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Sunday August 9, 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 1 `Allemande(from Solo pour la flute traversiere BWV 1013)
J S Bach
C BIS
BIS CD 675
Dan Laurin `Telemann/J S Bach/C P E Bach'
(solo recorder)
7'08"

1014 CD cuts 9-18 `Nele's Dances(for recorder and lute)'
Thomas Koppel
C BMG Music
RCA Victor Red Seal 09026 62530
Michala Petri/Lars Hannibal `Souvenir:Music for Recorder and Lute/Guitar'
(20th century suite for recorder and lute- diverse/interesting/lovely)
2'09"/2'51"/1'47"/1'45"/1'54"/3'38"/2'09"/58"/35"/54"


1033 CD cut 2 `Romantic Notion #4'
Carla Bley
P and C Watt Works Inc/ECM Records GMBH
WATT/28 539 937-2
Carla Bley `Fancy Chamber Music'
(little mysterious meander for clarinet,cello,viola,violin,flute)
2'21"

segue

CD cut 1 `Glorificatio'
Rene Eespere
C Tallina Muusikakeskkoolli kammerkoor
No CD label or catalogued number
The Tallinn Music High School Chamber Choir `Glorificatio'
(choir w soprano and tenor soloists and organ)
6'50"

segue

CD cut 4 `Moonlit Night of Stone Forest'
Lin Ji Liang
C Hugo Productions
Celestial Harmonies 13043-2
`The Hugo Masters:an Anthology of Chinese Classical Music/Plucked Strings Volume 2'
(solo zhongruan(chinese lute)-beautiful and meditative with rhythmic bits)
5'09"

1049 CD cut 17 `Song of the Ch'in'
Zhou Long
C Delos International Inc
Delos DE 3162
The Shanghai Quartet `Alan Hovhaness/Zhou Long:String Quartets'
(string quartet inspired by chinese zither)
8'43"

1059 CD cut 1 `Bubuka(Introduction)Tepang Asih(Loving Welcome)'
trad
C Celestial harmonies
Celestial Harmonies 13134-2
`Tembang Sunda:Classical Music from West Java'
(Ensemble is Lingkung Seni Malati, meaning Jasmine Flower Arts Circle)
(stately Javanese music-female voice w zither and flute)
4'35"

segue

CD cut 2 `Angklung'
Ann Boyd
C Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ABC 462 007-2
Ann Boyd `Meditations on a Chinese Character'
(spare solo piano- inspired by Indonesian music)
Australian composition and performance*********
9'35"

1115 CD cut 5 `Srimpi Kakarta'
trad
C Tangent Records/Topic Records
TSCD913
`Flute and Gamelan Music of West Java'
(gamelan - reconstruction of music to accompany dance to welcome
16th century seafarer)
6'04"

segue

CD cut 6 `Ulpirra'
Ross Edwards
C TAll Poppies Records
TP051
Ross Edwards `Ecstatic Dances'
(bright solo recorder)
1'38"
Australian composition and performance******************

1126 CD cut 11 `Double Ikat'
Paul Dresher
P BMI
C BMG Music
Catalyst 09026 62668 2
Maria Bachmann `Kiss on Wood'
(20th century piece for piano,violin,percussion - southeast asian influences)
14'56"

1143 CD cut 3 `Earth Dance'
Tan Dun
C Nonesuch/WEA International
Nonesuch 7559-79445-2
Kronos Quartet `Tan Dun:Ghost Opera'
(pipa[chinese lute]with string quartet - serene)
3'17"

segue

CD cut 4 `Feng Huang'
Pierre Dorge
C Dacapo Copenhagen
DCCD9427
Pierre Dorge New Jungle Orchestra `China Jungle'
(stately piece for female voice,horns,double bass etc)
3'13"

1149 CD cut 4 `Misterioso'
Thelonious Monk arr Carla Bley
P Thelonious Music BMI
C Watt
Watt 26
Andy Sheppard/Carla Bley/Steve Swallow `Songs with Legs'
(monkish groove for piano,sax,bass)
10'16"


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