Saturday 22 March 2014 Rāhoroi 22 Poutū-te-rangi 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  J STRAUSS II: Voices of Spring Waltz; Thunder & Lightning Polka; SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela; ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1; SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso; BARBER: Adagio; MUSSORGSKY: Night on the Bare Mountain; RAVEL: Boléro - Christine Pendrill (cor anglais), Stephanie Chase (vln), Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon (ABC 426 380)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  RENAUD: Toccata in D minor; HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 K467, Andante; ARNDT: Nola; DUBOIS: Fiat Lux; SETCHELL: Trumpet Tune, Scherzo and Toccata on Joy to the World, from Three Piece Suite; WATSON: Happy Birthday, Herr Bach; NALLE: Alles was du bist; SOUSA: Washington Post March; FAURÉ: Berceuse and Sicilienne, from Pelléas and Méllisande; VERDI: Grand March, from Aida; DAQUIN: The Cuckoo; SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan; BOVET: Fugue on The Pink Panther; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumble Bee; MOURET: Rondeau; CAMPRA: Rigaudon; GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette; BOVET: Totentanz, from Three Préludes Hambourgeois - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  SCHUMANN: Violin Sonatas, No 1 in A minor Op 105; No 2 in D minor Op 121; No 3 in A minor - Robert Zimansky (vln), Christophe Keller (pno) (Accord 220 532)

  3:15 approx - Disc 4

  SCHÜTZ: Motets and Psalms for Double Chorus - Regensburg Domspatzen, Hamburger Blaserkreis, Ulsamer Collegium & instrumentalists/Hanns-Martin Schneidt (Archiv 415 297)

  4:15 approx - Disc 5

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV230; Violin Concerto in A minor RV356; Concerto in G for two mandolins RV532; Trio in C for guitar, violin & continuo RV82; Concerto in D minor for viola d'amore, guitar, strings & continuo RV540; Violin Concerto in A RV345; Guitar Concerto in D RV93 - John Williams, Benjamin Verdery (gtrs), Norbert Blum (vla d'amore), Franz Liszt CO/Janos Rolla (Sony SK 46556)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - John Abberger (ob), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)

  RACHMANINOV: Blessed is the man, from Vespers Op 37 - Iris Oja (contralto), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7384)

  MONTERO: Continuum - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

  HANSON: Rhythmic Variations on two Ancient Hymns - Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 8.559072)

  WELLEJUS: Wind Quintet - Wind Quintet of the Danish National Radio SO (Dacapo 8.224151)

  GRIEG: Nordic Melodies Op 63, In folk style; Cow call & Peasant dance - Oslo Camerata/Stephan Barratt-Due (Naxos 8.557890)

  7:00 SIBELIUS: Suite for violin & strings Op 117 - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Virgin 5 45534)

  MENDELSSOHN: Rondo capriccioso in E Op 14 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 468 600)

  BRUCKNER: Ave Maria - Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne/Michael Leighton Jones (dir) (ABC Classics ABC 472 310)

  DELIUS: Idylle de printemps - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7528)

  BRIDGE: Phantasie Piano Quartet in F# minor - London Bridge Ensemble (Dutton CDLX 7205)

  PURCELL: Abdelazer, Suite - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)

  8:00 COPLAND: The promise of living, from The Tender Land - Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 64059)

  ROUSSEL: Impromptu Op 21 - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)

  JC BACH orch Beyer: Viola Concerto in C minor - Hartmut Rohde (vla), Lithuanian CO, Vilnius/Georg Mais (Arte Nova 74321 67502)

  SCHMITT: Sonatine en trio Op 85 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Paul Meyer (cl), Eric Le Sage (pno) (EMI 5 57948)

  POULENC: Three Novelettes - Charles Owen (pno) (Somm SOMMCD 035)

  GLINKA: Ruslan & Lyudmila, Overture - Sydney SO/Edo de Waart (ABC Classics 462 013)

• 9:00 AM. Best of Upbeat

  A recap from the week's national and international music news, with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. Your Choice

  SCHNITTKE: Cello Concerto No 2 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), London SO/Seiji Ozawa (Sony SK 48241)

  WAGNER: Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene, from Götterdämmerung - Jane Eaglen (sop), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Mark Elder (Sony SK 62032)

  TRAD: Carolan's Welcome/Drummond Castle - Alison Vardy (harp) (Alison Vardy AV 001)

  GOETZ: Die Kraft versagt, from Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung - Lucia Popp (sop), Munich Radio Orch/Kurt Eichhorn (Acanta 43326)

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 - Simon Trpceski (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Avie AV 2192)

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• 1:00 PM. Jazz Profiles

  Ten programmes in which Nancy Wilson hosts the Peabody Award winning series chronicling the people, places and events in jazz, with a focus on legends and musical themes

  (9) Louis Armstrong, Ambassador Satch

  Over his long career Armstrong travelled the world to play his music wherever he could (NPR)

• 2:00 PM. Global Sounds

  Indigenous music from around the world

  Tamburising - Söndörgő

  Today on Global Sounds we feature the tambura, a small mandolin-like instrument played in Hungary's Serbian and Croatian communities. In fact, we've music from a tambura ensemble. Söndörgő (formed in 1995 by the four Eredics brother and their school friend Attila Buzás) play a range of traditional songs and dances from the Balkans. "This music is our mother tongue," say the band. "The aim is to speak this language so that everybody can understand it today" (World Village 450017)

• 3:00 PM. Saturday Concert

  Pettman/Royal Overseas League Scholarship 2012 Final

  For the last seven years, chamber groups from universities around the country have had the opportunity to compete in the Pettman/Royal Overseas League Scholarship with the winning group going to the UK for a month's study and tour. Today we hear the three finalists from 2012

  HAYDN: Second movement, Poco adagio cantabile, from String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor; SCHNITTKE: String Quartet No 3 - Rothko Quartet (University of Auckland): Olivia Francis, Emily Bouwhuis (vlns), Alex MacDonald (vla), Cameron Stuart (cello)

  HAYDN: Third movement, Finale, Allegro moderato, from Piano Trio in G HobXV/15; KAPUSTIN: Trio Op 86 - Etaceti (University of Auckland): Liam Wooding (pno), Abigail Sperling (fl), Robert Drage (cello)

  JANÁCEK: First & Third movements, Adagio; Con moto, from String Quartet No 1, Kreutzer Sonata; MAYALL: To Entertain a Wolf; BEETHOVEN: First movement, Assai sostenuto, from String Quartet in A minor Op 132 - Taiaha Quartet (University of Waikato): Jin Kim, Ngaruaroha Martin (vlns), Adam Maha (vla), Tamsin Kreymborg (cello) (recorded in the Dr John Gallagher Concert Chamber, Performing Arts Centre, University of Waikato by RNZ)

• 4:25 PM. A Czech Triumvirate

  SMETANA: Prelude, from Libuse - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10518)

  DVORÁK: Piano Concerto in G minor Op 33 - Francesco Piemontesi (pno), BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek (Naïve V 5327)

  FIBICH: Symphony No 2 in Eb Op 38 - Czech National SO/Marek Stilec (Naxos 8.573157)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  RAMEAU arr Ettlinger: Suite - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 003)

  HAMILTON: Pioneer Spirit - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5007)

  BRIDGE: Enter Spring - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557167)

• 7:00 PM. Vocalied

  BARTÓK: Five Songs Op 15 Sz61, My love; Summer; Night of desire; In vivid dream; In the valley - Julia Hamari (mezzo), Ilona Prunyi (pno) (Hungaroton HCD 31535)

  Eight Hungarian Folksongs Sz64, Black is the earth; My God, my God let the water flood; Wives, let me be one of your company; So much sorrow in my heart; If I climb the rocky mountains; They are mending the great forest highway; Up to now my work; Snow is melting - Polina Pasztircsák (sop), Aleksandra Sasha Kozlov (pno) (Nascor NS 07)

  BRETAN: Psalm of Mammon's Monk; Alone; So far above!; September with roses; On my new book; There was an old king; In Memoriam E; Ballad of a man from Zilah; Our house - Ludovic Konya (bar), Ferdinand Weiss (pno) (Nimbus NI 5640)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Claire Edwardes (percussion), members of the City of Wellington Pipe Band, Wellington East Girls' Cantala Treble Choir, Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei

  DEBUSSY: Scottish March; TRAD 15th Century French plainsong: Veni, veni, Emmanuel; MACMILLAN: Veni, veni, Emmanuel; MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:25 PM. Bach Strings

  arr Rowland-Jones: Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV1008 - Maxim Rysanov (vla) (BIS SACD 2033)

  Concerto in D for three violins BWV1064 - Gottfried von der Goltz, Anna Katharina Schreiber (vlns), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (vln/dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2145)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  HALVORSEN: Suite ancienne - Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10614)

  FIELD: Piano Concerto No 7 in C minor H58 - John O'Conor (pno), New Irish CO/János Fürst (Sound 3414)

  11:00 HERZOGENBERG: Trio in D for oboe, horn & piano Op 61 - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Marie Luise Neunecker (horn), Markus Becker (pno) (Decca 478 3564)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No 1 in D Op 11 - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 214)

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