Wednesday 31 March 2010 Rāapa 31 Poutū-te-rangi 2010

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  DVORÁK: Legends Op 59; JANÁCEK: Sinfonietta - Bamberg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 436)

  1:05 (approx) - Disc 2

  SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen Op 15; TCHAIKOVSKY: Album for the Young; DEBUSSY: Children's Corner - Idil Biret (pno) (Naxos 8.550885)

  2:10 (approx) - Disc 3

  VIVALDI: Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV630; Concerto in D minor RV128; All'ombra di sospetto RV678; Cello Sonata in Bb RV45; Lungi dal vago volto RV680; Concerto in G for flute & strings RV436; Longe mala, umbrae, terrores RV629 - Patrice Michaels Bedi (sop), Chicago Baroque Ensemble (Cedille CDR 90000 025)

  3:30 (approx) - Disc 4

  JENKINS: The bell Pavan; Fantasies, Nos 4-7; In Nomine No 1; Fantasies, Nos 1-3; Pavan No 2; Fantasies, Nos 8-9; No 11; No 10; In Nomine No 2 - Hesperion XX (Astree Auvidis E 8724)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, excerpts; Gayaneh, excerpts; PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet, excerpts - Vienna Phil/Aram Khachaturian, Cleveland Orch/Lorin Maazel (Decca 417 737)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Op 3/4a - Linde Consort/Hans-Martin Linde (Virgin 6 99472)

  MENDELSSOHN: Three Fantasies or Caprices Op 16 - Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93975)

  DITTERSDORF: Andantino in G - Lajos Lencsés (ob), Franz Liszt CO (Hänssler CD 98.277)

  CAPIROLA arr Lislevand: Ricercata prima; DALZA arr Lislevand: Saltarello; Piva - Linn Andrea Fuglseth (sop), period instrument ensemble/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088)

  RAVEL: Menuet antique - French National Orch/Eliahu Inbal (Brilliant Classics 6980)

  7:00 BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture Op 62 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (L'Oiseau-Lyre 425 696)

  HAHN: Romance in A - Charles Stewart (vln), Stephen Coombs (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67391)

  GRIFFES: Poem - Carol Wincenc (fl), Buffalo PO/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559164)

  CAPLET: Divertissement à la française - Maria Graf (harp) (Philips 432 103)

  ALBINONI: Concerto a cinque in D minor Op 9/2 - Albrecht Mayer (ob/dir), New Seasons Ensemble (Decca 478 0313)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Leila Josefowicz (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Philips 462 592)

  COATES: Footlights Waltz - Slovak Radio SO/Andrew Penny (Marco Polo 8.223521)

  CHOPIN: Ballade No 2 in F Op 38 - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (Philips 456 787)

  A ROMERO: Fuga con Pajarillo, from Suite for Strings No 1 - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 7457)

  FARR: Three Etudes - Jeremy Fitzsimons (marimba) (Trust MMT 2058)

  SCHUMANN: Julius Caesar, Overture - Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 448 930)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

  FRENCH MEDIEVAL MUSIC featuring PÉROTIN & THE NOTRE DAME SCHOOL

  ADAM OF ST VICTOR: Templum cordis; LÉONIN: Propter veritatem; PHILIP THE CHANCELLOR: Ve mundo; ANON (School of Pérotin): Virgo flagellatur; Benedicamus Domino - Theatre of Voices/Paul Hillier (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7157)

  PÉROTIN: Presul nostri temporis - Gothic Voices/Christopher Page (Hyperion CDA 66739)

  GAUTIER DE COINCY: Ja pour yver, pour noif ne pour gelee - Ian Honeyman (ten), Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7317)

  ANON: Vetus abit littera - Tonus Peregrinus (Naxos 8.557340)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  RESPIGHI: Concerto gregoriano - José Miguel Cueto (vln), St Petersburg SO/Vladimir Lande (Marquis 81407)

  ALBENIZ: Six Spanish Dances Op 37 - Guillermo González (pno) (Naxos 8.572196)

  FRANCAIX: Divertissement - Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67036)

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral - London SO/Bernard Haitink (LSO Live LSO 0082)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Music from 1925

  RODRIGO: Canción y danza - Artur Pizarro (pno) (Naxos 8.557923)

  BUSONI: Easter Vespers, from Doktor Faust - Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus, Lyon National Opera Chorus & Orch/Kent Nagano (Erato 3984 25501)

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

  WALTON: Portsmouth Point, Overture - London SO/André Previn (EMI CDC 7 47624)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  STRAUSS: Freundliche Vision Op 48/1 - Karita Mattila (sop), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 445 182)

  WEBER: Concert Piece in F minor Op 79 - Melvyn Tan (fpno), London Classical Players/Roger Norrington (EMI CDC 5 55348)

  BIBER: Requiem in F - Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 474 7142)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great - Dresden State Opera Orch/Colin Davis (rec 1996) (Profil PH 06038)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  BECK: Sinfonia in A Op 1/3 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

  TOSCANINI: Forse una volta; (Pagina d'album); Quando cadran le foglie; V'amo - Patrick Power (ten), David Vine (pno) (RNZ)

  RAK: Three Russian Waltzes - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private recording BNP 02 CD)

  G CHARPENTIER: Depuis le jour, from Louise - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London SO/Stephen Barlow (Decca 443 600)

  PRUDEN: Akaroa - New Zealand SO/John Matheson (Kiwi SLD 66)

  TRAD arr Garden: My Lagan Love - Brendan Power (harmonica), Alberto Santarelli (dbass), Steve Garden (perc) (Rattle RAT D003)

  J STAMITZ: Symphony in D Op 3/2 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553194)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1 - Atlanta SO/Donald Runnicles (Telarc CD 80677)

  POULENC: Three Novelettes - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Decca 417 438)

  GIBBS: Dusk, from Fancy Dress Suite - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66868)

  MONTI: Czárdás - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), English CO (EMI 5 56923)

  JC BACH: Symphony in E Op 18/5 - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 752)

  W HARRIS: Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening - Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh (DG 477 6605)

  BACH: Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208, Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 60681)

  ABE: Dream of the cherry blossoms - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA RD 60557)

  TRAD arr Bridge: Cherry Ripe - NZSO Chamber Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7139)

  ERNST: Elegy Op 10 - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Ashley Wass (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67619)

  HANDEL: O ruddier than the cherry, from Acis & Galatea, preceded by recitative - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (DG 453 480)

  TRAD arr Flower: Cherry Tree Carol - Edward Flower, Joel Brown (gtrs) (ABC Classics 472 044)

  PUCCINI: Preludio Sinfonico in A - Hungarian Opera Orch/Pier Giorgio Morandi (Naxos 8.555304)

  MILHAUD: Suite d'après Corrette - Athena Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 6536)

  HEUBERGER: The Opera Ball, Overture - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Teldec 8.43240)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  World Book Club

  Four programmes

  (2) Alice Walker

  Harriet Gilbert travelled to San Francisco to talk to iconic African American writer Alice Walker about her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple. Translated into 25 languages The Color Purple tells the painful yet inspiring tale of Celie, a downtrodden black girl in the Deep South between the world wars. She suffers terrible abuse at the hands of many but still manages ultimately to rise above adversity, finding happiness and learning both to love and forgive (BBC)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Music of the Baroque - Holy Week

  BACH: St John Passion

  Jesus ............................ Matthew Hargreaves

  Evangelist ..................... Paul Agnew

  Pilate ............................ Thomas Meglioranza

  Peter ............................ Jan Jarvis

  Maid ............................ Laura Amend

  Servant ........................ Stephen Noon

  Christine Brandes (sop), Laura Pudwell (contralto), Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orch/Nicholas Kraemer (WFMT)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  TOURNIER: Harp Sonatina Op 30 - Erica Goodman (harp) (BIS CD 319)

  RR BENNETT: Reflections on a 16th-Century Tune - Philharmonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10389)

  11:00 GLAZUNOV: Five Novelettes Op 15 - Fine Arts Quartet (Naxos 8.570256)

  STRAUSS: Stimmungsbilder Op 9 - Stefan Veselka (pno) (Naxos 8.557713)

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