Thursday 29 August 2013 Rāpare 29 Here-turi-kōkā 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  HANSON: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 33; The Lament for Beowulf Op 25; Symphony No 5 Op 43, Sinfonia Sacra - Seattle Chorale & SO/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3709)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  GARDNER: Petite Suite Op 245; McCABE: Domestic Life; LAWSON: Song of the Lesser Twayblade; LEIGHTON: Concerto Op 88; LANE: Suite Champêtre; MELLERS: Aubade; MILFORD: Two Pipe Tunes; KAY: Mr Pitfield's Pavane; DODGSON: Concerto Chacony - John Turner (rec), Keith Elcombe (hpschd), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV CD WHL 2143)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  VANHAL: Missa Pastoralis in G; Missa Solemnis in C - Mary Haines (sop), Nina Stoddart (contralto), Colin Ainsworth (ten), Steven Pitkanen (bass), Voices New Zealand, Aradia Ensemble/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.555080)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  BACH: Keyboard Concertos, No 1 in D minor BWV1052; No 5 in F minor BWV1056; Concerto for two harpsichords & strings BWV1060; Concerto in C for three harpsichords & strings BWV1064; Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords & strings BWV1065 - Raymond Leppard, Andrew Davis, Philip Ledger, Blandine Verlet (hpschds), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 422 497)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  GRIEG: Lyric Pieces, Op 12; Op 38; Op 43; Op 47 - Gerard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61568)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 KOEHNE: To His Servant Bach, God Grants a Final Glimpse, The Morning Star - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC 476 6502)

  MOZART trans Backhaus: Deh, vieni alla finestra, from Don Giovanni - Earl Wild (pno) (Sony SK 62036)

  SCHUBERT: String Trio in Bb D471 - Tres Cordes String Trio (Ode CD MANU 5122)

  C SCOTT: First Suite for Strings - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2139)

  GIESEKING: Sonatine for flute & piano - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Charles Abramovic (pno) (Avie AV 2076)

  ALBINONI: Violin Concerto in F Op 9/10 - Tanja Becker-Bender (vln), European Chamber Soloists/Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics 92791)

  7:00 STERNDALE BENNETT: The May Queen, Overture - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 206)

  PUCCINI: Humming Chorus, from Madame Butterfly - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus & Orch/Lamberto Gardelli (EMI CDM 7 69054)

  C SCHUMANN arr Nelleke: Three Romances Op 22 - Karine Georgian (cello), Jan Willem Nelleke (pno) (Naxos 8.572375)

  BEETHOVEN: Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage Op 112 - Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation Chorus & Orch/Lawrence Foster (PentaTone PTC 5186 359)

  CHABRIER: Impromptu in C - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion SACDA 67515)

  PLUHAR/TROVESI/BEASLEY: Turlurù (Bergamasca) - Marco Beasley (ten), Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: POULENC: Les chemins de l'amour - Jessye Norman (sop), Dalton Baldwin (pno) (Philips 420 213)

  A BUTTERWORTH: The Path across the Moors - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Sanctuary CD RSB 205)

  PAGANINI: Polacca in F - Peter-Lukas Graf (fl), Konrad Ragossnig (gtr) (Claves CD 50-2013)

  CASELLA: Third movement, Capriccio, from Scarlattiana Op 44 - Sun Hee You (pno), Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.572416)

  WAGNER arr Smith: Pilgrims' Chorus, from Tannhäuser - National Band of New Zealand/Kevin Jarrett (Kiwi Pacific CD SLC 226)

  IRELAND: Phantasie Trio in A minor - Gould Piano Trio (Naxos 8.570507)

  LILBURN: Festival Overture - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  JAN DISMAS ZELENKA (1679-1745)

  Concerto in G for eight concertanti parts - Das Neu Eröffnete Orch/Jürgen Sonnentheil (CPO 999 458)

  Magnificat in C - Barbora Sojková (sop), Musica Florea/Marek Stryncl (Supraphon SU 4111)

  Sonata No 4 in G minor for two oboes & bassoon - Paul Dombrecht, Ku Ebbinge (obs), Danny Bond (bsn), Richte van der Meer (cello), Robert Kohnen (hpschd) (Accent ACC 8848 D)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  DVORÁK: The Golden Spinning Wheel Op 109 - Netherlands Phil/Yakov Kreizberg (PentaTone PTC 5186 082)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Suite for cello & piano Op 16 - Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1962)

  HARTY: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 5 - Goldner Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67927)

  SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Dresden State Orch/André Previn (DG 463 790)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Lighten Up

  Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

  Rota and Rózsa go Roman

  ROTA: La Dolce Vita - Czech SO/Derek Wadsworth (Silvascreen 290129)

  RÓZSA: The Ides of March; Caesar's ghost; Approach of Octavian's army & death of Brutus, from Julius Caesar - National Phil/Bernard Herrmann (Decca 421 268)

  ROTA: Roma - Czech SO/Derek Wadsworth (Silvascreen 290129)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  CHOPIN: Rondo in C Op 73 - Simon Crawford-Phillips, Philip Moore (pno duo) (Naxos 8.572585)

  VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerto in C RV472 - Klaus Thunemann (bsn), I Musici (Philips 446 066)

  HOWELLS: The House of Mind - Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer, Harry Bicket (org) (Chandos CHAN 241-34)

  WELLS: Organ Concerto - John Wells (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) Christchurch Symphony/Brian Law (Ribbonwood RCD 1009)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture; Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 477)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  A RITCHIE: Brass Quintet - NZ Chamber Brass (Private)

  MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)

  OBRADORS: Five Classical Spanish Songs, To love; O heart, why lie awake?; With love, O mother; From the softest hair; A tiny little bride - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Decca 425 820)

  DVORÁK: Gypsy Melodies Op 55 - Keith Lewis (ten), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 6/11 - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 373 250)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  J STRAUSS II: Vienna Blood Waltz - Queensland SO/Vladimir Ponkin (ABC Classics 432 250)

  GRIEG arr anon: Homage March, from Sigurd Jorsalfar - Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow (pno duet) (Divine Art 25042)

  VERDI: Fuoco di gioia, from Otello - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus & Orch/Lamberto Gardelli (EMI CDM 7 69054)

  FALLA arr M Nakariakov: Spanish Dance, from La Vida breve - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Alexander Markovich (pno) (Teldec 4509 94554)

  JÄRNEFELT: Prelude; Berceuse - Jyväskylä SO/Kyösti Haatanen (Finlandia 4509 95706)

  DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour le Piano - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572296)

  MARTUCCI: Notturno Op 70/1 - La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti (Sony SK 53280)

  6:00 LEHÀR: Legends of the Danube - North German Radio Phil/Klauspeter Seibel (CPO 999 423)

  ANON: The legend of the twelve robbers - Boris Tchepikov (bass), Orthodox Singers Male Choir/Gueorgui Smirnov (Saison Russe RUS 288 158)

  SOUTULLO: The Legend of the Kiss, Intermezzo - Madrid Community Orch/Miguel Roa (Naxos 8.555957)

  WIENIAWSKI: Legend - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster (EMI CDC 5 55475)

  CHAUSSON: Two Duos Op 11, La Nuit; Réveil - Christine Schäfer (sop), Stella Doufexis (mezzo), Irwin Gage (pno) (DG 289 459 682)

  TRAD arr Meyer/O'Connor: Chief Sitting in the Rain - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 68460)

  M HAYDN: Symphony No 12 in G - Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal (CPO 999 154)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Music, Numerology and Bach

  Numerology is defined as the study of the supposed occult significance of numbers. Erin Helyard is a lecturer in historical performance at the NZ School of Music in Wellington. Amelia Nurse met him in the historical instruments room to talk about music, numerology and Bach (RNZ)

  BACH: Prelude & Fugue in F BWV901 - Anthony Jennings (hpschd) (Trust MMT 2024)

  Flute Sonata in C BWV1033 - Andrea Oliva (fl), Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67897)

  Chorale Prelude, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - Gillian Weir (organ of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig) (Priory PRCD 800)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  BBC Proms 2013

  30 programmes from the world's greatest classical music festival

  (5) Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), Palestine Strings, members of Orchestra of Life

  VIVALDI: Four Seasons (recorded in the Royal Albert Hall by the BBC)

  (Programme 6 tomorrow at 8 pm)

• 9:15 PM. War Sonatas

  PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No 8 in Bb Op 84 - Denis Kozhukhin (pno) (Onyx 4111)

  BIBER arr Schmelzer: Sonata, Victori der Christen - Romanesca (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7143)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GABRIEL-MARIE: Miréio - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (ASV CD WHL 2147)

  KOECHLIN: Cello Sonata Op 66 - Peter Bruns (cello), Roglit Ishay (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.258)

  BRUCH: Symphony No 1 in Eb Op 28 - Weimar State Orch/Michael Halasz (Naxos 8.570994)

  11:00 NIELSEN: String Quintet in G - Young Danish String Quartet, Tim Frederiksen (vla) (Dacapo 6.220521)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 3 in C Op 2/3 - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

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