Schedule for Thursday 13 March 2008

Navigation for Station navigation

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1
GRIEG: Peer Gynt: Suite No 1 Op 46; Suite No 2 Op 55; Four Norwegian Dances Op 35; Old Norwegian Romance Op 51 - English CO; Philharmonia/Raymond Leppard (Philips 420 081)
1:10 (approx) - Disc 2
JONGEN: Sonata eroica; WILLAN: Introduction, Fugue and Allegro; HINDEMITH: Sonata No 1; REUBKE: Sonata on the 94th Psalm - Gillian Weir (organ) (Priory PRCD 751)
2:25 (approx) - Disc 3
VIVALDI: Lauda Jerusalem RV609; Introduzione al Gloria RV642; Gloria RV589; Laudate pueri RV602; Laudate Dominum RV606 - Margaret Marshall, Felicity Lott (sops), Ann Murray (mezzo), Bergit Finnilä (contralto), John Alldis Choir, English CO/Vittorio Negri (Philips 420 648)
3:30 (approx) - Disc 4
SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956 - Sándor Vegh, Sándor Zöldy (vlns), Georges Janzer (vla), Pablo Casals, Paul Szabo (cello)
BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata in F Op 5/1 - Wilhelm Kempff (pno), Pablo Casals (cello) (Philips 420 077)
4:45 (approx) -Disc 5
MOZART: Serenade in Bb K361; Serenade in Eb K375 - Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Edo De Waart (Philips 420 711)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 HUMPERDINCK: Humoresque in E - Bamberg Sinfonia/Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Koch 3-1197)
LILBURN: Three Sea Changes - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in C, Alexander's Feast - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 422 053)
SUSATO arr Rawsthorne: Mohrentanz; SETCHELL: A Trumpet Gigue; KHACHATURIAN arr Setchell: Sabre Dance - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 603)
WOOD: London Landmarks - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2138)
7:00 WAGNER: Rienzi, Overture - Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CDC 5 56165)
MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Roland Roberts (vln), City of Oxford Orch/Levon Parikian (Quartz QTZ 2036)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr Bellison: Introduction & Hymn to the Sun, from The Golden Cockerel - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)
CHOPIN: Ballade No 2 in F Op 38 - Krystian Zimerman (pno) (DG 423 090)
RACHMANINOV: Dances from Aleko - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc SACD 60670)
8:00 Beauty Spot: BACH orch Stokowski: Prelude in Eb minor BWV853 - Czech Phil/Leopold Stokowski (London 440 082)
BIZET arr Stoltzman: Carmen Suite - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Kalmen Opperman Clarinet Choir/Kalmen Opperman (RCA 09026 68817)
VERDI: Grand March, from Aida - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (Sony MLK 66710)
WIENIAWSKI: Memory of Moscow Op 6 - Ruggiero Ricci (vln), Joanna Gruenberg (pno) (RegisC 1249)
LISZT: Liebestraum No 1 in Ab - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (RNZ)
SHOSTAKOVICH: October Op 131 - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.557812)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Month

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Coriolan Overture Op 62 - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80358)
Duo in Eb for viola & cello WoO32 - Zvi Livschitz (vla), Mikayel Hakhnazaryan (cello) (Brilliant Classics 92857)
Second movement, Largo, from Oboe Concerto in F - Bart Schneemann (ob), Netherlands Radio Chamber Orch/Jan Willem de Vriend (Channel Classics CCS SA 21404)
Piano Sonata No 28 in A Op 101 - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 6595)
10:00 AM. The Works

HOWELLS: Sir Patrick Spens - James Gilchrist (ten), Roderick Williams (bar), Bach Choir, Bournemouth SO/David Hill (Naxos 8.570352)
SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze Op 6 - Claire Désert (pno) (Mirare MIR 024)
FIALA: Concerto No 1 in Eb for two horns - Zdenek Tylsar, Bedrich Tylsar (horns), Prague CO/Libor Hlavácek (Supraphon SU 3902)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 3, Pastoral Symphony - Alison Barlow (sop), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley (EMI CD EMX 2192)
Noon Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

BANTOCK arr Wright: The Frogs of Aristophanes - Grimethorpe Colliery RJB Band/Peter Parkes (Chandos CHAN 4553)
GRANDA/ROVIRA arr Flórez: Fina estampa; GRANDA arr Flórez: Bello durmiente - Juan Diego Flórez (ten/bongos), David Gálvez (gtr) (Decca 475 6932)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral - Minnesota Orch/Osmo Vänskä (BIS SACD 1716)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
DVORÁK: Violin Sonatina in G Op 100 - Josef Suk (vln), Rudolf Firkusny (pno) (rec 1992) (Supraphon SU 3857)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (rec 1981) (Decca 421 449)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
LILBURN: Diversions for Strings - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC 25088)
PSATHAS: View from Olympus - Pedro Carneiro (percussion), Michael Houstoun (pno), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Rattle RAT-DV 015)
WAGNER: Wotan's Farewell & Magic Fire Music, from Die Walküre - Donald McIntyre (bbar), New Zealand SO/John Matheson (Kiwi CD SLD 39)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

ROSSINI: The Silken Ladder, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 893)
VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Summer - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), Les Solistes Romands/Arpad Gérecz (Philips 475 7825)
GRANADOS: Spanish Dance No 5 - Richard Mapp (pno) (Meridian CDE 84403)
GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in D minor, La Folia after Corelli's Violin Sonata in D minor Op 5/12 - Purcell Quartet, Purcell Band (Hyperion CDA 66264)
BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 050 502)
GOUNOD: Vous qui faites l'endormie, from Faust - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), New Zealand SO/James Judd (EMI 5 57605)
WOOD: Variations on a Once Popular Humorous Song - Slovak Radio SO/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223605)
BUTTERLEY: Comment on a popular song - Trevor Barnard (pno) (Divine Art 2-5005)
WALTON arr Gower: Popular Song, from Façade - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 603)
RAVEL: Five Popular Greek Melodies - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Decca 425 820)
BRANDMANN: Variations on a popular theme Op 12, No 5 - Wolfgang Meyer (cl), Jascha Nemtsov (pno) (Hanssler CD 93.094)
VILLA-LOBOS: Mazurka-Choro, from Popular Brazilian Suite - Julian Bream (gtr) (RCA GD 86525)
O LINDBERG: Melody in popular style - Ralph Gustafsson (organ of the Maria Magdalena Church, Stockholm) (Swedish Society SCD 1081)
GUERRERO: Orchestral Introduction & Popular Song, from La rosa del azafrán - Carlos Alvarez (bar), Galicia SO/Miquel Ortega (Ensayo ENY CD 9811)
PURCELL: Trumpet Sonata in D - Niklas Eklund (baroque tpt), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble/Nils-Erik Sparf (Naxos 8.553531)
SMETANA: Polka, from The Bartered Bride - Israel Phil/István Kertész (Decca 425 087)
7:00 PM. Appointment

Maria Callas
Jon Tolansky looks at the life and career of the legendary soprano (VIP)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Sarah Watkins (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Paul Mann
MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture; Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467; BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048; HAYDN: Symphony No 94 in G, Surprise (recorded in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Auckland in 2006 by RNZ)
9:20 PM. English Fantasies

STANFORD: Fantasy No 1 in G minor - Robert Plane (cl), Lucy Gould, Mia Cooper (vlns), David Adams (vla), Alice Neary (cello) (Naxos 8.570416)
IRELAND: Phantasie Trio in A minor - Yfrah Neaman (vln), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Eric Parkin (pno) (Lyrita SRCD 2271)
ARNOLD: Fantasy for Brass Band Op 114 - Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Elgar Howarth (Conifer CDCF 222)
10:00 PM. Day's End

STRAVINSKY arr Piatigorsky: Suite italienne - Tatjana Vassilieva (cello), Yumiko Urabe (pno) (Naxos 8.555762)
RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre - Friedemann Wuttke (gtr), South West German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (Profil PH 07073)
LAZZARI: Effet de nuit - Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI CDC 5 55385)
11:00 KROMMER: Wind Partita in Eb Op 45/1 - Michael Thompson Wind Ensemble (Naxos 8.553868)
MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 - Primavera Chamber Ensemble (Resonance CD RSN 3066)