Resonate Magazine | Australian Music Centre

[Article updated 20 December: Buzacott's 'Strangers in Paradise' series (6-9 Jan); Alfred Hill - Joy of Life, program 2 (14 Jan)]

This month we're looking both forward and back. Back to the year (or two) that was with a series of repeat broadcasts of ABC Classic FM-presented concerts: The Best of Sunday Live includes music by Stephen Lalor, Jeremy Rose and Eric Gross; and New Music Up Late revisits live event specials featuring the music of Felix Werder, Mike Majkowski, Timothy Constable, Austin Buckett, Cat Hope, Kate Moore, James Humberstone, Julian Day, Evan Mannell, and Robin Fox and Eugene Ughetti.

Back to our classical heritage in programs on the life and music of Alfred Hill (1869-1960). And to the role of the ABC in the concert life of regional Australia in the feature series Strangers in Paradise (both presented by Martin Buzacott). And courtesy of performances at the 2013 Bangalow Festival, to more recent Australian classics by Ross Edwards, Andrew Schultz and Matthew Hindson, as well as Brett Dean's Carlo from the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and Carl Vine's Flute Sonata from the Elder Conservatorium.

Forward to the next generation of classical musicians in a series of concerts by the Australian Youth Orchestra. The concerts include world premieres from two very young emerging composers, Andrew Howes and Philip Jameson, as well as a look back to the Sculthorpe classic, Earth Cry. Forward with a live broadcast from cutting edge international improvising trio MURAL (featuring Australian veteran wind player Jim Denley) on New Music Up Late. And with half an eye on the future, new performances of recent works by Paul Stanhope (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra) and Elena Kats-Chernin (Australia Quartet) that may well be classics in the making.

If you're looking for some more Australian music listening online, check out the summer season of New Waves podcasts featuring large-scale immersive works from Chamber Made Opera, Andrew Ford, Clocks and Clouds, Oren Ambarchi, Greg Schiemer, and Speak Percussion. Or explore the back catalogue with Rewind. The collection is growing all the time, with latest additions of music by Alfred Hill, Warren Abeshouse, and a new version of Ross Edwards's late 1970s classic Ecstatic Dances for flute and clarinet.

Happy summer listening.

Broadcast schedule

Thursday 2 January
1.00pm AFTERNOONS: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/ Marko Letonja; Lloyd Hudson, piccolo.
Includes Paul Stanhope - Piccolo Concerto

Friday 3 January
10.30pm NEW MUSIC UP LATE: Felix Werder @ 90 - concert revisited
New Music Up Late presents a special concert in honour of Felix Werder's 90th birthday, with performances by Michael Kieran Harvey, Eugene Ughetti, Warren Burt and the Silo String Quartet. First broadcast 25 February 2012.

Saturday 4 January
7.00pm At Home replaced by a special 4.5-hour studio performance by Gabriella Smart of Alvin Curran's epic solo piano work Inner Cities) - continues at 10:30pm with New Music Up Late, followed by selections from Rewind: the Australian Music Collection.

Monday 6 January
12.00pm MIDDAY: Strangers in Paradise #1: A Tale of Two Cities - ABC Music-making in 1930s regional Australia. This episode focuses on Grafton and Kalgoorlie, two regional centres that hosted more concerts in the first years of the ABC's existence than the rest of the Australian country towns combined.

Tuesday 7 January
12.00pm MIDDAY: Strangers in Paradise #2: The War Years - This episode focuses on changes to the nature and location of ABC regional concert-making as a result of the mobilisation of the army.

Wednesday 8 January
12.00pm MIDDAY: Strangers in Paradise #3: The Post-War ABC expands into regional Australia - Focusing on the rise of subscription series in many regional centres and tours to these centres by high-profile international artists.

Thursday 9 January
12.00pm MIDDAY: Strangers in Paradise #4: The Midnight Special: The great orchestral train journeys - personal stories of the challenges of regional touring on long-haul rail journeys.
1.00pm AFTERNOONS: Bangalow Festival
Includes Ross Edwards - Nura (Emma Sholl, flute; Sivan Silver, piano)
9.30pm EVENINGS: Elder Hall Lunchtime Concert
Includes Carl Vine - Flute Sonata (Megan Sterling, flute; Kristian Chong, piano)

Friday 10 January
10.30pm NEW MUSIC UP LATE: Mike Majkowski and Shimmering City revisited
Improvising double bassist Mike Majkowski performs his new compositions Red, Grey and Yellow live in studio on New Music Up Late. First broadcast 23 February 2013. Plus New Music Up Late goes to the centenary Canberra International Festival of Music to host a live broadcast of Timothy Constable's The Shimmering City, performed by Synergy. First broadcast 11 May 2013.

Saturday 11 January
7.00pm AT HOME: Showcasing Australia's finest composers and performers for an hour every Saturday evening.
10.30pm NEW MUSIC UP LATE: Surfing the Festivals
January seems to be festival season. We check out the new sounds on offer at this year's NOW now, MONA FOMA, SoundOut and Sydney Festivals.

Monday 13 January
12.00pm MIDDAY: Alfred Hill - The Joy of Life, program 1
A feature program on the life and music of composer Alfred Hill (1869-1960).

Tuesday 14 January
12.00pm MIDDAY: Alfred Hill - The Joy of Life, program 2
9.30pm EVENINGS: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Brett Dean; Paul Dean, clarinet; Musicians of the Australian National Academy.
Includes Brett Dean - Ariel's Music for clarinet and orchestra

Thursday 16 January
1.00pm AFTERNOONS: Bangalow Festival
Includes Andrew Schultz - Stille Sprache (Felicitas Fuchs, sopRANO; Qian Zhou, violin; Bernard Lanskey, piano); Matthew Hindson - Comin' right atcha
9.30pm EVENINGS: Slava Grigoryan, guitar; Elizabeth Sellars, violin; Wilma Smith, violin; Caroline Henbest, viola; David Berlin, cello. Includes Phillip Houghton - Two Night Movements

Friday 17 January
10.30pm NEW MUSIC UP LATE: Everything Always revisited
New Music Up Late presents a concert of noise-inspired chamber music by Peter Ablinger and Australians Austin Buckett and Cat Hope, curated by Austin Buckett. First broadcast 15 December 2012.

Saturday 18 January
7.00pm AT HOME: Showcasing Australia's finest composers and performers for an hour every Saturday evening.
10.30pm NEW MUSIC UP LATE: MURAL live from the Iwaki
New Music Up Late presents international improvising ensemble MURAL in their only Melbourne concert. Features Australian wind multi-instrumentalist Jim Denley and Norwegians Kim Myhr (guitar and objects) and Ingar Zach (percussion). Join us on air or in the ABC's Iwaki Auditorium, Southbank Melbourne. It's free, but you'll have to book. See the New Music Up Late website for details.

Sunday 26 January
3.00pm SUNDAY LIVE (Best of 2013): Chanterelle String Quartet (Fiona Ziegler, violin; Leone Ziegler, violin; Jane Hazelwood, viola; Fenella Gill, cello). Includes Stephen Lalor - Bukavina Odyssey; Flying; Kolo Kolo

Monday 20 January
8.00pm EVENINGS: AYO National Music Camp
Andrew Howes - Ichirós (Alexander Orchestra/Richard Gill)

Tuesday 21 January
1.00pm AFTERNOONS: Bangalow Festival
Includes Matthew Hindson - Rush for oboe and string quartet (Tania Frazer, oboe; Flinders Quartet)
9.30pm EVENINGS: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey
Includes Brett Dean - Carlo

Friday 24 January
10.30pm NEW MUSIC UP LATE: BIFEM and Totally Huge revisited
New Music Up Late presents Six Degrees in a late night live concert from the inaugural Bendigo International festival of Exploratory Music. First broadcast 13 September 2013.
Plus a second chance to hear Speak Percussion with Robin Fox and Eugene Ughetti's collaborative work Transducer, captured live at the Totally Huge New Music Festival. First broadcast 17 August 2013.

Saturday 25 Jan
1.00pm SATURDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT: Australian Youth Orchestra/Christoph Eschenbach; William Barton, didjeridu; Joshua Bell, violin/concertmaster
Includes Peter Sculthorpe - Earth Cry
7.00pm AT HOME: Showcasing Australia's finest composers and performers for an hour every Saturday evening.
10.30pm NEW MUSIC UP LATE: new music from Australia and beyond.

Sunday 26 Jan
3.00pm SUNDAY LIVE (Best of 2013): Sydney Camerata Quartet; Nicholas Russoniello, saxophone. Includes Jeremy Rose - Between Worlds; Eric Gross - Quintet for saxophone and string quartet

Monday 27 Jan
8.00pm EVENINGS: AYO National Music Camp
Includes Philip Jameson - Dunsinane (Bishop Orchestra/Alexandre Bloch)

Tuesday 28 Jan
1.00pm AFTERNOONS: Bangalow Festival
Includes Paul Dean - Tone Poem (Bangalow Festival Orchestra/ Peter Luff)
9.30pm EVENINGS: Australia Quartet
Includes - Elena Kats-Chernin Winter (Piano Quartet)

Friday 31 Jan
10.30pm NEW MUSIC UP LATE: Bespoke For Air revisited
New Music Up Late presents percussion on the radio - four new works for percussion by Kate Moore, James Humberstone, Julian Day and Evan Mannell, performed by Synergy, live in studio. First broadcast 2 November 2013.