Sunday October 25, 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 8 `Fugue in B Flat Major(adapted from Fugue no 1 in C major BWV 846 Book 1)'
J S Bach/Heitor Villa Lobos
P and C Hyperion Records
Hyperion CDA66257
Lib no 89 2713
Jill Gomez/Pleeth Cello Octet `Villa-Lobos'
(adaptation for eight cellos of Bach keyboard piece)
2'13"

1009 CD disc 1 cut 1 `Prelude and Fugue in C Major BWV 846'
J S Bach
C 1996 Concord Jazz
Concord Concerto CCD 42018
Lib no 89 8151
Joao Carlos Martins `J S Bach:The Well Tempered Clavier Book 1'
(solo piano prelude and fugue..the fugue on which the previous cello piece is based)
6'17"

segue

1015 CD disc 3 cut 5 `Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 (aria)'
Heitor Villa Lobos
C EMI France
EMI CZS 7 672292 A
Lib no 88 8719
Various artists`Villa-Lobos lui-meme'
(On this cut: soprano Victoria de los Angeles/cello soloist Fernand Benedetti)
(50's recording-irresistibly romantic melody-soprano w eight cellos)
6'16"


1023 CD cut 7 `Zigeunerweisen'
Pablo de Sarasate arr Mike Marshall and Edgar Meyer
C Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Classical SK 62891
Uncatalogued
Edgar Meyer/Bela Fleck/Mike Marshall `Uncommon Ritual'
(late 18th early 20th century Sarasate piece arr for double bass and mandolin)
8'30"

1033 CD cut 13 `O meu amigo(oh my friend)
Orlando Silveira
C Nimbus Records
NI 5404
Lib no 91 2244
`Choros from Bahia featuring Fred Dantas and Ailton Reiner'
(brazilian choro-sweet and sad duet for mandolin and guitar)
3'39"

segue

CD disc 4 cut 7 `Choros no 5(Alma Brasileira)'
Heitor Villa Lobos
other details as per 1015
on this cut:Aline van Barentzen
(solo piano based on Brazilian choro form -delicate then dramatic)
4'28"


1042 CD cut 1 `Cadencia/Contatos'
P Bellinati
C Mark Twigden 52CD 170
Independent release-to purchase, send $20(includes postage) to:
Mark Twigden, 3 Bedford St Collingwood 3066 Australia
(20th century brazilian music for solo guitar)
Australian performance*********************************
5'08"

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CD cut 12 `Choro Triste'
Alfredo Medeiros
C Nimbus Records
NI 5398
Lib no 91 1963
Oficina de Cordas `Pernambuco's Music'
(sweet choro tune for solo guitar-wistful)
3'07"

1052 CD cuts 3/4 `Enyato II'
Ross Edwards
P anc C Tall Poppies Records
TP 098
Uncatalogued
Patricia Pollett `Viola Power'
(solo viola-contemplative then dancing)
4'51"/3'56"
Australian composition and performance**************


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CD cut 5 `Maninya 1'
Ross Edwards
P and C MBS Records
MBS 21 CD
Lib no 87 885
Hartely Newnham/Nicholas Routley/Susan Blake/Geoffrey Collins `The Hermit of Green Light'
(counter tenor and cello-mesmerising and unusual)
Australian composition and performance****************
10'58"

1113 CD cut 1 `Uncommon Ritual'
Edgar Meyer
other details as per 1023
(mandolin,mandocello,banjo,bass-shifting moods-has medieval moments!)
6'00"

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CD cut 13 `En Mai'
Colin Muset(13th Century)
C Disques SA Paris
Erato 0630-17072
Lib no 87 5032
Anne Azema `Le Jeu D'Amour'
(13th cent. french tune-flute,harp and gittern)
2'24

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CD cut 2 `Giovine vagha/Amor c'al tuo sugetto'
Francesco Ladini
C Arcana
Arcana A22
Lib no 87 3571
Mala Punica `D'Amor Ragionando'
(14th century northern italian love song-soprano w flute,vielle,lute,etc-ends in lively courtly dance)
9'12"

1132 CD cut 1 `Il lamento di mendicanti'
trad
c Harmonia Mundi
HMA 190434
Private copy
Matteo Salvatore `Chant de Mendiants en Italie'
(compelling Italian male voice with sparse guitar accompaniment)
4'02"

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CD cut 8 `Elogio de la danza'
Leo Brouwer
C Sony Music Entertainment
Uncatalogued
Sony Classical SK 63173
John Williams `Brouwer:The Black Decameron'
(solo guitar-dark and evocative)
5'54"

1143 CD disc 4 cuts 9/10 `2 Choros for violin and cello'
Heitor Villa-lobos
other details as per 1015
On this cut: Henri Bronschwak and Jacques Neilz
(abstraction of Brazilian choro idea for cello and violin)
4'39"/4'01"


1153 CD cut 5 `Contramonkey'
Edgar Meyer
other details as per 1023
(mandolin,banjo and double bass-funky and boppish)
3'48"

1158 CD disc 2 cut 4` Evidence'
Thelonious Monk
P Thelonious Music BMI
C Capitol Records
CDP 7243 8 30363 2 5
Lib no 85 6226-9
Thelonious Monk `The Complete Blue Note Recordings'
(late 40's quirky jazz-piano,vibes,bass,drums)
2' excerpt

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