Schedule for Thursday 1 May 2008

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1
PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Suites Nos 1-3 - Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian (ASV CD DCA 885)
1:20 (approx) - Disc 2
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 6 in Bb K238; Concerto in F for three pianos & orchestra K242; Concerto in Eb for two pianos & orchestra K365 - Malcolm Bilson, Robert Levin, Melvyn Tan (fpnos), English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 427 317)
2:25 (approx) - Disc 3
MOZART: Don Giovanni, Madamina, il catalolo è questo; TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin, Lyubvi vsye vozrasti pokorni; ROSSINI: La Calunnia è un venticello, A un dottor della mia sorte, from The Barber of Seville; MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro, La Vendetta, Non pùi andrai, Hai già vinta la causa!……Vedrò, mentr'io sospiro; GOUNOD: Faust, Vous qui faites l'endormie; BOITO: Mefistofele, Son lo spirito che nega; MOZART: The Magic Flute, Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja, Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen; VERDI: Falstaff, Ehit! Paggio!……L'onore! Ladri!; WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, Die Frist ist um - Jonathon Lemalu (bar), New Zealand SO/James Judd (EMI 5 57605)
3:30 (approx) - Disc 4
TELEMANN: Suite in G, des Nations anciens et modernes; Concerto in D minor for two chalumeaux; Viola Concerto in G; Sonata for two chalumeaux; Suite in Bb, Volker Overture - Colin Lawson, Michael Harris (chalumeaux), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (vla) (Chandos CHAN 0593)
4:45 (approx) - Disc 5
J STRAUSS II: Russian March; Slav Potpourri; Five Paragraphs from the Waltz Code; The Favourite, French Polka; Nikolai Quadrille on Russian Themes; Farewell to St Petersburg Waltz; The Imp, Polka-Mazurka; In the Russian Village; Romance, Sweet Tears; Niko Polka - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Michael Dittrich (Marco Polo 8.223234)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 GRIEG: Morning, from Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - James Tibbles (organ of Auckland Town Hall) (RNZ)
GLINKA trans Balakirev: The Lark - Michael Lewin (pno) (Centaur CRC 2134)
TELEMANN: Sonata in D, from The Constant Music Master - Passacaglia (Linn CKD 170)
HEIDRICH: Happy Birthday Variations - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (Nonesuch 7559 79657)
GRANADOS orch de Grignon: Spanish Dances - Ulster Orch/Josep Caballé-Domenech (BBC Music BBC MM 255)
7:00 MOZART: Don Giovanni, Overture - NHK SO/Jun Märkl (Altus ALT 006-7)
SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in C Op 48 - Michael Erxleben (vln/dir), New Berlin CO (Capriccio 10 563)
D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas, in D minor Kk9; in D Kk119 - Ivo Pogorelich (pno) (DG 435 855)
A WOOD: Barwick Green, A Maypole Dance, from My Native Heath - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66968)
DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI CDZ 7 62514)
8:00 Beauty Spot: PURCELL: Hush, no more, from The Fairy Queen - Stephen Varcoe (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 419 221)
TRAD arr Allen/Mills: Little David play on your harp; My Lord, what a mornin'; Give me Jesus - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A minor Op 6/4 - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Nicholas McGegan (dir) (Virgin VC 5 45348)
RACHMANINOV: Morceaux de Salon Op 2 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Rustem Hayroudinoff (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10095)
ELGAR: Harmony Music No 4, The Farmyard - Athena Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 6554)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture Op 96 - St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (RCA 09026 68844)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

ETHEL SMYTH (1858-1944)
Mass in D - Eiddwen Harrhy (sop), Janis Hardy (contralto), Dan Dressen (ten), James Bohn (bass), Plymouth Festival Chorus & Orch/Philip Brunelle (Virgin VC 7 91188)
10:10 AM. The Works

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 - Evgeny Kissin (pno), Moscow Phil/Dmitri Kitaenko (RCA 09026 68378)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio Italien - Cincinnati SO/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80640)
SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor - Pierre Fournier (cello), Jean Fonda (pno) (DG 477 5939)
DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - Sapporo SO/Tadaaki Otaka (Signum SIGCD 110)
Noon Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Haydn Op 56a - London Phil/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.557430)
LISZT: Kling leise, mein Lied - Keith Lewis (ten), David Harper (pno) (Trust TRI 3002)
VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in G RV437 - Rachel Brown (fl), St James' Baroque Players/Ivor Bolton (hpschd/dir) (Authenticka AS 001)
HANDEL: Where 'ere you walk, from Semele - Aled Jones (treble), BBC Welsh SO/Robin Stapleton (BBC CD 569)
MENDELSSOHN: Kinderstücke Op 72, excerpts - Daniel Barenboim (pno) (DG 423 931)
ESTRADA arr Peña: En mi viejo San Juan; LECUNOA arr Peña: Siboney; MENÉNDEZ/UTRERA arr Peña: Aquellos ojos verdes - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Fort Worth SO/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Decca 475 6932)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
BACH: Violin Sonata No 1 in G minor BWV1001 - Ruggiero Ricci (vln) (rec 1981) (RegisC 2077)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 9 in Eb K271, Jeunehomme - Christoph Eschenbach (pno/dir), London Phil (rec 1978) (EMI 3 81793)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
KREISLER arr Walton: Prelude & Allegro in the style of Gaetano Pugnani - Mark Walton (cl), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private)
FAURÉ: Pie Jesu, from Requiem Op 48 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Montréal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 867)
G WILBY: Three Fragments - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 11 in G Op 121a, Kakadu Variations - Canterbury Trio (RNZ)
GRIFFITHS: Earth does at length; Blow, wind of fruitfulness, from Lie Deep, My Love - 1998 NZ National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2016)
RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite - New Zealand SO/JoAnn Falletta (Koch International 3-7368)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

MARTELLI: Jubilee march - Neil Thomson and his orch (Dutton CDLX 7147)
MOLTER: Clarinet Concerto No 6 in D - Thomas Friedli (cl), Southwest German CO, Pforzheim/Paul Angerer (dir) (Claves CD 50-813)
SCHUMANN arr Josef Strauss: Träumerei, from Kinderszenen Op 15 - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223562)
ROSSINI: Un pensée à Florence, from Album de Chaumière - Paolo Giacometti (pno) (Channel Classics CCS SA 22705)
HOLST: Mars, Bringer of War, from Planets Suite - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Tring International TRP 996)
BURTON: Sonatina - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (Koch International 3-7144)
DOHNÁNYI: American Rhapsody Op 47 - BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9647)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five English Folksongs - Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer (Chandos CHAN 9425)
SZYMANOWSKI: Variations in Bb minor Op 3 - Rafal Blechacz (pno) (Accord ACD 136)
BRAHMS orch Juon: Hungarian Dance No 4 in F# minor - London SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8885)
7:00 PM. Appointment

Emmanuel Joel-Hornak on Puccini
The French conductor is currently working on La Bohème with NZ Opera and talks with Christine Argyle about Puccini and his operas (RNZ)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Richard Harwood (cello), Auckland Philharmonia/Marko Letonja
WAGNER: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude; RACHMANINOV: Isle of the Dead Op 29; STRAUSS: Don Quixote (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)
9:20 PM. Early Romantics

REICHA: Variations for bassoon & string quartet - members of Czech Nonet (Praga PRD 250 244)
WEBER: Piano Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 49 - Jean-François Heisser (pno) (Praga PRD 250 247)
10:00 PM. Day's End

HAYDN: Symphony No 59 in A, Fire - English Consort/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 463 731)
BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 - Andrew Manze (vln/dir), Academy of Ancient Music (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7155)
FORQUERAY: Suite No 1 in D minor, Part 1 - Blandine Rannou (hpschd) (Zig Zag ZZT 080 301.2)
ECCLES: Symphony for Mercury, from The Judgement of Paris - Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman, Peter Holman (dirs) (Hyperion CDA 66108)
11:00 J KREUTZER: Grand Trio Op 16 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Robert Alemany (cl) (Koch International 3-7404)
SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno), Tokyo String Quartet (RCA 09026 61279)