Thursday 5 June 2014 Rāpare 5 Pipiri 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  BARBER: The School for Scandal, Overture; Symphony No 1 Op 9; BEACH: Symphony in E minor Op 32, Gaelic - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8958)

  1:20 approx - Disc 2

  SAINT-SAËNS trans Liszt: Danse Macabre; CHOPIN trans Liszt: Six Polish Songs; BERLIOZ trans Liszt: L'Idée fixe; Les Francs-Juges, Overture; Harold in Italy, Marche des Pelerins; The Damnation of Faust, Waltz of the Sylphes; King Lear, Overture - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66346)

  2:35 approx - Disc 3

  HOLST: Seven Part Songs Op 44; A Choral Fantasia Op 51; A Dirge for Two Veterans; Ode to Death Op 38 - Patricia Rozario (sop), Joyful Company of Singers, London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9437)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  JC BACH: Sonatas, No 1 in G; No 2 in C minor; No 3 in Eb; No 4 in G; No 5 in A; No 6 in Bb - Robert Woolley (fpno) (Chandos CHAN 0543)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  BRITTEN: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Op 10; Les Illuminations for soprano & string orchestra; Lachrymae, Reflections on a song of Dowland for viola & string orchestra - Christina Högman (sop), Nils-Erik Sparf (vla), New Stockholm Chamber Orch/Péter Csaba (BIS CD 435)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 W LLOYD WEBBER: Serenade for Strings - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9595)

  WOODCOCK: Oboe Concerto in Eb - Neil Black (ob), Thames CO/Michael Dobson (CRD 3331)

  MONIUSZKO arr Melcer: The spinning girl - Felicja Blumenthal (pno) (Brana BR 0014)

  MENDELSSOHN: Verleih' uns Frieden - Corydon Singers, English CO/Matthew Best, John Scott (org) (Hyperion CDA 66359)

  GARDNER: Irish Suite Op 231 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2125)

  DALZA arr Lislevand: Saltarello; Piva - period instrument ensemble/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088)

  7:00 CIMAROSA: Cleopatra, Overture - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Alessandro Amoretti (Naxos 8.570508)

  HANDEL: Silent Worship, from Ptolemy - Kenneth McKellar (ten), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Adrian Boult (Decca 425 851)

  KETÈLBEY: In the Mystic Land of Egypt - New Symphony Orch of London/Robert Sharples (Decca 452 987)

  CHOPIN: Impromptu No 2 in F# Op 36 - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10813)

  PITOMBEIRA: Ajubete jepê amô mbaê - Berlin Phil Wind Quintet (BIS CD 2072)

  HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 - Alan Stringer (tpt), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 458 194)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: PALESTRINA: Gloria, from Missa Papae Marcelli - Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly (Naxos 8.555319-20)

  CORELLI: Sinfonia in D minor WoO1, Santa Beatrice d'Este - Rémy Baudet, Sayuri Yamagata (vlns), Richte van der Meer (cello), Hank Heyink (archlute), Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder (dir) (Brilliant Classics 92403)

  POULENC: Three Novelettes - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Decca 417 438)

  HAWES: Rain - English CO/Patrick Hawes (Black Box BBM 1081)

  YORK: Sunburst - Karin Schaupp (gtr) (Warner Classics 3984 23306)

  O'CONNOR arr Meyer: Butterfly's Day Out - Mark O'Connor (mdln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 68460)

  SIBELIUS: Finlandia - Estonian National Male Choir, Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 5 45561)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Orchestral music

  Leonore Overture No 1 - BBC SO/Arturo Toscanini (rec 1937) (Biddulph WHL 009)

  Violin Concerto in D Op 61 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI CDC 7 47002)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  RAMEAU: Suite in A minor - Stephen Gutman (pno) (Toccata Classics TOCC 0050)

  BERLIOZ: Les Nuits d'été - Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Berlin Deutsches SO/Kent Nagano (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1932)

  KLUGHARDT: Five Fantasy Pieces Op 28 - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Tabea Zimmermann (vla), Markus Becker (pno) (Decca 478 3564)

  DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - Bavarian Radio SO/Andris Nelsons (BR Media 900 116)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  WALLACE: The Amber Witch, Overture - Victorian Opera Orch/Richard Bonynge (Somm SOMMCD 0123)

  HOLST: A Song of the Night Op 19/1 - Tasmin Little (vln), BBC Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHAN 10796)

  ROTH: English Folk Songs, Scarborough Fair; The brisk young widow; The turtle dove; Dance to your daddy; Sweet William - Mark Padmore (ten), Morgan Szymanski (gtr) (Signum SIGCD 332)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

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

  GJEILO: Serenity - Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy, Emmanuel Lopez (cello) (Chandos CHSA 5100)

  WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre - Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 467 620)

  TELEMANN: Trio in C minor for recorder & oboe - Michael Schneider (rec), Hans-Peter Westermann (ob), members of Camerata Cologne (DHM 05472 77361)

  QUILTER: Now sleeps the crimson petal - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Kiwi CD TRL 025)

  MOZART: Concerto in F for three pianos K242 - Imogen Cooper, Alfred Brendel (pno duo), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 476 209-5)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MUSSORGSKY orch Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition; WEINBERGER: Polka, from Schwanda the Bagpiper; CHABRIER: España; Joyeuse Marche; OFFENBACH: Barcarolle, from The Tales of Hoffmann - Philharmonia/Herbert von Karajan (rec 1955-60) (IMG Artists 5 62869)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  Lexus Song Quest 2014

  The Semi-Finals

  Four programmes

  (1) Rodney Macann introduces the 12 semi-finalists in New Zealand's premier singing competition (RNZ) (Programme 2 on Saturday at 4.00pm)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  DEBUSSY: Scottish March - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Chandos CHSA 5102)

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

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G Op 6/1 - Academy of Ancient Music/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0005)

  BALAKIREV: Islamey - Gary Graffman (pno) (Sony S2K 94737)

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

  G GABRIELI: Canzona XVIII - Empire Brass & Friends (Telarc CD 80204)

  6:00 PUCCINI rev Chailly: Scherzo - Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 475 320)

  SCHUBERT trans Liszt: Der Lindenbaum, from Winterreise - Niu Niu (pno) (EMI 7 25332)

  GLAZUNOV: Spanish Serenade Op 20 - Yuli Turovsky (cello/dir), I Musici de Montréal (Analekta AN 2 9897)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

  W HARRIS: Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening - Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh (DG 477 6605)

  OSBORNE: Rhapsody for solo bassoon - Judith LeClair (bsn) (Cala CACD 0515)

  JC BACH: Flute Concerto in D - Rachel Brown (fl), Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (dir) (CPO 999 538)

  BOUGHTON: Three Folk Dances - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67185)

  WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor - Huw Williams (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, London) (Guild GMCD 7304)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Circumstances of Beethoven's Symphonies

  Some believe that they were conceived as a set with an overarching grand schema, but Thomas Goss points out the often more expedient external factors that influenced Beethoven in composing his nine symphonies (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Direct from Auckland Town Hall

  Violin Fantasy

  Nikki Chooi (vln), Robert Ashworth (vla), Auckland Philharmonia/Giordano Bellincampi

  HARRIS: Aria for viola & string orchestra; BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy

  (Interval)

  WEBERN: Six Pieces for large orchestra Op 6; SCHUMANN: Symphony No 4 in D minor Op 120 (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr W Kanengiser: Capriccio Espagnol Op 34 - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Ode CDMANU 5153)

  RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 2 - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 419 868)

  11:00 BODY: Rainforest - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 709)

  HILL: String Quartet No 10 in E - Sydney String Quartet (ABC Classics 426 992)

  WEINBERG: Violin Sonatina Op 46 - Erez Ofer (vln), Elisaveta Blumina (pno) (CPO 777 804)

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