Schedule for Wednesday 30 July 2008

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1
SCHUBERT: Symphonies, No 5 in Bb; comp Newbould No 8 in B minor; Entr'acte Music No 1; Ballet Music No 2, from Rosamunde - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Charles Mackerras (Virgin 7 59273)
1:15 (approx) - Disc 2
BACH: Concerto in A minor for keyboard, flute & violin BWV1044, Triple Concerto; Keyboard Concerto in D BWV1054; Concerto in F for keyboard, 2 recorders BWV1057; Keyboard concerto in G minor BWV1058 - Gabriel Tacchino, Bruno Rigutto, Jean-Philippe Collard, Michael Beroff (pno), Jean-Jacques Kantorow (vln), Philippe Bernold, Emmanuelle Reville (fl), Paris Orch Ensemble/Jean-Pierre Wallez (EMI CDC 5 55059)
2:20 (approx) - Disc 3
BRUCKNER: Te Deum; Mass in D minor - Joan Rodgers (sop), Catherine Wyn-Davies (contralto), Keith Lewis (ten), Alastair Miles (bass), Corydon Singers & Orch/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDA 66650)
3:25 (approx) - Disc 4
FANTINI: Trumpet Sonatas, No 1, del Colloreto; No 3, del Niccolini; No 8, del Nero; TARTINI: Concerto in D; FRANÇAIX: Sonatine; ARBAN: Fantasy & Variations on Acteon; ENESCU: Legend; HÖHNE: Slavonic Fantasy; GOEDICKE: Concert Etude; EBEN: Chagall Windows - John Wallace (tpt/cornet), Meyrick Alexander (bsn), Simon Wright (pno/hpschd/organ) (EMI CDC 5 55086)
4:40 (approx) - Disc 5
J STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus, Overture; TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from The Sleeping Beauty; Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker; GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No 1; BRAHMS: Tragic Overture; STRAUSS: Dance of the Seven Veils, from Salome; Don Juan - Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (Decca 417 788)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 PERGOLESI: Violin Concerto in Bb - Bettina Mussumeli (vln), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (Erato ECD 88172)
BESSER arr Bravura: Turn - Bravura (Rattle RAT D013)
ROTA: Sonata for flute & harp - Daniele Ruggieri (fl), Susanna Mildonian (harp) (ASV CD DCA 1072)
D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas, in A Kk39; in E Kk380; in G Kk55 - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (CBS MK 42410)
GADE: In the Highlands Op 7 - Danish National Radio SO/Christopher Hogwood (Chandos CHAN 9862)
7:00 STRAUSS: Romance in F Op 13 - Thomas Grossenbacher (cello), Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (Arte Nova 74321 98496)
ARNOLD: Three Shanties for Wind Quintet - Vega Wind Quintet (LDR LDRC 1002)
BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor BWV1056 - Angela Hewitt (pno), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67308)
GIULIANI: Variations Op 62 - Dale Kavanagh (gtr) (Hänssler CD 98.400)
RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs - Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI 5 62746)
8:00 Beauty Spot: BOLZONI: Minuet - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9227)
SCHUBERT: The Twenty-Third Psalm - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner, Malcolm Bilson (fpno) (ABC 456 360)
BLOCH: Suite hébraïque - Zina Schiff (vln), Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.557757)
HARTY: In Ireland - National SO of Ireland/Proinssías O Duinn (Naxos 8.554732)
VERDI: Grand March, from Aida - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)
DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - Royal Phil/John Farrer (ASV CD DCA 794)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

WAYNE SHORTER (b1933): Weather Report: 1970-1986
Wayne Shorter was one of the founding members of Weather Report, one of the super groups of jazz in the 1970s. Norman Meehan considers the contribution Shorter made to the collective (RNZ)
10:00 AM. The Works

BIZET: Carmen Suite - New Philharmonia/Charles Munch (Decca 421 632)
FIBICH: Quintet in D for piano, clarinet, horn, violin & cello Op 42 - Marián Lapsansky (pno), Ludmila Peterková (cl), Vladimíra Klánská (horn), Jirí Panocha (vln), Jaroslav Kulhan (cello) (Supraphon SU 3487-2 131)
RODRIGO: Concierto pastoral - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Sao Paulo SO/John Neschling (BIS SACD 1559)
MOZART: Symphony No 29 in A K201 - Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado (Archiv 477 7598)
Noon Upbeat

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

HUMMEL: Piano Sonata No 6 in D Op 106 - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67390)
MENDELSSOHN: I waited for the Lord, from Symphony No 2 in Bb, Hymn of Praise Op 52 - Fergus Thirlwell, Sam Landman (trebles), Ashley Grote (organ of King's College, Cambridge) (EMI 5 57896)
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Nonet in F minor Op 2 - Mary Ashley Barret (ob), Kelly Burke (cl), Lynn Huntzinger Beck (horn), Michael Burns (bsn), John Fadial (vln), Scott Rawls (vla), Brooks Whitehouse (cello), Craig Brown (dbass), Andrew Harley (pno) (Centaur CRC 2691)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
MAHLER: Symphony No 4 in G - Reri Grist (sop), New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (rec 1960) (CBS MK 42197)
4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
MOZART: Piano Sonata No 9 in D K311 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)
K YOUNG: Dance - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2027)
RAMEAU arr Ettlinger: Suite - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 003)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

GERMAN: The Tempter, Overture - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (Dutton CDLX 7156)
TRAD arr Kennedy/Lenehan/Messiter: Scarborough Fair - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), London Voices, English CO (EMI 5 56923)
CHOPIN: Etudes, in Ab Op 25/1; in C# minor Op 25/7; in C minor Op 25/12 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 61885)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Lensky's aria, from Eugene Onegin - Rolando Villazón (ten), Munich Radio Orch/Michel Plasson (Virgin 3 44701)
KOSHKIN: Guitar - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private recording BNP 02 CD)
ALBINONI arr Thilde: Trumpet Concerto in Bb Op 9/2 - Miroslav Kejmar (tpt), Jirina Pokorná (organ of St Clement's Church, Prague) (Vars VA 0006)
ELGAR: May Song - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)
ROSSINI: The Journey to Reims, Overture - National Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 400 049)
PIERNÉ: Voyage au Pays du Tendre - Vanessa McKeand (harp), Carol Wincenc (fl), members of Allegri String Quartet (Virgin VC 7 90721)
CURTIS: Open Road - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2140)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Whither must I wander, from Songs of Travel - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 477 6686)
KASKA: Majestic Journey - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)
ALWYN: Sonatina for violin & piano - Madeleine Mitchell (vln), Andrew Ball (pno) (Naxos 8.570340)
MARQUEZ: Dance No 2 - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 7457)
7:00 PM. Appointment

Old Wine in New Bottles
Six programmes in which Brian Kay savours old music which has been renewed or reinvented
(5) Pastiche
Peter Warlock finds inspiration in 16th century dance steps, Stephen Hough gives Rodgers' Carousel a whirl and Glenn Gould shares his wisdom on fugues (RNZ)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Echoes of String and Bamboo
Five programmes featuring something of Chinese musical culture as a run-up to the Olympic Games
(4) Uros Rojko (half-cl), Klara Tomljanovic (gtr), Peng Peng Gong (pno), Chen Yue (dizi), Zhang Xiaohong (zeng), Chen Yue (xiao), Wang Shuang (jinghu), Chen Junhua (vocalist), Slovenian Radio-Television SO/En Shao
ROJKO: Source II; YIN/CHU/SHENG/LIU: Yellow River Piano Concerto; DEBUSSY: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque; GUAN XIA: Symphonic Fantasy, Farewell my concubine; BARTÓK: The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite (recorded in Gallus Hall, Cankar Cultural Centre, Ljubljana by Slovenian Radio)
9:40 PM. Recent Fauré Release

A selection of the Nocturnes - Charles Owen (pno) (Avie AV 2133)
10:00 PM. Day's End

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 3, Pastoral - Margaret Price (sop), New Philharmonia/Adrian Boult (EMI CDM 7 64018)
HOROVITZ: Concerto for clarinet & string orchestra - Fiona Cross (cl), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Joseph Horovitz (Dutton CLX 7188)
11:00 BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Bb Op 18/6 - Cleveland Quartet (Telarc CD 80229)
HURLSTONE: Piano Trio in G - members of Tunnell Piano Quartet (Lyrita SRCD 2286)