Wednesday 8 October 2008 Rāapa 8 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Partita for double string orchestra; Fantasia on Greensleeves; In the Fen Country; The Lark Ascending - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 779)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  POULENC: Humoresque; Three Novelettes; Villageoises; 15 Improvisations; Intermezzo No 2 in Db; Intermezzo No 1 in C; Suite Française d'apres Claude Gervaise; Presto in Bb; Melancolie; Theme & Variations - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8847)

  2:20 (approx) - Disc 3

  GESUALDO: Tenebrae Responses for Good Friday 1611, First nocturne, Second nocturne, Third nocturne - Taverner Choir & Consort/Andrew Parrott (Sony SK 62977)

  3:30 (approx) - Disc 4

  HAYDN: Sun Quartets Op 20, No 1 in Eb; No 2 in C; No 3 in G minor - Salomon String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66621)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  ROSENBERG: Marionetter, Overture; BIZET: Carmen Suite No 1; LARSSON: Dagens stunder; GLINKA: Russlan & Ludmilla, Overture; SATIE orch Debussy: Two Gymnopédies; SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture; SVENDSEN: Romance for violin & orchestra; ALFVÉN: Bergakungen, Vallflickans dans - Malmö SO/James DePriest (BIS CD 570)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 WIRÉN: March, from Serenade for Strings - Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu (Naxos 8.553596)

  HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 - Ursula Holliger (harp), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 413 465)

  MORALES: Jubilate Deo omnis terra - La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (dir) (Alia Vox AV 9814)

  WELLS: Chorale Fantasia on Cwm Rhondda - John Wells (organ of Maclaurin Chapel, University of Auckland) (RNZ)

  RUTTER: Suite for strings - Royal Phil/John Rutter (Decca 476 124)

  7:00 SUPPÉ: Poet & Peasant, Overture - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 377)

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

  KHACHATURIAN: Sabre Dance, from Gayaneh - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

  MOLNETTE: Morceau de Concert on Verdi's Il Trovatore - Julian Reynolds, Peter Lockwood (pno duo) (Globe GLO 5153)

  COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Ballade in A minor - Royal Liverpool Phil/Grant Llewellyn (Argo 436 401)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: VERDI: Laudi alla Vergine Maria - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 502)

  ROGERS: Once upon a time - Eastman-Rochester Orch/Howard Hanson (Mercury 434 319)

  BACH arr Giegling: Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), Heinz Holliger (ob), New Philharmonia/Edo de Waart (Philips 420 700)

  STRAVINSKY: Russian Dance, from Petrushka - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

  FAURÉ: Pièce - Anna Noakes (fl), Gillian Tingay (harp) (ASV CD WHL 2101)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Spanish Dance & Final Scene, from Swan Lake - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA (b1928)

  Ballad - Reija Bister (harp), Ostrobothnian CO/Juha Kangas (Ondine ODE 983)

  Icons Op 6 - Laura Mikkola (pno) (Naxos 8.554292)

  Clarinet Concerto - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam (Ondine ODE 1041)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 5 in D - Atlanta SO/Robert Spano (Telarc CD 80676)

  REINECKE: Trio in A minor Op 188 - Luc Bergé (horn), Marcel Ponseele (ob), Jan Michiels (pno) (Fuga Libera FUG 541)

  BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy - Maxim Fedotov (vln), Russian Phil/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.557395)

  RESPIGHI: The Birds - BBC Phil/Patrick Thomas (BBC Music BBC MM 277)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 - Royal String Quartet, Psophos Quartet (BBC Music BBC MM 271)

  REICHA: Wind Quintet No 4 in D minor Op 88/4 - Albert Schweitzer Quintet (CPO 999 023)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Sviatoslav Richter (pno), Warsaw Phil/Stanislav Wislocki (rec 1959) (Philips 456 952)

  DEBUSSY: Nocturnes - ORTF National Chorus & Orch/Jean Martinon (rec 1974) (EMI CDM 7 69587)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  CARR: Gaudeamus Overture - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Corellia CRA 1005)

  L LIEBERMANN: Sonata for flute & guitar Op 25 - Alexa Still (fl), Franco Platino (gtr) (Koch 3-7549)

  BODY: Five Lullabies - Tudor Consort/Simon Ravens (Waiteata WTA 006)

  L MOZART: Symphony in G - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553347)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Vienna Phil/George Solti (Decca 475 8502)

  VIVALDI: Concerto in A minor for two violins RV522 - Gilbert Bezzina (vln/dir), Laura Corolla (vln), Nice Ensemble Baroque (Ligia LIDI 030 1175-06)

  GRANADOS arr Miolin: Zambra, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Anders Miolin (gtr) (BIS CD 1116)

  BEETHOVEN: Variations on Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen, from Mozart's The Magic Flute - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (pno) (Naxos 8.555785)

  ALBÉNIZ arr Arnold: Tango in D, from España Op 165 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2155)

  LEHÁR: Vilja's Song, from The Merry Widow - Renée Fleming (sop), London Voices, English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 458 858)

  PÄRT: Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten - BBC Phil/Paavo Järvi (BBC Music BBC MM 210)

  HOVHANESS: Prayer of St Gregory - Charles Butler (tpt), Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3157)

  DURUFLÉ: Four Motets on Gregorian themes Op 10, Ubi caritas; Tota pulchra est; Tu es Petrus; Tantum ergo - Atlanta SO Chamber Chorus/Norman Mackenzie (Telarc CD 80654)

  A-L COUPERIN: La Grégoire - Jennifer S Paul (hpschd) (Klavier KCD 11041)

  RESPIGHI: Third movement, Finale (Alleluja), from Concerto gregoriano - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), BBC Phil/Edward Downes (Chandos CHAN 9232)

  TRAD: St Gregory Procession - Children's Choir Miraculum/Iván Fischer (Philips 462 824)

  J STRAUSS II arr Schönherr: On the Beautiful Blue Danube - Johann Strauss Orch/Christopher Warren-Green (Black Box BBM 1059)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  A Letter to Sibelius

  Five programmes

  (2) The Fog and the Island

  In this 'prequel' to his award-winning programme A Letter to Sibelius, Marshall Walker tells the story of how the music of Sibelius helped him overcome his childhood ordeals in Glasgow (RNZ)

  SIBELIUS: Two Serenades Op 69 - Joseph Swensen (vln), Finnish Radio SO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste (RCA 09026 60444)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  BBC Proms 2008

  Ten programmes from the current season

  (9) Murray Perahia (pno), Chicago SO/Bernard Haitink

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor K491; SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 4 in C minor Op 43 (recorded in the Royal Albert Hall, London, 9th September, by the BBC) (Programme 10 Saturday 11 October at 8.00pm)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  HAYDN: String Quartet in D Op 64/5, Lark - Medici String Quartet (EMI 3 97717)

  CHOPIN arr Debski: Nocturne in Bb minor Op 9/1 - Nigel Kennedy, Jakub Haufa (vlns), Polish CO/Jacek Kaspszyk (EMI 3 79934)

  BRIDGE: There is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook - Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury (Conifer 75605 51327)

  11:00 BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108 - Tedi Papavrami (vln), Philippe Bianconi (pno) (Aeon AECD 0755)

  SPOHR: Nonet in F for wind & strings - Ensemble 360 (ASV GLD 4026)

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