Wednesday 23 April 2008 Rāapa 23 Paenga-whāwhā 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  ELGAR: Symphony No 1 in Ab Op 55; Cockaigne Op 40 - London SO/Charles Mackerras (Argo 430 835)

  1:05 (approx) - Disc 2

  LECLAIR: Flute Sonata in E minor; BLAVET: Flute Sonata in D minor, La Vibray Op 2/2; RAMEAU: Pieces de Clavecin en concerts, Fifth concert; BARRE: Suite in G, Suite l'Inconnue; HOTTETERRE: Airs et Brunettes, Dans ces deserts paisibles; Pourquoy, doux rossignol; L'autre jour me Cloris; LECLAIR: Flute Sonata in G - Rachel Brown (fl), Mark Caudle (viol), James Johnstone (hpschd) (Chandos CHAN 0544)

  2:15 (approx) - Disc 3

  SCHUBERT: Der Einsame; Des Sangers Habe; Lied der Delphine; Lied des Florio; Mondenschein; Mignon und der Harfner; Lied der Mignon; Totengraberweise; Das Echo; An Silvia; Standchen; Trinklied; Wiegenlied; Widerspruch; Der Wanderer an den Mond; Grab und Mond; Nachtelle; Abschied von der Erde - Christine Schäfer (sop), John Mark Ainsley (ten), Richard Jackson (bar), Graham Johnson (pno), London Schubert Chorale/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDJ 33026)

  3:30 (approx) - Disc 4

  LEFÉBURE-WELY: Boléro de concert; BACH: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565; RAWSTHORNE: Prelude on Londonderry Air; LANG: Tuba Tune in D Op 15; LEFÉBURE-WELY: Sortie in Eb; TCHAIKOVSKY arr Rawsthorne: Dance of the sugar plum fairy; DUBOIS: Toccata in G; RAWSTHORNE: Aria; BUXTEHUDE: Prelude, Fugue and Caconne in C BuxWV137; BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068, Air; WIDOR: Symphony No 5 in F minor, Toccata; LEFÉBURE-WELY: Sortie in Bb; DELIBES: Sylvia, Pizzicato; LEFÉBURE-WELY: March in Eb; RAWSTHORNE: Hornpipe Humoresque - Kemp English (org) (Manu CD MANU 5005)

  4:40 (approx) - Disc 5

  SIBELIUS: Pelléas & Mélisande Suite Op 46; Swanwhite Suite Op 54, The harp; The maidens with roses; The Prince alone; Swanwhite and the Prince; Song of Praise; Incidental Music from King Christian II Op 27 - Iceland SO/Petri Sakari (Chandos CHAN 9158)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 M HAYDN: Symphony No 11 in Bb - Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal (CPO 999 591)

  MAHLER: Piano Quartet movement - Kremerata Musica (DG 447 112)

  BRIDGE arr Cornford: Scherzetto - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), National Phil/Charles Gerhardt (RCA 74321 84112)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Rhosymedre, from Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes - Eugene Lavery (organ of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland) (Holy Trinity Cathedral)

  J RITCHIE: Suite No 2 for String Orchestra, Aquarius - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Trust MMT 2040)

  7:00 BINGE: Elizabethan Serenade - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223515)

  INNS arr Russell: Robbin' Harry - Evelyn Glennie (perc), National Phil/Ray Russell (RCA 60242-2-RC)

  CARR: The End of the Golden Weather - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 111)

  CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 27 - Maria João Pires (pno) (DG 477 6607)

  D'INDY: Horizons verts, Falconara, from Poème des rivages - South West German Radio Orch/Jirí Stárek (Hänssler CD 93.187)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: SCULTHORPE: Djilile - Elena Riu (pno) (Linn CKD 111)

  PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours, from La Gioconda - Philharmonia/Charles Mackerras (Testament SBT 1327)

  VIVALDI: Concerto in G minor for two violins & cello RV578 from L'Estro Armonico Op 3 - Fabio Biondi (vln/dir), Enrico Casazza (vln), Maurizio Naddeo (cello), Europa Galante (Virgin VMD 5 45315)

  PUCCINI arr Mikhashoff: O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicchi - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

  BACH: Trio Sonata in D minor BWV527 - Douglas Mews (organ of the Katharinenkirche, Braunschweig) (Douglas Mews DCM 001)

  CURTIS: Ring in the New - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion Cameo 2035)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

  Chamber Music

  Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D965 - Sally Matthews (sop), Thomas Watmough (cl), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (EMI 5 85968)

  Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 - Raphaël Oleg (vln), Sonja Wieder-Atherton (cello), Imogen Cooper (pno) (Philips 476 209-5)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No 2 - Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.570236)

  F SCHMIDT: Concertante Variations on a theme of Beethoven for piano (left hand) & orchestra - Carlo Grante (pno), MDR SO/Fabio Luisi (Querstand VKJK 0611)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)

  DVORÁK: Symphony No 5 in F Op 76 - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 7 49995)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  MAXWELL DAVIES: Farewell to Stromness - Peter Maxwell Davies (pno) (Unicorn DKPCD 9070)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Fantasy in A Op 124 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Marielle Nordmann (harp) (Sony SK 44552)

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 - Stephen Hough (pno), Dallas SO/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 67501/2)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BRAHMS: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 51 - Budapest String Quartet (rec 1963) (Sony 82876 78748)

  BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 3 in Eb Op 12/3 - Henryk Szeryng (vln), Gary Graffman (pno) (rec 1970) (Bridge 9165)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  LILBURN: Four Preludes (1944) - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2053)

  MOZART: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben, from Zaïde - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London SO/Colin Davis (Philips 411 148)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Song of the black swan; FAURÉ: Nocturne - Dawn Harms (vla), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)

  STRAUSS: Piano Quartet in C minor Op 13 - New Zealand Piano Quartet (Hill Records 001)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  J STRAUSS II: The Gypsy Baron, Overture - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 2020 601)

  GERSHWIN: Promenade: Walking the dog, from Shall We Dance? - David Fuest (cl), New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67067)

  LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C# minor S244 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66874)

  PONCE trans Ramos: Mexican Scherzo - John Williams (gtr) (Sony MLK 66704)

  HANDEL: Concerto No 3 in F for two wind choirs - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (dir) (L'Oiseau-Lyre 411 721)

  ROSSINI: Buona sera, mio signore, from the Barber of Seville - Teresa Berganza (mezzo), Ugo Benelli (ten), Manuel Ausensi (bar), Fernando Corena, Nicolai Ghiaurov (basses), Naples Rossini Orch/Silvio Varviso (Decca 448 061)

  TOMLINSON: An English Overture - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223413)

  GRAINGER: English Dance, A Tally of English Energy - Martin Jones, Philip Martin, Richard McMahon (two pnos, six hands) (Nimbus NI 1767)

  GERMAN: The Yeomen of England, from Merrie England - Peter Morrison (bar), Ambrosian Singers, Chandos Concert Orch/Stuart Barry (Chandos CHAN 8561)

  FOULDS: April-England Op 48/1 - London Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Lyrita SRCD 212)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Six Studies in English Folk Song - Emma Johnson (cl), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (ASV CD DCA 891)

  CHARLES: There'll always be an England - Oscar Natzka (bass), male quartet, orchestral accompaniment/Walter Goehr (rec 1939) (Atoll ACD 400)

  ARNOLD: English Dances Suite No 2 - Philharmonia/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8867)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Light Programme

  Six programmes in which Murray Khouri shares his passion for the wealth of British Light Music

  (4) Britain's light music heritage forms a treasure-house of music that may plumb no intellectual or emotional depths but which lifts the spirit through imaginative effects, delightful melodies and consummate craftsmanship (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Poets

  Six programmes devoted to musical settings of some of the world's greatest poets

  (3) Federico García Lorca

  Luis Rodrigues (bar), Ana Ferraz (sop), João Paulo Santos (pno/dir), Francisco Ribeiro, Jorge Trindade (cls), Carmen Cardeal (harp), António Figueiredo (vln), Hugo Diogo (vla), Irene Lima (cello), Pedro Araújo e Silva (percussion)

  AURIC: Richard II Quarante; POULENC: Le Disparu; EISLER: Two Elegies, In die Städte kam ich; Na die Überlebenden; LOPES-GRAÇA: O memino de sua mãe (Mummy's little boy); DESSAU: Guernica; LOPES-GRAÇA: Five Garland Songs for Federico García Lorca, La hoja del pino; Si quieren saber,señores; Quando sales al campo; Arrorro, mi niño; Dicen que ye no me quieres; HALFFTER: Three Portuguese Songs, Ai que linda moça; Gerinaldo; Água do rio que lá vai; DE SOUSA: Two Poems of canto jondo by García Lorca, Sorpresa; Puñal (Surprise; Dagger); CARRAPATOSO: Five Songs for piano & emotional voice, Preludio de la noche; Canción (primera); Rasgos; Canción (segunda); Pórtico; LOPES-GRAÇA: Four Songs by Federico García Lorca, Canción tonta; Sorpresa; Serenata (homenaje a Lope de Veja); Muerte de Antoñito el Camborio (recorded in the Franco-Portuguese Institute, Lisbon by Portuguese Radio)

• 9:15 PM. Rachmaninov's "Fifth"

  RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27 arr as a piano concerto by Alexander Warenberg - Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy (pno), Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 8900)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  HUMMEL: Variations in D on Monferina Op 54 - Sebastian Comberti (cello), Maggie Cole (fpno) (Cello Classics CC 1011)

  WAGNER trans von Bülow: Quintet, Selig, wie die Sonne, from The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - Mikhaïl Rudy (pno) (EMI 5 57181)

  BENNETT: Enchanted April, film music - Cynthia Miller (ondes martenot), BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9867)

  DELIUS: In a Summer Garden - Hallé Orch/Vernon Handley (EMI CD CFP 4568)

  11:00 WEBER: Trio in G minor for flute, cello & piano Op 63 - members of Kremerata Musica (DG 449 209)

  SCHUMANN: String Quartet in A minor Op 41/1 - Quatuor Renoir (Zig Zag ZZT 060 602)

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