Tuesday 24 April 2012 Rātū 24 Paenga-whāwhā 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances Nos 1, 3, 5; CHABRIER: España-Rhapsodie; BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor; GRAINGER: Irish Tune from County Derry; RAVEL: Bolero - Sydney SO/Stuart Challender (ABC 426289)

  1:00 approx - Disc 2

  Neo Medieval

  Medieval improvisations on works by MACHAUT, CICONIA, SENLECHES, de la HALLE, LESCUREL - Hesperus: Tina Chancey (vielles, rebec, kamerj, lyra, recorders), Grant Herreid (lutes, saz, psaltery, recorders), Scott Reiss (recorders, hammered dulcimer, dombek, nakara) (Dorian DIS 80155)

  2:15 approx - Disc 3

  BUXTEHUDE: Membra Jesu Nostri - The Sixteen, Symphony of Harmony and Invention/Harry Christophers (Linn CKD 141)

  3:15 approx - Disc 4

  SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke Op 12; Papillons Op 2; Carnaval Op 9 - George-Emmanuel Lazaridis (pno) (Somm SOMM CD 024)

  4:30 approx - Disc 5

  WIENER: Concerto for accordion and orchestra; Sonata for violoncello and piano; Concerto for orchestra and one principal piano - Gilbert Roussel (accordion), Jean Weiner, Jacqueline Robin (pnos), Pierre Pénassou (cello), orchestral accompaniment/André Girard (Arion ARN 68186)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80674)

  CORBETTA: Suite in A minor - William Carter (gtr) (Linn CKD 185)

  GADE: In the Highlands Op 7 - Danish National Radio SO/Christopher Hogwood (Chandos CHAN 9862)

  SARASATE: Miramar Op 42 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Navarra SO/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (Naxos 8.572191)

  MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words Op 53/1; Op 67/4, Spinning Song or Bee's Wedding - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 466 425)

  FRANCHOMME: Variations on Russian & Scottish Themes - Roel Dieltiens (cello/dir), Ensemble Explorations (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1610)

  7:00 JC BACH: Symphony in F Op 8/4 - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (Carus 83.307)

  VIVALDI: Recorder Concerto in C RV443 - Dan Laurin (recorder), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble (RegisC 2023)

  KREISLER trans Rachmaninov: Liebesleid; Liebesfreud - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 470 291)

  ZIEHRER: On the High Seas Waltz Op 66 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.225172)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: TRAD: Amazing Grace - Christopher Cock (ten), Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80531)

  GRIEG: Sigurd Jorsalfar, Suite - Geir Henning Braaten (pno) (Victoria VCD 19026)

  KARAINDROU: Eternity Theme, from the film Eternity and a Day - Vangelis Christopoulos (ob), Nikos Guinos (cl), Spyros Kazianis (bsn), Iraklis Vavatsikas (accordion), Vangelis Skouras (horn), Aris Dimitriadis (mandolin), string orch (ECM 1692)

  PUCCINI arr Tamminga: Crisantemi - Liuwe Tamminga (organ of St Pietro Somaldi, Lucca, Italy) (Passacaille 952)

  ALBINONI: Concerto in C for two oboes Op 7/2 - Anthony Camden, Alison Alty (obs), London Virtuosi/John Georgiadis (dir) (Naxos 8.553002)

  LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in D minor - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 412 724)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)

  Violin Sonata No 1 in F minor Op 80 - James Ehnes (vln), Wendy Chen (pno) (Fleurs de Lys FL 2 3145)

  Piano Concerto No 4 in Bb Op 53 for the left hand - Alexander Toradze (pno), Kirov Orch/Valéry Gergiev (Philips 462 048)

• 10:05 AM. The Works

  CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 4 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 5 in Bb Op 92 - Emerson String Quartet (DG 463 284)

  HUMMEL: Bassoon Concerto in F - Claudio Gonella (bsn), Italian International Orch/Diego Dini-Ciacci (ob/dir) (Naxos 8.554280)

  SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish - German Chamber Phil/Paavo Järvi (RCA 88697 96431)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. What's in a Name?

  BEETHOVEN: Name-Day Overture Op 115 - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (Simax PSC 1282)

  SULLIVAN: My name is John Wellington Wells, from The Sorcerer - John Reed (bar), Royal Phil/Isidore Godfrey (Decca 433 868)

  SALIERI: Name Day Symphony - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9877)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Virgin 4 45534)

  TIPPETT: Ritual Dances, from The Midsummer Marriage - BBC Welsh National Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHSA 5039)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in A minor D385 - Isaac Stern (vln), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (rec 1988) (Sony S2K 44504)

  MOZART: Flute Quartets, No 1 in D K285; No 4 in A K298 - Richard Adeney (fl), Melos Ensemble (Resonance CD RSN 3064)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  GÓRECKI: Three Pieces in Old Style - NZSO CO (RNZ)

  VERDI: Ritorna vincitor! from Aida - Alessandra Marc (sop), New Zealand SO/Heinz Wallberg (Delos DE 3108)

  BRAHMS arr Geringas: Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2; Wie Melodien Op 105/1; Sapphische Ode Op 94/4; Wiegenlied Op 49/4; Liebestreu Op 3/1; Minnelied Op 71/5 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ)

  FARQUHAR: Three Scots Ballads, King Orfeo; The two corbies; Lord Randal - Barry Mora (bar), Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 112)

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

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SAINT-SAËNS: French military march, from Algerian Suite - London Phil/Geoffrey Simon (Cala CACD 1015)

  LOLLI: Violin Sonata in A Op 1/4 - Luca Fanfoni (vln), Marianne Chen (cello), Paola del Giudice (hpschd) (Dynamic CDS 660)

  WEINBERGER: Polka & Fugue, from Schwanda the Bagpiper - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80115)

  SCRIABIN: Etude in C# minor Op 2/1 - Alexander Gavrylyuk (pno) (Piano Classics PCL 0037)

  TELEMANN: Concerto in E minor for flute & violin - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Rachel Brown (fl), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0519)

  J STRAUSS II arr Schoenberg: Roses from the South - Leonore Aumaier (pno), Alfred Mitterhofer (harmonium), members of the Vienna String Quintet (CPO 999 588)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, Overture - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 1754)

  BELLA: Variations on A swarm, a swarm is flying Op 21 - Daniela Ruso (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223644)

  KRIWACZEK: Bee Sting Dance in Rohan's Kitchen - Isis Ensemble/Jacques Cohen (Meridian CDE 84561)

  FA SCHUBERT: The bee; BENDIX: The butterfly - Mark Walton (cl/sax), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private)

  BUCALOSSI: The Grasshopper's Dance - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66968)

  YAMADA arr Yashiro: Red Dragonfly - Sonoko Numata (vln), Akemi Tadenuma (pno) (Camerata 30CM-409)

  CHAPI: Doctors' Chorus, from The King mad with rage - Madrid Community Chorus & Orch/Miguel Roa (Naxos 8.555957)

  BACH: Allegro, from Flute Sonata in C BWV1033; Siciliano, from Flute Sonata in Eb BWV1031; CPE BACH: Rondo in G, from Flute Sonata in G Wq133 - Peter-Lukas Graf (fl), Konrad Ragossnig (gtr) (Claves CD 50-2013)

  COPLAND: El Salón México - New Philharmonia/Aaron Copland (Sony MLK 64059)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  7:15 Barry Vercoe, Professor Emeritus at MIT visits the studio to talk about his mantra, Music, Mind and Machine and how it's provided an impetus to his life as composer, inventor, pedagogue and recently in his startup project 'one laptop per child australia' (RNZ)

  8:45 CREE BROWN: Pilgrimage to Gallipoli

  A radiophonic work expressing the composer's experience of attending the ANZAC day commemoration at ANZAC Cove in Turkey

  11:00 New Music Dreams

Next day - Wed 25

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