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Sunday 3 May, 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 11 `Bourrees I and II(from Suite no 3 in C
BWV1009)'
J S Bach
C Philips Classics Productions
Philips 422 495-2
Maurice Gendron `Bach: Cello Suites nos 2,3&5'
(dancing solo cello piece)
3'08"

1010 CD cuts 7-9 `Sonata'
Paul Hindemith
Music publisher not shown
C Berlin Classics
BC2018-2
Jutta Zoff `Virtuose Harfenmusik'
(solo harp)
5'07"/2'18"/3'05"

segue

1021 CD cut 6 `A Deep-sworn Vow'
Text: WB Yeats
Music: John Tavener
Music Publisher not shown
C Lambourne Productions Ltd
Collins Classics 14282
Patricia Rozario `Tavener:To a Child Dancing in the Wind'
(song of love that could have been-soprano,harp,flute,viola)
4'57"

1025 CD Cut 1 `Ah Sweet Dancer'
Micheal O'Suilleabhain
P EMI-Virgin Music Publ. Ltd
C Virgin Records Ltd
CDV 2776
Various Artists `A River of Sound-The Changing Course of Irish
Traditional Music'
On this cut:Micheal O'Suilleabhain,Eileen Ivers,Irish Chamber
orchestra
(contemporary Irish piece for chamber orchestra, fiddle,
piano-inspired by Yeats poem)
6'42"

segue

CD cut 9 `The Song of Wandering Aengus'
Text: WB Yeats
Music: Christy Moore
P Bal Music
C The Grapevine Label Ltd
GRACD219
Various Artists `Now and in Time to Be - A Musical Celebration of
the Works of W B Yeats'
On this cut: Christy Moore
(male Irish voice and guitar)
3'27"

segue

CD cut 4 `The Blarney Pilgrim Jig'
Trad Arr El McMeen
C Shanachie Records
Shanachie 97017
El McMeen `Irish Guitar Encores'
(solo guitar-trad Irish)
2'48"

1039 CD cut 12 `Chant'
John Tavener
Music Publisher not shown
C BMG Music
RCA Victor Red Seal 09026 68761 2
Steven Isserlis `John Tavener:Svyati'
(solo cello)
3'59"

segue

1043 CD cut 22 `The Lord,Our God-Prayer of Macarius the Great'
Valery Sariyev
C Lambourne Productions Ltd
Collins 14432
The Bolshoi Theatre Childrens' Choir `Katalsky:Liturgy of St John
of Chrysostom plus Chants of the Russian Orthodox Church'
(20th cent Russian orthodox choral music)
3'32"

segue

CD cut 9 `Kev, ov peso'
Anon
C Celestial Harmonis
13118-2
`The Music of Armenia Volume 4:Kanon/Traditional Zither Music'
Player: Karineh Hovhannessian
(solo Armenian zither-air to medieval sacred song)
4'02"

segue

CD cut 24 `Many Years'
Dmitry Bortniansky
other details as per 1043
(jubilant 20th century Russian Orthodox song)
1'20"

1053 CD cut 5 `Pavane'
Anon(publ. Attaignant)
C Virgin Classics Ltd
VC 5 45140 2
Christopher Wilson `La Magdalena-Lute Music in Renaissance
France'
1'03"
(solo lute dance)

segue

CD cut 7 `Saltarello'
anon14th century
C Glossa Music SL
Glossa Nouvelle Vision GLCD 920701
Sinfonye `Red Iris'
(medieval fiddle and percussion-lively dance)
1'12"
Australian performance***************

segue

CD disc 1 cut 20 `Christophe'
Trad
C EPM
EPM 983362
Varous Artists `Florilege: Anthhologie de la Chanson Francaise'
(female voice in French w accordeon and bombarde?)
2'42"

segue

CD cut 1 `Waltz for Nicky'
Richard Galliano
P Ed Francis Dreyfus Music
C Disques Dreyfus
FDM 36562 2
Richard Galliano `Viaggio'
(swinging waltz for accordeon,guitar,drums)
3'22"

1103 CD cut 8 `Le Boeuf sur toit'
Darius Milhaud
P Editions Max Eschig Paris
C Teldec Classics International
Teldec 0630 17222-2
Gidon Kremer `Le Cinema'
(sort of bent cabaret piece for violin and piano-composer
imagined it as the accompaniment for a Chaplin film)
15'55"

1120 CD cut 17 `Bad Boy'
Toru Takemitsu
Music Publisher not shown
C Sony Music
SK 62007
John Williams and Timothy Kain `Granados/Soler/Takemitsu'
3'28"
(sweet guitar duet)
Australian performance**********************

segue

CD cut 3 `Caruso'
Lucio Dalla
Music Publisher not shown
C NAIM
NaimCD021
Antonio Forcione and Sabina Sciubba `Meet Me in London'
(female voice in Italian with guitar-ballad in tribute to Caruso)
5'16"

segue

CD cut 18 `Guitars'
Dimitry Shostakovich
other details as per 1120
(sentimental guitar duet)
2'28"

1033 CD cut 5 `Rondo for Three Guitars'
Paul Hindemith
C Paula
PACD101
`Guitar Trio 1 & 2'
(slightly bent rondo for guitar trio)
1'59"

segue

1135 CD cut 1 `(no title)-Part one of Leyptziger Allerley'
Paul Hindemith
C Tacet
Tacet 59
`Paul Hindemith-Leyptziger Allerley'
(perky piece for clarinet and double bass)
46"

1037 CD cut 9 `He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven'
Words: W B Yeats
Music: John Tavener
(setting of Yeats poem-soprano,harp,viola)
other details as per 1021
5'07"

segue

CD cut 1 `Trauermusik'
Paul Hindemith
P B.Schott's Sohne Mainz
C ECM Records
ECM New Series 1506
Kim Kashkashian/Stuttgarter Kammerorchester `Lachrymae'
(viola and string orchestra-30's composition)
8'57"

1152 CD cut 7 `Lied'
other details as per 1135
(bent but melodic fragment for clarinet and double bass)
58"

1055 CD cut 3 `Ask Me Now'
Thelonious Monk'
P Tehelonious Music
C Polydor Tokyo
JMT 514-16-2
Paul Motian Electric Bebop Band `Reincarnation of a Lovebird'
(squeezy version of monk tune-elec guitars,drums,sax,bass)
3'36"


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