Thursday 18 April 2013 Rāpare 18 Paenga-whāwhā 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan; WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D; No 20 in E minor; No 21 in E minor - Quebec Conservatoire Orch/Franz-Paul Decker (Bell BELL-CD 1991)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  ROSSINI: Waltz in Eb; Thème; Allegretto; Scherzo in A minor; Un Rien; Péchés de vieillesse, Book 3, Morceau réservés; Péchés de vieillesse, Book 9 - Marco Sollini (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10190)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  LILBURN: Drysdale Overture; A Song of Islands, Suite for Orchestra; A Birthday Offering; Prodigal Country - David Griffiths (bar), Orpheus Choir of Wellington, New Zealand SO/John Hopkins, Charles Groves (Kiwi CD SLD 100)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  FUCHS: Cello Sonata No 1 in D minor; Fantasiestücke Op 78; Cello Sonata No 2 in Eb - Nancy Green (cello), Caroline Palmer (pno) (Biddulph LAW 005)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  ELGAR: In the South Op 50; Froissart Op 19; Variations on an original theme, Enigma Op 36 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (Conifer CDCF 187)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 MYSLIVECEK: Sinfonia Concertante in C Op 2/6 - Ural Phil/Gary Brain (Toccata Classics TOCC 0023)

  BEETHOVEN: Variations on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus - Adrian Brendel (cello), Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 475 379)

  SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela, from Lemminkäinen Legends Op 22 - Ellen Sherman (cor anglais), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

  CHOPIN: Nocturne in F# Op 15/2 - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (Decca 478 3206)

  HOLST: St Paul's Suite - Camerata Wales/Owain Arwel Hughes (BIS CD 1589)

  7:00 WEBER: Der Freischütz, Overture - Philharmonia/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9066)

  POULENC arr L Berkeley: Flute Sonata - Emily Beynon (fl), BBC Welsh National Orch/Bramwell Tovey (Chandos CHAN 10718)

  KOSENKO: Gigue in D minor, from Eleven Etudes in the Form of Old Dances Op 19 - Natalya Shkoda (pno) (Toccata Classics TOCC 0036)

  MILHAUD: Brazileira, from Scaramouche - Mark Walton (sax), David Miller (pno) (AWMP CD 01)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from Swan Lake Act 1 Scene 2 - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Tartar TRL 020)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MASCAGNI: Ave Maria - Kathleen Battle (sop), Krista Feeney (vln), Nancy Allen (harp), Anthony Newman (organ) (Sony SK 62035)

  CHABRIER: España - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 452 064)

  RAVEL: Sonatine - David James (pno) (RNZ)

  SOR: Les deux amis Op 41 - Duo Maccari-Pugliese (gtr duo) (Brilliant Classics 93898)

  PONCE arr Heifetz/Ash: Estrellita - Matthew Trusler (vln), Düsseldorf SO/Yasuo Shinozaki (Orchid Classics ORC 100005)

  LILBURN: Concert Overture in D - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  LEOS JANÁCEK (1854-1928)

  The Fiddler's Child - Elizabeth Layton (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov (Hyperion CDA 67517)

  Glagolitic Mass - Elisabeth Söderström (sop), Drahomíra Drobková (contralto), Frantisek Livora (ten), Richard Novák (bass), Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras, Jan Hora (org) (Supraphon 33C37-7448)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Trio No 2 in D minor, Élégiaque - Leonid Kogan (vln), Fiodor Luzanov (cello), Evgeny Svetlanov (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93030)

  MYASKOVSKY: Symphony No 21 in F# minor Op 51 - Bonn Beethoven Orch/Stefan Blunier (MDG 937 1761)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 22 - Stephen Hough (pno), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)

  DVORÁK: The Wood Dove Op 110 - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Lighten Up

  Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

  Mary Martin, A Muse for Rodgers & Hammerstein

  PORTER: My heart belongs to daddy, from Leave It To Me

  Dolly Winslow................. Mary Martin

  Studio orch (Sony 453 402)

  BERLIN: Overture; You can't get a man with a gun, from Annie Get Your Gun

  Annie Oakley................... Mary Martin

  San Francisco & Los Angeles Light Opera Orch/Louis Adrian (Angel 7 64765)

  RODGERS: A cockeyed optimist; I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair, from South Pacific

  Nellie Forbush.................. Mary Martin

  Majestic Theatre, New York Chorus & Orch/Salvatore Dell'Isola (Sony 749 919)

  CHARLAP/STYNE: Overture; Never Never Land, from Peter Pan

  Peter Pan.......................... Mary Martin

  Wendy.............................. Kathy Nolan

  Original Broadway Cast Orch/Louis Adrian (rec 1954) (RCA 663762)

  RODGERS: My favourite things, from The Sound of Music

  Maria................................ Mary Martin

  Original Broadway Production Orch/Frederick Dvonch (CBS 170 212)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  WHITACRE: October - Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble/Stephen Gage (Naxos 8.570946)

  SCHUBERT: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D965 - Arleen Augér (sop), Thea King (cl), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDJ 33009)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Oboe Concerto in A minor - Stéphane Rancourt (ob), Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7529)

  Heath Lees looks at the carol O come all ye faithful (RNZ)

  WADE: O come all ye faithful - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/David Hill, Paul Provost (org) (Hyperion CDA 67576)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  HAYDN: String Quartet in Eb Op 33/2, Joke; BRAHMS: String Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 51 - Weller Quartet (Decca 475 6796)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  K YOUNG: Five Piano Pieces - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D016)

  HAMILTON: Transatlantic - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Ode CD ODE 1308)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 12 in G minor - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  JARNEFELT: Berceuse - Jaakko Kuusisto (vln/dir), Lahti SO (BIS CD 1753)

  MAHLER: Fourth movement, Adagietto, from Symphony No 5 in C# minor - New York Phil/Zubin Mehta (Warner 8573 80438)

  GLINKA arr Balakirev: The Lark - Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67806)

  ARNOLD: English Dances Suite No 2 - Philharmonia/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8867)

  6:00 NIELSEN: Helios Overture - Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Dacapo 6.220518)

  F JACKSON: Moonrise - John Turner (recorder), Manchester Chamber Ensemble/Philip Mackenzie (Dutton CDLX 7191)

  J THOMAS: The rising of the Sun - Sebastien Lipman (harp) (Naxos 8.570372)

  ROMBERG: Softly, as in a morning sunrise, from New Moon - José Carreras (ten), Tallis Chamber Choir, London Musicians Orch/David Giménez (Erato 0630 17789)

  O'BOYLE: Sunrise on the coast - Riley Lee (shakuhachi), Queensland SO/Sean O'Boyle (ABC Classics 462 723)

  BLODEK: Moonrise, from In the Well - Prague SO/Václav Smetácek (Supraphon 10 1429)

  CARLE arr Hayman: Sunrise Serenade - Bob Winter (pno), Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68598)

  DELIUS: A song before sunrise - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (EMI CDZ 7 62529)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  1928 Columbia Competition

  To mark the centenary of the death of Schubert the 'Columbia Graphophone Company of Great Britain' held a much-publicised competition for composers to submit a completion of Schubert's 'Unfinished' Symphony.

  Were they serious? Well, there were 513 entries but the winning work became known as the 'Dollar Symphony' and caused an international controversy. Presented by Steve Danby (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Sara Macliver (sop), Kate Spence (mezzo), James Oxley (ten), Jared Holt (bass), University of Auckland Chamber Choir, Auckland Philharmonia/Stephen Layton

  BACH: Mass in B minor BWV232 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  PÄRT: Fratres - Matthew Barley (cello), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Quartz QTZ 2032)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor K491 - Alessio Bax (pno), Southbank Sinfonia/Simon Over (Signum SIGCD 321)

  B ORR: A John Gay Suite - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 10409)

  11:00 STANFORD: Cello Sonata No 2 in D minor Op 39 - Alison Moncrieff Kelly (cello), Christopher Howell (pno) (Meridian CDE 84482)

  BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in E G275 - Isaac Stern, Cho-Liang Lin (vlns), Jaime Laredo (vla), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Sharon Robinson (cello) (Sony SK 53983)

Next day - Fri 19

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