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Sunday 12 July, 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 3 `Air(from orchestral suite no. 3 in D major BWV 1068)
J S Bach arr Siloti
C Promo Sound AG
Cedar CD 48030
`Pablo Casals'
(1920's recording-gorgeous Bach tune arr. for cello and piano)
3'42"

1011 CD cut 11 `El Testament d'Amelia'
trad arr Miguel Llobet
C Ondine Inc Helsinki
ODE 903-2
Timo Korhonen `Chopin/Llobet'
(solo guitar arrangement of catalan folk song)
1'58"

segue

CD cut 1 `Antifona:Circumdederunt me'
Cristobal de Morales
C Deutsche Grammophon GMBH Hamburg
457 597 2
Gabrieli Consort `Morales:Requiem'
(beautiful 16th century Spanish choral piece)
3'10"

segue

CD cut 18 `La Filla del Marxant'
trad arr Miguel Llobet
C Ondine Inc Helsinki
ODE 903-2
Timo Korhonen `Chopin/Llobet'
(solo guitar arrangement of catalan folk song)
3'12"

1020 CD cut 5 `Prelude No 1(From:Between Earth and Air)
Richard Vella
P Currency Press
C Move Records
Move MCD 105
Peter Constant `A Sympathetic Resonance'
(lyrical solo guitar)
Australian composition and performance************************
7'38"

segue

CD cut 15 `Perduta l'anima'
Fernando Sor
C Espanoleta SL 1995
Glossa GCD 920202
Marta Almajano/Jose Miguel Moreno `Las Mujeres Y Cuerdas'
(gorgeous soprano with guitar)
3'25"

segue

CD cut 9 `Torija'(from: Castles of Spain)
Torroba
C MCA Records
MCAD 42067
Andres Segovia `The Segovia Collection Volume Two'
(solo guitar- sweet and delicate)
2'10"

1035 CD cut 1 `Tyalgum'
Robert Davidson
Recording not commercially available. Contact Robert Davidson
on 07 3355 3354 or email: s036614@student.uq.edu.au
`Topology'
(rhythmic, chant-like piece for baritone sax,viola,violin,double bass,piano)
Australian composition and performance*******************
14'00"

1050 CD cut 9 `Ulysses' Theme'
Eleni Karaindrou
P and C ECM Records
ECM 1570
Eleni Karaindrou `Ulysses' Gaze'
(greek film music-viola,oboe over string orchestra-very lyrical)
6'50"

segue

CD cut 5 `(title in greek script)
Greek Polygram 527 059-2
Eleftheria Arvanataki `The Bodies and the Knives'
(lovely female voices in Greek w flutes etc)
3'35"

segue

CD cut 1 `Ta Aidonia Tis Anatolis'
C Minos Greece
MCD 847/848
Hronis Aidonidis `Ta Aidonia tis Anatolis'
(beautiful melismatic greek song w flute,lyra,bouzouki etc - rich male voice)
5'33"

1107 CD cut 11 `A Tin Roof for the Rain'
Tony Gould
P Control
C Walkabout/Larrikin/Festival Records
LRF507
85 10393
Rob Burke and Tony Gould `A Tin Roof for the Rain'
(quirky tune - see title - for piano and saxophone)
Australian composition and performance**************
5'40"

segue

CD cut 1 `Voices 1'
Margaret Sutherland
C Tall Poppies
TP060
Roger Smalley `Voices'
(solo piano-evokes bird calls)
4'53"
Australian composition and performance******************

1119 CD cut 4 `Mystic Prayer to the Holy Spirit(from:Ikons of Light)'
John Tavener
P Chester Music
C Gimell Records Ltd
CDGIM005
The Tallis Scholars `John Tavener:Ikon of Light/Funeral Ikos/The Lamb'
(choir and string trio- ritualistic setting of prayer in Greek)
20'20"

1140 CD cut 3 `Alborada del gracioso'
Ravel arr Miolin
P Max Eschig
C Grammofon AB BIS
BISCD 886
Anders Miolin `Ravel:Works transcribed for alt and twelve-stringed guitar)
7'50"

segue

CD cut 25 `Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques(from Five Greek Folksongs)
tra d arr Maurice Ravel. French text:M D Calvocoressi
C BMG
BMG 09026 62711 2
Frederica von Stade/Martin Katz `Voyage a Paris'
(mezzo-soprano and piano)
2'42"

segue

CD cut 7 `Se,Nu Stiger Solen'
Oluf Ring
C Stunt Records
STUCD 19716
Karsten Vogel/Niels Thybo `God Only Knows'
(simple lyrical tune for sax and piano-has an anthem feel about it)
3'55"

1157 CD cut 1 `Who Knows'
Thelonious Monk
P thelonious Music BMI
C Soul Note
121298
Steve Lacy/Mal Waldron `Communique'
(quirky jazz duet for soprano sax and piano)
2' excerpt


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