Monday 27 August 1979

1979 NORDRING RADIO PRIZE

Edition number - 7
Date - August 21-27, 1979
Location - Dublin (Ireland)
Orchestra - RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Musical director - Noel Kelehan
Number of participating countries - 9
Jury president - unknown
Overall winning entry / best production - Ireland / Johnny Devlin
Award best vocalist - Maija Hapuoja (Finland)
Award best solo instrumentalist - Arne Domnérus (Sweden)
Award best arrangement - Jerry van Rooyen (Netherlands)

The Netherlands' Nordring team for 1979, from left to right: Jerry van Rooyen, Han Reiziger, Dolf van der Linden, Joanne Browne, Erik van Lier, pianist Dick Schallies, Willem Bremer, Bart van Lier, and Leo Meilink

PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

BELGIUM (BRT)
Programme - “Folkring”
Rendition - Louis Neefs / Jan De Maeyer / Johan Roggen / Bob Porter / Freddy Sunder
Arrangement - Freddy Sunder
Conductor - Francis Bay
Production - Yvonne Verelst

DENMARK (DR)
Programme - “Danish Design”
Rendition - Lise Ringsheim / Hanne Uldal / Peter Bastian
Arrangement - Palle Mikkelborg
Conductor - Palle Mikkelborg
Production - Niels Rothenborg / Birger Arntzen

FINLAND (YLE)
Programme - “Portrait of Heikki Sarmanto”
Rendition - Heikki Sarmanto / Maija Hapuoja / Heikki Keinonen / Pekka Poeyry
Arrangement - Heikki Sarmanto / Eero Koivistoinen
Conductor - Esko Linnavalli
Production - Erkki Lehtola

IRELAND (RTÉ)
Programme - “Exactly McHugh”
Rendition - Red Hurley / Kathy Nugent / Jim Farley / Pat Reilly / Rita O’Regan / John Drummond
Arrangement - Noel Kelehan
Conductor - Noel Kelehan
Production - Johnny Devlin

NETHERLANDS (NOS)
Programme - “What would Henry VIII think of it…”
Soprano - Joanne Brown
Piano - Dick Schallies
Recorder, reed pipe, zinc, gems horn, bagpipe - Willem Bremer
Recorder, reed pipe, baroque trombone, gems horn - Leo Meilink
Trombone - Bart van Lier
Trombone, tuba - Erik van Lier
Composition - King Henry VIII / William Cornish / Clemens non Papa / Josquin des Prez / Jerry van Rooyen
Arrangement - Jerry van Rooyen
Production - Han Reiziger




NORWAY (NRK)
Programme - “Musical Detective”
Rendition - Isabelle Henriksen / Per Müller / Rowland Greenberg
Arrangement - Sigurd Jansen
Conductor - Sigurd Jansen
Production - Torkjell Berulfsen

SWEDEN (SR)
Programme - “An American in Sweden”
Vocals - Anne-Kristin Hedmark / Göran Fristorp
Guitar - Janne Schaffer
Saxophone - Arne Domnérus
Arrangement - Lars Samuelson
Conductor - Lars Samuelson
Production - Kerstin Franzen / Bo Rehnberg

UNITED KINGDOM (BBC)
Programme - “Wine, Women, and Song Cycle”
Rendition - Nigel Havers / John Boulter / Gillian Humphreys / Roy Marsden / Tracy Miller
Composition - Nigel Havers / Brian Willey
Arrangement - Bernard Ebbinghouse
Conductor - Bernard Ebbinghouse
Production - Brian Willey

WEST GERMANY (NDR)
Programme - “From Waltz to Swing”
Rendition - Nana Gualdi / Owen Williams / Ger Dudek
Arrangement - Hardy Schneiders
Conductor - Hardy Schneiders
Production - Helga Boddin

Arranger of several Nordring entries for Finland - Eero Koivistoinen

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