Schedule for Monday 22 March 2010

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1
LAMBERT: Horoscope; WALTON: Façade; BLISS: Checkmate - English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Hyperion CDA 66436)
1:15 (approx) - Disc 2
CPE BACH: Concertos for flute & orchestra, in D minor WQ22; in A minor WQ166; in A for WQ168 - Eckart Haupt (fl), CPE Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Capriccio 10 104)
2:25 (approx) - Disc 3
MENDELSSOHN: Verleih' uns Frieden; Kyrie eleison; Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe; Ave Maria Op 23/2; Mitten wir im Leben sind Op 23/3; Heilig, heilig ist Gott, der Herr Zebaoth; Six Anthems Op 79; Three Psalms Op 78, Warum toben die Heiden; Richte mich, Gott, und fuhre meine Sache; Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen?; Hor mein Bitten, Herr, neige dich zu mir - Anne Dawson (sop), Rogers Covey-Crump (ten), John Scott (org), Corydon Singers, English CO/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDA 66359)
3:40 (approx) - Disc 4
DEBUSSY: Sonata for cello & piano; DOHNÁNYI: Sonata in Bb minor for cello & piano Op 8; BRIDGE: Two Short Pieces; Sonata in D for cello & piano - Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello), Yolande Wrigley (pno) (ASV CD DCA 796)
4:45 (approx) - Disc 5
Overtures, ROSSINI: William Tell; BIZET: Carmen; REZNICEK: Donna Diana; WEBER: Freischutz; ROSSINI: The Thieving Magpie; VERDI: The Force of Destiny; ROSSINI: The Silken Ladder; MOZART: The Magic Flute; NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor - Various Orchestras & Conductors (DG 423 781)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 WAGENAAR: Larghetto for oboe & orchestra - Ingrid Nissen (ob), Netherlands Radio SO/Eri Klas (Etcetera KTC 1326)
GADE: Folkdances Op 31 - Elisabeth Westenholz (pno) (Kontrapunkt 32124)
BRAHMS: How lovely are thy dwellings, from A German Requiem - Atlanta Symphony Chorus & Orch/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80119)
ROPARTZ: Prelude, Marine & Chansons - Linos Harp Quintet (Hänssler CD 93.175)
MOZART: Idomeneo, excerpts - Norwegian National Opera Orch/Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve OP 30479)
7:00 J STRAUSS II: Morning Papers, Waltz - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 417 747)
J WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Janine Jansen (vln), Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Decca 475 011)
ANON: Canarios - Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (dir) (Alia Vox AV 9820)
GRIEG: Butterfly, from Lyric Pieces Book 3; Melody, from Lyric Pieces Book 4 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 459 671)
RODRIGO: Castanets & tambourines - Castile & León SO/Max Bragado Darman (Naxos 8.555962)
SAINT-SAËNS: Prelude & Fugue in B Op 99/2 - Andrew-John Smith (organ of La Madeleine, Paris) (Hyperion CDA 67713)
FAURÉ: Sicilienne, from Pelléas & Mélisande - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD KML 2)
WEISS arr Noad: Passacaglia - Owen Moriarty (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)
8:00 Beauty Spot: ELGAR: Carissima - Marat Bisengaliev (vln), Benjamin Frith (pno) (Black Box BBM 1016)
YORK: Sunburst - Karin Schaupp (gtr) (Warner Classics 3984-23306)
HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), National Phil/Raymond Leppard (CBS CD 37846)
CHOPIN: Polonaise in Ab Op 53, Heroic - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (DG 477 7558)
KODÁLY: Intermezzo for string trio - Berlin Philharmonic String Trio (Arte Nova 74321 54845)
WAGNER: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude - London SO/Antal Dorati (Mercury 434 342)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

STEPHEN SONDHEIM (b1930)
A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum, Act 1, excerpts
Prologus ....................... Zero Mostel
Hero ............................ Brian Davies
Philia ............................ Preshy Marker
Senex ........................... David Burns
Hysterium ..................... Jack Gilford
Lycus ........................... Jack Carradine
Company & Theatre Orchestra/Harold Hastings (Angel 64770)
Into the Woods, Prologue - Tom Aldredge (narrator), Company & Theatre Orchestra/Paul Gemignani (RCA 6796-2-RC)
Stay with me, from Into the woods - Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Sony SK 64498)
Into the Woods, Finale: Children will listen
Witch ........................... Bernadette Peters
Company & Theatre Orchestra/Paul Gemignani (RCA 6796-2-RC)
A funny thing happened on the way to the Forum, Act 2 excerpts
Domina ........................ Ruth Kobart
Pseudolus ..................... Zero Mostel
Miles Gloriosus ............ Ronald Holgate
Company & Theatre Orchestra/Harold Hastings (Angel 64770)
10:00 AM. The Works

BACH: Partita No 2 in C minor BWV826 - Andrea Bacchetti (pno) (Dynamic CDS 629/1-2)
E HALFFTER: Sinfonietta - Ondrej Lewit (vln), Robert Pytel (cello), Peter Jones (dbass), Tenerife SO/Víctor Pablo Pérez (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7067)
LARSSON: Divertimento Op 55, Quattro tempi - Reykjavik Wind Quintet (Chandos CHAN 9849)
RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 44 - London SO/André Previn (EMI CMS 7 64530)
Noon Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
1:30 PM. Music in Denmark, 1920-1929

J GADE: Jealousy - Friederike Spaulding (vln), Barcelona SO/José Serebrier (BIS CD 1175)
NIELSEN: An imaginary trip to the Faroe Islands - Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Dacapo 6.220518)
JÖRGENSEN: Suite for trombone & orchestra Op 22 - Jesper Juul (tbn), Danish National SO/Henrik Vagn Christensen (Dacapo 6.220526)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 4 in A minor D537 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 470 265)
WILMS: Overture in D - North German Radio Phil/Howard Griffiths (CPO 777 209)
BEETHOVEN: Variations on Se vuol ballare from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro - Matthias Metzger (vln), Gerrit Zitterbart (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.462)
GLUCK: J'ai perdu mon Eurydice, from Orphée et Eurydice; ROSSINI: La speranza più, from Semiramide - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Giuseppe Verdi Chorus & Orch, Milan/Carlo Rizzi (Decca 475 550)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - Salvatore Accardo (vln), BBC SO/Colin Davis (rec 1975) (Philips 420 717)
arr Pletnev: The Nutcracker, Suite - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (rec 1978) (Melodiya 74321 25172)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
HONEGGER: Symphonic Movement No 2, Rugby - New Zealand SO/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.555974)
WALTON: Daphne; Through Gilded Trellises; Old Sir Faulk - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Richard Amner (pno) (CBS MK 76868)
SIBELIUS: Belshazzar's Feast, Suite - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)
PROSSER arr Besser/Prosser: City Raga - Jonathan Besser (pno), Christopher Prosser (vln) (Kiwi CD SLD 114)
MAREK: A look backwards - Philharmonia Orch & Chorus/Gary Brain (Koch Schwann 3-6441)
WEBER: Peter Schmoll, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS arr Greaves: Fantasia on Greensleeves - London SO/André Previn (EMI 3 82157)
HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 4/6 - Ton Koopman (org/dir), Amsterdam Baroque Orch (Erato 2292 45394)
SAVARD: Morceau de concours - Reinhold Friedrich (tpt), Thomas Duis (pno) (Capriccio 67 152)
MUSSORGSKY: Chorus of Blind Psalterists, from The Snow Maiden - Bolshoi Chorus, Bolshoi SO/Alexander Lazarev (Erato 4509 91723)
JC BACH: Quintet in G Op 11/2 - Les Adieux (DHM RD 77250)
SCHARWENKA arr Henry Wood: Polish Dance Op 3/3 - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 216)
DUBOIS: Méditation & Scherzetto - Anne Robert (vln), Stéphane Lemelin (pno) (ATMA ACD 2 2380)
ALBENIZ: Spanish Suite Op 47, excerpts, Cádiz; Granada; Seville - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5007)
AUBER: Jenny Bell, Overture - Gothenburg Opera Orch/B Tommy Andersson (Sterling CDS 1039)
MARAIS: Cloches ou Carillon, from Pièces de viole Book 2 Part 1 - Jean-Louis Charbonnier, Paul Rousseau (vlas da gamba), Mauricio Buraglia (theorbo), Pierre Trocellier (hpschd) (Ligia LIDI 030 1195-08)
TRAD arr Pokela/Sariola/Kontio: Bells of Konevitsa Monastery - Martti Pokela, Eeva-Leena Sariola, Matti Kontio (kanteles) (Finlandia 0630 12722)
WARREN: Wexford Bells, Suite on old Irish tunes - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Sanctuary CD RSB 205)
LISZT: La campanella - François-René Duchâble (pno) (Virgin 3 63278)
SOUSA: Liberty Bell - Incredible Columbia All-Star Band/Gunther Schuller (Sony MLK 66710)
7:00 PM. Composer of the Week

Rachel Hyde takes a look at the life and music of STEPHEN SONDHEIM (b1930) as we celebrate the composer/lyricist's 80th birthday this week (RNZ)
A Little Night Music, excerpts
Quintet ......................... John J Moore, Chris Melville, Liz Robertson, David Bexon, Jacquey Chappell
Fredrika ....................... Christine McKenna
Desirée ........................ Jean Simmons
Madame Armfeldt ........ Hermione Gingold
A Little Night Music Pit Orchestra/Ray Cook (RCA 5090-2-RG)
The Night Waltzes, from A Little Night Music - Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 438 685)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Diedre Irons (pno), Haihong Liu (vln), Zhongxian Jin (vla), Rowan Prior (cello), Hiroshi Ikematsu (dbass)
ROSSINI: String Sonata No 3 in C; HUMMEL: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 87; SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout (recorded in the Ilott Theatre, Wellington by RNZ)
9:15 PM. In the Hungarian Style

JOACHIM: Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 11, "in the Hungarian style" - Suyoen Kim (vln), Weimar State Orch/Michael Halász (Naxos 8.570991)
10:00 PM. Day's End

BAINTON: An English Idyll - Paul Whelan (bar), BBC Phil/Martyn Brabbins (Chandos CHAN 10019)
OFFENBACH: Suite for two cellos Op 54/1 - Roland Pidoux, Etienne Péclard (cellos) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1043)
FOOTE: Air & Gavotte - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwartz (Naxos 8.559365)
11:00 JONGEN: Rhapsody Op 70 - Hexagon Ensemble (Etcetera KTC 1259)
DOMENICONI: Variations on an Anatolian Folksong - Owen Moriarty (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)
F COUPERIN: Suite No 1 in E minor - Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, Mikko Perkola (bass viols), Aapo Häkkinen (hpschd) (Avie AV 2132)