Radio NationalSunday September 27, 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 6 `Bourree(from Partita no 3 in E major, bwv 1006)'
JS Bach
C Sony Music Entertainment Inc
SK 62793
Hilary Hahn `JS Bach:Partitas No's 2 and 3/Sonata no 3'
(solo violin)
1'37"1008 CD cut 8 `Bi, a Iosa im Chroi-se'
Trad Irish hymn arr William Coulter
P Orison Music BMI/Gourd Music BMI
C Narada Media
ND 63929
Various Artists `Celtic Spirit'
(irish hymn arranged for guitar,cello,cor anglais)
3'11"
segue
CD cut 4 `Salve Regina'
Traditional
P Enigma Music Ltd Ireland
C Enigma Music Ireland licensed to ABC
ABC Music 4 93288 2
Various Artists `Faith of our Fathers'
(Irish monks-devotional song)
1'32"
segue
CD cut 4 `From Nowhere to nowhere'
trad arr McGlynn?
P Warner Chappell Music
C Danu
Danu CD 009
Anuna with the Ulster Orchestra `Behind the Closed Eye'
(irish lament-saxophone solo- player:Kenneth Edge)
2'31"
1017 CD cut 2 `Modere(from `Scaramouche')
Darius Milhaud
P not shown
C Le Chant du Monde/Harmonia Mundi
LDC 278 878
`Musique Francaise pour Saxophones'
On this cut: Claude Delangle sax and Odile Delangle piano
(lyrical duet for piano and sax)
3'46"
segue
CD cut 16 `Duo'
Eric Sweeney
P Contemporary Music Centre MCPS
C Keltia Musique
KMCD 75
Various Artists `L'imaginaire Irlandais-Suite'
(vibrant, rhythmic duet for sax and piano-contemporary Irish composition)
4'27"
1026 CD disc 1 cut 15 `The Humours of Whiskey'
traditional
C Green Linnet Records
GLCD 106
Various Artists `The Twentieth Century Collection'
3'38"
segue
CD cut 4 `Port na bPucai/The Crooked Road/Paddy Taylor's'
Trad arr Tony McManus
P GRian Music
C Greentrax Recordings Ltd
CDTRAX 151
Tony McManus `Pourquoi Quebec?'
(superb solo guitar on traditional tunes)
4'01"
1035 CD cut 9 `Caoineadh na dTri Mhuire'
trad
C Hummingird Productions lic to Virgin Records Ltd
CDV 2776
Various Artists `A River of Sound-The Changing Course of Irish Traditional Music'
(solo male voice in Irish gaelic)
4'05"
segue
CD cut 2 `Caoine'
Stephen Hartke
P Norruth Music Inc
C ECM
ECM New Series 1587
Michelle Makarski `Biber/Hartke/Reger/Rochberg/Bach'
(solo violin-late 20th century American composition inspired by the `caoine', or traditional irish lament-quite stark)
7'50"
segue
CD cut 1 `Lament for the Dead of the North'
Davy Spillane
P Sony Music
C Real World/Virgin Records
CDRW 27
Various Artists `Lament'
(solo irish low whistle)
2'22"
1050 CD cut 10 `Earth Cry'
Peter Sculthorpe
P Faber Music Ltd
C Tall Poppies
TP 090
Goldner String Quartet `Peter Sculthorpe:The String Quartets Volume 2'
(string quartet-rhythmic)
10'58"
1102 CD cut 3 `Cuesta de Abajo'
Carlos Gardel/Alfredo Le Pera
P not shown
C Teldec Classics International GMBH
Teldec 3984 20641 2
Rodolfo Mederos `El Tanguero'
(bandoneon[accordeon-like instrument]with strings)
5'00"
segue
CD cut 4 `Tomo Y Obligo'
Carlos Gardel/Manuel Romero
P not shwon
C EMI Odeon SAIC Argentina licensed to EMI Records
Hemisphere 8 23505 2
`The Best of Carlos Gardel'
(Thirties recording-dramatic male voice w piano and chamber orchestra)
2'15"
segue
CD cut 11 `Sonate pour violon seul op 27 No 3'
Eugene Ysaye
C Le Chant du Monde/Harmonia Mundi
LDC 278944
David Oistrakh `Sonates Francaises'
(dramatic solo violin)
6'24"
1117 CD cut 3 `Brazileira(from Scaramouche)'
Darius Milhaud
other details as per 1017
(lively brazilianesque duet for sax and piano)
2'30"
segue
CD cut 2 `Dembo'
Jesus Valdes
P Messidor Musik GMBH
C Messidor
Messidor 15976-2
Jesus `Chucho'Valdes `Lucumi piano solo'
(solo piano-strong jazz take on Cuban themes)
6'17"
1127 CD cuts 24-26 `Piezas sin titulo 1,2 &3'
Leo Brouwer
P not shown
C HNH International Ltd
Naxos 8.553630
Ricardo Cobo `Brouwer:Guitar Music Vol 1'
(solo guitar)
1'30/2'14"/2'51"
1135 CD cut 3 `Chaconne(from Sonata in A Minor Opus 91)'
Max Reger
other details as per 1035
(solo violin)
13'50"
1150 CD cut 5 `The Parting of Friends'
trad arr Molloy
P MCPS
C Green Linnet Records
GLCD 3041
Matt Molloy `Stony Steps'
(Irish air on the flute)
3'15"
SEGUE
CD cut 5 `Si Beag, Si Mhor'
Turlough O Carolan arr Breatnach/O'Suilleabhain
Copyright Control
Other details as per 1035
(18th century Irish classical piece for harpsichord,irish whistle,cello -bright)
2'37"
1157 CD cut 2 `The Old Grey Goose'
Trad arr Micheal O'Suilleabhain
C Virgin Records Ltd
CDVE 926
Michael O'Suilleabhain `Between Two Worlds'
(lively dancing Irish piece for piano and percussion)
2' excerpt
Melisma with Robyn Johnston 1005-1200 Radio National (repeated the following Sunday 0105-0300 on RN and RA)