Monday 16 December 2013 Rāhina 16 Hakihea 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  BRAHMS orch Schoenberg: Piano Quartet in G minor; BRAHMS orch Rubbra: Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel Op 24 - London SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8825)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  CORIGLIANO: Sonata for violin & piano; PÄRT: Fratres; MORAVEC: Sonata for violin & piano; GLINSKY: Toccata-Scherzo; MESSIAEN: Praise to the Immortality of Jesus - Maria Bachmann (vln), Jon Klibonoff (pno) (Catalyst 09026 61824)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  LLOYD: Drop down ye heavens; TRAD: Lo! he comes with clouds descending; ORD: Adam lay ybounden; GUEST: The Lord at first did Adam make; BRAHMS: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her; HOWELLS: A spotless rose; MACONCHY: There is no rose; MENDELSSOHN: Ave Maria; BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin; HADLEY: I sing of a maiden; HOLST: This have I done for my true love; HOWELLS: Magnificat, The Gloucester Service; WARLOCK: Benedicamus Domino; TRAD: O little town of Bethlehem - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson (Nimbus NI 5414)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 17; PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No 3 Op 28; SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No 9 Op 68; RACHMANINOV: Etudes-tableaux Op 39 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2028)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  BIZET: Overture in A; Scene bohémiennes, La Jolie Fille de Perth; Symphony in C; Dramatic Overture, Patrie - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 452 102)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HAYDN: Symphony No 25 in C - Heidelberg SO/Thomas Fey (Hänssler CD 98.012)

  KOECHLIN: Bassoon Sonata Op 71 - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10521)

  TRAD: Three Irish & Scottish Songs, The Musical Priest/Scotch Mary Caledonia's Wail for Niel Gow; The Humours of Scariff - Jordi Savall (vla da gamba), Andrew Lawrence-King (Irish hp) (Alia Vox AVSA 9865)

  HANDEL: Oboe Concerto No 2 in Bb - Heinz Holliger (ob), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 426 082)

  SIBELIUS: Valse triste, from Kuolema - Royal Phil/Ole Schmidt (RegisC 1216)

  7:00 ANON: Nowell sing we - Tallis Scholars/Peter Philips (Gimell CDGIM 202)

  ELGAR: May Song - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

  SZELIGOWSKI: Four Polish Dances - Anna Ziólkowska (vln), Poznan Phil/Mariusz Smolij (Naxos 8.570371)

  LOEILLET trans Godowsky: Gigue - Konstantin Scherbakov (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223795)

  FRANÇAIX: Le Gay Paris - Prague Wind Quintet (Praga PRD 250 126)

  BEETHOVEN: Name-Day Overture Op 115 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 349)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  KOFRON: Sonatina for horn and piano - Premysl Vojta (hn), Tomoko Sawano (pno) (Supraphon SU 4125)

  VERDI: Anvil Chorus, from Il Trovatore - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus & Orch/Lamberto Gardelli (EMI CDM 7 69054)

  TARTINI: Violin Concerto in A D100 - Carlo Lazari (vln), L'Arte dell'Arco/Giovanni Guglielmo (vln/dir) (Dynamic CDS 591/1-2)

  FALLA arr Zabaleta: Serenata andaluza - Nicanor Zabaleta (harp) (Brilliant Classics 9059)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Air & Dance Bacchanale, from Samson & Delilah - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5104)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934)

  Walt Whitman Overture Op 7 - Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.572914)

  The Mystic Trumpeter - Claire Rutter (sop), Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555776)

  Symphony in F Op 8, The Cotswolds - Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.572914)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio Italien - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS SACD 1408)

  MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 - players from the Australian CO (BIS SACD 1984)

  ENESCU: Suite No 2 in D Op 10 - Matei Varga (pno) (Naxos 8.572120)

  STANFORD: Violin Concerto in D Op 74 - Anthony Marwood (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67208)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  JK PAINE: As You Like It, Overture - Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559747)

  BEACH: Berceuse - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Philharmonic/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

  TRAD: Shenandoah - Bryn Terfel (bar), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orch at Temple Square/Mack Wilberg (DG 479 1073)

  BARBER: Adagio for Strings - Keller Quartet (ECM 2197)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 - Martha Argerich (pno), Bavarian Radio SO/Kirill Kondrashin (Philips 446 673)

  MOZART: Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers de confessore K339 - Lucia Popp (sop), Bavarian Radio Chorus & SO/Kurt Eichhorn (RCA 09026 68606)

  FARR: Balinese Pieces, Sepuluh Jari; Tentang Cara Gamelan; Jangan Lupa - Henry Wong Doe (pno) (Trust MMT 2070)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Allegretto (Polka) for string quartet, after the Polka from the Ballet The Age of Gold Op 22; String Quartet No 12 in Db Op 133 - Emerson String Quartet (rec 1998) (DG 463 284)

  BARTÓK: Rhapsody No 2 Sz89 - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), CBSO/Simon Rattle (rec 1992) (EMI CDC 7 54211)

  STRAVINSKY: Concerto in D for strings - Orpheus CO (rec 1995-6) (Brilliant Classics 9089)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  LISZT: Ballade No 2 in B minor - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Integral INT 221.116)

  GRIEG: Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak - Brass Choir of the Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Airforce/Graham Hanify (Kiwi CD SLC 216)

  HAMILTON: Caliban's Song - Stanford Chamber Chorale/Stephen M Sano (Pictoria PR 11192)

  ROSSINI: A un dottor della mia sorte, from the Barber of Seville - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), New Zealand SO/James Judd (EMI 5 57605)

  WOLF Italian Serenade - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.557374)

  J RITCHIE: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings - Frank Gurr (cl), Alex Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (Kiwi CD SLD 107)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  GRAINGER: Handel in the Strand - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)

  KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro in the style of Pugnani - Tasmin Little (vln), John Lenehan (pno) (BIS CD 1744)

  LAURO: Venezuelan Waltzes - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1001)

  CIMAROSA: L'Impresario in Angustie, Overture - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Alessandro Amoretti (Naxos 8.570508)

  GLAZUNOV: Two Impromptus - Stephen Coombs (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66866)

  FUCIK: Florentine March Op 214 - Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell (Telarc CD 80099)

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

  6:00 TRAD arr Bond: Prepare a way for the Lord - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

  BEETHOVEN: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Maxim Vengerov (vln), London SO/Mstislav Rostropovich (EMI 3 36403)

  SARASATE: Introduction & Tarantella Op 43 - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Ian Brown (pno) (EMI 5 57916)

  MENDELSSOHN: Infelice!...Ah, Ritorna - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Maxim Vengerov (vln), La Scintilla Orch/Adam Fischer (Decca 475 9077)

  BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565 - Maxim Vengerov (baroque vln) (EMI 5 57384)

  SHCHEDRIN: Balalaika - Maxim Vengerov (vln) (EMI 5 57384)

  SMETANA: Prague Carnival - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10413)

• 7:00 PM. Composer of the Week

  In the final programme for 2013, Kenneth Young presents a portrait of GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934) (RNZ)

  A Song of the Night Op 19/1 - Janice Graham (vln), English Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths (Naxos 8.570339)

  A babe is born; Now let us sing; Jesu, Thou the Virgin-born; The Saviour of the world is born - Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom, with treble soloist & harpist (Portrait PCL 1002)

  A Somerset Rhapsody - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9420)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  NZTrio

  TURINA: Piano Trio No 2 in B minor Op 76; KERRY: Im Winde; A TAYLOR: burlesques mécaniques; DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90, Dumky (recorded in the Q Theatre Loft, Auckland by RNZ)

• 9:25 PM. Recent Baroque Releases

  MUFFAT: Armonico tributo Sonata No 2 in G minor - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

  BACH: Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (vln/dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2145)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  PARRY: Elegy for Brahms - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (BBC Music BBC MM 333)

  NIELSEN: Nine Songs, The wildest time; Often I'm glad; Tonight; Must the flower wither; She has forgotten me; Lower your head, O flower; How sweetly in the summer evening; Sunset; The moon is slowly rising - Academic Choir of Aarhus/Uffe Most (Danacord DACOCD 621)

  EWAZEN: Concerto for flute & chamber orchestra - Marya Martin (fl), Czech Phil/Paul Polivnick (Albany TROY 477)

  11:00 REGER: Clarinet Quintet in A Op 146 - Karl Leister (cl), Drolc Quartet (DG 477 5518)

  SZYMANOWSKI: Preludes Op 1 - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 1750)

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