Friday 11 April 2008 Rāmere 11 Paenga-whāwhā 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  LILBURN: Overture: Aotearoa; Allegro for Strings; Concert Overture in D; Introduction and Allegro; Four Canzonas; Diversions for Strings; Festival Overture - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins, Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  LIU TIAN HUA: Idyllic Tune; TRAD: Weeping River of Sorrow; ZHOU WEI: Celebrating the harvest of grapes; LIU JIN WEN: Ode to Shanmenxia Gorge; LIU TIAN HUA: Birdsong echoing in a quiet valley; RENG TONG XIANG: A bunch of flowers; HUA YAN JUN: Moon reflected in the twin-spring lake; LIU WEN JIN: Ballad of North Henan province - Yu Hong Mei (erhu), Wulin (Konghou), Lui Yin Xuan (Yang qin), Chen Zhe (pno) (Channel of China CCS SA 80206)

  2:15 (approx) - Disc 3

  DELIUS: Seadrift; Appalachia - John Shirley-Quirk (bar), London SO, Royal Phil/Richard Hickox (London 425 156)

  3:20 (approx) - Disc 4

  "Dished up for Piano": Music by STANFORD, FAURÉ, SCHUMANN, DELIUS, HANDEL, BACH & GRIEG arr Grainger - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 5255)

  4:35 (approx) - Disc 5

  "A Musical Train Ride": Orchestral Works by LANNER, J STRAUSS I, HOYER, J STRAUSS II, MEYER, Eduard STRAUSS, Josef STRAUSS, GRAHL & LUMBYE - Slovak State Phil/Mica Eichenholz (Marco Polo 8.223470)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 NIELSEN: Serenata in vano - DiamantEnsemblet (Dacapo 8.226064)

  MILHAUD: Fantaisie pastorale Op 188 - Michael Korstick (pno), South West German Radio Orch/Alun Francis (CPO 777 162)

  LILBURN: Four Canzonas - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

  VIVALDI: Violin Sonata in A RV31 - Enrico Gatti (vln), Ensemble Aurora (Glossa GCD 921202)

  FAURÉ: Allegro symphonique - Le Mans SO/José-André Gendille (Skarbo DSK 3921)

  7:00 ROSSINI: William Tell, Overture - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 377)

  RACHMANINOV: Prelude in G minor Op 23/5; Serenade Op 3/5 - Sergei Rachmaninov (pno roll) (Telarc CD 80489)

  SIBELIUS: Pohjola's Daughter - London SO/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0605)

  CLARKE: Prince of Denmark's March - Edward Carroll (tpt), Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp (Sony MLK 66710)

  ARNOLD: Sarabande & Polka, from Solitaire - Munich SO/Douglas Bostock (Classico CLASS CD 294)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: GRIEG: To Spring, from Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (DG 437 522)

  GRAINGER: Duke of Marlborough's Fanfare - brass section of BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9493)

  DVORÁK: Rondo in G minor Op 94 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel (CBS MK 42206)

  BORNE arr Labrie: Fantaisie Brillante on Bizet's Carmen - Similia (Analekta AN 2 9819)

  LIADOV: Variations on a Polish folk theme Op 51 - Stephen Coombs (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66986)

  LANCHBERY: Tales of Beatrix Potter, excerpts - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Barry Wordsworth (Dutton CDLX 7149)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU (1683-1764)

  Zéphyre - Gaëlle Méchaly, Rebecca Ockenden, Sophie Decaudaveine (sops), Les Arts Florissants Chorus, Cappella Coloniensis/William Christie (Erato 8573 85774)

  DEBUSSY: Hommage à Rameau, from Images, Book 1 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 460 247)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music - Swiss Romande Orch/Armin Jordan (Erato 4509 91734)

  SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor Op 14 - Eric Le Sage (pno) (Alpha 110)

  CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Guitar Concerto No 2 in C Op 160 - Massimo Felici (gtr), Abruzzo Regional SO/Michael Summers (Brilliant Classics 7615)

  STRAVINSKY: Jeu de cartes - Philharmonia/Robert Craft (Naxos 8.557506)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  J RITCHIE: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings - Marina Sturm (cl), NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Trust MMT 2040)

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral - London SO/Bernard Haitink (LSO Live LSO 0082)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  HAYDN: Piano Trio in C HobXV/27 - Robert Levin (fpno), Vera Beths (vln), Anner Bylsma (cello) (rec 1992) (Sony SK 53120)

  ARENSKY: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 32 - Nash Ensemble (rec 1982) (CRD 3409)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  L LIEBERMANN: Soliloquy for solo flute Op 44 - Alexa Still (fl) (Koch 3-7549)

  FALLA: Neighbour's Dance & Miller's Dance, from The Three-cornered Hat - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)

  HAMILTON: Song of a Drifter - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 1999-2000/David Hamilton (Private Recording)

  C WOOD: Tis the day of resurrection - Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin/Mark Duley (Priory PRCD 639)

  GAL: Clarinet Sonata Op 84 - Murray Khouri (cl), John McCabe (pno) (Continuum CCD 1027)

  OBRADORS: Classical Spanish Songs Vol 1, selection - Deborah Wai Kapohe (sop), David Harper (pno) (Trust MMT 2038)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  J STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus, Overture - Johann Strauss Orch/Christopher Warren-Green (Black Box BBM 1059)

  GOTTSCHALK orch Kay: Grande Tarantelle Op 67 - William Tritt (pno), Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80112)

  KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, excerpts - Peter-Lukas Graf (fl), Konrad Ragossnig (gtr) (Claves CD 50-2013)

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 16 in C K545, For Beginners - András Schiff (pno) (Philips 456 925)

  BARTÓK: Rumanian Folk Dances Sz68 - Finnish Radio SO/Sakari Oramo (Warner 2564 61947)

  VERDI: Tu che le vanità, from Don Carlo - Felicia Weathers (sop), Vienna Opera Orch/Argeo Quadri (Decca 475 7167)

  BRIDGE: Two poems - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 243)

  SCRIABIN: Poems Op 69 - Peter Laul (pno) (Aeon AECD 0750)

  TURINA: Poem in the form of songs - José Carreras (ten), Martin Katz (pno) (Philips 411 478)

  GODOWSKY: Poem, from 12 Impressions for violin & piano - Gottfried Schneider (vln), Cord Garben (pno) (Et'Cetera KTC 1067)

  SAINT-SAËNS: La muse et le poète - Steven Isserlis (cello), Joshua Bell (vln), North German Radio SO/Christoph Eschenbach (RCA 09026 63518)

  FIBICH: Poem, from At Twilight, based on No 14 of Moods, Impressions & Reminiscences Op 41 for piano - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon 110624)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Pressing On with Roger Wilson (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Double Lateral: Jeremy Fitzsimons, Kristie Ibrahim (percussion duo)

  PSATHAS arr Fitzsimons: Fragment; FRIEDMAN arr Fitzsimons: Lunch with Pancho Villa; GARDEL/MELO/VILLOLDO arr Fitzsimons: Tango Suite; DUGGAN: Myotokugi; BACH trans Friis/Savery: Prelude & Fugue No 10 in E minor BWV855; PSATHAS: Ukiyo (première performance); FARR: Theme from Duggan; PIAZZOLLA: Café 1930; Nightclub 1960, from Histoire du Tango; FRIEDMAN: Air Sculpture; FARR: Dialogue for marimba & vibraphone (première performance) (recorded in the Ilott Theatre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:25 PM. Recent Baroque Releases

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in G minor RV317 - Sarah Chang (vln), Orpheus CO (EMI 3 94431)

  BACH: Lute Suite in E BWV1006a - Paul O'Dette (baroque lute) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7438)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 100 - Pamela Frank (vln), Peter Serkin (pno) (Decca 455 643)

  BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Richard Baker (speaker), New Philharmonia/Raymond Leppard (EMI 3 82230)

  QUILTER: Where the Rainbow Ends, Suite - Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 49933)

  11:00 POULENC: Flute Sonata - Wolfgang Schulz (fl), Madoka Inui (pno) (Naxos 8.570309)

  CHAUSSON: Concert for violin, piano & string quartet - Pierre Amoyal (vln), Pascal Rogé (pno), Ysaÿe Quartet (Decca 444 172)

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