Radio NationalSunday December 20, 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)
1005 CD cut 9 `Courante(from Suite no 3 in C BWV 1009)'
J S Bach
C Philips Classics Productions
Philips 422 495-2
Maurice Gendron `Bach:Cello Suites Nos 2,3 & 5'
(joyful solo cello)
3'11
1009 CD cut 9 `El Cant dels Ocells'
trad
C Sony Music Entertainment France
SMK 66573
Pau Casals `Encores'
(cello melody over orchestra - trad Catalan carol - 1950 recording)
3'08
segue
CD cut 1 `El Cant dels ocells'
trad
C Lambourne Productions Ltd
Collins Classics 13182
Victoria de los Angeles `Traditional Catalan Songs'
(catalan christmas carol- soprano and piano)
2'32
segue
CD cut 11 `Morning Song'
Peter Sculthorpe
C MBS Records
MBS 16 CD
`Landscapes:Music for Piano and Strings by Peter Sculthorpe'
(piano duet - melody of Sculthorpe carol `morning song for the christ child')
2'32
Australian composition and performance*********************
1018 CD cut 2 `Morning Song for the Christ Child'
Music:Peter Sculthorpe Text:Roger Covell
C ANCA
Contact:ANCA PO Box 7530 East Brisbane 4169
`Australia Sings a New Song'
On this cut:The Quodlibet Singers
(mixed voice choir)
2'42
Australian composition and performance*********************
segue
CD cut 1 `Herzliebster Jesu(From:Two Chorale Preludes)'
Margaret Sutherland
C Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ABC Classics 441 934-2
David Lockett `Margaret Sutherland:The Piano Music'
(stately devotional solo piano - 1930's composition)
2'39
Australian composition and performance***********************
1025 CD cut 6 `Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella'
trad
C Shanachie Records Corp
Shanachie 97012
El McMeen `Of Soul and Spirit'
(sprightly old French carol - solo guitar version)
2'04
segue
CD cut 11 `Brave Marin'
trad arr Michelle,Paul and Suzanne Campagne
Arrangement P Homestead Music
C Folle Avoine Productions
Red House Records RHR CD 122
Hart Rouge `Nouvelle France'
(three voices in French w guitar and accordeon - old song about
long lost husband coming home to find wife has a new family)
3'41
segue
CD cut 7 ` AnElez a gane(The Angels Sang)'
Music:Christian Desbordes Words: Job an Irien
P SACEM
C Green Linnet Records
GLCD 3124
Ensemble Choral du Bout du Monde `Celtic Christmas Music from Brittany'
(new Breton carol - celts meet pulsing american minimalism? - voices and organ)
4'10
1036 CD cut 7 `The Christmas Song'
Torme/Wells
P Edwin H Morris
C Justin Time Records
JUST 75-2
Various Artists `Justin Time for Christmas'
(tender solo piano exploration of popular Christmas song - pianist:Paul Bley)
5'02
segue
CD cut 4 `Romelni Kerubinta(Those Who Are Like the Cherubs)'
trad
C Shanachie
Shanachie 65014
The Rustavi Choir `Heroic Songs and Hymns from Georgia'
(beautiful hymn for male voice choir)
2'55
segue
CD cut 3 `Variations on folk theme:I would take my bandura'
A Mukha
C Yevshan Corporation
CDYFP 1135
Roman Hrynkiv `The Bandura'
(solo bandura - ukranian string instrument that sounds like a harp/guitar/harpsichord)
5'53
1052 CD cut 1 `Sh'ma Yisro'el'
composer not shown
C Yazoo
Yazoo 7002
`Mysteries of the Sabbath:Classic Cantorial Records 1907-47'
(fabulous singer - ukranian/american cantor - 1929 recording - very melismatic singing w organ accompaniment)
4'08
segue
CD cut 6 `Overture on Hebrew Themes Opus 34'
Sergey Prokofiev
P Boosey and Hawkes
C Chandos
Chan 9627(2)
`In Memory of a Great Artist:Rostislav Dubinsky'
(emotive/dramatic 20th century piece for violin,viola,cello,piano,clarinet)
9'47
1107 CD disc 1 cut 4 `Rokhev'
John Zorn
P and C Tzadik
TZ 7108-2
John Zorn/Masada Chamber Ensembles `Bar Kokhba'
(swirling/stately jewish dance for violin,cello and bass)
3'07
segue
CD cut 14 `In Bethlehem, a great event'
trad
C Catherine Azad/Sunset France
Playasound PS 65145
Kalena `Ukranian Voices'
(ukranian christmas carol - mixed voice choir w accordeon)
3'17
segue
CD cut 7 `In the field, the Plow traces a furrow'
trad
C Catherine Azad/Sunset France
Playasound PS 65145
Kalena `Ukranian Voices'
(ukranian christmas carol - mixed voice choir w female soloist and instrumental ensemble - powerful)
2'17
1117 CD cut 14 `To Be a Pilgrim'
trad English arr Martin Simpson
P Gourd Music
C Hokey Pokey Records Ltd
Fledg'ling FLE 1007
Martin Simpson `A Closer Walk with Thee'
(lovely arrangement for acoustic guitar and violin - trad melody)
1'48
segue
CD cut 2 `I Wonder as I Wander'
John Jacob Niles
P G Schirmer Inc ASCAP
C Sony Music Entertainment Inc
SK 62688
Emma Kirkby/Westminster Abbey Choir `Adeste Fideles!'
(solo soprano wondering about the story of Jesus)
1'25
segue
CD cut 17 `I Wonder as I Wander part two'
John Jacob Niles
P G Schirmer Inc ASCAP
C Sony Music Entertainment Inc
SK 62688
Emma Kirkby/Westminster Abbey Choir `Adeste Fideles!'
(as above continued - soprano and guitar)
2'15
segue
CD cut 3 `Another Division on a Ground by Mr John Banister'
(from the publications of John Playford, 17th cent)
C Harmonia Mundi
HMU 907186
David Douglass,Paul O'Dette, Andrew Lawrence King `Apollo's Banquet:17th century music form the publications of John Playford'
(improvisations on old english ballad tune - violin,harp,theorbo)
9'50
1134 CD cut 10 `Jubilation'
Andrew York
C Sony Classical
SK 62723
Kathleen Battle/Christopher Parkening `Angel's Glory'
(jubilant 20th century guitar solo)
4'41
segue
CD cut 6 `El Noi de la Mare(The Son of the Virgin)'
trad Catalan arr Thomas Geoghegan
C Sony Classical
SK 62723
Kathleen Battle/Christopher Parkening `Angel's Glory'
(soprano and guitar - old catalan christmas carol)
2'36
1146 CD cut 3 `O Come all ye faithful'
trad
C Sony Music Entertainment
Columbia 4813213 2
Various `Swing into Christmas'
On this cut:Marcus Roberts
(blues/jazz exploration of Christmas tune)
3'46
segue
CD cut 7 `God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen'
trad arr Williams
C Shanachie
Shanachie 6021
Marion Williams `Through Many Dangers'
(fabulous female gospel voice and piano)
2'41
1155 CD cut 4 `I Mean You'
Thelonious Monk
P Thelonious BMI
C Riverside Records
FCD 60 018
`Thelonious Monk and the Jazz Giants'
(1957 quartet recording led by Monk and Gerry Mulligan(baritone sax)
4' excerpt
Melisma with Robyn Johnston 1005-1200 Radio National (repeated the following Sunday 0105-0300 on RN and RA)
