Friday 9 August 2013 Rāmere 9 Here-turi-kōkā 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  SCRIABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy; Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 29 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 218)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor; HARWOOD: Sonata No 1 in C# minor; PARRY: Chorale Prelude; STATHAM: Rhapsody on a Ground; WALFORD DAVIES: Solemn Melody; ELGAR arr Gower: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations; MENDELSSOHN: First movement, Maestoso, from Organ Sonata in A Op 65/3; arr Best: War March of the Priests, from Athalia; SUMSION: Ceremonial March - Robert Costin (organ of the Wellington Town Hall) (Kiwi Pacific CD TRL 076)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  BIBER: Missa Salisburensis; Sonata tam aris quam aulis servientes; Sonatas, No 12 & No 5; Sancti Polycarpi; Plaudite tympana - Gabrieli Consort & Players, Musica Antiqua Cologne/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 471 632)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  HAYDN: Trios, No 40 in F# minor, Op 73/3; No 37 in D, Op 71/3; No 36 in Eb Op 71/2 - Jérome Hantaï (fpno), Philippe Couvert (vln), Alix Verzier (cello) (Naïve E 8811)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  Stokowski Orchestral Transcriptions

  BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor; Prelude in Eb minor; Geistliches Lied, Mein Jesu; Chorale Prelude, Wir glauben all' an einen Gott; Chorale from Easter Cantata; Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor; BYRD: Pavan, The Earl of Salisbury & Galliard; CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary; SCHUBERT: Moments musicaux, No 3 in F minor; CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor Op 17/4; TCHAIKOVSKY: Chant sans paroles; DUPARC: Extase; RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2 - Czech Phil, London SO/Leopold Stokowski (London 448 946)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HANDEL: Keyboard Suite No 5 in E HWV430 from Set I (publ 1720) - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)

  M HAYDN: Bassoon Concertino in Bb - Laurence Perkins (bsn), Manchester Camerata/Douglas Boyd (Hyperion CDA 67288)

  MENDELSSOHN: German Mass - Eugenie Cheng (sop), Clare Wilkinson (contralto), Paul Casey (ten), Angus McCarey (bass), Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Chandos CHAN 10363)

  SCHREKER: Scherzo - Lucerne SO/John Axelrod (Nimbus NI 5808)

  GAUBERT: Pièce romantique - Emanuel Ensemble (Champs Hill CHRCD 023)

  SVENDSEN: Norwegian Rhapsody No 3 Op 21 - Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10711)

  7:00 COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man - London Symphony Brass/Eric Crees (RegisC 1209)

  SEIXAS: Sinfonia in Bb - Algarve Orch/Alvaro Cassuto (Naxos 8.557207)

  ACHRON: Two Hebrew Pieces Op 35 - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67841)

  GRISON: Toccata in F - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 603)

  KETÈLBEY: Wedgwood Blue - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223442)

  ROSSINI: Tancredi, Overture - Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI 5 62802)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: PÄRT: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 420)

  A THOMAS: Sivi grivi - Cavatina Duo (Cedille CDR 90000 117)

  CORELLI arr Barbirolli: Oboe Concerto - Brynjar Hoff (ob), English CO/Ian Watson (Simax PSC 1049)

  SCHUBERT: Die Taubenpost, from Schwanengesang - Ian Bostridge (ten), Antonio Pappano (pno) (EMI 2 42639)

  WARLOCK: Six English Tunes, The witch; Daphne; Strawberry leaves; Tickle my toe; Sweet youth; A toy - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

  NIELSEN: Serenata in vano - Stephen Stirling (horn), Fibonacci Sequence (Deux-Elles DXL 1122)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture Op 96 - St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (RCA 09026 68844)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  THE UNKNOWN STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)

  (6) Canons and Variations

  Robin Maconie presents four examples of Stravinskyan multi-part counterpoint drawing on different historical sources (RNZ)

  Music includes:

  Chorale Variations on Von Himmel hoch da komm' ich her - Festival Singers of Toronto, CBC SO/Igor Stravinsky (Sony 88697 10311)

  Threni, id est Lamentationes Jeremiae prophetae - Bethany Beardslee (sop), Beatrice Krebs (contralto), James Wainner, William Lewis (tens), Robert Oliver (bass), Mac Morgan (speaker), Schola Cantorum, Columbia SO/Igor Stravinsky (Sony 88697 10311)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 - Prague Phil/Jakub Hrusa (Supraphon SU 3932)

  SALZEDO: Variations on a theme in the old style - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80581)

  PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 63 - Janine Jansen (vln), London Phil/Vladimir Jurowski (Decca 478 3546)

  BRAHMS: Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 - London SO/Bernard Haitink (LSO Live LSO 0547)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Lighten Up

  Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

  From the Charts

  DOMINGUEZ arr Foster/Ross: Perfidia - Andrea Bocelli (ten), David Foster (keyboards), Ramon Stagnaro (gtr), Nathan East (dbass), Rafael Padilla (percussion), AIR Studios Orch/William Ross (Verve B001 7995)

  MASON arr Stevens/Nelson: Nearer my God to thee - Steven Sharp Nelson (cello) (Sony 88883 71094)

  LANGE: (Quello che faró) Sará per te - Katherine Jenkins (mezzo), Keith Scott (gtr), Philharmonia/Nicholas Dodd (Universal 270 9882)

  SAVIO: Batucada, from Cenas brasileiras - Milos Karadaglic (gtr) (DG 479 0063)

  ROMBERG: Overhead the moon is beaming, from The Student Prince - Piotr Beczala (ten), Royal Phil/Lukasz Borowicz (DG 479 0838)

  J STRAUSS II arr Rieu: Voices of Spring - Johann Strauss Orch/André Rieu (Universal 7532 38790)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BEETHOVEN: First, Second & Third movements, Allegro mo non troppo; Molto vivace; Adagio molto e cantabile, from Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125, Choral - West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Warner 2564 63927)

  MEALOR: Ubi caritas - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 136)

  ZIEHRER: The Vagabonds, Quadrille Op 496 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223814)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No 2 Sz112 - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), CBSO/Simon Rattle (rec 1992) (EMI CDC 7 54211)

  MASCAGNI: Ah! il suo nome!, from Lodoletta; PUCCINI: Sola, perduta, abbandonata, from Manon Lescaut; ZANDONAI: Ier dalla fabbrica a Triana, from Conchita - Renée Fleming (sop), Giuseppe Verdi Orch, Milan/Marco Armiliato (rec 2008) (Decca 478 1533)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  PSATHAS: Motet - Michael Houstoun, Diedre Irons (pno duet) (Rattle RAT D008)

  MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Dawn Harms (vln), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr Breiner: Voyevoda, Suite from The Queen of Spades - New Zealand SO/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.573015)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  DUBOIS: Toccata in G, from 12 New Pieces - Joseph Nolan (organ in the ballroom of Buckingham Palace, London) (Signum SIGCD 114)

  RAMEAU: Les Indes galantes, Overture - Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (L'Oiseau-Lyre 455 293)

  CACCINI arr Brinums: Ave Maria - Inessa Galante (sop), Latvian National SO/Alexander Vilumanis (CampionCD 1335)

  HILL: Blue evening; Valse lente; Waltz caprice - Asmira Woodward-Page (vln), Scott Davie (pno) (Artworks AW 034)

  PEJMAN: Dance, from the opera Samandar - Nuremberg SO/Alexander Rahbari (Colosseum COL 9035)

  YORK: Evening Dance - Slava Grigoryan, Leonard Grigoryan (gtrs) (ABC 472 824)

  LAURIDSEN: Sure on this shining night, from Nocturnes - Polyphony/Stephen Layton, Morten Lauridsen (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67580)

  BERNSTEIN: Times Square, 1944, from On the Town, Dance Episodes - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68786)

  6:00 MOZART: Don Giovanni, Overture - Norwegian National Opera Orch/Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve OP 30479)

  WILLAERT: A la fontaine du prez - Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet (NM Classics 92100)

  GRAINGER: Children's March, Over the Hills and Far Away - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 246)

  ENESCU: Sérénade Lointaine - Trio Brancusi (Zig Zag ZZT 303)

  CATALANI: Ebben?...Ne andrò lontana, from La Wally - Maria Callas (sop), Philharmonia/Tullio Serafin (rec 1954) (EMI CDC 7 47282)

  RUTTER: Distant Land - Royal Phil/John Rutter (Decca 476 124)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Sexteto Mistico - Lontano/Odaline de la Martinez (Lorelt LNT 102)

  WAGNER: In fernem land, from Lohengrin - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Mahler CO/Claudio Abbado (Decca 478 1463)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Critic's Chair

  Peter Mechen reviews recent releases (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Jennifer Zea (vocalist), Lucien Johnson (sax/fl), Mike Booth (tpt), Rodger Fox (tbn), Grant Winterburn (keyboards), Ricardo Izquierdo (percussion), Miguel Fuentes, Malcolm Ford, Rafael Ferrer (percussion)

  ZEA/CRAYFORD: Gato Negro; Juan Jose; ZEA/FIELD: Vacila; ZEA/FIELD/AESILI: Conscious Rhythms; DIAZ: Clavelito Colorado; ZEA Santos; ZEA/FIELD: Mi Niña; Ven; JOBIM: Wave; WONDER: Moon Blue; ZEA/FIELD Candelaria (recorded in the Opera House, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:15 PM. Let's Parley

  WELDON: Suite in D minor - Parley of Instruments (Chandos CHAN 0776)

  TORELLI: Sonata in D for trumpet & strings G7 - Alison Balsom (tpt), Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (org/dir) (Hyperion CDA 67359)

  ARNE: Cantata, The Morning; Sigh no more, ladies; Thou soft flowing Avon, from Much Ado About Nothing - Emma Kirkby (sop), Richard Morton (ten), Lisa Beznosiuk (fl), Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman (vln/dir) (Hyperion CDA 66237)

  DOWLAND: Captaine Digorie Piper his Pavan; Captaine Digorie Piper his Galiard; The Earle of Essex Galiard; Mr Henry Noel his Galiard; King Christian IV of Denmark his Galiard; The King of Denmarks Galiard - Paul O'Dette (lute), Parley of Instruments (Hyperion CDH 55339)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  CRAS: Piano Concerto - Alain Jacquon (pno), Luxembourg Phil/Jean-François Antonioli (Timpani 2C 2037)

  BUCHARDO: Argentinian Scenes - Entre Ríos SO/Gabriel Castagna (Chandos CHAN 10185)

  HATZIS: Old photographs, from Constantinople - Gryphon Trio (Analekta FL 2 3174)

  11:00 BACH: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony S2K 63203)

  DURUFLÉ: Four Motets on Gregorian themes Op 10 - Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse (Signum SIGCD 163)

  FIBICH: String Quartet No 2 in G Op 8 - Panocha Quartet (Supraphon SU 3470)

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