Tuesday 21 May 2013 Rātū 21 Haratua 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  HAYDN: Symphonies, No 45 in F# minor, Farewell; No 46 in B; No 47 in G - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66522)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  PAISIELLO: Piano Concertos, No 2 in F; No 4 in G minor; No 3 in A; No 6 in Bb - Mariaclara Monetti (pno), English CO/Stephanie Gonley (ASV CD DCA 872)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  HANDEL: Cantatas, Haec est Regina virginum; Ah! Che troppo ineguali; Donna, che in ciel di tanta luce splendi; Il pianto di Maria, Giunta l'ora fatal - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (Archiv 439 866)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  MARTINU: Sonata for flute, violin & piano; Promenades for flute, violin & harpsichord; Sonata for flute & piano; Five Madrigal Stanzas for violin & piano; Scherzo for flute & piano; Madrigal-sonata for flute, violin & piano - Angèle Dubeau (vln), Marc-André Hamelin (pno/hpschd), Alain Marion (fl) (Analekta FL 2 3031)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Orchestral Suites, Suite from Snow Maiden; Suite from Legend of the Invisible City of Kitzeh and the Maiden Fevroniya; Nuit sur le Mont Triglav - Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev (Pentatone PTC 5186 362)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage, Overture - London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 104)

  TRAD arr Russell: Three Celtic Pieces, Spatter the dew; Neil Gow's lament for the death of his second wife; The bucks of Oranmore - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1001)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS arr Greaves: Fantasia on Greensleeves - London SO/André Previn (EMI 3 82157)

  BARTÓK: Rhapsody No 2 Sz89 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Florent Boffard (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMN 91 1702)

  BALAKIREV orch Casella: Islamey - Philharmonia/Eugene Goossens (Medici Arts MM 009)

  7:00 BIZET arr Salzedo: Carmen, Pas de deux - City of Prague Phil/Julian Bigg (Dutton CDLX 7151)

  TURINA: The Bullfighter's Prayer Op 34 - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67889)

  GERSHWIN orch Grofé: The man I love, from Lady, Be Good! - Harmonie Ensemble, New York/Steven Richman (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7492)

  LISZT: Petrarch Sonnet No 104 - François-René Duchâble (pno) (Virgin 3 63278)

  VIVALDI: Double Concerto in D minor RV540 for viola d'amore & lute - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (dir) (Virgin 5 45723)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BALDWIN: O vos omnes - Lisette Wesseling (sop), Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Michael Fulcher (Private)

  PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet, from Romeo & Juliet - Cleveland Orch/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80551)

  WOLF: Italian Serenade - Brodsky Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10761)

  HUPFELD arr Williams: As time goes by, from Casablanca - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony SK 60773)

  DINICU arr Walton: Hora staccato; ITURRALDE: Pequeña Czarda; DRASKOCZY: Dances from Transylvania - Mark Walton (sax), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private)

  J STRAUSS II: Vienna Blood Waltz - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (Sony SK 45808)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)

  Lohengrin, excerpts

  Prelude to Act 1; Elsa's Dream (Einsem in trüben Tagen); Mich irret nicht ihr traümerzählung Mut; Euch lüften, die mein Klagen; Prelude to Act 3; Bridal Chorus (Treulich geführt ziehet dahin); Das süsse Lied verhallt; Fühl' ich zu dir so süss mein Herz entbrennen; Atmest du nicht mit mir die süssen Düfte?; Höchestes Vertraun hast du mir schon zu danken; In fernem Land; Mein Schwan!

  Elsa.............................. Jessye Norman

  Telramund.................... Siegmund Nimsgern

  King Henry.................. Hans Sotin

  Ortrud.......................... Eva Randová

  Lohengrin.................... Plácido Domingo

  Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 425 530)

• 10:20 AM. The Works

  SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Quartet in Bb Op 41 - Cristina Ortiz (pno), Fine Arts Quartet (Naxos 8.572904)

  BACH: Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln) (Philips 475 7552)

  MYASKOVSKY: Symphony No 2 in C# minor Op 11 - Russian Federation State SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Warner 2564 69689)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Lighten Up

  Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

  Playing at the Shubert Theatre

  ROMBERG: Will you remember?, from Maytime - Jeanette MacDonald (sop), Nelson Eddy (bar), orchestra/Nathaniel Shikret (ASV CD AJA 5124)

  PORTER: I love Paris; Can-Can, from Can-Can

  La Mome Pistache....... Lilo

  Shubert Theatre Orch, New York/Milton Rosenstock (Angel 7 64664)

  HAMLISCH: Nothing; One, from A Chorus Line - Priscilla Lopez (vocalist), Original Shubert Theatre Ensemble & Orch/Don Pippin (Columbia 433 581)

  MINCHIN: The smell of rebellion, from Matilda, the Musical

  Miss Trunchbull........... Bertie Carvel

  Royal Shakespeare Company Ensemble & Orch/Bruce O'Neil (dir/keyboard) (Royal Shakespeare Comp RSCE 002)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  FIELD: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb H27 - Míceál O'Rourke (pno), London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10468)

  HAYDN: The Seasons (Summer) - Miah Persson (sop), Jeremy Ovenden (ten), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass), London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0708)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  DELIUS arr Beecham: Walk to the Paradise Garden, from A Village Romeo & Juliet; A Song of Summer - London SO/John Barbirolli (rec 1966) (EMI CDC 7 47984)

  ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - Philharmonia/John Barbirolli (rec 1962) (EMI CDM 7 69185)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  RAMEAU: Pièces de clavecin en concerts No 5 - Restoration (Restoration CD 1042)

  HAMILTON: Elysian Fields - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2037)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 27 in E minor Op 90 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2001)

  VERDI: Più tranquilla l'alma sento, from The Force of Destiny - Patricia Hughes (sop), David Griffiths (bar), Noel Mangin (bass), Auckland Philharmonia/Brian Law (Kiwi CD SLC 234)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

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

  MOZART: Second movement, Adagio, from Violin Concerto No 3 in G K216 - Jan Talich (vln/dir), Talich CO (Calliope CAL 9365)

  SATIE: Gymnopédies - Philippe Entremont (pno) (CBS MYK 45505)

  CHOPIN: Variations on Non più mesta, from Rossini's La Cenerentola - Emily Beynon (fl), Philip Moore (pno) (Naxos 8.572585)

  PLAYFORD: Faronell's Division - Manfredo Kraemer (vln), Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (vla da gamba/dir) (Alia Vox AVSA 9844)

  BARBER: Adagio for Strings - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9684)

  6:00 GRANADOS: Collection of Tonadillas in the Antique Style, The Maja of Goya; The Discreet Lover; The Tralala & the Strum; The Timid Young Man; The Maja's Gaze; Love & Hate; Roaming; The Modest Damsels - Barbara Hendricks (sop), Love Derwinger (pno) (Arte Verum ARV 001)

  DUPARC: Chanson triste - Barbara Hendricks (sop), Lyon Opera Orch/John Eliot Gardiner (EMI CDC 7 49689)

  SMETANA: Sárka, from Má Vlast - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Antal Doráti (Newton 880 2073)

  BOWERMAN: String Quartet on a Prelude, Chorale & Fugue of César Franck - Bronte Quartet (Champs Hill CHRCD 033)

  SALIERI: Symphony in D, The Venetian - Lukas Consort/Viktor Lukas (CampionCD 1330)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  8:00 DAVE BRUBECK (b Dec 6 1920, d Dec 5 2012)

  Six programmes in which Norm Meehan looks at the life & music of the American jazz pianist

  (6) Serious music (RNZ)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

Next day - Wed 22

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