Friday 5 September 2008 Rāmere 5 Mahuru 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  FARQUHAR: String Quartet; Magpies and Other Birds; Suite for Guitar; In Despite of Death; Echoes and Reflections - John Mills (gtr), David Griffiths (bar), Terence Dennis (pno), New Zealand String Quartet, New Zealand SO/John Matheson (Kiwi CD SLD 88)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  LECLAIR: Overture No 1 in G; Sonata No 1 in B minor; Overture No 2 in D; Sonata No 2 in A; Overture No 3 in D; Sonata No 3 in G minor - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0542)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  PALIASHVILI: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom - Cantus Sacred Music Ensemble/Ludmila Arshavskaya (Olympia OCD 483)

  3:40 (approx) - Disc 4

  DVORÁK: Piano Trios, in F minor Op 65; in E minor Op 90, Dumky - Emanuel Ax (pno), Young Uck Kim (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (CBS MK 44527)

  4:50 (approx) - Disc 5

  CHOPIN arr Godowsky: Etudes, No 7; No 8; No 19; No 31 for the left hand; No 45; SCHUBERT arr Godowsky: Good Night; Litany; Music for Rosamunde; STRAUSS arr Godowsky: Serenade; ALBÉNIZ arr Godowsky: Tango; LOEILLES arr Godowsky: Gigue from Renaissance; GODOWSKY: Passacaglia; Prelude & Fugue on BACH for left hand; Etude Macabre; Puppet Shadow Plays; The Gardens of Buitenzorg, from Suite Java - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Musica Viva MVCD 1026)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in D Op 3/6 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7415)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 38 in F HobXVI/23 - Monique Haas (pno) (DG 477 6201)

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr J Harnoy: Lensky's aria, from Eugene Onegin - Ofra Harnoy (cello), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (RCA RD 60758)

  TELEMANN: Flute Sonata in D - Karl Kaiser (fl), members of Camerata Cologne (DHM 05472 77361)

  BECK: Sinfonia in C Op 1/6 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

  7:00 WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 3 - London SO/Antal Dorati (Mercury 434 342)

  PAGANINI: Moto perpetuo - Salvatore Accardo (vln), CO of Europe/Franco Tamponi (EMI 7 67567)

  G WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes - London SO/Charles Groves (Lyrita SRCD 323)

  CHOPIN: Scherzo No 2 in Bb minor Op 31 - Shura Cherkassky (pno) (BBC Legends BBCL 4057)

  STANFORD: Irish Rhapsody No 1 in D minor Op 78 - Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 7002/3)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: STRAUSS: Allerseelen - Yoshikazu Mera (countertenor), Japan Phil/Shigeo Genda (BIS CD 949)

  MCLEOD: Cambridge Suite - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

  FA SCHUBERT: The Bee; KREISLER: Marche miniature viennoise - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

  RAFF: Souvenirs de Don Giovanni Op 45 - Petronel Malan (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.231)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Sea & Sinbad's Ship, from Scheherazade - Jaap van Zweden (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 443 703)

  ADAM: If I were King, Overture - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908-1992) - Keyboard music

  Four Rhythmic Studies - Olivier Messiaen (pno) (FMR CD 120-L0403)

  Livre du Saint Sacrament (13-18) - Gillian Weir (organ of Aarhus Cathedral, Denmark) (Priory PRCD 925/6)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BEETHOVEN arr Schmitt: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 - Albion Ensemble (Somm SOMMCD 070)

  HUMMEL: Bassoon Concerto in F - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Opera North Orch/Benjamin Wallfisch (Chandos CHAN 10477)

  MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition - Andreï Vieru (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMA 195 1616)

  BRAHMS: Serenade No 2 in A Op 16 - London SO/István Kertész (Decca 421 628)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  MAXWELL DAVIES: An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise - George MacIlwham (bagpipes), Royal Phil/Peter Maxwell Davies (Collins Classics 15242)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 - Raphaël Oleg (vln), Sonja Wieder-Atherton (cello), Imogen Cooper (pno) (Philips 476 209-5)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MYASKOVSKY: Cello Concerto in C minor Op 66 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Philharmonia/Malcolm Sargent (rec 1956) (EMI CDM 5 65419)

  SIBELIUS: Tapiola - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (rec 1984) (DG 445 518)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  WELLS: First Suite - John Wells (organ of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland) (Ribbonwood RCD 1009)

  TRAD arr O'Boyle: O Waly Waly - Jane Sheldon (sop), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker (ABC 476 227)

  MERTZ: Hungarian Fantasy - Owen Moriarty (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

  RÓZSA: Violin Concerto Op 24 - Igor Gruppman (vln), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7379)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)

  CHOPIN: Second movement, Larghetto, from Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno), London SO/David Zinman (Decca 466 462)

  FRANCHOMME: Fantasy on a Melody by Schubert - Roel Dieltiens (cello/dir), Ensemble Explorations (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1610)

  GRANADOS: Spanish Dances Op 37 Book 1 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 414 557)

  COPLAND: El Salón México - New Philharmonia/Aaron Copland (Sony MLK 64059)

  PUCCINI: O Mimì, tu più non torni, from La Bohème - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Rolando Panerai (bar), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (Decca 440 072)

  VIVALDI: Concerto in C for two trumpets RV537 - Maurice André (tpt), English CO/Charles Mackerras (DG 415 980)

  GRAINGER: Shepherd's Hey - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9549)

  FAWCETT: Strike! Seraphs, strike your harp of gold - Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (Hyperion CDA 67443)

  CHOPIN: Etude in Ab Op 25/1, Aeolian Harp - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 61885)

  HANDEL: Tune your harps, from Esther - Mark Padmore (ten), Katharina Spreckelsen (ob), English Concert/Andrew Manze (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7422)

  COLLINS: Lil' David play on your harp - Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop (Albany TROY 630)

  STEVENSON: Dear harp of my country, from Irish Songs; The harp that once, thro' Tara's halls, from Irish Melodies; 'Tis believed that this harp - Invocation/Timothy Roberts (Hyperion CDA 66774)

  MAYERL: The Harp of the Winds - Susan Tomes (pno) (Virgin VC 7 90745)

  HAYDN: Awake the harp, the lyre awake, from The Creation - Chetham's Chamber Choir, Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 477 7361)

  GOTTSCHALK arr Kay: Grande Tarantelle Op 67 - Reid Nibley (pno), Utah SO/Maurice Abravanel (Vanguard Classics 08 4051 71)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Little Train of Caipira, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 2 - Royal Phil/Enrique Bátiz (EMI CDS 7 47901)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Pressing On with Nicholas Grigsby (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  National Organ Week

  Fanfare and Finale: Festive Favourites for a Fond Farewell

  John Wells presents the final recital on the Auckland Town Hall's 37-year-old organ before it's replaced with a powerful new instrument

  WELLS: Fanfare, from Just Another Millennium; BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565; FRANCK: Chorale No 3 in A minor; SOUSA: Liberty Bell; WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 8:45 PM. Recent Mahler Releases

  Revelge; Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen; Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Stephan Genz (bar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67645)

  Symphony No 4 in G - Luba Orgonasova (sop), Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (RCA 88697 16852)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  DEBUSSY: Sonata for flute, viola & harp - Jean-Louis Beaumadier (fl), Pierre-Henri Xuereb (vla), Fabrice Pierre (harp) (Calliope CAL 9837)

  BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), New Philharmonia/Heinz Wallberg (Philips 475 7825)

  MOZART: Don Giovanni, Overture - NHK SO/Jun Märkl (Altus ALT 006-7)

  11:00 BAX: Sonata for two pianos - Ashley Wass, Martin Roscoe (pno duo) (Naxos 8.570413)

  HILL: String Quartet No 5 in Eb, The Allies - Australian String Quartet (Marco Polo 8.223746)

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