Tuesday 17 February 2015 Rātū 17 Hui-tanguru 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  STANFORD: Symphony No 4 in F; Irish Rhapsody No 6 for violin & orchestra; Oedipus Rex, Prelude Op 29 - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8884)

  1:05 approx - Disc 2

  BACH: Leipzig Chorale Preludes Nos 14-18 BWV664-668; Fantasia in G minor BWV572; Trio Sonata in E minor BWV528; Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV544; Toccata and Fugue in F BWV540 - Gillian Weir (organ of Thomaskirche, Leipzig) (Priory PRCD 800)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  Vocal & instrumental music by ALMODAR, MORALES, CARCERES, FLEXTA, GUERRERO & ANON - La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall (Astrée Auvidis E 8582)

  3:25 approx - Disc 4

  MOZART: String Quartets, in A K464; in C, Dissonance K465 - Quatuor Mosaïques (Astrée Auvidis E 8748)

  4:30 approx - Disc 5

  Works by MENDELSSOHN, BACH, TCHAIKOVSKY, MASSENET, BRUCH, PUCCINI, WAGNER, GOUNOD, BERLIOZ & BARBER - Various orchestras & conductors (Decca 452 625)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 M HAYDN: Symphony No 12 in G - Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal (CPO 999 154)

  DVORÁK: Rondo in G minor Op 94 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67529)

  LIADOV: Kikimora Op 63 - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 657)

  DEBUSSY: Rêverie - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7540)

  7:00 WEBER: Jubilee Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

  M ALBÉNIZ: Keyboard Sonata in D - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Philips 456 883)

  MOZART: Minuet in C K409 - Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (DHM 82876 75736)

  GIULIANI: Variations on a theme by Handel Op 107, Harmonious Blacksmith - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 475 6360)

  SMETANA: Dances, Polka; Furiant; Skocna (Dance of the Comedians) from The Bartered Bride - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: SAINT-SAËNS: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix, from Samson & Delilah - Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Vienna Opera Orch/Henry Lewis (Decca 444 552)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Fantasia on Serbian Themes Op 6 - Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin (Naxos 8.553513)

  KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro in the style of Pugnani - Tasmin Little (vln), John Lenehan (pno) (BIS CD 1744)

  PROKOFIEV: Pushkin Waltz No 1 Op 120 - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.571210)

  DUTILLEUX: Sarabande et Cortège - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10521)

  J STRAUSS II arr Schönherr: Emperor Waltz - Johann Strauss Orch/Christopher Warren-Green (Black Box BBM 1059)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini - CBSO/Andris Nelsons (Orfeo C 860 111)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in A Op 20/6 - Doric String Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10831)

  MAHLER: Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Thomas Quasthoff (bar), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 459 646)

  MASSENET: Seven Improvisations - Stefan Irmer (pno) (MDG 618 1729)

  BRAHMS: Serenade No 1 in D Op 11 - Mahler CO/Claudio Abbado (DG 476 5786)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  HOWELLS: Sine nomine - Alison Hill (sop), Benjamin Hulett (ten), Bach Choir, Bournemouth SO/David Hill (Naxos 8.573176)

  DELIUS: Eventyr (Once upon a time) - Bergen Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5131)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  LITOLFF: Second movement, Scherzo, from Concerto Symphonique No 4 in D minor Op 102 - John Ogdon (pno), CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI 5 65054)

  COPLAND: Rodeo - Detroit SO/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559758)

  BESSER: Sail 'til the seas run dry, from Mr Darwin's Dances - Warwick Broadhead (vocalist), Nigel Gavin (banjo), Bridget Miles (cl), Jonathan Besser (pno), Miranda Adams (vln), Yogi (accordion) (Atoll ACD 200)

  BRET: Concerto for organ & strings - Hervé Desarbre (organ of Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grâce, Paris), Stringendo/Jean Thorel (Mandala MAN 5049)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  Pianist Emil Gilels in Historic Russian Archives recordings

  SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata No 1 in F# minor Op 11; Arabeske in C Op 18; RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess; Jeux d'eau - Emil Gilels (pno) (rec 1957/59/68) (Brilliant Classics 92615)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  MEYERBEER: Overture; Coronation March (Act 4), from The Prophet - New Zealand SO/Darrell Ang (Naxos 8.573195)

  BACH: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 - Penelope Evison (fl), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble (BIS CD 249)

  WELLS: Organ Concerto - John Wells (organ of Christchurch Town Hall), Christchurch Symphony/Brian Law (Ribbonwood RCD 1009)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  STRAVINSKY: Suite No 2 - Bremen German Chamber Phil/Paavo Järvi (PentaTone PTC 5186 046)

  STRAUSS: Ruhe, meine Seele Op 27/1; Heimliche Aufforderung Op 27/3; Morgen Op 27/4 - Thomas Hampson (bar), Wolfram Rieger (pno) (DG 479 2943)

  HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 - Giovanna Pessi (harp), Ricercar Consort/Philippe Pierlot (dir) (Mirare MIR 009)

  REBAY: Little Variations on a theme from Chopin's Preludes Op 28 - Luigi Magistrelli (cl), Massimo Laura (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 94171)

  PIAZZOLLA orch Bacalov: Libertango - Luis Bacalov (pno), Héctor Ulises Passarella (bandoneón), St Cecilia Academy Orch, Rome/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 463 471)

  6:00 WAGENAAR: The Philosophical Princess, Overture - Netherlands Radio SO/Eri Klas (Etcetera KTC 1326)

  HOLST: The splendour falls, from The Princess - Holst Singers/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 66705)

  COATES: Impressions of a Princess - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (ASV White Line CD WHL 2107)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Lullaby of the Sea Princess, from Sadko - Galina Vishnevskaya (sop), London Phil/Mstislav Rostropovich (EMI 5 62653)

  GRAINGER: To a Nordic Princess - Danish National Radio SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9721)

  BAX: The Princess's rose garden - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.557769)

  ELGAR orch Payne: So many true Princesses who have gone - BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orch/David Lloyd Jones (Dutton CDLX 7148)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  7:30 International Rostrum of Composers 2014

  ABC's Julian Day and Stephen Adams look at a selection of recent works entered into last year's International Rostrum of Composers held in Helsinki, Finland. (ABC)

  (Programme 1 of 2) Tonight's focus is on the younger and newer voices in this year's collection, including the 'Selected Work' in the Under 30s category - Canzon de' baci by Polish composer and counter-tenor Andrzej Kwiecinski.

  ANDRZEJ KWIECINSKI: Canzon de' baci (excerpt) - Karol Kozlowski, (countertenor), Aukso Chamber Orchestra/Marek Mos (Polish Radio, PLPR)

  RAIMONDA ŽIŪKAITĖ: Prime Galaxy - String Quartet "ReDo": Madara Jauģiete, Konstantīns Paturskis  (vlns); Artūrs Gailis (vla), Pēteris Ozoliņš (cello) (LRT Radio, Lithuania)

  GUANQING CHRIS WU: La Ronde - Ensemble ConTempo Beijing (Radio 4, Radio Television Hong Kong)

  ÞRÁINN HJALMARSSON: Influence of buildings on musical tone - Members of the Iceland SO (Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, ISRUV)

  MÁTÉ BELLA: Trance - Katalin Kokas (vln), Chamber Ensemble of the Hungarian Radio Orchestra/Gergely Vajda

  ANDRZEJ KWIECINSKI - Canzon de' baci - Karol Kozlowski (countertenor), Aukso Chamber Orchestra/Marek Mos (Polish Radio, PLPR)

  KRISTS AUZNIEKS: I Exist As I Am - Latvian Radio choir group/ Kaspars Putniņš (Radio Latvia 3 Klasika)

  MARÍA CRISTINA KASEM: Pacha Mama - María Cristina Kasem and Pierre Denjean (vocals, percussion and electronics) (Radio UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL LM)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

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