Wednesday 4 December 2013 Rāapa 4 Hakihea 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  STILL: Symphony No 2 in G minor, Song of a New Race; DAWSON: Negro Folk Symphony; ELLINGTON: Harlem - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9226)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  PAGANINI trans Kraft: Grand Sonata; CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Capriccio diabolico Op 85; PONCE: Sonata romantica; CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Sonata in D Op 77 - Norbert Kraft (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 9033)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  HANDEL: Clori, mia bella Clori; Armida Abbandonata; Delirio Amoroso - Ann Murray (sop), Symphony of Harmony & Invention/Harry Christophers (Collins 15032)

  3:25 approx - Disc 4

  PONCHIELLI: Capriccio; HÜE: Petite Piece; PALADILHE: Solo for oboe; KALLIWODA: Le Morceau de Salon Op 228; PASCULLI: Concerto Sopra Motivi Dell'Opera La Favorita di Donizetti; DONIZETTI: Solo for oboe; FAURÉ: Piece; SCHUMANN: Three Romances Op 94; FRANCK: Piece No 5; SINIGAGLIA: 12 Variations on a Theme by Schubert Op 19 - John Anderson (ob), Gordon Back (pno) (ASV CD WHL 2100)

  4:40 approx - Disc 5

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Golden Cockerel Suite; The Tale of the Tsar Saltan Suite; The Flight of the Bumble-Bee, from Tsar Saltan; Christmas Eve Suite - Yuri Boghosian (vln), Digran Gevorgian (fl), Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian (ASV CD DCA 772)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/7 - Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1406/7)

  PAINE: Finchdean - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private)

  GERMAN: Valse Gracieuse - Ireland National SO/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.223726)

  DEBUSSY: Jardins sous la pluie, from Estampes - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

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

  ROSSINI: Serenata in Eb - Ensemble Explorations/Roel Dieltiens (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1847)

  RAVEL: Menuet antique - French National Orch/Eliahu Inbal (Brilliant Classics 6980)

  7:00 BACH: Chorale Prelude, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, followed by the Chorale on which it is based - Rodolfus Choir/Ralph Allwood, David Goode (organ of School Hall, Eton College, England) (BBC Music BBC MM 261)

  PUCCINI: Minuet No 1 in A - Berlin Radio SO/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 410 007)

  TANSMAN: Sonatine for bassoon & piano - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10521)

  MUSSORGSKY orch Rimsky-Korsakov: Dawn on the Moscow River; Prelude from Khovanshchina, Act 1 - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc SACD 60705)

  ARENSKY: Morceaux Op 42, Prelude; Romance; Etude - Anthony Goldstone (pno) (Divine Art DDA 25085)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E minor RV281 - Giuliano Carmignola (vln), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (Archiv 479 1075)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: HAWES: Fair Albion - Prague SO/Patrick Hawes (Signum SIGCD 178)

  MEDTNER: Four Lyrical Fragments Op 23 - Hamish Milne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67851)

  PRUDEN: Haast Highway - Skellerup Woolston Band/Mervyn J Waters (Kiwi SLD 66)

  GERSHWIN arr Villard: An American in Paris, excerpt - Michel Lethiec (cl), Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.570939)

  HAMILTON: Three Spirituals - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, Overture - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHSA 5047)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  LUCIANO BERIO (1925-2003)

  TRAD arr Berio: Folk Songs - Cathy Berberian (mezzo), Juilliard Ensemble/Luciano Berio (RCA 09026 62540)

  Concerto for 2 pianos & orchestra - Antonio Ballista, Bruno Canino (pno duo), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (RN Music MCCM 97033)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  HANDEL: Dixit Dominus HWV232 - Natalie Dessay, Karine Deshayes (sops), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Toby Spence (ten), Laurent Naouri (bass), Le Concert d'Astrée/Emmanuelle Haïm (Virgin 3 95241)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 13 - Quatuor Ebène (EMI 4 64546)

  STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto in D - Alex Klein (ob), Chicago SO/Daniel Barenboim (Teldec 3984 23913)

  SIBELIUS: Pelléas & Mélisande Op 46 - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 5 22055)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

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

  GOUNOD: Fantasy on the Russian National Hymn - Richard Prosseda (pedal piano), Swiss-Italian Orch/Howard Shelley (Hyperion CDA 67975)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

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

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great - Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (Helicon 02-9631)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 59 in Eb HobXVI/49 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (rec 1979) (Philips 416 643)

  Ragion nell'alma siede, from Il mondo della luna; Salamelica, Semprugna cara, from Lo speziale; Odio, furor dispetto, from Armida - Patricia Petibon (sop), Concerto Cologne/Daniel Harding (rec 2008) (DG 477 7468)

  String Quartet in A Op 2/1 - Angeles String Quartet (rec 1994-1999) (Philips 464 650)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  CARR: Gaudeamus Overture - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Corellia CRA 1005)

  HARTY: In Ireland - Amanda Hollins (fl), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 902)

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in C Op 6/10 - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 373 250)

  LISZT: My songs are poisoned; Sound softly, my song; My child, if I were king - Keith Lewis (ten), David Harper (pno) (Trust TRI 3002)

  GERSHWIN arr Wilkinson: Rhapsody in Blue - National Band of New Zealand/Kevin Jarrett (Kiwi Pacific CD SLC 226)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  GRAINGER: Country Gardens - CBSO/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 56412)

  SARASATE: Airs écossais Op 34 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Markus Hadulla (pno) (Naxos 8.570893)

  RESER arr Vappie: Suite for banjo & orchestra - Don Vappie (banjo), Hot Springs Music Festival SO/Richard Rosenberg (Naxos 8.559647)

  CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: A Midsummer Night's Dream Op 108 - West Australian SO/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.572500)

  TRAD arr Idenstam: Spel Jocke - Johan Hedin (nyckelharpa), Gunnar Idenstam (org) (Caprice CAP 21807)

  ALFVÉN: See how brightly shines the star - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

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

  6:00 GLINKA: Ruslan & Lyudmila, Overture - Sydney SO/Edo de Waart (ABC Classics 462 013)

  DUARTE: English Suite Op 31 - Antigoni Goni (gtr) (Naxos 8.554554)

  HANDEL: O ruddier than the cherry, from Acis & Galatea - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (DG 453 480)

  ABE: Dream of the cherry blossoms - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA RD 60557)

  TRAD arr Bridge: Cherry Ripe - NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7139)

  TRAD arr Hillier The Cherry Tree Carol - Theatre of Voices/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMX 297 7079)

  SATIE arr Milhaud: Jack-in-the-Box - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 470 290)

  PURCELL: Abdelazer, Suite - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Verdi & Shakespeare

  Two programmes

  A Verdi anniversary this year (200) and a Shakespeare one next (450) prompts Elizabeth Hudson to examine the inspiration that the English playwright was for the Italian composer

  (1) Early encounters (RNZ) (Programme 2 tomorrow night)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  The EBU Christmas Concerts

  Four Programmes

  (1) Rose Ensemble/Jordan Sramek

  With host Tom Crann and conductor Jordan Sramek in conversation

  ANON 14th Cent Czech: Dies est laetitiae; ANON 15th Cent Czech: Stala se jest vec divna; TRAD: Ukraine Today the Virgin; ZIELENSKI: Beata es Virgo; TRAD Plainchant: Hodie egressa est; ZIELENSKI: Magnificat; In Natali Domini; ANON 15th Cent Czech: De Nativitate Domino; Alma presul et beate; TRAD Slavonic: Nativity Tropar, Rozhdestvo tvoye Khriste; TITOV: Dostoyno yest (It is truly fitting); TRAD Ukraine: The heavens and the earth; KHVOSHCHINSKIY: Ave Maria (recorded in various locations and at various times by USA Radio, Minnesota)

• 9:00 PM. Becker plays Hindemith and Schmidt

  HINDEMITH: Piano Sonata No 1 in A - Markus Becker (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67977)

  SCHMIDT: Concertante Variations on a theme of Beethoven for piano (left hand) & orchestra - Markus Becker (pno), North German Radio Phil/Eiji Oue (CPO 777 338)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  SVENDSEN: String Quintet in C Op 5 - Oslo String Quartet, Henning Kraggerud (vla) (CPO 999 858)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Songs of Travel - Thomas Allen (bar), CBSO/Simon Rattle (EMI CDC 7 47220)

  11:00 KELLY: O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style - Irish CO/Fionnuala Hunt (Black Box BBM 1003)

  TROVESI/COSCIA: Sognando Hélène/Oui! c'est un rêve; Ah! que les hommes sont bêtes/Mon Dieu, mon Dieu; Piff, paff, pouff/La Duchessa nei caraibi; Ah! vivre deux/L'eccentrico inventore, after Offenbach's La Belle Hélène - Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), Gianni Coscia (accordion) (ECM 2217)

  TURINA: Piano Quartet in A minor Op 67 - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67889)

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