pictures, op 57 (1903). Philharmonia O/Enrique Bátiz. Naxos 8.553246 19

Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 1 in C minor, op 11 (1824). Philharmonia O/Walter Weller. Chandos CHAN 9099 32

11:30 CONCERTED WORKS Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Mendelssohn, F. Concert piece no 1 in F minor, op 113 (1832). Peter Schmidl, cl; Pierre Pichler, bshn; Madoka Inui, pf. Naxos 8.557232 9

Moscheles, I. Sonata concertante in G, op 79 (1828). András Adorján, fl; Noël Lee, pf. Orfeo S 049832 H 16

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 THE FIRST OF WHAT? with Randolph Magri-Overend The one day of the year when music is allowed to make a fool of us all

14:00 GOOD HEAVENS! Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Schubert, F. To the moon on an Autumn night, D614 (1818). Sibylla Rubens, sop; Ulrich Eisenlohr, pf. Naxos 8.557832 7

Standford, P. Celestial fire (1968). Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Barry Wordsworth. ASV WHL 2128 14

Beethoven, L. Sonata no 14 in C sharp minor, op 27 no 2, Moonlight (1800-01). Vladimir Horowitz, pf. CBS MK 44797 16

Langgaard, R. Symphony no 6, Heavens asunder (1919-20). Danish National RSO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 9064 20

Holst, G. Suite: The planets, op 32 (1914-16). Philharmonia O/William Boughton. Nimbus NI 5450/3 50

16:00 FINE MUSIC HOLIDAY including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett

19:00 SPIRIT OF JAZZ with Susan Gai Dowling

20:00 STORMY MONDAY with Austin Harrison and Garth Sundberg

22:00 KEYBOARD CONTRASTS

Chopin, F. Ballade no 1 in G minor, op 23 (1835). Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pf. Aura AUR 221-2 11

Granados, E. Two Spanish dances, op 37 (1892-1900). Peter Schmalfuss, pf. Pilz 160332-2 8

Prokofiev, S. Excerpts from Tales of an old grandmother, op 31 (1918). Peter Paul Kainrath, pf. Aura AUR 423-2 11

Czerny, C. Piano trio no 4 in A minor, op 289 (pub. 1834). Göbel-Trio, Berlin. Signum SIGX94-00 29

Brahms, J. Intermezzi, op 117: no 1; no 3 (1892). Paul Baumgartner, pf. Aura AUR 194-2 12

Couperin, L. Suite in F. Laurence Cummings, hpd. Naxos 8.550922 17

Schubert, F. Fantasie in C, D760, Wanderer (c1823). Lang Lang, pf. DG 474 820-2 23

Walter Weller William Boughton


Monday 1 April Tuesday 2 April

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Julie Simonds

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Pianist of choice: Sviatoslav Richter Prepared by Howard Pritchard

Mozart, W. Fantasia in C minor, K475 (1785). Philips 454 170-2 14

Rachmaninov, S. Preludes: no 2 in F sharp minor, op 23 no 1; no 20 in A, op 32 no 9; no 21 in B minor, op 32 no 10; no 23 in G sharp minor, op 32 no 12. BMG 09026-63844-2 14

Beethoven, L. Sonata no 31 in A flat, op 110 (1821). Philips 454 170-2 21

Sviatoslav Richter, pf (all above)

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Raj Gopalakrishnan

Stravinsky, I. Four Norwegian moods (1942). Cleveland O/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 473 810-2 9

Easton, M. Concerto on Australian themes. Len Vorster, pf; State O of Victoria/Brett Kelly. Naxos 8.554368 19

Grieg, E. Old Norwegian romance with variations, op 51 (1906). Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset. Naxos 8.557991 22

Tchaikovsky, P. Symphony no 2 in C minor, op 17, Little Russian (1872/79). Philharmonia O/Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI CZS 7 67723 2 31

11:30 VOICE OF NORWAY Prepared by Chris Blower

Grieg, E. Våren, op 33 no 2 (1873-80); Fra Mont Pincio, op 39 no1 (1869-84). Barbara Bonney, sop; Antonio Pappano, pf. Decca 466 762-2 10

Songs, op 48 (1869): no 1, Grüss; no 2, Dereinst, Gedanke mein; no 3, Lauf der Welt. Thomas Hampson, bar; Geoffrey Parsons, pf. EMI 5 75187 2 6

Sinding, C. Spring day, op 75 no 3; Narcissus, op 90 no 3; Little Kirsten, op 18 no 4; A bird cried, op 18 no 5; The maiden in the poppy field, op 50 no 5; There once was a little hen, op 50 no 1; A frightened bird flies from the grove, op 50 no 2. Bodil Arnesen, sop; Erling Ragnar Eriksen, pf. Naxos 8.553905 10

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 O LYRICAL LYRE Prepared by Oscar Foong

Koetsier, J. Metamorphoses on a theme from Smetana’s The Moldau, op 102 (1985). 8

Introduction and variations on Smetana’s Vysehrad theme, op 71 (1976). 22

Alice Giles, hp; Budapest Brass Quintet (2 above) Koch Swann 3-1173-2

Dauprat, L. Variations on a Scottish air, op 22. Sören Hermansson, hn; Erica Goodman, hp. BIS CD-648 10

Brahms, J. Four songs for women’s choir, two horns and harp, op 17 (1860). RIAS Chamber Choir; Stefan Jezierski, hn; Manfred Klier, hn; Marie-Pierre Langlamet, hp; Marcus Creed, cond. Harmonia Mundi HMG 501592/93 15

Reinecke, C. Harp concerto in E minor, op 182 (1884). Fabrice Pierre, hp; Swedish CO/Patrick Gallois. Naxos 8.557404 24

14:30 ARMCHAIR CONCERT Prepared by Giovanna Grech

Wallace, V. Overture to Maritana (1845). New Philharmonia O/Richard Bonynge. Decca 466 431-2 10

Raff, J. Piano concerto in C minor, op 185 (1873). Jean-François Antonioli, pf; Lausanne CO/Lawrence Foster. Claves 50 8806 35

Stravinsky, I. Petrushka (1911). London SO/Charles Mackerras. Vanguard OVC 4065 34

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 ROMANTICISM Americans Prepared by Phil Vendy

Barber, S. Capricorn concerto, op 21 (1944). Joseph Mariano, fl; Robert Sprenkle, ob; Sidney Mear, tpt; Eastman-Rochester O/Howard Hanson. Mercury 475 6274 15

McKay, G. Harbour narrative (1934). Ukraine NSO/John Mc Laughlin Williams. Naxos 8.559052 29

Foote, A. String quartet no 3 in D, op 70 (1911). Da Vinci Quartet. Naxos 8.559009 25

Copland, A. Symphony no 3 (1946). New Zealand SO/James Judd. Naxos 8.559106 43

Sviatoslav Richter Barbara Bonney


Wednesday 3 April



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 Chris Blower

Fasch, J. Guitar concerto in D minor (arr. Chiesa). Slava Grigoryan, gui; Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey. ABC 480 6461 12

Handel, G. Sonata in C, HWV365 (pub. 1720). Genevieve Lacey, rec; Daniel Yeadon, vc; Neal Peres Da Costa, hpd. ABC 476 5105 11

Vivaldi, A. Clarae stellae, scintillate, RV625. Andreas Scholl, ct; Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer. ABC 466 964-2 12

Bach, J.S. Brandenburg concerto no 5 in D, BWV1050 (1720). Orchestra of the Antipodes/Erin Helyard. ABC 476 1923 16

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Angela Bell

Telemann, G. Overture in A minor, TWV55. Siri Rovatkay-Sohns, rec; Capella Agostino Steffani/Lajos Rovatkay. EMI 7 54554 2 25

Kodály, Z. Dances of Galánta (1933). Brno State PO/José Serebrier. BIS CD-875 16

Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 14 in E flat, K449 (1784). Mitsuko Uchida, pf; English CO/Jeffrey Tate. Philips 473 313-2 22

Marsh, J. Symphony no 6 in D (1796). London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 10458 18

11:30 SONATAS FOR TWO Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Busoni, F. Sonata in C (1876). Cristiano Rossi, vn; Marco Vincenzi, pf. Dynamic CDS 87 12

Devienne, F. Sonata in C, op 70 no 1 (1798-99). Peter Bree, ob; Roderick Shaw, fp. Etcetera KTC 1084 14

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 with Andrew Bukenya; recorded by Greg Ghavalis

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 DEUTSCHE WELLE CONCERT HOUR By courtesy of Radio Deutsche Welle

Copland, A. Orchestral suite: Appalachian Spring.

Bloch, E. Schelomo, Hebrew rhapsody. Sol Gabetta, vc.

German SO Berlin/Leonard Slatkin (2 above)

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

20:00 AT THE OPERA Transformations: the great love story Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Gounod, C. Romeo and Juliette, opera in five acts after Shakespeare. Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. First performed Paris, 1867.

ROMEO: Alfredo Kraus, ten JULIETTE: Cathérine Malfitano, sop FRÈRE LAURENT: José van Dam, bar MERCUTIO: Gino Quilico, bar LE COMTE CAPULET: Gabriel Bacquier, bass-bar TYBALT: Charles Buries, ten LE COMTE PARIS: Kurt Ollmann, bar LE DUC DE VERENE: Jean-Jaques Doumène, bass Midi-Pyrenées Regional Choir; Toulouse Capitole Ch & O/Michel Plasson. EMI 3LP157 / 27 01423 3:16

Juliet’s birthday is being celebrated in the home of the Capulets in Verona. Two masked men, Romeo and Mercutio from the rival family the Montagues, attend the party uninvited. Romeo and Juliet fall in love but Juliet is destined to marry Count Paris. That night, Romeo climbs to her balcony and they exchange vows of undying love. The next day, they are married by Friar Laurence. In the street, Juliet’s cousin Tybalt insults Mercutio and Romeo. Mercutio is fatally wounded by Tybalt whereupon Romeo kills Tybalt. The Duke appears, curses the two families and exiles Romeo. Romeo spends the night with Juliet and they part just before Count Capulet arrives to tell his daughter that she is to marry Count Paris that day. Friar Laurence suggests to Juliet that she take a drug which will make her appear to have died. Romeo will come to find her in the tomb and they will flee together. She drinks the potion and later, as Paris is about to slip the ring on her finger, she faints and appears to die. Friar Laurence’s messenger is attacked by the Capulets and is unable to deliver the message about the plan to Romeo. Romeo, hearing that she has died, enters Juliet’s tomb, embraces her and takes poison. Juliet awakes, and they prepare to flee but Romeo staggers as the poison takes effect. Juliet plunges a dagger into her heart and they die together.

23:30 ROBIN RUYS IN RECITAL Produced and presented by Edda Filson RECORDED BY FINE MUSIC

Berkeley, L. Prelude in A flat, op 23 no 6 (1945). 2

Coleridge-Taylor, S. Valse suite, op 71: no 2 in A flat; no 6 in C minor. 7

Scenes from an imaginary ballet, op 74. 12

Bridge, F. Rosemary, from Three sketches (1906). 3

Robin Ruys, pf (all above)

Alfredo Krauss


Thursday 4 April



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

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

Offenbach, J. Traumerei am Meeresufer. Duo Rubin. Genuin GM04505 5

Ouverture à grand orchestre. Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski. DG 471 501-2 13

Overture to Orpheus in the underworld (1858/74). London SO/Charles Mackerras. Mercury 434 352-2 9

Au mont Ida trois déesses, from La belle Hélène (1864). Roberto Alagna, ten; Royal Opera House O/Richard Armstrong. EMI 5 56117 2 3

Overture to La vie parisienne (1866; arr. Dorati). Sydney SO/Patrick Thomas. LP Philips 410 377-1 5

The letter song, from La perichole (1868/74; arr. Gamley). Joan Sutherland, sop; Australian Pops O/Douglas Gamley. WEA 9031-72815-2 3

Barcarolle, from The tales of Hoffmann (1881). Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, sop; Jeannie Collard, mezz; Paris Conservaroire O/André Clutyens. EMI CDM 1 66418 2 4

Il était une fois a la cour d’Eisenach, from The tales of Hoffmann. Plácido Domingo, ten; French NO/Seiji Ozawa. DG 429 374-2 5

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans

Foster, G. Overture: The Harrods celebration. Royal PO/James Judd. Harrods HSCD4 10

Handel, G. Concerto grosso in F, op 6 no 2 (1739). Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer. ABC 476 3436 12

Mendelssohn, F. Double concerto in E (1823). Güher Pekinel, pf; Süher Pekinel, pf; Philharmonia O/Neville Marriner. Chandos CHAN 9711 29

Martinu, B. Symphony no 5 (1946). Bamberg SO/Neeme Järvi. BIS CD-402 31

11:30 FIVE AND THREE Prepared by Chris Blower

Arnold, M. Quintet for flute, horn, bassoon, violin and viola, op 7 (1944). Members of Nash Ensemble. LP Hyperion A66173 12

Shostakovich, D. Piano trio no 1 in C minor, op 8 (1944). Oslo Trio. Simax PSC 1014 14

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 AT THE KEYBOARD Prepared by Phil Vendy

Paisiello, G. Keyboard concerto no 4 in G minor (c1788). Pietro Spada, pf; Santa Cecilia CO. Brilliant Classics 94224 26

Bach, J. Christoph Keyboard concerto in E flat. Music Collection. Naxos 8.570474 19

Haydn, J. Sonata no 6 in C, Hob.XVI:10 (bef. 1767). Jenö Jandó, pf. Naxos 8.553824 9

14:00 SHORTER SYMPHONIES Prepared by Rex Burgess

Ives, C. From the steeples and the mountains (1901-02). London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble/Christopher Larkin. Hyperion CDA66517 4

Symphony no 3, The camp meeting (1904). Orpheus CO. DG 457 911-2 23

14:30 TIP-TOE DOWN THE AISLE Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Overture to The tsar’s bride (1899). Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.572788 6

Sousa, J.P. Suite from The bride elect (1897). Razumovsky SO/Keith Brion. Naxos 8.559008 22

Mahler, G. When my love becomes a bride, from Songs of a wayfarer. Thomas Hampson, bar; London PO/Klaus Tennstedt. BBC Music Vol 16 no 2 5

Sibelius, J. The rapids-rider’s brides, op 33 (1897). Jorma Hynnenen, bar; Gothenburg SO/Jorma Panula. BIS CD-1906/08 9

Strauss, J. II Wedding prelude, op 469 (orch. Kunzel). Robert McDuffie, vn; Cincinnati Pops O/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80402 4

Mendelssohn, F. Wedding march, from A midsummer night’s dream, op 61 (1843). Graham Jackson, org. Sony 88697532502 6

Smetana, B. Overture and dances from The bartered bride (1866). London SO/Geoffrey Simon. LP Chandos ABRD 1149 24

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 Dvorák 1887-1891 Prepared by Stephen Wilson

Dvorák, A. Overture: In nature’s realm, op 91 (1891). Czech PO/Karel Sejna. Supraphon SU 1915-2 001 13

Symphony no 8 in G, op 88 (1889). London PO/Mstislav Rostropovich. EMI 5 65705 2 41

Mass in D, op 86 (1887). Marcela Machotkova, sop; Stanislava Skatulova, cont; Oldrich Lindauer, ten; Dalibor Jedlicka, bass; Czech Philharmonic Ch; Jaroslav Tvrzsky, org; Prague SO/Vaclav Smetacek. LP Supraphon 112 0981/2 39

Overture: Othello, op 93 (1891). Czech PO/Libor Pesek. Virgin VC7 91144-2 15

22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Tyberg, M. Trio in F (1935-36). Michael Ludwig, vn; Roman Mekinulov, vc; Ya-Fei Chuang, pf. Naxos 8.572236 24

Gál, H. Sonata, op 84 (1964). Murray Khouri, cl; John McCabe, pf. Continuum CCD 1027 21

Burgmüller, N. Quartet No. 1 in D minor, op 4 (1825). Mannheimer String Quartet. MDG 336 0994-2 29

Brahms, J. Quintet in B minor, op 115 (1891). Karl Leister, cl; Amadeus Quartet. DG 419 875-2 36


Friday 5 April



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

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Small forces Prepared by Brian Drummond

Bach, J.S. Sonata in E minor, BWV1030 (1730s). Matthew Wilkie, bn; Kees Boersma, db; Neal Peres Da Costa, hpd. Melba MR 301124 18

Beethoven, L. Trio in G, WoO37 (1786). Susan Milan, fl; Sergio Azzolini, bn; Ian Brown, pf. Chandos CHAN 9108 26

Françaix, J. Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1933). Members of Aulos Wind Quintet. Musica Mundi 310 022 H1 10

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Shamistha de Soysa

Ibert, J. Divertissement (1930). Paris Conservatoire O/Jean Martinon. Decca 478 3156-67 15

Tippett, M. Triple concerto (1980). György Pauk, vn; Nobuko Imai, va; Ralph Kirshbaum, vc; London SO/Colin Davis. Philips 420 781-2 34

Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Symphony no 2, op 9, Antar (1868/97). Philharmonia O/Yondani Butt. ASV DCA 1024 31

11:30 BRAHMS IN SONG Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Brahms, J. Five songs for six-part mixed choir, op 104 (1889). RIAS Chamber Choir/Marcus Creed. Harmonia Mundi HMG 501592/93 14

Alto rhapsody, op 53 (1869). Jessye Norman, sop; Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia; Philadelphia O/Riccardo Muti. Philips 426 253-2 12

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

13:00 MAKE MINE MOZART Prepared by Rex Burgess

Mozart, W. Overture to The magic flute, K620 (1791). Australian Opera and Ballet O/Richard Bonynge. ABC 434 140-2 7

Twelve variations in G on La bergère Célimène, K359 (1781). Henryk Szeryng, vn; Ingrid Haebler, pf. Philips 462 185-2 14

Serenade no 12 in C minor, K388 (1788). Sydney Wind Soloists. LP RCA VRL1 0166 20

Symphony no 16 in C, K128 (1772). Berlin PO/Karl Böhm. DG 469 552-2 12

14:00 AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS John Tallis 1911-1996 Prepared by Michael Ingamells

Tallis, J. Statement, from Sonata for solo piano (1930s). 7

Fantasy for violin and piano based on Aboriginal themes. Monica Curro, vn. 8

Gigue, from Suite in eighteenth century style. 1

The mountain snow; March for a festive occasion, from Incidental music for Marlowe’s Edward II. Janet Todd, sop; Monica Curro, vn. 4

Toccata; Gavotte, from Suite in eighteenth century style. 4

Stefan Cassomenos, pf (all above) Move MCD 463

14:30 DANISH ODYSSEY Prepared by Francis Frank

Riisager, K. Fools’ paradise, suite I, op 33 (1936). Helsingborg SO/Thomas Dausgaard. Marco Polo 8.224082 16

Buxtehude, D. Sonata in B flat, op 1 no 4. Purcell Quartet. Chaconne CHAN 0766 8

Lauridsen, M. O magnum mysterium (1994). Robert Shaw Chamber Singers. Telarc 80531 6

Hartmann, E. Symphonic poem: Hakon Jarl, op 40 (1887). Copenhagen PO/Bo Holten. Dacapo 8.226041 21

Buxtehude, D. Cantata: Mein Herz is bereit, BuxWV73. Purcell Quartet. Chaconne CHAN 0691 8

Kuhlau, F. Grand trio in G, op 119 (1831). Per Øien, fl; Robert Aitken, fl; Geir Henning Braaten, pf. LP Simax PN 2004 18

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with James Hunter

19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron A focus on the current Sydney jazz scene mixed with a range of international jazz stars and a weekly a cappella item

20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Robert Small

Mussorgsky, M. Pictures at an exhibition (1874). Steven Osborne, pf. Hyperion CDA67896 36

Brahms, J. Symphony no 1 in C minor, op 68 (1862-76). Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80450 45

Saint-Saëns, C. Violin concerto no 3 in B minor, op 61 (1880). Frank Peter Zimmermann, vn; Oslo PO/Mariss Jansons. EMI CDC 5 55184 2 28

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Venus and Venice Prepared by Robert Small

Vivaldi, A. Nisi Dominus (c1712). James Bowman, ct; Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 414 329-2 21

Campra, A. Suite from Les fêtes vénetiennes (1710). Collegium Aureum. LP Harmonia Mundi 20 29102-2 27

Scarlatti, A. Venus, Adonis and Cupid (1696). Jane Edwards, sop; Tessa Miller, sop; James Sanderson, ct; Chacona/Rosalind Halton. ABC 476 6170 53

Isaac, H. Tota pulchra es. Hilliard Ensemble. Hyperion CDA66370 8

Jane Edwards


Saturday 6 April


6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson

9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney

9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON MURRAY PERAHIA Prepared by Barrie Brockwell

Mendelssohn, F. Andante and rondo capriccioso in E minor, op 14 (1824). CBS MK 42401 7

Chopin, F. Études: in A flat, op 25 no 1; in C, op 10 no 7; in C sharp minor, op 25 no 7; in C sharp minor, op 10 no 4. Sony SK 61885 11

Schumann, R. Introduction and allegro appassionato in G, op 92 (1849). Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado. Sony SK 64577 14

Märzveilchen, op 40 no 1; De Spielmann; Muttertraum (1840). Peter Pears, ten. Sony SX4K 63380 7

Franck, C. Prelude, chorale and fugue (1887). Sony SK 47180 17

Brahms, J. Rondo alla zingarese, from Quartet no 1 in G minor, op 25 (1861). Norbert Brainin, vn; Peter Schidlof, va; Martin Lovett, vc. Sony SX4K 63380 8

Bach, J.S. Toccata, from Partita no 6 in E minor, BWV830 (1725-31). Sony 88697 44302 8

Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 16 in D, K451 (1784). English CO/Murray Perahia. Sony SX4K 46 443 25

Murray Perahia, pf (all above)

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

Rossini, G. Overture to The silken ladder. Black Dyke Mills Band/Peter Parkes. LP Chandos BBRD 1021 6

Bach, J.S. The cathedral, adapted from Magnificat in D. Canadian Brass. Musica Viva MV 1011 7

Strauss, J. II Waltzing with Strauss. British Motor Corporation Band, Fairey Aviation Band, Foden’s Motor Works Band, CWS (Manchester) Band, Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Harry Mortimer. LP Columbia TWO 240 6

Various. The homefront: Musical memories of World War II (arr. Christiansen). Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee. AMP 8371882 6

12:00 JAZZ THEN AND NOW with Michael Cooper A diverse range of jazz from days gone by up to the present with wonderful Australians featured

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

Gluck, C. Overture to Le Cinesi (1754). Schola Cantorum Basiliensis/René Jacobs. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi GD 77174 6

Amiot, J-M. Three prayers: To Jesus Christ; To the holy Sacrament; After the office (compiled 1779). XVIII-21 Musique des Lumiéres/Jean-Christophe Frisch. Auvidis-Astrèe E 8642 10

Edwards, R. Mountain village in a clearing mist (1973). Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills. ABC 476 227-0 15

Takemitsu, T. Dreamtime (1981). Bournemouth SO/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.557760 15

Stravinsky, I. Le chant du rossignol (1917). Flemish RO/Yoel Levi. Glossa CCDSA92ZZ01 23

Glazunov, A. Danse orientale, from Raymonda (1896-7). 2

Sinding, C. Danse orientale, op 32 no 5 (1896; orch. Piper). 3

Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth (2 above) Musicales Actes SUD ASM06

Tang Biguang. Liu Yang river (1949; arr. Wang Jian-zhong). You-yi Qin, pf. Naxos 8.572341 3

15:30 MUSIC FOR WORDS Prepared by Rex Burgess

Purcell, H. Incidental music to The Indian queen (1695). Tessa Bonner, sop; Catherine Bott, sop; Rogers Covey-Crump, ten; Peter Harvey, bass; Purcell Simfony Voices; Purcell Simfony/Catherine Mackintosh. Linn CKD 035 1:00

Grainger, P. Colonial song (1913). Tamara Anna Cislowska, pf. ABC 476 6298 6

Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 2 in B flat, op 52, Hymn of Praise (1840). Cynthia Haymon, sop; Alison Hagley, sop; Peter Straka, ten; Leslie Pearson, org; Philharmonia Ch & O/Walter Weller. Chandos CHAN 8995 1:13

18:00 FOCUS ON FOLK Folk Federation of NSW with Gerry Myerson

19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Derek Parker

Stolz, R. Excerpts from Venus in Seide. Margit Schramm, sop; Liselotte Schmidt, sop; Ferry Gruber, ten; Berlin SO/Robert Stolz. Eurodisc 258 366 18

Varney, L. Excerpts from Les mousquetaires au couvent. Lucien Huberty, bar; Grand O & Ch Symphonique/Jésus Etcheverry. Philips 442 240-2 18

Berté, H. Excerpts from Das Dreimäderlhaus. Erika Köth, sop; Rosemarie Raabe, sop; Rudolph Schock, ten; Manfred Schmidt, ten; Erich Kunz, bass-bar; French Radio Forces O, Berlin/Frank Fox. LaserLight 16 036 19

20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL The Coriole Music Festival 2012 Produced by Kym Wilson RECORDED BY 5MBS-FM At the 14th annual Coriole Music Festival in McLaren Vale, South Australia, the Song Company performed in three concerts during 5-6 May, 2012. Their repertoire included three different settings of Stabat Mater: a 13th century plainchant; from Palestrina in the 16th century; and Pergolesi’s stunning setting from the early 18th century. Two madrigals, written in 2012 by Sydney composer Raffaele Marcellino, were given a world premiere and audiences also delighted in songs of Elena Kats-Chernin and Renaissance madrigals by Monteverdi, Verdelot (the beautiful Italia mia), Piccinini and Orlando di Lasso.

21:35 THE ELEMENTS

Rebel, J-F. Ballet: Les élémens (1737). Australian CO/Christopher Hogwood. Fine Music Tape Archive 23

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



6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Terry McMullen

9:00 CELESTIAL NOTES Prepared by Rex Burgess

Bruckner, A. Os justi (1879); Tota pulchra es (1878); Pange lingua (1842); Locus iste (1869). Freiburg Vocal Ensemble/Wolfgang Schäfer. Christophorus 74501 18

Psalm 114 (1852). Croydon Singers; Roger Brenner, tb; Phillip Brown, tb; Colin Sheen, tb; Matthew Best, cond. Hyperion CDA 66245 9

Mass no 2 in E minor (1866). Bavarian Radio Choir; members of Bavarian RSO/Eugen Jochum. DG 423 127-2 44

Psalm 112 (1863). Bamberg Symphony Choir & O/Karl Anton Rickenbacher. Virgin VC7 91481-2 9

10:30 CHAMBER MASTERWORKS Prepared by Frank Morrison

Paganini, N. Sonata no 3 in A (c1828). Luigi Alberto Bianchi, vn; Maurizio Preda, gui. Dynamic CDS 34 13

Haydn, J. String quartet no 35 in D minor, Hob.III:43 (1781). Kodály Quartet. Naxos 8.550732 23

Respighi, O. Quintet in G minor (1898). Wind Quintet of the Nineteen Hundreds. Fonè 90 F 01 15

Beethoven, L. Piano trio in E flat, op 70 no 2 (1808). Florestan Trio. Hyperion CDA67327 29

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

13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Anna Tranter Traditional and contemporary music from around the globe

14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Blessed with a long life Prepared by Frank Morrison

Byrd, W. Be not justly angry, Lord (pub. 1589). Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips. Gimell CDGIM 992 8

Farnaby, G. Fantasia. Glen Wilson, hpd. Naxos 8.570025 5

Monteverdi, C. Introit and hymn, from Vespers (1610; arr. Pickett). Ensemble/Philip Pickett. Linn CKD 031 6

Schütz, H. Lobe den Herren, meine Seele (pub. 1619). Stuttgart Chamber Choir & soloists; Musica Fiata of Cologne/Frieder Bernius. Sony S2K 48042 5

Pepusch, J. Cantata V: Corydon (1710). Bergen Barokk. BIS CD-965 9

Albinoni, T. Oboe concerto in B flat, op 9 no 11 (pub. 1722). Pierre Pierlot, ob; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone. Erato 2292-45081-2 11

Geminiani, F. Concerto grosso in B flat, op 7 no 6 (pub. 1746). Malcolm Latchem, vn; Stephen Shingles, va; Denis Vigay, vc; Ian Watson, hpd; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Iona Brown, vn & dir. ASV DCA 724 18

Handel, G. Water music: Suite no 1 in F (1717/36). Tasmanian SO/Graham Abbott. ABC 476 4300 27

Galuppi, B. Sonata in F. Matteo Napoli, pf. Naxos 8.572263 12

Tartini, G. Violin concerto in D minor. Pesaro Rossini O; Felix Ayo, vn & dir. Dynamic CDS 92 18

Bach, C.P.E. Symphony in A, from Six symphonies, Wq182 no 4 (1773). Freiburg Baroque O/Thomas Hengelbrock. Harmonia Mundi RD77187 13

Haydn, J. Cello concerto no 1 in C, Hob.VIIb:1 (c1761-65). Jacqueline du Pré, vc; English CO/Daniel Barenboim. EMI CMS 7 63283 2 26

17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Meg Matthews

Hymns: Angel voices ever singing; Christ triumphant; All people that on earth do dwell. Choir of Wellington Cathedral; Max Kenworthy, org; Andrew Cantrill, cond. Wellington Cathedral recording 9

Bach, J.S. Chaconne with selected chorales. Tenebrae; Gordon Nikolitch, vn; London SO Chamber Ensemble. LSO Live SACD 1500 728 13

Stamitz, J. Kyrie; Gloria, from Missa Solemnis in D. Monika Frimmer, sop; Sylvia Schlüter, mezz; Harry van Berne, ten; Alsfelder Vocal Ensemble; Baroque O of Bremen/Wolfgang Helbich. Radio Bremen LC8492 20

Williamson, M. Libera me; In paradiso, from Requiem for a tribe brother (1992). Joyful Company of Singers/Peter Broadbent. Naxos 8.557783 5

18:00 CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY Baroque medley Prepared Sue McCreadie

Handel, G. Chaconne in G minor, HWV435. Katona Twins, gui. Channel Classics 14298 10

Couperin, F. Le bavolet flottant; Le carillon de Cythere. Sergio Assad, gui; Odair Assad, gui. Elektra Nonesuch 7559 79292-2 5

Bach, J.S. Sonata, BWV1001. Simon Powis, gui. www.simonpowis.com 14

Weiss, S. Fantasia; Ciacona. Goran Sollscher, gui. DG 413325 7

Scarlatti, D. Sonata in D minor, Pastorale. Sergio Assad, gui; Odair Assad, gui. Elektra Nonesuch 7559 792129 4

Vivaldi, A. Guitar concerto in D. Slava Grigoryan, gui; Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey. ABC 4806461 11

Eugen Jochum

Sunday 7 April


19:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Wagnerian favourites Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Wagner, R. Liebestod, from Tristan und Isolde (1857-59). Chicago SO/Georg Solti. Decca 411 951-2 7

Dich, teure Halle, from Tannhäuser (1845). Bergit Nilsson, sop; Berlin German Opera O/Otto Gerdes. Belart 461 2742 5

O! du mein holder Abendstern, from Tannhäuser. Thomas Hampson, bar; Munich RO/Fabio Luisi. EMI 5720372 5

Isolde’s liebstod, from Tristan und Isolde. Birgit Nilsson, sop; 1966 Bayreuther Festspiele O/Karl Böhm. DG 431 107-2 6

19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT

Berlioz, H. Overture: Roman carnival, op 9 (1844). Polish State Philharmonic/Kenneth Jean. Naxos 8.5502331 9

Weber, C.M. Bassoon concerto in F, op 75 (1811/22). Georg Zuckermannn, bn; Württembergisches CO/Jörg Faerber. ZYX CLS 4302 18

Tchaikovsky, P. Manfred symphony, op 58 (1885). CSR SO/Ondrej Lenard. Naxos 8.550224 55

21:00 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Phil Vendy

Schweizer, F. Lakes resting one on the other (2011). Antonietta Loffredo, pf. Wirripang WIRR 047 7

Paniagua, G. Fautor fandango (1980-90). Gregorio Paniagua, elec. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901394 1

Balada, L. Cello concerto no 2, New Orleans (2001). Michael Sanderling, vc; Barcelona SO; Catalonia NO/Colman Pearce. Naxos 8.557049 23

Casablancas, B. Three bagatelles (2003). Miquel Villalba, pf. Naxos 8.570757 17

Atkinson, G. Adoro te (2000). Gordon Atkinson, org. Move MD 3333 9

Ince, K. Symphony No 4, Sadis (1999-2000). Prague SO/Kamran Ince. Naxos 8.557588 23

22:30 ULTIMA THULE Ambient and atmospheric music: www.ultimathule.info for detailed playlist


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

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Inspired by opera Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Arban, J-B. Fantasy and variations on a cavatina from Beatrice di Tenda by Bellini (arr. Stanhope). Geoffrey Payne, tpt; Melbourne SO/Michael Halász. ABC 982 6976 7

Carulli, F. Fantasy in G on themes from Bellini’s Il pirata, op 337. Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Alexandre Lagoya, gui. CBS MK 42130 11

Bottesini, G. Duo concertante on Bellini’s I puritani (1851). Moray Welsh, vc; Thomas Martin, db; London SO/Franco Petracchi. Naxos 8.570398 14

Liszt, F. Reminiscences of Norma after Bellini. Jorge Bolet, pf. Philips 456 814-2 20

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Prokofiev, S. Suite from The love for three oranges, op 33a (1919). Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy. Sony SBK 53 261 16

Bruch, M. Violin concerto no 3 in D minor, op 58 (1891). Salvatore Accardo, vn; Gewandhaus O/Kurt Masur. Philips 462 167-2 38

Reinecke, C. Serenade in G minor, op 242 (1895). German Chamber Academy/Johannes Goritzki. cpo 999 159-2 27

11:30 CHAMBER ENCORE Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Prokofiev, S. Overture on Hebrew themes, op 34 (1934). Yevgeny Kissin, pf; Moscow Virtuosi. Philips 456 871-2 9

Reinecke, C. Nocturne, op 112. James Somerville, hn; Rene Sharon, pf. Marquis ERAD 157 6

Bruch, M. Kol nidrei, op 47 (1881; arr. Neumann). Felix Schmidt, vc; Annette Cole, pf. IMP PCD 891 11

12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan

13:00 BOHEMIAN FANTASY Prepared by Oscar Foong

Suk, J. Fantasy, op 24 (1902-03). Pamela Frank, vn; Czech PO/Charles Mackerras. Decca 460 316-2 23

Smetana, B. String quartet no 1 in E minor, From my life (1880). Talich Quartet. Calliope CAL 3332 27

Suk, J. Serenade in E flat for strings, op 6 (1892). Czech PO/Jiri Bélohlávek. Chandos CHAN 9640 30

14:30 SERENADE Prepared by Philip Lidbury

Mozart, W. Serenade no 1 in D, K100 (1769). Jean-François Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard. Erato NUM 75184 21

Lhoyer, A. de Guitar concerto, op 16. Philippe Spinosi, gui; Ensemble Matheus/Jean-Christopher Spinosi. naïve OP 30396 19

Schubert, F. Ständchen: Leise flehen meine Lieder, from Schwanengesang, D957 no 4 (1928). John Mark Ainsley, ten; Graham Johnson, pf. Hyperion CDJ33037 4

Elgar, E. Serenade in E minor, op 20 (1892). Adelaide SO/Carl Pini. LP ABC 5ABCL 8001 11

Beethoven, L. Serenade in D, op 25 (1801). András Adorján, fl; Dmitry Sitkovetsky, vn; Gérard Caussé, va. Virgin VC 7 90755-2 24

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



22:00 KEYBOARD CONTRASTS Prepared by Judy Ekstein

Bach, J.S. Suite no 1 in A, BWV806, English (bef. 1725). Ivo Janssen, pf. Void 9806 27

Haydn, J. Sonata no 59 in E flat, Hob.XVI:49 (1789-90). Paul Badura-Skoda, pf. Astrée E 7713 20

Kozeluch, L. Trio sonata in G minor (pub. 1788). Trio 1790. cpo 999 311-2 23

Glazunov, A. Fantasia, op 104 (1919-20). Joan Yarbrough, pf; Robert Cowan, pf. Pantheon D 20910 28

Liszt, F. Saint Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds (1863). Nikolai Demidenko, pf. Hyperion CDA66616 11

Monday 8 AprilSunday 7 April





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Pianist of choice: Emil Gilels Prepared by Barrie Brockwell

Beethoven, L. Variations and fugue in E flat, op 35, Eroica (1802). DG 453-225-2 23

Shostakovich, D. Prelude and fugue in D, op 87 no 5 (1950-51). Testament SBT 1089 3

Brahms, J. Ballade in B, op 10 no 4 (1854). DG 431-595 9

Liszt, F. Hungarian rhapsody no 9, Carnival at Pesth (1846). 10

Bach, J.S. Prelude in B minor, BWV867 (arr. Siloti). 3 Philips 456 796-2 (2 above)

Emil Gilels, pf (all above)

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Barrie Brockwell

Smetana, B. Overture to Libuse (1881). Prague SO/Ondrej Lenárd. apex 0927 44354 2 8

Dvorák, A. Violin concerto in A minor, op 53 (1879). Richard Tognetti, vn; Nordic CO/Christian Lindberg. BIS CD-1708 31

Novák, V. In the Tatra mountains, op 26 (1902). Royal Liverpool PO/Libor Pesek. Virgin 5 45251 2 16

Suk, J. Symphonic poem: Praga, op 26 (1904). Northwest German PO/Alun Francis. cpo 999 576-2 24


Debussy, C. Sonata in G minor (1917). Isabell van Keulen, vn; Ronald Brautigam, pf. Schwann 3-1527-2 13

Poulenc, F. Sonata (1957). Philippa Davies, fl; Ian Brown, pf. Hyperion CDA67255/6 12

12:00 JAZZ RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes

13:00 KENNETH NEATE IN RECITAL Prepared by George Hilgevoord

Rossini, G. O muto asil del pianto, from William Tell (1829). 4

Puccini, G. Or son sei mesi, from La fanciulla del west (1910). 3

Mascagni, P. Apri la tua finestra, from Iris (1898). 2

Donizetti, G. Tomb degli avi miei, from Lucia di Lammermoor (1835). 7

Bellini, V. A te, O caro, from I puritani (1835). 3

Puccini, G. Nessun dorma, from Turandot (1924-26). 3

Kenneth Neate, ten; PO of Paris/Napoleone Annovazzi (all above)

13:30 AMAZONAS Prepared by Oscar Foong

Villa-Lobos, H. Dawn in a tropical forest (1953). . 10

Amazonas (c1917). 13

Czecho-Slovak RSO/Roberto Duarte (2 above) Marco Polo 8.223357

Ponce, M. Concierto del sur (1941). Eduardo Fernández, gui; English CO/Enrique Garcia Asensio. Decca 455 364-2 24

Ginastera, A. Estancia, op 8 (1941). Luis Gaeta, narr, bass-bar; London SO/Gisèle Ben-Dor. Naxos 8.557582 33

15:00 THE MATURE HOROWITZ Prepared by Denis Patterson

Mozart, W. Sonata in B flat, K333 (1783-4). 26

Piano concerto no 23 in A, K488 (1786). La Scala TO/Carlo Maria Giulini. 24

Vladimir Horowitz, pf (2 above) DG 474370-2

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 ROMANTICISM Prepared by Frank Morrison

Goldmark, K. Quintet in C sharp minor, op 54 (pub. 1916). Oliver Triendl, pf; Quatuor Sine Nomine. cpo 777 2777-2 35

Milhaud, D. The creation of the world, op 81 (1923). Lyon Opera O/Kent Nagano. Erato 2292-45820-2 16

Ravel, M. Gaspard de la nuit (1908). Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf. Decca 425 081-2 22

Prokofiev, S. Symphony no 3 in C minor, op 44 (1928). NSO of Ukraine/Theodore Kuchar. Naxos 8.553054 35

Tuesday 9 April

Emil Gilels Vladimir Horowitz





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Aspects of Baroque: Sweden Prepared by Philip Lidbury

Roman, J. Oboe d’amore concerto in D. Alf Nilsson, ob d’amore; Anders Öhrwal, hpd; Stockholm Sinfonietta/Jan-Olav Wedin. BIS CD-165 16

O Herre Gud Guds lamb, from Swedish mass (1752). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble. Proprius PRCD 9008 C 3

Agrell, J. Flute concerto in D (c1750). Maria Bania, fl; Concerto Copenhagen/Andrew Manze. Chandos CHAN 0535 15

Roman, J. Little Drottningholm music. Uppsala CO/Anthony Halstead. Naxos 8.553733 17

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Derek Parker

Elgar, E. Overture: Cockaigne, op 40, In London town (1900-01). Sydney SO/Bernard Heinze. ABC 476 6955 15

Bruckner, A. Symphony no 4 in E flat, Romantic (1874/80/86). Vienna PO/Karl Böhm. Decca 478 3156-67 1:08

11:30 WIND FANTASIES Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Stanford, C. Villiers Fantasy in A minor (1922). Stephen Stirling, hn; RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet. Hyperion CDA67434 12

Lalliet, T. Fantasy on Massenet’s Le Cid (1837-92). Bert Lucarelli, ob; Susan Jolles, hp. Price-Less D 21062 14

12:00 THE SOUND OF JAZZ with Kevin Jones

13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI with Andrew Bukenya; recorded by Greg Ghavalis Featuring pianist Pavle Cajic with works by Schumann, Beethoven, Messiaen and J. S. Bach


15:00 SONGS WITHOUT WORDS Prepared by Brian Drummond

Vaughan Williams, R. English folk song suite (1923). Royal Northern College of Music Wind O/Timothy Reynish. Chandos CHAN 9697 15

Mendelssohn, F. Songs without words, bk 3, op 38 (1837). Daniel Barenboim, pf. DG 453 061-2 14

Kodály, Z. Variations on a Hungarian folk song, The peacock (1938-39). Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati. Decca 443 006-2 25

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

19:00 JAZZ STARS AND STRIPES with Peter Mitchell

20:00 AT THE OPERA Legendary Met performances: 6 November 1950

Prepared by Michael Tesoriero

Verdi, G. Don Carlo. Opera in four acts. Libretto in Italian by composer, Camille du Locle and Charles-Louis-Etienne Nuitter. First performed Milan, 1884.

DON CARLO: Jussi Björling, ten ELISABETTA DI VALOIS: Delia Rigal, sop EBOLI: Fedora Barbieri, mezz RODRIGO: Robert Merrill, bar FILIPPO II: Cesare Siepi, bass Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/Fritz Stiedry. Myto 911.35 2:38

Don Carlo, heir to the Spanish throne, is distraught as his father, Filippo II, has married Elisabetta of Valois, whom he loves. Rodrigo, Carlo’s friend, suggests Carlo join him in assisting the oppressed people of Flanders. Eboli, rejected by Carlo, informs her lover the King of Carlo’s love for Elisabetta. During an auto-da-fé, Carlo and deputies from Flanders beg the King for mercy but Carlo is arrested. Filippo bemoans his loneliness. Rodrigo visiting Carlo, is shot by the Inquisition, but not before arranging a meeting between Carlo and the Queen at the tomb of Charles V. The King finds them, hands his son over to the Inquisition, but the ghost of the great Emperor leads Carlo to safety.

23:00 A PATH LESS TRAVELLED Prepared by Stephen Wilson

Sibelius, J. Pohjola’s daughter, op 49 (1906). London PO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste. LPO Live LPO 0057 12

Mozart, L. Trombone concerto in G (c1756). Northern Sinfonia/Alain Trudel, tb & dir. Naxos 8.553831 13

Stravinsky, I. Apollon musagète (1947). Suisse Romande O/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 9240 30

Wednesday 10 April

Karl Böhm Delia Rigal Don Carlo


Thursday 11 April



6:00 FINE MUSIC BREAKFAST including Arts Calendar at 7.30am with Stephen Wilson

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Troy Fil

David, F. La nuit (arr. Vieuxtemps, Schuberth). Christophe Coln, vc; Jean-Jacques Dunkl, pf; Limoges Baroque Ensemble. Laborie LC12 6

Couplets du Musoli, from La perle du Brésil (c1857). Sumi Jo, sop; William Bennet, fl; English CO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 440 679-2 8

Souvenir d’Egypte; Sous la tente; Adieux a l’Orient, from Les Minarets (1845). Daniel Blumenthal, pf. Marco Polo 8.223376 13

Bassoon concertino in B flat, op 12. Klaus Thunemann, bn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Philips 446 096-2 9

L’absence (1845). Jean-Jacques Dunkl, pf. Laborie LC12 6

String quartet no 4 in E minor (1879). Quatuor Cambini-Paris. Ambroisie AM206 7

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Di Cox

Strauss, R. First waltz sequence, from Der Rosenkavalier, op 59 (1911). Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8834 12

Mozart, W. Sinfonia concertante no 2 in E flat, K364 (1779). Arthur Grumiaux, vn; Arrigo Pellicia, va; London SO/Colin Davis. Philips 438 323-2 31

Berlioz, H. Three scenes from Romeo et Juliet, op 17 (1839). Montreal Symphony Ch & O/Charles Dutoit. Decca 425 001-2 40

11:30 DONIZETTI OPERA ARRANGED Prepared by Chris Blower

Liszt, F. Funeral march of Dom Sébastien, from Donizetti’s Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal (1843). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDA66571/72 8

Mercadante, S. To Gabriela, variations on Donizetti’s Ombra che a me d’intorno. Angelo Persichilli, fl. Italia ITL 70018 8

Liszt, F. Concert waltz on motifs from Donizetti’s Lucia and Parisina. Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDA66861/2 9

12:00 JAZZ, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers

13:00 HABANERA Prepared by Oscar Foong

Ravel, M. Vocalise in habanera form (1907). Barbara Hendricks, sop; Lyon Opera O/John Eliot Gardiner. EMI CDC 7 49689 2 2

Carmichael, J. Latin-American suite (1990). Antony Gray, pf. ABC 476 6191 9

Ravel, M. Spanish rhapsody (1907). Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. Decca 410 010-2 16

Debussy, C. La puerta del vino, from Preludes, bk 2 (1913). Duncan Gifford, pf. ABC 476 290-0 3

McGrath, J. Flute concerto (2006). Leslie Newman, fl; Montreal CO/Wanda Kaluzny. www.jimmcgrath.ca 15

Bizet, G. Habanera: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle, from Carmen (1873-74). Maria Callas, sop; French National RTO/Georges Prêtre. EMI CDC 7 54702 2 4

14:00 CHAMBER MUSIC FROM TWO TO FIVE Prepared by Andrew Parker

Brahms, J. Sonata no 1 in E minor, op 38 (1862-65). Natalia Gutman, vc; Elisso Wirssaladze, pf. Live Classics LCL 621 24

Beethoven, L. Trio in B flat, op 11 (1797). Benny Goodman, cl; Members of the Berkshire Quartet. Music Masters 5027-2-C 19

Borodin, A. String quartet no 2 in D (1885). Borodin Quartet. Decca 455 632-2 28

Schubert, F. Quintet in A, D667, Trout (1819). István Toth, db; members of Kodály Quartet/Jenö Jandó, pf & dir. Naxos 8.553255 39

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 Mendelssohn Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Berlioz, H. Overture: Waverley, op 1 (1827-28). Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson. Chandos CHAN 10412X 10

Chopin, F. Piano concerto no 1 in E minor, op 11 (1830). Boris Berezovsky, pf; Paris Orchestral Ensemble/John Nelson. Mirare MIR 047 38

Harty, H. A John Field suite (1939). Ulster O/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 6583 20

Mendelssohn, F. Capriccio brillant in B minor, op 22 (c1825). Israela Margalit, pf; London SO/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 6621(2) 11

Symphony no 4 in A, op 90, Italian (1833). Royal Concertgebouw O/Kyrill Kondrashin. Radio Nederland RCO 06004 30

22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Angela Bell

Mozart, W. Adagio and fugue in C minor, K546 (1788). Talich Quartet. Calliope CAL 3244.5 7

Brahms, J. Sonata in F minor, op 120 no 1 (1894). Alan Hacker, cl; Richard Burnett, pf. Amon Ra CD-SAR 37 20

Schumann, R. Three romances, op 94 (1849). Albrecht Mayer, ob; Markus Becker, pf. Decca 478 3564 14

Khachaturian, A. Sonata-fantasy (1976). Howard Penny, vc. Tall Poppies TP103 13

Spohr, L. Sextet in C, op 140 (1848). Sándor Papp, va; Tamás Varga, vc; New Haydn Quartet. Naxos 8.555968 24

Kuhlau, F. Grand sonata concertante in A minor, op 85 (1827). Peter-Lukas Graf, fl; Zsuzsanna Sirokay, pf. Claves 50 8705 30





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Small forces Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Boccherini, L. Sonata no 6 in C (pub. 1760). Steven Isserlis, vc; Maggie Cole, hpd. Virgin VC 7 90805-2 8

Rossini, G. Sonata à quattro no 2 in A (1804). Herrmann Klemeyer, fl; Hans Schöneberger, cl; Olaf Klamand, hn; Josef Peters, bn. Calig CAL 50850 12

Dutilleux, H. Sonatine (1942). Paula Robison, fl; Samuel Sanders, pf. Vanguard OVC 4058 10

Lalo, E. Trio no 1 in C minor, op 7 (1850). Barbican Piano Trio. ASV DCA 899 22

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Telemann, G. Suite: Don Quixote (c1761). Northern CO/Nicholas Ward. Naxos 8.554019 18

Bach, C.P.E. Flute concerto in G, Wq169 (c1755). Patrick Gallois, fl; Karl-Phillip Emanuel Bach CO/Peter Schreier. DG 439 895-2 25

Bruch, M. Symphony no 3 in E, op 51 (1887). Hungarian State SO/Manfred Honeck. Naxos 8.555985 38

11:30 A BRUCH ENCORE Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Bruch, M. Kol nidrei, op 47 (1881). John Gould, va; Merran McLaren, pf. Fine Music Tape Archive 8

Four pieces, op 83 (pub. 1910): no 4 in D minor; no 5 in F minor; no 6 in G minor; no 7 in B. Janet Hilton, cl; Nobuko Imai, va; Roger Vignoles, pf. Chandos CHAN 8776 17

12:00 NOONTIME JAZZ with Peter Mitchell

13:00 ITALIANS IN SPAIN Prepared by Philip Lidbury

Scarlatti, D. Sonata in G minor, Kk30, Cat’s fugue (pub. 1738). Robert Aldwinckle, hpd. IMP PCD 850 4

Boccherini, L. Symphony no 20 in B flat, op 35 no 6 (c1782). London FO/Ross Pople. Hyperion CDA66903 12

Scarlatti, D. Sonata in D, Kk119. Nicholas Parle, hpd. Tall Poppies TP057 6

Stabat Mater. Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; Anthony Pleeth, vc; Chi-Chi Nwanoku, db; Timothy Byram-Wigfield, org; Francis Grier, cond. Hyperion CDA66182 27

Sonata in D minor, Kk90. Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini. Teldec 4509-93157-2 11

Boccherini, L. Cello concerto no 9 in B flat. Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Northern CO/Nicholas Ward. Naxos 8.557589 18

14:30 PIANO PLUS Prepared by Jan Brown

Rachmaninov, S. Piano trio no 1 in G minor, Élégïaque (1892). Moscow Conservatory Trio. Origin OR 009 14

Sonata in G minor, op 19 (1901). Natalie Clein, vc; Charles Owen, pf. EMI 3 66938 35

Piano concerto no 4 in G minor, op 40 (1927). William Black, pf; Icelandic SO/Igor Buketoff. Chandos CHAN 8987 31


19:00 FRIDAY JAZZ SESSION with Sally Cameron

20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Chris Blower

Gade, N. Spring fantasia, op 23 (1852). Bodil Gobil, sop; Minna Nyhus, mezz; Ole Jensen, ten; Mogens Schmidt Johansen, bass; Eyvind Moller, pf; Danish RSO/John Frandsen. EMI 5 66000 2 21

Saint-Saëns, C. Caprice on Danish and Russian airs, op 79 (1887). Members of Nash Ensemble. Hyperion CDA67431/2 11

Nielsen, C. Quartet in G minor, op 13 (1887-88/97-98). Young Danish String Quartet. Dacapo 6.220521 26

Meyerbeer, G. Incidental music to Struensee (1846). North German Radio Choir & PO/Michail Jurowski. cpo 999 336-2 52

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Anniversaries Prepared by Philip Lidbury

Bach, J.S. Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata, BWV208 (c1713). Sara Macliver, sop; O of the Antipodes/Antony Walker. ABC 476 118-3 4

Canavas, J-B. Sonata no 2a in D minor. Enrico Gatti, vn; Antonio Mosca,vc; Giorgio Tabacco; hpd. Symphonia SY-92S13 13

Bach, J.S. Cantata, BWV199: Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut (1713-14). Nancy Argenta, sop; Paul Goodwin, ob; Ensemble Sonnerie/Monica Huggett. Virgin 5 45038 2 22

Dauvergne, A. Concert de simphonies in B flat, op 3 no 1 (pub. 1751). Concerto Cologne. FNAC 592295 18

Handel, G. Ode for the birthday of Queen Anne: Eternal source of light divine, HWV74 (1713). Judith Nelson, sop; Emma Kirkby, sop; Shirley Minty, cont; James Bowman, ct; Martyn Hill, ten; David Thomas, bass; Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; Academy of Ancient Music/Simon Preston. L’Oiseau-Lyre 421 654-2 26

Isaac, H. Motet: Optime pastor (1513). Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips. Gimell CDGIM 023 10

Philips, P. Ecce vicit leo; O quam suavis est, Dominus; Exsurgens Maria; Salve regina (1613). Currende; Herman Stinders, org. Accent ACC 8862 D 14

Friday 12 April

Charles Owen. Photo - Jack Liebeck



6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett


9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON STARS OF THE JUILLIARD Prepared by Frank Morrison

Franck, C. Prelude, aria and finale (1886/87). Stephen Hough, pf. Hyperion CDA66918 20

Vaughan Williams, R. The lark ascending (1914/20). Pinchas Zukerman, vn; English CO/Daniel Barenboim. DG 442 8333 14

Rachmaninov, S. Sonata no 2 in B flat minor, op 36 (1913/31). Van Cliburn, pf. Philips 456 748-2 25

Canteloube, J. Baïlèro, from Songs of the Auvergne (1930). Renée Fleming, sop; English CO/Jeffrey Tate. Decca 458 858-2 7

Glinka, M. Sonata in D minor (1825-28; compl. Borisovsky). Nobuko Imai, va; Roland Pöntinen, pf. BIS CD-358 16

Lamb, J. American Beauty rag; Topliner rag (1913-16). Joshua Rifkin, pf. Decca 476 2445 9

Debussy, C. Sonata (1916-17). Kyung Wha Chung, vn, Radu Lupu, pf. Decca 421 154-2 13

11:30 ON PARADE with the US Airforce band Prepared by Robert Small

Ellington, D. Rockin’ in rhythm (arr. Hall); Satin doll. Joe Eckert, cl; Brian MacDonald, tpt; Joe Jackson, tb. 9

Foster, F. Shiny stockings. Tim Leahey, tpt; Steve Erickson, pf. 5

Moten, B. - Moten, I. Moten swing (arr. Wilkins). Tyler Kuebler, sax; Rich Sigler, tpt; Steve Erickson, pf. 5

Harburg - Duke. April in Paris (arr. Lowden). 3

US Air Force Band (all above)

12:00 JAZZ THEN AND NOW with Michael Cooper

13:00 HISTORIC RECORDINGS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Vaughan Williams, R. Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis (1910). HMV 5721022 16

Mendelssohn, F. O for the wings of a dove; Jerusalem. Kirsten Flagstad, sop. Decca 452 066-2 16

London PO/Adrian Boult (2 above)

Puccini, G. Arias from Manon Lescaut, La bohème, Tosca; Fanciulla del west; Turandot. Charles Craig, ten; O/Michael Collins. Testament SBT 1151 17

Parry, H. Jerusalem (1916). Kirsten Flagstad, sop; London PO/Adrian Boult. Decca 452 066-2 3

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

Shostakovich, D. Music from the film Hamlet. 23

Walton, W. Music from the film Richard the third. 10

Rózsa, M. Music from the film Julius Caesar. 13

National PO (3 above)

Hermann, B. Music from the film Marnie. London PO. 10

Bernard Herrman, cond (all above) London 455 156 2

16:30 ARTS IN FOCUS With music at St James. Produced by Debbie Scholem

17:00 COLOURS OF THE KING Program of the Organ Music Society of Sydney Prepared by Andrew Grahame

Boyce, W. Excerpts from Voluntary in D. 4

Buxtehude, D. Prelude and fugue in D. 6

John Winter, org (2 above)

Choveaux, N. March; Meditation; Introduction and toccata. Anthony Burns-Cox, org. 10

Steel, C. Suite: Changing moods (1980). Marc Rochester, org. 13

Bairstow, E. Prelude, elegy and toccata-prelude (1911). Michael Overbury, org. 15 Priory PRCD 914 (all above)

18:00 AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS’ HOUR Into the Dreaming Prepared by Troy Fil

Sculthorpe, P. Into the Dreaming (1993). 3

Hopkins, S. Reclaiming the spirit (1993). 6

David Pereira, vc (2 above)

Edwards, R. Arafura arioso (2006). Seven Harp Ensemble. Tall Poppies TP204 6

Barton - Hindson. Kalkadungu. Sydney SO/Richard Gill. ABC 476 4834 24

Barton, W. Didjeridu solo no 3. ABC 476 4834 2

William Barton, didjeridu (2 above)

Houghton, P. Cave painting; Wildflower, from From the Dreaming (1991-97). Virginia Taylor, fl; Timothy Kain, gui. Move MCD 454 11

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

Loesser, F. Excerpts from Guys and dolls (1950). Robet Alda, Vivian Blaine, Stubby Kaye, Isobel Bigley, voices; members of original Broadway cast. Naxos 8.120786 18

Rodgers, R. Excerpts from Pal Joey (1940). Jane Froman, Dick Beavers, Helen Gallagher, Lewis Bolyard, voices. Capitol DRG 19054 14

Various. Excerpts from Singin’ in the rain (1952). Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor, voices. Classic Movies 8122 744978-2 18

20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Part 1: The Bourbaki Ensemble: Concertante strings Produced by Kerry Joyner RECORDED BY FINE MUSIC

Sculthorpe, P. Port Essington (1977). 15

Howells, H. Elegy for viola, string quartet and string orchestra (1917). Michelle Urquhart, va. 9

Kenny, A. Chernobyl (2012). Alastair Duff-Forbes, vn. 17

Bruckner, A. Adagio from String quintet in F, version for string orchestra (1879). 15 Part 2: A Retrospective

Finzi, G. Prelude in F minor for string orchestra, op 25 (1920s). 5

Wilcher, P. Adagio for flute, cor anglais, piano and string orchestra (2009). Christine Draeger, fl; Rachel Tolmie, cor anglais; Prue Gibbs, pf. 7

Bourbaki Ensemble (all above)

Copland, A. Quiet city (1941). Rachel Tolmie, cora; Andrew del Riccio, tpt. 11

21:30 SALLY HILLIER IN RECITAL Works by Brouwer, Biberian, Carroll and Carloso, played by Sally Hillier, gui.

22:00 AFTER HOURS with Kevin Jones

Saturday 13 April



6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Robert Small

9:00 WAGNER AND FRIENDS The Mastersingers of Nuremburg Prepared by Barbara Brady

1813

2013

200 th AnniversaryWAGNER

Lortzing, A. Der Meister kommt; Nicht Reichtum macht das Leben schön, from Hans Sachs (1839-40). Friederike Sailer, sop; Margot Weindle, sop; Karl Mikorey, ten; Karl Schmitt-Walter, bar; Frankenland State O/Max Loy. Living Stage LS 347.22 10

Wagner, R. Overture; Chorale, from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867). Bavarian State Opera O/Wolgang Sawallisch. EMI 5 55142 2 13

Cornelius, P. Mein Sohn, sei Allahs Frieden ... Ich bin Akademiker, Doktor und Chemiker, from Der Barbier von Bagdad. Adalbert Kraus, ten; Karl Ridderbusch, bass; Bavarian Radio Choir; Munich Radio O/Heinrich Hollreiser. RCA 74321 32223 2 8

Wagner, R. Prelude to Act III of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan. Decca 476 2457 6

Beethoven, L. Mir ist so wunderbar, from Fidelio, op 72 (1814). Hildegard Behrens, sop; Sonia Ghazarian, sop; David Kuebler, ten; Peter Hofmann, ten; Hans Sotin, bass; Chicago SO/Georg Solti. Decca 460 805-2 5

Wagner, R. Selig wei die Sonne, from Die Mastersinger von Nürnberg. Cheryl Studer, sop; Kornelia Kallisch, mezz; Ben Heppner, ten; Deon van der Walt, ten; Berndt Weikl, bass-bar; Bavarian State Opera O/Wolfgang Sawallisch. EMI 5 55142 2 5

Schumann, R. Overture to Manfred, op 115 (1848-49). Bavarian RSO/Rafael Kubelik. Sony SBK 48 270 12

Wagner, R. Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein, from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Cheryl Studer, sop; Ben Heppner, ten; Bernd Weikl, bar; Kurt Moll, bass. 6

Verachtet mir die Meister nicht from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Bernd Weikl, bar. 6

Bavarian State Opera Ch & O/Wolfgang Sawallisch (2 above) EMI 5 55142 2

10:30 CHAMBER MASTERWORKS

Schubert, F. Quartet no 13 in A minor, D804 (1824). Brodsky String Quartet. IMP PCD 831 35

Geminiani, F. Sonata in C, op 5 no 3 (pub. 1746). Jaap ter Linden, vc; Judith-Maria Becker, vc continuo; Lars Ulrik Mortensen, hpd. Brilliant Classics 93646 12

Brahms, J. Piano trio no 1 in B, op 8 (1853-54/89). Haydn Trio, Vienna. Teldec 8.44052 ZS 33

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 with Josh Oshlack

14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL The art of Ottorino Respighi Prepared by Rex Burgess

Respighi, O. Overture: Belfagor (1925). BBC PO/Edward Downes. Chandos CHAN 9311 12Ancient airs and dances, suite no 2 (1924). Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati. Mercury 416 496-2 19Il tramonto (1914). Sena Jurinac, sop; Franz Holetschek, pf. Westminster 471 269-2 18Notturno, from Six pieces (c1936). Yolanda Kondonassis, hp. Telarc 80533 6Roman festivals (1928). Royal PO/Enrique Bátiz. Naxos 8.550539 25Sonata in B minor (c1917). Franco Gulli, vn; Enrica Cavallo, pf. Dynamic CDS 39 26La sensitiva (1914). Linda Finnie, mezz; BBC PO/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 9453 32Church windows (1926). Pacific SO/Keith Clark. RR RR15CD 2917:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Heather Sykes

Hymns: When morning gilds the skies; Tell out, my soul; Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven. Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral; John Scott, org; Barry Rose, cond. Guild GCMD 7106 9

Leighton, K. An Easter sequence (1969). Benjamin Durrant, treb; Gareth Jones, bar; Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge; Crispian Steele-Perkins, tpt; Christopher Whitton, org; Christopher Robinson, cond. Naxos 8.555795 14

Handel, G. Let God arise, HWV 2566 (1725-26). Choir of the Chapel Royal; Andrew Grant, org & dir. Naxos 8.5657935 13

Bortnyansky, D. Motet: In convertendo Dominus (1777). Pratum Integrum O. Caromitis CM 0042003 10

Hymns: For the beauty of the earth; Praise to the Lord, the almighty. St. Philip’s Boys Choir. Music Club MCCDX 001 6

18:00 SYDNEY SCHUBERT SOCIETY Prepared by Jan Brown

Schubert, F. Overture to The magic harp, D644 (1820). Vienna SO/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Apex 0927 498132 11

An Sylvia, D891 (1826). Jussi Björling, ten; Harry Ebert, pf. Naxos 8.110789 4

Divertissement à la française in E minor, D823 (1825). Christoph Eschenbach, Justus Frantz, pf. EMI 5 69770 2 34

19:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Giovanna Grech

Bellini, V. Son geloso del zefiro errante, from La sonnambula (1831). Maria Callas, sop; La Scala TO/Antonio Votto. EMI 5 67701 2 6

Verdi, G. Ascolta, O dei, from Ernani (1844). Thomas Hampson, bar; O of the Age of Enlightenment/Richard Armstrong. EMI 5 57113 2 6

Mozart, W. Soave sia il vento, from Così fan tutte, K588 (1790). Amanda Thane, sop; Fiona Janes, mezz; David Brennan, bar; Australian Opera and Ballet O/Richard Bonynge. ABC CD5 438 196-2 3

Berlioz, H. Nuit d’ivresse, from The Trojans (1856-58). Angela Gheorghiu, sop; Roberto Alagna, ten; Royal Opera House O/Richard Armstrong. EMI 5 56117 2 8

19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Troy Fil

Chadwick, R. Three kisses for Jenny (1999). English CO/Tolga Kashif. New Classical 465 357-1 9

Beethoven, L. Piano concerto no 3 in C minor, op 37 (c1800). Murray Perahia, pf; Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink. CBS MK 39814 35

Strauss, R. Sonatina no 2 in E flat, The happy workshop (1944-45). Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Edo de Waart. Philips 438 733-2 40

21:00 NEW HORIZONS Prepared by Troy Fil

Sheng, B. The phoenix (2004). Shana Blake Hill, sop; Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.559610 24

Dean, R. SundayPianoDances (2005/11). Roger Dean, pf. Tall Poppies TP225 9

Abram, J. Oboe quartet (2002). Gallery Players of Niagara. www.galleryplayers.ca GPN09001 17

Mellnäs, A. Transparence (1972). Swedish RSO/Stig Westerberg. Phono Suecia PS 22 13

Wuorinen, C. Percussion quartet (1994). New Jersey Percussion Ensemble. Naxos 8.559321 18

22:30 ULTIMA THULE

Sunday 14 April


Monday 15 April



9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Inspired by opera Prepared by Giovanna Grech

Schmidt, F. Intermezzo, from Notre-Dame (1902-04). Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi. DG 429 494-2 4

Sarasate, P. de Concert fantasy on Flotow’s Martha, op 19 (1876). Tianwa Yang, vn; Markus Hadulla, pf. Naxos 8.570192 11

Massenet, J. Il faut nous séparer, from Werther (1892). Pia Tassinari, sop; Ferrucio Tagliavini, ten; San Francisco Opera O/Gaetano Merola. Naxos 8.110144 10

Tchaikovsky, P. Waltz, from Eugene Onegin (1879). Kirov O/Valery Gergiev. Philips 442 775-2 8

Puccini, G. Final scenes, from La bohème, Act I (1896). Katia Ricciarelli, sop; Ashley Putman, sop; José Carreras, ten; Ingvar Wixell, bar; Hikan Hagegard, bar; Robert Lloyd, bass; Royal Opera House Ch & O/Colin Davis. Philips 416 492-2 19

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Heather Sykes

Weiner, L. Hungarian folk dance suite, op 18 (1931). Philharmonia O/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 9029 28

Haydn, J. Oboe concerto in C, Hob.VIIg:C1 (c1800). Hans-Werner Wätzig, ob; Berlin RSO/Heinz Rögner. Berlin 0012852BC 23

d’Indy, V. Summer day in the mountains, op 61 (1905). French RPO/Marek Janowski. apex 0927 4809 2 30

11:30 AFTER SUMMER, AUTUMN Prepared by Heather Sykes

Mahler, G. Lonely man in Autumn, from Song of the earth (1908-09). Yvonne Minton, sop; René Kollo, ten; Chicago SO/Georg Solti. ABC 470 241-2 10

Albéniz, I. Autumn waltz, op 170 (c1890). Alberto Guinovart, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMI 987007 13


13:00 SCHUMANN CIRCLE Prepared by Jessie Tang

Mendelssohn, F. Songs without words, bk III no 1, op 38 (1837). Luba Edlina, pf. Chandos CHAN 8948/9 3

Schumann, C. Trio in G minor, op 17 (1846). Joseph Silverstein, vn; Colin Carr, vc; Veronica Jochum, pf. Pro Arte CDD 395 28

Mendelssohn, F. Songs without words, bk IV, op 53 (1841). Luba Edlina, pf. Chandos CHAN 8948/9 18

Schumann, R. Symphony no 1 in B flat, op 38, Spring (1841). Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard. BIS SACD-1569 31

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4:30 FROM THE CLASSICS Prepared by Philip Lidbury

Danzi, F. Flute concerto no 4 in D, op 43 (1814). András Adorján, fl; Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair. LP Orfeo S 003812 H 22

Mozart, W. Ballet: Les petits riens, K299b (1778). Vienna Mozart Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky. Decca 436 782-2 21

Haydn, J. Te Deum in C, for Empress Maria Theresia, Hob.XXIII:2 (c1880). Choir of St Andrews Cathedral; SBS Youth O/Michael Deasey. SBS Music SBS 0007-2 9

Arriaga, J. Symphony in D minor (1824). Le Concert des Nations; La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall. Astrée E 8532 29

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett



22:00 KEYBOARD CONTRASTS Prepared by Phil Vendy

Chopin, F. Sonata no 3, op 58 (1844). Olga Kern, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907464 31

Liszt, F. Soirées musicales (1837). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDA66661 2 51

Chopin, F. Variations in D (1829). Idil Biret, pf; Martin Sauer, pf. Naxos 8.554537 8

Bacewicz, G. Quintet no 1 (1952). Warsaw Piano Quintet. Olympia OCD 310 22

Joseph SilversteinKatia Ricciarelli Jordi Savall





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Pianist of Choice: Jorge Bolet Prepared by Di Cox

Liszt, F. The fountains of the Villa d’Este, from Years of pilgrimage, 3rd year (1877). Decca 411 803-2 8

Ricordanza, from Études d’exécution transcendante. Philips 456 814-2 11

Schumann, R. Fantasie in C, op 17 (1836-38). Decca 417 401-2 33

Jorge Bolet, pf (all above)

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Jan Brown

Schumann, R. Overture, scherzo and finale, op 52 (1841). O Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner. Archiv 457 591-2 17

Haydn, J. Symphony in D, Hob.I:101, Clock (1793-94). Royal PO/Thomas Beecham. EMI 1 66449 2 28

Beethoven, L. Piano concerto no 4 in G, op 58 (1805-06). Gerard Willems, pf; Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker. ABC 980 046-2 34

11:30 SUBLIME SONATAS Prepared by Angela Bell

Bach, J.S. Sonata in D, BWV1028 (c1720). Mikko Perkola, bass viol; Aapo Häkkinen, hpd. Naxos 8.570210 18

Vivaldi, A. Trio sonata in D, RV62. Salvatore Accardo, vn; Franco Gulli, vn; Rohan de Saram, vc; Bruno Canino; hpd. Newton 8802034 8


13:00 KENNETH NEATE IN RECITAL Prepared by George Hilgevoord

Puccini, G. Recondita armonia, from Tosca (1900). 3

Verdi, G. Ella mi fu rapita, from Rigoletto (1851). 5

Cilea, F. È la solita storia, from L’Arlesiana (1897). 5

Verdi, G. Se quel guerrier io fossi! ... Celeste Aïda, from Aïda (1871). 5

Puccini, G. Donna non vidi mai, from Manon Lescaut (1893). 3

Leoncavallo, R. Vesti la giubba, from I Pagliacci (1892). 4

Kenneth Neate, ten; PO of Paris/Napoleone Annovazzi (all above) Casa

13:30 CHAMBER FOR STRINGS Prepared by Philip Lidbury

Haydn, M. Divertimento in C for violin, cello and continuo (c1758). Members of the Salzburger Hofmusik/Wolfgang Brunner. cpo 999 230-2 20

Boccherini, L. Quintet no 4 in D, Fandango (1798). Karin Schaupp, gui; Flinders Quartet. ABC 476 4435 24

Weber, C.M. Introduction, theme and variations, op posth (1811). Etienne Siebens, db; Ensemble Walter Boeykens. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901481 12

Mendelssohn, F. Sonata no 2 in D, op 58 (1843). Nathan Waks, vc; Geoffrey Parsons, pf. LP ABC AA 9090 25

15:00 NUMBERS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Glanville-Hicks, P. Thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird (1948). Gerald English, ten; Roland Peelman, pf. Tall Poppies TP112 12

Beethoven, L. Fourteen variations in E flat, op 44 (c1792). Pinchas Zukerman, vn; Jacqueline du Pré, vc; Daniel Barenboim, pf. EMI CMS 7 63124-2 15

Bach, J.S. Fifteen two-part inventions, BWV772-86 (1723). Joseph Payne, hpd. BIS CD-590 24

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Ogilvie


20:00 RECENT RELEASES with David Garrett

22:00 BEYOND ROMANTICISM Prepared by Troy Fil

Morris, R. Canzon ricertati no 6 (1931). Lindsay String Quartet. ASV DCA 879 9

Arnold, M. Symphony no 2, op 40 (1953). Royal PO/Vernon Handley. Conifer 75605 51240 2 30

Trimble, J. Sonatina (1940). Una Hunt, pf; Roy Holmes, pf. Marco Polo 8.225059 9

Moeran, E.J. Nocturne (1934). Hugh Mackey, bar; Renaissance Singers; Ulster O/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN 8808 13

Rimmer, W. Fantasia on a Welsh melody. James Brice, euphonium; Brett Jones, pf. AEMS JB001 13

Bax, A. Symphony no 1 in E flat (1921-22). London PO/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 8906/10 37

Tuesday 16 April

Jorge Bolet Una Hunt





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Aspects of Baroque Prepared by Frank Morrison

Marais, M. Suite in F (1717). Christophe Coin, bass viol; Christopher Hogwood, hpd. L’Oiseau-Lyre 436 185-2 11

Charpentier, M-A. In circumcisione Domini. Andrea Lauren Brown, sop; Undine Holzwarth, sop; Jens Hamann, bass; Solistenensemble Stimmkunst; Ensemble 94/Kay Johannsen. Carus 83.196 5

Couperin, F. Trio sonata and suite, La françoise, from Les nations (pub. 1726). Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 436 185-2 14

Rameau, J-P. Menuet in G minor (transcr. Godowsky). Konstantin Scherbakov, pf. Marco Polo 8.223795 6

Leclair, J-M. Sonata in A minor, op 5 no 7 (pub. 1734). Simon Standage, vn; Lars Ulrik Mortensen, hpd. Chandos CHAN 0531 14


Strauss, Josef. The mysterious powers of magnetism, op 173. Johann Strauss Ensemble/Russell McGregor. ABC 476 4630 10

Sinding, C. Violin concerto no 2 in D, op 60 (1901). Andrej Bielow, vn; NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover/Frank Beermann. cpo 777 114-2 34

Schumann, R. Symphony no 2 in C, op 61 (1845-46). Bavarian RSO/Rafael Kubelik. Sony SBK 48 269 39

11:30 VOICE OF THE NORTH Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Sibelius, J. Luonnotar, op 70 (1913). Tara Valjakka, sop; Bournemouth SO/Paavo Berglund. EMI 5 69773 2 10

Sviridov, G. My soul yearns for heaven (1967). Vassili Klimushin, ten; RSFSR Yurlov Academic Choir; Moscow Radio Large SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky. LP Melodiya CM 01943-03542 6

Stenhammar, W. Ithaca, op 21 (1904). Håkan Hagegård, bar; Swedish RSO/Kjell Ingebretsen. Caprice CAP 21358 9


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


15:00 NOVEL NOVELETTES Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Gröndahl, A. Novelettes, op 25 no 1. Solveig Funseth, pf. Swedish Society SCD 1043 5

Poulenc, F. The novelettes (1927-28/59). Pascal Rogé, pf. Decca 417438-2 7

Bowen, Y. Three novelettes, op 124 (1949). Joop Celis, pf. Chandos CHAN 10593 11

Glazunov, A. Five novelettes, op 15 (1886). Nathaniel Rosen, vc; Fine Arts Quartet. Naxos 8.570256 31

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with James Hunter


20:00 AT THE OPERA Legendary Met performances: 29 November 1973 Prepared by Michael Tesoriero

Offenbach, J. Les contes d’Hoffmann. Opera in three acts. Libretto by Jules Barbier. First performed Paris, 1881.

HOFFMANN: Plácido Domingo, ten OLYMPIA, ANTONIA, GIULIETTA, STELLA: Joan Sutherland, sop NICKLAUSSE: Huguette Tourangeau, mezz LINDORF, COPPÉLIUS, DR. MIRACLE, DAPERTUTTO: Thomas Stewart, bass Metrpolitan Opera Ch & O/Richard Bonynge. Bella Voce BLV 107 2:35

Drinking in a tavern with Nicklausse, the poet Hoffmann receives a letter from his love Stella, a prima donna. His enemy Lindorf asks him to describe his love affairs. First, Hoffmann loves Olympia, a mechanical doll. He believes she is real until she is broken by Coppelius. Then he loves Antonia, forbidden to sing at the risk of death. Urged on by the evil Dr Miracle, she sings for Hoffmann and dies in his arms. Finally he loves Giulietta a Venetian courtesan on the Grand Canal in Venice. When he kills her lover in a duel, Giulietta leaves with Dapertutto. When Stella appears, Hoffmann is drunk and she leaves him for Lindorf. Nicklausse, who has witnessed these affairs, becomes his muse and urges him to write.

23:00 BAROQUE DELIGHTS FINE MUSIC PRODUCTION

Frescobaldi, G. Toccata prima (1637). 4

Caccini, F. Amarilli mia bella (1601). 2

Frescobaldi, G. Aria di passagaglia (1630). 3

Lavinia Bertotti, sop (2 above); Nicholas Parle, hpd (3 above)

Eyck, J. Amarilli mia bella (pub. 1649). 5

Monteverdi, C. Et è pur dunque vero (pub. 1641). Lavinia Bertotti, sop. 7

Handel, G. Sonata in B minor, op 1 no 9. 11

Kate Clark, baroque fl (3 above)

Purcell, H. The plaint, from The Fairy Queen (1692). Lavinia Bertotti, sop. 6

Nicholas Parle, hpd (3 above) Fine Music recordings (all above)

Handel, G. Organ concerto no 13 in F, HWV295, The cuckoo and the nightingale (1730-48). Nicholas Parle, org; London Baroque/Charles Medlam. EMI CDC 7 49799-2 13

Georgy Sviridov

Wednesday 17 April





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Keith Glendinning

Strauss, R. Horn concerto no 1 in E flat, op 11 (1883). Dennis Brain, hn; Philharmonia O/Wolgang Sawallisch. EMI 7 47834 2 15

Symphony no 2 in F minor, op 12 (1884). Royal Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 10236 X 20

Two songs: Befreit, op 39 no 4; Die heiligen drei Königen aus Morgenland, op 56 no 6. Elizabeth Harwood, sop. 12

Spring, from Four last songs, op posth (1948). Heather Harper, sop. 3

New Philharmonia O/Norman Del Mar (2 above) Carlton Classics 15656 91382

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans

Glazunov, A. Overture: Carnaval, op 45 (1892). Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin Naxos 8.553838 10

Mozart, W. Violin concerto no 4 in D, K218 (1775). Oscar Shumsky; vn; Scottish CO/Jan-Pascal Tortelier. Nimbus NIM5009 24

Chaminade, C. Flute concertino, op 107 (1902). Manuela Wiesler, fl; Helsingborg SO/Philippe Auguin. BIS CD-529 8

Grechaninov, A. Symphony no 2 in A minor, op 27, Pastoral (1894). Russian State SO/Valéry Polyansky. Chandos CHAN 9486 38


Parry, H. Sonata in D (1889). Erich Gruenberg, vn; Roger Vignoles, pf. Helios CDH55266 18

Boccherini, L. Sonata no 2 in C minor. Steven Isserlis, vc; Maggie Cole, hpd. Virgin VC 7 90805-2 8


13:00 LOOKING BACK Prepared by Angela Bell

Rutter, J. Suite antique (1979). Andrew Nicholson, fl; John Birch, hpd; Royal PO/John Rutter. ucj 476 124-2 18

Debussy, C. Six épigraphes antiques (1914). Boris Berman, pf. Chandos CHAN 9294 17

Khandoshkin, I. Six old Russian songs for violin (1783). Anastasia Khitruk, vn; Dimitry Yakubovsky, va; Kyrill Yevtushenko, vc. Naxos 8.570028 24

Suk, J. About mother, op 28 (1907). Margaret Fingerhut, pf. Chandos CHAN 9026/7 22

Bantock, G. Old English suite, after Gibbons, Dowland, Bull, Farnaby, Byrd (1909). Czecho-Slovak State PO/Adrian Leaper. Naxos 8.555473 15

Corelli, A. La folia, op 5 no 12 (arr. Kreisler). Thomas Jones, vn; Rachel Valler, pf. Move MD 3173 12

15:00 DEUTSCHE WELLE CONCERT HOUR By courtesy of Radio Deutsche Welle

Busoni, F. Nocturne symphonique, op 43.

Pfitzner, H. Piano concerto in A flat, op 31. Tzimon Barto, pf.

Dresden Staatskapelle/Christian Thielemann (2 above)

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Stephen Wilson


20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Creative links: Latin influences Prepared by Judy Ekstein

Boccherini, L. Sinfonia in D minor, op 12 no 4, La casa del diavalo (1771). Brescia and Bergamo Festival CO/Agostino Orizio. Fonè 86 F06-12 20

Scarlatti, D. Concerto grosso no 6 in D (pub. 1744; arr. Avison). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Philips 438 806-2 14

Giuliani, M. Guitar concerto in A, op 30 (pub. 1808). John Williams, gui; English CO/Charles Groves. CBS M2YK 45610 22

Trad. Mexican hat dance (1780); La cucaracha (1885); La bamba (1862) (arr. Hayman). O/Richard Hayman. Naxos 8.555026 13

Albéniz, I. Suite española (1886; orch. Frühbeck de Burgos). New Philharmonia O/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Decca 433 905-2 38

22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Phil Vendy

Strauss, R. Sonata in F, op 8 (1882-83). Mischa Maisky, vc; Pavel Gililov, pf. DG 477 7465 24

Khachaturian, A. Trio (1932; arr Power of Three). Deborah de Graaff, cl; Leah Lock, fl; John Martin, pf. ABC/Three Bracelets 94504 47232 17

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

Mahler, G. Quartet in A minor (1876). Gidon Kremer, vn; Veronika Hagen, va; Clemens Hagen, vc; Oleg Maisenberg, pf. DG 477 8825 11

Wagner, R. Träume, from Wesendonk Lieder no 5 (1857-58; transcr. Primrose). Roberto Diaz, va; Robert Koenig, pf. Naxos 8.557391 4

Bruckner, A. String quartet in C minor (1862). L’Archibudelli. Sony SK 66 251 21

Jane Rutter

Thursday 18 April





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Small forces Prepared by Jan Brown

Stanford, C. Villiers Fantasy in A minor (1922). Stephen Stirling, hn; RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet. Hyperion CDA67434 12

Molique, B. Duo concertante, op 3. John Wion, fl; Mitchell Stern, vn. Hart HMP4W91514 9

Schumann, R. Adagio and allegro, op 70 (1849). Mischa Maisky, vc; Daria Hovora, pf. DG 439 863-2 9

Mozart, W. Trio in E flat, K498, Kegelstatt (1786). Antony Morf, cl; Claudio Veress, va; Ilse von Alpenheim, pf. BIS CD-513/514 20

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Keith Glendinning

Corelli, A. Concerto grosso in G minor, op 6, no 8, Christmas (c1690). Peter Hanson, vn; Walter Reiter, vn; Jane Coe, vc; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 437 834-2 14

Saint-Saëns, C. Suite algérienne, op 60 (1880). Swiss Italian O/Francis Travis. Chandos CHAN 9837 20

Canteloube, J. Poème (1918/37-8). Philippe Graffin, vn; Ulster O/Thierry Fischer. Hyperion CDA67294 15

Massenet, J. Piano concerto in E flat (1903). Stephen Coombs, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce. Hyperion CDA66897 31

11:30 MOZART OPERAS ARRANGED Prepared by Chris Blower

Beethoven, L. Variations in E flat on Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen, from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, WoO46 (1815). Daniel Müller-Schott, vc; Angela Hewitt, pf. Hyperion CDA67755 10

Clementi, M. Batti, batti, from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, op 40 no 3. Maria Tipo, pf. EMI 7 54766 2 7

Mozart, W. Dove sono i bei momenti, Ecco la marcia; Papageno! Bist du mir nun ganz gegeben? from The marriage of Figaro, K492 (1786; transcr. Wendt). Melbourne Windpower/Richard Runnels. Move MD 3110 9


13:00 BEETHOVEN 123 Prepared by Angela Bell

Beethoven, L. Sonata no 3 in C, op 2 no 3 (1794-95). Gerard Willems, pf. ABC 465 695-2 27

32 variations on an original theme in C minor, WoO80 (1806). Radu Lupu, pf. Decca 478 3156-67 11

Trio in B flat, op 97, Archduke (1810-11). Jaime Laredo, vn; Sharon Robinson, vc; Joseph Kalichstein, pf. IMP PCD 874 42

14:30 CHOIRS AND PLACES Prepared by Philip Lidbury

Handel, G. Waft her, angels, through the skies, from Jephtha (1751). Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne; Lerida Delbridge, vn; Rochelle Bryson, vn; Justin Williams, va; Michelle Wood, vc; Jonathon Bradley, hpd; Michael Leighton Jones, cond. ABC 467 3769 5

Purcell, H. Rejoice in the Lord alway (1683-84). Christopher Robson, alto; William Kendall, ten; Stephen Roberts, bass; Choir of Winchester Cathedral; Brandenburg Consort/David Hill. L’Oiseau-Lyre 444 620-2 8

Schumann, R. Requiem for Mignon, op 98b (1849). William Dazeley, bar; Hanover Boys’ Choir; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner. Archiv 457 660-2 13

15:00 SKETCH, SONATA AND SUITE Prepared by Brian Drummond

Delius, F. Autumn, from North Country sketches (1913-14). Welsh National Opera O/Charles Mackerras. Argo 430 202-2 8

Mozart, W. Sonata no 30 in E flat, K481 (1785). Salvatore Accardo, vn; Bruno Canino, pf. Nuova Era 6742 25

Stravinsky, I. Suite from The firebird (1910). New York PO/Leonard Bernstein. CBS MYK 42540 21

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Lloyd Capps


20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Land, sea and seasons Prepared by Heather Sykes

Verdi, G. The four seasons, from The Sicilian vespers (1855). Guido Toschi, ob; Giovanni Tedeschi, cl; Bologna Comunale TO/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 425 108-2 28

Elgar, E. Sea pictures, op 37 (1897-99). Margreta Elkins, mezz; Queensland SO/Werner Andreas Albert. ABC 446 279-2 22

d’Indy, V. Poem of the mountains, op 15 (1881). Stephanie McCallum, pf. ABC 461 798-2 20

German, E. The seasons (1899). RTE Concert O/Andrew Penny. Marco Polo 8.223695 39

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE For chamber and theatre Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Albinoni, T. Double concerto in C. Maurice André, tpt; Lionel André, tpt; Jean-François Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard. Erato 2292-45062-2 11

Pimpinone (1724). Elena Zilio, mezz; Domenico Trimarchi, bar; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone. LP Italia ITL 70080 39

Boyce, W. Trio sonata no 5 in D (1747). Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman. Hyperion CDD22063 7

Corydon and Miranda, a pastoral interlude (1750). Opera Restor’d/Peter Holman. Hyperion CDA66935 17

Graun, C. Horn concerto in D. Barry Tuckwell, hn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Iona Brown. Decca 417 406-2 9

Excerpts from Acts II and III of Montezuma (1755). Joan Sutherland, sop; Rae Woodland, sop; Elizabeth Harwood, sop; Lauris Elms, mezz; Monica Sinclair, cont; Joseph Ward, bar; Ambrosian Singers; London PO/Richard Bonynge. LP Decca SET 351 29

FRIDAY 19 April



6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson


9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON AUSTRALIAN PERFORMERS John Williams Prepared by Oscar Foong

Albéniz, I. Asturias (1886); Tango (1890). 9

Tárrega, F. Recuerdos de la Alhambra, op 29. 4

Granados, E. Spanish dance no 5 (1900). 4 Sony 88697529852 (3 above)

Vivaldi, A. Guitar concerto in D. English CO/Charles Groves. CBS M 2 YK 45610 10

Schubert, F. Sonata in A minor, D821, Arpeggione (1824; arr. Williams, Gunning). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. Sony SK 63385 22

Sculthorpe, P. Nourlangie (1989). Australian CO/Richard Hickox. Sony SK 53361 20

Brouwer, L. The black decameron (1981). Sony SK 63173 14

Trad. Wraggle-taggle gypsies; Scarborough fair; Petronella; St Patrick’s Day; Búacallán buídhe (arr. Gascoigne). Gascoigne Band. CBS MK 37825 9

Gutiérrez, P. Alma Llanera, vlase. Alfonso Montes, cuatro. 3

Figueredo, I. Los Cajuaritos, pasaje. 3

Carillo, A. Como llora una estrella, valse-canción. 4

Lauro, A. El Marabino, valse. 1

Fernández, H. El Diablo suelto, valse. 2

Alfonso Montes, cuatro (2 above) Sony SK 90451 (5 above)

John Williams, gui (all above)

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

Suppe, F. Overture: The Beautiful Galathea. Black Dyke Mills Band/Roy Newsome. LP HMV CSD 3652 6

Sousa, J.P. March: El Capitan. University of Michigan Symphonic Band/H Robert Reynolds. Quintessence CDQ 2016 2

Dvorák, A. Theme from Symphony no 9, From The New World. Saint Dennis Band/Eddie Williams. LP Astor GGS 1509 13

King, K. Walking frog. Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee. AMP 87107 2


13:00 CLASSIC VOICES

Berlioz, H. D’amour l’ardent flamme, from La damnation de Faust (1846). Kiri Te Kanawa, sop; Royal Opera House O/Jeffrey Tate. EMI 569802 2 8

Schumann, R. Allnächtlich im Traume; Aus alten Märchen; Die alten, bösen Lieder, from Dichterliede, op 48 (1840). Peter Schreier, ten; Norman Shetler, pf. Brilliant Classics 99948/1 10

Mozart, W. Madamina, il catalogo e questo, from Don Giovanni (1787). Fernando Correno, bass; Swiss Italian RO/Leopoldo Casella. Ermitage ERM 201-2 6

Liszt, F. Kling leise, mein Lied (1848); Die Loreley (1861). Cyprien Katsaris, pf. Teldec 8.43342 11

Handel, G. Excerpts from Messiah (1742). Hanna Schwarz, cont; Stuart Burrows, ten; Simon Estes, bass; Bavarian RSO/Colin Davis. Philips 432 047-2 16

Margaret Price, sop (2 above)

14:00 MUSICAL EXPLORATIONS Influence of folk traditions: Hungary Prepared by Judy Ekstein

Kodály, Z. Dances of Galánta (1933). Brno State PO/José Serebrier. BIS CD-875 16

Liszt, F. Hungarian rhapsody no 1 in E (1846). Jeno Jandó, pf. Naxos 8.554480 13

Joachim, J. Violin concerto in G minor in one movement, op 3 (1851). Suyoen Kim, vn; Staatskapelle Weimar/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.570991 20

Dohnányi, E. Quintet in C minor, op 1 (1895). Martin Roscoe, pf; Vanbrugh Quartet. ASV DCA 915 29

15:30 PHILHARMONIA IN CONCERT Prepared by Peter Bell

Handel, G. Samson (1742). Joan Carden, sop; Margaret Dixon-McIver, sop; Judy Board, sop; Romola Tyrrell, sop; Elizabeth Campbell, mezz; Narelle Tapping, mezz; Thomas Edmonds, ten; John Stewart, ten; Grant Dixon, bass; Bruce Martin bass-bar; Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir; Australian CO/Peter Seymour. SPS recording 2:27

18:00 FOCUS ON FOLK Folk Federation of NSW With John Milce

19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Hollywood kids Prepared by Sue Jowell Featuring child stars of the 30s and 40s and what happened after they became adults

20:00 THE SYDNEY SOLOISTS PLAY MOZART AND BEETHOVEN Produced by Kerry Joyner RECORDED BY FINE MUSIC

Mozart, W. Quintet in A, K581 (1789). Francesco Celata, cl. 33

Beethoven, L. Septet in E flat, op 20 (1800). 42

Sydney Soloists (2 above)

21:30 THE YOUNG MOZART Age 6 to 16 Prepared by Jan Brown

Mozart, W. Overture to Lucio Silla, K135 (1772). Royal Concertgebouw O/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Apex 0927 498132 8

Minuet in F, K4 (1762). Geoffrey Tozer, pf. Tall Poppies TP001 1

Piano concerto no 1 in F, K37 (1767). English CO/Daniel Barenboim, pf & dir. EMI CDC 7 47987-2 15


Saturday 20 April

Joan Carden



6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Paul Roper

9:00 CELESTIAL NOTES Prepared by Heather Sykes

Anon. Novices’ Gregorian chants. I Cantori della Turatta/Eros Beltraminelli. Arts 475 41-2 20

Grechaninov, A. The seven days of the Passion (1911). Russian State Symphonic Capella/Valery Polyansky. Chandos CHAN 9303 1:00

10:30 CHAMBER MASTERWORKS Prepared by Di Cox

Haydn, J. Quartet in G minor, Hob.III:74, Rider (1793). Emerson String Quartet. DG 471 327-2 22

Weber, C.M. Quintet in B flat, op 34 (1815). Sabine Meyer, cl; members of Academy of St Martin in the Fields. EMI 5 57359 2 27

Smetana, B. Piano trio in G minor, op 15 (1855/57). Borodin Trio. Chandos CHAN 8445 32

12:00 SPEAK EASY, SWING HARD with Richard Hughes

13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Clarissa Mulas Traditional and contemporary music from around the globe

14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 2000-2010 Prepared by Elaine Siversen By courtesy of Radio Netherlands World Wide

Nas, M. No reason to panic (2006). David Robertson, cond. 6

Schat, P. Symphony no 3, op 45, Gamelan (1998-99). Hans Vonk, cond. 13

Beethoven, L. Symphony no 9 in D minor, op 125 (1822-24). Krassimira Stoyanova, sop; Marianne Cornetti, cont; Robert Dean Smith, ten; Franz-Josef Selig, bass; Netherlands Radio Choir/Mariss Jansons. 1:05

Escher, R. Musique pour l’esprit en deuil (1943). Bernard Haitink, cond. 24

Stravinsky, I. Violin concerto in D (1931). Alexander Kerr, vn; Riccardo Chailly, cond. 21

Schumann, R. Symphony no 2 in C, op 61 (1845-46). Kurt Masur, cond. 35

Royal Concertgebouw O (all above) Radio Netherlands RCO 12004

17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Keith Glendinning

Hymns: Dear Lord and Father of mankind; Lord Jesus, think on me; Now thank we all our God. English Brass Ensemble. Helios CDH 55036 10

Murrill, H. Evening service in E. Helios CDH 55042 7

Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral; Christopher Dearnley, org; John Scott, cond (2 above)

Bairstow, E. Lamentation. Choir of Ely Cathedral/Paul Trepte. Guild GMCD 7117 8

Schubert, F. Mass in G, D167 (1815). Adrian Butterfield, treb; David Ross, ten; Maurice Bevan, bar; Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral; London Bach O/Barry Rose. Guild GMCD 7104 24

18:00 A FIELD OF TALL POPPIES with Julie Simonds A monthly program of recordings selected from the Tall Poppies label

19:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Jan Brown

Wagner, R. Euch Lüften, from Lohengrin (1848). Gundula Janowitz, sop; German Opera O/Ferdinand Leitner. Decca 467 910-2 4

Mozart, W. Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, from Così fan tutte, K588 (1790). Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bass-bar; Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner. ABC 472 826-2 5

Handel, G. Lascia ch’io pianga, from Rinaldo, HWV7. Yvonne Kenny, sop; Melbourne SO/Vladimir Kamirski. ABC 454 511-2 4

Saint-Saëns, C. Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! from Samson and Delilah (1877). Lauris Elms, cont; West Australian SO/Geoffrey Arnold. ABC 442 371-2 4

Bizet, G. In the depths of the temple, from The pearl fishers (1863). Luciano Pavarotti, ten; Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass; National PO/Robin Stapleton. Decca 478 2346 7

19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Angela Bell

Strauss, Josef. Aquarellen, op 258 (1869). Vienna PO/Claudio Abbado. DG 431 628-2 8

Rachmaninov, S. Piano concerto no 3 in D minor, op 30 (1909). Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf; London SO/Anatole Fistoulari. Decca 478 3156-67 43

Tchaikovsky, P. Serenade for strings in C, op 48 (1880). London PO/Vladimir Jurowski. LPO LPO-2009AUS 32

21:00 NEW HORIZONS Modern Britain Prepared by Oscar Foong

Pitfield, T. Prelude, minuet and reel (c1930). John McCabe, pf. ASC CS CD3 7

McCabe, J. Scenes in America Deserta (1986). David Hurley, ct; Robin Tyson, ct; Paul Phoenix, ten; Philip Lawson, bar; Christopher Gabbitas, bar; Stephen Connolly, bass; King’s Singers. Signum SIGCD150 14

Beardsley, C. Diptych no 1 Stars on a dark night. John McCabe, pf. ASC CS CD3 12

McCabe, J. Canyons (1990-91). Royal Northern College of Music Wind O/Clark Rundell. Chandos CHAN 10409 13

Williamson, J. Palindromic preludes nos 2, 6 and 8. John McCabe, pf. ASC CS CD3 7

McCabe, J. Concerto for orchestra (1983). Royal Liverpool PO/Douglas Bostock. Classico CLASSCD 384 25

22:30 ULTIMA THULE

Sunday 21 April

Vladimir Jurowski



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

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Inspired by opera Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Locke, M. Incidental music for Thomas Shadwell’s operatic version of The tempest (1674). Parley of Instruments Renaissance Violin Band/Peter Holman. Hyperion CDA66667 16

Purcell, H. Ayres and dances, from Dido and Aeneas (1689). Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players/Geoffrey Lancaster. ABC 456 667-2 17

Britten, B. Dawn; Moonlight, from Sea interludes from Peter Grimes, op 33a (1944-45). Bergen PO/Neeme Järvi. BIS CD-420 7

Choral dances, from Gloriana, op 53 (1953). Ian Partridge, ten; The Sixteen; Helen Tunstall, hp; Harry Christophers, cond. Collins 12862 12

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Frank Morrison

Wagner, R. A Faust overture (1840/1843-44). Cleveland O/George Szell. CBS M2YK 46466 12

Viotti, G. Violin concerto no 11 in A (1787). Franco Mezzena, vn; Viotti CO/Luciano Borin. Dynamic CDS 63 20

Stravinsky, I. Ballet: The firebird (1910). Dallas SO/Eduardo Mata. Pro Arte CDD 443 49

11:30 FRENCH PIANOS Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Debussy, C. Footprints in the snow (1910). Simon Tedeschi, pf; Kevin Hunt, pf. ABC 275 2052 4

Poulenc, F. Sonata (1953). Pascal Rogé, pf; Jean-Philippe Collard, pf. Decca 443 968-2 22


13:00 FROM THE NORTH Prepared by Francis Frank

Buxtehude, D. Sonata in D minor, BuxWV257. Trio Sonnerie. ASV GAU 110 8

Rautavaara, E. Three sonnets of Shakespeare. Jorma Hynninen, bar; Ralf Gothóni, pf. BIS CD-88 7

Kvandal, J. Nonet no 1 for eight wind instruments and double-bass, op 54 (1946/80). Einar Schøyen, db; Norwegian Wind Ensemble. Simax PSC 1037 13

Buxtehude, D. Sonata in G, BuxWV253. Mariette Holtrop, vn; Naomi Hirschfeld, bass viol; Reitze Smits, hpd. Ottavo OTR C 19343 8

Kuhlau, F. Grand trio in G, op 119. Wolfgang Schulz, fl; Mathias Schulz, fl; Madoka Inui, pf. Naxos 8.570309 15

14:00 CHANSON Prepared by Brian Drummond

Elgar, E. Chanson de matin, op 15 no 2 (1901). London PO/Adrian Boult. Belart 461 3542 3

Schubert, F. Introduction and variations on Trock’ne Blumen, D802 (1824). Alain Marion, fl; Pascal Rogé, pf. Denon 33CO-2046 20

Sibelius, J. Spring song, La tristesse du printemps, op 16 (1894). Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi. BIS CD-384 8

Mendelssohn, F. Songs without words, bk 2, op 30 (1835). Daniel Barenboim, pf. DG 453 061-2 16

Elgar, E. Chanson de nuit, op 15 no 1 (1901). London PO/Adrian Boult. Belart 461 3542 4

15:00 FIRST QUARTETS Prepared by Derek Parker

Beethoven, L. String quartet no 1 in F, op 18 no 1. Alban Berg Quartett. EMI 7 04413 2 1 28

Smetana, B. Quartet no 1 in E minor, From my life (1880). Lindsay String Quartet. ASV DCA 777 27

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



22:00 KEYBOARD CONTRASTS Prepared by Frank Morrison

Haydn, J. Sonata no 44 in F, Hob.XVI:29 (1776). Ronald Brautigam, fp. BIS CD-1093 18

Grieg, E. Allegro molto, from Norwegian dances, op 35 (1881). Eva Knardahl, Kjell Ingebretsen, pf. BIS CD-113 6

Mozart, W. Andante and variations in G, K501 (1786). Darryl Coote, Max Cooke, pf. Move MCD 046 7

Dandrieu, J-F. Harpsichord pieces, bk 2 (1728). Olivier Baumont, hpd. Adda 581073 23

Gambold. J. Rondo (c1785). Martin Pearlman, fp. Telarc 80482 5

Musgrave, T. Excursions: 8 duets (1965). Thea Musgrave, Malcolm Williamson, pf. Lyrita SRCD.253 8

Brahms, J. Piano trio no 1 in B, op 8 (1853-54/89). Borodin Trio. Chandos CHAN 8334 38

Monday 22 April

Jorma Hynninen Ronald Brautigam





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Pianist of choice: Julius Katchen Prepared by Jennifer Foong

Mendelssohn, F. Prelude and fugue in E minor, op 35 no 1 (pub. 1837). 8

Chopin, F. Ballade no 3 in A flat, op 47 (1840-41). 7

Brahms, J. Variations on an original theme in D, op 21 no 1 (1857). 17

Balakirev, M. Islamey: Oriental fantasy, op 19 no 6 (1869/1902). 7

Rorem, N. Sonata no 2 (1949). 14

Julius Katchen, pf (all above) Philips 456 856-2

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Field

Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Capriccio espagnol, op 34 (1887). Rudolf Gaehler, vn; London SO/Charles Mackerras. Telarc CD-80208 15

Ponchielli, A. Dance of the hours, from La gioconda (1876). Philharmonia O/Herbert von Karajan. EMI CDM 7 69041 2 10

Bruch, M. Suite on Russian themes, op 79b (1905). Hungarian State SO/Manfred Honeck. Naxos 8.555985 21

Strauss, R. Suite: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, op 60 (1918). English CO/Jeffrey Tate. EMI CDC 7 47992 2 37

11:30 VOICES OF RUSSIA Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Rimsky-Korsakov, N. The pine and the palm, op 3 no 1 (1866); Lilacs, op 21 no 5 (1902); Before my window, op 26 no 10 (1906). Nicolai Gedda, ten; Lija Mogilevskaja, pf. LP Melodiya/Eurodisc 203284-366 7

Sviridov, G. Wooden Russia (1946). Alexei Maslennikov, ten; RSFSR Yurlov Academic Choir; Moscow Radio Large SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky. LP Melodiya CM 01943-03542 7

Glinka, M. Shall I ever forget? (1829); I know by mercy of the gods (1828); Wherever I look (1828); Tempt me not (1825). Yevgeny Nesterenko, bass; Yevgeny Shenderovich, pf. LP Melodiya 200 956-366 11


13:00 WITCHES GALORE Prepared by Rex Burgess

Bantock, G. The witch of Atlas (1902). Royal PO/Vernon Handley. Hyperion CDA66450 15

Paganini, N. Witches’ dance, op 8 (arr. Kreisler). Ruggiero Ricci, vn; Louis Persinger, pf. Decca 458 191-2 7

Purcell, H. The witches’ scene, from Dido and Aeneas (1690). Musicians of the Globe/Philip Pickett. Philips 446 218-2 9

Smetana, B. Macbeth and the witches (1859). Tamara Anna Cislowska, pf. ABC 476 6301 10

Strauss, R. The young witch’s song, op 39 no 2 (1898). Edita Gruberova, sop; Friedrich Haider, pf. Teldec 2292-44922-2 3

Verdi, G. Witches’ chorus, from Macbeth (1847). Welsh National Opera Ch & O/Richard Armstrong. EMI 5 66115 2 4

Lee, R. Song of the white witch (1992). Riley Lee, shakuhachi. Tall Poppies TP033 6

Britten, B. Saul and the witch at Endor (1947). Sarah Walker, mezz; John Mark Ainsley, ten; Simon Keenlyside, bar; Graham Johnson, pf. Hyperion CDA67061/2 12

Dvorák, A. The noon witch, op 108 (1896). Czech PO/Charles Mackerras. Supraphon SU 4012-2 14

14:30 THE ART OF ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER Prepared by Stephen Wilson

Brahms, J. Sonata no 3 in D minor, op 108 (1886-88). Lambert Orkis, pf. DG 477 8767 21

Sibelius, J. Violin concerto in D minor, op 47 (1903). Staatskapelle Dresden/André Previn. DG 447 895-2 32

Mendelssohn, F. Trio no 1 in D minor, op 49 (1839). Lyn Harrell, vc; André Previn, pf. DG 477 8001 28

Anne-Sophie Mutter, vn (all above)

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Michael Morton-Evans


20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Stephen Wilson

22:00 BEYOND ROMANTICISM Happy birthday Prokofiev Prepared by Oscar Foong

Prokofiev, S. Prelude in C, op 12 no 7 (1906-13). Judy Loman, hp. Naxos 8.554561 3

Piano concerto no 1 in D flat, op 10 (1911-12). Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf; London SO. Decca 425 572-2 16

Scythian suite, op 20 (1915). Los Angeles PO. Philips 420 934-2 20

André Previn, cond (2 above)

Sonata no 8 in B flat, op 84 (1944). Grigory Sokolov, pf. naïve OP 30386 30

Cantata: Alexander Nevsky, op 78 (1939). Larissa Avdeeva, mezz; Choral Ensemble of the Russian Republic; USSR NO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Le Chant du Monde CM 201 38

Tuesday 23 April

Julius Katchen Sergei Prokofiev





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Aspects of Baroque Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Agrell, J. Flute concerto in D (c1750). Maria Bania, fl; Concerto Copenhagen/Andrew Manze. Chandos CHAN 0535 15

Roman, J. Suite no 10 in D G 482 (arr. Langford). Joseph Payne, hpd. BIS CD-669/670 12

Buxtehude, D. Sonata in B flat, BuxWV273. Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 427 118-2 15

Scheibe, J. Sinfonia in B flat. Combattimento Consort Amsterdam/Jan Willem de Vriend. Radio Netherlands MCCP121 10

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Derek Parker

Handel, G. Suite in G minor, HWV453 (1705; arr. Holman). Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman. Hyperion CDA67053 9

Mozart, W. Symphony no 21 in A, K134 (1772). English CO/Jeffrey Tate. EMI 5 55480 2 19

Harty, H. Violin concerto (1908). Ralph Holmes, vn; Ulster O/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 7035 33

Mozart, W. Symphony no 35 in D, K385, Haffner (1782). Royal Concertgebouw O/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Radio Nederland RCO 06004 23

11:30 ART SONG Prepared by Jan Brown

Mendelssohn, F. Da lieg’ich unter den Bäumen, op 84 no 1 (1831). EMI CMS 7 64827-2 4

Es lauschte das Laub, op 86 no 1 (1850). EMI CMS 7 64827-2 3

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar; Wolfgang Sawallisch, pf (2 above)

Schumann, R. Meine Rose, op 90 no 2 (1850). Matthias Goerne, bar; Eric Schneider, pf. Decca 475 6012 5

Schubert, F. Der Muller und der Bach; Des Baches wiegenlied, from Die schöne Müllerin, D795 (1823). Christian Elsner, ten; Ulrich Eisenlohr, pf. Naxos 8.554664 11


13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI with Andrew Bukenya; recorded by Greg Ghavalis Featuring organist Jeremy Woodside with works by Brahms, J. S. Bach, Franck and Reger.


15:00 A DIVERSION Prepared by Angela Bell

Ibert, J. Divertissement (1930). Ulster O/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 9023 15

Roussel, A. Divertissement for wind quintet and piano, op 6. Daniel Wiesner, pf; members of Czech Nonet. Praga Da Camera PRD 350 018 6

Strauss, R. Divertimento for small orchestra, after Couperin, op 86 (1941). American String Quartet; New York Chamber SO/Gerard Schwarz. Apex 79675 2 32



20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Colleen Chesterman

Wagner, R. Das Rheingold. Opera in four scenes. Libretto by composer. First performed Munich, 1869.

WOTAN: Falk Struckmann, bass-bar LOGE: Peter Galliard, ten ALBERICH: Wolfgang Koch, bar FASOLT: Tigran Martirossian, bass FAFNER: Alexander Tsymbalyuk, bar FREIA: Helen Kwon, sop ERDA:Deborah Humble, cont Hamburg PO/Simone Young. OEHMS classics OC 925 2:32

Forswearing love, the Nibelung dwarf Alberich steals the Rhinemaidens’ gold to forge a ring which will make him ruler of the world. Wotan, king of the gods, has had Valhalla built by the giants Fasolt and Fafner, but refuses to hand over the promised payment: the goddess Freia, whom they take hostage. Wotan and Loge trick Alberich to get the gold, including the ring, which he curses. The giants refuse to part with Freia until she is hidden by gold. Wotan is told by Erda to include the ring to escape its curse, warning that the doom of the gods is at hand. The giants quarrel over the gold and Fafner kills Fasolt, through the power of Alberich’s curse. The gods cross the rainbow bridge into Valhalla.

23:00 THE 18TH CENTURY OBOE Prepared by Philip Lidbury

Bach, J.S. Oboe concerto in D minor, BWV1059 (1735-40; reconstr. Mehl). Diana Doherty, ob; Ironwood. ABC 476 3673 12

Bach, C.P.E. Sonata in G minor, Wq135. Michel Piguet, ob; Colin Tilney, hpd. DHM 05472 77440 2 11

Marcello, A. Oboe concerto in D minor. József Kiss, ob; Ference Erkel CO. Naxos 8.550556 12

Handel, G. Sonata in B flat, Fitzwilliam. Hans-Peter Westermann, ob; Camerata Köln. DHM 0547277447 2 7

Cimarosa, D. Oboe concerto (pub. 1941; arr. Benjamin). Geoffrey Payne, tpt; Melbourne SO/Michael Halász. ABC 982 6976 11

Matthias Goerner. Photo – Marco Borggreve

Wednesday 24 April




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 Elaine Siversen

Weber, C.M. Jubel-Ouverture, op 59 (1818). New Zealand SO/Antoni Witt. Naxos 8.570296 8

Spohr, L. Clarinet concerto no 3 in F minor, WoO19 (1821). Karl Leister, cl; Stuttgart RSO/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Orfeo C 088 201 A 28

Raff, J. Symphony no 3 in F, op 153 (1869). Philharmonia O/Francesco d’Avalos. ASV DCA 793 45

11:30 FOR HIGH VOICES Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Kreutzer, C. The mill-wheel. Elisabeth Speiser, sop; Hans Rudolf Stalder, cl; Rolf Junghanns, fp. Jecklin 587-2 6

Vaughan Williams, R. Three vocalises (1958). Judith Howarth, sop; Emma Johnson, cl. ASV DCA 891 5

Spohr, L. Six German songs, op 103 (1838). Mary Saunders, sop; Peter Cokkinias, cl; Myron Romanul, pf. Centaur CRC 2016 11


13:00 BREAK OF DAY Prepared by Rex Burgess

Delius, F. A song before sunrise (1918). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Decca 440 323-2 5

Sibelius, J. Nightride and sunrise, op 55 (1909). Royal Stockholm PO/Paavo Järvi. Virgin 5 45213 2 15

Ives, C. Sunrise (1926). Sheila Schonbrun, sop; members of Continuum/Cheryl Seltzer, pf & dir. Naxos 8.559194 6

Sallinen, A. Sunrise serenade, op 63 (1989). Kjell-Åke Pettersson, tpt; Per Falck, tpt; Malmö SO/Okko Kamu. BIS CD-511 8

Edwards, R. Raft song at sunrise (1995). Riley Lee, shakuhachi. Tall Poppies TP126 8

Maxwell Davies, P. An Orkney wedding, with sunrise (1985). George McIlwham, bagpipes; Scottish CO/Peter Maxwell Davies. Unicorn-Kanchana DKP 9070 12

14:00 A CARNIVAL FEAST Prepared by Anne Irish

Berlioz, H. Overture: Roman carnival, op 9 (1844). Sydney SO/Willem van Otterloo. ABC 442 377-2 9

Delius, F. Polka: Zum carnival (1885). Eric Parkin, pf. Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD 2071 2

Strauss, J. II Waltz: Carnival’s ambassador, op 270 (1863). Polish State PO/Oliver Dohnányi. Naxos 8.554519 10

Grieg, E. The carnival, from Scenes from folk life, op 19 (1871). Eva Knardahl, pf. BIS CD-108 7

Paganini, N. Variations on The carnival of Venice, op 10 (1829). Salvatore Accardo, vn; CO of Europe/Franco Tamponi. EMI 5 72854 2 12

Saint-Saëns, C. Carnival of the animals (1886). Robert Cordier, vc; Jacques Kazavran, db; Aldo Ciccolini, pf; Alexis Weissenberg, pf; Conservatoire Concert Society O/Georges Prêtre. EMI 1664482 21

Tchaikovsky, P. February: Carnival, from The seasons, op 37b (1875-78). Lydia Artymiw, pf. Chandos CHAN 8349 3

Svendsen, J. Carnival in Paris, op 9 (1872). Bergen PO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 10693 12

Hartmann, E. A carnival feast, op 32 (1882). Copenhagen PO/Bo Holten. Dacapo 8.226041 29

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


20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Prepared by Denis Patterson

Rossini, G. Overture to The thieving magpie (1817). Philharmonia O/Carlo Maria Giulini. EMI 5 62802 2 11

Haydn, J. Symphony no 52 in C minor (c1774). Australian CO/Christopher Hogwood. Fine Music Tape Archive 30

Spohr, L. Overture in C minor, op 12 (1806). NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover/Howard Griffiths. cpo 777 179-2 6

Beethoven, L. Piano concerto no 3 in C minor, op 37 (1800). Gerard Willems, pf; Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker. ABC 980 046-2 36

Sibelius, J. Symphony no 3 in C, op 52 (1907). Adelaide SO/Arvo Volmer. ABC 476 3947 28

22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE

Franck, C. Sonata in A (1886). Maurice Hasson, vn; Chritian Ivaldi, pf. IMP MCD 37 29

Sor, F. Morceau de concert, op 54 (1832). Göran Söllscher, gui. DG 437651-2 16

Beethoven, L. Serenade for flute, violin and viola in D, op 25 (1801). Stuttgarter Kammerensemble. zyx CLS 4063 25

Paganini, N. Caprice, op 1 no 4 (arr. Schumann). David Garrett, vn; Bruno Canino, pf. DG 4762466 8

Fasch, J. Sonata in B flat. Jeanne Dolmetsch, rec; Malcolm Messiter, ob; Frank Preuss, vn; Marguerite Dolmetsch, va da gamba; Nigel Foster, hpd. Allegro PCD 1010 10

Boccherini, L. String quintet no 3 in C minor. La Magnifica Communità. Brilliant Classics 92503 24

Thursday 25 April

Christopher Hogwood





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Small forces

Paganini, N. Sonata concertata in A (1803). Gianfranco Iannetta, vn; Gianni Landroni, gui. Tactus TC 781601 14

Weber, C.M. Clarinet quintet in B flat, op 34 (1815). Bamberger Solisten. PCM 338037-2 24

Bach, J.S. Sonata no 4 in C minor, BWV1017. Bernard Partridge, vn; Nigel Foster, hpd. Allegro PCD 1018 14


Rutter, J. Five meditations for orchestra. Royal PO/John Rutter. Ucj 476 124-2 18

Hummel, J. Piano concerto no 2 in A minor, op 85 (1816). Chang Hae-won, pf; Budapest Symphony CO/Tamás Pál. Marco Polo 8.223107 34

Spohr, L. Symphony no 2 in D minor, op 49 (1820). Slovak State PO/Alfred Walter. Marco Polo 8.223454 31


Bazzini, A. Three pieces in sonata form, op 44 (c1863). Mirco Fornaciari, vn; Daniele Roi, pf. Fonè 88 F 02-22 16

Bach, C.P.E. Sonata no 1 in B flat, Wq125 (1738). Alain Marion, fl; Daniele Roi, hpd. Fonè 89 F 02-26 9


13:00 SELECT YOUR CLASSICS with Stephen Schafer

15:00 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Stephen Schafer

Vaughan Williams, R. Symphony no 2 in G. (1912-13/20). 43

Serenade to music, original version (1939). Danielle Frink, sop; Kathryn Lewek, sop; Debra McKinney, sop; Elena O’Connor, sop; Kathryn Cowdrick, mezz; Erin Gonzaler, mezz; Katie Hannigan Tabon, mezz; Constance Waddell, mezz; Joshua Bouillon, ten; Matthew Swensen, ten; Matthew Valverde, ten; Thomas Lehman, bar; Caleb Woo Wing Chen, bar; Marc R. Webster, bass; Jordan Wilson, bass. 13

Rochester PO/Christopher Seaman (2 above) Harmonia Mundi HMN 807567

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Derek Parker


20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Dennis Patterson

Balakirev, M. Symphonic poem: Rus (1864/82). USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya MELCD 1001877 14

Grieg, E. Sonata in A minor, op 36 (1883). Jamie Walton, vc; Daniel Grimwood, pf. Signum SIGCD172 26

Sarasate, P. de Balada, op 31. Tianwa Yang, vn; Markus Hadulla, pf. Naxos 8.557767 10

Meyerbeer, G. Ombre légère qui suis mes pas, from Dinorah (1859). 7

Auber, D-F-E. C’est l’histoire amoureuse, from Manon Lescaut (1856). 4

Amelia Farrugia, sop; BBC SO/Alexander Briger (2 above) Decca 987 5237

Giuliani, M. Rossiniana no 1, op 119 (c1820). David Russell, gui. Telarc 80525 16

Liszt, F. Sonata in B minor, S178 (1852-53; transcr. Righetti). Benjamin Righetti, org. K617 K617229 33

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Oscar Foong

Handel, G. Music for the royal fireworks, HWV351 (1749). King’s Consort/Robert King. Hyperion CDA66350 20

Suite from The water music (1717; arr. Egarr). Brussels PO; O of Flanders/Richard Egarr. Glossa GCDSA 922209 15

Gibbons, O. The cries of London. 7

East, M. Verse pastorals. 7

Theatre of Voices; Fretwork/Paul Hillier (2 above) Harmonia Mundi HMU 807214

Janequin, C. Les cris de Paris (1528). 6

Servin, J. La fricassée des cris de Paris (1578). 3

Anon. Chanson nouvelle de tous les cris de Paris. 3

Ensemble Clément Janequin/Dominique Visse (3 above) Harmonia Mundi HMC 902028

Bach, W.F. Cantata: The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness (early 1750s). Barbara Schlick, sop; Claudia Schubert, cont; Wilfried Jochens, ten; Stephan Schreckenberger, bass; Rheinische Kantorei; Das Kleine Konzert/Hermann Max. Capriccio 5083 24

Hunt, T. Hark! Did ye ever hear? 3

Wilbye, J. Draw on, sweet night, from Second set of madrigals (1609). 5

Sarum Consort (2 above) Naxos 8.572582

Dering, R. The city cries. Theatre of Voices; Fretwork/Paul Hillier. Harmonia Mundi HMU 807214 10

Ralph Vaughan Williams Paul Hillier. Photo - B Ealovega

Friday 26 April



6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Peter Bell


9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON BARRY TUCKWELL Prepared by Chris Blower

Saint-Saëns, C. Romance in E, op 67 (1885). . Etcetera KTC 1135 9

Canteloube, J. Danse, op 1 no 7 (1953). 2

Barry Tuckwell, hn; Daniel Blumenthal, pf (2 above) Etcetera KTC 1135

Williamson, M. Double concerto, op 13 (1972). Malcolm Williamson, pf; Simon Campion, pf; Tasmanian SO/Barry Tuckwell. ABC 426 483-2 20

Mozart, W. Quintet in E flat, K407 (1782). Barry Tuckwell, hn; Kenneth Sillito, vn; Kenneth Essex, va; Ian Jewel, va; Kenneth Harvey, vc. Decca 421 393-2 19

Saint-Saëns, C. Concert piece, op 94 (1887). Ben Jacks, hn; Queensland O. Melba MR 301117 9

Elgar, E. Variations on an original theme, op 36, Enigma (1898-99). London SO. IMP PCD 913 30

Barry Tuckwell, cond (2 above)

Strauss, R. Horn concerto in E flat, op 11 no 2 (1942). Barry Tuckwell, hn; London SO/István Kertész. Decca 425 754-2 20

11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Arlen, H. I love a parade (arr. Fernie). 6

Jessel, L. Parade of the tin soldiers (arr. Langford). 4

Sellers Engineering Band/Phillip McCann (2 above) Chandos CHAN 9372

Elfman, D. Batman theme (1989). 3

Schonberg, C-M. I dreamed a dream (arr. Barry). 4

Hawthorn Band/Ken MacDonald (2 above) Walsingham WAL 9000-2

Langford, G. A Russian fantasy. Sellers Engineering Band/Phillip McCann. Chandos CHAN 4511 8


13:00 IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD with Maureen Meers Nostalgic music and artists from the 30s, 40s and 50s and occasionally beyond, in a trip down many memory lanes

14:00 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 Nicholas Chaplin

Chaplin, C. Soundtrack: City lights (1931). City Lights O/Carl Davis. Silva screen FILMCD 078 53

16:30 AT THE BALLET Prepared by Raj Gopalkrishnan

Barber, S. Ballet suite: Medea, op 23 (1946/47). Eastman-Rochester O/Howard Hanson. Mercury 475 6274 25

Ravel, M. Ballet: Daphnis and Chloe (1912). MDR Radio Choir; Lyon NO/Jun Märkl. Naxos 8.570992 56

18:00 AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS’ HOUR Prepared by Janie Fitch

Glanville-Hicks, P. Five songs of A. E. Housman: Mimic heaven; He would not stay; Stars; Unlucky love; Homespun collars (1944). Gerald English, ten; Roland Peelman, pf. Tall Poppies TP112 7

Penberthy, J. Saxophone concerto (1970). Peter Clinch, sax; West Australian SO/Verdon Williams. Diversions 24120 8

Sculthorpe, P. Sun music I (1971). Adelaide SO/David Porceljin. ABC 480 6403 10

Meale, R. Coruscations (1970). Lachlan Redd, pf. Canberra School of Music CSM:24 8

Gross, E. Sunset, moon and dreams, op 18 (1971). Adelaide Singers; strings of West Australian SO/Patrick Thomas. LP ABC 1009 16

Sculthorpe, P. Sea chant (1971). Max Cooke, pf; Darryl Coote, pf. Move MD 3031 2

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

Arlen, H. Excerpts from The wizard of Oz (1902). Gillian Bevan, Joyce Grant, Paul Greenwood, Trevor Peacock, voices; Royal Shakespeare Company Ch & O. TER MUS C N09 19

Loewe, F. Excerpts from Camelot (1960). Julie Andrews, sop; Richard Burton, voice; members of the original Broadway cast. Columbia SK 60542 14

Excerpts from Brigadoon (1947). David Brooks, Marion Bell, Pamela Birtton, Lee Sullivan, voices. RCA Victor 1001-2-RG 17

20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Part 1: Composers’ workshop 2012 Produced by Greg Ghavalas RECORDED BY FINE MUSIC

Burgess, N. Black from blue, black from white, from Concerto for jazz quartet and orchestra (2012). 8

Rose, J. New meanings, a theme and variations (2012). 19

Ku-ring-gai PO/Steven Hillinger (2 above)

20:30 Part 2: A recital of flute and guitar Produced by George Hilgevoord RECORDED BY FINE MUSIC

Ibert, J. Entr’acte (1937). 3

Desportes, E. Pastourelle and rondo. 5

Piazzolla, A. Histoire du tango (1986). 19

Sally Walker, fl; Anthony Field, gui (3 above)

Vanraj Bhatia. Night music (1966). Sally Walker, fl. 3

Barrios Mangore, A. Suite Andina. Anthony Field, gui. 7

Houghton, P. From the Dreaming. Sally Walker, fl; Anthony Field, gui. 13

21:30 SHORTER SYMPHONIES Prepared by Rex Burgess

Copland, A. Dance symphony (1930). 17

Buckeroo holiday, from Rodeo (1942). 9

Detroit SO/Antal Doráti (2 above) Decca 414 273-2


Saturday 27 April



6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett

9:00 WAGNER AND FRIENDS Parsifal Prepared by Barbara Brady

1813

2013

200 th AnniversaryWAGNER

Wagner, R. Come, come, handsome boy! from Parsifal (1882). Barbara Hendricks, sop; Janet Perry, sop; Inga Nielsen, sop; Audrey Michael, mezz; Doris Soffel, cont; Rohangiz Yachmi, cont; Berlin Deutscher Oper Ch. 5

I saw the child on its mother’s breast, from Parsifal. Dunja Vejzovic, sop. 5

Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan (2 above) DG 413 347-2

Good Friday music, from Parsifal. Bavarian Radio SO/Eugen Jochum. DG 477 5445 12

One weapon alone serves ... Miracle of supreme salvation, from Parsifal. Peter Hoffman, ten; Deutscher Opera Ch; Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan. DG 413 347-2 10

Liszt, F. Symphonic poem no 4: Orpheus (1853-54). New Zealand SO/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.553355 11

Mahler, G. Farewell, from The song of the earth (1908-09). Kathleen Ferrier, cont; Vienna PO/Bruno Walter. Decca 414 194 2 28

Dvorák - Wagner. Themes by Dvorak and Wagner (arr. Kulling 1993). Members of the Bayreuth FO/Arthur Kulling. Campion RRCD 1328 6

10:30 CHAMBER MASTERWORKS Prepared by Judy Ekstein

Beethoven, L. String quartet no 16 in F, op 135 (1826). Melos Quartet. DG 415 676-2 23

Brahms, J. Sonata in E flat, op 120 no 2 (1894). Janet Hilton, cl; Peter Frankl, pf. Chandos CHAN 6522 21

Schubert, F. Piano trio in B flat, D898 (1827). Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 438 700-2 35

12:00 CLASSIC JAZZ AND RAGTIME With John Buchanan

13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Linda Marr

14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL The Kuijken brothers Prepared by Stephen Schafer

Rameau, J-P. Overture to Zoroastre (1749). La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi CDS7479168 5

Telemann, G. Ihr Völker, hört. René Jacobs, ct; Parnassus Ensemble. Accent ACC 10012 13

Vivaldi, A. Flute concerto in G, RV436. Academia Montis Regalis; Barthold Kuijken, fl & dir. naïve OP30298 9

Bach, J.S. Cantata, BWV20: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (1724). Petra Noskaiová, mezz; Christoph Genz, ten; Jan Van Crabben, bass. Accent ACC 25307 26

Haydn, J. Symphonies: no 6 in D, Morning; no 7 in C, Midday; no 8 in G, Evening (1761). Accent AC 24272 1:12

La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken (2 above)

Couperin, F. La Piedmontaise, from Les nations (1726). Kuijken Ensemble. Accent 2985/86 21

Handel, G. Overture; L’amor ed il destin, from Partenope, HWV27 (1730). Krisztina Laki, sop. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi GD77109 8

Bach, C.P.E. Gott fähret auf mit jauchzen, from Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu (1787). Ex Tempore. Harmonia Mundi CDA 67364 9

La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken (2 above)

17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Warwick Bartle

Hymns: Eternal Father, strong to save; O God, our help in ages past; Abide with me. Choir of Westminster Abbey/Martin Neary. Sony SBK61704 10

Byrd, W. Domine, exaudi orationem, meam et clamour; Miserere mihi, Domine; Ave verum Corpus; Infelix ego. Parsons Affayre/Warren Trevelyan-Jones. Vox Foris MMPA002 24

Anthems: Jerusalem; Be still my soul; I vow to thee, my country. Cantillation; Brett Weymark, org; David Drury, cond. ABC 476640-2 13

Duruflé, M. Variations I - IV, chorale varie sur le theme de ‘Veni Creator’. Jean-Pierre Lecaudey, org. Sony SK57488 5

18:00 WHAT’S ON AT THE CON with Julie Simonds A monthly program of music, news and interviews from the Sydney Conservatorium

19:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS

Bellini, V. Qual cor tradisti, qual cor perdesti, from Norma (1831). Montserrat Caballé, sop; Placido Domingo ten; Ambrosian Opera Ch; London PO/Carlo Felice Cillario. RCA 09026-68137-2 6

Gluck, C. Divinites du Styx, from Alceste (1776). Janet Baker, mezz; English CO/Raymond Leppard. Philips 476 2617 5

Gounod, C. Alerte, alerte! Sauvée! from Faust (1859). Kiri Te Kanawa, sop; Francisco Araiza, ten; Yevgeny Nesterenko, bass; Bavarian Radio Ch & O/Colin Davis. Philips 442 601-2 5

Verdi, G. Ritorna vincitor! from Aida (1871). Rita Hunter, sop; Tasmanian SO/Dobbs Franks. ABC 426804-2 8

19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Harty, H. A comedy overture (1906). Ulster O/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 7035 14

Boccherini, L. Cello concerto no 9 in B flat. Jacqueline du Pré, vc; English CO/Daniel Barenboim. EMI CMS 7 63283 2 23

Tchaikovsky, P. Symphony no 4 in F minor, op 36 (1877). London PO/Mstislav Rostropovich. EMI 5 65709 2 45

21:00 NEW HORIZONS Inspired by landscapes Prepared by Robert Small

Charlton, R. Capricorn skies. Guitar Trek. Tall Poppies TP221 21

McDowall, C. Great hills (2007). Kathryn Thomas, fl; Joanna Shaw, fl; Madeleine Easton, vn; O Nova/George Vass. Dutton Epoch CDLX 7292 12

Kats-Chernin, E. From Anna Magdalena’s notebook. Acacia Quartet. Vexations 840-1202 14

Sculthorpe, P. Quamby (2000). Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills. ABC 476 7627 21

McDowall, C. Rain, steam and speed (2006). Ulster Orchestra/George Vass. Dutton Epoch CDLX 7292 10

22:30 ULTIMA THULE

Sunday 28 April




9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Inspired by opera Prepared by Chris Blower

Taffanel, P. Fantasy on Weber’s Der Freischütz. Sharon Bezaly, fl; Ervin Nagy, pf. BIS CD-1039 11

Haydn, J. Sinfonia, from La vera costanza, Hob.Ia:15 (1778-85). Haydn Sinfonietta, Vienna/Manfred Huss. Schwann 3-1484-2 8

Herz, H. Non più mesta: variations on themes from Rossini’s Cinderella. Earl Wild, pf. Vanguard OVC 4033 10

Thomas, A. Ballet music from Hamlet (1868). National PO/Richard Bonynge. LP Decca SXDL 7583 22

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Reinecke, C. Overture to King Manfred, op 93 (1866). Rhenish PO/Alfred Walter. Naxos 8.555397 11

Saint-Saëns, C. Cello concerto no 2 in D minor, op 119 (1902). Maria Kliegel, vc; Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Jean-François Monnard. Naxos 8.553039 17

Tchaikovsky, P. Manfred Symphony, op 58 (1886). Vienna PO/Lorin Maazel. Decca 466 671-2 55

11:30 CHAMBER ENCORE Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Saint-Saëns, C. Caprice on Danish and Russian airs, op 79 (1887). Members of Nash Ensemble. Hyperion CDA67431/2 11

Tchaikovsky, P. String quartet in B flat (1865). New Haydn Quartet, Budapest. Naxos 8.550848 13


13:00 CLASSICAL NOCTURNES Prepared by Angela Bell

Field, J. Nocturne no 5 in B flat (1817). 3

Nocturne no 4 in A (1817). 6

Míceál O’Rourke, pf (2 above) Chandos CHAN 8719/20

Duvernoy, F. Nocturne no 2. Sören Hermansson, hn; Erica Goodman, hp. BIS CD-648 7

Carulli, F. Two nocturnes, op 131. Leopoldo Saracino, gui; Massimo Palumbo, fp. Nuova Era 7174 20

Haydn, J. Nocturne no 8 in G for winds and strings, Hob.II:27 (c1790). Members of Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss. BIS CD-1796/98 16

14:00 RUSSIAN THEMES Prepared by Francis Frank

Balakirev, M. Overture on three Russian themes (1858-81). Philharmonia O/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Hyperion CDA66586 9

Lyadov, A. Eight Russian folksongs, op 58 (pub. 1906). West Australian SO/Peter Eros. LP ABC 5ABCL 8001 13

Bax, A. May night in the Ukraine, from Two Russian tone poems (1912). Ashley Wass, pf. Naxos 8.557769 10

Sviridov, G. On a blue evening, from Five choruses to lyrics by Russian poets. Glinka A Cappella Choir of Leningrad/Vladimir Chernushenko. LP Melodiya C10 18857-8 4

Bantock, G. Russian scenes (1899). London PO/Barry Wordsworth. Lyrita SRCD.214 14

15:00 EIGHT ON STAGE Prepared by Stephen Wilson

Goossens, E. Concertino for string octet, op 47. Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble. Chandos CHAN 9472 13

Haydn, J. Octet in G for baryton, horns and strings, Hob.X:5 (1775). Members of Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss. BIS CD-1796/98 14

Hummel, J. Octet-partita in E flat (1803). Amadeus Wind Players/John Gray. LP MBS 8 15

Pärt, A. Fratres for wind octet and percussion (1977). I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen. Telarc CD-80387 8

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with David Brett



22:00 KEY BOARD CONTRASTS Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Glazunov, A. Sonata no 1 in B flat minor, op 74 (pub. 1900). Leslie Howard, pf. Pearl SHE 9538 25

Schubert, F. Trio 1 in B flat, D898 (1827). Hansheinz Schneeberger, vn; Thomas Demenga, vc; Jörg Ewald Dähler, fp. Claves 50-9112 41

Rameau, J-P. Suite in A minor/major, from Nouvelles suites de clavecin (pub. 1728). Gilbert Rowland, hpd. Naxos 8.553048 32

Skryabin, A. Sonata no 5, op 53 (1907). Constantin Lifschitz, pf. Denon CO-18026 14

Monday 29 April

Lorin Maazel Eugéne Goossens





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Pianist of choice: Martha Argerich Prepared by Brian Drummond

Prokofiev, S. Sonata no 2 in D, op 94a (1943). Gidon Kremer, vn. DG 431 803-2 23

Chopin, F. Prelude no 17 in A flat, op 28. DG 477 9523 3

Beethoven, L. 12 variations on the theme Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, op 66 (1796). Mischa Maisky, vc. DG 477 9523 9

Ravel, M. Gaspard de la nuit (1908). EMI 5 57101 2 18

Martha Agerich, pf (all above)

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Jan Brown

Rossini, G. Overture to Il Turco in Italia (1814). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Philips 446 196-2 8

Berlioz, H. Harold in Italy, op 16 (1834). Nobuko Imai, va; London SO/Colin Davis. Philips 442 290-2 42

Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 4 in A, op 90, Italian (1833). Israel PO/Leonard Bernstein. DG 439 411-2 30

11:30 EXCLUSIVELY WINDS Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Kuhlau, F. Duo brilliant in E, op 102 no 2 (1829). Per Øien, fl; Robert Aitken, fl. LP Simax PN 2004 12

Mozart, W. Divertimento no 13 in F, K253 (1776). Amadeus Winds. L’Oiseau-Lyre 425 819-2 13


13:00 POT POURRI Prepared by Angela Bell

Hummel, J. Potpourri, op 94 (1820). James Ehnes, va; London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley. Chandos CHAN 10255 19

Giuliani, M. Potpourri from Rossini’s Tancredi, op 76 (pub. 1817). Mikael Helasvuo, fl; Jukka Savijoki, gui. BIS CD-413 14

Boehm, T. Three duos of Mendelssohn and Lachner. Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Claudi Arimany, fl; John Steele Ritter, pf. Delos DE 3212 6

Spohr, L. Potpourri, op 22 (1807). Attila Falvay, vn; New Haydn Quartet. Naxos 8.555968 13

14:00 CATALAN DANCES AND FENS Prepared by Phil Vendy

Britten, B. Mont Juic: Suite of Catalan dances, op 9 (1937). English CO/Steuart Bedford. Naxos 8.557198 12

Vaughan Williams, R. In the Fen country (1904). London PO/Bernard Haitink. EMI 5 56762 2 14

14:30 MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Suppé, F. Overture to Morning, noon and night in Vienna. Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. Decca 414 408-2 8

Sculthorpe, P. Four little pieces: Morning song; Sea chant; Little serenade; Left Bank waltz (1979). Rhonda Gillespie, pf; Robert Weatherburn, pf. AVM AVMCD 1022 8

Koehne, G. To his servant Bach, God grants a final glimpse: the morning star. Tasmanian SO/David Stanhope. ABC 476 156-2 4

Debussy, C. From dawn to noon on the sea, from La mer (1905). London SO/Charles Mackerras. Centaur CRC 2090 9

Dvorák, A. Symphonic poem: The noon witch, op 108 (1896). Polish National RSO/Stephen Gunzenhauser. Naxos 8.550598 13

Vaughan Williams, R. Silent noon. Simon Keenleyside, bar; Graham Johnson, pf. Naxos 8.557559-60 5

Berlioz, H. Night of rapture, from The trojans (1856-58). Angela Gheorghiu, sop; Roberto Alagna, ten; Royal Opera House O/Richard Armstrong. EMI 5 56117 2 8

Arensky, A. Suite from ballet Egyptian nights, op 50a (1900-08). USSR RSO/Boris Demchenko. Melodiya MEL 45002-2 20

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Trisha McDonald


20:00 RECENT RELEASES with Robert Small

22:00 BEYOND ROMANTICISM Idealism and repentance Prepared by Robert Small

Martinu, B. Symphony no 1. BBC SO/Ji Onyx 4061 37

Wolf-Ferrari, E. Idillio-concertino in A, op 15 (1933). Diego Dini Ciacci, ob; Padua and Veneto O/Zsolt Hamar. cpo 777 157-2 20

Tippett, M. Sonata. Michael Thompson Horn Quartet. EMI 5 55452 2 14

Poulenc, F. Concerto for two pianos in D minor (1932). Martha Argerich, pf; Alexander Gurning, pf; O della Svizzera Italiana/Erasmo Capilla. DG 477 9884 21

Four motets for a time of repentance (1938-39). RIAS Chamber Choir/Marcus Creed. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901588 15

Tuesday 30 April

Angela Gheorghiu


Thursday 31 January

Abram, J. b1959 14 Addinsell, R. 1904-1977 1 Agrell, J. 1701-1765 10,24 Albéniz, I. 1860-1909 15,18,20 Albinoni, T. 1671-1751 7,19 Amiot, J-M. 1718-1793 6 Arban, J-B. 1825-1889 8 Arensky, A. 1861-1906 30 Arlen, H. 1905-1986 27 Arnold, M. 1921-2006 4,16 Arriaga, J. 1806-1826 15 Atkinson, G. b1944 7

Bacewicz, G. 1909-1969 15 Bach, C.P.E. 1714-1788 7,12,24,26,28 Bach, J. Christoph 1642-1703 4 Bach, J.S. 1685-1750 3,5,6,7,8,12,16,24,26,28 Bach, W.F. 1710-1784 26 Bairstow, E. 1874-1946 13,21 Balada, L. b1933 7 Balakirev, M. 1837-1910 23,26,29 Bantock, G. 1868-1946 18,23,29 Barber, S. 1910-1981 2,27 Barrios Mangore, A. 1885-1944 27 Barton - Hindson. 13 *Bax, A. 1883-1953 16,29 Bazzini, A. 1818-1897 26 Beardsley, C. b1956 21 Beethoven, L. 1770-1827 1,2,5,7,8,9,11,14,16,19,20,21,22,25,28,30 Bellini, V. 1801-1835 14,28 Berlioz, H. 1803-1869 7,11,14,20,25,30 Berté, H. 1857-1924 6 Biberian, G. b1944 13 Bizet, G. 1838-1875 21 Boccherini, L. 1743-1805 12,16,18,25,28 Boehm, T. 1794-1881 30 Borodin, A. 1833-1887 11 Bortnyansky, D. 1751-1825 14 Bottesini, G. 1821-1889 8 Bowen, Y. 1884-1961 17 Boyce, W. 1711-1779 19 Brahms, J. 1833-1897 1,2,4,5,6,9,11,14,22,23,28 Britten, B. 1913-1976 22,23,30 Brouwer, L. b1939 13,20 Bruch, M. 1838-1920 8,12,23 Bruckner, A. 1824-1896 7,10,13,18 Burgess, N. b1958 27 Burgmüller, N. 1810-1836 4 Busoni, F. 1866-1924 3 Buxtehude, D. 1637-1707 5,13,22,24 Byrd, W. 1543-1623 7,28

Lalliet, T. 1837-1892 10 Lalo, E. 1823-1892 12 Lamb, J. 1887-1960 13 Langford, G. b1930 27 Langgaard, R. 1893-1962 1 Lauridsen, M. b1943 5 Leclair, J-M. 1697-1764 17 Lee, R. 20th c 23 Leighton, K. b1929 14 Lhoyer, A. de 1768-1852 8 Liszt, F. 1811-1886 1,8,9,11,15,16,20,26,28 Locke, M. c1621-1677 22 Loesser, F. 1910-1969 13 Loewe, F. 1901-1988 27 Lortzing, A. 1801-1851 14 Lyadov, A. 1855-1914 29

Mahler, G. 1860-1911 4,15,18,28 Marais, M. 1656-1728 17 Marcello, A. 1684-1750 24 Marsh, J. 1752-1828 3 Martinu, B. 1890-1959 4,30 Massenet, J. 1842-1912 15,19 Maxwell Davies, P. b1934 25 McCabe, J. b1939 21 McDowall, C. b1951 28 McGrath, J. 20th c 11 McKay, G. 1899-1970 2 Meale, R. b1932 27 Mellnäs, A. b1933 14 Mendelssohn, F. 1809-1847 1,4,6,10,11,13,15,16,22,23,30 Mercadante, S. 1795-1870 11 Meyerbeer, G. 1791-1864 12,26 Milhaud, D. 1892-1974 9 Moeran, E.J. 1894-1950 16 Molique, B. 1802-1869 19 Monteverdi, C. 1567-1643 7,17 Morris, R. 1886-1948 16 Moscheles, I. 1794-1870 1 Mozart, L. 1719-1787 10 Mozart, W. 1756-1791 2,3,5,6,8,9,11,15,18,19,20,22,24,27,30 Murrill, H. 1909-1952 21 Musgrave, T. b1928 22 Mussorgsky, M. 1839-1881 5

Nas, M. b1972 21 Nielsen, C. 1865-1931 12 Novák, V. 1870-1949 9

Paganini, N. 1782-1840 1,7,23,25,26 Paisiello, G. 1740-1816 4 Parry, H. 1848-1918 18 Pärt, A. b1935 29 Pasculli, A. 1842-1924 1

Campra, A. 1660-1744 5 Canavas, J-B. 1713-1784 12 Canteloube, J. 1879-1957 13,19 Carmichael, J. b1930 11 Carulli, F. 1770-1841 8,29 Casablancas, B. b1956 7 Chabrier, E. 1841-1894 1 Chadwick, R. b1957 14 Chaminade, C. 1857-1944 18 Chaplin, C. 1899-1977 27 Charlton, R. b1955 28 Charpentier, M-A. 1635-1704 17 Chopin, F. 1810-1849 1,6,11,15,23 Choveaux, N. 20th c 13 Cimarosa, D. 1749-1801 24 Clementi, M. 1752-1832 19 Coleridge-Taylor, S. 1875-1912 3 Copland, A. 1900-1990 2,13,27 Corelli, A. 1653-1713 18,19 Cornelius, P. 1824-1874 14 Couperin, F. 1668-1733 7,17,28 Couperin, L. c1626-1661 1 Czerny, C. 1791-1857 1

d’Indy, V. 1851-1931 15,19 Dandrieu, J-F. 1682-1738 22 Danzi, F. 1763-1826 15 Dauprat, L. 1781-1861 2 Dauvergne, A. 1713-1797 12 David, F. 1810-1873 11 Dean, R. b1948 14 Debussy, C. 1862-1918 9,13,18,30 Delius, F. 1862-1934 19 Dering, R. c1580-1630 26 Devienne, F. 1759-1803 3 Dohnányi, E. 1877-1960 20 Donizetti, G. 1797-1848 9 Dutilleux, H. b1916 12 Duvernoy, F. 1765-1838 29 Dvorák, A. 1841-1904 4,9,20,23,30

East, M. c1580-1648 26 Easton, M. 1954-2004 2 Edwards, R. b1943 6,13,25 Elgar, E. 1857-1934 8,10,19,27 Ellington, D. 1899-1974 13 Escher, R. 1912-1980 21

Farnaby, G. c1563-1640 7 Fasch, J. 1688-1758 3,25 Field, J. 1782-1837 11 Finzi, G. 1901-1956 13 Foote, A. 1853-1937 2 Foster, F. 1928-2011 13 Foster, G. b1945 4 Françaix, J. 1912-1997 5 Franck, C. 1822-1890 6,13,25

Penberthy, J. 1917-1999 27 Pepusch, J. 1667-1752 7 Philips, P. c1561-1628 12 Piazzolla, A. 1922-1992 27 Pitfield, T. 1903-1999 21 Ponce, M. 1882-1948 9 Ponchielli, A. 1834-1886 23 Poulenc, F. 1899-1963 9,17,22,30 Prokofiev, S. 1891-1953 1,8,9,30 Puccini, G. 1858-1924 13,15 Purcell, H. 1659-1695 6,17,19,22,23

Rachmaninov, S. 1873-1943 2,12,13,21 Raff, J. 1822-1882 2,25 Rameau, J-P. 1683-1764 17,29 Rautavaara, E. b1928 22 Ravel, M. 1875-1937 9,11,27,30 Rebel, J-F. 1666-1747 6 Reinecke, C. 1824-1910 2,8,29 Respighi, O. 1879-1936 7,14 Riisager, K. 1897-1974 5 Rimmer, W. 1862-1936 16 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. 1844-1908 1,4,5,23 Rodgers, R. 1902-1979 13 Roman, J. 1694-1758 10,24 Rorem, N. b1923 23 Rose, J. b1951 27 Rossini, G. 1792-1868 6,12,25,30 Roussel, A. 1869-1937 24 Rózsa, M. 1907-1995 13 Rutter, J. b1945 18,26

Saint-Saëns, C. 1835-1921 5,12,19,25,27,29 Sallinen, A. b1935 25 Sarasate, P. de 1844-1908 15,26 Scarlatti, A. 1659-1725 5 Scarlatti, D. 1685-1757 12,18 Schat, P. b1935 21 Scheibe, J. 1708-1776 24 Schubert, F. 1797-1828 1,11,14,20,21,22,24,28,29 Schumann, C. 1819-1896 15 Schumann, R. 1810-1856 6,11,14,15,16,17,19,20,21 Schütz, H. 1585-1672 7 Schweizer, F. b1965 7 *Sculthorpe, P. b1929 13,20,27,28,30 Sheng, B. b1955 14 Shostakovich, D. 1906-1975 4,13 Sibelius, J. 1865-1957 4,10,17,22,23,25 Sinding, C. 1856-1941 2,17 Skryabin, A. 1872-1915 29 Smetana, B. 1824-1884 4,8,9,21,22,23

Gade, N. 1817-1890 12 Gál, H. 1890-1987 4 Galuppi, B. 1706-1785 7 Gambold. J. 1760-1795 22 Geminiani, F. 1687-1762 7,14 German, E. 1862-1936 19 Gibbons, O. 1583-1625 26 Ginastera, A. 1916-1983 9 Giuliani, M. 1781-1829 18,26,30 Glanville-Hicks, P. 1912-1990 16,27 Glazunov, A. 1865-1936 8,17,18,29 Glinka, M. 1804-1857 13,23 Gluck, C. 1714-1787 6,28 Goldmark, K. 1830-1915 9 Goossens, E. 1893-1962 29 Gounod, C. 1818-1893 28 Grainger, P. 1882-1961 6 Granados, E. 1867-1916 1 Graun, C. 1704-1759 19 Grechaninov, A. 1864-1956 18,21 Grieg, E. 1843-1907 2,22,25,26 Gross, E. b1926 27

Handel, G. 1685-1759 3,4,7,12,14,17,20,24,26,28 Hartmann, E. 1836-1898 5,25 Harty, H. 1879-1941 24,28 Haydn, J. 1732-1809 4,7,8,15,16,21,22,25,28,29 Haydn, M. 1737-1806 16 Hermann, B. 1911-1975 13 Herz, H. 1803-1888 29 Holst, G. 1874-1934 1 Hopkins, S. b1958 13 Houghton, P. b1954 13,27 Howells, H. 1892-1983 13 Hummel, J. 1778-1837 26,29,30

Ibert, J. 1890-1962 5,24 Ince, K. b1960 7 Isaac, H. c1450-1517 5,12 Ives, C. 1874-1954 25

Janequin, C. c1485-1558 26 Joachim, J. 1831-1907 20

Kats-Chernin, E. b1957 28 Kenny, A. 20th c 13 Khachaturian, A. 1903-1978 11,18 Khandoshkin, I. 1747-1804 18 Kodály, Z. 1882-1967 3,10,20 Koetsier, J. b1911 2 Kozeluch, L. 1747-1818 8 Kreutzer, C. 1780-1849 25 Kuhlau, F. 1786-1832 5,11,22,30 Kvandal, J. 1919-1999 22

Sor, F. 1778-1839 25 Sousa, J.P. 1854-1932 4 Spohr, L. 1784-1859 11,25,26,30 Stamitz, J. 1717-1757 7 Standford, P. b1939 1 Stanford, C. Villiers 1852-1924 10,19 Steel, C. 1939-1991 13 Stenhammar, W. 1871-1927 17 Stolz, R. 1880-1975 6 Strauss, J. II 1825-1899 6,25 Strauss, Josef. 1827-1870 17,21 Strauss, R. 1864-1949 11,14,18,23,24,27 Stravinsky, I. 1882-1971 2,6,10,19,21,22 Suk, J. 1874-1935 8,9,18 Suppe, F. 1819-1895 20,30 Suppé, F. 1819-1895 20,30 Svendsen, J. 1840-1911 25 Sviridov, G. 1915-1998 17,23

Taffanel, P. 1844-1908 29 Takemitsu, T. 1930-1996 6 Tallis, J. 5 *Tartini, G. 1692-1770 7 Tchaikovsky, P. 1840-1893 1,2,7,15,18,21,28,29 Telemann, G. 1681-1767 3,12,28 Thomas, A. 1811-1896 29 Tippett, M. 1905-1998 5,30 Triebensee, J. 1772-1846 1 Trimble, J. 1915-2000 16 Tyberg, M. 1893-1944 4

Varney, L. 1844-1908 6 Vaughan Williams, R. 1872-1958 10,13,25,26,30 Verdi, G. 1813-1901 14,19,28 Villa-Lobos, H. 1887-1959 9 Viotti, G. 1755-1824 22 Vivaldi, A. 1678-1741 3,5,7,16,20,28

Wagner, R. 1813-1883 7,14,22,28 Wallace, V. 1812-1865 2 Walton, W. 1902-1983 13 Weber, C.M. 1786-1826 7,16,21,25,26 Weiner, L. 1885-1960 15 Weiss, S. 1686-1750 7 Wilbye, J. 1574-1638 26 Wilcher, P. b1958 13 Williamson, J. 20th c 21 Williamson, M. 1931-2003 7,27 Wolf-Ferrari, E. 1876-1948 30 Wuorinen, C. b1938 14

The following composers have works of at least five minutes on the April dates listed

KeyMusic duration is shown after the record and citationSO: Symphony OrchestraPO: Philharmonic OrchestraNO: National OrchestraRO: Radio OrchestraFO: Festival OrchestraCO: Chamber OrchestraTO: Theatre OrchestraRSO: Radio Symphony OrchestraRTO: Radio & Television

OrchestraProm O: Promenade OrchestraCh & O: Chorus & OrchestraNSO: National Symphony Orchestraalto: male altoban: bandoneonbar: baritone

bshn: basset hornbass: bassbn: bassoonbass-bar: bass-baritonecl: clarinetclvd: clavichordcont: contraltocora: cor anglaisct: counter-tenordb: double bass

dbn: double bassoonelec: electroniceng horn: English hornfl: flutefp: fortepianogui: guitarhn: French hornhp: harphpd: harpsichordmand: mandolin

mar: marimbamezz: mezzo-sopranonarr: narratorob: oboeorg: organperc: percussionpf: pianorec: recordersax: saxophonesop: soprano

tb: tromboneten: tenortimp: timpanitpt: trumpettreb: treble voiceva: violavc: cellovle: violonevn: violin

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PERSONNELMUSIC BROADCASTING SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES CO-OPERATIVE LTDOwner and operator of Australia’s first community operated stereo FM station, 2MBS-FM now known as Fine Music 102.5. The Objects of the Society are primarily to broadcast fine music and operate one or more FM broadcasting stations for the encouragement of music. Another is to be part of Sydney’s cultural landscape networking with musical and arts communities to support and encourage local musicians and music education and to use our technical and broadcast resources to further this aim. Our mission is to be Sydney’s preferred fine music broadcaster.Member of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia.

DIRECTORS David Brett - Chairman, Lloyd Capps - Vice-Chairman, Peter Kurti - Secretary, Nicholas Chaplin - Treasurer, Jacqui Axford, Maureen Meers, Roger Doyle, David Ogilvie. STAFF Liz Terracini - General Manager, Peter Bailey - Technical Manager, Sue Ferguson - Financial Administrator, Michael Guilfoyle- Production Coordinator, Lizzie Herbert - Marketing PR Manager, Steve-Marc McCulloch - Program Coordinator, Denise Schoupp - Sponsorship & Sales Manager

COMMITTEE CHAIRS Broadcasting - Robert Small, Programming - Paul Hopwood, Presenters - Ross Hayes, Technical - Max Benyon, Volunteers - Sue Nicholas, Finance - Ron Walledge, Jazz - Kevin Jones, Library- Bob Hallahan, Youth Development - Judy Deacon

FRIENDS OF FINE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR Allen Ford MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION Sissi Stewart

INTERNSHIP COORDINATOR Janine Burrus

PROGRAM SUBEDITORS Jan Akers, Chris Blower, Di Cox, Colleen Chesterman, Susanne Hurst, Simon Kung, Philip Lidbury, Frank Morrison, John Nowlan, Jill Wagstaff

VOLUNTEER RECORDING ENGINEERS Peter Bell, Roger Doyle, Greg Ghavalas, Kerry Joyner, Jayson McBride, Tim Saddler, Greg Simmons

VOLUNTEER PROGRAMMERS AND PRESENTERS Matt Bailey, Warwick Bartle, Charles Barton, Angela Bell, Peter Bell, Chris Blower, Barbara Brady, David Brett, Barrie Brockwell, Jan Brown, Terry Brown, John Buchanan, Andrew Bukenya, Rex Burgess, Janine Burrus, Sally Cameron, Lloyd Capps, Vince Carnovale, Sheila Catzel, Nicholas Chaplin, Colleen Chesterman, Andrew Clark, Angela Cockburn, Liam Collins, Michael Cooper, Angus Cornwell, Marc Cottee, George Coumbis, Di Cox, George Cruickshank, Nick Dan, Nev Dorrington, Susan Gai Dowling, Brian Drummond, Ian Dunbar, Andrew Dziedzic, Judy Ekstein, Emyr Evans, Michael Field, Richard Fielding, Troy Fil, Owen Fisher, Janie Fitch, Jennifer Foong, Oscar Foong, Tom Forrester-Paton, Francis Frank, Eleonore Fuchter, David Garrett, Keith Glendinning, Raj Gopalakrishnan, Andrew Grahame, Giovanna Grech, Austin Harrison, Ross Hayes, Andre Hayter, George Hilgevoord, Paolo Hooke, Pat Hopper, Paul Hopwood, Richard Hughes, James Hunter, Tony Immergluck, Hilla Irani, Anne Irish, Paul Jackson, Kevin Jones, Sue Jowell, Christopher Kaye, Peter Kurti, Norman Lees, Ray Levis, Philip Lidbury, Christina MacGuinness, Meg Matthews, Jeannie McInnes, Terry McMullen, Randolph Magri-Overend, Maureen Meers, Peter Mitchell, Simon Moore, Frank Morrison, Michael Morton-Evans, Clarissa Mulas, Richard Munge, Gerry Myerson, David Nutting, David Ogilvie, Josh Oshlack, Chris Othen, Daisy Ou, Andrew Parker, Derek Parker, Denis Patterson, Howard Pritchard, Kate Rockstrom, David Rossell, Stephen Schafer, Marilyn Schock, Debbie Scholem, Jon Shapiro, Dan Sharkey, Julie Simonds, Elaine Siversen, Robert Small, Shamistha de Soysa, Manfred Stäuber, Garth Sundberg, Heather Sykes, Michael Tesoriero, Patrick Thomas, Anna Tranter, Phil Vendy, Brendan Walsh, Alastair Wilson, Stephen Wilson, Glenn Winfield, Chris Winner, Isabella Woods, Nicholas Young, Tom Zelinka

MEMBERSHIP The Music Broadcasting Society of NSW Co-Operative Ltd is registered under the Co-operatives Act 1992 (NSW). Annual membership fee is $22 and members are entitled to vote at Society general meetings. Enquiries - [email protected]

VOLUNTEERS Fine Music’s many volunteers are supported by a small team of staff. To find out how to join our volunteers visit finemusicfm.com or call 9439 4777.

BOOK & CD FAIR @ BALMAIN Thousands of books and CDs for sale!

• Thursday 28 March Opening Night 6-10pm • Friday 29 March - Saturday 6 April 9am-6pm Balmain Town Hall, 370 Darling Street, Balmain

Call our pick-up line for cd and book donations on 9487 1111.There is something for everybody at the Book & CD Fair, so come along and pick up a bargain!

Over 22 years the Book & CD Fair has grown in popularity and is a key fundraiser for Fine Music 102.5 thanks to generous donations of books and cds received each month.


FINE MUSIC FRIENDSBENEFACTORS Mr Michael Ahrens, Mr Robert O Albert, Dr David Block, Mr Johann Bosch, Mr J D O Burns, Hon Mr Justice D Davies SC, The Berg Family Foundation, The Holden Family Foundation, Frank Family Foundation, Ms Carolyn Gibbs, Prof Jacqueline Goodnow AC, Miss J E Hamilton, Mrs Freda Hugenberger, Ms AM Mackie, Dr Bill McKee, Mr John & Mrs Judith McKernan, Mrs Greta Moran, Ms Nola Nettheim, Hon Mr Justice B S O’Keefe AM, Mrs Renee Pollack, Dr Peter E Power, Prof Jack Richards, Mrs Joyce Sproat, The Garrett Riggleman Trust, Mr R Walledge, Dr Richard Wingate, Anonymous 2

PATRONS Mr Chris Abbott, Mr Anthony Bartley, Dr H Bashir, Prof Peter Bayliss, Mr John Benecke, Mr David Brett, Mr Maximo Buch, Ms Judith Byrnes-Enoch, Mr Lloyd Capps, Mr Robert E S Clark, Mr Noel Craven, Mrs Dorothy Curtis, Prof C E Deer, Ms Frances Farmer, Mrs Flora Fisk, Mr Heinz Gager, Mrs Alison H Hale, Mr John Hastings, Miss Elizabeth Hawker, Mr Geoffrey Hogbin, Mr Allan Hough, Mrs Freda Hugenberger, Mrs Evelyn H Inglis, Mr David Levitan, Mr D Lister, Mr Ian K Lloyd, Mr Diccon Loxton, Mr Philip Maxwell, Dr D S Maynard, Mr Ian & Mrs Pam McGaw, Mrs Patricia McLagan, Mr J S Milford, Dr Yugan & Dr Abby Mudalier, Mr John Nowlan, Mr Michael Peck, Dr Brian Quinn, Fed Magistrate K Raphael, Mid Winter Recital Group, Mr Kenneth Reed, Mr David Rothery, Dr Janice Russell, Mr Nigel Scott-Miller, Lady (Marie) Shehadie, Mr W & Mrs E Sheldon, Mrs Ruth A Staples, Mrs Mary Stening, Mr Peter Titley, Dr J O Ward, Mrs Beatrice L Watts, Mr P M Weate, Hon Mr Justice A G Whealy, Ass Prof Gerard Willems AM, Anonymous 11

PLATINUM Dr Anthony Adams, Mr Brian Adams, Mr Geoffrey Ainsworth, Evans Webb & Associates Pty Ltd, Mr John Bagnall, Mr Graham Barr, Mr M T Beck, Dr Kathrine Becker, Mr Russell Becker, Mr Max Benyon OAM, Mr Anthony R Berg, Mrs Joan & Mr Ross Berglund, Mr David E W Blackwell, Mr M & Mrs L Blomfield, Dr Nancy Brennan, Mr Geoffrey Briot, Ms Jill Brown, Mr Mark Bryant, Mr Stephen Buck, Prof Elizabeth Burcher, Mr Rex Burgess, Ms Janine Burrus, Mrs E A Burton, Mr G K Burton SC, Mr Philip Butt, Mr Ian Cameron, Mrs Judith Campbell, Mrs L Alison Carr, Ms Chris Casey, Ms Deanne Castronini, Miss Emily Chang, Mr Roger Chapman, Dr Stephen K Chen, Mr Roger Cherry, Mr Peter Chorley, Dr Peter Chubb, Mr Gordon Clarke, Mr K G Coles, Mr Bernard Coles QC, Mr Phillip Cornwell, Mr Robin Cumming, Miss Sheila Darling, Mrs Susan Davey, Hon Mr Justice David Davies SC, Mr Geoffrey De Groen, Mr Lawrence D Deer, Mr Timothy Denes, Mr D J & Mrs C Dignam, Mr Alan Donaldson, Mrs Jennifer Dowling, Mr Peter Downes, Mr Peter Dunn, Mr Emyr Evans, Ms Elizabeth Evatt, Mr John Fairfax, Mr Ian Fenwicke, Mr Hugo D Ferguson, Prof Michael Field, Mr David Fisher, Dr Geoffrey Ford, Mr Francis Frank, Dr Sid French, Mr Ross Gittins, Mrs Inez Glanger, Mrs Betty Goh, Prof J Goodnow AC, Mr Gavin Gostelow, Mr Ray Grannall, Mr Michael J Guilfoyle, Mrs E W Hamilton, Mrs Emesini Hazelden, Mr Paul Hense, Ms Jill L N Hickson, Dr Peter Hook, Mr Roger Howard-Smith, Mr David E Hunt, Mr Robert Hunt, Mr David Hurwood, Mr John Hyde, Dr C P Ingle, Mrs Virginia Jacques, Ms Ruth Jeremy, Mr Ken Johnstone, Mr Christopher Joscelyne, Mr Michael Joseph, Dr Thomas E Karplus, Dr Keith Keen, Mr Paul L Kelly, Mrs Christine Kelly, Ms Patricia Kennedy, Prof Clive Kessler, Mr Roger Kingcott, Mr R J Lamble AO, Mr Stewart Lamond, Ms Sophie Landa, Mrs Sarah Lawrence, Mr Gregory Layman, Ms Judy Lee, Ms Annette Lemercier, Ms Karen Loblay, Dr David C Ludowici, Mrs Ruth G MacLeod, Mr Joseph Malouf, Mrs Anita Masselos, Miss Lynne Matarese, Mr J T McCarthy, Ms Elizabeth McDonald, Miss H M McElhone, Mr Phillip McGarn, Mr Alain G Middleton, Mr Nick Minogue, Mrs Greta Moran, Ms Bernice Murphy, Mr Hal Myers, Mr Christopher John Nash, Ms Natasha Ng, Mr Mark Nichols, Mr Ken Nielsen, Ms Christina O’Faillbhe, Hon Mr Justice B S O’Keefe AM, Asst Prof Robert Osborn, Prof Earl R Owen AO, Ms Susan Pearson, Mr Michael Pope, Prof R G H Prince, Dr Neil A Radford, Mr Thomas Douglas Randall, Ms Elsina Rasink, Mrs Angela M Raymond, Mr Brian L Regan, Mr Alex & Mrs Pam Reisner, Mr Grahame Reynolds, Mr Bruce Richardson, Mr R E Rowlatt, Mrs Mitzi L Saunders, Mrs Clara Schock, Ms Marilyn Schock, Mr John Sharpe, Mrs Linda Shoostovian, Dr William Thomas Sidwell, Mr John Simpson, Mr Alan Slade, Dr J M Stern, Mr John Stevenson, Mr I R Stubbin, Miss Jozy Sutton, Mr Mark Swan, Ms Catharine Swart, Mr Edmund Sweeney, Baroness Taube-Zakrzewski, Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Mrs H F Thomas, Mr P A Thomas M. B. E., Miss Margaret Thompson, Mr Iain M Thompson, Mr Christopher A Thorndike, Dr Robin Torrence, Mrs Margaret Tuckson, Mrs Helen J Tweeddale, Mr Ronald Walledge, Mrs June Walpole, Dr Duff Watkins, Mr Roy Watterson, Ms Ellen M Waugh, Ms C A Webster, Drs Lourdes & Spencer White, Mr Neville Wilkinson, Mrs Elizabeth Wilkinson, Mr Cameron Williams, Ms Jocelyn Woodhouse, Mrs Robin Yabsley, Mr Nicholas Yates, Anonymous 12

GOLDMr James Allsop, Mr Robert Baume, Dr Frances Booth, Mrs Barbara Brady, Sir Ron Brierley, Prof Colin Chesterman, Ms Elizabeth Collins, Prof Roger Covell, Mr Noel Craven, Dr Mark Cross, Mr Peter Deakin, Ms Pauline Duncan, Mrs Rosemary Dunstan, Dr Nita Durham, Mr Richard Farago, Ms Frances Farmer, Mr John Gibson, Mrs Anna E Gillespie, Mr Brett Hannath, Prof Jacqueline Huie, Mr Rod Hyland, Mrs Alison King, Mr Peter Kolbe, Mr Nicholas Korner, Mr Ian Lansdown, Mr Warren Lazer, Prof Norelle Lickiss, Mr Goldwyn Lowe, Ms Carmel Maguire, Mr Peter McGrath, Mrs E M McKinnon, Dr Andrew Mitterdorfer, Tom Molomby, Mr Michael Morton-Evans OAM, Mr John Niland, Mr G Palmer, Mr Trevor Parkin, Mr Tim Perry, Dr Tri Pham, Mr Pino Re, Dr Janice Russell, Dr Roger Scurr, Mr Kenneth Shirriff, Mrs Petrina Slaytor, Mrs J R Strutt, Dr S Morris & Ms M Sullivan, Dr Phillip Taplin, Mrs Judy Timms, Mr Gary Vassallo, Mrs Xenia Voigt, Mr D & Mrs C Wall, Mrs C & Mr L Welyczko, Ms Ann Whyte, Mr Richard Wilkins, Hon F L Wright QC, Ms Denise Yim, Anonymous 4

SILVERMr & Mrs Charles Abrams, Mr Robert O Albert, Ms Meredith Ash, Mrs Patricia Azarias, Ms Fiona Barbouttis, Dr R & Mrs H Barnard, Mr William J Barry, Ms Josephine M Bastian, Mr Jim Bates, Ms Sandra Batey, Mr Richard Bawden, Mr & Mrs J & M Beardow, Mr J & Mrs M Beattie, Dr David Bell, Mr John Boden, Mr Stephen Booth, Mr David Brett, Mrs Halina Brett, Rev Peter G Carman, Ms Joan Childs, Mr John Clayton, Prof Bruce Conolly, Mrs Jennifer Cook, Ms Margaret Coventry, Mrs Susana Cubas, Prof & Mrs S J Dain, Mrs Rhonda Dalton, Mr Brett Ayron Davies, Prof C E Deer, Mr Joseph Deschamps, Mrs Elizabeth Donati, Dr Marie Dreux, Mrs Margaret Duguid, Hon J R Dunford QC, Mr Elwyn Dyer, Mr Paul Evans, Mr Michael Farry, Mr William G Fleming, Mr Stephen Fortescue, Ms Eleonore Fuchter, Mr Bill Gibson, Mr Roger Giles, Mrs M A Grant, Mr David Green, Mr R N Greenwell, Miss J E Hamilton, Dr A H Hardy, Ms Margaret Hext, Mr Peter Hillery, Mr Paolo Hooke, Mrs Diana R Hooper, Mr Paul Hopwood, Dr David Jeremy, Mr Andrew Kaldor, Mr Mustafa Kandan, Dr Elvira Kefford, Miss Linda Kepitis, Mr Gerhard Koller, Dr Mary Langcake, Ms M Laurie, Mr David Levitan, Dr Carolyn Lowry OAM, Mrs Meryll Macarthur, Mr D M C Madden, Mrs Christina Marks, Dr Jim Masselos, Mrs Patricia McAlary, Mr T M McDougall, Dr R McGuinness, Mr John & Mrs Judith McKernan, Mr Kevin McVicker, Ms Maureen Meers, Ms Judith Miller, Mr Andrew Nelson, Mr John Nowlan, Ms Maryanne Ofner, Mr Pieter Oomens, Mr Julius Opit, Mr G C Osborne, Mr Bradley Oyston, Dr Gordon H Packham, Mr Gerry Pasqual, Ms Beth Patterson, Mr Bert Percy, Ms Barbara Peretz, Ms Anne Pickles, Mrs Mavis Pirola, Mr Roger Porter, Dr John G Richards, Mrs Gail Robison, Mr A & Mrs E Roth, Mr Gabriel Roy, Mrs Robin J Ruys, Mr Harvey Sanders, Mr D J Schluter, Dr Gideon Schoombie, Mr Eric Scott, Mr William Sharpe, Dr Michael Shellshear, Ms Abigail Sheppard, Mr Andrew Sims, Mr R A Stark, Prof Peter Stopher, Ms Lora Stopic, Mrs Caroline Storch, Mr Douglas G Thompson, Ms Kathryn Tiffen, Mrs Janine M Tindall, Mr Peter Van Raalte, Mrs Ilda Wade, Mr Alex Walter, Mr Robin Wever, Ass Prof Gerard Willems AM, Mr J Gerald Wilson, Mr Geoffrey L Winter, Mrs Dorothy Wood, Prof Klaus A Ziegert, Mr Peter Zipkis, Anonymous 4


MUSICAL TRIVIA with Michael Morton-EvansHow 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. How long did it take Handel to write the opera Rinaldo? (a) 2 weeks, (b) 4 weeks or (c) 8 weeks?

2. Who said: “Whoever listens to my music intelligently will see my life transparently revealed.”

3. Which opera by Ponchielli is based on the Victor Hugo play, Angelo, tyran de Padoue?

4. Who was known as “the grand old man of English music”?

5. Who wrote the symphony nicknamed ‘Mercury’?

6. What was Clara Schumann’s second name?

7. In whose composition, La Revue de Cuisine, do the dancers play kitchen utensils?

8. Who wrote the poem Ode to Joy which is celebrated in the last movement of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony?

To go in the draw to win the Blue Silence CD - Elena Kats-Chernin compositions, performed by the Acacia Quartet – email your answers to competitions@finemusicfm or post to the below address by 20 April and include your name and address.

The Quiz Master72-76 Chandos Street St Leonards NSW 2065

MARCH TRIVIA ANSWERS: 1. Giuseppe Verdi, 2. The Card Party, 3. (c), 4. A mediaeval hurdy-gurdy, 5. Three, 6. Einstein on the Beach, 7. Brussels in 1887 singing Gilda in Rigoletto, 8. Johan Strauss The Younger

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crosswordACROSS6 Grotesque, long, wry looks are

in error. (7)

7 First lady included publicity in her escape (5)

9 Just onerously short of some European currency (4)

10 Absurdly, Amex lend up to your limit ! How unique! (10)

11 Ms. Washington might or she might not . Whatever, its highly explosive. (8)

13 Try absorbing scrambled tea deal (6)

15 Sounds like a frolic can be a high-flier (4)

17 Diana camouflaged as a river nymph (5)

18 Crossing over the river in a T model (4)

19 Putting enemy to one side, perhaps ferret out the small tower (6)

20 Anyway, to suit me, we join tiny bird with tiny rodent (8)

23 English breakfast and the Royal Air Force in tandem inspire a Wedgwood production (3,7)

26 Ragged, rocky height ends in Norway capital (4)

27 Binds together, sort of ?? Yes, OK ! (5)

28 Armoured cars, not winning an Oscar, bring us the tympanic membrane (7)

DOWN1 Maybe arks prey on interfering

meddler (4-6)

2 Silver away once only with South American rodent (6)

3 Exist after Germany’s boundaries radically change course (4)

4 Left portion inside legal document (8)

5 Rare palm sheds light (4)

6 Knowingly shaky without seafood (5)

8 You will choose with a golden finish next September (7)

12 Correct around Canberra the Government’s proclamation (5)

14 Hide mangled entry offer (10)

16 Single charming lady limits behaving intensively (7)

17 Attest to decision not to increase CEO’s remuneration (8)

21 Others include alternative hypothesis (6)

22 Forwards battle as Fido departs spectrum (5)

24 From the very start savour a Kamikaze experience with this potent drop (4)

25 Possibly a rising tenth part of chilled food (4)

CROSSWORD SOLUTION

-MARCH 2013

Across: 8 Land, 9 Implacable, 10 Attend, 11 November, 12 Beriberi, 14 Gantry, 16 Then, 17 Roots, 18 Tiff, 19 Opiate, 21 Yearning, 23 Synopsis, 26 Miasma, 27 Dumbwaiter, 28 Line.

Down: 1 Battleship, 2 Adhesion, 3 Tie-dye, 4 Spin, 5 Las Vegas, 6 Batman, 7 Aloe, 13 Irony, 15 Refinement, 17 Rheostat, 18 Tentacle, 20 Amoeba, 22 Admire, 24 Your, 25 Sate.

To go in the draw to win the Amy Dickson’s Catch Me If You Can CD email your answers to competitions@finemusicfm or post to the below address by 20 April and include your name and address.

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