Thursday 23 May 2013 Rāpare 23 Haratua 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  HELLENDAAL: Concerti Grossi Op 3 Nos 1-6 - Andrew Manze (vln), European Community Baroque Orch/Roy Goodman (Channel CCS 3492)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44; BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34 - Jenö Jandó (pno), Kodály Quartet (Naxos 8.550406)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  BRITTEN: Les Illuminations Op 18; Sinfonietta Op 1; Nocturne Op 60 - Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (ten), London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 682)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos, No 3 in C minor Op 37; No 4 in G Op 58 - Diedre Irons (pno), Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2051)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  PONCE: Sonatina Meridional; Variations on a theme of Cabezon; Theme, Variations & Finale; Suite in A; Tropico; Cancion popular Gallega; Theme, 20 Variations & Fugue on Folie d'Espagne - Diego Blanco, Jukka Savijoki (gtrs) (BIS CD 255)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 WAGENAAR: Romantic Intermezzo Op 13 - North West German Phil/Antony Hermus (CPO 777 479)

  TELEMANN arr Maute: Concerto in E minor TWV52/1 - Ensemble Caprice/Matthias Maute (dir/fl) (Analekta AN 2 9919)

  BRAHMS arr Bailey: Scherzo, from FAE Sonata in A minor - Zuill Bailey (cello), Awadagin Pratt (pno) (Telarc TEL 32664)

  LEFEBURE-WELY: Pastorale in C - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5009)

  SIBELIUS: Suite for violin & strings Op 117 - Pekka Kuusisto (vln/dir), Tapiola Sinfonietta (Ondine ODE 1074)

  MOERAN: On a May Morning - Duncan Honeybourne (pno) (EM Records EMRCD 012/013)

  MOURANT: The pied piper - George Macdonald (cl), Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford (Sanctuary CD RSN 3046)

  7:00 TRAD arr Langford: Fantasy on British Sea Songs - Auckland Brass/Nigel Weeks (Kiwi CD SLC 247)

  FAURÉ: Pavane - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

  PUCCINI: String Quartet in D - Quartetto Puccini (ASV CD DCA 909)

  TRAD arr Poster/Balsom: Nobody Knows - Alison Balsom (tpt), BBC Scottish SO/Lawrence Renes (EMI 6 78590)

  FRANÇAIX: Les bosquets de Cythère - Ulster Orch/Thierry Fischer (Hyperion CDA 67384)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MENDELSSOHN: Verleih' uns Frieden - Corydon Singers, English CO/Matthew Best, John Scott (org) (Hyperion CDA 66359)

  MONTSALVATGE: Divertimentos - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.570744)

  HASSE: Sinfonia in D, from Alcide al bivio - moderntimes 1800/Ilia Korol (dir) (Challenge CC 72193)

  LLOBET: El Noi de la Mare; El testament d'Amelia; Canço del Lladre, from Catalan Folksongs - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private)

  STANFORD: Jig, from Six Irish Fantasies - Lucy Gould (vln), Benjamin Frith (pno) (Naxos 8.572452)

  DVORÁK: Hussite Overture Op 67 - London SO/István Kertész (Decca 425 061)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)

  The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, excerpts

  Beckmesser's Serenade ... Fight Scene, from Act 2; Entrance of The Mastersingers ... Song Contest, from Act 3 Scene 5

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

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

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

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

  Pognor......................... Peter Lagger

  Walter.......................... Plácido Domingo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 10:05 AM. The Works

  MOZART: Divertimento in D K136 - Concerto Cologne/Anton Steck (Archiv 477 5800)

  RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre - Charles Ramirez (gtr), CO of Europe/Douglas Boyd (Signum SIGCD 244)

  FAURÉ: Pelléas & Mélisande, Concert Suite - Atlanta SO/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80084)

  MENDELSSOHN: Cello Sonata No 2 in D Op 58 - Johannes Moser (cello), Pavel Kolesnikov (pno) (Honens 2012 03)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 9 in Eb Op 70 - Prague SO/Maxim Shostakovich (Supraphon SU 3890)

• 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

  RAPEE: Charmaine - Mantovani & his Orchestra (London 800 085)

  VANGELIS: Love theme, from Missing - Gheorghe Zamfir (pan fl), studio orch (Philips 810 966)

  FARNON: Cascades to the Sea - Peter Breiner (pno), Bratislava Radio SO/David Farnon (Vocalion CDLK 4146)

  LEIGH: The impossible dream, from The Man of La Mancha - Robert Goulet (bar) (Columbia 444 402)

  POPP: Love is blue - Paul Mauriat & his Orch (Philips 810 025)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  VALENTINI: Concerto Grosso in D minor Op 7/3 - Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (dir) (Zig Zag ZZT 020 801)

  BACH: Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor BWV582 - Douglas Mews (organ of the Katharinenkirche, Braunschweig) (Douglas Mews DCM 001)

  SCHUBERT: Notturno in Eb D897 - Macquarie Trio (ABC Classics 465 792)

  PUCCINI: Crisantemi - I Musici (Fonè SACD 063)

  BELLINI: Vaga luna che inargenti - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), James Levine (pno) (Decca 455 513)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: The Assault on Beautiful Gorky, from The Unforgettable Year 1919 - Martin Roscoe (pno), BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10361)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  VERDI: Requiem - Leontyne Price (sop), Janet Baker (mezzo), Veriano Luchetti (ten), José van Dam (bass), Chicago SO & Chorus/Georg Solti (rec 1977) (RCA 86977 05692)

• 4:30 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  A RITCHIE: A Bugle will do - New Zealand SO/Tecwyn Evans (Atoll ACD 741)

  JANÁCEK: Violin Sonata - Justine Cormack (vln), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 101)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SIBELIUS: Alla marcia, from Karelia Suite - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572704)

  HANDEL: Dixit Dominus, from Dixit Dominus - Elin Manahan Thomas (sop), Ruth Massey (contralto), Mark Dobell (ten), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16102)

  CHAMINADE: Automne - John Ogdon (pno) (EMI CDZ 7 62525)

  FARR: Waipoua - Mary Scott (cl), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2044)

  O'CONNOR: Misty Moonlight Waltz - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 66782)

  GRANADOS arr Miolin: Oriental, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Anders Miolin (gtr) (BIS CD 1116)

  RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso, from Miroirs - Basque National Orch/Gilbert Varga (Claves CD 50-2101)

  6:00 COPLAND: Simple gifts, from Appalachian Spring - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 64059)

  PLUHAR/GALEAZZI arr Pluhar: Ninna Nanna sopra la Romanesca - Lucilla Galeazzi (sop), Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)

  PETIT: Toccata - Heinrich Albert Duo (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1348)

  DEBUSSY orch Caplet: Golliwog's Cakewalk, from Children's Corner - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8756)

  FAGAN arr Barley: Walk between the raindrops - Viktoria Mullova (vln), Julian Joseph (pno) (Philips 464 184)

  GRAINGER: Walking Tune - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery (Chandos CHAN 6542)

  TRAD arr Burton: Maria walks along the shore - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)

  GERSHWIN: Promenade: Walking the dog, from Shall We Dance? - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (BBC Music BBC MM 234)

  CARRENO: Vals gayo - Clara Rodriguez (pno) (Nimbus NI 6103)

  SCHUMANN: Genoveva, Overture - Berlin Phil/Rafael Kubelík (EMI 5 62863)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  A feature recorded in 1999 by New Zealander Barry Empson, who passed away recently at the age of 67 (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Direct from the Auckland Town Hall

  Organ Spectacular

  Six New Zealand composers team up with six of this country's finest organists

  Auckland Philharmonia/Hamish McKeich

  HAMILTON: Chimera - John Wells (org)

  A YOUNG: Theme & Variations for organ & orchestra - Rachael Griffiths-Hughes (org)

  ELLIS: Relish in Immature Bombast - Timothy Noon (org), Jono Sawyer (drums)

  (Interval)

  YOUENS: Tiraki - Nicholas Forbes (org)

  HOADLEY: Huia - Indra Hughes (org)

  C ADAMS: Mahuika - Nicholas Sutcliffe (org) (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GODARD: Scènes poétiques Op 46 - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Kirk Trevor (Naxos 8.570554)

  CRUSELL: Bassoon Concertino in Bb - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10613)

  11:00 GREGSON: Tributes - Michael Collins (cl), Michael McHale (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10758)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence, String Sextet in D minor Op 70 - IPO Richter String Quartet (Helicon 02-9639)

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