0:00 CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE
3:00 THE MILLENIUM OF THE MASS
Josquin Desprez. Psalm 51: Miserere mei, Deus (1503). Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier.
EMI CDC 7 49960 2 19
Missa Hercules dux Ferrariae (c1487). Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier.
EMI CDC 7 49960 2 27
Taverner, J. In pace, in idipsum pace. The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
Hyperion CDA66360 6
FROM AUSTRALIAN CHAMBERS
Corelli, A. Sonata in G minor, op 5 no 5 (c1700). Cynthia O'Brien, vn; Ruth Wilkinson, vc; Paul Thom, hpd.
Larrikin LRF 069 10
Tchaikovsky, P. String sextet in D minor, Souvenir de Florence, op 70 (1890-92; arr. Tognetti). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. 36
Mozart, W. Adagio and fugue in C minor, K546 (1788). Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players/William Hennessy. 8
Fine Music recordings (2 above)
Dowland, J. The shoemaker's wife, a toy. Lutz Kirchhof, lute.
Sony SK 48 068 1
COPLAND CONDUCTS
Copland, A. An outdoor overture (1938). 19
Suite from Appalachian Spring (1945).
Sony 21
London SO (2 above)
Sony SM3K 46 559
Three Latin American sketches (1971). New Philharmonia O.
Sony SM2K 47 236 11
Aaron Copland, cond (3 above)
Rachmaninov, S. Étude-tableau in B minor, op 39 no 4. Nikolai Lugansky, pf.
Vanguard 99022 4
6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC
9:00 ORCHESTRAS AUSTRALIA
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Presented by Paolo Hooke
Bizet, G. Overture: Patrie, op 19 (1873). John Lanchbery, cond.
ABC 456 669-2 13
Gershwin, G. An American in Paris (1928). Jorge Mester, cond.
ABC 438 611-2 19
Tchaikovsky, P. Variations on a Rococo theme, op 33 (1876). Liwei Qin, vc; David Stanhope, cond.
ABC 456 356-2 19
Beethoven, L. Ballet: The creatures of Prometheus, op 43 (1800-1). Michael Halász, cond.
Naxos 8.553404 1:07
Melbourne SO (all above)
11:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL
The Zodiac: Composers born under Gemini
Prepared by Ron Walledge
Albinoni, T. Trumpet concerto in B flat, op 5 no 1 (pub. 1707). Maurice André, tpt; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.
Erato 2292-45062-2 8
Glinka, M. Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila (1842). Chicago SO/Fritz Reiner.
RCA 0902661958 2 5
Schumann, R. Piano concerto in A minor, op 54 (1841-45). Martha Argerich, pf; National SO, Washington/Mstislav Rostropovich.
DG 476 114-7 30
Wagner, R. Mild und Leise wie er lächelt, from Tristan und Isolde (18157-59). Birgit Nilsson, sop; Vienna PO/Hans Knappertsbusch.
Decca 473 794-2 7
Gounod, C. Ballet music from Faust (1859). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.
Philips 462 125-2 17
Offenbach, J. Barcarola, from The tales of Hoffmann (1881). Sebastien Lipman, hp; Sayo Lipman, hp.
Arpeggio 3
Grieg, E. Solveig’s song, from Peer Gynt (1875). Joan Sutherland, sop; New Philharmonia O/Richard Bonynge.
ABC 468 513-2 5
Elgar, E. Overture: In the South, op 50, Alassio (1903). Vienna PO/John Eliot Gardiner.
DG 479 1044 21
Albéniz, I. Jerez, from Iberia, bk 4 (1908). Jean-François Heisser, pf.
Erato 4509-94807-2 9
Strauss, R. Till Eulenspiegel’s merry pranks, op 28 (1894-95). Royal Concertgebouw O/Eugen Jochum.
DG 480 0478 15
Khachaturian, A. Trio (1932). Walter Boeykens, cl; Marjeta Korosec, vn; Robert Groslot, pf.
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901419 15
Stravinsky, I. Suite no 2 from The firebird (1919). Chicago SO/Carlo Maria Giulini.
EMI 5 85974 2 23
14:00 AT THE OPERA
Prepared by James Nightingale
Strauss, R. Salome, opera in one act. Libretto by composer after Oscar Wilde. First performed Dresden, 1905.
HEROD ANTIPAS: Horst Heistermann, ten
HERODIAS: Leonie Rysanek, sop
SALOME: Cheryl Studer, sop
JOCHANAAN: Bryn Terfel, bass-bar
German Opera O.
DG 431 810-2 1:42
Salome is infatuated with Jochanaan, who has been imprisoned by her stepfather Herod, but Jochanaan angrily rejects her amorous advances and denounces Herod. During a banquet, Salome performs the dance of the seven veils and asks for Jochanaan's head on a platter as a reward. When she is presented with the head, she lasciviously kisses the lips. Herod is horrified, and orders the guards to kill her.
Love scene, from Feuersnot, op 50 (1901). Staatskapelle Dresden.
DG 480 0478 6
Guiseppe Sinopoli, cond (2 above).
16:00 ENGLISH FLING
Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend
Britten, B. Variations and fugue on a theme of Purcell, op 34, The young person's guide to the orchestra (1946). BBC SO/Leopold Stokowski.
BBC BBCL 4005-2 19
Holst, G. Ballet suite in E flat, op 10. Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox.
Chandos CHAN 9734 19
Walton, W. Spitfire prelude and fugue (1942). English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel.
Naxos 8.553869 8
Elgar, E. Cello concerto in E minor, op 85 (1919). Ralph Kirshbaum, vc; Royal Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson.
Chandos CHAN 6607 33
Vaughan Williams, R. Symphony no 4 in F minor (1931-34). BBC SO/Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Naxos 8.111048 30
18:00 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
19:00 JAZZ IN CONCERT
Oscar Peterson at Carnegie Hall
with Jeannie McInnes
20:00 IN CONVERSATION
with Michael Morton-Evans
21:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT
Prepared by Rex Burgess
d’Indy, V. Souvenirs, op 62 (1906). Strasbourg PO/Theodor Guschlbauer.
Auvidis V4686 20
Tchaikovsky, P. Tatyana’s letter, from Yevgeny Onegin (1879). Cheryl Barker, sop; Queensland SO/Guillaume Tourniaire.
Melba MR301129 12
Shostakovich, D. Symphony no 5 in D minor, op 47 (1937). Royal Liverpool PO/Vasily Petrenko.
Naxos 8.572167 52
22:30 ULTIMA THULE
Ambient and atmospheric music
3:00 THE MILLENIUM OF THE MASS
Josquin Desprez. Psalm 51: Miserere mei, Deus (1503). Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier.
EMI CDC 7 49960 2 19
Missa Hercules dux Ferrariae (c1487). Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier.
EMI CDC 7 49960 2 27
Taverner, J. In pace, in idipsum pace. The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
Hyperion CDA66360 6
FROM AUSTRALIAN CHAMBERS
Corelli, A. Sonata in G minor, op 5 no 5 (c1700). Cynthia O'Brien, vn; Ruth Wilkinson, vc; Paul Thom, hpd.
Larrikin LRF 069 10
Tchaikovsky, P. String sextet in D minor, Souvenir de Florence, op 70 (1890-92; arr. Tognetti). Australian CO/Richard Tognetti. 36
Mozart, W. Adagio and fugue in C minor, K546 (1788). Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players/William Hennessy. 8
Fine Music recordings (2 above)
Dowland, J. The shoemaker's wife, a toy. Lutz Kirchhof, lute.
Sony SK 48 068 1
COPLAND CONDUCTS
Copland, A. An outdoor overture (1938). 19
Suite from Appalachian Spring (1945).
Sony 21
London SO (2 above)
Sony SM3K 46 559
Three Latin American sketches (1971). New Philharmonia O.
Sony SM2K 47 236 11
Aaron Copland, cond (3 above)
Rachmaninov, S. Étude-tableau in B minor, op 39 no 4. Nikolai Lugansky, pf.
Vanguard 99022 4
6:00 SUNDAY MORNING MUSIC
9:00 ORCHESTRAS AUSTRALIA
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Presented by Paolo Hooke
Bizet, G. Overture: Patrie, op 19 (1873). John Lanchbery, cond.
ABC 456 669-2 13
Gershwin, G. An American in Paris (1928). Jorge Mester, cond.
ABC 438 611-2 19
Tchaikovsky, P. Variations on a Rococo theme, op 33 (1876). Liwei Qin, vc; David Stanhope, cond.
ABC 456 356-2 19
Beethoven, L. Ballet: The creatures of Prometheus, op 43 (1800-1). Michael Halász, cond.
Naxos 8.553404 1:07
Melbourne SO (all above)
11:00 SUNDAY SPECIAL
The Zodiac: Composers born under Gemini
Prepared by Ron Walledge
Albinoni, T. Trumpet concerto in B flat, op 5 no 1 (pub. 1707). Maurice André, tpt; Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.
Erato 2292-45062-2 8
Glinka, M. Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila (1842). Chicago SO/Fritz Reiner.
RCA 0902661958 2 5
Schumann, R. Piano concerto in A minor, op 54 (1841-45). Martha Argerich, pf; National SO, Washington/Mstislav Rostropovich.
DG 476 114-7 30
Wagner, R. Mild und Leise wie er lächelt, from Tristan und Isolde (18157-59). Birgit Nilsson, sop; Vienna PO/Hans Knappertsbusch.
Decca 473 794-2 7
Gounod, C. Ballet music from Faust (1859). Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner.
Philips 462 125-2 17
Offenbach, J. Barcarola, from The tales of Hoffmann (1881). Sebastien Lipman, hp; Sayo Lipman, hp.
Arpeggio 3
Grieg, E. Solveig’s song, from Peer Gynt (1875). Joan Sutherland, sop; New Philharmonia O/Richard Bonynge.
ABC 468 513-2 5
Elgar, E. Overture: In the South, op 50, Alassio (1903). Vienna PO/John Eliot Gardiner.
DG 479 1044 21
Albéniz, I. Jerez, from Iberia, bk 4 (1908). Jean-François Heisser, pf.
Erato 4509-94807-2 9
Strauss, R. Till Eulenspiegel’s merry pranks, op 28 (1894-95). Royal Concertgebouw O/Eugen Jochum.
DG 480 0478 15
Khachaturian, A. Trio (1932). Walter Boeykens, cl; Marjeta Korosec, vn; Robert Groslot, pf.
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901419 15
Stravinsky, I. Suite no 2 from The firebird (1919). Chicago SO/Carlo Maria Giulini.
EMI 5 85974 2 23
14:00 AT THE OPERA
Prepared by James Nightingale
Strauss, R. Salome, opera in one act. Libretto by composer after Oscar Wilde. First performed Dresden, 1905.
HEROD ANTIPAS: Horst Heistermann, ten
HERODIAS: Leonie Rysanek, sop
SALOME: Cheryl Studer, sop
JOCHANAAN: Bryn Terfel, bass-bar
German Opera O.
DG 431 810-2 1:42
Salome is infatuated with Jochanaan, who has been imprisoned by her stepfather Herod, but Jochanaan angrily rejects her amorous advances and denounces Herod. During a banquet, Salome performs the dance of the seven veils and asks for Jochanaan's head on a platter as a reward. When she is presented with the head, she lasciviously kisses the lips. Herod is horrified, and orders the guards to kill her.
Love scene, from Feuersnot, op 50 (1901). Staatskapelle Dresden.
DG 480 0478 6
Guiseppe Sinopoli, cond (2 above).
16:00 ENGLISH FLING
Prepared by Randolph Magri-Overend
Britten, B. Variations and fugue on a theme of Purcell, op 34, The young person's guide to the orchestra (1946). BBC SO/Leopold Stokowski.
BBC BBCL 4005-2 19
Holst, G. Ballet suite in E flat, op 10. Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox.
Chandos CHAN 9734 19
Walton, W. Spitfire prelude and fugue (1942). English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel.
Naxos 8.553869 8
Elgar, E. Cello concerto in E minor, op 85 (1919). Ralph Kirshbaum, vc; Royal Scottish NO/Alexander Gibson.
Chandos CHAN 6607 33
Vaughan Williams, R. Symphony no 4 in F minor (1931-34). BBC SO/Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Naxos 8.111048 30
18:00 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
19:00 JAZZ IN CONCERT
Oscar Peterson at Carnegie Hall
with Jeannie McInnes
20:00 IN CONVERSATION
with Michael Morton-Evans
21:00 SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT
Prepared by Rex Burgess
d’Indy, V. Souvenirs, op 62 (1906). Strasbourg PO/Theodor Guschlbauer.
Auvidis V4686 20
Tchaikovsky, P. Tatyana’s letter, from Yevgeny Onegin (1879). Cheryl Barker, sop; Queensland SO/Guillaume Tourniaire.
Melba MR301129 12
Shostakovich, D. Symphony no 5 in D minor, op 47 (1937). Royal Liverpool PO/Vasily Petrenko.
Naxos 8.572167 52
22:30 ULTIMA THULE
Ambient and atmospheric music
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