Radio National
Melisma
Playlists

Sunday 26 April, 1998


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


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

1006 CD cut 12 `Bud on Bach'
Bud Powell
Music publisher not shown
C Capitol Records
Blue Note 7243 8 54906 2 0
Bud Powell `Jazz Profile'
(Bach-influenced solo piano jazz- early fifties recording)
2'29"

1009 CD disc 2 cut 4 `Berceuse(from: Film en Miniature)'
Bohuslav Martinu
C ADDA Distribution
ADDA 581202/203
Radoslav Kapil `Bohuslav Martinu:Complete Solo Piano Works'
3'24"
(solo piano-sad/pretty/tentative)

segue

CD cut 2 `Zamele'
trad arr Maks Goldins
P and C Campion Records
RRCD 1340
Inessa Galante `Eighteen Jewish Folk Songs'
(soprano and piano)
3'56"

segue

CD disc 2 cut 3 `Papillons en Fleurs'
Bohuslav Martinu
other details as per 1009
(impressionistic solo piano)
4'31"

1022 CD cut 1 `Teqiah'
John Zorn
P and C Tzadik
TZ 7318
John Zorn `Filmworks VIII'
(stately swirling dance w Jewish flavour)
3'05"

segue

CD cut 8 `Improvisation'
Giora Feidman
P and C Hed Azari Ltd Israel
CD 15366
Giora Feidman `Jewish Soul Music'
(solo clarinet)
3'28"

segue

CD cut 9 `Charleston'
Bohuslav Martinu arr van
Keulen/Richter/Zukovsky/Schweigert/Kerkhoff
C Philips
Philips 432 252 2
Kremer and Friends `Encore!'
(woodwinds,brass,piano-humorous charleston arrangement of Martinu
piece)
2'50"

1033 CD cuts 5-7 `Serenada II'
Bohuslav Martinu
C Chandos Records
Chan 8771
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
`Dvorak/Martinu'
(two violins and viola-30's chamber music-lively/serene/lively)
1'46"/2'21"/2'04"

1041 CD cut 7 `The Reaper'
Trad
P and C Topic Records
TSCD 449
June Tabor `Aqaba'
(strong English female voice w violin-song of remembrance)
1'41"

segue

CD cuts 1-3 `Eternal Memory'
John Tavener
Music publisher not shown
C BMG Music
RCA Victor 09026 61966 2
Steven Isserlis/Moscow Virtuosi `Tavener/Bloch'
(cello and strings-late twentieth century composition in spirit
of remembrance-slow fist and third movements with march/turmoil
in the middle)
3'07"/3'10"/4'12"

1054 CD cut 1 `Two estampies(Improvisation/Trotto/Saltarello)'
Dan Laurin/Anon
C Acoustica Grammofon Sweden
Acoustica ACCD 1012
Dan Laurin `Recorders:Laurin/van
Eyck/Shinohara/Werner/Marais/Hirose'
(solo recorder-improvisation, then jaunty ancient Italian tunes)
4'28"

segue

1112 CD cut 3 `Tres Enemics'
Uc di Saint Circ(13th century)
C Arcana
Arcana A38
La Reverdie `Suso en Italia Bella'
(two harps,female voice-13th century Italian lovesong)
9'21"

1109 CD cuts 8-11 `Trio for Piano,Violin and Cello No2 in E
minor Opus 67'
Dmitri Shostakovich
C Freiburger Musik Forum
Ars Musici AMP 5065-2
Trio Jean Paul `Beethoven/Haydn/Shotakowitsch'
(piano trio written in the forties-intense)
8'08/3'09"/5'54/11'05"

1139 CD cut 18 `Les Regrets/Cantilene, opus 36'
Napoleon Coste
P and C Tall Poppies Records
TP 119
David Nuttall/Timothy Kain `Romancing the Oboe'
(sweet 19th century French piece for oboe and guitar)
Australian performance***************
2'36"

segue

CD cut 15 `Enough, Let us Part'
composer not shown
C ARION
ARN 64249
Sarah Gorby `Russian and Gypsy Songs'
(dramatic female Russian voice with two guitars)
2'58"

segue

CD cut 1 `As I Go to the Quick River'
trad arr Plotnikov
C Timeless
Timeless CD TTD 562
Uralski All-Stars `With Jazz From Russia'
(trad jazz arrangement of Russian traditional tune)
4'37"

1152 CD cut 10 `Celia'
Bud Powell
P Music Sales Corp ASCAP
C Stretch Records Inc
Chick Corea nd Friends `Remembering Bud Powell'
(solo bebop piano)
3'00"

1156 CD cut 10 `The Fruit'
Bud Powell
Music publisher not shwon
C Polygram Records Inc
Verve 539 788-2
Bud Powell `Ultimate'
(solo bebop piano-fifties recording)
3'15"


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

Adelaide 729AM Brisbane 792AM Canberra 846AM Darwin 657AM Gold Coast 90.1FM
Hobart 585AM Melbourne 621AM Newcastle 1512AM Perth 810AM Sydney 576AM
and via satellite to over 220 regional centres. Tuning in details
ABC Radio Tape Sales information

ABC OnlineRadio National Home Page

© 1995, 1996, 1997 Australian Broadcasting Corporation