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00:00 CLASSIC-ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
06:00 SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC with Heather Sykes
09:30 LANDMARKS Prepared by Denis Patterson
Rouget de Lisle, C-J. La Marseillaise (c1792; arr. Berlioz).
Stravinsky, I. Fantasy: Fireworks, op 4 (1908).
Berlioz, H. Symphonie fantastique, op 14 (1830).
Stravinsky, I. The rite of Spring (1913).
Stravinsky, I. Scherzo fantastique, op 3 (1908).
11:30 ON PARADE Prepared by Elaine Siversen
Lovelock, W. Processional march.
Trad. Quick march; The keel row; Bonnie Dundee; Russian imperial anthem; Garb of old Gaul; Men of Harlech.
Newsome, R. Concorde (1973).
Trad. Slow air and jigs; Going home; Abide with me.
12:00 JAZZ THEN AND NOW with Michael Cooper
13:00 LISTENERS' CHOICE with Marilyn Schock
14:30 STRINGS PLUCKED AND BOWED
Rameau, J-P. Quatrième concert, from Pièces de clavecin en concert (pub. 1741).
Krumpholtz, J-B. Duet in F no 1, op 7.
Vivaldi, A. Concerto in A minor.
15:00 FRITZ KREISLER died 29 January 1962 Prepared by Sheila Catzel
Kreisler, F. Liebesfreud; Liebeslied.
Kreisler, F. Viennese caprice, op 2 (arr. Kreisler; orch McAlister); Beautiful Rosemary.
Kreisler, F. Quartet in A minor (1919).
Kreisler, F. Tambourin chinois (1911).
Caprice viennois, op 2.
Allegretto, after Boccherini.
Dvorák, A. Songs my mother taught me, op 55 (1880; arr. Kreisler).
Grieg, E. Sonata in C minor, op 45 (1886-87).
16:30 AT THE BALLET Prepared by Raj Gopalakrishnan
Vine, C. Suite from The Tempest (1990).
Koehne, G. Tivoli dances (2005).
Kats-Chernin, E. Concert suite from Wild swans (2003).
18:00 FOCUS ON FOLK Folk Federation of NSW with Paul Jackson
19:00 THE MAGIC OF STAGE AND SCREEN Prepared by Maureen Meers
Herman, J. Excerpts from Mame (1966).
Monnot, M. Excerpts from Irma la Douce.
Rodgers, R. Excerpts from film The King and I (1956).
20:00 LIVE AND LOCAL THE SYDNEY MOZART SOCIETY pRESENTS Francesco Celata and friends Produced by Kerry Joyner
Mozart, W. Oboe quartet in F, K370 (1781).
Beethoven, L. Quintet in E flat for piano and winds, op 16 (1796).
Mozart, W. Clarinet quintet in A, K581 (1789).
21:30 OPERA HIGHLIGHTS Prepared by Giovanna Grech
Mozart, W. Crudeli fermate ... Ah dal pianto, from La finta giardiniera (1775).
Rossini, G. Della cieca fortuna, from Elisabetta (1815).
Puccini, G. Una partita a poker! from La fanciulla del West (1910).
Flotow, F. M’appari, from Martha (1847).
22:00 SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME Prepared by Heather Sykes
Godard, B. Piano concerto no 1 in A minor, op 31 (1875).
Borodin, A. Symphony no 2 in B minor (1869-76).
Boccherini, L. Divertimento in A, op 16 no 5 (1773).
d’Erlanger, F. Violin concerto in D minor op 17 (1902).


Fine Music Magazine

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This month our national opera company’s 2012 Sydney season opens with a spectacular production of The Magic Flute as part of a composer-driven festival of three Mozart operas. Robert Clark talks to Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini about his 21st century vision for Opera Australia and to some of the stars of A Summer of Mozart: sopranos Elvira Fatykhova and Nicole Car, baritones Michael Lewis and Samuel Dundas, designer Ralph Myers and conductor Benjamin Northey.
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CD of the Week: Andrew Schultz - Orchestral Works

Opening a door on an orchestra playing is, to Australian composer Andrew Schultz, a step into a magical realm. A world in which fantastic and endless possibilities are at work just as much as in the enchanted forests of fairy tales.
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Book and CD Fair

Crows Nest Book and CD Fair

There is something for everybody at the Fair. There are tables of hardback and paperback fiction, religion and philosophy, science and technology, history and biography, arts and literature, food and wine, hobbies and sports. Be there for the usual selection of unbelievable bargains!
When: Thursday 19 January Opening Night 6–10pm, Friday 20 – Sunday 29 January 9am – 6pm
Where: Crows Nest Centre, 2 Ernest Place, Crows Nest (Free parking behind building)  

CD Reviews

In each issue of Fine Music the 2MBS-FM review team examine a range of classical and Jazz CDs. 
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