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Heavyweight is hosted and produced by Jonathan Goldstein.
This episode was also produced by Wendy Dorr, Chris Neary, and Kalila Holt.
Editing by Alex Blumberg and Peter Clowney.
Special thanks to Caitlin Kenney, Starlee Kine, and Rachel Ward.
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Music in this episode by Christine Fellows, with additional music and ad music by Haley Shaw. Our theme song is by The Weakerthans courtesy of Epitaph Records.
A version of this story appeared on This American Life, and we had a lot of help from the folks there: Ira Glass, Julie Snyder, Jonathan Menjivar, Sean Cole, and Robyn Semian. A very special thanks to Emily Condon.

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Episode 1, 2020: Prokofiev’s Sinfonia Concertante
Wednesday 27 May 2020

After a disastrous premiere in 1938, Sergei Prokofiev put away his Sinfonia Concertante. It wasn’t until 1947 that it resurfaced, when a 20-year-old cello student, Mstislav Rostropovich, discovered it from the archives and performed it at the Moscow Conservatory. After that performance, Prokofiev worked with the young virtuoso to improve the composition – the rest is history. 

In this episode of ANAM Radio, cellist James Morley talks to Phil Lambert (our Music Librarian) about how he first discovered Prokofiev’s Sinfonia Concertante and why he decided to perform it as part of ANAM’s 2019 Concerto Competition. 

James was one of three finalists to perform in the Grand Final of the 2019 Concerto Competition with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in Hobart. The music you will hear is from his Melbourne performance where he performed the piece with Leigh Harrold on piano. James received the Audience Choice Award for this performance.

PROKOFIEV Sinfonia Concertante op. 125 
James Morley SA cello 
Leigh Harrold piano

To watch the full performance, visit https://youtu.be/LPlZREH-fFU

Prokofiev's Sinfonia Concertante (Ep 1 2020)

Episode 2, 2020: Bartók’s Violin Concerto 
Wednesday 3 June 2020

The 1930s sees the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók at the height of his career as he produced succeeding masterpieces exhibiting strict counterpoints and new sounds. That is why the Violin Concerto he wrote for his close associate, violin virtuoso Zoltán Székely was seen as a step backwards by some as Bartók had to relent to Székely’s request to stick to a more traditional three-movement composition. ANAM Music Librarian Phil Lambert thinks otherwise and revisits this Bartók masterpiece performed by ANAM alumnus Johnny van Gend (violin 2019) at the 2019 ANAM Concerto Competition. 

Hear Phil and Johnny chat about the great Hungarian composer and the grand ending of the Violin Concerto which again showed Bartók accommodating Székely’s wishes to have the spotlight on the violinist at the end of the performance. 

Johnny was the winner of ANAM’s 2019 Concerto Competition that was held in Hobart with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. The music you will hear is from his Melbourne performance where he performed the piece with Peter de Jager on piano. 

Johnny was also the inaugural recipient of the ANAM position in the Bavarian State Opera’s Orchestra Academy in Munich, Germany. 

To watch the video recording of Johnny's full performance, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1thGovmLg64&feature=youtu.be

Bartók's Violin Concerto no. 2 (Ep 2 2020)

Episode 3, 2020: Mozart’s Oboe Quartet
Wednesday 10 June 2020


While in the middle of completing the finishing touches for his first major opera, Idomeneo, for the Munich Court in 1781, Mozart found the time to write a chamber work for the Court Orchestra’s principal oboist, Friedrich Ramm. That work is the Quartet in F major for oboe and three strings (violin, viola and cello). 

In this composition, Mozart elevated the oboe as he took advantage of the recent improvements in the instrument’s mechanism at the time. It is easy to assume that the oboist would be the one to lead the performance but ANAM alumnus Edward Wang (oboe 2019), who performed this piece with fellow ANAM musicians last year, approached the composition as a quartet rather than an oboe concerto. Hear the lively chat between Edward and ANAM Music Librarian Phil Lambert as they share fascinating details about this Mozart composition and how listening to it compares to going through different moods in a single day.

Edward was awarded the ANAM Directors’ Prize at the 2019 Chamber Music Competition Final. The music you will hear is from his performance in the same competition with fellow ANAM musicians Phoebe Masel, Ruby Shirres and Jeremy Garside.

To watch the full video recording of this performance, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p0vzKeUdlo&feature=youtu.be

Mozart's Oboe Quartet (Ep 3 2020)

Episode 4, 2020: Strauss’s Sonatina no. 1
Wednesday 24 June 2020

Writing Sonatina no. 1 during the height of World War II became Richard Strauss’s form of escape from a decade of Nazism that wrought horrors in his hometown in Munich, Germany. The then 80-year-old composer wrote this piece to keep his mind occupied after the premiere of his opera Capriccio.  Strauss gave the sonatina the nickname, From an Invalid’s Workshop having composed almost half of it during a nasty bout of influenza- something that could be relatable to us during this current pandemic.  

In this episode of ANAM Radio, ANAM flautistRachel Lau chats with Phil Lambert (ANAM Music Librarian) about playing alongside a passionate group and the spirit of collaboration fostered among the ANAM Winds ensemble in preparing for the challenge of playing the entire 38 minutes of this masterpiece.

The music in this episode is from the 2019 ANAM Soundbite concert  that featured Nick Deutsch (oboe), David Thomas (clarinet) and ANAM Winds.

To watch the full recording of this performance, visithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EBbvPOQzsE&feature=youtu.be

Strauss's Sonatina no. 1 (Ep 4 2020)

Episode 10, 2020: Chopin’s Barcarolle
Wednesday 19 August 2020

It is surprising to know that Frédéric François Chopin wrote the Barcarolle without having had the chance to visit Venice during his lifetime. A barcarolle is a Venetian gondolier's song, and Chopin wrote his in 1845.  ANAM Alumnus Adam McMillan (piano 2017) tells ANAM Music Librarian Phil Lambert about Chopin’s love for the opera as a possible inspiration for this composition as some of the arias written around that time were written in the Barcarolle style. 

In this episode, you will also hear Adam talk about how performing this piece feels like being “in a dream the whole time.” The recording featured on this episode is from Adam’s ANAM Recital in 2017. Watch out for Phil’s favourite moment of suspense that begins about 6:51 into the video that he calls a good “moment of suspense.”

Watch the full performance at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALs_LlGkKSA&feature=youtu.be

Chopin's Barcarolle (Ep 10 2020)

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ANAM Musicians share the stage with the world’s finest artists, performing in over 180 concerts and events in venues across Australia. Alumni work in orchestras and chamber ensembles around the world, performing as soloists, contributing to educating the next generation of musicians, and winning major national and international awards.

Mozart's Oboe Quartet (Ep 3 2020)

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