Thursday 15 March 2007 Rāpare 15 Poutū-te-rangi 2007

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  SCRIABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy; Symphony No 2 in C minor Op29 - BBC Philharmonic/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 218)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  WIDOR: Toccata from Symphony No 5 in F minor; HARWOOD: Sonata No 1 in C sharp minor; PARRY: Chorale Prelude; STATHAM: Rhapsody on a Ground; WALFORD DAVIES: Solemn Melody; ELGAR arr Gower: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations; MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonata in A Op 65/3, (1); MENDELSSOHN arr Best: War March of the Priests, from Athalia; SUMSION: Ceremonial March - Robert Costin (organ of the Wellington Town Hall) (Kiwi Pacific CD TRL 076)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  BIBER: Missa Salisburensis; Sonata tam aris quam aulis servientes: Sonata no 12 & Sonata No 5; Sancti Polycarpi; Plaudite tympana - Gabarieli Consort & Players, Musica Antiqua Cologne/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 471 632)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  HAYDN: Piano Trios, No 40 in F sharp minor Op73/3; No 37 in D Op71/3; No 36 in E flat Op71/2 - Jérome Hantaï (fpno), Philippe Couvert (vln), Alix Verzier (cello) (Naïve E 8811)

  4:50 (approx) - Disc 5

  STOKOWSKI TRANSCRIPTIONS:

  BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor; Prelude in Eb minor; Geistliches Lied, Mein Jesu; Chorale Prelude, Wir glauben all' an einen Gott (Giant Fugue); Chorale from Easter Cantata; Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor; BYRD: Pavan, The Earl of Salisbury & Galliard; CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary; SCHUBERT: Moment Musical No 3 in F minor; CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor Op 17/4; TCHAIKOVSKY: Chant sans paroles; DUPARC: Extase; RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2 - Howard Snell (tpt), David Gray (horn), Czech Phil, London SO/Leopold Stokowski (London 448 946)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

  6:00 HERSCHEL: Symphony No 8 in C minor - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

  ARENSKY: Fantasia on Themes by IT Ryabinin Op 48 - Tatiana Polyanskaya (pno), Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 10086)

  CORELLI arr Walsh: Violin Sonata in E minor Op 5/8 - Ensemble Fitzwilliam (Zig Zag ZZT 050 903)

  CHOPIN arr Wilhelmj: Nocturne in Db Op 27/2 - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), Daniel Gortler (pno) (RCA 82876 50470)

  THOMAS: Mignon, Overture - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 425 083)

  7:00 LEHÁR: The Merry Widow, Overture - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 891)

  DEMERSSEMAN/BERTHELEMY orch Dodgson: Duo Brillante, on themes from William Tell - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Pierre Pierlot (ob), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

  PARRY orch Elgar: Jerusalem - BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus & Orch/Leonard Slatkin (Warner Classics 2564 61956)

  DEBUSSY: Arabesques Nos 1-2 - Zoltán Kocsis (pno) (Philips 456 874)

  COPLAND: Three Latin American Sketches - New Philharmonia/Aaron Copland (CBS MK 42429)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: FAURÉ arr Busser/Hazell: Après un Rêve - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

  DELIBES: Divertissement, from Sylvia - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Andrew Mogrelia (Naxos 8.553339)

  RACHMANINOV: Preludes, in C# minor Op 3/2; in G minor Op 23/5; in G Op 32/5; in G# minor Op 32/12 - John Ogdon (pno) (Philips 456 916)

  TOYE: The Haunted Ballroom - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66868)

  OLIVEIRA/ABREU arr Silvetti: Tico tico no Fubá - Daniel Barenboim (pno), Robert Kassinger (dbass), Cyro Baptista (perc) (Teldec 3984 21482)

  SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Month

  EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934)

  The Dream of Gerontius, Part Two - Arthur Davies (ten), Gwynne Howell (bass), Felicity Palmer (mezzo), London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8641/2)

• 10:05 AM. The Works

  LECOCQ arr Jacob: Mam'zelle Angot - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 411 898)

  BRAHMS: Fantasies Op 116 - Nicholas Angelich (pno) (Virgin 3 79302)

  MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 - Janine Jansen (vln), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 475 8328)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture - Italian State Police Band, St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch/Antonio Pappano (EMI 3 70065)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  NIELSEN: Symphony No 4 Op 29, The Inextinguishable - CBSO/Simon Rattle (EMI CDC 7 47503)

  LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb S124 - Sviatoslav Richter (pno), London SO/Kyrill Kondrashin (BBC Legends BBCL 4031)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BACH: Goldberg Variations BWV988 - Trevor Pinnock (hpschd) (rec 1980) (Archiv 477 5902)

• 4:10 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  MAYUZUMI: Rumba Rhapsody - New Zealand SO/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.557693)

  MERLIN: Suite del Recuerdo - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private recording BNP 02 CD)

  RAVEL arr Wood: Boléro - Saxcess, Bruce McKinnon (percussion) (Saxcess)

  FARQUHAR: Ring Round the Moon - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  WAGNER: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude - Cleveland Orch/George Szell (Sony MLK 64061)

  HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 4/6 - Simon Lindley (organ of Holy Cross Church, Fenham, England), Northern Sinfonia/Bradley Creswick (Naxos 8.553835)

  RAVEL arr Back: Piece in the form of a habanera; Pavane for a dead princess - Emma Johnson (cl), Gordon Back (pno) (ASV CD DCA 621)

  GRIEG: Sigurd Jorsalfar, Suite - Geir Henning Braaten (pno) (Victoria VCD 19026)

  KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  VERDI: Sleepwalking scene, Una macchia è qui tuttora, from Macbeth - Grace Bumbry (mezzo), Berlin German Opera Orch/Hans Löwlein (DG 477 5250)

  BERLIOZ: Dance of the Sylphes, from The Damnation of Faust - London SO/Leopold Stokowski (Decca 425 014)

  TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: The lover's ghost - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

  CHOPIN orch Douglas: Les Sylphides, excerpts - Paris Conservatoire Orch/Peter Maag (Decca 417 840)

  LYAPUNOV: Dance of the Ghosts, from 12 Études d'exécution transcendante Op 11 - Konstantin Scherbakov (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223491)

  LØVENSKJOLD: Pas de deux, from La Sylphide - Erich Gruenberg (vln), London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 433 861)

  HERBERT: Art is calling for me, from The Enchantress - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London SO/Stephen Barlow (Decca 465 145)

  CHABRIER: Fête Polonaise, from Le Roi malgré lui - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Lexus Song Quest 2007

  Four programmes

  (2) Diana Cable introduces semi-finalists Woo Young Choi, Frances Moore (sops), Claire Barton (mezzo) and Andrew Glover (ten) in New Zealand's premier singing competition (RNZ) (Programmes 3 & 4 next Wed & Thurs 7.00pm)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Alexa Still (fl), Wellington Sinfonia/James Sedares

  KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta; A RITCHIE: Flute Concerto; MOZART: Flute Concerto No 2 in D K314; BIZET: Symphony in C (recorded in Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:45 PM. Bellissimo Splendore

  PEVERNAGE: Je porte tes couleurs; VERDONCK: Ave gratia; KEMPIS: Symphonia in two parts; GHERSEM: Agnus Dei - La Caccia (Ricercar RIC 241)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BEETHOVEN: Rondo a capriccio in G Op 129, Rage over a lost penny - Josef Hofmann (pno) (Nimbus NI 8818)

  BOWEN: Flute Sonata Op 120 - Amanda Hollins (fl), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 902)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto in D HobXVIII/2 - Ronald Brautigam (fpno), Concerto Copenhagen/Lars Ulrik Mortensen (dir) (BIS CD 1318)

  CANNABICH: Symphony No 51 in D - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554340)

  11:00 DONIZETTI: String Quartet No 7 in F minor - Revolutionary Drawing Room (CPO 999 170)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 92 - Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1862)

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