Monday 26 March 2012 Rāhina 26 Poutū-te-rangi 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MYSLIVECEK: Sinfonie Concertanti Op 2, No 6 in C; No 1 in Bb; No 2 in E; No 5 in D; No 3 in G; No 4 in A - Ural Phil/Gary Brain (Toccata Classics TOCC 0023)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  The Sidewalks of New York, Tin Pan Alley

  Arrangements of songs by Berlin, Blake, Cohan, Dresser, Handy, Joplin, Kern et al - Various artists, Uri Caine (pno) (Winter & Winter 910 038)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  MENDELSSOHN: Athalia Op 74 - Letizia Scherrer, Katalin Halmai (sops), Daniela Sindram (contralto), Ulrike Goetz, Rudolf Guckelsberger (speakers), Gächinger Kantorei, Stuttgart, Stuttgart Radio SO/Helmuth Rilling (Hänssler CD 98.486)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  LEIFS: Quartetto No 1 Op 21, Mors et vita; Quartet No 2 Op 36, Vita et mors; Quartetto No 3 Op 64, El Greco - Yggdrasil Quartet (BIS CD 691)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  BOCCHERINI: Concerto in A; Sonata No 7 in Bb G535; Sonata in D G17; Concerto in G G480; Sonata No 6 in A G4 - Les Basses Rénunies/Bruno Cocset (Alpha 084)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 RAMEAU: Air tendre pour les Muses, from Le temple de la gloire - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

  METCALF: Septet for harp, flute, clarinet & strings - Eleanor Turner (harp), Philippa Davies (fl), David Campbell (cl), Solstice Quartet (Signum SIGCD 203)

  GRANADOS arr Henry Wood: Spanish Dance No 4, Villanesca - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 216)

  RIES: Piano Sonatina in F Op 5/2 - Susan Kagan (pno) (Naxos 8.570743)

  MENDELSSOHN: Concert Piece in F minor Op 113 - Ludmila Peterková (cl), Nicolas Baldeyrou (basset horn), Prague Philharmonia/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3554)

  WIRÉN: March, from Serenade for Strings - Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu (Naxos 8.553596)

  7:00 HANDEL: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah - Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 456 502)

  SIBELIUS: Serenade No 2 in G minor Op 69b - Ida Haendel (vln), Bournemouth SO/Paavo Berglund (EMI 5 74200)

  FRANCAIX: Divertissement - Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67036)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS orch Foster: Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes, No 2, Rhosymedre; No 3, Hyfrydol - Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 49745)

  JONGEN: Soleil à midi Op 33/1 - Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden (pno) (Fuga Libera FUG 586)

  BERNSTEIN: Times Square, 1944, from On the Town, Dance Episodes - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68786)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: SATIE: Je te veux - Jill Gomez (sop), John Constable (pno) (Unicorn-Kanchana DKP CD 9055)

  HUMPERDINCK: Humoresque in E - Bamberg Sinfonia/Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Koch 3-1197)

  ALBENIZ: Tango espagñol - Nicanor Zabaleta (harp) (Brilliant Classics 9059)

  GUASTAVINO arr Cueto: La rosa y el sauce - José Miguel Cueto (vln), St Petersburg SO/Vladimir Lande (Marquis 81407)

  BIZET: Three Musical Sketches , Ronde turque in A minor; Serenade in Db; Caprice in A minor - Julia Severus (pno) (Naxos 8.570831-32)

  RUTTER: Cantate Domino - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 66947)

  A BUTTERWORTH: Gigues Op 42 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Arthur Butterworth (Dutton CDLX 7253)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743-1805)

  Symphony in D minor G506, La casa del diavolo - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (DHM RD 77867)

  Se d'un amor tiranno G557 - Marta Almajano (sop), Christophe Coin (cello/dir), Limoges Baroque Ensemble (Astree Auvidis E 8517)

  String Quintet in E G275 - La Magnifica Comunità (Brilliant Classics 92889)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 4509 91184)

  CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58 - Nikolai Demidenko (pno) (Onyx 4036)

  BACEWICZ: Violin Concerto No 2 - Joanna Kurkowicz (vln), Polish Radio SO/Lukasz Borowicz (Chandos CHAN 10673)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 2 - Russian State SO/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.555949)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. A Fanciful Half-hour

  SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 131 - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Frankfurt Radio SO/Paavo Järvi (Ondine ODE 1195)

  FERRER: Fantasy on the Quartet from Verdi's Rigoletto - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 446 090)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Fantasia on Serbian Themes Op 6 - USSR Academic SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Olympia OCD 211)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  SCHUBERT: Impromptus D899 - Imogen Cooper (pno) (Avie AV 2158)

  VERDI: Ave Maria, from Otello - Maria Callas (sop), Paris Conservatoire Orch/Nicola Rescigno (EMI 5 57062)

  HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: Let honour be given to the holy spirit - Anonymous 4 (Harmonia Mundi 90 7200)

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

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor K491 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno/dir), Cleveland Orch (rec 2008) (Decca 478 1524)

  DVORÁK: The Noon Witch Op 108 - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras (rec 2008) (Supraphon SU 4012)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  MARTINU: Quartet for oboe, violin, cello & piano - Joel Marangella (ob), Charmian Gadd (vln), Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Kathryn Selby (pno) (Naxos 8.553916)

  LISZT: From the Cradle to the Grave - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (Naxos 8.553355)

  GRIFFITHS: Lie Deep, My Love, excerpts, Earth does at length; Blow, wind of fruitfulness - 1998 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2016)

  J RITCHIE: Three Whimsies, Full fathom five; Tell me, where is fancy bred; Blow, blow thou Winter wind - John Mills (gtr) (RNZ)

  HOLST: St Paul's Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 340 220)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BACH arr Watts: Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208 - Canadian Brass (RCA RCD 1-3554)

  SIBELIUS: Alla marcia, from Karelia Suite - Iceland SO/Petri Sakari (Naxos 8.554265)

  FIELD arr Lane: Concertino for flute & chamber orchestra - Jennifer Stinton (fl), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7151)

  JG GRAUN: Sinfonia Grosso in D - Vienna Academy/Martin Haselböck (CPO 999 887)

  MORRICONE arr Erquiaga: Cinema Paradiso - Steve Erquiaga (gtr) (Imaginary Road 536 765)

  SILVESTROV: Second movement, Andantino, from Post scriptum - Cornelius Dufallo (vln), Jenny Lin (pno) (Koch KICCD 7740)

  ALLEGRI: Canario - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)

  WARLOCK: Serenade - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 318)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Oboe Sonata in D Op 166 - Nicholas Daniel (ob), Julius Drake (pno) (Cala CACD 1017)

  STERNDALE BENNETT: The Wood Nymphs, Overture - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 206)

  HANDEL: Care selve, from Atalanta - Arleen Augér (sop), Mostly Mozart Orch/Gerard Schwarz (Delos CD 3026)

  ORNSTEIN: Morning in the woods - Janice Weber (pno) (Naxos 8.559104)

  J STRAUSS II: Tales from the Vienna Woods - Wilfried Scharf (zither), Vienna SO/Yakov Kreizberg (Pentatone PTC 5186 052)

• 7:00 PM. Composer of the Week

  A look at the life and music of LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743-1805) presented by Peter Hoar (RNZ)

  String Quintet in C G324, La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid - Eckart Runge (cello), Casals Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2092)

  Cello Concerto in C G477 - Enrico Bronzi (cello/dir), Verona Accademia i Filarmonici (Brilliant Classics 92618)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  And the Garden was full of Voices

  Gao Ping (pno)

  DEBUSSY: Images, Book 2; BODY: Five Melodies for Piano; DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: and the garden was full of voices; GAO PING: Outside the Window; TAKEMITSU: Rain Tree Sketch I; Rain Tree Sketch II; DEBUSSY: L'Isle Joyeuse; GAO PING: Perhaps - Song of Burial (recorded in the Music Theatre, University of Auckland by RNZ)

• 9:25 PM. Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Copland

  COPLAND: Organ Symphony - Paul Jacobs (organ of Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco), San Francisco Symphony (SFS Media 821936 0038)

  Cuban Dance - New World Symphony (Argo 436 737)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BACKOFEN: Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op 15 - Jane Booth (cl), Eybler Quartet, Max Mandel (vla) (Analekta AN 2 9949)

  RUBBRA: Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Hans-Hubert Schönzeler (Chandos CHAN 8378)

  GRIEG: Holberg Suite - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (Onyx 4037)

  11:00 SILVESTROV: Post scriptum - Cornelius Dufallo (vln), Jenny Lin (pno) (Koch KICCD 7740)

  Diptychon - Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava (GB Records BCGBCD 07)

  OFFENBACH: Suite for two cellos Op 54/1 - Roland Pidoux, Etienne Péclard (cellos) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1043)

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