Schedule for Wednesday 2 July 2014

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
TUBIN: Sinfonietta on Estonian Motifs; Concerto for piano & orchestra; Symphony No 7 - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 401)
1:10 approx - Disc 2
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances; JOACHIM: Andantino in A minor; Romance in Bb - Marat Bisengaliev (vln), John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.553026)
2:25 approx - Disc 3
BACH: Cantatas, BWV199, Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut; BWV165, O heiliges Geist-und Wasserbad; BWV185, Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe; BWV163, Nur jedem das Seine - Midori Suzuki, Aki Yanagisawa (sops), Makoto Sakurada (ten), Stephan Schreckenbergerger (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 801)
3:35 approx - Disc 4
DECRÜCK: Sonata in C#; DELVINCOURT: Croquembouches; SANCAN: Lamento et Rondo; Maurice: Tableaux de Provence; Köchlin: Etudes for saxophone and piano Op 188; DESENCLOS: Prélude, Cadence et Finale - Claude Delangle (sax), Odile Delangle (pno) (BIS CD 1130)
4:35 approx - Disc 5
RAWSTHORNE: Bagatelles; REYNOLDS: Two Poems in Homage to Delius; HOUGH: Valse Enigmatique Nos 1 & 2; ELGAR: In Smyrna; REYNOLDS: Two Poems in Homage to Fauré; BANTOCK arr Hough: Song to the Seals; BOWEN: Reverie d'amour Op 20/2; Serious Dance Op 51/2; The way to Polden (an ambling tune) Op 76; BRIDGE: The Dew Fairy; Heart's Ease; LEIGHTON: Six Studies (Study-Variations) Op 56 - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67267)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 SUK: First movement, Andante con moto, from Serenade in Eb for strings Op 6 - Viva CO (Viva CO)
FAURÉ: Valse Caprice No 1 in A Op 30 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67875)
ZIPOLI arr Giovanini: Elevazione - Pierre Pierlot (ob), Bernard Fonteny (cello), Anne-Marie Beckensteiner (org), Jean-François Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard (ABC Classics 465 086)
FOERSTER: Allegro giocoso - Stamic Quartet (Supraphon SU 4050)
SCHUBERT: Psalm 23 - Arnold Schoenberg Choir/Erwin Ortner, András Schiff (pno) (Teldec 0630 18024)
BERWALD: Concert Piece for bassoon & orchestra - Patrik Håkansson (bsn), Gävle SO/Petri Sakari (Naxos 8.555370)
7:00 MULET: Carillon-Sortie in D - Eugene Lavery (organ of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland) (Holy Trinity Cathedral)
SVENDSEN: Last year I was tending the goats - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)
REICHENAUER: Flute Concerto in G - Marek Spelina (transverse fl), Musica Florea/Marek Stryncl (dir) (Supraphon SU 4056)
MERTZ: Tarantella, from Bardic Sounds Op 13 - Marco Schmidt (gtr) (Private)
RAVEL: Ondine, from Gaspard de la nuit - Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pno) (Warner 2564 62160)
SIBELIUS: Finlandia - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 7 54273)
8:00 Beauty Spot: CHOPIN: Berceuse in Db Op 57 - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (RCA 09026 63259)
CARSE: Two Sketches, A Northern Song; A Northern Dance - Northern Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555070)
BOTTESINI: Duetto for clarinet, double bass & orchestra - Emma Johnson (cl), Thomas Martin (dbass), English CO/Andrew Litton (Naxos 8.570397)
JC BACH: Alessandro nell'Indie, Overture - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 129)
MATHIAS: Improvisations Op 10 - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), English CO/Daniel Barenboim (DG 419 748)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK (1714-1787)
Trio Sonata No 3 in A - Viktor Simcisko, Alzbeta Plaskurová (vlns), Juraj Alexander (cello), Marica Dobiásová (hspchd) (Opus 9351 2034)
O del mio dolce ardour; Le belle immagini d'un dolce amore, from Paris & Helen - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Prague Phil/Michel Swierczewski (DG 471 334)
Orpheus & Euridice, Overture - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Georg Solti (Decca 417 410)
Deh! placatevi con me; Dance of the Furies; Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Che puro ciel!; Che farò senza Euridice?, from Orpheus & Euridice - Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Georg Solti (Decca 421 329)
10:00 AM. The Immortal Beethoven

The Complete Piano Sonatas & String Quartets

New Zealand String Quartet

BEETHOVEN: String Quartets, in C minor Op 18/4; in A Op 18/5; in Bb Op 18/6 (recorded in St Mary of the Angels, Wellington by RNZ)

See www.radionz.co.nz/beethoven
11:30 AM. The Works

ELGAR: Sea Pictures Op 37 - Linda Finnie (mezzo), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9022)
Noon Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
1:30 PM. Recent Releases

COPLAND arr Cassidy/Thomas: Hoe Down, from Rodeo - Brodsky Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10801)
Old American Songs, Set 2, Little horses; Zion's walls; Golden willow trree; At the river; Ching-a-ring Chaw - Susan Chilcott (sop), Iain Burnside (pno) (Opus Arte OA CD 9016 D)
Two Pieces for string quartet - Brodsky Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10801)
The little horses - Susan Chilcott (sop), Iain Burnside (pno) (Opus Arte OA CD 9016 D)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

J STRAUSS II/Josef STRAUSS: Pizzicato Polka - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 417 747)
RUBINSTEIN: Kamennoi-Ostrov Op 10/5, Romance - Joseph Banowetz (pno) (Naxos 8.223846)
BRAHMS trans anon: Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op 105/1 - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Vera Nakariakova (pno) (Teldec 0630 15687)
GRÉTRY: String Quartet in Eb Op 3/2 - Haydn Quartet (Koch Schwann 310 158)
MOZART: A Mozart Opera - Victor Borge (comedian/pno) (Readers Digest 674 300)
PIXIS: Piano Concerto in C Op 100 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), Tasmanian SO (Hyperion CDA 67915)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
RAMEAU: Castor et Pollux, Overture - Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (rec 1996) (L'Oiseau-Lyre 455 293)
BACH: Cantata No 30, written for the Feast of the birth of St John the Baptist, Freue dich, erlöste Schar - Sandrine Piau (sop), Bogna Bartosz (contralto), James Gilchrist (ten), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Choir & Orch/Ton Koopman (rec 2002) (Challenge CC 72222)
HAYDN: String Quartet in Bb Op 33/4 - Angeles String Quartet (rec 1994-1999) (Philips 464 650)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers
GERSHWIN: Strike Up The Band, Overture - Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (Private)
GRAHAM: Gaelforce (Irish Medley) - Royal New Zealand Navy Band/Owen Clarke (Royal NZ Navy NAVY 001)
R FUCHS: Holy day; Dream; Sonnet to Eade; On the way - Margaret Medlyn (mezzo), Richard Mapp (pno) (Rollover Productions)
DEBUSSY: La Mer - Auckland Philharmonia/Baldur Brönnimann (RNZ)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

TRAD arr Grainger: Scotch Strathspey & Reel - Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9554)
GLAZUNOV: Idyll - Stephen Stirling (horn), Fibonacci Sequence (Deux-Elles DXL 1122)
VIVALDI: Cello Concerto in G RV413 - Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Florilegium (Channel Classics CCS 10097)
ROSSINI: Petite polka chinoise - Jenny Lin (pno) (BIS CD 1110)
HANDEL: As steals the morn, from L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato - Lucy Crowe (sop), Mark Padmore (ten), English Concert/Andrew Manze (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7422)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Running Set - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10001)
6:00 WAGENAAR: The Philosophical Princess, Overture - Netherlands Radio SO/Eri Klas (Etcetera KTC 1326)
RESPIGHI: Valse caressante, from Six Pieces - Marco Rogliano (vln), Maurizio Paciariello (pno) (Tactus TC 871890)
PONCE: Chanson, from Sonata No 3 - Milos Karadaglic (gtr) (DG 479 0063)
L MOZART: Toy Symphony in G - Toulouse CO/Georges Armand (vln/dir) (EMI CDZ 7 62516)
GROVLEZ: Les Marionettes; Berceuse de la poupée, from L'Almanach aux Images - Jean-Paul Sevilla (pno) (Discover International DICD 920 169-70)
OFFENBACH: Doll Song, Les oiseaux dans la charmille, from The Tales of Hoffmann - Joan Sutherland (sop), Swiss Romande Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 866)
SATIE orch Milhaud: Jack-in-the-Box - London Festival Players/Bernard Herrmann (Decca 421 395)
7:00 PM. Appointment

Philosophy Talk
Presented by Ken Taylor and John Perry of Stanford University
Six programmes
(6) Turbo-charging the Mind
The rapid advance of computer technology in recent decades has produced a vast array of intelligent machines that far outstrip the human mind in speed and capacity. Yet these machines know far less than we do about almost everything. Is it possible to have the best of both worlds? With guest Anna Salamon from the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ben Manilla Productions)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Early and Baroque Music
Seven programmes
(4) Eun Ju Kim (org), Schola Gregoriana Ápeiron (Olbia)/Giacomo Baroffio
CIMA: Canzon La Novella; TRAD: From the Ambrosian Rite, Vespers, Parts 1-4; FUMAGALLI: Ripienino (recorded in the Cathedral of San Pietro di Sorres, Borutta, Sassari, Italy, by Euroradio, Geneva)
8:55 PM. Wolfgang Amadeus

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 27 in Bb K595 - Sebastian Knauer (pno), Zurich CO/Roger Norrington (Berlin Classics 0300551 BC)
Fantasia in F minor K608 - Tom Winpenny (org) (Naxos 8.573092)
Regina coeli in Bb K127 - Elizabeth Cragg (sop), Deborah Miles-Johnson (contralto), Daniel Auchincloss (ten), Lawrence White (bass), St Albans Cathedral Choir, Sinfonia Verdi/Andrew Lucas (Naxos 8.573092)
Romance in Ab - Kristian Bezuidenhout (fpno) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7529)
10:00 PM. Day's End

FUCHS: Andante grazioso & Capriccio Op 63 - Cologne CO/Christian Ludwig (Naxos 8.572222)
DOVE: Flute Concerto, The Magic Flute Dances - Emily Beynon (fl), BBC Welsh National Orch/Bramwell Tovey (Chandos CHAN 10718)
GIBBS: Prelude, Andante & Finale - Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (Hyperion CDA 67093)
11:00 RIES: String Quartet in C WoO37 - Schuppanzigh Quartet (CPO 777 014)
ALWYN: Contes Barbares, Homage to Paul Gauguin - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.570464)
VILLETTE: Three motets, O quam amabilis es; Jesu, dulcis memoria; Panis angelicus - BBC Singers/Stephen Jackson (BBC Music MM 85)