Saturday 21 May 2016 Rāhoroi 21 Haratua 2016

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Progress, Patriotism and Protest

  Three progammes

  Matthew Crawford navigates the turbulent confluence of music and politics in 20th century America

  (1) Sousa waves the flag, Charles Ives remembers the civil war, William Grant Still imagines an Afro-American Symphony and organised labour takes to Broadway (RNZ)

  1:00 Approx - Disc 1

  MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish; orch Voss: Opening sketch of 'Scottish' Symphony; Piano Concerto No 3 in E minor; Hebrides Overture - Roberto Prosseda (pno), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly

  2:10 Approx - Disc 2

  RACHMANINOV: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19; GRIEG: Cello Sonata in A minor Op 36 - Jamie Walton (cello), Daniel Grimwood (pno) (Signum SIGCD 172)

  3:05 Approx - Disc 3

  VANHAL: Missa Pastoralis in G; Missa Solemnis in C - Mary Haines (sop), Nina Stoddart (contralto), Colin Ainsworth (ten), Steven Pitkanen (bass), Voices New Zealand, Aradia Ensemble/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.555080)

  4:15 Approx - Disc 4

  GLASS: Violin Concerto No 2, The American Four Seasons - Robert McDuffie (vln), London Phil/Marin Alsop (Orange Mountain Music OMM 0072)

  4:55 Approx - Disc 5

  TOURNIER: Suite for flute, harp & string trio Op 34; SCHMITT: Suite en rocaille Op 84; PIERNÉ: Variations libres et finale Op 51; FRANÇAIX: Quintet for flute, harp & string trio; ROUSSEL: Serenade Op 30 - Mirage Quintet (Naxos 8.570444)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 GERMAN: Romeo & Juliet, Prelude - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (Dutton CDLX 7156)

  DVORÁK arr Lutz: Humoresque in Gb Op 101/7 - I Salonisti (London 458 382)

  CPE BACH: Symphony in D Wq183/1 - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS SACD 2098)

  MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F K370 - Nash Ensemble (Virgin VC 7 91074)

  J STRAUSS II: By the Elbe Op 477 - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223238

  7:00 HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in D minor Op 6/10 - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.557358-60)

  FAURÉ trans Wild: Après un rêve - Earl Wild (pno) (Sony SK 62036)

  COLLINS: Vanity Fair - RTE Concert Orch/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223522)

  BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintet in C G427 - Carlo Ipata (fl), Auser Musici (Hyperion CDA 67646)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Character Dances, from The Nutcracker - Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev (Philips 462 114)

  8:00 BEETHOVEN: First movement, Allegro con brio, from Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)

  GLUCK: Flute Concerto in G - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Basel CO/Giovanni Antonini (Warner 0825 64626783)

  DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour le Piano - Royal Flemish Phil/Daniele Callegari (Talent DOM 2929 95)

  GIULIANI: Potpourri No 2 Op 26 - Claudio Maccari, Paolo Pugliese (gtrs) (Brilliant Classics 93686)

  GLAZUNOV: Wedding March Op 21 - Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin (Naxos 8.553839)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  RESPIGHI rev di Vittorio: Suite for strings - CO of New York "Ottorino Respighi"/Salvatore di Vittorio (Naxos 8.572332)

  HERZOGENBERG: Trio in D for oboe, horn & piano Op 61 - Andre Schoch (tpt), Michael Massong (tbn), Friedrich Höricke (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm 603 1912)

• 10:00 AM. Your Choice

  WAGNER: Symphony in C - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5097)

  FIELD arr Lane: Concertino for flute & chamber orchestra - Jennifer Stinton (fl), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7151)

  THOMPSON: The pasture, from Frostiana - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 2011-12, tenors and basses/Andrew Withington (NZSSC)

  LECOCQ arr Jacob: Mam'zelle Angot - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 411 898)

  KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - James Ehnes (vln), Vancouver SO/Bramwell Tovey (Onyx 4016)

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

• Noon The RNZ Concert Classical Chart

  This week's best-selling CDs

• 1:00 PM. Best of Upbeat

  A recap from the week's national and international music news with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Global Sounds

  Indigenous music from around the world

• 3:00 PM. Saturday Concert

  Auckland Arts Festival 2015 - Ata Reira

  Rachel Alexander, Natasha Wilson (sops), Lachlan Craig (countertenor), Jeffrey Chang (ten), Rowan Johnston (bar), Nicholas Forbes (bass), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls, David Squire, James Tibbles (org)

  ANON: Te lucis ante terminum; ESENVALDS: Stars; WHITACRE: Lux aurumque; TALLIS: O nata lux; LAURIDSEN: O nata lux; T WEHI arr Wiremu: Waerenga-a-Hika; ELGAR arr Cameron: Lux Aeterna; GJEILO: Northern Lights; BATES: Observer in the Magellanic Cloud; SCHAFER: Epitaph for Moonlight; CHILCOTT: Canticles of Light; HAMILTON: Ecce beatum lucem (recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 4:20 PM. Afternoon Serenade

  BRUCH: Serenade Op 75 - Antje Weithaas (vln), NDR Radio Phil/Hermann Bäumer (CPO 777 846)

• 5:00 PM. The New Jazz Archive

  Four programmes

  Hosted by long-time jazz composer and musician, Jeff Haas, The New Jazz Archive is a series exploring the stories and sounds of jazz's place in American life

  (4) The life and music of Louis Armstrong (American Public Radio)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  GRENFELL: ... serenades and skirmishing - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

  CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Sonatina for flute & guitar Op 205 - Carol Hohauser (fl), Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Mr M Productions)

  VIERNE: Scherzetto, from 24 Pièces en Style Libre Op 31 - Andrew Cantrill (organ of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul) (Trust MMT 2032)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Septet in Eb Op 65 - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 570)

• 7:00 PM. Music Alive

  Blues to Bebop

  James Morrison (tpt/piano et al), Hetty Kate (vocalist), William Morrison (gtr), Harry Morrison (dbass), David Jones (drums), Auckland Philharmonia/Brett Kelly

  Australian multi-instrumentalist James Morrison joins with the Auckland Philharmonia to present a potted history of jazz, Blues to Bebop. From 'Basin Street Blues' through the swing of Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington to the bebop of Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis and on to the jazz fusion of Herbie Hancock and Weather Report (recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:05 PM. Songs of Travel

  MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer - Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80499)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Songs of Travel - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 445 946)

  ROSSINI: Arpa gentil, from The Journey to Reims - Inessa Galante (sop), unidentified harpist (CampionCD 1344)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  HAYDN: Symphony No 85 in Bb, La Reine - Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (DHM 82876 60602)

  GERSHWIN trans Wodehouse: Improvisations, Clap yo' hands; Looking for a boy; Maybe; My one & only; Someone to watch over me; Sweet & lowdown; 'S wonderful/Funny face; That certain feeling - Graham Scott (pno) (Deux-Elles DXL 1072)

  C STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerto No 11 in Eb - Sabine Meyer (cl), ASMF/Iona Brown (dir) (EMI CDC 7 54842)

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Trio No 2 in D minor, Élégiaque - Borodin Trio (Brilliant Classics 93423)

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