Thursday 17 May 2012 Rāpare 17 Haratua 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  GOODWIN: Theme from 633 Squadron; Drake 400 Suite; Puppet Serenade; New Zealand Suite; Arabian Celebration; Venus Waltz; Prisoners of War March; Minuet in Blue; Theme from The Trap; Girl with a Dream; Theme from Lancelot & Guinevere - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  BRAHMS: Violin Sonatas, No 1 in G Op 78; No 2 in A Op 100; No 3 in D minor Op 108 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (EMI CDC 747 403)

  2:10 approx - Disc 3

  PARRY: The Soul's Ransom; The Lotus Eaters - Della Jones (sop), David Wilson-Johnson (bar), London Philharmonic Choir & Orch/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 8990)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  DEBUSSY: Iberia; Nocturnes; RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso; Rapsodie espagnole - French National Radio Orch, London SO/Leopold Stokowski (EMI CDC 7 47423)

  4:35 approx - Disc 5

  CHOPIN: Prelude No 25 in C# minor; Prelude in Ab; Impromptus, in Ab; F# and Gb; Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor; Barcarolle in F#; Nocturnes, in C# minor; in F minor; in Eb; Waltzes, in Eb, Ab and E; Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise - Peter Frankl (pno) (ASV CD DCA 781)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 CPE BACH: String Symphony in B minor Wq182/5 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir) (Archiv 415 300)

  RUTTER: Five traditional songs, The girl I left behind me; O waly, waly; The British Grenadiers; Golden slumbers; Dashing away with the smoothing iron - Nordic Chamber Choir/Nicol Matt (Bayer BR 100 334)

  JOPLIN arr Kunzel: The Entertainer; Solace; Maple Leaf Rag - William Tritt, Keith Lockhart (pnos), Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80112)

  TÁRREGA: Recuerdos de la Alhambra - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1001)

  BRIDGE: Two poems - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557167)

  7:00 SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture - New Symphony Orch of London/Raymond Agoult (Decca 425 739)

  WIENIAWSKI: Legend - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), New Philharmonia/Edo de Waart (Philips 475 7825)

  PÄRT: For Alina - Alexander Malter (pno) (ECM 1591)

  RUFFO: La Gamba in Basso, e Soprano - Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (vla da gamba/dir) (Alia Vox AVSA 9844)

  SVENDSEN: Norwegian Rhapsody No 4 Op 22 - South Jutland SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.570322)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: SCHUBERT arr Hurst: Ave Maria D839 - Yvonne Kenny (sop), Melbourne SO/Vladimir Kamirski (ABC Classics 454 511)

  J STRAUSS II: Accelerations Waltz - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 417 747)

  DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor - Jean-Marie Trotereau (cello), Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Integral INT 221.105)

  SOUSA trans anon: Liberty Bell - Nigel Potts (organ of the Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon, London) (Guild GMCD 7165)

  VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Summer - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)

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

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  AHMED ADNAN SAYGUN (1907-1991)

  Ten Sketches on Aksak Rhythms Op 58 - Zeynep Üçbasaran (pno) (Naxos 8.570746)

  Viola Concerto Op 59 - Mirjam Tschopp (vla), Bilkent SO/Howard Griffiths (CPO 777 290)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  LUIGINI: Ballet Egyptien - London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 433 864)

  MENDELSSOHN: The First Walpurgis Night - Christine Cairne (mezzo), Jon Garrison (ten), Tom Krause (bar), Jeffrey Wells (bbar), Cleveland Orch Chorus, Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi (Telarc CD 80184)

  LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb - Denis Matsuev (pno), Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (RCA 88697 98945)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 90 in C - Heidelberg SO/Thomas Fey (Hänssler CD 98.629)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Doloroso

  TOSCANINI: Meditation, My heart weeps with great sadness - Kristina Zelinska (solo vln), Cindy Yan, Miyo Yoon (vlns), Vyvyan Yendoll (vla), Paul Mitchell (cello) (RNZ)

  DOWLAND: I saw my lady weepe - Anna Maria Wierod (sop), Pantagruel (Carpe Diem CD 16282)

  TAVENER: Tears of the Angels - Clio Gould (vln), Scottish Ensemble (Linn CKD 085)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  MOZART: Concert aria, Non so d'onde viene K294 - Rita Streich (sop), Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Bernhard Paumgartner (rec 1961) (DG 474 738)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Trio No 1 in F Op 18 - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 67538)

  BRITTEN: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings Op 31 - Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), Michael Thompson (horn), Scottish National Orch/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8657)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64 - Leningrad Phil/Evgeny Mravinsky (rec 1960) (DG 419 745)

  Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (rec 1978) (EMI CDC 7 47106)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  WALTERS: Poésies du soir, L'Idéal (The Ideal); Promenade sur léau (Promenade on the water); Nuit d'été (Summer Night) - Wendy Dawn Thompson (mezzo), London Concertante/Gregory Rose (Toccata Classics TOCC 0090)

  CHOPIN: Ballade No 3 in Ab Op 47 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar CD TRL 069)

  HILL: String Quartet No 8 in A - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572097)

  WAGNER: Siegfried's Rhine Journey, from Götterdämmerung - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (EMI 4 57817)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  ROSSINI: The Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - National Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 400 049)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Bb RV362, Hunt - Christopher Hirons (vln), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 475 7693)

  GERSHWIN arr Grofé: Summertime, from Porgy & Bess - Al Gallodoro (alto sax), Lincoln Mayorga (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7492)

  GOTTSCHALK: The dying poet - Alan Marks (pno) (Nimbus NI 7045/6)

  ARNOLD: Four Scottish Dances - Philharmonia/Robert Irving (EMI 5 66120)

  BRAHMS: Alto Rhapsody Op 53 - Ewa Wolak (contralto), men of Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.572694)

  FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 143)

  WALTON: Siesta - BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67794)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Rest - King's Singers (EMI CDC 7 49765)

  HOLLINS: Evening Rest - Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ of Caird Hall, Dundee) (Delphian DCD 34044)

  STEVENSON: Come, rest in this bosom - Julia Gooding (sop), Timothy Roberts (square pno) (Hyperion CDA 66774)

  RACHMANINOV arr Welsh: Let me rest here alone Op 26/9 - Moray Welsh (cello), Martin Roscoe (pno) (Black Box BBM 1044)

  TICHELI: There will be rest - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5045)

  TANEYEV: Repose (Elegy) in E - Joseph Banowetz (pno) (Toccata Classics TOCC 0042)

  PUCCINI: Preludio Sinfonico in A - Métropolitain Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (ATMA ACD 2 2618)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Stuart Skelton

  The Australian heldentenor is in hot demand around the world for some of the most challenging roles in opera. He talks with Christine Argyle (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Direct from Auckland Town Hall

  Visitors from Abroad

  Andreas Boyde (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Giordano Bellincampi

  SMITH arr Stravinsky: The Star-Spangled Banner; BLOCH: Hiver-Printemps, Two Poems; RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G

  (Interval)

  DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, from the New World (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BACH: Violin Sonata No 2 in A BWV1015 - Elizabeth Blumenstock (vln), John Butt (hpschd) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 7364.65)

  BOTTESINI: Elégie No 1 in D - Thomas Martin (dbass), London SO/Franco Petracchi (Naxos 8.570398)

  SIBELIUS: En Saga Op 9 - Moscow Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Brilliant Classics 9212)

  11:00 RIES: Flute Quartet in C Op 145/1 - Oxalys (Fuga Libera FUG 576)

  C SCOTT: Piano Trio No 1 - Gould Piano Trio (Chandos CHAN 10575)

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