Friday 13 May 2011 Rāmere 13 Haratua 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  SVENDSEN: Symphony No 1 in D Op 4; Symphony No 2 in Bb Op 15; Polonaise No 2 in D Op 28 - Danish National Radio SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Chandos CHAN 9932)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  KUHNAU: Biblical Sonatas, Nos 1-6 - Richard Apperley (org) (Organism ORG 001)

  2:35 approx - Disc 3

  BACH: Cantata No 170, Vergnügte Ruh'; Cantata No 54, Widerstehe doch der Sünde; Geist und Seele wird verwirret - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Collegium Vocale Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1644)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  DUROSOIR: Jouvence; Caprice for cello & harp; Berceuse for flute & piano; Incantation bouddhique; Vitrail; Au Vent des Landes; Piano Quintet - Saskia Lethiec (vln), Florent Audibert (cello), Sandrine Chatron (harp), Anne-Cécile Cuniot (fl), Frédéric Lagarde (pno), Catherine Coquet (cor anglais), Karine Lethiec (vla), Amaury Coeytaux (vln), Ensemble Calliopée/Renaud Déjardin (Alpha 164)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  BRITTEN: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Op 10; Les Illuminations for soprano & string orchestra; Lachrymae, Reflections on a song of Dowland for viola & string orchestra - Christina Högman (sop), Nils-Erik Sparf (vla), New Stockholm Chamber Orch/Péter Csaba (BIS CD 435)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 BRAHMS arr Heifetz/Reynolds: Contemplation - Nicola Benedetti (vln), London SO/Daniel Harding (DG 987 057)

  TRAD arr Johnson: When I lay my Burden down; TRAD: Swing low, sweet chariot; TRAD arr Johnson: Gospel Train - Willard White (bass), Graeme McNaught (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8960)

  RICHTER: Sinfonia a Quattro in Eb - New Dutch Academy CO/Simon Murphy (PentaTone PTC 5186 029)

  REICHA: Quintet in Bb for bassoon & string quartet - Karl-Otto Hartmann (bsn), Consortium Classicum (CPO 999 742)

  WAGNER: Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey, from Götterdämmerung - London Phil/Klaus Tennstedt (LPO 0003)

  7:00 HERSCHEL: Symphony No 14 in D - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

  SCRIABIN: Etude in C# minor Op 2/1 - John Ogdon (pno) (EMI 3 65332)

  SIBELIUS: Valse Triste, from Kuolema - Boston SO/Colin Davis (PentaTone PTC 5186 164)

  MAXWELL DAVIES arr Eriksson: Farewell to Stromness - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)

  ELGAR: Froissart Overture Op 19 - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7509)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet, from Romeo & Juliet - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 453 439)

  KREISLER arr Tertis: Prelude & Allegro in the style of Pugnani - Roger Chase (vla), Michiko Otaki (pno) (Naxos 8.572293)

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/1 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7415)

  CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Procesión; Paso; Saeta, from Romancero gitano - Kaori Muraji (gtr), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Decca 475 8199)

  GOUNOD: Concertino for flute & chamber orchestra - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS CD 1359)

  STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 475 6550)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911)

  Symphony No 9 in D - Vienna Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI CDS 5 56580)

• 10:30 AM. The Works

  CASSADO: Suite for solo cello - Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2078)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 101 in D, The Clock - Orch of the 18th Century/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

  STANFORD: Violin Concerto in D Op 74 - Anthony Marwood (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67208)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Two Andalusian Cities

  ALBÉNIZ: Cádiz, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - David Russell (gtr) (Telarc TEL 32712)

  DELIBES: Les filles de Cadix - Edita Gruberova (sop), Stuttgart Radio SO/Kurt Eichhorn (Orfeo C 072 831)

  RODRIGO: No 4, Barquitos de Cádiz, from Cuatro Estampas Andaluzas - Gregory Allen (pno) (Bridge BCD 9027)

  LARA: Granada - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Paris Orch/James Levine (Decca 460 500)

  DEBUSSY: La soirée dans Grenade, from Estampes - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

  ALBÉNIZ: Granada, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - David Russell (gtr) (Telarc TEL 32712)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  LILBURN: Landfall in Unknown Seas - Allen Curnow (narrator), Alex Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (Kiwi CD SLD 107)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Eb RV253, Storm at sea - Enrico Onofri (vln), Il Giardino Armonico, Milan/Giovanni Antonini (dir) (Teldec 4509 94566)

  BRAHMS: Prelude & Fugue in G minor; Fugue in Ab minor - Pierre Farago (organ of St Peter's Church, Buxtehude, Germany) (Calliope CAL 9754)

  BRYARS: Jesus' Blood never failed me yet - unnamed old man, Tom Waits (vocalists), Hampton String Quartet, studio orchestral accompaniment/Michael Reisman (Philips 473 296)

  GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 5/4 after Corelli's Violin Sonata in F Op 5/4 - Maurice Steger (recorder), English Concert/Laurence Cummings (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7523)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BARBER: Ten Hermit Songs Op 29, At St Patrick's purgatory; Church bell at night; St Ita's vision; The heavenly banquet; The Crucifixion; Sea snatch; Promiscuity; The monk and his cat; The praises of God; The desire for hermitage - Gerald Finley (bar), Julius Drake (pno) (rec 2005) (Hyperion CDA 67528)

  GERSHWIN orch Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue - Leonard Bernstein (pno/dir), Los Angeles Phil (rec 1982) (DG 427 806)

  MOORE: The Letter Song, from The Ballad of Baby Doe; FLOYD: Ain't it a pretty night!; The trees on the mountains, from Susannah - Renée Fleming (sop), Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine (rec 1998) (Decca 460 567)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  FARQUHAR: Serenade for Strings - NZSO CO (Manu CD MANU 1550)

  OFFENBACH: Intermezzo & Barcarolle, from Tales of Hoffmann - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

  BEETHOVEN arr Matiegka: Serenade in D Op 8 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Robert Alemany (cl) (Koch International 3-7404)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  MUSSORGSKY orch Ravel: The Great Gate of Kiev, from Pictures at an Exhibition - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 2 17448)

  GODARD: Suite Op 116 - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (Avie AV 2131)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Song of India, from Sadko - London SO/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Resonance CD RSN 3020)

  BACH: Cantata No 148, Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens - Gábor Boldoczki (tpt/dir), Franz Liszt CO (Sony 88697 72418)

  SCHUMANN: Mignon Op 79/29; Der Nussbaum Op 25/3; Aufträge Op 77/5 - Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 901 753)

  IBERT: Scherzetto - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)

  CHAUSSON: Poème Op 25 - James Ehnes (vln), Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Analekta FL 2 3151)

  VERDI: Fire Chorus, Fuoco di gioia, from Otello - St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Carlo Franci (Decca 417 721)

  DILORENZO: Fire Dance - Center City Brass Quintet (Chandos CHAN 10260)

  WAGNER arr Stokowski: Magic Fire music, from Die Walküre - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.570293)

  DYENS: Fuoco, from Libra Sonatine - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1000)

  STRAVINSKY arr Stravinsky/Dushkin: Berceuse; Prélude et Ronde des princesses; Scherzo, from The Firebird - Anthony Marwood (vln), Thomas Adès (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67723)

  WAGENAAR: Romantic Intermezzo Op 13 - North West German Phil/Antony Hermus (CPO 777 479)

  HALVORSEN: Passacaglia after Handel - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Gautier Capuçon (cello) (Virgin 7243 5 45586)

  LEHÁR: Gold & Silver Waltz - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 185)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Critic's Chair

  William Dart reviews recent releases (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Diedre Irons (pno), Haihong Liu (vln), Zhongxian Jin (vla), Rowan Prior (cello), Hiroshi Ikematsu (dbass)

  ROSSINI: String Sonata No 3 in C; HUMMEL: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 87; SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout (recorded in Ilott Theatre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:15 PM. Pyotr Ilyich

  TCHAIKOVSKY: The Tempest Op 18 - Simón Bolívar SO of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 9355)

  Variations on a Rococo Theme - Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Alexander Joel (Claves 50-2901)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  WHITACRE: Five Hebrew love songs, A picture; Light bride; Mostly; What snow!; Tenderness - Hila Plitmann (spoken Hebrew), Eric Whitacre Singers, Laudibus, Pavào Quartet/Eric Whitacre (Decca 274 3209)

  MEDTNER: Forgotten Melodies Op 39 - Irina Ossipova (pno) (Arte Nova 74321 93121)

  FUCHS: Serenade No 1 in D Op 9 - Cologne CO/Christian Ludwig (Naxos 8.572222)

  11:00 GOUNOD: Petite symphonie pour instruments à vent - St Paul CO/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 430 231)

  KORNGOLD: String Quartet No 3 in D Op 34 - Aron Quartet (CPO 777 436)

  BRIDGE: Miniature Pastorals, Set 1 - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.557842)

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