Saturday 23 May 2009 Rāhoroi 23 Haratua 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  MIASKOVSKY: Symphony No 5 in D Op 18; Symphony No 9 in E minor Op 28 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (Marco Polo 8.223499)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  M HAYDN: String Quintet in Bb; String Quintet in C; String Quintet in G - L'Archibudelli (Sony SK 53987)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  PURCELL: Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary; Welcome, welcome, glorious morn; Ode for the centenary of Trinity College, Dublin; Great parent, hail to thee; Welcome song for King Charles II; The summer's absence unconcerned we bear - Gillian Fisher, Evelyn Tubb (sops), James Bowman, Nigel Short (countertenors), Roger Covey-Crump, John Mark Ainsley (tens), Michael George, Charles Pott (basses), Kings Consort/Robert King (Hyperion CDA 66476)

  3:40 (approx) - Disc 4

  MOSONYI: Twelve Genres for piano; Studies for piano - István Kassai (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223557)

  4:55 (approx) - Disc 5

  PUCCINI: Capriccio Sinfonico; First Minuet for strings; Prelude from Edgar; Second Minuet for strings; Edgar, Prelude to Act III; Third Minuet for strings; Preludio Sinfonico; I crisantemi for strings; Manon Lescaut, Intermezzo from Act III; E l'uccellino - Royal Phil/Jacek Kaspszyk (Collins 11652)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HUTCHENS: The Enchanted Isle - Tamara Anna Cislowska (pno) (Artworks AW005)

  RESPIGHI: Berceuse - Sinfonia 21/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9415)

  ALBINONI: Concerto a cinque in D minor Op 9/2 - Albrecht Mayer (ob/dir), New Seasons Ensemble (Decca 478 0313)

  MARTINU: Seven Arabesques - Christian Benda (cello), Sebastian Benda (pno) (Naxos 8.554502)

  SIBELIUS: Overture in E - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1565)

  7:00 CHERUBINI: Il Giulio Sabino, Overture - Bacau Phil/Silvano Frontalini (Nuova Era 6819)

  WOLF: Italian Serenade - NZ String Quartet (Naxos 8.557374)

  SVIRIDOV: A Winter's morning, from Pushkin's Garland - Moscow New Choir/Elena Rastvorova (Alto ALC 1029)

  PÄRT: For Alina - Alexander Malter (pno) (ECM 1591)

  LEIGH: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Suite - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 289)

  8:00 WEINBERG: Concerto for flute & string orchestra Op 75 - Anders Jonhäll (fl), members of Gothenburg SO/Thord Svedlund (Chandos CHSA 5064)

  CHARLTON: Figure Eight - Totally Plucked, the Wellington Guitar Quartet (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

  GARDNER: Irish Suite Op 231 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2125)

  SMETANA: From the Homeland - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Analekta FL 2 3191)

  WALTON: Capriccio burlesco - Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves (EMI CDM 7 63369)

• 9:00 AM. Best of Upbeat

  A recap from the week's national and international music news, with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. Your Choice

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

  BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 3 in A Op 69 - António Meneses (cello), Menahem Pressler (pno) (Avie AV 2103)

  KORNGOLD ed Gamba: The Sea Hawk, Suite from the film score - men of Manchester Chamber Choir, BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10438)

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

• Noon The RNZ Concert Classical Chart

  This week's best-selling CDs

• 1:00 PM. Jazz at Lincoln Center

  Thirteen programmes from this Peabody Award winning series

  Host Wycliffe Gordon offers background, interviews and insights to accompany spirited performances from jazz greats

  (4) Dianne Reeves

  Dianne Reeves scats off the roof of the Rose Theater in a virtuoso vocal performance only she can deliver. You'll want to bring your syllabary along for these textbook renditions of Skylark, I Want to Testify and her unforgettable version of Thelonious Monk's Green Chimneys, performed with the Wynton Marsalis Septet (Murray Street Productions)

• 2:00 PM. Global Sounds

  Indigenous music from around the world

  Music from two performers who featured at WOMAD 2009

  Brendan Power - harmonica

  UK-based New Zealander Brendan Power is a versatile performer in many genres including pop, jazz and blues. In today's programme, we hear his skills as an expert player of Irish traditional music (Punch PMCD002; Tethnik Records TETHNIK109)

  Gurrumul: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

  Former member of the successful Aboriginal band Yothu Yindi, singer and composer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu incorporates into his music the songs and stories of his clan, the Gumatj of north east Arnhemland (Skinnyfish Music SFGU080201)

• 3:00 PM. Saturday Concert

  John Chen (pno), Annabelle Cheetham (mezzo), Christchurch Symphony/William Southgate

  STRAUSS: Don Juan Op 20; RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; CRESSWELL: Canterbury Rhymes; FARR: Rangitoto (recorded in Christchurch Town Hall by RNZ)

• 4:40 PM. Beaux Arts & Friends

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Seven Romances on verses by Alexander Blok - Joan Rodgers (sop), Beaux Arts Trio (Warner 2564 62514)

  BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No 2 in A Op 26 - Beaux Arts Trio, Walter Trampler (vla) (Pentatone PTC 5186 151)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  BODY: Melodies for Orchestra - Donald Armstrong, Yury Gezentsvey (vlns), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Rattle RAT D009)

  M ROSSI: Toccata settima - Anthony Jennings (hpschd) (Trust MMT 2025)

  RIES: Piano Concerto in C# minor Op 55 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557844)

• 7:00 PM. Vocalied

  New Zealand Voices

  LILBURN: Sings Harry - Christopher Leech (ten), Dylan Lardelli (gtr) (Waiteata WTA 009)

  SCHUMANN: Du bist wie eine Blume; Stille Tränen; Die Soldatenbraut - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Richard Amner (pno) (CBS MK 76868)

  QUILTER: Three Shakespeare Songs Op 6 - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Sharolyn Kimmorley (pno) (ABC Classics 476 7175)

  PUCCINI: Morire? - Patricia Wright (sop), David Vine (pno) (Atoll A 9803)

  BUTTERWORTH: Six songs from A Shropshire Lad - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Iain Burnside (pno) (BBC Music BBC MM 298)

  ROSSINI: La promessa, from Soirées musicales - Malvina Major (sop), Gerald Moore (pno) (EMI 5 56724)

  LISZT: Im Rhein; Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; Ihr Auge; Was Liebe sei?; Kling leise, mein Lied; Einst - Keith Lewis (ten), David Harper (pno) (Trust TRI 3002)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Made in New Zealand 2008

  Whirimako Black (vocalist), Gao Ping (pno), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young

  BOWATER: Urwachst; FUCHS: Symphonic Movement (première performance); GAO PING: Piano Concerto (première performance)

  (Interval interview: Composer/pianist Gao Ping talks with Upbeat's Eva Radich)

  FARQUHAR: Scherzo; WATSON: Pivotal Orbits; TRAD arr Garcia: He Taonga; E Te Kai (Bless this Food); WARREN arr Garcia: Whaipu te angai kia koe (I only have eyes for you); GARNER arr Garcia: Konehunehu (Misty); MANDEL arr Garcia: To atu mene mai (The shadow of your smile); MONK arr Garcia: Te po rua ('Round midnight); A BLACK arr Garcia: E te kai (Bless this food) (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:35 PM. Day's End

  HAHN: String Quartet in F - Quatuor Parisii (Auvidis Valois V 4848)

  11:00 PONCE: Sonata romantica - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

  THUILLE: Sextet Op 6 - Hexagon Ensemble (Etcetera KTC 1295)

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