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Australia

Iain Burnside explores the rich and diverse musical life of Australia and the contributions of its performers and composers, including Grainger, Mackerras and others.

Sunday Morning
with Iain Burnside

"Australia"

Iain explores the rich and diverse musical life of Australia and the significant contributions of performers and composers, past and present, from down under, including Percy Grainger, Dames Melba, Hammond and Sutherland, Charles Mackerras and the Australian Chamber Orchestra among others.

Producer: Andrew Lyle
Email: sundaymorning@bbc.co.uk
A Perfectly Normal Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 21 Mar 2010 10:00

Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    Colonial Song

    Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • Chandos CHAN9493.
  • Charles Gounod

    "Ah! je ris de me voir si belle" (Jewel Song) from Faust

    Performer: Nellie Melba (soprano) Performer: Uncredited orchestra Performer: Walter B Rogers (conductor)

    • RCA 09026614.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Th猫me Vari茅, Op 97

    Performer: Piers Lane (piano)

    • Hyperion CDA 67037.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 3 in E flat major, K447

    Performer: Barry Tuckwell (horn) Performer: Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields Performer: Neville Marriner (conductor)

    • EMI CDM 7695692.
  • Malcolm Williamson

    Violin Concerto, 2nd movement (vivace)

    Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)

    • EMI CDM 566 121 2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet, 2nd movement Assez vif 鈥 Tr猫s rythm茅

    Performer: Australian String Quartet

    • ABC Classics ABC 476 6904.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    "Viene la sera" (Love Duet) from Madama Butterfly

    Performer: Dame Joan Hammond (soprano) Performer: Charles Craig (tenor) Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Vilem Tausky (conductor)

    • Testament SBT1153.
  • Nikolai Karlovich Medtner

    Sonata in C minor, op 25 no1,"Fairy Tale"

    Performer: Geoffrey Tozer (piano)

    • Chandos CHAN9618.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: Craig Ogden (guitar)

    • CHAN 9743.
  • Mikelangelo & The Black Sea Gentlemen

    Set Sail

    Performer: Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen

    • MBSG002.
  • Peter Sculthorpe

    Djilile

    Performer: Australian Chamber Orchestra Performer: Richard Tognetti (director)

    • Chandos CHAN 10063.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    "Bel raggio lusinghier" from Semiramide

    Performer: Joan Sutherland (soprano) Performer: Royal Opera House Orchestra Performer: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

    • Decca 452 298 2 CD1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 35 in D Major, K 385 "Haffner"

    Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras

    • Linn CKD 350 CD2.
  • Percy Grainger

    There was a Pig

    Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus Performer: Simon Halsey (conductor)

    • Conifer CDCF 162.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Mar 2010 10:00