Sunday 17 May, 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 cut 10 `Variation VII(from Variations sur le nom de Bach)'
Nino Rota
C Auvidis
Auvidis Travelling K 1021
Danielle Laval `Rota:L'Oeuvre Pour Piano Seul'
(cascading solo piano dance)
39"

1007 CD cut 12 `Sonata malinconica a solo'
Agostino Guerreri
C Symphonia
SY 90S02
Ensemble Aurora `L'Arte del Violino in Italia Tra XVII e XVIII
Secolo-Vol 1'
(17th century piece for violin,cello,organ)
3'52"

segue

CD cut 1 `The Beatitudes(adagio)'
Albinoni(?) arr Remo Giazotto
C Erato Disques SA Paris
Erato 3984-21659-2
The Choir of New College, Oxford `Edward Higginbottom'
(choir w orchestra-stately devotional song)
6'09"

1018 CD cut 6 `Il Canto della lontananza'
Gian Francesco Malipiero
C Opus Production Paris
OPS 44-9202
Fabio Biondi/Luigi Di Ilio `Malipiero'
(20th century Italian piece for violin and piano-pretty and
pastoral with sad bits)
3'19"

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CD cut 1 `Piacer d'Amor'
Martini
C The Decca Record Company Ltd
Decca 458 360-2
Angela Gheorghiu `My World'
(late 18th early 19th century Italian song-soprano and piano)
3'49"

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1025 CD cut 19 `Tema Di Maddalena'
Daniele Sepe
P Piranha Gema
C Piranha GMBH
CD-PIR1042
Daniele Sepe `Vite Perdite'
(bent parlour waltz for piano,accordeon,strings etc)
4'30"

1032 CD cut 7 `Girolimoni No 1'
Daniele Sepe
other details as per 1025
(quirky little thing for flue,oboe,clarinet,bassoon)
1'28"

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1033 CD disc 2 Cut 1 `Una Serenata'
Lucilla Galeazzi
C Enja Records
Enj 9326 22
`La Banda'
(gorgeous Italian female voice in duet with tuba-then a flurry of
other horns at the end)
3'18"

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CD cut 12 `Girolimoni No 4"
other details as per 1025
(quirky piece for flute,oboe,clarinet,bassoon)
1'59"

1040 CD cut 8 `China Gates'
John Adams
C Tall Poppies Records
TP 108
Peter Waters `Gates Beyond'
(gently insistent solo piano-quietly repetitive)
Australian performance******************************
5'08"

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CD cut 1 `Epitaph of Sicilo'
other details as per 1025
(ancient Italian fragment-male voices)
42"

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CD cut 4 `Pavane-She's So fine'
John Adams
P Hendon Music Inc/Boosey and Hawkes BMI
C Nonesuch/WEA International
Nonesuch 7559-79465-2
John Adams `Gnarly Buttons/John's Book of Alleged Dances'
(gentle late 20th cent piece for string quartet)
6'29"

1054 CD cuts 7-9 `Sonata in B FLat Major Op 24 No 2'
Muzio Clementi
C Hyperion Records London
CDA66808
Nikolai Demidenko `Clementi-Piano Sonatas'
(solo piano)
4'44"/4'26"/3'14"

1108 CD cut 2 `Improvviso(Un Diavolo Sentimentale)'
Nino Rota
P Editioni Curci Milan
C Nonesuch/WEA International
Teldec 0630 17222-2
Gidon Kremer `Le Cinema'
(sprightly piece for violin and piano-dramatic)
5'31"

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CD cut 16 `Finale'
Fiastri/Rota
C Sepam
Milan CD 329
Katyna Ranieri `Chansons pour Fellini'
(circus-like- italian film song -female voice & ensemble)
1'36"

1116 CD cut 6 `Sestina d'autunno'
Goffredo Petrassi
C Stradivarius
STR 33347
Compania Ensemble des Symphonieorchesters Munster
`Petrassi:Sonata da Camera/Beatitudines/Grand Septuor/Sestina
d'autunno'
(sparse and intense 20th century piece for
mandolin,guitar,percussion,viola,cello,double bass)
19'20"

1136 CD cut 16 `Costumi Siciliani'
composer not shown
C Rounder Records Corp
Rounder CD 1050
Various artists `Early Mandolin Classics Vol 1'
(Giovale String Trio on this cut)
(1920's recording of string band w amazing lead mandolin)
2'52"

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CD cut 15 `Stornelli-Drinking Song of Tuscany'
trad
C Legacy International
CD 322
`Traditional Music and Songs of Italy'
(male voice in Italian with guitar-old field recording)
3'12"(fades)

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CD cut 5 `Study for Two Mandolins'
Rudy Cipolla
P and C Acoustic Disc
ACD 22
Rudy Cipolla `Portrait of an American Original'
(Radim Zenkl playing on this cut)
(sweet and lovely tune for two mandolins)
2'38"

1149 CD disc cut 2 `La Rosina'
Michel Godard/Jean Louis Matinier/trad?
other details as per 1033
(wonderful italian female voice with feral brass band)
5'00"

1153 CD disc 1 cut 6 `Nessun Dorma(from Turandot)'
Giacomo Puccini
other details as per 1033
(famous song from Turandot played by Italian brass band with
flugelhorn as `vocal' soloist)
3'29"

1157 CD cut 6 `Quando m'en vo(Musetta's Waltz Song)'
Giacomo Puccini
C Rounder Records
Rounder CD 0338
Evan Marshall `Evan Marshall is the Lone Arranger'
(italian waltz as sweet mandolin solo)
1'56"

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