Schedule for Wednesday 11 November 2009

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1
MAHLER ed Cooke: Symphony No 10 - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI CDC 5 56972)
1:10 (approx) - Disc 2
MARAIS: Suites, in E minor; in G minor; in C - Quadro Hotteterre, Walter Möller (cellos), Bob van Asperen (hpschd) (Teldec 9031 77617)
2:20 (approx) - Disc 3
ANON: Rejoice in the Lord; PURCELL: Remember not, Lord, our offences; AMNER: Come, let's rejoice; TOMKINS: When David heard; BAIRSTOW: I sat down under his shadow; GOSS: These are they that follow the Lamb; TAVERNER: Christe Jesu, pastor bone; PHILIPS: O beatum et sacrosanctum dicum; HOWELLS: Nunc dimittis; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: O vos omnes; DERING: Factum est silentium; STANFORD: Justorum animae; WOOD: Hail gladdening light; TAVENER: A Hymn to the Mother of God; Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God; ELGAR: They are at rest; WALTON: A litany; MORLEY: Nolo mortem peccatoris; TALLIS: O nata lux; RUTTER: Loving shepherd of thy sheep; STONE: The Lord's Prayer; SHEPPARD: In manus tuas; HARRIS: Bring us, O Lord God - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 113)
3:30 (approx) - Disc 4
ROSSINI: String Sonatas, No 1 in G; No 2 in A; No 3 in C; No 4 in Bb; No 5 in Eb; No 6 in D - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment (Hyperion CDA 66595)
4:50 (approx) - Disc 5
Nigel Kennedy's Greatest Hits
Works for Violin by Vivaldi, Massenet, Satie, Vaughan Williams, Debussy, Bach, Kreisler, Bach, Trad, Kennedy, Monti, Vivaldi - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Various artists and orchestras (EMI 5 573302)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/2 - Linde Consort/Hans-Martin Linde (Virgin 6 99472)
HAYDN: London Trio No 3 in G HobIV/3 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Isaac Stern (vln), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) (CBS 37786)
J FONTANA: Fantaisie Brillante on Bellini's Somnambula - Hubert Rutkowski (pno) (Acte Préalable APO 160)
KONIGSPERGER: Pastorella in F Op 18/8 - Franz Haselböck (org), Vienna Capella Academia/Eduard Melkus (Hänssler CD 94.052)
LEHÁR: Grützner Waltz - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 891)
7:00 FALLA: The Three-cornered Hat, Suite No 2 - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)
MASSENET arr Mouton: Mélodie-Elégie - Peter Dixon (cello), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)
STEVENSON: 'Tis believed that this harp - Invocation/Timothy Roberts (Hyperion CDA 66774)
BYRD: Pavana, The Earle of Salisbury; FARNABY: Tell me, Daphne; CHAMBONNIERES: Sarabande in F; F COUPERIN: Les Grâces-Naturèles; TELEMANN: Aria in G - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Walsingham 3WAL 80432)
GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore; Irish tune from County Derry (Danny Boy); Shepherd's Hey - London Wind Orch/Denis Wick (ASV White Line CD WHL 2067)
8:00 Beauty Spot: DVORÁK: Two Waltzes Op 54 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)
VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Summer - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)
DELIBES: Prayer, from Coppélia - Paris National Opera Theatre Orch/Jean-Baptiste Mari (EMI CMS 5 66650)
BACH: Flute Sonata in C BWV1033 - Carol Hohauser (fl), Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Mr M Productions CM 2)
SCHUBERT trans Liszt: Gretchen am Spinnrade D118 - Maciej Pikulski (pno) (Zig Zag ZZT 040 403)
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 20 in E minor; No 21 in E minor; No 6 in D - New Zealand SO/Franz Paul Decker (RNZ)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

JOHN DOWLAND (c1563-1626)
Lachrimae, Seven Teares figured in seven Passionate Pavans together with six songs of Tears & Weeping - Randi Stene (mezzo), Rolf Lislevand (lute/dir), Norwegian Baroque Orch (Linn CKD 194)
10:00 AM. The Works

WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5060)
ELGAR arr Tertis: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 - David Aaron Carpenter (vla), Philharmonia/Christoph Eschenbach (Ondine ODE 1153)
SCHUMANN: Symphonic Studies Op 13 - Rudolf Buchbinder (pno) (Orfeo C 775 081 B)
SIBELIUS: Symphony No 5 in Eb Op 82 - Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam (Ondine ODE 1035)
Noon Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
1:30 PM. Con Passione

CHAUSSON: Poème Op 25; WAXMAN: Carmen Fantasy - Yossif Ivanov (vln), Itamar Golan (pno) (Naïve AM 136)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 13 in Eb Op 27/1 - Garrick Ohlsson (pno) (Bridge 9265)
STRAUSS: Sonatina No 2 (Symphony) in Eb for winds - Ensemble Villa Musica (MDG MDG 304 1172)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
MUSSORGSKY orch Shostakovich: Songs & Dances of Death - Galina Vishnevskaya (sop), London Phil/Mstislav Rostropovich (rec 1976) (EMI CMS 5 65716)
KHACHATURIAN: Piano Concerto in Db - Mindru Katz (pno), London Phil/Adrian Boult (rec 1959) (PRT PVCD 8376)
4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
SPEAK: String Quartet - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ)
TANEYEV: Symphony No 4 in C minor Op 12 - New Zealand SO/Alexander Lazarev (RNZ)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

SMETANA: The Bartered Bride, Overture - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10518)
MONTI arr Glennie: Czárdás - Evelyn Glennie (perc), National Phil/Barry Wordsworth (RCA 60242-2-RC)
DANZI ed Klug: Variations on a theme by Mozart, Là ci darem la mano, from Don Giovanni - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (pno) (Naxos 8.557613)
PARISH ALVARS: Grand Fantasy Op 57 - Ieuan Jones (harp) (Claudio CR 4939)
WEINBERGER: Polka & Fugue, from Schwanda the Bagpiper - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80115)
VERDI: Cortigiani, vil razza dannata, from Rigoletto - José van Dam (bar), Loire Phil/Marc Soustrot (Forlane UCD 16681)
TRIEBENSEE: Variations on a theme of Haydn, from Symphony No 94, Surprise - Marilyn Zupnik, Kathryn Greenbank (obs), Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia (cor anglais), (Resonance CD RSN 3102)
ROSSINI arr Demersseman/Berthélèmy/Gallois: Fantasy on William Tell - Patrick Gallois (fl), Malcolm Messiter (ob), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (DG 445 822)
ENGLUND: Overture, from The Great Wall of China - Tampere Phil/Eri Klas (Ondine ODE 961)
DELIUS: Splendour falls on Castle Walls - Elysian Singers of London/Matthew Greenall (Continuum CCD 1054)
BLUIETT: Hattie Wall, from Dances & Ballads - World Saxophone Quartet (Nonesuch 979 171)
MOZART: Within these temple walls, from The Magic Flute - Oscar Natzka (bass), Royal Opera House Orch/Karl Rankl (Kiwi CD SLD 82)
SMETANA: The Devil's Wall, excerpts - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10518)
RUTTER: Icicles, from When Icicles Hang - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 516)
TCHAIKOVSKY arr J Harnoy: Lensky's aria, from Eugene Onegin - Ofra Harnoy (cello), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (RCA RD 60758)
CHABRIER: Habanera - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)
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
(15) Six months at Lick Observatory, California, visit from father, children, 3210 mile drive to new job at Yale, a Cambridge summer; 1975 (RNZ)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

BEETHOVEN: Creatures of Prometheus, excerpts; MENDELSSOHN: Antigone Op 55, Incidental music to Sophocles' play
Creon..................................... Dominique Horwitz
Antigone................................. Anna Franziska Srna
Ismene.................................... Anne Berg
Narrator/Tiresias..................... Tilo Prückner
Haemon.................................. Simon Zigah
Guard/Messenger/Servant....... Nikolaus Okonkwo
MDR Mens' Chorus & SO/Jun Märkl (recorded in the Grand Hall, Gewandhaus, Leipzig by German Radio, Leipzig)
10:00 PM. Day's End

MEDTNER: Fairy-tales Op 9 - Hamish Milne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67491/2)
MOZART: Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (EMI 5 57128)
RACHMANINOV: Caprice bohémien Op 12 - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 10104)
11:00 CATOIRE: Violin Sonata No 2 in D Op 20, Poème - Christiaan Bor (vln), Rian de Waal (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93081)
ARENSKY: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 32 - Turnovsky Trio (Trust MMT 2031)