Wednesday 24 January 2007 Rāapa 24 Kohi-tātea 2007

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished; Incidental music to Rosamunde D797 - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Bernard Haitink (Philips 420 715)

  1:05 (approx) - Disc 2

  HINDEMITH: Sonata; CAPLET: Divertissements; TAILLEFERRE: Sonata for harp; ÖZDIL: Aganta, Burina, Burinata for harp; FAURÉ: Impromptu; BRITTEN: Suite for harp Op 83 - Godelieve Schrama (harp) (Canal Grande CG 9530)

  2:15 (approx) - Disc 3

  STENHAMMAR: Seven Poems from Thoughts of Solitude Op 7; Five Songs to texts by J.L. Runeberg Op 8; Four Swedish Songs Op 16; Five Songs of Bo Bergman Op 20; Songs & Moods Op 26; Late Harvest - Peter Mattei (bar), Bengt-Åke Lundin (pno) (BIS CD 654)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  LILBURN: Landfall in Unknown Seas; PRUDEN: Dances of Brittany; HEENAN: Cindy; Three Maori Songs; RITCHIE: Concerto for Clarinet & Strings; FARQUHAR: Ring Around the Moon - Alex Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (Kiwi CD SLD 107)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  BRAHMS: Theme and variations for piano; Presto Suite No 3; Presto Suite No 4; Chaconne Suite No 5; Hungarian Dances, arr. for piano; Gavotte - 1872; Impromptu - 1927; Etude Study No 1; Rondo Study No 2 - Georg Friedrich Schenck (pno) (Koch Schwann 3-1172)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Peter Sledmere

  6:00 GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (Sony SBK 63052)

  HURLSTONE: Four characteristic pieces - Murray Khouri (cl), Stephen Emmerson (pno) (Continuum CCD 1079)

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS CD 1151/52)

  DEBUSSY arr Borwick: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Alexandre Gurning (pno) (EMI 5 62665)

  M HAYDN: Symphony in Eb P26 - Oradea Phil/Ervin Acél (Olympia OCD 404)

  7:00 FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance, from El amor brujo - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZC)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise - Janine Jansen (vln), Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Decca 475 011)

  GLAZUNOV: Grand Concert Waltz Op 41 - Stephen Coombs (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66833)

  LASSUS: Three French Madrigals, La nuit froide et sombre; Quand mon mari vient; Toutes les nuits - King's Singers (EMI CDC 7 49158)

  WALTON arr Sargent: Henry V Suite - London Phil Choir & Orch/Carl Davis (EMI CDC 7 47944)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: RHEINBERGER arr Cullen: Cantilena, from Organ Sonata No 11 in D minor - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

  ELGAR: Imperial March Op 32 - London Phil/Daniel Barenboim (Sony SMK 46682)

  LISZT: Waltz, from Gounod's Faust - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1446)

  ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No 1, Midsummer Vigil Op 19 - Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu (Naxos 8.553115)

  BOCCHERINI arr Maisky: Third movement, Minuet, from String Quintet in E G275 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 459 136)

  SULLIVAN: Mikado, Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.554165)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  HAYDN: Autumn, from The Seasons

  Hanne........................... Gundula Janowitz

  Lukas............................ Werner Hollweg

  Simon........................... Walter Berry

  Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus, Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (EMI 3 71482) (Winter can be heard tomorrow after the 9.00am news)

  SHOSTAKOVICH arr Atovmyan: Hamlet, Suite Op 116a - Berlin Radio SO/Leonid Grin (Capriccio 49 533)

  RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67341/2)

  HANDEL: Recorder Sonata in B minor HWV367b - Paul Edmund-Davies (fl), Tim Hugh (cello), John Alley (hpschd) (Kevin Mayhew 1490170)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 2 in G Op 44 - Bernd Glemser (pno), Polish National Radio SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.550820)

  WEBER: Oberon, Overture - London Phil/Klaus Tennstedt (BBC Legends BBCL 4195)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZC)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  WAGNER: Prelude & Entry of the gods into Valhalla, from Das Rheingold - National SO, Washington/Antal Dorati (Decca 417 775)

  Classical Kids

  A Symphony of Stories for all Ages

  BACH: Mr Bach comes to call

  An adventure for children in which, after the dramatic send-off of his music into space aboard Voyager II, Mr Bach, along with his orchestra and choir, drops in on a little girl as she practices the piano - Jon Granik, Tracey Moore (actors), Toronto Boys' Choir, Studio Arts Orch/Walter Babiak (Naxos SANC 1002)

  (Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUBERT: Thirty-four Valses sentimentales D779 - Paolo Bordoni (pno) (rec 1976) (EMI 3 50894)

  Suleika I D720; Suleika II D717; Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D965 - Gundula Janowitz (sop), Ulf Rodenhauser (cl), Irwin Gage (pno) (rel 1978) (DG 437 943)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  MOROSS: A Tall Story for Orchestra - New Zealand SO/Joann Falletta (Koch International 3-7367)

  DEMERSSEMAN: Fantasy on an original theme - Mark Walton (sax), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private recording)

  FARQUHAR: Musette - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZC)

  CHOPIN: Fantasy-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar TRL 040)

  BERLIOZ: March to the Scaffold, from Symphonie fantastique - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)

  MEWS: Ghosts, Fire, Water - 1992 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1412)

  IRELAND: Fantasy-Sonata in Eb - Murray Khouri (cl), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Continuum CCD 1038)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  OFFENBACH arr Haensch: La Belle Hélène, Overture - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 425 083)

  BRUCH: Ave Maria Op 61 - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

  ALBÉNIZ: El Corpus en Sevilla, from Iberia Book 1 - Hervé Billaut (pno) (Lyrinx LYR 2217)

  GIULIANI: Variations on Folia di Spagna Op 45 - Dale Kavanagh (gtr) (Hänssler CD 98.400)

  DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - Royal Phil/John Farrer (ASV CD DCA 794)

  PUCCINI: In questa reggia, from Turandot - Alessandra Marc (sop), New Zealand SO/Heinz Wallberg (Delos DE 3108)

  SAINT-SAËNS: French military march, from Algerian Suite - Orch of Liège/Paul Strauss (EMI CDZ 7 67252)

  FERRER: Fantasy on the Quartet from Verdi's Rigoletto - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 446 090)

  DEBUSSY: Nuages, from Nocturnes - Pierre V Plante (cor anglais), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 444 614)

  OLIVERS arr Vaughan Williams: Lo! He comes with clouds descending - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/David Hill, Paul Provost (org) (Hyperion CDA 67576)

  GUANG orch Suzuki: Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon - Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean (Marco Polo 8.223911)

  REINHARDT: Nuages - Michael Conn (gtr), English CO/Leslie Williams (Decca 425 201)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The clouds begin to scatter Op 42/3 - Dmitri Hvorostovsky (bar), Mikhail Arkadiev (pno) (Philips 442 536)

  WALDTEUFEL: In the Clouds, Waltz Op 208 - Czecho-Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223438)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The World of Robert Schumann

  Thirteen programmes in an epic series that has been over 20 years in the making. Host, John Tibbetts, recognized something in the music and in the man that "spoke" to him in special ways. Since it's inception in 1983 as a few programmes with narration and music, The World of Robert Schumann now includes dramatizations, interviews, critical comment and hundreds of musical excerpts

  (3) The Courtship of Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck, 1835-1840

  The celebrated love story runs into numerous difficulties, parental objections and legal tangles. Commentary by biographers Peter Ostwald and Nancy Reich; and musical analyses of Fantasy in C Op 17 by pianists Charles Rosen and Mary-Louise Boehm, and historian Eric Sams; and the Clara Variations by pianist Anton Kuerti (WFMT)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  The Heartbeat of a Nation

  The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at 70

  Thirteen programmes hosted by Itzhak Perlman

  (5) Sharon Rostoff (sop), Bracha Kol (contralto), David Bizic (bar), Maxim Vengerov (vln), Philharmonia Singers, Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta

  SCHOENBERG: Transfigured Night Op 4; ZEISL: Requiem Ebraico; BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 (WFMT)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  TELEMANN: Sonata in D, from The Constant Music Master - Passacaglia (Linn CKD 170)

  TALLIS: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (Hyperion CDA 67548)

  CHAUSSON: Poème Op 25 - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), Royal Phil/Charles Dutoit (Decca 417 118)

  SIBELIUS: Pohjola's Daughter - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1225)

  11:00 DUSSEK: Sonata in Eb Op 34/1 - Christine Sohn (vln), Michael Stirling (cello), Gillian Tingay (harp) (Deux-Elles DXL 1090)

  GRETCHANINOV: String Quartet No 3 in C minor Op 75 - Dante Quartet (Dutton CDSA 6880)

Next day - Thu 25

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