Thursday 4 December 2014 Rāpare 4 Hakihea 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30; PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Op 26 - Martha Argerich (pno), RIAS SO, Berlin Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Artists Live FED 049)

  1:05 approx - Disc 2

  DVORÁK: Five Bagatelles for two violins, cello & harmonium Op 47; String Quintet in Eb Op 97; Terzetto in C for two violins & viola Op 74 - Robert Ireland (harmonium), Patrick Ireland (vla), Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 806)

  2:15 approx - Disc 3

  Fairest Work of Happy Nature

  BLOW: Songs & Keyboard Music - John Mark Ainsley (ten), Timothy Roberts (spinet/hpschd/chamber org), Paula Chataeuneuf (theorbo/baroque gtr) (Hyperion CDA 66646)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  BAX: Cello Sonata in Eb; Folk-Tale; Sonatina in D; Legend-Sonata in F# minor - Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello), Yolande Wrigley (pno) (ASV CD DCA 896)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for strings Op 48; String Quartet No 1 in D Op 11; Elegy; Scherzo in C minor Op 42/2 - Kremlin CO/Misha Rachlevsky (Claves CD 50-9116)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 J SMITH: The Fairies, Overture & March - Capella Savaria/Mary Térey-Smith (Dorian DOR 93251)

  SATIE arr Debussy/Veen: Gymnopédies Nos 3 & 1 - Sandra Mol, Jeroen van Veen (pno duet) (Brilliant Classics 9129)

  GUASTAVINO: The Little Girls, No 1 of Tres romances argentinas - Entre Ríos SO/Gabriel Castagna (Chandos CHAN 10185)

  J WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Decca 478 3529)

  MOZART arr Schäfer: Andante in F K616 - Chantily Quintet (Profil PH 09002)

  GOLDMARK: Serenade & Dance, from Rustic Wedding Symphony - Los Angeles Phil/Jesús López-Cobos (Decca 476 8743)

  7:00 TRAD arr Blackwell: Lo, how a rose e'er blooming - Choir of Merton College, Oxford/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD 34122)

  GRIEG: Third movement, Gavotte, from Holberg Suite - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 3 44722)

  POULENC: Flute Sonata - Patrick Gallois (fl), Lydia Wong (pno) (Naxos 8.557328)

  ABEL: Symphony in C Op 7/5 - Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd (dir) (Chandos CHAN 8648)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No 1 in A Op 20 - Deborah Nemtanu (vln), Paris Orchestral Ensemble/Thomas Zehetmair (Mirare MIR 193)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: GIORDANO: Amor ti vieta, from Fedora - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), National Phil/Oliviero de Fabritiis (Decca 475 9349)

  SALIERI: La grotta di Trofonio, Overture - Mannheim Mozart Orch/Thomas Fey (Hänssler CD 98.554)

  SCHUBERT: Third movement, Scherzo, from Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout - Christophe Gaugué (vla), Stéphane Logerot (dbass), Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1792)

  J STRAUSS I: Railway Delight Waltz - Slovak State Phil/Mika Eichenholz (Marco Polo 8.223470)

  GADE: Fantasy Pieces Op 43 - Walter Boeykens (cl), Jan Gruithuyzen (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1282)

  STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 475 6550)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  MARTIN LODGE (b1954)

  Epitaph for Douglas Lilburn; Toru - James Tennant (cello), Richard Nunns (taonga puoro), Peter Scholes (cl) (Atoll ACD 143)

  Aër - Auckland Philharmonia/Werner Andreas Albert (RNZ)

  Oiche ghealai - William Dowdall (fl), Richard Nunns (taonga puoro) (Atoll ACD 111)

  Aequora tuta silent; Farewell for David Farquhar - Carrie Koffman (sax), Timothy Deighton (vla), Edward King, James Tennant (cellos) with electronic effects (Atoll ACD 143)

• 10:00 AM. William Shakespeare 450

  The 154 Sonnets

  Sonnet No 127: In the old age black was not counted fair

  Read by Michael Hurst (RNZ)

• 10:02 AM. The Works

  WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Overture & Venusberg Music - Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel (RCA 09026 63143)

  BRUCKNER: Mass No 1 in D minor - Luba Orgonasova (sop), Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Christoph Prégardien (ten), Eike Wilm Schulte (bass), Monteverdi Choir, Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 459 674)

  MENDELSSOHN: Piano Quartet No 3 in B minor - Juho Pohjonen (pno), Erin Keefe (vln), Paul Neubauer (vla), Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello) (BBC Music BBCMM 369)

  MILHAUD: Le Boeuf sur le toit - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9023)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  ROSSINI: Semiramide, Overture - St Cecilia National Academy Orch/Antonio Pappano (Warner 0825 646243440)

  Péchés de vieillesse Vol 14, excerpts - Alessandro Marangoni (pno) (Naxos 8.573107)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  GRAINGER: Early one morning; TRAD orch Grainger: Ye banks and braes o' Bonnie Doon - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584; CHAN 9839)

  WALTON arr Russ: Five Bagatelles - Craig Ogden (gtr), Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9963)

  ELGAR: Sea Pictures Op 37 - Janet Baker (mezzo), London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDC 7 47329)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 19 in G minor Op 49/1 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1943)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  VIVALDI: Four Seasons - Wolfgang Schneiderhan (vln), Lucerne Festival Strings/Rudolf Baumgartner (DG 477 5263)

  D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas, in G Kk454; Kk455; in D minor Kk516; Kk517 - Andreas Staier (hpschd) (DHM RD 77224)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  RÓZSA: The Vintner's Daughter, excerpts - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7601)

  YSAŸE: Elegiac Poem in D minor Op 12 - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Olga Sitkovetsky (pno) (Trust TRI 3003)

  HAMILTON: Century fanfare, Zarya - Auckland Philharmonia/Anthony Halstead (Atoll ACD 100)

  MOUQUET: Flute Sonata Op 15, La flûte de Pan - Marya Martin (fl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar TRL 030)

  MYSLIVECEK: Sinfonia Concertante in C Op 2/6 - Ural Phil/Gary Brain (Toccata Classics TOCC 0023)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  CHAPI: The Drummer of the Grenadiers, Prelude - Madrid Community Orch/Miguel Roa (Naxos 8.555957)

  FALLA arr Kochanski/Maréchal/Maisky: Suite populaire espagnole - Mischa Maisky (cello), Lily Maisky (pno) (DG 477 8100)

  SULLIVAN: Thespis ballet music - RTE Concert Orch, Dublin/Andrew Penny (Marco Polo 8.223460)

  GRANADOS: Spanish Dance No 5 - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (Tsiboulski APT-CD 101)

  CHABRIER: España - Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5122)

  6:00 GADE: Echoes of Ossian, Overture Op 1 - Danish National SO/Christopher Hogwood (Chandos CHAN 9795)

  ELGAR: Echo's Dance - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.570166)

  J STRAUSS II: Windsor Echoes - London SO/John Georgiadis (IMP PCD 902)

  G GABRIELI: Canzon in echo on the twelfth tone, from Sacrae Symphoniae 1597 - brass players of the Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Ivan Meylemans (RCO Live RCO 07002)

  SCHUBERT: Das Echo D990C - Christine Schäfer (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDJ 33026)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 38 in C, Echo - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 910)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Last month William Dart delivered the 2014 Lilburn Lecture hosted by the Lilburn Trust and the Alexander Turnbull Library. As a writer, editor, critic, educator, broadcaster and composer, William Dart brings a wealth of knowledge and insight to his commentaries on New Zealand music. His lecture is entitled Signatures and Footprints (recorded on 2nd of November in the Adam Concert Room, Wellington by RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Exotic Birds

  Joanna MacGregor (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/John Nelson

  RESPIGHI: The Birds; RAVEL: Oiseaux tristes, from Miroirs; DAQUIN: Le Coucou; GUBAIDULINA: The Little Tit, from Musical Toys; F COUPERIN: Le Rossignol en amour; BIRTWISTLE: Oockooing Bird; MESSIAEN: Oiseaux Exotiques; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:45 PM. To Julia

  QUILTER: Prelude; The bracelet; The maiden blush; To daisies; The night piece; Julia's hair; Interlude; Cherry ripe - Mark Stone (bar), Stephen Barlow (piano) (Stone Records 780307)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4 - Lucerne Festival Strings/Achim Fiedler (Oehms OC 723)

  J KREUTZER: Grand Trio Op 16 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Robert Alemany (cl) (Koch International 3-7404)

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F BWV1046 - Dunedin Consort/John Butt (hpschd/dir) (Linn CKD 430)

  11:00 RAMEAU arr Pienaar: Naïs, Suite - Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (tpt), Daniel-Ben Pienaar (pno) (Linn CKD 294)

  DVORÁK: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb Op 87 - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Lida Chen (vla), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Walter Delahunt (pno) (EMI 4 76871)

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