Tuesday 24 July 2012 Rātū 24 Hōngoingoi 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished; Incidental music to Rosamunde D797 - Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (Philips 420 715)

  1:05 approx - Disc 2

  HINDEMITH: Sonata; CAPLET: Divertissements; TAILLEFERRE: Sonata for harp; ÖZDIL: Aganta, Burina, Burinata for harp; FAURÉ: Impromptu; BRITTEN: Suite for harp Op 83 - Godelieve Schrama (harp) (Canal Grande CG 9530)

  2:15 approx - Disc 3

  STENHAMMAR: Seven Poems from Thoughts of Solitude Op 7; Five Songs to texts by JL Runeberg Op 8; Four Swedish Songs Op 16; Five Songs of Bo Bergman Op 20; Songs & Moods Op 26; Late Harvest - Peter Mattei (bar), Bengt-Ake Lundin (pno) (BIS CD 654)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  LILBURN: Landfall in Unknown Seas; PRUDEN: Dances of Brittany; HEENAN: Cindy; Three Maori Songs; J RITCHIE: Concerto for Clarinet & Strings; FARQUHAR: Ring Around the Moon - Alex Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (Kiwi CD SLD 107)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  BRAHMS: Theme and variations for piano; Presto Studies, No 3 & No 4; Chaconne Study No 5, from Five Studies for Piano; Hungarian Dances; Gavotte; Impromptu; Etude Study No 1; Rondo Study No 2, from Five Studies for Piano - Georg Friedrich Schenck (pno) (Koch Schwann 3-1172)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 BACH arr Zabaleta: Concerto in F BWV978 - Nicanor Zabaleta (harp), English CO/Garcia Navarro (Brilliant Classics 9059)

  MOSZKOWSKI: Trois Morceaux Op 86 - Seta Tanyel (pno) (Collins Classics 15192)

  GERSHWIN arr Milone: It ain't necessarily so, from Porgy & Bess - 48 violas from ASMF, BBC SO, London Phil, ENO Orch/Geoffrey Simon (Cala CACD 0106)

  AUFSCHNAITER: Sonata St Ambrose Op 4/2 - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (Arcana A 313)

  BRIDGE: Phantasie Quartet in F minor - members of London Bridge Ensemble (Dutton CDLX 7254)

  RACHMANINOV: Women's dance, from Aleko - London SO/André Previn (EMI CMS 7 64530)

  7:00 BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances Sz68 - Hungarian National Phil/Zoltán Kocsis (Hungaroton HSACD 32506)

  BERLIOZ: Trio for two flutes & harp, from The Childhood of Christ - Richard Taylor, Francis Nolan (fls), Renata Scheffel-Stein (harp) (Philips 416 949)

  CHAMINADE orch Uy: Automne - Michael Guttman (vln), Royal Phil/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 855)

  TÁRREGA: Capricho árabe - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1001)

  SCHUBERT: An Sylvia D891 - Ian Bostridge (ten), Julius Drake (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56347)

  D SCARLATTI arr Bryan: Oboe Concerto No 1 in G - Brynjar Hoff (ob), English CO/Ian Watson (Simax PSC 1049)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: VERDI: Caro nome, from Rigoletto - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), Giuseppe Verdi Orch of Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 466 952)

  FINZI arr Ashmore: Five Bagatelles Op 23 - Robert Plane (cl), Northern Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths (Naxos 8.553566)

  CHOPIN: Scherzo No 2 in Bb minor Op 31 - Gustavo Romero (pno) (Koch International 3 7296)

  DELIUS arr Fenby: La Calinda, from Koanga - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

  VIEUXTEMPS arr Bailey: Souvenir d'Amérique, Variations on Yankee Doodle Op 17 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Delos DE 3326)

  MOZART: Idomeneo, Overture - Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman (Telarc TEL 31827)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GEORGE CRUMB (b1929)

  Processional - Philip Mead (pno) (Metier MSV CD 92067)

  A Journey Beyond Time, American Songbook II - Barbara Ann Martin (sop), Orchestra 2001/James Freeman (Bridge 9275)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc CD 80660)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 59 in Eb HobXVI/49 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 416 643)

  DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104 - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), London SO/Charles Mackerras (Chandos CHAN 10715)

  IBERT: Divertissement - London CO/Christopher Warren-Green (Signum Classics SIGCD 211)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. A Kingly Collection

  ADAM: If I were king, Overture - Detroit SO/Paul Paray (Mercury 434 332)

  GRAINGER: The Merry King - Paul Janes (pno), BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9839)

  HOWELLS: King David - Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10691)

  ERNST: Grand Caprice Op 26 on Schubert's The Erl King - Gidon Kremer (vln) (DG 445 820)

  PHILIDOR: Music for the Coronation of Louis XIII - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (dir) (Alia Vox AV 9824)

  GRIEG: In the hall of the Mountain King, from Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - Hallé Chorus & Orch/John Barbirolli (EMI 7 94431)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  The Importance of Being Hoffnung

  The cartoonist, broadcaster and eccentric raconteur Gerard Hoffnung in twelve interviews with Canadian Charles Richardson

  Interview 5, Sport (Westminster WBBC 8002)

  L MOZART: Third movement, Concerto for hose-pipe & strings - Dennis Brain (hose-pipe), Hoffnung SO/Norman Del Mar (EMI 7 63302)

  JACQUET: On the Alp - Nyon Alpine Yodelling Club/Paul Bongni (Musica Helvetica MHCD 96.2)

  ARENSKY: Nocturne, from 24 Characteristic Pieces Op 36 - Stephen Coombs (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67066)

  PRINCESS TE RANGI PAI arr O'Boyle: Hine e Hine - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker (ABC 476 227)

  BANTOCK: Pagan Symphony - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Hyperion CDA 66630)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in A minor Op 132 - Fine Arts Quartet (rec 1967) (Music & Arts CD 1154)

  BRAHMS: Rhapsodies, in B minor Op 79/1; in G minor Op 79/2 - Stephen Kovacevich (pno) (rel 1981) (Philips 420 750)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  LANGFORD: Rhapsody on Sea Shanties - Auckland Brass/Nigel Weeks (Kiwi CD SLC 247)

  HOLST: Morris Dance Tunes - NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7058)

  FARQUHAR: Three Cilla McQueen songs, Synaesthesia; Solstice; Princess Alice the incredible lady gymnast - David Griffiths (bar), Terence Dennis (pno) (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 112)

  GOODWIN: New Zealand Suite - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SCHUBERT orch Reger: An die Musik D547 - Thomas Quasthoff (bar), CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 471 586)

  DEBUSSY: Rondes de printemps, from Images for Orchestra - Boston SO/Charles Munch (RCA 82876 59416)

  RAVEL: Sonatine - Artur Pizarro (pno) (Linn CKD 315)

  CIMAROSA: Giannina e Bernardone, Overture - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570279)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Romance & Pastorale - Simon Blendis (vln), William Howard (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10465)

  HOWELLS: Exultate Deo - Winchester Cathedral Choir/Andrew Lumsden, Simon Bell (org) (Hyperion CDA 67853)

  GLAZUNOV: Scène Dansante - Moscow SO/Alexander Anissimov (Naxos 8.553915)

  RACHMANINOV: Preludes, in C# minor Op 3/2; in D Op 23/4; in G minor Op 23/5 - Richard Farrell (pno) (rec 1958) (Atoll ACD 909)

  MOZART: Madamina, il catalogo è questo, from Don Giovanni - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), New Zealand SO/James Judd (EMI 5 57605)

  J WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Alexander Gilman (vln), Cape Town Phil/Perry So (Oehms Classics OC 799)

  LAURIDSEN: Ave dulcissima Maria - Morten Lauridsen (finger cymbals), men of Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67580)

  MENDELSSOHN arr Hupka: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Fourteen Berlin Flutists (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 908 1393)

  HANSON: Rhythmic Variations on two Ancient Hymns - Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 8.559072)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  8:00 Blackbirds

  MESSIAEN: Le Merle Noir; Louise WEBSTER: An Infinite Shore; Alex TAYLOR: thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird - Karlheinz Company (recorded at the School of Music, University of Auckland by RNZ)

  8:40 Voice of the Whale

  MARTINU: Trio for flute, cello & piano; CRUMB: Cello Sonata; Vox Balaenae - Uwe Grodd (fl), Martin Rummel (cello), Natalia Ricci (pno) (recorded at the School of Music, University of Auckland by RNZ)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

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