Schedule for Monday 1 September 2008

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1
STRAUSS: Four Symphonic Interludes, from Intermezzo; String Sextet, from Capriccio; Die schweigsame Frau, Potpourri; Guntram, Prelude; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Symphonic Fantasy Op 65 - Rotterdam Phil/Jeffrey Tate (EMI 7 54581)
1:15 (approx) - Disc 2
WALTON: Viola Concerto; Sonata for string orchestra; Variations on a theme by Hindemith - Nobuko Imai (vla), London Phil/Jan Latham-Koenig (Chandos CHAN 9106)
2:25 (approx) - Disc 3
G GABRIELI: Dulcis Jesu; Sonata pian e forte; Jubilate Deo; Sonata; O Jesu mi dulcissime; Canzon; Hic est filius Dei; Sonata con tre violini; Sonata; Miserere mei Deus, Gloria patri; Canzon in echo duodecimi toni; Audite principes - Taverner Consort & Players/Andrew Parrott (EMI CDC 7 54265)
3:40 (approx) - Disc 4
MERTZ: Fantasy on themes from Verdi's Rigoletto; Fantasy on themes from Mozart's Don Giovanni; GOUNOD arr Hellweg: Waltzes from Faust; TÁRREGA: Fantasy on themes from Arrieta's Marina; ARCAS: Fantasy on themes from Verdi's Il Trovatore; FERRER: Fantasy on the Quartet from Verdi's Rigoletto; GIULIANI: La Rossiniana - Pepe Romero (gtr), Wilhelm Hellweg (fpno) (Philips 446 090)
4:45 (approx) - Disc 5
RAMEAU: Les Paladins Suite - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Gustav Leonhardt (Philips 432 968)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 SVENDSEN: Two Swedish Folk Tunes - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 347)
CERVELLO: Concertino - Sergey Malov (vln), St Petersburg Hermitage CO/Alexis Soriano (Ensayo ENY 2003)
TÁRREGA: Recuerdos de la Alhambra - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1001)
HAYDN: Piano Trio in Eb minor HobXV/31 - Trio 1790 (CPO 999 828)
BRIDGE: Vignettes de danse - BBC National Orch of Wales/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10112)
7:00 SUGATA: Peaceful Dance of Two Dragons - Kanagawa Phil/Kazuhiko Komatsu (Naxos 8.570319)
PRIMA: Sing, Sing, Sing - Sabine Meyer, Wolfgang Meyer (cls), Bamberg Symphony Big Band/Ingo Metzmacher (EMI CDC 5 56652)
RUBBRA: Four Pieces for violin & piano Op 29 - Krysia Osostowicz (vln), Michael Dussek (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7101)
MAYERL: Pastoral Sketches - Slovak Radio SO/Gary Carpenter (Marco Polo 8.223514)
TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D - Rolf Smedvig (tpt), Scottish Chamber Orch/Jahja Ling (Telarc CD 80227)
8:00 Beauty Spot: DUPARC: L'invitation au Voyage - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD KML 2)
CHOPIN: Ballade No 2 in F Op 38 - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67456)
JC BACH: Symphony in Eb Op 6/2 - Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik/Stephan Mai (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1803)
HANDEL: Violin Sonata in E HWV373 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), David Garvey (pno) (RCA 82876 62517)
BERLIOZ: Menuet des follets, from The Damnation of Faust - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDM 7 63412)
ARNOLD arr Farr: Four Scottish Dances - Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Elgar Howarth (Conifer CDCF 222)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908-1992) Keyboard music
Prélude - Gillian Weir (organ of Aarhus Cathedral, Denmark) (Priory PRCD 925/6)
Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jésus, excerpts - Sergei Babayan (pno) (ProPiano PPR 224 517)
La Nativité du Seigneur, selections - Olivier Messiaen (organ of La Sainte-Trinité, Paris) (EMI CZS 7 67400)
10:00 AM. The Works

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (L'Oiseau-Lyre 425 696)
CPE BACH: Oboe Concerto in Eb - Jósef Kiss (ob), Ferenc Erkel CO/Lili Aldor (dir) (Naxos 8.550556)
COPLAND: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo - Atlanta SO/Louis Lane (Telarc SACD 60648)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Flos Campi - Roger Best (vla), Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, English String Orch/Stephen Darlington (Nimbus NI 1754)
FARR: Ahi - Ogen Trio (Atoll ACD 108)
Noon Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

HUMMEL: Missa Solemnis in C - Patricia Wright (sop), Zan McKendree-Wright (mezzo), Patrick Power (ten), David Griffiths (bass), Donald Armstrong (vln), Voices New Zealand, New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557193)
BALAKIREV: Islamey - Terence Judd (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9914)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
STRAVINSKY: Petrushka - Columbia SO/Igor Stravinsky (rec 1960) (CBS MK 42433)
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G - Martha Argerich (pno), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (rec 1967) (DG 447 438)
4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
NARES: Introduction in A minor & Fuges - James Tibbles (organ of Ponsonby Baptist Church, Auckland) (Atoll ACD 406)
J RITCHIE: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings - Frank Gurr (cl), Alex Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (Kiwi CD SLD 107)
SCHUMANN: Humoreske in Bb Op 20 - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Calliope CAL 9207)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

BEETHOVEN arr Starke: Egmont Overture Op 84 - Albion Ensemble (Somm SOMMCD 070)
WIENIAWSKI: Memory of Moscow Op 6 - Ruggiero Ricci (vln), Joanna Gruenberg (pno) (RegisC 1249)
GLAZUNOV: Concert Waltz No 2 in F Op 51 - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9658)
GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (Sony SBK 63052)
WOLF: Italian Serenade - Nomos Quartet (Radio Netherlands NM Extra 98010)
MOZART: Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers K339 - Lucia Popp (sop), Bavarian Radio Chorus & SO/Kurt Eichhorn (RCA 09026 68606)
GRIEG arr Delius: Norwegian Bridal Procession, from Grieg's Three pictures from life in the country Op 19 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Douglas Bostock (Classico CLASS CD 364)
CHABRIER: Habanera - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)
VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring - Donald Armstrong (vln/dir), NZSO Chamber Orch (Atoll ACD 702)
RACHMANINOV arr Welsh: Spring waters Op 14/11 - Moray Welsh (cello), Martin Roscoe (pno) (Black Box BBM 1044)
W LLOYD WEBBER: Three Spring Miniatures - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9595)
SAINT-SAËNS: Hymn to Spring - men's voices of Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse (Guild GMCD 7199)
RAFF: Concert Piece in G, Ode to Spring - Jean-François Antonioli (pno), Lausanne CO/Lawrence Foster (Claves CD 50-8806)
WAGENAAR: Concert Overture, Frühlingsgewalt Op 11 - Netherlands Radio SO/Jac van Steen (NM Classics 92090)
7:00 PM. Composer of the Week

Max Kenworthy looks at the keyboard music of OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908-1992) as we celebrate the centenary of the composer's birth. Special emphasis is given to organ compositions to mark Radio NZ Concert's National Organ Week (RNZ)
Monodie; Messe de la Pentecôte - Gillian Weir (organ of Aarhus Cathedral, Denmark) (Priory PRCD 925/6; Priory PRCD 923)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

National Organ Week
Andreas Meisner (organ of the Christchurch Town Hall)
BACH: Toccata in D minor BWV538, Dorian; NEUKOMM: Grand Dramatic Fantasia; GUILMANT: Organ Sonata No 4 in D minor Op 61; VIERNE: Toccata in B minor Op 53/6; ELGAR arr Lemar: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1; RACHMANINOV arr Vierne: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2; SMETANA arr anon: Vltava, from Má Vlast; MONTI arr anon: Czárdás (recorded in the Christchurch Town Hall by RNZ)
9:10 PM. Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe

FALLA: Cradle song - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Hespèrion XXI (Alia Vox AV 9826)
REINECKE arr Köhler: From the Cradle to the Grave Op 202 - Fenwick Smith (fl), Hugh Hinton (pno) (Naxos 8.570777)
LIDHOLM: Greek Gravestone - Eric Ericson Chamber Choir/Eric Ericson (BIS CD 1549/50)
LISZT: From the Cradle to the Grave - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (Naxos 8.553355)
10:05 PM. Day's End

MOZART: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds K452 - Consortium Classicum (CPO 777 010)
HOVHANESS: Symphony No 63, Loon Lake Op 411 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stewart Robertson (Naxos 8.559336)
11:00 GLIÈRE: Harp Concerto Op 74 - Rachel Masters (harp), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9094)
MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 4 in E minor Op 44/2 - Melos Quartet (DG 415 883)