Radio diary

Press, 27 April 1989, Page 13

Radio diary

By

JAMES HOMES

Stradivarius is still the word for perfection in violins — a perfection never matched in the 250 years since Antonio Stradivari died. Talking About Music, Concert Programme 8.30 this evening, has violinists Salvatore Accardo and Nigel Kennedy, cellist Robert Cohen, violin expert Charles Beare and scientist Dr Colin Gough discussing Stradivari’s secret. French violinist Pierre Arrioyal plays Bach and an augmented Amadeus Quartet plays Schubert, all with Stradivarius instruments. Aristotelian ethics are

discussed in Soundings, Plains FM at 10 this evening, from the North Carolina National Humanities Centre. Visiting scholar Marcia Homaik talks about “The Good Life.” "Take the A Train” in Jazz Scene, National Radio 9.5 tomorrow evening, to mark the ninetieth anniversary of Duke Ellington’s birth. “A Train,” written by Billy Strayhorn, became the Ellington theme in 1941. Hear versions by other musicians and groups, along with the recent Mercer Ellington treatment. New Zealand artist Frances Hodgkins, born 120 years ago tomorrow,

made her name in Europe. Friends and fellow artists, among them Sir Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Douglas Glass, Ben Nicholson and Cedric Morris, reminisce about her in Frances Hodgkins — The European Years, Concert Programme 9 tomorrow evening. The recording was made for the Hodgkins Centenary in 1969. Concert from Wellington, Concert Programme 8 p.m. Saturday, has visiting Finnish composer-con-ductor Leif Sergerstam conducting his work for violin and orchestra, “A Last Melodioso,” with his wife Hannele as soloist.