Schedule for Thursday 18 March 2021

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

ZIPOLI arr Hunt: Elevazione - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Niklass Veltman (cello), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)
RITCHIE: Suite No 1 for string orchestra - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (TRUST MMT 2040)
DEBUSSY: Danse sacrée et danse profane - Skaila Kanga (harp), ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 8621)
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor Op 40 - Simon Trpceski (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Avie AV 2191)
1:00 approx
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica - London SO/Georg Solti (BBC Legends BBCL 4239)
GRIEG: Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak - Brass Choir of the Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Airforce/Graham Hanify (KIWI CD SLC 216)
2:00 approx
HAYDN: String Quartet in Eb Op 33/2, Joke - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCS 236)
HARRISS: Vobiscum In Aeternum - Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart (Organism ORG007)
SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 7 in Eb D568 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 470 164)
3:00 approx
SIBELIUS: Andante festivo - Kocian Quartet (PRAGA PRD 250 257)
HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 7/1 - Simon Preston (org), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 413 468)
RITCHIE: Three Whimsies - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ UA11)
ELGAR: Violin Sonata in E minor Op 82 - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8380)
4:00 approx
MASSENET: Orchestral Suite No 7 - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 430 636)
LILBURN: Forest - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)
CHOPIN: Nocturne in C# minor Op 27/1 - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 26 in D K537, Coronation - Clifford Curzon (pno), London SO/István Kertész (Decca 475 8202)
5:00 approx
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus - Sydney SO/Carl Pini (ABC Classics 472 984)
DITTERSDORF: Symphony in A minor Grave a2 - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)
HERBERT: March of the Toys - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (SONY SBK 63052)
SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in D D384 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (ODE CD MANU 5082)
GERSHWIN arr Villard: Piano Concerto in F, excerpt from 2nd mvmt - Michel Lethiec (cl), Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.570939)
COUPERIN: La Muséte de Taverni - Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1956)
6:00 AM. Daybreak

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

HANDEL: Water Music (3) - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 68257)

DAVID arr Vieuxtemps: La Nuit - Timothy Ridout (viola), Ke Ma (piano) (Champs Hill CHRCD130)

METCALFE: Ochre Orange Freeway - Tom Kerstens (gtr), Tom Kerstens' G Plus ensemble (REAL WORLD CDRW 175)

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (1) - Strings of the Philharmonia/Christopher Warren-Green (dir) (Chandos CHAN 6526)

SAINT-SAËNS: Tarantella in A minor Op 6 - members of Nash Ensemble (Hyperion 67431/2)

UCCELLINI: Sonata seconda 'La luciminia contenta a violino solo', op 4 - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics ABC 4818575)

MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (2) - Swedish CO/Petter Sundkvist (Naxos 8.557023)

SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No 3 in G minor Op 110 (4) - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Dmitry Kouzov (cello), Peter Laul (pno) (ONYX 4072)

7.00

HAYDN: Symphony No 70 in D (1) - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Alpha 674)

RAVEL Arr Barker & Balsom: Piano Concerto in G (2) - Alison Balsom (tpt), Guy Barker Orch/Guy Barker (Warner 2564 632789)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique (2) - Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 030)

OFFENBACH: Barcarolle, from The Tales of Hoffmann - Joan Sutherland (sop), Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Swiss Romande Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421866)

PURCELL: The Fairy Queen, Symphony - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)

O'CONNOR: Caprice For Three - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 66782)

SCHNITTKE arr Spivakov/Milman: Suite in the Old Style (3) - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Ralf Gothóni (BIS CD 1437)

CHOPIN: Waltz in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante - Ingrid Haebler (pno) (Philips 456 823)

PIAZZOLLA: Oblivion - Joshua Bell (vln), Carel Kraayenhof (bandoneón), instrumental ensemble (Sony 88697 55436)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

DEBUSSY orch Finno: Symphony in B minor (2) - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572583)

CRUSELL: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in Eb Op 1 (3) - Emma Johnson (cl), Royal Phil/Günther Herbig (ASV CD DCA 763)

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

FASCH: Concerto in D FWV L/D3 (3) - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)

KREISLER arr Kovác: Marche miniature viennoise - The Philharmonics (DG 481 0276)

HOFMANN attr Haydn: Flute Concerto in D (2) - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Haydn Ensemble, Berlin/Hansjörg Schellenberger (EMI CDC 5 56577)

ELLINGTON arr & orch Henderson: Come Sunday - Regina Carter (vln), Clark Terry (tpt), City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 57014)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 2 in Bb D125 (4) - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 446 100)

SCHUBERT: Heidenröslein D257, Ian Bostridge (ten), Julius Drake (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56347)
9:00 AM. The Works

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

SCHUMANN: Scherzo in C minor - Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) (Decca 4850020)

BIZET: Carmen Suite No 1 - Detroit SO/Paul Paray (MERCURY 434 321)

DELIUS: Summer Night on the River - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

TRADITIONAL arr Hart: Blow the wind southerly - Stella Dickinson (ob), Capital Virtuosi/Paul Hart (ASV CDWHL 2118)

BOWEN: Romance in Db - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67991)

PURCELL arr Balsom: King Arthur, excerpts - Alison Balsom (trumpet), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (EMI 440329)

10.00

CAZZATI: Passacaglia - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)

DELIBES: Flower Duet, from Lakmé - Pretty Yende (sop), Kate Aldridge (mezzo), RAI National SO/Marco Armiliato (Sony 88985321692)

LECLAIR: Violin Concerto in F Op 10/4 - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0589)

DEBUSSY trans Bauer: Arabesque No 1 - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (MASTER PERFORMERS MP 010)

GERSHWIN arr Robert R Bennett: Porgy & Bess, A Symphonic Picture - London Phil/John Pritchard (EMI CDB 7 62037)

11.00

GOODWIN: Theme from Lancelot and Guinevere - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)

LALO: Guitarre Op 28 - Akiko Suwanai (vln), Philharmonia (Philips 475 6189)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb Op 73, Emperor - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno), Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (Decca 411 903)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Silent Noon, from The House of Life - Ian Bostridge (ten), Julius Drake (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56830)

LEGRAND: You Must Believe in Spring - George Shearing (pno), Neil Swainson (db) (Concord CJ 346)
Noon Upbeat

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

MOZART: Symphony No 14 in A K114 (2) - Vienna Phil (DG 431 711)

SCHUBERT: Ave Maria D839 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano) (Sony 88875 103162)

WAGNER: Prelude, from Das Rheingold - Mariinsky Orch/Valery Gergiev (Mariinsky MAR 0526)

DONIZETTI: Sinfonia, from Don Pasquale - London Phil/David Parry (Chandos CHAN 3011)

12.30

Stuart Coats and Felicity Tomkins talk with David Morris about the current Opera in Schools tour of Don Pasquale

HOLST: A Somerset Rhapsody - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9420)
1:00 PM. Onstage

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 3 in D D200
SCHUBERT: Symphony No 3 in D D200
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Giordano Bellincampi
(RNZ)
FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 15 - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin); Julia Joyce (viola); Andrew Joyce (cello); Diedre Irons (piano) (RNZ 2016)
GRAHAM: Shine as the Light - National Band of NZ/David Bremner (RNZ )
DEBUSSY: Petite Suite - Dénes Várjon (piano), Izabella Simon (piano) (RNZ 2019)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings Op 48 - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (RNZ )
3:00 PM. Classical Connection

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B
MOZART: Symphony No 29 in A K201 (1) - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80165)
SAINT-SAËNS: Aquarium, from Carnival of the Animals - Nicholas Walker (pno), Laura O'Gorman (pno), Philharmonia/Philip Ellis (RESONANCE CD RSN 3027)
PÄRT: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - Britten Sinfonia/Joanna MacGregor (SOUNDCIRCUS SC 008)
BRAHMS: Two Songs for contralto, viola & piano Op 91 (2) - Andrew Joyce (cello), Julia Joyce (vla), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)
BACH orch Bantock: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV645 - BBC Phil/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHAN 9835)
RACHMANINOV: Moments Musicaux Op 16 (6) - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 475 6198)
CURTIS: Torna a Surriento - Quartetto Gelato (Linus 70055)
MEDINS: Aria - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (CHANDOS CHAN 9227)
HONEGGER: Pastorale d'été - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ UB22)
4.00
RAMEAU: Chaconne, from Les Indes galantes - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)
BLUMENFELD: Etude for the left hand in Ab Op 36 - Nelson Goerner (pno) (Cascavelle VEL 3051)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Love Bade Me Welcome, from Five Mystical Songs - Paul Whelan (bar), Andrea Watson (org), 1999 New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2029)
CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/9 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)
DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Montreal SO (Decca 421 527)
GRUBINGER: Agnus Dei XIV - Martin Grubinger (percussion), Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Heiko Jung (electric bass), Benedictine Monks of Münsterschwarzach Abbey (DG 4779276)
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish (2) - Vienna Phil/Christoph von Dohnányi (Decca 421 769)
TARTINI: Violin Concerto in Bb D117 (4) - Adrian Chandler (vln/dir), La Serenissima (Avie AV 2154)
5.00
SIBELIUS: Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 104 (3) - London Phil/Paavo Berglund (LPO 65)
SCHUBERT arr Mahler: String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810, Death and the Maiden (3) - Royal Phil/Charles Rosekrans (TELARC CD 80610)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor, Appassionata (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle D048)
BACALOV arr Redford/Bell: Il Postino - Joshua Bell (vln), instrumental ensemble (SONY 88697 55436)
DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (4) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 400 020)
AIKMAN: Concerto for Saxophone & Orchestra (2) - Taimur Sullivan (sax), St Petersburg State SO/Vladimir Lande (Naxos 8.55972)
GRIEG: Holberg Suite (3) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (Onyx 4037)
PORTER: Begin the Beguine - Peter Maunder (tbn), Helen Webby (harp) (Atoll ACD 115)
6.00
DEBUSSY orch Busser: La soirée dans Grenade, from Estampes - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Atma SACD 2 2377)
TRADITIONAL: Deep river, from A Child of our Time - Madison Nonoa (sop), Benson Wilson (ten), 2013 New Zealand National Youth Choir/David Squire (RNZ 2013)
KORNGOLD: Hornpipe, from Much Ado About Nothing Op 11 - Linz Bruckner Orch/Caspar Richter (ASV CD DCA 1146)
HANDEL: Saul, Act 1 Sinfonia - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (org/dir) (Archiv 447 279)
EINAUDI: Night - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN28748)
MOZART: Horn Concerto No 4 in Eb K495 (3) - Jonathan Williams (horn), CO of Europe/Alexander Schneider (COE Records CD COE 805)
FRANCK trans Delsart: Violin Sonata in A (4) - Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 471 346)
PAINE: Aotearoa Suite - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Rattle RAT D071 2017)
7:00 PM. Evening Classics

CHAMINADE: 6 Romances sans paroles Op 76 - Mark Viner (pno) (Piano Classics PCL10164)
HILL: The Sacred Mountain - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (Marco Polo 8.220345)
BACH: Passepied, from Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 - Michala Petri (rec), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (RCA 74321 57130)
DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World (1) - Bavarian Radio SO/Andris Nelsons (BR Media 900 116)
HAYDN: Symphony No 75 in D - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer (NIMBUS NI 5652/5)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

APO: Tan Dun
FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amor Brujo
TAN DUN: Farewell My Concubine, Concerto for piano, Peking Opera soprano and orchestra
TAN DUN: Passacaglia - Secret of Wind and Birds
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird, Suite
LI HUANZHI: Spring Festival Overture
Xiao Di (Peking Opera soprano), Ralph van Raat (piano), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Tan Dun
Aotea Centre, Auckland (RNZ)
SOLLIMA: Alone - Umberto Clerici (cello) (RNZ 2019)
NORMAN: And soon it will be dawn - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2018)
10:00 PM. Day's End

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap
DVORÁK: Slavonic Rhapsody No 3 in Ab minor Op 45 - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (TELDEC 8.44072)
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in C minor Op 6/8 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)
RAVEL: La vallee des cloches, from Miroirs - John Chen (piano) (ABC 4766834)
PUCCINI: Un bel dì, from Madame Butterfly - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 467 049)
DAVIS: Flight, Concerto for Violin and Strings - Kerenza Peacock (vln), Huw Watkins (pno), London SO/Paul Bateman (Signum SIGCD 411)
11.00
HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 60 in C HobXVI/50 - András Schiff (pno) (DAL SEGNO DSPRCD 042)
DELIUS: Florida Suite - III. Sunset - Ulster Orchestra/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8413)
SCHUBERT: Moments musicaux D780 (2) - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)
DALEY: Child with the starry crayon - Toronto Children's Chorus/Elise Bradley (Marquis 81439)
FOOTE: Four Character Pieces after The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559365)