Thursday 18 December 2008 Rāpare 18 Hakihea 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  MENDELSSOHN: String Symphonies, No 9 in C; No 11 in F; No 12 in G minor - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5143)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, in F minor Op 2/1; in A Op 2/2; in C Op 2/3 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2011-3)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  A Christmas Collection

  SCHÜTZ: Tröster, tröster mein Volk; Sei gegrüsset,Maria; GABRIELI: Canzon XI; SCHÜTZ: Magnificat anima mea Dominum; Joseph, du Sohn David; Der Engel sprach zu den Hirten; Hodie Christus natus est; WECKMANN: Sonata à 4; SCHÜTZ: O Jesu, nomen dulce; Ein Kind ist uns geboren; GABRIELI: Canzona X; SCHÜTZ: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Her; Das Wort ward Fleisch; USPER: Sonata à 8; SCHÜTZ: Alleluja, lobet den Herren - Choir and Orch of the Academy of Ancient Music/Paul Goodwin (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7202)

  3:40 (approx) - Disc 4

  ELGAR: String Quartet in E minor Op 83; BRIDGE: Three Idylls; WALTON: String Quartet in A minor - Coull Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66718)

  4:55 (approx) - Disc 5

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050; Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in Bb BWV1051; Concerto in A for oboe d'amore BWV1055; Concerto in D minor for violin & oboe BWV1060 - Munich Bach Orch/Karl Richter (Archiv 427 143)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 JC BACH: Symphony in Eb Op 3/3 - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 268)

  MORENO TORROBA: Sonatina - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

  DELIUS: La Calinda, from Koanga - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC SMCD 5134)

  THOMSON: Five Ladies - Philippe Quint (vln), William Wolfram (pno) (Naxos 8.559364)

  LEO: Cello Concerto No 3 in A - Julius Berger (cello), Southwest German CO, Pforzheim/Vladislav Czarnecki (Brilliant Classics 93681)

  7:00 TRAD arr Watts: Ding dong! merrily on high - Maddy Prior (vocalist), Carnival Band (Portrait PCL 1007)

  GRIFFES: Bacchanale - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559164)

  HANDEL: Sonata a quattro in G, from Chandos Anthem No 7, My song shall be alway - L'Assemblée des Honnestes Curieux (Zig Zag ZZT 2031 102)

  CHABRIER: Larghetto for horn & orchestra - Hermann Baumann (horn), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 416 380)

  D'INDY: Sarabande & Menuet - Vovka Ashkenazy (pno), Reykjavik Wind Quintet (Chandos CHAN 10420)

  MOERAN: Overture for a Masque - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 247)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MOZART: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben, from Zaïde - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London SO/Colin Davis (Decca 465 145)

  LISZT: Gondoliera, from Venice & Naples - Mûza Rubackyté (pno) (Lyrinx LYR 2216)

  LAMOND: Overture from the Scottish Highlands Op 4 - BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67387)

  G RITTER: Bassoon Quartet in Eb Op 1/4 - Paolo Carlini (bsn), I Virtuosi Italiani (Naxos 8.570500)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Serenade for cello & orchestra - Vytautas Sondeckis (cello), Lithuanian CO/David Geringas (Naxos 8.554381)

  VERDI: Il Trovatore, ballet music - Philharmonia/Charles Mackerras (Testament SBT 1327)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  JOHN RUTTER (b1945)

  Distant Land - Royal Phil/John Rutter (Decca 476 124)

  Sing we to this merry company - Choir of Trinity Church, Boston/Brian Jones, Michael Kleinschmidt (org), Judy Saiki (harp), Alan Weiss (fl), Richard Flanagan (perc) (Dorian DOR 93240)

  Cantate Domino - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 66947)

  Magnificat - Patricia Forbes (sop), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 504)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  WEBER: Symphony No 2 in C - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Vanguard Records VCD 72008)

  JONGEN: Concerto for five - Ensemble Harpeggio (Classic Talent DOM 2910 74)

  SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertänze Op 6 - Eric Le Sage (pno) (Alpha 098)

  RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 - West German Radio SO/Semyon Bychkov (Profil PH 07028)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy - Rachel Barton Pine (vln), Scottish CO/Alexander Platt (Cedille CDR 90000 083)

  MOZART: Variations in C on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K265 - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

  TRAD: The holly & the ivy; I saw three ships - Anonymous 4, Andrew Lawrence-King (psaltery) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7325)

  HAYDN: London Trio No 2 in G HobIV/2 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Isaac Stern (vln), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) (CBS 37786)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little; Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished - Cologne Gürzenich Orch/Günter Wand (rec 1962/58) (Testament SBT 1364)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  CHOPIN: Preludes Op 28 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

  KRAUS: Azire, Ballet Music VB18 - New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.570334)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SULLIVAN: Iolanthe, Overture - Scottish CO/Alexander Faris (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

  CARMICHAEL: Fêtes Champêtres Suite - John Carmichael (pno), Marc Naylor (cl) (ABC 476 156)

  A MARCELLO: Concerto No 1 in D, from La Cetra - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 0563)

  DVORÁK: Songs my mother taught me, No 4 from Gypsy Melodies Op 55 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), István Hajdu (pno) (Philips 446 560)

  GRANADOS orch Breiner: Rondella aragonesa, from Spanish Dances - Norbert Kraft (gtr), Razumovsky Sinfonia, Bratislava/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.554103)

  HERSCHEL: Symphony No 2 in D - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: English Folk Song Suite - Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell (Telarc CD 80099)

  DVARIONAS: By the Lake - Vytautas Sondeckis (cello), Lithuanian CO/David Geringas (Naxos 8.554381)

  KLAMI: Intermezzo - Timo Karjalainen (cor anglais), Kymi Sinfonietta/Juha Nikkola (Alba ABCD 171)

  ANON arr Fraser The Sprig of Thyme - Kate Royal (sop), ASMF/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 94419)

  MENDELSSOHN: Theme & Variations; Scherzo, from Four Pieces for string quartet - Sorrel Quartet (Chandos CHAN 9555)

  BRIDGE: Rosemary, No 1 of two Entr'actes - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 242)

  EVANS: Lavender time - Tamara Anna Cislowska (pno) (Artworks AW 005)

  TRAD arr Kennedy/Lenehan/Messiter: Scarborough Fair - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), London Voices, English CO (EMI 5 56923)

  BOSSI: Scherzo in G minor Op 49/2 - Ian Tracey (organ of Liverpool Cathedral) (EMI CDB 7 62813)

  CURTIS: Fiesta - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2015)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  André Previn

  Erica Challis profiles the life and career of this year's Gramophone Lifetime Achievement award winner (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Roy Goodman & Friends

  Luigi de Filippi, Dimitri Atanassov (vlns), Laura Vaughan (vla da gamba), David Garner (cello), Roy Goodman, James Tibbles (hpschds)

  HANDEL: Sinfonia in Bb for two violins & continuo HWV338; BACH: Viola da gamba Sonata No 2 in D BWV1028; TARTINI: Sonata No 17 in D for solo violin; HANDEL: Trio Sonata in G Op 5/4; BACH: Violin Sonata No 2 in G BWV1020; MARAIS: Le Badinage, from Pièces de viole, Book 4; BACH: Trio Sonata in C BWV1037 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber by RNZ)

• 9:15 PM. Two Wittgenstein Commissions

  RAVEL: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand - Zoltán Kocsis (pno), Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (446 713)

  BRITTEN: Diversions for piano left hand & orch - Steven Osborne (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov (Hyperion CDA 67625)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BEETHOVEN: Serenade in D Op 25 - Lisa Beznosiuk (fl), Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln), Tom Dunn (vla) (Avie AV 2108)

  ATTERBERG: Sinfonia Op 53 - Camerata Nordica/Ulf Wallin (dir) (CPO 777 156)

  11:00 BEACH: Theme & Variations - Emily Beynon (fl), Henk Rubingh, Marijn Mijnders (vlns), Roland Krämer (vla), Daniël Esser (cello) (Channel Clasics CCS SA 26408)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Quartet in Bb Op 41 - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)

Next day - Fri 19

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