Wednesday 19 March 2008 Rāapa 19 Poutū-te-rangi 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  DEBUSSY: Reverie; Arabesque No 1; Claire de Lune; SCRIABIN: Etude Op 42/4; BACH: Wachet Auf!; Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; GLINKA: The Lark; GODOWSKY: Alt Wien; SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan; SCHUMANN: Arabesque in C Op 18; Träumerei Op 15/7; BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2; GRIEG: Butterfly Op 43/1; Nocturne Op 54/4; RAVEL: Forlane; Pavane pour une infante défunte - Gordon Fergus-Thompson (pno) (ASV CD WHL 2066)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 1, Kreutzer Sonata; String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters; DVORÁK: Cypresses for string quartet - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 749)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  FINZI: Requiem da Camera; BRITTEN: Deus in adjutorium meum; Chorale on an old French carol; Cantata misericordium Op 69; HOLST: Two Psalms, Nos 86 & 148 - John Mark Ainsley (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bar), Britten Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8997)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  CHOPIN: Mazurkas, Op 41; Op 50; Op 56; Op 59; Op 63; Op 67; Op 68; Mazurka in A minor, 'a Emile Gaillard'; Mazurka in A minor, 'Notre temps' - Vladimir Ashenazy (pno) (Decca 417 584)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  BAX: Violin Concerto; Legend; Romantic Overture; Golden Eagle, Incidental music - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9003)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 PICHL: Symphony in G Z22 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9740)

  BOTTESINI: Gran Duo Concertante - Joshua Bell (vln), Edgar Meyer (dbass), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Sony SK 60956)

  MOZART: Masonic Funeral Music in C minor K477 - Le Concert d'Astrée/Louis Langrée (Virgin 3 59309)

  CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 32 - Dejan Lazic (pno) (Channel Classics CCS 15998)

  BOUGHTON: Three Folk Dances - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67185)

  7:00 PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges, Suite - Philharmonia/Nicolai Malko (EMI 3 82229)

  HANDEL: Coronation Anthem, Let thy hand be strengthened - Tallis Chamber Choir, Royal Academy Consort/Jeremy Summerly (Naxos 8.557003)

  FAURÉ: Pavane - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

  PUCCINI arr Stoltzman: Che gelida manina, from La Bohème - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

  DVORÁK: Prague Waltzes - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 464 647)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: RACHMANINOV arr Volodos: Andante, from Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 - Arcadi Volodos (pno) (Sony SK 64384)

  ROSSINI: An Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - Cleveland Orch/George Szell (EMI 5 75962)

  DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 471 332)

  J STRAUSS II: Tritsch-Tratsch, polka - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)

  SCHUBERT: German Dances D790 - Stephen Kovacevich (pno) (EMI CDC 5 55359)

  PARRY ed Benoliel: Concertstück in G minor - London Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 6610)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Month

  LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

  Andante in F WoO57, Andante favori - Leon McCawley (pno) (Black Box BBM 3003)

  Septet in Eb Op 20 - Nash Ensemble (ASV GLD 4002)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Overture & Venusberg Music - London Phil/Klaus Tennstedt (LPO 0003)

  SCHOECK: Cello Concerto in A major/A minor Op 61 - Christian Poltéra (cello), Malmö SO/Tuomas Ollila (BIS CD 1597)

  FINZI: Lo, the full, final sacrifice Op 26 - Christopher Whitton (org), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson (Naxos 8.555792)

  BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 - Czech Phil/Jascha Horenstein (Somm SOMMCD 037)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  COATES: Summer Days Suite - Royal Liverpool Phil/John Wilson (Avie AV 2070)

  PURCELL: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary, 1689, Now does the glorious day appear - Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb (sops), Stephen Richardson, Simon Birchall (basses), Michael Chance (countertenor), Ian Bostridge (ten), Choir of Westminster Abbey, New London Consort/Martin Neary (Sony SK 66243)

  KUHLAU: Flute Sonata in C Op 83/2 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.555346)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  LALO: Symphonie Espagnole - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Paris Orch/Daniel Barenboim (rec 1980) (DG 445 549)

  RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 3 - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (rec 1958) (Mercury 416 496)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  BECK: Sinfonia in Eb Op 1/4 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

  PSATHAS: Motet - Michael Houstoun, Diedre Irons (pno duet) (Rattle RAT D008)

  RÓZSA: Violin Concerto Op 24 - Igor Gruppman (vln), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7379)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: May Night, Overture - Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin (Naxos 8.553858)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A minor RV356, from L'Estro Armonico - Federico Guglielmo (vln), L'Arte dell'Arco/Christopher Hogwood (Chandos CHAN 0689)

  CHOPIN: Waltz in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante - Krystian Zimerman (pno) (DG 419 054)

  GRANADOS arr Miolin: Andaluza, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Anders Miolin (gtr) (BIS CD 1116)

  BIZET: Jeux d'enfants - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (Sanctuary CD RSN 3046)

  CANTELOUBE: Baïlèro, from Songs of the Auvergne - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 417 645)

  HANDEL: Oboe Concerto No 2 in Bb - Heinz Holliger (ob), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 426 082)

  J SMITH: The Tempest, Overture & Hornpipe - Capella Savaria/Mary Térey-Smith (Dorian DOR 93251)

  BLISS: The Tempest - Toby Spence (ten), Henry Herford (bar), Nash Ensemble/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67189)

  SIBELIUS: Miranda, from The Tempest - Iceland SO/Petri Sakari (Naxos 8.556783)

  PURCELL: Dry those eyes, from The Tempest - Christine Brandes (sop), Mary Springfels (gamba), Arcadian Academy/Nicholas McGegan (hpschd/dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMT 790 7167)

  CHAUSSON: Two Scenes from The Tempest Op 18 - Belgian Radio SO/José Serebrier (Chandos CHAN 8369)

  ARNE: Where the bee sucks, from The Tempest - Emma Kirkby (sop), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 460 583)

  CORDER: Prospero - English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Hyperion CDA 66515)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  In Close Harmony

  Six programmes in which former King's Singer Brian Kay celebrates the history and art of close harmony singing

  (6) Thank you for the music

  A celebration of the originals and the innovators of close harmony, including Singers Unlimited, Three Keys, Chanticleer, HiLos and Real Group (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Townsville 2007

  Four programmes

  (3) BARTÓK: 44 Duos Sz98, excerpts - Dene Olding, Dimity Hall (vlns)

  PSATHAS: Kartsigar - New Zealand String Quartet

  SCHUBERT: Octet in F D803 - Paul Dean (cl), Ben Jacks (horn), Matthew Wilkie (bsn), Jack Liebeck, Valeriy Sokolov (vlns), Alexander Zemtsov (vla), Leonid Gorokhov (cello), Kees Boersma (dbass) (ABC)

• 9:20 PM. Music for Holy Week

  PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater - Maria Grazia Schiavo (sop), Stéphanie d'Oustrac (mezzo), La Cappella de' Turchini/Antonio Florio (Eloquentia EL 0505)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  SCHUMANN: Fairy-tale Scenes Op 113 - Vinciane Béranger (vla), Anne-Lise Gastaldi (pno) (Zig Zag 2010 401)

  HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVIIb/2 - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding (Virgin 5 45560)

  RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc CD 80601)

  11:00 BOWEN: Piano Sonata No 5 in F minor Op 72 - Joop Celis (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10410)

  STANFORD: String Quartet No 1 in G Op 44 - RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67434)

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