Friday 28 March 2014 Rāmere 28 Poutū-te-rangi 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MENDELSSOHN: Overtures, The Hebrides, Fingal's Cave; A Midsummer Night's Dream; SUPPÉ: Overtures, The Light Cavalry; Poet & Peasant; BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Festival Overture; GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 430 741)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  MARTINU: Sinfonietta Giocosa; Toccata e Due Canzoni; Sinfonietta La Jolla - Julian Jacobson (pno), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Tamás Vásáry (Chandos CHAN 8859)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  TCHAIKOVSKY: 16 Childrens' Songs Op 54; Last night Op 60/1; I'll tell you nothing Op 60/2; O, if only you knew Op 60/3; Simple words Op 60/5; Behind the window in the shadow Op 60/10; Why did I dream of you? Op 28/3 - Ilya Levinsky (ten), Semion Skigin (pno) (Conifer 75605-51268)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  VIVALDI: First movement, from Four Seasons, Spring; MASSENET: Méditation, from Thaïs; SATIE: Gymnopédie No 1; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending; DEBUSSY: La Fille aux cheveux de lin; BACH: Fourth movement, from Violin Sonata No 3 in C BWV1005; KREISLER: Praeludium and Allegro; BACH: Es ist genug, so nimm, Herr; Cantata, O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort; TRAD: Danny Boy; Scarborough Fair; KENNEDY: Melody in the Wind; MONTI: Csárdás; VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn - Nigel Kennedy, Jonathon Gandelsman (vlns), English CO, London Voices, City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle, John Lenehan (pno), Robert Brophy (vla), Reinhard Armleder (cello), Kroke (EMI 5 57330)

  4:40 approx - Disc 5

  LLOYD: Piano Concerto No 4; The Lily-Leaf & the Grasshopper; The Transformation of that Naked Ape - Kathryn Stott (pno), London SO/George Lloyd (Albany AR 004)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 J STRAUSS II: Where the lemon trees bloom, Waltz Op 364 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

  RACHMANINOV: Romance in G minor for string quartet - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 214)

  PÄRT arr Kato: Spiegel im Spiegel - Kuniko Kato (marimba/bells) (Linn CKD 432)

  BRUCH: Second movement, Adagio, from Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Czech Phil/Jakub Hrusa (Decca 478 5338)

  BARTÓK: Hungarian Sketches Sz97, An Evening in the Village; Bear Dance; Melody; Slightly Tipsy; Swineherd's Dance - Philharmonia/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8895)

  7:00 WALDTEUFEL: Ma Voisine, Polka Op 206 - Czecho-Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223441)

  MOZART: German Dances K605 - Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Hans Graf (Capriccio 10 809)

  DVORÁK arr Poltéra: Song to the moon, from Rusalka - Christian Poltéra (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (BIS SACD 1947)

  ANDERSEN: Fantasy on Don Giovanni Op 45/5 - Kyle Dzapo (fl), Matthew Mazzoni (pno) (Naxos 8.572277)

  STRAVINSKY: Tango - Orpheus CO (Brilliant Classics 9089)

  MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: CHAPLIN arr Ogermann: Smile, from Modern Times - Gidon Kremer (vln), Oleg Maisenberg (pno) (Telarc 0630 17222)

  SIBELIUS: Väinö's Song - Ellerhein Girls' Choir, Estonian National Male Choir, Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 5 45561)

  ALBÉNIZ arr Feola: Asturias; Castilla, from Spanish Songs Op 232 - Giuseppe Feola (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 94047)

  MARTIN Y COL: Variations on La Folia - Jordi Savall (vla da gamba), Arianna Savall (harp), Rolf Lislevand (gtr), Adela Gonzalez-Campa (castanets) (Alia Vox AV 9805)

  HOFMANN: Symphony in Bb (Badley Bb1) - Northern CO/Nicholas Ward (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553866)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868)

  Demetrio & Polibio, Overture; Sinfonia al Conventello; Overtures, Bianco & Faliero; Eduardo & Cristina; Maometto il Secondo; Ricciardo & Zoraide - Ambrosian Singers, ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 434 016)

  arr Spike Jones & Doodles Weaver: William Tell, Overture - Spike Jones & his City Slickers (RCA 353 235)

• 10:10 AM. The Works

  TURINA: Piano Trio No 1 Op 35 - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67889)

  BORODIN: Symphony No 1 in Eb - USSR SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (CDK Music CDKM 1015)

  KABALEVSKY: Cello Sonata in Bb Op 71 - Camille Thomas (cello), Beatrice Berrut (pno) (Fuga Libera FUG 712)

  WIDOR: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 77 - Martin Roscoe (pno), BBC Concert Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7275)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  SUK: Elegy Op 23 - Sitkovetsky Trio (BIS SACD 2059)

  DANZI: Flute Quartet in D Op 56/1 - Karl Kaiser (fl), Ardinghello Ensemble (MDG 605 1791)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BOCCHERINI: Cello Sonata in Bb G565 - Bruno Cocset (cello), Les Basses Réunies (Alpha 084)

  GRANADOS: The maiden & the nightingale, from Goyescas; MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words Op 102/5; BRAHMS: Waltz in Ab Op 39/15; Intermezzo in C Op 119/3 - Myra Hess (pno) (rec 1957) (Philips 456 832)

  HUMMEL: Piano Concerto in F Op posth/1 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), London Mozart Players (Chandos CHAN 9886)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  VITRY: Gratissima virginis ... Vos qui admiramini - ... Gaude gloriosa; ANON: Singularis laudis digna; MOLINS: De ce que fol pense - Gothic Voices/Christopher Page (rec 1986) (Helios CDH 55290)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in F Op 17/2 - Angeles String Quartet (rec 1994-1999) (Philips 464 650)

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Op 3/4 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (rec 2006) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7415)

  D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas, in D Kk491; in B minor Kk27; in A Kk212 - Murray Perahia (pno) (rec 1997) (Sony SK 62785)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  BODY: Three Transcriptions - New Zealand String Quartet (Rattle RAT D009)

  BACH: Second & Third movements, Adagio & Allegro, from Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Martin Jaenecke (vln), Michael Sieg (ob), Viva CO (Viva CO)

  ELGAR: From the Greek Anthology Op 45 - men of New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2048)

  MOROSS: Concerto for flute with string orchestra - Alexa Still (fl), NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Koch International 3-7367)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SUPPÉ: Poet & Peasant, Overture - Emanuel Brabec (cello), Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 421 170)

  ORFF: O fortuna, from Carmina Burana - London Phil Choir, Southend Boys' Choir, London Phil/Zubin Mehta (Warner Classics 3984 25544)

  DONIZETTI trans Stees: Una furtiva lagrima, from L'elisir d'amore - Barrick Stees (bsn), Sylvia Norris (harp) (Claves CD 50-9815)

  GOUNOD: Waltz, from Faust - Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe (Testament SBT 1127)

  MAHLER: Piano Quartet movement - Idil Biret (pno), London String Quartet (IBA 8.571278)

  WOLF: Italian Serenade - Ana Bela Chaves (vla), Paris Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Erato 2292 45416)

  MONCAYO: Huapango - Festival Orch of Mexico/Enrique Bátiz (Naxos 8.550838)

  6:00 OFFENBACH: Pomme d'api, Overture - Scottish CO/Antonio de Almeida (RCA 09026 68116)

  TRAD arr Bridge: Cherry Ripe - Delmé String Quartet (Helios CDH 88038)

  JOPLIN arr Crespo: Pineapple Rag - German Brass/Enrique Crespo (EMI CDC 7 49170)

  TRAD arr Leon: I will give my love an apple - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Edin Karamazov (lute), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)

  NORMAN: Plumsong - 2001-2002 NZ Secondary Students' Choir/Elise Bradley (Private)

  GOTTSCHALK: The Banana Tree - Philip Martin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66459)

  PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges, Suite - St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (RCA 82876 50475)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Critic's Chair

  Robert Johnson reviews recent releases (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  From the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

  La Dolce Vita

  Tony Lee (pno), Wellington Brass Band, New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen

  RESPIGHI: Roman Festivals; FARR: Concerto for piano & orchestra (première performance & broadcast)

  (Interval)

  RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome; Pines of Rome (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  DITTERSDORF: String Quartet No 1 in D - Franz Schubert Quartet (CPO 999 038)

  WEBER: Symphony No 1 in C Op 19 - BBC Phil/Juanjo Mena (Chandos CHAN 10748)

  11:00 CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35, Funeral March - Dejan Lazic (pno) (Channel Classics CCS 15998)

  FARRENC: Piano Trio No 1 in Eb Op 33 - Linos Ensemble (CPO 777 256)

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