Wednesday 29 January 2014 Rāapa 29 Kohi-tātea 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  SCRIABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy; Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 29 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 218)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor; HARWOOD: Sonata No 1 in C# minor; PARRY: Chorale Prelude; STATHAM: Rhapsody on a Ground; WALFORD DAVIES: Solemn Melody; ELGAR arr Gower: Enigma Variations, Nimrod; MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonata in A Op 65/3 (1); MENDELSSOHN arr Best: War March of the Priests; SUMSION: Ceremonial March - Robert Costin (organ of the Wellington Town Hall) (Kiwi Pacific CD TRL 076)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  BIBER: Missa Salisburensis; Sonata tam aris quam aulis servientes; Sonata No 12 & No 5; Sancti Polycarpi; Plaudite tympana - Gabrieli Consort & Players, Musica Antiqua Cologne/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 471 632)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  HAYDN: Trios, No 40 in F# minor, Op 73/3; No 37 in D, Op 71/3; No 36 in Eb Op 71/2 - Jérome Hantaï (fpno), Philippe Couvert (vln), Alix Verzier (cello) (Naïve E 8811)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  Stokowski Orchestral Transcriptions

  BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor; Prelude in Eb minor; Geistliches Lied, Mein Jesu; Chorale Prelude, Wir glauben all' an einen Gott; Chorale from Easter Cantata; Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor; BYRD: Pavan, The Earl of Salisbury & Galliard; CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary; SCHUBERT: Moments musicaux, No 3 in F minor; CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor Op 17/4; TCHAIKOVSKY: Chant sans paroles; DUPARC: Extase; RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2 - Czech Phil, London SO/Leopold Stokowski (London 448 946)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 PAISIELLO: Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Overture - Haydn Philharmonia/Ezio Rojatti (Nuova Era 6726)

  NYMAN: The heart asks pleasure first, from The Piano - Ahn Trio (EMI 5 57022)

  WAGENAAR: Summer of Life Op 21 - North West German Phil/Antony Hermus (CPO 777 479)

  FRANCHOMME: Variations on Russian & Scottish Themes - Roel Dieltiens (cello/dir), Ensemble Explorations (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1610)

  MOZART: Horn Concerto No 3 in Eb K447 - Anthony Halstead (natural horn), Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Nimbus NI 1756)

  7:00 ABERT arr Fritsche: Variations for doublebass & string orchestra - Renger Woelderink (dbass), Stuttgart CO/Michael Hofstetter (Hänssler CD 98.610)

  D SCARLATTI arr Attademo: Keyboard Sonata in A Kk209 - Luigi Attademo (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 9125)

  SCHUMANN arr Josef Strauss: Träumerei, from Kinderszenen Op 15 - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223562)

  POULENC: Trois mouvements perpétuels - William Bennett (fl), Nicholas Daniel (ob), James Campbell (cl), Rachel Gough (bsn), Richard Watkins (horn), Chris West (dbass), members of the Allegri String Quartet chamber ensemble (Cala CACD 1018)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music - Singers from Opera Rochester, Rochester Phil/Christopher Seaman, Juliana Athayde (vln) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7567)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: GAUTIER DE COINCY: Douce Dame - Ian Harrison (cornetto), Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7317)

  COATES: Knightsbridge, from London Suite - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Naxos 8.553596)

  PLATTI: Oboe Concerto in G minor - Albrecht Mayer (ob/dir), New Seasons Ensemble (Decca 478 0313)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr Rachmaninov: Flight of the Bumblebee; RACHMANINOV: Elegy Op 3/1; Barcarolle Op 10/3 - Sergei Rachmaninov (pno roll) (Telarc CD 80489)

  HOLBROOKE: Three Blind Mice Op 37/1, Symphonic Variations on an old English Air - Brandenburg State Orch/Howard Griffiths (CPO 777 442)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  JÄRNEFELT: Symphonic Fantasy - Lahti SO/Jaakko Kuusisto (BIS CD 1753)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 5 in F Op 103, Egyptian - Brigitte Engerer (pno), Paris Orchestral Ensemble/Andrea Quinn (Mirare MIR 079)

• 10:00 AM. Morning Concert

  NZTrio, Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei

  HAYDN: Symphony No 60 in C, Il distratto; GENDALL: Triple Concerto; DEBUSSY: La Boîte à joujoux (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• 11:35 AM. More Works

  PLEYEL: Sinfonia Concertante No 5 in F - Dagmar Becker (fl), Wolfgang Meyer (cl), Bruno Schneider (horn), Rainer Schottstädt (bsn), Württemberg CO, Heilbronn/Jörg Faerber (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 321 0396)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  ENESCU: Piano Trio in A minor; Aria and Scherzino - Remus Azoitei (vln), Schubert Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 10790)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Introduction - The Lilac Fairy; Adagio - Pas d'action; Pas de caractère (Puss in Boots & the White Cat), from Sleeping Beauty - New Zealand SO/Alexander Lazarev (Private)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 32 in C minor Op 111 - Paul Lewis (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMV 90 1909.11)

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

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 1, Kreutzer Sonata - Emerson String Quartet (rec 2008) (DG 477 8093)

  MOZART: Deh, vieni, non tardar; Voi che sapete, from The Marriage of Figaro - Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Lyon Opera Orch/Kazushi Ono (rec 2010) (Virgin 6 41986)

  DEBUSSY: Fantasy for piano & orchestra - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno), BBC SO/Yan Pascal Tortelier (rec 2010) (Chandos CHSA 5084)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  FARQUHAR: Suite for guitar - John Mills (gtr) (Kiwi CD SLD 88)

  REGER: Variations & Fugue on a theme of Hiller Op 100 - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Naxos 8.553079)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  ELGAR: Imperial March Op 32 - BBC Phil/George Hurst (Naxos 8.550634)

  WIENIAWSKI: Scherzo-Tarentelle in G minor Op 16 - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Ian Brown (pno) (EMI 5 57916)

  HARTY: Fantasy Scenes, from An Eastern Romance - Ulster Orch/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.557731)

  MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Michael Collins (cl), Piers Lane (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10615)

  STRAUSS: Dance of the seven veils, from Salome - Dresden State Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli (DG 449 216)

  6:00 J STRAUSS II arr Schönherr: Excursion Train Polka Op 281 - Queensland SO/Vladimir Ponkin (ABC Classics 432 250)

  LUMBYE: Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop - Odense SO/Peter Guth (Unicorn-Kanchana DKP CD 9089)

  MARTINU: Le Train hauté - Karel Kosárek (pno) (Supraphon SU 3937)

  ROSENBERG: Railway Fugue, from Journey to America - South West German Radio Orch/Jirí Stárek (Hänssler CD 93.187)

  HAMMOND/HAZELWOOD arr Knight: I'm a train - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

  COPLAND: John Henry, A railroad ballad - South West German Radio SO/Jirí Stárek (Hänssler CD 93.187)

  RR BENNETT: Theme & Waltz, from Murder on the Orient Express - Philip Fowke (pno), RTE Concert Orch/Proinnsías O Duinn (Naxos 8.554323)

  WHITE: Puffin' Billy - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66868)

  A RITCHIE: Birds & a Steam Train in the Catlins - Tom McGrath (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5098)

  J STRAUSS I: Railway Delight Waltz - Slovak State Phil/Mika Eichenholz (Marco Polo 8.223470)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Brilliant Brass

  For summer we repeat this popular first series of Brilliant Brass, hosted by David Bremner

  Whether it's jazz, orchestral, solo or band music, brass-playing is in pretty good heart, both in NZ and around the world. Starry soloists, smooth ensembles and inspired composers are leading the way for thousands of people in the brass community

  (4) Today's programme features cross-genre NZ composer Ross Harris, colourful jazz trombonist Wycliffe Gordon (who's also been known to turn his hand to didgeridoo, trumpet, piano and even sing), and the always elegant quintet Canadian Brass (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  War & Peace

  Five programmes

  (4) Rita Connolly (voice), Gerard McChrystal (sax), Liam O'Flynn (uilleann pipes), Noel Eccles (perc), members of the Neilston & District Pipe Band, RTE National SO/Gearóid Grant

  S DAVEY: The Brendan Voyage; The Relief of Derry Symphony (The Symphony of Peace) (recorded in the National Concert Hall, Dublin by Irish Radio)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  PROKOFIEV: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 58 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Russian State SO/Valery Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9890)

  DITTERSDORF: Symphony No 1 in C, The Four Ages of the World, from Symphonies on Ovid's Metamorphoses - Failoni Orch/Hanspeter Gmür (Naxos 8.553368)

  11:00 BRAHMS: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 - Takács Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67552)

  RIES: Flute Quartet in C Op 145/1 - Oxalys (Fuga Libera FUG 576)

Next day - Thu 30

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