Wednesday 18 July 2007 Rāapa 18 Hōngoingoi 2007

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs, Part 1; KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from Spartacus; MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides Overture; OFFENBACH: Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann; WOOD: Fanstasia on British Sea Songs, excerpts; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship from Scheherazade; LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture; WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman Overture - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  NIELSEN: Violin Concerto Op 33; Flute Concerto; Clarinet Concerto Op 57 - Kim Sjogren (vln), Toke Lund Christiansen (fl), Niels Thomsen (cl), Danish National Radio SO/Michael Schønwandt (Chandos CHAN 8894)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  von BINGEN: O Quam Mirabilis; O Ecclesia; O Clarissima Mater; O Tu Illustrata; MONK: Dawn; Quarry weave 1; Quarry Lullaby; Quarry weave 2; Farmer's Song; Astronaut Anthem; Nightfall - Musica Sacra/Richard Westenberg (Catalyst 09026 68329)

  3:30 (approx) - Disc 4

  LIAPUNOV: 12 Etudes d'execution transcendante Op 11: Lullaby; Dance of the ghosts; Pealing of bells; Terek; Summer night; Storm; Idyll; Epic song; Aeolian harps; Lesginka; Dance of the Elves; Elegy in memory of Franz Liszt - Konstantin Scherbakov (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223491)

  4:40 (approx) - Disc 5

  BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Symphony for cello & orchestra; Four Sea-Interludes from Peter Grimes; PÄRT: Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten - Truls Mørk (cello), Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 420)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with David Morriss

  6:00 JC BACH: Symphony in D Op 18/6 - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 752)

  PROKOFIEV arr Prorvich: Cinderella Suite - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 003)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A minor RV356, from L'Estro Armonico - Fabio Biondi (vln/dir), Europa Galante (Virgin VMD 5 45315)

  PIAZZOLLA arr P & Z Katona: Le Grand Tango - Peter & Zoltán Katona (gtrs) (Channel Classics CCS SA 19804)

  J HARRISON: Troubadour Suite - BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Dutton CDLX 7174)

  7:00 BRAHMS: Tragic Overture Op 81 - London Phil/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.557428)

  MOZART arr Overton: Third movement, Rondo alla turca, from Piano Sonata No 11 in A K331 - James Galway (fl/dir), Jeanne Galway (fl), Sinfonia Varsovia (DG 477 6233)

  JOPLIN: The Easy Winners - Alexander Peskanov (pno) (Naxos 8.559114)

  HANDEL: Trio Sonata in B minor Op 2/1 - L'Ecole d'Orphée (CRD 3375)

  Josef STRAUSS: Restless spirits Waltz Op 62 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: TCHAIKOVSKY: Nocturne in D minor, from Six Piano Pieces Op 19 - Nina Kotova (cello), Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (Philips 462 612)

  NIELSEN: Helios Overture - Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Dacapo 6.220518)

  KORNGOLD: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt - Sonja van Beek (vln), Andreas Frölich (pno) (CPO 999 709)

  RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin - Fourteen Berlin Flutists (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 908 1393)

  DEBUSSY arr Borwick: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Alexandre Gurning (pno) (EMI 5 62665)

  MENDELSSOHN: Wedding march, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (RCA GD 86207)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  KAIJA SAARIAHO (b1952)

  Cendres - Wolpe Trio; Laconisme de l'aile - Lesley Olson (fl), Thomas Neuhaus (electronics); Petals - Scott Roller (cello) (Kairos 0012412 KAI)

  Forest; Fall, from Maa - Pauliina Ahola (harp), Chamber ensemble/Tapio Tuomela (Ondine ODE 791)

  You went, flew - Anu Komsi (sop), Jouko Laivuori (pno) (Ondine ODE 958)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  STORACE: Pastorale - Fabio Bonizzoni (organ of Chiesa della Badia, Petralia Sottana, Sicily) (Glossa GCD 921 506)

  BERLIOZ: Les Nuits d'été - Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (CBS MK 39098)

  LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb S124 - Yundi Li (pno), Philharmonia/Andrew Davis (DG 477 6402)

  MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan - BBC SO/Rudolf Kempe (BBC Legends BBCL 4022)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  ONSLOW: Wind Quintet in F Op 81/3 - Stalder Quintet (Jecklin-Disco 554)

  GIORDANO: Come un bel dì di Maggio, from Andrea Chénier - Jussi Björling (ten), Frederick Schauwecker (pno) (rec 1955) (RCA 82876 53379)

  CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58 - Artur Pizarro (pno) (Linn CKD 250)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BRUCH: Kol Nidrei; DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104 - János Starker (cello), London SO/Antal Dorati (rec 1962) (Mercury 432 001)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  RACHMANINOV: Preludes Op 23 - Tahu Matheson (pno) (Kiwi CD SLD 98)

  LEHRER arr Marshall: I hold your hand in mine - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

  BURCH: Concertino - Edward Allen (horn), New Zealand SO/Michael Vinten (RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  VERDI: La Traviata, Prelude to Act III - London SO/Colin Davis (Erato 8573 85823)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Young Prince & the Young Princess, from Scheherazade - Richard Roberts (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 410 253)

  SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Bb D935/3 - Wilhelm Kempff (pno) (DG 427 854)

  J STRAUSS II arr Schoenberg: Roses from the South, Waltz - Leonore Aumaier (pno), Alfred Mitterhofer (harmonium), members of the Vienna String Quintet (CPO 999 588)

  DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Czech Phil/Antonio de Almeida (Supraphon SU 3479-2 011)

  SCHUMANN: Die lotosblume Op 25/7; Ständchen Op 36/2; Nachtlied Op 96/1 - Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1753)

  TRAD: Lilliburlero - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Sony SBK 63052)

  THOMAS arr Stoltzman: Je suis Titania, from Mignon - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

  LEONCAVALLO: Si può? from I Pagliacci - Robert Merrill (bar), London New SO/Edward Downes (Decca 475 396)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Hungarian Dance (Czardas), from Swan Lake - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc SACD 60657)

  JOPLIN: Pineapple Rag - Alexander Peskanov (pno) (Naxos 8.559114)

  SEREBRIER: Tango in Blue - Barcelona SO/José Serebrier (BIS CD 1175)

  SALZEDO: Tango, from Suite of Eight Dances - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80581)

  STRAVINSKY: Tango, Waltz & Ragtime, from The Soldier's Tale - Gidon Kremer (vln), Eduard Brunner (cl), Aloys Kontarsky (pno) (ECM 1304/5)

  PIAZZOLLA arr Milone: Libertango - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

  WEILL: Sailors' Tango, from Happy End - Carole Farley (sop), Barcelona SO/José Serebrier (BIS CD 1175)

  ALBÉNIZ: Tango in D, from España Op 165 - Celín Romero (gtr) (Philips 475 6360)

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

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The MTT Files

  Eight programmes in which Michael Tilson Thomas explores classical music and the unexpected ways it influences our lives

  (3) What Does America Sound Like? Part 2

  Michael Tilson Thomas explains Copland's musical transformation and the political and artistic sentiments behind it. Included is a recorded rehearsal of the composer's greatest modernist work, the Symphonic Ode, with MTT conducting the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy (American Public Media)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Music in Composers' Homes

  Four programmes from the hometowns of important composers or at least the places where their activities left indelible traces

  (3) MAHLER

  Roman Janál (bar), Karla Bytnavorá (mezzo), Karel Kosárek (pno)

  Songs of a Wayfarer; Kindertotenlieder; The drummer boy; The earthly life; The sentinel's nightsong; Praise of lofty intellect; Primeval light; Solace in misfortune; Labour lost, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (recorded in Gustav Mahler House, Kaliste by Czech Radio)

• 9:10 PM. Baroque Favourites

  VIVALDI arr Leppard: Concerto in C for two trumpets RV537 - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Sony MLK 64062)

  HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks - William Bennett (fl), Celia Nicklin, Barry Davis (obs), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 420 397)

  BACH: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 - Magdalena Martinez (fl), London Conchord Ensemble (Quartz QTZ 2047)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Phantasy Quintet - English String Quartet, Norbert Blume (vla) (Unicorn-Kanchana DKP CD 9076)

  MEDTNER: Piano Sonata in G minor Op 22 - Geoffrey Tozer (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9050)

  ALWYN: Pastoral Fantasia - Stephen Tees (vla), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9065)

  HARLE: The School of Mysteries - Nicole Tibbels, Sarah Leonard, Catherine Bott (sops), Silencium Ensemble, Choristers of Worcester Cathedral, ASMF/John Harle (Argo 458 356)

  11:00 DEBUSSY: Piano Trio in G - Trio Rouvier-Kantorow-Müller (Denon CO/72508)

  GLAZUNOV: String Quintet in A Op 39 - Fine Arts Quartet, Nathaniel Rosen (cello) (Naxos 8.570256)

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