Wednesday 26 March 2014 Rāapa 26 Poutū-te-rangi 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan; WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D; No 20 in E minor; No 21 in E minor - Quebec Conservatoire Orch/Franz-Paul Decker (Bell BELL-CD 1991)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  ROSSINI: Waltz in Eb; Thème; Allegretto; Scherzo in A minor; Un Rien; Péchés de vieillesse, Book 3, Morceau réservés; Péchés de vieillesse, Book 9 - Marco Sollini (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10190)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  LILBURN: Drysdale Overture; A Song of Islands, Suite for Orchestra; A Birthday Offering; Prodigal Country - David Griffiths (bar), Orpheus Choir of Wellington, New Zealand SO/John Hopkins, Charles Groves (Kiwi CD SLD 100)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  FUCHS: Cello Sonata No 1 in D minor; Fantasiestücke Op 78; Cello Sonata No 2 in Eb - Nancy Green (cello), Caroline Palmer (pno) (Biddulph LAW 005)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  ELGAR: In the South Op 50; Froissart Op 19; Variations on an original theme, Enigma Op 36 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (Conifer CDCF 187)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 MOZART: Serenade No 6 in D K239, Serenata Notturna - North German Radio SO/Günter Wand (Profil PH 05006)

  BRAHMS: Rhapsody in G minor Op 79/2 - David James (pno) (RNZ)

  ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Stefan Schilli (ob), Stuttgart CO/Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics 92791)

  MYERS arr Field: Cavatina, from The Deer Hunter - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)

  OFFENBACH arr Bonynge: Le Papillon, Suite - English Concert Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 818)

  7:00 ROSSINI: The Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC 476 259)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28 - Eugene Fodor (vln), New Philharmonia/Erich Leinsdorf (RCA 09026 61726)

  ALBÉNIZ: El Corpus en Sevilla, from Iberia Book 1 - Artur Pizarro (pno) (Linn CKD 355)

  GRANADOS arr Miolin: Spanish Dance No 4, Villanesca - Anders Miolin (gtr) (BIS CD 1116)

  CHOPIN orch McDermott: Waltz in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante, from Les Sylphides - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (RNZ)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BROCKWAY: Cavatina Op 13 - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Marc Neikrug (pno) (Philips 416 158)

  Josef STRAUSS: Village Swallows of Austria, Waltz Op 164 - Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber (Sony SK 48376)

  LISZT: Liebestraum No 3 in Ab - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Integral INT 221.116)

  PAGANINI: Polacca in F - Peter-Lukas Graf (fl), Konrad Ragossnig (gtr) (Claves CD 50-2013)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: The Assault on Beautiful Gorky, from The Unforgettable Year 1919 - Martin Roscoe (pno), BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10361)

  LARSSON: Pastoral Suite - Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu (Naxos 8.553115)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868)

  William Tell, Act 2, excerpts

  Mathilde...................... Montserrat Caballé

  Arnold......................... Nicolai Gedda

  Walter.......................... Kolos Kovacs

  Tell.............................. Gabriel Bacquier

  Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Royal Phil/Lamberto Gardelli (EMI CMS 7 69951)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  MAHLER: Symphony No 7 in E minor - Bamberg SO/Jonathan Nott (Tudor 7176)

  BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 - Andrew Manze (vln/dir), Rachel Podger (vln), Academy of Ancient Music (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7155)

  PURCELL: Fantasia in F, Upon one note (in 5 parts); In Nomine in G minor (in 6 parts); In Nomine in G minor, Dorian (in 7 parts) - Fretwork (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7502)

  ARNOLD: English Dances Suite No 1 - Philharmonia/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8867)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  TOMASI: Trumpet Concerto - Ole Edvard Antonsen (tpt), São Paulo SO/Lan Shui (BIS SACD 1778)

  TANSMAN: Suite dans le style ancien - Eliane Reyes (pno) (Naxos 8.573021)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  GRIEG: Symphonic Dance in A Op 64/2 - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDM 7 63412)

  BENJAMIN: Violin Concerto - Lorraine McAslan (vln), Royal Scottish National Orch/John Gibbons (Dutton CDLX 7279)

  BÖHME: La Napolitaine Op 25, Tarantelle - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Maria Meerovitch (pno) (Warner 2564 65958)

  A RITCHIE/GRIFFITHS: From the Southern Marches, Part 2, Spoken introduction; The miner's right; The iron horse; Clearing the bush; Milking before dawn - Ana James, Deborah Wai Kapohe (sops), George Griffiths (narrator), City of Dunedin Choir, Dunedin Sinfonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Private)

  TELEMANN: Quartet in F for treble recorder, oboe, violin & continuo - Chandos Baroque Players (Hyperion CDA 66195)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SIBELIUS: Kullervo - Monica Groop (mezzo), Peter Mattei (bar), men of the London Symphony Chorus, London SO/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0574)

• 4:20 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  GRENFELL: ... serenades and skirmishing - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

  BEETHOVEN arr Matiegka: Serenade in D Op 8 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Robert Alemany (cl) (Koch International 3-7404)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi SLD 14)

  DVORÁK: Rondo in G minor Op 94 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel (CBS MK 42206)

  MOSZKOWSKI: Barcarolle - Seta Tanyel (pno) (Collins Classics 15192)

  SOR: Fantasy in D on a favourite Scottish Air Op 40, Variations on Ye banks & braes - Stefano Palamidessi (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 93960)

  RAVEL: Fourth movement, Feria, from Rapsodie espagnole - New Zealand SO/Christian Gansch (Private)

  6:00 GLASS: Primacy of Number - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), members of Philip Glass Ensemble/Michael Riesman (Sony SK 87709)

  CARTER: A Fantasy about Purcell's Fantasia upon One Note - London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble/Christopher Larkin (Helios CDH 55018)

  ADDINSELL: A Tale of Two Cities, Theme - Roderick Elms (pno), BBC Concert Orch/Kenneth Alwyn (Marco Polo 8.223732)

  COATES: Halcyon Days, from The Three Elizabeths Suite - BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (BBC Music MM 347)

  ADAMO: Regina Coeli, from Four Angels - Dotian Levalier (harp), Eclipse CO/Sylvia Alimena (Naxos 8.559258)

  PROKOFIEV: Dance of the five couples, from Romeo & Juliet - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 453 439)

  TRAD arr Grainger: Six dukes went afishin' - Duke Dobing (fl), Joyful Company of Singers/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9499)

  FALLA: Jota, from Seven Popular Spanish Songs - David Oistrakh (vln), Vladimir Yampolsky (pno) (rec 1956) (Testament SBT 1116)

  NYMAN: Trysting fields, from Drowning by Numbers - Daniel Hope (vln), Juan Lucas Aisemberg (vla), Berlin CO/Simon Halsey (DG 479 0571)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The BBC Reith Lectures 2013

  Grayson Perry: Playing to the Gallery

  (3) Nice Rebellion, Welcome In!

  In the third of four lectures, recorded in front of an audience at The Guildhall in Londonderry, the artist Grayson Perry asks if revolution is a defining idea in art, or has it met its end? (BBC)

  ALWYN: Contes Barbares, Homage to Paul Gauguin - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.570464)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Elina Garanča (mezzo), Latvian National Chorus, members of the Saarland State Theatre Opera Chorus, German Radio Phil, Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern/Karel Mark Chichon

  HANDEL: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah; ADAM: O Holy Night; GOUNOD: O divine redeemer; HILLBORG: Muoayiyoum; GOMEZ: Ave Maria; BIZET: Farandole, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 2; Agnus Dei; VERDI: Sicilian Vespers, Overture; MASCAGNI: Ave Maria, based on the Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana; VERDI: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Va pensiero, from Nabucco; Triumphal Chorus, from Aida; MASCAGNI: Easter Hymn, from Cavalleria Rusticana (recorded in E-Werk, Saarbrücken by German Radio, Saarbrücken)

• 9:15 PM. Trout

  SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A D667 - The Music Collection (Chandos CHAN 0800)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  HOVHANESS: Meditation on Orpheus - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.571211)

  MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 40 - Elisabeth Leonskaja (pno), Salzburg Camerata/Ilan Volkov (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 943 1421)

  SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Gerald Moore (pno) (EMI CDC 5 55529)

  COPLAND: Quiet City - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80339)

  11:00 TAFFANEL: Wind Quintet in G minor - Les Vents Français (Warner 2564 63484)

  ELGAR: Violin Sonata in E minor Op 82 - Jonathan Crow (vln), Paul Stewart (pno) (ATMA ACD 2 2534)

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