fine music magazine may 2013

May 2013

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FOUR OF THE BESTTokyo String Quartet farewell tour

HARMONY IN THE TROPICS Feast of chamber music for Townsville

ARTS ON DEMAND The digital evolution

DIVA ON A MISSION Lisa Gasteen

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This month, Barry Walmsley catches up with members of the Tokyo String Quartet on their world farewell tour. For over four decades the group has been regarded as the grand masters of the string quartet and Musica Viva brings you one last chance to see them live. (Details page 4.)After you’ve read Henry Mendelson’s story (page 7) you’ll doubtless be picking up the phone to your

travel agent and booking a winter escape to the tropics. The annual Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville sounds absolutely sumptuous - world class performers, foodie heaven, sunny days and balmy nights. Sascha Kelly takes a look at the massive growth over the last six years of opera on the big screen. The Metropolitan Opera in New York was the crusader in making works globally accessible and last year ten million people worldwide bought tickets to The Met high definition screenings. The concept has spread to other art forms and platforms and there is now a massive trend towards online on-demand viewing.There’s nothing like the real thing though, and Opera Australia continues to bulldoze its way through perceptions of elitism and court the hoi polloi with some highly entertaining and accessible offerings like Falstaff and Orpheus in the Underworld. At Carmen - this year’s Handa Opera on the Harbour - it was great to see so many young people in an audience that ran the gamut from black tie to blue jeans. For opera aficionados the world over, 22 May will be a day of great significance. It marks 200 years since the birth of Richard Wagner. We thank conductor Patrick Thomas for sharing his thoughts on the great man’s works - below. On this day Fine Music’s Colleen Chesterman has programmed a broadcast of Die Walküre the second in Wagner’s four opera Ring cycle. This recording is from the Melba label with the State Opera of South Australia and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. In it, Lisa Gasteen is Brunnhilde and, coincidentally, you’ll find Randolph Magri-Overend’s profile on the diva herself on page 10.Simon Tedeschi pens his last column for us for a while - concert commitments are keeping him on his toes - I’ll miss the “OMG what’s he saying this month” moments when the email lands. Thank you Simon, it’s been a privilege.

Lizzie

CONTENTSVol 40 No 5

4 COVER STORYBarry Walmsley talks with members of the treasured Tokyo String Quartet currently on their farewell world tour and soon to grace Australia’s shores.

3 Simon Says

7 Australian Festival of Chamber Music

9 Opera on the Big Screen

10 Lisa Gasteen Profile

11 Young Virtuosi

13 The Collaborators Series

14 What’s On

16 CD Reviews

18 Swinging on the Vine

21 Progam Guide

54 Directors, Committees, Staff

55 Fine Music Friends

56 Crossword and Trivia Quiz

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Digital Channel – Fine MusOn Fine Mus between noon and 4pm weekdays you’ll find programs covering classical up to 3pm and Jazz in Concert until 4pm.For more on this month’s digital programs see page 19.

RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883) Born 22 MayYour audacious virtuosity of orchestration, your endless motifs,

your cascading chromatics, all fuse perfectly together with those evolving streams of melody and grand, exotic visions.Your Music Dramas are a coalescence of magical ingredients

and creative genius.They remain as giant creations in towering majesty, while your

superb “Ring” cycle stands as the greatest of man’s artistic triumphs, single-handedly conceived.

Yet, despite these monumental masterpieces, it is your exquisite “Siegfried Idyll”, with its cogent, heartfelt eloquence

that moves my heartstrings more greatly. This “Staircase Music” touches poignantly, as does the warmth felt at Triebschen that Christmas Day, when those privileged players intoned

your gentle paean of joy and thankfulness. For me, this tender “Triebschen Idyll” for Cosima’s birthday (later re-titled in honour of your and her son, Siegfried) expresses rapture more deeply

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hear Jack Benny say that. Enough!…Enough! Ah yes, as I was saying, if you’re internet-savvy you would have noticed that Fine Music has its own Facebook page on www.facebook.com/finemusicfm and furthermore, the page is full of quirky and, at times, useful musical information.

For example you may have noticed postings of the latest obituaries. In the past the loss to the music world of the following luminaries has been reported: pianist, conductor and composer Tommy Tycho, pianist and conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch, pianist Van Cliburn, organist Marie-Claire Alain, jazz trumpeter Kenny Ball, Elizabeth Furtwängler (widow of Wilhelm), jazz great Terry Lightfoot and soprano Ava June.

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Be that as it may, the next biggest hit was 432 (still a substantial amount) for a report in which soprano Laura Aikin (right) decried the practices of the Salzburg Festival administration for not paying singers for time spent at rehearsals. Other tidbits picked up from around the music world have included news that a violin had been authenticated as belonging to an orchestra member from the Titanic... then swiftly debunked. And, there was Sir Antonio Pappano’s outburst about the younger class of singers being unreliable and the riposte from mega mezzi-soprani (!) Susan Graham and Rosalind Plowright offering their own two cents worth on the matter.

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Jorge Bolet famously said that he hated practising. I think in my eyes, this made him a great and honest man for simply admitting it.

Many pianists have not practised sufficiently, but not just for emotional reasons. Cortot, so overwhelmed by his various responsibilities as conductor, writer, teacher and intellectual, often simply did not have the time to do donkey work at the piano. His recordings, legendary as they are, often reflect a stunning musical vision but with the odd bum note. I, like anybody who devours the sound of the great masters with a wistful pleasure, do not care one iota whether Cortot hits a wrong note here or there. After all, his wrong notes are better than most people’s right notes. Paderewski, in my opinion much maligned, was perhaps a more grievous offender, but he had an even better excuse – he was the Prime Minister of Poland. I’d love to see Julia Gillard play as well as he did!

Rubenstein was also one whose accuracy, you could say, sometimes fell by the wayside. The live recording of Chopin’s 1st piano concerto, savagely difficult by any standards, is one I like to listen to, despite Rubenstein’s occasional corker. He was a pianist to whom excessive practising was neither necessary nor desired: for the great Pole, ‘technical’ work was doing double thirds under his hat at the cinema. Good for him! Perhaps the greatest anomalies in the world of piano playing are the Walter Giesekings…those elusive, flabbergasting creatures who both practised little and maintained devastating accuracy. Gieseking would be one of my very favourite pianists, if not my favourite of all time. But it’s nothing to do with his accuracy.

It’s his sound, as crisp and recognisable as any Jazz musician’s voice or compositional style.

Arrau’s sound is like ivory or chocolate, dripping with

an oil-like legato..

““On the other side of the spectrum are the marathon runners, the 12-14 hour a day guys. Rudolf Serkin, Arrau, Richter and Michelangeli were all in this mould. Did they have to work like slaves? Possibly not. Arrau is probably my favourite out of these guys. Why? Because to me, his sound is like ivory or chocolate, dripping with an oil-like legato that is matched only by the strength of his intellectual conviction.

But it’s nothing to do with his accuracy. It’s because he’s unmistakable Arrau – erudite, sometimes perhaps a little stilted, but sincere in a way that few are.

Practising is a mysterious practice (I couldn’t think of any other word), because there’s no one way to do it. Reams of literature and pedagogic material abound on ‘how to practise’ along with every convoluted pianistic ‘method’ under the sun. The minute I see a method, I run the other way – perhaps I overcompensate - I grant you that. I despise anything that resembles a cult, be it religious or musical.

Gyorgy Sandor’s book was in vogue for a while, and before that Leschetitsky, and Cortot’s own book of Etudes with corresponding exercises which are themselves an exercise in temptation to follow the master. Hanon is perhaps unique for its marketing, with the indefatigable ‘promise’ to grant the faithful student a virtuoso technique.

To blindly follow one method bypasses the intellect.

““ Brahms’ exercises, while very useful, are pretty much an invitation for injury and Clementi’s Gradus ad Parnassum was written for completely different instruments to our own. To blindly follow one method bypasses the intellect. One must never lose one’s sense of critical reasoning, be it in choosing a ‘great’ teacher, one’s own approach to a great piece of music; or even in any walk of life.

Simon says: PRACTISING & PEDAGOGY

I think it’s safe to say that one should always study music, and the musical problems it presents: you can’t go wrong if you learn the Well Tempered Klavier or the Etudes by Chopin.

What always resonated with me the most was a sentence from Gieseking. He wondered why people separated ‘technique’ and ‘music’ into two different categories. That instinctively made sense to me. Susan Sontag said much the same thing when she excoriated the obsession we have in reducing all art to its form, rather than revelling in the inherently spiritual and even erotic thrall of its content. Surely technique and music are the same thing: an attempt to capture the sound that your brain is feeding you. Of course, piano playing has a decidedly physical element, and in this sense there is a myriad of physical problems that must be solved. But to solve them in a ‘technical’ way I feel undermines the reason we all got into music in the first place. All passagework is melody, and we’re all trying to sound like the human voice. That’s what I am trying – and hopefully succeeding at least 50 percent of the time – to do whenever I sit down at the keyboard. What I am not trying to do is play the same passage so many times that I will end up wearing a sling for the rest of my life. I would much rather sling forward a clump of wrong notes. I just hope I play them right. - Simon Tedeschi

Editor: This will be ST’s last column for a while to come – concert commitments are happily keeping his life hectic. We say thank you to Simon – it’s been a joy having you as a columnist.

I despise anything that resembles a cult, be it religious or musical..

““

Simon Tedeschi


TOKYO STRING QUARTETFAREWELL TOUR

Bidding fond farewells are always filled with heart-wrenching moments. This will be no further from the truth when the acclaimed Tokyo String Quartet makes its final tour of Australia this month.

Established in 1969, the Quartet has attracted accolades across the world for its “exemplary chamber music” (The New York Times). Making the decision to say farewell to its audiences and the success that the Quartet has enjoyed was not an easy one.

But for cellist Clive Greensmith, there is life beyond the Tokyo String Quartet.

Speaking from Warsaw on this final world tour, Greensmith reminisced about his 14 years with the Quartet, and outlines what is on the horizon for all four members. “..none of us will cease to be involved in our first love, which is chamber music. We’ll be able to participate as musicians in varied ways.”

For the Quartet’s founding member, violist Kazuhide Isomura, life will be split between teaching chamber music and viola as a visiting professor at his alma mater, the Toho School of Music in Tokyo, as well as taking up a new position at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where Greensmith also teaches.

Second violinist, Kikuei Ikeda (who joined the group three years after its formation) will continue, along with Isomura, some form of relationship with the Yale School of Music, where the Quartet has been in residence since 1976. Ikeda will also teach at a private university in Tokyo in a similar capacity as a visiting professor.

Greensmith is both melancholic about the passing of something that was truly great, but optimistic also, looking forward to a new era for himself and the other members.

“First violinist, Martin (Beaver) and I will be moving to Los Angeles full-time to take up new positions at a wonderful emerging school called The Colburn School, which is situated in the downtown area, right opposite the Disney Hall. It is a conservatory that is only nine years old, and a school that has done remarkably well in a few years.”

“He and I will be co-directing the string chamber music program and we will also have our own students. So we’ll begin that move to LA full-time in the summer, after the Quartet disbands.

“And we’ll also have our own piano trio. So there will be a group that will emerge from the TSQ, and we’re still thinking about who will be the pianist with whom we would like to play.”

So unlike many who might be thinking of retirement, for Greensmith there is still much to do and to explore. Understandably, seeing the world is not high on his list.

“Touring has been a big slice of my life. I have been very fortunate to have played all over the world. It has been a real privilege, and way more than I ever expected, when I was thinking about my future in my 20s.”

Not living in a hotel suite and seeing a different city every couple of days will be a welcome change. “People underestimate how difficult it is to travel. Even on this trip from New York to Warsaw, my luggage did not arrive, so you’re always a little anxious about the things that are important, even just having the music with you on arrival for a concert.”

There is no possibility that his cello would go missing, however, as it occupies a seat on every plane next to him when he travels.

Greensmith’s cello belongs to what is known famously as the Paganini Strads, two violins, a viola and cello, which range in age from 269 to 325 years of age, and owned by virtuoso, Niccolo Paganini until his death in 1840.

The “Strads” have been through a series of collectors, but since 1995 have been owned by the Nippon Music Foundation, which loans them to the Quartet with the only caveat being that they are always played together.

That means that when the Quartet finally disbands, the instruments, which have been inseparable to its members, will be returned to the Foundation.

“It is going to be a wrench saying our farewells to these wondrous instruments, and there’s no getting around that fact. It is a little more bearable knowing that we all have our own personal instruments.

“The Strad cello I have been using, and to which I have grown very familiar and close, that is 14 years of constant use, is really a part of me. It has taught me what I like in cellos, what I want to find in terms of sound.

“I’m now at the point where I’m confident that I’ll be able to re-sculpt that sound on another cello. I was very lucky to find a modern Italian instrument from the 1920s, which I really love. It’s the same style of instrument – the famous B Form Strad Cello – I’m so glad I have that, so that when I give the Strad back, I will feel relatively comfortable. I have been using the new one to break myself in, and it won’t be such of a wrench when I have to give the Strad back.”

No doubt the Paganini Strads will be closely watched by a world audience to see to which group they are loaned by the Foundation. Whilst consoling himself about the fate of giving up these beautiful instruments, Greensmith also acknowledges that they must be used.

“We all recognise that they should be given to another group. These are instruments that should be played, and honestly, nothing would make me happier than to know a deserving

Martin Beaver, Kazuhide Isomura, Kikuei Ikeda, Clive Greensmith


group can enjoy them and have an intimate relationship with them as we have done. They should be played, not kept in a bank vault, so I am happy to see them go to a group that will exploit them and enjoy them.”

It may even be possible that on a future tour for Musica Viva, the Paganini Strads may once again be heard by a quartet, yet unknown.

The Quartet’s previous visits to Australia have been met with unanimous praise from critics and audiences alike. And the admiration is mutual says Greensmith - “Australians have tremendous passion and enthusiasm for chamber music. They are warm, attentive and knowledgeable.

“There is more variation in Australia though, than when we visit, say to Japan, where cell phones and coughing never happen…. But then, in Madrid for example, the audiences are almost like attending a soccer match.”

Greensmith believes that local audiences owe much to Musica Viva, the company that contracts and tours such artists as the Tokyo String Quartet.

“Because the roots of Musica Viva are so deeply connected to Europe and the emigration from Europe, my take is that the audiences, which we find and have come to love in Australia, are every bit as erudite, enthusiastic and passionate about chamber music as the finest audiences in North America and Europe.”

Greensmith notes that on previous visits the Quartet has played music by Australians Carl Vine and Peter Sculthorpe. The Quartet No 16, by Sculthorpe, was in fact commissioned by Musica Viva, for the Quartet’s 2004 Australian tour, and this emotive work will be on the upcoming tour program.

“It was an extraordinarily topical piece, being inspired by letters from asylum seekers; they were very personal.”

Greensmith quickly points out that the Quartet members were not asked to comment on the politics of the piece, but were simply to take it upon face value about its musical worth.

“We loved it and found it very powerful, and it spoke to us. We were very happy to work with Peter (Sculthorpe) on the piece and, must say, it was extremely well written for the group.

“We saw it as our role to be powerful advocates for the piece, but also acknowledge that he (Sculthorpe) has written over 16 string quartets, and his is a very important body of work for

the 20th and 21st century repertoire for string quartets.

For some, there might be questions as to whether works for string quartets will continue in this modern age. Greensmith has no doubt that they will, albeit proving a very difficult path for any composer.

“Writing for string quartet is an extremely exacting medium; it is very hard for composers to write for string quartets as there is no hiding behind orchestral colour.

“As well, there’s an almost over bearing presence of Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Bartok and Shostakovich, and composers must be constantly measuring themselves against that incredible body of repertoire.

“It is an exacting task. For string players, there’s very little chance to hide - make ‘filler’ music that’s going to convince people. Composers must almost feel naked as there’s not much trickery that you can use, if you have a lack of ideas. It’s an awfully big responsibility.”

For many performing artists, leaving a legacy is important. The Tokyo String Quartet has left an enormous legacy of memorable concerts, and a prodigious recording output. But perhaps, it is best for Greensmith himself to sum up how the group might like to be remembered.

“I would suggest that the group be known for its homogeneity of sound; like a fine choir. It is the internal balance of the Quartet at which we’ve worked very hard, to make sure that the tonal picture of the group is something

that we feel right about. That means a great homogeneity of sound and clarity of voicing, so you can hear the main line wherever it is; the balance is good, so that you can distinguish the individual voices together, as well as a sense of harmonious working together.

“The balance between the individual and the corporate identity of the group is always important. We never “shout” when we play. We like to play with a tremendous range of sound; we like to explore the softer and more intimate range of sounds in the dynamic spectrum. We never grandstand, that is, superimpose our egos on the music. I think the Paganini instruments have allowed us to realise such a philosophy in a successful way. Each instrument has a very distinct timbre of sound, and there’s a certain warmth and clarity and precision that the instruments have. It’s not a question of loud or soft, but a question of character”.

Just as each of the Quartet will miss his equally famous instrument, so collectively they will miss their audiences who have adored their playing for over four decades. - Barry Walmsley

Musica Viva Presents - Tokyo String Quartet

Monday 27 May 7pm and Saturday 8 June 2pm City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney

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A somewhat surprising combination of sunshine and beach sands with contrapuntal harmony and chamber opera is unquestionably a rarity in most parts of the musical world. Moreover, in the ranks of the international anthology of festival cities, Townsville could well be regarded by many a music aficionado as a surprising inclusion.

Yet for the past 23 years, the northern Queensland city has witnessed a measure of musical programming likely to provoke the envy of many of the world’s leading festival directors.

Held annually in August (this year’s dates are 26 July – 3 August) the Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM) has developed a unique international reputation for its distinguished artists and innovative programming across a wide range of chamber music genres. Under its director of the past seven years, internationally acclaimed pianist Piers Lane, each year’s program aims to provide diverse music based on the core classics and new, rarely heard music as well as light hearted selections and educational components.

Period performance element London born but raised in Queensland where Lane Sr. was a major force at its Conservatorium of Music, the feisty Lane has instilled an atmosphere of innovative, often courageous programming combined with a festive atmosphere which has audiences returning year after year. Highlight examples are aplenty such as the outdoor beach concert on Townsville’s offshore Magnetic Island which this year will showcase the artistry of Nicholas Daniel, one of the world’s leading oboists playing solo Britten intended by the composer to be played outdoors.

“I aim to program artists who are recognised as chamber musicians, not just as famous soloists”, Lane stated. As a result, leading artists from the UK, USA, Latvia, Switzerland, Norway, Singapore and Australia will have music lovers flocking to Townsville from around the country and the world again this year. The program includes the premier cellist Zuill Bailey (USA) and a new exploration of familiar classics by pianist Joe Chindamo and Australian violinist Zöe Black.

Describing the program, the London based Lane said: “For some the highlight might be the Australian Jazz Quintet. For someone else it will be the opportunity to hear Bach’s six cello suites played candlelit by the charismatic American cellist, Zuill Bailey whose recording of them has sold wildly.

“Someone else will particularly enjoy the tango fun on the final night or the rare chance to hear the complete Britten Canticles live on a Sunday morning”.

His comments reflect the 2013 programming which will be underlined by what Lane describes as ‘a period performance element’.

“The Baroque is far better represented than usually, partly because of the 450th anniversaries of English composers, John Dowland and Giles Farnaby’s births and the 300th anniversary of Italian composer Arcangelo Corelli’s death, but also because of three exciting Townsville debuts by harpsichordist/forte pianist Neal Peres da Costa, gambist/cellist Daniel Yeadon and recorder player Ruth Wilkinson,” he said.

“For our sins”Lane went on to outline for Fine Music Magazine his predilection for celebrating

such anniversaries of composers, prominent and some not so prominent by highlighting sometimes well-known works, other times rarely-performed ones. 2013 will include Poulenc’s Bal Masqué - merely one of several items reflecting the 50th anniversary of the French composer’s death. Meanwhile the bicentenary of Wagner’s birth will be recognised via chamber adaptations by the Festival’s 2013 composer-in-residence, James Ledger of the Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde.

In addition, the AFCM will present Schubertiade, a celebration of Franz Schubert’s music with many of his popular classics and the 50th anniversary of Hindemith’s death will be saluted by his dazzling and exciting Kammermusik 1.

“We’re also producing a chamber opera for our sins”, Lane said, adding that being a Benjamin Britten anniversary year, his ‘Noyes Fludde’ - a work for a sizeable cast - will see a contingent of local singers, choirs, buglers, instrumentalists and the North Queensland Recorder Society joining forces with Festival musicians.

Adding to the impressive line up of leading music world names is renowned viola soloist Phillip Dukes (UK), acclaimed Opera Australia counter-tenor Tobias Cole, Australia’s Goldner String Quartet and the Australian String Quartet, the foremost clarinettist of his generation, Michael Collins (UK), violinist Giovanni Guzzo (Venezuela/Italy) and tenor Markus Schäfer (Germany).

Paralleling this array of musical performances are events such as the “Chefs of the North” Dinner. Introduced in 2006 it has beguiled festival goers with its eclectic mix of degustation menus prepared by major Australian, New Zealand and local chefs accompanied by fine wines and three musical interludes.

The last wordThe last word, predictably is Lane’s: “Visitors from Australia and overseas will continue to travel to the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, not only for its enviable global reputation for the quality of distinguished artists, but also for its warm welcome and host of like-minded people. The AFCM offers a rare and exciting opportunity to hear and meet international musicians in a wonderfully inviting and relaxed setting,” he said .

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Opera:The Digital Evolution

2013 is a good year for concerts in Sydney. Last month I caught Jonas Kaufmann in The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Parsifal. The Paris Opera Ballet is presenting Eugene Onegin with Simon Keenlyside in the title role in May. And, I enjoyed my favourite seats to the premiere of Brett Dean’s new work commissioned and performed by the Berlin Philharmonic... my couch.

Don’t worry, you haven’t been living under a rock. Sadly none of these international companies are physically gracing our shores this year. They are coming to me via my local cinema, or even my desktop computer. What could be more surprising is the cinema revolution began with what is often (unfairly) perceived as the most elitist tradition of all – opera.

The Met in HD was developed in 2006 as a vehicle to “reach existing audiences and introduce new audiences to opera through new technology.” Of course, using broadcasting as a means of bringing music to the people is not new at all. The Met(ropolitan Opera) has been presenting their Sunday matinee performances live on radio for decades.

..ten million people worldwide bought tickets

to the Met HD.

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2006 heralded the dramatic rethink in strategy. Instead of just audio they would bring live simulcasts of the newest productions to cinemas across the country. Critics were quick to doubt the commercial prospects of this venture, but by 2013, the sales track record has silenced them. The 2008-09 season sold 400, 000 tickets, but by July 2010 in excess of two million tickets were sold for the nine high-definition telecasts.

Four years ago, the Hayden Cremorne Orpheum in Sydney started screening these productions, after distributors approached director Paul Dravet. “I’m no opera buff, but when we surveyed our audience, the interest was there.” Not just in Sydney it seems. Ten million people worldwide bought tickets to The Met HD last year. On the 16 February 2013, the flashy, colourful production of Rigoletto screened to an estimated audience of 113, 000 in North America alone.

So, who makes up this audience? “A crowd that you would expect,” says Dravet. “The age range isn’t too diverse to our opera screenings.” A movie ticket is still cheaper than the airfare

to New York, so audiences who might not normally afford a concert-going lifestyle are seeing the advantage”.

One such patron is Emily Edmonds, recent vocal graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium. With the affordable prices and international performers, should local arts companies be worried about losing her patronage? “Not at all. The availability of these broadcasts doesn’t deter me from attending local productions at all. I class the two as separate entities.

“The big companies, like The Met and the Paris Opera have the ability to focus the seasons on different repertoire than we would see here in Australia. Even though we are staging the complete Ring Cycle this year in Melbourne, I have already got to know the music and the staging by watching the new Lepage production last year.”

Six hours at the opera on a Saturday afternoon might be a wonderful prospect, but impossible for a busy lifestyle. The Met has already thought to counter that problem and developed Met Opera on Demand - subscription can be bought monthly or yearly and gives access to 120 videos in the back-catalogue, and new productions are added each month.

There is always an audience when you are seeing what is

renowned as the best.

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“I’m thinking of subscribing as we speak”, says Emily. “I love the interval interviews with the artists. It reminds me that these super-stars are real people. Beyond that, it’s a magnificent insight to hear the things they say about the music. You can see what goes on behind the scenes”.

There isn’t a monopoly on this market. The Berlin Philharmonic has a similar application, Digital Concert Hall. Sydney based conductor Ben Crocker has been subscribing to this since he returned from travelling to Berlin last year. “They have done well to unify the feel of the physical concert hall with the online application. It’s avoided the pitfall of becoming a collection of videos on a website, and turned it into a virtual experience.”

It’s not just opera companies and philharmonics that are clamouring for the cinema audience. Dravet elaborates - “This year we are screening

The National Theatre’s production of The Audience with Dame Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II. Also, there are three new features in a series called Exhibition – Great Art on Screen, where you can see art from Manet, Munch and Vermeer. There is always an audience when you are seeing what is renowned as the best.” – Sascha Kelly

Operas screening in Sydney - May The Royal Opera’s Eugene Onegin, The Metropolitan Opera’s Francesca da Rimini (Palace Cinemas) & Giulio Cesare (Palace Cinemas and Cremorne Orpheum)

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Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II


Lisa Gasteen The supreme Wagnerian soprano

In 1991 Brisbane-born Lisa Gasteen was on top of the world when she became the first and only Australian to win the Cardiff Singer of the World competition. For anyone watching on television on the night of the finals, or even watching live in Cardiff, it was obvious that Gasteen was streets ahead of the other contestants.

What followed was a whirlwind of appearances starting with the Charles Mackerras-conducted Il Trovatore in which Gasteen sang Leonora to a Scottish audience. She was in great demand. She performed in all the great opera houses of Europe - Wagner, Verdi, Strauss - and in 2002 sang Brunnhilde in London, Vienna and the Metropolitan in New York. She also sang in the 2004 Adelaide Ring cycle. The conductors she has performed with include Sir Antonio Pappano, Lorin Maazel, Sir Bernard Haitink, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Valery Gergiev and, of course, Simone Young. In fact it was Young who got her ready for the big Wagnerian roles of Isolde and Brunnhilde. She had become the supreme Wagnerian soprano.

And then, in May 2008, it all came to a shattering halt. In trying to lift a bucket of cumquats in her Brisbane backyard she pinched a nerve in her neck. She started suffering from muscle spasms and it became so painful that, at times, she couldn’t grip something as innocuous as a saucepan handle and she was even forced to use both hands to lift a glass to her lips. Later that August, while singing at a concert in Adelaide, the pain became intolerable and she realised she had a serious

problem on her hands. Five years of forward concert and operatic bookings eventually had to be cancelled. Agonisingly, she was forced to cancel her second Ring performance at the Metropolitan and Simone Young’s new production at the Hamburg State Opera.

Months of rehabilitation followed and even injections of Botox were tried. Slowly but surely Gasteen showed signs of improvement and four years after the first spasms occurred she tentatively started performing again in a Wagner recital with The Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Naturally the finances started dwindling but Gasteen was optimistic about her plight. The children (Eve now 25 and Henry 23) were no longer at school and husband Barry Johnson (a solicitor) was earning a decent wage so the family was not exactly living in penury.

Gasteen is very philosophical about her lifestyle change. For starters, her home life has thrived and these days she loves the family environment. I ask her about her jet-setting days when she virtually lived out of a suitcase. She doesn’t miss it one bit, admitting it was demanding and wasn’t as glamorous as people make it out to be. What about the financial losses? You don’t start showing a profit, she confides, until the third performance of each operatic series. Plus you have to find your own accommodation (partially subsidised by the operatic company) and transportation costs have to be borne if one wishes to upgrade from the basic entitlement.

Gasteen’s optimism also now extends to her current occupation as a ‘Practice Professor of Opera’ at the Griffith University campus

of the Queensland Conservatorium. I ask her what her title means. She doesn’t really know except to say that she uses her experience as an opera singer to help aspiring singers. She is also running a series of master classes every summer in Brisbane, between November and December, in which singers are placed in an environment beneficial to their future development by mingling with professionals who may be of use to them when furthering their careers abroad.

Gasteen is very passionate about the classes. The first of them, in 2012, included conductor Giovanni Reggioli, administrator John Fisher and Wagnerian tenor Siegfried Jerusalem. An Alexander Technique teacher was also in attendance advising on how to avoid the bad physical habits that could prevent a singer achieving their full potential.

But running the school isn’t cheap. The original fund-raising concert involving tenor Glenn Winslade and Simone Young on the piano raised approximately $30,000. But a lot more is needed and she is looking for sponsors. In fact, Gasteen would like to see the school provide year-long education but such a scheme would require at least $3 million.

In August this year, Gasteen will provide further proof that her former debilitation has been overcome. She has teamed up with old chum Simone Young and the Sydney Symphony and will sing Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder while the orchestra will perform Bruckner’s final, unfinished symphony. – Randolph Magri-Overend

Glenn Winslade (Florestan) and Lisa Gasteen (Leonore) in Opera Australia’s Fidelio. Photo - James Sharrock

Lisa Gasteen. Photo - Justin Walpole


JONATHON RAMSAY - EUPHONIUM

Eighteen-year-old Jonathon Ramsay, is an undergraduate student at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. In 2009 he won

the Australian National Junior Euphonium Championship and was named Junior Champion of Champions. He was a finalist in the 2010, 2011 Sydney Eisteddfod Doctors Orchestra Scholarship and in 2012 won the NSW Open Euphonium and Champion of Champions titles as well as State Junior Euphonium, Junior Champion of Champion and the National Junior Bass Trombone title.

Jonathon achieved a mark of 50/50 for extension music in his HSC examinations in 2011 and was invited to perform as part of the Encore concert in 2012. He has performed as a soloist with symphony orchestras and as a part of many recognised and award winning

ensembles, as well as in numerous concerts including the Schools Spectacular, the Opening ceremony of the Youth Olympics, and the TDP Graduation Ceremony. He has been recorded multiple times by ABC Classic FM and Fine Music 102.5 as part of state and national competitions.

Jonathon recently won the prestigious Ern Keller International Soloist of the Year Competition, an invitation only event featuring brass soloists from around the world. He was a finalist in the 2012 Fine Music 102.5 Young Performer Award.

He is currently under the guidance of Scott Kinmont, Associate principal trombone of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

PHOEBE GARDNER - VIOLIN

Fifteen-year-old Phoebe Gardner is a violinist in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s Rising Stars Program. She gained her Associate

and Licentiate diplomas with distinctions. Concertmaster of the Performing Arts Unit Orchestra, Phoebe has performed solo at many concerts over the years at the Conservatorium and other venues including the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Town Hall. Phoebe was a featured artist in the 2012 NSW Schools Spectacular.

Phoebe has won several scholarships and prizes for violin performance and composition including first prize twice in the Australian National Song Writing Competition. She was a recipient of the APRA Encouragement Prize in the Fine Music 102.5 Young Composer Awards and says that, “Composing is something I

enjoy doing, and I think I will always compose throughout my life.”

In 2012 she was the runner up in the Fine Music 102.5 Young Performer Awards, a semi-finalist in the Ku-ring-gai Concerto Competition, and was a recitalist in the National Youth Concerto Competition’s Finals Week in Brisbane. Phoebe was awarded a scholarship for the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s inaugural ACO Academy and in April this year, made her orchestral debut performing as a guest soloist with the Mosman Symphony Orchestra. Next month – on a scholarship - Phoebe will attend the Perlman Music Program to study with Itzhak Perlman in New York.

Young Virtuosi YOUNG PERFORMER 2013 SEMI FINALISTS

SABINA IM - PIANO

Twenty-three year old Sabina Im was a full music scholarship holder at St. Catherine’s School, Waverley. At age thirteen, she gave her first solo debut performance at the Sydney Opera House. In 2012, having again achieved full scholarship status, she graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance Degree with honors from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore. Under the tutelage of Albert Tiu she gave several solo and chamber recitals in Singapore.

Sabina performed in notable venues such as the Metropolitan Art Space in Tokyo, Japan in 2005 and the University of New South Wales in 2006 and has performed for prominent individuals such as the Korean ambassador and Sir Donald Spencer. In 2007, she was a guest performer at the “Richard Tognetti with the Australian Chamber Orchestra” concert and she has featured in the Artist Concert Series at the John F. Kennedy Center USA during the Washington International Piano Festival.

She has been broadcast on SBS 97.7 and Fine Music 102.5 and this year begins studying for her

Master of Music in Piano Performance Degree at the Royal College of Music in London.

YOUNG VIRTUOSI BROADCASTS Young Performer Awards: 1pm Wednesday 1 May - Jonathon Ramsay, euphonium 1pm Wednesday 15 May - Sabina Im, piano 1 pm Wednesday 29 May - Phoebe Gardner, violin

Emerging Young Artist Series: 1pm Wednesday 8 May Edith Yam, pipe organ, Daisy Ou, piano, Yejin Min, violin 1pm Wednesday 22 May Josephine Chung, violin, Rachael Fullston, soprano, Caleb Wong, cello

All recordings for the Young Virtuosi series took place at St Catherine’s School Waverley. Pipe Organ was recorded at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Presenters- Andrew Bukenya, Chloe Chung, Josh McNulty. Audio Engineer - Greg Ghavalas. Piano tuning - Ron Overs, Overs Pianos

COMING UP 10am to 4pm Saturday 4 May Sydney Conservatorium Association: Mary Greville and Bert Coughtrey Piano Scholarship 2013, MLC School Centenary Music Centre, cnr Grantham Road and Rowley Street, Burwood. Co-ordinator: Judy Deacon [email protected]

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THE COLLABORATORS

In the last of our Accompanist Insights Series, Eun-Jung Byun talks about her rewarding career.

There are many different titles I receive when I appear, the common thread being that I play piano.

Accompaniment was not on my professional career options when I first arrived in Sydney. I came to Sydney with minimal English and I never knew accompaniment actually existed. The only career option I had been told as a piano student, was to become a concert pianist. Participating in national and international competitions, studying in conservatories and obtaining degrees were the only paths mapped out for me. Accompaniment has been viewed as second to a solo pianist’s career so requiring less effort and time.It was at Ravenswood School for Girls where my perspective was expanded and I was introduced to accompaniment as a career option. Performing with friends was much more enjoyable than lonesome hours of practising.Studying accompanimentMy lack of pianism became obvious once I started studying accompaniment. As a piano student, I had choices of repertoire to suit my capability but that was not the case for

accompaniment. Preparing vast ranges of repertoire in limited time - usually less than two weeks - has given me more discipline as a musician. I was forced to read more broadly to understand historical backgrounds and pay close attention to composers’ markings. Accompaniment definitely allowed for more exposure as a performer. Regardless the size of

the audience, each opportunity has taught me the mystery of communication in music.

My experience as an associate artist“Your sight reading skill must be really good!” This is the most common comment I receive whenever I introduce myself as an accompanist. It is not the only skill required for the profession. I see accompaniment as supporting and completing a team role in music making. Hence my interpersonal skills have developed through the years. I am often asked “Do you miss the solo stage as a pianist where you are the star?” Initially I questioned this myself. However, on balance I have gained more by being an ensemble pianist than being a soloist so my answer is no. I could have gained more audience praise after a performance, but I would not have known the beauty of some of the sonatas, art songs and concerti that I know now. I also would not have met the amazing musicians who are willing to perform with me. I love what I do. I am a staff accompanist at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and General Manager of The North Shore School of Music. I do not know what the future holds but I am grateful that I have found the calling of my life. - Eun-Jung Byun

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What’s On

BALLETTHE AUSTRALIAN BALLETVANGUARD 30 April - 18 May Sydney Opera House, Joan Sutherland TheatreTickets: $34-$192Bookings: 9250 7777www.australianballet.com.auThe Australian Ballet celebrates ground-breaking moments in ballet history with Vanguard, a triple bill of works that set the foundations for contemporary dance. George Balanchine stretched classical technique with The Four Temperaments. Jirí Kylián raised the bar for abstract ballet with Bella Figura and Wayne McGregor’s Dyad 1929 redefined ballet

for a modern generation. Australian Ballet Artistic Director, David McAllister, says that Vanguard is a program that demonstrates ballet’s modern journey. “Classical ballet underwent dramatic developments in the 20th-century and continues to evolve. Vanguard is a program that will shift people’s expectations of what classical movement can express.” All three choreographers have played a role in reinventing and reinvigorating ballet and Vanguard brings three of their best works together in one season. The Australian Ballet with Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.Image - Adam Bull and Ty King-Wall. Photo - Georges Antoni

SYMPHONY SYDNEY SYMPHONYASHKENAzY’S FAVOURITES

Wednesday 15 May 8pmFriday 17 May 8pmSaturday 18 May 8pmSydney Opera House

Tickets: $35-$125Bookings: 8215 4600www.sydneysymphony.com

Vladimir Ashkenazy has too many musical favourites to count! But for this concert he’s agreed to name three, beginning with Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. After Tchaikovsky’s Romantic masterpiece - music to tug at your heartstrings - there’s Richard Strauss in neoclassical mode with his breezily Mozartian Oboe Concerto. Soloist is former Berlin Philharmonic oboist, Hansjörg Schellenberger (above). And then there’s William Walton’s English mix of humour, high spirits and nostalgia. “Walton 1 is an absolute favourite of mine,” says Ashkenazy. “It’s compelling and it has tremendous energy.” This is music that’s carried along by the brazen power of its rhythms and vibrant orchestral sounds - a breathtaking end to a dramatic concert.

SYMPHONY SYDNEY SYMPHONY ASHKENAzY CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN Thursday 9 May 1.30pm Friday 10 May 8pm Saturday 11 May 2pm Monday 13 May 7pm Sydney Opera House Tickets: $35-$145 Bookings: 8215 4600 www.sydneysymphony.comThe star of this all-Beethoven program is one of Vladimir Ashkenazy’s absolute favourite symphonies, the Pastoral. In his Pastoral Symphony, Beethoven - a poet in sound - has gone out into the countryside and brought back the songbirds, the dancing peasants, the bubbling brook and the terrifying thunderstorm. And with it comes the intensity of feeling that comes from being in nature. The concert begins with the Sydney Symphony strings, capturing

the transparency and inner energy of the ‘Grand Fugue’, originally written for four musicians. And in the Triple Concerto we get the double pleasure of three soloists in partnership chamber music style and the athletic virtuosity of a concerto. (Kirsty Hilton violin, Catherine Hewgill cello, Clemens Leske piano).

OPERASYDNEY PHILHARMONIA FESTIVAL CHORUS AND ORCHESTRAOPERA’S TRIPLE THREATSaturday 8 June 2pmSunday 9 June 5pmSydney Opera HouseTickets: $32-$90Bookings: 9250 7777www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.auIn theatre, a triple threat is someone who can sing, dance and act. In this concert you’ll find more of a triple treat of music, drama and passion. The three birthday boys in the program - Verdi, Wagner and Britten - had those qualities in spades. 2013 marks the bicentenaries of the births of Verdi and Wagner, and the centenary of Britten. Sydney Philharmonia Festival Chorus celebrates with this program of highlights from some of these composers’ greatest creations.

The program includes music from Verdi’s Otello, Britten’s Peter Grimes and Wagner’s Tannhäuser. Special guests are soprano Cheryl Barker and tenor Stuart Skelton. The Sydney Philharmonia Festival Chorus and Orchestra is conducted by Brett Weymark.


CHAMBERSYDNEY OMEGA ENSEMBLETEDESCHI AND OMEGA

Saturday, 1 June 7.30pmCity Recital Hall, Angel Place

Tickets: $55-$65Bookings: 8256 2222www.sydneyomegaensemble.comFollowing last year’s acclaimed performance with Simon Tedeschi, the Sydney Omega Ensemble once again welcomes the distinguished concert pianist. The program opens with the delightful and playful wind quartet by Françaix, after which the Ensemble is joined by Tedeschi to perform the vivacious and lively Spohr Septet. Spohr’s compositions languished in obscurity following his death in 1859, but are now a staple of chamber groups around the world and enormously popular with audiences. The strings of the Ensemble expand to perform the sumptuous Capriccio string sextet by Strauss, the overture to his final opera Capriccio. The concert concludes with one of Shostakovich’s best-known works, the Quintet for Piano and Strings, composed, as much of his string quartets were, for the Beethoven Quartet. Above - Tedeschi and clarinettist David Rowden.)

CHAMBERAUSTRALIA ENSEMBLE CONCERT 3

Saturday 18 May 8pmSir John Clancy AuditoriumUniversity of NSW

Tickets: $17-$47Bookings: 9385 4874www.ae.unsw.edu.au

This Australia Ensemble rural-themed concert embraces works of Ian Munro (below), Carl Nielsen, Eugene Goossens and Johannes Brahms with guest artists Shefali Pryor (oboe) Robert Johnson (horn) and Andrew Barnes (bassoon). Pieces include Wind Quintet from Carl Nielsen who was raised in a Danish rural community and attained a high stature as a musical poet. Ian Munro’s second String Quartet, subtitled A Colonial Sketchbook, is a work in which this deftly allusive composer and outstanding pianist typically looks at relatively bucolic societies of the past. Eugene Goossens adds unmistakably sophisticated French touches to his sketch of pastoral theatre and improvised Italian comedy. Brahms, a lord of majestic and powerful gesture, is also utterly as at home with a pastoral reverie, demonstrating all of these capacities with remarkable succinctness in his C minor Piano Trio.

CHAMBERAUSTRALIAN STRING QUARTETSCHUBERT

Tuesday 4 June 7pmCity Recital Hall Angel Place

Tickets: $27.30-$73.50Bookings: 8256 2222www.asq.com.au

Timo-Veikko Valve, principal cello of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, joins the ASQ for Schubert’s String Quintet. The 31-year old Schubert produced an astonishing amount of music in the last year of his life. Among the finest was the quintet for strings in C major with its innovative use of two cellos playing a succession of duos. High-spirited and defiant, with a heartbreaking slow movement, it is an extraordinary landmark work. It is as if the compositional mould was irreparably broken when Schubert died, with few composers since attempting quintets with a second cello. The program includes Joseph Haydn’s quartet op 64 no 5, nicknamed the Lark and Béla Bartók’s third quartet. Composed in 1926, it is the credo of a very bold artist. Intense and untamed.

JAzz/BLUES VIVID LIVE – C W STONEKING

Saturday 1 June 7.30pm Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House

Tickets $45 Bookings: 9250 7777 www.sydneyoperahouse.com Treading the borders of fact, fiction and fantasy in a steamy mix of jungle jazz and pre-war plantation blues - Vivid LIVE proudly presents the anticipated return of C W Stoneking in a rare Sydney appearance; his first in nearly

two years. Reaching veteran status within songwriter circles with over 20 years on the live stage, the 38 year old’s playful spin of primitive pop and soul-searching mysticism has recently enraptured audiences with sell-out tours across the UK, Europe and a scene-stealing spot on the illustrious Later with Jools Holland. Now set to strip back in an intimate one-off preview of all-new songs as well as music from his ARIA Award-winning breakthrough, Jungle Blues, Stoneking will reaffirm his status as one of Australia’s leading songwriters and storytellers.


THE REEF Australian Chamber Orchestra ABC Classics DVD PLU 763959✶✶✶✶Under Richard Tognetti’s artistic direction, The Australian Chamber Orchestra has produced a wealth of inspirational performances that simultaneously promote classical traditions and embrace new musical possibilities.

Tognetti’s powerful fusion of music and film in the performance piece The Reef provides a unique, moving experience that transports the viewer into a multi-sensory exploration of music and nature.

What makes The Reef so captivating is the powerful relationship between the music and imagery. Inspired by the diverse land and seascapes of Ningaloo in Western Australia, beautiful images of the surf, untouched ocean depths and desolate desert plains are matched to musical styles ranging from Beethoven, to 1990s grunge and colourful soundscapes by Ian Grundage and Tognetti.

This scope of musical diversity melds together with surprising continuity, unified by the emotional intimacy created between the audience and landscape. The abrasive

tonal language in the collaborative works of Grandage and Tognetti arouse an overwhelming response of loneliness and anxiety to Ningaloo’s desert plains. In contrast, the waves and pristine depths of the Ningaloo coastal waters offer an illuminating visual journey through delicate interpretations of Bach and Beethoven. Even the grunge-rock style of special guests ‘Alice in Chains’ and the use of electric strings provoke a striking, carefree ambience to the surfers and locals.

The Reef DVD recording successfully captures the thrill and energy of the ACO live. Tognetti’s innovative and entrancing performance transcends the concert hall experience and will no doubt inspire more collaborative projects for the future. - Bree Baxter

KENNETH LEIGHTON (1929-1988) MUSIC FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO Edwin Paling violin, Arabella Teniswood-Harvey piano Move MD 3358

✶✶✶✶✶Leighton is one of the more neglected members of the mid 20th century school of English music, and listening to his work you find yourself wondering what more he could have done to claim his rightful place, up there where names like Rubbra and Walton are so much more familiar today. There is nothing in his first sonata, introducing his work on this CD, that deserves to be snubbed by anyone, whether it is dynamic power they are after, or melodic delicacy. A long and distinguished career in musico-academic circles, and his

accomplishments as a pianist, might have been expected to ensure that Leighton’s music was more highly appreciated. In the way he achieves his effects, lyrical development is less of a concern for Leighton than the power of his mastery over his instruments, a style of controlled drama that you could easily imagine being extended beyond violin and piano, and his ability to create such powerful sonic complexities and tensions using only the two soloists active here is remarkable. The parts played by both of them frequently involve some degree of orderly violence in their tussle for domination as the moods change, which they do constantly right through to the end of Metamorphoses. Both musicians are similarly masterful in their ability to range freely through the full scope of volume and intensity available to them, while interacting

with their musical partner who is busy doing the same thing. Paling is a long-established English violinist, while Teniswood-Harvey is busy keeping the flag flying high for Tasmania, and their selection to present the work of this underrated composer is a credit to Move. - Phil Vendy

CHRISTOF VONDERAU Three Cars on the Moon Fresko Music 4 029322 401827

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What a great title, whatever it means. Composer and guitarist Vonderau alternates his way through this set of solos and duos, tantalising us with a package that reveals nothing about him or what message, if any, he has to impart. It is remarkable, that anyone can come up with such an intriguing title, without explaining what it means. The first strum takes us straight to Spain, nowhere near the moon, and a lazy meander through some anonymous old town, where the only activity is the sun burning down, with everyone hunkered firmly down in a collective siesta - which fairly well sets the scene. Not much else happens. There are no passages of dazzling virtuosity or blurred fingers, no crazed cacophony of castanets; the instruments are presented in

much more reserved style, letting the tones come full and rich. Acoustic sensitivity is the well that Vonderau and friends draw from, giving us time to appreciate where they are on their fretboards and keyboards. Guitar and flute spend more than ten minutes on the title track, but remain silent on both Cars and Moon. Nevertheless, time spent listening to this CD is enriching and satisfying. There are no sudden contrasts to break the mood once you have made yourself comfortable, and being immersed in this lazy Spanish setting is a lovely way to spend an afternoon. You are left wanting to know more about what kind of fellow Vonderau is. - PV

CD Reviews


SCHUMANN PIANO TRIOS Susan Collins violin, Sue-Ellen Paulsen cello , Duncan Gifford piano ABC Classic PLU990339

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The one word that springs to mind immediately after repeated hearings of this CD is ensemble. What a fantastic trio of musicians that can subjugate their individual personalities and create a wonderful ensemble sound which can sometimes feel quite lush despite the scarcity of instruments! There is a feeling of sharing, and although there is no name for this ensemble group, they play with a unity of purpose.

The music itself is not Schumann at his best but there are glimpses of ingenuity. Inevitably, there are aspects of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms and others, for these men were contemporaries and giants of that time. But this is Schumann’s music, with its feeling of introversion coupled with wild fantasy. Surely

there is a link between each of the four movements of each of the three piano trios, but, to me, they might as well be separate pieces to me. His last piano trio feels exactly the same as his first despite the intervening years.

What works in this CD’s favour is the quality of the ensemble playing, and that they are Australian musicians. Schumann buffs will want to complete their collection with this high quality performance. The sleeve notes are excellent. – Richard Wong

TRIOS by HANDEL, VIVALDI AND TELEMANN Genevieve Lacey, Neal Peres Da costa, Daniel Yeadon ABC Classics 476 5105

✶✶✶✶✶The CD’s trios and the occasional solo are performed by musicians who originally came from diverse parts of the world but who are now resident in Australia and fully immersed in this country’s music scene. They have impressive backgrounds and have worked all over the world playing as a group since 2003. Of the 10 works or pieces presented here, three have been arranged by the group. As a Handel aficionado I was interested particularly in the arrangement of his aria from Act II of

Tamerlano: Par che mi nasca in seno. It has a delightfully gentle pastoral quality. The only quibble I have is with the Harmonious Blacksmith; the harpsichord sounding as if it was played two studios away. Other Handel compositions include the Sonata in C for recorder and continuo.

Among other works in the collection are two trios by Georg Philipp Telemann, who was probably the most popular composer of early decades of the 18th century - at a time when Bach was working away in the backblocks, so to speak, of deepest Germany. Vivaldi’s Concerto for two violins in D minor is one of the works arranged by the group for recorder, organ, harpsichord and cello.

Having selected works of three of the four most celebrated late Baroque composers, I hope they find the resources to record an album with Bach works presented in the same delightful way as in this recording. - P R Lidbury

FIVE ROCKS IN A JAPANESE GARDEN Tomoe Kawabata & Aura Go, pianos Master Performers MP 015✶✶✶✶

Five Rocks is a metaphorical reference to five Japanese composers, whose activities during the last half century have passed largely unnoticed outside their own country. Which provides us with an opportunity to explore “some exciting new discoveries” in the realm of works for two pianos, and piano duets, in the form of this attractively packaged CD. A French connection is already apparent from the titles, which is attributed to Tomojirö Ikenouchi, who returned from an extended period studying at the Paris Conservatoire to introduce his students to those aspects of French composition that had so captivated him. The influences of both Ravel and Debussy are especially strong, and you could almost believe that had they continued to evolve their unique styles further into the 20th century, these

may well have been compositions that they would have been happy to add to their own portfolios. It is as if they both brushed against the concepts of atonality and abstraction, without being inclined to adopt either as their own preferred practice. Heard now in another century, these pieces add a touch of modernity beyond the point we are already familiar with. Rocks they may well be in metaphorical terms, but in a more artistic sense these five composers all delight in creating music that sparkles and bubbles without ever evaporating into forgettable triviality. There is little here that sounds overtly Japanese, the two pianists are happy to take their lead from Ikenouchi’s French influences, and complement each other in everything from plaintive atmospherics to full-on virtuosity. - PV

CD Reviews


Jazz CD REVIEWS

MULTI-PIANO : ROGER DEAN 1978 TO 2012 Jazz, solo live piano and algorithmic ostinato Tall Poppies TP225 ✶✶✶This double CD set of piano music is arranged in a complex series of sections and tracks, all performed by Dean, all on his own, with the exception of an accompaniment for a single track by a computer musician, Greg White. The track and section listings provide a good guide to where Dean is at any given moment, indeed by organising the music in the way he has, he gives you a head start in working out how to best approach it. It is unlikely that you would want to listen to this straight through from start to finish, as there is no musical or thematic development, each part is a self-contained unit

in itself. So if you think it would be interesting to hear what he plays in Ostinato, or Vestige, easy, you just go straight there. Dean moves from straight modern jazz-blues into more improvisational modes, with studio processing coming into play, which brings more structural variety, rhythmic and percussive effects that extend Dean’s range so he can tackle more modernistic pieces, but he never lets these techniques override the pianistic core of what he is playing. The end result is like attending a demonstration by Dean of all the stages he has been through in a 35 year period, long enough for him to have proved his mastery in covering most, if not all, that there is to cover in the jazz piano genre; by way of exploration, rather than experimentation. - Phil Vendy

FIVE CLASSIC ALBUMS PLUS: Vic Dickenson Septet Volumes 1-4, Mainstream Jazz, Mainstream Avid Jazz EMSC 1073✶✶✶✶✶

By 1953 the 47-year-old trombonist Vic Dickenson with his whimsical and conversational style of playing had enjoyed a successful musical career but it was with the release of the first of these septet sessions on the Vanguard label that boosted him to a fresh peak of achievement. Under the direction of the legendary John Hammond these 10-inch LPs produced at a time when the American record industry was converting to a 12-inch format were surprisingly successful, thanks largely to Dickenson’s presence. The record producers using the LP format re-discovered the musical values of the Swing Era players but if any one musician typified the term “mainstream” it was Dickenson. These albums, the first two recorded on December 19, 1953 and the final

two on November 29, 1954, contain some of the finest mainstream jazz ever recorded. With the emphasis on relaxation, the musicians were encouraged to stretch out, resulting in jazz of warmth and spontaneity. Dickenson is in sublime form but Edmond Hall is not far behind him, if at all, emphasising yet again what a great clarinettist he was. Listen to the way he leads off the easy swinging Russian Lullaby followed by the youthful enthusiasm of trumpeter Ruby Braff. But for enjoyment the bluesy version of the folk song When You and I Were Young Maggie is hard to beat. And when former Count Basie sidemen, drummer Jo Jones and that idiosyncratic trumpeter Shad Collins, are added for the second two albums, the results are more than satisfying. - Kevin Jones

May 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 What’s New with Stephen Wilson

In Conversation with Michael Morton-Evans (repeats)

7 May - Paul Dyer

14 May - Arnold Rawls

21 May - James Crabb

28 May - Philip Chu

1, 8, 15 May The Voices – the Roles with Angela Cockburn

22 MayCountdown to The Ring. Episode 5

Treasures of Recorded Music with Randolph Magri-Overend

3, 17, 24, 31 MayFeature artistor Sydney Symphony with Peter Kurti (2nd Fri of month)

15:00 Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz

*See www.finemusicfm.com for program details


SWINGING ON THE VINEA BROWNING MOMENT

The sun is shining as I raise the bottle to my lips emptying it of the red sustenance, burping with satisfaction I gaze at the large stretch of water which separates my Hunter Valley hideaway from the main homestead. I tear the barbecued chicken in half, toss one half to Little J, and as I gorge on the flesh I imagine the screams of The Voice. “You have the manners of a Neanderthal, you eat like a Neanderthal, you are a Neanderthal!” But a Neanderthal with taste I never fail to add.

I am marooned on my own piece of paradise with Little J and my prize bulls. Free from the pointed elbows of The Voice interrupting me as I slumber in yawn-opolis during a boring movie and free from the insufferable Clifton, the epitome of our 21st century flaunt yourself pop culture and the ultimate pain in the arts.

Yes it really is a (poet) Robert Browning sort of day - “God is in his Heaven, all is right with the world”.

I raise another bottle of Bacchus’ gift to civilisation then roar with pleasure as in the background the Count Basie Orchestra of the late 1930s rocks through Swinging The Blues, probably the most attractive riff ever recorded. I pause momentarily to listen to the trumpet of Harry “Sweets” Edison, his solo shooting like a branch from the main trunk of the orchestra. His solos were staccato and pushing in direct contrast to the liquid lyricism of his section mate Buck Clayton.

Edison played with many of the major instrumentalist in jazz’s history - Duke Ellington, Benny Carter, Ben Webster and Benny Goodman to name but a few. He perfected the art of playing behind a singer to the benefit of many; from Billie Holiday to Ella Fitzgerald and Barbara Streisand, and also Bing Crosby, Hoagy Carmichael and Nat King Cole.

The art? As he once explained: “It’s something you have to do quite a bit. Become acquainted with a singer so you can play when they take a breath. Just enough but not too much.” And there are no better examples of this than his playing with the orchestra of arranger Nelson Riddle on those wonderful Capitol classics of the 1950s with Frank Sinatra, a partnership he described as “like a happy marriage”.

on a collective unit; it was based mostly on solos. Collectively, we played great together but individually we were all stylists.”

None more so than Lester Young whose solos were based more on melodic than harmonic ideas; solos that were not only spare new melodies but also witty. He was unique and founded a new school of tenor saxophone playing. His most famous disciple was Stan Getz, a marvellous “singer” of great melodies - and melody was what he was always about.

Ah but that was yesterday and I can only dream of the days when I too danced to the sounds of the big bands with a woman in my arms. A far cry from today where “dancers” do their best to impersonate demented barnyard fowls on crack. The age of the individual! Victims of the brainwashing tactics which established rock and pop: repetition, repetition and even more repetition aimed at teenage morons with article after article about nonentities.

But unlike the dinosaurs, big bands refuse to die. I find there is still hope which sometimes softens my flickering flames of despair. Hearing a recent performance by the New Young North Side Big Band under the direction of trumpeter Geoff Power ignited my musical taste buds for more of that swinging sound I knew so well as a teenager. To hear the thrilling finale, Sing, Sing, Sing, was a joy.

It may not have been Benny Goodman causing a riot at the Paramount Theatre in New York on Wednesday, March 3, 1937 but I felt a warm glow all over watching young musicians obviously enjoying what they were doing. The late John Speight, the original founder of the band, would have been proud that his legacy is being carried on in the 21st century. In Geoff Power it has a leader with a respect and knowledge of the tradition, so important in today’s me-too throwaway society. His trumpet playing son James impressed all who heard him.

I fill Little J’s bowl. He’s not so little these days. The Swinging Sixties would definitely not have suited him especially after the London newspaper The Daily Express labelled the angular Twiggy the face of the 60s. I feel I am again becoming bitter and twisted so I reach for another bottle . . . - Patrick D Maguire

I pause and listen as the Basie band swings through Doggin’ Around and Every Tub, monuments of heat and power. This Basie band had a few arrangements but in Edison’s words “everything else we played we made up; as a consequence you had no set pattern to play.” This was different to the Duke Ellington and Jimmie Lunceford bands or those led by Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey which had arrangements where there were a certain number of bars left for solos before the musician rejoined his section and played collectively with the band.

But this Basie band, except for the occasional ballads and uptempo standards, had only three kinds of numbers - slow, medium and fast blues. On the latter it achieved a drive and exuberance matched by only Ellington and Lunceford at their best. Edsion described it so well - “After we made up a riff, then played a first chorus, it was all solos and you could play as long as you wanted. Basie’s band wasn’t built

Harry Edison


May Program Highlights

THE RIOT OF SPRING? THE RITE OF SPRING TURNS 100! Saturday 25 May 4.30pmTuesday 28 May 10pm

Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring is well known for its riotous premiere, but just how riotous was it? Some accounts offered over the years paint a picture of utter chaos.

After reading up on various recollections of those who were there on that fateful 29 May, 1913 a more realistic picture comes into view. ‘Mild protests against the music could be heard from the beginning’ Stravinsky wrote.

Remember this is music that is jarring, music that turns almost all musical norms on their heads. The bassoon, frighteningly exposed in its thinnest and least brilliant register, opens the piece. No composer before Stravinsky would have dared to leave a bass woodwind instrument so exposed, not even if it was in its usual register. It’s this completely fresh approach to orchestration that is at first shocking, and later completely fascinating. The piece almost returns to a Baroque-style aesthetic, whereby its rhythm, rather than colouration and harmonic impetus, drives the music. From a compositional viewpoint, I’d say that Stravinsky approached The Rite in a very realistic way, rather than trying to build a highly emotional, vividly coloured, earthy kind of work within a romantic type convention. He instead envelopes the audience in a kaleidoscope of rhythmic exchanges which leave you feeling slightly sick. Common chords stacked on top of one another work to heighten the very real sense of primitive

drama and urgency. Yet this approach, albeit hailed as “oh-so-radical”, is really not so radical at all. Yes, The Rite is the cornerstone which drove modernism in its current direction, and yes it goes about its business in a completely different way to almost everything composed before it – but it doesn’t do this radically. As musicological scholar Richard Taruskin has shown, much of The Rite’s rhythmic uneasiness is derived from the way some folk tunes work. Harmonically, the rite is diatonic – meaning every note Stravinsky used can be fitted into a common scale or chord.

The question I put to you now is - was it really the music, or was it perhaps the ballet itself that caused such a ruckus that day? Nijinsky’s choreography was certainly radical when compared with the Les Slyphides that opened the evening.

It would appear that a great amount of Nijinsky’s work offended the audience - the raw, uneven movements of the dancers were just as unexpectedly exposed and jarring as that haunting bassoon solo.

Accounts report heavy noises, shouting and catcalls throughout the performance. Who then in the audience could properly hear Stravinsky’s score? Perhaps this was more of a Nijinsky riot rather than a Stravinsky one. What I do know is that 100 years on, The Rite of Spring is still as fresh and as mean as ever – it has the power to thrust you into a whirl of primal barbarism and drop you off in the centre of a climactic sacrifice that strikes fear into even the most nerveless of constitutions.

A Musical Life: Julian BreamSunday 5 May 6pmThe Classical Guitar Society pays tribute to the English Classical guitarist and lutenist Julian Bream.

If, like me, you were relatively unaware of Bream - then it seems as though we were part of a rare group of people living inside a cave - because Bream is a worldwide phenomenon. Born in London in 1933, Bream fell in love with the gypsy stylings of the great Django Reinhardt. The development of an immaculately precise technique and periods of study with the likes of Andreas Segovia, saw Bream take off as a true star of guitar during the 1950s.

His career flourished as the years went on and he championed all genres of classical guitar music, from the exciting Spanish stylisations to contemporary and even early music. In fact, his long untended interest in Elizabethan music led him to take up the renaissance lute in 1950 - his collaborations with other leading early music exponents of the day such as Peter Pears, Robert Tear, and George Malcolm opened up early music to an even greater audience.

Recipient of many honours, Julian Bream is one must hear guitarist. - Troy Fil

Igor Stravinsky

Julian Bream

CONTINUING SERIESAt the Opera: Legendary Met Performances Wednesdays 8 and 15 May 8pm

Sunday Night Concert: Beethoven’s Concerti Sunday 12 May 7.30pm

New Horizons: Modern Britain -Maxwell and MacMillan Sunday 19 May 9pm

Sunday Special: Royal Concertgebouw 2000-2010 - courtesy of Radio Netherlands Worldwide Sunday 19 May 2pm

Beyond Romanticism: Bax and Arnold, British Symphonists Tuesday 21 May 10pm


Wednesday 1 May

0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE

3:00 CLASSICAL TILL DAWN

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

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Aspects of Baroque Prepared by Chris Blower

Capponi, R. Sonata for mandolin and lute. Caterina Lichtenberg, mand; Mirko Schrader, gui. Schwann 3-6435-2 11

Geminiani, F. Sonata no 3 in D. Ede Banda, vc; László Karper, gui; János Sebestyén, hpd. LP Hungaroton SLPX 1201 11

Veracini, F. Sonata in G minor, op 1 no 1 (pub. 1721). Anna McDonald, vn; Tommie Andersson, gui; Erin Helyard, hpd. Artworks AW024 15

Murcia, S. de Folías ytalianas. Paul O’Dette, gui; Pat O’Brien, gui; Steve Player, gui; Andrew Lawrence-King, hp, psaltery; Pedro Estevan, perc. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2907212 7

Bach, J.S. Fugue a 4, BWV542 (1720; arr. Walsh). Guitar Trek. ABC 438 192-2 7

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Angela Bell

Mozart, W. Adagio and fugue in C minor, K546 (1788). English CO/Benjamin Britten. BBC BBCB 8010-2 9

Finzi, G. Cello concerto, op 40 (1955). Yo-Yo Ma, vc; Royal PO/Vernon Handley. Lyrita SRCD236 41

Bax, A. Spring fire (1913). Hallé O/Mark Elder. Hallé HLL 7528 33

11:30 BAROQUE SONATAS Prepared by Angela Bell

Schmelzer, J. Sonata III, from Sonatae unarum fidium (pub. 1664). Romanesca. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907143 7

Handel, G. Sonata in D, HWV371. Hiro Kurosaki, vn; William Christie, hpd. Veritas 5 45554 2 12

Corelli, A. Sonata in D. Niklas Eklund, tpt; Wasa Baroque Ensemble. Naxos 8.555099 5

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 Featuring euphonium player Jonathon Ramsay with works by Stojowski, Ponchielli, Brendan Collins, Handel and Philip Wilby Supported by St Catherine’s School and Overs Pianos

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 A RUSSIAN HOUR Prepared by Rex Burgess

Taneyev, S. Overture in D minor (1875). Novosibirsk Academic SO/Thomas Sanderling. Naxos 8.570584 15

Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Fantasy on Russian themes, op 33 (1887). Lydia Mordkovitch, vn; Royal Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 10491 17

Balakirev, M. Symphonic poem: Tamara (1882). Philharmonia O/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Hyperion CDA66586 22

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: Der Silbersee renewed Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Weill, K. Silverlake, a winter’s tale. Opera in two acts. Libretto by Lys Simonette and Hugh Wheeler after Georg Kaiser. First performed New York, 1980.

OFFICER OLIM: Joel Grey, voice SEVERIN: William Neill, bar FENNIMORE: Elizabeth Hynes, sop FRAU VON LUBER: Elaine Bonazzi, mezz LOTTERY AGENT/BARON LAUR: Jack Harrold, ten New York City Opera Ch & O/Harold Prince. Nonesuch DB 79003 1:43

Severin, a starving outcast from Silverlake, steals a pineapple, but is shot in the leg by Officer Olim. When Olim wins the lottery, he invites Severin to live with him in a castle, sold by the impoverished Frau von Luber. Baron Laur and his niece Fennimore attend a dinner where Severin slashes a pineapple, cursing the man who shot him. Olim confesses to Fennimore, Frau von Luber threatens to expose him unless he gives back the castle but Severin finds out. He asks to be chained in the cellar because of his rage. Olim is hidden in an attic by Frau von Luber, who forces him to sign the title deeds. Fennimore urges them to reconcile as the police want to destroy Silverlake. Olim decides to abandon the castle to Frau von Luber and the two friends head for Silverlake with sacks of gold plate. Severin’s wound reopens, Olim leaves the gold to carry him through the snow. At Silverlake, winter turns to spring and they reunite with Fennimore on the lake.

22:00 HUNTINGTON MUSIC FESTIVAL 1993 RECORDED BY FINE MUSIC

Hindemith, P. Sonata, op 11 no 4 (1919). 18

Dvorák, A. Slavonic dance no 8 in A minor (1878; arr. Lindemann). 5

Jean-Bernard Marie, pf (2 above)

Wieniawski, H. Étude and caprice in E flat, op 18 no 2 (arr. Lindemann). Colin Cornish, va. 5

Hartmut Lindemann, va (3 above)

Prokofiev, S. Sonata in C, op 56 (1932). Mayumi Seiler, vn; Richard Tognetti, vn. 17

Mozart, W. Serenade no 12 in C minor, K388 (1782). Anthony Chesterman, ob; Hannah Cooper, ob; Lawrence Dobell, cl; Philip Arkinstall, cl; Peter Moore, bn; Natasha Woodley, bn; Darryl Poulsen, hn; James McCrow, hn. 22

23:15 TILL MIDNIGHT

Scarlatescu, I. Bagatelle (1916). Jane Peters, vn; Rachel Valler, pf. MBS 27 CD 3

Ravel, M. Suite from Mother Goose (1908-11; arr. McIntyre). Canberra Wind Soloists. ABC 434 718-2 14

Gaspard de la nuit (1908). Michael Kieran Harvey, pf. Program Promotions PP1 1991 22

Yo-Yo Ma


Thursday 2 May



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

Massenet, J. Suite no 1, mvt 4 (1865). Hong Kong PO/Kenneth Jean. Naxos 8.555986 7

Elegy, op 10 no 5 (1866). Sharon Kam, cl; Itamar Golan, pf. Berlin 0016342BC 2

Overture to The king of Lahore (1875-76). West Australian SO/Werner Andreas Albert. ABC 434 713-2 8

Il est doux, il est bon, from Hérodiade (1881). Angela Gheorghiu, sop; Turin Regio Theatre Ch & O/John Mauceri. Decca 452 417-2 5

Adieu notre petite table, from Manon (1884). Kathleen Battle, sop; Paris Opéra-Bastille Ch & O/Myung-Whun Chung. DG 447 114-2 4

Je suis seul! Ah! Fuyez douce image, from Manon. Plácido Domingo, ten; London SO/Nello Santi. Sony 88697526902 5

Meditation, from Thaïs (1894). Carl Pini, vn; Albert Landa, pf. Axis 7017 4

Valse très lente (1901). Aldo Ciccolini, pf. EMI CDM 7 64277 2 4

Overture to Phèdre (1900). Detroit SO/Paul Paray. Mercury 475 6268 9

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans

Dukas, P. La Péri, ballet (1912). Cincinnati SO/Jésus López-Cobos. Telarc 80515 18

Balakirev, M. Suite in D minor after Chopin (1910). USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya C10 234-5 001 22

Chopin, F. Piano concerto no 1 in E minor, op 11 (1830). Nikolai Demidenko, pf; Philharmonia O/Heinrich Schiff. Hyperion CDA66647 41

11:30 CHOPIN IN SONG Prepared by Michael Morton-Evans

Chopin, F. There where she loves, op 74 no 5 (1830); Charms (1830); Dumka (1848). Annette Celine, sop; Felicia Blumenthal, pf. Olympia OCD 629 4

Songs, op 74: no 6, Melody (1847); no 12, My darling (1837); no 13, There is no need (1845). Robert Tear, ten; Philip Ledger, pf. Belart 461 6262 10

The maiden’s wish, from Chants polonais, op 74 no 1 (1829; arr. Liszt). Sergei Rachmaninov, pf. Telarc 80491 3

Variations on Non più mesta, from Rossini’s Cinderella (arr. Adams, Giacomantonio). Genevieve Lacey, rec; Karin Schaupp, gui. ABC 476 5249 7

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 SHAKESPEARE AND LOVE Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Tchaikovsky, P. Hamlet, fantasy overture after Shakespeare, op 67a (1888). Philadelphia O/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC 7 49859 2 19

Humperdinck, E. Shakespeare suite no 2 (1907-08). Bamberg SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher. Schwann 3-1197-2 16

Quilter, R. Three Shakespeare songs, op 6: Come away, death; O mistress mine; Blow, blow thou winter wind (1905). Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; Malcolm Martineau, pf. DG 477 5336 6

Puccini, G. Love and music, from Tosca (1900). Kiri Te Kanawa, sop; NZ Broadcasting Corp Little SO/Juan Matteucci. Decca 430 325-2 3

Liszt, F. Liebesträume (1845-49). Marilyn Meier, pf. Mala-Daki MAM 29464 16

Berlioz, H. Love scene, from Romeo and Juliet, op 17 (1839). Sydney SO/Robert Pikler. Chandos CHAN 6587 17

14:30 MAD, BAD AND DANGEROUS TO KNOW Prepared by Chris Blower

Holbrooke, J. Byron, op 39 (1904). Slovak Philharmonic Choir; Czecho-Slovak RSO/Adrian Leaper. Marco Polo 8.223446 16

Schumann, R. Overture to Manfred, op 115 (1848-49). Polish National RSO/Johannes Wildner. Naxos 8.550608 11

Koehne, G. Three poems of Byron (1993). Elizabeth Connell, mezz; Adelaide SO/János Fürst. ABC 442 349-2 12

Berlioz, H. Harold in Italy, op 16 (1834). Nobuko Imai, va; London SO/Colin Davis. Philips 442 290-2 42

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 1892-1895: the American years Prepared by Stephen Wilson

Dvorák, A. Silent woods, op 68 no 5 (1883-84; orch. 1893). Russian PO/Dmitry Yablonsky, vc & dir. Naxos 8.557352 6

Te Deum, op 103 (1892). Maria Helenita Olivares, sop; Gianni Maffeo, bar; Czech Philharmonic Ch; Prague SO/Vaclav Smetacek. LP Supraphon 112 0981/2 19

Rondo, op 94 (1893). Russian PO/Dmitry Yablonsky, vc & dir. Naxos 8.557352 6

Symphony no 9 in E minor, op 95, From the New World (1893). London PO/Mstislav Rostropovich. EMI 5 65705 2 49

Humoresque, op 101 no 7 (1894). Isaac Stern, vn; Columbia SO/Milton Katims. Sony SMK 64 537 4

Suite in A, op 98b, American (1895). Prague Philharmonia/Jakub Hrusa. Supraphon SU 3882-2 23

22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Smetana, B. Quartet no 1 in E minor, From my life (1880). Lindsay String Quartet. ASV DCA 777 27

Weber, J. Septet in E, From my life (1899). Consortium Classicum/Dieter Klöcker, cl & dir. Orfeo C 182 891 A 32

zemlinsky, A. Piano trio in D minor, op 3 (1896). Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 434 072-2 28

Dohnányi, E. Piano quintet no 2 in E flat minor, op 26 (1914). Schubert Ensemble of London. Hyperion CDA66786 25


Friday 3 May



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

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

Duvernoy, F. Nocturne no 2. Sören Hermansson, hn; Erica Goodman, hp. BIS CD-648 7

Brahms, J. Trio in E flat, op 40 (1865). Peter Damm, hn; Manfred Scherzer, vn; Amadeus Webersinke, pf. Berlin Classics 0012882BC 29

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Dussek, F. Sinfonia in F (c1760). Helios 18/Marie-Louise Oschatz. Naxos 8.555878 22

Kozeluch, L. Sinfonia concertante in E flat. Jean-Paul Leroy, tpt; Leonardo Colonna, db; Bonifacio Bianchi, mand; Franco Angeleri, pf; I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone. LP Erato STU 71305 32

Dvorák, A. String quartet in F, op 96, American (1893; orch. Rosenkrans). Royal PO/Charles Rosenkrans. Telarc 80610 28

11:30 VOICES FROM BOHEMIA Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Dvorák, A. Psalm 149, op 79 (1879). Prague Philharmonic Choir; Czech PO/Jirí Belohlávek. Chandos CHAN 8985/6 9

Benda, G. Cantata: Bald wird ihn die himmlische Jugend empfangen (1761). Dorothy Mields, sop; Britta Schwarz, cont; Jörn Lindemann, ten; Andreas Post, ten; Klaus Mertens, bass; Telemann CO/Ludger Rémy. cpo 999 650-2 16

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

13:00 LEHÁR WITHOUT A WALTz Prepared by Francis Frank

Lehár, F. Overture to Viennese women. Zurich Tonhalle O/Franz Lehár. Naxos 8.110857 9

Danilo and widow; Finale, from The merry widow ballet. Adelaide Singers; Adelaide SO/John Lanchbery. EMI 754163 2 6

Tone poem: Fieber (1915). Robert Gambill, ten; Volker Worlitzsch, vn; Hanover RPO/Klauspeter Seibel. cpo 999 423-2 13

Excerpts from The Count of Luxemburg (1909). Soloists, Ch & O Lyrique of the ORTF/Adolphe Sibert. Naxos 8.111010 25

14:00 SCHUMANN FAVOURITES Prepared by Robert Small

Schumann, R. Concert piece in F, op 86 (1849). American Horn Quartet; Sinfonia Varsovia/Dariusz Wisniewski. Naxos 8.557747 17

Three fantasy pieces, op 111 (1851). Mariana Izman, pf. Radio Nederland MCCP123 12

Overture to Hermann and Dorothea, op 136 (1851). Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard. BIS SACD-1619 9

Piano concerto in A minor, op 54 (1841-45). Claudio Arrau, pf; Royal Concertgebouw O/Eugen Jochum. Radio Nederland RCO 06004 34

Symphony no 2 in G (1845-46). O Revolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner. Archiv 457 591-2 37

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

Bottesini, G. Concertino in C minor. Thomas Martin, db; London SO/Franco Petracchi. Naxos 8.570398 17

Bruckner, A. Symphony no.1 in C minor (1866). Staatskapelle Dresden/Eugen Jochum. Brilliant 92084 47

Brahms, J. String quintet no 2 in G, op 111 (arr.). Silke-Thora Matthies, pf; Christian Köhn, pf. Naxos 8.554412 33

Bottesini, G. Passioni amorose (1870). Thomas Martin, db; Franco Petracchi, db; London SO/Matthew Gibson. Naxos 8.570398 11

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Robert Small

Handel, G. Alceste, HWV45 (1750). Emma Kirkby, sop; Judith Nelson, sop; Patrizia Kwella, sop; Cristina Pound, sop; Margaret Cable, mezz; Paul Elliott, ten; David Thomas, bass; Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 421 479-2 58

Telemann, G. Recorder concerto in C major (c1730). Peter Holtslag, rec; Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman. Hyperion CDA66413 15

Rameau, J-P. Deuxième concert, from Pièces de clavecin en concert (pub. 1741). Lars Fryden, vn; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, bass viol; Gustav Leonhardt, hpd. Vanguard 08 2023 71 13

Couperin, F. Leçon de Tenebres: Deuxième et Troisième leçons (1713-17). Concerto Vocale/René Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901133 26

Anton Bruckner


0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson

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

9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH Prepared by Barrie Brockwell

Vivaldi, A. Largo, from Cello concerto in G, RV413 (c1740). Zurich Collegium Musicum/Paul Sacher. DG 429 098-2 4

Schubert, F. Sonata in A minor, D821, Arpeggione (1824). Benjamin Britten, pf. Decca 443 575-2 28

Mstislav Rostropovich, vc (2 above)

Tchaikovsky, P. Lullaby: Had I but known (1872). Galina Vishnevskaya, sop; Mstislav Rostropovich, pf. EMI 56716 2 10

Francesca da Rimini, op 32 (1876). London PO/Mstislav Rostropovich. EMI 5 65709 2 25

Bach, J.S. Gigue, from cello suite no 4 in E flat, BWV1010 (c1720). EMI 5 55363 2 2

Bach, J. Christian Trio in C. Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Isaac Stern, vn. Sony SK 44568 10

Mstislav Rostropovich, vc (2 above)

Tchaikovsky, P. Dance of the Mirlitons; Arabian dance; Chinese dance; Trepak, from The nutcracker (1888-9). Berlin PO/Mstislav Rostropovich. DG 429 097 2 19

Dvorák, A. Finale, from Cello concerto in B minor, op 104 (1895). Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan. DG 447 413-2 13

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

Tchaikovsky, P. 1812 Overture. Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee. AMP 94141 12

Langford, G. A west country fantasy. City of London Brass/Geoffrey Brand. LP RCA LFL1 5072 6

Bellstedt, H. Napoli. Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, Plymouth/John Perkins. EMI 7243-5-21450 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

Anon. Yuzuki. Tokiwazu Kiyowada, Tokiwazu Waei-Dayu, voices; Kishizawa Shikisa Xi, shamisen; Kishizawa Shikimatsu, shamisen; Fukuhara Tsurusuke, narimono. Naïve YZZ6129 5

Puccini, G. Excerpts from Madama Butterfly (1904). Svetlana Katchour, sop; Bruce Rankin, ten; Uwe Eikötter, ten; Heikki Kilpeläinen, bar; Bremen Theater Ch, Bremen Philharmonic State O/Günter Neuhold. Naxos 8-660078-79 17

Matsumura, T. To the night of Gethsemane (2002/03-05). RTÉ National SO/Takuo Yuasa. Naxos 8.570337 14

Boyd, A. Meditations on a chinese character (1996). David Barmby, ct; Sydney Spring International Festival of NSW Music Instrumental Ensemble. ABC Classics 462 007-2 22

Puccini, G. Finale to Act II of Turadot (compl. Berio 2001). Eva Urbanova, sop; Maria Fontosh, sop; Dario Volonte, ten; Mario Luperi, bar; O Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 475320-2 23

15:30 MUSIC FOR WORDS Prepared by Rex Burgess

Coleridge-Taylor, S. Hiawatha’s wedding feast. Helen Field, sop; Arthur Davies, ten; Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; Welsh National Ch & O/Kenneth Alwyn. Decca 458 591-2 34

Satie, E. Three pieces in the form of a pear (1903). Frank Glazier, Richard Deas, pf. Vox CDX 5107 14

Elgar, E. Scenes from the saga of King Olaf, op 30 (1894-96). Theresa Cahill, sop; Philip Langridge, ten; Brian Rayner Cook, bass; London Philharmonic Choir; London PO/Vernon Handley. EMI CDS 7 47659-8 1:33

18:00 FOCUS ON FOLK Folk Federation of NSW with Paul Jackson

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

Strauss, J. II Excerpts from Eine Nacht in Venedig. Lisa Otto, sop; Annelies Herrfurth, sop; Ursula Schirrmacher, mezz; Rudolph Schock, ten; Fritz Wunderlich, ten; Karl-Ernst Mercher, ten; George Völker, bar; Berliner SO/Fried Walter. LaserLite 16 045 39

Fall, L. Excerpts from Der fidele Bauer. Christine Görner, sop; Sonia Knittel, sop; Brigitte Fassbaender, mezz; Heinz Hoppe, ten; Fritz Wunderlich, ten, Benno Kusche, bar; Graunke SO/Carl Michalski. LaserLite 16 044 18

20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL 2012 Sydney Symphony Fellows: emerging composers Recorded by Greg Ghavalas for FINE MUSIC

Mendelssohn, F. String octet in E flat, op 20. 33

Britten, B. Sinfonietta for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, viola, cello and double-bass, op 1. 16

Skipworth, L. Nezasa for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double-bass. 6

Schoenberg, A. Chamber symphony no 1 in E, op 9. 23

2012 Sydney Symphony Fellows; members of Sydney SO; Sydney Sinfonia and Fellowship Alumni (all above)

21:30 BRITISH LIGHT MUSIC Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Binge, R. The watermill. Ruth Scott, ob. Hyperion CDA66868 7

Sailing by (c1960).

New London O/Ronald Corp (2 above)

Coates, E. The enchanted garden (1938). Sydney SO/John Lanchbery. ABC 446 282-2 15

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

Saturday 4 May


Sunday 5 May


6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Terry McMullen

9:00 CELESTIAL NOTES Prepared by Rex Burgess

Bruckner, A. Vexilla regis prodeunt (1892); Virga Jesse floruit (1885). 8

Afferentur regi; Ave Maria (1861). 6

Freibourg Vocal Ensemble/Wolfgang Schäfer (2 above) Christophorus 74501

Psalm 150 (1892). Christiane Delze, sop; Bamberg Symphony Choir & O/Karl Anton Rickenbacher. Virgin 7 91481-2 9

Mass no 3 in F minor (1868). Maria Stader, sop; Claudia Hellman, alto; Ernst Haefliger, ten; Kim Borg, bass; Bavarian Radio Choir & SO/Eugen Jochum. DG 423 127-2 58

10:30 CHAMBER MASTERWORKS Prepared by Frank Morrison

Mozart, W. Quartet no 3 in C, K285b (1777). Andreas Blau, fl; Members of Amadeus Quartet. DG 437 138-2 17

Honegger, A. Sonatina (1921). Thomas Friedli, cl; Ulrich Koella, pf. Claves 50-9322 5

Dvorák, A. String quartet no 12 in F, op 96, American (1893). Vlach Quartet Prague. Naxos 8.553371 28

Chopin, F. Piano trio in G, op 8 (1829). Trio Chausson. Mirare MIR 089 30

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 Johan Rahman Traditional and contemporary music from around the globe

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

Verdi, G. Overture to La forze del destino (1869). BBC PO/Edward Downes. Chandos CHAN 9788 8

Saint-Saëns, C. Introduction and rondo capriccioso, op 28 (1863). Maxim Vengerov, vn; Israel PO/Zubin Mehta. Teldec 9031-73266-2 9

Alfvén, H. Swedish rhapsody no 2, op 24, Uppsala rhapsody (1907). Royal Scottish NO/Niklas Willén. Naxos 8.553962 11

Goldmark, K. Overture: In the spring, op 36 (1888). Irish National SO/Stephen Gunzenhauser. Naxos 8.550745 10

Vaughan Williams, R. Suite in G (1920). Peter Jacobs, pf. TRAC Classique TRXCD 126 13

Strauss, R. Till Eulenspiegel’s merry pranks, op 28 (1895). London SO/Claudio Abbado. DG 429 492-2 15

Sibelius, J. Six songs, op 88 (1917). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Bengt Forsberg, pf. BIS CD-457 8

Kreisler, F. Violin concerto in C in the style of Vivaldi (c1905). Gil Shaham, vn; Orpheus CO. DG 439 933-2 11

Stravinsky, I. Concerto in E flat, Dumbarton Oaks (1937-38). Montreal Sinfonietta/Charles Dutoit. Decca 440 327-2 15

Kodály, z. Sonatina (1921-22). David Pereira, vc; David Bollard, pf. Tall Poppies TP010 8

Andriessen, H. Chorale no 1 in F sharp minor (1913). Johan van Dommele, org. NCRV 9090 8

Menotti, G. Ricercare and toccata on a theme from The old maid and the thief (1953). Silva Costanzo, pf. Nuova Era 7122 9

Copland, A. El salón México (1934-36). Detroit SO/Antal Doráti. Decca 414 273-2 10

Rodrigo, J. Concierto de Aranjuez (1939). John Williams, gui; English CO/Daniel Barenboim. CBS M2YK 45610 21

17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Meg Matthews

Hymns: Hail the day that sees him rise; Bright the vision that delighted. Cantus Choro; Norman Kaye, org; Peter Chapman, cond. Move MD 3062 6

Hymns: Love’s redeeming work is done; The head that once was crowned; O thou that camest from above. Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow. GMN C 0107 7

Bach, C.P.E. Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, from The ascension of Jesus (1777-8). Rheinische Kantorei Choir; Das Klein Konzert/Hermann Max. Capriccio 10 206/207 9

Victoria, T. de Ascendens Christus in aetum. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury. EMI 50999 6 09004 2 5

Brahms, J. Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk, op 110 no 2 (1890). Chamber Choir of Stuttgart/Frieder Bernius. Carus 83.201 5

Sullivan, A. O Israel (1855). Choir of Ely Cathedral; David Price, org, Paul Trepte, cond. Cantoris CRCD 2368 4

Finzi, G. God is gone up (1951). Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral; Andrew Lucas, org; John Scott, cond. Hyperion CDA 66374 5

18:00 CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETY A musical life: Julian Bream Prepared by Dan Sharkey

Granados, E. Valses poeticos. RCA Victor 09026 61608-2 12

Aguado, D. Introduction and rondo, op 2 no 3. RCA Victor 09026 61607-2 10

Juliam Bream, gui (2 above)

Vivaldi, A. Concerto in D for lute and strings. Julian Bream Consort. RCA Victor 09026 61589-2 10

Villa-Lobos, H. Three etudes: nos 1, 5 and 7 (1929). RCA Victor 09026 61589-2 7

Pujol, E. Tango espagño; Guajira. RCA Victor 09026 61909-2 8

Juliam Bream, gui (2 above)

Zubin Mehta. Photo - Wilfried Hösl


Monday 6 May

19:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Bellini, V. Casta diva ... Ah! bello me ritorna, from Norma (1831). Maria Callas, sop; La Scala Ch & O/Tulio Serafin. EMI 5 666 282 6

Thomas, A. Elle ne croyait pas, from Mignon (1866). Jerry Hadley, ten; English CO/Richard Bonynge. RCA 09 026 68030 2 4

Donizetti, G. Quando, rapito in estasi, from Lucia di Lammermoor (1835). Maria Calla s, sop; Anna Maria Canali, mezz; O del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Tulio Serafin. EMI 5 666 282 8

Amici miei, from La figlia del reggimento (1840). Juan Diego Flórez, ten; O de la Comunitat Valenciana/Daniel Oren. Decca 478 0314 7

19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT

Danzi, F. Symphony in D minor, op 24. Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester/Klaus-Peter Hahn. Mediaphon MED 72-103 18

Hummel, J. Bassoon concerto in F (1805). Claudio Gonella, bn; Italian International O/Diego Dini-Ciacci. Naxos 8.554280 27

Beethoven, L. Overture and incidental music to Goethe’s Egmont, op 84 (1810). Sylvia McNair, sop; New York PO/Kurt Masur. apex 85173 89078-2 38

21:00 NEW HORIzONS Austrian horizons Prepared by Phil Vendy

Holewa, H. Concertino IX (1987). Magnus Andersson, gui; Ensemble/Claes Merithz. Phono Suecia PSCD 49 11

Schwertsik, K. Tree songs, op 65 (1992). Adelaide SO/David Porcelijn. ABC 476 227-3 21

Gruber, HK. Divertimento macchiato, op 99 (2007). Håkon Hardenberger, tpt; Swedish CO/Heinz Gruber. BIS 1884 27

Ligeti, G. Piano concerto (1985-86). Pierre-Laurent Aimard, pf; Ensemble InterContemporain/Pierre Boulez. DG 439 808-2 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 Robert Small

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Inspired by opera Prepared by Jan Brown

Tchaikovsky, P. Lensky’s aria, from Eugene Onegin (1879; arr. Maisky). Mischa Maisky, vc; Orpheus CO. DG 453 460-2 7

Prutsman, S. Fantasy extract on themes from Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier. Livia Sohn, vn; Benjamin Loeb, pf. Naxos 8.570202 16

Giuliani, M. Variations on a theme from Tancredi, op 87. Ricardo Gallén, gui. Naxos 8.555284 7

Rossini, G. Il barbiere di Siviglia (arr. Wenzel, Sedlak). Netherlands Wind Ensemble. Philips 442 654-2 23


Holst, G. A Hampshire suite, op 28 no 2 (1911). Munich SO/Douglas Bostock. Classico CLASSCD 284 12

Dietrich, A. Violin concerto in D minor, op 30 (1874). Hans Maile, vn; Berlin RSO/Jésus López-Cobos. Schwann CD11622 31

Dukas, P. Symphony in C (1895). Monte Carlo O/Lawrence Foster. Claves 50-9102 39

11:30 ELEGY AND ROMANCES Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Poulenc, F. Elegy (1960). Pascal Rogé, pf; Jean-Philippe Collard, pf. Decca 443 968-2 7

Guastavino, C. Three Argentinian romances. Martha Argerich, pf; Mauricio Vallina, pf. EMI 3 58472 2 18

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 OPERA COMPOSERS’ QUARTETS Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Cherubini, L. String quartet no 3 in D minor (1834). Quartetto David. BIS CD-1004 29

Rossini, G. Sonata à quattro no 5 in E flat (1804). I Musici. Philips 422 259-2 15

Puccini, G. Quartet in D (1880). Raphael String Quartet. Etcetera KTC 1050 8

Crisantemi (1890). 6

Verdi, G. String quartet, in E minor (1873). 22

Giovane Quartetto Italiano (2 above) Claves 50-9114

14:30 BRAHMS IN CONCERT Prepared by Stephen Wilson

Brahms, J. Tragic overture in D minor, op 81 (1881). Royal Concertgebouw O/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Radio Nederland RCO11004 14

Neue Liebeslieder Walzer, op 65 (1874). Barbara Bonney, sop; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Kurt Streit, ten; Olaf Bär, bar; Helmut Deutsch, Bengt Forsberg, pf. EMI 5 55430 2 20

Symphony no 2 in D, op 73 (1877). Vienna PO/Leonard Bernstein. DG 410 082-2 49

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE 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

Glazunov, A. The forest, op 19 (1882-87). Aurora Piano Quartet. Naxos 8.557717D 17

Debussy, C. L’isle joyeuse (1903-04). Ronan O’Hara, pf. Tring TRP 068 6

Tchaikovsky, P. Piano trio in A minor, op 50 (1881-82). Solomon Trio. IMP MCD 52 46

Beethoven, L. Sonata no 22 in F, op 54 (1804). Jenö Jandó, pf. Naxos 8.550167 9

Bach, J.S. Suite no 5 in G, BWV816, French (1724-5). Robert Aldwinkle, hpd. IMP PCD 817 20

Clementi, M. Sonata in G, op 37 no 2 (1797). Donatella Failoni, pf. White Label HRC 092 13

Sunday 5 May




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

9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Pianist of choice: Glenn Gould Prepared by Howard Pritchard

Byrd, W. Hughe Ashton’s ground. Philips 456 808-2 10

Brahms, J. Ballade, op 10 no 4 (1854). Sony 88697417292 10

Haydn, J. Sonata no 59 in E flat, Hob.XVI:49 (1789-90). Philips 456 808-2 18

Bach, J.S. Concerto in F, BWV971, Italian (1735). Sony 88697417292 13

Glenn Gould, pf (all above)

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Raj Gopalakrishnan

Gershwin, G. A symphonic portrait of Porgy and Bess (1935/43; arr. Bennett). Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. Decca 425 111-2 24

Mozart, W. Flute concerto no 2 in D, K314 (1778). James Galway, fl; New Irish CO/André Prieur. RCA RD 60450 20

Prokofiev, S. Symphonic suite from Semyon Kokto, op 81bis (1939). Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8803 37

11:30 VERDI OPERAS ARRANGED Prepared by Chris Blower

Liszt, F. Concert paraphrase from Verdi’s Rigoletto (1859). Barbara Moser, pf. Gramola 98820 7

Hugues, L. Grand concert fantasy on themes from Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, op 5. Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Claudi Arimany, fl; John Steele Ritter, pf. Delos DE 3212 9

Thalberg, S. Grand concert fantasy on Verdi’s La Traviata, op 78. Francesco Nicolosi, pf. Marco Polo 8.223367 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 MAKE MINE MOzART Prepared by Rex Burgess

Mozart, W. Six German dances, K509 (1787). Vienna Mozart Ensemble/Willi Boskovsky. Philips 422 643-2 13

Exsultate, jubilate, K165 (1773). Barbara Bonney, sop; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. Archiv 445 353-2 16

Piano concerto no 12 in A, K414 (1782). Berlin PO/Daniel Barenboim, pf & dir. Teldec 0630-13162-2 24

14:00 NOT STRICTLY BALLROOM Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Borodin, A. Polovtsian dances, from Prince Igor (1887). Sydney SO/Stuart Challender. ABC CD5 434 715-2 10

Beethoven, L. Minuets nos 1-12, WoO7 (1795). Ensemble Bella Musica of Vienna. Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901017 25

Debussy, C. Iberia, from Images bk 2 (1905-12). Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet. Decca 478 3156-67 18

Copland, A. Cuban dance (1945). James Tocco, pf; Lukas Foss, pf. Pro Arte CDD 183 7

Dvorák, A. Slavonic dance in A flat, op 72 no 8 (1886). Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8406 7

Smetana, B. Souvenirs of Bohemia in the form of polkas, op 13 (1859-60). András Schiff, pf. Teldec 3984-21261-2 8

Palomo, L. The Flamenco stage. Pepe Romero, gui, Seville RSO/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Naxos 8.557135 7

Bernstein, L. Symphonic dances, from West Side story (1957). London SO/Michael Tilson Thomas. DG 439 926-2 22

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 Polish composers Prepared by Phil Vendy

zarzycki, A. Mazurka in G, op 26. Wanda Wilkomirska, vn; Paul Dan, pf. Ambitus amb 97 830 5

Regamey, C. Quintet (1942-44). Marleen Asberg, vn; Daniël Esser, vc; Jacques Meertens, cl; Gustavo Nüñez, bn; Gerard Bouwhuis, pf. RN Music MCCN120 32

Melcer-Szczawinski, H. Piano concerto no 1 in E minor (1892-94). Jonathan Plowright, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Christoph König. Hyperion CDA67630 29

Karlowicz, M. Symphony in E minor, op 7, Rebirth (1900-02). Warsaw PO/Antoni Wit. Naxos 8.572487 47

Claudi Arimany Michael Tilson Thomas

Tuesday 7 May





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

Handel, G. Concerto grosso in A, op 6 no 11 (1739). Emanuel Hurwitz, vn; Raymond Keenlyside, vn; Keith Harvey, vc; Leslie Pearson, hpd; English CO/Raymond Leppard. Philips 426 465-2 18

Arne, T. Frolic and free. Richard Morton, ten; Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman. Hyperion CDA66237 9

Boyce, W. Trio sonata no 8 in E flat (pub. 1747). Collegium Musicum 90. Chandos CHAN 0648 11

Handel, G. Suite from The water music (1717; arr. Egarr). Brussels PO; O of Flanders/Richard Egarr. Glossa GCDSA 922209 15

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Derek Parker

Offenbach, J. Overture to Maître Péronilla. Philharmonia O/Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422057-2 6

Field, J. Piano concerto no 2 in A flat (1811). Míceál O’Rourke, pf; London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9368 35

Tchaikovsky, P. Suite no 3 in G, op 55 (1884). Vienna PO/Lorin Maazel. Decca 476 2723 41

11:30 CHAMBER SONATAS Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Rossini, G. Sonata à quattro no 1 in G (1804). Herrmann Klemeyer, fl; Hans Schöneberger, cl; Olaf Klamand, hn; Josef Peters, bn. Calig CAL 50850 12

Bach, C.P.E. Trio sonata in A, Wq145 (1731/47). Le Nouveau Quatuor. Amon Ra CD-SAR 44 15

12:00 THE SOUND OF JAzz with Kevin Jones

13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI Emerging young artists with Andrew Bukenya; recorded by Greg GhavalisFeaturing organist Edith Yam, pianist Daisy Ou and violinist Yejin Min Supported by St Catherine’s School and Overs Pianos


15:00 ROMANTIC TRIOS Prepared by Jessie Tang

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. Trio no 1 in D minor, op 49 (1839). Trio Wanderer. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901961 27

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: 17 December 1983 Prepared by Michael Tesoriero

Verdi, G. Ernani. Opera in four Acts. Libretto by Francesco Piave. First performed Venice, 1844.

ERNANI: Luciano Pavarotti, ten ELVIRA: Leona Mitchell, sop DON CARLO: Sherill Milnes, bar DON RUY GOMEZ DE SILVA: Ruggero Raimondi, bass Metropolitan Opera O & Ch/James Levine. Legends Recorded Opera LRO 544 2:28

Ernani, once a duke punished by his King Carlo, has become a bandit chief. He loves and is loved by Elvira, who against her will is betrothed to Silva. King Carlo also loves her. Ernani, disguised as a pilgrim, is offered the ancient laws of hospitality by Silva who refuses to hand him over to Carlo. Instead he hands Elvira to the King as hostage and informs Ernani that his life is now forfeited to him. Ernani hands Silva a silver horn, vowing that when it is sounded he will kill himself. Carlo pardons his enemies and blesses the union of Ernani and Elvira. Their happiness is brief as the silver horn sounds three times. Disengaging himself from his beautiful bride, Ernani stabs himself and dies in Elvira’s arms

23:00 AN 18th CENTURY CONCERT Prepared by Jessie Tang

Mozart, W. Overture to The marriage of Figaro, K492 (1786). Staatskapelle Berlin/Otmar Suitner. Berlin Classics 0300249BC 4

Haydn, J. String quartet in D minor, op 76 no 2, Fifths (c1799). Jerusalem Quartet. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908601.30 22

Beethoven, L. Piano concerto no 2 in B flat, op 19 (1793-95). Steven Lubin, fp; Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’Oiseau-Lyre 421 408-2 27

Wednesday 8 May

Lorin Maazel Edith Yam Luciano Pavarotti





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

Koshkin, N. Ave Maria, from Oratorium lacrimae. Stein-Erik Olsen, fl; Gro Sandvik, gui. Simax Classics PSC1268 3

Excerpts from The prince’s toys suite (1980). Artyom Dervoed, gui. Naxos 8.570447 19

Magaron concerto, mvts 2 and 4 (2005). Elena Papandreou, gui; Singapore SO/Lan Shui. BIS CD-1846 17

The elves, op 26 (1984). Brian Luckett, gui. Clear Note CN-74399 12

Polka Papandreou (2005). Elena Papandreou, gui; Singapore SO/Lan Shui. BIS CD-1846 1

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Di Cox

Suk, J. Fantastické scherzo, op 25 (1903). Czech PO/Jirí Belohlávek. Chandos CHAN 8897 14

Shostakovich, D. Cello concerto no 1, op 107 (1959). Mstislav Rostropovitch, vc; Hugh Seenan, hn; London SO/Seiji Ozawa. Erato ECD 75485 26

Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 3 in A minor, op 56, Scottish (1842). Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Apex 2564 67391-0 40

11:30 VOICES OF RUSSIA Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Glinka, M. O sweet, beautiful maiden; I was bewitched. Nicolai Gedda, ten; Lija Mogilevskaja, pf. LP Melodiya/Eurodisc 203284-366 5

Sviridov, G. It is snowing (1966). Gnesins Institute Boys’ Choir; Female voices of RSFSR Yurlov Academic Choir; Moscow Radio Large SO Chamber Players/Gennady Rozhdestvensky. LP Melodiya CM 01943-03542 9

Mussorgsky, M. Where art thou, little star? (1858); The he-goat (1867). Nicolai Gedda, ten; Lija Mogilevskaja, pf. LP Melodiya/Eurodisc 203284-366 6

I have supreme power, from Boris Godunov (1874). Ezio Pinza, bass; Metropolitan Opera O/Emil Cooper. LP CBS OD 2012 5

12:00 JAzz, PURE AND SIMPLE with Maureen Meers

13:00 ROMANTIC DELIGHTS Prepared by Marilyn Schock

Rachmaninov, S. Romance, from String quartet no 1 (1889). Borodin Quartet. apex 0927 49815 2 6

Liszt, F. Sospiri! (1879); Romance oubliée (1880). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDA66445 5

Saint-Saëns, C. Romance in D flat, op 37 (1871). Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; Marielle Nordmann, hp. Sony SK 44552 6

Tchaikovsky, P. Valse-scherzo, op 34 (1877). Boris Belkin, vn; Berlin RSO/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Decca 476 7488 8

13:30 THE MATURE HOROWITz Prepared by Denis Patterson

Schubert F. Moment musical in F minor, D780 (1823-28). 2

Liszt, F. Ständchen, after Schubert (1838-39). 6

Soirées de Vienne, valses-caprices (1852): no 7 in A; no 6 in A minor. 14

Mozart, W. Sonata no 3 in B flat, K281 (1775). 18

Adagio in B minor, K540 (1788); Rondo in D, K485 (1786). 14

Vladimir Horowitz, pf (all above) DG 474 370-2

14:30 ‘ONE WORK’ COMPOSERS Prepared by Stephen Wilson

Humperdinck, E. Overture no 2, from Marriage against their will. Bamberg SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher. Schwann 3-1197-2 12

Moszkowski, M. Piano concerto in E, op 59 (1898). Piers Lane, pf; BBC Scottish SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk. Hyperion CDA66452 37

Reznicek, E. Symphony in D (pub. 1918). Philharmonia Hungarica/Gordon Wright. Schwann 11091 31

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

Mendelssohn, F. Overture: Die schöne Melusine, op 32 (1833). Gewandhaus O Leipzig/Kurt Masur. Berlin Classics 0300249BC 11

Wagner, R. Overture: Columbus (1835). Royal Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHSA 5092 8

Schumann, R. Piano concerto in A minor, op 54 (1841-45). Angela Hewitt, pf; German SO/Hannu Lintu. Hyperion CDA 67885 31

Mendelssohn, F. Symphony no 2 in B flat, op 52, Hymn of praise (1840). Barbara Bonney, sop; Edith Wiens, sop; Peter Schreier, ten; Leipzig Radio Choir; Michael Schönheit, org; Gewandhaus O/Kurt Masur. Teldec 244 178-2 58

22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Angela Bell

Franck, C. Quintet in F minor (1878-79). Richard Friedman, vn; Steven Smith, vn; Christopher Wellington, va; Ross Pople, vc; Pascal Rogé, pf. ASV DCA 769 34

Bax, A. Fantasy sonata (1917). Alison Nicholls, hp; Ashan Pillai, va. Naxos 8.554507 23

Mozart, W. Keyboard trio no 1 in G, K496 (1786). Florestan Trio. Hyperion CDA67609 23

Mendelssohn, F. Sonata no 1 in B flat, op 45 (1838). Zoe Knighton, vc; Amir Farid, pf. Move MD 3338 31

Thursday 9 May

Nikita Koshkin





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

Puccini, G. Crisantemi (1890). Giovane Quartetto Italiano. Claves 50-9114 6

Schubert, F. Adagio in E flat, D897, Notturno (c1828). Beaux Arts Trio. Philips 442 9375 13

Schumann, R. Märchenerzählungen, op 132 (1853). Peter Schmidl, cl; Heinrich Koll, va; Madoka Inui, pf. Naxos 8.557606 14

Dvorák, A. Terzetto in C, op 74 (1887). The Lindsays. ASV DCS 446 19

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Tinel, E. Feast in the temple of Jupiter, op 21 no 3 (1881). Belgian NO/Daniel Sternefeld. LP Cultura 5074-2 19

Ysaÿe, E. Elegiac poem, op 12 (orch. J. Ysaÿe). Carlo van Neste, vn. 13

The snows of Antan, op 23 (arr. J. Ysaÿe). Rudolph Werthen, vn. 10

Belgian Radio & Television CO/Edgard Doneux (2 above) LP EMI 4C161-9589/900

Franck, C. Symphony in D minor (1887-88). French NRO/Thomas Beecham. EMI 5 62948 2 38

11:30 ORGAN SPLENDOUR Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Franck, C. Prelude, fugue and variation in B minor, op 18 (1860-62). Francis Grier, org. ASV QS 6175 10

Chorale no 3 in A minor (1890). Fernando Germani, org. EMI 5 69328 2 15

12:00 NOONTIME JAzz with Peter Mitchell

13:00 NUMBERS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Scott, C. Early one morning (1930-31/62). Howard Shelley, pf; BBC PO/Martyn Brabbins. Chandos CHAN 10376 14

Rossini, G. Comic duet for two cats (1816). Elisabeth Söderström, sop; Kerstin Meyer, mezz; Jan Eyron, pf. BIS CD-17 4

Chabrier, E. Three romantic waltzes (1880-83). Kathryn Stott, pf; Elizabeth Burley, pf. Unicorn-Kanchana DKP 9158 14

Strauss, R. Four last songs, op posth (1948). Birgit Nilsson, sop; Swedish RSO/Leif Segerstam. Bluebell ABCD 009 20

14:00 SCHUBERT PANORAMA Prepared by Jan Brown

Schubert, F. Overture to The magic harp, D644 (1820). Cleveland O/George Szell. Sony SBK 60267 11

Sonata no 3 in G minor, D408 (1816). Midori Seiler, vn; Jos van Immerseel, pf. Harmonia Mundi ZZT060501 16

Variations on an original theme, D968a (c1824). Jenö Jandó, Zsuzsa Kollár, pf. Naxos 8.554513 10

Das Wandern; Morgen Gruss; Der Müller und der Bach; Des Baches Wiegenlied, from Die schöne Müllerin, D795 (1823). Jonas Kaufman, ten; Helmut Deutsch, pf. Decca 478 1528 20

Introduction and variations in E minor on a theme from Die schöne Müllerin, D802 (1824). Emmanuel Pahud, fl; Eric le Sage, pf. naïve V 4863 20

Symphony no 4 in C minor, D417, Tragic (1816). Royal Concertgebouw O/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 4509-91184-2 31


19:00 FRIDAY JAzz SESSION with Sally Cameron

20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Chris Blower

Svendsen, J. Norwegian rhapsody no 4, op 22 (1877). Bergen SO/Karsten Andersen. NKFCD 50009-2 13

Sinding, C. Songs, op 1: How bright the moon shines; My eyes shine; Little Rose bit into the apple; Alle mein Weisheit. Bodil Arnesen, sop; Erling Ragnar Eriksen, pf. Naxos 8.553905 8

Svendsen, J. String quartet in A minor, op 1 (1865). The Kontra Quartet. BIS CD-753 26

Sinding, C. Suite in A minor, op 10 (1906). Andrej Bielow, vn; NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover/Frank Beermann. cpo 777 114-2 13

Gröndahl, A. Novelettes, op 25 no 1; Gavotte, op 25 no 2; Intermezzo, op 25 no 3; Laendler, op 36 no 7. Solveig Funseth, pf. Swedish Society SCD 1043 14

Grieg, E. Incidental music to Sigurd Jorsalfar, op 22 (1872). Håkan Hagegård, bar; Bergen Vocal Ensemble; Bergen PO/Ole Kristian Ruud. BIS CD-1740/42 35

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Rameau and predecessors Prepared by Philip Lidbury

Rameau, J-P. Orchestral suite, from Les indes galantes (c1736). La Chapelle Royale O/Philippe Herreweghe. Harmonia Mundi HMP 390808 15

Josquin Desprez. O domine Jesu Christe. Sydney Chamber Choir/Nicholas Routley. Tall Poppies TP141 12

Rameau, J-P. Concert no 1 (pub. 1741). Ryo Terakado, vn; Kaori Uemura, va da gamba; Christophe Rousset, hpd. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901418 12

Gaultier, E. Pieces in D minor. Jakob Lindberg, lute. BIS CD-201 11

Lully, J-B. Ballet des plaisirs (1655). Aradia Baroque Ensemble/Kevin Mallon. Naxos 8.554003 13

Couperin, F. La Raphaéle, from Huitième ordre (pub. 1717). Angela Hewitt, pf. Hyperion CDA67440 6

Mouret, J-J. Second suite, from Suite of symphonies (c1729). Paul Kuentz CO/Paul Kuentz. Archiv 453 169-2 14

Rameau, J-P. In convertendo, motet (1713-15). Véronique Gens, sop; Isabelle Desrochers, sop; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, ct; Hervé Lamy, bar; Peter Harvey, bass-bar; Marcos Louriero de Sa, bass-bar; Stephan Imboden, bass; Le Concert Spirituel/Hervé Niquet. Virgin 5 61526 2 23

Friday 10 May


Saturday 11 May


6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett


9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON ALUMNI OF THE PARIS CONSERVATOIRE Prepared by Frank Morrison

Halévy, F. Rachel, quand du Seigneur, from The jewish girl (1835). Roberto Alagna, ten; Royal Opera House O/Bertrand de Billy. EMI 5 57012 2 7

Berlioz, H. Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, op 23 (1834-37). Polish State PO/Kenneth Jean. Naxos 8.550231 10

Franck, C. Symphonic poem: Les éolides (1875-6). Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet. Decca 452 890-2 11

Saint-Saëns, C. Cello concerto no 1 in A minor, op 33 (1872). János Starker, vc; London SO/Antal Dorati. Mercury 432 010-2 19

Bizet, G. Variations chromatiques (1868). Glenn Gould, pf. Philips 456 808-2 14

Sarasate, P. de Magic flute fantasy. Gil Shaham, vn; Akira Eguchi, pf. DG 447 640-2 12

Duparc, H. Extase (1874). Shura Gehrman, bass; Adrian Farmer, pf. Nimbus NI 5396 6

Debussy, C. Sonata for flute, viola and harp (1915). Members of Nash Ensemble. Virgin VC 7 91148-2 17

Ravel, M. Tzigane (1924). Leila Josefowicz, vn; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Philips 454 440-2 9

11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Robert Small

Dukas, P. Fanfare to La Peri (1912). Summit Brass. Pro Arte CDD 318 2

Gregson, E. Connotations (1977). John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band/Peter Parkes. Chandos CHAN 4510 12

Strauss, R. Festmusik der Stadt Wien (1943). Summit Brass. Pro Arte CDD 318 11

12:00 JAzz THEN AND NOW with Michael Cooper

13:00 HISTORIC RECORDINGS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Bach, J.S. Passacaglia and fugue in C minor, BWV582 (c1712; arr Stokowski). SO/Leopold Stokowski. HMV 5740492 15

Wagner, R. Leb’ wohl du kühnes herzliches Kind, from Die Walküre (1854-56). George London, bar; Vienna PO/Hans Knappertsbusch. Decca 467 904-2 18

Brahms, J. Alto rhapsody, op 53 (1869). Marian Anderson, cont; San Francisco SO/Pierre Monteux. RCA GD 87911 13

Bach, J.S. Air, from Suite no 3, BWV1068 (c1731; arr. Stokowski). O/Leopold Stokowski. HMV 5740492 7

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

Rodgers, R. Excerpts from Victory at sea. Cincinnati Pops O/Erich Kunzel. Telarc 80175 12

Vaughan Williams, R. Suite, from Scott of the Antarctic (1948). Merryn Gamba, sop; Sheffield Philharmonic Ch; BBC PO/Rumon Gamba. Chandos CHAN 10007 41

16:30 ARTS IN FOCUS with Metro Orchestra Produced by Simon Moore

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

Campbell, S. Gaudeamus; Canterbury interlude. 7

Walond, W. Voluntary no 5 in G major (1760). 5

Bach, J.S. Fugue in G Major, BWV577, Jig fugue. 3

Harris, W. Pastorale, from Three preludes (1952). 3

Rheinberger, J. Alla marcia, op 167 no 8, from 12 Meditations (1891). 6

Langlais, J. Incantation for a saint’s day (1954). 5

John Porter, org (6 above)

Willan, H. Introduction, passacaglia and fugue (1916). David Hill, org. 17 Priory PRCD913 (all above)

18:00 AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS’ HOUR Prepared by Janie Fitch

Kats-Chernin, E. Four rags for IM (1996). Ian Munro, pf. Tall Poppies TP186 11

Edwards, R. Binyang (1996). Peter Jenkin, cl; Daryl Pratt, perc. Tall Poppies TP126 7

Schultz, A. Violin concerto, op 55 (1996). Jennifer Pike, vn; Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills. ABC 476 4519 34

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

Novello, I. Excerpts from The dancing years (1939). Ivor Novello, Dunstan Hart, Mary Ellis, Olive Gilbert, voices; Drury Lane TO/Charles Prentice. Naxos 8.120781 20

Lehár, F. Excerpts from Guiditta (1934). ORTF soloists, Ch & O/Adolf Sibert. Naxos 8.111010 14

Grainer, R. Excerpts from Robert and Elizabeth (1964). June Bronhill, sop; Keith Michell, voice; Ch & O/Alexander Faris. EMI 0946 389 1632 18

20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Postcards from Prague Recorded by Roger Doyle for FINE MUSIC

Ford, A. Spirit of the staircase (2011). 4

Mozart, W. Symphony no 38 in D, K504, Prague (1786; arr. Hummel). Diana Doherty, ob. 24

Dvorák, A. Piano trio no 4 in E minor, op 90, Dumky (1891). 31

Martinu, B. Quartet (1947). Diana Doherty, ob. 12

Seraphim Trio (all above)

21:30 AUSTRALIAN TEARS AND SYMPATHY Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Kats-Chernin, E. Tears from above, from Phoenix story (2007). Pei-Sian Ng, vc; Pei-Jee Ng, vc. Melba MR 301113 10

Broadstock, B. Symphony no 4, Born from good angels’ tears (1995). Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner. ABC 476 8041 15

22:00 AFTER HOURS with Kevin Jones



6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Robert Small

9:00 WAGNER AND FRIENDS Power and magic in the Ring Prepared by Barbara Brady

Wagner, S. Wie der Himmel, from Rainulf und Adelasia (1922). Frank van Aken, ten; Florian Prey, bar; Stuttgart Choristers; Rheinland-Pfalz State PO/Werner Andreas Albert. cpo 777 017-2 4

Wagner, R. Lugt; Schwestern, from Das Rheingold (1853-54). Natalie Jones, sop; Donna-Maree Dunlop, sop; Zan McKendree-Wright, mezz; John Wegner, bass-bar; Adelaide SO/Asher Fisch. Melba 301089-90 5

Nibelheim, from Das Rheingold (arr. Vlieger). Netherlands RPO/Edo de Waart. Fidelio 9201 2

Riesenwurm, from Das Rheingold. Set Svanholm, ten; George London, bass-bar. 7

Bin ich nun frei? from Das Rheingold. 4

Gustav Neidlinger, bar; Vienna PO/Georg Solti (2 above) Decca 414 101-2

Bruckner, A. Adagio (1876). New PO of Westphalia/Johannes Wildner. Naxos 8.555928/9 18

Wagner, R. Hoho! hoho! Notung! from Siegfried (1856-71). Reiner Goldberg, ten; Günter Kurth, ten; Staatskapelle Berlin/Siegfried Kurz. Capricorn 10 056 6

Tausig, C. Transcription of Wagner’s Kaisermarsch (1871). Dennis Hennig, pf. Etcetera KTC 1076 10

Wagner, R. Hast du, Gunther ... Blühenden Lebens, from Götterdämmerung (1869-74). Timothy Mussard, ten; Jonathan Summers, bar. 6

Rüstet euch wohl, from Götterdämmerung. Duccio dal Monte, bass; State Opera of South Australia Ch. 6

Adelaide SO/Asher Fisch (2 above) Melba MR 301099-102

Magic fire music, from The Valkyrie (1854-56, arr. Henk de Vieger). Cleveland O/George Szell. CBS M2YK 46466 5

10:30 CHAMBER MASTERWORKS

Glinka, M. Trio pathétique in D minor (1832). Copenhagen Clarinet Trio. Scandinavia Classics 220588-304 17

Fauré, G. Berceuse, op 16 (1879). Thelma Owens, hp; Philippa Davies, fl. IMP PCD 835 4

Schubert, F. String quartet no 1 in C minor. Melos Quartet. Mediaphon 25407-138 18

Krommer, F. Partita in E flat, op 79. Rotterdam Philharmonic Wind Ensemble. Brilliant Classics 93759 22

Hummel, J. Piano quintet in E flat, op 87 (1802). Melos Ensemble. Decca 476 2447 20

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 Anna Tranter

14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Climb every mountain Prepared by Rex Burgess

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

Liszt, F. Symphonic poem no 1: What is heard on the mountain (1848-49/50/54). New Zealand SO/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.557846 29

Lassus, O. de Where no other mountain casts its shadow (1567). Alsfelder Vocal Ensemble/Wolfgang Helbich. Teldec 4509 93685-2 3

Bax, A. A mountain wood (1915). Eric Parkin, pf. Chandos CHAN 9561 6

Hovhaness, A. Symphony no 20, op 223, Three journeys to a holy mountain (1969). Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Wind O/Keith Brion. Naxos 8.559207 21

Haas, P. String quartet no 2, op 7, From the Monkey Mountain (1923; arr. Tognetti). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. Chandos CHAN 10016 33

Boyd, A. Cloudy Mountain (1981). Geoffrey Collins, fl; David Miller, pf. Tall Poppies TP127 8

Grieg, E. Haugtussa, the mountain maid, song cycle, op 67 (1895). Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Bengt Forsberg, pf. DG 437 521-2 26

d’Indy, V. Symphony on a French mountain air, op 25 (1886). François-Joël Thiollier, pf; NSO of Ireland/Antonio de Almeida. Naxos 8.550754 26

Mussorgsky, M. A night on Bare Mountain (1867; orch. Rimsky-Korsakov 1886). Royal Liverpool PO/Charles Mackerras. Virgin VC 7 91174-2 11

17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Heather Sykes

Hymns: Praise to the Lord; The church’s one foundation; Crown Him with many crowns; Love divine, all loves excelling. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; Richard Farnes, org; Stephen Cleobury, cond. Decca 452 252-2 12

Anon. Ascension. Scholars of the Hofburg Chapel, Vienna/P. Hubert Dopf. Decca 478 4671 10

Bach, J.S. Cantata, BWV11: Lobet Gott in seinen reichen, Ascension Oratorio (c1735). Paul Esswood, ct; Kurt Equiluz, ten; Max van Egmond, bass; Vienna Boys’ Choir; Chorus Viennensis; Concentus Musicus Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Teldec 8.35029 29

18:00 SYDNEY SCHUBERT SOCIETY Prepared by Jan Brown

Schubert, F. Schwanengesang, D957 (1828). Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar; Alfred Brendel, pf. Philips 411 051-2 50

Sunday 12 May

Natalie Jones


19:00 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Giovanna Grech

Verdi, G. Overture to I masnadieri (1847). La Scala PO/Riccardo Muti. Sony SBK 89738 5

Mozart, W. Ich baue ganz auf deine Stärke, from The abduction from the seraglio, K384 (1782). Richard Conrad, ten; New SO of London/Richard Bonynge. Decca 448 594-2 6

Offenbach, J. Lettre de la périchole, from La périchole (1868). Frederica von Stade, mezz; Scottish CO/Antonio de Almeida. RCA 09026 68116 2 6

Massenet, J. Ah! Salomé! Dans ce palais, il est doux, il est bon, from Hérodiade (1881). Renée Fleming, sop; Kenneth Cox, bass; San Francisco Opera Ch & O/Valery Gergiev. Sony SK 61 965 6

19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Troy Fil

Massenet, J. Suite no 4: Scènes pittoresques (1874). Monte Carlo National Opera O/John Eliot Gardiner. Erato 2292-45859-2 17

Beethoven, L. Piano concerto no 4 in G, op 58 (1805-06). Artur Schnabel, pf; London PO/Malcolm Sargent. Philips 456 961-2 31

Spiers, C. Divertimento for strings (1987). Queensland SO/Vladimir Ponkin. ABC 426 424-2 36

21:00 NEW HORIzONS Scales of joy and sorrow Prepared by Troy Fil

Mozetich, M. Scales of joy and sorrow (2007). Gryphon Trio. Centrediscs CMCCD 14009 18

Byrne, M. In a winter landscape (2009). Peter Sheridan, fl; elec. Move MD 3349 5

Levaillant, D. Drama symphony (1994-95). Commande de L’lna-GRM; Radio France PO/David Davies. DLM Editions 2512 28

Harvey, J. The summer cloud’s awakening (2001). Latvian Radio Choir; Ilona Meija, fl; Arne Deforce, vc; Jonathan Harvey, elec; Carl Faia, elec; Clive Williamson, synthesizer; Kaspars Putnins, cond. Hyperion CDA67835 31

22:30 ULTIMA THULE


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

Glinka, M. Divertimento on themes from Bellini’s La sonnambula (1832). Bolshoi TO Soloists/Alexander Lazarev. Le Chant du Monde LDC 288 068 13

Creti de Rocchis, M. Fantasia on Casta diva from Bellini’s Norma. Claudia Antonelli, hp. Naxos 8.554252 9

Pasculli, A. Fantasia on Donizetti’s Poliuto. Ivan Paisov, ob; Natalia Shcherbakova, pf. Naxos 8.570567 14

Liszt, F. Reminiscences of Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable (1841). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDA66861/2 17

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Milhaud, D. Le boeuf sur le toit, op 58 (1919). New London O/Ronald Corp. Hyperion CDA66594 20

Korngold, E. Violin concerto in D, op 35 (1945). Gil Shaham, vn; London SO/André Previn. DG 439 886-2 25

Brahms, J. Symphony no 2 in D, op 73 (1877). Vienna PO/Carlos Kleiber. Artists FED 013/14 37

11:30 CONCERT ENCORE Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Brahms, J. Three intermezzi, op 117 (1892). Hélène Grimaud, pf. Erato 0630-14350-2 15

Milhaud, D. Scaramouche (1937). Guitar Trek. ABC 442 508-2 10

12:00 SWING SESSIONS with John Buchanan

13:00 MUSICAL DONS Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Ibert, J. Suite from Don Quichotte (1933). Slovak RSO/Adriano. Marco Polo 8.223287 11

Glinka, M. Serenade on themes from Donizetti’s Anna Bolena (1832). Bolshoi TO Soloists/Alexander Lazarev. Le Chant du Monde LDC 288 068 17

Liszt, F. Fantasy on themes from Mozart’s The marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni (1842). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDA66861/2 22

Mozart, W. Madamina, il catalogo e questo, from Don Giovanni (1787). Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; Metropolitan Opera O/James Levine. DG 445 866-2 6

Rubinstein, A. Don Quixote, humoresque for orchestra, op 87 (1870). Slovak PO/Michael Halász. Marco Polo 8.220359 21

Verdi, G. Il l’ho perduta! Dio, che nell’alma infondere, from Don Carlo (1867). Jussi Björling, ten; Robert Merrill, bar; Emil Markow, bass; RCA Victor Symphony O/Renato Cellini. RCA GD 87799 10

Strauss, R. Don Juan, op 20 (1888). Detroit SO/Antal Dorati. Decca 400 085-2 17

15:00 IN THE SALON Prepared by Alice Higgins

Rachmaninov, S. Vocalise (1912; arr. Gingold, Press). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Samuel Sanders, pf. EMI Classics 4769572 5

Haydn, J. String quartet, op 33 no 2, The joke (1781). Borodin Quartet. Onyx 4069 17

Ravel, M. Kaddisch, from Two Hebrew melodies (1914; arr. Apituley). Esther Apituley, vn; Rie Tanaka, pf. Challenge Classics CC 72156 6

Debussy, C. Quartet in G minor, op 10 (1893). Chilingarian String Quartet. EMI Classics 50999 7051 2359 26

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



22:00 KEYBOARD CONTRASTS Prepared by Judy Ekstein

Mendelssohn, F. Sonata in E, op 6 (1826). Benjamin Frith, pf. Naxos 8.550940 26

Rachmaninov, S. Variations on a theme of Corelli, op 42 (1931). Duncan Gifford, pf. ABC 438 827-2 20

Schumann, R. Adagio and allegro in A flat, op 70 (1849). James Sommerville, hn; Rene Sharon, pf. Marquis ERAD 157 9

Prokofiev, S. Sonata no 8 in B flat, op 84 (1944). Peter Donohoe, pf. EMI 7 54281 2 29

Ravel, M. Gaspard de la nuit (1908). Louis Lortie, pf. Chandos CHAN 7004/5 24

Monday 13 MaySunday 12 May





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Pianists of choice: Clifford Curzon Prepared by Barrie Brockwell

Liszt, F. Liebestraum no 3 in A flat (1850). Decca 452 306-2 5

Schubert, F. Theme and variations, from Quintet in A, D667, Trout (1819). Amadeus String Quartet. BBC BBCL 4009-2 8

Brahms, J. Intermezzi: in E flat, op 117 no 1; in C, op 119 no 3 (1892). Decca 417 641-2 7

Liszt, F. Valse oubliée no 1 (1881-85); Gnomenreigen, (1849-81). Decca 452 306-2 9

Schubert, F. Fantasy in C, D760, Wanderer (c1823). Philips 456 758-2 21

Clifford Curzon, pf (all above)

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Barrie Brockwell

Dvorák, A. Overture to Kate and the Devil, op 112 (1899). CSSR State PO/Robert Stankovsky. Marco Polo 8.223272 9

Herbert, V. Cello concerto no 2 in E minor, op 30 (1894). Yo-Yo Ma, vc; New York PO/Kurt Masur. Sony SK 67173 21

Novák, V. Moravian-Slovak suite, op 32 (1903). Brno PO/Karel Sejna. Supraphon 11 0682-2 27

Boccherini, L. Sinfonia in D minor, op 12 no 4, La casa del Diavolo (pub. 1771). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. Sony SK62855 22

11:30 SONATAS FOR TWO Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Agnew, R. Sonata symphonique. Larry Sitsky, pf. Canberra School of Music CSM:19 11

Medtner, N. Sonata reminiscenza in A minor, from Forgotten melodies, op 38 no 1 (c1918). Grigory Ginsburg, pf. Philips 456 802-2 14

12:00 JAzz RHYTHM with Jeannie McInnes

13:00 A POETIC CYCLE Prepared by Phil Vendy

Eller, H. Tone poem: Dawn (1918). John Digney, ob; Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 8525 8

Sibelius, J. Tone poem: Tapiola, op 112 (1926). Royal PO/Thomas Beecham. EMI 1 66451 2 18

Lehár, F. Tone poem: Fever (1915). Robert Gambill, ten; Volker Worlitzsch, vn; Hanover RPO/Klauspeter Seibel. cpo 999 423-2 13

Chadwick, G. Tone poem: Angel of death (1918). Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn. Naxos 8.559117 14

14:00 FRUITFUL VACATIONS Prepared by Brian Drummond

Elgar, E. Overture: In the south, Alassio, op 50 (1903). Royal PO/Andrew Litton. Virgin VC 7 90727-2 21

Tchaikovsky, P. Suite no 3 in G, op 55 (1884). Vienna PO/Lorin Maazel. Decca 476 2723 41

Brahms, J. Rhapsody in G minor, op 79 no 2 (1879). Glenn Gould, pf. CBS 37800 6

Sibelius, J. Symphony no 2 in D, op 43 (1902). Royal Concertgebouw O/George Szell. Radio Netherlands RCO 05001 42

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 Charles Barton

22:00 BEYOND ROMANTICISM Prepared by Frank Morrison

Janácek, L. Taras Bulba (1917). Czech PO/ Jirí Belohlávek. Chandos CHAN 9080 23

Bloch, E. Schelomo: Hebraic rhapsody (1915-16). Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; French NO/Leonard Bernstein. EMI 5 65701 2 23

Poulenc, F. Le travail du peintre (1958). Thomas Allen, bar; Roger Vignoles, pf. Virgin VC 5 45053 12

Bartók, B. Quartet no 3 (1927). Levon Chilingirian, vn; Mark Butler, vn; Louise Williams, va; Philip de Groote, vc. Chandos CHAN 8634 15

Skryabin, A. Fantasy, op 60 (1893; arr. Rozhdestvensky). Viktoria Postnikova, pf; Hague Residentie O/Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Chandos CHAN 9728 9

Sibelius, J. Symphony no 3 in C, op 52 (1907). Royal Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson. Chandos CHAN 6557 26

Tuesday 14 May

Victor Herbert Jirí Belohlávek


Wednesday 15 May




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

zelenka, J. Capriccio no 1 in D (1729). Camerata Bern. Archiv 469 842-2 15

Biber, H. Representative violin sonata (1669). Elizabeth Wallfisch, vn; Rosanne Hunt, vc; Linda Kent, hpd. ABC 465 269-2 11

Benda, G. Sinfonia no 11 in F. Prague CO/Christian Benda. Naxos 8.553409 10

Stamitz, J. Sinfonia a quattro in D (bef. 1750). New Dutch Academy CO/Simon Murphy. PentaTone PTC 5186 028 15

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Anne Irish

Mendelssohn, F. Overture: The Hebrides, op 26, Fingal’s Cave (1830). Sydney SO/Stuart Challender. ABC 446 279-2 10

Ries, F. Piano concerto in A flat, op 151, Gruss an den Rhein (1826). Christopher Hinterhuber, pf; New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd. Naxos 8.557638 29

Glazunov, A. Symphony no 8 in E flat, op 83 (1906). Moscow SO/Alexander Anissimov. Naxos 8.553660 43

11:30 SILHOUETTES Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Saint-Saëns, C. Scherzo, op 87 (1889). Christian Ivaldi, pf; Noël Lee, pf. Arion ARN 68011 10

Arensky, A. Suite no 2, op 23, Silhouettes (1892). Stephen Coombs, pf; Ian Munro, pf. Hyperion CDA66755 15


13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI with Andrew Bukenya; recorded by Greg Ghavalis Featuring pianist Sabina Im with works by Schumann, Grainger and Ginastera Supported by St Catherine’s School and Overs Pianos


15:00 SCHERzO, SARABANDE AND SYMPHONY Prepared by Brian Drummond

Dvorák, A. Scherzo capriccioso, op 66 (1883). London SO/István Kertész. Decca 417 724-2 12

Debussy, C. Sarabande (1894; arr. Ravel). Lausanne CO/Alberto Zedda. Virgin VC 7 91098-2 5

Rimsky-Korsakov, N. Symphony no 3 in C, op 32 (1886). Bergen PO/Dmitri Kitaienko. Chandos CHAN 9229 37

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


20:00 AT THE OPERA Legendary Met performances: May 1949 Prepared by Michael Tesoriero

Puccini, G. Madame Butterfly. Opera in two acts. Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica. First performed Milan, 1904.

BUTTERFLY: Eleanor Steber, sop PINKERTON: Richard Tucker, ten SHARPLESS: Giuseppe Valdengo, bar SUZUKI: Jean Madeira, mezz GORO: Alessio de Paolis, ten Metropolitan Opera Ch & O/Max Rudolf. Sony 62765 2:21

Lieutenant Pinkerton of the US navy becomes engaged to the geisha Butterfly during a visit to Japan despite the warnings of his friend Sharpless. Butterfly, believing in her marriage to Pinkerton, takes care of their child with her maid Suzuki, renounces her religion and is abandoned by her family. Three years later, the marriage broker Goro wants to introduce her to a prince. Butterfly is not interested, insisting that she is still married to Pinkerton. She waits excitedly for him when his ship arrives in the harbour that day. Pinkerton brings a wife, wanting to take the child to America. Butterfly refuses, asks him to leave and promises they can return later for the child. She then takes her father’s sword and kills herself.

23:00 TROMBONE AND ORGAN Recorded by Kerry Joyner for FINE MUSIC

Fauré, G. After a dream (1878); In prayer (1889). Gregory van der Struik, tb. 6

Pierné, G. Prelude, op 29 no 1. 3

Godard, B. Berceuse de Jocelyn (1888). 5

Schumann, R. Six canonic studies, op 5 (1845; arr. Breuer). 11

Gregory van der Struik, tb (2 above)

Vivaldi, A. Concerto in G minor, op 3 no 2 (arr. Lasala). 9

Rachmaninov, S. Vocalise, op 34 no 14 (1915). 5

Vivaldi, A. Sonata in A minor, RV43 (arr. Kolmeder). 11

Gregory van der Struik, tb (2 above)

Pastór de Lasala, org (all above)

Alexander Glazunov Eleanor Steber





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

Korngold, E. Sonata no 1, mvts 1 and 3 (1908-09). Geoffrey Tozer, pf. Chandos CHAN 9389 13

Mariettalied, from Die tote Stadt, op 12 (1920). Barbara Hendricks, sop; Philadelphia O/Franz Welser-Möst. EMI 5 56169 2 5

Sonata no 3, op 25, mvt 3 (1931). Geoffrey Tozer, pf. Chandos CHAN 9389 7

Cello concerto in C, op 37 (1946). Peter Dixon, vc; BBC PO/Matthias Bamert. Chandos CHAN 9508 13

Suite: The adventures of Robin Hood (1938). National PO/Charles Gerhardy. RCA Victor GD 80912 50

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael-Morton Evans

Verdi, G. Ballet music from Il trovatore (1853). Monte Carlo National Opera O/Antonio de Almeida. Philips 422 846-2 22

Karlowicz, M. Serenade for string orchestra, op 2 (1897). BBC PO/Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN 10171 21

Mozart, W. Symphony no 41 in C, K551, Jupiter (1780). Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner. Naxos 8.557239 40

11:30 CHAMBER MINUETS Prepared by Chris Blower

Puccini, G. Three minuets (pub. 1892). Raphael String Quartet. Etcetera KTC 1050 9

Bach, J.S. Two minuets from Partita no 1 for harpsichord. Alturas Duo. Con Brio CBR21143 3

Schubert, F. Five minuets with six trios, D89 (1813). Eduard Melkus Ensemble. Archiv 439 964-2 13


13:00 LES APACHES Prepared by Ross Hayes

Borodin, A. Symphony no 2 in B minor, mvt 1 (1869-76; rev. Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov). London SO/Jean Martinon. Decca 455 632-2 7

Ravel, M. Miroirs (1905). Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pf. Decca 433515-2 30

Delage, M. A Roussel for flute, voice and piano. Margaret Cable, mezz; William Bennett, fl; Margaret Fingerhut, pf. Chandos CHAN 8578 4

Schmitt, F. Sonatine en trio, op 85 (1935). Emmanuel Pahud, fl; Paul Meyer, cl; Eric Le Sage, pf. EMI 5 57948 2 8

Stravinsky, I. Scherzo fantastique, op 3 (1908). Sydney SO/Edo de Waart. ABC 456 670-2 13

Falla, M. de Interlude and dance, from La vida breve (1913). Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet. Decca 478 3156-67 7

Ravel, M. Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899). Melbourne SO/Jorge Mester. ABC 438 611-2 7

Delage, M. Quatre poèmes hindous, op 37 (1898). Janet Baker, mezz; Melos Ensemble. Decca 476 7091 10

Stravinsky, I. Symphony in E flat, op 1, mvt 3 (1905-07). Suisse Romande O/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 9240 10

Schmitt, F. French rhapsody, op 53 (1903-04). Huseyin Sermet, pf; Kun Woo Paik, pf. Auvidis V 4679 5

Ravel, M. Sérénade grotesque (c1893). Gordon Fergus-Thompson, pf. ASV DCA 809 4

15:00 MOzART’S CONTEMPORARIES Prepared by Jan Brown

Mozart, L. Sinfonia in F (c1750). New Zealand CO/Donald Armstrong. Naxos 8.553347 12

Salieri, A. Concerto in C. Richard Adeney, fl; James Brown, ob; English CO/Richard Bonynge. ABC 475 070-2 18

Krumpholtz, J-B. L’amante abandonée. Isabelle Poulenard, sop; Stephanie Paulet, vn; Sandrine Chatron, hp. Ambroisie AM 179 4

Pleyel, I. Serenade no 1 in F (1790). Wind Octet of the Strasbourg PO. LP Erato STU 71278 18

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


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

Rodrigo, J. Concierto de Aranjuez (1939). John Williams, gui; English CO/Daniel Barenboim. CBS M2YK 45610 21

Lecuona, E. Three Cuban songs and dances: Malagueña; La comparsa; Gitanerias (1916). O/Richard Hayman. Naxos 8.555026 12

Falla, M. de Nights in the gardens of Spain (1907-16). Artur Rubinstein, pf; Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy. RCA 5666-2 RC 21

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. Guitar concerto no 1 in D, op 99 (1939). John Williams, gui; English CO/Charles Groves. CBS M2YK 45610 21

Malipiero, G. Vivaldiana (1952). Veneto PO/Peter Maag. Naxos 8.555515 15

Martinu, B. The frescoes of Piero della Francesca (1955). Prague RSO/Charles Mackerras. Supraphon 10 3393-2031 18

22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Phil Vendy

Feld, J. Sonata (1957). James Galway, fl; Phillip Moll, pf. RCA RD 87802 18

Novák, V. Trio quasi una ballata in D minor, op 27 (1902). Smetana Trio. Supraphon SU 3810-2 16

Reicha, A. Quintet in B flat (1820). Wolfhard Pencz, cl; Amati Quartet. Divox CDX 29105 27

Weber, B. Sextet no 4 in F. Horns of Czech PO. Supraphon 11 0780-2 16

Moscheles, I. Melodic contrapuntal study, op 137 no 8, after J.S. Bach (1864). Jirí Bárta, vc; Hamish Milne, pf. Hyperion CDA67521 2

Septet in D, op 88 (1832). Walter Hermann, cl; Christoph Moinian, hn; Mayumi Shimizu, vn; Jaap Zeijl, va; Christoph Groth, vc; Volker Donandt, db; Caroline Weichert, pf. Koch Schwann 3-1178-2 29

Thursday 16 May





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

Bottesini, G. Gran duetto no 3 (1836-39). Joel Quarrington, db; Harold Hall Robinson, db. Naxos 8.557042 12

Martinu, B. Promenades (1939). Bonita Boyd, fl; Charles Castleman, vn; Barbara Harbach, hpd. Albany TROY 041 8

Mozart, W. Divertimento no 12 in E flat, K252 (1776). Amadeus Winds. L’Oiseau-Lyre 425 819-2 11

Schubert, F. String quartet no 7 in D, D94 (c1811). Quatuor Sine Nomine. Erato 2292-45484-2 18


Glazunov, A. Serenade no 1 in A, op 7 (1883). Royal PO/Yondani Butt. ASV DCA 903 5

Rakov, N. Violin concerto in A minor (1963). Oleg Kagan, vn; USSR RSO/Neeme Järvi. LP Melodiya C 10-05261-62 18

Strong, G. Symphony no 2 in G minor, op 50, Sintram (1887-88). Moscow SO/Adriano. Naxos 8.559018 59

11:30 SIBELIUS IN SONG Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Sibelius, J. The lover, op 14 (1893/1911). Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier. Harmonia Mundi HMU 807485 6

The diamond in the March snow, op 36 no 6 (1899); Lost in the forest, op 17 no 4 (1891-98); Sigh, rushes, sigh, op 36 no 4 (1899); Was it a dream?, op 37 no 4 (1898-1902); The girl came home from meeting her lover, op 37 no 5 (1899). Barbara Bonney, sop; Antonio Pappario, pf. Decca 466 762-2 10

Finlandia, op 26 (1899-90). Laulun Ystavat Male Choir; Gothenburg SO/Neeme Jarvi. BIS CD-314 9



Mozart, W. Sonata no 22 in A, K305 (1778). Oleg Kagan, vn; Sviatoslav Richter, pf. Live Classics LCL 122 15

Bella mia fiamma, addio! … Resta, oh cara, K528 (1787). Kiri Te Kanawa, sop; Vienna CO/György Fischer. Decca 432 300-2 9

Double concerto in C, K299 (1778). Jane Rutter, fl; Louise Johnson, hp; Sydney Bach O/Richard Bonynge. ABC 476 6475 29

14:00 MUSIC FROM DALLAS Prepared by Chris Blower

Reed, H. La fiesta Mexicana (1949). Dallas Wind Symphony/Howard Dunn. Reference RR-38CD 22

MacDowell, E. Piano concerto no 2 in D minor, op 23 (1884-86). André Watts, pf; Dallas SO/Andrew Litton. Telarc CD-80429 26

Rutter, J. Praise ye the Lord; The Lord is my light and my salvation. Turtle Creek Chorale; Dallas Women’s Ch; Joel Martinson, org; Timothy Seelig, cond. Reference Recordings RR-57CD 11

Stravinsky, I. Ballet: The firebird (1910). Dallas SO/Eduardo Mata. Pro Arte CDD 443 49

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


20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Written in America Prepared by Heather Sykes

Joplin, S. Piano rags (1916). Scott Joplin, player piano rolls. Foné 90 F 16 18

Dvorák, A. Cello concerto in B minor, op 104 (1895). Yo-Yo Ma, vc; New York PO/Kurt Masur. Sony SK 67173 41

Chadwick, G. Symphonic sketches (1895-1904). Eastman-Rochester O/Howard Hanson. Mercury 434 337-2 31

Rachmaninov, S. Capriccio on gypsy themes, op 12 (1892/94). Queensland SO/Vladimir Verbitsky. ABC 438 880-2 20

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

Locke, M. Music for His Majesty’s sagbutts and cornetts. Fine Arts Brass Ensemble. Nimbus NI 5546 11

Duos in C minor (1652). Wieland Kuijken, bass viol; Sigiswald Kuijken, bass viol; Robert Kohnen, hpd. Accent ACC 10014 5

Songs from The tempest (1674). La Rêveuse. The Theatre of Musick K617194 8

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. Sonata no 6 in G minor, Ciaccona (pub. 1697). Rachael Beesley vn; Julia Fredersdorff, vn; Rosanne Hunt, vc; Jaqueline Ogeil, hpd, org. Tall Poppies TP194 8

Excerpts from King Arthur, semi-opera (pub. 1691). Deller Consort; Deller Choir; The King’s Musick/Alfred Deller. Harmonia Mundi HM 90.252 1:00

Australian Ballet’s Firebird (2009)- Kevin Jackson & Lana Jones. Photo – Alex Makayev

Friday 17 May



6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson


9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON AUSTRALIAN PERFORMERS David Pereira Prepared by Oscar Foong

Bach, J.S. Cello suite no 1 in G, BWV1007 (1720). Tall Poppies TP144 21

Mozart, W. Grand sextet in concertante style (1779; arr from Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K364). Hartmut Lindemann, va; Australia Ensemble. ABC 438 199-2 31

Falla, M. de Suite populaire espagnole (1914-15). David Bollard, pf. Tall Poppies TP078 13

Westlake, N. Music for the film Antarctica (1991). Christine Douglas, sop; Philippe Anquetil, treb; Dene Olding, vn; Louise Johnson, hp; Timothy Kain, gui; Studio O/Carl Vine. Tall Poppies TP012 37

Bach, J.S. Prelude, from Cello suite no 6 in D, BWV1012 (c1720). Tall Poppies TP144 5

David Pereira, vc (all above)

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

Parry, J. Overture: Tydfil. Cyfartfa Band/Simon Wright. Nimbus NI 5470 12

Riccardo, S. Alicanta. Hanwell Band/Eric Bravington. LP Damont MER 413 5

Fucik, J. Florientina march. Allentown Band/Ronald Demkee. AMP WWEM 1 4

Sousa, J.P. The freelance march. Men o’Brass; Fairey Aviation Band; Fodens Motor Body Works Band; City of Coventry Band/Harry Mortimer. LP Columbia TWO 385 4


13:00 CLASSIC VOICES

Canteloube, J. Bailèro; Tchut, chut; from Songs of the Auvergne (1922-30). Patricia Rozario, sop; Philharmonia O/John Pritchard. IMP PCD 938 9

Leoncavallo, R. Prologue, from Pagliacci (1892). Tito Gobbi, bar; La Scala Ch & O/Tullio Serafin. Opera 54058 5

Schubert, F. Five songs after Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock. Simone Nold, sop; Marcus Ullmann, ten; Thomas Bauer, bar; Ulrich Eisenlohr, pf. Naxos 8.557371 11

Handel, G. The soft complaining flute and sharp violins proclaim their jealous pangs, from Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day (1739). Jill Gomez, sop; Robert Tear, ten; English CO/Phillip Ledger. ASV DCA 512 9

Humperdinck, E. Hansel und Gretel, Act 1 (1893). Barbara Bonney, sop; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezz; Hanna Schwarz, mezz; Andreas Schmidt, bar; Bavarian RSO/Jeffrey Tate. EMI CDC 7 54327-2 18

14:00 MUSICAL EXPLORATIONS Influence of folk traditions: Hungary Prepared by Judy Ekstein

Joachim, J. Violin concerto no 2 in D minor, op 11, In the Hungarian style (1861). Suyoen Kim, vn; Staatskapelle Weimar/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.570991 46

Liszt, F. Hungarian rhapsody no 5 in E minor (pub. 1853). Jeno Jandó, pf. Naxos 8.554480 8

Kodály, z. Háry János suite, op 15 (1927). South-West German SO/José Serebrier. BIS CD-875 24

15:30 PHILHARMONIA IN CONCERT with Peter Bell

17:30 PLUCKED KEYBOARDS Prepared by Phil Vendy

Blow, J. Suite no 4 in C (pub.1698). Christopher Kite, virginals. Hyperion CDA66067 5

Byrd, W. The barley breake (arr. Byrd). Sophie Yates, virginals. Chandos CHAN 0574 8

Soler, A. Concerto no 2 in A minor. Bernard Brauchli; clvd; Esteban Elizondo, clvd. Titanic Ti-152 12

18:00 FOCUS ON FOLK Folk Federation of NSW

19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN The movie music of Marricone, Mancini and Mercer Prepared by Sue Jowell Contrasts the musical style of Ennio Merricone with that of Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, who collaborated from time to time.

20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Classic Spain Recorded by Jayson McBride for FINE MUSIC

Arriaga, J. Overture to The happy slaves. 8

Rodrigo, J. Concierto de Aranjuez, Slava Grigoryan, gui. 23

Howes, A. Madrigal 4 (2012). 10

Beethoven, L. Symphony no 1 in C, op 21. 27

Willoughby SO/Warwick Potter (all above)

21:30 SOUNDS OF BEETHOVEN Prepared by David Rossell

Beethoven, L. Romance no 1 in G, op 40 (c1802; arr. Müller-Schott). Daniel Müller-Schott, vc; Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. Orfeo C 080 031 A 6

Adelaïde, op 46 (bef. 1796). Stephan Genz, bar; Roger Vignoles, pf. Hyperion CDA67055 6

Sonata no 22 in F, op 54 (1804). John Lill, pf. ASV QS 6061 13


Henry Mancicin

Saturday 18 May



6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with Nicholas Chaplin

9:00 CELESTIAL NOTES Prepared by Heather Sykes

Alwood, P. The coronation of the first Elizabeth. Magnificat/Philip Cave; Forbury Consert/Alan Cumpler; King’s Trumpeters/Crispin Steele-Perkins. Griffin GCCD 402 1:19

10:30 CHAMBER MASTERWORKS Prepared by Di Cox

Mozart, W. Quintet in G minor, K516 (1787). Katharine Brockman, va; Australian String Quartet. Tall Poppies TP087 35

Beethoven, L. Sextet in E flat, op 71 (1796). European CO Wind Soloists. ASV COE 807 20

Franck, C. Sonata in A (1886). Shlomo Mintz, vn; Yefim Bronfman, pf. DG 477 5448 28

12:00 SPEAK EASY, SWING HARD with Richard Hughes

13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Linda Marr

14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 2000-2010 By courtesy of Radio Netherlands Worldwide Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Schubert, F. Symphony no 3 in D, D200 (1815). Iván Fischer, cond. 20

Mahler, G. Das Lied von der Erde (1908-9). Anna Larsson, cont; Robert Dean Smith, ten; Fabio Luisi, cond. 1:01

Diepenbrock, A. Elektra, symphonic suite (1919; arr. Reeser 1952). Claus Peter Flor, cond. 23

Hindemith, P. Concert music for strings and brass, op 50. Kurt Masur, cond. 16

Strauss, R. Sinfonia domestica, op 53 (1902-3). Lorin Maazel, cond. 46

Royal Concertgebouw O (all above) Radio Netherlands RCO 12004

17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Keith Glendinning

Hymns: Let all mortal flesh keep silence; The strife is o’er; When morning gilds the skies; The Lord ascendeth up on high; Spirit of mercy, truth and love. Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge; Brian Runnett, org; George Guest, cond. Decca 450 011-2 13

Sumsion, H. Evening service in G (1942). Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral, London; Christopher Dearnley, org; John Scott, cond. Helios CDH 55402 8

Bairstow, E. Lord thou hast been our refuge (1917). Choir of Canterbury Cathedral; Michael Harris, org; Allan Wicks, cond. Guild GMCD 7116 10

Haydn, J. Et resurrexit; Sanctus; Benedictus; Agnes dei; Dona nobis pacem, from Mass in D minor, Hob.XXII:11, Nelson mass (1798). Julie Kennard, sop; Ashley Stafford, ct; Alan Green, ten; Maurice Bevan, bar; Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral; John Scott, org; Christopher Dearnley, org; London Bach O/Barry Rose. Guild GMCD 7104 19

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

Haydn, J. Al tuo seno fortunato, from L’anima del filosofo, Hob.XXVIII:13 (1791). Sara Macliver, sop; Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner. ABC 480 5514 6

Mozart, W. Fuor del mar, from Idomeneo, K366 (1781). Anthony Rolfe Johnson, ten; English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner. ABC 480 5512 6

Boito, A. Son lo spirito che nega sempre tutto, from Mefistofele (1868). Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass; National PO/Oliviero de Fabritiis. ABC 480 5513 3

Puccini, G. Tu, tu, amore? from Manon Lescaut (1893). Renata Tebaldi, sop; Franco Corelli, ten; Suisse Romande O/Anton Guadagno. Decca 467 918-2 7

19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Angela Bell

Dvorák, A. Scherzo capriccioso, op 66 (1883). Baltimore SO/Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.570995 15

Benda, F. Flute concerto in E. Patrick Gallois, fl; Karl-Phillip Emanuel Bach CO/Peter Schreier. DG 439 895-2 21

Tchaikovsky, P. Symphony no 5 in E minor, op 64 (1888). Russian Federation State SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Emergo Classics EC 3625-2 46

21:00 NEW HORIzONS Modern Britain: Maxwell and MacMillan Prepared by Oscar Foong

MacMillan, J. Father, forgive them for they know not what they do; Woman, Behold thy son! ... Behold thy Mother! from Seven last words from the Cross (1993). Dmitri Ensemble/Graham Ross. Naxos 8.570719 12

Maxwell Davies, P. Renaissance and Baroque realisations: Three early Scottish motets (after John Dunstable) (1968-76). Fires of London. Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD 2044 10

MacMillan, J. Verily I say unto thee, to-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise; Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? from Seven last words from the Cross. Dmitri Ensemble/Graham Ross. Naxos 8.570719 15

Maxwell Davies, P. Maxwell’s Reel, with northern lights. Royal PO/Peter Maxwell Davies. Collins 15202 11

MacMillan, J. I thirst; It is finished, from Seven last words from the Cross. Dmitri Ensemble/Graham Ross. Naxos 8.570719 13

Maxwell Davies, P. Veni sancte, veni creator Spiritus, after John Dunstable (1972). Fires of London. Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD 2044 10

MacMillan, J. Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit, from Seven last words from the Cross. Dmitri Ensemble/Graham Ross. Naxos 8.570719 7

22:30 ULTIMA THULE

Sunday 19 May

Anna Larsson



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 Giovanna Grech

Bizet, G. Scènes bohémiennes, from La jolie fille de Perth (1866). Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. Decca 452 102-2 13

Liszt, F. Sacred dance and final duet, after Verdi’s Aida (1879). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDA66371/72 11

Cherubini, L. Sinfonia, from Medea (1797; arr Triebensee). Amphion Wind Octet. Accent ACC24232 8

Boito, A. Ave Signor, from Mephistopheles (1868). Samuel Ramey, bass; Munich RO/Julius Rudel. Naxos 8.555355 4

Mozart, W. Ballet music from Idomeneo, K367 (1781). Cleveland Baroque O/Jeannette Sorrell. Apollo’s Fire AV2159 16

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Jan Brown

Rossini, G. Overture to Semiramide (1823). Melbourne SO/Hiroyuki Iwaki. ABC 434 713-2 12

Hummel, J. Double concerto in G, op 17 (c1805). Hagai Shaham, vn; London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley, pf & dir. Chandos CHAN 9687 32

Haydn, J. Symphony in D, Hob.I:31, Hornsignal (1765). Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Béla Drahos. Naxos 8.554405 32

11:30 CHORAL INTERLUDE Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Bruckner, A. Libera me in F minor (1854). Choir of St Bride’s Church/Robert Jones. Naxos 8.550956 6

Te Deum in C (1884). Frances Yeend, sop; Martha Lipton, mezz; David Lloyd, ten; Mack Harrel, bar; Westminster Choir; New York PO/Bruno Walter. Sony SMK 64 480 20


13:00 DANISH ODYSSEY Prepared by Francis Frank

Kuhlau, F. Overture to William Shakespeare (1826). Odense SO/Eduard Serov. Unicorn-Kanchana DKP 9132 10

Holmboe, V. Quintet, op 79 (1961). Swedish Brass Quintet. BIS CD-78 13

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

Lumbye, H. The sandman galop fantastique (1851). Odense SO/Peter Guth. Unicorn-Kanchana DKP 9089 11

14:00 LOAVES AND FISHES Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Hultquist, A. The queen went into the parlour eating bread and honey. JP Nyströms; Norrbotten CO/Petter Sundkvist. Swedish Society SCD 1130 12

Schubert, F. The trout, D550 (c1817-20). Bryn Terfel, bass-bar; Malcolm Martineau, pf. DG 445 294-2 2

Bizet, G. Au fond du temple saint, from The pearl fishers (1863). Jerry Hadley, ten; Thomas Hampson, bar; Welsh National Opera O/Carlo Rizzi. Teldec 9031-73283-2 8

Stanford, C. Villiers Irish rhapsody no 4, op 141, The fisherman (1913). Ulster O/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN 7002 18

Grainger, P. Fisher’s boarding house (1899). Melbourne SO/John Hopkins. LP HMV OASD 430 000 7

Debussy, C. Gold fish, from Images, bk 2 (1907). Artur Rubinstein, pf. RCA RD 85670 4

Schubert, F. Who has never eaten his bread with tears?, D480/2 (arr. Reger). Michael Lewis, bar; Adelaide SO/David Porcelijn. ABC 456 362-2 4

Satie, E. The dreamy fish (1901). Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pf. Decca 470 290-2 5

Mahler, G. St Anthony and the fishes. Florence Taylor, cont; Loretta Cunningham, pf; Stephanie James, pf; Dorothy White, pf. Private recording 3

Schumann, R. Who never ate his bread in tears?, op 98a no 4 (1849). Simon Keenlyside, bar; Graham Johnson, pf. Hyperion CDJ33102 3

Schubert, F. Quintet in A, D667, The trout (1819). Ronan O’Hora, pf; Royal Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble. Tring TRP016 34

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



22:00 KEYBOARD CONTRASTS Prepared by Phil Vendy

Chopin, F. Andante spianato and grande polonaise, op 22 (1834). Milos Mihajlovic, pf. Bel Air Music BAM2046 14

Haydn, J. Sonata no 33 in C minor, Hob.XVI:20 (1771). Alain Planès, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMX 2908601.30 18

Vivaldi, A. Concerto in C, RV178. Monika Kornel, hpd; Diana Weston, hpd. Private recording 11

Godowsky, L. Sonata in E minor (1910-1). Marc-André Hamelin, pf. Hyperion CDA67300 47

Alkan, C-V. Trio in G minor, op 30 (1840). Dong-Suk Kang, vn; Yvan Choffoleau, vc; Olivier Gardon, pf. Timpani IC 1013 21

Monday 20 May

Marc-André Hamelin





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Pianist of choice: Maurizio Pollini Prepared by Di Cox

Schumann, R. Arabeske in C, op 18 (1838). Philips 456 937-2 6

Chopin, F. Polonaise in F sharp minor, op 44. Philips 456 940-2 11

Stravinsky, I. Three movements from Petrushka (1921). Philips 456 937-2 15

Beethoven, L. Sonata no 26 in E flat, op 81a, Les adieux (1810). DG 427 642-2 16

Maurizio Pollini, pf (all above)

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Heather Sykes

Copland, A. Appalachian spring (1945). Cincinnati Pops O/Erich Kunzel. Telarc CD-80339 25

Weber, C.M. Clarinet concerto no 1 in F minor, op 73 (1811). Oskar Michallik, cl; Staatskapelle Dresden/Kurt Sanderling. Berlin 0012862BC 24

Raff, J. Symphony no 10 in F minor, op 213, In autumn (1879). Slovak State PO/Urs Schneider. Naxos 8.555491 32

11:30 SEASONS Prepared by Heather Sykes

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

Piazzolla, A. Porteño summer; Porteño autumn, from Four Porteño seasons (1969). Macquarie Trio. ABC 980 678-0 12



Mozart, W. Adagio and rondo in C, K617 (1791). Marc Grauwels, fl; Dennis James, glass armonica; Brussels Virtuosi. Hyperion CDA66392 13

Quartet in F, K370 (1781). Paul Goodwin, ob; Terzetto. Harmonia Mundi 907220 18

Symphony no 40 in G minor, K550 (1788). New York PO/Bruno Walter. Sony SMK 64 477 24

14:00 GARDENS OF MUSICAL DELIGHT Prepared by Brian Drummond

Delius, F. In a summer garden (1908). Welsh National Opera O/Charles Mackerras. Argo 430 202-2 14

Bax, A. The princess’s rose garden (1915). Ashley Wass, pf. Naxos 8.557769 7

Brumby, C. Gardens of the Villa Taranto (1991). Jane Rayner, fl; Peter Lynch, gui. CBCD 0104 10

Falla, M. de Nights in the gardens of Spain (1907-16). Artur Rubinstein, pf; Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy. RCA 5666-2 RC 21

15:00 STORM Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Tchaikovsky, P. Overture to The storm, op 76 posth (1864). London SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky. IMP PCD 878 14

Vivaldi, A. Recorder concerto in F, RV 433, Sea Storm (1728-29). Eckart Haupt, fl; Dresden Baroque Soloists/Peter Schreier. Berlin Classics 0012872BC 6

Rimsky-Korsakov, N. A musical picture: In the woods; The Tsar’s hunt; Storm, from The maid of Pskov (1871). USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya 10-00171 8

Shostakovich, D. The storm; Secret signs; Music, op 127 (1967). Galina Vishnevskaya, sop; Ulf Hoelscher, vn; Mstislav Rostropovich, vc; Vasso Devetzi, pf. EMI 5 65716 2 13

Berlioz, H. Royal hunt and storm, from The Trojans (1856-58). Detroit SO/Paul Paray. Mercury 432 014-2 9

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 Bax and Arnold, British symphonists Prepared by Troy Fil

Harty, H. In Ireland (1915). Colin Fleming, fl; Denise Kelly, hp; Ulster O/Bryden Thomson. Chandos CHAN 6583 9

Arnold, M. Symphony no 3, op 63 (1957). London SO/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 9290 34

Harty, H. Piano concerto in B minor (1922). Peter Donohoe, pf; Ulster O/Takuo Yuasa. Naxos 8.557731 30

Bax, A. Symphony no 2 in E minor (1926). Royal Scottish NO/David Lloyd Jones. Naxos 8.554093 41

Tuesday 21 May

Maurizio Pollini Galina Vishnevskya





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Aspects of German Baroque Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Bach, C.P.E. Sinfonia in E minor, Wq177 (1756). English CO/Raymond Leppard. Philips 426 081-2 11

Buxtehude, D. Sonata in B flat for violin, viola da gamba and continuo, BuxWV273. Musica Antiqua Cologne. Archiv 437 089-2 14

Hammerschmidt, A. Dance suite. Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble. Christophorus CHR 74562 12

Telemann, G. Double concerto in E minor (c1718). Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood. L’ Oiseau-Lyre 411 949-2 14

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Derek Parker

Ravel, M. Ma mère l’oye (1911). Royal Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink. Radio Nederland RCO11004 26

Handel, G. Suite no 1 in F, HWV348 (1715-17/36). Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon. Naxos 8.557764 29

Britten, B. Symphonic suite from Gloriana, op 53a (1954). Keiron Moore, ob; Osian Ellis, hp; London SO/Steuart Bedford. Naxos 8.557196 27

11:30 CHAMBER SCHERzOS Prepared by Chris Blower

Brahms, J. Scherzo in C minor, from FAE sonata (1853). Simon Fischer, vn; Raymond Fischer, pf. Biddulph 80229-2 6

Debussy, C. Scherzo. Jean-Guihen Queyras, vc; Alexandre Tharaud, pf. Harmonia Mundi HMC 902012 5

Mendelssohn, F. Scherzo, from Four pieces for string quartet, op 81 (pub. 1849). Sorrel Quartet. Chandos CHAN 9555 3

Pasculli, A. Ricordo di Napoli: scherzo brillante. Ivan Paisov, ob; Natalia Shcherbakova, pf. Naxos 8.570567 9


13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI Emerging young artists with Andrew Bukenya; recorded by Greg GhavalisFeaturing violinist Josephine Chung, soprano Rachael Fullston and cellist Caleb Wong Supported by St Catherine’s School and Overs Pianos


15:00 FROM LATVIA Prepared by Francis Frank

Vitols, J. Overture: Spriditis, op 37 (1908). Latvian NSO/Dmitry Yablonsky. Marco Polo 8.223756 14

Einfelde, M. A cycle of Bärda poems (2003). Choir of Trinity College Cambridge/Stephen Layton. Hyperion CDA67747 13

Ivanovs, J. Symphony no 20 in E flat (1981). Moscow SO/Dmitry Yablonsky. Naxos 8.555740 26



20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Colleen Chesterman

1813

2013

200 th AnniversaryWAGNER

Wagner, R. Die Walküre. Opera in three acts. Libretto by composer. First performed Munich, 1870.

SIEGMUND: Stuart Skelton, ten SIEGLINDE: Deborah Riedel, sop HUNDING: Richard Green, bass WOTAN: John Bröcheler, bar BRÜNNHILDE: Lisa Gasteen, sop FRICKA: Elizabeth Campbell, mezz Adelaide SO/Asher Fisch. Melba MR301091-94 3:43

Siegmund, illegitimate son of Wotan, king of the gods, finds his long-lost twin sister Sieglinde married to violent Hunding. They fall in love and flee. Hunding pursues them. Wotan orders his daughter, the valkyrie Brünnhilde, to assist Siegmund but Fricka, Wotan’s wife, demands his death because of his adultery and incest. Wotan orders Brünnhilde not to interfere, but moved by his love for Sieglinde, she helps him. Wotan breaks Siegmund’s sword with his spear so Hunding kills him, then is killed by Wotan. Brünnhilde brings Sieglinde, carrying Siegmund’s child, to her sister valkyries. Sieglinde escapes, but furious Wotan punishes Brünnhilde by locking her in sleep, to be victim of the first man to find her. He relents to her pleas and surrounds her with a wall of fire which only a man without fear, a hero, can cross.

Wednesday 22 May

Richard Wagner, born this day in 1813 Die Walküre. Photo - Ken Howard, Metropolitan Opera





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


Hindemith, P. Symphonia serena (1946). BBC SO/Jan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 9217 30

Bottesini, G. Passioni amorose (1870). Thomas Martin, db; Franco Petracchi, db; London SO/Matthew Gibson. Naxos 8.570398 11

Czerny, C. Symphony no 2 in D, op 781. Brandenburg State O/Nikos Athidäos. Christophorus CHE 0140-2 41

11:30 FOR THE PIANO Prepared by Paul Hopwood

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

Devienne, F. Sonata in F, op 70 no 2 (1798-99). Peter Bree, ob; Roderick Shaw, fp. Etcetera KTC 1084 13


13:00 THINGS AND NOTHINGS Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Locke, M. Five-part things for cornetts. Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble. Christophorus CHR 74562 11

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

Suk, J. Things lived and dreamt, op 30 (1909). Margaret Fingerhut, pf. Chandos CHAN 9026/7 39

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. Overture: Much ado about nothing, op 164 (1953). West Australian SO/Andrew Penny. Naxos 8.572501 10

14:30 AN ENGLISH CONCERT Prepared by Angela Bell

Tippett, M. Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli (1953). Bournemouth SO/Richard Hickox. Chandos CHAN 9233 19

Smyth, E. Double concerto (1926). Sophie Langton, vn; Richard Watkins, hn; BBC PO/Odaline de la Martinez. Chandos CHAN 9449 28

Sullivan, A. Symphony in E, Irish (1866). Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos 8.570351 35

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


20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Prepared by Denis Patterson

Mozart, W. Symphony no 33 in B flat, K319 (1779). London Mozart Players/Jane Glover. ASV DCA 717 20

Shostakovich, D. Ballet suite: The age of gold, op 22a (1927). New Zealand SO/Christopher Lyndon-Gee. Naxos 8.553126 17

Beethoven, L. Piano concerto no 2 in B flat, op 19 (1793/95). Gerard Willems, pf; Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker. ABC 980 046-2 29

Prokofiev, S. Symphony no 5 in B flat, op 100 (1944). Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy. Exton EXCL-00042 42

22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE

Moscheles, I. Grande sonate concertante, op 44 (1819). Caroline Weichert, pf; Hans-Udo Heinzmann, fl. Koch Schwann 3-1178-2 26

Quantz, J. Trio sonata for oboe, viola da gamba and harpsichord in G. Berliner Barock-Trio. Capriccio 10142 7

Smetana, B. String quartet no 2 in D minor (1882-3). Trávnicek Quartet. Point Classics 267187-2 18

Stamitz, C. Clarinet quartet in E flat, op 814. Salzburger Solisten. Onyx 66582 12

Saint-Saëns, C. Fantasy, op 95 (1893; transcr. Kondonassis). Yolanda Kondonassis, hp. Telarc 80581 9

Schubert, F. Trio in E flat, D897 (c1828). Stuttgart Piano Trio. Naxos 8 550132 10

Spohr, L. Nonet in F for strings and wind, op 31 (1813). Bell’Arte Ensemble Stuttgart. VMK Globe 100.41855 28

Thursday 23 May

Margaret Fingerhut Jane Glover





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Small forces

Mozart, W. Piano trio in G, K 564 (1788). Trio Kreisleriana. Mediaphon MED 72 118 16

Stanley, J. Concerto No 4 in C (1815). Bernard Partridge, vn; Antonia Bialis, vn; Ian Spencer, bass viol; Heather Harrison, vc; Jennifer Bate, org. Allegro PCD 1030 13

Weber, C.M. Quintet in B Flat, op 34 (1815). David Glazer, cl; Kohen Quartet. Award AWPD 31950 24

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Frank Morrison

Suppé, F. Overture to The jolly robbers (1867). Vienna PO/Zubin Mehta. CBS MK 44932 6

Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 23 in A, K488 (1786). Clifford Curzon, pf; London SO/Istvan Kertész. Decca 468 491-2 27

Tchaikovsky, P. Symphony no 5 in E minor, op 64 (1888). Bournemouth SO/Andrew Litton. Virgin VC 7 91140-2 49

11:30 CHOPIN IN CHAMBER Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Chopin, F. Variations in E on a theme of Rossini, op posth (1824). Sharon Bezaly, fl; Ervin Nagy, pf. BIS CD-1039 5

The handsome lad; Melody; My darling, from Polish songs, op 74 (1837). Annette Celine, sop; Felicia Blumenthal, pf. Olympia OCD 629 7

Grand duo concertant in E on themes from Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable (1831). Maria Kliegel, vc; Bernd Glemser, pf. Naxos 8.553159 13


13:00 SELECT YOUR CLASSICS with Stephen Schafer New and recent releases from Select Audio-Visual Distribution

15:00 CONCERT HALL Prepared by Stephen Schafer

Vieuxtemps, H. Greeting to America, op 56 (1843-4). Chloë Hanslip, vn; Royal Flemish PO/Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA 67878 13

Tchaikovsky, P. Symphony no 2 in C minor op 17, Little Russian (1872/79-80). London SO/Valery Gergiev. LSO Live 710 35

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Derek Parker


20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Denis Patterson

Dargomyzhsky, A. Overture to Rusalka (1856). Bolshoi TO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya MEL 10011824 6

Franck, C. The accursed huntsman (1882). Paris O/Daniel Barenboim. DG 476 2800 16

Berwald, F. Serious symphony in G minor (1842). Royal PO/Ulf Björlin. EMI 5 65303 2 27

Hummel, J. Oberons Zauberhorn, op 116 (1829). Christopher Hinterhuber, pf; Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd. Naxos 8.557845 19

Boïeldieu, A. Overture to La dame blanche (1825). London SO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 466 431-2 7

Halévy, F. Rachel, quand du Seigneur, from The jewish girl (1835). Ben Heppner, ten; London Voices; London SO/Myung-Whun Chung. DG 471 372-2 11

Saint-Saëns, C. Cello concerto no 1 in A minor, op 33 (1872). Liugi Piovano, vc; Marrucino TO/Piero Bellugi. Eloquentia EL 1024 20

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Ensaladas from Spain and the New World Prepared by Oscar Foong

Anon. All here are black people (arr. Pluhar). 4

Ortiz, D. Sebastian (arr. Pluhar). 2

Anon. Falalán. 3

Trad. The weeping woman (arr. Pluhar). 4

King’s Singers; L’Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (4 above) naïve V 5055

Flecha, M. El Viejo The joust. Isabel Palacios, mezz; Andrew King, ten; Michael George, bar; Simon Grant, bass; New London Consort/Philip Pickett. L’Oiseau-Lyre 444 810-2 14

La guerra. Ensemble Clément Janequin/Dominique Visse. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901627 9

Sanz, G. El pajarillo. 7

Murcia, S. de El cielito lindo. 5

Montserrat Figueras, sop; Tembembe Ensamble Continuo; Capella Reial de Catalunya; Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall (2 above) Alia Vox AVSA 9876

Brudieu, J. En los mon sou dotada del set goigs. Ensemble Clément Janequin/Dominique Visse. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901627 9

Valente, A. Gallarda; Jarabe loco. 4

Murcia, S. de Maria Chuchena. 5

Fernandes, G. Xicochi Conetzintle, Xochipitzhuatl. 3

Garcia de zespedes, J. Ay que me abraso, El Arrancazacate. 3

Montserrat Figueras, sop; Tembembe Ensamble Continuo; Capella Reial de Catalunya; Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall (4 above) Alia Vox AVSA 9876

Flecha, M. El Viejo La Bomba. Ensemble Clément Janequin/Dominique Visse. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901627 11

Jubilate. Christopher Robinson, ct; Andrew King, ten; Michael George, bar; Simon Grant, bass. L’Oiseau-Lyre 444 810-2 7

Ortiz, D. Recerdadas 1 and 2. 2

Matteis, N. La Dia Spagnola (arr. Pluhar). 3

Murcia, S. de Fandango. 3

Ruiz de Ribayaz, L. Jácaras (arr. Pluhar, Habichuela). 4

L’Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (4 above) naïve V 5055

Friday 24 May



6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Peter Bell


9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON THE RPO Prepared by Chris Blower

Handel, G. The gods go a’begging (arr. Beecham 1928). Royal PO/Thomas Beecham. EMI CDM 7 63374 2 19

Tavener, J. The protecting veil (1989; arr. Dickson). Amy Dickson, sax; Royal PO/Mikel Toms. Sony 88697376792 15

Liszt, F. Totentanz (arr. Kennedy, St John). Lara St John, vn; Royal PO/Sarah Ioannides. Ancalagon ANC 133 15

Delius, F. Prelude to Irmelin (1890-92). Royal PO/Thomas Beecham. Naxos 8.110982/83 5

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

Beethoven, L. Piano concerto no 3 in C minor, op 37 (c1800). Royal PO/Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf & dir. RPO 8021 37

11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Grainger, P. Over the hills and far away. 7

Hurst, M. Pacific haven. 5

Concert Band of RAN/G.D.C. Coxon (2 above) LP EMI SCXO 8015

Fernie, A. Scottish rhapsody. Sellers Engineering Band/Douglas Blackledge. Chandos CHAN 4511 6

Alford, K. Colonel Bogey march (1914). Australian Army Band/Craig Johnson. ABC 476 4862 3

Trad. The ash grove (arr. Langford). Jonathon Beatty, tb; Sellers Engineering Band/Douglas Blackledge. Chandos CHAN 4511 4


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

Shore, H. Original soundtrack: The Hobbit, an unexpected journey (2012). Studio O/Howard Shore. Decca 3715565 54

16:30 AT THE BALLET The riot of spring Prepared by Raj Gopalakrishnan

Chopin, F. Les sylphides (arr. Douglas 1909). National PO/Richard Bonynge. Decca 452 772-2 28

Stravinsky, I. The rite of spring, 1913 version (1911-13). National YO of Great Britain/Simon Rattle. Decca 4783729 34

Weber, C.M. Invitation to the dance (1819; orch. Berlioz). Vienna PO/Willi Boskovsky. Decca 436 781-2 9

Borodin, A. Polovtsian dances, from Prince Igor (1890). Kiev Chamber Choir; Ukraine National RSO/Theodore Kuchar. Naxos 8.557456 11

18:00 AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS’ HOUR Prepared by Janie Fitch

Sutherland, M. Violin concerto (1954). Leonard Dommett, vn; Melbourne SO/Patrick Thomas. ABC 426 993-2 25

Dean, B. Ariel’s music (1995). Paul Dean, cl; Melbourne SO/Markus Stenz. ABC 476 160-6 25

Koehne, G. To His servant Bach God grants a final glimpse: The morning star (arr. McGuire). Marshall McGuire, hp. Tall Poppies TP071 4

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

Wise, J. Excerpts from Dames at sea (1966). Tina Doyle, Josephine Blake, Sandra Dickerson, Paul Robinson, Paul Grunert, Brian Cant, voices; O/Malcolm Newton. TER Mus C N30 18

Goldrich, z. Excerpts from Dear Edwina (2008). Kerry Butler, Danny Burstein, Rebecca Luker, Andrea Burns; voices. PS Classics PS-871 14

Bricusse, L. Excerpts from Goodbye Mr Chips (1969). John Mills, Robert Meadmore, Richard Freeman, voices; O/John Owen Edwards. TER Mus C N48 18

20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Recorded by Jayson McBride for FINE MUSIC The Concourse, Chatswood

Luting, H. Evening party (1934). 2

Hua Yan-jun. The moon reflected on second spring. 5

Stanhope, P. Fantasia on a theme of Vaughan Williams. 16

Palmer, G. Piano concerto, Reflections on a poem by Han Yu. William Chen, pf. 21 Commission - Fine Music 102.5.

Tchaikovsky, P. Symphony no 5 in E minor, op 64. 44

Sydney Youth O/Max McBride (all above) Soloist; William Chen, pf.

21:40 SUITE ENCORE Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Tchaikovsky, P. Ballet suite from The nutracker (1892; arr. Pletnev). Alexei Volodin, pf. ABC 476 160-1 18


Saturday 25 May

Howard Shore



6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC with David Garrett

9:00 WAGNER AND FRIENDS Prepared by Barbara Brady

Wagner, R. Prelude to Act 1; Weia! Waga! Woge, du welle! from Das Rheingold (1853-54). Natalie Jones, sop; Donna-Maree Dunlop, sop; Zan McKendree-Wright, cont; Adelaide Melba 301089-90 SO/Asher Fisch 7

Strauss, R. Introduction to Also sprach Zarathustra, op 30 (1895-96). Samuel Magad, vn; Chicago SO/Pierre Boulez. DG 457 649-2 2

Wagner, R. Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla, from Das Rheingold. Natalie Jones, sop; Donna-Maree Dunlop, sop; Zan McKendree-Wright, mezz; Andrew Brunsdon, ten; Christopher Doig, ten; Timothy duFore, bar; John Bröcheler, bass; Adelaide SO/Asher Fisch. Melba MR 301089 90 11

Forest murmurs, from Siegfried (1856-71). Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormándy. RCA Victrola VD87819 8

The woodbird with Siegfried, from Siegfried. Catherine Gayer, sop; Jess Thomas, ten; Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan. DG 415 150-2 6

Pelude to Act I of Die Walküre (1854-56). Adelaide SO/Asher Fisch. Melba MR 301091-94 4

Dvorák, A. Overture: In nature’s realm, op 91 (1891). Vienna State Opera O/László Somogyi. Westminster 471 266-2 15

Humperdinck, E. When at night I go to sleep, from Hansel and Gretel (1893). Anthony Way, treb; Barbara Bonney, sop; English Sinfonia/Neil Page. Decca 476 2649 9

Wagner, R. Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine journey, from Twilight of the gods (1869-74). Cleveland O/George Szell. CBS M2YK 46466 12

10:30 CHAMBER MASTERWORKS Prepared by Judy Ekstein

Beethoven, L. Sonata no 5 in F, op 24, Spring (1800-01). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf. Decca 421 453-2 24

Brahms, J. Trio in A minor, op 114 (1891). Alan Hacker, cl; Jennifer Ward Clarke, vc; Richard Burnett, pf. Amon Ra CD-SAR 37 24

Schumann, R. Quintet in E flat, op 44 (1842). Richard Burnett, pf; Fitzwilliam String Quartet. Amon Ra CD-SAR 54 30

12:00 CLASSIC JAzz AND RAGTIME With John Buchanan

13:00 WORLD MUSIC: Whirled Wide with Clarissa Mulas

14:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL Richard Hickox Prepared by Stephen Schafer

Dyson, G. In honour of the City (1928). London Symphony Ch & O. Chandos CHAN 241-43 15

Purcell, H. Timon of Athens, masque (1678). Iestyn Davis, treb; Christopher de la Hoyde, treb; James Bowman, alto; John Mark Ainsley, ten; Michael George, bass; Collegium Musicum 90. Chandos CHAN 0569/70 19

Holst, G. Suite de ballet op 10 (1899). Bradley Creswick, vn; Norhern Sinfonia. Chandos CHAN 10725X 19

Haydn, J. Missa Cellensis, Hob.XXII:5, Missa Sancta Caecilia (1766). Susan Gritton, sop; Pamela Helen Stephen, mezz; Mark Padmore, ten; Stephen Varcoe, bass; Collegium Musicum 90. Chandos CHAN 0667 1:04

Bridge, F. The sea (1911). BBC NO of Wales. Chandos CHAN 10729 22

Holst, G. The wandering scholar, op 50 (1929-30). Ingrid Attrot, sop; Neill Archer, ten; Alan Opie, bar; Donald Maxwell, bass; Northern Sinfonia. Chandos CHAN 10725 25

Richard Hickox, cond (all above)

17:00 HOSANNA Prepared by Warwick Bartle

Hymns: Holy, holy, holy; I bind unto myself today; Come holy ghost. Choir of Wells Cathedral; Robert Gough, org; Malcolm Archer, cond. Hyperion CDP 12103 10

Handel, G. Zadok the priest. Sydney Symphonic Choir & PO/Antony Walker. ABC 4762877 6

Howells, H. Magnificat; Nunc dimittis. Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson. Naxos 8.557-557-1 12

Tavener, J. The lamb; The Lord’s prayer. Sydney Symphonic Choir & PO/Antony Walker. Naxos 8.557-557-1 7

Anthems and hymns: The heavens are telling; O for a thousand tongues; Let all the world. Massed choirs; Martin How, org; Michael Laird Brass Ensemble/Lionel Dakers. Argo 421 418 16

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

Bizet, G. Au fond du temple saint, from The pearl fishers (1863). Léopold Simoneau, ten; René Bianco, bar; Lamoureux O/Jean Fournet. Philips 462287-2 5

Myslivecek, J. Sarò quel è il torrente, from Antigona (1773). Magdalena Kozená, mezz; Prague PO/Michel Swierczewski. DG 471 334-2 8

Verdi, G. Bella figlia dell’amore, from Rigoletto (1851). Bella Jasper, sop; Juan Perez, ten; Rudolf Knoll, bar; Ernst Wiemann, bass; Nürnberger SO/Hans Zanotelli. Pilz 160248 4

Wagner, R. Liebestod; Mild und leise, from Tristan und Isolde (1857-59). Elizabeth Connell, sop; Queensland O/Muhai Tang. ABC 476 6500 7

19:30 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Brahms, J. Tragic overture, op 81 (1880/81). Vienna PO/Leonard Bernstein. DG 410 084-2 14

Schubert, F. Concerto in A minor, D821, Arpeggione (1824; arr.). Alexander Labko, va d’amore; RIAS Sinfonietta/Jirí Stárek. Musica Mundi 316 023 F1 23

Tchaikovsky, P. Symphony no 5 in E minor, op 64 (1888). West Australian SO/Vladimir Verbitsky. ABC 446 058-2 45

21:00 NEW HORIzONS Prepared by Robert Small

Simpson, R. Volcano, symphonic study for brass band (1978). John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band/Peter Parkes. Chandos CHAN 4522 11

Gruber, HK. Busking (2007). Håkn Hardernberger, tpt; Mats Bergström, banjo; Claudia Buder, accordion; Swedish CO/Heinz Gruber. BIS 1884 31

Williams, J. Tuba concerto (1985). Øystein Baadsvik, tuba; Singapore SO/Anne Manson. BIS CD-1515 17

Nyman, M. Trombone concerto. Christian Lindberg, tb; BBC SO/Michael Nyman. EMI 5 56487 2 22

22:30 ULTIMA THULE

Sunday 26 May



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

Weber, C.M. Overture to Der Freischütz (1821). Alexander Paley, pf; Brian Zeger, pf. Naxos 8.553308 8

Wagner, R. Trauersinfonie on motifs from Euryanthe by Weber (1844). Dresden PO/Michel Plasson. EMI 5 56358 2 7

Saint-Saëns, C. Fantasy after Weber’s Oberon (1850). Philippe Graffin, vn; Pascal Devoyon, pf. Hyperion CDA67285 16

Grainger, P. Fantasy on Porgy and Bess. Katia Labèque, pf; Marielle Labèque, pf. LP EMI 27 0122-1 22

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Keith Glendinning

Strauss, R. Romanze in F (1883). Raphael Wallfisch, vc; Royal Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 10236 10

Finzi, G. Cello concerto in A minor, op 40 (1951-52). Tim Hugh, vc; Northern Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths. Naxos 8.555766 37

Sibelius, J. Symphony no 5 in E flat, op 82 (1915/19). Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi. BIS CD-222 34

11:30 STRINGS AND PIANO Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Rossini, G. Sonata à quattro no 1 in G (1804). Herrmann Klemeyer, fl; Hans Schöneberger, cl; Josef Peters, bn; Olaf Klamand, hn. Calig CAL 50850 12

Bach, C.P.E. Trio sonata in A, Wq145 (1731/47). Le Nouveau Quatuor. Amon Ra SAR 44 15


13:00 PRINCE OF DENMARK Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Tchaikovsky, P. Hamlet, fantasy overture after Shakespeare, op 67a (1888). Philadelphia O/Riccardo Muti. EMI CDC 7 49859 2 19

Berlioz, H. Funeral march for the final scene of Hamlet, op 18 no 3 (1848). NSW Conservatorium School of Opera; Sydney SO/Robert Pikler. Chandos CHAN 6587 9

Thomas, A. A vos jeux, from Hamlet (1869). Emma Matthews, sop; Monte Carlo PO/Brad Cohen. DG/ABC 476 3555 12

Liszt, F. Symphonic poem no 10: Hamlet (1858). London PO/Bernard Haitink. Philips 438 754-2 14

14:00 BORN IN HAMBURG Prepared by Stephen Wilson

Praetorius, M. Dances from Terpsichore (1612). Early Music Consort of London/David Munrow. Virgin 5 61289 2 22

Mattheson, J. Suite no 6 (pub. 1714). Bradford Tracey, hpd. LP EMI 065-99 875 12

Mendelssohn, F. Piano concerto no 1 in G minor, op 25 (1831). Murray Perahia, pf; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. CBS MK 42401 20

Brahms, J. Symphony no 3 in F, op 90 (1883). London Classical Players/Roger Norrington. EMI 5 56118 2 34

Dahl, I. Saxophone concerto (1948). John Harle, sax; New World SO/Michael Tilson Thomas. Argo 444 459-2 21

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



22:00 KEYBOARD CONTRASTS Prepared by Frank Morrison

Schubert, F. Sonata in B, D575 (1817). Gerhard Oppitz, pf. Hänssler 98.520 25

Bach, J.S. Organ concerto in G, BWV592 (c1714). Marie-Claire Alain, org. Erato 2292-45561-2 8

Holland, D. Trio (1944). Shirin Lim, vn; Claire Oremland, vc; Greg Roberts, pf. Jade JADCD 1027 17

Casella, A. Pagine di guerra, op 25 (1915). Sandro Ivo Bartoli, pf; Marcello Guerrini, pf. ASV DCA 1023 8

Mozart, W. Sonata in D, K448 (1781). Murray Perahia; pf; Radu Lupu, pf. Sony MK 39511 22

Monday 27 May

Howard Griffiths Roger Norrington





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Pianist of choice: Vladimir Ashkenazy Prepared by Jennifer Foong

Schumann, R. Abegg variations, op 1 (1830). Decca 443 322-2 8

Shostakovich, D. Prelude and fugue in A minor, op 87 no 2 (1950-51). Decca 466 066-2 2

Skryabin, A. Sonata no 6, op 62 (1911). Decca 414 353-2 11

Tchaikovsky, P. Serenade, op 65 no 1 (1888); The sun has set, op 73 no 4 (1893). Elisabeth Söderström, sop. Decca 436 204-2 4

Rachmaninov, S. Italian polka (1906). Alastair Mackie, tpt; Vovka Ashkenazy, pf. Decca 470 291-2 2

Chopin, F. Sonata no 2 in B flat minor, op 35, Funeral march (1839). Decca 448 123-2 25

Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf ( all above)

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Michael Field

Haydn, J. Divertimento in D, Hob.X:1 (1775). Haydn Sinfonietta. Schwann 3-1250-2 16

Fauré, G. Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande, op 80 (1898). Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet. Decca 461 343-2 17

Bloch, E. Schelomo: Hebraic rhapsody (1915-16). Natalie Clein, vc; BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov. Hyperion CDA67910 20

Edwards, R. Symphony, Da pacem, Domine (1992). Sydney SO/David Porcelijn. ABC 438 610-2 29

11:30 CHAMBER WALTzES Prepared by Chris Blower

Dvorák, A. Two waltzes for string quartet, op 54 nos 1 and 4 (1880). The Lindsays. ASV DCS 446 7

Strauss, R. Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier (1911; arr. Prihoda). Gil Shaham, vn; Akira Eguchi, pf. DG 447 640-2 7

Giuliani, M. Introduction and variations on a favourite waltz, op 103 (pub. 1819). Ensemble Urs Mächler. Nuova Era 7194 10


13:00 CARNIVAL OF MUSIC Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Berlioz, H. Overture: Roman carnival, op 9 (1844). Philharmonia O/Herbert von Karajan. EMI CDM 1 66434-2 9

Britten, B. Canadian carnival, op 19 (1939). Wesley Warren, tpt; City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle. EMI 5 55394 2 14

Dvorák, A. Overture: Carnival, op 92 (1893). Scottish NO/Neeme Järvi. Chandos CHAN 9002 9

Paganini, N. Variations on The Carnival of Venice (1829). Franco Mezzena, vn; Adriano Sebastiani, gui. Dynamic CDS 03 13

Liszt, F. Hungarian rhapsody no 6 in D, Carnival in Pest (1846-85). London SO/Antal Dorati. Mercury 432 015-2 12

Saint-Saëns, C. Carnival of the animals (1886). Nash Ensemble. Virgin 5 61782 2 20

14:30 RECOLLECTIONS OF COUNTRY LIFE Prepared by Alice Higgins

Enescu, G. Impressions d’enfance, op 28 (1940). Leonidas Kavakos, vn; Peter Nagy, pf. ECM Records B0000CNVFL 25

Sculthorpe, P. Kakadu (1988). William Barton, didjeridoo; Queensland O/Michael Christie. ABC 476192-1 16

Beethoven, L. Symphony no 6 in F, op 68, Pastoral (1808). London SO/Bernard Haitink. LSO Live LS00582 42

Joachim, J. Violin concerto in G minor in one movevent, op 3 (1851). Suyoen Kim, vn; Staatskapelle Weimar/Michael Halász. Naxos 8.570991 20

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 Sacrebleu! A riot of a birthday Prepared by Oscar Foong

Stravinsky, I. The rite of spring (1913/47). Cleveland O/Riccardo Chailly. Decca 473 731-2 33

Dyson, G. Concerto da chiesa (1949). Chandos CHAN 9076 21

Children’s suite after Walter de la Mare (1924). Chandos CHAN 9369 19

Concerto leggiero (1951). Eric Parkin, pf. Chandos CHAN 9076 25

City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (3 above)

Ligeti, G. Duo. Patrica Kopatchinskaja, vn. 3

Doina and Hora for cymbalom. Victor Kopatchinsky, cimbalom. 7 naïve V5193 (2 above)

Tuesday 28 May

Vladimir Ashkezany. Photo - Keith Saunders Bernard Haitink





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Aspects of Baroque Prepared by Chris Blower

Purcell, H. Suite of musicks and dances, from The fairy queen (1692; arr Balsom). Alison Balsom, tpt; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock. EMI 4 40329 2 14

Scarlatti, A. Su le sponde del Tebro. Deborah York, sop; Crispian Steele-Perkins, tpt; King’s Consort/Robert King. Helios CDH55354 16

Loeillet de Gant, J.B. Sonata à une flute et basse in B flat, op 3 no 9 (1715). Ludwig Güttler, tpt; Friedrich Kircheis, org. Berlin Classics 0012892BC 13

Tartini, G. Trumpet concerto in D. Maurice André, tpt; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Erato 2292 45062-2 10

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Janácek, L. Sinfonietta (1926). Czech PO/Jirí Belohlávek. Chandos CHAN 8897 23

Moscheles, I. Piano concerto no 3 in G minor, op 58 (c1822). Tasmanian SO/Howard Shelley, pf & dir. Hyperion CDA67276 30

Krommer, F. Symphony in D, op 40 (pub. 1803). Prague CO/Frantisek Vajnar. LP Supraphon 1110 2809 G 28

11:30 ENCORE IN CHAMBER Prepared by Sheila Catzel

Janácek, L. Pohádka, fairy tale. Mikael Ericsson, vc; Frantisek Maly, pf. Naxos 8.553895 11

Krommer, F. Quartet no 1 in C, op 8 (c1795). Paul Goodwin, ob; Terzetto. Harmonia Mundi 907220 15


13:00 YOUNG VIRTUOSI with Andrew Bukenya; recorded by Greg Ghavalis Featuring violinist Phoebe Gardner with works by Mozart, Poulenc,Debussy Saint-Saens and Wilfred Lehmann Supported by St Catherine’s School and Overs Pianos


15:00 ON THE CARDS Prepared by Chris Blower

Suppé, F. Overture to The queen of spades. Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit. Decca 414 408-2 8

Trad. Queen of hearts (arr. Gascoigne). John Williams, gui; The Gascoigne Band. CBS MK 37825 4

Mayerl, B. Ace of diamonds; Ace of hearts; The joker, from the Four aces suite (1933). Eric Parkin, pf. Chandos CHAN 8560 6

Tchaikovsky, P. Overture; I do not know her name; Forgive me, heavenly creature, from The queen of spades (1890). Ukraine RSO/Vladimir Sirenko. Naxos 8.554843 10

Stravinsky, I. Ballet: Jeu de cartes (1935-36). Philharmonia O/Robert Craft. Naxos 8.557506 23

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm with Oscar Foong


20:00 AT THE OPERA Prepared by Brendan Walsh

Balfe, M. Falstaff. Opera in two acts. Libretto by Maggioni, based on Shakespeare’s Merry wives of Windsor. First performed London, 1838.

FALSTAFF: Marcel Vanaud, bar FORD: Anthony Michaels-Moore, bar MRS FORD: Majella Cullagh, sop ANETTA: Tara Erraught, mezz MRS PAGE: Victoria Massey, mezz National Chamber Choir of Ireland; Irish RTO/Marco Zambelli. RTE Lyric 119 2:24

Falstaff has a habit of borrowing money and not repaying it, but broods on the fact that no one will lend him money which he considers a fate worse than death. He gives letters to Mrs Ford, Mrs Page and Annetta. All three ladies discover that he has sent the same letter to each of them and vow revenge. Mrs Ford, Annetta and servants are gathered around a laundry basket and Mrs Ford tells the servants to throw the basket in the river. Falstaff, to avoid being seen by Mr Ford, hides in the basket covered by linens. The servants throw the contents in the river. Falstaff is rumoured dead, but approaches covered in mud. Mrs Ford suggests she and Falstaff meet in Windsor Forest at midnight, he disguised with 2 antlers. He embraces his ‘doe’ only to find that it is her husband. Mrs Ford and the townspeople admonish Falstaff, who repents saying it was lesson he will always remember.

23:00 TIMOTHY YOUNG PLAYS SCHUMANN AND LISzT Recorded by Kerry Joyner for FINE MUSIC

Schumann, R. Carnival jest from Vienna, op 26 (1839). 22

Liszt, F. Sonata in B minor, S178 (1853).

Timothy Young, pf (2 above)

Wednesday 29 May

Howard Shelley Majella Cullagh





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Composer focus Prepared by Oscar Foong

Wagner, R. Overture to Tannhäuser (1845). Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado. Decca 476 2457 14

Der Engel, from Wesendonck Lieder (1857-58). Cheryl Studer, sop; Staatskapelle Dresden/Giuseppe Sinopoli. DG 439 865-2 3

Isoldes Liebestod, from Tristan und Isolde (1857-59). Birgit Nilsson, sop; Bayreuth FO/Karl Böhm. Decca 476 2457 6

Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin (1848). Vienna PO/Zubin Mehta. Decca 475 7470 9

Brünnhilde’s immolation scene, from Götterdämmerung (1869-74). Birgit Nilsson, sop; Sydney SO/Charles Mackerras. ABC 476 6440 19

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Frank Morrison

Massenet, J. Orchestral suite no 3: Scènes dramatiques (1873). Monte Carlo Opera O/John Eliot Gardiner. Erato 2292-45858-2 19

Spohr, L. Clarinet concerto no 4 in E minor (1828). Michael Collins, cl; Swedish CO/Robin O’Neill. Hyperion CDA67561 25

Bartók, B. Concerto for orchestra (1943). Royal PO/Rafael Kubelik. EMI CZS 5 68223 2 37

11:30 LITTLE SONATAS Prepared by Elaine Siversen

Lloyd Webber, W. Sonatina. Philip Dukes, va; Sophia Rahman, pf. ASV DCA 961 8

Karg-Elert, S. Sonatina in A minor, op 14 no 3 (1906). Johannes Matthias Michel, harmonium d’art. cpo 999 611-2 17


13:00 THREE THREES Prepared by Derek Parker

Salieri, A. Triple concerto in D (c1770). Heinz Holliger, ob; Thomas Demenga, vc; Camerata Bern/Thomas Füri, vn & dir. Archiv 410 599-2 25

Bach, J.S. Triple concerto in A minor, BWV1044. Emmanuel Pahud, fl; Marco Rizzi, vn; Christiane Jacottett, hpd; Brescia and Bergamo Festival CO/Agostino Orizio. Fonè 90F 18-1 21

Beethoven, L. Triple concerto in C, op 56 (1803-04). Renaud Capuçon, vn; Mischa Maisky, vc; Martha Argerich, pf; Swiss-Italian O/Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky. EMI 5 57773 2 35

14:30 RUSSIAN STEPS Prepared by Angela Bell

Glier, R. Russian sailor’s dance, from Red poppy suite, op 70 (1927). Utah SO/Maurice Abravanel. Everyman OVC 5010 3

Rachmaninov, S. Oriental dance, op 2 no 2 (1892). Alexander Ivashkin, vc; Ingrid Wahlberg, pf. Manu MANU 1426 6

Glinka, M. Oriental dances in Chernomor’s castle, from Ruslan and Ludmila (1842). USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov. Melodiya SUCD 10-00166 7

Medtner, N. Two canzonas with dances, op 43 (1924). Laurence Kayaleh, vn; Paul Stewart, pf. Naxos 8.570299 17

Borodin, A. Polovtsian dances, from Prince Igor (1890). Kiev Chamber Choir; Ukraine National RSO/Theodore Kuchar. Naxos 8.557456 11

Prokofiev, S. Dance of the girls with lilies, from Romeo and Juliet, op 75 (1937). Boris Berman, pf. Chandos CHAN 8851 2

Rachmaninov, S. Symphonic dances, op 45 (1940). London SO/Eugene Goossens. Price-Less D 22654 31

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


20:00 EVENINGS WITH THE ORCHESTRA Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Cherubini, L. Overture to The crescendo (1810). Tuscan O/Donato Renzetti. Europa 350-221 12

Respighi, O. Roman festivals (1924). Leslie Pearson, org; Philharmonia O/Yan Pascal Tortelier. Chandos CHAN 8989 24

Locatelli, P. Violin concerto in D, op 3 no 12 (pub. 1733). Elizabeth Wallfisch, vn; Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer. Hyperion CDS44391/3 24

Casella, A. Symphony no 2 in C minor, op 12 (1910). BBC PO/Gianandrea Noseda. Chandos CHAN 10605 49

22:00 CHAMBER SOIRÉE Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Arriaga, J. String quartet no 3 in E flat (1821-22). Chilingirian Quartet. CRD 33123 29

Brahms, J. Trio in B, op 8 (1853/89). Itzhak Perlman, vn; Lynn Harrell, vc; Vladimir Ashkenazy, pf. EMI 7 54725 2 35

Beethoven, L. Sextet in E flat, op 71 (1796). Mozzafiato/Charles Neidich, cl & dir. Sony SK 53367 18

Spohr, L. Nonet in F, op 31 (1813). Nash Ensemble. crd 3354 29

Thursday 30 May

Gianandrea Noseda. Photo - Ramella & Giannese.





9:00 DIVERSIONS IN FINE MUSIC Small forces Prepared by Judy Ekstein

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

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. Sonatina, op 205. Virginia Taylor, fl; Timothy Kain, gui. Tall Poppies TP003 13

Fauré, G. Sonata in A, op 13 (1875-76). Miki Tsunoda, vn; Caroline Almonte, pf. ABC 465 694-2 23

10:00 MORNING CONCERT Prepared by Giovanna Grech

Nathan, I. Overture to Don John of Austria (1846; arr. Mackerras). Sydney SO/Charles Mackerras. ABC 434 713-2 9

Martinu, B. Pamáník Lidicím, memorial to Lidice (1943). Czech Philharmonic Ch & O/Jirí Belohlávek. Chandos CHAN 9138 8

Schumann, R. Cello concerto in A minor, op 129 (1850). Truls Mørk, vc; French RPO/Paavo Järvi. Virgin 5 45664 2 25

Dvorák, A. Symphony no 8 in G, op 88 (1889). London PO/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN 7123 37

11:30 NOT ONLY LIEDER

Schubert, F. Hymn to the Holy Ghost, D948 (1827). Monteverdi Choir; O Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner. Philips 456 578-2 9

Scene from Alfonso and Estrella, D732 (1822). Elly Ameling, sop; Claes Ahnsjö, ten; Rotterdam PO/Edo de Waart. LP Philips 9500 170 15


13:00 BICENTENARY RECOLLECTIONS Prepared by Derek Parker

Mercadante, S. Flute concerto in E (1813). Jean-Pierre Rampal, fl; English CO/Claudio Scimone. Erato STU71320 21

Field, J. Sonata no 4 in B (1813). Pietro Spada, pf. Arts 47178-2 12

Meyerbeer, G. Quintet in E flat (1813). Dieter Klöcker, cl; Berlin Philharmonia Quartet. Orfeo C 213 901 A 21

14:00 BEYOND THE SHORE Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend

Bridge, F. Suite: The sea (1911). Ulster O/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN 8473 22

Elgar, E. Sea pictures, op 37 (1897-99). Janet Baker, mezz; London SO/John Barbirolli. EMI CDC 7 47329-2 24

Britten, B. Four sea interludes, from Peter Grimes, op 33a (1944-45). Ulster O/Vernon Handley. Chandos CHAN 8473 16

Delius, F. Sea drift (1903-04). Thomas Hampson, bar; Welsh National Opera Ch & O/Charles Mackerras. Argo 430 206-2 25

Debussy, C. La mer (1905). Royal Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink. Philips 438 742-2 23

16:00 FINE MUSIC DRIVE including Arts Calendar at 5.00pm With Oscar Foong


20:00 THE ROMANTIC CENTURY Prepared by Judy Ekstein

Schubert, F. Sonata no 3 in G minor, D408 (1816). Isaac Stern, vn; Daniel Barenboim, pf. Sony SM2K 64528 17

Liszt, F. Venice and Naples, from supplement to Années de Pèlerinage, vol. 2 (1859). Leslie Howard, pf. Hyperion CDA67107 19

Hummel, J. Piano trio in E flat no 7, op 96 (c1822). Borodin Trio. Chandos CHAN 9529 20

Sullivan, A. Overture di ballo (1870). Philharmonia O/Charles Mackerras. Decca 468 810-2 11

Skryabin, A. Sonata no 3 in F sharp minor, op 23 (1897-98). Gordon Fergus-Thompson, pf. ASV DCA 882 21

Tchaikovsky, P. Fantasy overture: Hamlet, op 67a (1888). SO of Russia/Veronika Dudarova. Olympia OCD 512 21

22:00 BAROQUE AND BEFORE Prepared by Paul Hopwood

Bach, J. Christoph Wie bist du denn, O Gott? Michael Schopper, bass; Members of Musica Antiqua, Cologne/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 419 253-2 12

Telemann, G. Quartet no 2 in A minor (1738). Wilbert Hazelzet, fl; Monica Huggett, vn; Sarah Cunningham, va; Mitzi Meterson, hpd. Virgin VC 7 91450-2 20

Gaultier, E. Pieces in D minor. Jakob Lindberg, lute. BIS CD-201 11

Corbett, W. Suite in D. Frank de Bruine, ob; Mark Bennett, tpt; Michael Laird, tpt; Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman. Hyperion CDA66817 14

Stanley, J. Organ concerto no 2 in B minor (pub. 1775). Antonio Frigé, org; Ensemble Pian e Forte. Nuova Era 7019 13

Couperin, F. Seventeenth suite, from the Third book of harpsichord pieces (pub. 1722). Alan Cuckston, hpd. Naxos 8.550461 14

Handel, G. Concerto no 3 in F, HWV334 (1746-47). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner. Decca 480 1388 16

Albinoni, T. Double concerto in C, op 7 no 5 (pub. 1715). Anthony Camden, ob; Alison Alty, ob; London Virtuosi/John Georgiadis. Naxos 8.553035 8

Friday 31 May

J. Christoph Bach


Agnew, R. 1891-1944 14 Aguado, D. 1784-1849 5 Albéniz, I. 1860-1909 21 Albinoni, T. 1671-1751 31 Alfvén, H. 1872-1960 5 Alkan, C-V. 1813-1888 20 Alwood, P. 16th c 19 Andriessen, H. 1892-1981 5 Arensky, A. 1861-1906 15 Arne, T. 1710-1778 8 Arnold, M. 1921-2006 21 Arriaga, J. 1806-1826 18,30

Bach, C.P.E. 1714-1788 5,8,22,27 Bach, J. Christian 1735-1782 4 Bach, J. Christoph 1642-1703 31 Bach, J.S. 1685-1750 1,6,7,11,12,18,27,30 Bairstow, E. 1874-1946 19 Balakirev, M. 1837-1910 1,2 Bartók, B. 1881-1945 14,30 Bax, A. 1883-1953 1,9,12,21 Beethoven, L. 1770-1827 5,6,7,8,12,18,19,21,23,25,26,28,30,31 Bellini, V. 1801-1835 5 Bellstedt, H. 1858-1926 4 Benda, F. 1709-1786 19 Benda, G. 1722-1795 3,15 Berlioz, H. 1803-1869 2,11,21,27,28 Bernstein, L. 1918-1990 7 Berwald, F. 1796-1868 24 Biber, H. 1644-1704 15 Binge, R. 1910-1979 4 Bizet, G. 1838-1875 11,20,26 Bloch, E. 1880-1959 14,28 Boccherini, L. 1743-1805 14 Boïeldieu, A. 1775-1834 24 Borodin, A. 1833-1887 7,16,25,30 Bottesini, G. 1821-1889 3,17,23 Boyce, W. 1711-1779 8 Boyd, A. b1946 4,12 Brahms, J. 1833-1897 3,6,7,11,13,14,22,26,27,30 Bricusse, L. b1931 25 Bridge, F. 1879-1941 26,31 Britten, B. 1913-1976 4,22,28,31 Broadstock, B. b1952 11 Bruckner, A. 1824-1896 3,5,12,20 Brudieu, J. c1520-1591 24 Brumby, C. b1933 21 Busoni, F. 1866-1924 23 Buxtehude, D. 1637-1707 22 Byrd, W. 1543-1623 7,18 Byrne, M. 20th c 12

Campbell, S. 20th c 11 Canteloube, J. 1879-1957 18 Capponi, R. c1608-1688 1 Casella, A. 1883-1959 27,30 Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M.

Langford, G. b1930 4 Langlais, J. 1907-1991 11 Lecuona, E. 1896-1963 16 Leh‡r, F. 1870-1948 3,11,14 Levaillant, D. b1952 12 Ligeti, G. 1923-2006 5 Liszt, F. 1811-1886 2,7,9,12,13,14,18,20,25,27,28,31 Lloyd Webber, W. 1914-1982 30 Locatelli, P. 1695-1764 30 Locke, M. c1621-1677 17,23 Loeillet de Gant, J.B. 1688-c1720 29 Lully, J-B. 1632-1687 10 Lumbye, H. 1810-1874 20

MacDowell, E. 1860-1908 17 MacMillan, J. b1959 19 Mahler, G. 1860-1911 19 Malipiero, G. 1882-1973 16 Martinu, B. 1890-1959 11,16,17,31 Massenet, J. 1842-1912 2,12,30 Matsumura, T. b1929 4 Mattheson, J. 1681-1764 27 Maxwell Davies, P. b1934 19 Mayerl, B. 1902-1959 29 Medtner, N. 1880-1951 14,30 Melcer-Szczawinski, H. 1869-1928 7 Mendelssohn, F. 1809-1847 4,8,9,13,15,27 Menotti, G. 1911-2007 5 Mercadante, S. 1795-1870 31 Meyerbeer, G. 1791-1864 31 Milhaud, D. 1892-1974 13 Moscheles, I. 1794-1870 23,29 Moszkowski, M. 1854-1925 9 Mouret, J-J. 1682-1738 10 Mozart, L. 1719-1787 16 Mozart, W. 1756-1791 1,3,5,7,9,11,12,13,16,17,18,19,20,21,23,24,27 Mozetich, M. b1948 12 Murcia, S. de c1682-1740 1,24 Mussorgsky, M. 1839-1881 9,12 Myslivecek, J. 1737-1781 26

Nathan, I. 1790-1864 31 Nov‡k, V. 1870-1949 14,16 Novello, I. 1893-1951 11 Nyman, M. b1948 26

Offenbach, J. 1819-1880 8,12

Paganini, N. 1782-1840 28 Palmer, G. b1947 25 Palomo, L. b1938 7 Parry, J. 1841-1903 18 Pasculli, A. 1842-1924 13,22 Piazzolla, A. 1922-1992 21 Pleyel, I. 1757-1831 16 Poulenc, F. 1899-1963 6,14

1895-1968 16,23,31 Chabrier, E. 1841-1894 10 Chadwick, G. 1854-1931 14,17 Cherubini, L. 1760-1842 6,20,30 Chopin, F. 1810-1849 2,5,20,21,25,28 Clementi, M. 1752-1832 6 Coates, E. 1886-1957 4 Coleridge-Taylor, S. 1875-1912 4 Copland, A. 1900-1990 5,7,21 Corbett, W. c1675-1748 31 Corelli, A. 1653-1713 1 Couperin, F. 1668-1733 3,10,31 Creti de Rocchis, M. c1822-c1890 13 Czerny, C. 1791-1857 23

d’Indy, V. 1851-1931 12 Dahl, I. 1912-1970 27 Danzi, F. 1763-1826 5 Dargomyzhsky, A. 1813-1869 24 Dean, B. b1961 25 Debussy, C. 1862-1918 6,7,11,13,22,31 Delage, M. 1879-1961 16 Delius, F. 1862-1934 21,31 Devienne, F. 1759-1803 23 Diepenbrock, A. 1862-1921 19 Dietrich, A. 1829-1908 6 Dohnányi, E. 1877-1960 2 Donizetti, G. 1797-1848 5 Dukas, P. 1865-1935 2,6 Duparc, H. 1848-1933 11 Dussek, F. 1766-1816 3 Duvernoy, F. 1765-1838 3 Dvorák, A. 1841-1904 2,3,4,5,7,10,11,14,15,17,19,26,28,31 Dyson, G. 1883-1964 26,28

Edwards, R. b1943 11,28 Einfelde, M. b1939 22 Elgar, E. 1857-1934 4,14,31 Eller, H. 1887-1970 14 Enescu, G. 1881-1955 28

Fall, L. 1873-1925 4 Falla, M. de 1876-1946 16,18,21 Fauré, G. 1845-1924 15,28,31 Feld, J. b1925 16 Fernie, A. 20th c 25 Field, J. 1782-1837 8,31 Finzi, G. 1901-1956 1,5,27 Flecha, M. El Viejo 1481-1553 24 Franck, C. 1822-1890 9,10,11,19,24

Gaultier, E. 1575-1651 10,31 Geminiani, F. 1687-1762 1 Gershwin, G. 1898-1937 7 Giuliani, M. 1781-1829 6,28 Glazunov, A. 1865-1936 6,15 Glinka, M. 1804-1857 12,13,30

Praetorius, M. c1571-1621 27 Prokofiev, S. 1891-1953 1,7,13,23 Prutsman, S. b1960 6 Puccini, G. 1858-1924 4,6,10,16,19 Pujol, E. 1886-1980 5 Purcell, H. 1659-1695 17,26,29

Quantz, J. 1697-1773 23 Quilter, R. 1877-1953 2

Rachmaninov, S. 1873-1943 9,13,17,30 Raff, J. 1822-1882 21 Rakov, N. 1908-1990 17 Rameau, J-P. 1683-1764 3,10 Ravel, M. 1875-1937 1,11,13,16,22 Reed, H. b1910 17 Regamey, C. 1907-1982 7 Reicha, A. 1770-1836 16 Respighi, O. 1879-1936 30 Reznicek, E. 1860-1945 9 Rheinberger, J. 1839-1901 11 Ries, F. 1784-1838 15 Riisager, K. 1897-1974 20 Rimsky-Korsakov, N. 1844-1908 1,15,21 Rodgers, R. 1902-1979 11 Rodrigo, J. 1901-1999 5,16,18 Rossini, G. 1792-1868 6,8,20,27 Rubinstein, A. 1829-1894 13 Rutter, J. b1945 17,25

Saint-Saëns, C. 1835-1921 5,9,11,15,23,24,27,28 Salieri, A. 1750-1825 16,30 Sanz, G. 1640-1710 24 Sarasate, P. de 1844-1908 11 Satie, E. 1866-1925 4,20 Scarlatti, A. 1659-1725 29 Schmelzer, J. c1620-1680 1 Schmitt, F. 1870-1958 16 Schoenberg, A. 1874-1951 4 Schubert, F. 1797-1828 4,10,12,14,16,17,18,19,20,23,26,27,31 Schultz, A. b1960 11 Schumann, C. 1819-1896 8 Schumann, R. 1810-1856 2,3,9,10,13,15,21,26,28,29,31 Schwertsik, K. b1935 5 Scott, C. 1879-1970 10 Sculthorpe, P. b1929 28 Shore, H. b1946 25 Shostakovich, D. 1906-1975 9,21,23 Sibelius, J. 1865-1957 5,14,17,27 Simpson, R. 1921-1997 26 Sinding, C. 1856-1941 10 Skipworth, L. b1982 4 Skryabin, A. 1872-1915 14,28,31 Smetana, B. 1824-1884 2,7,23 Smyth, E. 1858-1944 23

Godowsky, L. 1870-1938 20 Goldmark, K. 1830-1915 5 Goldrich, Z. 20th c 25 Grainer, R. 1924-1981 11 Grainger, P. 1882-1961 20,25,27 Granados, E. 1867-1916 5 Gregson, E. 20th c 11 Grieg, E. 1843-1907 10,12 Gröndahl, A. 1847-1907 10 Gruber, HK. b1943 5,26 Guastavino, C. 1912-2000 6

Haas, P. 1899-1944 12 Halévy, F. 1799-1862 11,24 Hammerschmidt, A. c1612-1675 22 Handel, G. 1685-1759 1,3,8,18,22,25,26,31 Harty, H. 1879-1941 21 Harvey, J. b1939 12 Haydn, J. 1732-1809 7,8,13,19,20,26,28 Herbert, V. 1859-1924 14 Hindemith, P. 1895-1963 1,19,23 Holbrooke, J. 1876-1958 2 Holewa, H. 1905-1991 5 Holland, D. 1913-2000 27 Holmboe, V. 1909-1996 20 Holst, G. 1874-1934 6,26 Honegger, A. 1892-1955 5 Hovhaness, A. 1911-2000 12 Howells, H. 1892-1983 26 Howes, A. b1992 18 Hua Yan-jun. 20th c 25 Hugues, L. 1836-1913 7 Hultquist, A. b1955 20 *Hummel, J. 1778-1837 5,12,20,24,31 Humperdinck, E. 1854-1921 2,9,18,26 Hurst, M. b1925 25

Ibert, J. 1890-1962 13 Ivanovs, J. 1906-1983 22

Janácek, L. 1854-1928 14,29 Joachim, J. 1831-1907 18,28 Joplin, S. 1868-1917 17 Josquin Desprez. c1440-1521 10

Karg-Elert, S. 1877-1933 30 Karlowicz, M. 1876-1909 7,16 Kats-Chernin, E. b1957 11 Kodály, Z. 1882-1967 5,18 Koehne, G. b1956 2 Korngold, E. 1897-1957 13,16 Kozeluch, L. 1747-1818 3 Kreisler, F. 1875-1962 5 Krommer, F. 1759-1831 12,29 Kuhlau, F. 1786-1832 20

Soler, A. 1729-1783 18 Spiers, C. b1957 12 Spohr, L. 1784-1859 23,30 Stamitz, C. 1745-1801 23 Stamitz, J. 1717-1757 15 Stanford, C. Villiers 1852-1924 20 Stanhope, P. b 1969 25 Stanley, J. 1712-1786 24,31 Strauss, J. II 1825-1899 4 Strauss, R. 1864-1949 5,10,11,13,19,27,28 Stravinsky, I. 1882-1971 5,16,17,21,25,28,29 Strong, G. 1856-1948 17 Suk, J. 1874-1935 9,23 Sullivan, A. 1842-1900 23,31 Sumsion, H. 1899-1995 19 Suppé, F. 1819-1895 24,29 Sutherland, M. 1897-1984 25 Svendsen, J. 1840-1911 10 Sviridov, G. 1915-1998 9

Taneyev, S. 1856-1915 1 Tartini, G. 1692-1770 29 Tausig, C. 1841-1871 12 Tavener, J. b1944 25,26 Tchaikovsky, P. 1840-1893 2,4,6,8,9,14,19,21,24,25,26,27,29,31 Telemann, G. 1681-1767 3,22,31 Thalberg, S. 1812-1871 7 Thomas, A. 1811-1896 27 Tinel, E. 1854-1912 10 Tippett, M. 1905-1998 23

Vaughan Williams, R. 1872-1958 5,11 Veracini, F. 1690-1768 1 Verdi, G. 1813-1901 5,6,13,16 Victoria, T. de 1548-1611 5 Vieuxtemps, H. 1820-1881 24 Villa-Lobos, H. 1887-1959 5 Vitols, J. 1863-1948 22 Vivaldi, A. 1678-1741 5,15,20,21

Wagner, R. 1813-1883 9,11,12,26,27,30 Walond, W. c1725-1770 11 Weber, B. 1766-1842 16 Weber, C.M. 1786-1826 21,24,25,27 Weber, J. 1854-1906 2 Westlake, N. b1958 18 Willan, H. 1880-1968 11 Williams, J. b1932 26 Wise, J. 20th c 25

Ysaÿe, E. 1858-1931 10

zarzycki, A. 1834-1895 7 Zelenka, J. 1679-1745 15 Zemlinsky, A. 1871-1942 2

The following composers have works of at least five minutes on the May 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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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, Mrs Susan Gabriel, 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 E 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, 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, 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, Mrs Norma Barne, 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, Mrs Jan Bowen, 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, Ms Julie Dean, 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 William G Fleming, Ms Helen Fleming, Mr Stephen Fortescue, Ms Eleonore Fuchter, 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, 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 Michael Paul, Mr Bert Percy, Ms Barbara Peretz, Ms Anne Pickles, Mrs Mavis Pirola, Mr Roger Porter, Mr James Poulos QC, 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, Ms Rosalind Searle, Dr Vivian Shanker, Mr William Sharpe, Dr Michael Shellshear, 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, Mrs Helen Xiao, 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. Name the assassin in Verdi’s opera, Rigoletto.

2. For the rededication of which cathedral was Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem written?

3. Who wrote the choral work The Bells?

4. Franz Lehar was the first member of his family to show any aptitude for music. Until then, for generations, the Lehar family had been involved in what business?

5. Which composer, on hearing that the proposed Beethoven monument in Bonn was about to fall through due to lack of funds, decided to raise the money by returning to the life of a travelling virtuoso?

6. To whom was he referring when Khachaturian said, “he was the conscience of Soviet music?”

7. There are three 18th century operas entitled Orlando. Handel wrote one, who wrote the other two?

8. By what name is the Air from Handel’s Harpsichord Suite no.5 in E better known?

To go in the draw to win the Recomposed By Max Richter CD, email your answers to competitions@finemusicfm, or post to the below address by 20 May.

The Quiz Master72-76 Chandos Street St Leonards NSW 2065

APRIL TRIVIA ANSWERS: 1.(a)2 weeks, 2. Gustav Mahler, 3. La Gioconda, 4. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 5. Haydn. His Symphony No 43 in Eb., 6. Josephine, 7. Bohuslav Martinu, 8. Friedrich von Schiller

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crosswordACROSS1 Worry that the old liner is in good shape. (6)

5 So happy bus fills the bill. (8)

9 Maybe run those into confederate lands (8)

10 Judge little twitch after endless crib (6)

11 Indian moon amusedly discarded by atheists and modernists in the current era. (4,6)

12 Was aware of fresh sounds being identical, so to speak. (4)

13 Elgar ((plus Aussie value added tax)) become untidy (8)

16 Sunburn free gestation shows conceitedness (6)

17 Rushed, messily identify person within Helenic borderlines. (6)

19 Cacography is a board game if only one swaps A and I (8)

21 Banish the gypsies and moneymaker becomes submissive (4)

22 Ton awaits when XC1X shows on the board (6-4)

25 Silky hair product of Namibian capital and old Greek marketplace (6)

26 May say every hit an act of predation (8)

27 Operate space for atelier (8)

28 Portrayals lost the plot as impressive displays (6)

DOWN2 From which a great oak may grow (5)

3 Test nothing in heated confrontation (3-2)

4 For example, enrol - soon! (7)

5 Good French bombardment on Guy Fawkes night. (7)

6 Lean towards corporate demarcation (7)

7 Nasty aroma - body odour emanating from medical graduate- might well explode ! (5,4)

8 One little university ornamental letter everywhere (9)

14 Send rotten hue to that place? (9)

15 Confusingly, no ink tack should be considered when one’s car engine makes funny noises (9)

18 Giving Kelly the big miss, covenanted Latin American currency (7)

19 Mixed up inability inside reckoning a very private place (7)

20 With a bit of a juggle, eye membranes become delicious wine (7)

23 From the very first, Nancy emphatically voiced every reason, but not any more ! (5)

24 Though often quite tense, I never expected to be kicked out of a vinery (5)

CROSSWORD SOLUTION-April 2013

Across: 6 Wrongly, 7 Evade, 9 Only, 10 Unexampled, 11 Dynamite, 13 Treaty, 15 Lark, 17 Naiad, 18 Ford, 19 Turret, 20 Titmouse, 23 Tea service, 26 Torn, 27 Yokes, 28 Eardrum.

Down: 1 Nosy-parker, 2 Agouti, 3 Gybe, 4 Departed, 5 Lamp, 6 Wonky, 8 Elector, 12 Edict, 14 Effrontery, 16 Acutely, 17 Notarise, 21 Theory, 22 Scrum, 24 Sake, 25 Iced.

-March 2013(In the last edition, the incorrect set of solutions was included. Apologies for inconvenience to our crossword fans. Ed.)

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 Australian Chamber Orchestra’s The Reef DVD, email your answers to competitions@finemusicfm, or post to the below address by 20 May.

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