Thursday 28 April 2011 Rāpare 28 Paenga-whāwhā 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  SCRIABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy; Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 29 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 218)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor; HARWOOD: Sonata No 1 in C# minor; PARRY: Chorale Prelude; STATHAM: Rhapsody on a Ground; WALFORD DAVIES: Solemn Melody; ELGAR arr Gower: Enigma Variations, Nimrod; MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonata in A Op 65/3 (1); MENDELSSOHN arr Best: War March of the Priests; SUMSION: Ceremonial March - Robert Costin (organ of the Wellington Town Hall) (Kiwi Pacific CD TRL 076)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  BIBER: Missa Salisburensis; Sonata tam aris quam aulis servientes; Sonata No 12 & No 5; Sancti Polycarpi; Plaudite tympana - Gabrieli Consort & Players, Musica Antiqua Cologne/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 471 632)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  HAYDN: Trios, No 40 in F# minor, Op 73/3; No 37 in D, Op 71/3; No 36 in Eb Op 71/2 - Jérome Hantaï (fpno), Philippe Couvert (vln), Alix Verzier (cello) (Naïve E 8811)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  Stokowski Orchestral Transcriptions

  BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor; Prelude in Eb minor; Geistliches Lied, Mein Jesu; Chorale Prelude, Wir glauben all' an einen Gott; Chorale from Easter Cantata; Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor; BYRD: Pavan, The Earl of Salisbury & Galliard; CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary; SCHUBERT: Moments musicaux, No 3 in F minor; CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor Op 17/4; TCHAIKOVSKY: Chant sans paroles; DUPARC: Extase; RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2 - Czech Phil, London SO/Leopold Stokowski (London 448 946)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - József Kiss (ob), Ferenc Erkel CO/Lili Aldor (dir) (Naxos 8.550556)

  PUCCINI arr Mikhashoff: Portrait of Madame Butterfly - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Second movement, Waltz, from Serenade in C for string orchestra Op 48 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

  F COUPERIN: Les baricades mistérieuses - Enno Voorhorst (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 9136)

  PARSONS: Ave Maria - Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh (DG 477 6605)

  NIELSEN: Pan and Syrinx - South Jutland SO/Niklás Willén (Naxos 8.557164)

  7:00 MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80551)

  WIENIAWSKI: Scherzo-Tarentelle in G minor Op 16 - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (CBC MVCD 1168)

  MILFORD: Two Orchestral Interludes Op 19e, Mr John Peel passes by; Mr Ben Jonson's pleasure - Julian Sperry (fl), Julian Milford (pno), Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67444)

  BARBER: Mutations from Bach - London Symphony Brass/Eric Crees (RegisC 1209)

  HANDEL: Organ Concerto in A Op 7/2 - Daniel Chorzempa (org), Concerto Amsterdam/Jaap Schröder (organ of the Oud Katholicke Kerk, Haarlem, The Netherlands) (PentaTone PTC 5186 104)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: ANON arr Ichinose: Greensleeves - Yoshikazu Mera (countertenor), Japan Phil/Shigeo Genda (BIS CD 949)

  ALKAN trans Smalley: Impromptu on A Mighty Fortress is our God Op 69 - Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow (pno duo) (Toccata Classics TOCC 0070)

  F LOPEZ arr Grafe: L'amour est un bouquet de violettes, from Violettes Imperiales - Sol Gabetta (cello), Prague Phil/Charles Olivieri-Munroe (RCA Red Seal 88697 359622)

  IBERT: Ariette - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (gtr) (Naxos 8.572064)

  LEHÁR arr Stoltzman: Vilja's Song, from The Merry Widow - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

  COATES: Cinderella - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9869)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  LEOPOLD MOZART (1719-1787)

  Symphony in C, Eisen C1 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10496)

  Minuet in G - Kathleen & Caroline Youngermann (vlns), Hendrik Strothmann (cello) (Cavalon 31 07 52)

  Symphony in D, Eisen D18 - Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal (CPO 999 144)

  Horn Concerto in D - Barry Tuckwell (horn), ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI 5 69395)

  Symphony in D, Eisen D25 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10496)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  GERNSHEIM: Piano Quartet No 3 in F Op 47 - Andreas Kirpal (pno), members of Diogenes Quartet (Brilliant Classics 93997)

  GLIÈRE: Harp Concerto Op 74 - Alice Giles (harp), Adelaide SO/David Porcelijn (ABC Classics 454 506)

  BACH: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Dmitry Badiarov (cello) (Ramée RAM 1003)

  NIELSEN: Symphony No 5 Op 50 - London SO/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0694)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Songs Transcribed

  BRAHMS arr Bailey: Sapphische Ode Op 94/4; Liebestreu Op 3/1; Minnelied Op 71/5; Wiegenlied Op 49/4 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Awadagin Pratt (pno) (Telarc TEL 32664)

  RACHMANINOV trans Pott/Rachmaninov: What wealth of rapture Op 34/12; Lilacs Op 21/5 - Jeremy Filsell (pno) (Signum SIGCD 230)

  BRAHMS arr Bailey: Lerchengesang Op 70/2; Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2; Wie Melodien Op 105/1 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Awadagin Pratt (pno) (Telarc TEL 32664)

  SCHUBERT trans Liszt: Die Post, from Die Winterreise - Jorge Bolet (pno) (Decca 414 575)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 419 768)

  FRANCK: Panis angelicus, from Mass for three voices - Plácido Domingo (ten), Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Marcello Viotti (DG 471 575)

  MOZART: Violin Concerto No 1 in Bb K207 - Viktoria Mullova (vln/dir), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment (Philips 470 292)

  MONTEVERDI: Lamento della Ninfa, from the 8th book of Madrigals, Venice 1638 - Nuria Rial (sop), Jan van Elsacker, Cyril Auvity (tens), Nicolas Achten (bar), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (dir) (Virgin 2 36140)

  BACH: Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor BWV582 - Gillian Weir (organ of St Lawrence Church, Rotterdam) (Argo 460 185)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  HAYDN: String Quartet in Bb Op 71/1 - Amadeus Quartet (rec 1977) (DG 429 189)

  Symphony No 26 in D minor, Lamentation - English Consort/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (rec 1989) (Archiv 463 731)

  String Quartet in D Op 71/2 - Amadeus Quartet (rec 1977) (DG 429 189)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  CARR: Mardi Gras Overture - Queensland SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi CD SLD 101)

  HERRMANN: Concerto Macabre, from the film Hangover Square - David Buechner (pno), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch 3-7225)

  BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra - NZSO National Youth Orchestra 2007/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  HOLST: Brook Green Suite - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Tring International TRP 037)

  ERNST: Rondo Papageno Op 20 - Sherban Lupu (vln), Ian Hobson (pno) (Toccata Classics TOCC 0118)

  FASCH: Concerto in G for flute & oboe - Günther Höller (recorder), Helmut Hucke (ob), Cappella Coloniensis/Hans-Martin Linde (Phoenix Edition 172)

  MASCAGNI: Cavalleria rusticana, Intermezzo - Columbia SO/Thomas Schippers (Sony MLK 66707)

  JACOB: Suite for bassoon & string quartet - Fibonacci Sequence (Deux-Elles DXL 1104)

  IVES orch Schuman: Variations on America - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.559083)

  GÓRECKI: Three Pieces in Old Style - Daniel Stabrawa (vln/dir), Capella Bydgostiensis (Accord ACD 047 (011 913)

  J THOMAS: David of the White Rock - Sebastien Lipman (harp) (Naxos 8.570372)

  GRAINGER: The Nightingale & the Two Sisters, from Danish Folk Music Suite - Melbourne SO/Geoffrey Simon (ABC 465 086)

  FINCH: A Solo by Mr Finch called the CuCu - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Rosanne Hunt (cello), Linda Kent (hpschd) (ABC Classics 465 269)

  BRAHMS: Die Schwestern, from Four Duets Op 61 - Felicity Lott (sop), Ann Murray (mezzo), Graham Johnson (pno) (EMI 5 74206)

  N BOULANGER: A piece on popular Flemish airs - Carolyn Shuster Fournier (organ of Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts, Paris) (Ligia LIDI 0109206-09)

  TURINA: Piano Trio No 2 in B minor Op 76 - Bekova Trio (Chandos CHAN 9834)

  TÁRREGA: Las dos hermanitas, from Valse Suite - Mats Bergström (gtr) (Naxos 8.572365)

  J STRAUSS II: Nuns' Chorus, from Casanova - Joan Sutherland (sop), Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus, New Philharmonia/Richard Bonynge (Decca 425 848)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Elektra

  Roger Wilson introduces the chilling opera by Richard Strauss which follows in Music Alive tonight (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  STRAUSS: Elektra, an opera in one act

  Elektra............................... Elizabeth Connell

  Chrysothemis..................... Erika Sunnegårdh

  Clytemnestra...................... Helen Medlyn

  Orestes.............................. Tuomas Pursio

  Aegisthus........................... Richard Greager

  Overseer/Confidante.......... Jenny Wollerman

  First Maid.......................... Kate Spence

  Second Maid..................... Rachelle Pike

  Third Maid/Trainbearer...... Anna Pierard

  Fourth Maid....................... Morag Atchison

  Fifth Maid.......................... Emma Roxburgh

  Old Servant/Tutor.............. David Griffiths

  Young Servant................... Andrew Glover

  Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:45 PM. A Dance in Triple Time

  CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 17 - Jean-Marc Luisada (pno) (Newton 880 2938)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  SIBELIUS: Scènes historiques, Suite No 1 Op 25 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)

  GRAF: Cello Concerto in D - Jan Vogler (cello), Munich CO/Reinhard Goebel (Sony 88697 11997)

  DEBUSSY orch Ansermet: Six Epigraphes antiques - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572568)

  11:00 REISSIGER: Piano Trio No 15 in G Op 164 - Trio Art Nouveau (Hungaroton HCD 32488)

  HOVHANESS: The garden of Adonis - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)

Next day - Fri 29

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