Friday 11 December 2009 Rāmere 11 Hakihea 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  SMETANA: The Moldau; Vysehrad; DVORÁK: Scherzo Capriccioso Op 66; LISZT: Les Preludes; Hungarian Rhapsody No 4 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 423 220)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  STENHAMMAR: Piano Sonata No 1 in C; Fantasie in A minor; Piano Sonata No 2 in C minor; Piano Sonata No 3 in Ab; Piano Sonata No 4 in G minor - Lucia Negro (pno) (BIS CD 634)

  2:15 (approx) - Disc 3

  BACH: Magnificat in D BWV243; Cantata No 21, Ich hatte viel Bekummernis - Greta de Reyghere (sop), Rene Jacobs (countertenor), Christoph Pregardien (ten), Peter Lika (bass), Netherlands Chamber Choir, La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken (Virgin VC 7 90779)

  3:25 (approx) - Disc 4

  LILBURN: Symphonies, Nos 1-3 - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Continuum CCD 1069)

  4:40 (approx) - Disc 5

  CPE BACH: Symphonies, in G Wq182/1; in Bb Wq182/2; in C Wq182/3; in A Wq182/4; in B minor Wq182/5; in E Wq182/6 - Carl Philippe Emanuel Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Cappriccio 10 106)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 LEIGH: The Frogs, Overture; Dance - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 289)

  VIVALDI: Recorder Concerto in C RV443 - Richard Harvey (rec), London Vivaldi Orch/David Woodcock (vln/dir) (Altus ALU 0002)

  SCHUBERT trans Godowsky: Morgengruss, from Die schöne Müllerin - Antti Siirala (pno) (Naxos 8.555997)

  COPLAND: Duo for flute & piano - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (Avie Records AV 0004)

  RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloé, Suite No 1 - Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel (RCA 09026 68600)

  7:00 WEYSE: Christmas has brought a blessed message - Johanna Fernholm (mezzo), Wolfgang Kogert (org) (Phoenix Edition 155)

  BAX: Mediterranean - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8494)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Sea & Sinbad's Ship, from Scheherazade - Justine Cormack (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  LISZT after Schubert: Valse-Caprice No 6, from Soirées de Vienne - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (Philips 456 871)

  BIBER: Sonata in D for six trumpets and timpani - Stephen Keavy, Crispian Steele-Perkins, Michael Laird, David Staff, David Blackadder, Malcolm Smith (tpts), Stephen Henderson (timpani), New London Consort/Philip Pickett (L'Oiseau-Lyre 425 834)

  BALAKIREV orch Casella: Islamey - Philharmonia/Eugene Goossens (Medici Arts MM 009)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BIZET: Adagietto, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - London SO/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 464)

  ARBAN: Variations on La Traviata - Maurice André (alto flugelhorn), Wind Band of the Paris Guardians of the Peace/Claude Pichaureau (RCA 60025)

  BARTÓK transcr Székely: Romanian Folk Dances Sz56 - Tasmin Little (vln), John Lenehan (pno) (BIS CD 1744)

  CHOPIN orch Douglas: Les Sylphides, excerpts - Paris Conservatoire Orch/Peter Maag (Decca 417 840)

  SCHUMANN: Toccata in C Op 7 - Freddy Kempf (pno) (BIS CD 960)

  DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8453)

• 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

  (6) Serious music (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BRAHMS: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op 68 - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Channel Classics CCS SA 28309)

  GODARD: Violin Concerto No 2 Op 131 - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Kirk Trevor (Naxos 8.570554)

  GEVAERT: Christmas Mass, Puer natus est nobis - women of Le Petit Sablon Vocal Ensemble/Thibaut Lenaerts, Xavier Deprez (org) (Fuga Libera FUG 545)

  BACH: Orchestral Suite No 4 in D BWV1069 - Ensemble Sonnerie/Monica Huggett (dir) (Avie AV 2171)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. A Musical Inferno

  HAYDN: The Conflagration, Sinfonia - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)

  SIBELIUS: The Origin of Fire - Tommi Hakala (bar), YL Male Voice Choir, Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1525)

  WAGNER arr Stokowski: Magic Fire music, from Die Walküre - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.570293)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 4/2 - Hannes Meyer (organ of L'Eglise St Thomas de Berne), Orchestre Il tempo giusto/Dominique Roggen (Accord 20050)

  M-A CHARPENTIER: In nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi - Taverner Consort & Players/Andrew Parrott (EMI CDC 7 54529)

  ELGAR: Violin Sonata in E minor Op 82 - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8380)

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

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  KODÁLY: Dances of Marosszék; Dances of Galánta; Háry János Suite - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati; Toni Koves (cimbalom), Minneapolis SO/Antal Dorati (rec 1958/56) (Mercury 432 005)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  J RITCHIE: Papanui Road, Overture - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2040)

  LITHGOW arr English: Invercargill March - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5009)

  BLAKE: Century Fanfare, Auckland! - Auckland Philharmonia/James Sedares (Atoll ACD 100)

  BESSER: Wellington Harbour - Andrew Pask (bass cl), Jonathan Besser (pno) (Besser Music)

  RAUTAVAARA: Manhattan Trilogy - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570069)

  COPLAND: Quiet City - Philip Lloyd (tpt), Alison Jepson (cor anglais), Auckland Sinfonietta/Peter Scholes (PMI L 282)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BERLIOZ: Beatrice & Benedict, Overture - Sydney SO/Edo de Waart (ABC Classics 462 013)

  MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Claude Delangle (sax), Singapore SO/Lan Shui (BIS CD 1357)

  SOR: Fantasy on a favourite Scottish Air, Variations on Ye banks & braes - Göran Söllscher (gtr) (DG 419 247)

  TURINA: Gypsy Dances Op 55 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.557150)

  BIZET: Carmen Suite No 1 - French National Radio Orch/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDM 7 63379)

  VERDI: La donna è mobile, from Rigoletto - Enrico Caruso (ten), Vienna Radio SO/Gottfried Rabl (RCA 74321 69766)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse-scherzo - Julia Fischer (vln), Russian National Orch/Yakov Kreizberg (PentaTone PTC 5186 095)

  PURCELL: Trumpet Tune - Maurice André (tpt), I Musici (Philips 420 877)

  HUMPERDINCK arr Lemare: Angel-scene, from Hansel & Gretel - Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh) (Priory PRCD 700)

  ANON: Gabriel fram evene king - Sinfonye (Hyperion CDH 55151)

  SAEGUSA: The Blue Angel - Manuela Wiesler (fl), Noriko Ogawa (pno) (BIS CD 1059)

  TRAD arr Pettman: Gabriel's message - Choir of Wellington Cathedral/Philip Walsh (Herald HAVPCD 224)

  MARX: Die Flur der Engel - Tonya Lemoh (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10479)

  TRAD Basque: The Angel Gabriel - Oxford Pro Musica Singers/Michael Smedley (Proud Sound PROU CD 134)

  WALDTEUFEL: Angel of Love, Waltz Op 241 - Czecho-Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223438)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Pressing On with Erica Challis (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Feng Ning (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno)

  MOZART: Violin Sonata No 19 in Eb K302; STRAUSS: Violin Sonata in Eb Op 18; POULENC: Violin Sonata; PAGANINI: Cantabile; I Palpiti Op 13, based on Di tanti palpiti from Rossini's Tancredi (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber by RNZ)

• 9:40 PM. Recent Release

  WEINGARTNER: Spring Op 80 - Basel SO/Marko Letonja (CPO 777 102)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GRIEG: Sigurd Jorsalfar, Suite - Geir Henning Braaten (pno) (Victoria VCD 19026)

  RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre - Friedemann Wuttke (gtr), South West German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (Profil PH 07073)

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 429 089)

  11:00 BOËLY: String Quartet in A minor Op 27 - Quatuor Mosaïques (Laborie LC 05)

  FARRENC: Piano Quintet No 2 in E - Schubert Ensemble of London (ASV CD DCA 1122)

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