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Birthdays Of Busoni And Rachmaninov – 1 April
In Morning Concert (10am) Frank Pam celebrates the birthdays of Busoni (b.1/4/1866) and Rachmaninov (b.1/4/1873) with some unusually humorous pieces, appropriate to the date. There will also be some entertaining surprises by Mozart and others.

The Dress Circle– 4 April
Robert Hooke is delighted to announce that from today Friday Concert Hall (1.30pm) programmes will feature a new segment titled “The Dress Circle”, showcasing recently made recordings of concerts in and around Melbourne, with the occasional live concert from our own performance studio. The Benaud Trio, 3MBS’s musicians in residence, opens the series.

Waltzing Around Europe – 10 April
In a month when Australian travellers prepare to go overseas, Morning Concert (10am) with Joan Ikin will have us waltzing around Europe. Weber’s Invitation to the Dance opens the programme, followed by the Waltz Sequence No.1 from Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, but a Chopin Ballade and Scherzo follow (in ¾ time!), then Chabrier’s Souvenir of Brunehauf waltz provides a prelude to Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes. Benjamin’s Tombeau de Ravel Valse-Caprice and Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No.1, together with a Strauss Senior encore complete the tour.

Marilyn Horne – 11 April
In Singers and Songs (7pm) with Rex Williams, Marilyn Horne sings items from her American songbook. The English Chamber Orchestra and the Ambrosian Singers, conducted by Carl Davis, join Marilyn in performing items by Stephen Foster and traditional numbers arranged by Copland and Davis.

A Tale Of Two (Italian) Cities – 17 April
In Morning Concert (10am) Joan Ikin will present A Tale of Two (Italian) Cities in a programme of musical links between Naples and Lucca. Composers who contribute include Paganini, with Caprices and later Violin Concerto No.4, Boccherini with Cello Sonata in A and Cello Concerto No.8 in C; Stradella adds Sonata in D for Trumpet and Strings, and Verdi brings arias from Simon Boccanegra. Finally Puccini offers a Symphonic Prelude in A and his La Bohème Fantasy.

Rhys Meirion – 18 April
In Singers and Songs (7pm) with Rex Williams, we feature the latest recording by Welsh tenor Rhys Meirion. Rhys has sung in Australia with the West Australian Opera, Opera Australia, and in concert with the Melbourne Welsh Choir. He has made two CDs for Stanza Av in Australia and three CDs for the Welsh label Sain, including “Benedictus” with Bryn Terfel. It’s his latest Sain disc we hear tonight entitled “Celticae”. Together with the ensemble Celticae directed by Brian Hughes, Rhys sings the old favourites of Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Rex is particularly impressed by Rhys’ reading of Skye Boat Song and the Eriskay Love Lilt. He sees a quality of performance similar to that of the “master” of Scottish songs, Kenneth Mackellar.

Like Father, Like Son – 21 April
The musical talents of violinist and 3MBS programmer/presenter Peter Larsen have obviously been passed onto his clarinet-playing son Jonathan. With respected Melbourne-based musicians Michael Brooks Reid and Kathryn Taylor, violins, Helen Ireland, viola, and Zoe Knighton, cello (playing as the Promethean Ensemble), Jonathan will be heard in the Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581, by Mozart during Concert Hall (1.30pm). In the same programme on 28 April, the group’s recording of the Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115, by Brahms will be presented.

Australian Opera Singers – 25 April
In Singers and Songs (7pm) with Rex Williams, on this, our “special day” we celebrate Australian achievement in the world of opera. Our “Singers of Note” tonight have either been born in Australia, or have made their home here. Artists such as tenor Kenneth Collins, sopranos Rita Hunter, Joan Carden and Marilyn Richardson, together with baritone Robert Allman and the superb bass-baritone/actor Neil Warren Smith perform for us. Added to this we feature Australian orchestras as well.

Birthday Of Hephzibah Menuhin – 20 May
In Morning Concert (10am) Frank Pam celebrates the birthday of the noted pianist Hephzibah Menuhin (b.20/5/1921) with performances of sonatas by Mozart (recorded in London in 1938 when Hephzibah was 17!) and Beethoven (recorded in Sydney in 1940 when she was living in Australia) for violin and piano. The great Viennese baritone Erich Kunz (b.20/5/1909) is also celebrated with music by Mozart, Schubert and Brahms.

Palaces In Spain – 22 May
Palaces in Spain have been the setting for some wonderful music, some of which Joan Ikin will explore in Morning Concert (10am). You can hear some of the music created for the royal residents by Domenico Scarlatti (keyboard sonatas), Soler’s Concerto No.6 for 2 organs, arias written for Farinelli by Broschi, Boccherini’s String Quintet in D, The Aviary, and Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. Lastly the beautiful Alhambra palace is evoked by Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain, and Tárrega’s Recollections of the Alhambra.

The English Ring – 23 May
The English Ring (8pm) deals with the three 19th century composers who wrote three works which were so popular in their time that they became known as “The English Ring”. The Bohemian Girl by Michael Balfe was for many years the most frequently performed opera in Australia (along with Gounod’s Faust, Bizet’s Carmen and Verdi’s La Traviata). The Lily of Killarny by Julius Benedict and Maritana by William Wallace were the others. Alastair Jackson discusses the composers and features their works in this two hour special, programmed to mark the bicentenniary of the birth of Michael Balfe on the 15 May 1808.

Villa-Lobos – 24 May
During Morning Melody (8am) Kitty Sandy will present a not-so-well known piece of music by Villa-Lobos, but definitely lovely to hear … The String Quartet No.14 with the Danubius Quartet.

Hart And Music For The People – 26 May
The String Quartet in G, Op.119 by Fritz Hart will be presented by John Barns during Concert Hall (1.30pm). Born in England in 1874, Hart came to Melbourne in 1909 for a four-year appointment as conductor of the J C Williamson Light Opera Company. In fact he stayed for 27 years, many of them as Director of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and, from 1928, conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He did much to bring music to the people, conducting the first Sidney Myer Free Symphony Concerts.

Godzilla & Other Horrors & Monsters Of The Silver Screen – 30 May
Ever since the first film image flickered onto the cinema screen, music has been an important part of film story telling. The early movies were called “silent”, but were hardly that, being accompanied by music from the pit orchestra, in mainstream city cinemas, to a trio or just piano in suburban and country venues. The music matched the drama or comedy unfolding before your eyes, often comprising out of copyright works. As the movies became more sophisticated, especially composed music was used. Among the many genres within the cinema lexicon, film makers quickly discovered that the audiences liked to be scared and frightened out of their wits; thus was born the “horror” and “monster” cycles. The 1922 German film Nosferatu, with its thrilling score by Hans Endmann, is one that still warrants repeated viewing. Some of Hollywood’s greatest composers wrote for this niche market. Max Steiner’s score for the 1933 King Kong, along with Franz Waxman’s music for the 1935 The Bride of Frankenstein and Bernard Herrmann’s The Devil and Daniel Webster of 1941, which won him an Oscar, still produce goose-bumps to this day.

Godzilla & Frankenstein
John Sheridan and John Slavin, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the VCA Film and Television School and lecturer in film at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, present some of the thrilling musical moments of horror and monsters of the silver screen (8pm). From Nosferatu and King Kong, through the Val Lewton horror series of the 1940s, to the Frankenstein, Dracula and Sherlock Holmes features. There’s also Bernard Herrmann’s score for The Devil and Daniel Webster plus Hitchcock, without Herrmann, in Dial M for Murder. Brian Easdale, who wrote the music for the ballet film The Red Shoes, gets in on the act with a score, composed for solo piano, for the 1959 thriller, Peeping Tom. And of course there’s Godzilla or Gohira as Toho Studies, Tokyo, called it.

Music by Johanna Selleck – 6 June
In “The Dress Circle” (part of Concert Hall 1.30pm) Robert Hooke will present a concert of music by Melbourne composer Johanna Selleck, which features three world premieres.

The Life and Music of Robert Stolz – 6 & 13 June
Ian Lowe presents two programmes, prepared by Albert Whitelaw, on the life and music of Robert Stolz. Sometimes referred to as “the last of the waltz kings”, Austrian-born Stolz wrote over 1000 songs, many works for the stage and a great deal of film music. He was also a very successful conductor, working in theatre and on the concert platform. As well as hearing all his popular works, this will be an opportunity to listen to many of his lesser-known compositions, performed by some of the world’s finest singers.

Concerto a Cinque – 14 June
In Morning Melody (8am) Kitty Sandy features Albinoni’s Concerto a cinque for two trumpets and orchestra. Albinoni was born on 14 June, 1671.

Cantata for the Tsar – 16 June
In 1883 Tchaikovsky was commissioned to compose a cantata for the coronation of Alexander III as Tsar of Russia. The result was Moscow, a surprisingly neglected six-movement work tracing the history of the city from its quiet beginnings, through its various turbulent episodes, to its glorious days in the 19th century. Scored for mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, choir and orchestra, John Barns presents Moscow during Concert Hall (1.30pm).

Claudio Abbado – 20 & 27 June
Italian conductor Claudio Abbado turns 75 this month. To celebrate, Stephen Clark presents two programmes (8pm) featuring the magnitude of this great conductor. From his debut in 1960 to the present day Abbado has continued to charm audiences and polarize critics with his brand of intense passion. Music will span the genres for which he is well-known – opera, orchestral and choral.

Oliver Streeton – 22 June
In Tropic Island Discs (6pm) Bob Rothols meets a man whose name you may have seen on the titles and credits of many Australian feature films and documentaries in the last 25 years. Examples are Rabbit Proof Fence, Innocence, Hammers Over the Anvil, Proof, and Romper Stomper. His life has centred round a wide range of environments … from Olinda in the Dandenong Ranges to the city of Melbourne, from Sydney to London where he studied the art of film. He has worked with many prominent directors, particularly Paul Cox, and the composer/conductor Paul Grabowsky. His youth in the Dandenongs has left him with a great love for bird life and sounds which, with his love of music generally has left him with a special fascination for the music of Messiaen’s passion for bird song. Oliver Streeton is highly respected in the art world, where he has spent much time dealing with the paintings and history of his grandfather, Arthur Streeton, whose country home was in Olinda. His choices for island living also include choral music and the recordings of some great 20th century pianists, particularly Alfred Cortot.

John Sheppard – 26 June
This year marks the 450th anniversary of the death of Tudor composer John Sheppard. Sheppard’s music is less well-known than that of his contemporaries John Taverner and Thomas Tallis but is well worth exploring. Tune in to The Early Music Experience (7pm) for motets and a Mass setting by Sheppard.

The Yarra Trio – 8 July
A concert by the Yarra Trio will feature in “The Dress Circle” (part of Concert Hall 1.30pm). The concert will include piano trios by Haydn and Tchaikovsky, as well as the world premiere of a piano trio by Melbourne composer Stefan Cassomenos.

Liszt Lends a Hand – 10 July
Franz Liszt was most generous in helping many of his contemporary composers. So with the title “Liszt Lends a Hand”, Morning Concert (10am) with Joan Ikin, brings you some examples of the results of Liszt’s help. The programme opens with Liszt’s arrangement for piano of Saint’Saëns’ Danse Macabre, and continues with Symphony No.1 by Glazunov, for which Liszt arranged the first performance outside Russia. The master’s encouragement of Gabriel Fauré and Bedrich Smetana is represented firstly by Fauré’s Barcarole No.1 and Nocturne No.3, and then by From Bohemia’s Woods and Meadows and Die Moldau (Má Vlast). Finally Grieg’s Piano Concerto has another story of Liszt’s help.

Kantors of the Leipzig Thomaskirche – 10 & 17 July
Mark Shepheard presents music from two Leipzig Kantors, Johann Kuhnau and his successor, a certain Johann Sebastian Bach, with two cantatas presented by the latter at his audition. Did they impress? Find out in The Early Music Experience (7pm).

Landscapes – 17 July
Music can be a powerful creator of landscapes, and that is the theme title for Morning Concert (10am) with Joan Ikin. First we experience an icy but beautiful landscape with Westlake’s Antarctica Suite, which features Slava Grigoryan and his guitar. An item from Smetana’s suite Má Vlast follows before we move to a unique kind of “landscape” in Soundscapes for Percussion and Orchestra in which Richard Mills creates a subtle and gentle “landscape” of sound. Lake country landscape of Finland follows in Sibelius’ Swan of Tuonela, and Vaughan Williams completes the landscape series with his Pastoral Symphony.

Platonic Serenade – 21 July
Inspired by Plato’s “Symposium”, in 1954 Leonard Bernstein wrote a serenade for violin, strings, harp and percussion, each of the five movements representing a discourse on the nature of love by, respectively, Phaedrus, Aristophanes, Eryximachus, Agathon and Socrates. John Barns will present Bernstein’s Serenade during Concert Hall (1.30pm).

Immortalised by Beethoven – 24 July
Four familiar names Immortalised by Beethoven are featured in  Morning Concert (10am) with Joan Ikin. You can discover their stories and enjoy again their name works as Frank Wibaut plays Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.21, “Waldstein”, the Australian String Quartet performs his String Quartet No.9, “Razumovsky”, then Jacques Thibaud, Pablo Casals and Alfred Cortot present the Variations in G, “Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu”. Finally Isaac Stern and Eugene Istomin play Violin Sonata No.9, “Kreutzer”.

Opening Ceremonies – 31 July
With the Olympic Games about to begin, Joan Ikin has chosen “Opening Ceremonies” as the theme for Morning Concert (10am). An ancient mythical contest is opened by the prelude to Wagner’s Mastersingers of Nuremberg, and Beethoven’s overture Consecration of the House recalls another opening celebration event. Jenkins’ String Quarter No.2 takes us to an opening ceremony in Wales, but Janácek’s Sinfonietta celebrates the opening of something closer to an Olympic occasion. Finally, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.6, “Pathétique”, recalls a very different opening event.