Wednesday 23 October 2013 Rāapa 23 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  LISZT: Hungarian Fantasy; Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb; Piano Concerto No 2 in A; Totentanz - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 433 075)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  PAGANINI: 24 Caprices for solo violin Op 1 - Midori Seiler (vln) (CBS MK 44944)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  SCHUBERT: Die Nacht; Die Nachtigall; Wehmut; Der Gondelfahrer; Mondenschein; Nachthelle; Das Dorfchen; Die Einsiedelei; Sehnsucht; Grab und Mond; Frühlingsgesang; Liebe; Widerspruch; An den Frühling; La pastorella; Ständchen; Der Entfernten - Karl Dent, Richard Clement (tens), Martha Hart (mezzo), Norman Mackenzie (pno), Mary Akerman (gtr), Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80340)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  ELLER: Elegia for harp & strings; Five Pieces for string orchestra; Tone Poem, Dawn; RAID: Symphony No 1 in C minor - Eluned Pierce (harp), John Digney (ob), Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8525)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  WALTON: Façade, Long Steel Grass; STEVENS: Symphony of Liberation, Resistance; FRANKEL: First movement, from Symphony No 5; SEARLE: First movement, from Symphony No 2; FRANKEL: Carriage & Pair; WALTON: Old Sir Faulk, from Façade; Touch her soft lips & part, from Henry V; Gloria, from Christopher Columbus; ALWYN: First movement, from Lyra Angelica; Prelude to Odd Man Out; BLISS: Pastoral, The Pigeon Song, Lie strewn the white flocks; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending; LEIGHTON: Adagio molto, Third movement, from Symphony No 3 - Susana Walton (narrator), Della Jones (mezzo), Arthur Davies, Neil Mackie (tens), Michael Davis (vln), Rachel Masters (harp), Westminster Singers, London SO, Royal Scottish National Orch/Bryden Thomson, Northern Sinfonia, City of London Sinfonia, Bournemouth SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 7008)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 ELGAR arr Milone: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - Natalie Clein (cello), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley (EMI 5 01409)

  GROVLEZ: Les Marionettes; La Sarabande; Chanson du Chasseur, from L'Almanach aux Images - Peter Katin (pno) (Simax PSC 1067)

  D SCARLATTI arr Tommasini: Good-Humoured Ladies - English Concert Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 818)

  GRIEG arr Baadsvik: Norwegian Dance Op 35/1 - Oystein Baadsvik (tuba), Musica Vitae/Björn Sagstad (BIS CD 1285)

  ALBÉNIZ: Seville, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (Tsiboulski APT-CD 101)

  BEETHOVEN: First movement, Allegro assai, from Violin Sonata No 8 in G Op 30/3 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Alexander Melnikov (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2025.27)

  WARLOCK arr Lane: Folksong Preludes - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2139)

  7:00 HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 7/6 - Richard Egarr (org/dir), Academy of Ancient Music (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7447.48)

  BANTOCK: Two Scottish Poems, Song to the seals; My luve is like a red, red rose - Elysian Singers/Sam Laughton (Meridian CDE 84570)

  KABALEVSKY: Colas Breugnon, Overture - Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer (CBC SMCD 5069)

  RACHMANINOV: Prelude in Gb Op 23/10 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 5 57943)

  KELLY: Three Pieces for strings - Irish CO/Fionnuala Hunt (Black Box BBM 1003)

  VERDI: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Va pensiero, from Nabucco - St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 459 146)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MARTUCCI: Notturno Op 70/1 - English CO/Alfredo Bonavera (Hyperion CDA 66290)

  HALVORSEN: Passacaglia after Handel - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Gautier Capuçon (cello) (Virgin 5 45586)

  GJEILO: Unicornis captivatur - Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5100)

  TRAD arr Barton Pine/Fraser: Medley of Scots' Tunes, Lament of Flora MacDonald; The Waukin of the Fauld; Miss Lyall or Mrs Grant of Laggan; Timour the Tatar - Rachel Barton Pine (vln), Alasdair Fraser (fiddle), Scottish CO/Alexander Platt (Cedille CDR 90000 083)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Caprice arabe Op 96 - Julian Reynolds, Peter Lockwood (pno duo) (Globe GLO 5152)

  MARQUEZ: Dance No 2 - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 7457)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  NED ROREM (b 23 October 1923)

  Arise Shine - Harvard University Choir/Murray Forbes Somerville, Jung-A Lee (org) (Black Box BBM 1102)

  Water Music - Margaret Batjer (vln), Gary Gray (cl), Los Angeles CO/Jeffrey Kahane (RCA 09026 63512)

  Poems of Love and the Rain, excerpts - Beverly Wolff (mezzo), Ned Rorem (pno) (Phoenix PHCD 108)

  Book of Hours, for flute & harp - members of Fibonacci Sequence (Naxos 8.559128)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Bournemouth SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9221)

  BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 10 in G Op 96 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Alexander Melnikov (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2025.27)

  DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Berlin Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 474 780)

  MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 5 in D Op 107, Reformation - Berlin Deutsches SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 470 946)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  TURINA: Danzas fantásticas Op 22 - BBC Phil/Juanjo Mena (Chandos CHAN 10753)

  VILLA-LOBOS arr anon: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Anna Prohaska (sop), Milos Karadaglic (gtr) (DG 479 1421)

  CHABRIER: España - Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5122)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  ZAPPA arr Askin: G-Spot Tornado - Ensemble Modern/Frank Zappa (Rykodisc RCD 40560)

  C STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerto No 3 in Bb - Sabine Meyer (cl), ASMF/Iona Brown (dir) (EMI CDC 7 54842)

  GESUALDO: Voi volete ch'io mora ... Moro on non moro, from Madrigals, Book 3 - Delitiae Musicae/Marco Longhini (Naxos 8.570549)

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 11 in A K331 - Wilhelm Kempff (pno) (DG 477 5907)

  BACH: Agnus Dei, from Mass in B minor - Sergei Nakariakov (flugelhorn), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Teldec 0630 10788)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  HAYDN: String Quartet in Eb Op 0 - Angeles String Quartet (rec 1994-1999) (Philips 464 650)

  HUMMEL: Piano Concerto in B minor Op 89 - Stephen Hough (pno), English CO/Bryden Thomson (rec 1986) (Chandos CHAN 8507)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  MOUQUET: Flute Sonata Op 15, La flûte de Pan - Bridget Douglas (fl), Rachel Thomson (pno) (Trust MMT 2039)

  TRAD: Hinemoa; arr Puanaki: Ka Waiata - 1998 New Zealand National Youth Choir; 1996 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2016)

  BARTÓK: String Quartet No 1 Sz40 - New Zealand String Quartet (Manu CD MANU 1513)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  DI VITTORIO: Overtura Respighiana - CO of New York "Ottorino Respighi"/Salvatore di Vittorio (Naxos 8.572333)

  BRIDGE: A Sea Idyll - Mark Bebbington (pno) (Somm SOMMCD 082)

  BRAHMS: How lovely are thy dwellings, from A German Requiem - Atlanta Symphony Chorus & Orch/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80119)

  PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue in D - Charles Medlam (cello/dir), London Baroque (BIS CD 1135)

  TÁRREGA: Capricho árabe - Mattias Jacobsson (gtr) (Avie AV 2254)

  W LLOYD WEBBER: Air & Variations - John Bradbury (cl), James Cryer (pno) (Naxos 8.570539)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Closing Waltz, Grand Finale, from The Nutcracker - Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev (Philips 462 114)

  6:00 ROSSINI: Il signor Bruschino, Overture - Prague SO/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.570934)

  IDENSTAM: Halling IV; TRAD arr Idenstam Serra - Johan Hedin (nyckelharpa), Gunnar Idenstam (org) (Caprice CAP 21807)

  DELIUS arr Fenby: La Calinda, from Koanga - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Tartar TRL 020)

  GRAINGER arr Higgins: The lost lady found, from A Lincolnshire Posy - Chicago SO Brass/Mark Ridenour (Chicago SO CSOR 901 1103)

  SULLIVAN: The Lost Chord - Thomas Allen (bar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67290)

  KENNEDY/KROKE MEMBERS: Lost in Time - Nigel Kennedy (vln) (EMI 5 57511)

  JEFFES: Music for a Found Harmonium, from Four Pieces for Orchestra - BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Decca 425 218)

  SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Ab D899/4 - Paul Lewis (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2115.16)

  KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Bolshoi SO/Alexander Lazarev (Warner 8573 80438)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Planets

  Gustav Holst's 'The Planets' is a triumph of orchestration, but many of its features and innovations are taken for granted. Thomas Goss takes us on a tour of the unique architecture and fascinating conception of this 20th-century masterpiece (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  San Francisco Symphony Centennial Season

  Seven programmes

  (2) San Francisco SO/Michael Tilson Thomas

  MOZART: Symphony No 35 in D K386, Haffner; ADÈS/ROSNER: Polaris, Voyage for Orchestra; STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (recorded in the Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco by WFMT)

• 9:25 PM. Music for a While

  W HAYES: The Passions, Overture - Capriccio Basel (Capriccio 71 135)

  PURCELL: Sweeter than roses, from Pausanias; Dear, pretty youth, from The Tempest; Music for a while, from Oedipus; There's not a swain, from Rule a Wife & Have a Wife; An evening hymn, from Harmonia sacra - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Jory Vinikour (hpschd/chamber org), Jakob Lindberg (theorbo) (Archiv 477 5114)

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

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  LINDPAINTNER: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb - Aulos Wind Quintet, Stuttgart Radio SO/Bernard Güller (Koch Schwann 311 121)

  ELLER: Five Pieces for string orchestra - Tallinn CO/Tônu Kaljuste (ECM 1745)

  GRIEG arr Kraggerud/Lund: Violin Concerto No 1 in F Op 8 - Henning Kraggerud (vln/dir), Tromsø CO (Naxos 8.573137)

  11:00 MOZETICH: Angels in flight - Erica Goodman (harp), Nora Shulman (fl), Shalom Bard (cl), Penderecki String Quartet (CMC CMC CD 14009)

  VAN EECHAUTE: Suite ancienne - Peter Vanhove (pno) (Pavane ADW 7463)

  RHEINBERGER: Three Sacred Songs Op 69, Morning Song; Hymn; Evening Song - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5055)

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