Monday 19 March 2012 Rāhina 19 Poutū-te-rangi 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MENDELSSOHN: String Symphonies, No 9 in C; No 11 in F; No 12 in G minor - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5143)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, in F minor Op 2/1; in A Op 2/2; in C Op 2/3 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2011-3)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  Vepres à la Vierge en Chine

  Choral Vespers service from China - Shi Kelong (chant), Cyrille Gerstenhaber (sop), Christophe Laporte (countertenor), Benoit Porcherot, Howard Shelton (tens), Ronan Nédélec (bar), Choir of the North, Beijing, XVIII-21 Musique des Lumières/Jean-Christophe Frisch (K617 155)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  ELGAR: String Quartet in E minor Op 83; BRIDGE: Three Idylls; WALTON: String Quartet in A minor - Coull Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66718)

  4:55 approx - Disc 5

  BACH: Brandenburg Concertos, No 5 in D BWV1050; No 6 in Bb BWV1051; Concerto in A for oboe d'amore BWV1055; Concerto in D minor for violin & oboe BWV1060 - Munich Bach Orch/Karl Richter (Archiv 427 143)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 TCHAIKOVSKY: Miniature Overture, from The Nutcracker - Paris Orch/Seiji Ozawa (PentaTone PTC 5186 107)

  FAURÉ: Nocturne - Dawn Harms (vla), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)

  SIBELIUS: Pohjola's Daughter - Boston SO/Colin Davis (PentaTone PTC 5186 164)

  A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - John Abberger (ob), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)

  HOLST ed Matthews/I Holst: Dances, from The Morning of the Year - London SO/David Atherton (Lyrita SRCD 209)

  7:00 HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 2 in D - Consort of London/Robert Haydon Clark (Brilliant Classics 93779)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 54 in G HobXVI/40 - Kemp English (fpno) (Manu CD MANU 5001)

  FAMPAS: Corfu - Arada Guitar Duo (Landor LAN 284)

  MOZART: Horn Concerto No 3 in Eb K447 - Miroslav Stefek (horn), Czech Phil/Karel Ancerl (Supraphon SU 3698-2 001)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: RODRIGO: Second movement, Adagio, from Concierto de Aranjuez - Narciso Yepes (gtr), Spanish Radio & Television SO/Odón Alonso (DG 423 784)

  BRIDGE: Three Idylls - Eberle Quartet (Naim CD 019)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune - Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, English String Orch/Stephen Darlington (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

  CHOPIN: Rondo in C Op 73 - Simon Crawford-Phillips, Philip Moore (pno duo) (Naxos 8.572585)

  LEHÁR: Sirens of the Ball, Waltz - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 185)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  PHILIP GLASS (b1937)

  Songs & Opera

  I enjoyed the laughter; The light came through the window, from Book of Longing, a Song Cycle based on the poetry & images of Leonard Cohen - Tim Fain (vln), Leonard Cohen (reader), Dominique Plaisant (sop), Philip Glass Ensemble (Orange Mountain Music OMM 0043)

  Song No 5, from Hydrogen Jukebox - Philip Glass Vocal & Instrumental Ensemble/Martin Goldray (Elektra Nonesuch 7559 79286)

  Knee Plays 3 & 5, from Einstein on the Beach - A Cappella Chorus, Samuel M Johnson (vocalist), Lucinda Childs, Sheryl Sutton (sops), Paul Zukovsky (vln), Philip Glass (elec org), Women's Chorus/Michael Riesman (Sony SM3K 62960)

  Funeral of Amenhotep III; Window of Appearances, from Akhnaten - Paul Esswood (countertenor), Milagro Vargas (contralto), Melinda Liebermann (sop), Stuttgart State Opera Orch & Chorus/Dennis Russell Davies (Sony SM3K 62960)

  Evening Song, from Satyagraha - Douglas Perry (ten), New York City Opera Orch/Christopher Keene (Sony SM3K 62960)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  RAVEL: Miroirs - John Chen (pno) (ABC 476 6834)

  HOVHANESS: Meditation on Orpheus - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3168)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 5 in Eb Op 44/3 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570002)

  HOLBROOKE: Aucassin & Nicolette Op 115 - Royal Scottish National Orch/George Vass (Dutton CDLX 7277)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. In Memory

  HANSON: Elegy in memory of Serge Koussevitzky - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwartz (Naxos 8.559703)

  TRAD: In Memory of Baldr - Elizabeth Gaver (fiddle) (DHM 05472 77381)

  TAVENER: In Memory of Two Cats - Ralph van Raat (pno) (Naxos 8.570442)

  PÄRT: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - Britten Sinfonia/Joanna MacGregor (SoundCircus SC 008)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1 - Cleveland Orch/Franz Welser-Möst (DG 477 8773)

  VIVALDI arr Behrend: Lute Concerto in D RV93 - Slava Grigoryan (gtr), Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey (ABC 476 5948)

  PARRY: Blest Pair of Sirens - Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth SO/David Hill, Timothy Byram-Wigfield (org) (Argo 430 836)

  BRITTEN: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge - ASMF/Neville Marriner (London 421 391)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No 6 in A Op 82 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (rec 2001) (EMI 5 75202)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 6 in G Op 101 - Emerson String Quartet (rec 1998) (DG 463 284)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  WEBER: Oberon, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

  LILBURN: Piano Sonata in A minor (1939) - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2053)

  A RITCHIE: Viola Concerto - Tim Deighton (vla), Penn's Woods Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Atoll ACD 202)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  RACHMANINOV: Preludes, in C# minor Op 3/2; in G minor Op 23/5; in G Op 32/5; in G# minor Op 32/12 - John Ogdon (pno) (Philips 456 916)

  ELGAR: Original finale, from Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7501)

  VIERNE: Berceuse Op 31/19, from 24 Pièces en stile libre - Eugene Lavery (organ of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland) (Holy Trinity Cathedral)

  CHARLTON: Partial Eclipse - Conservatorium Guitar Ensemble/Matthew Marshall (Massey University MU002)

  PRUDEN: Taranaki - New Zealand SO/Walter Susskind (Kiwi SLD 66)

  PERGOLESI: Sinfonia in F - Natalia Pavlutskaya (cello), Alexander Ivashkin (cello) (Alma Classics CD MANU 5031)

  Josef STRAUSS: Artist's Greeting Polka - Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti (EMI CMS 5 67323)

  LISZT: Artist's Festive Procession S520 for the Schiller centenary - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66811/2)

  BACH: Contrapunctus 4, from The Art of Fugue - Cologne Flautando (Carus 83.360)

  SVENDSEN: Norwegian Artist's Carnival - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)

  HOTTETERRE: Prelude in G minor, from The Art of Preluding - Laurence Pottier (rec), Philippe Pierlot (vla da gamba), Yasuko Uyama-Bouvard (hpschd) (Naxos 8.553708)

  HERBERT: Art is calling for me, from The Enchantress - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London SO/Stephen Barlow (Decca 465 145)

  NIELSEN: At the bier of a young artist - Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 5960)

  PURCELL: Come ye sons of art away, from Birthday Ode for Queen Mary, 1694 - Academy of Ancient Music Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (EMI 2 28944)

  BEETHOVEN: Third movement, Scherzo, Allegro vivace, from Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica - Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Herreweghe (PentaTone PTC 5186 313)

  VEJVANOVSKY: Sonata Venatoria; Sonata in six parts; Sonata in five parts - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (Symphonia SY 96151)

• 7:00 PM. Composer of the Week

  A look at the life and music of PHILIP GLASS (b1937) who celebrated his 75th birthday on 31 January this year, presented by Matthew Crawford (Media Maker)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Aroha String Quartet

  SZYMANOWSKI: String Quartet No 2 Op 56; SCHNITTKE: String Quartet No 1; SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804, Rosamunde; TRAD Chinese: The Whitehaired Girl (recorded in St Andrew's Church at Rangi Ruru College, Christchurch by RNZ)

• 9:25 PM. Langgaard's Summer Images

  Little Summer Memories - Berit Johansen Tange (pno) (Dacapo 6.220565)

  Symphony No 5, Steppe Landscape (Summer Legend Drama) - Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Dacapo 6.200001)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BRAHMS: Four Songs for women's chorus, 2 horns & harp, Harp notes ring forth; Song of Shakespeare; The gardener; Song from Fingal - Dave Everson, Steve Multer (horns), Erik C Nielsen (harp), Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Nimbus NI 5524)

  Serenade No 2 in A Op 16 - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3868)

  Four Quartets Op 92, Oh beautiful night; Late autumn; Evening song; Why? - Cynthia Siebert (pno), Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Nimbus NI 5524)

  11:00 TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in Bb, from Tafelmusik - Camerata of the 18th Century/Konrad Hünteler (dir) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 311 0580)

  JONGEN: Rhapsody Op 70 - Hexagon Ensemble (Etcetera KTC 1259)

  KODÁLY ed Ginzburg: Sonatina for cello & piano - Natalie Clein (cello), Julius Drake (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67829)

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