Thursday 3 May 2007 Rāpare 3 Haratua 2007

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  THOMSON: Symphonies, No 2 in C No 3; Pilgrims and Pioneers; Symphony on a Hymn Tune - New Zealand Symphony Orch/James Sedares (Naxos 8.559022)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  ARNOLD: Quintet; EWALD: Quintet No 1 in Bb minor; BOZZA: Sonatine; MAURER: Three Pieces; DAHL: Music for Brass Instruments; CALVET: Suite from the Monteregian Hills - Center City Brass Quintet (Collins 14892)

  2:15 (approx) - Disc 3

  BOYCE: David's Lamentation Over Saul and Jonathon (Dublin version 1744); Ode on St Cecilia's Day, The Charms of Harmony Displayed; David's Lamentation (extracts from the London version 1736) - Patrick Burrows (treble), William Purefoy, Andrew Watts (countertenors), Richard Edgar-Wilson (ten), Michael George (bbar), Choir of New College, Oxford, Hanover Band/Graham Lea-Cox (ASV CD GAU 208)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  STENHAMMAR: Serenade in F; Symphony No 2 in G minor - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 445 857)

  5:00 (approx) - Disc 5

  SOR: Grande Sonate Op 22; Divertissement Op 23; 8 Small Pieces Op 24; Grande Sonate Op 25 - Adam Holzman (gtr) (Naxos 8.553340)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with David Morriss

  6:00 SIBELIUS: Andante Festivo - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1265)

  VIVALDI: Concerto in A minor for two violins RV522 - Jeanne Lamon (vln/dir), Geneviève Gilardeau (vln), Tafelmusik (Analekta AN 2 9811)

  LHOYER: Duo Concertant in E minor Op 31/3 - Philippe Spinosi, Josiane Rabemananjara (gtrs) (Opus 111 OP 30396)

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

  TUZUN: Anatolian Candle Dance - Moscow Radio & TV SO/Hikmet Simsek (Turkish Ministry 9713662 (SD 06))

  7:00 BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D - Philharmonia/Charles Mackerras (Testament SBT 1325)

  HAMILTON: Didn't it rain? - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Ode CD ODE 1308)

  SPOHR: Potpourri on Irish folksongs Op 59 - Ulf Hoelscher (vln), Berlin Radio SO/Christian Fröhlich (CPO 999 798)

  TRAD arr Allen/Mills: Little David play on your harp; My Lord, what a mornin'; Give me Jesus - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)

  DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon SU 3818)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: Columba aspexit - Emma Kirkby, Emily van Evera, Poppy Holden, Judith Stell (sops), Doreen Muskett (symphony)/Christopher Page (dir) (Hyperion CDA 66039)

  WAGNER: Parsifal, Prelude to Act 1 - London Classical Players/Roger Norrington (EMI CDC 5 55479)

  BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor BWV1058 - Angela Hewitt (pno), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (Hyperion SACDA 67307)

  RACHMANINOV arr Kreisler: Variation 18, from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Ian Brown (pno) (EMI 5 57916)

  ALBÉNIZ: Rondeña, from Iberia Book 2 - Hervé Billaut (pno) (Lyrinx LYR 2217)

  J WILLIAMS: Summon the Heroes - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony SK 62622)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  SAMUEL BARBER (1910-1981)

  Hesitation-Tango, from Souvenirs - Barcelona SO/José Serebrier (BIS CD 1175)

  Give me some music, from Antony & Cleopatra - Dawn Upshaw (sop), Orch of St Luke's/David Zinman (Nonesuch 79458)

  Intermezzo from Vanessa - Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559135)

  Dover Beach Op 3 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Belcea Quartet (EMI 5 58076)

  Violin Concerto Op 14 - James Ehnes (vln), Vancouver SO/Bramwell Tovey (Onyx 4016)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  GRIEG orch Sitt: Norwegian Dances Op 35 - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 419 431)

  SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana Op 16 - Martin Roscoe (pno) (Dunelm DRD 0247)

  KHACHATURIAN: Cello Concerto - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (Orfeo C 623 041 A)

  ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - London Phil/Bernard Haitink (LPO 0002)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BUTTERWORTH: Banks of Green Willow - London SO/André Previn (EMI 3 82157)

  ABEL: Flute Concerto in C Op 6/1 - Edward Beckett (fl/dir), ASMF (ASV CD DCA 1178)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 20 in A D959 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 57266)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  KODÁLY: Dances of Marosszék; Dances of Galánta; Háry János Suite - Philharmonia Hungarica; Minneapolis SO/Antal Dorati (rec 1958/56) (Mercury 432 005)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  DELIUS: Two Aquarelles - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

  BESSER: Wellington Harbour - Andrew Pask (bass cl), Jonathan Besser (pno) (Besser Music)

  RAVEL: Jeux d'eau - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake, Act II - New Zealand SO/Patrick Flynn (RNZB)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  J STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus, Overture - Berlin Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 3984 24489)

  BIZET arr Stoltzman: Carmen Suite - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Kalmen Opperman Clarinet Choir/Kalmen Opperman (RCA 09026 68817)

  CHOPIN: Berceuse in Db Op 57 - Pascal Amoyel (pno) (Calliope CAL 9351.2)

  PONCE arr Heifetz: Estrellita - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49604)

  DEBUSSY orch Büsser: Petite Suite - BBC Scottish SO/Pierre-André Valade (BBC Music BBC MM 266)

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

  PURCELL: Music for the funeral of Queen Mary - John Wallace (tpt), Wallace Collection/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

  TRAD orch Noda: River of No Return - Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean (Marco Polo 8.223911)

  VERDI: Ritorna Vincitor! from Aida - Alessandra Marc (sop), New Zealand SO/Heinz Wallberg (Delos DE 3108)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Waltz, from The Return of Maxim Op 45 - Irena Grafenauer (fl), Eduard Brunner (cl), Oleg Maisenberg (pno) (ECM 1304/05)

  PETERSON-BERGER: Return - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (DG 449 189)

  WALDTEUFEL: Return from the fields, Polka Op 203 - Czecho-Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223438)

  MONTI: Csárdás - Roby Lakatos (vln), with members of the Lakatos band (DG 457 879)

  GOUNOD: O divine redeemer - Yvonne Kenny (sop), Adelaide SO/David Stanhope (ABC Classics 465 427)

  SARASATE: Introduction & Tarantella Op 43 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster (EMI CDC 5 55475)

  HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 2 in D - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.557764)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Sewing Machine is a girl's best friend

  The Parisian salon hostess La Princesse de Polignac was an American heiress to the vast Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Winnaretta Singer married into the French nobility and became an important private patron of the arts. In two programmes Elric Hooper and Des Wilson tell the remarkable story of Winnaretta Singer

  (1) La Belle Époque (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Colin Walsh (organ of the Auckland Town Hall)

  MENDELSSOHN: War March of the Priests, from Athalie; ELGAR: Salut d'amour Op 12; MOZART: Fantasia in F minor K608; BACH: Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor BWV582; VIERNE: Impromptu, from Fantasy Pieces Op 55; WIDOR: Symphony No 5 in F minor Op 42/1, excerpts; BUXTEHUDE: Gigue Fugue in C (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:10 PM. Ozawa Conducts

  PUCCINI: Intermezzo, from Manon Lescaut - Florence May Festival Orch/Seiji Ozawa (Philips 456 586)

  FOSS: Three American pieces - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (EMI CDC 5 55360)

  BARTÓK: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta - Saito Kinen Orch/Seiji Ozawa (Philips 475 6201)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Bb D935/3 - Lili Kraus (pno) (Vanguard OVC 4068)

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G BWV1049 - Simon Standage (vln), Philip Pickett, Rachel Beckett (recs), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 410 501)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Toward the Unknown Region - Royal Liverpool Phil Choir & Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.557798)

  BAX: The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.557599)

  11:00 HAYDN: String Quartet in D Op 50/6, Frog - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV GLD 4008)

  WEBER: Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op 34 - Melos Ensemble of London (Decca 430 297)

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