Thursday 20 March 2014 Rāpare 20 Poutū-te-rangi 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  THOMSON: Symphonies, No 2 in C; No 3; Pilgrims and Pioneers; on a Hymn Tune - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Naxos 8.559022)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  ARNOLD: Quintet; EWALD: Quintet No 1 in Bb minor; BOZZA: Sonatine; MAURER: Three Pieces; DAHL: Music for Brass Instruments; CALVET: Suite from the Monteregian Hills - Center City Brass Quintet (Collins 14892)

  2:15 approx - Disc 3

  BOYCE: David's Lamentation Over Saul and Jonathon; Ode on St Cecilia's Day, The Charms of Harmony Displayed - Patrick Burrows (treble), William Purefoy, Andrew Watts (countertenors), Richard Edgar-Wilson (ten), Michael George (bass), Choir of New College, Oxford, Hanover Band/Graham Lea-Cox (ASV CD GAU 208)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  STENHAMMAR: Serenade in F; Symphony No 2 in G minor - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 445 857)

  5:00 approx - Disc 5

  SOR: Grande Sonate Op 22; Divertissement Op 23; 8 Small Pieces Op 24; Grande Sonate Op 25 - Adam Holzman (gtr) (Naxos 8.553340)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 CPE BACH: Symphony in F Wq183/3 - Salzburg Chamber Phil/Yoon K Lee (Naxos 8.553289)

  CHOPIN: Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

  ELGAR: Salut d'amour Op 12 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

  VIVALDI: Trio Sonata in D minor RV63, La Follia - Il Giardino Armonico (Teldec 4509 91852)

  ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No 1 Op 19, Midsummer Vigil - Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 385)

  7:00 LEHÁR: The Merry Widow, Overture - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 891)

  SCOTT: The Toy Trumpet - Mark Calder (tpt), New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67067)

  RACHMANINOV: No 1 in F minor; No 2 in C; No 3 in Eb minor; No 6 in C# minor, from Etudes-tableaux Op 33 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 62837)

  DEBUSSY trans Prorvich: Golliwog's Cakewalk, from Children's Corner - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10521)

  COPLAND: El Salón México - New Philharmonia/Aaron Copland (CBS MK 42429)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: GRIEG: Solveig's song, from Peer Gynt Op 23 - Barbara Bonney (sop), Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (Decca 468 818)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Third movement, Waltz, from Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64 - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 8022)

  BRIDGE: A Fairy Tale, The princess; The ogre; The spell; The prince - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.557842)

  KREISLER: Liebesfreud; Liebesleid - Christian Ferras (vln), Jean-Claude Ambrosini (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93791)

  HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon - Albrecht Mayer (ob/dir), Arkadiusz Kropa (ob), Sinfonia Varsovia (DG 476 5681)

  WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel (RCA 09026 63143)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

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

  HARTY: In Ireland - Colin Fleming (fl), Denise Kelly (harp), Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 6583)

  WALLACE: Grand Fantasy on themes from Maritana - Rosemary Tuck (pno) (Naxos 8.572774)

  STANFORD: Symphony No 7 in D minor Op 124 - Bournemouth SO/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570285)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 28 in A Op 101 - Igor Levit (pno) (Sony 88883 70387)

  BRITTEN: Serenade for horn & strings Op 31 - Mark Padmore (ten), Stephen Bell (horn), Britten Sinfonia/Jacqueline Shave (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 807552)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 77 - Jaap van Zweden (vln), Netherlands Radio Phil/Edo de Waart (Naxos 8.573271)

  PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet, Act 2 Part 2 - London SO/Valery Gergiev (LSO Live LSO 0682)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  HAYDN: Piano Trio in Bb HobXV/8 - Bartolozzi Trio (Naxos 8.573128)

  MOZART: Symphony No 6 in F K43 - Danish National CO/Adam Fischer (Da Capo 6.220537)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  HUMPERDINCK: Humoresque in E - Bamberg Sinfonia/Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Koch 3-1197)

  VICTORIA: Missa pro defunctis - Tenebrae/Nigel Short (Signum SIGCD 248)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (rec 1968) (DG 413 819)

  BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - Han-Na Chang (cello), London SO/Mstislav Rostropovich (rec 1996) (EMI CDC 5 56126)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  BODY: Five Lullabies - Tudor Consort/Simon Ravens (Waiteata WTA 006)

  ZEMLINSKY: The Little Mermaid, Symphonic Fantasy after Hans Christian Andersen - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.570240)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  NIELSEN: Helios Overture - Danish National Radio SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Chandos CHAN 9287)

  DEBUSSY: Première rapsodie - Paul Meyer (cl), Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572675)

  SCRIABIN: Etude in C# minor Op 2/1 - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Gold CV-S 006G)

  SCHUBERT: Fourth movement, Theme & Variations, from Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout - András Schiff (pno), Alois Posch (dbass), members of the Hagen Quartet (Decca 466 945)

  GROFÉ: On the trail, from Grand Canyon Suite - London Festival Orch/Stanley Black (Decca 425 508)

  6:00 ALWYN: Derby Day Overture - Bournemouth SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557590)

  EINAUDI: I giorni - Daniel Hope (vln), Jacques Ammon (pno), Berlin CO/Simon Halsey (DG 479 0571)

  RODGERS: Many a new day, from Oklahoma - Malvina Major (sop), New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Kiwi CD SLC 221)

  BARRY: The Day the Earth Fell Silent - English CO/John Barry (London 460 009)

  GRIEG: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, from Lyric Pieces Op 65/6 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 459 671)

  KARAINDROU: Eternity Theme, from Eternity and a Day - Vangelis Christopoulos (ob), Nikos Guinos (cl), Spyros Kazianis (bsn), Iraklis Vavatsikas (accordion), Vangelis Skouras (horn), Aris Dimitriadis (mandolin), string orch (ECM 1692)

  CROSLEY: Days Before Yesterday - Canadian Brass (CBC MVCD 1011)

  PUCCINI: Un bel dì, from Madame Butterfly - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London Phil/John Pritchard (Sony SMK 48094)

  COATES: Summer Days Suite - Royal Liverpool Phil/John Wilson (Avie AV 2070)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Four Last Songs

  Peter Shaw looks at Richard Strauss's final years and his Four Last Songs, today one of the most popular works in the classical repertoire. He surveys some of the many recordings (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo), Madeleine Pierard (sop), Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

  HARRIS: Symphony No 5 (première performance); MAHLER: Symphony No 4 in G (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  WILD: Improvisation on Someone to watch over me - Xiayin Wang (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10626)

  KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - Matthew Trusler (vln), Düsseldorf SO/Yasuo Shinozaki (Orchid Classics ORC 100005)

  RR BENNETT: Reflections on a 16th-Century Tune - Philharmonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10389)

  11:00 THUILLE: Sextet in Bb for piano & winds Op 6 - Julian Milford (pno), London Concord Ensemble (Champs Hill CHRCD 001)

  PAGANINI: Guitar Quartet No 7 in E - Anthea Gifford (gtr), Mozart String Trio (Denon CO 77069)

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