Thursday 20 November 2008 Rāpare 20 Whiringa-ā-rangi 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  BRAHMS orch Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in G minor; BRAHMS orch Rubbra: Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel Op 24 - London SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8825)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  CORIGLIANO: Sonata for violin & piano; PÄRT: Fratres; MORAVEC: Sonata for violin & piano; GLINSKY: Toccata-Scherzo; MESSIAEN: Praise to the Immortality of Jesus - Maria Bachmann (vln), Jon Klibonoff (pno) (Catalyst 09026 61824)

  2:20 (approx) - Disc 3

  FINZI: God is gone up Op 27/2; Welcome sweet & sacred feast Op 27/3; Three Short Elegies Op 5; Thou didst delight my eyes Op 32; My lovely one Op 27/1; Let us now praise famous men Op 35; Seven Partsongs Op 17; Magnificat Op 36; White-flowering days Op 37; All this night Op 33; Lo, the full, final sacrifice Op 26 - Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer, Harry Bicket (org) (Chandos CHAN 8936)

  3:40 (approx) - Disc 4

  SCHUMANN: Fantasie in C Op 17; PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No 3 Op 28; SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No 9 Op 68; RACHMANINOV: Etudes-tableaux Op 39 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2028)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  BIZET: Overture in A; Scene bohémiennes, La Jolie Fille de Perth; Symphony in C; Dramatic Overture, Patrie - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 452 102)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 CIMAROSA: Il Ritorno di Don Calendrino, Overture - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Alessandro Amoretti (Naxos 8.570508)

  PAGANINI: Duetto amoroso - Scott St John (vln), Simon Wynberg (gtr) (Naxos 8.550759)

  ROTA: Waltzes, from music for the film The Leopard - Teatro Massimo SO/Marzio Conti (Chandos CHAN 10090)

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 3 in Bb K281 - John Chen (pno) (RNZ)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Pas d'action, from Swan Lake - Mincho Minchev (vln), Francisco Gabarro (cello), National Phil/Richard Bonynge (London 443 332)

  7:00 LEWIS: Prelude - Kenneth Tse (sop sax), Alan Huckleberry (pno) (Crystal CD 658)

  BRIDGE: Allegro moderato - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 243)

  CLARKE: Trumpet Aire and Symphony of flatt trumpets, from The Island Princess - John Wallace (tpt), Wallace Collection, English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Minuet and Gavotte Op 65a - Rolf-Peter Willie, Lina Yea (pno duo) (PolyGram UMGC 001)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 2, excerpts - Novosibirsk Phil/Arnold Katz (Harmonia Mundi RUS 788164)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: GIORDANI: Caro mio ben - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), György Fischer (pno) (Decca 448 300)

  BORODIN arr Rimsky-Korsakov/Glazunov: Prince Igor, Overture - London SO/Georg Solti (Decca 444 389)

  LANZETTI: Cello Sonata in A minor Op 1/9 - Gaetano Nasillo, Sara Bennici (cellos), Andrea Marchiol (hpschd) (Zig Zag ZZT 2041 002)

  Josef STRAUSS: Peasants' Polka Op 10 - Budapest Strauss SO/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223561)

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

  VERDI arr Fernie: Grand March, from Aida - Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs (Naxos 8.570726)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)

  Reminiscences of Simon Boccanegra - Alexandre Dossin (pno) (Naxos 8.557904)

  Missas Choralis - Mária Temesi (sop), Márta Lukin (mezzo), Tamara Takács (contralto), János Bándi (ten), István Gáti (baritone), József Gregor (bass), Hungarian Youth Ensemble Choir/Kálmán Strausz, Zsuzsa Elekes (org) (Hungaroton HCD 12747)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SPOHR: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78 - North German Radio Phil/Howard Griffiths (CPO 777 177)

  DEVIENNE: Bassoon Quartet in G minor Op 73/3 - Klaus Thunemann (bsn), Thomas Zehetmair (vln), Tabea Zimmermann (vla), Christoph Henkel (cello) (Claves CD 50-8714)

  ALPAERTS: James Ensor Suite - Sabbath Flemish Radio Orch/Michel Tabachnik (Et'Cetera KTC 4025)

  BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 - Emanuel Ax (pno), Chicago SO/James Levine (RCA RD 84962)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  WOOD: London Landmarks - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2138)

  GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 82 - Jascha Heifetz (vln), RCA SO/Walter Hendl (RCA RD 87019)

  BLOW: Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell, In vain the am'rous flute, from Hail, bright Cecilia - James Bowman, Michael Chance (countertenors), King's Consort/Robert King (dir) (Hyperion CDA 66253)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MOZART: String Quartet No 14 in G K387 - Amadeus Quartet (rec 1950) (Testament SBT 1254)

  SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 10 in Eb D87 - Melos Quartet (rec 1973) (DG 419 879)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  ANTILL: An Outback Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.570241)

  COLLET: Concerto Flamenco for piano & orchestra - Ricardo Requejo (pno), Royal SO, Seville/Gary Brain (Claves CD 50-9801)

  NORTON arr Fahey/Fletcher: Chu Chin Chow, Prelude & Act 1 highlights - Inia Te Wiata (bass), other soloists, Rita Williams Singers, Michael Collins Orch/Michael Collins (EMI 3 35984)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SALIERI: Catilina, Overture - Mannheim Mozart Orch/Thomas Fey (Hänssler CD 98.506)

  GRANADOS: Spanish Dances Op 37 Book 1 - Rosa Torres-Pardo (pno) (Naxos 8.554313)

  J STRAUSS II: Tritsch-Tratsch, polka - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)

  GIBBONS: Ah Dear Heart; DOWLAND: Frog Galliard - Conservatorium Guitar Ensemble/Matthew Marshall (Massey University MU002)

  PAGANINI: Larghetto con passione - Salvatore Accardo (vln), CO of Europe/Franco Tamponi (EMI 7 67567)

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/1 - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Catherine Mackintosh (dir) (BBC Music BBC MM 201)

  BERLIOZ: March for the Entrance of the Queen & Ballet Music, from The Trojans - women's choir, London SO/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0040)

  REGER: Variations on Heil dir im Siegerkranz - Christopher Herrick (organ of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre) (Hyperion CDA 66978)

  PURCELL: Hush, no more, from The Fairy Queen - Stephen Varcoe (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 419 221)

  LUMBYE: Queen Louise's Waltz - Odense SO/Peter Guth (Unicorn-Kanchana DKP CD 9089)

  ROSSINI: Che intesi!, from Elizabeth, Queen of England - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch/Roberto Abbado (Decca 475 9079)

  SIBELIUS: The Captive Queen - YL Male Voice Choir, Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1525)

  POLDINI arr Kreisler: Dancing Doll - Midori (vln), Robert McDonald (pno) (Sony SK 89700)

  DOHNÁNYI: American Rhapsody Op 47 - BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9647)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Sing a New Song

  Four programmes in which international broadcaster and conductor Brian Kay surveys the rich variety of new music written for the church, contemplating the many threads of contemporary sacred composition (3) (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Richard Harwood (cello), Auckland Philharmonia/Okko Kamu

  SALLINEN: At the Palace Gates, Overture to the opera Palasti Op 68; SIBELIUS: Scene with Cranes, from Kuolema; SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor Op 129; SIBELIUS: Symphony No 5 in Eb Op 82 (recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:30 PM. Salon Pieces

  RACHMANINOV: Romance, from Salon Pieces Op 6 - Akiko Suwanai (vln), Philip Moll (pno) (Philips 454 480)

  GLAZUNOV: Valse de Salon Op 43 - Stephen Coombs (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66833)

  KALLIWODA: Morceau de salon Op 228 - Katsuya Watanabe (ob), David Johnson (pno) (Profil PH 08038)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  CURTIS: Five Dances for String Orchestra - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2055)

  CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 1 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

  DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor Op 10 - Chilingirian Quartet (EMI 3 82231)

  11:00 WEISS: Prelude in Eb; Ciaccona in Eb - Jakob Lindberg (lute) (BIS CD 1524)

  GRIEG: Ballade in G minor Op 24, Variations on a Norwegian Melody - Peter Jablonski (pno) (Decca 455 631)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 74/1 - Amsterdam String Quartet (Channel Classics CCS SA 25907)

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