Schedule for Wednesday 31 December 2014

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
SMETANA: The Moldau; Vysehrad; DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66; LISZT: Les Préludes; Hungarian Rhapsody No 4 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 423 220)
1:10 approx - Disc 2
STENHAMMAR: Piano Sonata No 1 in C; Fantasie in A minor; Piano Sonata No 2 in C minor; Piano Sonata No 3 in Ab; Piano Sonata No 4 in G minor - Lucia Negro (pno) (BIS CD 634)
2:15 approx - Disc 3
BACH: Magnificat in D BWV243; Cantata No 21, Ich hatte viel Bekummernis - Greta de Reyghere (sop), René Jacobs (countertenor), Christoph Pregardien (ten), Peter Lika (bass), Netherlands Chamber Choir, La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken (Virgin VC 7 90779)
3:25 approx - Disc 4
LILBURN: Symphonies, Nos 1-3 - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Continuum CCD 1069)
4:40 approx - Disc 5
CPE BACH: Symphonies, in G Wq182/1; in Bb Wq182/2; in C Wq182/3; in A Wq182/4; in B minor Wq182/5; in E Wq182/6 - Carl Philippe Emanuel Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Cappriccio 10 106)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 J STAMITZ: Symphony in Bb, No 3 of Three Mannheim Symphonies - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553194)
RUBINSTEIN arr Linden: Melody in F Op 3/1 - Anthony Leroy (cello), Sandra Moubarak (pno) (Zig Zag ZZT 020 402)
CORELLI arr Barbirolli: Oboe Concerto - Brynjar Hoff (ob), English CO/Ian Watson (Simax PSC 1049)
KREISLER: Caprice viennois; Liebesleid; Liebesfreud - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Fleurs de Lys FL 2 3159)
BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No 2 - Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Signum SIGCD 193)
7:00 ZIEHRER: Melodies of Austria, Waltz Op 373 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223814)
MARTIN Y COL: Variations on La Folia - Jordi Savall (vla da gamba), Arianna Savall (harp), Rolf Lislevand (gtr), Adela Gonzalez-Campa (castanets) (Alia Vox AV 9805)
SIBELIUS: Väinö's Song - Estonian National Male Choir, Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 5 45561)
VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No 1 in E minor - Göran Söllscher (gtr) (DG 459 138)
Little Train of Caipira, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 2 - South West German Radio Orch/Jirí Stárek (Hänssler CD 93.187)
8:00 Beauty Spot: BRIDGE: Lament - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)
SCHUMANN trans Morris: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Craig Morris (tpt), Valentina Lisitsa (pno) (Naxos 8.572506)
WALDTEUFEL: Ma Voisine, Polka - Czecho-Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223441)
GODARD: Suite Op 116 - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (Avie AV 2131)
LISZT arr Liszt/Doppler: Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in D S359/6 - Vienna Academy Orch/Martin Haselböck (CPO 777 797)
9:00 AM. Christmastide

BOWATER: New Year Fanfare - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Atoll/Move MD 3327)
NIETZSCHE: Eine Sylvesternacht - Nicholas Eanet (vln), John Bell Young (pno) (Newport Classic NPD 85535)
IRELAND: Four Unaccompanied Carols, Adam lay ybounden; New Prince, New Pomp; The Holy Boy; A New Year Carol - Lincoln Cathedral Choir/Aric Prentice (Naxos 8.573014)
WAXMAN: Auld Lang Syne Variations - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Ula Ulijona (vla), Marta Sudraba (cello), Louis Lortie (pno) (Nonesuch 7559 79657)
CURTIS: Ring in the New - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2035)
10:00 AM. William Shakespeare 450

The 154 Sonnets
Sonnet No 154: The little Love-god lying once asleep
Read by Michael Hurst (RNZ)
10:02 AM. The Works

BEETHOVEN: Sextet in Eb Op 81b - Nash Ensemble (ASV GLD 4002)
SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 3 in Eb Op 29 - Stephen Hough (pno), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)
REICHA: Three Pieces for cor anglais & wind quartet - Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet (BIS CD 1802)
MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K364 - Isaac Stern (vln), Pinchas Zukerman (vla), New York Phil/Zubin Mehta (CBS CD 36692)
TOMLINSON: Fantasia on Auld Lang Syne - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2155)
Noon Summer Sonic

Lancashire Lad
Four programmes in which Indra Hughes promises some surprising twists and turns with an eclectic mix of instrumental and vocal music from Bach to Tormé
(3) The Lancashire Connection (RNZ)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

WEBER: Piano Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 32 - Nikolai Demidenko (pno), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (Hyperion CDA 66729)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Dona nobis pacem - Judith Howarth (sop), Thomas Allen (bar), Corydon Singers & Orch/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDS 44322)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 58 in C HobXVI/48 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (rec 1982) (Philips 416 643)
String Quartet in D Op 71/2 - Angeles String Quartet (rec 1994-1999) (Philips 464 650)
Keyboard Concerto in D HobXVIII/11 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (rec 1998) (EMI CDC 5 56960)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers
WAGNER: Prelude & Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde - NZSO National Youth Orch 2003/Lutz Köhler (National Youth Orch 2003)
BUCHANAN: Flute Song for the Birds - Bridget Douglas (fl) (Trust MMT 2063-64)
TRAD arr Rutter: Black Sheep; MALOTTE arr Stevenson: The Lord's Prayer; TRAD arr Hayes: Go down Moses - Jayne Tankersley, Campbell Packer (vocalists), New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 1991-1992/Roger Stevenson, with piano accompaniment (Private)
BURCH: Concertino - Edward Allen (horn), New Zealand SO/Michael Vinten (RNZ)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

RESER arr Vappie: Suite for banjo & orchestra - Don Vappie (banjo), Hot Springs Music Festival SO/Richard Rosenberg (Naxos 8.559647)
CHOPIN: Variations on Non più mesta, from Rossini's La Cenerentola - Heinz Holliger (ob), Ursula Holliger (harp) (Philips 426 288)
RACHMANINOV: Scherzo in D minor - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc SACD 60670)
FRANÇAIX: Quintet for flute, string trio & harp - Lorna McGhee (fl), Kanako Ito (vln), Ashan Pillai (vla), Martin Storey (cello), Alison Nicholls (harp) (ASV CD DCA 1090)
J STRAUSS II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube - Vienna Phil/Daniel Barenboim (Sony 88883 792272)
6:00 FINZI: New Year Music - Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 49912)
KAPRALOVA: Waving farewell Op 14 - Dana Buresová (sop), Timothy Cheek (pno) (Supraphon SU 3752-2 231)
HAYDN: Fifth movement, Adagio, from Symphony No 45 in F# minor, Farewell - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 040 203)
G JENKINS arr Terracini: Goodbye - Murray Khouri (cl), Prague Metropolitan Orch/Paul Terracini (Continuum CCD 1080)
CHOPIN: Waltzes, in Ab Op 69/1, L'Adieu; in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante; in E minor Op posth - Dejan Lazic (pno) (Channel Classics CCS 15998)
ELGAR: The Angel's Farewell, from The Dream of Gerontius - Alice Coote (mezzo), Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7521)
7:00 PM. Appointment

In Memoriam
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 20 in E minor; No 21 in E minor; No 6 in D - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (RNZ)
VERDI: La donna è mobile, from Rigoletto - Carlo Bergonzi (ten), La Scala Orch, Milan/Rafael Kubelík (Decca 467 023)
PUCCINI: Si, Mi chiamano Mimi, from La Bohème - Licia Albanese (sop), La Scala Theatre Orch/Umberto Berrettoni (rec 1938) (EMI CHS 7 63335)
PURCELL: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Philips 446 081)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Pretty Bess, from Five Tudor Portraits - John Shirley-Quirk (bar), London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9593)
J RITCHIE: Turkey in the Straw - Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (Kiwi SLD 2)
SCULTHORPE: Maranoa Lullaby - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Brodsky Quartet (Challenge CC 72007)
VERDI: Va Pensiero, from Nabucco - Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah SO/Julius Rudel (Decca 425 431)
HANDEL: Ombra mai fu, from Xerxes - Maureen Forrester (contralto), Vienna Radio Orch/Brian Priestman (CBC PSCD 2002)
MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bare Mountain - London SO/Claudio Abbado (RCA 09026 61354)
SEEGER arr Duarte: Where have all the flowers gone? from Joan Baez Suite Op 144 - Sharon Isbin (gtr) (Sony 88697 45456)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

A Strange Day's Night, Auckland Town Hall, June 2014
To mark the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' visit to New Zealand, local artists perform covers of their hits.
A concert organised by the Play It Strange Trust
LENNON/MCCARTNEY: Medley, I wanna hold your hand/Drive my car/Norwegian wood/Across the universe/All you need is love/Give peace a chance - Rezonation Choir (St Cuthbert's)
Let it be - Grace Brebner
HARRISON: Here comes the sun - The Backbeats
LENNON/MCCARTNEY: Norwegian wood - Waves
For no one; Come together - Fletcher Mills
Ticket to ride - Jed Town
HARRISON: Taxman - Jason Kerrison
Within you without you - Geoffrey Chunn & Friends
LENNON/MCCARTNEY: Don't let me down; HARRISON: While my guitar gently weeps - Eddie Rayner
LENNON/MCCARTNEY: Why don't we do it in the road - Fiona McDonald
HARRISON: Something; LENNON/MCCARTNEY: You're gonna lose that girl - Tim Finn (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)
9:15 PM. Brahms & Liszt

LISZT: Grand galop chromatique - Lang Lang (pno) (Sony 88697 89140)
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 - Hideko Udagawa (vln), London SO/Charles Mackerras (Nimbus NI 6270)
10:00 PM. Day's End

PARRY: Nonet in Bb - Capricorn (Hyperion CDA 66291)
PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges, Suite - St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (RCA 82876 50475)
STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No 1 in Eb - Zdenek Tylsar (horn), Prague SO/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3892)
11:00 PROKOFIEV: Overture; Waltz for the New Year's Eve Ball; Waltz "Since we met", from War and Peace - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (BBC Music BBC MM 228)
SCHUBERT: Quartet for guitar, flute, viola & cello D96 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Paul Neubauer (vla), Ronald Thomas (cello) (Koch International 3-7404)
TRAD arr Meyer/Thile: The Wassail Song/All through the night; TRAD: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem/Auld Lang Syne - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Thile (mandolin), Edgar Meyer (acoustic bass), Chris Botti (tpt) (Sony 88697 34390)