Wednesday 26 August 2009 Rāapa 26 Here-turi-kōkā 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  TUBIN: Symphony No 1 in C minor; Concerto for Balalaika & Orchestra; Music for Strings - Swedish Radio Orch/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 351)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos, No 1 in C, Op 15; No 2 in Bb, Op 19 - Diedre Irons (pno), Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2050)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  DVORÁK: Mass in D Op 86; Te Deum Op 103 - Marina Meshcheriakova (sop), Sergei Miasnikov (bass), Russian State Cappella & SO/Valery Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9505)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit; Menuet antique; Menuet sur le nom de Haydn; A la maniére…Borodin; A la maniére…Chabrier; Prélude; Miroirs; Sonatine - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8647)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture Op 40; Introduction & Allegro for Strings Op 47; Serenade for Strings Op 20; Enigma Variations Op 36 - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Teldec 9031 73279)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 MOZART: The Abduction from the Seraglio, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CDC 7 47014)

  VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), members of the Berlin Phil (EMI 5 57647)

  MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words in G minor Op 53/3; Piano Piece in G minor; Song without Words in Eb Op 53/2; Song without Words in Bb Op 67/3 - Sebastian Knauer (pno) (Berlin Classics 1637 BC)

  ROSSINI: String Sonata No 2 in A - members of Serenata of London (ASV CD DCA 767)

  LYON: Ballet for Orchestra - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Marco Polo 8.225039)

  7:00 Gramophone Artist of the Year 2009

  Listeners are invited to vote for the Gramophone magazine's Artist of the Year category by following the link on our website www.radionz.co.nz/concert

  MESSIAEN: Regard du Père, from Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jésus - Jésus Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pno) (Teldec 3984 26868)

  LIADOV: Kikimora Op 63 - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 657)

  SUSATO arr Rawsthorne: Mohrentanz; SETCHELL: A Trumpet Gigue; KHACHATURIAN arr Setchell: Sabre Dance - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 603)

  VERDI: Oath duet from Otello - Plácido Domingo (ten), Sergei Leiferkus (bar), Bastille Opera Orch/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 439 805)

  SATIE: Parade - London SO/Antal Dorati (Mercury 434 335)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: REFICE: Ombra di Nube - Claudia Muzio (sop), orchestral accompaniment/Licinio Refice (rec 1935) (Nimbus NI 7801)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No 2 in E - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 475 6360)

  TELEMANN: Concerto in E minor for flute & recorder - Franz Vester (fl), Frans Brüggen (rec), Gustav Leonhardt (hpschd), Amsterdam CO/André Rieu (Teldec 9031 77620)

  GRAINGER: English Dance, A Tally of English Energy - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9493)

  PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No 3 in A minor Op 28 - Lise de la Salle (pno) (Naïve V 5080)

  GLINKA: A Summer Night in Madrid, Spanish Overture No 2 - USSR SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Le Chant du Monde LDC 278 819)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  PAUL HINDEMITH (1895-1963)

  When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (A Requiem for those we love) - William Stone (bar), Jan DeGaetani (mezzo), Atlanta Chorus & SO/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80132)

• 10:10 AM. The Works

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Op 37 - Idil Biret (pno), Bilkent SO/Antoni Wit (IBA 8.571257)

  MALIPIERO: Symphony No 3, delle campane - Moscow SO/Antonio de Almeida (Naxos 8.570878)

  SALZEDO: Jeux d'eau Op 29 - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Channel Classics CCS SA 28908)

  STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Colin Davis (Philips 416 498)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Classical Jazz

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 1 - CBSO/Mark Elder (Signum SIGCD 051)

  MARTIN: Ouverture et foxtrot - Julie Adam, Christine Logan (pno duo) (ABC Classics 476 2601)

  DONALDSON arr Nestico: My Blue Heaven - Thomas Ferrante (cl), Michael Monaghan (sax), Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68598)

  BLAKE: Chevy Chase Foxtrot - Paragon Ragtime Orch/Rick Benjamin (Dorian DIS 80107)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  ALBINONI arr Giazotto: Adagio in G minor - Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves (EMI CDZ 7 62526)

  MONTSALVATGE: Madrigal of a Folksong, The Song of the Birds - Elina Garanca (mezzo), Peter Bruns (cello), Dresden State Opera Orch/Fabio Luisi (DG 477 6231)

  RIES: Piano Concerto in C Op 123 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557638)

  MONTEVERDI: Audi coelum, from Vespers of 1610 - Richard Croft (ten), Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman (dir) (Telarc 2CD 80453)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  WAGNER arr Leinsdorf: Parsifal, Symphonic excerpts from Acts 1 & 3 - South West German Radio SO/Erich Leinsdorf (rec 1989) (Hänssler CD 93.040)

  GRIEG: Lyric Pieces Book 1 - Peter Katin (pno) (rec 1989) (Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD 2033)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: Century fanfare, Other echoes - Auckland Philharmonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Atoll ACD 300)

  DUSSEK: Elegie Harmonique in F# minor Op 61 - John Khouri (fpno) (Entr'acte ESCD 6503)

  VANHAL: Missa Pastoralis in G - Mary Enid Haines (sop), Nina Scott Stoddart (mezzo), Colin Ainsworth (ten), Steven Pitkanen (bass), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, Aradia Ensemble/Uwe Grodd, James Tibbles (org) (Naxos 8.555080)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  CIMAROSA: Le Stravaganze del Conte, Overture - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Alessandro Amoretti (Naxos 8.570508)

  HANDEL: Recorder Sonata in A minor HWV362 - Rachel Brown (recorder), Richard Egarr (hpschd) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7465.66)

  SCHUMANN orch Ravel: Carnaval, excerpts - Royal Flemish Phil/Daniele Callegari (Talent DOM 2929 95)

  5:30 Gramophone Artist of the Year 2009

  Listeners are invited to vote for the Gramophone magazine's Artist of the Year category by following the link on our website www.radionz.co.nz/concert

  RAVEL: Ondine, from Gaspard de la nuit - Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pno) (Warner 2564 62160)

  PUCCINI: Tu che di gel, from Turandot - Montserrat Caballé (sop), London SO/Charles Mackerras (EMI CDZ 7 62520)

  STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 475 6550)

  ARNOLD: Prelude and opening scene, from Homage to the Queen, Ballet Suite Op 42a - Royal Aarhus Academy of Music SO/Douglas Bostock (Classico CLASS CD 424)

  GILARDINO: Soledad, Homage to Goya - William Feasley (gtr) (Sonora SO 22587 CD)

  RODRIGO: Homage to the Precocious Girl - Castile & León SO/Max Bragado Darman (Naxos 8.557101)

  PASCULLI: Homage to Bellini - Hansjörg Schellenberger (cor anglais), Margit-Anna Süss (harp) (Denon CO/76611)

  LANGGAARD: Drapa, On the Death of Edvard Grieg - Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Dacapo 6.220519)

  FARQUHAR: Homage to Stravinsky - Concord Brass (Manu CD MANU 1550)

  REYNOLDS: Two poems in homage to Fauré - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67267)

  GRIEG: Homage March, from Sigurd Jorsalfar - Swedish Radio SO/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony MLK 64064)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Stars are Comforting

  The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley (1941-1981)

  Her research into the Evolution of Galaxies made her a giant of 20th century astronomy. Throughout her life Beatrice wrote home to her family and played her violin. Twenty programmes, edited by Theodora Lee-Smith and read by Tina Regtien

  (4) Twenty-first, nuclear proliferation and MSc: 1962-3 (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  BBC Proms 2009

  Sixteen programmes

  (2) Belcea Quartet

  HAYDN: String Quartet in F# minor Op 50/4; BRITTEN: String Quartet No 2 (recorded in Cadogan Hall, London by the BBC)

• 9:00 PM. Recent Bach Releases

  Cantata No 150, Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul - Veronika Winter (sop), Damien Guillon (countertenor), Marcel Beekman (ten), Benoît Arnould (bar), Akadêmia/Françoise Lasserre (Zig Zag ZZT 090 502)

  A Musical Offering BWV1079 - Jed Wentz (fl), Igor Ruhadze, Sara de Corso (vlns), Job ter Haar (cello), Michael Borgstede, Daniel Ivo de Oliveira (hpschds) (Brilliant Classics 93814)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Overture - Dresden State Orch/Silvio Varviso (PentaTone PTC 5186 123)

  PIAZZOLLA: Street Tango; Knife Fight - Juan José Mosalini (bandoneón), Osvaldo Calo (pno), I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (Telarc CD 80526)

  GRÉTRY ed Beecham: Zémire et Azor, Suite - Britanny Orch/Stefan Sanderling (ASV CD DCA 1095)

  11:00 BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 101 - Cracovia Trio (Dux 0626)

  FARRENC: Nonet in Eb Op 38 - Philippe Bernold (fl), François Leleux (ob), Romain Guyot (cl), André Cazalet (horn), Gilbert Audin (bsn), Guillaume Sutre (vln), Miguel da Silva (vla), François Salque (cello), Vincent Pasquier (dbass) (Naïve V 5033)

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