Thursday 18 December 2014 Rāpare 18 Hakihea 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MOZART: Violin Concertos, No 1 in Bb K207; No 2 in D K211; Adagio in E K261; Rondos, in Bb K269; in C K373 - James Ehnes (vln), Mozart Anniversary Orch (CBC SMCD 5238)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  PINTO: Piano Sonata in C minor; WEBER: Adagio Patetico in C# minor; FIELD: Piano Sonata in Eb Op 1/1; CRAMER: Sonata in F Op 27/1; CLEMENTI: Capriccio in E minor Op 47/1 - Ian Hobson (pno) (Arabesque Z 6595)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  MOZART: Bass arias from The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, Bastien and Bastienne and The Abduction from the Seraglio - Conal Coad (bass), Tasmanian SO/Dobbs Franks (ABC 432 697)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  LIEBERMANN: Album for the Young, excerpts; Sonata for flute and guitar Op 25; Eight pieces for solo flute Op 59; Sonata for flute and harp Op 56; Soliloquy for solo flute Op 44; Sonata for flute and piano Op 23; A Poet and His Beloved Op 40 - Alexa Still (fl), David Korevaar (pno), Franco Platino (gtr), Victoria Drake (hp), Curt Peterson (ten), Yumi Hwang, Claude Sim (vlns), Erika Eckert (vla), Judith Glyde (cello) (Koch 3 7549)

  4:40 approx - Disc 5

  ROSS: Marching Strings; HOPE: Jaunting car, from The Ring of Kerry; DUNCAN: High Heels; CURZON: Dance of an ostracised imp; FOULDS: Keltic Lament, from A Keltic Suite Op 29; WILLIAMS: Rhythm on Rails; COATES: By the sleepy lagoon; BENJAMIN: Jamaican Rumba; KETÈLBEY: In a monastery garden; WILLIAMS: A quiet stroll; FLETCHER: Demoiselle chic, from Parisian Sketches No 1; BEAVER: Cavalcade of Youth; BAYCO: Elizabethan Masque; GARDINER: Shepherd Fennel Dance; ANCLIFFE: Thrills; ROSSE: The doge's march, from The Merchant of Venice; COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Petite Suite de Concert Op 77 - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 MUSSORGSKY arr Stokowski: A Night on Bare Mountain - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.557645)

  CUNNINGHAM: The gentle light that wakes me - Nicola Benedetti, Aly Bain (vlns), Phil Cunningham (pno) (Decca 478 6690)

  SULEK: Trombone sonata, Vox Gabrieli - Stefan Schulz (bass tbn), Tomoko Sawano (pno) (BIS CD 1824)

  ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Pierre Pierlot (ob), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (Erato 2292 45921)

  MOZART: Symphony No 24 in Bb K182 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Oiseau-Lyre 417 592)

  7:00 TRAD arr Cullen: Angels from the realms of glory - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Philharmonia/Carl Davis (Decca 414 632)

  SIBELIUS: Finlandia - Berlin SO/Kurt Sanderling (Brilliant Classics 6328)

  KREISLER: Gypsy Caprice - Caroline Goulding (vln), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Telarc CD 80744)

  OFFENBACH: La Vie Parisienne, Overture - Philharmonia/Neville Marriner (Philips 411 476)

  BAYNES arr Sonnenburg: Destiny - I Salonisti (London 458 382)

  BRANDT orch Sommerhalder: Concert Piece No 2 in Eb Op 12 - Giuliano Sommerhalder (cornet), Westphalia New Phil/Heiko Mathias Förster (Solo Musica SM 125)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: LUKASZEWSKI: O Radix Jesse - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67639)

  ANON: Greensleeves to a ground - Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (dir) (Alia Vox AV 9820)

  MERCADANTE: Homage to Bellini - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573035)

  DVORÁK: Rondo in G minor Op 94 - Christian Poltéra (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (BIS SACD 1947)

  BARTÓK: Rhapsody No 2 Sz89 - Isaac Stern (vln), New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (Praga PRD 350 099)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  HERBERT HOWELLS (1892-1983)

  Two South African Settings - Catherine Pierard (sop), Julius Drake (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9185/6)

  Suite for String Orchestra - Alison Kelly, Edward Roberts (vlns), Stephen Tees (vla), Shuna Wilson (cello), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10780)

  Oboe Sonata - Nicholas Daniel (ob), Julius Drake (pno) (Leman Classics LC 44801)

• 10:00 AM. William Shakespeare 450

  The 154 Sonnets

  Sonnet No 141: In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes

  Read by Michael Neill (RNZ)

• 10:02 AM. The Works

  RESPIGHI: Suite for strings - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Brilliant Classics 94392)

  FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A - Ivry Gitlis (vln), Martha Argerich (pno) (RCA 74321 98836)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 20/2 - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 622)

  SCHUMANN: Symphony No 1 in Bb Op 38, Spring - Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti (EMI 3 71497)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  VERDI: Ritorna vincitor! from Aida; D'amor sull'ali rosee, from Il Trovatore - Krassimira Stoyanova (sop), Munich Radio SO/Pavel Baleff (BR Klassik C 885 141 A)

  VIVALDI: Cello Sonata No 9 in G minor RV42 - Marco Ceccato (cello), Accademia Ottoboni (Zig-Zag ZZT 338)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  JC BACH: Symphony in Eb Op 6/5 - Netherlands CO/David Zinman (Philips 442 275)

  TRAD arr Campbell: Ae fond kiss; My love is like a red, red rose - Nicola Benedetti (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Rory MacDonald (Decca 478 6690)

  MOZART: Fuor del mar, from Idomeneo - Keith Lewis (ten), NZSO CO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2022)

  MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 - Prazák Quartet, Kocian Quartet (Praga PRD 250 221)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G - Martha Argerich (pno), London SO/Claudio Abbado (rec 1988) (DG 423 665)

  La Valse - London SO/Claudio Abbado (rec 1981) (DG 427 314)

  Piano Concerto for the left hand - Michel Béroff (pno), London SO/Claudio Abbado (rec 1988) (DG 423 665)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  PIAZZOLLA: Histoire du Tango - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)

  HEENAN: Three Sea Songs - Donald Munro (bar), National Orch/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD SLD 102)

  TRAD arr Willcocks: Bobby Shaftoe; TRAD arr Wilby: The farmer's boy, from Three North Country Folksongs - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 1991-1992; New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 1993-1994/Roger Stevenson (Private)

  COSMA: Concerto for euphonium - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  GERSHWIN: Variations on I Got Rhythm - Freddy Kempf (pno), Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (BIS SACD 1940)

  PURCELL: Trumpet Sonata in D - Crispian Steele-Perkins (tpt), City of London Baroque Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 47664)

  ADDINSELL: Warsaw Concerto - Isador Goodman (pno), Melbourne SO/Patrick Thomas (ABC Classics 472 509)

  GRANADOS arr Saleski: Andaluza, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Lily Maisky (pno) (DG 477 8100)

  DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour le Piano - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572296)

  ARNOLD: Four Scottish Dances - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68901)

  6:00 JANÁCEK: The Cunning Little Vixen, Overture - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon SU 4058)

  GERMAN: Country dance, from Dances from Nell Gwyn - Southern Festival Orch/Robin White (Chandos CHAN 9110)

  R CLARKE: Three Irish Country Songs, I know my love; I know where I'm going; As I was goin' to Ballynure - Patricia Wright (sop), Jonathan Rees (vln) (Guild GMCD 7208)

  TRAD arr Wilby: The farmer's boy; Marianne, from Three North Country Folksongs - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 1993-1994/Roger Stevenson (Private)

  GRAINGER: Colonial Song, Up-Country Song - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9493)

  CPE BACH: Six Sonatas for wind - Melbourne Windpower/Richard Runnels (dir) (Move MD 3082)

  ZÁDOR: Csárdás Rhapsody - Budapest SO/Mariusz Smolij (Naxos 8.572548)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Terence Dennis

  As a pianist, Terence Dennis is widely regarded as New Zealand's finest accompanist for singers. This is attested to by the fact that artists of the highest standing like Kiri Te Kanawa and Bryn Terfel have chosen him to tour New Zealand and overseas with them. He talks to Tim Dodd about his career (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Celebrate Christmas with the APO

  Ben Makisi (ten), Graduate Choir, Auckland Philharmonia/Brett Kelly

  HANDEL: Every valley shall be exalted, from Messiah; BACH: Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208, Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!; BERLIOZ: Act 2 Overture, The Flight into Egypt, from The Childhood of Christ; TCHAIKOVSKY: December, Christmas, from The Seasons; ARTLEY: The Ashwell Carol; MENOTTI: Shepherd's dance, from Amahl & the Night Visitors; TRAD: O come, all ye faithful; GARDNER: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves; ADAM: O Holy Night; RUTTER: Sans Day Carol; Donkey Carol; SCHUBERT arr Tyzik: Ave Maria D839; FOX arr Lane: Carol Fantasia; MENDELSSOHN arr Willcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing; GRUBER arr Maskell: Silent Night (recorded in the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland by RNZ)

• 9:20 PM. Piano Duet & Duo

  LISZT: Les Préludes - Marialena Fernandes, Ranko Markovic (pno duet) (Gramola 98948)

  POULENC: Concerto in D minor for two pianos - François-René Duchâble, Jean-Philippe Collard (pno duo), Rotterdam Phil/James Conlon (Erato ECD 88140)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BRIDGE: The Sea - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557167)

  LIADOV: Eight Russian Folksongs Op 58 - Slovak Phil/Kenneth Jean (Naxos 8.550328)

  VOGEL: Symphony No 3 in Bb - Bavarian Chamber Phil/Reinhard Goebel (Oehms OC 735)

  11:00 BOELLMANN: Piano Quartet in F minor Op 10 - Trio Parnassus, Gérard Caussé (vla) (MDG 303 1755)

  BERWALD: Piano Quintet in C minor - Consortium Classicum (Koch Schwann 310 056)

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