Wednesday 10 March 2010 Rāapa 10 Poutū-te-rangi 2010

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  VILLA-LOBOS: Discovery of Brazil Suites Nos 1-4 - Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Slovak Radio SO/Roberto Duarte (Marco Polo 8.223551)

  1:20 (approx) - Disc 2

  PSATHAS: Island Songs; KELLY: Sono; NORRIS: Dirty pixels; GRENFELL: A Feather of Blue; AXTENS: For Violin, Violoncello and Piano; FARR: Ahi - New Zealand Trio (Trust MMT 2066)

  2:35 (approx) - Disc 3

  MOZART: Mass in C, Coronation K317; HAYDN: Mass in time of War HobXXII/9 - Sylvia McNair (sop), Delores Ziegler (alto), Hans Peter Blochwitz (ten), Andreas Schmidt (bar), RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin Phil/James Levine (DG 435 853)

  3:50 (approx) - Disc 4

  ALKAN: Études Nos 8-12 - Jack Gibbons (pno) (ASV CD DCS 227)

  5:00 (approx) - Disc 5

  LARSSON: Pastoral Suite Op 19; ROMAN: Concerto in D for oboe d'amore, string orchestra & harpsichord; ATTERBERG: Suite No 3 for violin, viola & string orchestra; ROSENBERG: A small piece for cello & strings; LARSSON: The Winter's Tale; ALFVEN: The Mountain King, Dance of the cow-girl; Blomdahl; Adagio - Alf Nilsson (ob d'amore), Anders Öhrwall (hpschd), Nils-Erik Sparf (vln), Jouko Mansnerus (vla), Elemér Lavotha (cello), Stockholm Sinfonietta/Jan-Olav Wedin (BIS CD 165)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 LISZT: Orpheus - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (Naxos 8.553355)

  HAMPTON: Variations on Amazing Grace - Thomas Stacey (cor anglais), Harry Huff (org) (Catalyst 09026 61979)

  WAGNER: Pilgrims' Chorus, from Tannhäuser - Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 440 069)

  CPE BACH: Rondo in A Wq58/1 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Walsingham 3WAL 80432)

  CORELLI: Violin Sonata in F Op 5/4 - Rémy Baudet (vln), Jaap ter Linden (cello), Mike Fentross (theorbo), Pieter-Jan Belder (hpschd) (Brilliant Classics 92403)

  7:00 MENDELSSOHN: Wedding march, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (RCA GD 86207)

  WIDOR: Suite in E minor Op 21 - Peter Bruns (cello), Annegret Kuttner (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.294)

  BERNSTEIN: Times Square, 1944, from On the Town, Dance Episodes - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68786)

  VIVALDI: Violin Sonata in A RV31 - Enrico Gatti (vln), Ensemble Aurora (Glossa GCD 921202)

  DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 429 441)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BAERMANN attrib Wagner: Adagio in Db - Alfred Boskovsky (cl), members of the Vienna Octet (London 440 084)

  GIULIANI: Potpourri No 5 Op 42 - Claudio Maccari, Paolo Pugliese (gtrs) (Brilliant Classics 93686)

  NOVAK: Devil's Polka Op 55/21 - Prague SO/Václav Smetácek (Supraphon 10 1429)

  SCHUBERT: Rondo brillant in B minor D895 - Julia Fischer (vln), Martin Helmchen (pno) (PentaTone PTC 5186 347)

  QUILTER: A Children's Overture - Light Music Society Orch/Vivian Dunn (EMI CDM 7 64131)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  FRYDERYK CHOPIN (1810-1849)

  Mazurkas Op 59 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

  Piano Sonata No 1 in C minor Op 4 - Alexander Melnikov (pno) (BBC Music BBC MM 207)

  Polonaise-Fantasy in Ab Op 61 - Maria João Pires (pno) (DG 477 7483)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  C STAMITZ: Viola d'amore Concerto No 2 in D - Gunter Teuffel (vla d'amore), Heidelberg SO/Thomas Fey (Profil CD PH 03001)

  BRITTEN: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings Op 31 - Ian Bostridge (ten), Radek Baborák (horn), strings of Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 58049)

  GLAZUNOV: String Quartet No 2 in F Op 10 - Utrecht String Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1237)

  FRANCK: Symphony in D minor Op 48 - Chicago SO/Pierre Monteux (RCA GD 86805)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Music in America, 1920-1929

  HANSON: Pan & the Priest Op 26 - Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 8.559072)

  R THOMPSON: The Last Invocation - Oxford Schola Cantorum/James Burton (Hyperion CDA 67679)

  COPLAND: Vocalise for flute & piano - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (Koch International 3-7144)

  GERSHWIN: Mexican Dance - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80445)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  WITT: Symphony No 9 in D minor - Hamburg SO/Johannes Moesus (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 329 1299)

  STRAUSS: Gesang der Apollopriesterin, from Four Songs Op 33 - Karita Mattila (sop), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 445 182)

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 15 in F K533 - John Khouri (fpno) (Entr'acte ESCD 6501)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor Op 129 - János Starker (cello), London SO/Antal Dorati (rec 1962) (Mercury 432 010)

  Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 - Byron Janis (pno), Minneapolis SO/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (rec 1962) (Mercury 432 011)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  RÓZSA: El Cid, Overture & Prelude - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7601)

  SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No 4 in F# Op 30 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ)

  PRUDEN: Night Song - New Zealand CO (RNZ)

  HOWELLS: Requiem - Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1299)

  HOVHANESS: Elibris (Dawn God of Urardu) Op 50 - Alexa Still (fl), Vyvyan Yendoll (vla), NZSO Chamber Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7063)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SULLIVAN: Mikado, Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.554165)

  HAYDN: Second movement, Poco adagio e cantabile, from String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor - Leipzig String Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 307 1362)

  TRAD arr Grainger: Danny Boy; GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Philips 420 946)

  DEBUSSY: Première rapsodie - Maximiliano Martín (cl), Inocencio Negrín (pno) (Linn CKD 280)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Festival at Baghdad, The Sea, Shipwreck & Conclusion, from Scheherazade - Jaap van Zweden (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 443 703)

  D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in G minor Kk30, Cat's Fugue - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno) (BIS CD 1508)

  MANCINI arr Rice-Young: The Pink Panther, Suite - Fourteen Berlin Flutists (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 908 1393)

  ROSSINI: Duetto buffo di due gatti - Victoria de los Angeles, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sops), Gerald Moore (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49238)

  ANDERSON: The Waltzing Cat - Saint Louis Symphony/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 68048)

  BUSONI: Hebrew Songs Op 15 - Martin Bruns (bar), Ulrich Eisenlohr (pno) (Naxos 8.557245)

  VICTORIA: Vidi speciosam - Stile Antico (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7489)

  SOR: Introduction & Theme with Variations Op 20 - Margarita Escarpa (gtr) (Naxos 8.554197)

  REYNOLDS: Three Pieces for Theatre, Overture to Much Ado about Nothing; Entr'acte from The Critic; Mascarade from The Merchant of Venice - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Marco Polo 8.225184)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Galileo Lectures

  This six-part series celebrates the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, marking 400 years since Galileo used a telescope to view the solar system and transformed our understanding of Earth's place in the universe. Produced in partnership with the Royal Society of New Zealand

  (5) Neutrinos, Ghosts of the Universe, presented by Dr Jenni Adams, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury

  More than 50 trillion solar neutrinos pass through your body every second! Abundant but elusive, these particles have truly amazing properties and provide a new way to look out at objects in our galaxy and beyond (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Live! at the Concertgebouw 2008

  Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Canadian Brass, Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jurjen Hempel

  HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks; Se parla nel mio cor, from Giustino; Con rauco mormorio, from Rodelinda; Aure, deh, per pietà spirate, from Giulio Cesare; Vivi tiranno, from Rodelinda; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92; STRAVINSKY: Fireworks; ELLINGTON arr Henderson: Classical Ellington; LA ROCCA arr Henderson: Tiger Rag (Radio Netherlands)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  SIBELIUS: Scène de Ballet - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1565)

  SOLER: Quintet No 6 in G minor - David Schrader (hpschd), Chicago Baroque Ensemble (Cedille CDR 90000 030)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Suite - Stuttgart Radio SO/Roger Norrington (Hänssler CD 93.254)

  11:00 BACH arr anon: Violin Sonata No 3 in C BWV1005 - Gabriel Bianco (gtr) (Naxos 8.572306)

  GRIEG compltd Röntgen: String Quartet No 2 in F - Raphael Quartet (RegisC 1279)

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