Schedule for Saturday 14 February 2015

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
MENDELSSOHN: Symphonies, No 3 in A minor, Scottish; No 4 in A, Italian - Philharmonia/Tamás Vásáry (Collins 10182)
1:10 approx - Disc 2
HUMMEL: Rondo brilliant in Eb Op 120, La Galante; Variations in F on a theme by Gluck Op 57; Una fantasia piccola Op 107, La contemplazione; Rondo in Eb Op 11; Tyrolienne variée; BEETHOVEN: Six variations in F on a Swiss song Wo064; Variations in C on God Save the King Wo078; Variations on a Russian Air Op 107; Rondo Wo064; Allegretto in C minor - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Zellan Records ZRCD 1002)
2:15 approx - Disc 3
GIBBONS: Hosanna to the Son of David; O Lord, I lift my heart; O all true, faithful hears; Deliver us, O Lord; This is the record of John; Lift up your heads; See, see the Word is incarnate; Almighty & everlasting God; Praise the Lord, O my soul; O clap your hands; Glorious & powerful God; O Lord, in thee is all my trust; O Lord, how do my woes; Out of the deep; Behold, thou has made my days; O Lord, in thy wrath; Blessed are all they that fear; I am the resurrection - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Fretwork/Richard Marlow (Conifer 75605-51231)
3:30 approx - Disc 4
ARENSKY: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 54; GLAZUNOV: Concerto ballata Op 108; Piano Concerto in F minor Op 22 - Alexander Trostiansky (vln), Yegor Dyachkov (cello), Maneli Pirzadeh (pno), Sherbrooke SO, I Musicide Montreal/Yuri Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9528)
4:40 approx - Disc 5
Scottish traditional music for lute, mandour, cittern, guitar - Rob MacKillop (Greentrax CDTRAX 155)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 STERNDALE BENNETT: The Naiades, Overture - Philharmonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 206)
RAVEL: Piece in the form of a Habanera - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Olga Sitkovetsky (pno) (Trust TRI 3003)
BIBER: Battalia in D - Baroque Band/Garry Clarke (dir) (Cedille CDR 90000 116)
MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F K370 - Nash Ensemble (Virgin VC 7 91074)
BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - USSR Academy SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Chant du Monde LDC 278 782)
7:00 VERDI: Fire Chorus, Fuoco di gioia, from Otello - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus & Orch/Lamberto Gardelli (EMI CDM 7 69054)
BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintet in G minor G426 - Carlo Ipata (fl), Auser Musici (Hyperion CDA 67646)
MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Nicola Benedetti (vln), London SO/Daniel Harding (Decca 478 5338)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Theme & Variations in A minor - Viktoria Postnikova (pno) (Erato 2292 45968)
HOLBROOKE: Three Blind Mice Op 37/1, Symphonic Variations on an old English Air - Brandenburg State Orch/Howard Griffiths (CPO 777 442)
8:00 BEETHOVEN: First movement, Allegro con brio, from Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)
CASSADO: Dance of the Green Devil - Maria Kliegel (cello), Raymund Havenith (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223403)
PURCELL arr Britten: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)
WITT: Quartet in Eb for horn, violin, viola & cello - Consortium Classicum (CPO 777 486)
BIZET: L'Arlésienne - Lyon Opera Chorus, Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Naïve V 5130)
9:00 AM. Best of Upbeat

A recap from the week's national and international music news with Eva Radich (RNZ)
10:00 AM. Your Choice

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 1 in D D82 - Vienna Phil/István Kertész (Decca 430 773)
LORCA: Seville cradle song - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Hespèrion XXI (Alia Vox AV 9826)
WYMAN: Silvery Waves - Alan Etherden (pno) (HMP HMPCD 0589)
BELLINI: Mira, o Norma, from Norma - Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballé (sops), Welsh National Opera Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 448 058)
KREISLER arr Terracini: Caprice viennois Op 2 - Murray Khouri (cl), Prague Metropolitan Orch/Paul Terracini (Continuum CCD 1080)
BACH: Cantata No 146, Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal - Caroline Weynants (sop), Damien Guillon (countertenor), Marcus Ullmann (ten), Il Gardellino/Marcel Ponseele (Passacaille PAS 987)
SCHUMANN: Album for the Young Op 68, Part 1 - Michael Endres (pno) (Oehms OC 240)
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1:00 PM. Jazz on Concert

Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)
Six programmes in which Norman Meehan looks at the life and music of the American jazz pianist whose remarkable musical career spanned more than six decades
(4) Brubeck as composer of short jazz pieces and the influence of Darius Milhaud (RNZ)
2:00 PM. Global Sounds

Indigenous music from around the world
3:00 PM. Saturday Concert

2013 Wallace National Piano Competition
Eight programmes
(3) SCRIABIN: Two Pieces for the Left Hand Op 9, Prelude in C# minor; Nocturne in Db; FARR: The horizon, from Owhiro Bay; LIEBERMANN: Gargoyles Op 29 - Cherry Ngan (pno)
WEBSTER: Nameless by Day, Nos 3 & 4; LISZT: Petrarch Sonnet No 123, from Années de Pèlerinage, Year 2, Italy - Gemma Lee (pno)
DEBUSSY: La fille aux cheveux de lin, from Preludes, Book 1; SHOSTAKOVICH: Preludes Op 34, excerpts; MCLEOD: Tone Clock Piece No 10, for Douglas on his 80th birthday - Grace Francis (pno)
CHOPIN: Etude in C Op 10/1; SHOSTAKOVICH: Prelude & Fugue No 15 in Db; HARRIS: Landscape Prelude, A Landscape with too few lovers; CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 - Sam Huang (pno) (recorded in the University of Auckland Music Theatre by RNZ)
4:20 PM. Three X Three

BRUCKNER: Symphony No 3 in D minor - Bern SO/Mario Venzago (CPO 777 690)
MOZART: Violin Concerto No 3 in G K216 - Jan Talich (vln/dir), Talich CO (Calliope CAL 9365)
PLEYEL: Prussian Quartet No 3 in D minor - Pleyel Quartet, Cologne (CPO 777 777)
6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2015)
CHARLTON: Sonata for flute & guitar - Carol Hohauser (fl), Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Private)
HAMILTON: Elysian Fields - New Zealand SO/Matthias Bamert (RNZ)
7:00 PM. Vocalied

BALAKIREV: Embrace, kiss; Spanish song; CUI: The burnt letter Op 33/4; A statue in Tsarskoe Op 57/17; I loved you Op 33/3 - Daniil Shtoda (ten), Larissa Gergieva (pno) (EMI 5 74232)
GLINKA: Fire in my veins; To a lyre; Do not tempt me; Tell me why; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The nightingale & the rose Op 2/2; In the quiet night Op 40/3; The wind Op 43/2; CUI: I touched a flower Op 49/1; DARGOMYZHSKY: Young boy & girl; I still love him - Elena Kelessidi (sop), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (Onyx 4031)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: By the sea Op 46, The waves part; The waveless sea is calm; The sea heaves; Do not believe me, my friend; The waves rise up; MUSSORGSKY: Song of the flea; The leaves rustle Sorrowfully; BORODIN: The miraculous garden; The false note; From my tears; Song of the dark forest - Vassily Savenko (bbar), Michael Dussek (pno) (Meridian CDE 84399)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Back to Baroque
NZ Barok
CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/2; GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in D minor Op 5/7 after Corelli's Violin Sonata in D minor Op 5/7; AVISON: Concerto in G Op 6/7; VIVALDI: Concerto in D minor for two violins & cello RV565, from L'Estro Armonico Op 3; AVISON: Concerto in E Op 6/8; HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/9 (recorded in St Luke's Church, Remuera, Auckland by RNZ)
9:15 PM. Svetlanov Conducts

ARENSKY: The dream on the Volga, Overture - USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov (Melodiya MEL CD 10 00149)
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 1 in F# minor Op 1 - Barry Douglas (pno), Russian State SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov (Sony 88697 27972)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: At the Tomb Op 61 - USSR SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov (Melody MEL CD 10 00180)
10:00 PM. Day's End

GNATTALI: Retratos - Slava & Leonard Grigoryan (gtrs) (ABC 472 824)
G CHARPENTIER: Italian Impressions - Nice Phil/Marco Guidarini (Talent DOM 2929 106)
11:00 RIES: Notturno No 2 in Eb WoO60 - Schweizer Wind Ensemble (CPO 777 618)
BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (pno) (RCA 09026 63267)