Wednesday 7 December 2011 Rāapa 7 Hakihea 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  FARQUHAR: String Quartet; Magpies and Other Birds; Suite for Guitar; In Despite of Death; Echoes and Reflections - John Mills (gtr), David Griffiths (bar), Terence Dennis (pno), New Zealand String Quartet, New Zealand SO/John Matheson (Kiwi CD SLD 88)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  LECLAIR: Overture No 1 in G; Sonata No 1 in B minor; Overture No 2 in D; Sonata No 2 in A; Overture No 3 in D; Sonata No 3 in G minor - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0542)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  PALIASHVILI: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom - Cantus Sacred Music Ensemble/Ludmila Arshavskaya (Olympia OCD 483)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  DVORÁK: Piano Trios, in F minor Op 65; in E minor Op 90, Dumky - Emanuel Ax (pno), Young Uck Kim (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (CBS MK 44527)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  CHOPIN arr Godowsky: Etudes, No 7; 8; 19 and 31 for the left hand, No 45; SCHUBERT arr Godowsky: Good Night; Litany; Music for Rosamunde; STRAUSS arr Godowsky: Serenade; ALBÉNIZ arr Godowsky: Tango; LOEILLES arr Godowsky: Gigue from Renaissance; GODOWSKY: Passacaglia; Prelude & Fugue on BACH for left hand; Etude Macabre; Puppet Shadow Plays; The Gardens of Buitenzorg from Suite Java - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Musica Viva MVCD 1026)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/9 - La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken (EMI CDS 7 47919)

  BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Paganini, Book 1 - Idil Biret (pno) (Naxos 8.550350)

  GOUNOD arr Stoltzman: Jewel Song, from Faust - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

  BACH: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor - Monica Huggett (vln) (Virgin VCD 5 45205)

  STRAVINSKY: Lullaby & Finale from The Firebird - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)

  7:00 CORDAT: Come, Christians, let us make ready - La Camera delle Lacrime/Bruno Bonhoure (dir) (Alpha 117)

  LEHÁR: The Merry Widow, Overture - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 891)

  DEMERSSEMAN/BERTHELEMY orch Dodgson: Duo Brillante, on themes from William Tell - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Pierre Pierlot (ob), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

  PUCCINI arr Tamminga: Corazzata Sicilia, from La Bohème - Liuwe Tamminga (organ of St Lorenzo, Farneta, Italy), Valentino Marré, Mirko Natalizi (percussion) (Passacaille 952)

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

  HOLST: Brook Green Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 340 220)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: LISZT: Concert Study No 3 in Db, Un Sospiro - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Music & Arts CD 723)

  TOMLINSON: Cumberland Square - Slovak Radio SO/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223513)

  CAPLET: Divertissements, A la française; A l'espagnole - Sandrine Chatron (harp) (Ambroisie AMB 9978)

  COATES: Dam Busters March - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 246)

  BEETHOVEN: Romance No 2 in F Op 50 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim (EMI CDC 7 49567)

  BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 17582)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

  ONE-HIT WONDERS

  DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (Sanctuary CD RSN 3046)

  Alla Gitana - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

  La Péri - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8852)

  Variations, interlude & finale on a theme by Rameau - Jean Hubeau (pno) (Erato 4509 96221)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BIZET: Roma - Paris Orch/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 6 28613)

  MENDELSSOHN: Vom Himmel hoch - Ute Selbig (sop), Egbert Junghans (bar), Dresden Kreuzchor, Dresden Phil/Martin Flämig (Capriccio 10 216)

  CHAUSSON: Concert for violin, piano & string quartet - Stephen Shipps (vln), Eric Larsen (pno), Wihan String Quartet (Naxos 8.572468)

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished - Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber (DG 449 745)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Night Pieces

  HERRMANN: A Night Piece for Orchestra, from Taxi Driver - Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony SK 62700)

  FOOTE: A night piece - Alexa Still (fl), NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7063)

  GLYN: A Night at the Opera - BBC Welsh National Orch/Grant Llewellyn (Sain SCD 2653)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  Words & Music

  Brian Kay explores favourite territory, displaying Noel Coward's skill in joining words and music in perfect combination (RNZ)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 100 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (rec 1989) (Sony SK 45819)

  SAUER: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor - Stephen Hough (pno), CBSO/Lawrence Foster (rec 1994) (Hyperion CDA 66790)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  J KREUTZER: Grand Trio Op 16 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Robert Alemany (cl) (Koch International 3-7404)

  TRAD arr Puanaki: Ka Waiata ki a Maria - 1993 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu MANU 1471)

  PRINCESS TE RANGI PAI arr O'Boyle: Hine e Hine - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker (ABC 476 227)

  PÄRT: Piano Sonatas, Op 1/1; Op 1/2 - Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Black Box BBM 1071)

  J RITCHIE: Suite No 1 for string orchestra - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Trust MMT 2040)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  LILBURN: Festival Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Sea & Sinbad's Ship, from Scheherazade - Jaap van Zweden (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 443 703)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No 1 in E minor - Andrés Segovia (gtr) (DG 477 6050)

  TARTINI arr Kreisler: Violin Sonata in G minor Op 2/1, Devil's Trill - Ray Chen (vln), Noreen Polera (pno) (Sony 88697 72320)

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

  MASCAGNI: Mamma, quel vino è generoso, from Cavalleria Rusticana - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Cristina Reale (mezzo), St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (Decca 478 2258)

  PURCELL: Trumpet Sonata in D - Crispian Steele-Perkins (tpt), City of London Baroque Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 47664)

  MASSENET: The Last Sleep of the Virgin, from La Vierge - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

  J FONTANA: Fantaisie Brillante on Bellini's Sonnambula - Hubert Rutkowski (pno) (Acte Préalable AP 0160)

  LISZT: Oh! quand je dors S282; WARLOCK: Sleep - Measha Brueggergosman (sop), Justus Zeyen (pno) (DG 477 8101)

  WALTON: Siesta - English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555868)

  SCHUMANN arr Hand: Child falling asleep, from Kinderszenen Op 15 - Pro Arte Guitar Trio (ASV White Line CD WHL 2129)

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr Stravinsky: Sleeping Beauty, excerpts - Christian Ostertag (vln), South West German Radio SO/Hiroshi Wakasugi (Hänssler CD 93.234)

  COATES: By the Sleepy Lagoon - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Sir Thomas Beecham

  Two programmes

  Jon Tolansky marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Britain's first international conductor and founder of the London Philharmonic (1) (VIP)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  BBC Singers/Paul Brough, Stephen Farr (org)

  MACMILLAN: In splendoribus sanctorum; TALLIS: Gloria, from Missa puer natus est nobis; HYDE: Improvisation on Puer natus; TALLIS: Santus-Benedictus, from Missa puer natus est nobis; JACKSON: A song on the birth of Christ; BINGHAM: Incarnation with Shepherds Dancing; TALLIS: Agnus Dei, from Missa puer natus est nobis; TAVENER: God is with us (recorded in St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London by the BBC)

• 8:55 PM. Three Fantasies

  BOWERMAN: Fantasy on Abide With Me (Eventide) - Bronte Quartet (Champs Hill CHRCD 015)

  D'INDY: Fantasy on French Popular Themes - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

  SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 17 - Francesco Piemontesi (pno) (Claves 50-1003/04)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GIULIANI: Potpourri No 2 Op 26 - Claudio Maccari, Paolo Pugliese (gtrs) (Brilliant Classics 93686)

  WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 74 - Fabio di Càsola (cl), Russian CO/Juri Gilbo (Sony 88697 37632)

  WAGNER: Prelude & Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde - Netherlands Phil/Yakov Kreizberg (PentaTone PTC 5186 041)

  11:00 BRIDGE: Cello Sonata in D minor - Guy Johnston (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (Orchid Classics ORC 100010)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Piano Quintet in C minor - Schubert Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 10465)

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