Wednesday 25 November 2009 Rāapa 25 Whiringa-ā-rangi 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Flos Campi; Suite for viola & orchestra; Hymn-tune Prelude No 1, Eventide; Hymn-tune Prelude No 2, Dominus Regit Me; The Poisoned Kiss, Overture; The Running Set - Frederick Riddle (vla), Bournemouth Choir & Sinfonietta/Norman del Mar, George Hurst (Chandos CHAN 6545)

  1:05 (approx) - Disc 2

  CPE BACH: Viola da gamba Sonata in D Wq137; Sonata in G minor for keyboard & viola da gamba; ABEL: Adagio for viola da gamba solo; CPE BACH: Viola da gamba Sonata in C Wq136; ABEL: Postlude - Friederike Heumann (vla da gamba), Gaetano Nasillo (cello), Dirk Börner (fpno) (Alpha 080)

  2:20 (approx) - Disc 3

  BIZET: Votre toast…..Toréador en garde, from Carmen; BELLINI: Ah! Per sempre io perdei, from I Puritani; GOUNOD: Avant de quitter ces lieux, from Faust; TCHAIKOVSKY: I love you beyond all measure, from The Queen of Spades; PUCCINI: Questo amor, from Edgar; WAGNER: O du mein holder Abenstern, from Tannhäuser; BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers; BACH: Mache dich, mein Herze rein; Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder, from St Matthew Passion; HANDEL: Why do the nations?, from Messiah; TRAD arr Grainger: Shallow Brown; TRAD arr O'Boyle: O Waly, Waly; Princess TE RANGI PAI arr O'Boyle: Hine e hine; TOMOANA arr O'Boyle: Pokarekare ana - David Hobson (ten), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Cantillation, Sinfonia Australus, Orch of the Antipodes/Antony Walker (ABC 476 227)

  3:20 (approx) - Disc 4

  TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No 2 in F Op 22; String Sextet in D minor Op 70; Souvenir de Florence - Rami Solomonow (vla), John Sharp (cello), Vermeer Quartet

  (Cedille CDR 9000 0017)

  4:55 (approx) - Disc 5

  SCOTT: Impromptu, A Mountain Brook Op 41; Chimes Op 40/3; Columbine Op 47/2; Andante, Study for a slow movement No 1; Largo Study for a slow movement No 2; Klavierstücke: Erste Ballade in D minor; Prelude No 1 Op 37; Egypt, An Album of Five Impressions; Karma, Suite; Inclination à la danse; An English Waltz Op 15 - Leslie De'ath, Anya Alexeyev (pnos) (Dutton CDLX 7166)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 RESPIGHI: Pastorale in A, after a Tartini Violin Sonata - Michael Erxleben (vln/dir), New Berlin CO (Capriccio 10 563)

  JC BACH: Trio Sonata in F - Extempore (Atoll ACD 204)

  RHEINBERGER: Abendlied - King's Singers (RCA 09026 68646)

  GADE: Fantasy Pieces - Charles Stier (cl), William Bloomquist (pno) (ELAN CD 2238)

  RICHTER: Symphony No 2 in F - Helsinki Baroque Orch/Aapo Häkkinen (Naxos 8.557818)

  7:00 PARRY ed Benoliel: Concertstück in G minor - London Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 6610)

  SALIERI: Serenata in C - Ensemble Italiano di Fiati (Brilliant Classics 93360)

  SMYTH: Two interlinked French melodies, from Entente Cordiale - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (ASV CD WHL 2147)

  JACOBI: Fantasy on Hérold's Zampa - Barrick Stees (bsn), Randall Fusco (pno) (Claves CD 50-9815)

  SIBELIUS: Presto - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1485)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: CATALANI: Ebben?...Ne andrò lontana, from La Wally - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), Turin Theatre Royal Orch/John Mauceri (Decca 452 417)

  RAVEL: Sonatine - Martha Argerich (pno) (EMI 5 57101)

  TANSMAN: Four Polish Dances - Polish Radio SO/Bernard Le Monnier (Olympia OCD 685)

  MORENO TORROBA: Sigüenza; Manzanares del Real; Alba de Tormes; Romance de los Pinos; Alcaniz; Torija, from Castles of Spain - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5007)

  KREISLER: Tempo di minuetto in the style of Pugnani - Sarah Chang (vln), Sandra Rivers (pno) (EMI CDC 7 54352)

  WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre - New York Phil/Zubin Mehta (Sony MLK 64061)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

  OPERETTA

  SUPPÉ: Mad Excursion into Happiness, Overture - Royal Phil/Gustav Kuhn (Eurodisc RD 69226)

  ZIEHRER: Thin, thin is my dear Gwendolin, from The Three Wishes; MESSAGER: Philomel, from Monsieur Beaucaire; HERBERT: Romany Life, from The Fortune Teller - Peter Morrison (bar), Marilyn Hill Smith (sop), Chandos Singers, Chandos Concert Orch/Stuart Barry (Chandos CHAN 8759)

  ZELLER: The Birdseller, instrumental highlights - Budapest Phil/János Sándor (Laserlight 15 045)

  EYSLER: It's not a sin to kiss, from Bruder Staubinger; STUART: Tell me, pretty maiden, from Floradora;

  JONES: Star of my Soul, from The Geisha; GANNE: It is love, from The Travelling Players - Peter Morrison (bar), Marilyn Hill Smith (sop), Chandos Singers, Chandos Concert Orch/Stuart Barry (Chandos CHAN 8759)

  MILLÖCKER: Polonaise, from The Magic Castle - Raphaele Concert Orch/Erwin Rondell (Mozart Recordings MECD 1002)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 1 in F Op 5/1 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Telarc CD 80740)

  MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian - Berlin Deutsches SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 470 946)

  MOZART: Violin Concerto No 5 in A K219, Turkish - Giuliano Carmignola (vln), Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado (Archiv 477 7371)

  SMYTH: Serenade in D - BBC Phil/Odaline de la Martinez (Chandos CHAN 9449)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. In Meditation

  MASSENET trans Mercz: Meditation, from Thaïs - János Bálint (fl), Nóra Mercz (harp) (Naxos 8.550741)

  BESSER: Predawn Meditation - New Zealand SO/Derrick Inouye (RNZ)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Meditation, from Souvenir d'un lieu cher - Mayuko Kamio (vln), Vadim Gladkov (pno) (Sony 88697 30100)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  WITT: Symphony No 6 in A minor, Turkish - Hamburg SO/Johannes Moesus (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 329 1299)

  CAROLAN: Nanny McDermotroe, from Irish Melodies; STEVENSON: The valley lay smiling before me, The Song of O'Ruark, Prince of Breffni; CAROLAN: Abigail Judge, from Irish Melodies - Invocation/Timothy Roberts (Hyperion CDA 66774)

  RACHMANINOV orch Respighi: Etudes-tableaux - Cincinnati SO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80396)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MALIPIERO: Violin Concerto - André Gertler (vln), Prague SO/Václav Smetácek (rec 1971) (Supraphon SU 3904)

  CASELLA: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 48 - André Gertler (vln), Prague SO/Václav Smetácek (rec 1974) (Supraphon SU 3904)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  LILBURN: Introduction & Allegro - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

  MARTINU: Quartet for oboe, violin, cello & piano - Joel Marangella (ob), Charmian Gadd (vln), Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Kathryn Selby (pno) (Naxos 8.553916)

  DOMENICONI: Koyunbaba - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1000)

  HAMMOND/HAZELWOOD arr Knight: I'm a train - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Adagio; Polka; Danse, from Golden Age Suite - New Zealand SO/Edwin Outwater (NZSO)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  NIELSEN: Maskarade, Overture & Cockerel's Dance - Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Dacapo 6.220518)

  JC BACH: Concerto Rondo in F Op 17/3 - Franz Haselböck (org), Vienna Capella Academia/Eduard Melkus (Hänssler CD 94.052)

  DALZA: Calata ala spagnola; FERNANDES: Pois con tanta graça - Piffaro (Archiv 453 441)

  ROUSSEL: Impromptu Op 21 - Erika Waardenburg (harp) (Olympia OCD 459)

  G WILLIAMS: Carillons for oboe & orchestra - Anthony Camden (ob), London SO/Charles Groves (Lyrita SRCD 323)

  WEBER: The Turnip-Counter, Overture - Alexander Paley, Brian Zeger (pno duet) (Naxos 8.553308)

  SVENDSEN: Last year I was tending the goats - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)

  ECCLES: Symphony for Mercury, from The Judgement of Paris - Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman & Peter Holman (dirs) (Hyperion CDA 66108)

  GIBBS: Silver - Sarah Walker (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (pno) (CRD 3473)

  TURINA: The Bullfighter's Prayer Op 34 - Casals Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7072)

  TRAD orch Ogikubo: Red Bean Song - Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean (Marco Polo 8.223911)

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

  ROSSINI: Radishes, from Four hors d'oeuvres - Marco Sollini (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10319)

  COATES: The Three Bears Fantasy - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9869)

• 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

  (17) Europe, home to Yale, organizes large conference in May '77, visits from father, children, more travel, discovery of melanoma, string trios, promotion to Professor of Astronomy; 1976-8 (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Live! at the Concertgebouw 2009

  Gil Shaham (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Mariss Jansons

  SCHREKER: Prelude to a Grand Opera; BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26; STRAUSS: An Alpine Symphony Op 64; HENZE: Sebastian im Traum, excerpts - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Mariss Jansons (Radio Netherlands)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BRAHMS: How lovely are thy dwellings, from A German Requiem - Atlanta Symphony Chorus & Orch/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80119)

  GRANADOS: Six Pieces on Popular Spanish Songs - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 1734)

  A BUTTERWORTH: Summer Music Op 77 - Graham Salvage (bsn), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Arthur Butterworth (ASV CD WHL 2132)

  11:00 BEACH: Theme & Variations - Emily Beynon (fl), Henk Rubingh, Marijn Mijnders (vlns), Roland Krämer (vla), Daniël Esser (cello) (Channel Classics CCS SA 26408)

  FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 15 - Domus (Hyperion CDA 66166)

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