Tuesday 15 March 2011 Rātū 15 Poutū-te-rangi 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  BRAHMS orch Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in G minor; BRAHMS orch Rubbra: Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel Op 24 - London SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8825)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  CORIGLIANO: Sonata for violin & piano; PÄRT: Fratres; MORAVEC: Sonata for violin & piano; GLINSKY: Toccata-Scherzo; MESSIAEN: Praise to the Immortality of Jesus - Maria Bachmann (vln), Jon Klibonoff (pno) (Catalyst 09026 61824)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  FINZI: God is gone up Op 27/2; Welcome sweet & sacred feast Op 27/3; Three Short Elegies Op 5; Thou didst delight my eyes Op 32; My lovely one Op 27/1; Let us now praise famous men Op 35; Seven Partsongs Op 17; Magnificat Op 36; White-flowering days Op 37; All this night Op 33; Lo, the full, final sacrifice Op 26 - Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer, Harry Bicket (org) (Chandos CHAN 8936)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 17; PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No 3 Op 28; SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No 9 Op 68; RACHMANINOV: Etudes-tableaux Op 39 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2028)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  BIZET: Overture in A; Scene bohémiennes, La Jolie Fille de Perth; Symphony in C; Dramatic Overture, Patrie - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 452 102)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques Op 112 - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 449 186)

  BARRIÈRE: Sonata in G - Cello Duello (Solo Musica SM 146)

  MARTUCCI: Colore orientale Op 44/3 - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.570932)

  GLUCK trans Mercz: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - János Bálint (fl), Nóra Mercz (harp) (Naxos 8.550741)

  SULLIVAN: Iolanthe, Overture - Scottish CO/Alexander Faris (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

  7:00 GRANADOS arr Henry Wood: Spanish Dance No 4, Villanesca - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 216)

  MILHAUD: Le Boeuf sur le toit, Cinéma Fantaisie - James Ehnes (vln), Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Analekta FL 2 3151)

  CHOPIN: Nocturne in Eb Op 9/2 - Anthony Ferner (fl), Gerard Willems (pno) (Anthony Ferner)

  MOLTER: Sinfonia No 1 in F - Europa Symphony/Wolfgang Gröhs (Arte Nova 74321 40741)

  MULET: Carillon-Sortie in D - Christopher Herrick (organ of Turku Cathedral, Finland) (Hyperion CDA 66676)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: WAGNER orch Mottl: Der Engel, from Wesendonk Lieder - Régine Crespin (sop), French National Radio Orch/Georges Prêtre (EMI CDM 7 64434)

  CPE BACH: La Capricieuse in D minor - Luca Pianca (lute) (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7063)

  LISZT arr Busoni: Rhapsodie espagnole S254 - John Ogdon (pno), Philharmonia/John Pritchard (EMI 3 92747)

  M HAYDN: Symphony No 32 in D - German Chamber Academy, Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 179)

  CARREÑO: Vals gayo - Clara Rodriguez (pno) (Nimbus NI 6103)

  WEBER: Euryanthe, Overture - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Nimbus NI 7062/3)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  ALAN HOVHANESS (1911-2000)

  Concerto for piano & strings, Lousadzak - Martin Berkofsky (pno), Nikolai Zherenkov (vln), Globalis SO/Konstantin Krimets (Black Box BBM 1103)

  Magnificat - Cynthia Templin Moe (sop), Stacy Pope (alto), Glen McGrath (ten), Raouf Zaidan (bass), St John's Episcopal Choirs & Orch/Donald Pearson, Eric Plutz (org) (Delos DE 3176)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  MARX: Sinfonia in modo classico - Bochum SO/Steven Sloane (ASV CD DCA 1158)

  DVORÁK: Piano Quintet in A Op 5 - Piers Lane (pno), Goldner String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67805)

  PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 63 - Geneviève Laurenceau (vln), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Tugan Sokhiev (Naïve V 5256)

  SCHUMANN: Symphony No 1 in Bb Op 38, Spring - Czech Phil/Lawrence Foster (PentaTone PTC 5186 326)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. The Brass Family

  SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in Eb Op 67 - Lawrence Vine (horn), Stéphane Lemelin (pno) (Naxos 8.570964)

  BEETHOVEN: Three Equale - BonaNZa Trombone Quartet (Rata RT 011)

  ARBAN: Fantaisie sur La Traviata - Guy Touvron (tpt), Nelly Cottin (pno) (Ligia LIDI 010 5220-10)

  MONTI arr Baadsvik: Czárdás - Oystein Baadsvik (tuba), Musica Vitae/Björn Sagstad (BIS CD 1285)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BARBER: Toccata Festiva Op 36 - Gillian Weir (organ of St Augustine's Chapel, Tonbridge School), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Linn CKD 178)

  GRIEG: A dream Op 46/6; From Monte Pincio Op 39/1; The youth Op 33/1; The Rondane mountains Op 33/9; A swan Op 25/2; The wounded heart Op 33/3 - Kirsten Flagstad (sop), Philharmonia/Warwick Braithwaite (EMI CDH 7 63305)

  GOTTSCHALK: Tremolo - Cary Lewis, Eugene List (pno duet) (Vanguard Classics 08 4051 71)

  STRAVINSKY: Concerto in Eb, Dumbarton Oaks - Orch of St Luke's/Robert Craft (Naxos 8.557507)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MOZART: String Quartet No 17 in Bb K458, Hunt (rec 1968); BRAHMS: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 51 - Fine Arts Quartet (rec 1967) (Music & Arts CD 1154 (8))

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  SUPPÉ: Poet & Peasant, Overture - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

  KOSHKIN: Usher Waltz Op 29 - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1000)

  PUCCINI: Morire?; Terra e mare; Sole e amore; Storiella d'amore; E l'uccellino; Canto d'anime - Patricia Wright (sop), David Vine (pno) (Atoll A 9803)

  HAMILTON: The Moon is Silently Singing - 1992 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls, Greg Hill, Peter Sharman (horns) (Manu CD MANU 1412)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Norfolk Rhapsody No 1 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.555867)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  DEBUSSY orch Busser: Petite Suite - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

  BUSONI: Sonatina No 6, Chamber Fantasy on Bizet's Carmen - Wolf Harden (pno) (Naxos 8.572422)

  BACH: Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 - Julia Fischer (vln), ASMF (Decca 478 0650)

  WEISS arr Noad: Passacaglia - Owen Moriarty (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

  TRAD arr Erb: Shenandoah - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)

  COPLAND: Quiet City - Orpheus CO (Brilliant Classics 9207)

  GADE: Piano Trio in Bb - Trio Parnassus (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 303 1665)

  CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Julius Caesar Op 78 - West Australian SO/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.572500)

  HANDEL: Va tacito e nascosto, from Julius Caesar - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (DG 453 480)

  IRELAND arr Bush: Scherzo & Cortège, from Julius Caesar - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 240)

  GANNE: Marche Lorraine - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Elgar Howarth (Decca 417 329)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  7:00 New music specialist, Lucas Vis, in interview and in concert

  Vistas - SMP Ensemble/Lucas Vis

  MARGETIC: Hommage à WL; L ANDRIESSEN: Zilver; KILLIN: Two Moments; BODY: Turtle Time; LARDELLI: Aspects of Theatre; KYRIAKIDES: Tinkling

  (recorded at the Adam Concert Room, NZ School of Music by RNZ)

  ANDRIESSEN: De Staat (NBE CD 022)

  "I wrote De Staat (The Republic) as a contribution to the debate about the relation of music to politics." Louis Andriessen

  11:00 New Music Dreams

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