Schedule for Thursday 29 March 2012

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
ROSSINI: String Sonata No 1 in G; Variations for clarinet & string quartet; String Sonata No 3 in C; Serenata; String Sonata No 6 in D; Variations for clarinet & chamber orchestra - Dimitri Ashkenazy (cl), Bologna State Theatre Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 433 701)
1:15 approx - Disc 2
PIAZZOLLA: Concerto for bandoneón, strings & percussion; ROTA: Concerto for strings; WAXMAN: Sinfonietta for string orchestra & timpani; HEIDEN: Concertino for string orchestra - Lothar Hensel (bandoneón), Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (Capriccio 10 565)
2:30 approx - Disc 3
El Cancionero de Medinaceli
Instrumental and vocal music from P Guerrero, F Guerrero, Cebrián, de Morata, de Cabezón, de Cristo & Mudarra - Hespèrion XX/Jordi Savall (Astrée Auvidis E 8764)
3:35 approx - Disc 4
C SCHUMANN: Three Preludes & Fugues Op 16; BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Op 9; SCHUNCKE: Grande Sonata in G minor Op 3; SCHUMANN: Toccata Op 7; Songs of Dawn Op 133 - Sylviane Deferne (pno) (CBC MVCD 1078)
4:55 approx - Disc 5
Landmarks
ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No 4; MENDELSSOHN: Wedding March, from A Midsummer Night's Dream; OFFENBACH: Intermezzo and Barcarolle, from Tales of Hoffman; KHACHATURIAN: Sabre Dance, from Gayaneh; ELGAR: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations; SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture; SIBELIUS: Finlandia; SAINT-SAËNS: First movement, Part 2, Poco adagio, from Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ; OFFENBACH: Can-Can, from Gaité Parisienne; MASCAGNI: Intermezzo, from Cavalleria Rusticana; KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia, from Spartacus; GINASTERA: Malambo, from Estancia - Martin Setchell (org), Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 QUILTER arr Tomlinson: Country Pieces - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223444)
CAZZATI/MEALLI: Passacaglia - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)
SCHUMANN: Mignon Op 79/29; Der Nussbaum Op 25/3; Aufträge Op 77/5 - Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 901 753)
SEIXAS: Sinfonia in Bb - Algarve Orch/Alvaro Cassuto (Naxos 8.557207)
VORÍSEK: Rondo Op 11 - Kocian Quartet (Praga PRD 250 204)
BAX: Morning Song, Maytime in Sussex - Ashley Wass (pno), Bournemouth SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.572597)
7:00 M HAYDN: Divertimento in G - Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal (CPO 999 591)
LILBURN: Three Sea Changes - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)
HOHNE arr Graham: Slavonic Fantasy - Evelyn Glennie (xylophone), Black Dyke Band/James Watson (RCA 09026 63234)
DVORÁK: Miniatures Op 75 - members of Vienna String Sextet (EMI CDC 5 55272)
RR BENNETT: Sixth movement, Alla sarabanda, from Reflections on a Scottish folk song - Paul Watkins (cello), Philharmonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10389)
8:00 Beauty Spot: O LINDBERG arr Milone: Andante, from Gammal fäbodspsalm - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)
MARTUCCI: Colore orientale Op 44/3 - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.570932)
HALVORSEN: Sarabande con variazioni on a theme of Handel - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla) (Naxos 8.572522)
SAINT-SAËNS: Wedding Cake, Caprice-Valse Op 76 - Jean-Philippe Collard (pno), Royal Phil/André Previn (EMI CDC 7 49757)
HANDEL: Where'er you walk, from Semele - Ian Bostridge (ten), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Harry Bicket (EMI 3 82243)
ELGAR: Three Bavarian Dances - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar (Chandos CHAN 6544)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743-1805)
Overture; Hearts enslaved by love, from Clementina - María Bayo (sop), Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (Naïve E 8885)
Symphony in C G515 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10604)
Piano Quintet No 6 in C G418 - Patrick Cohen (fpno), Mosaïque Quartet (Auvidis Astrée E 8721)
10:00 AM. The Works

HERBERT: Serenade for Strings Op 12 - London Octave/Kypros Markou (Dutton CDLX 7238)
BOSE: Piano Suite No 1 Op 9 - Alexandra Oehler (pno) (CPO 777 201)
VASKS: Cor Anglais Concerto - Normunds Sne (cor anglais/dir), Sinfonietta Riga (Wergo WER 6705)
BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 - Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 703)
Noon Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
1:30 PM. Venezuelan Vistas

LAURO: Venezuelan Waltz No 4 - Julie Bevan (gtr) (Audio Projects AP 2006)
CASTELLANOS: Suite Avileña - Venezuela SO/Jan Wagner (Naxos 8.572681)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

CHOPIN: Polonaises, in C# minor Op 26/1; in Eb minor Op 26/2; in A Op 40/1, Military - Artur Rubinstein (pno) (RCA 5615-2-RC)
SIBELIUS: Symphony No 4 in A minor Op 63 - BBC SO/Malcolm Sargent (BBC Legends BBCL 4237)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
Belgian violinist, Arthur Grumiaux
BACH: Violin Sonatas, No 3 in E BWV1016; No 5 in F minor BWV1018 - with Egida Giordani Sartori (hpschd) (rec 1963); WIENIAWSKI: Legend - with New Philharmonia/Edo de Waart (rec 1970); HANDEL: Violin Sonata in D HWV371 - with Robert Veyron-Lacroix (hpschd) (rec 1966) (Philips 475 7825)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
HUMMEL: Variations on a theme by Gluck Op 57 - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Zellan Records ZRCD 1002)
ELGAR: Funeral March, from Grania & Diarmid - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)
VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Summer - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)
NORRIS: Honk! - Saxcess (Waiteata WTA 007)
CANNABICH: Symphony No 51 in D - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554340)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

DUBOIS: Toccata in G, from 12 New Pieces - Huw Williams (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, London) (Guild GMCD 7304)
JC BACH: Artaserse, Overture - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 129)
H BLAKE: Penillion Op 571 - Madeleine Mitchell (vln), Howard Blake (pno) (Naxos 8.572083)
SVENDSEN: Norwegian Rhapsody No 3 Op 21 - South Jutland SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.570322)
PEARSALL: Lay a garland on her hearse - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)
TRAD arr Burton/Owens: Maria walks along the shore; The nightingale came flying; The high mountains; Little red lark; Smash the windows - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)
POULENC: French Suite after Claude Gervaise - Lille National Orch/Jean-Claude Casadesus (Naxos 8.554241)
EINAUDI: I Giorni - Ludovico Einaudi (pno) (Ricordi 74321 974622)
MYSLIVECEK: Quintet No 4 in B - L'Orfeo Wind Ensemble/Carin van Heerden (dir) (CPO 777 377)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Excerpts from Eugene Onegin: Tatiana's Letter Scene - Inessa Galante (sop), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Neeme Järvi (ROH 75605 55022)
arr Grafe: Lensky's aria - Sol Gabetta (cello), Prague Phil/Charles Olivieri-Munroe (RCA Red Seal 88697 35962)
Gremin's aria - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), New Zealand SO/James Judd (EMI 5 57605)
Polonaise - St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (EMI 3 70065)
7:00 PM. Appointment

Progress, Patriotism & Protest
Three programmes in which Matthew Crawford navigates the turbulent confluence of music and politics in 20th century America
(3) Bob Dylan declares that the times are a-changin' - but to what? George Crumb's images from a dark land or the social causes of Lou Harrison and Paul Robeson? And: opera gets topical with John Adams (Media Maker)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Direct from Auckland Town Hall
French Impressions
Catherine Bowie (fl), Auckland Philharmonia/Pierre-André Valade
RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin; IBERT: Flute Concerto
(Interval)
ROUSSEL: Symphony No 3 in G minor Op 42; RAVEL: La Valse (RNZ)
10:00 PM. Day's End

VAN EECHAUTE: Suite ancienne - Peter Vanhove (pno) (Pavane ADW 7463)
KROMMER: Concertino Italien - Dieter Klöcker, Waldemar Wandel (cls), Stuttgart Radio SO/Wolf-Dieter Hauschild (Koch 3-1077)
11:00 SCHMITT: A tour d'anches Op 97 - Berlin Soloists Ensemble (Naxos 8.570489)
LAURIDSEN: Les Chansons des Roses - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison, Leslie De'Ath (pno) (Naxos 8.559304)
METCALF: Llwybrau Cân - Sacconi Quartet (Signum SIGCD 203)