Schedule for Monday 24 March 2008

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1
THOMSON: Symphony No 2 in C; Symphony No 3; Pilgrims and Pioneers; Symphony on a Hymn Tune - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Naxos 8.559022)
1:10 (approx) - Disc 2
ARNOLD: Quintet; EWALD: Quintet No 1 in Bb minor; BOZZA: Sonatine; MAURER: Three Pieces; DAHL: Music for Brass Instruments; CALVET: Suite from the Monteregian Hills - Center City Brass Quintet (Collins 14892)
2:15 (approx) - Disc 3
BOYCE: David's Lamentation Over Saul and Jonathon; Ode on St Cecilia's Day, The Charms of Harmony Displayed - Patrick Burrows (treble), William Purefoy, Andrew Watts (countertenors), Richard Edgar-Wilson (ten), Michael George (bass), Choir of New College, Oxford, Hanover Band/Graham Lea-Cox (ASV CD GAU 208)
3:35 (approx) - Disc 4
STENHAMMAR: Serenade in F; Symphony No 2 in G minor - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 445 857)
5:00 (approx) - Disc 5
SOR: Grande Sonate Op 22; Divertissement Op 23; 8 Small Pieces Op 24; Grande Sonate Op 25 - Adam Holzman (gtr) (Naxos 8.553340)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 MYSLIVECEK: Symphony in G - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10203)
CHARLTON: Three Sentimental Scenes - Carol Hohauser (fl), Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Mr M Productions CM 2)
FAURÉ: Ballade in F# Op 19 - Louis Lortie (pno), London SO/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (Chandos CHAN 8773)
FRANCHOMME: Fantasy on a Melody by Schubert - Roel Dieltiens (cello/dir), Ensemble Explorations (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1610)
ARNE: Alfred, Overture - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0722)
7:00 J STRAUSS II: A Night in Venice, Overture - Berlin Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 3984 24489)
VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Polka, from The Golden Age - Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov (RCA 09026 68185)
DEBUSSY arr Ravel: Nuages; Fêtes, from Nocturnes - Sergio Tiempo, Karin Lechner (pno duo) (EMI 3 89241)
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/1 - ASMF/Iona Brown (dir) (Brilliant Classics 99986)
8:00 Beauty Spot: TCHAIKOVSKY: Third movement, Preghiera, from Suite No 4 in G Op 61, Mozartiana - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (London 440 366)
SEITZ orch Adolphe: Violin Concerto No 2 Op 13 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Juilliard Orch/Lawrence Foster (EMI CDC 5 56750)
TURINA: Gypsy Dances Op 55 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.557150)
GRAINGER: Dreamery - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)
ELGAR: La Capricieuse; FAURÉ: Après un rêve Op 7/1 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), István Hajdu (pno) (Philips 446 560)
SPOHR: Macbeth, Overture - Berlin Radio SO/Christian Fröhlich (CPO 999 093)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Month

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
CORIGLIANO: Fantasia on an Ostinato, based on the Allegretto of Beethoven's Symphony No 7 - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 471 769)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 - London SO/Bernard Haitink (LSO Live LSO 0078)
10:00 AM. The Works

PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Suite No 2 - Leningrad Phil/Evgeny Mravinsky (Melodiya 74321 25189)
SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals - Noel Coward (narrator), Andre Kostelanetz & his Orch (Coronet KLL 529)
HAYDN: String Quartet in G Op 76/1 - Amsterdam String Quartet (Channel Classics CCS SA 25907)
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish - New Zealand SO/Matthias Bamert (NZSO)
Noon Resurrection

MAHLER: Symphony No 2 in C minor - Lisa Milne (sop), Birgit Remmert (contralto), Hungarian Radio Choir, Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Channel Classics CCS SA 23506)
1:35 PM. Stockholm Sonatas

ARIOSTI: Sonatas, No 11 in A minor; No 13 in C; No 14 in Eb - Thomas Georgi (vla d'amore), Lucas Harris (archlute/baroque gtr), Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello) (BIS CD 1555)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

VERDI: Overture; Mercè, dilette amiche, from Sicilian Vespers - Cheryl Studer (sop), La Scala Theatre Orch, Milan/Riccardo Muti (EMI CDS 7 54043)
H WOOD: The Horse Guards, Whitehall, from London Landmarks - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66968)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 - Lang Lang (pno), Chicago SO/Daniel Barenboim (DG 474 291)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
SCHUBERT: Violin Sonata in A D574 - Jaap Schröder (vln), Christopher Hogwood (fpno) (rec 1978) (Explore EXP 0015)
MOZART: Piano Sonata No 12 in F K332 - Maria João Pires (pno) (rec 1990) (DG 477 6607)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
PSATHAS: Matre's Dance - Philip Smith (pno), Evelyn Glennie (perc) (SOUNZ Volume 1)
WF BACH: Sonata No 1 in E minor for two flutes F54 - Penelope Evison, Pierre Séchet (transverse flutes) (STIL 1908 SAN 80)
BRAHMS: Four Serious Songs Op 121 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (EMI 5 75203)
SIBELIUS: Scènes historiques, Suite No 2 Op 66 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture - Cologne Radio SO/Gary Bertini (Capriccio 71 094)
VILLETTE: Complainte - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)
BRAHMS arr Grainger: Cradle Song; FAURÉ arr Grainger: Après un rêve; Nell - Piers Lane (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67279)
CORELLI arr Walsh: Violin Sonata in D minor Op 5/12, La follia - Ensemble Fitzwilliam (Zig Zag ZZT 050 903)
BORODIN arr Black: Third movement, Nocturne, from String Quartet No 2 in D - Royal Phil/Stanley Black (Decca 444 614)
VERDI: Ritorna Vincitor! from Aida - Ghena Dimitrova (sop), Munich Radio Orch/Lamberto Gardelli (EMI CDZ 7 62521)
DELIUS arr Fenby: La Calinda, from Koanga - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)
ELGAR: Salut d'amour Op 12 - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Steven Isserlis (cello), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8380)
TRAD arr Hope: The lark in the clear air - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2155)
MASCAGNI: Easter Hymn, from Cavalleria Rusticana - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah SO/Julius Rudel (Decca 458 867)
FOERSTER: Fourth movement, Lento lugubre/Allegro moderato, from Symphony No 4 in C minor Op 54, Easter Eve - Prague SO/Václav Smetácek (Supraphon 11 1822)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Easter, from Five Mystical Songs - Paul Whelan (bar), 1999 New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls, Andrea Watson (org) (Trust MMT 2029)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Festival Overture - Malaysian Phil/Kees Bakels (BIS CD 1387)
7:00 PM. Composer of the Month

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Maxim Vengerov (vln), London SO/Mstislav Rostropovich (EMI 3 36403)
Serenade in D Op 8 - Cummings String Trio (RegisC 2064)
Choral Fantasia Op 80 - Lisa Larsson, Regula Konrad (sops), Anja Angelika Kühn (contralto), Tobey Wilson, Paolo Vignoli (tenors), Jürgen Orelly (bass), Swiss Chamber Choir, Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman, Yefim Bronfman (pno) (Arte Nova 82876 82585)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Auckland International Piano Festival 2007
Four programmes
(2) Chenyin Li (pno)
D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas, in D Kk492; in F minor Kk466; in F Kk367; BEETHOVEN: Bagatelles Op 126; SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C D760, Wanderer; RAVEL: Miroirs; LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 12 in C# minor S244; Transcendental Study No 5, Feux follets (recorded in the Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Auckland by RNZ)
10:00 PM. Day's End

DEBUSSY: Sonata for flute, viola & harp - Susan Hoeppner (fl), Steven Dann (vla), Judy Loman (harp) (Marquis 7 7418 13232 1)
CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 4 - Netania Davrath (sop), orch accompaniment/Pierre de la Roche (Vanguard 08 8002.72)
ATTERBERG: Adagio amoroso - Ulf Wallin (vln/dir), Camerata Nordica (CPO 777 156)
CANNING: Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan - Cincinnati SO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80503)
11:00 STANFORD: Piano Trio No 3 Op 158, Per aspera ad astra - Gould Piano Trio (Naxos 8.570416)
BRIDGE: String Quintet in E minor - Bridge String Quartet, Ivo-Jan van der Werff (vla) (Meridian CDE 84525)