Monday 18 May 2009 Rāhina 18 Haratua 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  DITTERSDORF: Sinfonias, in A minor, The Delirium of the Composers; in D, The Battle of the Human Passions; in A, Sinfonia in the Taste of Five Nations - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  BRAHMS: Variations on an original theme Op 21/1; Rhapsodies, in B minor Op 79/1; in G minor Op 79/2; DVORÁK: Theme & Variations in Ab Op 36; Four Pieces Op 52 - David Buechner (pno) (Connoisseur Society CD 4179)

  2:15 (approx) - Disc 3

  AMODEI: Su l'ore che l'aurora; Tra l'erbette il pie sciogliea; ZAMBONI: Sonata in C minor; AMODEI: Va', ché l'hai fatto a me; Già col manto dell'ombre; STORACE: Passagagli sopra Alamire; AMODEI: Colà dove il Sebeto; Lieve al piè, grave al passo - Emma Kirkby (sop), Jakob Lindberg (theorbo/archlute), Lar Ulrik Mortensen (hpschd) (BIS CD 1415)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  ROMBERG: Clarinet Quintet in Eb Op 57; FUCHS: Clarinet Quintet in Eb Op 102; STANFORD: Two Fantasies for clarinet & string quartet, No 1 in G minor, No 2 in F - Thea King (cl), Britten String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66479)

  4:55 (approx) - Disc 5

  HOLST: St Paul's Suite; WALTON: Two pieces for strings from Henry V; BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4; BERKELEY: Serenade for strings Op 12; TIPPETT: Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli - ASMF/Kenneth Sillito (Collins 12342)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 PURCELL: The Married Beau Suite - La Stravaganza, Cologne (Denon CO/79250)

  BEETHOVEN: Variations on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus WoO45 - António Meneses (cello), Menahem Pressler (pno) (Avie AV 2103)

  STERNDALE BENNETT: Adagio for piano & orchestra - Malcolm Binns (pno), Philharmonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 205)

  BACH: Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208 - Michel Giboureau (ob), André Isoir (organ of St Cyprian Abbey , Périgord, France) (Calliope CAL 9747)

  GOODWIN: Arabian Celebration - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)

  7:00 GRAINGER: The Gum-Suckers March, from In a Nutshell - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9549)

  TORELLI: Christmas Concerto in G minor Op 8/6 - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Catherine Weiss (vln), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0716)

  LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 468 497)

  BACEWICZ: Sonata da camera - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), Ian Fountain (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10476)

  J STRAUSS II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka; Explosions Polka; Josef STRAUSS: Letter to the editor - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (Sony SK 45808)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: SCHUMANN arr Auer: Bird as Prophet, from Forest Scenes Op 82 - Joshua Bell (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (Decca 417 891)

  LANE: A Maritime Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Marco Polo 8.225185)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Variations for oboe & military band - Alf Nilsson (ob), Stockholm Concert Band/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Chandos CHAN 9444)

  SCHUBERT: Ave Maria D839 - Maurice André (tpt), François-Henri Houbart (org) (EMI CDC 7 49722)

  WAGNER trans Liszt: Entry of the Guests, from Tannhäuser - David Allen Wehr (pno) (Connoisseur Society CD 4199)

  SMETANA: Tábor, from Má Vlast - London Classical Players/Roger Norrington (Virgin Classics VC 5 45301)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643)

  Il Primo libro de' Madrigali - Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (dir) (Opus OPS 30-133)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BIZET: Carmen Suite No 2 - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80703)

  PROKOFIEV: Ten Pieces from Romeo & Juliet Op 75 - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (Philips 456 787)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Magnificat - Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto), Duke Dobing (fl), Corydon Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDA 66569)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 5 in D minor Op 47 - Hallé Orch/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (Hallé CD HLD 7511)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Baroque Releases

  ARIOSTI: Sonatas, No 15 in F minor; No 16 in G - Thomas Georgi (vla d'amore), Lucas Harris (archlute/baroque gtr), Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello) (BIS CD 1675)

  FONTANA: Sonata for solo violin No 4; UCCELLINI: Symphonia No 14, La Foschina; ROSSI: Sinfonia No 11; CASTELLO: Sonata No 2 - Maurice Steger (recorder), with instrumental ensemble (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2024)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  GLASS: Symphony No 8 - Bruckner Orch Linz/Dennis Russell Davies (Orange Mountain Music OMM 0028)

  MOZART: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben, from Zaïde - Sandrine Piau (sop), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (Naïve E 8877)

  VIVALDI arr anon for two guitars: Trio Sonata in C RV82 - Peter & Zoltán Katona (gtrs) (Channel CCS SA 23707)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 - Solomon (pno), Philharmonia/Herbert Menges (rec 1957) (EMI CD EMX 2002)

  Forest Scenes Op 82 - Clara Haskil (pno) (rec 1954) (Philips 420 851)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  LILBURN: Concert Overture in D - NZSO Chamber Orch (RNZ)

  HOWELLS: Organ Sonata No 2 - Robert Costin (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 606)

  HILL arr Vidulich: Viola Concerto 1910 - Donald Maurice (vla), Massey CO (Hill Records 002)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BERLIOZ: Beatrice & Benedict, Overture - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 8316)

  TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D - Niklas Eklund (baroque tpt), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble/Edward Tarr (Naxos 8.554375)

  FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Florent Boffard (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1741)

  CHOPIN arr H Wood: Third movement, Funeral March, from Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35 - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 216)

  J STRAUSS II: Vienna Blood Waltz - Queensland SO/Vladimir Ponkin (ABC Classics 432 250)

  HANDEL: I know that my Redeemer liveth, from Messiah - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 417 449)

  JF WAGNER: Under the Double Eagle - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 66710)

  BAX: Golden Eagle - Richard Nunn (pno), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9003)

  DAVIS: Eagle of Destiny; Bal des Victimes, from the film Napoleon - London Phil/Carl Davis (Virgin VC 7 90785)

  TRAD: Eagle Dance, Iroquois & Padleirmiut fragments - Jan Garbarek (sax), Hilliard Ensemble (ECM 1701)

  GOODWIN: Where Eagles Dare, Main Theme - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10262)

  ORFF arr anon: In trutina, from Carmina Burana - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI 3 59488)

  VIVALDI: Dell'aura al sussurrar, from Dorilla in Tempe - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Decca 466 569)

  KROLL arr/orch Kennedy/Lenehan/Messiter: Banjo & Fiddle - Nigel Kennedy (vln), English CO (EMI 5 56923)

  OFFENBACH: Valse de rayons, from Le Papillon - London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 411 956)

• 7:00 PM. Composer of the Week

  Peter Hoar talks about the life and music of GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643) (RNZ)

  Partite sopra l'aria della romanesca - John Toll (hpschd) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7211)

  Aria di Romanesca; Sonnetto spirituale: Maddalena alla Croce - Catherine Bott (sop), David Roblou (hpschd) (Oiseau-Lyre 417 260)

  Canzone 16, detta la Samminiata; Canzone 8, detta la Ambitiosa - Anner Byslma, Lidewy Scheifes (cellos), Bob van Asperen (hpschd) (DHM 7978-2-RC)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Feng Ning (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno)

  MOZART: Violin Sonata No 19 in Eb K302; STRAUSS: Violin Sonata in Eb Op 18; POULENC: Violin Sonata; PAGANINI: Cantabile; PAGANINI: I Palpiti Op 13, based on Di tanti palpiti from Rossini's Tancredi (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber by RNZ)

• 9:40 PM. Le Matin

  HAYDN: Symphony No 6 in D - Berlin State Opera Orch/Günther Herbig (Berlin Classics 018 5932 BC)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BRAHMS: Four Serious Songs Op 121 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (EMI 5 75203)

  SALIERI: Keyboard Concerto in Bb - Andreas Staier (fpno/dir), Concerto Cologne (Teldec 4509 94569)

  HOLST: St Paul's Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 782)

  11:00 TURINA: Sonata española - David Peralta Alegre (vln), Ana Sánchez Donate (pno) (Verso VRS 2039)

  HUMMEL: Clarinet Quartet in Eb - Fabrizio Meloni (cl), Andrea Pecolo (vln), Luca Ranieri (vla), Mario Finotti (cello) (Naxos 8.554280)

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