Friday 6 March 2015 Rāmere 6 Poutū-te-rangi 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  An Englishman Abroad

  Share a light musical selection with Brian Kay in this 10-part series

  (10) Friends pictured within

  Our Englishman abroad celebrates a lifetime of friendships and connections with musical luminaries such as John Eliot Gardiner, Richard Hickox and Andrew Davis

  1:00 approx - Disc 1

  FINZI: A Severn Rhapsody; New Year Music; Love's Labours Lost, Three Soliloquies; Romance in Eb Op 11; Prelude in F minor; The Fall of the Leaf; Introit in F; Eclogue Op 10; Grand Fantasia & Toccata Op 38 - Peter Katin (pno), New Philharmonia/Vernon Handley; London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 239)

  2:20 approx - Disc 2

  Southern Voices

  Opera arias performed by Frances Alda, Rosina Buckman, Malvina Major, Kiri Te Kanawa (sops), Heather Begg, Patricia Payne (mezzos), Peter Baillie, Anson Austin, Richard Greager, Patrick Power, Keith Lewis (tens), Brian Drake, Barry Mora, Denis Dowling, Bryan Drake (bars), Donald McIntyre, Rodney Macann (bbars), Noel Mangin, Oscar Natzka, Inia Te Wiata (basses) (Kiwi CD SLD 82)

  3:30 approx - Disc 3

  BRAHMS: Lerchengesang Op 70/2; Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38; Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2; Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op 105/1; Sapphische Ode Op 94/4; Liebestreu Op 3/1; Scherzo, from FAE Sonata in A minor; Minnelied III Op 71/5; Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 99; Wiegenlied Op 49/15 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Awadagin Pratt (pno) (Telarc TEL 32664)

  4:45 approx - Disc 4

  DEBUSSY: La Boîte à joujoux; Six Epigraphes antiques; Pagodas & La soirée dans Grenade, from Estampes; L'Isle Joyeuse; Le triomphe de Bacchus - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572568)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 BRIDGE: Two poems, The open air; The story of my heart - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 243)

  PAGANINI arr Kreisler: Third movement, La campanella, from Violin Concerto No 2 in B minor Op 7 - Ning Feng (vln), Thomas Hoppe (pno) (Channel of China CCS SA 80807)

  SMETANA: Sárka, from Má Vlast - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Antal Doráti (Newton 880 2073)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No 1 - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 214)

  HOPE: Four French Dances - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2147)

  7:00 WEBER: Clarinet Concertino in Eb Op 26 - Janet Hilton (cl), CBSO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8305)

  SARASATE arr A Labrie: Gypsy Airs Op 20 - Similia (Analekta AN 2 9819)

  DONIZETTI trans Stees: Una furtiva lagrima, from L'elisir d'Amore - Barrick Stees (bsn), Sylvia Norris (harp) (Claves CD 50-9815)

  WIENIAWSKI arr Birchall: Scherzo-Tarantelle in G minor Op 16 - Cellophony (Edition Classics EDN 1047)

  SOUSA arr Bourgeois: People Who Live in Glass Houses, Ballet Suite - Royal Norwegian Navy Band/Keith Brion (Naxos 8.559397)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: FAURÉ: Morceau de concours - Jaime Martin (fl), Alison Nicholls (harp) (Hyperion CDA 67725)

  NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Overture - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (Resonance CD RSN 3023)

  CHOPIN: Variations on Non più mesta, from Rossini's La Cenerentola - Emily Beynon (fl), Philip Moore (pno) (Naxos 8.572585)

  ZIEHRER: This kiss to all the world, Waltz Op 442 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223814)

  GRANADOS arr Cassadó: Intermezzo, from Goyescas - Devich Trio (Challenge Classics CC 72322)

  DELIUS: Idylle de printemps - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7528)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  DOUGLAS LILBURN (1915-2001)

  String Quartet in E minor - Martin Riseley, Jun He (vlns), Donald Maurice (vla), Inbal Megiddo (cello) (Atoll ACD 142)

  Symphony No 1 - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Continuum CCD 1069)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  ARENSKY: Piano Trio No 2 in F minor Op 73 - Leonore Piano Trio (Hyperion CDA 68015)

  BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 44 - James Ehnes (vln), Montreal SO/Mario Bernardi (CBC SMCD 5222)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Songs of Travel - Dietrich Henschel (bar), Fritz Schwinghammer (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1875)

  NIELSEN: Symphony No 1 in G minor Op 7 - London SO/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0715)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  CACCINI: Dolcissimo suspiro; Dalla porta d'Oriente; Torna, deh torna - Roberta Invernizzi (sop), Craig Marchitelli (theorbo) (Glossa GCD 922902)

  WF BACH: Overture-Suite in G minor - CPE Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Brilliant Classics 94690)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BOYCE: Symphony No 2 in A - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 419 631)

  MASCAGNI: Easter Hymn, from Cavalleria Rusticana - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah SO/Julius Rudel (Decca 458 867)

  SCHUBERT: Moments musicaux D780 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 422 076)

  HANDEL: They shall receive a glorious kingdom, from The Ways of Zion Do Mourn HWV264 - Tim Mead (countertenor), Sean Clayton (ten), Lisandro Abadie (bar), Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Les Arts Florissants AF 004)

  D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas, in F minor K69; in Bb K70; in G K71; in C K72 - Scott Ross (hpschd) (Erato ECD 75404)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  DUFAY: Rite majorem Jacobum canamus; Balsamus et munda cera - Binchois Consort/Andrew Kirkman (rec 1997) (Hyperion CDA 66997)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in D Op 76/5 - Angeles String Quartet (rec 1994-1999) (Philips 464 650)

  MOZART: Symphony No 19 in Eb K132 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (rec 1979) (Oiseau-Lyre 417 592)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  LISZT: Hymne à Sainte Cécile - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Integral INT 221 116)

  HAMILTON: Three Songs from Othello - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Ode CD ODE 1308)

  MENDELSSOHN: Fugue in Eb Op 81/4 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570002)

  MCLEOD: The Emperor & the Nightingale - Helen Medlyn (narrator), Kirstin Eade (fl), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572671)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in G minor Op 46/8 - Israel Phil/István Kertész (Decca 425 087)

  GRIEG arr Freyhan: Ich liebe dich Op 5/3; To Spring Op 43/6 - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), London Phil/Vernon Handley (Black Box BBM 1070)

  ALBENIZ: Seville, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Milos Karadaglic (gtr) (DG 477 9338)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Romance, from The Gadfly - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)

  TRAD: Improvisations on Four English Folksongs, O Waly Waly; I will give my love an apple; The three ravens; Barbara Allen - Rachael Beesley (vln), Anthea Cottee (cello), Paul Dyer (hpschd) (ABC Classics 465 428)

  ELGAR: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations - West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Warner Classics 2564 62791)

  KREISLER: Caprice viennois Op 2 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu CD MANU 5006)

  PURCELL ed Britten: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - English CO/Benjamin Britten (London 425 160)

  6:00 GLIÈRE: Russian Sailor's Dance, from The Red Poppy - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (Chandos CHAN 9160)

  H WOOD: Fantasia on British Sea Songs - Leeds Festival Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel (Naxos 8.553981)

  SIBELIUS: The Oceanides - Moscow Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Brilliant Classics 9212)

  BESSER: Wellington Harbour - Andrew Pask (bass cl), Jonathan Besser (pno) (Besser Music 1995a)

  BLOCH: Poems of the Sea - London SO/Dalia Atlas (Naxos 8.573241)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  New Horizons

  Ten programmes

  (1) With William Dart (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  WOMAD Taranaki 2014

  Thirteen programmes

  (6) Femi Kuti and La Chiva Gantiva

  Featuring Afrobeat from Nigerian musician Femi Kuti, eldest son of Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Kuti, and also Latin rhythms from La Chiva Gantiva, a group from Brussels who are ex-pat Colombians (RNZ)

• 8:55 PM. French Fantasies

  BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique - Bavarian Radio SO/Mariss Jansons (BR Klassik 900121)

  MILHAUD: Fantaisie pastorale Op 188 - Michael Korstick (pno), South West German Radio Orch/Alun Francis (CPO 777 162)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  AFANASSIEV: String Quartet, Volga - Leipzig String Quartet (MDG 307 1758)

  BRAHMS: Serenade No 2 in A Op 16 - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3868)

  11:00 GÁL: Divertimento for mandolin & harp Op 80 - Sonja Wiedemer (mandolin), Petra van der Heide (harp) (Antes BMCD 31.9171)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 123 - Mats Lidström (cello), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67095)

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