Sound Lounge for Tuesday 21 May 2013

7:00 Richard Wagner was born 200 years ago, here’s Jonathan Harvey’s thoughts on the matter

Harvey: Wagner Dream, excerpt
Cypres CYP 5624

7:20 Rostrum 2012

Recommended works from the category for composers under 30

ROMASHKOVA: In aria
(Russian Radio)

FORTUNATO: El Ouroboros Primordial
(Argentinian Radio)

DAINOBU: Der Spiegel im Spiegel
(Radio France)

And the winner is

KERKELOV: Attempt at Screaming
(Bulgarian Radio)

8.00 DAVE BRUBECK (b Dec 6 1920, d Dec 5 2012)

Norm Meehan looks at the life & music of the American jazz pianist
(6) Serious music (RNZ)

Brubeck:  Pange Lingua Variations - Telarc 80621
Brubeck:  Elementals - CK 85992
Brubeck:  Except the Lord Build the House
Brubeck:  To Hope, Alleluia - Telarc 80430
Brubeck:  Beloved Son mvt1 - Telarc 80621
Brubeck:  Regret - Telarc 80621

9:00 The Nielsen Symphony Cycle

NIELSEN: Symphony No 3, Sinfonia Espansiva
Janacek Phil/Theodore Kuchar
Briliant Classics 92885

9:40 Music for Rainforests

MCCABE: Rainforest II for trumpet & strings
Angela Whelan (tpt), Orch Nova/George Vass
Dutton Epoch CDLX 7290

MCCABE: Rainforest I for chamber ensemble
Orch Nova Ensemble/George Vass
Dutton Epoch CDLX 7290

KERTSMAN: Amazonia
Bruckner Orch Linz/Dennis Russell Davies
Gramola 98959

10:42 Some more of Wagner Dream, an opera within an opera

HARVEY: Wagner Dream, excerpt
Cypres CYP 5624

11:00 New Music Dreams

The Verbod Tapes – Bengt Berger, Roland Keijser & Kjell Westling in a woodshed in Sweden
Country & Eastern CE 20