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Composer and Waiheke resident Eve de Castro-Robinson was Mark's guest on Variations on a Theme.
Posted 19/08/2010 - 12:49 by marksmith
This weeks Variations on a Theme will have a very local flavour. My theme for the week is Living New Zealand Composers and the show will also feature a "live" composer. Eve de Castro-Robinson is one of the composers I featured a couple of weeks ago on my show on the Arvo Part Festival. Eve has kindly agreed to come in to the studio to play and discuss some of her works.
Posted 15/08/2010 - 19:23 by marksmith
Composer |
Titles |
J. S. Bach |
Sonata No.1, BWV 1001, G minor - IV. Presto |
Eugene Ysaye |
Sonata No.1 in G minor - I. Grave |
J. S. Bach |
Partita No.1, BWV 1002, B minor - IVa. Double |
G. F. Telemann |
Fantasia 9 in B Minor |
J. S. Bach |
Sonata No.2, BWV 1003, A minor - IV. Allegro |
N. Paganinni |
No.24 a-moll: Tema con variazioni. Quasi presto |
J. S. Bach |
PARTITA II BWV 1004 in D minor - V. Ciacina |
Bela Bartok |
Solo Violin Sonata -II- Fuga |
J. S. Bach |
Sonata for solo violin No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005: Allegro assai |
N. Paganinni |
No.11 C-Dur: Andante-Presto |
J. S. Bach |
PARTITA III BWV 1006 in E major - VII. Gigue |
Posted 08/08/2010 - 12:58 by marksmith
Arvo Pärt was born inEstonia in 1935. In 1944, Estonia saw the occupation of the Soviet Union, which would last for over 50 years, and would have a profound effect on his life and music. He studied at Tallinn Conservatory in 1957, and while there he started work as a recording engineer with Estonian Radio, wrote music for the stage and received numerous commissions for film scores so that, by the time he graduated from the Conservatory in 1963, he could already be considered a professional composer. A year before leaving, he won first prize in the All-Union Young Composers' Competition.
| Composer | Titles |
| Arvo Part | Credo for Piano solo, Mixed Choir and Orchestra |
| Arvo Part | Spiegel im Spiegel (version for clarinet & piano) |
| Arvo Part | Festina Lente |
| Arvo Part | he Beatitudes |
| Arvo Part | Kuus, kuus kallike (estonian lullaby) |
| Eve De Castro Robinson | Commemoration |
| Arvo Part | Credo |
Posted 01/08/2010 - 13:18 by marksmith
nd Viennese - 12 tone. A few weeks ago I played some early music from the key group of composers who comprised the 2nd Viennese School. Led by Arnold Schoeberg, the theoretical and compositional work they did had a huge influence on the direction classical music took away from tonality and realistically it was not until the 1970's and the advent of minimalism that idea of tonality in music became common-place and accepted at an academic and critical level. in this show I'm going to be playing some of the atonal but non 12 tone works and some of their more mature works that really illustrate 12 tone music and serialism.
| Composer | Titles |
| Alban Berg | Violin Concerto "To the memory of an angel": 1. Andante - Allegretto |
| Alban Berg | Kammerkonzert: I. Thema Scherzoso Con Variazioni |
| Anton Webern | 5 Movements, op.5 (1909) - 1. Heftig bewegt |
| Anton Webern | Streichquartett op. 28 (1936-38) | |
| Arnold Schoenberg | 5 Pieces For Orchestra, Op. 16 - 1. Vorgefühle |
| Arnold Schoenberg | Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23 - Walzer |
| Arnold Schoenberg | Concerto for piano, op.42 - 1. Andante |
| Arnold Schoenberg | Psalm 130, De Profundis |
Posted 12/07/2010 - 18:40 by marksmith
| There are some works that hold a special fascination for classical music lovers. For me, one of those works is Bach's Suites for Solo Cello. It's one of the pieces that I first came across very early in my first dabblings with classical music and was one of the catalysts in turning a brief acquaintance into a lifelong relationship. I'm guilty of having mutliple versions of the work in my catalogue so for taday I'm going to play the opening prelude of each of the six suites by a variety of different cellists and I'm going to intersperse each of these preludes with pieces for solo cello by a range of other composers. |
| Composer | Title |
| J.S.Bach | Suite for Cello Solo No.1 in G, BWV 1007 - 1. Prélude |
| Kaija Saariaho | Spins and Spells (1997) |
| J.S.Bach | Bach: Suite No.2 in d-moll - Prelude |
| Zoltan Kodaly | : Sonata, Op. 8 - 1. Allegro Maestoso Ma Appassionato |
| J.S.Bach | Suite for Cello Solo No.3 in C, BWV 1009 - 1. Prélude |
| Gyorgy Ligeti | Sonate - Diologo - Adagio, rubato, cantabile |
| J.S.Bach | Suite Nr.4 BWV 1010 I. Prelude |
| Benjamin Britten | Second_Suite_Op80_I_Declamato |
| J.S.Bach | Suite Nr.5 BWV 1011 I. Prelude |
| Philip Glass | Company |
| J.S.Bach | Suite for Cello Solo No.6 in D, BWV 1012 - - 1. Prélude |
Posted 04/07/2010 - 13:18 by marksmith
Dedicated to the NZ Secondary Schools Choir and the NZ Youth Choir on their overseas trips.
| Composer | Titles |
| György Ligeti | Lux aeterna |
| Whitacre | Lux Aurumque |
| David Lang | come, daughter |
| Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen | 02 - Statements |
| Vaclovas Augustinas | The Stomping Bride |
| Robert Heppener | Im Gestein. VI. Flugelnacht II |
| David Childs | Salve Regina |
| James Macmillan | Seven Last Words from the Cross - 2 - Woman, Behold, Thy Son!... Behold, Thy Mother! |
| Veljo Tormis | Tormis: Kolm eesti mängulaulu - #1 Käsikivimäng |
| Iannis Xenakis | A Colone |
Posted 20/06/2010 - 13:19 by marksmith
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This weeks show is the first of two shows that will be based on the music of what is called the 2nd viennese school. Its going to focus on the music of Arnold Schoenberg asn his two key pupils, Anton Webern and Alban Berg. These composers basically changed the face of 20th century classical music with their move away from tradtional notions of tonality and into 12 tone and serial music. This first show is based around some of their earlier music before they had fully developed the theories and modes that came to dominate a great deal of mid 2oth Century composition and also music that retains some sort of contact with traditional tonality- the 2nd Viennese Infants School if you would,
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| Composer | Titles |
| Arnold Schoenberg | Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra in B flat - Largo-Allegro |
| Anton Webern | Schubert-Webern: German Dances, D820 (orch.1931) - 1. A-flat major |
| Alban Berg | Die Nachtigall [Clytus Gottwald] |
| Alban Berg | Berg: Piano Sonata, op.1 |
| Arnold Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 - 4. Sehr Breit Und Langsam |
| Anton Webern | Passacaglia for Orchestra, op.1 (1908) |
| Arnold Schoenberg | Gurrelieder: Erster Teil: Orchestervorspiel |
Posted 06/06/2010 - 13:03 by marksmith
| Composer | Titles |
| Gabriel Faure | Dolly Op.56: I. Berceuse. Allegretto moderato |
| Karol Szymanowski | Songs of a Fairy-tale Princess Op.31 (1933) -I- The Lonely Moon |
| Kodály | - 'Háry János' Suite - II. Viennese Musical Clock |
| Maurice Ravel : | Sheherazade |
| Sergei Prokoviev | Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67 |
| Jaques Ibert | The Little White Donkey, for piano (No.2 from "Histories") |
| Camille Saint-Saens | Saint-Saëns: Carnival Of The Animals - Introduction & Royal March Of The Lion |
| Camille Saint-Saens | Saint-Saëns: Carnival Of The Animals - Kangaroos |
| Camille Saint-Saens | Saint-Saëns: Carnival Of The Animals - Aquarium |
| Erik Satie | Le Piccadilly |
| Aaron Copland | Billy the Kid - Mexican Dance and Finale, PO Ormandy |
Posted 21/05/2010 - 11:33 by marksmith
The days are getting shorter and the nights longer so this weeks show is based on the theme of the night.
| Composer | Titles |
| Arnold Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 - 1. Sehr Langsam |
| Takemitsu | Toward the sea III - 1 The Night |
| Maurice Ravel | Rapsodie espagnole (1908) - Prelude a la nuit |
| Prokofiev | Scythian Suite Suite, Op. 20: III. Night |
| Benjamin Britten | Four Sea Interludes - Moonlight |
| Camille Saint-Saëns | Calme des nuits |
| Pavel Haas | String Quartet No 2. IV. Wild Night (Vivace E Con Fuoco) |
| Brahms | Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht, Op.96 No.1 |
| Brahms | Die Mainacht, Op.43 No.2 |
| Ravel | Gaspard de la Nuit - 01, Ondine - Lent |
| Poulenc | Les Animaux modèles -I- Dawn (Très calme) |