Wednesday 14 December 2011 Rāapa 14 Hakihea 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  ELGAR: Imperial March Op 32; PARRY: Chorale Prelude on Eventide; WESLEY: Choral Song & Fugue; Air & Gavotte; ELGAR: Chanson de Nuit Op 15/1; Chanson de Matin Op 14/2; COCKER: Tuba Tune; WHITLOCK: Folk Tune from Five Short Pieces; LEMARE: Rondo Capriccio, a study in accents Op 64; ELGAR: Nimrod; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Prelude on Rhosymedre; ELGAR: Organ Sonata in G Op 28 - Carlo Curley (organ of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol) (Argo 433 450)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  REICHA: Wind Quintets, No 12 in C minor Op 91/6; No 24 in Bb Op 100/6; Andante No 1 in Eb for cor anglais - Albert Schweitzer Quintet (CPO 999 029)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  Te Roopu Rangatahi - Waiata o Aotea Roa

  Choral works by BODY, WELLS, MEWS, HAMILTON, GRIFFITHS, POULENC, BRAHMS - New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1412)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks; Ode for St Cecilia's Day; Harp Concerto in Bb; VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring; PURCELL: Chacony in G minor; ALBINONI: Concerto for Oboe and Strings in D minor Op 9/2; VIVALDI: Concerto in C for Multiple Instruments RV558 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 197)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  LISZT: Romance Oubliée S132; GRIEG: Cello Sonata Op 36; LISZT: Elégies, No 1 S130; No 2 S131; RUBINSTEIN: Cello Sonata No 1 Op 18; LISZT: Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth S382; La Lugubre Gondola S134 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (pno) (RCA 09026-68290)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 CHERUBINI: The Water Carrier, Overture - CBSO/Lawrence Foster (Claves CD 50-9513)

  VILLA-LOBOS arr Mondvay: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 - I Salonisti (Decca 425 228)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Third movement, Romanza (Lento), from Symphony No 5 in D - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

  TCHAIKOVSKY trans Lindberg: None but the lonely heart Op 6/6 - Christian Lindberg (tbn), Per Lundberg (pno) (BIS CD 808)

  D'INDY: Istar, Symphonic Variations - Luxembourg Phil/Emmanuel Krivine (Timpani 1C 1101)

  7:00 CROTCH: Lo! star-led chiefs, from the oratorio Palestine - Choir of Lichfield Cathedral/Andrew Lumsden, Robert Sharpe (org) (Nimbus NI 5496)

  CHOPIN: Prelude in Db Op 28/15, Raindrop - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 417 751)

  SIBELIUS: Valse Triste, from Kuolema - Royal Phil/Ole Schmidt (RegisC 1216)

  J STRAUSS I: Salon Polka Op 161 - Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67169)

  GIBBONS: A Ground; The Italian Ground; ANON: Chi Passa, from Dublin Virginal Book - Robert Petre (hpschd) (Meridian CDE 84316)

  BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1060 - Andrew Manze (vln/dir), Rachel Podger (vln), Academy of Ancient Music (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7155)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: DUROSOIR: Berceuse - Eric Picard (cello), Johan Farjot (pno) (Alpha 175)

  SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Ballet Music - Vienna Phil/Karl Münchinger (Decca 444 546)

  HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 - Maxine Eilander (harp), Seattle Baroque Orch/Stephen Stubbs (dir) (ATMA ACD 2 2541)

  DEBUSSY: Première rapsodie - François Petit (cl), Carole Carniel (pno) (Ligia LIDI 030 2216-10)

  GLINKA orch Shebalin: Symphony on Two Russian Themes - USSR SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Chant du Monde LDC 278 819)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

  Gloria e Imeneo - Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo), Hilary Summers (contralto), King's Consort/Robert King (Hyperion CDA 67361/2)

• 10:10 AM. The Works

  LANGLEY: Overture & Beginners - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2133)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 - Barry Douglas (pno), New Zealand SO/Matthias Bamert (NZSO)

  BORODIN: String Quartet No 1 in A - Borodin Quartet (Melodiya MEL CD 10 00942)

  SPOHR: Symphony No 2 in D minor Op 49 - Swiss-Italian Orch/Howard Shelley (Hyperion CDA 67616)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Housing the Monastics

  TRAD arr Pokela/Sariola/Kontio: Bells of Konevitsa Monastery - Martti Pokela, Eeva-Leena Sariola, Matti Kontio (kanteles) (Finlandia 0630 12722)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Fugue, In the Monastery - Lyric Quartet (Meridian CDE 84293)

  LEFEBURE-WELY: Nocturne in Db Op 54, Les cloches du monastère - Bart van Oort (pno) (Brilliant Classics 94048)

  LISZT: Die Zelle in Nonnenworth - Friedemann Eichhorn (vln), Rolf-Dieter Arens (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.634)

  KETÈLBEY arr Ware: In a Monastery Garden - Christopher Herrick (organ of Truro Cathedral) (Hyperion CDA 67317)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BEETHOVEN: Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage Op 112 - Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation Chorus & Orch/Lawrence Foster (PentaTone PTC 5186 359)

  MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage, Overture - Bamberg SO/Claus Peter Flor (RCA RD 87905)

  MONTEVERDI: Damigella tutta bella, from Canzonette e scherzi musicali, Venezia 1607 - Nuria Rial (sop), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Cyril Auvity, Jan van Elsacker (tens), João Fernandes (bass), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (dir) (Virgin 2 36140)

  BACH: Goldberg Variations, Part 1 BWV988 - Tatiana Nikolayeva (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66589) (Part Two next Wednesday)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 2 in G Op 44 - Peter Donohoe (pno), Nigel Kennedy (vln), Steven Isserlis (cello), Bournemouth SO/Rudolf Barshai (rec 1986) (EMI CDC 7 49124)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  HILL: String Quartet No 2 in G minor, A Maori Legend - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)

  BIZET: Symphony in C - New Zealand SO/Donald Johanos (Naxos 8.553027)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

  GRANADOS arr Cassadó: Intermezzo, from Goyescas - Devich Trio (Challange Classics CC 72322)

  BUTTERWORTH: Two English Idylls - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 245)

  POENITZ: Italienische Romanze Op 27 - Laura Vinciguerra (harp) (Brilliant Classics 9179)

  ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No 1 in A - BBC Phil/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Chandos CHAN 9633)

  JONGEN: Menuet-Scherzo, from Two Pieces Op 53 - Gillian Weir (organ of Milwaukee's Performing Arts Centre) (Koss KC 1013)

  G WALKER: Lyric for Strings - Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman (Cedille CDR 90000 061)

  DYSON: Three Lyrics, Reverie; Arabesque; Barcarolle - David Juritz (vln), David Owen Norris (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7137)

  CARR: Seven Elizabethan Lyrics - Schola Polyphonica, New Zealand SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 111)

  BAX: Lyrical Interlude - Garfield Jackson (vla), Maggini Quartet (Naxos 8.555953)

  GRIEG: Melodie; Halling; Elegie; Waltz, from Lyric Pieces Op 38 - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61568)

  HOLST: Lyric Movement for viola - Sarah-Jane Bradley (vla), Orchestra Nova/George Vass (Dutton CDLX 7186)

• 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 (2) (VIP)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Susan Graham (mezzo), Montreal Children's Chorus, Montreal SO/Kent Nagano

  BELLEMARE: Overture to Réjouissances; TRAD: Il est né le divin enfant; ANON: Adeste fideles; GRUBER: Silent Night; ADAM: O Holy Night; TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Suite; ANON: Angels we have heard on high; TRAD: O Tannenbaum; HANDEL: Joy to the world (recorded in the Basilique Notre-Dame, Montreal by Radio Canada, Montreal)

• 8:55 PM. Russian Orchestral Works

  PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 19 - Vilde Frang (vln), West German Radio SO/Thomas Söndergård (EMI 6 84413)

  MYASKOVSKY: Symphony No 24 in F minor Op 63 - Russian Federation State SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Warner 2564 69689-8)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  ZEMLINSKY: Clarinet Trio in D minor Op 3 - Ensemble Liaison (Melba MR 301 132)

  WALTON: Viola Concerto in A minor - Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (ASV CD DCA 1181)

  11:00 BRAHMS: Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor Op 5 - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Gold CV-S 006G)

  BRAHMS arr Salter: Six Songs for cello & piano, Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2; Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op 105/1; Sapphische Ode Op 94/4; Wiegenlied Op 49/4; Liebestreu Op 3/1; Minnelied Op 71/5 - Johannes Moser (cello), Paul Rivinius (pno) (Hänssler CD 93.208)

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