Thursday 17 July 2008 Rāpare 17 Hōngoingoi 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  ROSSINI: String Sonata No 1 in G; Variations for clarinet & string quartet; String Sonata No 3 in C; Serenata; String Sonata No 6 in D; Variations for clarinet & chamber orchestra - Dimitri Ashkenazy (cl), Bologna State Theatre Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 433 701)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  PIAZZOLLA: Concerto for bandoneón, strings & percussion; ROTA: Concerto for strings; WAXMAN: Sinfonetta for string orchestra & timpani; HEIDEN: Concertino for string orchestra - Lothar Hensel (bandoneón), Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (Capriccio 10 565)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  El Cancionero de Medinaceli

  Instrumental and vocal music from Pedro Guerrero, Francisco Guerrero, Cebrián, de Morata, de Cabezón, de Cristo, Mudarra & Anonymous - Hespèrion XX/Jordi Savall (Astrée Auvidis E 8764)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  C SCHUMANN: Three Preludes & Fugues Op 16; BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Op 9; SCHUNCKE: Grande Sonata in G minor Op 3; SCHUMANN: Toccata Op 7; Songs of Dawn Op 133 - Sylviane Deferne (pno) (CBC MVCD 1078)

  4:55 (approx) - Disc 5

  Landmarks

  ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No 4; MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Wedding March; OFFENBACH: Tales of Hoffman, Intermezzo and Barcarolle; KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, Sabre Dance; ELGAR: Enigma Variations, Nimrod; SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture; SIBELIUS: Finlandia; SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ, Poco adagio; OFFENBACH: Gaité Paisienne, Can-Can; MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo; KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia; GINASTERA: Estancia, Malambo - Martin Setchell (org), Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 DELIUS: A song before sunrise - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.557143)

  BLANCAFORT: Romance, Interlude & March - Miquel Villalba (pno) (Naxos 8.557335)

  VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in F RV433, La Tempesta di Mare - Dan Laurin (recorder), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble (RegisC 2023)

  BRAHMS arr Hörr: Regenlied Op 59/3; Auf dem See Op 59/2; Dämmrung senkte sich von oben Op 59/1; Nachklang Op 59/4; Dein blaues Auge Op 59/8 - Peter Hörr (cello), Cora Irsen (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 643 1197)

  VERDI ed Spada: Aida, Sinfonia - Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 767)

  7:00 PROKOFIEV: Montagues & Capulets, from Romeo & Juliet - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

  ROOTHAM: Miniature Suite - Martin Roscoe (pno), Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67316)

  COATES: Dam Busters March - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9869)

  ANON: Greensleeves to a ground - Hespèrion XXI (Alia Vox AV 9820)

  DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - World Phil/Yutaka Sado (Naïve V 5067)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: TRAD: Suo-Gân - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Welsh National Opera Orch/Gareth Jones (DG 463 593)

  RACHMANINOV: Lied in F minor - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Rustem Hayroudinoff (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10095)

  BRESCIANELLO: Symphony in D Op 1/1 - Vaclav Luks (hpschd/dir), La Cetra Baroque Orch, Basel/David Plantier (vln/dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 5262)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five English Folksongs, The Dark-eyed Sailor; The Springtime of the Year; Just as the Tide was Flowing; The Lover's Ghost; Wassail Song - Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer (Chandos CHAN 9425)

  KREISLER: Sicilienne & Rigaudon, in the style of Francoeur - Akiko Suwanai (vln), Philharmonia/Charles Dutoit (Philips 475 6189)

  ELGAR: Spanish Lady Suite - Munich SO/Douglas Bostock (Classico CLASS CD 334)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY (1871-1942)

  Lyric Symphony Op 18 - Deborah Voigt (sop), Bryn Terfel (bbar), Vienna Phil/Giuseppe Sinopoli (DG 449 179)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  HURLSTONE: Violin Sonata in D minor - Madeleine Mitchell (vln), Andrew Ball (pno) (Somm SOMMCD 031)

  PARRY: An English Suite - London SO/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 220)

  DUKE: Cello Concerto - Sam Magill (cello), Russian Phil/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.559286)

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 - Boston SO/Colin Davis (Philips 446 157)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in B minor Op 6/12 - ASMF/Iona Brown (dir) (Brilliant Classics 99986)

  LISZT: Concert Study No 3 in Db, Un Sospiro - Evalina Puzaite (pno) (Landor LAN 281)

  McEWEN: String Quartet No 6 in A, Biscay - Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10084)

  PIAZZOLLA arr Franzetti: Four Seasons in Buenos Aires - Württemberg Phil/Gabriel Castagna (Chandos CHAN 10419)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUBERT: Die schöne Müllerin D795 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar), Gerald Moore (pno) (rec 1971) (DG 437 235)

• 4:10 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  T EVANS: Geräuschvoll - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 605)

  HAMILTON: Caliban's Song - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Ode CD ODE 1308)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 25 in C K503 - Patrick O'Byrne (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Kenneth Klein (Ribbonwood RCD 1002)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7517)

  BURGMÜLLER: Rondo alla Turca - Lars Roos (pno) (Philips 420 817)

  HOLST: Lyric Movement for viola - Cecil Aronowitz (vla), English CO/Imogen Holst (Lyrita SRCD 223)

  TRAD arr Willcocks: Bobby Shaftoe - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 1991-1992/Roger Stevenson (NZSSC)

  MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words, in E Op 67/6, Cradle Song; in E minor Op 62/3, Funeral march; in E Op 19/1; in A minor Op 55/5, Folksong - Elisabeth Leonskaja (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 943 1421)

  GRIEG: Åse's death, from Peer Gynt - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (EMI CDZ 7 67253)

  FALLA arr Kreisler: Spanish Dance, from La Vida breve - Nigel Kennedy (vln), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56626)

  LIADOV: Ballade; The Musical Box - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 657)

  PURCELL arr Britten: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - Bochmann String Quartet (Redcliffe 020)

  MEDTNER: Fairy-tales Op 20 - Steven Osborne (pno) (Danacord DACOCD 609)

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

  MACDOWELL: Forgotten Fairy Tales Op 4 - James Barbagallo (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223633)

  J STRAUSS II: Tales from the Vienna Woods - Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel (RCA 74321 61687)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Hymns for the People

  Allan Thomas looks at the role that hymns have played in society, in history and as inspiration to composers

  Six programmes

  (6) Darkness and Light (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Dmitri Atanassov (vln), Martin Lee (ob), Auckland Philharmonia/Christopher Warren-Green

  BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041; Concerto in C minor for oboe & violin BWV1060; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (recorded in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Auckland by RNZ)

• 9:00 PM. Recent Release

  DVORÁK: Stabat Mater - Alexandra Coku (sop), Renata Pokupic (contralto), Pavol Breslik (ten), Markus Butter (bass), Accentus/Laurence Equilbey, Brigitte Engerer (pno) (Naïve V 5091)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 - Karl Leister (cl), Ferenc Bognár (pno) (Nimbus NI 5600)

  LISZT: Orpheus - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (EMI CDM 7 69022)

  C STAMITZ: Viola Concerto in D Op 1 - Jan Peruska (vla), Prague Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3929)

  11:00 HANDEL arr Walsh/Brown: Alcina, excerpts - London Handel Players (Somm SOMMCD 055)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet in G minor Op 57 - Julian Rachlin, Janine Jansen (vlns), Yuri Bashmet (vla), Mischa Maisky (cello), Itamar Golan (pno) (Onyx 4026)

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