Saturday 6 October 2007 Rāhoroi 6 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2007

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  DVORÁK: Concert Overtures, In Nature's Realm; Carnival; Othello; Symphonic Variations Op 78; Scherzo Capriccioso - Royal Phil/John Farrer (ASV CD DCA 794)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  MEDTNER: Piano Concertos, No 2 in C minor; No 3 in E minor, Ballade - Geoffrey Tozer (pno), London Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9038)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  DOWLAND: Second Book of Songs - Consort of Musicke: Emma Kirkby (sop), John York Skinner (countertenor), Martyn Hill (ten), David Thomas (bass), Catherine Mackintosh (treble viol), Polly Waterfield, Ian Gammie (tenor viols), Trevor Jones (bass viol), Anthony Rooley (dir/lute) (Oiseau-Lyre 425 889)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  LISZT: Divertissement on the cavatina "I tuoi frequenti palpiti" from Pacini's Niobe; THALBERG: Fantasy on themes from Rossini's Moses; WEBER: Concert Piece in F minor Op 79; THALBERG: Fantasia on God Save the Queen; LISZT: Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude, from Harmonies poetiques et religieuses - Steven Mayer (pno) (ASV CD DCA 783)

  4:50 (approx) - Disc 5

  MUDARRA: Fantasia que contrahaze la harpa en la maniera de Ludovico; Divisions on Spagnoletta; MILAN: Fantasia de consonancias y redobles; Divisions on the Spanish Pavan; Three improvisations after Diego Ortiz; Fantasia; divisions on Paradetas; Tutte le vecchie (after Giovan Tomaso di Maio); MACQUE: Prime Stravaganze; Gagliarda Prima; Toccata a modo di trompetas; DELL'ARPA: Su duro tronco; I diletti di mundo; Quel signor; FRESCOBALDI: Toccata Decima; Aria detta la Frescobalda; Toccata quinta; Aria detta Ballata; Ciacona; Toccata Nona; MONTEVERDI: Nigra sum - Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque harps) (Hyperion CDA 66518)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 RABAUD: Divertissement on Russian Songs Op 2 - Rheinland-Pfalz Phil/Leif Segerstam (Marco Polo 8.223503)

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

  TRAD arr Grainger: Danny Boy; GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Philips 420 946)

  ROSSINI arr Demersseman/Berthélèmy/Gallois: Fantasy on William Tell - Patrick Gallois (fl), Malcolm Messiter (ob), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (DG 445 822)

  AUBER: Fra Diavolo, Overture - Detroit SO/Paul Paray (Mercury 434 309)

  7:00 JOPLIN arr Crespo: Ragtime Dance - German Brass/Enrique Crespo (EMI CDC 7 49170)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No 1 - Shauna Rolston (cello), Calgary Phil/Mario Bernardi (CBC SMCD 5153)

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 3 in Bb K281 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 422 116)

  PAGANINI: Fantasy on Rossini's Moses in Egypt - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Irina Ryumina (pno) (BIS CD 999)

  RACHMANINOV: The Rock Op 7 - Philadelphia Orch/Charles Dutoit (Decca 440 604)

  8:00 ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 2 - Baltimore SO/David Zinman (Telarc CD 80310)

  WEBER: Andante & Hungarian Rondo in C minor Op 35 - Valeri Popov (bsn), Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9656)

  COATES: Cinderella - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9869)

  OFFENBACH trans Moszkowski: Barcarolle, from The Tales of Hoffmann - John McArthur (pno) (Boston & Blue Street BAB 10977)

  DVORÁK: Slavonic Rhapsody No 3 in Ab minor Op 45 - Royal Phil/Rafael Kubelik (EMI 5 62863)

• 9:00 AM. Best of Upbeat

  A recap from the week's national and international music news, with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. Your Choice

  HAYDN: Mass in Bb, Theresienmesse HobXXII/12 - Janice Watson (sop), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo), Mark Padmore (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bar), Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 0592)

  MAYR: Piano Concerto No 1 in C - Piero Barbareschi (pno), Chamber Orch of Etruria/Paolo Ponziano Ciardi (Tactus TC 761301)

  Maria Callas

  Jon Tolansky looks at the life and career of the legendary soprano (VIP)

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

• Noon The RNZ Concert Classical Chart

  This week's best-selling CDs

• 1:00 PM. Jazz at Lincoln Center

  Thirteen programmes from this Peabody Award winning series

  Host Ed Bradley offers background, interviews and insights to accompany spirited performances from jazz greats

  (5) Celebrating Mary Lou

  A modern master of Jazz piano pays homage to the venerable Mary Lou Williams with her trio. Geri Allen leads Daryl Hall (dbass) and Billy Heart (drums) through Williams' Merry Waltz, Roll 'Em and the versatile 12-part Zodiac Suite (Murray Street Productions)

• 2:00 PM. Global Sounds

  Indigenous music from around the world

  Ewe drumming from Ghana

  The Ewe people of Ghana and Togo are renowned for their polyrhythmic drumming and singing. This recording is a collection of classic dance songs featuring the Dzigbordi, a community dance group in which all age groups can join (Topic TSCD924)

• 3:00 PM. Saturday Concert

  A recital from the winner of the 2005 Kapiti Coast National Piano Competition

  Buz Bryant-Greene (pno)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 3 in C Op 2/3; YOUNG: A Time and Place There Was; RAVEL: Jeux d'eau; BACH: Fantasia, from Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor BWV903; LISZT: Concert Study No 2, Gnomenreigen; CHOPIN: Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23 (recorded in the Hunter Council Chamber, Wellington by RNZ)

• 4:05 PM. On Stage with Alexandre Dumas, père

  TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Overture & Act 2 excerpts - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80674)

  FAURÉ: Caligula Op 52 - Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Roger Norrington (PG PCD 7466)

  ARNOLD arr & orch Longstaff: The Three Musketeers, Act 1 - Northern Ballet Theatre Orch/John Pryce-Jones (Quartz QTZ 2056)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  FLEURY: Milonga - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5007)

  WALD: Rumba Fantasy - Mark Walton (cl), David Miller (pno) (AWMP CD 01)

  BESSER: Waltz For - Besser Ensemble (Besser Music)

  MOURET: Rondeau - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

  BREINER: Songs & Dances from the Silk Road - Takako Nishizaki (vln), New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557348)

• 7:00 PM. Vocalied

  WOLF: Songs from The Italian Songbook - Ileana Cotrubas (sop), Thomas Allen (bar), Geoffrey Parsons (pno) (Chandos CHAN 7127)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Direct from the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

  Håkan Hardenberger (tpt), New Zealand SO/Massimo Zanetti

  DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; TURNAGE: From the Wreckage

  (Interval)

  RAVEL: Rapsodie Espagnole; RESPIGHI: Roman Festivals (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GRAINGER: Blithe Bells, A Free Ramble on JS Bach's aria Sheep May Safely Graze - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9630)

  BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in D G479 - Enrico Bronzi (cello/dir), Verona Accademia i Filarmonici (Brilliant Classics 92618)

  GRÉTRY: Zémire et Azor, Suite - Britanny Orch/Stefan Sanderling (ASV CD DCA 1095)

  11:00 VANHAL: Flute Quartet in C Op 7/6 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Janaki String Trio (Naxos 8.570234)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 4 in Eb Op 7 - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (pno) (Philips 456 904)

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