Wednesday 11 March 2020 Rāapa 11 Poutū-te-rangi 2020

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  HESS: Fantasy for Violin, from Ladies in Lavender - Joshua Bell (vln), Royal Phil/Nigel Hess (Sony Sk 92689)

  BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 (1) - James Campbell (cl), New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573454)

  CHAUSSON: Poème - James Ehnes (vln), Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Analekta FL 2 3151)

  CLARKE: Three English Songs - Patricia Wright (sop), Jonathan Rees (vln) (GUILD GMCD 7208)

  DVORÁK: RAMEAU: Tambourin; HANDEL: Air & Variations - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

  1:00 approx

  AVISON: Concerto Grosso in G Op 4/6 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Naxos 8.557905-06)

  SIBELIUS: Belshazzar's Feast, Suite - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 359)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Eb RV251 - Giuliano Carmignola (vln), Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (Sony SK 87733)

  BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 5 in F Op 24, Spring (1) - Bella Hristova (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RATTLE RAT D088)

  BASSANI: Misa a la Fuga - Ensemble Louis Berger (Argentina)/Ricardo Massun (K617 K617 141)

  2:00 approx

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 12 in F K332 - Sharon Joy Vogan (piano) (RNZ UB32)

  ALBINONI: Concerto in G for two oboes Op 9/6 - Anthony Robson (ob), Catherine Latham (ob), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir) (Chandos CHAN 0602)

  CHEN GANG/HE ZHANHAO: Butterfly Lovers Concerto - Takako Nishizaki (vln), New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557348)

  3:00 approx

  BRAHMS: Waltzes Op 39 - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD 208)

  HOLBORNE: Allemande, The Choyce - Jacob Heringman (lute) ( CD GAU 173)

  BOWEN: Viola Concerto in C minor Op 25 - Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (ASV CD DCA 1181)

  4:00 approx

  FARR: Frenzy - New Zealand String Quartet (TRUST MMT 2019)

  CHILCOTT: Peace Mass - Philip Ledger (pno), Cotswold Children's Choir/Hilary Tadman-Robins (Cotswold CCC 0401)

  KERNIS: Air - Truls Mørk (cello), Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue (Virgin 5 45464)

  HAMILTON: An Offering for Parihaka - Richard Nunns (taonga puoro), strings of the New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2033)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 48 in C HobXVI/35 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Ex Chartreuse TB 6)

  5:00 approx

  GRAUN: Sinfonia in Bb - Frankfurt Cappella Academica/Petra Müllejans (dir) (CPO 777 321)

  HAYDN: Trombone Concerto in D - Alain Trudel (tbn/dir), Northern Sinfonia (Naxos 8.553831)

  BACH arr Gwilt: Trio Sonata in C BWV529 - London Baroque (BIS CD 1345)

  LILBURN: Drysdale Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

  BLAKE: Jazz Dances Op 520a - Madeleine Mitchell (vln), Howard Blake (pno) (Naxos 8.572083)

• 6:00 AM. Daybreak

  The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

  PURCELL: Abdelazer, suite - Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon (dir)

  TAILLEFERRE: Flute Sonata No 2 (1) - Ransom Wilson (fl), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1073)

  STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerto No 7 in Eb (3) - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Potsdam Kammerakademie (DG 481 4711)

  TAVENER: Song for Athene - Nicola Benedetti (vln), London Phil/Andrew Litton (DG 476 6198)

  MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture - Columbia SO/Thomas Schippers (SONY SBK 62830)

  DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (2) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 400 020)

  MOSS: The Floral Dance - Inia Te Wiata (bass), London Theatre Orch/Vilem Tausky (Columbia 475 544)

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in D Op 3/6 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7415)

  SCRIABIN: Preludes Op 17, excerpts (2) - Racha Arodaky (pno)

  7.00

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in C RV187 (3) - Giuliano Carmignola (vln), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (Archiv 479 1075)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Suite for cello & orchestra Op 16 (3) - Johannes Moser (cello), Stuttgart Radio SO/Fabrice Bollon (Hänssler CD 93.222)

  CHOPIN: Prelude in Db Op 28/15, Raindrop - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA33)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 104 in D, London (4) - Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Colin Davis (Philips 434 153)

  STAMITZ: Orchestral Trio in C minor Op 4/3 (1) - New Zealand CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)

  MONTEVERDI: Con che soavità - Nuria Rial (sop), L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo/dir) (Virgin 2 36140)

  MONTERO: Improvisation on Vivaldi's Winter - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

  BRAHMS: String Quintet No 1 in F Op 88 (3) - New Zealand String Quartet, Maria Lambros (vla) (Naxos 8.573455)

  MOZART: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben, from Zaïde - Emma Kirkby (sop), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood

  8.00

  Beauty Spot:

  HUMPERDINCK: Children's prayer, from Hänsel & Gretel - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (SONY MLK 62617)

  MOZART: Symphony No 31 in D K297, Paris (3) - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover

  O'CONNOR: Emily's Reel - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 66782)

  PIERNÉ: Canzonetta Op 19 - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

  GRIEG: Symphonic Dances on Norwegian motifs Op 64 (1) - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 3 44722)

  VERDI: The Force of Destiny, Overture - West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim

  TRADITIONAL: On the Seashore - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Welsh National Opera Orch/Gareth Jones (DG 463 593)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique (2) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D048)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No 2 in F Op 22 (4) - Vermeer Quartet

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

  OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld, Rhapsodic Overture - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 6403)

  CALDARA: Chiacona Op 2/12 - Four Nations Ensemble (GAUDEAMUS CD GAU 347)

  DEBUSSY: Bruyères, from Preludes - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

  DEBUSSY: Général Lavine-eccentric, from Preludes - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

  HAMILTON: Elysian Fields - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2037)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 - Grigory Sokolov (piano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Trevor Pinnock (DG 4797015)

  10.00

  VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concerto No 5 in A minor Op 37, Grétry - Jascha Heifetz (vln), New SO of London/Malcolm Sargent (RCA RD 86214)

  MASCAGNI: Easter Hymn, from Cavalleria Rusticana - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah SO/Julius Rudel (Decca 458 867)

  MONTERO: Improvisation on Handel's Hornpipe - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

  BACH: Cello Suite No 3 in C BWV1009 - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1970.71)

  11.00

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (Virgin VC 7 91487)

  BECK: Sinfonia in Eb Op 1/4 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

  BEACH: Piano Trio in A minor Op 150 (3) - Diana Ambache (pno), Elizabeth Layton (vln), Naomi Butterworth (cello) (CHAN 9752)

• Noon Upbeat

  Keeping you in tune with music and the arts, with David Morriss

  MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No.1 in C minor Op 11 (4) - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 4777581)

  BACH: Buss und Reu, from St Matthew Passion - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Gabrieli Players/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 474 200)

  PIAZZOLLA arr Bragato: Milonga del ángel - Les Violons du Roy/Jean-Marie Zeitouni (Atma SACD 2 2399)

  SAINT-SAENS: Danse macabre - Peter Schaffer (vln), New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (EX Tartar TRL 020)

  LISZT: Tarantella, from Venice & Naples - Mûza Rubackyté (pno) (LYRINX LYR 2216)

  1:00 Onstage

  HAMILTON: Concertino for oboe and strings - Bede Hanley (ob), Auckland Chamber Orchestra/Peter Scholes (RNZ 2019)

  SARASATE: Navarra Op 33 - Sergei Bresler (violin), Nikki Chooi, (violin), Jian Liu (piano) (RNZ 2018)

  ELGAR: The Music Makers Op 69 - Catherine Carby (mezzo), NZ Youth Choir, NZSO National Youth Orchestra/James Judd/James Judd (RNZ )

  2.00

  CHOPIN: Etude in C Op10/1, Waterfall - Jan Lisiecki (pno) (DG 479 1039)

  FARR: Taheke - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (hrp) (Atoll ACD 709)

  GROFE: Niagara Falls Suite - Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg (Naxos 8.559007)

  MORRICONE: Gabriel's Oboe & The Falls, from The Mission - Yo-Yo Ma, Rome Sinfonietta/Ennio Morricone (Sony 693927)

  LISZT: Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 420 837)

  ELLINGTON arr. Ron Collier: The River Suite III. Giggling Rapids - Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi (Chandos CHAN 9226)

• 3:00 PM. Classical Connection

  Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 8 in F Op 93 (4) - Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 439 900)

  TELEMANN: Concerto in A for flute, violin & cello (4) - Rachel Brown (fl), Jane Coe (cello), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 0580)

  WILLIAMS: Sabrina's Theme, from Sabrina - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/John Williams (DG 4797553)

  DEBUSSY: Rêverie - Pascal Rogé (pno) (ONYX 4028)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake, Act 2 (2) - New Zealand SO/Patrick Flynn (RNZB 1996A)

  MENDELSSOHN: Ruy Blas, Overture - Paris Orchestral Ensemble/John Nelson (Virgin 5 45532)

  LILBURN: Four Canzonas (1) - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (KIWI CD SLD 99)

  BACH: Triple Concerto in A minor BWV1044 (3) - Richard Tognetti (vln/dir), Alison Mitchell (fl), Angela Hewitt (pno), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (Hyperion SACDA 67307)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Neapolitan Song Op 63 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10424)

  4.00

  CHOPIN: Scherzo No 3 in C# minor Op 39 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (TARTAR CD TRL 069)

  DVORÁK: Nocturne in B for strings Op 40 - London Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 7123)

  GRIEG: March of the Trolls, from Lyric Suite Op 54 - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (SONY MLK 64064)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: English Folk Song Suite - I. Seventeen come Sunday - Royal Liverpool Phil (Naxos 8.572304)

  SCHUBERT arr Liszt: Ave Maria - Lang Lang (pno) (SONY 88697 89140)

  KROMMER: Concerto in Eb for two clarinets Op 91 (1) - Sabine Meyer (cl), Julian Bliss (cl), ASMF/Kenneth Sillito (EMI 3 79786)

  SCHUMANN orch Saint-Saens: Abendlied Op 107 - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (CHANDOS CHAN 9227)

  SOLOVYOV-SEDOI: Midnight in Moscow - Aida Garifullina (sop), Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra/Vitaly Gnutov (Decca 478 8305)

  LALO: Symphonie espagnole (5) - Isaac Stern (vln), Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (praga PRD 350 094)

  5.00

  HANDEL: Concerto a due cori No 2 in F HWV333 (1) - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Jean Lamon (vln/dir) (Tafelmusik Media 1011CD)

  WIENIAWSKI: Polonaise No 1 in D Op 4 - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), Daniel Gortler (pno) (RCA 82876 50470)

  RODGERS: It Might As Well Be Spring, from State Fair - Bryn Terfel (bar), English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel (DG 449 163)

  HAYDN: Trio in F for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/17 (2) - Uwe Grodd (fl), Martin Rummel (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (pno) (Naxos 8.572667)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade III. The Young Prince and The Young Princess - Kees Hulsmann (vln), London SO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80208)

  DUKE: The Love I Long For - Dawn Upshaw (sop), Fred Hersch (pno)/Eric Stern (NONESUCH 7559 79531)

  HAMILTON: Whosoever will, from Three Spirituals - Viva Voce/John Rosser (VIVA VOCE ACD 901)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV204 - Rachel Podger (vln), Arte Dei Suonatori (Channel Classics CCS 19598)

  6.00

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19 (3) - Alfred Brendel (pno), Vienna Phil/Simon Rattle (Philips 462 781)

  GRIEG: Lyric Pieces, excerpts (6) - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD 208)

  RAVEL: Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas, from Mother Goose Suite - BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov (BBC Music BBC MM 300)

  MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (1) - Kari Kriikku (basset cl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/John Storgårds (ONDINE ODE 1056)

  SCHUMANN: Humoreske in Bb Op 20 (6) - Tony Chen Lin (piano) (Rattle RATD080)

  FRANCK: Symphony in D minor Op 48 (2) - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1771)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings Op 48 (4) - Bavarian Radio CO (Arts 47633)

• 7:00 PM. Evening Classics

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Suite for viola & orchestra (1-3) - Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (ASV CD DCA 1181)

  KREISLER: Praeludium and Allegro - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), Philip Moll (pno) (Decca 417289)

  DEBUSSY: Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum, from Children's Corner - Stephen Hough (piano) (HYPERION CDA68139)

  YOUNG: The Enchanted Dance Hall - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)

  SIBELIUS: Pelleas & Melisande Op 46 - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 5 45493)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Deutsche Welle Festival: Eight Bridges

  KOURLIANDSKI: Riot of Spring

  NEVSKY: 18 Episodes for orchestra

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor Op 35 (2)

  RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27

  Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra/Teodor Currentzis; Alexander Melnikov (piano), Jeroen Berwaerts (trumpet), Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Teodor Currentzis

  Philharmonie, Cologne (Deutsche Welle)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

  CHAUSSON: Poème Op 25 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), London SO/Daniel Harding (DG 987 057)

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 3 in Bb K281 - John Chen (pno) (RNZ UB13)

  BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - Freiburg Baroque Orch, Petra Müllejans, Gottfried von der Goltz/Gottfried von der Goltz (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2113.14)

  11.00

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

  RHEINBERGER: Mass in Eb Op 109 - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5055)

  VIVALDI: Vedrò con mio diletto, from Il Giustino RV717 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Scottish CO/Christian Curnyn (Decca 476 434)

  CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 48 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 416 442)

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