Wednesday 23 January 2008 Rāapa 23 Kohi-tātea 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  REGER: Variations and Fugue on a theme of Beethoven; A Ballet Suite; Four Bocklin Tone Pictures - Norrköping SO/Leif Segerstam (BIS CD 601)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  LIU TIAN HUA: Idyllic Tune; TRAD: Weeping River of Sorrow; ZHOU WEI: Celebrating the harvest of grapes; LIU JIN WEN: Ode to Shanmenxia Gorge; LIU TIAN HUA: Birdsong echoing in a quiet valley; RENG TONG XIANG: A bunch of flowers; HUA YAN JUN: Moon reflected in the twin-spring lake; LIU WEN JIN: Ballad of North Henan province - Yu Hong Mei (erhu), Wulin (Konghou), Lui Yin Xuan (Yang qin), Chen Zhe (pno) (Channell of China CCS SA 80206)

  2:35 (approx) - Disc 3

  SCHUMANN: Spanische Liebeslieder Op 138; Piano Quartet in Eb Op 47; Andante & Variations for two pianos, two cellos & horn - Kathleen Battle (sop), D'Anna Fortunato (contralto), John Aler (ten), Dominic Cossa (bar), Charles Wadsworth (pno), Richard Goode (pno), Jaime Laredo (vln), Walter Trampler (vla), Leslie Parnas, Laurence Lesser (cello), John Barrows (horn) (ASV CD AMM 155R)

  3:45 (approx) - Disc 4

  IRELAND: Piano Works Vol 1: Decorations; The Almond Tree; Preludes; Rhapsody; The Towing-Path; Merry Andrew; Summer Evening; Piano Sonata in E minor - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9056)

  4:55 (approx) - Disc 5

  BACH: Air, from Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068; arr Cohen: Beloved Jesu, We are Here; Sinfonia, from Christmas Oratorio; Siciliano, from Oboe Concerto in F BWV1053; arr Stokowski: Prelude in Eb minor; arr Hess: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Sarabande, Minuet and Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067; Allegro, from Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G BWV1049; arr Bantock: Sleepers Awake; arr Cohen: Sanctify Us by Thy Goodness; Adagio, from Concerto in C minor for oboe and violin BWV1060; Andante, from Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor BWV1058; Largo ma non troppo, from Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043; Prelude in C; arr Münchinger: Sheep May Safely Graze - various artists (London 440 082)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 ADDINSELL: The Isle of Apples, film music - BBC Concert Orchestra/Kenneth Alwyn (Marco Polo 8.223732)

  BERWALD: Concert Piece for bassoon & orchestra - Patrik Håkansson (bsn), Gävle SO/Petri Sakari (Naxos 8.555370)

  BACH: Organ Concerto in D minor BWV596 after Vivaldi's Violin Concerto RV565 - Lionel Rogg (organ of St Nicholas' Church, Åbrenå, Denmark) (EMI 3 81766)

  HALVORSEN: Passacaglia & Sarabande on a theme by Handel - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Pinchas Zukerman (vla) (RCA 09026 68768)

  BERLIOZ: March for the Entrance of the Queen & Ballet Music, from The Trojans - women's choir, London SO/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0040)

  7:00 TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from Sleeping Beauty - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

  DEBUSSY trans Nicholls: La fille aux cheveux de lin; Rêverie - Alison Nicholls (harp) (Alison Nicholls ARN 001)

  M HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto No 2 in C - Wolfgang Bauer (tpt), Württemberg CO/Ruben Gazarian (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 901 1395)

  PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No 3 in A minor Op 28 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2028)

  KUHLAU: William Shakespeare, Overture - Danish National Radio SO/Michael Schønwandt (Chandos CHAN 9648)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: ELGAR: Salut d'amour Op 12 - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar (Chandos CHAN 6544)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr Kreisler: Fantasy on Russian Themes - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster (EMI CDC 5 55475)

  BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor - Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic & Motet Choirs & Orch/Antony Walker (ABC 465 684)

  CHOPIN: Three Waltzes Op 64 - Ricardo Castro (pno) (Arte Nova 74321 63676)

  DANZI ed Klug: Variations on a theme by Mozart - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (pno) (Naxos 8.557613)

  CHABRIER orch Mottl: Bourrée fantasque - Serenade Orch/Janos Komives (Koch Schwann 3-1568)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  MOZART: Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 2030 501)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor, Appassionata - Nikolai Lugansky (pno) (Warner 2564 62300)

  COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Violin Concerto in G minor Op 80 - Lorraine McAslan (vln), London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 317)

  RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor - Yvon Carracilly (vln), Klaus Heitz (cello), Henri Barda (pno) (Calliope CAL 9822)

  BIZET: L'Arlésienne, incidental music to Daudet's play - Jacques Noureddine (sax), Orfeón Donostiarra, Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 3 55671)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

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

  HUMMEL: Trio in A for flute, cello & piano - Lise Daoust (fl), Elizabeth Dolin (cello), Carmen Picard (pno) (Naxos 8.553473)

  SOUSA: The Thunderer - Incredible Columbia All-Star Band, with Regimental Drum & Bugle Corps/Gunther Schuller (Sony MLK 66710)

  RAMEAU: Suite in E minor - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion SACD 67597)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ - Bernard Gavoty (organ of the church of Saint-Louis des Invalides), French National Radio Orch/Jean Martinon (rec 1972-75) (EMI 5 85186)

  FRANCK: Symphonic Variations - Jorge Bolet (pno), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (rec 1986) (Decca 421 714)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 3 - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (RNZ)

  BARTÓK: Three Hungarian Folksongs from the Csik District Sz35a - Tamas Vesmas (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1521)

  TRAD arr Wilby: Three North Country Folksongs, excerpts - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 1993-1994/Roger Stevenson (Private Recording)

  J RITCHIE: Three Whimsies - John Mills (gtr) (RNZ)

  HONEGGER: Symphony No 3, Liturgique - New Zealand SO/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.555974)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BERLIOZ: Les Francs-juges, Overture - Stuttgart Radio SO/Roger Norrington (Hänssler CD 93.103)

  HANDEL: Mr Handel's Water Piece - John Wallace (tpt), Wallace Collection, English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

  LISZT: Fantasy on Themes from Wagner's Rienzi - David Allen Wehr (pno) (Connoisseur Society CD 4199)

  PERGOLESI: Andantino; SCHUBERT: Ständchen D957 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), István Hajdu (pno) (Philips 446 560)

  BALAKIREV orch Casella: Islamey - Philharmonia/Eugene Goossens (Medici Arts MM 009)

  STRAUSS: Beim Schlafengehen, from Four Last Songs - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop), Berlin Radio SO/George Szell (EMI CDC 7 47276)

  VERDI: La Traviata, Prelude to Act I - André Rieu (vln/dir) & his Orch (Universal 589 306)

  DELIUS: Two Aquarelles - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

  PURCELL: When I am laid in earth; With drooping wings, from Dido & Aeneas - Catherine Bott (sop), Academy of Ancient Music Chorus & Orch/Christopher Hogwood (L'Oiseau-Lyre 436 992)

  KABALEVSKY: Galop, from The Comedians Op 26 - Tasmanian SO/Shalom Ronly-Riklis (ABC Classics 464 194)

  GOTTSCHALK: Tournament Galop - Alan Marks (pno) (Nimbus NI 7045/6)

  J STRAUSS II: Furioso, polka quasi galop Op 260 - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 2020 601)

  DUPARC: Le Galop - José Van Dam (bar), Maciej Pikulski (pno) (Forlane UCD 16692)

  J STRAUSS I: Furioso Galop Op 114 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

  LISZT: Grand galop chromatique - Jorge Bolet (pno) (Decca 410 115)

  LUMBYE: Sandman, Galop Fantastique - Odense SO/Peter Guth (Unicorn-Kanchana DKP CD 9089)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Ethical Imagination

  The 2006 Massey Lectures, presented by Margaret Somerville

  Five programmes

  (4) From Homo sapiens to Techno sapiens: Protecting the Essence of Being Human (CBC)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  200 Years of Music at Versailles

  Sarah Szlakmann (sop), Cyril Auvity (countertenor), Stephan van Dyck (ten), Sydney Pierro (bass), Pages et Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque, Versailles/Harry Picket

  BERNIER: Grand Motets, Benedic anima mea; Cum invocarem (Radio France)

• 8:55 PM. The Don for Wind

  MOZART arr Triebensee: Don Giovanni arr for eight wind & double bass - Opera Senza (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1464)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  MENDELSSOHN: Violin Sonata in F (1820) - Yossi Zivoni (vln), Anthony Goldstone (pno) (Meridian CDE 84229)

  C STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerto No 11 in Eb - Kálmán Berkes (cl), Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Béla Drahos (fl/dir) (Naxos 8.554339)

  BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem Op 20 - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/John Barbirolli (Testament SBT 1252)

  11:00 BACH: Violin Partita No 2 in D minor BWV1004 - Antal Szalai (vln) (BMC CD 047)

  SCHUBERT: String Trio in Bb D581 - members of Kocian Quartet (Praga PRD 350 024)

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