Thursday 30 April 2015 Rāpare 30 Paenga-whāwhā 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs, Part 1; KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia; MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture; OFFENBACH: Barcarolle, from The Tales of Hoffmann; WOOD: Fantasia on British Sea Songs, excerpts; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: First movement, The Sea and Sinbad's Ship, from Scheherazade; LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture; WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  NIELSEN: Violin Concerto Op 33; Flute Concerto; Clarinet Concerto Op 57 - Kim Sjøgren (vln), Toke Lund Christiansen (fl), Niels Thomsen (cl), Danish National Radio SO/Michael Schønwandt (Chandos CHAN 8894)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  Hildegard von BINGEN: O Quam Mirabilis; O Ecclesia; O Clarissima Mater; O Tu Illustrata; MONK: Dawn; Quarry weave 1; Quarry Lullaby; Quarry weave 2; Farmer's Song; Astronaut Anthem; Nightfall - Musica Sacra/Richard Westenberg (Catalyst 09026 68329)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  LIAPUNOV: 12 Etudes d'execution transcendante Op 11; Lullaby; Dance of the ghosts; Pealing of bells; Terek; Summer night; Storm; Idyll; Epic song; Aeolian harps; Lesginka; Dance of the Elves; Elegy in memory of Franz Liszt - Konstantin Scherbakov (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223491)

  4:40 approx - Disc 5

  BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Symphony for cello & orchestra; Four Sea-Interludes from Peter Grimes; PÄRT: Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten - Truls Mørk (cello), Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 420)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

  6:00 RICHTER arr Schroeder: Symphony No 53 in D, Trumpet Symphony - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10386)

  DVORÁK arr Schubert Ensemble: Songs my mother taught me Op 55/4 - Schubert Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 10719)

  LEHÁR: Chinese Ballet Suite - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 761)

  VIVALDI: Trio Sonata in D minor RV63, La Follia - L'Estravagante (Naïve OP 30535)

  CHOPIN: Concert Rondo in F Op 14, Krakowiak - Kun Woo Paik (pno), Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit (Decca 475 169)

  7:00 SULLIVAN: Macbeth, Overture - BBC SO/Charles Mackerras (BBC Music BBC MM 203)

  POLDINI arr Kreisler: Dancing Doll - Midori (vln), Robert McDonald (pno) (Sony SK 89700)

  PÄRT: Fratres - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

  STRAUSS: Introduction, Theme and Variations in Eb - Barry Tuckwell (horn), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 430 370)

  POULENC arr L Berkeley: Flute Sonata - Katherine Bryan (fl), Royal Scottish National Orch/Paul Daniel (Linn CKD 367)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: VERDI: Caro nome, from Rigoletto - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), Giuseppe Verdi Orch of Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 466 952)

  ELGAR: March of the Mogul Emperors, from Crown of India - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

  HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 4/2 - Richard Egarr (org/dir), Academy of Ancient Music (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7446)

  MAHLER: Piano Quartet movement - Idil Biret (pno), London String Quartet (IBA 8.571278)

  GRANADOS orch de Grignon: Spanish Dances - Ulster Orch/Josep Caballé-Domenech (BBC Music BBC MM 255)

  9:00 Composer of the Week

  CARL MARIA VON WEBER (1786-1826)

  Der Freischütz, Overture - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS SACD 1760)

  Leise, leise; Und ob die Wolke, from Der Freischütz - Gundula Janowitz (sop), Orch of the German Opera, Berlin/Ferdinand Leitner (DG 477 5832)

  Euryanthe, Overture - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS SACD 1760)

  Wo berg ich mich?, from Euryanthe - Thomas Quasthoff (bbar), Orch of the German Opera, Berlin/Christian Thielemann (DG 471 493)

  Jubilee Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

• 10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Clarissa Dunn

  SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 13 in A D664 - Benjamin Hochman (pno) (Avie AV 2281)

  CLEMENTI: Symphony No 1 in C WO32 - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573071)

  M HAYDN: String Quintet in C MH187 - Salzburg Haydn Quintet (CPO 777 907)

  BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra - Chicago SO/Pierre Boulez (DG 437 826)

  12:00 Recent Releases

  PFITZNER: Cello Concerto in G Op 42 - Alban Gerhardt (cello), Berlin Radio SO/Sebastian Weigle (Hyperion CDA 67906)

  RAFF: String Quartet No 3 in E minor Op 136 - Mannheim String Quartet (CPO 777 004)

  1:00 Afternoon Requests

  SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Czech Phil/Libor Pesek (RegisC 1099)

  Mouth Music & Tunes Set, TRAD: Fionnghuala's Bothy; CUNNINGHAM/MACDONALD: The Appropriate Dipstick; TRAD: Enjoy your shoes; CUNNINGHAM: Hogties - Julie Fowlis (vocals/whistle), Nicola Benedetti, Duncan Chisholm (vlns), Phil Cunningham (accordion), Tony Byrne (gtr), Eamon Doorley (bouzouki), Michael McGoldrick (fl), James MacIntosh (perc), Ewen Vernal (dbass) (Decca 478 6690)

  BALL: The Kingdom Triumphant - Sellers Engineering Band/Norman Law (Chandos CHAN 4531)

  FOSTER arr Ungar/Mason/Alpher: Hard times, come again no more - Thomas Hampson (bar), Mark Rust, Garrison Keillor (vocals), Molly Mason (dbass/vocalist) Jay Ungar (vln), Tony Trischka (banjo), David Alpher (pno) (EMI 3 82225)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty, Suite Op 66a - Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (Decca 417 700)

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

• 2:00 PM. Upbeat with Eva Radich

  Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Classic Afternoons with David Morriss

  CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BRAHMS: Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op 24 - Julius Katchen (pno) (rec 1962) (Decca 417 644)

  BEETHOVEN: Eroica Variations Op 35 - Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (rec 1970) (Olympia OCD 339)

  4:00 Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  RR BENNETT: Songs before sleep, The mouse and the bumble-bee; Wee Willie Winkie; Twinkle, twinkle, little star; Baby, baby, naughty baby; As I walked by myself; There was an old woman - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Philharmonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10389)

  MOZART: Idomeneo, Overture & Ballet Music - Auckland Philharmonia/Roy Goodman (Atoll ACD 883)

  BURCH: Concertino - Edward Allen (horn), New Zealand SO/Michael Vinten (RNZ)

  5:00 SHOSTAKOVICH: Ballet Suite No 1 - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8730)

  MILTON: Carmen Fantasy Op 22 - Michael Collins (cl), Piers Lane (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10615)

  HOWELLS: Merry-Eye, from Two Pieces for small orchestra Op 20 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Ronald Corp (Dutton Epoch CDLX 7317)

  RUBINSTEIN arr Linden: Melody in F Op 3/1 - Anthony Leroy (cello), Sandra Moubarak (pno) (Zig Zag ZZT 020 402)

  WAGNER: Pilgrims' Chorus & Final Chorus of Younger Pilgrims, from Tannhäuser - Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden State Orch/Silvio Varviso (Philips 422 410)

  6:00 NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Overture - Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber (Sony SK 48376)

  GRAINGER: The Merry King - Paul Janes (pno), BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9839)

  BAX: The Happy Forest - BBC Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 10446)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Merry March in D - Margarete Babinsky, Holger Busch (pno duo) (Capriccio 71 087/88)

  ALPAERTS: Capriccio, Merriment - Flemish Radio Orch/Michel Tabachnik (Etcetera KTC 4025)

  LEHÁR: Vilja's Song, from The Merry Widow - Yvonne Kenny (sop), Melbourne SO/Vladimir Kamirski (ABC Classics 454 511)

  HANSON: Maypole Dances, from Merry Mount Suite - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68786)

  STATHAM: Happy Days; Happy Ending - Puertas Quartet, Ben Hoadley (bsn), Nicola Baker (horn) (Atoll ACD 881)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Sarah Castle

  The New Zealand mezzo is home to star in NZ Opera's production of La Cenerentola. She talks with Kate Lineham about her musical life (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  From the Auckland Town Hall

  Chang & Boléro

  Sarah Chang (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Michal Dworzynski

  SMETANA: The Bartered Bride, Overture; DVORÁK: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 53; BIZET: Carmen Suites; RAVEL: Boléro (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  HOFFMEISTER: Divertimento No 4 in Bb - Consortium Classicum (CPO 999 107)

  ADDINSELL reconst Lane: Ring Round the Moon, Suite - BBC Concert Orch/Roderick Dunk (Dutton CDLX 7209)

  GADE: Novelettes Op 29 - Trio Parnassus (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 303 1665)

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in Bb BWV1051 - Freiburg Baroque Orch (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2176)

  SPOHR: String Quartet No 26 in Eb Op 83, Quatuor brillant No 5 - Moscow Philharmonic Concertino String Quartet (Marco Polo 8.225983)

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