Thursday 3 September 2009 Rāpare 3 Mahuru 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  M BERKELEY: Concerto for organ and orchestra; L BERKELEY: Voices of the night Op 86; M BERKELEY: Viola Concerto; L BERKELEY: Symphony No 2 - Paul Silverthorne (vla), Thomas Trotter (org), BBC Nat Orch of Wales/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10167)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  TORELLI: Concerto in A minor for four violins; MOSSI: Concerto in G minor Op 4/12; VALENTINI: Concerto in A minor Op 7/11; LOCATELLI: Concerto in F Op 4/12; LEO: Concerto in D - Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (Archiv 435 393)

  2:20 (approx) - Disc 3

  PALESTRINA: Surge, illuminare; Missa Papae Marcelli; ALLEGRI: Miserere; PALESTRINA: Stabat Mater; Alma Redemptoris Mater; Magnificat primi toni; Nunc dimittis - Tallis Scholars/Peter Philips (Gimell CDGIM 994)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  BELLINATI: Jongo; HOUGHTON: Stélé; BOGDANOVIC: A fairytale with variations; BARRIOS MANGORÉ: La Catedral; DOMENICONI: Koyunbaba; HOUGHTON: God of the northern forest; Kinkachoo, I love you; KOSHKIN: Usher Waltz Op 29; MOREL: Danza Brasilera; DYENS: Libra Sonatine, Fuoco - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1000)

  4:40 (approx) - Disc 5

  DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22; SUK: Serenade in Eb for strings Op 6; JANÁCEK: Suite for Strings - Granada CO/Misha Rachlevsky (Claves CD 50-9013)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 RUTTER: Suite for strings - Royal Phil/John Rutter (Decca 476 124)

  MENDELSSOHN: War March of the Priests, from Athalia - James Tibbles (organ of Auckland Town Hall) (RNZ)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus - BBC Welsh National Orch/Lesley Hatfield (dir) (BBC Music BBC MM 250)

  BRAHMS: Scherzo, from FAE Sonata in A minor - Thomas Albertus Irnberger (vln), Jörg Demus (pno) (Gramola 98832)

  BALAKIREV: In Bohemia - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 9667)

  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

  RAVEL: La Valse - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Mariss Jansons (RCO Live RCO 08001)

  DINICU arr Heifetz: Hora Staccato - Michael Rabin (vln), Hollywood Bowl SO/Felix Slatkin (Medici Arts MM 023)

  PRAETORIUS: Suite de Voltes, from Terpsichore - Early Music Consort of London/David Munrow (EMI 5 69555)

  ALBINONI: Concerto in C for two oboes Op 7/2 - Anthony Camden, Alison Alty (obs), London Virtuosi/John Georgiadis (dir) (Naxos 8.553002)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Song of the Lark, from The Seasons - Van Cliburn (pno) (Philips 456 748)

  VERDI: Sicilian Vespers, Overture - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 457 627)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: OFFENBACH: Barcarolle, from The Tales of Hoffmann - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Summer - Joshua Bell (vln/dir), ASMF (Sony 88697 11013)

  BOCCHERINI: Fourth movement, Fandango, from Guitar Quintet in D G448 - Rolf Lislevand (gtr), Luz Martin León Tello (castanets), David Mayoral (perc), members of Pulcinella (Ambroisie AM 126)

  ANDERSON: Belle of the Ball - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 68048)

  FARRENC: Etudes Op 26, No 17 in Eb minor; No 18 in Db - Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (pno) (Naïve V 5033)

  BRUCKNER: Third movement, Scherzo, from Symphony No 4 in Eb, Romantic - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 84723)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  Aerophones, Idiophones and Electrophones: Organs of a Different Kind

  William Dart looks at the extraordinary variety and diversity of instruments which, in some way or another, are related to the grandest of pipe organs. The harmonium works its plaintive charms in this programme, with music by Dvorák, Franck and the late German chanteuse, Nico while Tatar composer Sofia Gubaidulina explores the avant-garde potential of her native bayan. Featured Concerto of the Day is Villa-Lobos' 1955 Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4 - Kiev CO/Roman Kofman (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 601 1275)

  FINZI: Intimations of Immortality Op 29 - Ian Partridge (ten), Guildford Philharmonic Choir & Orch/Vernon Handley (Lyrita SRCD 238)

  LISZT trans Kraft/Potts: Les Préludes - Nigel Potts (organ of the Scottish Rite Masonic Temple, Detroit) (JAV JAV 135)

  SCHUMANN: Symphony No 4 in D minor Op 120 - German Radio Phil/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (Oehms OC 707)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Making an Impression

  REED: Chinese Impressions, Nos 1 & 2 - Robert Gibbs (vln), Mary Mei-Loc Wu (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7135)

  KARG-ELERT: Three Impressions Op 108, Sunset; Starlight; Elegiac Poem - Stefan Engels (organ of the Cathedral of Our Lady, Queen of the the Most Holy Rosary, Toledo, Ohio) (Priory PRCD 819)

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

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  PERGOLESI: Mass for five voices - Ensemble Turicum choir & orch/Luis Alves da Silva (dir) (K617 K617 159)

  CHOPIN: Preludes Op 28 Nos 13-24 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MOZART: Violin Concerto No 4 in D K218 - Wolfgang Schneiderhan (vln), Berlin Phil/Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (rec 1960) (DG 477 5263)

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 2 in Bb D125 - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (rec 1986) (DG 423 652)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  ARNOLD: Sonatina for clarinet & piano Op 29 - Murray Khouri (cl), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Continuum CCD 1038)

  HILL: String Quartet No 3 in A minor, The Carnival - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)

  FARR: Concerto for percussion & orchestra - Strike, Wellington Orch/Kenneth Young (Vector Wgtn Orch VWO 001)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel (RCA 09026 63143)

  GOTTSCHALK ed Rosenberg: Grande Tarentelle Op 67 - Michael Gurt (pno), Hot Springs Festival SO/Richard Rosenberg (Naxos 8.559320)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No 1 in E minor - Carlos Bonell (gtr) (Upbeat Classics URCD 140)

  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

  RACHMANINOV: Scherzo in D minor - St Petersburg Phil/Mariss Jansons (EMI 5 00885)

  TRAD arr Kennedy/Lenehan/Messiter: Scarborough Fair - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), London Voices, English CO (EMI 5 56923)

  DEBUSSY: Fêtes, from Nocturnes - Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Music & Arts CDR 0896 D)

  VERDI: Ah, fors'è lui, from La Traviata - Barbara Frittoli (sop), London SO/Colin Davis (Erato 8573 85823)

  ZIEHRER: Be Good, Waltz Op 522 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Michael Dittrich (Marco Polo 8.223815)

  PREISNER: A Good Morning Melody, from 10 Easy Pieces for Piano - Leszek Mozdzer (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56971)

  HENRY VIII: Pastime with Good Company - Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly (Naxos 8.553088)

  BULL: Doctor Bull's goodnight - Pierre Hantaï (hpschd) (Auvidis Astrée E 8543)

  J STRAUSS I: Viennese Good-Nature Waltz Op 116 - Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67169)

  RR BENNETT: A good-night - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium CSACD 901)

  FIELD: Good King Henry IV's Air - Míceál O'Rourke (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9315)

  ARANES: To the good life - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)

  LUMBYE: Goodnight Polka - Tivoli SO/Giordano Bellincampi (Marco Polo 8.223744)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Billy Budd

  Alan Platt looks at the themes and history of Benjamin Britten's 1951 opera (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Direct from Auckland Town Hall

  Michael Houstoun (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

  BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes; C ADAMS: Anastasis

  (Interval)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Op 58 (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  MOERAN: Songs of Springtime - Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer (Chandos CHAN 9182)

  FRANCHOMME: Variations on Russian & Scottish Themes - Roel Dieltiens (cello/dir), Ensemble Explorations (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1610)

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

  11:00 FAURÉ: Dolly Suite - Ian Brown, Susan Tomes (pno duet) (CRD 3505)

  DVORÁK: String Quartet No 13 in G Op 106 - Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 8874)

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