Friday 31 August 2007 Rāmere 31 Here-turi-kōkā 2007

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  STAMITZ: Symphonies, in D Op 3/2; in Eb Op 11/3; Three Manheim Symphonies: G; in A; in Bb; Trio in E Op 5/3 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.553194)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  ELGAR: Piano Quintet in A minor Op 84; BRIDGE: Quintet in D minor for piano, two violins, viola & cello - Allan Schiller (pno), Coull String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 678)

  2:20 (approx) - Disc 3

  HAYDN: Mass in Bb HobXXII/12, Theresienmesse; Mass in G, St. Nicholas - Nancy Argenta (sop), Catherine Robbin (contralto), Michael Schade (ten), Alastair Miles (bass), English Consort & Choir, dir Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 437 807)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  VILLA-LOBOS: Preludes, No 1 in E minor; No 2 in E; No 3 in A minor; PONCE: Preludio, Balletto & Giga; CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Capriccio Diabolico; ALBÉNIZ: Asturias; CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Sonata; TURINA: Fandanguillo; SOR: Introduction & Allegro Op 14 - Guillermo Fierens (gtr) (ASV CD DCA 685)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  GRIEG: Holberg Suite Op 40; Elegiac Melodies Op 34; SIBELIUS: Valse Triste Op 44; NIELSEN: Little Suite Op 1; WIRÉN: Serenade Op 11; SIBELIUS: Rakastava Op 14 - Roy Gillard (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Argo 417 132)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 GRIEG: Nordic Melodies Op 63 - Oslo Camerata/Stephan Barratt-Due (Naxos 8.557890)

  ABEL: Flute Concerto in E minor Op 6/2 - Edward Beckett (fl/dir), ASMF (ASV CD DCA 1178)

  BEETHOVEN: Rondo in G WoO41 - Jan Tawroszewicz (vln), Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No 1 in E minor - Carlos Bonell (gtr) (Upbeat Classics URCD 140)

  MYSLIVECEK: Sinfonia Concertante in A Op 2/4 - Ural Phil/Gary Brain (Toccata Classics TOCC 0023)

  7:00 Gramophone Artist of the Year 2007-8

  Listeners are invited to vote for the Gramophone magazine's Artist of the Year category by following the link on our website www.radionz.co.nz/concert

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Third movement, Finale: Allegro vivacissimo, from Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - Vadim Repin (vln), Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev (Philips 473 343)

  HANDEL: Where'er you walk, from Semele - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras (Decca 473 168)

  FRANCK arr for cello: Second movement, Allegro, from Violin Sonata in A - Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67376)

  MONTSALVATGE: Cradle Song; Black Song, from Five Negro Songs - Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Julius Drake (pno) (Eloquentia EL 0608)

  PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical - London SO/Valery Gergiev (Philips 475 7655)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MOERAN: Lonely Waters - Ann Murray (mezzo), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (EMI CDC 7 47945)

  LANNER: Court Ball Dances Op 161 - Orch of the Vienna Volksoper/Franz Bauer-Theussl (Philips 412 883)

  SCHUBERT trans Rachmaninov: Wohin?; MENDELSSOHN trans Rachmaninov: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream; BIZET trans Rachmaninov: Minuet, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 470 291)

  KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  ANON arr Rieu: Greensleeves - André Rieu (vln/dir) & his Orch (Universal 589 306)

  BRAHMS orch Parlow: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D - Stuttgart Radio SO/Georges Prêtre (Forlane 16770)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  BURT BACHARACH (b1928)

  Introduced by William Dart (RNZ)

  Hasbrook Heights; The Balance of Nature; I just have to breathe; Be Aware - Dionne Warwick (vocalist); What's New Pussycat? - Wendy Carlos (Moog synthesiser); DONALDSON arr Bacharach: Makin' Whoopee; LOEWE arr Bacharach: I've grown accustomed to her face - Marlene Dietrich (vocalist), orch/Burt Bacharach; Count on me; Anyone who had a heart - Ronald Isley (vocalist); God give me strength - Elvis Costello (vocalist)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SCHUMANN: Symphony No 4 in D minor Op 120 - Northern Sinfonia/Thomas Zehetmair (Avie AV 2125)

  SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Dresden State Orch/André Previn (DG 463 790)

  LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor - George-Emmanuel Lazaridis (pno) (Linn CKD 282)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 92 in G, Oxford - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  Spotlight on Instruments

  Murray Khouri reveals the special character of the flute (RNZ)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 8 in D minor - London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI CDC 7 47217)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Jorge Luis Prats (pno), Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (rec 1982) (RegisC 1270)

  RACHMANINOV arr Wild: Oh, cease thy singing Op 4/4; In the silent night Op 4/3; Floods of Spring Op 14/11; Dreams Op 38/5; Midsummer nights Op 14/5 - Earl Wild (pno) (Ivory Classics 64405 74001)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  RÓZSA: Theme, Variations & Finale - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7191)

  G SCHUMANN: Herr, erhöre meine Worte, from Three Motets Op 52 - New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2048)

  MESSIAEN: Transports de joie - Philip Walsh (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington) (Trust MMT 2014)

  TRAD arr Saunders/Evans: West Indian Spirituals - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Maurice Till (pno) (Kiwi CD SLC 248)

  DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor - Jean-Marie Trotereau (cello), Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Integral INT 221.105)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  ROSSINI: Il Signor Bruschino, Overture - Chicago SO/Fritz Reiner (RCA 60387 2 RG)

  GOTTSCHALK arr Kay: Grande Tarantelle Op 67 - Reid Nibley (pno), Utah SO/Maurice Abravanel (Vanguard Classics 08 4051 71)

  BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, No 1 in G minor; No 3 in F; No 2 in D minor; No 7 in F; No 6 in Db - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (RCA 82876 52737)

  FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)

  Gramophone Artist of the Year 2007-8

  Listeners are invited to vote for the Gramophone magazine's Artist of the Year category by following the link on our website www.radionz.co.nz/concert

  Daniel Barenboim (pno/cond)

  WOLF: Italian Serenade - with Ana Bela Chaves (vla), Paris Orch (Erato 2292 45416)

  LISZT: Au bord d'une source, from Années de Pèlerinage, Year 1, Switzerland (DG 415 670)

  ELGAR: Imperial March Op 32 - London Phil (Sony SMK 46682)

  MILHAUD: Corcovado; Sumaré, from Saudades do Brasil (Teldec 3984 21482)

  6:00 (approx) VERDI: Addio del passato, from La Traviata - Barbara Frittoli (sop), London SO/Colin Davis (Erato 8573 85823)

  AUSTIN: Spring - Royal Northern College of Music SO/Douglas Bostock (Classico CLASS CD 404)

  VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), Les Solistes Romands/Arpad Gérecz (Philips 475 7825)

  SINDING: Rustle of Spring - Shura Cherkassky (pno) (Decca 433 651)

  SCHUBERT: Im Frühling D882 - Renée Fleming (sop), Christoph Eschenbach (pno) (Decca 455 294)

  A RITCHIE: Yet another Poem of Spring - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2037)

  NAKADA arr Takemitsu: A Song of Early Spring - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Waiata 9501)

  MASSENET: Why awaken me, O breath of spring?, from Werther - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), National Phil/Oliviero de Fabritiis (Decca 421 876)

  J STRAUSS II: Voices of Spring - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 425 425)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Pressing On with Nicholas Grigsby (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  János Fürst and the NZSO

  To celebrate the life of conductor János Fürst who died in January, and also the 60th anniversary of the NZSO this year, we present their complete cycle of Beethoven's symphonies, plus the Emperor Concerto, performed in 1995

  Five programmes

  (5) BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C; Symphony No 9 in D minor, Choral - Malvina Major (sop), Margaret Medlyn (mezzo), Christopher Doig (ten), Kerry Henderson (bar), Orpheus Choir of Wellington, New Zealand SO/János Fürst

  During the interval János Fürst talks with Brent Siddall (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall, November 1995, by RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GRANADOS: Spanish Dances Op 37 Book 1 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 414 557)

  HUBAY: Violin Concerto No 2 in E Op 90 - Hagai Shaham (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67498)

  MOZART: Les petits riens K229b - La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy/Jean-Claude Malgoire (K617 K617 182)

  11:00 RUBINSTEIN: Cello Sonata No 1 in D Op 18 - Michal Kanka (cello), Jaromír Klepác (pno) (Praga PRD 350 015)

  BERWALD: Grand Septet in Bb - Gervase de Peyer (cl), Melos Ensemble (EMI CDM 5 65995)

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