Tuesday 15 May 2007 Rātū 15 Haratua 2007

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  WALTON: Portsmouth Point Overture; Capriccio Burlesco; WALTON orch Palmer: The First Shoot; Scapino, A Comedy Overture; Granada, Prelude for orchestra; Prologo e Fantasia; Johannesburg Festival Overture; Music for Children; Galop finale from Music for Children - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8968)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  Piano Miniatures by BRAHMS, CHOPIN, LISZT, BACH, MENDELSSOHN, GOTTSCHALK, DEBUSSY, SCHUBERT, ALBÉNIZ, BEETHOVEN, DVOŘÁK, SAINT-SAËNS, ARENSKY, GRIEG, MOZART & BADARZEWSKA-BARANOWSKA - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Joseph Cooper, Ivan Davis, Bracha Eden, Alexander Tamir, Rhondda Gillespie, Julius Katchen, Alicia de Larrocha, Radu Lupu, Varda Nishry, Pascal Rogé & András Schiff (pnos) (Decca 436 854)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Songs - Elizabeth Soderstrom (sop), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 436 204)

  3:40 (approx) - Disc 4

  BEETHOVEN: Symphonies, No 1 in C Op 21; No 2 in D Op 36 - Philharmonia/Kurt Sandling (EMI CDM 7 69382)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  TUBIN: Double-bass Concerto; Valse Triste; Ballade for violin & orchestra; Violin Concerto No 2; Estonian Dances Suite - Håkan Ehrén (dbass), Gustavo Garcia (vln), Gothenburg SO/ Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 337)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with David Morriss

  6:00 CANNABICH: Symphony No 50 in D minor - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554340)

  PURCELL: Trumpet Sonata in D - John Wallace (tpt), Philharmonia/Christopher Warren-Green (Nimbus NI 1757)

  TIPPETT: Five Negro Spirituals, from A Child of our Time - Oxford Schola Cantorum/Jeremy Summerly (Hyperion CDA 67575)

  CHOPIN: Rondo in C minor Op 1 - Frederic Chiu (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7201)

  REYNOLDS: Three Pieces for Theatre - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Marco Polo 8.225184)

  7:00 KABALEVSKY: Colas Breugnon, Overture - Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer (CBC SMCD 5069)

  MOZART: Horn Concerto No 3 in Eb K447 - Anthony Halstead (natural horn), Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Nimbus NI 1756)

  KETÈLBEY: In a Chinese temple garden - Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia/John Lanchbery (EMI CDC 7 47806)

  LISZT: Paganini Study No 6 in A minor, Theme & Variations - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67370)

  GLAZUNOV: Concert Waltz No 1 in D Op 47 - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9658)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MASSENET: Pourquoi me réveiller?, from Werther - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), National Phil/Oliviero de Fabritiis (Decca 421 876)

  MARSHALL: Hikurangi Sunrise - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)

  AUBERT: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 17/4 - Florian Deuter (vln), Les Cyclopes/Bibiane Lapointe, Thierry Maeder (dirs) (Pierre Verany PV 703 101)

  PIAZZOLLA arr Toker/Dobal: Four Seasons in Buenos Aires - Gustavo Toker (bandoneón), Pablo Dobal (pno) (Vanguard Classics 99155)

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

  KHACHATURIAN: Awakening & Dance of Ayesha, from Gayaneh - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  EDOUARD LALO (1823-1892)

  Scherzo in D minor - Royal Phil/Yondani Butt (ASV CD DCA 709)

  Fantaisie-ballet, from Namouna - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 143)

  Chants russes - Maria Kliegel (cello), Bernd Glemser (pno) (Naxos 8.554469)

  Symphony in G minor - Royal Phil/Yondani Butt (ASV CD DCA 709)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in A Op 18/5 - Cleveland Quartet (Telarc CD 80414)

  HANDEL: Dramatic Cantata, Apollo & Dafne - Nicola Wemyss (sop), Tom Sol (bass), Musica ad Rhenum/Jed Wentz (Brilliant Classics 93073)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 18 in Bb K456 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Philips 422 348)

  RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole - New Philharmonia/Leopold Stokowski (BBC Legends BBCL 4205)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No 1 in Eb - Dennis Brain (horn), Philharmonia/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CDC 7 47834)

  BACH: Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder, from St Matthew Passion - Concertgebouw Chorus & Orchestra, Amsterdam/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 8.35668)

  BOELY: String Quartet in A Op 27/1 - Edouard Popa (vln), Paris String Trio (Chant du Monde LDC 278 821)

  GRIEG: Reminiscences from mountain & fjord - Monica Groop (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (pno) (BIS CD 1457)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  DEBUSSY: Jeux - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Pierre Boulez (rec 1961) (RCO Live RCO 05001)

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/George Szell (rec 1964) (RCO Live RCO 05001)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  PSATHAS: Century fanfare, Luminous - Auckland Philharmonia/Edvard Tchivzhel (Atoll ACD 100)

  MCCALLUM: The moon's glow once lit - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2065)

  CHARLTON: Partial Eclipse - Conservatorium Guitar Ensemble/Matthew Marshall (Massey University MU002)

  DEBUSSY: Evening in Granada, from Estampes - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

  HAMILTON: The Moon is Silently Singing - Greg Hill, Peter Sharman (horns), 1992 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1412)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty, excerpts - New Zealand SO/Alexander Lazarev

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (Sony SK 62826)

  BACH: Concerto in C minor for two keyboards BWV1060 - Güher & Süher Pekinel (pno duo), Zurich CO/Howard Griffiths (Warner Classics 2564 61950)

  SCHUMANN trans Liszt: Widmung; Frühlingsnacht - Leon McCawley (pno) (Avie AV 0029)

  ELGAR: Chanson de Nuit Op 15/1 - Midori (vln), Robert McDonald (pno) (Sony SK 89700)

  BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 050 502)

  DELIBES: Bell Song, Où va la jeune Indoue? from Lakmé - Joan Sutherland (sop), Royal Opera House Orch, Covent Garden/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (Decca 443 377)

  LITOLFF: Second movement, Scherzo, from Concerto Symphonique No 4 in D minor Op 102 - Shura Cherkassky (pno), London Phil/Adrian Boult (Philips 456 745)

  J STRAUSS II: Procession for Pleasure - Vienna-Berlin Ensemble (Sony SK 42175)

  LISZT: Artist's Festive Procession S520 for the Schiller centenary - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66811/2)

  FRANCK: La Procession - Victoria de los Angeles (sop), Bath Festival Orch/Yehudi Menuhin (Testament SBT 1088)

  HOVHANESS: Processional & Fugue Op 76/5 - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Kerry Stratton (Dorian DOR 93166)

  WAGNER: Procession into the Hall of Song, from Tannhäuser - Chorus of the Royal Swedish Opera, Royal Swedish Orch/Leif Segerstam (Naxos 8.557714)

  BLOCH: Meditation & Processional - Bernard Zaslav (vla), Naomi Zaslav (pno) (Music & Arts CD 1151)

  LILBURN: Processional Fanfare - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  7:00 International Rostrum of Composers 2006

  Six programmes from the 53rd of these forums for the promotion of new music, held in Paris last year. Under the auspices of the International Music Council, supported by UNESCO, national broadcasters from around the world met up to present a selection of recent music recorded in their countries. Our closest neighbours attended, and ABC Classic FM's Julian Day and Lorna Lander present works submitted by delegates from public radio stations around the world

  (4) REINVERE: Livonian Lament - Julgi Stalte, Anne Reemann (vocalists), Estonian Phil Chamber Choir, NYYD Ensemble, Jüri Reinvere (electronics) (Estonia)

  LEEK: Die dunkle Erde - Samuel Wagan Watson (narrator), William Barton (didgeridoo), Australian Voices (Australia)

  JAANISTE: Meditations of a Symphony - Queensland Orch/Jean-Louis Forestier (Australia)

  8:00 2006 Wellington International Jazz Festival

  Seven programmes

  (6) Village Idiots (RNZ) (Programme 7 Fri 8.00pm)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

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