Resonate Magazine | Australian Music Centre

In July on ABC Classic FM, New Music Up Late features three contrasting composer/sound artist guests presenting musical selections to match, while across the network, competition and festival concerts include an array of new and old Australian compositions, and In Performance also presents the radio premiere of an epic choral/orchestral work from Richard Mills.

On the web, classic/amp turns in a heritage direction with recordings of music by Helen Gifford and pianist/composers Lindley Evans and Frank Hutchens, while the AMU Podcast continues to bring you the latest sounds with selections from recent performances of Australian music by Melbourne’s energetic Speak Percussion.

New Music Up Late

Saturday 4 July 10.30pm – Off The Record: Lawrence English
Tonight we chat to Brisbane-based sound artist and creator of the Room 40 label, Lawrence English, about his work and the music that interests him.

Saturday 18 July 10.30pm – Electrofringe: inside angle
Sound artist and organiser for Electrofringe 2009 Somaya Langley introduces some of the sounds and artists that are interesting her as she plans for this year’s festival.

Saturday 25 July 10.30pm – Off The Record: David Young & Puzzles
Tonight we chat to Melbourne-based composer and Aphids artistic director David Young about his work and influences. The program culminates in the radio premiere of his major recent work Waiting to Turn into Puzzles, created in collaboration with film-maker Louise Curham and featuring the musicians of Ensemble Offspring.

In Performance

Tuesday 7 July 8.00pm – West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Shaun Lee-Chen, violin; Aivale Cole, soprano; Rachelle Durkin, soprano; Elizabeth Campbell, mezzo-soprano; Stuart Laing, tenor; Harry Peeters, baritone; WASO Chorus; Richard Mills, conductor.
Richard Mills – Passion according to St Mark

Friday 10 July 8.00pm – Australian Chamber Orchestra
Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Christopher Moore, viola; Richard Tognetti, violin/director.
Incl. James Ledger – Restless Night (world premiere)

Wednesday 15 July 8.00pm – ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards Stage II recital live from the Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre, Melbourne
Incl. Miriam Hyde – Poplar Avenue (Yuh T’sun Wu, piano); Larry Sitsky – Two Pastorales for solo flute (Katie Zagorski, flute); Larry Sitsky – Arch: Fantasia No 4 (Deborah Ng, piano)

Saturday 18 July 8.00pm – ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards Stage II recital live from the Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo
Incl. Matthew Hindson – Little Chrissietina’s Magic Fantasy, for violin and piano (Xenia Deviatkina-Loh, violin); Miriam Hyde – Brownhill Creek in Spring (Nicholas Young, piano); Eric Gross – Meditation (Ji Won Kim, violin); Ross Edwards – The Tower of Remoteness (Ben Mellefont, clarinet)

Wednesday 29 July 8.00pm – Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Townsville, 2008, closing concert
Incl. Bach arr. Percy Grainger – Toccata in F for three pianos; & Carl Vine – Café Concertino

Afternoons

Thursday 2 July 3.00pm – Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition
From the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre (Round 1 ).
Including the Yarra Trio (Australia: Stefan Cassomenos, piano; Jess Ipkendanz, violin; Chris Howlett, cello): Stuart Greenbaum – Book of Departures

Saturday 4 July 11.00am – Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition
Direct broadcast from the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre (Round 2).
Including Hamer Quartet (Australia: Rebecca Chan, violin; Michael Brooks Reid, violin; Stefanie Farrands, viola; Michael Dahlenburg, cello): Carl Vine – String Quartet No 3

Saturday 4 July 3.00pm Asia-Pacific Chamber Music Competition
Direct broadcast from the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre (Round 2).
Including Streeton Trio (Australia: Benjamin Kopp, piano; Emma Jardine, violin; Martin Smith, cello): Roger Smalley – Piano Trio; the Yarra Trio (Australia: Stefan Cassomenos, piano; Jess Ipkendanz, violin; Chris Howlett, cello): Stefan Cassomenos – Tableau No. 12

Wednesday 15 July 1.05pm – Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Townsville, 2008
Incl. Goldner String Quartet: Carl Vine – String Quartet No 5

Wednesday 22 July 1.05pm – Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Townsville, 2008
Governor’s Gala Concert, recorded in the Townsville Civic Theatre
Incl. Goldner String Quartet – Carl Vine – String Quartet No 3

Sunday Live

Sunday 19 July 3pm – Kelly Ottaway Quartet: Kelly Ottaway, vibes; Alistair Dobson, tenor sax; Randel Muir, organ; Steve Marskell, drums.
Incl. Alistair Dobson – Blues for Tuesday; Kelly Ottaway – Stuffin’ the Puffin’
Direct broadcast from the Stanley Burbury Theatre, University of Tasmania, Hobart. Concert-goers in Hobart are welcome. Please be seated by 2.50pm as the performance begins promptly at 3pm. Entry is free.

Rising Stars

Sunday 19 July 9.05am
Incl. Steven Richter – Changing Colour (Louise Conroy, percussion)

Weekend Life

Saturday 25 July 12:05pm – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; John Chen, piano; Marco Zuccarini, conductor.
Incl. Arthur Benjamin – Overture to an Italian Comedy

At Home

Australian music from disc with Julian Day
Saturdays at 7.05pm

4 July
Paul Stanhope – Machinations; Claire Maclean – Et Misericordia; Sean O’Boyle – Riversymphony

11 July
Richard Mills – Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra; David Stanhope – Folksong Suite No 3: 'Droylsden Wakes'; Mark Clement Pollard – Piano Sonata No 1: 2nd movt; Imogen Manins, Tony Gould and David Jones – The River Meets The Sea; Under The Tall Trees; Tony Gould – Kashmir Remembered

18 July
Carl Vine – Legend Suite; Ross Edwards – Five Little Piano Pieces; Mark Clement Pollard and Dean Frenkel – Wishmaker

27 June
Raffaele Marcellino – L’Arte Di Volare (The Art Of Flying): Lesson 3, Gliding; Julian Yu – In The Sunshine of Bach: II; Julian Yu – Concertino on Chinese Themes; Meghan Stevens – Twilight; Carl Vine – Sonata