Thursday 19 March 2015 Rāpare 19 Poutū-te-rangi 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Suites Nos 1-3 - Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian (ASV CD DCA 885)

  1:20 approx - Disc 2

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 6 in Bb K238; Concerto in F for three pianos & orchestra K242; Concerto in Eb for two pianos & orchestra K365 - Malcolm Bilson, Robert Levin, Melvyn Tan (fpnos), English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 427 317)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  MOZART: Madamina, il catalolo è questo, from Don Giovanni; TCHAIKOVSKY: Gremin's aria, from Eugene Onegin; ROSSINI: La Calunnia è un venticello; A un dottor della mia sorte, from The Barber of Seville; MOZART: La Vendetta; Non pùi andrai; Hai già vinta la causa!…; Vedrò, mentr'io sospiro, from The Marriage of Figaro; GOUNOD: Vous qui faites l'endormie, from Faust; BOÏTO: Son lo spirito che nega, from Mefistofele; MOZART: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja; Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, from The Magic Flute; VERDI: Ehit! Paggio!…L'onore! Ladri!, from Falstaff; WAGNER: Die Frist ist um, from The Flying Dutchman - Jonathan Lemalu (bar), NZSO/James Judd (EMI 5 57605)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  TELEMANN: Suite in G, des Nations anciens et modernes; Concerto in D minor for two chalumeaux; Viola Concerto in G; Sonata for two chalumeaux; Suite in Bb, Volker Overture - Colin Lawson, Michael Harris (chalumeaux), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (vla) (Chandos CHAN 0593)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  J STRAUSS II: Russian March; Slav Potpourri; Five Paragraphs from the Waltz Code; The Favourite, French Polka; Nikolai Quadrille on Russian Themes; Farewell to St Petersburg Waltz; The Imp, Polka-Mazurka; In the Russian Village; Romance, Sweet Tears; Niko Polka - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Michael Dittrich (Marco Polo 8.223234)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 GRIEG: Elegiac Melodies Op 34, The Wounded Heart; Last Spring - Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (vln/dir) (BIS SACD 1877)

  CHOPIN: Nocturne in Db Op 27/2 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar CD TRL 069)

  BUTTERWORTH: A Shropshire Lad - London Mozart Players/Hilary Davan Wetton (Naxos 8.573426)

  MERK: Valse brillante Op 6 - Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (pno) (Naxos 8.572759)

  BRAHMS: Second movement, Andante moderato, from Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 - Vienna Phil/Carlo Maria Giulini (DG 429 403)

  7:00 DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Strasbourg Phil/Marc Albrecht (PentaTone PTC 5186 336)

  DEMERSSEMAN: Fantasy on an original theme - Mark Walton (sax), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private)

  PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet before parting, from Romeo & Juliet - Royal Phil/Daniele Gatti (Conifer 75605 51343)

  IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: An evening in Georgia - Hexagon Ensemble (Etcetera KTC 1246)

  VIVALDI: Concerto in C for two trumpets RV537 - John Wilbraham, Philip Jones (tpts), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 443 768)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MURCIA/COLL arr Pluhar: Romanesca - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)

  NIELSEN: Helios Overture - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1839/40)

  STANFORD: Six Irish Marches - Alberto Bologni (vln), Christopher Howell (pno) (Sheva SH 100)

  PIZZETTI: Three Songs - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67869)

  ISASI: Suite No 2 in E Op 21 - Bilbao SO/Juan José Mena (Naxos 8.557584)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  MAURICE RAVEL (1875- 1937)

  Mother Goose Suite - Martha Argerich, Mikhail Pletnev (pno duet) (DG 474 8172)

  Le Tombeau de Couperin - Theodor Baskin (ob), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 421 458)

  Violin Sonata in G - Chantal Juillet (vln), Pascal Rogé (pno) (Decca 448 612)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804, Rosamunde - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ)

  RESPIGHI: Belkis, Queen of Sheba - Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon (Chandos CHAN 8405)

  RHEINBERGER: Piano Trio No 2 in A Op 112 - Parnassus Trio (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 303 0419)

  GOLDMARK: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor - Joshua Bell (vln), Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony SK 65949)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture - London SO/John Eliot Gardiner (LSO Live LSO 0765)

  ULLMANN: Piano Sonata No 4 Op 38 - Christophe Sirodeau (pno) (BIS 2116)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  MOZART: Symphony No 19 in Eb K132 - Stuttgart Radio SO/Roger Norrington (Hänssler CD 93.215)

  RACHMANINOV: Blessed art thou, O Lord, from Vespers Op 37 - Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava (Ondine ODE 1206)

  SCHREKER: Intermezzo Op 8 - Lucerne SO/John Axelrod (Nimbus NI 5808)

  CORIGLIANO: Troubadours - Sharon Isbin (gtr), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Virgin CDC 5 55083)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MAHLER: Symphony No 3 in D minor - Lucretia West (mezzo), St Hedwig's Cathedral Women's Choir & Boys' Choir, Berlin Phil/John Barbirolli (rec 1969) (Testament SBT2 1350)

• 4:45 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  FARR: Funambulistic Strains - David Bremner (tbn), New Zealand SO/James Judd (Atoll ACD 109)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  J STRAUSS II: Fairy Tales from the Orient Op 444 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (Sony 88875 03549)

  BEETHOVEN: Rondo a capriccio in G Op 129 - Anne Queffélec (pno) (Mirare MIR 9972)

  KEEN: Homeward Bound - Bryn Terfel (bar), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orch at Temple Square/Mack Wilberg (DG 479 1073)

  KREISLER trans Rachmaninov: Liebesleid; Liebesfreud - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 470 291)

  OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80116)

  6:00 SPARKE: The Land of the Long White Cloud, Aotearoa - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

  LISZT: Nuages gris - Idil Biret (pno) (IBA 8.571281)

  DEBUSSY: Nuages, from Nocturnes - Pierre V Plante (cor anglais), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 444 614)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The cloud-capp'd towers - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

  DOWLAND: Clear & cloudy sweet as April - Rogers Covey-Crump (ten), Jakob Lindberg (lute) (BIS CD 391)

  TYKWER/KLIMEK/HEIL: Prelude, The Atlas March; The Cloud Atlas Sextet for orchestra, from the film, Cloud Atlas - MDR Leipzig Radio SO/Kristian Järvi (Sony 88765 41120)

  R KING: Passing Clouds - Mark Bebbington (pno) (Somm SOMMCD 0125)

  REINHARDT arr Lakatos/Cséki: Nuages - Roby Lakatos (vln/dir), László Bóni (vln), Oszkár Németh (dbass), Ernest Bangó (gtr/cymbalon), Kálmán Cséki (pno)

  (DG 459 642)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  A Child of our Time

  Rachel Hyde and David Morriss explore the background to Michael Tippett's war-time oratorio (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Organ Symphony

  Alexander Gavrylyuk (pno), John Wells (org), Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

  HONEGGER: Symphonic Movement No 1, Pacific 231; RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 1 in F# minor Op 1; Moment musical in B minor Op 16/3; SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:40 PM. A Chamber Serenade

  ROUSSEL: Serenade Op 30 - Susan Hoeppner (fl), Judy Loman (harp), Erika Raum (vln), Steven Dann (vla), Amanda Forsyth (cello) (Marquis 7418 13232)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  SIBELIUS: The Tempest, Suite No 1 - Lahti SO/Okko Kamu (BIS SACD 1945)

  GADE: Piano Trio in Bb - Trio Parnassus (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 303 1665)

  MYASKOVSKY: Sinfonietta in A Op 10 - Russian Federation State SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov (Warner 2564 69689-8)

  11:00 HUMMEL: Cello Sonata in A Op 104 - Jirí Bárta (cello), Hamish Milne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67521)

  DOHNÁNYI: String Quartet No 1 in A Op 7 - Aviv Quartet (Naxos 8.572569)

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