Monday 27 February 2012 Rāhina 27 Hui-tanguru 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  BARBER: The School for Scandal, Overture; Symphony No 1 Op 9; BEACH: Symphony in E minor Op 32, Gaelic - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8958)

  1:20 approx - Disc 2

  SAINT-SAËNS trans Liszt: Danse Macabre; CHOPIN trans Liszt: Six Polish Songs; BERLIOZ trans Liszt: L'Idée fixe; Les Francs-Juges, Overture; Harold in Italy, Marche des Pelerins; The Damnation of Faust, Waltz of the Sylphes; King Lear, Overture - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66346)

  2:35 approx - Disc 3

  HOLST: Seven Part Songs Op 44; A Choral Fantasia Op 51; A Dirge for Two Veterans; Ode to Death Op 38 - Patricia Rozario (sop), Joyful Company of Singers, London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9437)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  JC BACH: Sonatas, No 1 in G; No 2 in C minor; No 3 in Eb; No 4 in G; No 5 in A; No 6 in Bb - Robert Woolley (fpno) (Chandos CHAN 0543)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  BRITTEN: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Op 10; Les Illuminations for soprano & string orchestra; Lachrymae, Reflections on a song of Dowland for viola & string orchestra - Christina Högman (sop), Nils-Erik Sparf (vla), New Stockholm Chamber Orch/Péter Csaba (BIS CD 435)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 GRÉTRY: Silvain, Overture - Brittany Orch/Stefan Sanderling (ASV CD DCA 1095)

  TALLIS: Spem in alium - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO CORSACD 16016)

  VIVALDI: Concerto in A minor for two violins RV522, from L'Estro Armonico - Roberto Michelucci (vln/dir), Anna Maria Cotogni (vln), I Musici (Philips 446 169)

  PIAZZOLLA arr Benitez: Summer & Spring, from Four Seasons in Buenos Aires - Owen Moriarty (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 1 - members of Berlin Radio SO/Steven Sloane (Capriccio 71 096)

  7:00 PROKOFIEV: Montagues & Capulets, from Romeo & Juliet - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

  DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor - Susanne Beer (cello), Gareth Hancock (pno) (Divine Art DDA 25068)

  Josef STRAUSS: Feuerfest - Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (SCL)

  REVUELTAS: Planos - Amsterdam Ebony Band/Werner Herbers (Channel Classics CCS SA 21104)

  LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Paris Orch/Georg Solti (Decca 417 513)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: DARZINS: Valse mélancolique - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9227)

  CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor Op 68/2 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

  BRAHMS: Third movement, Poco allegretto, from Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)

  MOZART: Rondo in C K373 - James Ehnes (vln/dir), Mozart Anniversary Orch (CBC SMCD 5238)

  POULENC: French Suite after Claude Gervaise - London Wind Orch/Denis Wick (ASV White Line CD WHL 2067)

  VERDI ed Spada: Aida, Sinfonia - Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 767)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  DITTERSDORF: Symphony No 1 in C, The Four Ages of the World, from Symphonies on Ovid's Metamorphoses - Failoni Orch/Hanspeter Gmür (Naxos 8.553368)

  HOLBROOKE: Saxophone Concerto in Bb Op 88 - Amy Dickson (alto & soprano sax), Royal Scottish National Orch/George Vass (Dutton CDLX 7277)

  GRAGNANI: Duet in D for two guitars - Consortium Classicum (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 301 1415)

  KORNGOLD: Sinfonietta in B Op 5 - North West German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 037)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 17 in D D850 - Paul Lewis (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2115.16)

  BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 44 - Salvatore Accardo (vln), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 432 282)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. A Bouquet of Flowers

  BAX: Apple Blossom Time - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8732)

  STRAUSS: Mädchenblumen Op 22, No 1, Cornflowers; No 2, Poppies; No 3, Ivy; No 4, Water-lily - Gillian Keith (sop), Simon Lepper (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 018)

  LAWSON: Song of the Lesser Twayblade - John Turner (recorder), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV CD WHL 2143)

  MAHLER: Blumine, symphonic movement - Frankfurt Radio SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 2 16576)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  PUCCINI: In questa reggia, from Turandot - Joan Sutherland (sop), Luciano Pavarotti (ten), John Alldis Choir, London Phil/Zubin Mehta (Decca 444 555)

  ANON: Johney Cock Thy Beaver; Greene-Sleeves; Stingo, or the Oyle of Barly - David Douglass (vln), Paul O'Dette (theorbo/cittern), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7186)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Wither's rocking hymn - Chris Bruerton (treble), David Childs (org) (TreeHouse T9923)

  BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto in C Op 56 - David Oistrakh (vln), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (pno), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (EMI 5 66902)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloé - Camerata Singers, New York Phil/Pierre Boulez (rel 1975) (CBS MK 33523)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  BODY: Three Transcriptions, Long Gi Yi (China); Ramandriana (Madagascar); Ratschenitsa (Bulgaria) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 118)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 62 in Eb HobXVI/52 - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1523)

  HOFMANN: Flute Concerto in D - Elizabeth Hirst (fl), University of Auckland Orch/Uwe Grodd (Uni of Auckland UAAA 01)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  GRIEG: Homage March, from Sigurd Jorsalfar - Swedish Radio SO/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony MLK 64064)

  PARRY: Jerusalem - Manchester Cathedral Choir/Christopher Stokes, Jeffrey Makinson (org) (Naxos 8.572104)

  LOEILLET DE GANT: Recorder Sonata in G Op 1/3 - Daniel Rothert (recorder), Vanessa Young (cello), Ketil Haugsand (hpschd) (Naxos 8.572023)

  GOUNOD: Jewel Song, from Faust - Soile Isokoski (sop), Helsinki Phil/Mikko Franck (Ondine ODE 1126)

  TANEYEV: Canzona in F minor - Stanislav Jankovsky (cl), Novosibirsk Academic SO/Thomas Sanderling (Naxos 8.570584)

  GRAINGER: My dark-haired maid - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 446 657)

  MOSCHELES: Anticipations of Scotland, A Grand Fantasia Op 75 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), Tasmanian SO (Hyperion CDA 67276)

  AUBER: Grand Pas Classique - English Concert Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 818)

  COSTE: Grand Duo - Duo Maccari-Pugliese (gtr duo) (Brilliant Classics 93898)

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

  GOTTSCHALK: Grande Tarentelle Op 67 - Alan Marks, Nerine Barrett (pno duet) (Nimbus NI 7045/6)

  GIGOUT arr Ropartz: Grand choeur dialogué - Ian Tracey (organ of Liverpool Cathedral), BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHSA 5048)

• 7:00 PM. Best of Composer of the Week 2011

  Nine programmes

  (9) PETERIS VASKS (b1946)

  Robyn Jaquiery explores the often political and environmental themes that run through the works of this Latvian composer (RNZ)

  Violin Concerto, Distant Light - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (Teldec 3984 22660)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  2011 Adam Chamber Music Festival

  Thirteen programmes

  (12) LISZT Celebration

  Martin Roscoe (pno)

  Ballade No 2 in B minor; Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, from Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses; Schlaflos! Frage und Antwort; La lugubre gondola (second version); Tarantella, from Venice & Naples; Piano Sonata in B minor (recorded in the Nelson School of Music by RNZ)

• 9:40 PM. Spring Songs

  STRAUSS: Schlechtes Wetter Op 69/5; C SCHUMANN: Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen Op 12/2; MAHLER: Frühlingsmorgen; SCHUMANN: Frühlingsnacht; SCHUBERT: Frühlingsglaube; MENDELSSOHN: Frühlingslied Op 47/3; WOLF: Er ist's - Christiane Karg (sop), Burkhard Kehring (pno) (Berlin Classics 001662 BC)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  TELEMANN: Overture in Bb, Nations Old & New - Stephan Mai (vln/dir), Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1744)

  TURINA: Gypsy Dances Op 55 - Albert Guinovart (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7009)

  TIRAO: Conciertango Buenos Aires - Edoardo Catemario (gtr), Vincenzo Galilei Orch/Nicola Paszkowski (Arts 47728)

  11:00 GOODALL: Eternal Light, A Requiem - Natasha Marsh (sop), Alfie Boe (ten), Christopher Maltman (bar), Choir of Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford, London Musici/Stephen Darlington (EMI 2 15047)

  ROSLAVETS: Meditation - Lachezar Kostov (cello), Viktor Valkov (pno) (Naxos 8.570996)

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