Schedule for Wednesday 19 March 2014

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
ROSSINI: Overtures, William Tell; Il Signor Bruschino; Bianca e Falliero; Barber of Seville; Armida; Semiramide; Línganno Felice; Matilde di Shabran; Demetrio e Polibio; La Gazza Ladra - La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 218)
1:15 approx - Disc 2
CARULLI: Guitar Concerto in E minor Op 140, Petit Concerto de Société; MOZART arr Romero: Adagio in E K261; MOLINO: Guitar Concerto in E minor; MOZART arr Romero: Rondo in C K373; CARULLI: Guitar Concerto in A Op 8a - Pepe Romero (gtr), ASMF/Iona Brown (Philips 426 263)
2:25 approx - Disc 3
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music; Five Mystical Songs; Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Flos Campi - Thomas Allen (bar), Nobuko Imai (vla), Corydon Singers, English CO/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDA 66420)
3:35 approx - Disc 4
MACDOWELL: Concert Etude; FAURÉ arr Grainger: Aprés un rêve; GOTTSCHALK: Manchega; BEACH: Scottish Legend; Tyrolean Valse-Fantasia; Fireflies; GOTTSCHALK: The Union; BEACH: A Hermit Thrush at Eve; MACDOWELL: Hexentanz; FAURÉ arr Grainger: Nell; DOWLAND arr Grainger: Now, O noe, I needs must part; CARRENO: Corbeille de fleurs; GOTTSCHALK: Home sweet home; Souvenir de Porto Rico; GRAINGER: Irish Tune from County Derry; GERSHWIN arr Grainger: The man I love; GERSHWIN trans Wodehouse: Clap yo' hands - Alan Feinberg (pno) (Argo 436 121)
4:50 approx - Disc 5
BYRD: early works for voices, viols & virginals - Sophie Yates (virginals), Fretwork, I Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth (Chandos CHAN 0578)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 GRIEG: Morning, from Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI 5 66650)
HANDEL: Keyboard Suite No 2 in F HWV427, from Set I - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)
FINZI: Introit in F - Rodney Friend (vln), London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 239)
GRANADOS orch Breiner: Rondella aragonesa, from Spanish Dances - Norbert Kraft (gtr), Razumovsky Sinfonia, Bratislava/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.554103)
M HAYDN: Romance for horn & string quartet MH806 - Jasper de Waal (horn), Concertgebouw CO/Henk Rubingh (Channel Classics CCS SA 30210)
ELGAR: Spanish Lady Suite - Munich SO/Douglas Bostock (Classico CLASS CD 334)
7:00 RAMEAU trans anon: The Hen, from Pièces de clavecin - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)
TRAD arr Idenstam/Hedin: Löftbergspolskan; TRAD arr Idenstam/Hedin: Polska efter Ceylon Wallin; TRAD arr Idenstam/Hedin: Långt Jässpôd på bergom - Johan Hedin (nyckelharpa), Gunnar Idenstam (org) (Caprice CAP 21733)
RACHMANINOV: Scherzo in D minor - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc SACD 60670)
ROSSINI: Serenata in Eb - Ensemble Explorations/Roel Dieltiens (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1847)
LIPATTI: Navarra - Luiza Borac (pno) (Avie AV 2271)
MENDELSSOHN: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - World Orch for Peace/Valery Gergiev (Philips 475 6937)
8:00 Beauty Spot: DEBUSSY: Rêverie - Philippe Entremont (pno) (Sony MLK 64065)
HANDEL arr Pinnock: Sento la gioia, from Amadigi di Gaula HWV11 - Alison Balsom (tpt), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir) (EMI 4 40329)
CARSE: Two Sketches, A Northern Song; A Northern Dance - Northern Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555070)
PARSONS: Ave Maria - The Gents/Peter Dijkstra (Channel Classics CCS 18998)
DRING: Trio for flute, oboe & piano - Nancy Ruffer (fl), John Anderson (ob), Helen Crayford (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7181)
GUASTAVINO arr Cueto: La rosa y el sauce - José Miguel Cueto (vln), St Petersburg SO/Vladimir Lande (Marquis 81407)
BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture Op 84 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557264)
9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

Irish composers, focussing on CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD (1852-1924) and WILLIAM VINCENT WALLACE (1812-1865)
C WOOD: Prelude & Fugue in G minor - Gavin Roberts (organ of All Saints, Margaret Street, London) (Priory PRCD 779)
STANFORD: Clarinet Concerto Op 80 - Michael Collins (cl/dir), BBC SO (Chandos CHAN 10739)
WALLACE: La Cracovienne, Grand Fantasie & Variations - Rosemary Tuck (pno) (Cala CACD 88044)
C WOOD: Summer ended - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge/Geoffrey Webber, Gavin Roberts (organ of All Saints, Margaret Street, London) (Priory PRCD 779)
10:00 AM. The Works

FOOTE: Serenade for Strings Op 25 - London Octave/Kypros Markou (Dutton CDLX 7238)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 17 in Bb K570 - Claire-Marie le Guay (pno) (Accord 476 9154)

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVIIb/2 - António Meneses (cello/dir), Northern Sinfonia (Avie AV 2176)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 - London SO/Bernard Haitink (LSO Live LSO 0547)
Noon Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
1:30 PM. Recent Releases

ELLINGTON arr Dickinson: Five songs, In a sentimental mood; Don't get around much anymore; Prelude to a kiss; Sophisticated Lady; It don't mean a thing - Peter Dickinson (clavichord) (Heritage HTGCD 259)
BACH arr P Katona: Lute Suite in E minor BWV996 - Peter & Zoltán Katona (gtrs) (Channel Classics CCS SA 34713)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27 - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Channel Classics CCS SA 21698)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
ABEL: Adagio WKO189; Vivace WKO190; Allegro WKO192 - Susanne Heinrich (vla da gamba) (rec 2006) (Hyperion CDA 67628)
MOZART: L'amerò, sarò costante, from Il re pastore; Basta, vincesti ... Ah, non lasciarmi K486a; Ah! Non son'io che parlo K369 - Kathleen Battle (sop), Royal Phil/André Previn (rec 1985) (EMI CDC 7 47355)
HAYDN: String Quartet in E Op 17/1 - Angeles String Quartet (rec 1994-1999) (Philips 464 650)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers
BLOOMFIELD: Behold the Narrows from the Hill - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)
SCHUBERT: Moments Musicaux D780 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)
CARR: The End of the Golden Weather - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 111)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

BIZET: Votre toast...Toréador, en garde, from Carmen - Thomas Hampson (bar), Les Éléments Choir, Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 5 57503)

DEBUSSY: Jardins sous la pluie, from Estampes - Cécile Ousset (pno) (Berlin Classics 1345 BC)

VILLA-LOBOS: Chôros No 1 - Norbert Kraft (gtr) (Naxos 8.553987)

ZIPOLI arr Hunt: Elevazione - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Niklass Veltman (cello), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

SCHUMANN: Adagio & Allegro in Ab Op 70 - Torleif Thedéen (cello), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 1076)

GOUNOD: Concertino for flute & chamber orchestra - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS CD 1359)

ELGAR: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Warner Classics 8573 80438)

6:00 CATALANI: Andantino - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573072)

W LLOYD WEBBER: Air & Variations - John Bradbury (cl), James Cryer (pno) (Naxos 8.570539)

YSAŸE: Saltarelle carnavalesque Op posth - Hideko Udagawa (vln), Philharmonia/Martyn Brabbins (Signum SIGCD 224)

KERN trans Mayerl: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, from Roberta - Susan Tomes (pno) (Virgin VC 7 90745)

HOWELLS: Merry-Eye - New Philharmonia/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 245)

SWEELINCK: Tes beaux yeux - Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet (NM Classics 92100)

MARAZZOLI: Occhi belli, occhi neri - Soledad de la Rosa (sop), Ensemble Mare Nostrum/Andrea de Carlo (dir) (Arcana A 370)

HERRMANN arr Barley: Dark Eyes - Viktoria Mullova (vln), Matthew Barley Ensemble (Onyx 4070)
7:00 PM. Appointment

The BBC Reith Lectures 2013
Grayson Perry: Playing to the Gallery
(2) Beating the Bounds
The award-winning artist Grayson Perry asks whether it is really true that anything can be art. In a lecture delivered amidst the Victorian splendour of St George's Hall in Liverpool, Perry analyses with characteristic wit the common tests - from commercial worth to public popularity to aesthetic value (BBC)
GAUBERT: Trois Aquarelles, On a clear morning; Autumn evening; Serenade - Wiek Trio (Fuga Libera FUG 556)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall
El Libre Vermell de Montserrat (Songs and dances in honour of the Black Virgin of Montserrat)
ANON: O Virgo splendens; Stella splendens; Laudemus Virginem; Los set gotxs; Splendens ceptigera; Polorum Regina; Cuncti simus; Mariam Matrem; Imperayritz de la ciutat joyosa; Ad mortem festinamus; O Virgo splendens (recorded in the Santa Maria del Pi's Church, Barcelona by Spanish Radio of Catalonia)
9:15 PM. Off Stage

PUCCINI: Capriccio Sinfonico - La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti (Sony SK 63025)
VERDI ed Pedretti: Capriccio for bassoon & orchestra - Andrea Magnani (bsn), Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 767)
CATALANI: Hero and Leander - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573072)
10:00 PM. Day's End

IRELAND: Decorations, The island spell; Moon-glade; The scarlet ceremonies - Mark Bebbington (pno) (Somm SOMMCD 074)
RHEINBERGER: Three Sacred Songs Op 69, Morning Song; Hymn; Evening Song - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5055)
MARX: Partita in modo antico - Bochum SO/Steven Sloane (ASV CD DCA 1158)
11:00 HOWELLS: Suite for String Orchestra - Alison Kelly, Edward Roberts (vlns), Stephen Tees (vla), Shuna Wilson (cello), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10780)
MADETOJA: Six Piano Pieces Op 12 - Mika Rännäli (pno) (Alba ABCD 206:1-2)
BOGDANOVIC: Quatre Pièces Intimes - Kimberly Patterson (cello), Patrick Sutton (gtr) (MSR MS 1430)