Thursday 12 April 2007 Rāpare 12 Paenga-whāwhā 2007

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  DELIUS: Brigg Fair; A Song Before Sunrise; The Walk to Paradise Garden; A Song of Summer; In a Summer Garden; Summer Night on a River - Philharmonia Orch/Owain Arwel Hughes (ASV CD CDA 627)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  MOZART: Fantasia in C minor, K475; HAYDN: Sonata in G, HobXVI/40; DUSSEK: Sonata in B flat Op 9/1; MOZART: Sonata in C, K330; Beethoven: Sonata in C minor Op 13, Pathétique - Kemp English (ftpno) (Manu CD MANU 5001)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  Carol our Christmas: Contemporary New Zealand Carols - Rachel Gillon (sop), Mike Wespel-Rose (ten), Wellington Youth Choir/Stuart Douglas, Kiwi-kids with Radha, Wellington Cathedral Choir/Philip Walsh, Sings Harry, Wellington Secondary Students' Choir/Roger Stevenson (New Zealand Hymnbook Trust)

  3:30 (approx) - Disc 4

  JOLIVET: Five Incantations for solo flute; Incantation for solo flute; Chant de Linos for flute & piano; Sonata for flute & piano; Ascèses for solo flute - Manuela Weisler (fl), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 549)

  4:40 (approx) - Disc 5

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Love theme, from Romeo & Juliet; Waltz, from Serenade for Strings; TCHAIKOVSKY arr Sax: None but the lonely heart; TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op23 (2); Souvenir de Florence (2); Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy, from The Nutcracker; Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No 1; Chant sans paroles Op 40/6; Dance of the Mirlitons, from The Nutcracker; Elegie for strings; TCHAIKOVSKY arr Press: Valse sentimentale; Preghiera, from Suite No 4, Mozartiana; Scene & 2nd Dance of the Queen of the Swans, from Swan Lake; Panorama, from Sleeping Beauty; Symphony No 6, Pathetique (2) - various artists (London 440 366)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

  6:00 MYSLIVECEK: Symphony in C - Concerto Cologne/Werner Ehrhardt (dir) (Archiv 477 6418)

  LEHÁR arr Stoltzman: Vilja's song, from The Merry Widow - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

  SCHUBERT: Five Minuets and Trios D89 - Kodály Quartet (Naxos 8.557126)

  PICCININI: Romanesca with variations - Nigel North (theorbo) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7211)

  ELGAR: Serenade for Strings Op 20 - Soloists of Australia/Ronald Thomas (Chandos CHAN 6526)

  7:00 DVORÁK: Carnival Overture - Los Angeles Phil/André Previn (Telarc CD 80238)

  GIAMPIERI: Variations on the Carnival of Venice - Mark Walton (cl), Paul Bateman (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 001)

  LISZT: Paganini Study No 2 in Eb, La capricciosa - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67370)

  DONIZETTI: Flute Concertino in C minor - Karl-Bernhard Sebon (fl), RIAS Sinfonietta/Jiri Starek (Koch Schwann 311 121)

  BIZET: Jeux d'enfants - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (EMI CD CFP 4086)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: GLUCK: Che farò senza Euridice? from Orpheus & Euridice - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 449 206)

  ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No 1, Midsummer Vigil Op 19 - Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 385)

  MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Stephen Coombs, Artur Pizarro (pno duo) (Hyperion CDA 67014)

  GRIFFES: The White Peacock Op 7/1 - Dallas SO/Andrew Litton (Dorian DOR 90224)

  LITOLFF: Second movement, Scherzo, from Concerto Symphonique No 4 in D minor Op 102 - Misha Dichter (pno), Philharmonia/Neville Marriner (Philips 411 123)

  WALDTEUFEL: The Songbird of the Temple, Waltz - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223687)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  Ornette Coleman (b1930)

  Six programmes

  (5) The Skies of America

  Norman Meehan looks at Coleman's interest in writing for chamber groups and orchestras. This work reached an apotheosis with his orchestral tone poem The Skies of America. This programme examines that work and some of the chamber pieces that preceded it (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty, Act 1 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 100)

  SCHUMANN: String Quartet in F Op 41/2 - Fine Arts Quartet (Naxos 8.570151)

  SHOSTAKOVICH arr Zinman/Pushkarev: Violin Sonata Op 134 - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Andrei Pushkarev (perc), Kremerata Baltica (DG 477 6196)

  STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella Suite - Bavarian Radio SO/Günter Wand (Profil PH 04056)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 2, A London Symphony - London Phil/Vernon Handley (EMI 5 86592)

  BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), National Phil/Charles Gerhardt (RCA 74321 84112)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 7 in C minor Op 30/2 - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (rec 1971/73) (EMI 3 65224)

  CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 50 & 56 - Artur Rubinstein (pno) (rec 1965/66) (RCA RD 85171)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  HONEGGER: Symphonic Movement No 1, Pacific 231 - New Zealand SO/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.555974)

  TRAD arr Marshall: Sau la'u teine Samoa; Pusi nofo - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)

  FARR: Tabuh Pacific - Gareth Farr (gamelan gongs), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2021)

  YORK: Pacific Coast Highway - Conservatorium Guitar Ensemble/Matthew Marshall (Massey University MU002)

  DADSON/LAIRD/MCGLASHAN: Pacific 3, 2, 1, Zero - From Scratch (Kiwi CD SLC 236)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture - Swiss Romande Orch/Armin Jordan (Erato 4509 91734)

  GODARD: Suite Op 116 - Susan Milan (fl), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8840)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Chôros No 1 - Sonia Rubinsky (pno) (Naxos 8.555286)

  RAWSTHORNE: Hornpipe Humoresque - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5005)

  SIBELIUS: Finlandia - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 427 222)

  RUTTER: Five traditional songs, The girl I left behind me; O waly, waly; The British Grenadiers; Golden slumbers; Dashing away with the smoothing iron - Nordic Chamber Choir/Nicol Matt (Bayer BR 100 334)

  COATES: Sweet Seventeen - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (ASV White Line CD WHL 2107)

  CHOPIN: Ballade No 2 in F Op 38 - Krystian Zimerman (pno) (DG 423 090)

  ARNELL: Overture, The New Age Op 2 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7161)

  RODGERS: Many a new day, from Oklahoma - Malvina Major (sop), New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Kiwi CD SLC 221)

  TRAD arr Palladian Ensemble: A New Tune - Palladian Ensemble (Linn CKD 126)

  J STRAUSS II: New Pizzicato Polka Op 449 - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 2020 601)

  HANDEL: New scenes of joy, from Theodora - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Harry Bicket (Avie AV 0030)

  SUK: Towards a New Life, Festival March Op 20 - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon 11 0624)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

  While home in New Zealand to sing Mozart and Strauss on tour with the NZSO this month, Dame Kiri talks with Christine Argyle in the studio (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  St Lawrence String Quartet

  MOZART: String Quartet No 21 in D K575, Prussian; SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 3 in F Op 73

  (Interval interview: Charoltte Wilson talks with two members of the St Lawrence String Quartet, Barry Shiffman and Christopher Costanza)

  RAVEL: String Quartet in F; MOZART: Second movement, Andante cantabile, from String Quartet No 19 in C K465, Dissonance (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  WEISS: Lute Sonata No 34 in D minor - Robert Barto (lute) (Naxos 8.570109)

  HUMMEL: Piano Concerto No 4 in E Op 110 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), London Mozart Players (Chandos CHAN 9687)

  PÄRT: Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten - Britten Sinfonia/Joanna MacGregor (SoundCircus SC 008)

  11:00 POWER: Missa Alma redemptoris mater - Trio Mediaeval (ECM 1869)

  TELEMANN: Suite in A minor - Matthias Maute (rec), Jörg-Michael Schwarz (vln/dir), Rebel (Dorian DOR 90302)

Next day - Fri 13

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