Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Collage on FMR 101.3 FM
Tuesday 14 July 2009, 20:00 - 22:00
1. BWV 21 - Aria (Tenore) Erfreue dich, Seele Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Concentus Musicus Wien Johann Sebastian Bach
2. Passacaglia for violin & cello (Handel - Halvorsen) Daniel Rowland (Cello) Peter Martens (Cello) Handel - Halvorsen
3. Vergine: 'Tormenti non piú!' Les Arts Florissants Rossi, Luigi
4. Schubert: Fantasy In F Minor, Op. 103, D 940 Yaara Tal, Andreas Groethuysen Franz Schubert
5. Rossini: La Regata Veneziana - 1. Anzoleta Avanti La Regata Cecilia Bartoli, Charles Spencer Gioachino Rossini
6. Rossini: La Regata Veneziana - 2. Anzoleta Co Passa La Regata Cecilia Bartoli, Charles Spencer Gioachino Rossini
7. Rossini: La Regata Veneziana - 3. Anzoleta Dopo La Regata Cecilia Bartoli, Charles Spencer Gioachino Rossini
8. Andantino For Cello & Piano, Op. 21/2A David Berlin, Len Vorster Lennox Berkeley
9. Makedonska Rapsodija Jovan Jovicic Jovan Jovicic
10. Comic duets for two cats Le Belle Voci Gioachino Rossini - Beverly Chiot soprano, Violina Anguelov, mezo, Stanislav Anguelov accordion
11. A Yiddishe Mamme Le Belle Voci - Beverly Chiot soprano, Stanislav Anguelov accordion, Jatzek Domagala violin
12. Golijov: The Dreams & Prayers Of Isaac The Blind - 2. Teneramente, Ruvido, Presto Kronos Quartet Oswaldo Golijov
13. Heitor Villa Lobos - Preludio No 5 Jovan Jovicic Heitor Villa Lobos (1887 -1959)
14. Quadrille Marko Ylonen - cello & Martti Rautio - piano Rodion Schedrin
15. Rossini: Canzonetta Spagnuola Cecilia Bartoli, Charles Spencer Gioachino Rossini
16. Plaza: Nocturna Horacio Romo, Cynthia Fleming, Christopher Wescott, John Alley Alexander Plaza
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Collage on FMR 101.3 FM
Tuesday 7 July 2009, 20:00 - 22:00
Programme notes on
Serbian Orthodox Divine Liturgy
Stevan Mokranjac, born in 1856, was a Serbian composer, ethnomusicologist and an outstanding choir master and composer. He is as beloved in Serbia as Smetana is in Bohemia or Dvorzak in the Czech Republik.
Mokranjac was a collector of secular and sacred folk songs and the first to research these songs, thus laying the foundations for musicology in Serbia.
Today we are going to listen to the Serbian Orthodox Divine Liturgy composed by Stevan Stevanovic Mokranjac. On a general level this work is similar to the sacred works of Rachmaninoff - Serbian Orthodox Church music has a lot in common with Greek and Russian Orthodox church music.
Serbian church music consists only of a cappella singing. This is a very interesting contrast to Serbian folk music which has lots of brass, accordion, violin and percussion with complex rhythms.
Performing this kind of liturgical music requires professionals or devoted amateurs and throughout the country there are singing societies that sing this complex music for church services. As music student in Belgrade I sang this liturgy many times.
In the Serbian Orthodox church the choir is placed on a balcony, which gives the singing a lofty, ethereal quality. The soloist who is a priest stands in front of the iconostasis. There is a whole crowd of them actually, but just the one sings.
Mokranjac wrote The Serbian Orthodox Divine Liturgy in 1895 based on a Serbian folk chant from the end of the 18th century.
His ability to harmonize and stylize this melody has resulted in an archaic and very distinctly Slavonic sound. You will hear his ingenious use of polyphonic elements which enhance the expressiveness of the melodic line in each voice. I hear some Wagnerian harmonies here as well.
Tonight I will play four sections from the 45 minute liturgy:
the calm opening canticle, Svjati Boze (holy God), the Alleluia and the most elaborate and important part of the Liturgy, the impressive Cherubic Hymn (Ize Heruvimi ) which means – we who mystically represent the Cherubim). My selection finishes with Otca I Sina (The Father and the Son).
The soloist Vlada Mikic, is an Othodox priest. Besides being an important church figure he is also a well-know concert soloist.
His solo line is melodically very restricted and serves as a harmoic anchor to the melody. The choir is Hor Radio Televizije Beograd conducted by Mladen Jagust.
Stevan Mokranjac, born in 1856, was a Serbian composer, ethnomusicologist and an outstanding choir master and composer. He is as beloved in Serbia as Smetana is in Bohemia or Dvorzak in the Czech Republik.
Mokranjac was a collector of secular and sacred folk songs and the first to research these songs, thus laying the foundations for musicology in Serbia.
Today we are going to listen to the Serbian Orthodox Divine Liturgy composed by Stevan Stevanovic Mokranjac. On a general level this work is similar to the sacred works of Rachmaninoff - Serbian Orthodox Church music has a lot in common with Greek and Russian Orthodox church music.
Serbian church music consists only of a cappella singing. This is a very interesting contrast to Serbian folk music which has lots of brass, accordion, violin and percussion with complex rhythms.
Performing this kind of liturgical music requires professionals or devoted amateurs and throughout the country there are singing societies that sing this complex music for church services. As music student in Belgrade I sang this liturgy many times.
In the Serbian Orthodox church the choir is placed on a balcony, which gives the singing a lofty, ethereal quality. The soloist who is a priest stands in front of the iconostasis. There is a whole crowd of them actually, but just the one sings.
Mokranjac wrote The Serbian Orthodox Divine Liturgy in 1895 based on a Serbian folk chant from the end of the 18th century.
His ability to harmonize and stylize this melody has resulted in an archaic and very distinctly Slavonic sound. You will hear his ingenious use of polyphonic elements which enhance the expressiveness of the melodic line in each voice. I hear some Wagnerian harmonies here as well.
Tonight I will play four sections from the 45 minute liturgy:
the calm opening canticle, Svjati Boze (holy God), the Alleluia and the most elaborate and important part of the Liturgy, the impressive Cherubic Hymn (Ize Heruvimi ) which means – we who mystically represent the Cherubim). My selection finishes with Otca I Sina (The Father and the Son).
The soloist Vlada Mikic, is an Othodox priest. Besides being an important church figure he is also a well-know concert soloist.
His solo line is melodically very restricted and serves as a harmoic anchor to the melody. The choir is Hor Radio Televizije Beograd conducted by Mladen Jagust.
1. Quartet No. 1 in F major - I Allegro Moderato, II Cantabile, - III Menuetto, IV Presto Sarah Francis (oboe), Tagore String Trio, Frances Mason (violin), Brian Schiele (viola), James Halsey (cello) Vanhal Six Quartette Concertante - Sara Francis Oboe - Tagore String Trio Jan Křtitel Vaňhal (1739-1813)/Johann Baptist Vanhal
2. Liturgija: Svajti Boze, Ize heruvimi, Otca i sina Hor RTB-a/Mladen Jagušt St. St. Mokranjac/ Liturgija Sv. Jovana Zlatoustog i opelo Stevan St. Mokranjac
3. Six German dances (Allemandes) WoO 42 Bela Banfalvi Violin, Sandor Falviai Piano Beethoven Rarities L v Beethoven
4. Spanish rhapsody Dubravka Jovicic piano Franz Liszt
5. Kawa no Nagare no you ni Angela Gheorgui, voice; Malcolm Martineau, piano My World: Songs from Around the Globe Mitake, Akira (1956- )
6. Azulão Angela Gheorgui, voice; Malcolm Martineau, piano My World: Songs from Around the Globe Ovalle (1894-1955)
7. Halffter (C): Danza De La Gitana Itzhak Perlman, Samuel Sanders Virtuoso Violin Rodolfo Halffter
8. Misa Criolla: Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei Mercedes Sosa Misa Criolla Ariel Ramirez 1921 -
9. La Grand Tango Marko Ylonen - cello & Martti Rautio - piano Folk Cello Astor Piazzolla
10. Pai efiye to treno Angela Gheorgui, voice; Malcolm Martineau, piano My World: Songs from Around the Globe Hadjidakis, Manos (1925- )
11. Tatyana Skating Brian Gascoigne Onegin Magnus Fiennes, orch. Brian Gascoigne
12. The sailor's' fairwell - Netania Davrath Sings Russian Folksongs
13. Tamnaya Noch Dmitri Hvorostovski N. Bogosovski - V Agatov
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