Friday 23 January 2015 Rāmere 23 Kohi-tātea 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  An Englishman Abroad

  Brian Kay's 10-part collection of musical favourites

  (4) Music on the Move

  Today we celebrate various ways of getting from A to B. Included are Aaron Copland's bucking broncos, Handel's river boat and a short ride in John Adams' fast machine (RNZ)

  1:00 approx - Disc 1

  BRIDGE: Suite for String Orchestra; DELIUS: Sonata for String Orchestra; BRIDGE: There is a willow grows aslant a brook - NZSO Chamber Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7139)

  2:10 approx - Disc 2

  WAGNER: In fernem Land and Mein lieber Schwan!, from Lohengrin; MOZART: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön; Die Weisheitslehre dieser Knaben, from The Magic Flute; SCHUBERT: In tiefbewegter Brust, from Fierrabras, Schön wenn es beginnt zu tagen, from Alfonso & Estrella; BEETHOVEN: Gott! Welch Dunkel hier!, from Fidelio; WAGNER: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond, from Die Walküre; Amfortas! Die Wunde! and Nur eine Waffe taugt, from Parsifal - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Mahler CO, Claudio Abbado (Decca 478 1463)

  3:20 approx - Disc 3

  MENDELSSOHN: Preludes & Fugues, in E minor Op 35/1; in D Op 35/2; in B minor Op 35/3; in Ab Op 35/4; in F minor Op 35/5; in Bb Op 35/6; Overture, from A Midsummer Night's Dream; Andante & Variations in Bb Op 83a; Andante & Allegro brillant in A Op 92 - Mi-Joo Lee (pno), Klaus Hellwig (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 904 1653)

  4:35 approx - Disc 4

  MARAIS: Suite in D; Suite in G; Suite in D for Robert Visée; Suite in D; Twenty Couplets - Hille Perle (vla da gamba), Lee Santana (lute) (DHM 82876 58791)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 JC BACH: Symphony in Eb Op 6/5 - Netherlands CO/David Zinman (Philips 442 275)

  HAYDN: Second movement, Poco adagio e cantabile, from String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV DCS 236)

  VERDI arr Genin/Pierre: Fantasy on A Masked Ball - Patrick Gallois (fl), Fabrice Pierre (harp), Richard Friedman (vln), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (DG 445 822)

  BEETHOVEN: Andante in F WoO57, Andante favori - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 457 493)

  SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Entr'acte to Act III - Das Neue Orch/Christoph Spering (Opus 111 OPS 30-192)

  7:00 BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire, Overture - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 421 193)

  GERSHWIN arr Schoenfeld: Variations on I Got Rhythm - Wayne Marshall (pno/dir), Aalborg SO (Virgin VC 5 61478)

  PRAETORIUS arr Williams: Dances from Terpsichore, excerpts - Craig Ogden (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 9674)

  GRAINGER arr Wells: Blythe Bells - John Wells (organ of Sacred Heart Basilica, Timaru) (Ribbonwood RCD 1005)

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

  8:00 Beauty Spot: TCHAIKOVSKY: Nocturne in D minor Op 19/4, from Six Piano Pieces Op 19 - Nina Kotova (cello), Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (Philips 462 612)

  DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Danse, Tarentelle styrienne - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 417 611)

  RACHMANINOV: Preludes, in C# minor Op 3/2; in D Op 23/4; in G minor Op 23/5 - Richard Farrell (pno) (rec 1958) (Atoll ACD 909)

  KÜHNE: Fantasy on Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin - Sivan Magen (harp) (Linn CKD 441)

  CHAMINADE orch Uy: Automne - Michael Guttman (vln), Royal Phil/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 855)

  PROKOFIEV: The knights' dance, from Romeo & Juliet - Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pesek (Virgin VC 7 59278)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  How to Hear Classical Music

  Ten programmes

  A guide to assist the understanding, interpretation and appreciation of classical music. Spanning from the earliest plainsong chants to today's most avant-garde contemporary classical music offerings, the scope of How to Hear Classical Music is epic. Writer/presenter Davinia Caddy doesn't offer 'answers' as such, but will open your eyes and ears to the endless adaptability of classical music, its enduring appeal, and its extraordinary power and reach. Each episode features musical excerpts to illuminate the writer's perspective (10) (RNZ)

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral - Czech Phil/Wolfgang Sawallisch (Supraphon SU 4140)

  RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor - Florian Donderer (vln), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Lars Vogt (pno) (Avi Music AVI 8553260)

  KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, Suite - Bolshoi Theatre Orch/Evgeny Svetlanov (Brilliant Classics 9256)

  CHOPIN: Polish Songs Op 74, Nos 10-17, The soldier; A twofold end; My darling; Nothing I need is here; The ring; The fiancé; A Lithuanian song; Song from the Gravemound - Olga Pasichnyk (sop), Natalya Pasichnyk (pno) (Naxos 8.572499)

  MOERAN: Violin Concerto - Tasmin Little (vln), BBC Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHAN 10796)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  BACH arr Stone: Trio Sonata in Eb BWV525 - Tempesta di Mare (Chandos CHAN 0803)

  BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 - Deborah Nemtanu, Sarah Nemtanu (vlns), Paris CO/Sascha Goetzel (Naïve V 5383)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  FAURÉ: In paradisum, from Requiem Op 48 - Choir of New College, Oxford, Capricorn/Edward Higginbottom (Erato 0630 14634)

  D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in C minor Kk56 - Scott Ross (hpschd) (Erato ECD 75404)

  PRIZEMAN: Voca me - Libera (EMI 3 70523)

  SHCHEDRIN: Carmen Suite - Strings & Percussion of the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Moscow/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Melodiya 74321 36908)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 7 in F# minor Op 108 - Emerson String Quartet (rec 1998) (DG 463 284)

  MYASKOVSKY: Symphony No 15 in D minor Op 38 - Russian Federation Academic SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Warner 2564 69689-8)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  MOZART: Violin Sonata No 18 in G K301 - Jan Tawroszewicz (vln), Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

  TRAD (Maori): Purerehua; FISHER: Pounamu; TRAD (Maori): Poiawhiowhio, karanga manu; MARSHALL: Horizon I (Sea & Sky) - Horomona Horo (taonga puoro), Voices16/Karen Grylls (Atoll ACD 213)

  MUFFAT: Armonico tributo Sonata No 2 in G minor - NZBarok (Atoll ACD 813)

  PIAZZOLLA arr Benitez: Summer & Spring, from Four Seasons in Buenos Aires - Owen Moriarty (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BEETHOVEN: Name-Day Overture Op 115 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 427 256)

  ANON: Folia, Rodrigo Martinez - Jordi Savall (vla da gamba), Arianna Savall (harp), Rolf Lislevand (gtr), Michael Behringer (org), Pedro Estevan (drum), Adela Gonzalez-Campa (bells) (Alia Vox AV 9805)

  BARBER: Adagio for Strings - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (EMI 7 94431)

  MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words Op 67/4, Spinning Song, or Bee's Wedding; Andante & Rondo Capriccioso in E Op 14 - Josef Hofmann (pno) (Nimbus NI 8819)

  SIBELIUS: Valse triste, from Kuolema - West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Warner 2564 62190)

  ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1 - London SO/Arthur Bliss (Decca 421 634)

  VIVALDI: Recorder Concerto in C RV443 - Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder), Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca (Arcana A 334)

  6:00 FALLA: La Vida Breve, Interlude & Dance - Cincinnati SO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80149)

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

  KETÈLBEY: Chal Romano - Philharmonia/John Lanchbery (EMI 7 47806)

  MONTI arr Lenehan: Czárdás - Nicola Benedetti, Tamás András (vlns), Thomas Carroll (cello), Ksenija Sidorova (accordion), Petr Limonov (pno) (Decca 478 5338)

  LISZT: The three gypsies - Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Irwin Gage (pno) (DG 419 238)

  TRAD arr Leon: The wraggle taggle gypsies O! - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Edin Karamazov (lute), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)

  SARASATE: Gypsy Airs Op 20 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster (EMI CDC 5 55475)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  2014 Gramophone Awards

  Nine programes

  (4) Best Instrumental Recording

  MOMPOU: Prelude No 7, Fireworks; MOMPOU trans Volodos: Damunt de tu només les flors; MOMPOU: Scenes of childhood; MOMPOU trans Volodos: Hoy la tierra y los cielos me sonrien; MOMPOU: El lago, from Paisajes; Pour appeler la joie, from Charmes, No 6; Prelude 12; Dialogues No 2; Dialogues No 1; Música callada, excerpts - Arcadi Volodos (pno) (Sony 87654 33262)

• 8:00 PM. Adam Chamber Music Festival 2013

  Eighteen programmes

  (17) Bold Strokes

  SCHUMANN: Andante & Variations in Bb Op 46 - Darryl Poulsen (horn), Katie Schlaikjer, Rolf Gjelsten (cellos), Péter Nagy, Diedre Irons (pno duo)

  LIGETI: Trio for horn, violin & piano - Darryl Poulsen (horn), Helene Pohl (vln), Péter Nagy (pno)

  DVORÁK: Piano Quintet No 2 in A Op 81 - Péter Nagy (pno), New Zealand String Quartet (recorded in the Nelson School of Music by RNZ)

• 9:40 PM. Chants d'Oiseaux

  BENEDICT: The Gypsy & the Bird; SAINT-SAËNS: La libellule; Le rossignol et la rose; DAVID: Charmant oiseau, from La Perle du Brésil - Elizabeth Vidal (sop), Philippe Bernold (fl), Susan Manoff (pno) (Naïve V 5396)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  ROUSSEL: Le marchand de sable qui passe - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Naxos 8.570323)

  BRAHMS arr Joachim: Hungarian Dances, Vol 2 Book 3, Nos 11 in D minor; 12 in D minor; 13 in D; 14 in D minor; 15 in A; 16 in G minor - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67663)

  TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in D TWV55/D15 - Arte Dei Suonatori/Martin Gester (dir) (BIS 1979 SACD)

  11:00 SMETANA: String Quartet No 1 in E minor, From my life - Tokyo String Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7429)

  PIGOVAT: Sonata for viola and piano - Donald Maurice (vla), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 413)

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