Thursday 20 September 2007 Rāpare 20 Mahuru 2007

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  HAYDN: Symphonies, No 45 in F# minor, Farewell; No 48 in C, Maria Theresia; No 102 in Bb - Capella Istropolitana/Barry Wordsworth (Naxos 8.550382)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  CHOPIN: Rondos, Op 1, 5, 16 & 73; Mazurkas, in G, Bb, Bb, C, Ab & D; Variations brillantes; Variations sur un theme national allemande; Variations Puritains de Bellini; Variations Souvenir de Paganini; Variations Vierhandig - Idil Biret, Martin Sauer (pnos) (Naxos 8.550367)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  DAVY: Stabat Mater; BROWNE: Jesu, mercy, how may this be?; CORNYSH: Stabat Mater; SHERYNGHAM: Ah, gentle Jesu; BROWNE: Stabat Mater - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Collins 13162)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  CPE BACH: Oboe Concertos, in Bb; in Eb; Sonata in A minor for solo oboe; A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - Jozsef Kiss (ob), Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra/Lilli Aldor (dir) (Naxos 8.550556)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  SUPPÉ: Overtures Vol 2: Die Schöne Galatea; Isabella; Das Modell; Tantalusqualen; Der Krammer und sein Kommis; Paragraph 3; Boccaccio; Fatinitza March; Donna Juanita - Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223648)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 6 in Eb - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)

  TAVENER: Svyati - Steven Isserlis (cello), Kiev Chamber Choir/Mykola Gobdych (dir) (RCA 09026 68761)

  PRAETORIUS arr Williams: Dances from Terpsichore, excerpts - Craig Ogden (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 9674)

  GRANADOS arr Kreisler: Spanish Dance No 5 - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

  KETÈLBEY: Chal Romano - Philharmonia/John Lanchbery (EMI 7 47806)

  7:00 ROSSINI: The Silken Ladder, Overture - Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC 476 259)

  BEETHOVEN: Rondo in Bb for piano & orchestra WoO6 - Julius Katchen (pno), London SO/Piero Gamba (Decca 460 822)

  HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 3 in G - Orch of St Luke's/Charles Mackerras (Telarc CD 80279)

  PROKOFIEV arr Heifetz: March Op 12/1; March, from The Love for Three Oranges - Gil Shaham (vln), Orli Shaham (pno) (Canary Classics CC 02)

  SMETANA: From Bohemia's Woods & Fields, from Má Vlast - London Classical Players/Roger Norrington (Virgin VC 5 45301)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BACH: Dona nobis pacem, from Mass in B minor - Atlanta Symphony Chorus & Orch/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80119)

  WEINBERG: Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes Op 47/1 - Polish Radio SO, Katowice/Gabriel Chmura (Chandos CHAN 10237)

  GOUNOD arr Stoltzman: Jewel song, from Faust - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

  STRAVINSKY trans compsr/Dushkin: Suite italienne - Viktoria Mullova (vln), Katia Labèque (pno) (Onyx 4015)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Piece in C D946/3, from Three Piano Pieces D946 - Thomas Larcher (pno) (ECM 1667)

  J STRAUSS II: The Gypsy Baron, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80547)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (b1931)

  Quartet for four flutes - Wolfgang Ritter, Bernd Osten, Hans-Udo Henzmann, Susanne Barner (fls) (Koch Schwann 3-1170)

  Dancer on a Tightrope - Gidon Kremer (vln), Vadim Sakharov (pno) (BIS CD 898)

  Et exspecto - David Farmer (accordion) (Black Box BBM 1056)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  A programme marking the 50th anniversary of the death of JEAN SIBELIUS

  A Finnish Thing

  Marshall Walker looks at Finland's greatest composer with a focus on the seven symphonies which establish Jean Sibelius in the tradition of great symphonic thinkers (RNZ)

  Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 8303)

  Humoresques Op 87 - Joseph Swensen (vln), Finnish Radio SO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste (RCA 09026 60444)

  The Oceanides - Bournemouth SO/Paavo Berglund (EMI 5 74200)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  SCHUBERT arr Hurst: Ave Maria D839 - Yvonne Kenny (sop), Melbourne SO/Vladimir Kamirski (ABC Classics 454 511)

  LITOLFF: Concerto Symphonique No 4 in D minor Op 102 - Peter Donohoe (pno), Bournemouth SO/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 66889)

  LEGRAND: What are you doing the rest of your life? - Thomas Quasthoff (bar), Alan Broadbent (pno), Frank Chastenier (fender rhodes), Chuck Loeb (gtr), Dieter Ilg (dbass), Peter Erskine (drums), Till Brönner (flugelhorn) (DG 776 501)

  DEBUSSY: Arabesques Nos 1-2 - Zoltán Kocsis (pno) (Philips 456 874)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  ELGAR: Introduction & Allegro Op 47 - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (rec 1956) (Dutton CDSJB 1017)

  BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Colin Davis (rec 1974) (Philips 442 287)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  BLAKE: Century Fanfare, Auckland! - Auckland Philharmonia/James Sedares (Atoll ACD 100)

  MOZART: Second movement, Adagio, from Oboe Quartet in F K370 - Viva CO (Viva CO)

  RAVEL: Miroirs - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

  BAINTON: An English Idyll - Paul Whelan (bar), BBC Phil/Martyn Brabbins (Chandos CHAN 10019)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  VERDI: La Traviata, Prelude to Act I - Mexico SO/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 856)

  BRUCH: Ave Maria Op 61 - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

  WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor - Robert Costin (organ of the Wellington Town Hall) (Kiwi Pacific CD TRL 076)

  PURCELL arr Britten: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - Bochmann String Quartet (Redcliffe 020)

  ENESCU: Rumanian Rhapsody No 1 in A - BBC Phil/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Chandos CHAN 9633)

  ARDITI: Il Bacio - Joan Sutherland (sop), London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 417 780)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Sea & Sinbad's Ship, from Scheherazade - Justine Cormack (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  GLINKA trans Balakirev: The Lark - Alexander Paley (pno) (Koch Schwann 3-1746)

  VERDI: Tacea la notte placida, from Il Trovatore - Régine Crespin (sop), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Edward Downes (Decca 475 393)

  SCHUBERT: Notturno in Eb D897 - Eisenstadt Haydn Trio (Capriccio 71 102)

  VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in G minor RV439, La Notte - Judith Linsenberg (rec), Musica Pacifica (Dorian DOR 93252)

  MOZART: Serenade No 6 in D K239, Serenata Notturna - Swedish CO/Petter Sundkvist (Naxos 8.557023)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Conductors

  Five conductors talk with Jon Tolansky about their lives in music

  (4) An interview in two parts with Kurt Masur (Part 2) (VIP)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Adam New Zealand Festival of Chamber Music 2005

  Patricia Wright (sop), Robert Ingliss (ob), Helene Pohl (vln), Euan Murdoch, Rolf Gjelsten (cellos), Douglas Mews (hpschd)

  BACH: Gott versorget alles Leben, from Cantata No 187, Es wartet alles auf dich; Seufzer, Tränen, Kummer, Not, from Cantata No 21, Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis; Mein gläubiges Herze, from Cantata No 68, Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt; BRAHMS: String Quintet No 2 in G Op 111; BACH: Ruhet hie, matte Töne, from Cantata No 210, O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit; Sich üben im Lieben, from Cantata No 202, Wedding Cantata, Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Ten Blake Songs, excerpts; BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 (recorded in Nelson Cathedral by RNZ)

• 9:20 PM. Dmitri Shostakovich

  Symphony No 1 in F minor Op 10 - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 58077)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 33 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

  SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor Op 129 - Natalia Gutman (cello), Mahler CO/Claudio Abbado (DG 476 5786)

  LILBURN: A Song of Islands - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)

  11:00 MARAIS: Suite in G, from Book 3 of Pieces for Viol - Paolo Pandolfo, Guido Balestracci (vle da gamba), Thomas Boysen, Dolores Costoyas (theorbos/baroque gtrs), Mitzi Meyerson (hspchd) (Glossa GCD 920 406)

  TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in F, Alster Echo TWV55/F11 - American Horn Quartet, Sinfonia Varsovia/Dariusz Wisniewski (Naxos 8.557747)

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