Thursday 7 May 2009 Rāpare 7 Haratua 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  SVENDSEN: Symphony No 1 in D Op 4; Symphony No 2 in Bb Op 15; Two Swedish Folk Tunes for string orchestra - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 347)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  SCHUMANN: Papillons Op 2; MOZART: Piano Sonata in G K283; GERSHWIN: Three Preludes; RAVEL: Sonatine; CHOPIN: Nocturnes Nos 1 & 2 Op 27; Scherzo Op 31 -Diedre Irons (pno) (Trust MMT 2041)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  HENRY VIII: Complete Music - Sirinu (Chandos CHAN 0621)

  3:30 (approx) - Disc 4

  DOHNÁNYI: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor; Piano Concerto No 2 in B minor - Martin Roscoe (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Fedor Glushchenko (Hyperion CDA 66684)

  4:40 (approx) - Disc 5

  BUSONI: Verzweiflung und Ergebung Op 41; Nocturne Symphonique Op 43; Orchestral Suite Op 46; Divertimento for flute & orchestra Op 52; Sarabande and Cortège Op 51; Concerto for clarinet & small orchestra; Tanz-walzer for orchestra - Robert Wörle (ten), Jean Claude Gérard (fl), Ulf Rodenhäuser (cl), Berlin Radio SO/Gerd Albrecht (Capriccio 10479)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 J SMITH: The Enchanter, Overture & Dead March - Capella Savaria/Mary Térey-Smith (Dorian DOR 93251)

  LISZT: Die Lorelei - Claudius Tanski (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 912 1489)

  VERDI: Va pensiero, from Nabucco - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus & Orch/Bernard Haitink (EMI 5 66077)

  BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in A G281 - La Magnifica Comunità (Brilliant Classics 93076)

  PROKOFIEV: Waltz Suite Op 110, excerpts - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8450)

  7:00 GB SAMMARTINI: Symphony in A JC63 - Accademia d'Arcadia/Alessandra Rossi Lürig (Brilliant Classics 93610)

  KOSHKIN: Guitar - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private recording BNP 02 CD)

  GRIEG: The Last Spring Op 34/2 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Razumovsky SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.554497)

  MENDELSSOHN: Rondo capriccioso in E Op 14 - Bertrand Chamayou (pno) (Naïve V 5131)

  DVORÁK: Slavonic Rhapsody No 3 in Ab minor Op 45 - Royal Phil/Rafael Kubelík (EMI 5 62863)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: KORNGOLD: Romance-Impromptu - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John York (pno) (Nimbus NI 5806)

  DEMERSSEMAN/BERTHELEMY orch Dodgson: Duo Brillante, on themes from William Tell - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Pierre Pierlot (ob), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

  COPLAND: Hoedown, from Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

  CORRETTE: Organ Concerto in D Op 26/3 - Fabio Bonizzoni (organ of Saint Michel-en-Thiérache, France/dir), La Risonanza (Tempéraments TEM 316 039)

  RUTTER: Five traditional songs, The girl I left behind me; O waly, waly; The British Grenadiers; Golden slumbers; Dashing away with the smoothing iron - Nordic Chamber Choir/Nicol Matt (Bayer BR 100 334)

  Josef STRAUSS: Flattergeister Waltz Op 62 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  ARNOLD BAX (1883-1953)

  Octet - Margaret Fingerhut (pno), ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9602)

  Glamour; Slumber Song, from Four Songs for tenor & orchestra - Martyn Hill (ten), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8628)

  Violin Sonata No 4 in F - Laurence Jackson (vln), Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.570094)

  Morning Song, Maytime in Sussex - Margaret Fingerhut (pno), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8516)

• 10:05 AM. The Works

  RUBINSTEIN: Triumphant Overture Op 43 - Wuppertal SO/George Hanson (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 335 1240)

  WEINBERG: Chamber Symphony No 1 Op 145 - Umeå SO/Thord Svedlund (Alto ALC 1036)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 - Rudolf Serkin (pno), London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 410 068)

  ROUSSEL: Bacchus & Ariadne Op 43 - French National Orch/Georges Prêtre (EMI 3 71487)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. In the Dorian Mode

  PURCELL: In nomine in G minor in 7 parts, Dorian Z747 - Fretwork (Virgin VC 5 45062)

  BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV538, Dorian - Bernard Foccroulle (organ of St Martin's Church, Groningen, The Netherlands) (Ricercar RIC 276)

  AVISON: Trio Sonata in chromatic Dorian mode Op 1/1 - Avison Ensemble (Divine Art DDA 21214)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  SIBELIUS: Karelia Suite - Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 417 762)

  CHOPIN: Berceuse in Db Op 57 - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (RCA 09026 63259)

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 2 in D Op 36 - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 080 402.6)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 18 in G D894 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (rec 1988) (Philips 422 340)

  BACH: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - János Starker (cello) (rec 1959) (EMI CZS 5 68485)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  HOFMANN: Flute Concerto in D - Elizabeth Hirst (fl), University of Auckland Orch/Uwe Grodd (Uni of Auckland UAAA 01)

  CARR: Promenade - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1077)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Overture on Russian Themes Op 28 - Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin (Naxos 8.553858)

  PASCULLI: Concerto on themes from Donizetti's La favorita - Heinz Holliger (ob), Gabriel Bürgin (pno) (Philips 426 288)

  A ROMERO: Fuga con Pajarillo, from Suite for Strings No 1 - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 7457)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse-scherzo - Julia Fischer (vln), Russian National Orch/Yakov Kreizberg (PentaTone PTC 5186 095)

  SIBELIUS: The Origin of Fire - Tommi Hakala (bar), YL Male Voice Choir, Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1525)

  WALTON arr Morrell: Spitfire Prelude - Nigel Potts (organ of the Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon, London) (Guild GMCD 7165)

  DILORENZO: Fire Dance - Center City Brass Quintet (Chandos CHAN 10260)

  FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance, from El amor brujo - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), National Phil/Charles Gerhardt (RCA 74321 84112)

  WAGNER trans Wolf: Magic Fire music, from Die Walküre - Mikhaïl Rudy (pno) (EMI 5 57181)

  HILDEGARD OF BINGEN interpreted by Richard Souther: Fire of the Spirit - Sister Germaine Fritz (sop), Katie McMahon, Nóirín Ní Riain (vocalists), Richard Souther (keyboards) (Sony SK 62853)

  ARNOLD: Phantasy for String Quartet, Vita abundans - Maggini Quartet (Naxos 8.557762)

  SMETANA: Furiant, from The Bartered Bride - Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 419 768)

  VIVALDI: Chamber Concerto in D RV91 - Le Nouveau Quatuor, Andrew Watts (bsn) (Amon Ra CD SAR 47)

  J STRAUSS II: Voices of Spring - Berlin Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 3984 24489)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Wendy Dawn Thompson

  New Zealand mezzo Wendy Dawn Thompson is home to sing the title role in The Italian Girl in Algiers. She talks with Christine Argyle (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Opera in Concert

  Curtain Raiser

  Kerry Stevens looks at tonight's performance of Strauss's setting of the Oscar Wilde play (RNZ)

  STRAUSS: Salome, an opera in one act

  Salome.......................... Margaret Medlyn

  Herod........................... Richard Greager

  Jokanaan....................... Martin Snell

  Herodias....................... Helen Medlyn

  Narraboth..................... Patrick Power

  Page............................. Sarah Castle

  With Grant Dickson, Richard Green, Jamie Allen, Derek Hill, Terry Barry, Benjamin Fifita Makisi, Malcolm Ede, Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:20 PM. Day's End

  ROSETTI: Concerto No 5 in Eb for two horns - Zdenek Tylsar, Bedrich Tylsar (horns), Dvorák CO/Petr Altrichter (Supraphon SU 3902)

  RESPIGHI: The Birds - Atlanta SO/Louis Lane (Telarc CD 80443)

  11:00 SCHUMANN: String Quartet in A Op 41/3 - Petersen Quartet (Capriccio 71 090)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 30 in E Op 109 - Garrick Ohlsson (pno) (Bridge 9266)

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