Sunday 31 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 19 `Sarabande(from Partita no 1 in B Flat BWV 825)
J S Bach
C CBS Disques SA
CD CBS 42621
`Glenn Gould Joue Bach'
(solo piano)
3'07"

1010 CD cut 7 `Romance Ontario - To Glenn Gould'
Stepan Rak
C Nimbus Records Ltd
NI 5239
Stepan Rak `Dedications'
(solo guitar - delicate,Bach-like, with dramatic bits)
10'15"

segue

1020 CD cut 11 `Amor perche'
Mauro Giuliani
C Espanoleta SL
Glossa GCD 920202
Marta Almajano/Jose Miguel Moreno `Las Mujeres Y Cuerdas'
(early 19th century song in Italian-soprano and guitar)
3'59"

segue

CD cut 9 `Andantino Sostenuto'
Mauro Giuliani
other details as per 1020
(early 19th century guitar solo-very lyrical)
4'20"

1030 CD cut 6 `A traves de algunas transparencias'
Adina Izarra
P and C Equinoccio,Ediciones de la Universidad Simon Bolivar
Private Copy
Adina Izarra `Desde Una Ventana con Loros - Musica Para Solistas'
4'35"
(solo harp-impressionistic-20th century Venezuelan piece)

segue

CD cut 23 `Llamado de San Juan'
trad arr Soledad Bravo
C Buda Records/Musique du Monde
92544-2
Soledad Bravo `Songs of Venezuela'
(strong solo voice-Venezuelan female singer-`calling')
3'20"

segue

CD cut 5 `El Amolador'
other details as per 1030
(solo flute)
5'16"

1045 CD cut 9 `Pajarillo'
Trad arr Mario Guacaran
P and C Preludio Productions/ASPIC France
Seeds Records SRC 4111
Mario Guacaran `Arpa LLanera'
(lively Venezuelan tune-for harp,percussion,cuatro)
3'02"

segue

1047 CD cut 1 `Tiempos Viejos'
Words: Manuel Romero Music: Francisco Canaro
P and C Sunset France
Playasound PS 65198
Haydee Alba `L'Epoque Tango'
(older female voice in Spanish with barrel organ-tango song
written in the twenties)
2'53"

segue

CD cut 5 `Dos Carlos'
Henry Martinez
C Ensamble Gurrufio/Dorian Discovery
DIS 80133
Ensamble Gurrufio `New Acoustic Music from Venezuela'
(lilting courtly Venezuelan tune
-flute,mandolin,guitar,bass,cuatro)
3'48"

1056 CD cut 13 `Caminito'
Words: G. Coria Penaloza Music: J. de Dios Filiberto
other details as per 1047
(older female voice in Spanish with barrel organ-touching)
2'23"

segue

CD cut 15 `Verano Porteno'
Astor Piazzolla
C Philips Classics
Philips 454 641-2
Arminda Canteros `Tangos'
(solo piano tango)
5'26"

1105 CD cut 1 `First Love'
Stepan Rak
C Chandos Records
Chan 8622
Stepan Rak `Remembering Prague'
(solo guitar-romantic with dramatic moments)
10'10"

1116 CD cut 18 `Cancion'
Pedro Olaya
C EMEC Madrid
E 001
Michael Kevin Jones/Agustiin Maruri `Original Music for Cello and
Guitar'
(sweet romance for guitar and cello)
2'59"

segue

CD cut 21 `Durme kerido hijico'
trad arr Yvonne Behar
C The Decca Record Company Ltd
Decca 458 360-2
Angela Gheorghiu `My World'
(soprano and piano-traditional sephardic song)
2'46"

segue

CD cut 2 `Sippur'
John Zorn
C Tzadik
TZ 7122
John Zorn/Masada String Trio `Issachar/The Circle Maker'
(sinuous eastern european style chamber jazz dance for
cello,violin and double bass)
3'18"

1126 CD cut 19 `Lied ohne worte(Song without words)'
Johann Kaspar Mertz
other details as per 1020
(solo guitar-very beautiful)
4'48"

segue

CD cut 5 `Song of Love'
Toru Takemitsu
P Salabert
C BIS
BISCD 805
Noriko Ogawa `Takemitsu:Complete Solo Piano Music'
1'23"

segue

CD cut 2 `As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams'
Anne Boyd
C Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ABC 454 510-2
The Contemporary Singers `Sydney Dreaming'
(mesmerising choral piece-slowly shifting)
Australian composition and performance***********
10'15"

1143 CD cut 6 `Strange Beauty'
Lee pui Ming
C Dorian
DOR 90206
Lee Pui Ming `Strange Beauty-New Music for Piano'
(strangely beautiful solo piano-asian influence)
5'43"

segue

CD cut 10 `Easy'
D D Jackson
P DDKabukala Music SOCAN
C Justin Time Records
Just 99-2
DD Jackson `Paired Down Vol 1'
(gentle chant-like duet for piano and tenor sax)
5'45"

1155 CD cut 6 `Off Minor/Thelonious'
Thelonious Monk
P Thelonious Music BMI
C Polydor France
Verve 841 313-2
Randy Weston `Portraits of Thelonious Monk'
(quirky solo piano)
5'21"

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