Wednesday 3 December 2008 Rāapa 3 Hakihea 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 2 in Bb D125; Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 4509-91184)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  WIDOR: Symphonie No 5 Op 42/1, Toccata; FRANCK: Prélude, fugue et variation Op 18; MESSIAEN: Transports de joie; VIERNE: Berceuse Op 31/19; ALAIN: Litanies; DURUFLÉ: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d' Alain Op 7; Prélude; Fugue; SAINT-SAËNS: Fantaisie in Eb; FRANCK: Choral No 3 in A minor; LANGLAIS: Prélude modal; VIERNE: Symphonie No 1 Op 14, Finale - Philip Walsh (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington) (Trust MMT 2014)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  Great Opera Quintets & Sextets

  Quintets & Sextets from Così fan tutte, Carmen, Die Zauberflöte, Lakmé, Don Giovanni, La Cenerentola, Anna Bolena, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Le nozze di Figaro, Macbeth & Lucia di Lamermoor - Various artists (Decca 448 061)

  3:40 (approx) - Disc 4

  BEETHOVEN: String Quartet Op 59 No 2; String Quartet Op 74, Harp - Borodin Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10191)

  5:00 (approx) - Disc 5

  VIVALDI: Bassoon Concertos, in F RV485; in Bb RV503; in Eb RV483; in A minor RV497; in C RV473; in G RV492 - Klaus Thunemann (bsn), I Musici (Philips 416 355)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

  PRESTI: Prélude No 1; Danse d'Avila - Heinrich Albert Duo (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1348)

  SALIERI: Wind Quintet in Bb - Ensemble Italiano di Fiati (Brilliant Classics 93360)

  VORISEK: Rondo Op 8 - Pavel Hüla (vln), Ivan Klánsky (pno) (Praga PRD 250 204)

  BECK: Sinfonia in Eb Op 1/4 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

  7:00 TRAD arr Pettman: Gabriel's message - Choir of Wellington Cathedral/Philip Walsh (Herald HAVPCD 224)

  BACH arr D Pailthorpe: Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208, Hunt Cantata - London Conchord Ensemble (Quartz QTZ 2047)

  BERKELEY: Serenade for Strings Op 12 - BBC National Orch of Wales/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9981)

  TANEYEV: Allegro in Eb - Joseph Banowetz (pno) (Toccata Classics TOCC 0042)

  PUCCINI: Preludio Sinfonico in A; Intermezzo, The Witches' Sabbath, from Le Villi - La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti (Sony SK 63025)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: PACHELBEL: Canon in D - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CMS 5 66650)

  SC DUSSEK: Harp Sonata in C minor Op 2/3 - Judy Loman (harp) (Naxos 8.554347)

  GRIEG: Melodies of the Heart Op 5, Two brown eyes; The poet's heart; I love but thee; My mind is like a mountain steep - Håkan Hagegård (bar), Warren Jones (pno) (RCA 09026 61518)

  BERWALD: Play of the Elves - Gävle SO/Petri Sakari (Naxos 8.555370)

  PM DUBOIS: Sonatine - Mark Walton (sax), David Miller (pno) (AWMP CD 01)

  PARRY: Overture to an Unwritten Tragedy - English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Hyperion CDA 66515)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  ARCANGELO CORELLI (1653-1713)

  Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/4 - New Dutch Academy CO/Simon Murphy (Pentatone PTC 5186 031)

  Fugue in D - London Baroque (BIS CD 1395)

  Violin Sonata in D minor Op 5/7 - François Fernandez (baroque vln), Glen Wilson (hpschd) (Naxos 8.557799)

  arr Barbirolli: Oboe Concerto - Brynjar Hoff (ob), English CO/Ian Watson (Simax PSC 1049)

  Sonata da camera in D Op 4/4 - London Baroque (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 8012)

  Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 6/5 - London Baroque/Charles Medlam (dir) (EMI CDC 7 47965)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  ELGAR: Symphony No 1 in Ab Op 55 - BBC Welsh National Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHSA 5049)

  SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 12 - Philippe Cassard (pno) (Ambroisie AMB 9961)

  WEBER: Concertino for horn & orchestra - Peter Damm (horn), Dresden State Orch/Siegfried Kurz (Ars Vivendi 210 0219)

  BRAHMS: Song of Destiny Op 54 - Ambrosian Singers, London Phil/Wolfgang Sawallisch (Brilliant Classics 92878)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  HAYDN: Symphony No 7 in C, Le Midi - Concentus Musicus, Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 2292 46018)

  BEETHOVEN: An die ferne Geliebte Op 98 - Peter Schreier (ten), András Schiff (pno) (Decca 444 817)

  DOWLAND: The most sacred Queen Elizabeth, her galliard; The Right Honourable Earl of Essex, his galliard; The Right Honourable The Lady Clifton's Spirit; Sir John Smith, his Almain; Sir John Langton's Pavan, from Varietie of Lute Lessons, London 1610 - Jakob Lindberg (lute) (Brilliant Classics 93698)

  MESSAGER: Solo de concours - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  HOLST: The Planets Suite - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (rec 1986) (Decca 417 553)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)

  HAMILTON: Lux aeterna - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Ode CD ODE 1308)

  SCHMITT: Andantino; DUKAS: Alla Gitana - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

  LILBURN: Suite for Orchestra - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum CCD 1076)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  FUCIK: Florentine March Op 214 - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon 11 0624)

  TRAD arr Crespo: Three Spirituals, The battle of Jericho; Nobody knows; Swing low, sweet chariot - German Brass/Enrique Crespo (dir) (EMI CDC 7 49170)

  KREISLER: Tempo di minuetto in the style of Pugnani - Sarah Chang (vln), Sandra Rivers (pno) (EMI CDC 7 54352)

  LUNA: The Jewish Boy, Prelude - César Asensi (tpt), Madrid Community Orch/Miguel Roa (Naxos 8.555957)

  BARTÓK: Dances of Transylvania for orchestra - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 454 430)

  ROSSINI: Andante & Variations on Tanti palpiti, from Tancredi - Heinz Holliger (ob), Ursula Holliger (harp) (Philips 426 288)

  FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Xavier Gagnepain (cello), Jean-Michel Dayez (pno) (Zig Zag ZZT 070 602)

  RUBBRA: Dormi Jesu - St Margaret's Westminster Singers/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10423)

  CPE BACH: Symphony in D Wq183/1 - Salzburg Chamber Phil/Yoon K Lee (Naxos 8.553289)

  STILL: Folk Suite No 1 - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno), New Zealand String Quartet (Koch International 3-7192)

  YAMADA: Overture in D - New Zealand SO/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.555350)

  KETÈLBEY: From a Japanese screen - Noriko Ogawa (pno) (BIS CD 1045)

  ABE: Dream of the cherry blossoms - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA RD 60557)

  PUCCINI: Love duet, from Madame Butterfly - Mirella Freni (sop), Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (Decca 440 072)

  MIYAGI: Haru No Umi - Susan Hoeppner (fl), Rachel Gauk (gtr) (BIS CD 969)

  HOLST: Japanese Suite - London SO/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 222)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Gift of Music

  Three programmes

  For the season of giving Murray Khouri looks at suitable recordings for introducing children to classical music

  (1) Peter and the Wolf and Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Advent Concert from Stockholm

  Michael Weinius (ten), Kungsholmen Music School Choir, Swedish Wind Ensemble/Anders Emilsson, Bengt Ollén

  TRAD: Joy to the world; Prepare the way for the Lord; OLSSON arr Högstedt: Advent; WENNERBERG: Psalm 24, Make high the gates; VOGLER: Hosanna, David's son; BACH/GOUNOD arr Högstedt: Ave Maria; BIZET arr Ukkonen: Agnus Dei; BRAHMS arr Boyd: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen; EMILSSON: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen; SANDSTRÖM: Det är en ros utsprungen; HOGSTEDT: Fantasy on a Swedish carol, Peace and joy to all Mankind; NORDQVIST arr Ukkonen: Yule, Yule, Radiant Yule; LILJEFORS arr Ukkonen: As Christmas draws nigh (recorded in St Clare's Church, Stockholm by Radio Sweden)

• 8:55 PM. Recent Mozart Releases

  Piano Sonata No 10 in C K330 - Boyan Vodenitcharov (fpno) (Fuga Libera FUG 538)

  Flute Quartet No 4 in A K298 - Michala Petri (rec), Carolin Widmann (vln), Ula Ulijona (vla), Marta Sudraba (cello) (Our Recordings 6.220570)

  Piano Concerto No 18 in Bb K456 - Christian Zacharias (pno/dir), Lausanne CO (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 940 1488)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BANTOCK: Overture to a Greek Tragedy - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Hyperion CDA 67395)

  RENIE: Ballade fantastique, after The tell-tale heart by Edgar Allan Poe - Sandrine Chatron (harp) (Ambroisie AMB 9978)

  SIBELIUS: Swanwhite, Suite - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Pekka Kuusisto (Ondine ODE 1074)

  11:00 STRAUSS: Suite in Bb for winds Op 4 - members of Swiss Chamber Orch/Christian Siegmann (Claves CD 50-9409)

  HAHN: Piano Quintet in F# minor - Alexandre Tharaud (pno), Quatuor Parisii (Auvidis Valois V 4848)

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