Thursday 31 July 2008 Rāpare 31 Hōngoingoi 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  BERNSTEIN: Candide, Overture; FRANCK: Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra; HOLST: The Planets Op 32 - Howard Shelley (pno), London SO/Geoffrey Simon (ABC 426 382)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  BLISS: Introduction & Allegro; Concerto for cello & orchestra; Meditations on a Theme by John Blow - Robert Cohen (cello), Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Argo 443 170

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  Choruses & Lieder by Boulanger, Hensel, C Schumann - Christine Friedek (sop), Regine Böhm, Mitsuko Shirai (mezzos), Bernhard Gärtner (ten), Hartmut Höll, Sabine Eberspächer (pnos), Heidelberg Madrigal Choir/Gerald Kegelman (Bayar BR 100 041 CD)

  3:40 (approx) - Disc 4

  C STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerti, No 3 in Bb; No 11 in Eb; J STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerto in Bb; C STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerto No 10 in Bb - Sabine Meyer (cl), ASMF/Iona Brown (EMI CDC 7 54842)

  4:50 (approx) - Disc 5

  BACH: Partitas, No 5 in G BWV829; No 3 in A minor BWV827; No 6 in E minor BWV830 - Trevor Pinnock (hpschd) (Archiv 415 493)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 FOX: Countryside Suite - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2139)

  BRAHMS: Four Songs Op 17 - women of Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner, Anthony Halstead, Christine Rutherford (horns), Delyth Wynne (harp) (Philips 475 7558)

  SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela, from Lemminkäinen Legends Op 22 - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (EMI CDC 7 47636)

  BLANCAFORT: Pastorale - Miquel Villalba (pno) (Naxos 8.557335)

  BIZET: Carillon, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - New Philharmonia/Charles Munch (Decca 421 632)

  7:00 LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

  VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn - Enrico Onofri (vln), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (dir) (Teldec 4509 96158)

  MUSSORGSKY: Polonaise, from Boris Godunov - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc SACD 60657)

  WALTON: Popular Song, from Façade - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 603)

  QUILTER: Where the Rainbow Ends - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223444)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: PUCCINI: Musetta's Waltz song, from La Bohème - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 467 049)

  NIELSEN: Helios Overture - Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Dacapo 6.220518)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 31 in Ab HobXVI/46 - Maria Bergmann (pno) (Hänssler CD 93.081)

  LUMBYE: Final Galop, from Napoli - Odense SO/Peter Guth (Unicorn-Kanchana DKP CD 9089)

  MONTI arr Baadsvik: Czárdás - Oystein Baadsvik (tuba), Musica Vitae/Björn Sagstad (BIS CD 1285)

  J STRAUSS II: Vienna Blood Waltz - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 417 747)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  WAYNE SHORTER (b1933): Jazz Improviser and Composer

  Norman Meehan takes us through the features of Wayne Shorter's composing, playing and improvising that make him such a singular artist (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64 - London SO/Antal Dorati (Mercury 434 305)

  TARTINI: Sonata No 24 in D for solo violin - Chiara Banchini (vln) (Zig Zag ZZT 080 502)

  POULENC: Concerto in D minor for two pianos - Jean-Bernard Pommier, Anne Queffélec (pno duo), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Virgin 5 22045)

  TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in E minor, from Tafelmusik - Stradivaria/Daniel Cuiller (dir) (Mirare MIR 011)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  HOLST: Morris Dance Tunes - NZSO Chamber Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7058)

  ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/David Hill (St John's College SJCR 103)

  BERWALD: Symphony No 1 in G minor, Sérieuse - Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Chandos CHAN 10303)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor K491 - Clifford Curzon (pno), London SO/István Kertész (rec 1967) (Decca 475 8202)

  LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor - Clifford Curzon (pno) (rec 1961) (BBC Legends BBCL 4078)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  RÓZSA: Vintner's Daughter - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7244)

  FARQUHAR: Laughing song; The fly; I laid me down; The lily, from Eight Blake Songs - Peter Russell (bar), Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 112)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 4 in E minor Op 44/2 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No 3 - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80358)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Sea & Sinbad's Ship, from Scheherazade - Jaap van Zweden (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 443 703)

  SCHUBERT: Military March in D - Evgeny Kissin, James Levine (pno duet) (RCA 82876 69282)

  DELIUS: Serenade, from Hassan - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (Philips 454 458)

  COATES: Knightsbridge, from London Suite - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Naxos 8.553596)

  CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 3 - Netania Davrath (sop), orchestral accompaniment/Pierre de la Roche (Vanguard 08 8002.72)

  H WOOD: Sketch of a Dandy - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223402)

  RACHMANINOV: Oriental sketch - Scott Davie (pno) (ABC 476 3166)

  HEDGES: Kingston Sketches - RTE Sinfonietta/Anthony Hedges (Marco Polo 8.223886)

  PITFIELD: Three Nautical Sketches - John Turner (rec), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Olympia OCD 667)

  SCHUMANN: Sketch in Db Op 58/4 - Roger Judd (organ of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle) (Herald HAVPCD 204)

  FLETCHER: Two Parisian Sketches - Southern Festival Orch/Robin White (Flyback FBCD 2005)

  ROSSINI: Una voce poco fa, from The Barber of Seville - Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Rotterdam Phil/Edo de Waart (PentaTone PTC 5186 158)

  PAGANINI: Moto perpetuo - Salvatore Accardo (vln), CO of Europe/Franco Tamponi (EMI 7 67567)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Polka, from The Golden Age - Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov (RCA 09026 68185)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Noel Sweetman

  Matthew Crawford talks with Waikato luthier Noel Sweetman about the dozens of string instruments he's crafted (RNZ)

  ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 - Victoria Simonsen (cello made by Noel Sweetman), Auckland Philharmonia/Vladimir Verbitsky (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Rome, the Eternal City

  Erika Sunnegårdh (sop), Simon O'Neill (ten), Auckland Philharmonia/Kirill Karabits

  BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture; BELLINI: In mia man, from Norma; KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus; WAGNER: Allmächt'ger Vater, blick herab!, from Rienzi; ELGAR: Triumphal March, from Caractacus; PUCCINI: Mario! Mario!; Vissi d'arte; E lucevan le stelle; O dolci mani, from Tosca; RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome (recorded in the Aotea Centre, Auckland by RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  TURINA: Variaciones clásicas Op 72 - David Peralta Alegre (vln), Ana Sánchez Donate (pno) (Verso VRS 2039)

  PALESTRINA: Libera me Domine - Hilliard Ensemble (ECM 1653)

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 - Richard Tognetti (vln/dir), Alison Mitchell (fl), Angela Hewitt (pno), Australian CO (Hyperion SACDA 67307)

  L BOULANGER: D'un Soir Triste - Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Koch 3-7169)

  11:00 BUSONI: Violin Sonata No 2 in E minor Op 36a - Frank Peter Zimmermann (vln), Enrico Pace (pno) (Sony SK 94497)

  HAHN: Piano Quartet No 3 in G - Room-Music (Hyperion CDA 67391)

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