Thursday 25 October 2007 Rāpare 25 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2007

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for strings; Elegie; Suite No 4 in G, Mozartiana; TCHAIKOVSKY orch Stravinsky: Sleeping Beauty, excerpts; TCHAIKOVSKY orch Serebrier: Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No 1 in D - John Doig (vln), Scottish Chamber Orch/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 719)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  MOLTER: Sonata in F for two wind bands; Cello Concerto in C; Overture in C minor; Sinfonia in F; Oboe Concerto in C minor; Sinfonia in F - Roman Storojenko (cello), Voichita Popa (ob), Josef Bock (hpschd), Europa Symphony/Wolfgang Grohs (Arte Nova 74321 40741)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  STANFORD: Stabat Mater Op 96; Bible Songs Op113; Te Deum laudamus - various soloists, Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, BBC Philharmonic/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9548)

  3:45 (approx) - Disc 4

  LILBURN: Three Sea Changes; Sonatina No 2; Prelude 1951; From the Port Hills; Sonata 1956; Nine Short Pieces; Adagio Sostenuto; Two Preludes 1951; Sonata 1949 - Margaret Nielson (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)

  4:55 (approx) - Disc 5

  BACH: Suite (Partita) in E BWV1006a; Prelude in C minor BWV999; Fugue in G minor BWV1000; Suite in G minor BWV995 - Nigel North (baroque lute) (Amon Ra CD SAR 23)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 VANHAL: Sinfonia in A (Bryan A9) - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554341)

  HOROVITZ: Concertante for clarinet & strings - Ian Scott (cl), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2141)

  HUBAY: Csárdás Scene No 6, The yellow beetle Op 34 - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67441/2)

  NADERMAN: Harp Sonatina No 3 in Bb - Masumi Nagasawa (harp) (Et'Cetera KTC 1341)

  J STRAUSS II arr anon/orch Pollack: A Night in Venice, Potpourri - Slovak State Phil/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.225074)

  7:00 WAGNER: Parsifal, Prelude to Act 1 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (BBC Music BBC MM 257)

  DVORÁK: Romance in F minor Op 11 - Sarah Chang (vln), Berlin Phil/Placido Domingo (EMI 5 57220)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - London SO/Adrian Boult (EMI CDC 7 47218)

  DEBUSSY arr/orch Kennedy: La fille aux cheveux de lin, from Preludes, Book 1 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), English CO (EMI 5 56923)

  ARNOLD arr Farr: Four Scottish Dances - Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Elgar Howarth (Conifer CDCF 222)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: HANDEL: Eternal source of light divine, from Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne - Edita Gruberova (sop), Wynton Marsalis (tpt), English CO/Raymond Leppard (CBS MK 39061)

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

  SAINT-GEORGES: Symphonie Concertante in G for two violins G024 - Christophe Guiot, Bertrand Cervera (vlns), Les Archets de Paris (Calliope CAL 9373)

  RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2; Lilacs Op 21/5 - Sergei Rachmaninov (pno roll) (Telarc CD 80489)

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

  SUK: Fantastic scherzo Op 25 - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Chandos CHAN 8897)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GYÖRGY KURTÁG (b1926)

  Grabstein für Stephan - Jürgen Ruck (gtr), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 447 761)

  Messages of the late Miss RY Troussova - Adrienne Csengery (sop), Budapest Chamber Ensemble/Andras Mihaly (Q Disc 97006)

  Stele Op 33 - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 447 761)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C Op 59/3, Razumovsky - Vogler Quartet (Profil Ph 06062)

  STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella Suite - Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (Testament SBT 1156)

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

  MACONCHY: Music for strings - London Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Lyrita SRCD 288)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  PUCCINI: Nessun dorma, from Turandot - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), John Alldis Choir, London Phil/Zubin Mehta (Decca 444 555)

  ALWYN: Concerto for harp & string orch, Lyra Angelica - Osian Ellis (harp), strings of the London Phil/William Alwyn (Lyrita SRCD 230)

  ARLEN: Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive - Thomas Quasthoff (bar), Alan Broadbent (pno), Chuck Loeb (gtr), Dieter Ilg (dbass), Peter Erskine (drums/percussion), Till Brönner, Axel Schlosser, Ruud Breuls (tpts), Fiete Felsch, Andreas Maile, Marcus Bartelt (saxes), Günter Bollmann, Uli Plettendorff (trombones) (DG 776 501)

  VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concerto No 5 in A minor Op 37 - Jascha Heifetz (vln), New SO of London/Malcolm Sargent (rec 1961) (RCA RD 86214)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  CHOPIN: Etudes Op 25; Three New Etudes Op posth; Allegro de concert in A Op 46 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (rec 1956) (EMI 3 79988)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  PIPER: Kyrie, from Requiem - 1998 NZ National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2016)

  BACH ed Dart: Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G BWV1049 - Alan Loveday, Iona Brown (vlns), David Munrow, John Turner (recorders), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 426 089)

  MORENO TORROBA: Sonatina for guitar - Peter McAven (gtr) (Private recording)

  MOZART: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds K452 - Colin Horsley (pno), Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble (EMI 5 66898)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI CDZ 7 62605)

  TRAD arr Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry - (County Derry Air) - Jonathan Scott (harmonium), BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9839)

  DVORÁK: Two Waltzes Op 54 - Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 8874)

  DINICU arr Walton: Hora staccato; ITURRALDE: Pequeña Czarda; DRASKOCZY: Dances from Transylvania - Mark Walton (sax), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private recording)

  VERDI: Grand March, from Aida - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (Sony MLK 66710)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Lynn Harrell & cello ensemble/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 417 645)

  SCHUMANN: Variations on a theme by Clara Wieck Op 14 - Nikolai Demidenko (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66781)

  ALTSCHULER rev Hayroudinoff: Melody in D on a theme by Rachmaninov - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Rustem Hayroudinoff (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10095)

  SOR: Introduction & Variations on a theme by Mozart Op 9 - Peter McAven (gtr) (Private recording)

  BRITTEN: Prelude & Fugue on a theme of Vittoria - Timothy Bond (organ of St Wolfgang's Church, Schneeberg, Germany) (Regent REGCD 205)

  KREISLER: Rondino on a theme of Beethoven - Christian Ferras (vln), Jean-Claude Ambrosini (pno) (DG 427 015)

  GINZBURG: Fantasy on a theme from The Barber of Seville - Denis Matsuev (pno) (RCA 82876 61273)

  LANE: Diversions on a Theme of Paganini - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Marco Polo 8.225185)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Colin Horsley

  Peter Mechen talks with the distinguished New Zealand pianist, now 87 and living on the Isle of Man (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Direct from Wellington Town Hall

  Ian Munro (pno), Wilma Smith (vln), Brett Dean (vla), David Berlin (cello)

  MOZART: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor K478; COPLAND: Piano Quartet

  (Interval)

  SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in Eb Op 47 (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  PISTON: The Incredible Flutist - Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson (Mercury 434 307)

  BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), National Phil/Charles Gerhardt (RCA 74321 84112)

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr Liszt: Polonaise, from Eugene Onegin - Lev Vinocour (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 904 1397)

  11:00 HAYDN: Piano Trio in Eb HobXV/30 - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 420 790)

  ONSLOW: String Quintet in C minor Op 67 - Momento Musicale Quintet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1390)

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