Thursday 12 March 2015 Rāpare 12 Poutū-te-rangi 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  ELGAR: Symphony No 1 in Ab Op 55; Cockaigne Op 40 - London SO/Charles Mackerras (Argo 430 835)

  1:05 approx - Disc 2

  LECLAIR: Flute Sonata in E minor; BLAVET: Flute Sonata in D minor, La Vibray Op 2/2; RAMEAU: Pieces de Clavecin en concerts, Fifth concert; BARRE: Suite in G, Suite l'Inconnue; HOTTETERRE: Airs et Brunettes, Dans ces deserts paisibles; Pourquoy, doux rossignol; L'autre jour me Cloris; LECLAIR: Flute Sonata in G - Rachel Brown (fl), Mark Caudle (viol), James Johnstone (hpschd) (Chandos CHAN 0544)

  2:15 approx - Disc 3

  SCHUBERT: Der Einsame; Des Sangers Habe; Lied der Delphine; Lied des Florio; Mondenschein; Mignon und der Harfner; Lied der Mignon; Totengraberweise; Das Echo; An Silvia; Standchen; Trinklied; Wiegenlied; Widerspruch; Der Wanderer an den Mond; Grab und Mond; Nachtelle; Abschied von der Erde - Christine Schäfer (sop), John Mark Ainsley (ten), Richard Jackson (bar), London Schubert Chorale/Stephen Layton, Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDJ 33026)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Boléro de concert; BACH: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565; RAWSTHORNE: Prelude on Londonderry Air; LANG: Tuba Tune in D Op 15; LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Sortie in Eb; TCHAIKOVSKY arr Rawsthorne: Dance of the sugar plum fairy; DUBOIS: Toccata in G; RAWSTHORNE: Aria; BUXTEHUDE: Prelude, Fugue and Caconne in C BuxWV137; BACH: Air, from Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068; WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor; LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Sortie in Bb; DELIBES: Pizzicato, from Sylvia; LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: March in Eb; RAWSTHORNE: Hornpipe Humoresque - Kemp English (org) (Manu CD

  4:40 approx - Disc 5

  SIBELIUS: Pelléas & Melisande Suite Op 46; Swanwhite Suite Op 54, The harp; The maidens with roses; The prince alone; Swanwhite and the prince; Song of praise; Incidental music from King Christian II Op 27 - Iceland SO/Petri Sakari (Chandos CHAN 9158)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HONEGGER: Symphonic Movement No 1, Pacific 231 - BBC National Orch of Wales/Thierry Fischer (Orfeo C 849 121)

  J STRAUSS II arr Schoenberg: Roses from the South - Leonore Aumaier (pno), Alfred Mitterhofer (harmonium) members of the Vienna String Quintet (CPO 999 588)

  PÄRT: Fratres, for eight cellos - I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (Telarc CD 80387)

  ALBINONI: Sonata in C in five parts Op 2/2 - Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (dir) (Zig Zag ZZT 090 202)

  SIBELIUS: Finland Awakes - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1115)

  7:00 SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture - New Symphony Orch of London/Raymond Agoult (Decca 425 739)

  WAXMAN: Carmen Fantasy - Mayuko Kamio (vln), Vadim Gladkov (pno) (Sony 88697 30100)

  DELIUS: On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Swiss-Italian Orch/Howard Griffiths (Berlin Classics 0300426 BC)

  GIULIANI: Grand Variation on a Savoyard Theme - David Starobin (gtr) (Bridge Records BRIDGE 9418)

  MENDELSSOHN: Rondo Brillant in Eb Op 29 - John Ogdon (pno), London SO/Aldo Ceccato (Testament SBT 1288)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: SUNG: Dance of the White Lotus Under the Silver Moon - Susan Glaser (fl), Emily Mitchell (harp) (Koch International 3-7497)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Pas d'action, from Swan Lake - Baiba Skride (vln), Ulrich Heinen (cello), Robert Johnston (harp), CBSO/Andris Nelsons (Sony 88697 21423)

  CURTIS: At Twilight - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2055)

  PIAZZOLLA trans Hubert: Three Tangos - Martha Argerich, Eduardo Hubert (pno duet) (EMI 2 67051)

  CPE BACH: Symphony in Eb Wq179 - Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik/Stephan Mai (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1711)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  DOUGLAS LILBURN (1915-2001)

  Processional Fanfare - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

  Three Songs for baritone & viola, Warning of Winter; Song of allegiance; Blow the wind of fruitfulness - Barry Mora (bar), Gavin Saunders (vla) (Kiwi SLD 30)

  Suite for orchestra - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum CCD 1076)

  Wind Quintet - Concertante Ensemble (Kiwi SLD 58)

  Piano Sonatina No 2 - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 1 in B Op 8 - Gutman Trio (Brilliant Classics 94474)

  RAMEAU: Platée, Suite - European Union Baroque Orch/Roy Goodman (Naxos 8.557490)

  PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata No 1 in F minor Op 80 - Isabelle van Keulen (vln), Ronald Brautigam (pno) (Challenge CC 72580)

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 5 in Bb D485 - Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (RCA Red Seal 87254 63362)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  TURGES: From stormy Windes - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16122)

  FAURÉ: Nos 28, 6, 26, 20, 5, 14, 23, 2, 24, from Vocalises - Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (tpt), Roy Howat (pno) (Linn CKD 488)

  HANDEL: Let thy hand be strengthened, Coronation Anthem - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16122)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 27 in E minor Op 90 - Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (RegisC 1185)

  MARSHALL: Bless the Child, from Advent Triptych - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 - Stephen Hough (pno), Dallas SO/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 67501/2)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  CHAUSSON: Poème de l'amour et de la mer Op 19 - Jessye Norman (sop), Monte Carlo Phil/Armin Jordan (rec 1983) (Erato 2292 45368)

  FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (rec 1968) (Decca 414 128)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  GÓRECKI: Totus tuus - Nota Bene/Christine Argyle (Nota Bene NB 001)

  FIOCCO: Arioso & Allegro - Buzz Newton (euphonium), Wellington Brass Band/David Bremner (Rata RT 028)

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 15 in F K533 - Michael Endres (pno) (Oehms OC 253)

  FARR: Tabuh Pacific - Victoria University Orch, Gamelan Padhang Moncar/Peter Walls (Manu CD MANU 1514)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture Op 96 - Toulouse Capitole Orch/Tugan Sokhiev (Naïve V 5252)

  FALLA arr M Nakariakov: Spanish Dance, from La Vida breve - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Alexander Markovich (pno) (Teldec 4509 94554)

  ROSAS: Sobre las olas - Vienna Volksoper Orch/Franz Bauer-Theussl (Philips 412 883)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A minor RV356, from L'Estro Armonico - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9835)

  STRAUSS: Capriccio, Introduction to the Final Scene - Barry Tuckwell (horn), Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 430 370)

  DVORÁK: Rondo in G minor Op 94 - Christian Poltéra (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (BIS SACD 1947)

  BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue (Reference Recordings-80 CD)

  6:00 TRAD arr Higdon: Amazing Grace - Serafin String Quartet (Naxos 8.559752)

  arr Leon: The Salley Gardens - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)

  arr Zygel: Prière - Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello) (Naïve V 5226)

  arr Savall: El mariner - Arianna Savall (sop/harp), Pedro Estevan (palos de agua) (Alia Vox AV 9833)

  arr Grainger: My dark-haired maid - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 446 657)

  arr Dragon: Shenandoah - Virginia Symphony/JoAnn Falletta (Albany TROY 589)

  arr Beethoven: To the Aeolian Harp, from 26 Welsh Songs WoO155 - John Mark Ainsley (ten), Marieke Blankestijn (vln), Ursula Smith (cello), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 453 786)

  arr Beethoven: The Vale of Clwyd WoO155/19 - Lynne Dawson (sop), Alida Schat (vln), Jaap ter Linden (cello), Bart van Oort (fpno) (Berlin Classics 001639)

  arr Stanford: Six Irish Dances, The Long Dance; The Humours of Bandon; The Ace and Deuce of Pipering; Jig; The Rocky Road; The Gobby O - Alberto Bologni (vln), Christopher Howell (pno) (Sheva SH 100)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Renata Scotto, A Legend Looks Back

  In the second of two programmes presented by Thomas Hampson, the Italian soprano and opera director discusses her life, her career and some of her most acclaimed roles (RNZ/WFMT)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Glennie at Olympus

  Evelyn Glennie (percussion/pno), Stephen De Pledge (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Hans Graf

  PSATHAS: View from Olympus; Fragment; RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:40 PM. High Seas

  SIMONETTI: Sonata in C minor Op 5/2, Sea Storm - Red Priest (Red Priest RP 004)

  ZIEHRER: On the High Seas Waltz Op 66 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.225172)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain - Clara Haskil (pno), Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Praga PRD 350 064)

  TELEMANN: Bassoon Sonata in F minor TWV41/f1 - Peter Whelan (bsn), Ensemble Marsyas (Linn CKD 435)

  KUULA: South Ostrobothnian, Suite No 2 - BBC Concert Orch/Martyn Brabbins (Dutton Epoch CDLX 7272)

  11:00 BRIDGE: Cello Sonata in D minor - Paul Watkins (cello), Ian Brown (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68003)

  GLAZUNOV: String Quartet No 2 in F Op 10 - Utrecht String Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1237)

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