Tuesday 5 July 2011 Rātū 5 Hōngoingoi 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for strings; Elegie; Suite No 4 in G, Mozartiana; Sleeping Beauty (orch Stravinsky), excerpts; String Quartet No 1 in D (orch Serebrier), Andante Cantabile - John Doig (vln), Scottish Chamber Orch/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 719)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  MOLTER: Sonata in F for two wind bands; Cello Concerto in C; Overture in C minor; Sinfonia in F; Oboe Concerto in C minor; Sinfonia in F - Roman Storojenko (cello), Voichita Popa (ob), Josef Bock (hpschd), Europa Symphony/Wolfgang Gröhs (Arte Nova 74321 40741)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  STANFORD: Stabat Mater Op 96; Bible Songs Op 113; Te Deum laudamus - Ingrid Attrot (sop), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo), Nigel Robson (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9548)

  3:45 approx - Disc 4

  LILBURN: Three Sea Changes; Sonatina No 2; Prelude (1951); From the Port Hills; Sonata (1956); Nine Short Pieces; Adagio Sostenuto; Two Preludes (1951); Sonata (1949) - Margaret Nielson (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)

  4:55 approx - Disc 5

  BACH: Suite in E BWV1006a; Prelude in C minor BWV999; Fugue in G minor BWV1000; Suite in G minor BWV995 - Nigel North (baroque lute) (Amon Ra CD SAR 23)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 ROSSINI: La Cenerentola, Overture - Philharmonia/Tullio Serafin (Medici Arts MM 008)

  WIENIAWSKI: Legend - Ruggiero Ricci (vln), Joanna Gruenberg (pno) (RegisC 1249)

  SMETANA: To our Girls - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

  TÁRREGA: Prelude No 1; Alborada; Prelude No 2; Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Johannes Möller (gtr) (SFZ Records SFZ 6014)

  FAURÉ: Pavane - ASMF & Chorus/Neville Marriner (Decca 425 014)

  HAYDN: Baryton Trio No 85 in D - Rincontro (Alpha 128)

  7:00 SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in C Op 48 - Michael Erxleben (vln/dir), New Berlin CO (Capriccio 10 563)

  CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 56 - Terence Dennis (pno) (RNZ)

  ROSAS arr Ljova: Sobre las olas - Philharmonic Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra (Sony 88697 70441)

  CLEMENT SCOTT arr Farquhar: Now is the Hour - New Zealand Wind Quintet (RNZ)

  GOODWIN: Battle of Britain Suite - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10262)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: CANTELOUBE: Baïlèro, from Songs of the Auvergne - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

  TURINA: Gypsy Dances Op 55 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.557150)

  Josef STRAUSS: Peasants' Polka Op 10 - Budapest Strauss SO/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223561)

  FRANCK arr Delsart: Fourth movement, Allegretto poco mosso, from Violin Sonata in A - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (EMI 5 65955)

  HERSCHEL: Symphony No 8 in C minor - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GIAN CARLO MENOTTI (1911-2007)

  Apocalypse - Spoleto Festival Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9900)

  Violin Concerto in A - Ittai Shapira (vln), Russian Phil/Thomas Sanderling (ASV CD DCA 1156)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BRAHMS: Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel Op 24 - Saleem Abboud Ashkar (pno) (EMI 5 87010)

  DOHNÁNYI: Suite in F# minor Op 19 - Danubia SO/Domonkos Héja (Warner 2564 62409)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Seven Romances on verses by Alexander Blok Op 127, Ophelia's Song; Gamayun, the prophet bird; We were together; The city sleeps; The storm; Mysterious signs; Music - Susan Gritton (sop), Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 67834)

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 - Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (Arte Nova 74321 59214)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. A Conspiracy of Ravens

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

  TRAD arr Grainger: Three Ravens - Monteverdi Choir, English Country Gardiner Orch/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 446 657)

  RIVERA: Vranjanski Cocek, Raven dance (Serbian song) - Cavatina Duo (Cedille CDR 90000 117)

  MEDTNER: The Raven Op 52/2 - Ludmilla Andrew (sop), Geoffrey Tozer (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9327)

  MAXWELL DAVIES: Time and the Raven - Royal Phil/Peter Maxwell Davies (Collins 14822)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  REBER: Remembrance - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5101)

  MOZART: Violin Concerto No 5 in A K219, Turkish - James Ehnes (vln/dir), Mozart Anniversary Orch (CBC SMCD 5238)

  BOITO: L'altra notte, from Mefistofele - Mirella Freni (sop), National Phil/Oliviero de Fabritiis (Decca 440 412)

  HAMELIN: Etudes, No 11 in C# minor, Minuetto; No 12 in Ab minor, Prelude & Fugue, from 12 Etudes in all the minor keys - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67789)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great - London Phil/Adrian Boult (rec 1972) (EMI 5 62791)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  LILBURN: A Song of Islands - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD SLD 100)

  DOWLAND: Fantasia No 7 - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

  VERDI: Pace, pace, mio Dio, from The Force of Destiny - Alessandra Marc (sop), New Zealand SO/Heinz Wallberg (Delos DE 3108)

  QUILTER: Four Shakespeare Songs Op 30, Who is Silvia?; When daffodils begin to peer; How should I your true love know?; Sigh no more, ladies - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (EMI 5 58076)

  HESPE: The Three Musketeers - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

  WEBER: Oberon, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No 1 in A - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 087)

  HANDEL: Violin Sonata in D HWV371 - Andrew Manze (vln), Richard Egarr (hpschd) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 7259)

  SMITH arr Mathes: The Star-Spangled Banner - Nashville SO/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.570716)

  MYERS arr Field: Cavatina, from The Deer Hunter - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)

  TRAD arr Grainger: Danny Boy; GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Philips 420 946)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Song of the black swan - Dawn Harms (vla), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)

  J STRAUSS II arr Schönherr: Cuckoo Polka Op 336 - Queensland SO/Vladimir Ponkin (ABC Classics 432 250)

  SCHUMANN arr Auer: Vogel als Prophet, from Forest Scenes Op 82 - Joshua Bell (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (Decca 417 891)

  FINCH: A Solo by Mr Finch called the Cuckoo - Genevieve Lacey (rec), Linda Kent (org/hpschd) (ABC Classics 472 226)

  WALDTEUFEL: The Songbird of the Temple, Waltz - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223687)

  MENDELSSOHN: O for the wings of a dove, from Hear My Prayer - Malvina Major (sop), Philip Walsh (org/dir), Choir of Wellington Cathedral (Kiwi Pacific CD SLC 246)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Introduction, Waltz & Polonaise, from Eugene Onegin - La Scala Orch, Milan/Lovro von Matacic (Testament SBT 1330)

  ELGAR: Sérénade Mauresque Op 10/2 - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.570166)

  KORNGOLD: Dance in the Old Style - Helsinki Phil/John Storgårds (Ondine ODE 1182)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  8:00 New Opera

  ADAMS: A Flowering Tree, an opera in two acts with libretto adapted from the Indian folktale & poetry in translations by AK Ramanujan

  Kumudha...................... Jessica Rivera

  The Prince..................... Russell Thomas

  Storyteller..................... Eric Owens

  Schola Cantorum de Venezuela, London SO/John Adams (Nonesuch 327100)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

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