Schedule for Thursday 28 November 2013

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
REGER: Variations & Fugue on a theme of Mozart Op 132; Variations & Fugue on a theme of Hiller Op 100 - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Naxos 8.553079)
1:10 approx - Disc 2
LECUONA: Rapsodia Negra for piano & orchestra; Suite Espanola; Ante El Escorial; Zambra Gitana; Aragonesa; Granada; Zambra; San Fransisco El Grande; Aragón; Preludio en la Noche; La Habanera; Mazurka en Glissande; Canto del Guajiro; Three Miniatures; Canto Sibony; Noche Azul - Thomas Tirino (pno), Polish National Radio SO/Michael Bartos (BIS CD 754)
2:30 approx - Disc 3
TRAD arr Beethoven: Music, love & wine; Bonny laddie, Highland laddie; I'll praise the saint with early song; Sally in our alley; Sunset; Faithfu' Johnnie; Behold, my love; His boat comes on the sunny tide; Enchantress, Farewell; The pulse of an Irishman; To the aeolian harp; O Charlie is my darling; Duncan Gray; To the blackbird; 'Tis sunshine at last; Cease your funning; Oh sweet were the hours; Save me from the grave & wise; Farewell bliss & farewell Nancy; Love without hope; Farewell thou noisy town; He promis'd me at parting; The monks of Bangor's march; Robin Adair; O swiftly glides the bonny boat; Sad & luckless was the season; Come draw we round a cheerful ring; The sweetest lad was Jamie; Come fill, fill, my good fellow - Elaine Woods (sop), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Josef Protschka (ten), Richard Salter (bar), Christian Altenburger (vln), Julius Berger (cello), Helmut Deutsch (pno) (Sony SK 64301)
3:40 approx - Disc 4
DVORÁK: Piano Quintet Op 81; String Quartet No 12 Op 96, American - Hiroko Nakamura (pno), Tokyo String Quartet (CBS MK 44920)
4:45 approx - Disc 5
KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, Suite No 4; Masquerade Suite; Music from the Ballet, Circus; Dance Suite - St Petersburg State SO/André Anichanov, Moscow SO/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.550802)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 M HAYDN: Symphony No 7 in E - Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal (CPO 999 591)
FISCHER: Prelude in F - Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque hp) (DHM 05472 77386)
GIBBONS: O clap your hands - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Conifer 75605 51231)
FIELD arr Lane: Concertino for flute & chamber orchestra - Jennifer Stinton (fl), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7151)
ROSSINI: Mon prélude hygienique du matin - Paolo Giacometti (pno) (Channel Classics CCS 13898)
KREISLER: Sicilienne & Rigaudon, in the style of Francoeur - Akiko Suwanai (vln), Philharmonia/Charles Dutoit (Philips 475 6189)
7:00 HANDEL: Chaconne in G HWV435 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)
SAINT-SAËNS: Allegro Appassionato Op 43 - Johannes Moser (cello), Stuttgart Radio SO/Fabrice Bollon (Hänssler CD 93.222)
IBERT: Cinq pièces en trio - Fibonacci Sequence (Deux-Elles DXL 1104)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Nation shall not lift up a sword, from Dona nobis pacem - Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony/Andrew Davis (CBC SMCD 5054)
RIES: Ouverture bardique WoO24 - West German Radio SO/Howard Griffiths (CPO 777 609)
8:00 Beauty Spot: SIUNETSI arr Erazhisht: My heart is trembling - Anna Mailian (mezzo), Sharakan Grigor Danielian (Celestial Harmonies 13116)
KOMITAS arr Aslamazian: Dear Shogher; The sky clouded over; Allegro, from Ten Armenian Folk Songs & Dances - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 10094)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 20 in G Op 49/2 - Mari Kodama (pno) (PentaTone PTC 5186 304)
DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)
TRAD arr Crespo: Three Spirituals, The battle of Jericho; Nobody knows; Swing low, sweet chariot - German Brass/Enrique Crespo (dir) (EMI CDC 7 49170)
DI VITTORIO: Overtura Respighiana - CO of New York "Ottorino Respighi"/Salvatore di Vittorio (Naxos 8.572333)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

EDWARD BENJAMIN BRITTEN, BARON BRITTEN (1913-1976)
The Sword in the Stone - Nash Ensemble/Lionel Friend (Hyperion CDA 66845)
Owen Wingrave, Act 2
Owen Wingrave........... Peter Coleman-Wright
Spencer Coyle.............. Alan Opie
Lechmere..................... James Gilchrist
Miss Wingrave............. Elizabeth Connell
Mrs Coyle.................... Janice Watson
Mrs Julian.................... Sarah Fox
Kate............................. Pamela Helen Stephen
General Sir Philip Wingrave/
Narrator....................... Robin Leggate
Tiffin Boys' Choir, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10473)
10:00 AM. The Works

BRUCH: Symphony No 1 in Eb Op 28 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 420 932)
MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 5 in Eb Op 44/3 - Zemlinsky Quartet (Praga PRD 250 269)
VAN EECHAUTE: Suite ancienne - Peter Vanhove (pno) (Pavane ADW 7463)
RODRIGO: Concierto madrigal - Amadeus Guitar Duo, Internationale Phil/Horst-Hans Bäcker (Hänssler CD 98.598)
Noon Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
1:30 PM. Recent Releases

LISZT arr Liszt/Doppler: Hungarian Rhapsody No 3 in Db S359/3 - Vienna Academy Orch/Martin Haselböck (CPO 777 797)
BACH arr Cortot: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565; BRAHMS arr Cortot: Wiegenlied Op 49/4; BACH arr Cortot: Second movement, Arioso, from Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor BWV1056; CHOPIN arr Cortot: Largo, from Cello Sonata in G Op 65; SCHUBERT arr Cortot: Heidenröslein D257 - He Yue (pno) (Grand Piano GP 641)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

SMETANA: The Bartered Bride, Overture - London SO/Geoffrey Simon (Chandos CHAN 8412)
VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerto in Bb RV502 - Klaus Thunemann (bsn), I Musici (PentaTone PTC 5186 154)
ROSSINI: Mura felici, from La donna del Lago - Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Royal Phil/Henry Lewis (Decca 421 306)
ALKAN: Forty-eight Esquisses, Book 2 - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67377)
SANCTUARY: Passio, from The heart has its reasons, Suite for organ, cello, bass clarinet and strings - Peter Togni (org), Christoph Both (cello), Jeff Reilly (bcl), Sanctuary String Orch/Alain Trudel (Warner Classics 2564 62019)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto in C Op 56 - Wolfgang Schneiderhan (vln), Pierre Fournier (cello), Géza Anda (pno), Berlin Radio SO/Ferenc Fricsay (rec 1960) (DG 477 5341)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV trans Rachmaninov: Flight of the bumblebee, from Tsar Saltan; RAMEAU trans Godowsky: Rigaudon; Elegie; Tambourin - Earl Wild (pno) (rec 1981) (Philips 456 991)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers
A celebration of NZ Women composers to mark the 120th anniversary today of women in New Zealand voting for the first time in a general election
BUCHANAN: Century fanfare, Peace - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Atoll ACD 100)
MCCALLUM: The moon's glow once lit - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2065)
SQUIRE: Dreambird - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)
FISHER: Pounamu - Elise Bradley (contralto), Richard Nunns (koauau), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2065)
WHITEHEAD: Lullaby for Matthew - David Guerin (pno) (SOUNZ Volume 1)
PRINCESS TE RANGI PAI arr Cooper: Hine e Hine - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), 1982 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Guy Jansen (Kiwi CD TRL 025)
FRANCHI: Suite for flute & harp - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)
MCLEOD: Little Symphony - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

NIELSEN: Masquerade, Overture - BBC Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 7025)
MYSLIVECEK: Quintet No 2 in G - L'Orfeo Wind Ensemble/Carin van Heerden (dir) (CPO 777 377)
POULENC: French Suite after Claude Gervaise - Lille National Orch/Jean-Claude Casadesus (Naxos 8.554241)
FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow, Richard Pearce (org) (Conifer CDCF 176)
CIMAROSA arr Renz: Oboe Concerto in Bb - Christoph Hartmann (ob), Berlin Ensemble (EMI 5 14232)
WIRÉN: March, from Serenade for Strings - Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu (Naxos 8.553596)
6:00 DELIUS: Air & Dance - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2136)
KHACHATURIAN: Festive Fanfares - brass partout/Hermann Bäumer (BIS CD 1274)
STRAUSS: Festival March - Mozart Piano Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 643 1355)
SIBELIUS: Andante festivo - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1265)
TRAD: The bright festival approaches - Hamrahlíd Choir/Thorgerdur Ingólfsdóttir (Iceland MIC ITM 8-09)
DRING: Festival Scherzo for piano & strings - Martin Roscoe (pno), Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67316)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Romance, from The Gadfly - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)
ZENAMON: Reflexões No 6 - Kimberly Patterson (cello), Patrick Sutton (gtr) (MSR MS 1430)
7:00 PM. Appointment

Stravinsky and the Machine
I consider that music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all, whether a feeling, an attitude of mind, a psychological mood, or a phenomenon of nature
Contentious words from Igor Stravinsky in his 1936 Autobiography, but what exactly did he mean by it? In this two-part series we gain an interpretation from New Zealand musicologist and author of Experiencing Stravinsky: A Listener's Companion (2013), Robin Maconie, who charts the fruitful relationship between Stravinsky's music and advents of technology, from the mechanical to the stereo and computer age
(2) The Nightingale (RNZ)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Direct from Auckland Town Hall
Settling the Score Live
The Big Reveal - Jim Mora and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra with Eckehard Stier conducting take to the stage to perform some of the orchestral works voted most popular the 2013 poll (RNZ)
10:00 PM. Day's End

RR BENNETT: Missa brevis - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium CSACD 901)
MAGNARD: Suite in the Ancient Style Op 2 - Luxembourg Phil/Mark Stringer (Timpani 1C 1067)
11:00 FARR: Taheke - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 709)
DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque - John Chen (pno) (RNZ)
STENHAMMAR: String Quartet No 5 in C Op 29, Serenade - Stenhammar Quartet (BIS SACD 2009)