Thursday 3 April 2008 Rāpare 3 Paenga-whāwhā 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  MENDELSSOHN: Overtures, The Hebrides; Fingal's Cave; A Midsummer Night's Dream; SUPPÉ: The Light Cavalry; Poet & Peasant; BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Festival Overture; GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 430 741)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  MARTINU: Sinfonietta Giocosa; Toccata e Due Canzoni; Sinfonietta La Jolla - Julian Jacobson (pno), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Tamas Vasary (Chandos CHAN 8859)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  HOLST: The Cloud Messenger Op 30; The Hymn of Jesus - Della Jones (mezzo), London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8901)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  VIVALDI: First movement, Four Seasons, Spring; MASSENET: Méditation, Thaïs; SATIE: Gymnopédie No 1; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending; DEBUSSY: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair; BACH: Violin Sonata in C, Allegro Assai; KREISLER: Praeludium and Allegro; BACH: Es ist genug, so nimm, Herr, Chorale; TRAD: Danny Boy; Scarborough Fair; KENNEDY: Melody in the Wind; MONTI: Csárdás; VIVALDI: The Four Seasons, Autumn, Allegro - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Various Ochestras (EMI 5 57330)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  LLOYD: Piano Concerto No 4; The Lily-Leaf & the Grasshopper; The Transformation of that Naked Ape - Kathryn Stott (pno), London SO/George Lloyd (Albany AR 004)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 J STAMITZ: Sinfonia pastorale in D Op 4/2 - Czech Chamber Phil/Vojtech Spurny (dir) (Alto ALC 1001)

  BACH: Organ Concerto in G BWV592, after a concerto by Prince Johann Ernst - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 603)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No 1 in E minor - Andrés Segovia (gtr) (DG 477 6050)

  BRUCH: Adagio Appassionato - Salvatore Accardo (vln), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 432 282)

  QUILTER: Where the Rainbow Ends - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223444)

  7:00 ROSSINI: Semiramide, Overture - Melbourne SO/Hiroyuki Iwaki (ABC Classics 442 368)

  CHAMINADE orch Uy: Automne - Michael Guttman (vln), Royal Phil/José Serebrier (ASV CDDCA 855)

  VIVALDI: Chamber Concerto in G, Alla Rustica RV158 - Musica ad Rhenum/Jed Wentz (dir) (Challenge CC 72044)

  CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 48 - Bernard d'Ascoli (pno) (Athene 23201)

  CURTIS: Open Road - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2140)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour - Janet Baker (mezzo), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 434 173)

  ALWYN: The Magic Island - Royal Liverpool Phil/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570144)

  SARASATE: Carmen Fantasy - Sarah Chang (vln), Berlin Phil/Placido Domingo (EMI 5 57220)

  TURINA: Three Andalusian Dances Op 8 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.557150)

  BADEN-POWELL: Vals sem nome - Julie Bevan (gtr), Andreas Lepper (perc) (Audio Projects AP 2006)

  KABALEVSKY: Colas Breugnon, Overture - Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer (CBC SMCD 5069)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  DAVID FARQUHAR (5 April 1928-2007)

  Serenade for Strings - NZSO Chamber Orch (Manu CD MANU 1550)

  Three Medieval Carols - Pepe Becker (sop), David Farquhar (pno) (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 112)

  Scherzo for orchestra - Auckland Philharmonia/John Hopkins (Manu CD MANU 1486)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  CIMAROSA: Alessandro nell'Indie, Overture - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570279)

  GRIEG: Lyric Pieces Book 2 - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61568)

  KARLOWICZ: Violin Concerto in A Op 8 - Dorota Anderszewska (vln), Montpellier National Orch/Friedemann Layer (Accord 476 9827)

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great - Bordeaux-Aquitaine National Orch/Kwamé Ryan (Mirare MIR 045)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  MONGE arr Peña: México lindo - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Fort Worth SO/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Decca 475 6932)

  WALLACE: Creation Symphony in C# minor - BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 66987)

  VERDI: Laudi alla Vergine Maria - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 502)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  HAYDN: The six Paris Symphonies

  Symphonies, No 84 in Eb; No 85 in Bb, La Reine - English CO/Daniel Barenboim (rec 1973-74) (EMI 3 71477) (Symphonies Nos 86 & 87 tomorrow at 3.00pm)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  YAMADA: Overture in D - New Zealand SO/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.555350)

  K YOUNG: Three Sad Waltzes - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

  BRITTEN: Five Flower Songs Op 47 - Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1516)

  ROSLAVETS: Dance of the White Girls - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tatyana Lazareva (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9881)

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 - New Zealand SO/János Fürst (Trust MMT 2009)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Festival at Baghdad, The Sea, Shipwreck & Conclusion, from Scheherazade - Jaap van Zweden (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 443 703)

  MOZART: Fantasy in C minor K475 - Evgeni Koroliov (pno) (Profil PH 06015)

  PROKOFIEV arr Heifetz: March, from The Love for Three Oranges; Masks, from Romeo & Juliet - Gil Shaham (vln), Orli Shaham (pno) (Artemis ATM CD 1555)

  GRAINGER: Mock Morris - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9653)

  DVORÁK: Song to the Moon, from Rusalka - Lucia Popp (sop), Munich Radio Orch/Kurt Eichhorn (Acanta 43326)

  PUCCINI: Crisantemi - London SO/Antonio Pappano (EMI 5 57159)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Chôros No 1 - Carlos Oramas (gtr) (ASV CD DCA 1150)

  PARTICHELA arr Hope: Mexican Hat Dance - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2155)

  TRAD: Virgins clothed in a clean white garment - Boston Camerata, Schola Cantorum of Boston/Joel Cohen (Erato 4509 98491)

  HOLMES: Thus Bonny-Boots - Canadian Brass (CBS MK 45792)

  PUCCINI: Coat aria, Vecchia zimarra senti, from La Bohème - Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (Decca 421 872)

  STRAUSS: Dance of the seven veils, from Salome - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3707)

  BARBER: Give me my robe, from Antony & Cleopatra - Leontyne Price (sop), New Philharmonia/Thomas Schippers (RCA 09026 61983)

  FALLA: The Three-cornered Hat, Suite No 1 - Ulster Orch/Josep Caballé-Domenech (BBC Music BBC MM 255)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Pavarotti in Perspective

  The Italian singer whose ringing, pristine sound set a standard for operatic tenors of the post-war era (New York Times)

  Roger Flury and Des Wilson look at the life and career of Luciano Pavarotti who died last September (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Direct from Auckland Town Hall

  Romantic Masterpieces

  John Chen (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Johannes Fritzsch

  GLINKA: Russlan & Ludmilla, Overture; RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18

  (Interval)

  BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  FERRER: Fantasy on the Quartet from Verdi's Rigoletto - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 446 090)

  ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in C Op 9/5 - Stefan Schilli (ob), Stuttgart CO/Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics 92791)

  DITTERSDORF: Symphony No 1 in C, The Four Ages of the World - Concerto Cologne/Hans-Martin Linde (Capriccio 71 121)

  11:00 RIES: String Quartet in C WoO37 - Schuppanzigh Quartet (CPO 777 014)

  BERWALD: Piano Trio in C - Kálmán Dráfi (pno), Jozsef Modrian (vln), György Kertész (cello) (Naxos 8.555002)

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