Friday 18 December 2009 Rāmere 18 Hakihea 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  HANDEL: Hornpipe, Air & Gigue, from Water Music; DEBUSSY: Reflets dans l'eau, from Images, Book 1; J STRAUSS II: Lagunen-Walzer; RAVEL: Jeau d'eau; VIVALDI: Largo, from Four Seasons, Winter; SMETANA: Vltava; CHOPIN: Prelude in Db Op 28/15, Raindrop; SCHUBERT trans Liszt: Die Forelle; TCHAIKOVSKY: Pas d'action, from Swan Lake; DELIUS orch Fenby: Aquarelle No 2; SCHUBERT trans Liszt: Auf dem Wasser zu singen; J STRAUSS II: The Blue Danube - Various artists (London 443 332)

  1:15 (approx) -Disc 2

  SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana Op 16; Arabesque in C Op 18; Humoresque Op 20 - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Calliope CAL 9207)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  The Frostbound Wood: Christmas Music by Peter WARLOCK - Allegri Singers/Louis Halsey (Continuum CCD 1053)

  3:40 (approx) - Disc 4

  SMYTH: Piano Trio in D minor; Violin Sonata in A minor Op 7; Cello Sonata in A minor Op 5 - Chagall Trio (Meridian CDE 84286)

  4:50 (approx) - Disc 5

  WALDTEUFEL: Soirée d'étée, Waltz Op 188; Invitation à la gavotte Op 246; Les Sirènes, Waltz Op 154; Ma Voisine, Polka Op 206; Les Sourires, Waltz Op 187; Pluie de diamants, Waltz Op 160; Très jolie, Waltz Op 159; Joyeux Paris, Polka Op 215; Tout en rose, Waltz Op 200 - Czecho-Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223441)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)

  GRAINGER: Shepherd's Hey - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9549)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Bb RV362, Hunt - Enrico Onofri (vln/dir), Academia Montis Regalis (Naïve OP 30417)

  SCHUBERT trans Liszt: Der Lindenbaum, from Die Winterreise - Antti Siirala (pno) (Naxos 8.555997)

  BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F - Endellion String Quartet (Warner Classics 2564 69471)

  HOPE: Four French Dances - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2147)

  7:00 JM BACH: Welcome, happy day, welcome to you! - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown, Liz Kenny (theorbo), Helen Gough (bass vln), Keri Dexter (org) (Brilliant Classics 93801)

  ROSS: Marching Strings - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

  KALLIWODA: Morceau de salon Op 228 - Katsuya Watanabe (ob), David Johnson (pno) (Profil PH 08038)

  GRANADOS arr Miolin: Valenciana, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Anders Miolin (gtr) (BIS CD 1116)

  BIZET: The Fair Maid of Perth, Suite - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 452 102)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MARTUCCI: Notturno Op 70/1 - English CO/Alfredo Bonavera (Hyperion CDA 66290)

  ALBÉNIZ: El Corpus en Sevilla, from Iberia Book 1 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67476/7)

  ALPAERTS: Capriccio, Merriment - Flemish Radio Orch/Michel Tabachnik (Etcetera KTC 4025)

  FRANCHOMME: Variations on Russian & Scottish Themes - Roel Dieltiens (cello/dir), Ensemble Explorations (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1610)

  DINICU/HEIFETZ arr Hardenberger/Pöntinen: Hora Staccato - Håkan Hardenberger (cornet), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (Philips 422 344)

  LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 1 in F minor S359 - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 041 102)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)

  Six Songs Op 38 - Joan Rodgers (sop), Howard Shelley (pno) (Brilliant Classics 8531)

  Symphonic Dances Op 45 - London SO/André Previn (EMI CMS 7 64530)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  REGER: Clarinet Quintet in A Op 146 - Oxalys (Fuga Libera FUG 553)

  SHCHEDRIN: Not Love Alone, Suite - USSR SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Melodiya CD MEL 10 01623)

  BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 44 - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9738)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 22 in Eb, Philosopher - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 475 8140)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Musical Souvenirs

  J STRAUSS I: Souvenir de Carneval 1847, Quadrille - Slovak State Phil/Mika Eichenholz (Marco Polo 8.223470)

  CHOPIN: Variations in A, Souvenir de Paganini - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 421 035)

  SCHOENFIELD: Four Souvenirs - Caroline Goulding (vln), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Telarc CD 80744)

  OFFENBACH: Souvenirs d'Aix-les-Bains - Montpellier National Orch/Jean-Christophe Keck (Accord 476 8999)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  HANDEL: Organ Concerto in F Op 4/5 - Hannes Meyer (organ of L'Eglise St Thomas de Berne), Orchestre Il tempo giusto/Dominique Roggen (Accord 20050)

  MENOTTI: Amahl & the Night Visitors, an opera in one act

  Amahl........................... James Rainbird

  Mother.......................... Lorna Haywood

  Kaspar.......................... John Dobson

  Melchior....................... Donald Maxwell

  Balthazar....................... Curtis Watson

  Page............................. Christopher Painter

  Royal Opera House Chorus & Orch, Covent Garden/David Syrus (TER CD TER 1124)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture; BARTÓK: Music for strings, percussion & celesta; WAGNER: Prelude & Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde - Leningrad Phil/Evgeny Mravinsky (rec 1962/65/78) (Brilliant Classics 8593)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  STANFORD: Magnificat in Bb Op 164 - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 802)

  FARR: Te Parenga - Patrick Barry (cl), NZSO Chamber Orch/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2036)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 5 in Eb Op 44/3 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570002)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  FAURÉ: Pénélope, Prelude - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 475 8140)

  MASSENET arr Mouton: Mélodie-Elégie - Peter Dixon (cello), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

  BUSONI: Toccata - Wolf Harden (pno) (Naxos 8.570543)

  CIMAROSA: Oboe Concerto in C minor - Anthony Camden (ob), City of London Sinfonia/Nicholas Ward (Naxos 8.553991)

  KUULA: At Eventide - Netherlands Youth Choir/Eric Ericson (Netherlands Radio VTN 20061)

  ELGAR: La Capricieuse Op 17 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49604)

  PURCELL: Symphony in C, from The Indian Queen - Michael Laird (tpt), Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (dir) (Hyperion CDH 55258)

  PARRY: I was glad - Wells Cathedral Choir/Malcolm Archer, Rupert Gough (org) (Cantoris CRCD 6070)

  SVENDSEN: Norwegian Artist's Carnival - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)

  LISZT: Artist's Festive Procession S520 for the Schiller centenary - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66811/2)

  WIRÉN: Serenade for Strings - Canadian National Arts Centre Orch/Eduardo Mata (RCA RD 85362)

  J STRAUSS II: Artists' Life Waltz - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 417 747)

  PUCCINI arr Kondonassis: Musetta's Waltz song, from La Bohème - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80581)

  ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No 1 in A - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8947)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Pressing On with Robert Johnson (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Alleluia: a newë work!

  Baroque Voices/Pepe Becker

  ANON: Alleluia: a newë work!; SMYTHE: Alleluia; TALLIS: Loquebantur variis linguis; WALLEY: Loquebantur variis linguis (première performance); MACHAUT: Douce Dame; BOWATER: Ftatsu no umi; HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: O viridissima virga; SHORTIS: The Seed (Pillars of the Temple) (première performance); MACHAUT: Gloria; BECKER: Gloria; MACHAUT: Hoquetus David; BECKER: Hoquetus David (première performance); ANON: Veni creator spiritus; BODY: Jibrail (première performance); MACHAUT: Sanctus & Benedictus, from La Messe de Nostre; SMYTHE: Umbra Animae (première performance); SHORTIS: Adam lay y-bounden (recorded in the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul by RNZ)

• 9:35 PM. Shelley plays Saint-Saëns

  Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 22 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), Opera North Orch (Chandos CHAN 10509)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  CIMAROSA: Il Convito, Overture - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Alessandro Amoretti (Naxos 8.570508)

  MIYOSHI: Violin Sonata - Sonoko Numata (vln), Akemi Tadenuma (pno) (Camerata 30CM-409)

  RODRIGO: Concierto para una fiesta - Kaori Muraji (gtr), Galicia SO/Victor Pablo Pérez (Decca 478 0076)

  11:00 A ROMBERG: Clarinet Quintet in Eb Op 57 - Thea King (cl), Britten String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66479)

  SAINT-LUBIN: Grand Duo Concertant Op 49 - Anastasia Khitruk (vln), Elizaveta Kopelman (pno) (Naxos 8.572019)

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