Wednesday 14 February 2007 Rāapa 14 Hui-tanguru 2007

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  DITTERSDORF: Sinfonias, in A minor, The Delirium of the Composers; in D, The Battle of the Human Passions; in A, Sinfonia in the Taste of Five Nations - Failoni Orchestra/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  BRAHMS: Variations on an original theme Op 21/1; Rhapsodies, in B minor Op 79/1; in G minor Op 79/2; DVOŘÁK: Theme & Variations in Ab Op 36; Four Pieces Op 52 - David Buechner (pno) (Connoisseur Society CD 4179)

  2:15 (approx) - Disc 3

  AMODEI: Su l'ore che l'aurora; Tra l'erbette il pie sciogliea; ZAMBONI: Sonata in C minor; AMODEI: Va', ché l'hai fatto a me; Già col manto dell'ombre; STORACE: Passagagli sopra Alamire; AMODEI: Colà dove il Sebeto; Lieve al piè, grave al passo - Emma Kirkby (sop), Jakob Lindberg (theorbo/archlute), Lar Ulrik Mortensen (hpschd) (BIS CD 1415)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  ROMBERG: Clarinet Quintet in Eb Op 57; FUCHS: Clarinet Quintet in Eb Op 102; STANFORD: Two Fantasies for clarinet & string quartet, No 1 in G minor, No 2 in F - Thea King (cl), Britten String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66479)

  4:55 (approx) - Disc 5

  HOLST: St. Paul's Suite; WALTON: Two pieces for strings from Henry V; BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4; BERKELEY: Serenade for strings Op 12; TIPPETT: Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corellli - ASMF/Kenneth Sillito (Collins 12342)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Peter Sledmere

  6:00 M PHILLIPS: Moorland Idyll Op 61 - BBC Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7140)

  TAVENER: Svyati - Tim Hugh (cello), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson (Naxos 8.555256)

  BACH: Prelude in G BWV902/1 - Anthony Jennings (hpschd) (Trust MMT 2024)

  WIENIAWSKI: Polonaise No 2 in A - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Ian Brown (pno) (EMI 5 57916)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 2 in D - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5141)

  7:00 BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture - Royal Phil/Alexander Gibson (Tring International TRP 062)

  BERIOT: Scène de Ballet Op 100 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Juilliard Orch/Lawrence Foster (EMI CDC 5 56750)

  LIADOV: Baba-Yaga Op 56 - Mexican State Phil/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 657)

  GIULIANI: Variations on a theme by Handel Op 107, Harmonious Blacksmith - Slava Grigoryan (gtr) (ABC Classics 472 224)

  WEINBERGER: Polka & Fugue, from Schwanda the Bagpiper - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80115)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: HANDEL: Waft her, angels, from Jephtha - Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 444 543)

  TOMLINSON: English Folk-Dances Suite No 1 - Slovak Radio SO/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223513)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: The Assault on Beautiful Gorky, - from The Unforgettable Year 1919 - Martin Roscoe (pno), BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10361)

  BELLINI: Casta diva, from Norma - Maurice André (tpt), François-Henri Houbart (org) (EMI CDC 7 49722)

  L MOZART arr Cameron: Toy Symphony in G - Cyprien Katsaris (pno) (Piano 21 P21 019)

  SUPPÉ: Morning, Noon & Night in Vienna, Overture - Emanuel Brabec (cello), Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 421 170)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 3 in C Op 52 - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 5 55533)

  SCHUBERT orch Davidson: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor - Patricia Pollett (vla), Queensland Phil/Werner Andreas Albert (Tall Poppies TP 084)

  BRAHMS: A German Requiem Op 45 - Charlotte Margiono (sop), Rodney Gilfry (bar), Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 432 140)

  DVORÁK: Violin Sonata in F Op 57 - Pavel Sporcel (vln), Petr Jiríkovsky (pno) (Supraphon SU 3884)

  LUIGINI: Ballet Egyptien - London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 433 864)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZC)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture Op 84 - London Phil/Klaus Tennstedt (BBC Legends BBCL 4158)

  TOMLINSON: Rhapsody & Rondo for horn & orchestra - Richard Watkins (horn), Slovak Radio SO/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223513)

  PROKOFIEV: Toccata in D minor Op 11 - Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 447 430)

  HANDEL: I know that my Redeemer liveth, from Messiah - Ernest Lough (treble), George Thalben-Ball (org) (rec 1928) (Pearl GEMM CD 9211)

  HUMMEL: Quintet in Eb for piano & strings Op 87 - The Music Collection (ASV CD GAU 210)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloé - Paris Opera Chorus, Paris Orch/Jean Martinon (rec 1974) (EMI CDM 7 69566)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  PROKOFIEV: Montagues & Capulets, from Romeo & Juliet - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

  GRANADOS: Romantic Scenes - Richard Mapp (pno) (Meridian CDE 84403)

  GERSHWIN: Bess you is my woman now; I loves you Porgy, from Porgy & Bess - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Isabelle Lucas (sop), London Studio Orch (rec 1950s) (Columbia 475 545)

  ELGAR: Salut d'amour Op 12 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu MANU CD 5006)

  GRIFFITHS: Lie deep, my love - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2065)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  ROSSINI: An Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC 476 259)

  BRUCH: Second movement, Adagio, from Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 447 070)

  CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 48 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZC)

  FAURÉ arr Kondonassis: Après un Rêve - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80581)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Third movement, Pizzicato ostinato/Allegro, from Symphony No 4 in F minor Op 36 - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)

  LEONCAVALLO: Si può? from I Pagliacci - Robert Merrill (bar), New Symphony Orch of London/Edward Downes (Decca 443 380)

  WALDTEUFEL: I Love You, Waltz Op 177 - Czecho-Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223438)

  BIZET: Habanera, L'amour est un oiseau rebelle, from Carmen - Maria Callas (sop), Paris Opera Orch/Georges Prêtre (EMI 5 62725)

  WOODFORDE-FINDEN: Kashmiri Love Song - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI 3 59488)

  RÓZSA: Love Scene, from El Cid - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7340)

  BADEN-POWELL: A poem on the eyes of lovers - Julie Bevan (gtr) (Audio Projects AP 2006)

  ROTA: Love theme, from Romeo & Juliet - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80551)

  GERSHWIN arr Grainger: The man I love, from Lady, Be Good! - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 1767)

  TRAD arr Leon: I loved a lass - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Edin Karamazov (lute), Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)

  ZIEHRER: Recipes for love, Waltz Op 434 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223814)

• 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

  (6) The Romantic Piano: A Symposium of Pianists Schumann's piano music is discussed and played by many eminent concert pianists, including Eugene Istomin, Jörg Demus, Peter Frankl, John Browning and György Sandor. Extended analyses of the Toccata Op 7 and Songs of the Dawn (WFMT)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  The Heartbeat of a Nation

  The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at 70

  Thirteen programmes hosted by Itzhak Perlman

  (8) Itzhak Perlman (vln), Pinchas Zukerman (vla), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta

  MOZART: Divertimento in F K522, A Musical Joke; Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K364; Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Serenade No 13 in G K525; The Marriage of Figaro, Overture; Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter; TCHAIKOVSKY: Chinese Dance; Dance of the reed pipes; Waltz of the Flowers, from Nutcracker Suite (WFMT)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  LISZT after Schubert: Valse-Caprice No 6, from Soirées de Vienne - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (Philips 456 871)

  RACHMANINOV: In my garden at night; To her; Daisies; The pied piper; Dreams; The quest - Viktoriya Dodoka (sop), Iola Shelley (pno) (Atoll ACD 106)

  CIMAROSA arr Benjamin: Oboe Concerto in C minor - John Anderson (ob), Philharmonia/Simon Wright (Nimbus NI 1757)

  BANTOCK: Celtic Symphony for string orchestra & six harps - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Hyperion CDA 66450)

  11:00 HAYDN: String Quartet in Bb Op 76/4, Sunrise - Prazák Quartet (Praga PRD 350 019)

  FUCHS: Clarinet Quintet in Eb - Thea King (cl), Britten String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66479)

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