Tuesday 29 March 2011 Rātū 29 Poutū-te-rangi 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 2 in Bb D125; Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 4509-91184)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  WIDOR: Symphonie No 5 Op 42/1, Toccata; FRANCK: Prélude, fugue et variation Op 18; MESSIAEN: Transports de joie; VIERNE: Berceuse Op 31/19; ALAIN: Litanies; DURUFLÉ: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d' Alain Op 7; Prélude; Fugue; SAINT-SAËNS: Fantaisie in Eb; FRANCK: Choral No 3 in A minor; LANGLAIS: Prélude modal; VIERNE: Symphonie No 1 Op 14, Finale - Philip Walsh (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington) (Trust MMT 2014)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  Great Opera Quintets & Sextets

  Quintets & Sextets from Cosi fan tutte, Carmen, Die Zauberflöte, Lakmé, Don Giovanni, La Cenerentola, Anna Bolena, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Le nozze di Figaro, Macbeth & Lucia di Lamermoor - Various artists (Decca 448 061)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E minor Op 59 No 2, Razumovsky; String Quartet in Eb Op 74, Harp - Borodin Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10191)

  5:00 approx - Disc 5

  VIVALDI: Bassoon Concertos, in F RV485; in Bb RV503; in Eb RV483; in A minor RV497; in C RV473; in G RV492 - Klaus Thunemann (bsn), I Musici (Philips 416 355)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Avie AV 2119)

  KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro, in the style of Gaetano Pugnani - Nigel Kennedy (vln), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56626)

  CURTIS: On the River - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2085)

  RAVEL: Ondine, from Gaspard de la nuit - Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pno) (Warner 2564 62160)

  HANSON: Pastorale for oboe, harp & strings Op 38 - Randall Ellis (ob), Susan Jolles (harp), New York Chamber Symphony of the 92nd Street Y/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3105)

  SCHWINDL: Symphony in D Op 9/3 - New Dutch Academy Orch/Simon Murphy (PentaTone PTC 5185 365)

  7:00 WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Venusberg Music - Vienna Singverein, Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 475 8502)

  ARRIEU: Sonatine for flute & piano - Christine Hankin (fl), Timothy Murray (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7193)

  BRAHMS orch Parlow: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D - Stuttgart Radio SO/Georges Prêtre (Forlane 16770)

  HAYDN: Second movement, Poco adagio e cantabile, from String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor - Leipzig String Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 307 1362)

  BEETHOVEN: 3rd movement, Rondo (Molto allegro), from Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19 - Shani Diluka (pno), Bordeaux-Aquitaine National Orch/Kwamé Ryan (Mirare MIR 126)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: STRAUSS: Wiegenlied Op 41/1 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London SO/Andrew Davis (CBS MK 76794)

  D SCARLATTI arr Allen: Keyboard Sonata in A Kk209 - Nancy Allen (harp) (EMI CDM 7 69070)

  MENDELSSOHN arr Hupka: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Fourteen Berlin Flutists (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 908 1393)

  SARASATE: Scottish Airs Op 34 - Rachel Barton Pine (vln), Scottish CO/Alexander Platt (Cedille CDR 90000 083)

  FINZI: Five Bagatelles Op 23 - Gervase de Peyer (cl), Gwenneth Pryor (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8549)

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A minor Op 6/4 - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Nicholas McGegan (dir) (Virgin VC 5 45348)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  PERCY GRAINGER (1882-1961)

  Hill Song No 1 - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9630)

  The Rival Brothers - Danish National Radio Choir & Orch/Jesper Grove Jorgensen (Chandos CHAN 9721)

  Hill Song No 2 - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9630)

  Youthful Suite - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 - Eldar Nebolsin (pno), Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.572336)

  MARAIS: Suite in D from Premier Livre de Pièces de Viole, Paris, 1686 - Margaret Little (vla da gamba) (ATMA ACD 2 2612)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 8 in C minor Op 65 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Naxos 8.572392)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Hungarian Folk Music

  WEINER arr Ney: Three Hungarian folk dances, Fox dance; Ronde, from Marossék; Peasants' dance - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67735)

  BARTÓK: Eight Hungarian Folksongs Sz64, Black is the earth; My God, my God let the water flood; Wives, let me be one of your company; So much sorrow in my heart; If I climb the rocky mountains; They are mending the great forest highway; Up to now my work; Snow is melting - Polina Pasztircsák (sop), Aleksandra Sasha Kozlov (pno) (Nascor NS 07)

  SERLY: Rhapsody for viola & orchestra - Lawrence Power (vla), Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 67687)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BACH arr Hess: Jesu, joy of man's desiring, from Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben - Julius Katchen (pno) (London 440 082)

  GLUCK: Che puro ciel!, from Orpheus & Euridice - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Southern Phil/Fritz Stiedry (Decca 475 078)

  HANDEL: Art thou troubled? from Rodelinda - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), London SO/Malcolm Sargent (Decca 475 078)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 2 in Eb D929 - Philip Setzer (vln), David Finckel (cello), Wu Han (pno) (Artistled 10802)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MOZART: Fantasia in C minor K475 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 434 663)

  Piano Concerto No 27 in Bb K595 - Clifford Curzon (pno), English CO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 417 288)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  GERSHWIN: Strike Up The Band, Overture - Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (SCL)

  NORRIS: Honk! - Saxcess (Waiteata WTA 007)

  DONIZETTI: Regnava nel silenzio, from Lucia di Lammermoor - Malvina Major (sop), Margaret Medlyn (mezzo), Carolyn Mills (harp), New Zealand SO/Brian Law (Kiwi CD SLC 230)

  MCLEOD: Tone Clock Pieces 1, 4, 5, 6 - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Sounz Volume 1)

  DITTERSDORF: Symphony in F (Grave F7) - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553974)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  WEBER: Ruler of the Spirits, Overture - Dresden State Opera Orch/Gustav Kuhn (Capriccio 71 045)

  MOERAN: Three Piano Pieces, The Lake Island; Autumn Woods; At a Horse Fair - Una Hunt (pno) (ASV CD DCA 1138)

  ELGAR: Romance Op 62 - Preman Tilson (bsn), New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

  CARDON: Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman - Frances Kelly (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66497)

  TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: The lover's ghost, from Five English Folksongs - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

  SIBELIUS: Two Serenades Op 69 - Joseph Swensen (vln), Finnish Radio SO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste (RCA 09026 60444)

  CORELLI: Trio Sonata in B minor Op 3/4 - Rémy Baudet, Sayuri Yamagata (vlns), Albert Brüggen (cello), David van Ooijen (archlute), Pieter-Jan Belder (org) (Brilliant Classics 92403)

  RR BENNETT: Murder on the Orient Express, Film music - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9867)

  The mouse & the bumblebee; Baby, baby, naughty baby; As I walked by myself, from Songs before Sleep - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (EMI 5 58076)

  Four Jazz Songs, Let's go live in the country; I never went away; Come buy; Goodbye for now - Richard Rodney Bennett (vocal/pno) (BBC MusicB 1)

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

  A good-night - Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh (DG 477 6605)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  8:00 NZTrio

  CREE BROWN: The Triumvirate; CHEN YI: Tibetan Tues; GENDALL: Intaglio; GAO PING: Su Xie Si Ti (Four Sketches); WAYAN YUDANE: Entering the Stream; YUEN: Shades; PSATHAS: Helix (recorded in the Great Hall, Christchurch Arts Centre, by RNZ)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

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