Wednesday 25 July 2012 Rāapa 25 Hōngoingoi 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  ALFVÉN: Suite from The Mountain King; Symphony No 5 in A minor; Elegy from Gustav Adolf II - Royal Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 585)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  BRUNETTI: Symphonies, No 26 in Bb; No 22 in G minor; No 36 in A - Concerto Cologne (Capriccio 10 489)

  2:15 approx - Disc 3

  CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne - Victoria de los Angeles (sop), Lamoureux Concerts Orch (EMI CDC 7 47970)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  TAKTAKISHVILI: Sonata for flute & piano; FELD: Sonata for flute & piano; GUBAIDULINA: Allegro Rustico; Sounds of the Forest; AMIROV: Six pieces for flute & piano; MARTINU: Sonata for flute & piano, First Sonata - Leslie Newman (fl), Amanda Hurton (pno) (Cala CACD 88026)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  J STRAUSS II: Vienna Blood, Waltz; Champagne Polka; Vienna Bonbons, Waltz; New Pizzicato Polka; Liebeslieder, Waltz; Hungarian Polka; Artists Life, Waltz; Bandits Galop; Russian March; Thunder & Lightning Polka; Morning Papers, Waltz; JOSEF STRAUSS: Holiday Trip Polka; Village Swallows, Waltz; J STRAUSS II: Kaiser Franz Joseph I Jubilee March - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 425 428)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in B minor Op 6/12 - Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7228/29)

  CHOPIN: Nocturne in F minor Op 55/1 - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10714)

  VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Winter - Jeanne Lamon (vln/dir), Tafelmusik Baroque Orch (Tafelmusik TMK 1007)

  SCHUBERT: Second movement, Andante con moto, from Piano Trio No 2 in Eb D929 - Gould Piano Trio (Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0026)

  COWEN: The Butterfly's Ball, Concert Overture - Czechoslovak State Phil, Kosice/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223273)

  7:00 NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Overture - Berlin State Opera Orch/Bernhard Klee (Berlin Classics 018 5772 BC)

  LISZT arr Busoni: Rhapsodie espagnole S254 - John Ogdon (pno), Philharmonia/John Pritchard (EMI 3 92747)

  KARAS arr Russell: Was it rain, from The Third Man - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10723)

  HAMELIN: Etude No 9 in F minor, after Rossini, from 12 Etudes in all the minor keys - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67789)

  DVORÁK: Prague Waltzes - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 444 610)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BEETHOVEN: Second movement, Adagio cantabile, from Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13 - Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 030)

  GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore; Irish tune from County Derry (Danny Boy); Shepherd's Hey - London Wind Orch/Denis Wick (ASV White Line CD WHL 2067)

  PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue in D - Charles Medlam (cello/dir), London Baroque (BIS CD 1135)

  FALLA: La Vida breve, dances - Daniel Ligorio (pno) (Naxos 8.555066)

  HERTEL: Trumpet Concerto No 2 in Eb - Wolfgang Bauer (tpt/dir), Württemberg CO, Heilbronn (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 601 1499)

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

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GEORGE CRUMB (b1929)

  Mundus Canis, A Dog's World - David Starobin (gtr), George Crumb (perc) (Bridge 9095)

  Unto the Hills, American Songbook III - Ann Crumb (sop), Orchestra 2001/James Freeman (Bridge 9218 A/B)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier, Concert Suite - CBSO/Andris Nelsons (Orfeo C 803 091 A)

  GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 - Radu Lupu (pno), London SO/André Previn (Philips 456 895)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 1 in Eb Op 12 - Minetti Quartet (Hänssler CD 98.645)

  MOZART: Symphony No 38 in D K504, Prague - Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Ivor Bolton (Oehms Classics OC 343)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. The Bard of Avon

  M PHILLIPS: A Shakespearean Scherzo, Titania & her Elvish Court - BBC Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7140)

  BOWERMAN: Five Shakespeare Songs, I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows; The quality of mercy; Sweet are the uses of adversity; How poor are they that have not patience!; O sleep, O gentle sleep - Anna Leese (sop), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 033)

  SMETANA: March for the Shakespeare Festival - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  The Stars are Comforting

  The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley (1941-1981)

  Her research into the Evolution of Galaxies made Beatrice Tinsley a giant of 20th century astronomy. Throughout her life Beatrice also played her violin and wrote home to her family

  The final two programmes from a twenty-part series with letters edited by Theodora Lee-Smith and read by Tina Regtien

  (20) New apartment, concerts, work, trip to England, spreading cancer, Yale Infirmary; 1980-81 (RNZ)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  RAVEL: Mother Goose - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (rec 1983) (Decca 421 458)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Allegro Appassionato Op 70 - Stephen Hough (pno), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (rec 2000) (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)

  DVORÁK: Songs my mother taught me, No 4 from Gypsy Melodies Op 55; FLOTOW: The Last Rose of Summer, from Martha; PUCCINI: Doretta's dream, from La Rondine; KORNGOLD: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt - Renée Fleming (sop), Osian Ellis (harp), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (rec 1998) (Decca 458 858)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine - Marya Martin (fl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar TRL 030)

  DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: A Chaos of Delight III - Harriet Moir (sop), Auckland University Singers/Karen Grylls (Kiwi CD SLD 108)

  CHEN/HE: Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto - Takako Nishizaki (vln), New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557348)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  WOLF-FERRARI: Susanna's Secret, Overture - Royal Phil/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 861)

  GERSHWIN arr Brahn: I got rhythm, from Girl Crazy - Joshua Bell (vln), London SO/John Williams (Sony SK 60659)

  SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Jörg Widmann (cl), Lars Vogt (pno) (Avi 8553207)

  BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Paganini, Book 2 - Idil Biret (pno) (Naxos 8.550350)

  J STRAUSS II: Emperor Waltz - Berlin Radio SO/Ferenc Fricsay (DG 427 217)

  MASCAGNI: Voi lo sapete, from Cavalleria Rusticana - Dolora Zajick (mezzo), Royal Phil/Charles Rosekrans (Telarc CD 80557)

  GRIEG: Åse's death, from Peer Gynt - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (EMI CDZ 7 67253)

  JOYCE: Song of the River - RTE Concert Orch, Dublin/Andrew Penny (Marco Polo 8.223694)

  TRAD arr Hazell: Deep River - Bryn Terfel (bar), London Voices, London SO/Barry Wordsworth (DG 477 5563)

  WHITACRE: The River Cam - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), London SO/Eric Whitacre (Decca 279 6323)

  A RITCHIE: Triptych: Mountains & Rivers - Helen Charlton (sop), Jubilate Singers/Grant Hutchinson (dir) (Jubilate)

  TRAD arr Kondonassis: Small River Flowing - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80488)

  KERN: Ol' man River, from Show Boat - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Michael Collins chorus & orch (Columbia 475 545)

  YIN/CHU/SHENG/LIU: Fourth movement, Defend the Yellow River, from Yellow River Piano Concerto - Yin Chengzong (pno), Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Adrian Leaper (Naxos 8.554499)

  ARNOLD: River Kwai March, from the film The Bridge on the River Kwai - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9100)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  David Zinman

  David Zinman's enthusiasm for new music, new ideas and new ways of making music more accessible is always at the forefront of his mind. Tonight the international conductor is in conversation with David Morriss (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Live! at the Concertgebouw 2011

  Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Daniel Harding, Bernard Haitink

  JANÁCEK: Lachian Dances; MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan; BARTÓK: Divertimento Sz113; MAHLER: Third movement, excerpt, from Symphony No 6 in A minor, Tragic (Radio Netherlands)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 7 in D Op 10/3 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2012)

  BACH: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225 - Berlin Vocalconsort/Marcus Creed (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2079)

  ZIPOLI arr Giovanini: Elevazione - Pierre Pierlot (ob), Bernard Fonteny (cello), Anne-Marie Beckensteiner (org), Jean-François Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard (ABC Classics 465 086)

  MARTUCCI: Notturno Op 70/1 - English CO/Alfredo Bonavera (Hyperion CDA 66290)

  11:00 HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor - Leipzig String Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 307 1683)

  BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in C G453, La ritirata di Madrid - Eros Roselli (gtr), La Magnifica Comunità (Brilliant Classics 92892)

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