Wednesday 27 August 2008 Rāapa 27 Here-turi-kōkā 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  GRIEG: Peer Gynt: Suite No 1 Op 46; Suite No 2 Op 55; Four Norwegian Dances Op 35; Old Norwegian Romance Op 51 - English CO, Philharmonia Orch/Raymond Leppard (Philips 420 081)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  JONGEN: Sonata eroica; WILLAN: Introduction, Fugue and Allegro; HINDEMITH: Sonata No 1; REUBKE: Sonata on the 94th Psalm - Gillian Weir (organ) (Priory PRCD 751)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  VIVALDI: Lauda Jerusalem RV609; Introduzione al Gloria RV642; Gloria RV589; Laudate pueri RV602; Laudate Dominum RV606 - Margaret Marshall, Felicity Lott (sops), Ann Murray (mezzo), Bergit Finnilä (contralto), John Alldis Choir, English CO/Vittorio Negri (Philips 420 648)

  3:30 (approx) - Disc 4

  SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956 - Sándor Vegh, Sándor Zöldy (vlns), Georges Janzer (vla), Pablo Casals, Paul Szabo (cello)

  BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata in F Op 5/1 - Wilhelm Kempff (pno), Pablo Casals (cello) (Philips 420 077)

  4:45 (approx) -Disc 5

  MOZART: Serenade in Bb K361; Serenade in Eb K375 - Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Edo De Waart (Philips 420 711)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 MOLTER: Sinfonia No 1 in F - Europa Symphony/Wolfgang Gröhs (Arte Nova 74321 40741)

  MILFORD: Elegiac Meditation Op 83 - Clare Finnimore (vla), Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67444)

  HAYDN: Baryton Trio No 27 in D - Netherlands Baryton Trio (Et'Cetera KTC 1313)

  HUMMEL: La bella capricciosa in Bb, Polonaise Op 55 - Christine Croshaw (pno) (Meridian CDE 84236)

  M PHILLIPS: Hampton Court Op 76 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2140)

  7:00 WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  PIAZZOLLA: Street Tango; Knife Fight - Juan José Mosalini (bandoneón), Osvaldo Calo (pno), I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (Telarc CD 80526)

  ALBÉNIZ arr Russell: Seville, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - David Russell (gtr) (Telarc CD 80576)

  MOZART: Allegro in Bb K400 - John Khouri (fpno) (Entr'acte ESCD 6501)

  SMETANA: Richard III - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Clasics 93634)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BORODIN: Third movement, Nocturne, from String Quartet No 2 in D - Borodin Quartet (Decca 444 389)

  MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 66815)

  CHOPIN: Fantasy in A on Polish Airs Op 13 - Alexis Weissenberg (pno), Paris Conservatoire Orch/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (EMI 5 00906)

  ELGAR: March of the Mogul Emperors, from Crown of India - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

  ANON arr Bonell: Spanish Romance - Carlos Bonell (gtr) (Upbeat Classics URCD 140)

  LEHÁR: The Merry Widow, Overture - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 891)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990)

  Missa Brevis - Simon Baker (countertenor), Richard Benjafield, Chris Brannick (perc), BBC Singers/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHAN 10172)

  Halil, Nocturne for flute, string orchestra & percussion - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Israel Phil/Leonard Bernstein (DG 415 966)

  Five Anniversaries - Michel Legrand (pno) (Erato 4509 96386)

  Divertimento for orchestra - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue (Reference Recordings-87 CD)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  DVORÁK: Slavonic Dances Op 46 - Prague Piano Duo (Praga PRD 350 032)

  SAINT-SAËNS: String Quartet No 1 in E minor Op 112 - Joachim Quartet (Calliope CAL 9389)

  MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 25 - Elisabeth Leonskaja (pno), Salzburg Camerata/Ilan Volkov (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 943 1421)

  GOUNOD: Symphony No 1 in D - Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.557463)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BOCCHERINI: Cello Sonata in A G4 - Christian Benda (cello), Sebastian Benda (fpno) (Naxos 8.554324)

  SOUSA: King Cotton - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 66710)

  HAMILTON: The Moon is Silently Singing - Nicola Averill, Erica Challis (hns), 1996 NZ National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2016)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 3 in C Op 2/3 - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.202)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  DEBUSSY: La Mer - Boston SO/Charles Munch (rec 1956) (RCA 09026 61500)

  STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra Op 30 - Chicago SO/Fritz Reiner (rec 1954) (RCA 09026 60930)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  BACH: Prelude & Fugue in B minor BWV544 - Gillian Weir (organ of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig) (Priory PRCD 800)

  CARR: Seven Mediaeval Lyrics - Jubilate Singers, Queensland SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi SLD 70)

  J KREUTZER: Grand Trio Op 16 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Robert Alemany (cl) (Koch International 3-7404)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  VERDI: Aida, Prelude - Mexico SO/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 856)

  HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 4/6 - Ton Koopman (org/dir), Amsterdam Baroque Orch (Erato 2292 45394)

  BERLIOZ trans Liszt: March to the Scaffold, from Symphonie Fantastique - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66433)

  PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue in D - London Baroque (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1539)

  PUCCINI: Crisantemi - London SO/Antonio Pappano (EMI 5 57159)

  SCHUBERT: The shepherd on the rock D965 - Arleen Augér (sop), Thea King (cl), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDJ 33009)

  KOMITAS: Holy, holy - Hovhannes Darbinian (tar), Sharakan Grigor Danielian (Celestial Harmonies 13116)

  ANDERSON: Summer Skies - Eastman-Rochester Pops Orch/Frederick Fennell (Mercury 432 013)

  RUIZ DE SAMANIEGO: The sky becomes golden with splendour - Al Ayre Español/Eduardo López Banzo (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7053)

  VILLA-LOBOS: New York skyline - Roberto Szidon (pno) (DG 477 5439)

  BERLIN arr Riddle: Blue Skies - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Nelson Riddle & his Orch (Decca 444 614)

  PROSSER arr Besser/Prosser: Hungarian Sky - Jonathan Besser (pno), Christopher Prosser (vln) (Kiwi CD SLD 114)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS arr McGuire: The sky above the roof - Jane Edwards (sop), Marshall McGuire (harp) (Artworks AW 019)

  ADDISON: Reach for the Sky, film music - BBC Concert Orch/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10418)

  TRAD: Skye Boat Song - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Nicholas Cleobury (Philips 416 698)

  MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 8782)

  PUCCINI: Gira la cote, from Turandot - Royal Opera House Chorus & Orch, Covent Garden/Lamberto Gardelli (EMI CDM 7 69054)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A minor RV356, from L'Estro Armonico - Roberto Michelucci (vln/dir), I Musici (Philips 446 169)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from Sleeping Beauty - Bulgarian Radio SO/Hans Sawrowsky (Resonance CD RSN 3082)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Tessa Birnie

  The much-loved New Zealand pianist passed away earlier this year. Peter Mechen talks with those who knew her and plays selected recordings (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  BBC Proms 2008

  Ten programmes from the current season

  (3) MONTEVERDI: The Coronation of Poppaea, an opera in a prologue & three acts

  Fortune......................... Sonya Yoncheva

  Virtue............................ Simona Mihai

  Cupid............................ Amy Freston

  Otho............................. Iestyn Davies

  Nero............................. Alice Coote

  Poppaea....................... Danielle de Niese

  Amalta.......................... Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke

  Octavia......................... Tamara Mumford

  Drusilla.......................... Marie Arnet

  Seneca.......................... Paolo Battaglia

  Mercury, Consul........... Trevor Scheunemann

  Lictor, Consul............... Patrick Schramm

  Nurse, Friend................ Dominique Visse

  Lady in Waiting............. Claire Ormshaw

  Page............................. Lucia Cirillo

  Orch of the Age Enlightenment/Emmanuelle Haïm (Glyndebourne's new production recorded 31st July at the Royal Albert Hall, London by BBC)

• 11:00 PM. Day's End

  REICHA: Wind Quintet No 6 in F - Albert Schweitzer Quintet (CPO 999 026)

  SINDING: Suite in F Op 14 - Marco Rogliano (vln), Maurizio Paciariello (pno) (ASV CD DCA 1166)

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