Thursday 11 September 2008 Rāpare 11 Mahuru 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  STANFORD: Symphony No 4 in F; Irish Rhapsody No 6 for violin & orchestra; Oedipus Rex Prelude - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8884

  1:05 (approx) - Disc 2

  BACH: Leipzig Chorale Preludes Nos 14-18 BWV664-668; Fantasia in G minor BWV572; Trio Sonata in E minor BWV528; Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV544; Toccata and Fugue in F, BWV540 - Gillian Weir (organ of Thomaskirche, Leipzig) (Priory PRCD 800)

  2:20 (approx) - Disc 3

  Vocal & instrumental music by ALMODAR; MORALES; CARCERES; FLEXTA; GUERRERO; ANON - La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Astrée E 8582)

  3:25 (approx) - Disc 4

  MOZART: String Quartets, in A K464; in C, Dissonance K465 - Quatuor Mosaïques (Astree Auvidis E 8748)

  4:30 (approx) - Disc 5

  Works by MENDELSSOHN; BACH; TCHAIKOVSKY; MASSENET; BRUCH; PUCCINI; WAGNER; GOUNOD; BERLIOZ & BARBER - Various orchestras & conductors (Decca 452 625)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HOLST: The Perfect Fool, ballet music - London SO/André Previn (EMI 5 62615)

  CLARKE: Prince of Denmark's March - Robert Ferriman (tpt), BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Philips 454 172)

  SZYMANOWSKI: Three Paganini Caprices - Thomas Zehetmair (vln), Silke Avenhaus (pno) (EMI CDC 5 55607)

  SMETANA: Czech Dances, Book 1 - Jitka Cechová (pno) (Supraphon SU 3843)

  BOYCE: Concerto Grosso in B minor - Thames CO/Michael Dobson (CRD 3331)

  7:00 PROKOFIEV: Ode to the End of the War - members of BBC SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (BBC Legends BBCL 4233)

  DEL STEIGERS: Variations on The Carnival of Venice - Clyde Dixon (cornet), National Band of New Zealand/Kevin Jarrett (Kiwi Pacific CD SLC 226)

  RAVEL: Sites auriculaires - Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow (pno duo) (Divine Art DDA 25057)

  YSAŸE: Caprice d'après l'Etude en forme de valse - Philippe Graffin (vln), Pascal Devoyon (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67285)

  WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst (Chandos CHAN 8375)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MOZART: Second movement, Andantino, from Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (EMI CDC 5 56365)

  HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)

  WEBER: Andante & Hungarian Rondo in C minor Op 35 - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Opera North Orch/Benjamin Wallfisch (Chandos CHAN 10477)

  YRADIER trans Tárrega: La Paloma - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 432 102)

  VIERNE: Naïades, from Fantasy Pieces Op 55 - John Wells (organ in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Timaru) (Ribbonwood RCD 1005)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Festival Overture - Philharmonia/Eugene Goossens (Medici Arts MM 009)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GIOVANNI PALESTRINA (1525/6-1594)

  Assumpta est Maria; Missa Assumpta est Maria - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown (EMI CDZ 5 69703)

  Litaniae de Beata Virgine Maria in eight parts - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks (Decca 421 147)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SIBELIUS: Scènes historiques, Suite No 1 Op 25 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)

  DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90, Dumky - Beaux Arts Trio (Warner 2564 61492)

  MOZART: Violin Concerto No 4 in D K218 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), Polish CO (EMI 3 95373)

  HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 1 in F - Orch of St Luke's/Charles Mackerras (Telarc CD 80279)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb - Richard Farrell (pno), Hallé Orch/George Weldon (rec 1956) (EMI CDM 7 63778)

  BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 - Paul Meyer (cl), Capuçon Quartet (Virgin 3 95147)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BIZET: Symphony in C - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (rec 1974) (EMI CDM 7 69643)

  CHAUSSON: Poème de l'amour et de la mer Op 19 - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (rec 1951) (Decca 433 472)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  JANÁCEK: Violin Sonata - Justine Cormack (vln), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 101)

  COSMA: Concerto for euphonium - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  GLINKA: A Life for the Tsar, Overture - Sofia Festival Orch/Emil Tchakarov (Sony S3K 46487)

  PAGANINI: Third movement, Rondo ossia Polonese, from Violin Concerto No 6 in E minor Op posth - Salvatore Accardo (vln), London Phil/Charles Dutoit (DG 437 210)

  KHACHATURIAN: Waltz, from Masquerade - Murray McLachlan (pno) (RegisC 1184)

  ALBÉNIZ: Cádiz; Granada; Seville, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5007)

  GROFÉ: On the Trail, from Grand Canyon Suite - Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg (Naxos 8.559007)

  TAVENER: Song for Athene - Atlanta SO Chamber Chorus/Norman Mackenzie (Telarc CD 80654)

  COATES: By the Sleepy Lagoon - London SO/Charles Mackerras (EMI CDB 7 62557)

  GRAINGER: Mock Morris - Kenneth Sillito (vln), Hamish Milne (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9746)

  ROSSINI: La Danza - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Orch of the Comunale Theatre, Bologna/Richard Bonynge (Decca 436 133)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 3 in Eb Op 75 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno), Philharmonia/Vladimir Fedoseyev (Virgin VC 7 91202)

  MARTINU: Thunderbolt P-47 - Brno State Phil/Petr Vronsky (Supraphon SU 3058)

  TELEMANN: He thunders that He may be glorified, from The Thunder Ode - Stephen Roberts, Michael George (basses), Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 0548)

  FILLMORE: Rolling Thunder - Eastman Wind Ensemble/Frederick Fennell (Mercury 432 019)

  MOZART: Contredanse in D K534, Thunderstorm - Martino Tirimo (pno) (RegisC 1256)

  J STRAUSS II: Thunder & Lightning Polka - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 423 221)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Adrienne Simpson looks at the unique musical language of Janácek's operas, in particular Jenufa (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  2008 New Zealand International Arts Festival

  (4) The Poet

  Robert Wiremu (bass), New Zealand String Quartet, Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls

  J SANDSTRÖM: Gloria; PURCELL: Hear my prayer, O Lord; CHILCOTT: My prayer; BONATO: Audi filia; BACH: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV230; S-D SANDSTRÖM: Lobet den Herrn; SCHUBERT: Der Tod und das Mädchen D531; String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810, Death & the Maiden

  (Interval interview: Composer Jenny McLeod talks to Roger Smith about her new song cycle)

  MCLEOD: The Poet, A Song Cycle (première performance & broadcast) (recorded in Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:25 PM. Day's End

  DEBUSSY: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - Roberta Rust (pno) (Centaur CRC 2867)

  ATTERBERG: Adagio amoroso - Ulf Wallin (vln/dir), Camerata Nordica (CPO 777 156)

  HOLST: Egdon Heath - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9420)

  11:00 WEISS: Lute Sonata No 23 in Bb - Robert Barto (lute) (Naxos 8.555722)

  BACH: Violin Partita No 2 in D minor BWV1004 - Rachel Barton Pine (vln) (Cedille CDR 90000 078)

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