Thursday 14 August 2008 Rāpare 14 Here-turi-kōkā 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  HAYDN: Symphonies, No 45 in F# minor, Farewell; No 48 in C, Maria Theresia; No 102 in Bb - Capella Istropolitana/Barry Wordsworth (Naxos 8.550382)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  CHOPIN: Rondos, Op 1, 5, 16 & 73; Mazurkas, in G, Bb, Bb, C, Ab & D; Variations brillantes; Variations sur un theme national allemande; Variations Puritains de Bellini; Variations Souvenir de Paganini; Variations Vierhandig - Idil Biret, Martin Sauer (pnos) (Naxos 8.550367)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  DAVY: Stabat Mater; BROWNE: Jesu, mercy, how may this be?; CORNYSH: Stabat Mater; SHERYNGHAM: Ah, gentle Jesu; BROWNE: Stabat Mater - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Collins 13162)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  CPE BACH: Oboe Concertos, in Bb; in Eb; Sonata in A minor for solo oboe; A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - Jozsef Kiss (ob), Ferenc Erkel CO/Lilli Aldor (Naxos 8.550556)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  SUPPÉ: Overtures: Die Schöne Galatea; Isabella; Das Modell; Tantalusqualen; Der Krammer und sein Kommis; Paragraph 3; Boccaccio; Fatinitza March; Donna Juanita - Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223648)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HOVHANESS: Psalm & Fugue Op 40a - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Kerry Stratton (Dorian DOR 93166)

  CLEMENTI: Keyboard Sonata in C Op 7/2 - Howard Shelley (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67632)

  HOFFMEISTER: Divertimento No 4 in Bb - Consortium Classicum (CPO 999 107)

  GRIEG arr B Wallfisch: Elegiac Melodies Op 34 - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), London Phil/Vernon Handley (Black Box BBM 1070)

  HOWELLS: Music for a Prince - New Philharmonia/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 245)

  7:00 OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld, Preludes & Melodramas - Montpellier National Orch/Jean-Christophe Keck (Accord 476 8999)

  BRUCH: Adagio on Celtic Themes Op 56 - Ofra Harnoy (cello), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (RCA RD 60757)

  HANDEL: For unto us a child is born; Pastoral Symphony, from Messiah - Les Arts Florissants Chorus & Orch/William Christie (Harmonia Mundi HML 590 1498/99)

  TELEMANN: Violin Concerto in Bb TWV51/B1 - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln/dir), L'Orfeo Baroque Orch (CPO 777 089)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: CHOPIN: Mazurka in F minor Op 68/4 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 466 357)

  HURLSTONE: Variations on a Hungarian Air - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 208)

  STANFORD: Fantasy in A minor for horn quintet - Stephen Stirling (horn), RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67434)

  SATIE arr Williams: Gnossiennes Nos 1-2 - John Williams (gtr) (Sony SK 60586)

  HELSTED/PAULLI: Pas de deux, from The Flower Festival in Genzano - Aalborg SO/Peter Ernst Lassen (Danachord DACOCD 631-639)

  BECUCCI: My Treasure! - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66998)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  HILDEGARD OF BINGEN (1098-1179)

  O presul vere civitatis - Margaret Philpot (contralto) (Hyperion CDA 66039)

  Interpreted by Richard Souther: O Virgin Church - Sister Germaine Fritz (sop), Caryl Paisner, Maria Kitsopoulos (cellos), Richard Souther (keyboard), Davy Spillane (whistles) (Sony SK 62853)

  HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: A dripping honeycomb; Let honour be given to the holy spirit - Anonymous 4 (Harmonia Mundi 90 7200)

  O ignis spiritus - Andrew Parrott, Kevin Breen, Howard Milner (tenors) (Hyperion CDA 66039)

  O ignis spiritus - Jan Garbarek (sax), Hilliard Ensemble (ECM 1700)

  O nobilissima viriditas - Tapestry/Laurie Monahan (dir) (Telarc CD 80456)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BRITTEN: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Op 10 - Netherlands CO/Gordan Nikolic (dir) (PentaTone PTC 5186 056)

  WEINBERG: Flute Concerto No 2 Op 148 - Anders Jonhäll (fl), Gothenburg SO/Thord Svedlund (Chandos CHSA 5064)

  FAURÉ: String Quartet in E minor Op 121 - Leipzig String Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 307 1430)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Chandos CHAN 8446)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  LISZT: Petrarch Sonnet No 104, from Années de Pèlerinage, Year 2, Italy - Daniel Barenboim (pno) (DG 435 591)

  TAVENER: The Protecting Veil - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Baltimore SO/David Zinman (Sony SK 62821)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana Op 16 - Géza Anda (pno) (rec 1955) (Testament SBT 1069)

  BEETHOVEN: Eroica Variations Op 35 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (rec 1984) (Philips 412 227)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  LILBURN: Prodigal Country - David Griffiths (bar), Wellington Orpheus Choir, New Zealand SO/Charles Groves (Kiwi CD SLD 100)

  HAMILTON: Song for a Young Country - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 1999-2000/David Hamilton (nzssc@xtra.co.nz)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: In the Fen Country - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 779)

  R CLARKE: Three Irish Country Songs - Patricia Wright (sop), Jonathan Rees (vln) (Guild GMCD 7208)

  FARR: Tawhirimatea - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  J STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus, Overture - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (BBC Legends BBCL 4038)

  GLINKA: Dance for oboe & cello with orchestra - Anatoly Lyubimov (ob), Fedor Luzhanov (cello), Moscow Radio SO/Boris Demchenko (RegisC 1242)

  KOSHKIN: Usher Waltz Op 29 - Owen Moriarty (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

  CHABRIER: Aubade - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion SACDA 67515)

  BERWALD: Concert Piece for bassoon & orchestra - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Opera North Orch/Benjamin Wallfisch (Chandos CHAN 10477)

  FAURÉ orch Rutter: Cantique de Jean Racine - Cambridge Singers, members of the City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 109)

  ABE: Dream of the cherry blossoms - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA RD 60557)

  RIDOUT: Fall Fair - Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer (CBC SMCD 5069)

  TRAD arr Hughes: She moved through the fair - Keith Lewis (ten), Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2006)

  BIZET: The Fair Maid of Perth, Suite - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 452 102)

  C SCOTT: Russian Fair - Leslie De'ath, Anya Alexeyev (pno duo) (Dutton CDLX 7166)

  PURCELL: Fairest isle, from King Arthur - Catherine Bott (sop), members of Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (hpschd/dir) (Hyperion CDA 67115)

  BLOCKX: Flemish fair, from Milenka - BRTN Phil, Brussels/Alexander Rahbari (Discover DICD 920 100)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Exotic Scotland

  Romanticised notions of misty, feuding, bloodthirsty Scotland were fashionable in 19th- century Europe and resulted in dozens of operas on Scottish subjects. Presented by Adrienne Simpson (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Direct from Auckland Town Hall

  Feng Ning (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Marko Letonja

  SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Overture; DVORÁK: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 53

  (Interval)

  HARRIS: Symphony No 3 (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  MOZART arr Groisman/Cosentino: Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Buenos Aires Guitar Trio (Mandala MAN 4928)

  MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - London Phil/Andrew Litton (EMI CD EMX 9518)

  11:00 DEBUSSY: Nocturnes - ORTF Maîtrise, Paris Orch/John Barbirolli (EMI CZS 7 62669)

  CORIGLIANO: The Red Violin Caprices - Philippe Quint (vln) (Naxos 8.559364)

  COPLAND: Duo for flute & piano - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (Koch International 3-7144)

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