Monday 28 March 2011 Rāhina 28 Poutū-te-rangi 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  DITTERSDORF: Sinfonias, in A minor, The Delirium of the Composers; in D, The Battle of the Human Passions; in A, Sinfonia in the Taste of Five Nations - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  BRAHMS: Variations on an original theme Op 21/1; Rhapsodies, in B minor Op 79/1; in G minor Op 79/2; DVORÁK: Theme & Variations in Ab Op 36; Four Pieces Op 52 - David Buechner (pno) (Connoisseur Society CD 4179)

  2:15 approx - Disc 3

  AMODEI: Su l'ore che l'aurora; Tra l'erbette il pie sciogliea; ZAMBONI: Sonata in C minor; AMODEI: Va', ché l'hai fatto a me; Già col manto dell'ombre; STORACE: Passagagli sopra Alamire; AMODEI: Colà dove il Sebeto; Lieve al piè, grave al passo - Emma Kirkby (sop), Jakob Lindberg (theorbo/archlute), Lar Ulrik Mortensen (hpschd) (BIS CD 1415)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  ROMBERG: Clarinet Quintet in Eb Op 57; FUCHS: Clarinet Quintet in Eb Op 102; STANFORD: Two Fantasies for clarinet & string quartet, No 1 in G minor, No 2 in F - Thea King (cl), Britten String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66479)

  4:55 approx - Disc 5

  HOLST: St Paul's Suite; WALTON: Two pieces for strings from Henry V; BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4; BERKELEY: Serenade for strings Op 12; TIPPETT: Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli - ASMF/Kenneth Sillito (Collins 12342)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédies Nos 3 & 1 - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/John Barbirolli (Testament SBT 1252)

  BACH: French Suite No 1 in D minor BWV812 - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 433 313)

  MARTINU: Idyll, from The Bouquet - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Orfeo 180 891)

  HAMILTON: Transatlantic - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Ode CD ODE 1308)

  CIMAROSA: Oboe Concerto in C minor - Anthony Camden (ob), City of London Sinfonia/Nicholas Ward (Naxos 8.553991)

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

  RAVEL arr Samazeuilh: Menuet antique - Bridget Douglas (fl), Rachel Thomson (pno) (Trust MMT 2039)

  JOPLIN arr Kunzel: The Entertainer; Solace; Maple Leaf Rag - William Tritt, Keith Lockhart (pnos), Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80112)

  PURCELL arr Britten: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - Bochmann String Quartet (Redcliffe 020)

  GRIEG: Homage March, from Sigurd Jorsalfar - National Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 421 634)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: SIUNETSI arr Erazhisht: My heart is trembling - Anna Mailian (mezzo), Sharakan/Grigor Danielian (Celestial Harmonies 13116)

  SOUSA: Liberty Bell - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (Warner 2564 61956)

  SARASATE: Gypsy Airs Op 20 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), István Hajdu (pno) (Philips 446 560)

  GLINKA: Eastern Dances in the Black Sea Castle, from Russlan & Ludmila - Moscow Radio SO/Mark Ermler (RegisC 1242)

  GIULIANI: Introduction & Variations on a favourite waltz for guitar & string quartet Op 103 - Edoardo Catemario (gtr), members of Vienna Academy (Arts Music 47688)

  BORNE arr Chiaramello: Fantaisie Brillante on Bizet's Carmen - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Sao Paulo SO/John Neschling (BIS SACD 1559)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  PERCY GRAINGER (1882-1961)

  Nine Settings of Rudyard Kipling - Martyn Hill (ten), Penelope Thwaites, John Lavender (pnos) (Chandos CHAN 9610)

  The Warriors - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Dresden State Orch/André Previn (DG 463 790)

  ANON: Sibila Valenciana - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9806)

  BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in C G453, La ritirata di Madrid - Europa Galante (Virgin 5 45607)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Suite - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 410 873)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Reflections on Spain

  TURINA: Danzas gitanas Op 55 - Louise Bessette (pno) (Analekta AN 2 9963)

  CASSADÓ: Sonata in the Old Spanish Style - Yuli Turovsky (cello/dir), I Musici de Montréal (Analekta AN 2 9897)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  STRAUS arr Gamley: My hero, from The Chocolate Soldier - Joan Sutherland (sop), New Philharmonia/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 880)

  BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 83 - Emil Gilels (pno), Berlin Phil/Eugen Jochum (Philips 456 799)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  PÄRT: In principio - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Estonian National SO/Tonu Kaljuste (rec 2008) (ECM 2050)

  TUBIN: Symphony No 4, Lyrical - Estonian National SO/Arvo Volmer (rec 1998) (Alba ABCD 155)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  L FISCHER: La fauvette, Caprice élégant - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5101)

  VERDI: Ritorna vincitor! from Aida - Alessandra Marc (sop), New Zealand SO/Heinz Wallberg (Delos DE 3108)

  CANTELOUBE arr Richards: Baïlèro, from Songs of the Auvergne - Kevin McMorran (cornet), National Band of New Zealand/Kevin Jarrett (Kiwi Pacific CD SLC 226)

  LILBURN: Seventeen Short Pieces for guitar (14-17) - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.572185)

  REGER: Variations & Fugue on a theme of Mozart Op 132 - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Naxos 8.553079)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  NIELSEN: Helios Overture - Danish National Radio SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Chandos CHAN 9287)

  CHOPIN arr H Wood: Third movement, Funeral March, from Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35 - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 216)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A minor RV356, from L'Estro Armonico - Federico Guglielmo (vln), L'Arte dell'Arco/Christopher Hogwood (Chandos CHAN 0689(2))

  VILLA-LOBOS arr Safhill: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10512)

  BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 050 502)

  PUCCINI: Crisantemi - London SO/Antonio Pappano (EMI 5 57159)

  GUNNING: The Rosemary & Thyme Caprice - Craig Ogden (gtr), BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10625)

  LUMBYE: Lily Polka, Dedicated to the Ladies - Odense SO/Peter Guth (Unicorn-Kanchana DKP CD 9089)

  TRAD arr Leon: Wild mountain thyme - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)

  MACDOWELL: To a wild rose, from Woodland Sketches - Joseph Cooper (pno) (London 443 333)

  LEHÀR: Wild Roses, Waltz - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 891)

  HANDEL: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, ASMF/David Willcocks (EMI 2 28944)

  PAGANINI: Cantabile in D - Pekka Kuusisto (vln), Ismo Eskelinen (gtr) (Ondine ODE 1142)

  PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical - Cologne Gürzenich Orch/Dimitrij Kitajenko (Phoenix Edition 136)

• 7:00 PM. Composer of the Week

  Murray Khouri takes a look at the life and music of PERCY GRAINGER (1882-1961) as we mark the 50th anniversary of the composer's death (RNZ)

  A Lincolnshire Posy - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9549)

  arr Grainger BRAHMS: Cradle Song; FAURÉ: Après un rêve; Nell; DELIUS: Air & Dance - Piers Lane (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67279)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  NZTrio, Robert Ashworth (vla)

  MOZART: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor K478; NOCK: Dialogues, Meditations, Reflections; SCHNITTKE: Piano Quartet (based on a fragment by Mahler); SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in Eb Op 47 (recorded at the Auckland Museum by RNZ)

• 9:25 PM. Evening Serenade

  KARLOWICZ: Serenade in C Op 2 - Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.572274)

  VIOTTI: Serenade for flute & piano Op 23/4 - Mario Carbotta (fl), Carlo Balzaretti (pno) (Dynamic CDS 620/1-2)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  VOLKMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor Op 33 - Peter Bruns (cello), Leipzig Mendelssohn CO/Jürgen Bruns (Hänssler CD 98.594)

  JONGEN: Rhapsody Op 70 - Hexagon Ensemble (Etcetera KTC 1259)

  ROUSSEL: Bacchus & Ariadne, Suite No 2 - Paris Orch/Serge Baudo (EMI CZS 7 62669)

  11:00 SCHUBERT: Impromptus D899 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 457 550)

  SZYMANOWSKI: Three Myths Op 30 - Alina Ibragimova (vln), Cédric Tiberghien (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67703)

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