Tuesday 4 June 2013 Rātū 4 Pipiri 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  JC BACH: Symphonies, Op 6/1-6; Op 18/2, 4 & 6 - Netherlands CO/David Zinman (Philips 442 275)

  1:05 approx - Disc 2

  MALIPIERO: Preludi Autunnali; Barlumi; Maschere Che Passano; Poemi Asolani; Omaggi; A Claudio Debussy - Sandro Ivo Bartoli (pno) (ASV CD DCA 929)

  2:15 approx - Disc 3

  SCHUBERT: Lieder - Christine Schaefer (sop), Matthias Görne (bar), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDJ 33027)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  BERWALD: String Quartets, No 1 in G minor; No 2 in A minor; No 3 in Eb - Yggdrasil Quartet (BIS CD 759)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  SIBELIUS: Scaramouche Op 71; The Language of the Birds, Wedding March - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 502)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 NIELSEN: Helios Overture - South Jutland SO/Niklás Willén (Naxos 8.557164)

  RAVEL arr Bream: Pavane for a Dead Princess - Julian Bream, John Williams (gtrs) (RCA RD 83257)

  STENHAMMAR: Two Sentimental Romances Op 28 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Dala Sinfonietta/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572827)

  GIAMPIERI: Variations on The Carnival of Venice - Mark Walton (cl), Paul Bateman (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 001)

  SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 1 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

  LIADOV: Kikimora Op 63 - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Artek AR 0056)

  7:00 LANNER: Die Schönbrunner, Waltz - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 185)

  LILBURN: Introduction & Allegro - NZSO CO (RNZ)

  GRANADOS arr Saleski: Andaluza, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Lily Maisky (pno) (DG 477 8100)

  SMETANA: Skocná, from The Bartered Bride - Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 419 768)

  MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Mihaela Ursuleasa, Lars Vogt (pno duo) (EMI 5 57798)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MOZART: Et incarnatus est, from Mass No 18 in C minor K427, Great - Sylvia McNair (sop), Lisa Beznosiuk (fl), Anthony Robson (ob), Alastair Mitchell (bsn), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 420 210)

  STRAVINSKY: Lullaby & Finale, from The Firebird - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (CBS MK 39563)

  PURCELL: Fantasias, No 7 in C minor; No 8 in D minor; No 9 in A minor (all in 4 parts) - Fretwork (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7502)

  WAGENAAR: Twelfth Night Op 36 - Vera Badings (harp), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 425 833)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  JOHN DOWLAND (1563-1626)

  Can she excuse my wrongs; Sir John Smith, his Almain; Sorrow stay; Burst forth my tears; Away with these self-loving lads - Damien Guillon (countertenor), Eric Bellocq (lute) (Zig Zag ZZT 110102)

  The Earle of Essex Galiard; M John Langton's Pavan; The King of Denmark's Galiard; Sir Henry Umpton's Funerall; Sir John Souch his Galiard; M Henry Noel his Galiard - Dowland Consort/Jakob Lindberg (lute/dir) (BIS CD 315)

  Songs from the Labyrinth, music by John Dowland interspersed with extracts from a letter written by Dowland in 1595 to Sir Robert Cecil - Sting (vocalist/lute), Edin Karamazov (lute) (DG 703139)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 7 in D Op 10/3 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2012)

  IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Caucasian Sketches, Suite No 1 Op 10 - Ukraine National SO/Arthur Fagen (Naxos 8.553405)

  ELGAR: Sea Pictures Op 37 - Janet Baker (mezzo), London Phil/Vernon Handley (LPO 0046)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Lighten Up

  Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

  2013 Olivier Awards

  SONDHEIM: Pretty women/Epiphany, from Sweeney Todd

  Sweeney Todd............. Michael Ball

  Judge Turpin................ John Bowe

  Mrs Lovett................... Imelda Stauton

  2012 London Cast Ensemble & Orch/Nicholas Skilbeck (First Night CASTCD 113)

  HAMLISCH: At the ballet, from A Chorus Line

  Sheila........................... Carole Bishop

  Bebe............................. Nancy Lane

  Maggie......................... Kay Cole

  Shubert Theatre Orch/Don Pippin (Columbia 433 581)

  SONDHEIM: Worst pies in London, from Sweeney Todd Mrs Lovett Imelda Staunton

  2012 London Cast Orch/Nicholas Skilbeck (First Night CASTCD 113)

  BERLIN: Let's face the music and dance, from Top Hat

  Jerry Travers................ Tom Chambers

  Dale Tremont............... Summer Strallen

  Original London Cast Ensemble & Orch/Dan Jackson (First Night Records CASTCD 115)

  SONDHEIM: By the sea, from Sweeney Todd

  Mrs Lovett................... Imelda Staunton

  Sweeney Todd............. Michael Ball

  2012 London Cast Orch/Nicholas Skilbeck (First Night CASTCD 113)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  HANDEL: Piangerò, la sorte mia, from Giulio Cesare - Isabel Bayrakdarian (sop), Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Jeanne Lamon (vln/dir) (CBC SMCD 5233)

  GERSHWIN orch Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue - Peter Donohoe (pno), London Sinfonietta/Simon Rattle (EMI CDC 7 47991)

  HAYDN: The Seasons (Winter) - 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

  Janos Starker (1924-2013)

  BACH: Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV1008 - Janos Starker (cello) (rec 1992) (RCA 09026 61436)

  SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor Op 129 - János Starker (cello), London SO/Antal Dorati (rec 1962) (Mercury 432 010)

  VIVALDI: Cello Sonata No 5 in E minor RV40 - Janos Starker (cello), Stephen Swedish (pno) (rec 1966) (Mercury 434 344)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  GLINKA: Ruslan & Lyudmila, Overture - NZSO National Youth Orch 2005/Edwin Outwater (Private)

  IRELAND: Santa Chiara; When lights go rolling round the sky - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (EMI 5 58076)

  VANHAL: Flute Quartet in Bb Op 7/2 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Janaki String Trio (Naxos 8.570234)

  YIN/CHU/SHENG/LIU arr Gang/ed Jie: Yellow River Piano Concerto - Chen Jie (pno), New Zealand SO/Carolyn Kuan (Naxos 8.570607)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  DELIUS: On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, from Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (Collins Classics 16082)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Chôros No 1 - Fabio Zanon (gtr) (BIS CD 1450)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre - Luben Yordanoff (vln), Paris Orch/Daniel Barenboim (DG 415 847)

  PROKOFIEV: Montagues & Capulets, from Romeo & Juliet - NHK SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 190)

  DVORÁK: Rondo in G minor Op 94 - Pierre Fournier (cello), Lamar Crowson (pno) (DG 477 5939)

  J STRAUSS II: Artists' Life Waltz - Vienna SO/Yakov Kreizberg (Pentatone PTC 5186 052)

  6:00 NIELSEN: Saga Dream - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS 1839/40)

  SIBELIUS: Impromptu Op 19 - women of Dominante Choir, Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1565)

  Finland Awakes - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1115)

  KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro in the style of Pugnani - Tasmin Little (vln), John Lenehan (pno) (BIS CD 1744)

  SCHMITT: Sonatine en trio Op 85 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Paul Meyer (cl), Eric Le Sage (pno) (EMI 5 57948)

  CHOPIN: Mazurkas, in F minor Op 7/3; in C# minor Op 63/3; in A minor Op 17/4 - Vassily Primakov (pno) (Bridge 9289)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  8:00 Metropolis New Music Festival

  Three programmes

  (1) Hila Plitmann (sop), Thomas Adès, Zubin Kanga (pnos), David Thomas (cl), Melbourne SO/Oliver Knussen

  STRAVINSKY: Ebony Concerto; KNUSSEN: Hums & Songs of Winnie-the-Pooh; NANCARROW arr Adès: Studies 6 & 7; ADÈS: Life Story; Concerto Conciso (recorded by ABC Classic FM)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

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