Thursday 21 August 2008 Rāpare 21 Here-turi-kōkā 2008

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 MOZART: Lucio Silla, Overture - Lausanne CO/Yehudi Menuhin (Virgin 3 63284)

  ALWYN: Pastoral Fantasia - Stephen Tees (vla), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9065)

  DELIUS: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, from Two Pieces for Small Orch - Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras (Argo 433 704)

  12:00 - Disc 1

  NEWMAN: Prince of Foxes Suite, film music - New Zealand SO/Richard Kaufman (Koch 3-7376)

  7:00 SVENDSEN: Sigurd Slembe, Symphonic Prelude to Bjornson's play - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)

  HUPFELD arr Williams: As time goes by, from Casablanca - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony SK 60773)

  HOROWITZ: Variations on a theme from Bizet's Carmen - Arcadi Volodos (pno) (Sony SK 62691)

  FALLA: Canción; Cortejo de los gnomos; Vals-Capricho - Daniel Ligorio (pno) (Naxos 8.555066)

  DEBUSSY orch Büsser: Petite Suite - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8756)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: LA RUE: O salutaris hostia - Jan Garbarek (sax), Hilliard Ensemble (ECM 1525)

  SIBELIUS: The Dryad - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1225)

  GODARD: Suite Op 116 - Susan Milan (fl), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8840)

  BOTTESINI: Introduction & Variations on Carnival of Venice - Thomas Martin (dbass), Anthony Halstead (pno) (ASV CD DCA 1052)

  MOURET: Rondeau - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 38 in C, Echo - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  CARL MARIA VON WEBER (1786-1826)

  Bassoon Concerto in F Op 75 - Laurence Perkins (bsn), Manchester Camerata/Douglas Boyd (Hyperion CDA 67288)

  Mass No 2 in G Op 76, Jubelmesse - Gertraud Stoklassa (sop), Emmy Lisken (contralto), Manfred Raucamp (ten), Hans Kagel (bass), Philharmonia Vocal Ensemble & Orch, Stuttgart/Roland Bader (Koch 3-1637)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  RACHMANINOV: Isle of the Dead Op 29 - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10475)

  ENESCU: Cello Sonata No 1 in F minor Op 26/1 - Laura Buruiana (cello), Martin Tchiba (pno) (Naxos 8.570582)

  MAHLER: Suite from orchestral works by Bach - Martin-Ulrich Senn (fl), Peter Schwarz (hpschd), Peter Siegele (org), Berlin Radio SO/Jesús López-Cobos (Schwann CD 11637)

  MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian - CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 9031 72308)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BOÏELDIEU: La Dame Blanche, Overture - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 425 083)

  K JENKINS: Palladio - Konstantin Stoianov, Duncan Riddell, Robert St John Wright, Dermot Crehan (vlns), strings of the London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Sony SK 62276)

  GROFÉ: Grand Canyon Suite - Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg (Naxos 8.559007)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatinas, in D D384; in A minor D385 - Jaap Schröder (vln), Christopher Hogwood (fpno) (rec 1978) (Explore EXP 0015)

  TARTINI: Violin Concerto in A D96 - Uto Ughi (vln), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (rec 1984) (Erato ECD 88096)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  ELMSLY: Century fanfare, Resound! - Auckland Philharmonia/Vladimir Verbitsky (Atoll ACD 100)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The cloud-capp'd towers - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

  HAYDN: Trio in D for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/16 - Classical Chrome (Concordance CCD 04)

  REGER: Variations & Fugue on a theme of Mozart Op 132 - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Naxos 8.553079)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  OFFENBACH arr Haensch: La Belle Hélène, Overture - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 425 083)

  ELGAR: Salut d'amour Op 12 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

  HOLST: St Paul's Suite - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9270)

  CHOPIN: Waltz in Ab Op 34/1 - Agustin Anievas (pno) (EMI CDZ 7 62602)

  DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (Sanctuary CD RSN 3046)

  PUCCINI: In questa reggia, from Turandot - Joan Sutherland (sop), Luciano Pavarotti (ten), John Alldis Choir, London Phil/Zubin Mehta (Decca 444 555)

  BEETHOVEN: First movement, Allegro con brio, from Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)

  RACHMANINOV: Fate Op 21/1 - Sergei Leiferkus (bar), Howard Shelley (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9374)

  BAYNES: Destiny, Waltz - Southern Festival Orch/Robin White (Chandos CHAN 9110)

  SARASATE: Concert Fantasy after Verdi's La forza del destino - Tianwa Yang (vln), Markus Hadulla (pno) (Naxos 8.570192)

  BRAHMS: Song of Destiny Op 54 - Ambrosian Singers, London Phil/Wolfgang Sawallisch (Brilliant Classics 92878)

  HALVORSEN: Fourth movement, Finale, from Symphony No 2 in D minor, Fate - Oslo Phil/Karsten Andersen (NCB 435 964)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Steven Isserlis

  The British cellist was in the country earlier this year, for the NZ International Arts Festival. He talks with Kate Mead (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Direct from the Aotea Centre, Auckland

  Northern Lights

  Henry Wong Doe (pno), Emma Roxburgh (sop), Paolo Rotondo (narrator), Auckland Philharmonia/Marko Letonja

  LILBURN: Festival Overture; GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16

  (Interval)

  GRIEG: Peer Gynt (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  STRAVINSKY arr Piatigorsky: Suite italienne - Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 477 5323)

  CURTIS: Pas de Deux - Alaster Bentley (ob), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2015)

  CPE BACH: Symphony in D Wq183/1 - English Concert/Andrew Manze (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7403)

  11:00 JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Missa, L'homme armé sexti toni - Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips (dir) (Gimell CD GIM 019)

  BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in C minor G283 - La Magnifica Comunità (Brilliant Classics 93346)

Next day - Fri 22

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