Wednesday 17 September 2008 Rāapa 17 Mahuru 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  MENDELSSOHN: Overtures, The Hebrides; Fingal's Cave; A Midsummer Night's Dream; SUPPÉ: Overtures, The Light Cavalry; Poet & Peasant; BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Festival Overture; GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 430 741)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  MARTINU: Sinfonietta Giocosa; Toccata e Due Canzoni; Sinfonietta La Jolla - Julian Jacobson (pno), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Tamás Vásáry (Chandos CHAN 8859)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  HOLST: The Cloud Messenger Op 30; The Hymn of Jesus - Della Jones (mezzo), London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8901)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  VIVALDI: First movement, from Four Seasons, Spring; MASSENET: Méditation, from Thaïs; SATIE: Gymnopédie No 1; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending; DEBUSSY: La Fille aux cheveux de lin; BACH: Fourth movement, from Violin Sonata No3 in C BWV1005; KREISLER: Praeludium and Allegro; BACH: Es ist genug, so nimm, Herr; Cantata, O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort; TRAD: Danny Boy; Scarborough Fair; KENNEDY: Melody in the Wind; MONTI: Csárdás; VIVALDI: Fourth movement, from Four Seasons, Autumn - Nigel Kennedy (vln), English CO, London Voices, City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle, John Lenehan (pno), Jonathon Gandelsman (vln), Robert Brophy (vla), Reinhard Armleder (cello), Kroke (EMI 5 57330)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  LLOYD: Piano Concerto No 4; The Lily-Leaf & the Grasshopper; The Transformation of that Naked Ape - Kathryn Stott (pno), London SO/George Lloyd (Albany AR 004)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 SCHUBERT arr Webern: German Dances D790 - Berlin Radio SO/Matthias Bamert (Musica Mundi 311 135)

  HOLST: Lyric Movement for viola - Cecil Aronowitz (vla), English CO/Imogen Holst (Lyrita SRCD 223)

  FALCKENHAGEN: Lute Sonata in F Op 1/5 - Andrew Maginley (lute) (Avie AV 2115)

  CHOPIN: Waltz in C# minor Op 64/2 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 420 655)

  SATIE: The Adventures of Mercury - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66365)

  7:00 SMETANA: Dance of the Comedians, from The Bartered Bride - Royal Phil/Rudolf Kempe (EMI CDS 7 81421)

  HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 - Crispian Steele-Perkins (tpt), King's Consort/Robert King (Hyperion CDA 67266)

  BRAHMS arr Joachim: Hungarian Dances, Vol 2 Book 4 - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67663)

  LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 10 in E S244 - Nelson Freire (pno) (Philips 456 781)

  HELLMESBERGER: Ball Scene - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66998)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: VERDI: Caro nome, from Rigoletto - Ying Huang (sop), London SO/James Conlon (Sony SK 62687)

  MUSSORGSKY orch Rimsky-Korsakov: Dance of the Persian Slaves, from Khovanshchina - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)

  BERWALD: Concert Piece for bassoon & orchestra - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Opera North Orch/Benjamin Wallfisch (Chandos CHAN 10477)

  McDONALD: Fiesta, from San Juan Capistrano - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68786)

  MENDELSSOHN: Capriccio in E minor Op 81/3 - Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 5370)

  GLINKA: Symphony on Two Russian Themes - USSR State SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (BBC Legends BBCL 4145)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  FERDINAND RIES (1784-1838)

  Sextet in G minor Op 142 - Frankfurt Ensemble Concertant (CPO 999 622)

  Piano Concerto in C# minor Op 55 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557844)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 17, Little Russian - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (BBC Music BBC MM 276)

  LUFT: Fantasy on Russian Folk Themes - Ivan Paisov (ob), Natalia Shcherbakova (pno) (Naxos 8.570596)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor K491 - Imogen Cooper (pno/dir), Northern Sinfonia (Avie AV 2175)

  STRAUSS: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Op 60 - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 39339)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BALAKIREV: Islamey - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (Philips 456 787)

  GRIEG: String Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 27 - Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 5960)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 6 in F Op 10/2 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2012)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SIBELIUS: Night Ride & Sunrise - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (rec 1977) (Chandos CHAN 6533)

  Symphony No 4 in A minor Op 63 - Boston SO/Colin Davis (rec 1975) (Philips 446 157)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  RACHMANINOV: Preludes Op 23 - Tahu Matheson (pno) (Kiwi CD SLD 98)

  HAMILTON: Veni Sancte Spiritus - Virginia LeCren (sop), Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2065)

  BODY: Melodies for Orchestra - Donald Armstrong, Yury Gezentsvey (vlns), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  ROSSINI: An Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC 476 259)

  VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in C RV447 - Frank de Bruine (ob), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (dir) (L'Oiseau-Lyre 433 674)

  KREISLER trans Rachmaninov: Liebesleid; RACHMANINOV: Melodie Op 3/3 - Sergei Rachmaninov (pno roll) (Telarc CD 80489)

  PUCCINI arr Kondonassis: Musetta's Waltz song, from La Bohème - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80581)

  BIZET: Jeux d'enfants - Royal Phil/Andrea Licata (Tring International TRP 046)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Lynn Harrell & cello ensemble/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 417 645)

  PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel - Dietmar Schwalke (cello), Alexander Malter (pno) (ECM 1591)

  SUPPÉ: The Mistress, Overture - Royal Phil/Gustav Kuhn (Eurodisc RD 69226)

  ADDISON: O mistress mine, from Twelfth Night - Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66480)

  DOWLAND: Mistress White's Thing - Robert Spencer (lute) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 244)

  MORLEY: Aprill is in my Mistris face - Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier (EMI CDC 7 49197)

  BYRD: O mistress mine - Elaine Thornburgh (hpschd) (Koch International 3-7057)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in C Op 48 - Michael Erxleben (vln/dir), New Berlin CO (Capriccio 10 563)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: A ou! A ou! Oh my poor Snow Maiden, from The Snow Maiden - Anna Netrebko (sop), Zlata Bulycheva (mezzo), Ilya Bannik (bass), Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (DG 477 6384)

  PROKOFIEV: Folk Dance, from Romeo & Juliet - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8368)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  An Englishman Abroad

  Two programmes from the series in which Brian Kay shares a light musical selection

  (2) Friends Pictured Within

  Our Englishman abroad celebrates a lifetime of friendships and connections with musical luminaries such as John Eliot Gardiner, Richard Hickox and Andrew Davis (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  BBC Proms 2008

  Ten programmes from the current season

  (6) BACH: St John Passion

  Evangelist...................... Mark Padmore

  Christ............................ Peter Harvey

  Katharine Fuge (sop), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Nicholas Mulroy, Jeremy Budd (tens), Matthew Brook (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (recorded in the Royal Albert Hall, London, 24th August, by the BBC)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Rustem Hayroudinoff (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10095)

  CORIGLIANO: Voyage - James Galway (fl), Eastman Philharmonia/David Effron (RCA 6602-2-RC)

  LALO: Symphony in G minor - Royal Phil/Yondani Butt (ASV CD DCA 709)

  11:00 DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 - members of Prague Phil/Jakub Hrusa (Supraphon SU 3932)

  RUBINSTEIN: Cello Sonata No 1 in D Op 18 - Michal Kanka (cello), Jaromír Klepác (pno) (Praga PRD 250 210.11)

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