Wednesday 17 March 2010 Rāapa 17 Poutū-te-rangi 2010

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  ELGAR: The Spanish Lady; Sketches from Symphony No 3 - Keith Swallow (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Anne Manson, BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (BBC Music MM38 Volume IV No 2)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  BESSER arr Bravura: Turn; Stretto and Round; Mitzvah Round; Shimmering Stillness; M ADAMS: Floating; BESSER arr Bravura: Five New York Tone Rows 2003; Solemnity; Resolution; Gamjam IV - Bravura (Rattle RAT D013)

  2:15 (approx) - Disc 3

  DELIUS: Sea Drift; Songs of Farewell; Songs of Sunset - Sally Burgess (mezzo), Bryn Terfel (bar), Waynflete Singers, Southern Voices, members of the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9214)

  3:30 (approx) - Disc 4

  LISZT: Ave Maria; Ave Maris Stella; Invocation; Hymne du Martin; Hymne de la nuit; Harmonies Poetique et Religieuses - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66421)

  4:50 (approx) - Disc 5

  RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome; The Birds; Pines of Rome - BBC National Orch of Wales/Tadaaki Otaka, BBC Phil/Patrick Thomas (BBC Music BBC MM 277)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 WOLF-FERRARI: Prelude & Intermezzo from I Quattro Rusteghi - Royal Phil/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 861)

  SCHNITTKE: Pantomime, from Suite in the Old Style - Gidon Kremer (vln), Naoko Yoshino (harp) (Philips 456 016)

  TARTINI: Violin Concerto in Bb D120 - Federico Guglielmo (vln), L'Arte dell'Arco/Giovanni Guglielmo (vln/dir) (Dynamic CDS 591/1-2)

  BOTTESINI: Fantasia on Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor - Thomas Martin (dbass), Anthony Halstead (pno) (Naxos 8.570399)

  CANNABICH: Symphony No 63 in D - Lukas Consort/Viktor Lukas (Naxos 8.553960)

  7:00 IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Procession of the Sardar, from Caucasian Sketches - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc SACD 60657)

  PASCULLI: Grand Concerto on themes from Verdi's Sicilian Vespers - Philippe Magnan (ob), I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9662)

  SOUSA: Stars & Stripes Forever - Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler (RCA VD 87881)

  NEBRA: Keyboard Sonata No 12 in F - Pedro Casals (pno) (Naxos 8.572069)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Act 2b - women of Ambrosian Singers, London SO/André Previn (EMI 9 67694)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No 1 in E minor - Carlos Bonell (gtr) (Upbeat Classics URCD 140)

  PROKOFIEV: Waltz & Clock Scene, from Cinderella - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

  GRIEG: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, from Lyric Pieces Book 8 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 459 671)

  SINDING: Ballade Op 61/3 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Christian Ihle Hadland (pno) (Naxos 8.572255)

  ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Pierre Pierlot (ob), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (Erato 2292 45921)

  ROSSINI: The Thieving Magpie, Overture - Royal Phil/Enrique Bátiz (Brilliant Classics 93994)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

  HARMONIE MUSIK from 18th & 19th Century Europe

  JC BACH: Sinfonia No 4 in Bb - London Wind Soloists/Jack Brymer (dir) (Testament SBT 1345)

  BEETHOVEN: Sextet in Eb Op 71 - Ricercar Academy (Ricercar RIC 287)

  GOUNOD: Petite symphonie pour instruments à vent - St Paul CO/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 430 231)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SCHUMANN: Symphony No 4 in D minor Op 120 - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1519)

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 - Arcadi Volodos (pno), Berlin Phil/James Levine (Sony SK 64384)

  BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 - Peter Scholes (cl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

  MARTINU: The Spectre's Bride - Jirina Marková (sop), Miroslav Kopp (ten), Pavel Horácek (bass), Kühn Mixed Chorus, Prague SO/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 9325-2)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Music in Spain, 1920-1929

  RODRIGO: Jugglers - Castile & León SO/Max Bragado Darman (Naxos 8.557101)

  FALLA: Concerto for harpsichord & five instruments - Luis Vidal (hpschd), members of Teatre Lliure CO/Josep Pons (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1432)

  TURINA arr Heifetz: The Bullfighter's Prayer Op 34 - Felix Ayo (vln), Bruno Canino (pno) (Dynamic CDS 391)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  WIDOR: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op 13/1 - Joris Verdin (organ of Royaumont Abbey, Val-d'Oise, France) (Ricercar RIC 286)

  STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier, Trio & Finale from Act 3 - Kathleen Battle, Renée Fleming (sops), Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Andreas Schmidt (ten), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (Sony SK 52565)

  BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 8 in G Op 30/3 - Peter Sheppard Skaerved (vln), Aaron Shorr (pno) (Metier MSVCD 2005)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 - Concertgebouw Orch/George Szell (rec 1964) (Decca 475 6780)

  SIBELIUS: In the evening Op 17/6; The first kiss Op 37/1; Was it a dream? Op 37/4; Spring flies fast Op 13/4 - Birgit Nilsson (sop), Geoffrey Parsons (pno) (rec 1974) (Bluebell ABCD 009)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  HEENAN: Jack Winter's Dream - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD SLD 102)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Mystical Songs - David Griffiths (bar), Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls, Anthony Jennings (org) (Manu CD MANU 1299)

  CURNOW: Brass Metamorphosis - National Band of New Zealand/Kevin Jarrett (Kiwi Pacific CD SLC 226)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  REZNICEK: Donna Diana, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Young Prince & the Young Princess, from Scheherazade - Richard Roberts (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 410 253)

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

  MAHLER: Piano Quartet movement - Vlastimil Holek (vln), Josef Kluson (vla), Michal Kanka (cello), Sachiko Kayahara (pno) (Praga PRD 250 168)

  SMETANA: Furiant, from The Bartered Bride - Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 419 768)

  BELLINI: Mira, o Norma, from Norma - Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballé (sops), Welsh National Opera Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 448 058)

  KROLL arr/orch Kennedy/Lenehan/Messiter: Banjo & Fiddle - Nigel Kennedy (vln), English CO (EMI 5 56923)

  ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN/RUSSELL: Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - André Previn (pno), David Finck (dbass) (DG 463 456)

  HANDEL: The people shall hear and be afraid, from Israel in Egypt - Bach Choir, English Concert/David Hill (BIS SACD 1736)

  TRAD arr Kondonassis: Angels we have heard on high - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80687)

  MENDELSSOHN: Hear My Prayer - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), 1982 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Peter Godfrey (Kiwi CD TRL 025)

  DELIUS: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, from Two Pieces for Small Orch - Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras (Argo 433 704)

  WIENIAWSKI: Legend - Ruggiero Ricci (vln), Joanna Gruenberg (pno) (RegisC 1249)

  LINCKE: Glow Worm Idyll - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66998)

• 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

  (6) The Square Kilometre Array, presented by Brian Boyle, Director, Australian National Telescope Facility

  Stretching over a continent and comprised of over 5000 antennas, the Square Kilometre Array is proposed to be the world's largest radio telescope and one of the most ambitious pieces of scientific infrastructures ever built. It will address some of the key questions of 21st century astronomy and physics and act as a scientific icon for generations to come. New Zealand has the opportunity to join in Australia's bid to host this multi-billion dollar telescope (RNZ)

  HEWITT: A Favourite Air with Variations, Mark, My Alford (Twinkle, Twinkle, little Star) - William Grant Naboré (pno) (Doron DRC 3001)

  R ROGERS: Lessons of the Sky - Lara James (saxophone), Jeremy Young (pno) (Signum SIGCD 158)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  New Zealand International Arts Festival 2010

  Delayed broadcast from Wellington Town Hall

  Teunis van der Zwart (horn), Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs

  HAYDN: Symphony No 91 in Eb; MOZART: Horn Concerto No 4 in Eb K495

  (Interval)

  Symphony No 38 in D K504, Prague (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GLAZUNOV: Rêverie Orientale Op 14/2 - Lesley Schatzberger (cl), Fitzwilliam String Quartet (Linn CKD 278)

  GLIÈRE: Harp Concerto Op 74 - Osian Ellis (harp), London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 430 006)

  11:00 BACH: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1970.71)

  TAVERNER: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas - Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips (Gimell 454 895)

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