Thursday 27 March 2008 Rāpare 27 Poutū-te-rangi 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  ALBÉNIZ orch Arbos: Iberia Suite; FALLA: The Three Cornered Hat - Jill Gomez (sop), Philharmonia/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8904)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  GUILMANT: Symphony No 1 for organ & orchestra Op 42; WIDOR: Symphony for organ Op 42/5; POULENC: Organ Concerto - Ian Tracey (org), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9271)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  ELGAR: Sea Pictures Op 37; The Music Makers Op 69 - Linda Finnie (contralto), London Philharmonic Choir & Orch/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9022)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  HAYDN arr Salomon: Symphony No 93 in D; Symphony No 94 in G, Surprise; Symphony No 101 in D, The Clock - Florilegium (Channel CCS 19698)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  ALWYN: Odd Man Out Suite; The History of Mr Polly; The Fallen Idol Suite; Calypso, from The Rake's Progress - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9243)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 GRIEG: Nordic Melodies Op 63 - Oslo Camerata/Stephan Barratt-Due (Naxos 8. 557890)

  ROSSINI arr Stoltzman: Bel raggio lusinghier, from Semiramide - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

  PIAZZOLLA arr Benitez: Summer in Buenos Aires - Karin Schaupp (gtr) (Warner 3984-23306)

  MEDTNER: Sonata reminiscenza, from Forgotten Melodies Op 38 - Elen Rapoport (pno) (Private recording ER 0001)

  CARSE: The Winton Suite - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)

  7:00 SULLIVAN: Mikado, Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.554165)

  KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro - Gilles Apap (vln/dir), Sinfonia Varsovia (Apapaziz Productions GKJ 00103)

  BACH orch Ormandy: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, from Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHSA 5030)

  MASSENET: Three Marches - Aldo Ciccolini (pno) (EMI 5 85517)

  CANNABICH: Symphony No 50 in D minor - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554340)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: HANDEL: Waft her, angels, from Jephtha - Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 444 543)

  PUCCINI: Preludio Sinfonico in A - Hungarian Opera Orch/Pier Giorgio Morandi (Naxos 8.555304)

  MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Claude Delangle (sax), Singapore SO/Lan Shui (BIS CD 1357)

  SCHUMANN: About Foreign Lands & Peoples; Dreaming, from Scenes from Childhood Op 15 - Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 459 135)

  YORK: Pacific Coast Highway - Conservatorium Guitar Ensemble/Matthew Marshall (Massey University MU002)

  J STRAUSS II: Emperor Waltz - Berlin Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 3984 24489)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Month

  LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

  Six Variations in F on a Swiss Song WoO64 - Marisa Robles (harp) (Decca 425 723)

  Violin Concerto in D Op 61 - Vadim Repin (vln), Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti (DG 477 6596)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BRIDGE: Dance Rhapsody - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 243)

  VIVALDI: Gloria in D RV589 - Carolyn Sampson, Joanne Lunn (sops), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Choir of the King's Consort, King's Consort/Robert King (Hyperion CDA 66849)

  MELCER: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor - Jonathan Plowright (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Christoph König (Hyperion CDA 67630)

  STRAVINSKY: Petrushka - Boston Phil/Benjamin Zander (Carlton Classics 30366 01012)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BACH: Italian Concerto in F BWV971 - Christophe Rousset (hpschd) (Decca 476 1704)

  TOCH: String Quartet No 8 in Db Op 18 - Verdi Quartet (CPO 999 686)

  K YOUNG: Questions, from Five Piano Pieces - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D016)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  HAYDN: Mass No 13 in Bb, Creation Mass - Susan Gritton (sop), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo), Mark Padmore (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bar), Collegium Musicum 90 Choir & Orch/Richard Hickox (rec 1995) (Chandos CHAN 0599)

  HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: O Euchari; O viridissima virga - Emily van Evera (sop), Andrew Parrott, Kevin Breen, Howard Milner (tens), Doreen Muskett (symphony)/Christopher Page (dir) (rec 1981) (Hyperion CDA 66039)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  J RITCHIE: Let the pealing organ blow - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 605)

  CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 3 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 17 in D minor Op 31/2, Tempest - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2018)

  FARR: Tawhirimatea - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  MOZART: The Abduction from the Seraglio, Overture - Orchestra of St John's, Smith Square/John Lubbock (Resonance CD RSN 3072)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise - Howard Zhang (vln), Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.555093)

  PURCELL: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - Musica Antiqua, Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 453 418)

  LISZT: Waltz, from Gounod's Faust - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67424)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 1 - CBSO/ Mark Elder (Signum SIGCD 051)

  TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: The lover's ghost - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 3 in Eb Op 75 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno), Philharmonia/Vladimir Fedoseyev (Virgin VC 7 91202)

  JESSEL: Parade of the Tin Soldiers - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66998)

  TURINA: Second movement, Scherzo, Allegro vivo, from Magical Corner, Parade in sonata form Op 97 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.557438)

  SALIERI: Parade Marsch in C - Ensemble Italiano di Fiati (Brilliant Classics 93360)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The swift parade of clouds Op 42/3 - Olga Borodina (mezzo), Larissa Gergieva (pno) (Philips 442 780)

  STRAUSS: Parade March No 1 - Locke Brass Consort/James Stobart (Chandos CHAN 8419)

  MAYERL: Parade of the Sandwich-Board Men - Andrew Ball (pno), Slovak Radio SO/Gary Carpenter (Marco Polo 8.223514)

  SATIE: Parade - London SO/Antal Dorati (Mercury 434 335)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  North & South

  In this, the final of his five Letters to Sibelius, Marshall Walker talks of his relationship with the Scottish conductor Ian Whyte and of bringing Sibelius with him when he emigrated from Scotland to New Zealand (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Ilya Gringolts (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Giancarlo Guerrero

  LILBURN: Drysdale Overture; SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47; PAGANINI: Caprice No 6 in G minor, from 24 Caprices Op 1; DVORÁK: Symphony No 8 in G Op 88 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:40 PM. Mes Ennuis

  SOR: Six Bagatelles - Jason Vieaux (gtr) (Naxos 8.553986)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in C G278 - La Magnifica Comunità (Brilliant Classics 93076)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune - Corydon Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDA 66569)

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor Op 40 - Zoltán Kocsis (pno), San Francisco SO/Edo de Waart (Philips 456 874)

  RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Tartar TRL 020)

  11:00 BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 99 - Pierre Fournier (cello), Rudolf Firkusny (pno) (DG 477 5939)

  F MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio in G minor Op 11 - Diana Ambache (pno), Sophie Langdon (vln), Susan Dorey (cello) (BBC Music BBC MM 45)

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