Friday 16 December 2011 Rāmere 16 Hakihea 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan; WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D; No 20 in E minor; No 21 in E minor - Quebec Conservatoire Orch/Franz-Paul Decker (Bell BELL-CD 1991)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  ROSSINI: Waltz in Eb; Thème; Allegretto; Scherzo in A minor; Un Rien; Péchés de vieillesse, Book 3, (excerpts); Péchés de vieillesse, Book 9 (excerpts) - Marco Sollini (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10190)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  RUTTER: Gloria; What sweeter music; WILBERG: Noe! Noe!; WADE arr Wilcocks: Fanfare and O come, all ye faithful; WELLS: Metamorphoses on a Noël; RUTTER: Mary's lullaby; STRAUSS arr Hughes: Feierlicher Einzug; PARRY: Welcome, Yule!; TRAD arr Vaughan Williams/Walsh: O little town of Bethlehem; TRAD arr Wilberg: Ding, dong! Merrily on high; LEIGHTON JONES: Christmas Medley; TRAD arr Leighton Jones: The holly and the ivy; TRAD arr Wilcocks: Unto us is born a Son; TRAD arr Rutter: Deck the hall; MENDELSSOHN arr Wilcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing - APO Brass & Percussion, Music Sacra/Indra Hughes, John Wells, Nicholas Forbes (orgs) (Atoll ACD 342)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  FUCHS: Cello Sonata No 1 in D minor; Fantasiestücke Op 78; Cello Sonata No 2 in Eb - Nancy Green (cello), Caroline Palmer (pno) (Biddulph LAW 005)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  ELGAR: In the South Op 50; Froissart Op 19; Variations on an original theme, Enigma Op 36 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (Conifer CDCF 187)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 CPE BACH: Symphony in Eb Wq179 - Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik/Stephan Mai (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1711)

  TRAD arr Currie: Ye banks and braes o' Bonnie Doon - Royal Scottish National Chorus, BBC Scottish SO/John Currie (ASV White Line CD WHL 2087)

  GODARD: Suite Op 116 - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)

  BRAHMS: Rhapsody in B minor Op 79/1 - Radu Lupu (pno) (Decca 417 599)

  WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - ASMF/Neville Marriner (London 421 391)

  7:00 TRAD: There is no rose - Pepe Becker, Celia Aspey-Gordon, Virginia Lecren (sops), Andrea Cochrane, Elise Bradley (contraltos), Christopher Warwick (countertenor), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

  OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld, Overture - Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe (Testament SBT 1127)

  DVORÁK: Songs my mother taught me , No 4 from Gypsy Melodies Op 55 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (Philips 462 712)

  SCHUBERT trans Rachmaninov: Wohin?; MENDELSSOHN trans Rachmaninov: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream; BIZET trans Rachmaninov: Minuet, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 470 291)

  BRAHMS arr Elkjer: Hungarian Dance No 5 in G minor - BonaNZa Trombone Quartet (Rata RT 011)

  BIZET: La Garde Montant; Danse Bohème, from Carmen Suite No 2 - Royal Phil/Mark Ermler (Tring International TRP 002)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BEETHOVEN arr Berger: Sonatina in C minor for mandolin & piano WoO43a - Julius Berger (cello), José Gallardo (pno) (Challenge Classics CC 72504)

  ROSSE: The Doge's March, from The Merchant of Venice - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

  FALLA trans Gendron: Spanish Dance, from La Vida breve - Anne Gastinel (cello), Pablo Màrquez (gtr) (Naïve V 5182)

  SMETANA: The Bartered Bride, Dances, Polka; Furiant; Skocna (Dance of the Comedians) - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

  GERSHWIN arr Stoltzman: Porgy & Bess, Suite - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

  ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

  Il Farnace, excerpts - Lorenzo Regazzo (bass), Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (dir) (Naïve OP 30415)

  Concerto in C for two trumpets RV537 - Reinhold Friedrich (tpt/dir), Laura Vukobratovic (tpt), Cappella Istropolitana (Capriccio 71 107)

  Gloria in D RV589 - Anna Simboli, Alena Dantcheva (sops), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve OP 30485)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little - Bamberg Symphony/Jonathan Nott (Tudor 7143)

  BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy - James Ehnes (vln), Montreal SO/Mario Bernardi (CBC SMCD 5222)

  FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 15 - Ensemble Contraste (Zig Zag ZZT 110302)

  GRIEG: Holberg Suite - Oslo Camerata/Stephan Barratt-Due (Naxos 8.557890)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. The Polish Dance

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Polonaise, from Eugene Onegin - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (RNZ)

  SPOHR: Grande Polonaise Op 40 - Ulf Hoelscher (vln), Berlin Radio SO/Christian Fröhlich (CPO 999 798)

  SVENDSEN: Polonaise No 2 in D Op 28 - Danish National Radio SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Chandos CHAN 9932)

  CHOPIN: Polonaise in Bb Op 71/2 - Evgeni Bozhanov (pno) (Fuga Libera FUG 579)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  The Shakespeare Sonnets

  Michael Hurst reads Sonnets Nos 9, 18, 37, 52, 114, 127, 139 & 154 (RNZ)

  LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - György Cziffra (pno) (Philips 456 760)

  VERDI: Tacea la notte placida; D'amor sull'ali rosee, from Il Trovatore - Leontyne Price (sop), Laura Londi (mezzo), Rome Opera House Orch/Arturo Basile (RCA RCD 1-7016)

  BACH: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Jacqueline du Pré (cello) (Testament SBT 1388)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MYASKOVSKY: Symphony No 7 in B minor Op 24 - Russian Federation State SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (rel 2007) (Warner 2564 69689-8)

  PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 1 in Db Op 10 - Andrei Gavrilov (pno), CBSO/Simon Rattle (rec 1977) (Philips 456 787)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Preludes & Fugues, No 11 in B; No 12 in G# minor, from 24 Preludes & Fugues Op 87 - Tatiana Nikolayeva (pno) (rec 1990) (Hyperion CDA 66441-3)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  BUCHANAN: Century fanfare, Peace - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (SOUNZfine Vol 5)

  RODRIGO: Invocation & Dance - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private recording BNP 01CD)

  BARBER: Dover Beach Op 3 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Belcea Quartet (EMI 5 58076)

  IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Symphony in E minor Op 46 - Bamberg SO/Gary Brain (Conifer 75605 51317)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Overture - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 474 377)

  FRANCHOMME: Variations on Russian & Scottish Themes - Roel Dieltiens (cello/dir), Ensemble Explorations (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1610)

  SATIE: Gymnopédies - Claire Chevallier (pno) (Zig Zag ZZT 080 901)

  EICHHORN: Duo & Variations on a theme from Paganini's The Carnival of Venice - Friedemann Eichhorn, Reto Kuppel (vlns), Alexia Eichhorn (vla) (Naxos 8.572066)

  WALTON: Façade Suite No 2 - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9148)

  DONIZETTI: Una furtiva lagrima, from L'elisir d'amore - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), English CO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 475 6816)

  DELIBES: Czárdás, from Coppélia - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 423 215)

  WILD: Improvisation on Someone to watch over me, in the form of a theme and three variations on the song by George Gershwin - Xiayin Wang (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10626)

  GROFÉ: On the trail, from Grand Canyon Suite - Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg (Naxos 8.559007)

  HEAD arr Loman: The little road to Bethlehem - Monica Whicher (sop), Judy Loman (harp) (Naxos 8.572510)

  PAULUS: The Road Home - Conspirare/Craig Hella Johnson (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7518)

  WEILL: Lonely house, from Street Scene - Dawn Upshaw (sop), Orch of St Luke's/David Zinman (Nonesuch 79458)

  ZHAO JIPING: Dance from Quici, from Silk Road Suite - Lang Lang (pno), Zhang Jiali (guanzi) (DG 477 6229)

  KREEK: In the Village Street - Estonian Radio Choir/Toomas Kapten (Essti Raadio ER 002)

  CURTIS: Open Road - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2140)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Critic's Chair

  Robert Johnson reviews recent releases (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Tawahi Trio: Jean-Michel Bertelli (cl), Donald O'Neil (vla), Richard Beauchamp (pno)

  UHL: Kleines Konzert; SCHUMANN: Fairy-tale Scenes Op 132; R CLARKE: Prelude, Allegro & Pastorale; MOZART: Trio in Eb K498, Kegelstatt (recorded in the Ilott Theatre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:15 PM. Recent Russian Releases

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor Op 40 - Simon Trpceski (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Avie AV 2191)

  GAIGEROVA: Suite Op 8 - Eliesha Nelson (vla), Glen Inanga (pno) (Sono Luminus DSL 92136)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  DEBUSSY arr Caplet: Children's Corner - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.570759)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals - Noel Coward (narrator), Andre Kostelanetz & his Orch (Coronet KLL 529)

  MOMPOU: Scenes of childhood - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.554332)

  11:00 RIES: Flute Quartet in A Op 145/3 - Oxalys (Fuga Libera FUG 576)

  MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition - Garrick Ohlsson (pno) (Bridge 9320)

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