Classical Connection Wednesday January 16 2013

Presenter: Gavin Pearce

1.”Castle on a cloud” from “Les Miserables” (Original London cast recording) - Schonberg (Zoe Hart)

2.”Gluck, das mir verblieb” from “Die tote stadt” – Korngold (Joan Hammond, soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra cond. Walter Susskind)

3.String quartet in C sharp minor op131 – Beethoven (Artemis Quartet)

4.”I dreamed a dream” from ”Les Miserables” (Original London cast recording) - Schonberg (Patti LuPone)

5.”Stars” from “Les Miserables” (Original London cast recording) - Schonberg (Roger Allam)

6.”Look down” from “Les Miserables” (Original London cast recording) - Schonberg (Ian Tucker and chorus)

7.”Do you hear the people sing?” from “Les Miserables” (Original London cast recording) - Schonberg (chorus)

8.A portrait of ‘Hitch’ – Herrmann (London Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Bernard Herrmann)

9.”The swan” from “Carnival of the animals” – Saint-Saens (Marian Lapsansky, piano; Peter Toperczer, piano)

10.”Three little maids from school are we” from “The Mikado” – Sullivan (Valerie Masterson, Peggy Ann Jones, Pauline Wales, D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Royston Nash)  

11.”The flowers that bloom in the spring” from ”The Mikado” – Sullivan ( Norma Knight, Ruth Gurner, Thomas Edmonds, Dennis Olsen, Robert Dawe, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra cond. James Christiansen)

12.”Ona tree by a river, a little tom-tit” from “The Mikado” – Sullivan (Dennis Olsen, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra cond. James Christiansen)

13.”Gualtier malde” from “Rigoletto” – Verdi ( Joan Sutherland, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra cond. Richard Bonynge)

14.”La donna e mobile” from “Rigoletto” – Verdi (Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherill Milnes, Martti Talvela, Huguette Tourangeau, London Symphony Orchestra cond. Richard Bonynge) 

15. “Bella figlia dell’amore” from “Rigoletto” – Verdi (Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherill Milnes, Huguette Tourangeau, London Symphony Orchestra cond. Richard Bonynge) 

16.”Master of the house” from “Les Miserables” (Original London cast recording)- Schonberg (Alun Armstrong, Sue Jane Tanner and chorus)

Chamber Music Hour Wednesday January 9 2013

Presenter: Gavin Pearce

1.Silent Woods Op68 No5 – Dvorak (Maria Kliegel, cello; Nina Tichman, piano)

2.Fantasy No2 for clarinet and string quartet – Stanford (Robert Plane, clarinet; Lucy Gould, violin; Mia Cooper, violin; David Adams, viola; Alice Neary, cello)

3.Annees de pelerinage, Deuxieme annee no7: Apres une lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata, ‘Dante sonata’ – Liszt (Franz Liszt piano duo)

4.Three divertimenti for string quartet – Britten (Belcea Quartet)

5.Variations on a theme from Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ – Danzi (Maria Kliegel, cello; Nina Tichman, piano)

 

Classical Connection Wednesday 9th January 2013.

Presenter:     Peter Trevaskis

1.     Three Dances from “The Three-Cornered Hat” – De Falla (Montreal Symphony Orchestra)

2.     Rodeo – Copland (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra)

3.     Fantastic Overture – Shreker (Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra)

4.     In lectulo meo per nochtes – David Lang (Adelaide Chamber Singers)

5.     Bohemian Rhapsody – Freddie Mercury (The Benaud Trio)

6.     The Battle of Stalingrad – Khachaturian (Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra)

7.     Laudate Dominum – Mozart (Phil Snedecor – trumpet; Paul Skevington – organ)

8.     Pavane – Fauré (Phil Snedecor – trumpet; Paul Skevington – organ)

9.     1st Movement of “Te Deum” – Berlioz (Marie-Claire Alain – organ; The European Union Childrens Choir; The Choir and Orchestra of Paris)

10.   “Visitor from Earth” from ‘The Excursions of Mr Broucek’ – Janacek (New Zealand Symphony Orchestra)

Classical Connection Monday 7th January 2013.

Presenters:     Valerie Carras and Malcolm Elliott.

1.     Thunder and Lightning Polka – Strauss ll (Wiener Philharmoniker)

2.     Flower Duet – Delibes (Joan Sutherland and Jane Berbie -sopranos; Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra)

3.     Toccata and Fugue in D minor – Bach (Albert Schweitzer)

4.     Baillero – Cantaloube (Yvonne Kenny – soprano; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

5.     Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in Bb K.191 – Mozart (Michael Chapman – bassoon; The Academy of Saint Martin’s-in-the-Fields)

6.     Core ‘ngrato – Cardillo (Pavarotti; Orchestre del Teatro Communale de Bologna)

7.     Preludio – Ponce (John Williams; Rafael Punya; Jordi Savall)

8.     Largo from Sonata No. 2 – Straube (John Williams; Rafael Punya; Jordi Savall)

9.     Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly) – Puccini (Slovak Philharmonic Chorus; Czecho-Slovak radio Symphony Orchestra)

10.   Cavatina: A Voice a little while ago – Rossini (Maria Callas – soprano; Philharmonia Orchestra)

11.   Capriccio italien Op. 45 – Tchaikovsky (Israel Philharmonic Orchestra)

12.   The Harp that once thro’  Tara’s Halls – Trad. (Jane Rutter; Jill Atkins; Queensland Symphony Orchestra)

13.   Butterfly’s Day Out – O’Connor (Yo-Yo Ma; Edgar Meyer; Mark O’Connor)

Classical Connection Wednesday 2nd January 2013.

Presenter:     Michael Wong

1.     Violin Concerto No. 5 – Mozart (Kogan; Paris Conservatoire Orchestra)

2.     Symphony No. 5 – Tchaikovsky (Leningrad Symphony Orchestra)

3.     Violin Sonata No. 3 – Brahms (Heifitz)

4.     Scheherazarde – Rimsky Korsakov (Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra)

Christmas Morning 25th December 2012.

Presenter:     Peter Trevaskis

1.     Skaters Waltz – Waldteufel (Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra)

2.     Gold and Silver Waltz – Lehar (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)

3.     Variations on a theme  from Bellini’s ‘Norma’ – Czerny (Beyer, Dagul, Dagul)

4.     Mars, the Bringer of War (The Planets) – Holst (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)

5.     The Reluctant Cannibal – Flanders and Swann

6.     Songs for our Time – Flanders  and Swann

7.     Balulalow – Peter Warlock (Ripon Cathedral Choir)

8.     The Sycamore Tree – Peter Warlock (Ripon Cathedral Choir)

9.     Great Crush Collision – Joplin (Jean-Pierre Rampal)

10.   Poinsettia’s Gift – Jack Noble White (Texas Boys Choir)

11.    Letter from the Front – John Julius Norwich

12.   The Three Kings – Praetorius (Felicity Lott – soprano; The Joyous Company of Singers)

13.   Good King Wenceslas – Piae Cantiones (Ripon Cathedral Choir)

14.   Suo-gan - Welsh Trad. (Ripon Cathedral Choir) 

15.   The Twelve Days of Christmas – Brian Sibley (Janette Parr; Peter Trevaskis; and others)

16.   From the Highlands – Cecil Coles (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra)

17.   The Burning Babe – Alistair Jamieson (Ripon Cathedral Choir)

18.   Aunty Rotter – Peter Sellers

19.   Grande Tarantelle – Gottschalk (Reid Nibley – piano; Utah Symphony Orchestra)

20.   O Holy Night – Adam (Luciano Pavarotti)

21.   Stille nacht, helige nacht – Gruber (Vienna Boys Choir)

22.   O come, all ye faithful – Wade (Ripon Cathedral Choir)

23.   Hark! the Herald Angels sing – Mendelssohn (Ripon Cathedral Choir)

Classical Connection Monday 10th December 2012.

Presenter:     Rosemary Beal

1.     Pastorale – Locatelli (Sirius Ensemble)

2.     The Fourth Sunday in Advent – Gregorian anon. (Schola Cantorum of Amsterdam)

3.     Concerto for Three Pianos – Mozart (Andreas Schiff, Daniel Barenboim, Sire Georg Solti; The English Chamber Orchestra)

4.     Christmas Concerto – Corelli (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)

5.     Canticum Cantoricum – Moody (Adelaide Chamber Singers)

6.     Rondo – Dvorak (Paul Tortellier; The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

7.     A Boy is Born – Britten (The Ladies of the Cambridge University Chamber Choir)

8.     In lectulo meo per nochtes – David Lang (Adelaide Chamber Singers)