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Countdown to the Ring
In 2013, opera lovers across the world will celebrate the 200th anniversary
of the birth of Richard Wagner. In Australia, we will also be celebrating,
with Opera Australia set to perform Wagner’s epic “Ring Cycle” in
Melbourne later in the year.
In a new content collaborative venture, the Fine Music Network is
celebrating by presenting an exciting new 10-part series, designed to
unravel the practical intricacies and cultural fascination related to
Wagner’s epic production.
Comprising a network of dedicated fine music community broadcasters
across Australia, the Fine Music Network includes Fine Music 102.5
(Sydney), 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne (Melbourne), 4MBS Classic FM
(Brisbane), 5MBS (Adelaide) and ArtSound (Canberra), all of whom will
contribute to the series.
With funding support from
the Community Broadcasting
Foundation and Hans
Henkell, Countdown to the
Ring will introduce a variety
of topics as we examine
the cultural phenomenon
and attraction of the
production. We will speak
to all the major participants
involved in the forthcoming
Australian production;
examine a range of issues
and historical perspectives
in some depth with experts
and thought leaders, and make
the production accessible to
everyone by demystifying and
contextualizing this epic work.
(l-r) Researcher Jack Osborne, Executive
Producer Joel Carnegie, interviewee and
Ring Cycle Principal Sponsor Maureen
Wheeler, Producer Evita Louis, and
Researcher Frank Prain.
The series will also have its own dedicated blog
www.countdowntothering.com that will present ancillary content
for the program including news, reviews, extended interviews,
images and much more. You can also follow the program on Twitter:
@RingCountdown, or visit 3MBS’ Facebook page for updates.
From discussions revolving around the leitmotifs, to questions of
religion, to a look back at the last complete Ring Cycle performance
in Adelaide and “fly on the wall” style commentary from within the
rehearsal rooms – Countdown to the Ring will engage both Wagner
followers and those who are discovering this epic work for the first time.
The official Countdown commences at 8pm on 23 January 2013, in
Wednesday Night at the Opera and broadcasts each month on 103.5FM,
3MBS Digital & via the 3MBS website.
Joel Carnegie
Executive Producer “Countdown to the Ring”
December.
A day-by-day program of our fine music broadcasting.
SATURDAY 1 DEC
6.00 Daybreak
with Mark Vendy
8.00 Classically Kids
with Adam Pietrzak
& Jacqui Grantford
A world of classical music for
children of all ages. Featuring
regular segments, young
performers, news, information and
opportunities for you and your kids
to get involved in fine music.
9.00 Sounding Brass
with Anthea Same
10.00 Arts Beat
with Paul Butler, Jacqui Grantford
or Susan Porter
Covering music and the arts in
Melbourne and Victoria.
12.00 Screenthemes
with Carol van Opstal
Music, news and interviews from
film and other screen media.
1.00 Vocal Chords
with Margot Costanzo
Opera highlights program featuring
the arias we love, and those we
shall learn to love.
2.00 The Bose Afternoon Concert
with Doug Beecroft
Mussorgsky (arr. Rimsky-
Korsakov): Khovanshchina:
Prelude. London SO/Jacek
Kaspszyk. Collins 26005 6
Cui: Suite concertante, Op.25.
Takako Nishizaki, vln. Hong
Kong PO/Kenneth Schermerhorn.
Marco Polo 8.220308 21
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2
in C minor, Op.18. Evgeny Kissin,
pno. London SO/Valery Gergiev.
RCA RD 87982 34
Taneyev: Symphony No.4 in C
minor, Op.12. Philharmonia
Orch/Neeme Jarvi.
Chandos CHAN 8953 42
4.00 Serenade
with Marysia Green or Ian Sloane
5.00 The Piano Album
with June Sloane
Ignaz Moscheles
Includes: • Anticipations of
Scotland, Op.75. Howard Shelley,
pno. Tasmanian SO/Howard
Shelley. Hyperion CDA 67276 15
• Piano Concerto No.3 in G minor,
Op.58. Howard Shelley, pno.
Tasmanian SO/Howard Shelley.
Hyperion CDA 67276 30
• Two Studies, Op.105. Piers Lane,
pno. Hyperion CDA 67394
6.00 The World of Baroque
with John Collins
Vivaldi: Concerto in B flat for
Violin & Oboe, RV.548. Nigel
Kennedy, vln. Albrecht Mayer,
oboe. Members of Berlin PO.
4
EMI 5 57859 2
Bach: St Matthew Passion,
10
BWV.244: Come, you daughters,
help me lament. Collegium
Vocale Ghent. La Chapelle
Royale/Philippe Herreweghe.
HM HMX 2908226.28
Bach: English Suite No.6
in D minor, BWV.811.
7
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