Thursday 2 April 2015 Rāpare 2 Paenga-whāwhā 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  VILLA-LOBOS: Discovery of Brazil Suites Nos 1-4 - Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Slovak Radio SO/Roberto Duarte (Marco Polo 8.223551)

  1:20 approx - Disc 2

  PSATHAS: Island Songs; KELLY: Sono; NORRIS: Dirty pixels; GRENFELL: A Feather of Blue; AXTENS: For Violin, Violoncello and Piano; FARR: Ahi - New Zealand Trio (Trust MMT 2066)

  2:35 approx - Disc 3

  MOZART: Mass in C, Coronation K317; HAYDN: Mass in time of War HobXXII/9 - Sylvia McNair (sop), Delores Ziegler (contralto), Hans Peter Blochwitz (ten), Andreas Schmidt (bar), RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin Phil/James Levine (DG 435 853)

  3:50 approx - Disc 4

  ALKAN: Études Nos 8-12 - Jack Gibbons (pno) (ASV CD DCS 227)

  5:00 approx - Disc 5

  LARSSON: Pastoral Suite Op 19; ROMAN: Concerto in D for oboe d'amore, string orchestra & harpsichord; ATTERBERG: Suite No 3 for violin, viola & string orchestra; ROSENBERG: A small piece for cello & strings; LARSSON: The Winter's Tale; ALFVÉN: The Mountain King, Dance of the cow-girl; BLOMDAHL: Adagio - Alf Nilsson (ob d'amore), Anders Öhrwall (hpschd), Nils-Erik Sparf (vln), Jouko Mansnerus (vla), Elemér Lavotha (cello), Stockholm Sinfonietta/Jan-Olav Wedin (BIS CD 165)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 TELEMANN: Flute Concerto in D TWV51/D2 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir), Berlin Baroque Soloists (EMI 5 57397)

  GERMAN: Nell Gwyn, Suite - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223419)

  BOCCHERINI: Introduction & Fandango - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Delos DE 3144)

  GLINKA: Variations on Scottish Themes - Valery Kamishov (pno) (Melodiya MCD 124)

  BECK: Sinfonia in F Op 1/2 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

  7:00 VERDI: Force of Destiny, Overture - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 457 627)

  JOPLIN: The Entertainer; The Cascades - Morten Gunnar Larsen (pno) (Decca 460 499)

  BERLIOZ: Second movement, A Ball, from Symphonie fantastique - Czecho-Slovak RSO/Pinchas Steinberg (Naxos 8.555319/20)

  TURINA: The Bullfighter's Prayer Op 34 - Zemlinsky Quartet (Praga PRD 250 295)

  SALIERI: Symphony in D, The Venetian - Lukas Consort/Viktor Lukas (CampionCD 1330)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: DESENCLOS: Nos autem gloriari oportet - Les Eléments Chamber Choir/Joël Suhubiette (Hortus 009)

  HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture - Dresden State Opera Orch/Otmar Suitner (Berlin Classics 018 5772 BC)

  BERNSTEIN: On the Town, Three Dance Episodes, The great lover; Lonely town; Times Square 1944 - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (Sony SM3K 47154)

  KREISLER: La Chasse, in the style of Cartier; Caprice viennois Op 2; Allegretto in the style of Boccherini - Jack Liebeck (vln), Katya Apekisheva (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68040)

  HINDEMITH: Kleine Kammermusik Op 24/2 - members of Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 433 816)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  Sacred Music of WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)

  Requiem in D minor K626 - Joanne Lunn (sop), Rowan Hellier (mezzo), Thomas Hobbs (ten), Matthew Brook (bass), Dunedin Consort/John Butt (dir) (Linn CKD 449)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  GRIEG: Cello Sonata in A minor Op 36 - Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1986)

  MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 - Kyoko Takezawa (vln), Bamberg SO/Claus Peter Flor (RCA 09026 62512)

  ALBÉNIZ: Iberia, Book 2 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Philips 456 883)

  CHAUSSON: Symphony in Bb Op 20 - Swiss Romande Orch/Marek Janowski (PentaTone PTC 5186 078)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  GRIME: Everyone Sang - Hallé Orch/Jamie Philips (NMC D 199)

  WILLIAMSON: Piano Concerto No 2 in F sharp minor - Piers Lane (pno), Tasmanian SO/Howard Shelley (Hyperion CDA 68011)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  MAHLER: Symphony No 4 in G - Christiane Oelze (sop), Cologne Gürzenich Orch/Markus Stenz (Oehms OC 649)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - London SO/André Previn (rec 1979) (EMI 3 82157)

  ELGAR: Violin Sonata in E minor Op 82 - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Peter Pettinger (pno) (rec 1984) (Chandos CHAN 8380)

  HOLST arr Curnow: Songs of the West Op 21/1 - City of London Wind Ensemble/Geoffrey Brand (rel 1988) (LDR LDRC 1001)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  CARR: The Snow Maiden Act 2 - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

  SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Peter Scholes (cl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

  DEBUSSY: Les collines d'Anacapri; La cathédral engloutie; Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest, from Preludes, Book 1 - David James (pno) (RNZ)

  STRAUSS: Du meines Herzens Krönelein Op 21/2; Nichts Op 10/2; In der Campagna Op 41/2 - Patricia Wright (sop), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (RNZ)

  CANNABICH: Symphony No 50 in D minor - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554340)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Procession of the Nobles, from Mlada - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 6511)

  BRAHMS: Scherzo, from FAE Sonata in C minor - Augustin Dumay (vln), Louis Lortie (pno) (Onyx 4133)

  D SCARLATTI arr Attademo: Keyboard Sonata in A Kk209 - Luigi Attademo (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 9125)

  RODGERS: The song of the high seas, from Victory at Sea - RCA Victor SO/Robert Russell Bennett (RCA 6660 2RC)

  PUCCINI: Intermezzo, from Manon Lescaut - Florence May Festival Orch/Seiji Ozawa (Philips 456 586)

  COATES: By the Sleepy Lagoon - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

  SCHUBERT trans anon: Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen D343; Die Forelle D550; Der Doppelgänger D957/13 - Anne Gastinel (cello), Claire Désert (pno) (Naïve V 5021)

  6.00 SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 6503)

  LAURO: Venezuelan Waltzes - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1001)

  CHABRIER orch Mottl: Bourrée fantasque - Serenade Orch/Janos Komives (Koch Schwann 3-1568)

  GROKHOVSKY: Gypsy Rhapsody - Vladimir Ivanov (vln), Moscow Radio SO/Vyacheslav Grokhovsky (Campion CAMEO 2016)

  LISZT: Die drei Zigeuner - Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), Julius Drake (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67934)

  RAVEL: Tzigane - Paris CO/Thomas Zehetmair (vln/dir) (Naïve V 5345)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Stabat Mater

  Brian Kay explores the various ways composers have approached writing music for the text of the Stabat Mater (RNZ)

   

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  BACH: St John Passion BWV245

  Evangelist........................ Nicholas Mulroy

  Jesus................................. Paul Whelan

  Siobhán Stagg (sop), Christopher Lowrey (countertenor), Derek Welton (bass), University of Auckland Chamber Choir, Auckland Philharmonia/Stephen Layton (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  MILHAUD: Suite Op 157b - Frédéric Pélassy (vln), Jean-Marc Fessard (cl), Eliane Reyes (pno) (Naxos 8.572278)

  RESPIGHI: The Birds - CO of New York "Ottorino Respighi"/Salvatore di Vittorio (Naxos 8.573168)

  RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez - Charles Ramirez (gtr), CO of Europe/Douglas Boyd (Signum SIGCD 244)

  11.00 GADE: Violin Sonata No 3 in Bb Op 59 - Christina Åstrand (vln), Per Salo (pno) (Dacapo 8.226066)

  STANFORD ed Dibble: Piano Quartet No 2 in C minor Op 133 - Gould Piano Trio, David Adams (vla) (Naxos 8.572452)

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