Schedule for Thursday 25 April 2013

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for strings; Elegie; Suite No 4 in G, Mozartiana; Sleeping Beauty (orch Stravinsky), excerpts; String Quartet No 1 in D (orch Serebrier), Andante Cantabile - John Doig (vln), Scottish Chamber Orch/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 719)
1:15 approx - Disc 2
MOLTER: Sonata in F for two wind bands; Cello Concerto in C; Overture in C minor; Sinfonia in F; Oboe Concerto in C minor; Sinfonia in F - Roman Storojenko (cello), Voichita Popa (ob), Josef Bock (hpschd), Europa Symphony/Wolfgang Gröhs (Arte Nova 74321 40741)
2:30 approx - Disc 3
STANFORD: Stabat Mater Op 96; Bible Songs Op 113; Te Deum laudamus - Ingrid Attrot (sop), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo), Nigel Robson (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9548)
3:45 approx - Disc 4
LILBURN: Three Sea Changes; Sonatina No 2; Prelude (1951); From the Port Hills; Sonata (1956); Nine Short Pieces; Adagio Sostenuto; Two Preludes (1951); Sonata (1949) - Margaret Nielson (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)
4:55 approx - Disc 5
BACH: Suite in E BWV1006a; Prelude in C minor BWV999; Fugue in G minor BWV1000; Suite in G minor BWV995 - Nigel North (baroque lute) (Amon Ra CD SAR 23)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 SALIERI: The Cave of Trofonio, Overture - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Michael Dittrich (Marco Polo 8.223381)
LISZT arr Oistrach: Valse-Caprice No 6, from Soirées de Vienne after Schubert - Ingolf Turban (vln), Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Lukas Maria Kuen (pno) (Oehms Classics OC 415)
VIVALDI: Trio Sonata in A minor RV86 - Pamela Thorby (recorder), Peter Whelan (bsn), La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (Avie AV 2201)
ALBÉNIZ arr Feola: Asturias; Castilla, from Spanish Songs Op 232 - Giuseppe Feola (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 94047)
BRAHMS: Second movement, Andante moderato, from Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 - Vienna Phil/Carlo Maria Giulini (DG 429 403)
7:00 BENDA: Symphony No 8 in D - Prague CO/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.553409)
CORELLI: Violin Sonata in D minor Op 5/12, La follia - members of the Purcell Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66226)
BACH orch Barbirolli: Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208, Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHSA 5030)
BOSSI: Scherzo in G minor Op 49/2 - Gillian Weir (organ of Milwaukee's Performing Arts Centre) (Koss KC 1013)
MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 66815)
8:00 Beauty Spot: HANDEL: Care selve, from Atalanta - Arleen Augér (sop), Mostly Mozart Orch/Gerard Schwarz (Delos CD 3026)
BIZET: March, from Jeux d'enfants - New Zealand SO/Donald Johanos (Naxos 8.553596)
PERGOLESI: Sinfonia in F - Natalia Pavlutskaya, Alexander Ivashkin (cellos) (Alma Classics CD MANU 5031)
SMETANA: Richard III - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)
KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, excerpts - Peter-Lukas Graf (fl), Konrad Ragossnig (gtr) (Claves CD 50-2013)
WALTON: Orb & Sceptre - English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel (Naxos 8.553981)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH (1688-1758)
Concerto in D FWV L/D3 for two trumpets, timpani, two oboes, bassoon & violin - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)
Sonata in G for flute & two recorders - members of Collegium Marianum (Supraphon SU 4002)
Chalumeau Concerto in Bb - Colin Lawson (chalumeau), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 449 210)
Trio Sonata in D minor - Antichi Strumenti (Stradivarius STR 33632)
Concerto for trumpet & 2 oboes in D FWV L/D1 - Giuliano Sommerhalder (tpt), Basel CO/Julia Schröder (DHM 88697 44641)
10:00 AM. The Works

SIBELIUS: The wood nymph Op 15 - Helsinki Phil/John Storgårds (Ondine ODE 1147)
DVORÁK: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 53 - Tasmin Little (vln), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley (EMI CDB 7 62920)
TURINA: Piano Trio No 1 Op 35 - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67889)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 2 in D Op 36 - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Rafael Kubelík (DG 477 5838)
Noon The Mozart Question

Children's author Michael Morpurgo takes part in a dramatisation of his story charting a small boy's discovery of his love for the violin, and of his parents' traumatic past in a concentration camp during the Second World War
MORPURGO: The Mozart Question
Paolo............................ Michael Morpurgo
Lesley.......................... Alison Reid
Jack Liebeck (vln), London Phil/Nicholas Collon (LPO 0067)
1:30 PM. For the Children

GRAINGER: Children's March, Over the Hills and Far Away - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 246)
DEBUSSY: Children's Corner - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 5 00272)
ELGAR: Dream Children Op 43 - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar (Chandos CHAN 6544)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

HAYDN: Symphony No 8 in G, Le Soir - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 296 1767)
PALESTRINA: Alma Redemptoris Mater - Julian Podger (ten), Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 462 050)
MARX: Quartetto in modo classico - Thomas Christian Ensemble (CPO 777 066)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 9 in C - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (rec 1992/3) (RCA 09026 68069)
May Breezes Op 62/1; Spinning Song Op 67/4, from Songs without Words; Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 25 - Rudolf Serkin (pno), Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (rel 1990) (CBS M2YK 45675)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers
OSWIN: Three Gallipoli Settings, Gallipoli Peninsula; The last to leave; Spirit of ANZAC - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 2011-12/Andrew Withington (NZSSC)
BRUNI: Duo Concertante in C Book 4/5 - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla) (Naxos 8.572522)
MOZART: Se all'impero, from La Clemenza di Tito - Keith Lewis (ten), NZSO CO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2022)
CORTESE: I Dream'd in a Dream - Alexa Still (fl), Stephen Gosling (pno) (Koch KIC CD 7658)
WAGNER: Selige Öde auf wonniger Höh'! - Das is kein Mann!, from Siegfried - Simon O'Neill (ten), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (EMI 4 57817)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Overture - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 6 42122)
POULENC: French Suite after Claude Gervaise - London Wind Orch/Denis Wick (ASV White Line CD WHL 2067)
J STRAUSS II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka - Julian Reynolds Peter Lockwood (pno duo) (Globe GLO 5143)
PUCCINI: Minuet No 2 in A - Berlin Radio SO/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 410 007)
ABERT arr Fritsche: Variations for doublebass & string orchestra - Renger Woelderink (dbass), Stuttgart CO/Michael Hofstetter (Hänssler CD 98.610)
WALDTEUFEL: Très jolie Waltz - Czecho-Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223441)
6:00 SUPPÉ: The Africa Voyage - Slovak State Phil/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.223864)
SAINT-SAËNS: Africa, Fantasy Op 89 - Stephen Hough (pno), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Danse Nègre, from African Suite - Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman (Cedille CDR 90000 055)
TRAD African arr Bennett/Lenehan/Lloyd Webber: African Crib Carol - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI 3 59488)
BASLER: Gloria, from Missa Kenya - Robert Wiremu (bar), David Squire (congas), Rowan Johnston (talking drum), 2001-2002 NZ Secondary Students' Choir/Elise Bradley (Private)
GRAY arr Lane: The African Queen - City of Prague PO/Gavin Sutherland (ASV CD WHL 2142)
BODY: Chedo, from African Strings - Norio Sato, Kei Koh (gtrs) (Rattle RAT D009)
ROSSINI: The Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - National Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 400 049)
7:00 PM. Appointment

Napier Cathedral Organ 2013
This important instrument has been restored and enlarged to become New Zealand's most advanced cathedral organ. Kerry Stevens follows the restoration which honours the organ builders who have contributed to the instrument over many decades (RNZ)
(The opening recital on the rebuilt organ, given by the titular organist at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, Olivier Latry, can be heard next Monday night in Music Alive)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

ANZAC Day Special
James Egglestone (ten), New Zealand SO/Tecwyn Evans
WOODS: God Defend New Zealand; EDWARDS: Symphony No 1, Da Pacem Domine; BLAKE: Till Human Voices Wake Us; ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma (recorded yesterday, 24th April, in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)
10:00 PM. Day's End

RODRIGO: Elogio de la guitarra - Charles Ramirez (gtr) (Signum SIGCD 244)
BLOCH: Baal Shem - Joshua Bell (vln), Baltimore SO/David Zinman (Decca 452 851)
11:00 WEBER: Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op 34 - Wolfgang Meyer (cl), Eisler Quartet (Avi Music AVI 8553216)
TOCH: String Quartet No 7 in G Op 15 - Buchberger Quartet (CPO 999 775)
GREEN: Sunset - Band of the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Manu CD MANU 1286)