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

Conductor - Dolf van der Linden

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

NORDRING RADIO PRIZE

Index & General Information / 1973 Dronten / 1974 Groningen / 1975 Oslo / 1976 Inverness / 1977 Copenhagen / 1978 Oslo / 1979 Dublin / 1980 Helsinki / 1981 St Helier, Jersey / 1982 Malmö / 1983 Blankenberghe