Saturday - 15th December 0:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 6:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Stephen Wilson
Mein Freund is mein, from Cantata, BWV140 (1731). Sara Macliver, sop; Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bass-bar; O of the Antipodes/Antony Walker. ABC 476 3871 6
9:00 WHAT’S ON IN MUSIC Our weekly guide to musical events in and around Sydney
Howells, H. A spotless Rose. Mark Donnelly, bar; Cantillation/Brett Weymark. ABC 2916 3
9:30 SPOTLIGHT ON THE HEROIC BEETHOVEN Prepared by Oscar Foong
Handel, G. Rejoice greatly, O daughters of Zion, from Messiah (1742). Yvonne Kenny, sop; Melbourne SO/Vladimir Kamirski. ABC 476 4620 4
Beethoven, L. Adagio un poco mosso, from Piano concerto in E flat, op 73, Emperor (1809; transcr. Halliday). Anthony Halliday, org. Move MCD 452 8 Wellington’s victory, op 91 (1813). CzechoSlovak RSO/Ondrej Lenard. Naxos 8.570154-55
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Tattoos: no 1 in F, WoO18; no 2 in C, WoO20; no 3 in F, WoO19. Netherlands Wind Ensemble. LP Philips 6527 117 9 15 Variations and a fugue on an original theme in E flat, op 35, Eroica (1802). Ronald Brautigam, fp. BIS SACD 1673 22 Symphony no 3 in E flat, Eroica, op 55 (1803). Simon Bolívar SO of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel. DG 479 0250 53 11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Owen Fisher Mendelssohn, F. Overture: The Hebrides, Fingal’s Cave. Grimethrope Colliery Band/ George Thompson. LP Astor GGS 797 6 Respighi, O. The pines of the Appian Way. Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Garry Cutt. EMI 7243 5 21451-2 5 Boëllmann, L. Suite gothique. Black Dyke Mills Band/Roy Newsome. LP Astor GGS 1361 12
Head, M. The little road to Bethlehem (1946). Aled Jones, treb; Andrew Goodwin, org. ABC 476 3685 3 Adam, A. O holy night (arr. Gamley). Luciano Pavarotti, ten; National PO/Kurt Adler. Decca 475 9349 4 14:00 MUSICAL EXPLORATIONS Vienna: Mozart to Mahler and more Prepared by Stephen Schafer Reger, M. A romantic suite, op 125 (arr. Schoenberg 1920). Soloists of Lyon National Opera. Erato 0630-13541-2 26 Brahms, J. Symphony no 3 in F, op 90 (1883; arr.). Silke-Thora Matthies, Christian Köhn, pf. Naxos 8.554822 36 Schubert, F. Symphony no 8 in B minor, D759, Unfinished (1822). Das Neve O/Christoph Spering. Opus 111 OPS 30-192 20 15:30 FEATURING JOHN CARMICHAEL Prepared by Michael Ingamells
12:00 JAZZ THEN AND NOW with Michael Cooper
Carmichael, J. Puppet overture, from Puppet show; Ballroom nightmares, from MRK scenarios. 6 Bravura waltzes. 11 Jorop and jongo. 9
13:00 CLASSIC VOICES Prepared by Shamistha de Soysa
Carlos Lama, Sofia Cabruja, pf (all above) KNS A008
Britten, B. Corpus Christi carol, from A boy was born, op 3 (1932). Janet Baker, mezz; Gerald Moore, pf. EMI CDM 5 65009-2 3
16:00 SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA IN CONCERT The childhood of Christ Prepared by Peter Bell
Humperdinck, E. Evening prayer, from Hansel and Gretel (1893). Lucia Popp, sop; Brigitte Fassbaender, mezz; Vienna PO/Georg Solti. Decca 480 2594 3
Berlioz, H. The Childhood of Christ, a sacred trilogy (1854). Marilyn Richardson, sop; Gerald English, ten; John Stewart, ten; James Christiansen, bar; Noel Mangin, bass; Stephen Bennett, bass; Sydney Philharmonia Choir; O of Sydney/John Hopkins. SPS recording 1:36
Bach, J.S. Schlafe, mein Liebster, from Christmas oratorio, BWV248 (1734). Marilyn Horne, mezz. Decca 448 902-2 10 34
Comfort ye my people ... Every valley, from Messiah. Kenneth McKellar, ten; Royal Opera House O/Adrian Boult. Decca 448 902-2 7
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18:00 KEYBOARDS, ANCIENT AND MODERN Prepared by Philip Lidbury Blow, J. Ground in G minor. Timothy Roberts, spinet. Hyperion CDA66646 5 Handel, G. Suite no 5 in E, HWV430 (pub. 1720). Alan Cuckston, hpd. Naxos 8.550415 11 Czerny, C. Introduction et variations concertantes, op 248. Andrew Clark, hn; Geoffrey Govier, fp. Helios CDH55074
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Schumann, C. Piano concerto in A minor, op 7 (1835-36). Veronica Jochum, pf; Bamberg SO/ Joseph Silverstein. Pro Arte CDD 395 21 19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Elaine Siversen Offenbach, J. Amours divin, from La belle Hélène (1864). Frederica von Stade, mezz; Scottish CO/Antonio de Almeida. RCA 09026 68116 2 4 Excerpts from La vie parisienne (1866). June Bronhill, sop; Suzanne Steele, sop; Cynthia Morey, sop; Anna Pollak, mezz; Kevin Miller, ten; Jon Weaving, ten; John Fryatt, ten; John Kentish, ten; Eric Shilling, bass-bar; Peter Tracey, bass; Sadlers Wells Ch & O/Alexander Faris. LP HMV OCLP 1468 50 20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra: 40 Years Onwards Produced by Kerry Joyner RECORDED BY FINE MUSIC Wagner, R. Prelude to The Mastersingers (1862.) 10 Isaacs, M. Invocations (2011). Julian Smiles, vc. 15 Brahms, J. Piano quartet no 1 in G minor, op 25 (1861; arr. Schoenberg). 37 Ron Prussing, cond (3 above) Ravel, M. Tzigane (1924). Monti, V. Csárdás (1904).
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Chen Gu, vn; Henryk Pisarek, cond (2 above) Ku-ring-gai PO (all above) 21:30 EVŽEN BURDA IN RECITAL Produced by Edda Filson RECORDED BY FINE MUSIC Burda, E. Prague song; April song; Humoresque. Moravian suite. Mysterious lullaby; Fantasia for Joanne. Evžen Burda, gui (all above) 22:00 AFTER HOURS with Kevin Jones
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