Friday 23 January 2009 Rāmere 23 Kohi-tātea 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  STRAUSS: Metamorphosen; Three Hymns, Hymne an die Liebe; Ruckkehr in die Heimat; Die Liebe; Death & Transfiguration - Felicity Lott (sop), Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8734)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  LECLAIR: Sonata in D minor Op 4/1; Sonata in Bb Op 4/2; Sonata in D minor Op 4/3; Sonata in F Op 4/4; Sonata in G minor Op 4/5; Sonata in A Op 4/6 - Purcell Quartet

  (Chandos CHAN 0536)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  OSCAR WILDE: The Happy Prince; The Rose & the Nightingale; The Selfish Giant - John Guilgud (narrator), English String Orch/Youra Guller (Nimbus NI 5036)

  3:20 (approx) - Disc 4

  WELLS: A New Zealand Suite; GRIFFITHS: Meditation on Maria zu leben; Trisagion, Nicaea; LILBURN: Prelude & Fugue in G minor; MEWS: Gigue de Pan; TS WEBSTER arr Wells: Waikato March; VIERNE: Naïades, Op 55/4; GRAINGER arr Wells: Blythe Bells; HOLLINS: Spring Song; Grand Choeur in C - John Wells (organ in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Timaru) (Ribbonwood RCD 1005)

  4:35 (approx) - Disc 5

  ARNOLD; The Roots of Heaven; ALWYN: Suite of Scottish Dances; SARGENT: An Impression of a Windy Day; PARKER: The Glass Slipper; LANGLEY: The Coloured Counties; JACOB: The Barber of Seville Goes to the Devil, Overture; JOHNSTONE: Tarn Hows, a Cumbrian Rhapsody; LANGFORD: Two Worlds, Overture; BENNETT: Little Suite; LYON: Joie de Vivre, Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV CD WHL 2113)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 GLAZUNOV: Lyric Poem - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9961)

  STOJOWSKI: Deux Pensées musicales Op 1 - Jonathan Plowright (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67437)

  WARLOCK: Serenade - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 318)

  PONCE: Theme, Variations & Finale - Nirse González (gtr) (Naxos 8.570446)

  TELEMANN: Oboe Concerto in D minor TWV51/d2 - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (DG 477 5923)

  7:00 DVORÁK: Gypsy Melodies Op 55, excerpts - Thomas Hampson (bar), Wolfram Rieger (pno) (Orfeo C 656 052 I)

  ARENSKY: Fantasia on Russian Folksongs - Stephen Coombs (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (Hyperion CDA 66624)

  KODÁLY: Intermezzo for string trio - Berlin Philharmonic String Trio (Arte Nova 74321 54845)

  HANSON: Serenade - Judith Mendenhall (fl), Susan Jolles (harp), New York Chamber Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3105)

  MASSENET: Orchestral Suite No 5, Neapolitan Scenes - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553125)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MOZART arr Hasel: Adagio in C K580a - Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet (BIS CD 1132)

  RODRIGO: El álbum de Cecilia - Sara Marianovich (pno) (Sony S2K 89828)

  DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Danse, Tarentelle styrienne - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 417 611)

  VERDI arr Genin/Guiot: Fantasy on La Traviata - Patrick Gallois (fl), Richard Friedman (vln), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (DG 445 822)

  B MARCELLO: Cello Sonata No 6 in G - Anthony Pleeth, Richard Webb (cellos), Christopher Hogwood (hpschd) (Explore EXP 0012)

  GERSHWIN arr Anderson: Girl Crazy, Suite - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Philips 426 404)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  FAURÉ: Pelléas & Mélisande, Concert Suite - Czech Phil/Serge Baudo (Supraphon SU 3899)

  PARRY: Piano Quartet in Ab - Deakin Piano Trio, Yuko Inoue (vla) (Meridian CDE 84248)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 10 in E minor Op 93 - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80241)

  BLANC: Septet in Eb Op 40 - members of Octuor de France (Calliope CAL 9384)

  BARBER: A Hand of Bridge, an opera in one act - Leslie Craigie (sop), Louise Winter (mezzo), Simon Wall (ten), Roderick Williams (bass), Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559135)

  MENOTTI: Apocalypse - Spoleto Festival Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9900)

• Noon Summer Sonic

  Richard Farrell

  The recorded legacy of New Zealand pianist Richard Farrell, who died in a 1958 car crash at the age of 31, shows a pianist of outstanding technique and insight. Peter Mechen reviews some of the surviving recordings and talks to those who remember Farrell's playing (RNZ)

  LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb S124 - Richard Farrell (pno), Hallé Orch/George Weldon (rec 1956-58) (Atoll ACD 208)

• 1:30 PM. My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord

  BACH: Magnificat in D BWV243 - Natalie Dessay, Karine Deshayes (sops), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Toby Spence (ten), Laurent Naouri (bass), Le Concert d'Astrée/Emmanuelle Haïm (Virgin 3 95241)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BESSER: Predawn Meditation - New Zealand SO/Derrick Inouye (RNZ)

  GLASS: Concerto for violin & orchestra - Robert McDuffie (vln), Houston Symphony/Christoph Eschenbach (Telarc CD 80494)

  TRAD arr Britten: God Save the Queen - London SO & Chorus/Benjamin Britten (Decca 436 403)

  RAWSTHORNE: Hornpipe Humoresque - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5005)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Silent Noon, from The House of Life - Sarah Walker (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (pno) (CRD 3473)

  BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2 - Peter Donohoe (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49934)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 7 in Bb Op 97, Archduke - Henryk Szeryng (vln), Pierre Fournier (cello), Wilhelm Kempff (pno) (rec 1970) (DG 429 712)

  Polonaise in C Op 89 - Artur Schnabel (pno) (rec 1938) (Arabesque Z 6551)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  HANDEL: Rinaldo, Overture - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Artworks AW 029)

  BURCH: Concertino - Edward Allen (horn), New Zealand SO/Michael Vinten (RNZ)

  HILL: String Quartet No 5 in Eb, The Allies - Australian String Quartet (Marco Polo 8.223746)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  PARRY ed Benoliel: Concertstück in G minor - London Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 6610)

  WIENIAWSKI: Polonaise No 1 in D - Piotr Janowski (vln), Wolfgang Plagge (pno) (2L 30)

  PROKOFIEV: Montagues & Capulets, from Romeo & Juliet - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 6511)

  HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 - Giovanna Pessi (harp), Ricercar Consort/Philippe Pierlot (dir) (Mirare MIR 009)

  BRITTEN: Hymn to St Cecilia Op 27 - Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks of Winchester Cathedral/Sarah Baldock (Griffin GCCD 4049)

  GRIEG: At your feet; Cradle song, from Lyric Pieces Op 68 - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61568)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 38 in C, Echo - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 910)

  KREISLER: Marche miniature viennoise - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Aude Capuçon (pno) (Virgin Classics 3 32626)

  HEDGES: Four Miniature Dances - RTE Sinfonietta/Anthony Hedges (Marco Polo 8.223886)

  MARTINU: Film en miniature - Karel Kosárek (pno) (Supraphon SU 3937)

  TSINTSADZE arr Batiashvili: Miniatures - Lisa Batiashvili (vln/dir), Georgian CO (Sony 88697 33400)

  TOCH: Miniature Overture - German SO, Berlin/Roger Epple (Wergo WER 6641)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  2008 Gramophone Awards

  Best Concerto Recording

  ELGAR: Violin Concerto in B minor Op 61; Serenade for Strings Op 20 - James Ehnes (vln), Philharmonia/Andrew Davis (Onyx 4025)

• 8:05 PM. Music Alive

  WOMAD 2008

  Over three days in March 2008, the Womad Festival brought musical and cultural flavours from around the world to Taranaki

  Twenty-two programmes

  (7) Susana Baca

  Susana Baca belongs to a new generation of Peruvian singers, delving into the shadows of the past to recover shimmering melodies and seductive rhythms where the sounds of indigenous Peruvian instruments are combined with the hot tempo of Cuban and Brazilian music (RNZ) (Programme 8 Tues 11.00pm)

• 9:00 PM. Recent Piano Releases

  CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11 - Lang Lang (pno), Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 7449)

  SCHUMANN: Impromptus Op 66, Pictures from the East - Frank Braley, Eric Lesage (pno duet) (Alpha 135)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  PIERSON: Macbeth Op 54 - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Lyrita SRCD 318)

  PETERSON-BERGER: Violin Concerto in F# minor - Ulf Wallin (vln), Norrköping SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 984)

  11:00 RASMUSSEN: Wind Quintet in F - Reykjavik Wind Quintet (Chandos CHAN 9849)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quintet No 1 in A Op 18 - Fine Arts Quartet, Danilo Rossi (vla) (Naxos 8.570488)

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