Thursday 25 September 2008 Rāpare 25 Mahuru 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture; Allegro for Strings; Concert Overture in D; Introduction and Allegro; Four Canzonas; Diversions for Strings; Festival Overture - NZSO/John Hopkins, Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  LIU TIAN HUA: Idyllic Tune; TRAD: Weeping River of Sorrow; ZHOU WEI: Celebrating the harvest of grapes; LIU JIN WEN: Ode to Shanmenxia Gorge; LIU TIAN HUA: Birdsong echoing in a quiet valley; RENG TONG XIANG: A bunch of flowers; HUA YAN JUN: Moon reflected in the twin-spring lake; LIU WEN JIN: Ballad of North Henan province - Yu Hong Mei (erhu), Wulin (Konghou), Lui Yin Xuan (Yang qin), Chen Zhe (pno) (Channell of China CCS SA 80206)

  2:15 (approx) - Disc 3

  DELIUS: Seadrift; Appalachia - John Shirley-Quirk (bar), LSO, Royal Philharmonic/Richard Hickox (London 425 156)

  3:20 (approx) - Disc 4

  Music by STANFORD, FAURÉ, SCHUMANN, DELIUS, HANDEL, BACH & GRIEG arr Grainger - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 5255)

  4:35 (approx) - Disc 5

  Train music by LANNER, J STRAUSS I, HOYER, J STRAUSS II, MEYER, Eduard STRAUSS, Josef STRAUSS, GRAHL & LUMBYE - Slovak State Phil/Mica Eichenholz (Marco Polo 8.223470)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Norfolk Rhapsody No 1 - Bournemouth SO/Paul Daniel (Naxos 8.557276)

  HALVORSEN: Passacaille after Handel - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Gautier Capuçon (cello) (Virgin 7243 5 45586)

  TELEMANN: Concerto in E minor for flute & recorder - Franz Vester (fl), Frans Brüggen (rec), Gustav Leonhardt (hpschd), Amsterdam CO/André Rieu (Teldec 9031 77620)

  SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 111 - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (Philips 456 838)

  BOCCHERINI: Symphony in D G490 - German Chamber Academy, Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 084)

  7:00 GLAZUNOV: Scène Dansante - Moscow SO/Alexander Anissimov (Naxos 8.553915)

  BARTON PINE: Introduction, Theme & Variations on God defend - Rachel Barton Pine (vln) (Cacophony)

  SIBELIUS: Valse Triste, from Kuolema - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 439 527)

  TRIEBENSEE: Trio in C - Marilyn Zupnik, Kathryn Greenbank (obs), Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia (cor anglais) (Resonance CD RSN 3102)

  BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture - Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis (RCA 09026 68790)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: RACHMANINOV arr Kreisler: Daisies, from Six Songs Op 38 - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), James Kirby (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10028)

  DEBUSSY orch Molinari: L'isle joyeuse - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9129)

  REIS: Three Brazilian Pieces - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Waiata 9501)

  PAISIELLO: Proserpine, Overture - Collegium Philarmonicum CO/Gennaro Cappabianca (Naxos 8.557031)

  SAINT-GEORGES: String Quartet in D G007 - Quatuor Antarès (Integral INT 221.125)

  DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 421 527)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)

  Let 'em Eat Cake, Overture - Buffalo Phil/Michael Tilson Thomas (CBS MK 42240)

  Shall we dance, excerpts - Patti Austin, Gregory Hines (vocals), Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 434 274)

  Second Rhapsody for piano & orchestra (original 1931 version) - Stewart Goodyear (pno), Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80112)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  REICHA: Wind Quintet in Eb Op 88/2 - Vega Wind Quintet (LDR LDRC 1002)

  ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - NZSO National Youth Orch 2004/Alasdair Neale (National Youth Orch)

  RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit - Artur Pizarro (pno) (Linn CKD 290)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No 2 in G Op 126 - Heinrich Schiff (cello), Bavarian Radio SO/Maxim Shostakovich (Philips 412 526)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Brilliant Classics 8532)

  PUCCINI: Doretta's dream, from La Rondine - Leontyne Price (sop), David Garvey (pno) (RCA 09026-63908)

  BRUCH: Adagio on Celtic Themes Op 56 - Ofra Harnoy (cello), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (RCA RD 60757)

  ROSSINI: Non più mesta, from La Cenerentola - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Teatro Comunale Chorus & Orch, Bologna/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 380)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quintet No 1 in A Op 18 - Hausmusik (rec 1969) (EMI CDC 7 49958)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 30 in E Op 109 - Stephen Kovacevich (pno) (rec 1978) (Philips 456 877)

• 4:00 PM. Made in

  NZ musicians and composers

  PRUDEN: Birthday Disguises - NZSO Chamber Orch (RNZ)

  EWAZEN: Concerto for flute & chamber orchestra - Marya Martin (fl), Czech Phil CO/Paul Polivnick (Albany TROY 477)

  R THOMPSON: Symphony No 3 in A minor - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Koch International 3-7074)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Hopak, from Mazeppa - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80541)

  TURINA: Guitar Sonata Op 61 - Manuel Barrueco (gtr) (EMI CDC 7 54382)

  GORLOV: Suite for oboe & piano - Ivan Paisov (ob), Natalia Shcherbakova (pno) (Naxos 8.570596)

  BRIAN: The Jolly Miller, Comedy Overture - BBC Scottish SO/Lionel Friend (Naxos 8.557775)

  LEHRER arr Marshall: I hold your hand in mine - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E minor RV277, Il favorito - Andrew Manze (vln/dir), English Concert (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7332)

  TOMASI: Spring - Manfred Preis (alto sax), Berlin Phil Wind Quintet (BIS CD 536)

  BINGE: Elizabethan Serenade - Sydney SO/Patrick Thomas (ABC Classics 472 509)

  ALAIN: Litanies - Philip Walsh (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington) (Trust MMT 2014)

  ADDINSELL: Fire over England Suite, film music - BBC Concert Orchestra/Kenneth Alwyn (Marco Polo 8.223732)

  DILORENZO: Fire Dance - Center City Brass Quintet (Chandos CHAN 10260)

  TRAD: The song of Fire & Ice - Elizabeth Gaver (fiddle) (DHM 05472 77381)

  WAGNER trans Wolf: Magic Fire music, from Die Walküre - Mikhaïl Rudy (pno) (EMI 5 57181)

  J STRAUSS I: Fire of Youth Galop Op 90; Eisele and Beisele Leaps Polka Op 202; Sounds of the Lorelei on the Rhine Op 154; Annen Polka Op 137 - Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67169)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Il Trovatore

  Elric Hooper and Des Wilson look at Verdi's opera set in 15th century Spain, and the different ways it has been presented since its première in 1853 (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  2008 International Arts Festival

  Fourteen programmes

  (12) French Connection

  Wilma Smith (vln), Caroline Henbest (vla), Steven Isserlis (cello), Melvyn Tan (pno)

  DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor; SAINT-SAËNS: La Muse et le Poète Op 132; POULENC: Cello Sonata Op 143; FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No 2 in G minor Op 45 (recorded in St Mary of the Angels, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:30 PM. Mozart & Albinoni

  MOZART: Symphony No 35 in D K385, Haffner - Stuttgart Radio SO/Roger Norrington (Hänssler CD 93.216)

  ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in Bb Op 7/3 - Tine Thing Helseth (tpt), Norwegian CO (Simax PSC 1292)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  ALPAERTS: Pallieter, Morning in May; Summer evening; Wedding feast - Flemish Radio Orch/Michel Tabachnik (Et'Cetera KTC 4025)

  BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 400 031)

  11:00 SUK: Lullabies Op 33 - Margaret Fingerhut (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9026/7)

  KODÁLY: Evening song; Evening - Chamber Choir of Pécs/Aurél Tillai (Hungaroton HCD 31524)

  BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in Bb G447 - Pepe Romero (gtr), ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Philips 426 092)

Next day - Fri 26

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