Monday 27 April 2009 Rāhina 27 Paenga-whāwhā 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished; Incidental music to Rosamunde D797 - Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (Philips 420 715)

  1:05 (approx) - Disc 2

  HINDEMITH: Sonata; CAPLET: Divertissements; TAILLEFERRE: Sonata for harp; ÖZDIL: Aganta, Burina, Burinata for harp; FAURÉ: Impromptu; BRITTEN: Suite for harp Op 83 - Godelieve Schrama (harp) (Canal Grande CG 9530)

  2:15 (approx) - Disc 3

  STENHAMMAR: Seven Poems from Thoughts of Solitude Op 7; Five Songs to texts by JL Runeberg Op 8; Four Swedish Songs Op 16; Five Songs of Bo Bergman Op 20; Songs & Moods Op 26; Late Harvest - Peter Mattei (bar), Bengt-Åke Lundin (pno) (BIS CD 654)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  LILBURN: Landfall in Unknown Seas; PRUDEN: Dances of Brittany; HEENAN: Cindy; Three Maori Songs; J RITCHIE: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings; FARQUHAR: Ring Around the Moon - Alex Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (Kiwi CD SLD 107)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  BRAHMS: Theme and variations for piano; Five Studies for Piano, Presto Study No 3; Presto Study No 4; Chaconne Study No 5; Hungarian Dances; Gavotte; Impromptu; Five Studies for Piano, Etude Study No 1; Rondo Study No 2 - Georg Friedrich Schenck (pno) (Koch Schwann 3-1172)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 FAURÉ: Pénélope, Prelude - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 475 8140)

  LALO: Norwegian Fantasy - Philippe Graffin (vln), Ulster Orch/Thierry Fischer (Hyperion CDA 67294)

  SEVERAC: Valse romantique - Lily Laskine (harp) (Erato 4509 92131)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 53 in E minor HobXVI/34 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Chartreuse TB 6)

  MOZART: The Magic Flute, Overture - Orchestra of St John's, Smith Square/John Lubbock (Resonance CD RSN 3072)

  7:00 GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66998)

  VIVALDI: Violin Sonata in D minor RV14 - Enrico Gatti (vln), Ensemble Aurora (Glossa GCD 921202)

  SIBELIUS: Pohjola's Daughter - Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam (Ondine ODE 1040)

  LEFEBURE-WELY: Sortie in Eb - Huw Williams (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, London) (Guild GMCD 7304)

  WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre - New York Phil/Zubin Mehta (Sony MLK 64061)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MACDOWELL: To a Wild Rose, from Woodland Sketches - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67067)

  CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 - Alexis Weissenberg (pno), Paris Conservatoire Orch/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (EMI 5 00906)

  BOSSI: Giga Op 73 - Gillian Weir (organ of Milwaukee's Performing Arts Centre) (Koss KC 1013)

  COPLAND: Old American Songs, Set 2 - St Charles Singers, Elgin SO/Robert Hanson (Naxos 8.559297)

  MAYERL: Marigold - Susan Tomes (pno) (Virgin Classics VC 7 90745)

  MAYERL: Praying Mantis, from Insect Oddities - Susan Tomes (pno) (Virgin VC 7 90745)

  PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours, Ballet Music from La Gioconda - Philharmonia/Charles Mackerras (Testament SBT 1327)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  FERRUCCIO BUSONI (1866-1924)

  String Quartet in D minor Op 26 - Pellegrini Quartet (CPO 999 264)

  Violin Concerto in D Op 35a - Frank Peter Zimmermann (vln), RAI National SO/John Storgårds (Sony SK 94497)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BRAHMS: Tragic Overture Op 81 - Netherlands Radio SO/Hans Vonk (PentaTone PTC 5186 042)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme - Zuill Bailey (cello), San Francisco Ballet Orch/Martin West (Telarc CD 80724)

  LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor - Agustin Anievas (pno) (EMI 2 35733)

  PURCELL: Dido & Aeneas, an opera in one act

  Dido............................. Catherine Bott

  Belinda.......................... Emma Kirkby

  Aeneas.......................... John Mark Ainsley

  Sorceress...................... David Thomas

  First Witch.................... Elisabeth Priday

  Second Witch............... Sara Stowe

  Second Woman............ Julianne Baird

  Sailor............................ Daniel Lochmann

  Spirit............................. Michael Chance

  Academy of Ancient Music Chorus & Orch/Christopher Hogwood (L'Oiseau-Lyre 436 992)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Music for Two Pianos

  MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Stephen Coombs, Artur Pizarro (pno duo) (Hyperion CDA 67014)

  PISTON: Concerto for two pianos & orchestra - Joshua Pierce, Dorothy Jonas (pno duo), Royal Phil/David Amos (Helicon HE 1044)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  DVORÁK: Terzetto in C Op 74 - Peter Cropper, Ronald Birks (vlns), Robin Ireland (vla) (ASV CD DCA 806)

  KREISLER: Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta - Fritz Kreisler (vln), RCA Victor SO/Donald Voorhees (rec 1946) (RCA 09026 68448)

  GÓRECKI: Totus tuus - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson (Nimbus NI 5589)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.201)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BIZET: L'Arlésienne Suites, Nos 1 & 2 - Lamoureux Concerts Orch/Igor Markevitch (rec 1959) (Philips 420 863)

  ALBÉNIZ arr Halffter: Rapsodia española Op 70 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno), London Phil/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (Decca 410 289)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  WEBER: Ruler of the Spirits, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

  RENAUD: Toccata in D minor - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

  FARR: Tabuh Pacific - Victoria University Orch, Gamelan Padhang Moncar/Peter Walls (Manu CD MANU 1514)

  ELGAR: From the Greek Anthology Op 45 - men of New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2048)

  RACHMANINOV: Variations on a theme of Chopin Op 22 - Elen Rapoport (pno) (Private recording ER 0001)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  IRELAND: A London Overture - London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDC 7 47984)

  GERSHWIN: Variations on I Got Rhythm - Anne-Marie McDermott (pno), Dallas SO/Justin Brown (Bridge 9252)

  PAGANINI: Fantasy on Rossini's Moses in Egypt - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

  SCHUBERT: Moment Musicale No 3 in F minor D780 - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (DG 477 7558)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS arr Jacob: English Folk Song Suite - London SO/Adrian Boult (EMI CDC 7 47218)

  VERDI: Grand March, from Aida - Royal Opera House Chorus & Orch, Covent Garden/Lamberto Gardelli (EMI CDM 7 69054)

  GOODWIN: Beauty & the Beast, Belle's Love Theme - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10262)

  SATIE: La Belle Excentrique - Jean-Pierre Armengaud (pno), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI CDC 7 49471)

  ANDERSON: Belle of the Ball - Kim Criswell (sop), William Dazeley (bar), BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559381)

  BYRD: Belle qui tiens ma vie - Skip Sempé (hpschd), Capriccio Stravagante (Auvidis Astrée E 8611)

  CABEZÓN: Diferencias sobre "Belle qui tiens ma vie" - members of Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (dir) (Alia Vox AV 9814)

  MOZART: Variations in Eb on La belle Françoise K353 - Ingrid Haebler (pno) (Philips 422 726)

  BERLIOZ: La Belle Voyageuse Op 2/4 - Véronique Gens (sop), Lyon National Opera Orch/Louis Langrée (Virgin 5 45422)

  OFFENBACH arr Haensch: La Belle Hélène, Overture - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 425 083)

• 7:00 PM. Composer of the Week

  Robert Johnson takes a look at the life and music of FERRUCCIO BUSONI (1866-1924) (RNZ)

  Second Ballet Scene Op 20 - Wolf Harden (pno) (Naxos 8.570249)

  Concert Piece in D minor Op 31a - Jean-François Antonioli (pno), Lausanne CO/Lawrence Foster (Claves CD 50-8806)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes

  PALESTRINA: Missa Papae Marcelli; PARRY: Songs of Farewell (recorded in St Matthew-in-the-City, Auckland by RNZ)

• 9:25 PM. Fleisher and Wittgenstein's Commissions

  RAVEL: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand - Leon Fleisher (pno), Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (Sony SK 47188)

  HINDEMITH: Klaviermusik mit Orchester Op 29 for piano left hand - Leon Fleisher (pno), Curtis SO/Christoph Eschenbach (Ondine ODE 1141)

• 10:05 PM. Day's End

  BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintet in G G431 - Michael Faust (fl), Auryn Quartet (CPO 999 382)

  RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre - Andrés Segovia (gtr), Symphony of the Air/Enrique Jordá (MCA MCAD 42067)

  GRIEG: Lyric Suite - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 427 807)

  11:00 SCHUMANN: Andante & Variations in Bb Op 46 - François Salque, Victor Julien-Laferrière (cellos), Bruno Schneider (horn), Frank Braley, Eric Lesage (pno duo) (Alpha 135)

  SPOHR: String Quartet No 33 in G Op 146 - Dima Quartet, Moscow (Marco Polo 8.225316)

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