Thursday 30 April 2009 Rāpare 30 Paenga-whāwhā 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Overture; Sadko Op 5; Piano Concerto in C# minor Op 30; Symphony No 3 in C - Geoffrey Tozer (pno), Bergen Phil/Dmitri Kitajenko (Chandos CHAN 9229)

  1:20 (approx) - Disc 2

  MOZART: Concerto in Bb for bassoon & orchestra K191; HUMMEL: Concerto in F for bassoon & orchestra; JOLIVET: Concerto for bassoon, harp, piano & string orchestra; FRANÇAIX: Divertissement for bassoon & string quartet - Dag Jensen (bsn), Cologne Radio SO/Werner Andreas Albert (Cappriccio 10579)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  GLICK: Sing unto the Lord a New Song; HOLMAN: Night Music; SOMERS: Trois Chansons de la Nouvelle-France; COULTHARD: Quebec May - Elmer Iseler Singers, CBC Vancouver Orch/Elmer Iseler (CBC SMCD 5115)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  GRIEG: Lyric Pieces - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (DG 437 522)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  COATES: Calling All Workers; TOYE: The Haunted Ballroom; COLLINS: Vanity Fair; FARNON: Jumping Bean; BAYNES: Destiny; CURZON: The Boulevardier; MEYER Lutz: Pas de quatre; BINGE: The Watermill; Elizabethan Serenade; WILLIAMS: The Devil's Galop; The Old Clockmaker; GIBBS: Dusk; WHITE: Puffin' Billy; KETÈLBEY: Bells Across the Meadows; JOYCE: Dreaming; ELLIS: Coronation Scot; Ancliffe: Nights of Gladness - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66868)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HOFMANN: Symphony in Bb (Badley Bb1) - Northern CO/Nicholas Ward (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553866)

  MENDELSSOHN trans Liszt: On wings of song Op 34/2; Suleika Op 34/4 - Bertrand Chamayou (pno) (Naïve V 5131)

  SARASATE: Introduction & Tarantella Op 43 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster (EMI CDC 5 55475)

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

  FARRAR: English Pastoral Impressions - Philharmonia/Alasdair Mitchell (Chandos CHAN 9586)

  7:00 J STRAUSS I: Radetzky March - Vienna Phil/Seiji Ozawa (Decca 473 168)

  GOTTSCHALK arr Kay: Grande Tarentelle Op 67 - Reid Nibley (pno), Utah SO/Maurice Abravanel (Vanguard Classics 08 4051 71)

  TRAD arr Currie: Ye banks and braes o' Bonnie Doon - Royal Scottish National Chorus, BBC Scottish SO/John Currie (ASV White Line CD WHL 2087)

  HANDEL: Violin Sonata in D HWV371 - Andrew Manze (vln), Richard Egarr (hpschd) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 7259)

  TURINA: Ritmos Op 43, Fantasía coreográfica - Castile & León SO/Max Bragado Darman (Naxos 8.555955)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: ANON: Hush now, go to sleep - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Hespèrion XXI (Alia Vox AV 9826)

  ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No 1 Op 19, Midsummer Vigil - Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 385)

  MAYERL: Bats in the Belfry - Andrew Ball (pno), Slovak Radio SO/Gary Carpenter (Marco Polo 8.223514)

  IVES: Variations on America - Eugene Lavery (organ of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland) (Holy Trinity Cathedral)

  FAURÉ: Impromptu No 2 in F minor Op 31 - Paul Crossley (pno) (CRD 3423)

  KODÁLY: Dances of Marosszék - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 444 322)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  FERRUCCIO BUSONI (1866-1924)

  BACH arr Busoni: Prelude & Fugue in D BWV532 - Wolf Harden (pno) (Naxos 8.570543)

  Berceuse élégiaque - Hong Kong Phil/Samuel Wong (Naxos 8.555373)

  Doktor Faust, excerpts, Easter Vespers; Second Scene, I look on you; Final Scene, If only I could pray; They're dancing in my brain (Beaumont version) - Dietrich Henschel (bar), Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus, Lyon National Opera Chorus & Orch/Kent Nagano (Erato 3984 25501)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  ENESCU orch Foster: Octet in C Op 7 - Monte Carlo Phil/Lawrence Foster (Virgin 5 19312)

  LISZT: Hungarian Fantasy S123 - John Ogdon (pno), Philharmonia/John Pritchard (EMI 3 92747)

  COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Quintet in A - Harold Wright (cl), Hawthorne String Quartet (Koch International 3-7056)

  MOZART: Symphony No 34 in C K338 - Stuttgart Radio SO/Roger Norrington (Hänssler CD 93.215)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Baroque Italian Wind

  VIVALDI: Flute Sonata in E minor RV50 - Mario Folena (fl), ConSerto Musico (Brilliant Classics 93703)

  LOTTI: Oboe d'amore Concerto in A - Albrecht Mayer (ob/dir), New Seasons Ensemble (Decca 478 0313)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  DVORÁK: Legend in G minor Op 59/3 - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDM 7 63412)

  HARRIS: Dance Suite for Saxophones - Kate Ingram-Robertson (alto sax), Saxcess (Saxcess)

  BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 - London Phil/Wolfgang Sawallisch (Brilliant Classics 92878)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto in D - Heinz Holliger (ob/dir), CO of Europe (rec 1993) (Philips 446 105)

  BACH trans Busoni: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor; Chorale Preludes, Wachet auf BWV645; Ich ruf zu dir, Herr BWV639 - Tatiana Nikolayeva (pno) (MK MK 418 024)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  ANTILL: An Outback Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.570241)

  TOSCANINI: Two Pieces for string quartet - Cindy Yan, Miyo Yoon (vlns), Vyvyan Yendoll (vla), Paul Mitchell (cello) (RNZ)

  BODY: Five Lullabies - Tudor Consort/Simon Ravens (RNZ)

  VINE: Flute Sonata - Alexa Still (fl), Stephen Gosling (pno) (Koch KIC CD 7658)

  LILBURN: Allegro for Strings - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture - New York Phil/Pierre Boulez (Sony SM3K 64103)

  J RITCHIE: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings - Marina Sturm (cl), NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Trust MMT 2040)

  REGER: Chorale Fantasia on Ein feste Burg Op 27 - Johannes Unger (organ of St Thomas' Church, Leipzig) (Priory PRCD 788)

  RAVEL: Piece in the form of a Habanera - Mark Walton (sax), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private)

  LEHÁR: Gold & Silver Waltz - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80547)

  DONIZETTI: Una furtiva lagrima, from L'elisir d'amore - Plácido Domingo (ten), Los Angeles Phil/Carlo Maria Giulini (DG 415 366)

  COATES: Impressions of a Princess - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (ASV White Line CD WHL 2107)

  LISZT: From the Album of Princess Marie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67346)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Lullaby of the Sea Princess, from Sadko - Galina Vishnevskaya (sop), London Phil/Mstislav Rostropovich (EMI CMS 5 65716)

  BAX: The Princess's rose garden - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.557769)

  GRAINGER: To a Nordic Princess - Slovak Radio SO/Keith Brion (Naxos 8.554263)

  WAGNER: For Princess Metternich's Album - Terence Dennis (pno) (Ode CD MANU 2038)

  KÁLMÁN: Let me dance & sing, from The Gypsy Princess - Yvonne Kenny (sop), Michael Roider (ten), Slovak Radio SO/Richard Bonynge (Naxos 8.660105/6)

  SULLIVAN: Princess Ida, Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.554165)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Dame Janet Baker

  Four programmes

  (4) Lieder

  Devoted Baker-holic, Alan Platt, provides insights to Dame Janet Baker's lied performances and guides us through some recordings of this repertoire, including a few rare editions from his collection (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Amy Dickson (sax), Auckland Philharmonia/Otto Tausk

  MOZART: Lucio Silla, Overture; GLASS: Saxophone Concerto; DEBUSSY: Images for orchestra (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:20 PM. Razumovsky

  BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E minor Op 59/2 - Artemis Quartet (Virgin 3 80268)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  CHOPIN: Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20 - Nelson Freire (pno) (Philips 456 781)

  LALO: Symphonie Espagnole - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Paris Orch/Daniel Barenboim (DG 445 549)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Toward the Unknown Region - City of Glasgow Chorus, Scottish Opera Orch/Graham Taylor (Divine Art 25035)

  11:00 WEISS: Lute Sonata No 52 in C minor - Robert Barto (lute) (Naxos 8.570551)

  MARAIS: Suite in D - Palladian Ensemble (Linn CKD 100)

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