Thursday 28 August 2008 Rāpare 28 Here-turi-kōkā 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture; Piano Sonata No 11 in A K331; Rondo, from Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Second movement, from Clarinet Concerto in A K622; Second movement, from Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488; Second movement, from Violin Concerto in D K218; Rondo, from Horn Concerto in Eb K495; Molto allegro, from Symphony No 40 in G minor K550; Andante, from Piano Concerto in C K467; Third movement, from Violin Concerto in A K219; Third movement, from Flute Concerto in A K219 - Alfred Brendel, Stephen Bishop Kovacevich (pnos), Jack Brymer (cl), Alan Civil (horn), Henry Szeryng (vln), Claude Monteux (fl), BBC SO/Colin Davis, ASMF/Neville Marriner, New Philharmonia/Alexander Gibson, London SO/Colin Davis (Philips 422 269)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto, No 1 in C Op 15; No 2 in Bb Op 19 - Claudio Arrau (pno), Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis (Philips 422 066)

  2:20 (approx) - Disc 3

  TCHAIKOVSKY: 16 Children's Songs Op 54; Last night Op 60/1; I'll tell you nothing Op 60/2; O, If only you knew Op 60/3; Simple words Op 60/5; Behind the window in the shadow Op 60/10; Why did I dream of you? Op 28/3 - Ilya Levinsky (ten), Semion Skigin (pno) (Conifer 75605 51268)

  3:25 (approx) - Disc 4

  SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810, Death & the Maiden; DVORÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American; BORODIN: Notturno from String Quartet No 2 in D - Quartetto Italiano (Philips 420 876)

  4:40 (approx) - Disc 5

  VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring RV269; Summer RV315; Autumn RV293; Winter RV297; Concerto for two oboes in D minor RV535; Bassoon concerto in A minor RV498; Piccolo Concerto in C RV443 - Alan Loveday (vln), Neil Black, Celia Nicklin (obs), Martin Gatt (bsn), William Bennett (picc), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 SALIERI: The Cave of Trofonio, Overture - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Michael Dittrich (Marco Polo 8.223381)

  LEHÁR: Fantasie in Ab - Wolf Harden (pno) (CPO 999 715)

  ZAVATERI: Violin Concerto No 6 in A - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (vln/dir) (DHM 05472 77352)

  PURCELL arr Ley: Two Trumpet Tunes & Air - Ian Tracey (organ of Liverpool Cathedral) (EMI CDB 7 62813)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 26 in D minor, Lamentation - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 435 001)

  7:00 SCHUBERT orch Guiraud: Military March in D - Cleveland Pops Orch/Louis Lane (Sony SBK 63052)

  JOACHIM: Variations in E minor - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67663)

  GRAINGER: The Merry King - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9549)

  MENDELSSOHN trans Rachmaninov: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Alexei Volodin (pno) (ABC Classics 461 651)

  BRIAN: Symphony No 18 - BBC Scottish SO/Lionel Friend (Naxos 8.557775)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: HANDEL: Ombra mai fu, from Xerxes - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Roger Norrington (Decca 467 620)

  PASCULLI: Concerto on themes from Donizetti's La favorita - Heinz Holliger (ob), Gabriel Bürgin (pno) (Philips 426 288)

  SVENDSEN: Norwegian Rhapsody No 2 Op 19 - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)

  CALDARA: Trio Sonata No 11 in D - Ensemble La Fidelíssima (Arion ARN 68601)

  GERSHWIN: Promenade: Walking the dog, from Shall We Dance? - New York Phil/André Kostelanetz (Sony SBK 63034)

  J STRAUSS II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990)

  Prelude, fugue & riffs - Michael Collins (cl), Peter Donohoe (pno), London Sinfonietta/Simon Rattle (EMI CDC 7 47991)

  Maria; Tonight; Somewhere, from West Side Story - Peter Hofmann (ten), Deborah Sasson (sop), orchestral accompaniment/Michael Tilson Thomas (Sony MLK 64058)

  What a movie, from Trouble in Tahiti - Dawn Upshaw (sop), Orch of St Luke's/David Zinman (Nonesuch 79458)

  On the Waterfront, Symphonic Suite - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (BBC Music BBC MM 234)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  HUMMEL: Introduction, Theme & Variations in F Op 102 - Pierre W Feit (ob), Bamberg SO/Martin Turnovsky (Koch Schwann 3-1385)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 5 in Bb Op 92 - Atrium String Quartet (Zig Zag ZZT 080 702)

  MOZART: Symphony No 39 in Eb K543 - Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (Linn CKD 308)

  NIELSEN: Violin Concerto Op 33 - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), London Phil/Lawrence Foster (EMI 5 56906)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  SUPPÉ: Poet & Peasant, Overture - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (Resonance CD RSN 3023)

  FALVO arr Morini: Dicitencello vuje - Marco Beasley (ten), Guido Morini (pno) (NBE Live NBECD 010)

  GLASS: The Thin Blue Line, end credits, from the film soundtrack - studio orchestra/Michael Riesman (Nonesuch 7559 79209)

  BRITTEN: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 15 - Daniel Hope (vln), BBC SO/Paul Watkins (Warner 2564 60291)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUBERT: Allegretto in C minor D915; Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb D960 - Stephen Kovacevich (pno) (rec 1994) (EMI 5 62817)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  LISZT: Le triomphe funèbre du Tasse - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (Naxos 8.557847)

  BRAHMS: Four Serious Songs Op 121 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (EMI 5 75203)

  HILL: Symphony No 6 in Bb, Celtic - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (Marco Polo 8.220345)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  ELGAR: The immortal legions, from Pageant of Empire - BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orch/David Lloyd Jones (Dutton CDLX 7148)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Caprice arabe Op 96 - Julian Reynolds, Peter Lockwood (pno duo) (Globe GLO 5152)

  COATES: Sweet Seventeen - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (ASV White Line CD WHL 2107)

  RODRIGO: Zarabanda lejana - Tom Kerstens (gtr) (BGS CD 107)

  FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

  MOURET: Rondo, from Suites de Symphonies - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), English CO/Anthony Newman (Sony SK 60804)

  SCHUMANN: Papillons Op 2 - Leon McCawley (pno) (Avie AV 0029)

  OFFENBACH: Daughter of the Drum Major, Overture - Vienna SO/Bruno Weil (Sony SK 53288)

  DONIZETTI: Ah! mes amis, from The Daughter of the Regiment - Marcelo Alvarez (ten), Nice Phil/Mark Elder (Sony SK 89650)

  RÓZSA: Vintner's Daughter, excerpts - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7601)

  J THOMAS: Megan's Daughter - Susan Drake (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66038)

  SIBELIUS: Pohjola's Daughter - Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam (Ondine ODE 1040)

  ALBINONI arr Eichele/Reiner: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Thomas Reiner (tpt), Southwest German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (Naxos 8.570501)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Martin Snell

  William Dart talks to the Europe-based New Zealand bass who was in the country earlier this year for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's performance of Salome (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Mûza Rubackyté (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Christian Knapp

  CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11; Etude in C minor Op 10/12, Revolutionary

  (Interval interview: Pianist Mûza Rubackyté talks with Upbeat's Eva Radich)

  RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales; STRAVINSKY: The Firebird, Suite (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  HAYDN: Mass in C, Mass in Time of War HobXXII/9 - Ruth Ziesak (sop), Ingeborg Danz (contralto), Christoph Prégardien (ten), Michel Brodard (bass), Stuttgart Gächinger Kantorei, Stuttgart CO/Helmuth Rilling (Hänssler CD 98.509)

  BENNETT: Partita, In memory of Sheila MacCrindle - Philharmonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10389)

  11:00 BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 1 in F Op 5/1 - Anne Gastinel (cello), François-Frédéric Guy (pno) (Naïve V 4995)

  SIBELIUS: String Quartet in D minor Op 56, Intimate Voices - Guarneri Quartet (Philips 426 286)

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