Monday 22 September 2008 Rāhina 22 Mahuru 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  RESPIGHI: The Birds; Ancient Airs & Dances Suites 1 & 3; Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  SWEELINCK: Toccata; Psalm 140; Hexachord Fantasia; Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein; Echo Fantasia; Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr; Fantasia 'met bindingen'; Mein junges Leben hat ein End; Toccata; Erbarm dich mein o Herre Gott; Toccata; Psalm 116; Fantasia - Robert Woolley (organ of the Pieterskerk, Leiden) (Chandos CHAN 0701)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  BRAHMS: A German Requiem - Felicity Lott (sop), David Wilson-Johnson (bar), London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8942)

  3:40 (approx) - Disc 4

  SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Trios, in F Op 18/1; in E minor Op 92/2 - Joachim Trio (Naxos 8.550935)

  4:50 (approx) - Disc 5

  "Live from Budapest": Gypsy arrangements of traditional & popular tunes - Roby Lakatos (vln), Lakatos Ensemble (DG 459 642)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 GLAZUNOV: In the cloister, from The Kremlin - Moscow SO/Konstantine Krimets (Naxos 8.553537)

  SCRIABIN: Waltz in Ab Op 38 - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno) (BIS SACD 1568)

  JC BACH: Sinfonia No 6 in Bb - London Wind Soloists/Jack Brymer (dir) (Testament SBT 1345)

  GAL: Divertimento for two recorders & guitar Op 68c - Ute Scriba, Birgit Kress (recorders), Armin Korn (gtr) (Antes BMCD 31.9171)

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr J Harnoy: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Ofra Harnoy (cello), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (RCA RD 60758)

  7:00 SIBELIUS: Spring Song - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1445)

  VERDI ed Pedretti: Capriccio for bassoon & orchestra - Andrea Magnani (bsn), Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 767)

  IRELAND: Great Things; Sea Fever; When lights go rolling round the sky - Paul Whelan (bar), David Harper (pno) (Trust MMT 2023)

  M PHILLIPS: Arabesque Op 43/2 - BBC Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7140)

  WIDOR: Fifth movement, Finale: Allegro, from Symphony No 6 Op 42/2 - Michael Murray (organ of the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, NY) (Telarc CD 80169)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: WAGNER orch Mottl: Der Engel, from Wesendonk Lieder - Régine Crespin (sop), French National Radio Orch/Georges Prêtre (EMI CDM 7 64434)

  PIAZZOLLA arr Ziegler: Milonga del ángel - Emanuel Ax, Pablo Ziegler (pno duo) (Sony SK 62728)

  SPOHR: Potpourri in F on themes from Winter's opera Das unterbrochene Opferfest - Michael Collins (cl), Swedish CO/Robin O'Neill (Hyperion CDA 67509)

  TRAD arr Russell: Three Celtic Pieces, Spatter the dew; Neil Gow's lament for the death of his second wife; The bucks of Oranmore - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1001)

  HANDEL: Oboe Concerto No 3 in G minor - Maurice André (tpt), Munich Bach Orchestra/Karl Richter (DG 415 980)

  LILBURN: Drysdale Overture - SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)

  orch Rose: Strike Up The Band, Overture - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9325)

  restored Zizzo: Blue Monday - Alicia Zizzo (pno) (Carlton Classics 3036 60005)

  Piano Concerto in F - André Previn (pno/dir), Pittsburgh SO (Philips 456 934)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  MOZART: String Quartet No 14 in G K387 - Cleveland Quartet (Telarc CD 80297)

  SCHULHOFF: Menschheit, Five Poems after Theodor Däubler Op 28 - Randi Stene (mezzo), Trondheim SO/Muhai Tang (Simax PSC 1249)

  MOLIQUE: Flute Concerto in D minor - Mathieu Dufour (fl), Czech National SO/Paul Freeman (Cedille CDR 90000 080)

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 5 in Eb Op 82 - London SO/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0037)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  WAGNER: Good Friday Music, from Parsifal - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7517)

  PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 6 - Salvatore Accardo (vln), London Phil/Charles Dutoit (DG 437 210)

  BERLIOZ: Nuit d'ivresse, from Les Troyens - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), Roberto Alagna (ten), Royal Opera House Orch, Covent Garden/Richard Armstrong (EMI CDC 5 56117)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58 - Percy Grainger (pno) (rec 1925) (Biddulph LHW 010)

  BARTÓK: Rhapsody No 1 Sz86; Contrasts - Joseph Szigeti (vln), Benny Goodman (cl), Andor Foldes (pno) (rec 1940) (Biddulph LAB 071/71)

• 4:00 PM. Made in

  NZ musicians and composers

  DIENES: Ave verum corpus - Auckland Youth Choir/Terence Maskell (Manu CD MANU 1509)

  PLATT: Meditation for Jack Speirs - Donald Maurice (vla) (Hill Records 002)

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great - New Zealand SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  J STRAUSS II arr I Salonisti: Vienna Blood Waltz - I Salonisti (London 458 382)

  LISZT: La campanella - François-René Duchâble (pno) (Virgin 3 63278)

  SCHNITTKE: Clowns and Children - Berlin Radio SO/Frank Strobel (Capriccio 71 061)

  BRIDGE: Summer - SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557167)

  ARNOLD: Three Shanties for Wind Quintet - Vega Wind Quintet (LDR LDRC 1002)

  MARTINU: Idyll, from The Bouquet - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon 110624)

  PURCELL: Sound the Trumpet, from Come ye sons of art away - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), Edita Gruberova (sop), English CO/Raymond Leppard (CBS MK 39061)

  PERGOLESI: Sinfonia for two cellos - Natalia Pavlutskaya, Alexander Ivashkin (cellos) (Alma Classics CD MANU 5031)

  REED: Chinese Impressions Nos 1 & 2 - Robert Gibbs (vln), Mary Mei-Loc Wu (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7135)

  CAPLET: Impressions d'automne - Christian Wirth (sax), Éric Speller (ob), Jérôme Voisin, Myriam Carrier (cls), Stéphane Coutaz (bsn), Marie Bitlloch, Ophélie Gaillard (cellos), Sandrine Chatron (harp), Julien Bret (org) (Ambroisie AMB 9978)

  SARGENT: An Impression on a Windy Day - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV CD WHL 2113)

  RESPIGHI: Song and Dance, from Brazilian Impressions - Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon (Chandos CHAN 8317)

  SIBELIUS: Characteristic Impressions Op 103 - Håvard Gimse (pno) (Naxos 8.555853)

  ALFVÉN: Dance of the Herdmaiden, from The Mountain King - Malmö SO/James DePreist (BIS CD 570)

  PARRY: Jerusalem - Leeds Festival Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel (Naxos 8.553981)

• 7:00 PM. Composer of the Week

  Rachel Hyde takes a look at the life and music of GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937) as we celebrate the 110th anniversary of the composer's birth (RNZ)

  Gershwin Songbook, excerpts - André Watts (pno) (Philips 456 985)

  Lullaby - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80503)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  2008 International Arts Festival

  Fourteen programmes

  (11) Twelve Cellos

  An eclectic programme designed by Steven Isserlis to show the many sides of an orchestral cello section, ranging from the kinetic sounds of Brett Dean's 12 Angry Men to Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No 5

  Steven Isserlis (cello), Sara Macliver (sop), 12 cellos of the NZSO

  DEAN: 12 Angry Men; BLACHER: Blues-Espagnola-Rhumba-Philharmonica; VINE: Inner World for cello and tape; FAURÉ arr Cowan: Libera Me, from Requiem; CASALS: Les Rois Majes; VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall, by RNZ)

• 9:30 PM. Dimitri Kabalevsky

  Piano Concerto No 3 in D Op 50, Dedicated to Soviet Youth; Poem of Struggle Op 12 - Hsin-Ni Liu (pno), Gnesin Academy Chorus, Russian Phil/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.557794)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 - Salzburg Camerata Academica/Sándor Végh (Orfeo C 630 041 B)

  NIELSEN: Clarinet Concerto Op 57 - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Tomasz Bielak (snare drum), Warsaw Phil/Lawrence Leighton Smith (RCA 09026 63836)

  11:00 BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 1/3 - Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio (Arabesque Z 6765)

  REINECKE: Wind Octet in Bb Op 216 - members of Boston SO (Naxos 8.570777)

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