Friday 20 May 2011 Rāmere 20 Haratua 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  HEENAN: Jack Winter's Dream: Nine Portraits for Orchestra; Webfoot Charlie's Shanty; Three Sea Songs; A Maori Suite; War and Peace, Suite for Orchestra - Donald Munro (bar), Donna Awatere, Laurette Gibb (sops), New Zealand Youth Choir & Orch, New Zealand SO/John Hopkins, Juan Matteucci, Ashley Heenan (Kiwi CD SLD 102)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  LISZT: Fantasia & Fugue on the theme B-A-C-H; Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude; Venice & Naples; Piano Sonata in B minor S178 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67760)

  2:35 approx - Disc 3

  PÄRT: Summa; Seven Magnificat Antiphons - Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse

  Fratres - Tasmin Little (vln), Martin Roscoe (pno)

  Festina lente - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Studt

  Spiegel im Spiegel - Tasmin Little (vln), Martin Roscoe (pno)

  Magnificat, Beatitudes- Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury

  Summa, Fratres, Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (EMI 5 85914)

  3:50 approx - Disc 4

  VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring; PIAZZOLLA: Verano porteño; VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Summer; PIAZZOLLA: Otoño porteño; VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn; PIAZZOLLA: Invierno porteño; VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Winter; PIAZZOLLA: Primavera porteña - Jonathan Morton (vln/dir), Scottish Ensemble (Signum SIGCD 231)

  5:00 approx - Disc 5

  BECK: Sinfonias, in G minor Op 1/1; in F Op 1/2; in A Op 1/3; in Eb Op 1/4; in G Op 1/5; in C Op 1/6 - New Zealand SO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 JC BACH: Symphony in D Op 18/3, Endimione Overture - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 752)

  BIZET: Trumpet & Drum; The Top; The Ball, from Children's Games Op 22; BRAHMS: Waltz in A Op 39/15 - Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky (pno duet) (DG 459 135)

  SCHUMANN: Introduction & Allegro Op 134 - Michel Dalberto (pno), Vienna SO/Eliahu Inbal (Denon CO 75859)

  BARTON PINE: Introduction, Theme & Variations on God defend New Zealand - Rachel Barton Pine (vln) (Cacophony)

  GRIEG: Homage March, from Sigurd Jorsalfar - Swedish Radio SO/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony MLK 64064)

  7:00 LIADOV: Dance of the Amazon Op 65 - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)

  SCOTT: The Toy Trumpet - Mark Calder (tpt), New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67067)

  LISZT: Illustrations du Prophète No 2, Les patineurs, from Meyerbeer's Le Prophète - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66571)

  LOVREGLIO: Fantasia on Verdi's La Traviata - Mark Walton (cl), Paul Bateman (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 001)

  WAGNER: Dance of the Apprentices & Entry of the Masters, from The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI CDC 7 47255)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BACH: Second movement, Adagio, from Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), ASMF (Sony SK 89245)

  D'INDY: Horizons verts, Falconara, from Poème des rivages - West German Radio Orch/Jirí Stárek (Hänssler CD 93.187)

  WIENIAWSKI: Polonaise No 1 in D Op 4 - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

  HANDEL: Coronation Anthem No 1, Zadok the Priest HWV258 - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English CO/David Willcocks (Decca 425 852)

  PABST: Paraphrase on Sleeping Beauty after Tchaikovsky - Oleg Marshev (pno) (Danacord DACOCD 450)

  FIBICH: Comenius Festive Overture Op 34 - Prague SO/Vladimir Válek (Supraphon 11 1823)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911)

  Das Lied von der Erde - Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), John Mitchinson (ten), BBC Northern SO/Jascha Horenstein (BBC Legends BBCL 4042)

• 10:20 AM. The Works

  MOROI: Sinfonietta in Bb Op 24, For Children - Ireland National SO/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.557162)

  BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 1 in D Op 12/1 - Alina Ibragimova (vln), Cédric Tiberghien (pno) (Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0036)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 - Nikolai Lugansky (pno), Russian National Orch/Kent Nagano (PentaTone PTC 5186 022)

  BARTÓK: The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite - London SO/Jonathan Pasternack (Naxos 8.572448)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Playing Favourites

  J STRAUSS I: Quadrille on favourite themes, from 'The Four Aymon Sons' Op 169 - Slovak Sinfonietta of Zilina/Ernst Märzendorfer (Marco Polo 8.225338)

  PARADIES: Keyboard Concerto in Bb, A favourite concerto - Kah-Ming Ng (hpschd/dir), Charivari Agréable (Signum SIGCD 249)

  SOR: Fantasy on a favourite Scottish Air, Variations on Ye banks & braes - Göran Söllscher (gtr) (DG 419 247)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  ADDISON: Tom Jones, Overture - BBC Concert Orch/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10418)

  BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 565)

  IRELAND: Sea Fever - Bryn Terfel (bar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 445 946)

  FAURÉ: Valse Caprice No 2 in Db Op 38 - Jean-Claude Pennetier (pno) (Mirare MIR 072)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  HUMMEL: Piano Concerto in B minor Op 89 - Stephen Hough (pno), English CO/Bryden Thomson (rec 1986) (Chandos CHAN 8507)

  BELLINI: Qui la voce sua soave, from I Puritani; Come per me sereno, from La Sonnambula - Joan Sutherland (sop), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (rec 1960) (Decca 414 450)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  YAMADA: Overture in D - New Zealand SO/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.555350)

  FARR: Concerto for percussion & orchestra - Strike, Wellington Orch/Kenneth Young (Vector Wgtn Orch VWO 001)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 1/3 - Turnovsky Trio (Trust MMT 2007)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  WEBER: Der Freischütz, Overture - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 070)

  DEBUSSY: Rêverie - James Galway (fl/dir), Marisa Robles (harp), CO of Europe (RCA RD 87173)

  SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in D D384 - Baiba Skride (vln), Lauma Skride (pno) (Sony 82876 88872)

  RAVEL: Une barque sur l'océan, from Miroirs - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

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

  VILLA-LOBOS: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Lynn Harrell (cello), Instrumental Ensemble (Decca 444 995)

  BINGE: Elizabethan Serenade - Sydney SO/Patrick Thomas (ABC Classics 472 509)

  TOSTI: La Serenata; MASCAGNI: Serenata - Stefano Secco (ten), David Abramovitz (pno) (Naxos 8.572471)

  CHAMINADE arr Kreisler: Serenade espagnole - Christian Ferras (vln), Jean-Claude Ambrosini (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93791)

  MOZART: Third movement, Adagio, from Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita - Amadeus Wind Ensemble (Naxos 8.551135)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music - Elizabeth Connell, Anne Dawson, Linda Kitchen, Amanda Roocroft (sops), Diana Montague, Jean Rigby, Sarah Walker (mezzos), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto), John Mark Ainsley, Arthur Davies, Maldwyn Davies, Martyn Hill (tens), Thomas Allen, Alan Opie (bars), John Connell, Gwynne Howell (basses), Maciej Rakowski (vln), English CO/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDA 66420)

  ALBÉNIZ: Serenata árabe - Miguel Baselga (pno) (BIS CD 1243)

  BORODIN arr Messier: Spanish Serenade - Yuli Turovsky (cello/dir), I Musici de Montréal (Analekta AN 2 9897)

  DVORÁK: Second movement, Waltz, from Serenade in E for strings Op 22 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Critic's Chair

  Reviews of recent releases (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Auckland Town Hall Organ Inauguration Concert

  John Wells (organ of the Auckland Town Hall), Musica Sacra, Graduate Choir, Viva Voce/Terence Maskell & John Rosser, Indra Hughes (org), Auckland Youth Orch/Antun Poljanich, Paul Tarling (org)

  BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565; BRAHMS: Geistliches Lied Op 30; PARRY: I was glad; WELLS: Organ Symphony; GUILMANT: Symphony No 1 in D minor Op 42 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:45 PM. Birds of Norway

  HALVORSEN: Black Swans - Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10664)

  GRIEG: A swan - Barbara Bonney (sop), Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 437 519)

  HALVORSEN: Wedding of Ravens in the Grove of the Crows - Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10664)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  CHOPIN: Variations in Bb on Là ci darem la mano Op 2 from Mozart's Don Giovanni - Shura Cherkassky (pno) (Nimbus NI 1748)

  FINZI arr Ashmore: Five Bagatelles Op 23 - Robert Plane (cl), Northern Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths (Naxos 8.553566)

  PRAETORIUS: Dances from Terpsichore - Early Music Consort of London/David Munrow (EMI 5 69555)

  11:00 CZERNY: Grande Sérénade Concertante Op 126 - Claudius Tanski (pno), Consortium Classicum (Dabringhaus & Grimm 301 0518)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in F Op 77/2 - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV GLD 4010)

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