Thursday 7 May 2015 Rāpare 7 Haratua 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  BIZET: Suite No 3 for orchestra, Roma; Symphony in C - USSR Radio SO/Fourat Mansourian, Moscow SO/Veronica Doudarova (Chant Du Monde LCD 278 844)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 1 Op 35 - André Previn (pno), New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein

  Piano Concerto No 2 Op 102 - Leonard Bernstein (pno/dir), New York Phil

  Concerto in Eb for cello Op 107 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (CBS MPK 44850)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  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)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  D SCARLATTI arr Françaix: Five Sonatas; MOZART: Flute Quartet in D K285; SCHUBERT: String Sonata movement in B D471; SCHUBERT arr Françaix: Six Impromptus and Musical Moments; DEBUSSY: Sonata for flute, viola and harp - Helen Webby (harp), Ensemble Obligat (Private)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  GRIEG: Morning, from Peer Gynt; BACH: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme; DELIUS: Florida Suite, Daybreak; SEGOVIA: Mist; NIELSEN: Aladdin's Dream & Dance of the Morning Mist; J STRAUSS II: Morning Papers; TRAD arr Pearson: Early One Morning; RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloé, Lever du jour; HAYDN: Symphony No 6 in D, Le Matin, Adagio & Andante; ELGAR: Chanson de matin; BRUCH: Scottish Fantasia, Grave & Adagio cantabile; CANTELOUBE: Chants d'Auvergne, Uno jionto postouro; PONCHIELLI: La Gioconda, Dance of the Hours - Various artists (London 443 331)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

  6:00 SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise - Sarah Chang (vln), Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CDC 5 55026)

  PIGOVAT: Silent Music - Donald Maurice (vla), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 114)

  DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in E minor Op 46/2 - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras (Supraphon SU 3808)

  LECUONA arr Grandjany: Malagueña, from Andalucia, Spanish Suite - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80581)

  BRAHMS arr Bailey: Lerchengesang Op 70/2; Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2; Wie Melodien Op 105/1 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Awadagin Pratt (pno) (Telarc TEL 32664)

  DELIUS: A Song of Summer - London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDC 7 47984)

  7:00 BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire, Overture - Bergen Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5118)

  GERSHWIN arr Milone: It ain't necessarily so, from Porgy & Bess - 48 violas from ASMF, BBC SO, London Phil, ENO Orch/Geoffrey Simon (Cala CACD 0106)

  FAURÉ: Fantaisie Op 79; Berceuse in D Op 16 - Juliette Hurel (fl), Hélène Couvert (pno) (Zig Zag ZZT 110 401)

  PIAZZOLLA: Libertango - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Nestor Marconi (bandoneón), Antonio Agri (vln), Horacio Malvicino (gtr), Hector Console (dbass), Leonardo Marconi (pno) (Sony SK 63122)

  BESSER arr Bravura: Stretto & Round - Bravura (Rattle RAT D013)

  GRAINGER: Green Bushes, Passacaglia on an English folksong - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery (Chandos CHAN 6542)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: GLUCK: O del mio dolce ardor, from Paris & Helen - Keith Lewis (ten), NZSO CO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2022)

  SUPPÉ: Poet & Peasant, Overture - Dresden State Opera Orch/Otmar Suitner (Berlin Classics 018 5772 BC)

  SCHUMANN: First movement, Andante espressivo, from String Quartet in A Op 41 - Doric String Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10692)

  ALWYN: Suite of Scottish Dances - Royal Liverpool Phil/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570704)

  LISZT: Fantasy on Themes from Wagner's Rienzi - David Allen Wehr (pno) (Connoisseur Society CD 4199)

  VIVALDI: Concerto in D minor for two violins & cello - RV565 from L'Estro Armonico Op 3 - Federico Guglielmo, Carlo Lazari (vlns), Pietro Bosna (cello), L'Arte dell'Arco/Christopher Hogwood (Chandos CHAN 0689)

  9:00 Composer of the Week

  ROSS HARRIS (b1945)

  Piano Prelude, A Landscape With Too Few Lovers - Henry Wong Doe (pno) (Rattle RAT D046)

  Symphony No 3 - Auckland Philharmonia/Marko Letonja (Naxos 8.572574)

• 10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Cynthia Morahan

  RIES: Piano Concerto in G minor Op 177 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572742)

  GRIEG: Violin Sonata No 2 in G Op 13 - Tasmin Little (vln), John Lenehan (pno) (BIS CD 1744)

  HILL: String Quartet No 9 in A minor - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)

  RAMEAU: Castor & Pollux, Suite - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 426 714)

  12:00 Recent Releases

  SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 18 in G D894 - Vladimir Feltsman (pno) (Nimbus NI 6297)

  BEETHOVEN: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Lorenzo Gatto (vln), Pelléas CO/Benjamin Levy (Zig Zag ZZT 354)

  1:00 Afternoon Requests

  BALAKIREV: Piano Concerto No 2 in Eb Op posth - Malcolm Binns (pno), English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Hyperion CDA 66640)

  BROWNE: Stabat iuxta Christi crucem - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Collins 13142)

  TRAD arr Limonov: Auld Lang Syne Variations - Nicola Benedetti (vln) (Decca 478 6690)

  ROSSINI: Or che di fiori adorno; A ma belle mère - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), James Levine (pno) (Decca 455 513)

  (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

  HAYDN: String Quartet in D Op 33/6 - Weller Quartet (rec 1965) (Decca 475 6796)

  MOZART: String Quartet No 23 in F K590, Prussian - Weller Quartet (rec 1966) (Decca 475 6796)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in D minor Op 103, unfinished - Weller Quartet (rec 1969) (Decca 475 6796)

  4:00 Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  CARR: Gaudeamus Overture - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Corellia CRA 1005)

  PERILHOU: Ballade - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)

  ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - NZSO National Youth Orch 2004/Alasdair Neale (National Youth Orch)

  5:00 OFFENBACH: La Vie Parisienne, Overture - Philharmonia/Neville Marriner (Philips 411 476)

  SARASATE: Gypsy Airs Op 20 - Julia Fischer (vln), Milana Chernyavska (pno) (Decca 478 5950)

  SIBELIUS: Finlandia - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 7 54273)

  FALLA: The magic circle; Ritual fire dance, from El Amor Brujo - New Zealand SO/Christian Gansch (Private)

  SATIE arr Williams: Gnossiennes Nos 1-2 - John Williams (gtr) (Sony SK 60586)

  RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 060 901)

  6:00 AUBER: The Bronze Horse, Overture - Detroit SO/Paul Paray (Mercury 434 309)

  ELMS: Gazelle - Roderick Elms (pno), Royal Phil/Stephen Bell (Dutton CDLX 7175)

  ANDERSON: The Waltzing Cat - Saint Louis Symphony/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 68048)

  WHITACRE: The seal lullaby - Catrin Finch (harp), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) (DG 479 1482)

  TAVENER: In Memory of Two Cats - Ralph van Raat (pno) (Naxos 8.570442)

  MOURANT: The pied piper - George Macdonald (cl), Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford (Sanctuary CD RSN 3046)

  JANÁCEK: The Cunning Little Vixen, Overture - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon SU 4058)

  BOVET: Fugue on The Pink Panther - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

  SVENDSEN: Last year I was tending the goats - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)

  SPRATLEY: Recorder Concertino Op 26, A gallery of cats - John Turner (recorder), Manchester Sinfonia/Philip Spratley (Toccata Classics TOCC 0088)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Raymond Boyce

  Designer Raymond Boyce has made a huge contribution to ballet, opera, puppetry and straight drama since he first came to New Zealand in 1953. Peter Mechen talks to Raymond and others who've worked with him over six decades in the theatre (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Made in New Zealand

  Helen Medlyn (mezzo), New Zealand String Quartet, New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich

  CREE BROWN: Celestial Bodies; CRESSWELL: Concerto for orchestra and string quartet; WHITEHEAD: Alice (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in D G448, Fandango - Pepe Romero (gtr), Tristan Fry (perc), Academy Chamber Ensemble (Philips 420 385)

  KODÁLY: Háry János Suite - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.572749)

  BARBER: Adagio for Strings - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7243)

  PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata No 1 in F minor Op 80 - Alina Ibragimova (vln), Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67514)

  BOËLLMANN: Piano Trio in G minor Op 19 - Trio Pohádka (Trio Pohádka TPR 001)

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