Thursday 26 April 2007 Rāpare 26 Paenga-whāwhā 2007

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  D'INDY: Saugefleurie Op 21; Souvenirs Op 62; Symphony No 3; De Bello Gallico - Strasbourg Phil/Theodor Guschlbauer (Auvidis Valois V 4686)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  CPE BACH: Flute Sonatas, in E minor Wq124; in G Wq86; in A minor Wq132; in C Wq87; in D Wq129; Excepts from 12 Little Pieces Wq82 - Nancy Hadden (fl), Lucy Carolyn (hpschd/clavichord), Erin Headley (vla da gamba), Elizabeth Walker (fl) (ASV CD GAU 161)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  RHEINBERGER: Mass in Eb, Cantus Missae; Canzonetta Op 167/3; Ave Regina Caelorum Op 140/4; Wie Lieblich Sind Deine Wohnungen Op 35; Ich Liebe, Weil Erhoret Der Herr Op 40/1; Ave Maris Stella Op 171/4a; Intermezzo Op 167/7; Anima Nostra Op 133/1; Meditabor Op 133/2; Laudate Dominum Op 133/3; Requiem in D minor Op 194 - Christopher Monks (org), Helen Cole (harp), Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge/Geoffrey Webber (ASV CD DCA 989)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  PSATHAS: Waiting for the Aeroplane; BODY: Five Melodies; DADSON: Sisters Dance; WHITEHEAD: Lullaby for Matthew; LILBURN: Sonatina No 2; POYNTON: Nga Iwi E; LOCKWOOD: Red Mesa - Dan Poynton (pno) (Rattle RAT D 006)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  COATES: The Merrymakers; London Suite; The Three Elizabeths; Calling All Workers; The Green Hills O' Sommerset; The Jester at the Wedding; Stonecracker John; The Dam Busters - BBC Concert Orch/Adrian Boult (Bbc Radio Classics BBCRD 9106)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

  6:00 SALIERI: Armida, Overture - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Michael Dittrich (Marco Polo 8.223381)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Eb RV253, Storm at sea - Cho-Liang Lin (vln), Anthony Newman (hpschd), Sejong (Naxos 8.557920)

  L BOULANGER: D'un Soir Triste - Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Koch 3-7169)

  DEBUSSY trans Roelens: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque; Nocturne & Scherzo - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Alexander Dedyukhin (pno) (EMI 5 72017)

  LILBURN: Allegro for Strings - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

  7:00 COATES: The Merrymakers, Overture - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223445)

  PAGANINI: La campanella - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Irina Ryumina (pno) (BIS CD 999)

  TAUSIG: The Ghost Ship Op 1 - Rian de Waal (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1016)

  HANDEL: Trumpet Concerto No 10 in G minor - Maurice André (tpt), Munich Bach Orchestra/Karl Richter (DG 415 980)

  J STRAUSS II: Roses from the South, Waltz - London SO/John Georgiadis (IMP PCD 902)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: F LAMBERT: She is far from the land - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Kiwi CD TRL 025)

  SIBELIUS: Intermezzo, from Karelia Suite - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

  FRANCHOMME: Variations on Russian & Scottish Themes - Roel Dieltiens (cello/dir), Ensemble Explorations (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1610)

  FAURÉ: Dolly Suite - Nicola & Alexandra Bibby (pno duet) (Telegraph TLG CD 004)

  KROLL: Banjo & Fiddle - Tasmin Little (vln), Piers Lane (pno) (EMI CD EMX 2196)

  HOLST: St Paul's Suite - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst (Chandos CHAN 8375)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  NIELS GADE (1817-1890)

  Violin Concerto in D minor Op 56 - Anton Kontra (vln), Malmö SO/Paavo Järvi (BIS BIS CD 672)

  Spring Fantasia - Bodil Gobil (sop), Minna Nyhus (mezzo), Ole Jensen (ten), Mogens Schmidt Johansen (bass), Eyvind Moller (pno), Danish Radio SO/John Frandsen (EMI CDM 5 66000)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer - Thomas Hampson (bar), London Phil/Klaus Tennstedt (LPO 0012)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Sonata No 1 in C minor Op 32 - Maria Kliegel (cello), François-Joël Thiollier (pno) (Naxos 8.557880)

  LITOLFF: Concerto Symphonique No 5 in C minor Op 123 - Peter Donohoe (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 67210)

  MOZART: Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter - English CO/Daniel Barenboim (EMI CD EMX 2074)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  GOTTSCHALK: The dying poet - Alan Marks (pno) (Nimbus NI 7045/6)

  ELGAR: Violin Concerto in B minor Op 61 - Yehudi Menuhin (vln), London SO/Edward Elgar (EMI 5 66979)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  RESPIGHI: The Birds; Fountains of Rome; Pines of Rome - London SO/Antal Dorati (rec 1957/60) (Mercury 432 007)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  HAMILTON: Pioneer Spirit - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5007)

  VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)

  A RITCHIE: As long as time - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

  SPICER: Kiwi Fireworks, Variations on God defend New Zealand - Nigel Potts (organ of the Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon, London) (Guild GMCD 7165)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)

  ADDINSELL: Warsaw Concerto, from the film Dangerous Moonlight - Rawicz & Landauer (pno duo), Mantovani & his Orch (Decca 421 397)

  KREISLER: Schön Rosmarin; Tambourin chinois; Polichinelle; Syncopation; Toy-Soldier March - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Fleurs de Lys FL 2 3159)

  MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words Op 67/4, Spinning Song, or Bee's Wedding; Andante & Rondo Capriccioso in E Op 14 - Josef Hofmann (pno) (Nimbus NI 8819)

  ELGAR: Triumphal March, from Caractacus - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

  WAGNER: O du mein holder Abendstern, from Tannhäuser - Tommi Hakala (bar), Tampere Phil/Eri Klas (Ondine ODE 1048)

  LANCHBERY: Tales of Beatrix Potter, excerpts - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Barry Wordsworth (Dutton CDLX 7149)

  MEDTNER: Fairy Tales Op 20 - Steven Osborne (pno) (Danacord DACOCD 609)

  OFFENBACH: Scintille, diamant, from The Tales of Hoffmann - Gabriel Bacquier (bar), Swiss Romande Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 458 234)

  PROKOFIEV arr Milstein: Tales of an old grandmother Op 31 - Midori (vln), Robert McDonald (pno) (Sony SK 89700)

  J STRAUSS II: Tales from the Vienna Woods - Queensland SO/Vladimir Ponkin (ABC Classics 432 250)

  BRAHMS: How lovely are thy dwellings, from A German Requiem Op 45 - Wells Cathedral Choir/Malcolm Archer, Rupert Gough (org) (Cantoris CRCD 6070)

  ALBINONI: Second movement, Adagio, from Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Pierre Pierlot (ob), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (Erato 3984 22241)

  KHACHATURIAN: Waltz, from Masquerade - Hamburg State Phil/Orch/Ingo Metzmacher (EMI 5 56970)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Gian Carlo Menotti

  The Italian born American composer died in February at the age of 95. Menotti wrote his first opera before he was 11 and went on to become perhaps the most popular and prolific opera composer of his time, winning two Pulitzer Prizes. William Dart looks at Menotti's life and music (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Nicholas Grigsby (organ of the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul)

  BUXTEHUDE: Prelude, Fugue & Ciacona; BACH: Chorale Prelude, Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr BWV663; MENDELSSOHN: March of the Priests, from Athalie; GUILMANT: Cantilene Pastorale; LEFEBURE-WELY: March in C; FRANCK: Prelude, Fugue & Variation Op 18; COATES: Dambusters March; NEVIN: Will o' the Wisp; MUSHEL: Toccata (recorded in the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul by RNZ)

• 8:55 PM. Giulini at the BBC

  MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition - Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini (rec 1961) (BBC Legends BBCL 4023)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in B minor Op 23 - Artur Rubinstein (pno), Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini (rec 1961) (BBC Legends BBCL 4152)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  TELEMANN: Trio Sonata in G minor - Passacaglia (Linn CKD 170)

  SCHUMANN: Frauenliebe und -leben Op 42 - Brigitte Fassnaender (mezzo), Irwin Gage (pno) (DG 415 519)

  GRÉTRY: Flute Concerto in C - Marc Grauwels (fl), European Community CO/Dimitri Demetriades (Hyperion Helios CDH 88015)

  MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Douglas Bostock (Classico CLASS CD 1501)

  11:00 HUBAY: Csárdás Scene No 7, Kossuth's melody Op 41 - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67441/2)

  BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Bb Op 130 - Takács Quartet (Decca 470 849)

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