Thursday 26 June 2014 Rāpare 26 Pipiri 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MENDELSSOHN: String Symphonies, No 9 in C; No 11 in F; No 12 in G minor - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5143)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, in F minor Op 2/1; in A Op 2/2; in C Op 2/3 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2011-3)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  Vepres à la Vierge en Chine

  Choral Vespers service from China - Shi Kelong (chant), Cyrille Gerstenhaber (sop), Christophe Laporte (countertenor), Benoit Porcherot, Howard Shelton (tens), Ronan Nédélec (bar), Choir of the North, Beijing, XVIII-21 Musique des Lumières/Jean-Christophe Frisch (K617 155)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  ELGAR: String Quartet in E minor Op 83; BRIDGE: Three Idylls; WALTON: String Quartet in A minor - Coull Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66718)

  4:55 approx - Disc 5

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050; Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in Bb BWV1051; Concerto in A for oboe d'amore BWV1055; Concerto in D minor for violin & oboe BWV1060 - Munich Bach Orch/Karl Richter (Archiv 427 143)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)

  BOWEN: Miniatures Op 44, Prelude; Intermezzo; Scherzo - Joop Celis (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10506)

  CHAUSSON: Two Duos Op 11, La Nuit; Réveil - Christine Schäfer (sop), Stella Doufexis (mezzo), Irwin Gage (pno) (DG 289 459 682)

  TRAD arr Rozankovic: Le Reel du diable - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

  CIMAROSA arr Renz: Oboe Concerto in Bb - Christoph Hartmann (ob), Berlin Ensemble (EMI 5 14232)

  SAEVERUD: Goat Song Variations Op 15 - Stavanger SO/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS CD 1032)

  7:00 RODRIGO: Fourth movement, Canario, from Fantasia para un gentilhombre - Milos Karadaglic (gtr), London Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0652)

  GAUBERT: Trois Pièces, Lied; Menuet; Cortège - Justus Grimm (cello), Florian Wiek (pno) (Fuga Libera FUG 556)

  GRÉTRY: L'ami de la maison, Overture - Brittany Orch/Stefan Sanderling (ASV CD DCA 1095)

  MENDELSSOHN: He, watching over Israel, from Elijah - Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Roy Thomson Hall Orch/Elmer Iseler (CBC SMCD 5054)

  ELGAR: Andante with variations, Evesham Andante - Athena Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 6553)

  MÁRQUEZ: Dance No 2 - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 7457)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: WAGNER: O du mein holder Abendstern, from Tannhäuser - Matthias Goerne (bar), Swedish Radio SO/Manfred Honeck (Decca 467 263)

  CHAMINADE: Sérénade aux Etoiles - Christine Hankin (fl), Timothy Murray (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7193)

  HERSCHEL: Symphony No 14 in D - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

  BRAHMS: Rhapsody in G minor Op 79/2 - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD 909)

  IRELAND: Phantasie Trio in A minor - Gould Piano Trio (Naxos 8.570507)

  LIADOV: Mazurka Op 19, Village Scene by the Inn - Slovak Phil/Stephen Gunzenhauser (Marco Polo 8.220348)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  TORU TAKEMITSU (1930-1996)

  Rain Coming - Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo/Tadaaki Otaka (BIS SACD 1078)

  Rain Tree - Toronto New Music Ensemble (Naxos 8.555859)

  And Then I Knew 'twas Wind - Aureole (Koch 3-7449)

  How slow the Wind - Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo/Tadaaki Otaka (BIS SACD 1078)

• 10:00 AM. The Immortal Beethoven

  The Complete Piano Sonatas & String Quartets

  Michael Houstoun (pno)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, No 4 in Eb Op 7; No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight; No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral; No 31 in Ab Op 110 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

  See www.radionz.co.nz/beethoven

• 11:45 AM. The Works

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Concerto Grosso - strings of New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.555867)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Six Romances on verses by Raleigh, Burns & Shakespeare Op 62, Sir Walter Raleigh to his Sonne; Oh Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast; Macpherson's Farewell; Jenny; Sonnet LXVI; The King's Campaign (The Grand Old Duke of York) - Gerald Finley (bbar), Helsinki Phil/Thomas Sanderling (Ondine ODE 1235)

  J ISSERLIS: Preludes Op 2 - Sam Haywood (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68025)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  HAYDN: Symphony No 80 in D minor - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 635)

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 - Dunedin Consort/John Butt (hpschd/dir) (Linn CKD 430)

  GOUNOD: Sanctus, from St Cecilia Mass - Jessye Norman (sop), Ambrosian Singers, Royal Phil/Alexander Gibson (Philips 420 213)

  CORELLI: Trio Sonata in E minor Op 1/2, Church Sonata - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 414)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  LISZT: Petrarch Sonnet No 104, from Years of Pilgrimage, Year 2, Italy; Berceuse; Valse oubliée No 1 - Clifford Curzon (pno) (rec 1961) (BBC Music BBCL 4078)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout - Clifford Curzon (pno), members of Vienna Octet (rec 1957) (Decca 475 8202)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 1 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

  TREMAIN: Allegro for Strings - Lindsay String Orch/Dobbs Franks (Kiwi SLD 16)

  CPE BACH: Trio Sonata in A minor Wq148 - Extempore (Atoll ACD 204)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake, Act 3 - New Zealand SO/Patrick Flynn (RNZB)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SULLIVAN: Ruddigore, Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.554165)

  CHOPIN: Impromptu No 1 in Ab Op 29 - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (RCA 82876 68669)

  KROMMER: Concertino Italien - Dieter Klöcker, Waldemar Wandel (cls), Stuttgart Radio SO/Wolf-Dieter Hauschild (Koch 3-1077)

  CHAUSSON: Piece for cello and piano Op 39 - Valérie Aimard (cello), Cédric Tiberghien (pno) (Lyrinx LYR 203)

  ROSSINI: William Tell, Overture - World Orch for Peace/Georg Solti (BBC Music BBC MM 350)

  6:00 HANDEL: Where're you walk, from Semele - Mark Padmore (ten), English Concert/Andrew Manze (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7422)

  DONIZETTI: Sonata for flute & harp - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Marielle Nordmann (harp) (Sony SK 44552)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Jester's Dance, from The Snow Maiden - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9324)

  LEONCAVALLO: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba, from Pagliacci - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), National Phil/Giuseppe Patanè (Decca 475 9349)

  HERBERT: Punchinello - Mark Walton (cl), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private)

  CHARKE: Medley Overture, from Harlequin Restor'd - members of Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (hpschd/dir) (Hyperion CDA 67115)

  RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso, from Miroirs - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67731/2)

  BANTOCK: The Pierrot of the Minute - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Hyperion CDA 67395)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Verdi & Shakespeare

  A Verdi anniversary last year (200th) and a Shakespeare one this year (450th) prompts Elizabeth Hudson to examine the inspiration that the English playwright was for the Italian composer

  Two programmes

  (1) Early encounters (RNZ) (Programme 2 next Thursday night)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Nicola Jürgensen (cl), Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

  GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite; NIELSEN: Clarinet Concerto Op 57; RAUTAVAARA: Cantus Arcticus, Concerto for birds & orchestra; SIBELIUS: Symphony No 7 in C Op 105 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:40 PM. Songs of Songs

  PALESTRINA: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; Draw me; I am black, but comely; But mine own vineyard I have not kept; And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved; Come my beloved, let us go forth into the field, from Song of Songs - Magnificat/Philip Cave (Linn BKD 174)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  KUHLAU: Flute Quintet in D Op 51/1 - Ginevra Petrucci (fl), Kodály Quartet (Brilliant Classics 94769)

  SCHREKER: Romantic Suite Op 14 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 9951)

  11:00 BRAHMS: Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel Op 24 - Francesco Piemontesi (pno) (Avanti 5414706 10342)

  FOERSTER: String Quartet No 1 in E Op 15 - Stamic Quartet (Supraphon SU 4050)

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