Thursday 10 December 2009 Rāpare 10 Hakihea 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  BERNSTEIN: Candide, Overture; FRANCK: Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra; HOLST: The Planets Op 32 - Howard Shelley (pno), London SO/Geoffrey Simon (ABC 426 382)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  BLISS: Introduction & Allegro; Concerto for cello & orchestra; Meditations on a Theme by John Blow - Robert Cohen (cello), Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Argo 443 170

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  Choruses & Lieder by Boulanger, Hensel, C Schumann - Christine Friedek (sop), Regine Böhm, Mitsuko Shirai (mezzos), Bernhard Gärtner (ten), Hartmut Höll, Sabine Eberspächer (pnos), Heidelberg Madrigal Choir/Gerald Kegelman (Bayar BR 100 041 CD)

  3:40 (approx) - Disc 4

  C STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerti, No 3 in Bb; No 11 in Eb; J STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerto in Bb; C STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerto No 10 in Bb - Sabine Meyer (cl), ASMF/Iona Brown (EMI CDC 7 54842)

  4:50 (approx) - Disc 5

  BACH: Partitas, No 5 in G BWV829; No 3 in A minor BWV827; No 6 in E minor BWV830 - Trevor Pinnock (hpschd) (Archiv 415 493)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 CIMAROSA: La donna sempre al suo peggior s'appiglia, Overture - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570279)

  J THOMAS: David of the White Rock - Sebastien Lipman (harp) (Naxos 8.570372)

  BEETHOVEN: Quintet in Eb for oboe, three horns & bassoon, fragment - Ricercar Academy (Ricercar RIC 287)

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

  MILHAUD: Sumaré; Corcovado, from Saudades do Brazil - Daniel Barenboim (pno) (Teldec 3984 21482)

  BÖHME: Danse russe - Giuliano Sommerhalder (cornet), Westfalen New Phil/Heiko Mathias Förster (Solo Musica SM 125)

  7:00 TAVENER: Angels - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown, Simon Thomas Jacobs (org) (Naxos 8.572168)

  PIERNÉ: Solo de concert Op 35 - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10521)

  J STRAUSS II: The Gypsy Baron, Overture - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 2020 601)

  SCHICKHARDT: Concerto in C for four recorders Op 19/1 - Mogens Rasmussen (viola da gamba), Fredrik Bock (baroque gtr), Leif Meyer (hspchd), Sirena Recorder Quartet (BIS CD 1234)

  LILBURN: Two Christmas Pieces for LB (1949) - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (RNZ)

  FINZI: A Severn Rhapsody - Northern Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths (Naxos 8.553566)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: HANDEL: What passion cannot music raise to quell, from Ode for St Cecilia's Day - Lucy Crowe (sop), Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Naïve V 5183)

  SAINT-LUBIN: Two Salon Pieces Op 47/2, Nocturne; Polonaise - Anastasia Khitruk (vln), Elizaveta Kopelman (pno) (Naxos 8.572019)

  MARTELLI: Cock Linnett - Neil Thomson and his orch (Dutton CDLX 7147)

  KABALEVSKY: Piano Concerto No 4 Op 99, Prague - Kathryn Stott (pno), BBC Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10384)

  MARTINU: Serenade No 3 - members of Prague CO (Supraphon SU 3643-2 031)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture Op 96 - St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (RCA 09026 68844)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  DAVE BRUBECK (b Dec 6 1920)

  Norm Meehan looks at the life and music of the American jazz pianist as he enters his 90th year

  (5) Time out (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  HAYDN: Symphony No 75 in D - Heidelberg SO/Thomas Fey (Hänssler CD 98.517)

  GÁL: Divertimento for mandolin & harp Op 80 - Sonja Wiedemer (mandolin), Petra van der Heide (harp) (Antes BMCD 31.9171)

  DVORÁK: American Suite in A Op 98b - Royal Phil/Antal Dorati (Decca 430 702)

  CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58 - Maria João Pires (pno) (DG 477 7483)

  DIETRICH: Cello Concerto in G minor Op 32 - Alban Gerhardt (cello), Berlin Radio SO/Hannu Lintu (Hyperion CDA 67583)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. An Afternoon Intermezzo

  MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 8782)

  BRAHMS: Intermezzi Op 117, No 1 in Eb; No 2 in Bb minor; No 3 in C# minor - Mihaela Ursuleasa (pno) (Berlin Classics 1654 BC)

  KODÁLY: Intermezzo for string trio - Berlin Philharmonic String Trio (Arte Nova 74321 54845)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  TJEKNAVORIAN: Introduction to Sohrab's death scene, from Rostam & Sohrab - Armenian Philharmonic Orch & Choir/Loris Tjeknavorian

  MENDELSSOHN: Hark! the herald angels sing; DARKE: In the bleak midwinter; TRAD arr Willcocks: The Lord at first did Adam make - Stephen Varcoe (bar), Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks, Ian Hare, John Wells (organs) (EMI 5 66923)

  HAHN: L'Heure exquise - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI 3 59488)

  MOZART: Flute Quartet No 3 in C K285b - Lisa Beznosiuk (fl), Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln), Tom Dunn (vla), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello) (Avie AV 2108)

  GRANADOS: The maiden & the nightingale, from Goyescas - Victoria de los Angeles (sop), Philharmonia/Anatole Fistoulari (rec 1950) (EMI CDH 7 64028)

  JC BACH: Symphony in Bb Op 9/3 - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 487)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 2 in G Op 44 - Gary Graffman (pno), Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (rec 1965) (Sony S2K 94737)

  The Seasons Op 37b, excerpts - Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (rec 1983) (Olympia OCD 334)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  FISHER: Pounamu - Uwe Grodd (fl), Kristen Darragh (mezzo), Auckland University Singers/Karen Grylls (Kiwi CD SLD 108)

  PRUDEN: Harbour Nocturne - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

  PSATHAS: Piano Quintet - Stephen Gosling (pno), New Zealand String Quartet (Trust MMT 2047)

  BODY: Melodies for Orchestra - Donald Armstrong, Yury Gezentsvey (vlns), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Rattle RAT D009)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  DELIUS arr Fenby: La Calinda, from Koanga - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Tartar TRL 020)

  FALLA: La Vida breve, dances - Daniel Ligorio (pno) (Naxos 8.555066)

  HERTEL: Trumpet Concerto No 2 in Eb - Marek Zvolánek (tpt), New Prague Collegium (Cube-Bohemia CBCD 2529)

  SVENDSEN: Norwegian Rhapsody No 4 Op 22 - South Jutland SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.570322)

  GOUVY: Petite Suite Gauloise Op 90 - Les Solistes de Prades (K617 K617 160)

  GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 5/1 - Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (dir) (Zig Zag ZZT 040 301)

  FRANCK: Prelude, Fugue & Variation Op 18 - Muza Rubackyte (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93702)

  GOULD: Gospel train/Old time religion; Were you there?/Steal away; All God's children got wings, from Spirituals for Strings - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9848)

  MESSIAEN: Vocalise étude - Alison Balsom (tpt), Quentin Thomas (organ of Paisley Abbey, Scotland) (EMI 5 75683)

  HEIDRICH: Happy Birthday Variations - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (Nonesuch 7559 79657)

  ROSSINI: The Silken Ladder, Overture - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Channel Classics CCS SA 27708)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Staging of Opera

  Five programmes presented by John Drummond

  (5) Anything goes (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Jennifer Pike (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

  MUSSORGSKY: Dawn on the Moscow River, Prelude from Khovanshchina, Act 1; CHAUSSON: Poème Op 25; RAVEL: Tzigane

  (Interval interview: Conductor Eckehard Stier in conversation with Radio New Zealand Concert's Matthew Crawford)

  RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:05 PM. Day's End

  MATTEIS: Sett of Ayres - Palladian Ensemble (Linn CKD 126)

  VAN EECHAUTE: Suite ancienne - Peter Vanhove (pno) (Pavane ADW 7463)

  BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4 - Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford (Collins Classics 15262)

  11:00 THUILLE: Sextet in Bb for piano & winds Op 6 - Gianluca Luisi (pno), Chantily Quintet (Naxos 8.570790)

  J THOMAS: Grand Duet - Lipman Harp Duo (Naxos 8.570372)

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