Wednesday 16 December 2009 Rāapa 16 Hakihea 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faun; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Fêtes, from Nocturnes; La Cathédral engloutie, from Prèludes Book 1; Clair de Lune, from Suite Bergamasque; Golliwogg's cakewalk, from Children's Corner; Rêverie; Le Matin d'un jour de fêtes from Iberia; Arabesque No 1; Prelude to The Council of the False Gods; String Quartet in G minor Op 10, Scherzo; La Mer - Various artists (Sony MLK 64065)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  BARBER: Canzone; COPLAND: Vocalise; BURTON: Sonatina; PORTER: Blues Lontains; COPLAND: Duo for flute & piano; ROCHBERG: Between Two Worlds; Five Images for flute & piano; MUCZYNSKI: Flute Sonata; BLOCH: Last Two Poems (Maybe…) - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (Koch International 3-7144)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  BACH: Arias & Choruses from the Christmas Oratorio - Nancy Argenta, Katie Pringle (sops), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Hans Peter Blochwitz (ten), Olaf Bär (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 427 653)

  3:45 (approx) - Disc 4

  GLAZUNOV: The Seasons; Scenes de Ballet Op 52 - Czech Radio SO Bratislava/Ondrej Lenard (Marco Polo 8.223136)

  4:50 (approx) - Disc 5

  VIVALDI: Cello Concerto in D minor RV406; Cello Sonata No 7 in A minor RV44; Cello Concerto in C minor RV402; Cello Sonata No 8 in Eb RV39; Cello Sonata No 9 in G minor RV42; Cello Concerto in G RV414 - Christophe Coin (cello), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (L'oiseau-Lyre 433 052)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 FORSTER: Oboe Concerto in Eb - Lajos Lencsés (ob), La Follia Instrumental Ensemble/Christophe Poiget (dir) (Hänssler CD 98.217)

  YUSTE: Capricho Pintoresco Op 41 - Maximiliano Martín (cl), Inocencio Negrín (pno) (Linn CKD 280)

  ELGAR: Spanish Serenade Op 23 - BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orch/David Lloyd Jones (Dutton CDLX 7148)

  PONCE: Sonatina meridional - Irina Kulikova (gtr) (Naxos 8.572390)

  TOMLINSON: Light Music Suite - Slovak Radio SO/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223513)

  7:00 KASTALSKY: When Augustus ruled alone upon Earth - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7410)

  MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words, Op 38/2; Op 19/3, Hunter's Song - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Walsingham 3WAL 80432)

  HANDEL arr Drechsler: Sonata; Per ta lasciai la luce; Entrée; In queste amene piagge serene, from Delirio amoroso - Schweriner Blechbläser-Collegium/Hans-Joachim Drechsler (Berlin Classics 1655 BC)

  TRAD arr Grainger: Scotch Strathspey & Reel - Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9554)

  CHOPIN: Variations on Non più mesta, from Rossini's La Cenerentola - Heinz Holliger (oboe), Ursula Holliger (harp) (Philips 426 288)

  HAYDN: Lo speziale, Overture - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: DELIUS: Two Aquarelles - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Tring International TRP 037)

  RÖNTGEN: Fourth movement, Allegro molto vivace, from Serenade in A for seven wind instruments Op 14 - Viotta Ensemble (NM Classics 92035)

  LAMOND: Overture from the Scottish Highlands Op 4 - BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67387)

  LIDARTI: Violin Concerto in D minor - Francesco D'Orazio (vln/dir), Auser Musici (Hyperion CDA 67685)

  GRIEG: Melodies of the Heart Op 5, Two brown eyes; The poet's heart; I love but thee; My mind is like a mountain steep - Håkan Hagegård (bar), Warren Jones (pno) (RCA 09026 61518)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Dubinushka - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 475 8140)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)

  Preludes, in G minor Op 23/5; in G# minor Op 32/12 - Denis Matsuev (pno) (RCA 88697 15591)

  Vocalise Op 34/14 - Philadelphia Orch/Sergei Rachmaninov (rec 1929) (RCA 09026 62532)

  Fugue in D minor - Denis Matsuev (pno) (RCA 88697 15591)

  The Bells Op 35 - Olga Lutsiv-Ternovskaya (sop), Leonid Bomstein (ten), Vyacheslav Pochapsky (bass), Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Brilliant Classics 8532)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  FASCH: Overture in Bb - Cappella Coloniensis/Hans-Martin Linde (Phoenix 173)

  LHOYER: Concerto for guitar & strings Op 16 - Philippe Spinosi (gtr), Ensemble Matheus/Jean-Christophe Spinosi (Opus 111 OP 30396)

  DVORÁK: Violin Sonata in F Op 57 - Jack Liebeck (vln), Katya Apekisheva (pno) (Sony 88697 49963)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 2, A London Symphony - Bournemouth SO/Kees Bakels (Naxos 8.550734)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Musical Laureates

  SCHUBERT trans Busoni: Overture in D - Antti Siirala (pno) (Naxos 8.555997)

  DAVIDOV: At the Fountain - Vytautas Sondeckis (cello), Lithuanian CO/David Geringas (Naxos 8.554381)

  SOR: Fantasy No 5 Op 16, Introduction, Theme & Variations on a theme of Paisiello - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (gtr) (Naxos 8.572064)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  C STAMITZ: Symphony in D, The Hunt - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9358)

  HANDEL: As with rosy steps the morn, from Theodora - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (sop), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Harry Bicket (Avie AV 0030)

  PELÉCIS: Nevertheless - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Vadim Sacharov (pno), German CO (Teldec 0630 14654)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BRAHMS: String Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 51 - Budapest String Quartet (rec 1963) (Sony 82876 78748)

  BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 1 in D Op 12/1 - Henryk Szeryng (vln), Gary Graffman (pno) (rec 1971) (Bridge 9165)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  L MOZART: Symphony in Bb - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.553347)

  LILBURN: Three Sea Changes - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2054)

  HOOVER: Medieval Suite - Alexa Still (fl), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch KICCD 7566)

  GLINKA: Piano Trio in D minor, Pathétique - Turnovsky Trio (Trust MMT 2031)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  JC BACH: Artaserse, Overture - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 129)

  SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 111 - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (Philips 456 838)

  LEHÁR arr Stoltzman: Vilja's Song, from The Merry Widow - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

  BRUCKNER: Locus iste - South West German Radio Vocal Ensemble/Marcus Creed (Hänssler SACD 93.199)

  D SCARLATTI arr Attademo: Keyboard Sonata in A Kk209 - Luigi Attademo (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 9125)

  LANGGAARD: Violin Concerto - Christina Åstrand (vln), Ville Hautala (pno), Tampere Phil/John Storgårds (Dacapo 6.220562)

  BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintet in G G431 - Michael Faust (fl), Auryn Quartet (CPO 999 382)

  BRIDGE: A Sea Idyll - Mark Bebbington (pno) (Somm SOMMCD 082)

  LANGE-MÜLLER: Song by the Sea Op 54, Soon the time of the bright nights will be past; And when I sailed past your house; One night I sailed over the sea - Bo Skovhus (bar), Danish National SO/Michael Schønwandt (Chandos CHAN 10249)

  ARNOLD: Three Shanties for Wind Quintet - Vega Wind Quintet (LDR LDRC 1002)

  DEBUSSY arr Kondonassis: La cathédrale engloutie, from Preludes, Book 1 - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80488)

  HUBICKI: From the isles of the sea - Daniel Pailthorpe (fl), James Kirby (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10322)

  BRITTEN: Storm, from Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes - Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 6538)

  BRUCH: Adagio on Celtic Themes Op 56 - Ofra Harnoy (cello), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (RCA RD 60757)

• 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

  (20) New apartment, concerts, work, trip to England, spreading cancer, Yale Infirmary; 1980-81 (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Ensemble Gombert, Ensemble Gombert Instrumental Ensemble/John O'Donnell (org/dir)

  MONTEVERDI: Versiculus et Responsorium; QUAGLIATI: Toccata dell'Ottavo Tuono; MONTEVERDI: Psalmus, Dixit Dominus; A GABRIELI: Intonatione del secundo tono; MONTEVERDI: Psalmus, Confitebor; A GABRIELI: Intonatione del quinto tono; MONTEVERDI: Psalmus, Beatus vir; A GABRIELI: Intonatione del ottavo tono; MONTEVERDI: Psalmus, Laudate pueri; A GABRIELI: Intonatione del settimo tono; MONTEVERDI: Psalmus, Laudate Dominum; QUAGLIATI: Canzona; MONTEVERDI: Hymnus, Christie Redemptor; A GABRIELI: Intonatione del primo tono; MONTEVERDI: Magnificat primi toni (recorded in Xavier College Chapel, Melbourne by the ABC)

• 9:15 PM. Ida plays Sibelius

  Serenade No 1 in D Op 69a - Ida Haendel (vln), Bournemouth SO/Paavo Berglund (EMI 5 74200)

  Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 - Ida Haendel (vln), CBSO/Simon Rattle (Testament SBT 1444)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  LISZT: Six Consolations - Guillaume Coppola (pno) (Calliope CAL 9412)

  STRAUSS: Duet Concertino for clarinet & bassoon - Nicholas Cox (cl), Alan Pendlebury (bsn), Royal Liverpool Phil/Gerard Schwarz (Avie AV 2071)

  HEUBERGER: Variations on a theme by Schubert - Berlin Radio SO/Matthias Bamert (Musica Mundi 311 135)

  11:00 GAL: Five Intermezzi Op 10 - Edinburgh Quartet (Meridian CDE 84531)

  FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No 2 in G minor Op 45 - Domus (Hyperion CDA 66166)

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