Sunday 19 April, 1998

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Music details of each track are presented in the following order:
BROADCAST TIME OF ITEM
TRACK NUMBER AND TITLE
COMPOSER
PUBLISHING AND COPYRIGHT DETAILS
RECORDING COMPANY AND CD NUMBER
ARTIST AND CD TITLE
DURATION OF TRACK
DESCRIPTION OF TRACK

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Melisma with Robyn Johnston 1005-1200 Radio National (repeated the following Sunday 0105-0300 on RN and RA)

1006 CD disc 1 cut 9 `Courante from Suite no 3 in C major
BVW1009'
J S Bach
C Polydor International GMBH Hamburg
Deutsche Grammophon 419 359-2
Pierre Fournier `J S Bach-6 Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012'
(solo cello)
3'06"

1010CD cut 4 `Tek Saulite Tecedama(Dear Sun, you sail forth)'
trad arr J Vitols
C C&H Music Group Sweden/SIA Mikrofons Latvia
Swedish Society Discofil SCD 1068
Latvian Radio Choir `Riga Dimd'
(lovely Latvian traditional song arranged for choir)
3'15"

segue

1013 CD cut 3 `Praludium(from Partita for Violin Solo)'
Vytautas Barkauskas
P Musikverlag Hans Sikorski
C Teldec Classics International GMBH
Teldec 0630 14654 2
Gidon Kremer `From My Home'
58"
(stark solo violin fragment)

segue

CD cut 14 `Dziedot Dzimu, Dziedot Augu(I was born singing,I lived
singing)'
Trad arr A Kalnins
other details as per 1010
(Latvian folk song arranged for choir-uplifting)
1'31"

1017 CD cut 12 `Conversio for Violin and Piano'
Erkki-Sven Tuur
P Eres Edition,Lilienthal/Bremen
(other details as per 1013)
(rhythmic 90's baltic piece for violin and piano)
10'50"

segue

CD disc 1 cut 4 `Ode V(from Kanon Pokajanen)'
Arvo Part
P Universal Edition Wien
C ECM Records
ECM 1654/55
Arvo Part/Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir `Kanon Pokajanen'
(choral devotional music)
7'56"

1037 CD cut 1 `I Saw Strange Birds on the Sea'
Trad arr Maris Jansons and Auri
C Emi Records
Hemisphere 4 93341 2
Various Artists `Beyond the River:Seasonal Songs of Latvia'
(Latvian vocal group-like an incantation-more folk than
classical)
On this cut: Auri
1'38"

segue

CD cut 5 `The Sun is High in the Sky'
trad arr Valdis Muktupavels
other details as per previous item
On this cut: Rasa
(two female Latvian voices with dulcimer-like instrument, flute
and drone)
3'45"

segue

1042 CD cut 1 `O, Tysta Ensamhet(Quiet Solitude)'
trad arr Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen
P anc C Polygram Denmark
Verve 539 695 2
Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen `This is all I ask'
(slow jazz arrangement of Swedish traditional tune-double
bass,guitar,brushes)
3'53"

1048 CD cut 3 `Tast-En'
Elena Kats Chernin
P and C Tall Poppies
TP040
Lisa Moore `Stroke'
(solo piano-rapid passages-stark moments)
Australian composition and performance**********
10'15"

segue

CD cut 6 `Maragaritelech'
trad arr Maks Goldins text:Solomon Schneur
P and C Campion Records
RRCD 1340
Inessa Galante `Eighteen Jewish Folk Songs'
(soprano and piano w Russian waltz-style song)
3'32"

1103 CD cut 9 `Nevertheless'
Georgs Pelecis
P Musikverlag Hans Sikorski
(other details as per 1013)
(contemporary Latvian classical piece for piano,violin and
strings-very pretty and accessible)
27'51"

1132 CD cut 10 `Fantasy in D Minor(inspired by Bela Bartok)'
Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen
other details as per 1042
(solo double bass)
3'57"

segue

CD cut 25 `Verbunkos(recruiting dance)'
Bela Bartok
C ASV Ltd
CD DCA 982
Stanzelet/Fenyo/Collins `Bartok:the music for violin and piano'
(jagged/eerie loping dance for clarinet,violin,piano)
5'03"

1142 CD cut 12 `Blue(and Broken Hearted)'
Clarke/Leslie/Handman
P CONTROL
C EMI Records Australia
AXIS CDAX701602
Benny Goodman `Small Combos'
(swinging trio-clarinet,piano,drums)
2'55"

segue
CD disc 1 cut 6 `Sentimental Journey'
Green/Brown/Homer
C Acoustic Disc
ACD 29
Oscar Aleman `Swing Guitar Masterpieces'
(1940's recording of guitar-led swing band-incs double bass solo)
2'20"

1149 CD cut 2 `I Skovens Dybe Stille Ro(Tranquility in the
Woods)'
trad arr Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen
other details as per 1042
(traditional Danish reverie arr for double bass,piano,guitar)
5'20"(fades)

1155 CD cut 6 `Pannonica'
Thelonious Monk
P Thelonious Music BMI
C Terra Nova Records
RF039
John Stetch `Stetching Out'
(solo piano)
4' excerpt

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Melisma with Robyn Johnston 1005-1200 Radio National (repeated the following Sunday 0105-0300 on RN and RA)