Wednesday 22 May 2013 Rāapa 22 Haratua 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  KORNGOLD: Between Two Worlds: Judgement Day; Symphonic Serenade Op 39; Theme & Variations Op 42 - Alexander Fry (pno), German Symphony Orch, Berlin/John Mauceri (Decca 444 170)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  BRAHMS: Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel Op 24; Four Ballades Op 10; Variations on a theme by Schumann Op 9 - Jorge Federico Osorio (pno) (ASV CD DCA 616)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  BRIDGE: Adoration; Go not, happy day; Love went a-riding; LILBURN: Elegy ; IRELAND: Great things; Sea fever; When lights go rolling round the sky; CW ORR: Song cycle, from A Shropshire Lad; FINZI: Let us garlands bring - Paul Whelan (bar), David Harper (pno) (Trust MMT 2023)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  SPOHR: String Quartets, No 3, Quatuor brillant in D minor Op 11; No 4 in Eb Op 15/1; No 6 in G minor Op 27 - New Budapest Quartet (Marco Polo 8.223254)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  PURCELL: Instrumental music, from Dioclesian; King Arthur; The Fairy Queen; The Indian Queen - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (Sony SK 66169)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 6/7 - Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7228/29)

  VILLA-LOBOS arr Primrose: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - António Meneses (cello), Celina Szrvinsk (pno) (Avie AV 2162)

  MASSENET arr M Nakariakov: Meditation, from Thaïs - Sergei Nakariakov (flugelhorn), Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Teldec 8573 80651)

  MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F K370 - Jonathan Kelly (ob), members of Brindisi Quartet (EMI CDZ 5 69702)

  GRAINGER: Dreamery - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)

  7:00 STERNDALE BENNETT: The Naiades, Overture - Philharmonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 206)

  BACH: Violin Sonata No 2 in A BWV1015 - Elizabeth Blumenstock (vln), John Butt (hpschd) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 7364.65)

  RAVEL arr Hoeree: Piece in the form of a Habanera - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)

  ALBÉNIZ arr Xuefei: Yang Tango, from España Op 165 - Xuefei Yang (gtr) (EMI 6 98361)

  DVORÁK: Two Waltzes Op 54 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: STRAUSS: Moonlight music, from Capriccio - Atlanta SO/Donald Runnicles (Telarc TEL 31755)

  ANON: Folias criollas - Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (vla da gamba/dir) (Alia Vox AVSA 9844)

  DELIBES arr Grafe: Les filles de Cadix - Sol Gabetta (cello), Prague Phil/Charles Olivieri-Munroe (RCA Red Seal 88697 35962)

  BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Paganini, Book 1 - Idil Biret (pno) (Naxos 8.550350)

  M PHILLIPS: Hampton Court Op 76 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2140)

  PASCULLI: Grand Concerto on themes from Verdi's Sicilian Vespers - Philippe Magnan (ob), I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9662)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)

  The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Act 1

  Walther........................ Plácido Domingo

  Eva............................... Catarina Ligendza

  Magdalene................... Christa Ludwig

  David........................... Horst R Laubenthal

  Sachs............................ Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

  Pogner.......................... Peter Lagger

  Beckmesser.................. Roland Hermann

  Vogelsang.................... Peter Maus

  Nachtigall.................... Roberto Bañuelas

  Kothner........................ Gerd Feldhoff

  Ortel............................. Klaus Lang

  Zorn............................. Loren Driscoll

  Moser........................... Martin Vantin

  Eisslinger..................... Karl-Ernst Mercker

  Foltz............................. Miomir Nikolic

  Schwarz....................... Ivan Sardi

  German Opera Chorus & Orch, Berlin/Eugen Jochum (DG 415 278)

• 10:30 AM. The Works

  RAFF: Romeo & Juliet, Overture - Philharmonia/Francesco d'Avalos (ASV CD DCA 793)

  SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata No 1 in F# minor Op 11 - Jin Ju (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 947 1681)

  PROKOFIEV: Symphony-Concerto in E minor Op 125 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Cologne Radio SO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste (Orfeo C 847 121)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Lighten Up

  Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

  The Bond Franchise

  NORMAN: The James Bond Theme - Roland Shaw & his Orchestra (Decca 417 854)

  BART arr Barry: From Russia with Love, from the Bond movie of the same name - Matt Munroe (vocalist) (EMI 5 23294)

  BARRY: Goldfinger - Roland Shaw & his Orchestra (Decca 417 854)

  Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley Bassey (vocalist), John Barry & his Orchestra (EMI 5 23294)

  007 Theme - Roland Shaw & his Orchestra (Decca 417 854)

  T NEWMAN: Brave new world; Jellyfish; Komodo Dragon, from Skyfall - from Skyfall Abbey Road Studios Orch/Thomas Newman (Sony 8876 540130)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  RACHMANINOV: Preludes, in G minor Op 23/5; in G# minor Op 32/12 - Denis Matsuev (pno) (RCA 88697 15591)

  GESUALDO: Hai rotto e sciolto, from Madrigals, Book 2 - Delitiae Musicae/Marco Longhini (Naxos 8.570549)

  BARBER: Cello Concerto Op 22 - Christian Poltéra (cello), Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (BIS SACD 1827)

  HARTY: With the Wild Geese - Ireland National SO/Proinssías O Duinn (Naxos 8.554732)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BEETHOVEN: String Trio in C minor Op 9/3 - Trio Zimmermann (rec 2010) (BIS SACD 1857)

  CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 48; Nocturnes Op 62; Nocturne in E minor Op 72/1 - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (rec 2005) (DG 477 5718)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire, Overture - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)

  IRELAND: Fantasy-Sonata in Eb - Murray Khouri (cl), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Continuum CCD 1038)

  BRIDGE: There is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook - NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7139)

  FARR: Waipiro - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

  RIES: First movement, Allegro con moto, from Piano Concerto in Ab Op 151, Gruss an den Rhein - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557638)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  WEBER orch Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Nimbus NI 7062/3)

  TELEMANN trans Williams: Bourrée alla Polacca - John Williams (gtr) (CBS MK 44518)

  ZIPOLI arr Hunt: Elevazione - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Niklass Veltman (cello), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

  KREISLER trans Rachmaninov: Liebesleid; Liebesfreud - Alessio Bax (pno) (Signum SIGCD 264)

  GERMAN: Nell Gwyn, Suite - Southern Festival Orch/Robin White (Flyback FBCD 2005)

  6:00 CURTIS: A Festival Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2085)

  BOÏELDIEU: Boléro, from La Fête du village voisin - Sumi Jo (sop), English CO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 440 679)

  CHAUSSON: Soir de Fête - Swiss Romande Orch/Marek Janowski (PentaTone PTC 5186 357)

  LISZT: Artist's Festive Procession S520, for the Schiller centenary - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66811/2)

  CHABRIER: Fête Polonaise, from Le Roi malgré lui - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

  ARNOLD: A Grand Grand Festival Overture - Helena Miles, Chris Hoyle (vacuum cleaners), Fiona Macintosh (floor polisher), BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10293)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  High-class Middlebrow

  Three British Light Music Conductors

  (1) John Wilson

  Brian Kay talks to conductor, composer, arranger John Wilson, whose musical genius is behind many successful projects in light music and film music. His annual concert with his own orchestra has become a huge hit at the BBC Proms and sells out quicker than any other (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  2011 Canberra International Music Festival

  Thirteen programmes

  (6) Stefan Stroissnig (pno)

  SCHUBERT: Impromptus D899; LISZT: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses; SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb D960 (recorded in the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra by ABC)

• 9:30 PM. Norse Romantics

  SVENDSEN: Norwegian Artist's Carnival - Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10766)

  GRIEG: The Last Spring Op 34/2 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Razumovsky SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.554497)

  SVENDSEN: Two Icelandic Melodies - Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10766)

  HALVORSEN: Sarabande con variazioni on a theme of Handel - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla) (Naxos 8.572522)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  PIZZETTI: Concerto dell'estate - Dimitris Kitsos (ob), Nikolos Dimopoulos (fl), Kosmas Papadopoulos (cl), Thessaloniki State SO/Myron Michailidis (Naxos 8.572013)

  PLEYEL: Symphony in Bb Ben125 - Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.572550)

  11:00 BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 - Murray Khouri (cl), John McCabe (pno) (Continuum CCD 1027)

  Piano Trio in A Op posth - Guarneri Trio Prague (Praga PRD 250 273)

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