Tuesday 1 April 2008 Rātū 1 Paenga-whāwhā 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  ARNOLD: Symphony No 6 Op 95; Fantasy on a Theme of John Field for piano & orchestra Op 116; Concert Suite, Sweeney Todd Op 68a; Overture, Tam O'Shanter - John Lill (pno), Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Conifer CDCF 224)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  CHOPIN: Piano Sonatas, No 1 in C minor Op 4; No 2 in Bb minor Op 35; No 3 in B minor Op 58 - Garrick Ohlsson (pno) (Arabesque Z6628)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  STRAUSS: The Donkey's Shadow, a Singspiel based on Christoph Martin Wieland's novel Die Abderiten - Peter Ustinov (narrator), Berlin Radio Choir & Orch/Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Koch 3-6548)

  3:45 (approx) - Disc 4

  M HAYDN: Symphony No 18 in C; Symphony No 25 in G; Divertimento in G - Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal (CPO 999 155)

  4:40 (approx) - Disc 5

  RESPIGHI: Chaconne for violin, organ & strings; Concerto All'Antica for violin & orchestra; Pastorale for violin & strings; Concerto a cinque for oboe, trumpet, violin, dbass, piano & strings - Ingolf Turban (vln), English CO/Marcello Viotti (Claves CD 50-9017)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 SIBELIUS: Andante festivo - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1265)

  J RITCHIE: Snow Goose - Alexa Still (fl), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7345)

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

  BACH: Organ Concerto in A minor BWV593, after Vivaldi's Violin Concerto RV522 - Lionel Rogg (organ of St Nicholas' Church, Åbrenå, Denmark) (EMI 3 81766)

  LIADOV: Eight Russian Folksongs Op 58 - Tasmanian SO/Shalom Ronly-Riklis (ABC Classics 464 194)

  7:00 IVES: Variations on America - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 61282)

  ELGAR: Chanson de Matin Op 15/2 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

  GRIEG: Shepherd Boy; March of the Dwarfs; Notturno; Scherzo, from Lyric Pieces Book 5 - Håkon Austbö (pno) (RegisC 1071)

  SARASATE: Introduction & Tarantella Op 43 - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Ian Brown (pno) (EMI 5 57916)

  SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 406)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: TRAD: Open for us - Karineh Avetissian (sop) (Celestial Harmonies 13115)

  VERDI: Nabucco, Overture - Mexico SO/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 856)

  VIVALDI: Recorder Concerto in C RV443 - Jean-Louis Beaumadier (pic), French National Orch/Jean-Pierre Rampal (Calliope CAL 3630)

  SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C Op 18 - Jonathan Biss (pno) (EMI 3 65391)

  LILBURN: Nos 1-6, from Seventeen Short Pieces for Guitar - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

  GERSHWIN arr Bennett: Gershwin in Hollywood - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.559107)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  DAVID FARQUHAR (5 April 1928-2007)

  Chap-Chap - Peter Langgartner (vla) (BO BO 2003)

  Echoes & Reflections - New Zealand SO Strings/John Matheson (Kiwi CD SLD 88)

  Concerto for wind quintet - Concertante Ensemble (Kiwi SLD 61)

  Ring Round the Moon - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  FIBICH: Piano Trio in F minor - Smetana Trio (Supraphon SU 3927)

  STANFORD: Stabat Mater - Ingrid Attrot (sop), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo), Nigel Robson (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bar), Darius Battiwalla (org), Leeds Phil Chorus, BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9548)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Op 102 - Mikhaïl Rudy (pno), London Phil/Mariss Jansons (EMI 5 56591)

  RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Mariss Jansons (RCO Live RCO 05004)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto in E - Håkan Hardenberger (tpt), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 420 203)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 25 in G Op 79 - Wilhelm Backhaus (pno) (rec 1948) (Philips 456 718)

  BIZET: Je crois entendre encore, from The Pearl Fishers - Joseph Calleja (ten), ASMF/Carlo Rizzi (Decca 475 6931)

  WARBECK: The Mandolin, from the film Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Giovanni Parricelli (mandolin), instrumental ensemble (Decca 467 678)

  BOWEN: Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 17, Concertstück - Michael Dussek (pno), BBC Concert Orch/Vernon Handley (Dutton CDLX 7187)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MOZART: Violin Sonata No 26 in Bb K378; BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 1 in G Op 78 - Oleg Kagan (vln), Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (rec 1982/1985) (Alto ALC 1010)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

  NORRIS: Honk! - Saxcess (Waiteata WTA 007)

  SWANN: The Income Tax Collector - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Maurice Till (pno) (Kiwi CD SLC 248)

  PEASE: Elfwalk - Gitbox (Rattle RAT D005)

  MOROSS: A Tall Story for Orchestra - New Zealand SO/JoAnn Falletta (Koch International 3-7367)

  JOPLIN arr Southgate: Ragtime Dance - Mark Walton (cl), Roger Sellers (drums), Paul Dyne (dbass), Kevin Watson (gtr) (Kiwi CD TRL 071)

  SCHUBERT arr Françaix: Moment musicale No 5 in F minor; Impromptu in Bb D935/3; Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - Ensemble Obligat (Ensemble Obligat 0867)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  IRELAND: Comedy Overture - London Collegiate Brass/James Stobart (CRD 3434)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Pas d'action, from Swan Lake - Mincho Minchev (vln), Francisco Gabarro (cello), National Phil/Richard Bonynge (London 443 332)

  LISZT: Concert Study No 3 in Db, Un Sospiro - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Music & Arts CD 723)

  KREISLER: Caprice viennois; Liebesleid; Liebesfreud - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Fleurs de Lys FL 2 3159)

  GRIEG: Morning, from Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - Gewandhaus Orch, Leipzig/Kurt Masur (Decca 473 862)

  PUCCINI: Se come voi, from Le villi - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London Phil/John Pritchard (Sony SMK 48094)

  HANDEL: Mr Handel's Water Piece - Thomas Reiner (tpt), Southwest German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (Naxos 8.570501)

  BARTÓK arr Székely: Rumanian Folk Dances Sz56 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Florent Boffard (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMN 91 1702)

  TRAD arr Britten: The Salley Gardens - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Sharolyn Kimmorley (pno) (ABC 476 7175)

  GRÉTRY: Pantomime, from Zémire & Azor - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD KML 2)

  BERLIOZ: Pantomime, from The Trojans - Richard Vielle (cl), Paris Orchestral Ensemble/John Nelson (Virgin VC 5 45646)

  FALLA arr Dougherty: Pantomime, from El Amor Brujo - Sequeira Costa, Artur Pizarro (pno duo) (Collins 14662)

  DEBUSSY: Pantomime - Dawn Upshaw (sop), James Levin (pno) (Sony SK 67190)

  SPARKE arr Frey: Pantomime - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)

  KRAUS reconstr Boer: Pantomime in G - Swedish CO/Petter Sundkvist (Naxos 8.557498)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  7:00 International Rostrum of Composers 2007

  Six programmes

  The 53rd of these forums for the promotion of new music was held in Paris last year. Under the auspices of the International Music Council, supported by UNESCO, national broadcasters from around the world met up to present a selection of recent music recorded in their countries. Our closest neighbours attended, and in this fifth of six programmes, ABC Classic FM's Julian Day present works submitted by delegates from public radio stations around the world (5) (ABC)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

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