Friday 13 March 2009 Rāmere 13 Poutū-te-rangi 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  TUBIN: Symphony No 1 in C minor; Concerto for Balalaika & Orchestra; Music for Strings - Swedish Radio Orch/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 351)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos, No 1 in C, Op 15; No 2 in Bb, Op 19 - Diedre Irons (pno), Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2050)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  DVORÁK: Mass in D Op 86; Te Deum Op 103 - Marina Meshcheriakova (sop), Sergei Miasnikov (bass), Russian State Cappella & SO/Valery Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9505)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit; Menuet antique; Menuet sur le nom de Haydn; A la maniére…Borodin; A la maniére…Chabrier; Prélude; Miroirs; Sonatine - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8647)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture Op 40; Introduction & Allegro for Strings Op 47; Serenade for Strings Op 20; Enigma Variations Op 36 - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Teldec 9031 73279)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 MYSLIVECEK: Sinfonia Concertante in A Op 2/4 - Ural Phil/Gary Brain (Toccata Classics TOCC 0023)

  SCHARWENKA: Sonatina in E minor Op 52/1 - Seta Tanyel (pno) (Collins 13522)

  DVORÁK: Silent Woods - Timothy Walden (cello), Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pesek (Virgin 3 91346)

  HOFFSTETTER: String Quartet in E Op 3/1 - Kodály Quartet (Naxos 8.555703)

  TRAD arr Grainger: Scotch Strathspey & Reel - Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9554)

  7:00 ELGAR: Imperial March Op 32 - London SO/Barry Tuckwell (IMP PCD 913)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Second movement, Waltz, from Serenade in C for string orchestra Op 48 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

  GERSHWIN arr Zizzo: Preludes for piano - Alicia Zizzo (pno) (Carlton Classics 3036 60005)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Sea & Sinbad's Ship, from Scheherazade - Justine Cormack (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  LANCHBERY: Tales of Beatrix Potter, excerpts - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Barry Wordsworth (Dutton CDLX 7149)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: RAVEL: Dawn, from Daphnis & Chloé - London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Leopold Stokowski (London 443 331)

  LANGFORD: A Song for all Seasons - William Stephenson (pno), BBC Concert Orch/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10115)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Chôros No 1 - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1001)

  COPLAND: Simple gifts, from Appalachian Spring - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 64059)

  ROUSSEL: Joueurs de flûte Op 27 - Bridget Douglas (fl), Rachel Thomson (pno) (Trust MMT 2039)

  WEBER orch Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (ex Tartar TRL 020)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)

  Elijah, Part 2

  Elijah............................. Bryn Terfel

  The Widow................... Renée Fleming

  The Queen.................... Sara Fulgoni

  An Angel....................... Patricia Bardon

  Obadiah........................ John Mark Ainsley

  Ahab............................. John Bowen

  Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Paul Daniel (Decca 455 688)

• 10:15 AM. The Works

  SCHUMANN: Overture, Scherzo & Finale Op 52 - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1569)

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 16 in C K545, For Beginners - Martino Tirimo (pno) (RegisC 1254)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No 2 in G Op 126 - Jamie Walton (cello), Philharmonia/Alexander Briger (Signum SIGCD 137)

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 5 in Eb Op 82 - Boston SO/Colin Davis (Philips 446 157)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Barenboim Live at La Scala

  LISZT: Danza sacra e duetto finale, from Verdi's Aida; Miserere, from Il Trovatore by Verdi; Rigoletto Paraphrase - Daniel Barenboim (pno) (Warner 2564 69785)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 080 402.6)

  RACHMANINOV: Fugue in D minor - Denis Matsuev (pno) (RCA 88697 15591)

  DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 421 527)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MYASKOVSKY: Cello Concerto in C minor Op 66 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Philharmonia/Malcolm Sargent (rec 1956) (EMI CDM 5 65419)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol - New Philharmonia/Leopold Stokowski (rec 1973) (Decca 417 753)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  HILL: Symphony No 4 in C minor, The Pursuit of Happiness - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (Marco Polo 8.220345)

  DEBUSSY: L'isle joyeuse - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

  LOESSER: Rosabella; Finale, from The Most Happy Fella - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Kenneth Alwyn Chorus & Orch (Columbia 475 545)

  SIBELIUS: King Christian II, Suite - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80116)

  HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 4/6 - Ton Koopman (org/dir), Amsterdam Baroque Orch (Erato 2292 45394)

  CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 48 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

  TELEMANN trans Williams: Bourrée alla Polacca - John Williams (gtr) (CBS MK 44518)

  J STRAUSS II: Vienna Blood Waltz - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 417 747)

  HAHN: Si mes vers avaient des ailes! - Martyn Hill (ten), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDH 55040)

  ARBAN arr Harvey: Variations on a Tyrolean Theme - Frank Lloyd (horn), Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Philip Jones (dir) (Claves CD 50-8503)

  BALAKIREV: Tyrolienne - Alexander Paley (pno) (Koch Schwann 3-1746)

  GODOWSKY: Tyrolean, from 12 Impressions for violin & piano - Gottfried Schneider (vln), Cord Garben (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1067)

  ROSSINI: L'Orpheline du Tyrol - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 455 981)

  OFFENBACH: Tyrol-Ländler - Vienna Ensemble (Koch 3-6525)

  LISZT: Grand Fantasy on Tyrolienne from Auber's La Fiancée - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67406)

  HUMMEL: Tyrolienne variée - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Zellan Records ZRCD 1002)

  ZELLER: Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol, from Der Vogelhändler - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop), Philharmonia/Otto Ackermann (EMI CDC 7 47284)

  SUPPÉ: Tyrolean Dance and Frischka - Slovak State Phil/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.223864)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Pressing On with Roger Lloyd (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  9th Wellington International Jazz Festival

  Oliver Lake Trio

  Saxophonist Oliver Lake is considered one of the best alto players living today. He's arranged music for Björk and Lou Reed and perfomed live with artists in both the hip-hop and pop areas (recorded in the Memorial Theatre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:15 PM. Schubert in 1815

  Symphony No 3 in D D200 - Bamberg SO/Jonathan Nott (Tudor 7141)

  Piano Sonata No 1 in E D157 - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.297)

• 10:05 PM. Day's End

  BACH: Cantata No 140, Wachet auf - Rosemarie Landry (sop), Ben Heppner (ten), Mark Pedrotti (bass), Tudor Singers of Montreal, CBC Vancouver Orch/Wayne Riddell (CBC Records SMCD 5163)

  BUSONI: Concertino for clarinet & small orchestra Op 48 - John Bradbury (cl), BBC Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9920)

  SZELIGOWSKI: Nocturne for Orchestra - Poznan Phil/Mariusz Smolij (Naxos 8.570371)

  11:00 MACDOWELL: Forgotten Fairy Tales Op 4 - James Barbagallo (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223633)

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

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