Thursday 4 April 2013 Rāpare 4 Paenga-whāwhā 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  DVORÁK: Concert Overtures, In Nature's Realm; Carnival; Othello; Symphonic Variations Op 78; Scherzo Capriccioso - Royal Phil/John Farrer (ASV CD DCA 794)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  MEDTNER: Piano Concertos, No 2 in C minor Op 50; No 3 in E minor Op 60, Ballade - Geoffrey Tozer (pno), London Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9038)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  BACH: Violin Partita in D minor BWV1004 with chorales, Auf meinen lieben Gott; Den Tod…; Allemanda; Christ lag in Todesbanden; Corrente; Den Tod niemand zwingen kuunt; Sarabanda; Wo sol lich fliehen hin; Giga; Den Tod…; Ciaccona; Christ lag in Todesbanden; Dein Will gescheh'; Befiehl Du Deine Wege; Jesu meine Freude; Auf meinen lieben Gott; Jesu Deine Passion; In meines Herzens Grunde; Nun lob', mein Seel', den Herren; Den Tod…; Ciaccona for solo violin and four voices after Helga Thoene's analysis; Den Tod… - Hilliard Ensemble, Christoph Poppen (baroque vln) (ECM 1765)

  3:25 approx - Disc 4

  LISZT: Divertissement on the cavatina I tuoi frequenti palpiti from Pacini's Niobe; THALBERG: Fantasy on themes from Rossini's Moses; WEBER: Concert Piece in F minor Op 79; THALBERG: Fantasia on God Save the Queen; LISZT: Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude, from Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses - Steven Mayer (pno) (ASV CD DCA 783)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  Fantasias, Arias and Toccatas by MUDARRA, MILAN, MACQUE, DELL'APRA, FRESCOBALDI and MONTEVERDI - Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque harps) (Hyperion CDA 66518)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 C STAMITZ: Symphony in G - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9358)

  SOR: Fantasy in D on a favourite Scottish Air Op 40, Variations on Ye banks & braes - Stefano Palamidessi (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 93960)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A minor RV356, from L'Estro Armonico - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9835)

  PIAZZOLLA arr Bragato: Oblivion - Anna Noakes (fl), Justin Pearson (cello), Caroline Palmer (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7210)

  J STRAUSS II: Tales from the Vienna Woods - Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel (RCA 74321 61687)

  7:00 SULLIVAN: Iolanthe, Overture - Scottish CO/Alexander Faris (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

  ALBÉNIZ: Serenata árabe - Miguel Baselga (pno) (BIS CD 1243)

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr Stravinsky: Bluebird pas de deux, from Sleeping Beauty - Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble/Robert Craft (Naxos 8.557532)

  LOCATELLI: Violin Sonata in C Op 8/4 - Locatelli Trio (Hyperion CDD 22057)

  BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances Sz68 - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 454 430)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: TIN: Caoineadh, from Calling All Dawns - Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek (mezzo), Anonymous 4, Royal Phil/Lucas Richman (Tin Works TW 001)

  BACH: Violin Sonata No 1 in B minor BWV1014 - Lara St John (vln), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp) (Ancalagon ANC 139)

  ANDERSON: Serenata - Richard Hayman and his Orch (Naxos 8.559125)

  FARR: Sepuluh Jari - Henry Wong Doe (pno) (Trust MMT 2070)

  WAGNER: Rienzi, Overture - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5097)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)

  Symphony No 3 - Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony SK 66280)

  Piano Concerto - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno), Bavarian Radio SO/Franz Welser-Möst (EMI 2 64182)

• 10:05 AM. The Works

  RIES: Flute Quartet in A Op 145/3 - Oxalys (Fuga Libera FUG 576)

  FALLA: El amor Brujo - Nancy Fabiola Herrera (mezzo), Mexico State SO/Enrique Bátiz (RegisC 1271)

  RACHMANINOV: Variations on a theme of Chopin Op 22 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 478 2938)

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

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Lighten Up

  Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

  Masters of Easy Listening

  FAIN: Love is a many splendored thing, from the film of the same name - Mantovani & his Orch (Spectrum 644 046)

  WOOD: Roses of Picardy - Ian Wallace (bar), Keith Swallow (pno) (Spectrum 644 046)

  TRAD: Dark eyes - Stanley Black & his Orch (London 820 183)

  MORIGAMA arr Rieu: Spring blossom (Sakura) - André Rieu (vln/dir), Johann Strauss Chorus & Orch (Universal 986 8113)

  LOEWE: What do the simple folk do, from Camelot - King Arthur Richard Burton

  Queen Guenevere........ Julie Andrews

  orchestral accompaniment (Columbia 432 602)

  KOSMA: Autumn leaves - Manuel & the Music of the Mountains (EMI 7 96619)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  RAFF: Jubilee Overture - Philharmonia Hungarica/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 289)

  RUTTER: O Lord, thou hast searched me out - Leila Ward (cor anglais), Cambridge Singers, Royal Phil/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 135)

  MATIEGKA: Notturno in G Op 21 - Sérénade à trois (CPO 777 190)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (rec 2006) (Avie AV 2119)

  Cantata No 56, Ich will den Kreuzstab - Thomas Quasthoff (bbar), members of RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (rec 2004) (DG 474 5052)

  Partita No 1 in Bb BWV825 - Trevor Pinnock (hpschd) (rec 1999) (Hänssler CD 92.115)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  PSATHAS: Century fanfare, Luminous - Auckland Philharmonia/Edvard Tchivzhel (Atoll ACD 100)

  DEMERSSEMAN: Fantasy on an original theme - Mark Walton (sax), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private)

  REGER: Variations & Fugue on a theme of Hiller Op 100 - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Naxos 8.553079)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  ROTA: The Legend of the Glass Mountain, from the film The Glass Mountain - Philip Fowke (pno), RTE Concert Orch/Proinnsías O Duinn (Naxos 8.554323)

  CPE BACH: La Capricieuse in D minor - Luca Pianca (lute) (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7063)

  STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 475 6550)

  WIENIAWSKI: Scherzo-Tarentelle in G minor Op 16 - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Ian Brown (pno) (EMI 5 57916)

  PRAETORIUS arr Lane: Dances from Terpsichore - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2142)

  6:00 ALWYN: The Innumerable Dance, An English Overture - Royal Liverpool Phil/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570144)

  GRIEG arr Baadsvik: Norwegian Dance Op 35/1 - Oystein Baadsvik (tuba), Musica Vitae/Björn Sagstad (BIS CD 1285)

  SMETANA: Neighbour's Dance, from Czech Dances, Book 2 - Antonin Kubalek (pno) (Dorian DOR 90122)

  DELIUS: Air & Dance - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2136)

  CARTER arr Rutter: Lord of the Dance - Cambridge Singers, BBC Concert Orch/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 128)

  GRANADOS: Spanish Dance No 5, Andaluza - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (Tsiboulski APT-CD 101)

  K YOUNG: Dance - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2027)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Don Carlos

  There is as much political intrigue in the story of the composition of Verdi's masterpiece as there is in the opera plot itself. Michael Vinten examines the various versions and reasons for revisions of Verdi's grand opera (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Direct from Auckland Town Hall

  Ilya Gringolts (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Nicholas Kraemer

  HAYDN: Symphony No 85 in Bb, La Reine; MOZART: Violin Concerto No 4 in D K218

  (Interval)

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  E HARTMANN: Serenade Op 43 - Consortium Classicum (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 301 0416)

  BERWALD: Reminiscence of the Norwegian Mountains - Gävle SO/Petri Sakari (Naxos 8.555370)

  11:00 GRAGNANI: Quartet in A for violin, clarinet & two guitars - Consortium Classicum (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 301 1415)

  KLUGHARDT: String Quintet in G minor Op 62 - Leipzig String Quartet, Julian Steckel (cello) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 307 1652)

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