Tuesday 28 July 2009 Rātū 28 Hōngoingoi 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  DVORÁK: Concert Overtures, In Nature's Realm; Carnival; Othello; Symphonic Variations Op 78; Scherzo Capriccioso - Royal Phil/John Farrer (ASV CD DCA 794)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  MEDTNER: Piano Concertos, No 2 in C minor Op 50; No 3 in E minor Op 60, Ballade - Geoffrey Tozer (pno), London Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9038)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  BACH: Violin Partita in D minor BWV1004 with chorales, Auf meinen lieben Gott; Den Tod…; Allemanda; Christ lag in Todesbanden; Corrente; Den Tod niemand zwingen kuunt; Sarabanda; Wo sol lich fliehen hin; Giga; Den Tod…; Ciaccona; Christ lag in Todesbanden; Dein Will gescheh'; Befiehl Du Deine Wege; Jesu meine Freude; Auf meinen lieben Gott; Jesu Deine Passion; In meines Herzens Grunde; Nun lob', mein Seel', den Herren; Den Tod…; Ciaccona for solo violin and four voices after Helga Thoene's analysis; Den Tod… - Hilliard Ensemble, Christoph Poppen (baroque vln) (ECM 1765)

  3:25 (approx) - Disc 4

  LISZT: Divertissement on the cavatina I tuoi frequenti palpiti from Pacini's Niobe; THALBERG: Fantasy on themes from Rossini's Moses; WEBER: Concert Piece in F minor Op 79; THALBERG: Fantasia on God Save the Queen; LISZT: Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude, from Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses - Steven Mayer (pno) (ASV CD DCA 783)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  Fantasias, Arias and Toccatas by MUDARRA, MILAN, MACQUE, DELL'APRA, FRESCOBALDI and MONTEVERDI - Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque harps) (Hyperion CDA 66518)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 A MARCELLO: Concerto No 1 in D, from La Cetra - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 0563)

  LILBURN: Three Sea Changes - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Kiwi SLD 78)

  CARSE: The Winton Suite - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)

  MENDELSSOHN: Six Songs to be Sung in the Open Air Op 41, In the forest; Run off with me; A frost came down; On their grave; May song; On the lake - RIAS Chamber Choir/Hans-Christoph Rademann (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1992)

  WAGENAAR: Larghetto for oboe & orchestra - Ingrid Nissen (ob), Netherlands Radio SO/Eri Klas (Etcetera KTC 1326)

  7:00 PURCELL: Suite in C - Crispian Steele-Perkins (tpt), City of London Baroque Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 47664)

  MAXWELL DAVIES arr Eriksson: Farewell to Stromness - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)

  GLAZUNOV: Finnish Sketches Op 89 - Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin (Naxos 8.553839)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in Db Op 37 for flute & piano - Jean-Claude Gérard (fl), Leonard Hokanson (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 304 0395)

  ELGAR: Introduction & Allegro Op 47 - Küchl Quartet, Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 265)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: HANDEL: Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa, from Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca (Decca 455 981)

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

  LUMBYE: Queen Louise's Waltz - Odense SO/Peter Guth (Unicorn-Kanchana DKP CD 9089)

  ALBRECHTSBERGER: Trombone Concerto in Bb - Christian Lindberg (alto tbn), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (BIS CD 1248)

  BALAKIREV: Islamey, Oriental Fantasy - Freddy Kempf (pno) (BIS SACD 1580)

  BENJAMIN: Overture to an Italian Comedy - Royal Phil/Myer Fredman (Lyrita SRCD 314)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  WILLIAM BOLCOM (b1938)

  Free Fantasia on O Zion haste & How firm a foundation - Simon Preston (organ of Royal Albert Hall, London) (Signum SIDCD 084)

  Cello Sonata - Norman Fischer (cello), Jeanne Kierman (pno) (Naxos 8.559348)

  Symphony No 5 - American Composers Orch/Dennis Russell Davies (Argo 433 077)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  VIVALDI: Gloria in D RV589 - Deborah York, Patrizia Bicciré (sops), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Akademia, Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (Opus 111 OPS 30-195)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Six Piano Pieces Op 19 - Duncan Gifford (pno) (ABC Classics 438 827)

  FINZI: Clarinet Concerto in C minor Op 31 - John Denman (cl), New Philharmonia/Vernon Handley (Lyrita SRCD 236)

  IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Caucasian Sketches, Suite No 1 Op 10 - Ukraine National SO/Arthur Fagen (Naxos 8.553405)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. For the Kids

  TRAD arr Hearne: Children at play - Hamrahlíd Choir/Thorgerdur Ingólfsdóttir (ITM 8-05)

  COATES: The Three Bears Fantasy - Leo Phillips (vln), East of England Orch/Malcolm Nabarro (ASV CD WHL 2053)

  DEBUSSY: Children's Corner - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 5 00272)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  REINHARDT arr Lakatos/Cséki: Nuages - Roby Lakatos (vln/dir), László Bóni (vln), Oszkár Németh (dbass), Ernest Bangó (gtr/cymbalon), Kálmán Cséki (pno) (DG 459 642)

  CAPLET: Impressions d'automne - Christian Wirth (sax), Éric Speller (ob), Jérôme Voisin, Myriam Carrier (cls), Stéphane Coutaz (bsn), Marie Bitlloch, Ophélie Gaillard (cellos), Sandrine Chatron (harp), Julien Bret (org) (Ambroisie AMB 9978)

  TALLIS: Spem in alium - King's Singers (Signum SIGCD 071)

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 - Vladimir Horowitz (pno), RCA Victor SO/Fritz Reiner (Philips 456 841)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BRAHMS: Two Rhapsodies Op 79; SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata No 2 in G minor Op 22 - Martha Argerich (pno) (rec 1960/71) (DG 437 252)

  STRAUSS: Four Last Songs - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop), Berlin Radio SO/George Szell (rec 1966) (EMI CDC 7 47276)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  PLEYEL: Symphony in C minor Ben121 - Capella Istropolitana/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554696)

  CARR: Two Mansfield Poems, Sanary; Sleeping Together - Jennifer Paull (ob d'amore), Read Gainsford (pno) (Amoris AR 1003)

  GÓRECKI: Three Pieces in Old Style - NZSO Chamber Orch (RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (Resonance CD RSN 3023)

  IBERT: Cinq pièces en trio - Fibonacci Sequence (Deux-Elles DXL 1104)

  ARENSKY: Fantasia on Russian Folksongs Op 48, Ryabinin Fantasia - Konstantin Scherbakov (pno), Russian Phil/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.570526)

  LAURIDSEN: Sure on this shining night, from Nocturnes - Morten Lauridsen (pno), Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67580)

  GRIEG: Evening in the mountains; At the cradle, from Lyric Pieces Op 68 - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1491)

  TELEMANN: Flute Sonata in F T41/F4 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Charles Medlam (bass viol), Terence Charlston (hpschd) (BIS CD 1689)

  THOMAS: Study - Susan Drake (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66340)

  SARGENT: An Impression on a Windy Day - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV CD WHL 2113)

  TORRE: Danza Alta; ANON: La Spagna; CABEZÓN: Tiento de segundo tono - Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet (L'Oiseau-Lyre 444 537)

  PACHELBEL: Canon in D - Canadian Brass & Berlin Philharmonic Brass (CBS MK 39035)

  KETÈLBEY: The Clock & the Dresden Figures - Leslie Pearson (pno), Philharmonia/John Lanchbery (EMI 7 47806)

  HANDEL trans anon: Sonata for musical clock - Peter McAven (gtr) (Private recording)

  PROKOFIEV: Waltz & Clock Scene, from Cinderella - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

  F COUPERIN: Le Tic-Toc-Choc, ou Les Maillotins - Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1956)

  ANDERSON: The Syncopated Clock - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 68048)

  DAVIDOV: Ballade - Vytautas Sondeckis (cello), Lithuanian CO/David Geringas (Naxos 8.554381)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  8:00 Amber Rainey (amplified pno), Anna McGregor (cls)

  CRUMB: Makrokosmos Vol II; ADAMS: Flight, Lost in an Urban(e) Jungle; TAYLOR: mindsets; STOCKHAUSEN: In Freundschaft; ELLIS: Three Sibilants (recorded in the University of Auckland Music Theatre by RNZ)

  10:00 Six programmes in which Nick Bollinger explores life and music of the American songwriter Bob Dylan

  (3) All across the telegraph (RNZ)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

Next day - Wed 29

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