Monday 3 February 2014 Rāhina 3 Hui-tanguru 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MASSENET: Hérodiade, Ballet Music; Orchestral Suite No 1; Orchestral Suite No 2, Scènes Hongroises; Orchestral Suite No 3, Scènes Dramatiques - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  DUARTE: Suite piemontese Op 46; Toute en ronde Op 57; Musikones Op 107; English Suite Op 31; Variations on a Catalan folk song Op 25; Birds Op 66; Homage to Antonio Lauro; Sonatinette Op 35 - Antigoni Goni (gtr) (Naxos 8.554554)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  SCHUMANN: Liederkreis Op 39; Twelve Poems Op 35 - Ian Partridge (ten), Thomas Hemsley (bar), Jennifer Partridge, Paul Hamburger (pnos) (BBC MM 122)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  ELGAR: Serenade in E minor for strings Op 20; MOZART: Serenade No 6 in D K239; DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music - Soloists of Australia/Ronald Thomas; London Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 6526)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  COATES: The Merrymakers; London Suite; Cinderella; The Selfish Giant; London Again Suite; Calling All Workers; March, The Dam Busters - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223445)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 VERDI ed Spada: Otello, Prelude - Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 767)

  BACH: Violin Sonata No 2 in A BWV1015 - James Ehnes (vln), Luc Beauséjour (hpschd) (Analekta AN 2 9829)

  SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Antal Doráti (Newton 880 2073)

  SCHMITT: Andantino - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in B minor Op 6/12 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (Linn CKD 362)

  7:00 BENDA: Symphony No 11 in F - Prague CO/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.553409)

  VIOTTI: Serenade for flute & piano Op 23/4 - Mario Carbotta (fl), Carlo Balzaretti (pno) (Dynamic CDS 620/1-2)

  BRIDGE arr Cornford: Scherzetto - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), National Phil/Charles Gerhardt (RCA 74321 84112)

  BEETHOVEN: Minuet in G WoO10/6 - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5101)

  BRAHMS orch Parlow: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D; No 11 in D minor; No 16 in F minor - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.572770)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: GIBBONS: The silver swan - Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier (dir) (EMI CDC 7 49197)

  JOBIM: The arrival of the Candangos, from Sinfonia da Alvorada - Sao Paulo SO/Roberto Minczuk (BIS SACD 1430)

  FALLA arr Pujol/Bream: Spanish Dance, from La Vida breve - Julian Bream, John Williams (gtrs) (RCA RD 83257)

  TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D - Rolf Smedvig (tpt), Scottish CO/Jahja Ling (Telarc CD 80227)

  BOTTESINI: Fantasia on Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor - Thomas Martin (dbass), Anthony Halstead (pno) (Naxos 8.570399)

  PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical - London SO/Valery Gergiev (Philips 475 7655)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  HOLST: The Planets Suite - women of Atlanta SO Chorus, Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80466)

• 10:00 AM. Morning Concert

  Olivier Latry (organ of the Church of St Matthew-in-the-City, Auckland)

  DUPRE: Cortège et Litanie; FRANCK: Chorale No 2 in B minor; TOURNEMIRE trans Duruflé: Petite rhapsodie improvisée; WIDOR: First movement, Allegro vivace, from Symphony No 5 in F minor Op 42/1; VIERNE: Clair de lune Op 53/5; VIERNE: Carillon de Westminster Op 54/6, from Fantasy Pieces, Suite No 3; LATRY: Improvisation on God Defend New Zealand; WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor (recorded in St Matthew-in-the-City, Auckland by RNZ)

• 11:25 AM. More Works

  SHORE: Concertino, Eastern Promises - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Greg Knowles (cimbalom), Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Decca 478 3529)

  WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Overture & Venusberg Music - Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel (RCA 09026 63143)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques - Eric Le Sage, Alexandre Tharaud (pno duet) (Alpha 603)

  ALBÉNIZ arr Roe: La Vega, Fantaisie espagnole - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10786)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  ELGAR: Harmony Music No 4, The Farmyard - Athena Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 6554)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64 - Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (RNM RPHO 2005-1)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  TIN: Hymn to the Holy Trinity, from Calling All Dawns - Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Purcell Singers, Royal Phil/Lucas Richman (rel 2009) (Tin Works TW 001)

  RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite - Martha Argerich, Mikhail Pletnev (pno duet) (rec 2003) (DG 474 8172)

  WHITACRE: Five Hebrew Love Songs, A picture; Light bride; Mostly; What snow!; Tenderness - Hila Plitmann (spoken Hebrew), Eric Whitacre Singers, Laudibus, Pavào Quartet/Eric Whitacre (rec 2010) (Decca 274 3209)

  STRAUSS: Duet Concertino for clarinet & bassoon - Larry Combs (cl), David McGill (bsn), Chicago SO/Daniel Barenboim (rec 1998) (Teldec 3984 23913)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)

  Una voce poco fa, from The Barber of Seville - Malvina Major (sop), New Zealand SO/Piero Gamba (Kiwi CD TRL 075)

  DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: Century fanfare, Other echoes - Auckland Philharmonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Atoll ACD 300)

  BARBER: Canzone for flute & piano - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (Koch International 3-7144)

  HILL: String Quartet No 5 in Eb, Allies - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  COATES: Dam Busters March - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 246)

  HAYDN: Fourth movement, Finale (Allegro con brio), from String Quartet in G minor Op 74/3, Rider - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV GLD 4013)

  GERSHWIN arr Stoltzman: Porgy & Bess, Suite - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

  KREISLER: Marche miniature viennoise - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Aude Capuçon (pno) (Virgin Classics 3 32626)

  MILFORD: Two Orchestral Interludes Op 19e, Mr John Peel passes by; Mr Ben Jonson's pleasure - Julian Sperry (fl), Julian Milford (pno), Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67444)

  DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - Royal Phil/John Farrer (ASV CD DCA 794)

  6:00 SULLIVAN: Macbeth, Overture - BBC SO/Charles Mackerras (BBC Music BBC MM 203)

  PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet before parting; Masks, from Ten Pieces from Romeo & Juliet Op 75 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 468 497)

  N LINDBERG: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? - Norwegian Soloists' Choir/Grete Pedersen (Simax PSC 1298)

  SMETANA: Richard III - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

  LILBURN arr Couch: Desdemona's Song - John Couch (gtr) (Private)

  WAGENAAR: Twelfth Night Op 36 - Vera Badings (harp), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 425 833)

• 7:00 PM. Best of Composer of the Week 2013

  Eight programmes

  (5) BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976)

  Britten struggled with his perceived place in British musical tradition, as Peter Walls puts it, with "the anxiety of influence, a fear of being categorized as the new arrival in a line of British composers." He pushed against the work of Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Ireland, but found a mentor in Frank Bridge (RNZ)

  Welcome Ode Op 95 - Senior Choirs of the City of London School & School for Girls, London/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10782)

  Diversions for piano left hand & orch - Steven Osborne (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov (Hyperion CDA 67625)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Sergey Malov (vln, vla), Michael Houstoun (pno)

  SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821; BARTÓK: Sonata in G minor for solo violin Sz117; SCHUMANN: Violin Sonata No 1 in A minor Op 105; PAGANINI: La campanella; PAGANINI: Caprice No 13 in Bb, from 24 Caprices Op 1 (recorded in the Middleton Grange Performing Arts Centre, Christchurch by RNZ)

• 9:20 PM. Mozart's Jupiter

  Symphony No 41 in C K551 - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (PHI LPH 011)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BRUCH: Concerto in E minor for clarinet & viola Op 88 - Ludmila Peterková (cl), Alexander Besa (vla), Prague Philharmonia/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3554)

  BAX: Symphony No 4 - BBC Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 10122)

  11:00 LISZT: Les Préludes - Marialena Fernandes, Ranko Markovic (pno duet) (Gramola 98948)

  FASCH: Bassoon Sonata in C - Epoca Barocca (CPO 777 204)

  VILLA-LOBOS: String Quartet No 1 - Cuarteto Latinoamericano (Brilliant Classics 6634)

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