Tuesday 13 March 2012 Rātū 13 Poutū-te-rangi 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  PIAZZOLLA: La Muerte del Angel; Aconcagua; Romance del Diablo; Tanguedia; Milonga del Angel; Vayamos al Diablo; Tres Tangos; Oblivion - James Crabb (accordion), Benjamin Martin (pno); Australian Chamber Orch/Richard Tognetti (Chandos CHAN 10163)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  SAINT-SAËNS: Odelette Op 162; Sonata for clarinet Op 167; Feuillet d'album Op 81; Sonata for bassoon Op 168; Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs for flute, oboe and piano Op 79; Sonata for oboe Op 166; Romance in Db Op 37; Tarantell Op 6 - William Bennett (fl), Nicholas Daniel (ob), James Campbell, David Campbell (cls), Rachel Gough, Robin Kennard (bsns) (Cala CACD 1017)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  HUMMEL: Te Deum; Missa Solemnis in C - Patricia Wright (sop), Zan McKendree-Wright (contralto), Patrick Power (ten), David Griffiths (bass), Donald Armstrong (vln), Voices New Zealand, New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557193)

  3:25 approx - Disc 4

  Works by Monteverdi, Dalla Casa, Ortiz, Rogniono, de Rore, Trabaci, de Sekma, Willaert, Bonnizzi, Terzi - Hille Perle, Robert Sagasser, Martina Rothbauer, Paulina van Laarhoven, Matthias Müller (violas da gamba), Andrew Laurence-King (harp), Lee Santana (lutes, Renaissance gtr, chitarrone) (DHM 05472 77502)

  4:30 approx - Disc 5

  KODÁLY: Háry János, Suite: Dances of Marosszék; Dances on a Hungarian Folk Song, The Peacock; Dances of Galánta - Montréal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 444 322)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HAYDN: Overture to Autumn, from The Seasons - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)

  CHOPIN: Variations on Non più mesta, from Rossini's La Cenerentola - Peter-Lukas Graf (fl), Konrad Ragossnig (gtr) (Claves CD 50-2013)

  C SCOTT: Early one morning, Poem for piano & orchestra - Howard Shelley (pno), BBC Phil/Martyn Brabbins (Chandos CHAN 10376)

  PUCCINI: Intermezzo, from Manon Lescaut - Berlin Radio SO/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 410 007)

  MATIELLI: Adagio - Lily Laskine (harp) (Erato 4509 92131)

  COPLAND: Old American Songs, Set 2, The little horses; Zion's walls; The golden willow tree; At the river; Ching-a-ring chaw - St Charles Singers, Elgin SO/Robert Hanson (Naxos 8.559297)

  7:00 GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

  PAGANINI: Le Streghe, Variations on a theme from Sussmayr's Il noce di Benvenuto - Eugene Fodor (vln), Kiyoshi Tomagawa (pno) (Clarity CCD 1017)

  RUTTER: The Lord is my Shepherd, from Requiem - Quentin Poole (ob), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 100)

  BACH: Toccata in G BWV916 - Anthony Jennings (hpschd) (Tartar TRL 022)

  WALTON arr Mathieson: Richard III, A Shakespeare Suite - Philharmonia/William Walton (EMI CDM 5 65007)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: G JACKSON: Salve regina - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67708)

  GRIEG: Lyric Pieces Op 68, Evening in the mountains; At the cradle - Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572403)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: English Folk Song Suite - Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell (Telarc CD 80099)

  J STRAUSS I arr Winter: Radetzky March - Philharmonia/Efrem Kurtz (EMI CDZ 7 67252)

  PABST: Paraphrase on Sleeping Beauty after Tchaikovsky - Oleg Marshev (pno) (Danacord DACOCD 450)

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A minor Op 6/4 - Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9815)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

  Preludes, Book 2, excerpts, La Puerta del Vino; Général Lavine - eccentric; La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune; Feux d'artifice - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (pno) (Philips 456 901)

  Trois ballades de François Villon - Gérard Souzay (bar), Dalton Baldwin (pno) (EMI CDM 7 63112)

  La plus que lente - Derek Bell (cimbalom), Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9129)

  En blanc et noir - Vladimir & Vovka Ashkenazy (pno duo) (Decca 478 1090)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SCHUBERT arr Joachim: Grand Duo in C D812 - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 655)

  GIBBS: Oboe Concerto Op 48 - Jonathan Small (ob), Royal Liverpool Phil/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7249)

  G SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No 1 in F Op 25 - Munich Piano Trio (CPO 777 712)

  STILL: Wood Notes, Singing river; Autumn night; Moon dusk; Whippoorwill's Shoes - Fort Smith Symphony/John Jeter (Naxos 8.559676)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. The Hours are Slipping By

  ROSLAVETS: In the hours of the New Moon - BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov (Hyperion CDA 67484)

  Les Heures - Isabelle Druet (mezzo), Johanne Ralambondrainy (pno) (Aparté AP 013)

  GLASS: The kiss, from The Hours - Michael Riesman (pno), Lyric Quartet, Chris Laurence (dbass), studio orch/Nick Ingman (Nonesuch 79693)

  PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours, from La Gioconda - Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe (Testament SBT 1127)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  ANDERSSON/ULVAEUS arr Andersson/Henryson: I walk with you, mama - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Benny Andersson (pno), Svante Henryson (dbass) (DG 477 590)

  How Hybrid? Global Music Mixes

  Megan Collins re-contextualises five portable instruments, the violin, guitar, hammered dulcimer, ukulele and accordion

  (4) The Hammered Dulcimer

  Known as the "chopping board" (hackbrett) in Germany, the "foreign zither" (yangqin) in China and the "whamadiddle" in USA, the dispersal of the hammered dulcimer from ancient Greece and Iran to the world reads like a hybridity epic (RNZ) (Programme 5 next Tuesday)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 27 in E minor Op 90; Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Op 37 - Solomon (pno), Philharmonia/Herbert Menges (rec 1956) (EMI 7 67735)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  PRUDEN: Dances of Brittany - Alex Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (Kiwi CD SLD 107)

  GRANADOS: Tonadillas, selection - Deborah Wai Kapohe (sop), David Harper (pno) (Trust MMT 2038)

  WAGNER: Selige Öde auf wonniger Höh'! Das is kein Mann!, from Siegfried - Simon O'Neill (ten), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (EMI 4 57817)

  RAK: Three Russian Waltzes - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private recording BNP 02 CD)

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

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BRAHMS: Chorale Prelude, Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen - Michael Stewart (organ of Christchurch Cathedral, Christchurch) (Michael Stewart)

  VIVALDI: Double Concerto in D minor RV540 - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (dir) (Virgin 5 45723)

  MOZART compltd Levin: Lacrimosa, from Requiem in D minor K626 - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, New Zealand SO/Nicholas McGegan (NZSO Live)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Dance of the reed pipes, from The Nutcracker - Royal Phil/Yuri Simonov (Tring International TRP 996)

  TURINA: Gypsy Dances Op 84 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.557150)

  SMETANA: Furiant, from The Bartered Bride - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

  TORELLI: Sonata in D for trumpet & orchestra - Ludwig Güttler (tpt/dir), Virtuosi Saxoniae (Berlin Classics 030 0168 BC)

  CHERKASSKY: Prélude pathétique - Shura Cherkassky (pno) (Decca 433 651)

  ISASI: Tragic Berceuse Op 22/1 - Jonathan Carney (vln), Basque National Orch/Enrique García Asensio (Claves CD 50-2007)

  WAGNER: Deux Entreactes tragiques - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5092)

  SCHUMANN: Tragedy, from Romances & Ballads Op 64 - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Lorna Anderson (sop), Timothy Robinson (ten), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 447 042)

  SCHILLINGS: Das Erntefest, from Moloch, Musical tragedy - Czecho-Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223324)

  KIESEWETTER: Tango pathétique - Martha Argerich (pno), Gidon Kremer (vln), Mischa Maisky (cello) (DG 459 326)

  MYASKOVSKY: Pathetic Overture in C minor Op 76 - Russian Federation State SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Warner 2564 69689-8)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  9:00 European Jazz

  Six programmes

  (2) Bill Frisell's Disfarmer Project, original music inspired by Depression-era photographer Michael Disfarmer's arresting images of rural America. Featuring Bill Frisell, Greg Leiz, Viktor Krauss & Carrie Rodriguez (German Radio/EBU)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

Next day - Wed 14

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