Monday 17 March 2014 Rāhina 17 Poutū-te-rangi 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor, Unfinished; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb, Eroica - BBC Phil/Stephen Kovacevich, Günther Herbig (BBC Music MM 136)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  SMYTH: String Quartet in E minor; String Quintet in E Op 1 - Mannheim String Quartet, Joachim Griesheimer (cello) (CPO 999 352)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  MUSSORGSKY: Songs & Dances of Death; The Nursery; The Puppet-Show; Forgotten; The Seminarist; Darling Savishna; The He-Goat, A Wordly Story; Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea - Sergei Leiferkus (bar), Semion Skigin (pno) (Conifer 75605 51229)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  G GABRIELLI: Canzona noni toni; CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8; GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in E minor Op 3/3; MANFREDINI: Concerto in G minor Op 3/10; ALBINONI: Concerto in A minor Op 5/5; TORELLI: Concerto musicale in D minor Op 6/10; LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 1/9; CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/7 - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 436 224)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  GINASTERA: Piezas Infantiles; Milonga, from Dos Canciones Op 3; Tres Piezas Op 6; Malambo Op 7; Suite de Criollas Op 15; Rondo Sobre Temas Infantiles Argentinos Op 19; Piano Sonata No 2 Op 53; Toccata; Piano Sonata No 3 Op 55 - Alberto Portugheis (pno) (ASV CD DCA 880)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - USSR Academy SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Chant du Monde LDC 278 782)

  PRAETORIUS arr Williams: Dances from Terpsichore, excerpts - Craig Ogden (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 9674)

  BUXTEHUDE: Sonata in F BuxWV265 - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0784)

  GRIEG arr B Wallfisch: Solveig's Song, from Peer Gynt Op 23; Ingrid's Lament Op 55/1 - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), London Phil/Vernon Handley (Black Box BBM 1070)

  WAGNER: Act 3 Introduction, Dance of the Apprentices & Procession of the Mastersingers, from The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.572769)

  7:00 HALVORSEN: Passacaglia after Handel - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Lynn Harrell (cello) (EMI CDC 5 56963)

  ARBAN: Variations on La Traviata - Maurice André (alto flugelhorn), Wind Band of the Paris Guardians of the Peace/Claude Pichaureau (RCA 60025)

  SCHUBERT trans anon: Ständchen D957/4; An die Musik - Anne Gastinel (cello), Claire Désert (pno) (Naïve V 5021)

  ZIEHRER: Melodies of Austria, Waltz Op 373 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223814)

  DVORÁK: My Home, Overture Op 62 - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 92297)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: GLINKA trans Balakirev: The Lark - Alexander Paley (pno) (Koch Schwann 3-1746)

  BOCCHERINI: Introduction & Fandango - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Delos DE 3144)

  K JENKINS: La Folia - Neil Percy (marimba), London SO/Karl Jenkins (EMI 5 00235)

  IBERT: Cinq pièces en trio - Fibonacci Sequence (Deux-Elles DXL 1104)

  GRANADOS orch de Grignon: Spanish Dances - Ulster Orch/Josep Caballé-Domenech (BBC Music BBC MM 255)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

  Irish composers, focussing on CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD (1852-1924) and WILLIAM VINCENT WALLACE (1812-1865)

  WALLACE: Fantasie for piano, Coolun, Gary Brown & St Patrick's Day - Rosemary Tuck (pno) (Cala CACD 88042)

  STANFORD: Symphony No 1 in Bb - Bournemouth SO/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570356)

• 10:05 AM. The Works

  HUBAY: Violin Concerto No 3 in G minor Op 99 - Hagai Shaham (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67367)

  GATTI: Sextet in Eb - Calamus Ensemble (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1589)

  HUMMEL: Rondo brillant in F Op 127, Le retour à Londres - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557845)

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 1 in E minor Op 39 - Minnesota Orch/Osmo Vänskä (BIS SACD 1996)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  BACH: Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 - Viktoria Mullova (vln), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (hpschd/dir) (Onyx 4114)

  MARAIS: Sonate à la Marésienne, from La gamme et autres morceaux de simphonie - Trio Sonnerie (Linn CKD 434)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  MENDELSSOHN: I waited for the Lord, from Symphony No 2 in Bb Op 52, Hymn of Praise - Ernest Lough, Ronald Mallet (trebles), George Thalben-Ball (org), Temple Church Choir, London (Pearl GEMM CD 9211)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Prelude & Fugue No 19 in Eb - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 466 066)

  VERDI: Requiem, Part 1 - Patricia Wright (sop), Carmel Carroll (mezzo), Richard Greager (ten), Rodney Macann (bass), Opera NZ Chorus, Viva Voce, Auckland Philharmonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Atoll A9805)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BARTÓK: String Quartet No 1 Sz40 - Takács Quartet (rec 1996) (Decca 455 297)

  MARTINU: Symphony No 2 - BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek (rec 2009-10) (Onyx 4061)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  DEBUSSY: Pour le Piano - John Chen (pno) (ABC 476 6834)

  A RITCHIE: Down in the Brunner Mine - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)

  SCHUMANN: Du bist wie eine Blume; Stille Tränen; Die Soldatenbraut - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Richard Amner (pno) (CBS MK 76868)

  FARQUHAR: Serenade for Strings - NZSO CO (Manu CD MANU 1550)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SMETANA: Polka, from The Bartered Bride - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

  FALLA: La Vida Breve, Interlude & Dance - Mexico State SO/Enrique Bátiz (RegisC 1271)

  PAGANINI: Fantasy on Rossini's Moses in Egypt - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Irina Ryumina (pno) (BIS CD 999)

  PURCELL ed Britten: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - English CO/Benjamin Britten (London 425 160)

  DANZI ed Klug: Variations on a theme by Mozart - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (pno) (Naxos 8.557613)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in C Op 48 - Michael Erxleben (vln/dir), New Berlin CO (Capriccio 10 563)

  6:00 MARSHALL: Hikurangi Sunrise - New Zealand SO/James Judd (RNZ)

  OFFENBACH: Au mont Ida, from La Belle Hélène - Joseph Calleja (ten), ASMF/Carlo Rizzi (Decca 475 6931)

  MOERAN: In the Mountain Country - Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.573106)

  GRIEG: Mountain thrall - Håkan Hagegård (bar), Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 437 519)

  HILL: The Sacred Mountain - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (Marco Polo 8.220345)

  TRAD arr Leon: Wild mountain thyme - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)

  O BULL: A Mountain Vision - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Dala Sinfonietta/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572827)

  HOVHANESS: Storm on Mount Wildcat Op 2/2 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Gerard Schwarz (Telarc CD 80604)

• 7:00 PM. Composers of the Week

  A programme on "reclaimed" Irish composers, focussing on CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD (1852-1924) and WILLIAM VINCENT WALLACE (1812-1865)

  Presented by Cynthia Morahan (RNZ)

  STANFORD: Cello Concerto in D minor - Gemma Rosefield (cello), BBC Scottish SO/Andrew Manze (Hyperion CDA 67859)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Bravo! Britten

  Two programmes from the New Zealand String Quartet

  (1) STRAVINSKY: Concertino; BRITTEN: String Quartet No 1 in D Op 25; BRIDGE: Idyll No 1; Pieces Nos 1 & 2; MOZART: String Quartet No 22 in Bb K589, Prussian (recorded in the Hunter Council Chamber, Victoria University, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:10 PM. Romantic Clarinet

  CRUSELL: Clarinet Concerto No 3 in Bb Op 11 - Emma Johnson (cl), English CO/Gerard Schwarz (ASV CD DCA 659)

  BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 - Emma Johnson (cl), John Lenehan (pno) (Nimbus NI 6153)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  ELLER: Five Pieces for string orchestra - Tallinn CO/Tônu Kaljuste (ECM 1745)

  RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Earl Wild (pno), Royal Phil/Jascha Horenstein (Chandos CHAN 7114)

  CHABRIER: Suite Pastorale - Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth (Mirare MIR 036)

  11:00 BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 10 in G Op 96 - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Marc Neikrug (pno) (Sony 87654 40142)

  FESCA: Flute Quartet in D Op 37 - Linos Ensemble (CPO 777 126)

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