Wednesday 4 June 2008 Rāapa 4 Pipiri 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor; Symphony No 38 in D, Prague - English CO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 430 494)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  BELLA: Sonata in Bb minor; Piece in C minor for piano; Variations on In Pressburg by the Danube Op 9; Variations on A swarm, a swarm is flying Op 21; Sonatina in E minor; Four Little Pieces - Daniela Ruso (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223644)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  RACHMANINOV: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom - Natalia Kornieva (sop), Alexander Ranne (ten), Sergey Tsipcalo (bar), St Petersburg Chamber Choir/Nikolai Korniev (Philips 442 776)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  BOËLY: Quartet in A Op 27/1; Quartet in G Op 29/3; Trio in D Op 5/1 - Edouard Popo (vln), Trio à Cordes de Paris (Chante Du Monde LCD 278 821)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  MAYERL: Marigold; A Lily Pond; Four Aces Suite; From A Spanish Lattice; Minuet by Candlelight; Aquarium Suite; Autumn Crocus; Bats in the Belfrey; Pastoral Sketches; Fireside Fusiliers; Parade of the Sandwich-Board Men; Waltz for a Lonely Heart; Busybody - Slovak Radio SO, Braislava/Gary Carpenter (Marco Polo 8.223514)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 BERWALD: Serious & joyful fancies - Gävle SO/Petri Sakari (Naxos 8.555370)

  BACH: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor - Amandine Beyer (baroque vln) (Zig Zag ZZT 050 601)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

  ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Pierre Pierlot (ob), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (Erato 2292 45921)

  ZIEHRER: Recipes for love, Waltz Op 434 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223814)

  7:00 BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture Op 80 - Vienna Phil/Pierre Monteux (Decca 475 7798)

  THEODORAKIS arr Samprovalakis: Cretan Concertino - Theodore Kerkezos (sax), Thessaloniki State SO/Myron Michailidis (Naxos 8.557992)

  BODY: Long-Ge, from Three Transcriptions - Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 7559 79457)

  MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words, Op 102/5, Children's Song; Op 19/1; Op 19/2 - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 466 425)

  LEHÁR: Gold & Silver Waltz - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66998)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MIYAGI: Haru No Umi - Susan Hoeppner (fl), Rachel Gauk (gtr) (BIS CD 969)

  HOLST: Mars, Bringer of War, from Planets Suite - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Tring International TRP 996)

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

  CHUECA: The white Waistcoat, Seguidillas; The Baptism, Prelude - Madrid Community Chorus & Orch/Miguel Roa (Naxos 8.555957)

  DEBUSSY trans Nicholls: La fille aux cheveux de lin; Rêverie - Alison Nicholls (harp) (Alison Nicholls ARN 001)

  STRAUSS: Dance of the seven veils, from Salome - Chicago SO/Fritz Reiner (RCA 09026 68999)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

  French Song

  GOUNOD: Five Songs, Medjé; Twilight; Gift of Flowers; If death is the goal; Hymn to night - José van Dam (bar), Jean-Philippe Collard (pno) (EMI CDC 7 54818)

  BERNARD: Ça fait peur aux oiseaux - Felicity Lott (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (Forlane UCD 16760)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Clair de lune; Extase; Rêverie - José van Dam (bar), Jean-Philippe Collard (pno) (EMI CDC 7 54818)

  FAURÉ arr Koechlin: Chanson de Mélisande, from Pelléas et Mélisande Op 80; KOECHLIN: The young Tarentine, from Two poems of André Chénier - Juliane Banse (sop), Stuttgart Radio SO/Heinz Holliger (Hänssler CD 93.159)

  Three Poems Op 18 - Iris Vermillion (mezzo), Johan Botha (ten), Ralf Lukas (bar), RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin Radio SO/David Zinman (RCA 09026 61955)

• 10:10 AM. The Works

  HAYDN: Symphony No 104 in D, London - Philharmonia/Rudolf Kempe (Testament SBT 1273)

  MARTINU: Concerto for violin, piano & orchestra - Bohuslav Matousek (vln), Karel Kosárek (pno), Czech Phil/Christopher Hogwood (Hyperion CDA 67672)

  PRAETORIUS: Dances from Terpsichore - Ricercare Ensemble for Ancient Music, Zurich (EMI 5 69555)

  DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 - members of Philharmonia/Andrew Litton (Sony 82876 821182)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

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

  BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 - Maxim Vengerov (vln), London SO/Mstislav Rostropovich (EMI 3 36403)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No 3 in F# minor Op 23 - Emil Gilels (pno) (rec 1984) (Olympia OCD 166)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique - Philharmonia/Guido Cantelli (rec 1952) (EMI CDH 7 69785)

• 4:10 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  FARR: Le Temps est à la Pluie - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2021)

  TARTINI arr Yemtsov: Andante, from Violin Concerto in A D96 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu CD MANU 5006)

  STANFORD: Magnificat in Bb Op 164 - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 802)

  HUMMEL: Trois Amusements en forme des Caprices Op 105 - John Khouri (fpno) (Music & Arts CD 1165)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture - Dresden State Opera Orch/Otmar Suitner (Berlin Classics 018 5772 BC)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), Royal Phil/Charles Dutoit (Decca 444 552)

  WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor - Robert Costin (organ of the Wellington Town Hall) (Kiwi Pacific CD TRL 076)

  SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 12 in C minor, Quartettsatz - Emerson String Quartet (DG 459 151)

  PROKOFIEV: Montagues & Capulets, from Romeo & Juliet - Royal Phil/Daniele Gatti (Conifer 75605 51343)

  WAGNER: Pilgrims' Chorus, from Tannhäuser - Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 440 069)

  LISZT: Waltz, from Gounod's Faust - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66371)

  WALTON: Coronation March, Orb & Sceptre - Simon Lindley (org), English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel (Naxos 8.555869)

  ROSSINI: La donna del lago, Overture - Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC 476 259)

  VERDI: La donna è mobile, from Rigoletto - Plácido Domingo (ten), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Piero Cappuccilli (bar), Vienna Phil/Carlo Maria Giulini (DG 415 366)

  REZNICEK: Donna Diana, Overture - Paris Conservatoire Orch/Albert Wolff (Testament SBT 1308)

  HAYDN: Una donna come me, from Il Mondo della Luna - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 449 206)

  WOLF-FERRARI: Intermezzo, from The Jewels of the Madonna - SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

  PUCCINI: Donna non vidi mai, from Manon Lescaut - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine (Decca 475 9349)

  CIMAROSA: La donna sempre al suo peggior s'appiglia, Overture - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570279)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Michael Houstoun

  The first of two programmes in which the New Zealand pianist talks to Tim Dodd about his approach to playing Chopin's music (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Influences of Folklore on Classical Music

  Six programmes

  (2) Guntis Kuzma (cl), Laima Jansone (kokle), Normunds Sne, Egils Upatnieks (obs), Saucejas Folk Group, Latvian Radio Chorus, Sinfonietta Riga State CO/Sigvards Klava

  ZEMZARIS: Balss (Voice) for clarinet; TRAD: Go away, rainy clouds; Dark forests behind Daugava river; DAMBIS: Songs of the Sea; TRAD arr Jansone: Livonian wedding dance; Noble dance; DZENITIS: Saule (The Sun); TRAD: Don't call, cuckoo; Voices resound early in the morning; Come on, fellows, don't pride yourself; PLAKIDIS: Concerto for two oboes and chamber orchestra (recorded in Black Head House, Riga by Latvian Radio)

• 9:15 PM. An Italian Sojourn

  MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian - London Phil/Franz Welser-Möst (EMI 5 20954)

  KROMMER: Concertino Italien - Dieter Klöcker, Waldemar Wandel (cls), Stuttgart Radio SO/Wolf-Dieter Hauschild (Koch 3-1077)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  MOZART: String Quartet No 18 in A K464 - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 1042)

  DONIZETTI: Flute Concertino in C minor - Karl-Bernhard Sebon (fl), RIAS Sinfonietta/Jiri Starek (Koch Schwann 311 121)

  SCHARWENKA: Andante religioso Op 46a - Gävle SO/Christopher Fifield (Sterling CDS 1060)

  11:00 BORODIN: String Quartet No 2 in D - Borodin Quartet (Onyx 4002)

  BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 002)

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