Wednesday 21 October 2009 Rāapa 21 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs, Part 1; KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia; MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides Overture; OFFENBACH: The Tales of Hoffmann, Barcarolle; WOOD: Fantasia on British Sea Songs, excerpts; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, the Sea and Sinbad's Ship; LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture; WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  NIELSEN: Violin Concerto Op 33; Flute Concerto; Clarinet Concerto Op 57 - Kim Sjøgren (vln), Toke Lund Christiansen (fl), Niels Thomsen (cl), Danish National Radio SO/Michael Schønwandt (Chandos CHAN 8894)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  Hildegard von BINGEN: O Quam Mirabilis; O Ecclesia; O Clarissima Mater; O Tu Illustrata; MONK: Dawn; Quarry weave 1; Quarry Lullaby; Quarry weave 2; Farmer's Song; Astronaut Anthem; Nightfall - Musica Sacra/Richard Westenberg (Catalyst 09026 68329)

  3:30 (approx) - Disc 4

  LIAPUNOV: 12 Etudes d'execution transcendante Op 11; Lullaby; Dance of the ghosts; Pealing of bells; Terek; Summer night; Storm; Idyll; Epic song; Aeolian harps; Lesginka; Dance of the Elves; Elegy in memory of Franz Liszt - Konstantin Scherbakov (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223491)

  4:40 (approx) - Disc 5

  BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Symphony for cello & orchestra; Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes; PÄRT: Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten - Truls Mørk (cello), Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 420)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 FOOTE: Air & Gavotte - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwartz (Naxos 8.559365)

  KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro, in the style of Gaetano Pugnani - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Fleurs de Lys FL 2 3159)

  MENDELSSOHN: Rondo capriccioso in E Op 14 - Valerie Tryon (pno) (Appian APR 5595)

  HALVORSEN: Norway's Greeting to Theodore Roosevelt Op 31 - Arve Moen Bergset (hardanger fiddle), Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (Simax PSC 1207)

  TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in Bb TWV55/B8, Burlesque - Collegium Instrumentale Brugense/Patrick Peire (Brilliant Classics 93416)

  7:00 VERDI ed Spada: Otello, Prelude - Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 767)

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 - Geoffrey Lancaster (hpschd/dir), Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players (ABC Classics 472 424)

  OFFENBACH arr Rosenthal: Can-Can, from Gaité Parisienne - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

  FALLA arr Kochanski: Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Jesús Angel León (vln), Miguel Angel Muñoz (pno) (Verso VRS 2018)

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

  8:00 Beauty Spot: DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour le Piano - Royal Flemish Phil/Daniele Callegari (Talent DOM 2929 95)

  SUPPÉ: Poet & Peasant, Overture - Emanuel Brabec (cello), Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 421 170)

  SATIE: Le Fils des Etoiles - Claire Chevallier (pno) (Zig Zag ZZT 080 901)

  GRIEG: Cowkeeper's Tune & Country Dance - National Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 411 933)

  BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No 6 in D - Roby Lakatos, László Bóni (vlns), Ernest Bangó (cymbalon), Kálmán Cséki (pno), Oszkár Németh (dbass) (DG 457 879)

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

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  DARIUS MILHAUD (1892-1974)

  Preludes No 1 & No 2, from 9 Preludes Op 231b - Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (org) (ECM 1495 (78118 21495))

  Concerto for two pianos - Aglika Genova, Liuben Dimitrov (pno duo), South West German Radio Orch/Alun Francis (CPO 999 992)

  Symphony No 3, Te Deum Op 271 - Basel Theatre Chorus, Basel Radio SO/Alun Francis (CPO 999 539)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  HANDEL: Parnasso in festa, Part 2 - Carolyn Sampson, Lucy Crowe, Rebecca Outram (sops), Diana Moore (mezzo), Ruth Clegg (contralto), Peter Harvey (bass), King's Consort Choir & Orch/Matthew Halls (Hyperion CDA 67701/2)

  BEETHOVEN: Bagatelles Op 119 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 456 031)

  GOLDMARK: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor - Nathan Milstein (vln), Philharmonia/Harry Blech (Testament SBT 1047)

  ARENSKY: Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky Op 35a - Orch of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Mark Ermler (Royal Opera House ROH 304/5)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Brassed On

  HERTEL: Trumpet Concerto No 3 in D - Wolfgang Bauer (tpt/dir), Württemberg CO, Heilbronn (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 901 1499)

  SCHUMANN: Adagio & Allegro in Ab Op 70 - Lin Jiang (horn), Benjamin Martin (pno) (Melba MR 301 116)

  J RITCHIE: Partita for brass quintet - New Zealand Brass Quintet (Kiwi SLD 72)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  STEVENSON: Erin! the smile and the tear in thine eyes; How sweet the answer Echo makes, from Irish Songs - Julia Gooding, Ana-María Rincón (sops), Invocation, Timothy Roberts (pno), Paula Chateauneuf (gtr) (Hyperion CDA 66774)

  RESPIGHI: Pastorale in A, after a Tartini Violin Sonata - Michael Erxleben (vln/dir), New Berlin CO (Capriccio 10 563)

  K JENKINS: Adiemus - Miriam Stockley, Mary Carewe (vocals), Mike Taylor (quena), London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Venture SANCT 1)

  HOLBROOKE: Piano Concerto No 1, The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd Op 52 - Hamish Milne (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67127)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini - Leningrad Phil/Evgeny Mravinsky (rec 1972) (Brilliant Classics 8593)

  PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Suite No 2 - Leningrad Phil/Evgeny Mravinsky (rec 1983) (Brilliant Classics 8593)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  FARR: Waipoua - Mary Scott (cl), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2021)

  HAYDN: Trio in G for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/15 - Classical Chrome (Concordance CCD 04)

  BARRIOS MANGORE: The Cathedral - Julie Bevan (gtr) (Audio Projects AP 2006)

  KREISLER: Caprice viennois Op 2 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu CD MANU 5006)

  CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 2 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld, Overture - Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe (Testament SBT 1127)

  ANON arr Rieu: Greensleeves - André Rieu (vln/dir) & his Orch (Universal 589 306)

  CHOPIN: Waltzes, in Ab Op 69/1, L'Adieu; in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante; in E minor Op posth - Dejan Lazic (pno) (Channel Classics CCS 15998)

  TRAD: Improvisations on Four English Folksongs, O Waly Waly; I will give my love an apple; The three ravens; Barbara Allen - Rachael Beesley (vln), Anthea Cottee (cello), Paul Dyer (hpschd) (ABC Classics 465 428)

  RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Tartar TRL 020)

  PUCCINI: In questa reggia, from Turandot - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), Roberto Alagna (ten), Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden, Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Anton Coppola (EMI 5 57955)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Third movement, The Young Prince & the Young Princess, from Scheherazade - Richard Roberts (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 410 253)

  ELGAR: The serious doll, from Nursery Suite - Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8318)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Seven Doll's Dances - Maria Chershintseva (pno) (NCA 60190)

  MUSSORGSKY: Hush-a-by, Dolly - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Paul Badura-Skoda (pno) (Alia Vox AV 9826)

  POLDINI arr Kreisler: Dancing Doll - Midori (vln), Robert McDonald (pno) (Sony SK 89700)

  GERSHWIN: Do it again, from The French Doll - Angela Brownridge (pno) (Hyperion CDH 55006)

  FAURÉ orch Rabaud: Berceuse, from Dolly Suite - Paris Orch/Serge Baudo (EMI 5 67523)

  DEBUSSY: Serenade for the Doll - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (CBS MK 42305)

  BLACK arr Mühling: Paper Doll - Die Singphoniker (CPO 999 470)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Dolly is ill; Dolly's funeral; My new dolly, from Album for the Young Op 39 - Idil Biret (pno) (Naxos 8.550885)

  ANDERSON: China Doll - Eastman-Rochester Pops Orch/Frederick Fennell (Mercury 432 013)

• 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 played her violin and wrote home to her family. Twenty programmes, edited by Theodora Lee-Smith and read by Tina Regtien

  (12) Three months post in Pasadena, back to Dallas, Pasadena again, home to NZ for Christmas, new position in Maryland; 1972-3 (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  BBC Proms 2009

  Sixteen programmes

  (16) Denis Matsuev (pno), BBC SO/Semyon Bychkov

  GLANERT: Shoreless River; RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 11 in G minor Op 103, The Year 1905 (recorded in the Royal Albert Hall, London by the BBC)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  ROMAN: Flute Sonata No 6 in B minor - Verena Fischer (fl), Klaus-Dieter Brandt (cello), Léon Berben (hpschd) (Naxos 8.570492-93)

  LISZT arr Busoni: Rhapsodie espagnole S254 - John Ogdon (pno), Philharmonia/John Pritchard (EMI 3 92747)

  MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Douglas Bostock (Classico CLASS CD 1501)

  11:00 I LACHNER: Trio in D for piano, violin & viola Op 58 - Marc Pantillon (pno), Stefan Muhmenthaler (vln), Anna Barbara Dütschler (vla) (Claves CD 50-9802/3)

  MOZART: Serenade No 11 in Eb K375 - Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble (EMI 2 15305)

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