Thursday 5 July 2012 Rāpare 5 Hōngoingoi 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  LILBURN: Festival Overture; A Song of Islands; Suite for Orchestra; A Birthday Offering; Drysdale Overture - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum CCD 1076)

  1:00 approx - Disc 2

  VILLA-LOBOS: Rudepoema; Cirandas Nos 1-16 - Alma Petchersky (pno) (ASV CD DCA 959)

  2:15 approx - Disc 3

  NIELSEN: Hymnus Amoris; The Sleep; Springtime in Funen; Three Motets Op 55 - Inga Nielsen (sop), Poul Elming (ten), Copenhagen Boys' Choir; Children's Chorus of St Anne School; Danish National Radio Choir & SO/Leif Segerstam, Stefan Parkman (Chandos CHAN 8853)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  HAYDN: String Quartets Op 20, No 2 in C; No 4 in D; No 3 in G minor - Quatuor Mosaiques (Astrée Auvidis E 8784)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  FARNON: Portrait of a Flirt; How Beautiful is the Night; Melody Fair; A la Claire Fontaine; The Peanut Polka; In a Calm, Impressions for Orchestra, No 2; Gateway to the West; Jumping Bean; Pictures in the Fire; Little Miss Molly; Colditz March; A Star is Born; The Westminster Waltz; Manhattan Playboy, Three Impressions for Orch, No 3; Lake in the Woods; Derby Day; State Occasion - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223401)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 BARBER: Agnus Dei, based on Adagio for strings - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Rose Adagio, from Sleeping Beauty - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 457 634)

  GRANADOS: Moresque; Canción Arabe, from Spanish Dances - Richard Mapp (pno) (Meridian CDE 84403)

  DEBUSSY arr Amsterdam Guitar Trio: Petite Suite - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (Newton 880 2093)

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/6 - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 373 250)

  7:00 HANDEL: Atalanta, Overture - Robert Farley (tpt), Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 67128)

  SARASATE: Boléro Op 30; Zortzico d'Iparraguirre Op 39; Sérénade andalouse Op 10; Adiós montañas mias Op 37 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Markus Hadulla (pno) (Naxos 8.570893)

  MOZART: Fragment in E K494a - Michael Thompson (hn/dir), Bournemouth Sinfonietta (Naxos 8.553592)

  LORTZING: Clog Dance, from Zar und Zimmermann - Bamberg SO/Hans Gierster (DG 427 021)

  A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - József Kiss (ob), Ferenc Erkel CO/Lili Aldor (dir) (Naxos 8.550556)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: WAGNER orch Mottl: Der Engel, from Wesendonck Lieder - Régine Crespin (sop), French National Radio Orch/Georges Prêtre (EMI CDM 7 64434)

  COATES: Cinderella - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9869)

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

  ROSSINI: String Sonata No 4 in Bb - Ensemble Explorations/Roel Dieltiens (cello/dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1776)

  GERSHWIN arr Fernie: Porgy & Bess, Suite - Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs (Naxos 8.570726)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945)

  Chamber and piano works

  Mikrokosmos Book 1, Nos 1-23 - Georges Solchany (pno) (EMI 6 95570)

  Divertimento Sz113 - Polish CO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 321 0180)

  Contrasts Sz111 - György Pauk (vln), Kálmán Berkes (cl), Jenö Jandó (pno) (Naxos 8.550749)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No 2 - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1591)

  HUMMEL: Piano Concerto in B minor Op 89 - Stephen Hough (pno), English CO/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8507)

  ARRIAGA: String Quartet No 3 in Eb - Modigliani Quartet (Mirare MIR 168)

  D'INDY: Symphony in A minor, Italian - Iceland SO/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10660)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Let it Snow

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Snow Maiden, Suite - Malaysian Phil/Kees Bakels (BIS CD 1577)

  OSWALD: Il Neige - Maria Inês Guimaraes (pno) (Marco Polo)

  POULENC: Un soir de neige - Swedish Radio Choir/Peter Dijkstra (Channel Classics CCS SA 31411)

  BINGE: The Dance of the Snowflakes - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223515)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  Andreas Scholl

  The star counter-tenor talks with Matthew Crawford (Media Maker)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 2 in D Op 36 - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Rafael Kubelík (DG 477 5838)

  STRAVINSKY: Scherzo à la Russe; Circus Polka - Berlin Phil/Rafael Kubelík (DG 477 5838)

  WEBER: Abu Hassan, Overture - Bavarian Radio SO/Rafael Kubelík (DG 477 5838)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  BAIRSTOW: Evening Song - Nigel Potts (organ of St Paul's Church, Washington, DC) (Herald HAVPCD 344)

  BRAHMS: In stiller nacht, from Deutsche Volkslieder - Anna Leese (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (EMI 2 07639)

  MENDELSSOHN: Abendlied - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell, Claire Caldwell (pno) (Atoll ACD 105)

  ELGAR: Chanson de Nuit Op 15/1 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

  CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 9, Nos 1 in Bb minor; 2 in Eb; 3 in B - Sharon Joy Vogan (pno) (RNZ)

  NORMAN: The flight & the stars; Cold & darkness; Warmth & light; The Sun King; The journey continues; The Lost Boys, from Peter Pan - Wellington Orch/Kenneth Young (RNZB)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  COPLAND: El Salón México - New Philharmonia/Aaron Copland (CBS MK 42429)

  M-A CHARPENTIER arr Held: Second Air de Trompette, from Two Triumphal Airs - Hannes, Wolfgang & Bernhard Läubin (tpts), Norbert Schmitt (timp), Simon Preston (org) (DG 419 245)

  CHABRIER orch Mottl: Bourrée fantasque - Serenade Orch/Janos Komives (Koch Schwann 3-1568)

  K YOUNG: Three Sad Waltzes - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Private - MM 2009A)

  PUCCINI: Crisantemi - London SO/Antonio Pappano (EMI 5 57159)

  MEDTNER: Four Lyrical Fragments Op 23 - Hamish Milne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67851)

  LAMBERT: Mars and Venus - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Barry Wordsworth (Dutton CDLX 7149)

  HEGGIE: A lucky child, from At the Statue of Venus - Susan Graham (mezzo), Jake Heggie (pno) (Avie AV 2198)

  HOLST: Mars, Bringer of War, from Planets Suite - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Tring International TRP 996)

  SANDSTRÖM: A New Heaven & A New Earth - Eric Ericson Chamber Choir/Eric Ericson (Phono Suecia PSCD 139)

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

  GUTMANN: Boléro in C minor Op 35 - Hubert Rutkowski (pno) (Naxos 8.572344)

  COATES: Covent Garden, from London Suite - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Warner 2564 62020)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Lexus Song Quest 2012

  The Semi-Finals

  Four programmes

  (1) Rodney Macann introduces the semi-finalists in New Zealand's premier singing competition, each performing a single item, Bryony Williams (sop), Moses Mackay (bbar), Grace Park (sop), Alexander Wilson (ten), Bianca Andrew (mezzo), Amitai Pati (ten), Isabella Moore (sop), Tavis Gravatt (bbar), Polly Ott (sop), Kawiti Waetford (bar), Marlena Devoe (sop) and Stephen Diaz (countertenor) (RNZ) (Programme 2 on Saturday at 7.00pm)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Michael Houstoun (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Roy Goodman

  MOZART: Idomeneo, Overture & Ballet Music; Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488; Symphony No 39 in Eb K543 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:30 PM. The Baroque Passacaglia

  BIBER: Passacaglia, The guardian angel, from The Mystery Sonatas - Julia Wedman (vln) (Sono Luminus DSL 92127)

  WEISS arr Noad: Passacaglia - Owen Moriarty (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

  BUXTEHUDE: Passacaglia in D minor BuxWV161 - Douglas Mews (organ of the Katharinenkirche, Braunschweig) (Douglas Mews DCM 001)

  MARINI: Passacaglia in four parts - Irish Baroque Orch Chamber Soloists/Monica Huggett (dir) (Avie AV 2202)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  DVORÁK: Symphony No 7 in D minor Op 70 - Malaysian Phil/Claus Peter Flor (BIS SACD 1896)

  BACH: Concerto in D for three violins BWV1064 - Micaela Comberti, Miles Golding (vlns), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir/vln) (Chandos CHAN 0594)

  11:00 REGER: Serenade in G Op 141a for flute, violin & viola - Oxalys (Fuga Libera FUG 553)

  SCHUBERT trans Meinders: Heidenröslein; Ständchen D957/4; Im Fruhling D882; Du bist die Ruh' D776; Lachen und Weinen D777 - Frédéric Meinders (pno) (Danacord DACOCD 671)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 8 in C minor Op 110 - Valentin Berlinsky Quartet (Avie AV 2253)

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