Thursday 1 September 2011 Rāpare 1 Mahuru 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Overture; Sadko Op 5; Piano Concerto in C# minor Op 30; Symphony No 3 in C - Geoffrey Tozer (pno), Bergen Phil/Dmitri Kitajenko (Chandos CHAN 9229)

  1:20 approx - Disc 2

  MOZART: Concerto in Bb for bassoon & orchestra K191; HUMMEL: Concerto in F for bassoon & orchestra; JOLIVET: Concerto for bassoon, harp, piano & string orchestra; FRANÇAIX: Divertissement for bassoon & string quartet - Dag Jensen (bsn), Cologne Radio SO/Werner Andreas Albert (Cappriccio 10579)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  GLICK: Sing unto the Lord a New Song; HOLMAN: Night Music; SOMERS: Trois Chansons de la Nouvelle-France; COULTHARD: Quebec May - Elmer Iseler Singers, CBC Vancouver Orch/Elmer Iseler (CBC SMCD 5115)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  GRIEG: Lyric Pieces - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (DG 437 522)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  COATES: Knightsbridge; FLETCHER: Bal Masque; BUCALOSSI: The Grasshopper's Dance; WOOD: Barwick Green; HARTLEY: Rouge et Noir; FARNON: The Peanut Vendor; FRANKEL: Carriage and Pair; WOOD: The Horse Guards, Whitehall; DUNCAN: Little Suite, March; BINGE: Sailing By; VINTER: Portuguese Party; RICHARDSON: Beachcomber; FINCK: In the Shadows; DOCKER: Tabarinage; KETÈLBEY: Sanctuary of the Heart; FARNON: The Westminster Waltz; ELGAR: Carissima; WILLIAMS: Girls in Grey; WHITE: The Runaway Rocking-Horse; CURZON: March of the Bowmen - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66968)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture - Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI 5 62621)

  STANFORD: The Blue Bird Op 119/3 - Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (Decca 473 168)

  SIBELIUS: Valse Triste, from Kuolema - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 7716/7)

  SCHARWENKA: No 1 in Eb minor; No 8 in Bb minor; No 15 in Bb, from Polish Dances Op 3 - François Xavier Poizat (pno) (Naxos 8.572637)

  FREDERICK THE GREAT: Flute Sonata in C - Rachel Brown (fl), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0541)

  HUMMEL ed Stein: Variations & Coda on O du lieber Augustin - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10374)

  7:00 GLINKA: Oriental Dances in Chernomor's Castle, from Ruslan & Lyudmila - USSR State Academic SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Melodiya MEL CD 10 01449)

  SCHUBERT: Fourth movement, Theme & Variations, from Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout - Frank Braley (pno), Renaud Capuçon (vln), Gérard Caussé (vla), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Alois Posch (dbass) (Virgin 5 45563)

  PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet, from Romeo & Juliet - NHK SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 190)

  MOZART: Three-part Adagio & Fugue No 4 in F K404a after JS Bach, Organ Sonata BWV527 & Contrapunctus 8 from Art of Fugue BWV1080 - Hermitage String Trio (Chandos CHAN 10635)

  SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture - New Symphony Orch of London/Raymond Agoult (Decca 425 739)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: ROSSINI: Dal tuo stellato soglio, from Moses in Egypt - Pauline Tinsley (sop), Elizabeth Shelley (mezzo), David Hughes (ten), Robert Lloyd (bass), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus & Orch/Lamberto Gardelli (EMI CDM 7 69054)

  ERNST: Carnival of Venice, Variations burlesques on the jingle Cara mamma mia - Sherban Lupu (vln), Ian Hobson (pno) (Toccata Classics TOCC 0118)

  BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - USSR Academy SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Chant du Monde LDC 278 782)

  GOULD: Saint Lawrence Suite - Janis Porietis, William Muñoz (tpts), University of Kansas Wind Ensemble/Scott Weiss (Naxos 8.572629)

  KETÈLBEY: Chal Romano - Philharmonia/John Lanchbery (EMI 7 47806)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GERALD FINZI (1901-1956)

  The Fall of the Leaf - Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 49912)

  Intimations of Immortality Op 29 - James Gilchrist (ten), Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & Orch/David Hill (Naxos 8.557863)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 123 - Jamie Walton (cello), Daniel Grimwood (pno) (Signum SIGCD 252)

  BERNSTEIN: West Side Story, Symphonic Dances - CBSO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin VC 5 45295)

  WEBER: Variations on a theme from Silvana - Janet Hilton (cl), Keith Swallow (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8366)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 2 in G Op 44 - Stephen Hough (pno), Jorja Fleezanis (vln), Anthony Ross (cello), Minnesota Orch/Osmo Vänskä (Hyperion CDA 67711/2)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Some New Things

  SUK: Towards a New Life, Festival March Op 20 - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon 11 0624)

  MACMILLAN: A New Song - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha, Timothy Ravalde (org) (Chandos CHSA 5085)

  CHOPIN: Three New Etudes Op posth - Edna Stern (pno) (Naïve AM 197)

  ARNELL: Overture, The New Age Op 2 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7161)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19 - Daniel Barenboim (pno), New Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI CMS 7 63360)

  GRANADOS arr Kreisler: Spanish Dance No 5 - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

  BADINGS: Trois Chansons Bretonnes, Night at sea; The lament of the souls; Summer evening - St Olaf Choir/Anton Armstrong (St Olaf E 2047)

  HANDEL: Recorder Sonata in C HWV365 - László Czidra (recorder), Pál Kelemen (cello), Zsuzsa Pertis (hpschd) (Naxos 8.550700)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 - Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (RCA 82876 60388)

  Six Maiden's songs, The Maiden's curse Op 69/9; Rash vow Op 95/5; Maiden's song Op 107/5; Maiden's song Op 95/6; Maiden's song Op 85/3; The Maiden speaks Op 107/3 - Lucia Popp (sop), Geoffrey Parsons (pno) (Acanta 43510)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  RÓZSA trans Rózsa/Palmer: Andante for strings - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7379)

  FISHER: Pounamu - Elise Bradley (contralto), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls, Richard Nunns (koauau) (Trust MMT 2065)

  FARR: Piano Trio, Ahi - NZTrio (Trust MMT 2066)

  DITTERSDORF: Symphony in A, Sinfonia nazionale nel gusto di cinque nazioni - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SMETANA: Dance of the Comedians, from The Bartered Bride - Royal Phil/Rudolf Kempe (EMI CDS 7 81421)

  KREISLER: Liebesfreud; Liebesleid - Christian Ferras (vln), Jean-Claude Ambrosini (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93791)

  J STRAUSS II: Vienna Blood Waltz - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 417 747)

  KHACHATURIAN: Sabre Dance, from Gayaneh - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

  PURCELL arr Britten: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - Bochmann String Quartet (Redcliffe 020)

  GODARD: Suite Op 116 - Susan Milan (fl), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8840)

  SULLIVAN: My name is John Wellington Wells, from The Sorcerer - John Reed (bar), Royal Phil/Isidore Godfrey (Decca 433 868)

  RODGERS/HART arr Musiker: My funny Valentine, from Babes in Arms - Kristin Chenoweth (vocalist), Joshua Bell (vln), instrumental ensemble (Sony 88697 55436)

  MORLEY: My bonny lass - Canadian Brass (CBS MK 45792)

  GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: My man's gone now, from Porgy & Bess - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 471 500)

  TRAD arr Huelyn: My Lagan Love - Charlotte Church (sop), Meinir Heulyn (harp) (Sony SK 60957)

  GRAINGER: My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone - Moray Welsh (cello), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery (Chandos CHAN 6542)

  SCHUMANN: No 1 in F; No 2 in D, from Novelettes Op 21 - Harold Bauer (pno roll) (Nimbus NI 8817)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Nation shall not lift up a sword, from Dona nobis pacem - Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony/Andrew Davis (CBC SMCD 5054)

  GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 410 026)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Words and Music

  Five programmes in which Brian Kay explores some favourite territory displaying the words and music in perfect combination

  (1) Introduction (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Feng Ning (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Roy Goodman

  ELGAR: In the South, Alassio; GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 82; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:35 PM. Moravec Plays

  CHOPIN: Scherzo No 3 in C# minor Op 39 - Ivan Moravec (pno) (Supraphon SU 4059)

  FRANCK: Symphonic Variations - Ivan Moravec (pno), Prague Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3714-2 031)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  CHERUBINI: Anacréon, Overture - CBSO/Lawrence Foster (Claves CD 50-9513)

  WIENIAWSKI: Fantasy on themes from Gounod's Faust Op 20 - Haik Kazazyan (vln), Andrey Shibko (pno) (Delos DE 3384)

  LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in D minor - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 412 724)

  RACHMANINOV: Caprice bohémien Op 12 - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10677)

  11:00 BACH: Violin Partita No 1 in B minor BWV1002 - Monica Huggett (vln) (Virgin Classics VCD 5 45205)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Five Preludes - Pascal Boëls (gtr) (Calliope CAL 9415)

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