Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Wednesday 10 February 2010 Rāapa 10 Hui-tanguru 2010

News & Weather: 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00am, 12 noon, 3.00, 5.00, 11.00pm

 6:00 Classic Morning

6:00 HOFFMANN: The Drink of Immortality, Overture - Neuss German Chamber Academy/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 606)

SARASATE: Nocturne-sérénade Op 45 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Navarra SO/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (Naxos 8.572191)

TRAD arr Puanaki: Ka Waiata - 1996 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2016)

BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue (Reference Recordings-80 CD)

HOWELLS: Phantasy Quartet - Richards Ensemble (Lyrita SRCD 292)

CPE BACH: Sinfonia in Bb Wq deest - moderntimes 1800/Ilia Korol (dir) (Challenge Classics CC 72193)

7:00 ELGAR: Funeral March, from Grania & Diarmid - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

BOSMANS: Nuit calme - Mayke Rademakers (cello), Matthijs Verschoor (pno) (Quintone Q 07002)

HANDEL arr Beecham: Minuet, from The Faithful Shepherd - London SO/George Szell (Decca 417 694)

BESSER/PROSSER: Travelling Music - Besser Ensemble (Besser Music)

WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Venusberg Music - Vienna Singverein, Vienna Phil/George Solti (Decca 475 8502)

8:00 Beauty Spot: PACHELBEL: Canon in D - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CMS 5 66650)

CHOPIN: Rondo in C Op 73 - Nikolai Demidenko (pno) (AGPL 1-010)

KROLL arr/orch Kennedy/Lenehan/Messiter: Banjo & Fiddle - Nigel Kennedy (vln), English CO (EMI 5 56923)

DROZD: Triptych Op 102 - Lily Afshar (gtr) (Archer ARR 31926)

BRAHMS: Nänie Op 82 - Danish National Choir & SO/Gerd Albrecht (Chandos CHAN 10165)

ANDERSON: Alma Mater - BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559381)

 9:00 The Works

TOVEY: Piano Concerto in A Op 15 - Steven Osborne (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67023)

PLEYEL: Symphony in D minor Ben147 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9525)

MARTINU: Violin Sonata in C - Bohuslav Matousek (vln), Petr Adamec (pno) (Supraphon SU 3950)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio Italien - Royal Phil/Daniele Gatti (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7393)

KROMMER: Grand Trio in F Op 96 - Czech String Trio (Vars VA 0098)

ZEISL: Hebrew Requiem, The 92nd Psalm - Gabriella Pace (sop), Luisa Francesconi (mezzo), Rodrigo Esteves (bar), Nelson Silva (org), Sao Paulo Symphony Choir & Orch/John Neschling (BIS CD 1650)

12:00 Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

 1:30 Three Composers Taken by World War I

FARRAR: Variations on an Old British Sea Song Op 25 - Howard Shelley (pno), Philharmonia/Alasdair Mitchell (Chandos CHAN 9586)

Denis BROWNE: To Grantiana dancing and singing - Christopher Maltman (bar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67378)

BUTTERWORTH: A Shropshire Lad - Royal Liverpool Phil/Grant Llewellyn (Argo 436 401)

 2:00 Afternoon Requests

A Letter to Sibelius, Part 3, Valse Triste

Marshall Walker relates stories of his maternal grandmother & uncle, both of whose lives were touched by Sibelius's Valse Triste (RNZ)

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

 3:00 CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue

GRIEG: In Autumn, Overture - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (rec 1955) (EMI CDM 7 69039)

Spring Op 33/2; The lad Op 33/1; In the hills Op 33/9; From Monte Pincio Op 39/1 - Kirsten Flagstad (sop), BBC SO/Malcolm Sargent (rec 1957) (Simax PSC 1823)

Lyric Pieces Book 10 - Peter Katin (pno) (rec 1989) (Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD 2035)

 4:00 Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers

L MOZART: Symphony in G - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553347)

HOGAN: In the Caves - Toru Guitar Quartet (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

STRAUSS: Ständchen Op 17/2; Das Rosenband; Leise Lieder Op 41/5 - Anna Leese (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (EMI 2 07639)

BACH arr Farquhar: Six Chorale Preludes - New Zealand Wind Quintet (RNZ)

HAMILTON: The Moon is Silently Singing - 1992 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls, Greg Hill, Peter Sharman (horns) (Manu CD MANU 1412)

RÓZSA: Vintner's Daughter, excerpts - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7601)

 5:00 Cadenza

BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No 1 - Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (CBS MDK 44790)

RACHMANINOV ed Dushkin: Hungarian Dance Op 6/2 - Hideko Udagawa (vln), Konstantin Lifschitz (pno) (Signum SIGCD 164)

CAMILLERI: Il-Weghda, Intermezzo - Godfrey Mifsud (cl), Bournemouth SO/Brian Schembri (Diversions DDV 24126)

TOMLINSON: Rhythmic Overture, Highway to the Sun - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7170)

LISZT: Funérailles - Guillaume Coppola (pno) (Calliope CAL 9412)

Josef STRAUSS: Delirium Waltz Op 212 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

RAVEL arr Samazeuilh: Menuet antique - Bridget Douglas (fl), Rachel Thomson (pno) (Trust MMT 2039)

VIVALDI: Orlando furioso, excerpts - Lorenzo Regazzo (bass), Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (dir) (Naïve OP 30415)

HAYDN: Orlando Paladino, Sinfonia - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)

BUSTAMENTES arr Cotto: Misionera - Orlando Cotta (marimba) (Private recording CARIB 98 CD)

HANDEL: Verdi piante, erbette liete, from Orlando - Sandrine Piau (sop), Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (Naïve Astree E 8894)

J STRAUSS II: Perpetuum Mobile Op 257 - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (SCL)

SINDING: Rustle of Spring - Christian Ihle Hadland (pno) (Naxos 8.572255)

HESPE: The Three Musketeers - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

 7:00 Appointment

The Galileo Lectures

This six-part series celebrates the 2009 International Year of Astronomy, marking 400 years since Galileo used a telescope to view the solar system and transformed our understanding of Earth's place in the universe. Produced in partnership with the Royal Society of New Zealand

(1) Galileo's Telescope, presented by Associate Professor Ruth Barton, The University of Auckland (RNZ)

KOECHLIN: Towards the Starry Vault Op 129 - Stuttgart Radio SO/Heinz Holliger (Hänssler CD 93.106)

 8:00 Music Alive

Live! at the Concertgebouw 2008

Nikolaj Znaider (vln), Rotterdam Phil/Zoltan Kocsis; Zoltan Kocsis (pno), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Marcus Stenz

DEBUSSY orch Zender: Five Preludes, Voiles; La danse de Puck; Général Lavine-eccentric; Des pas surla neige; Les collines d'Anacapri; SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47; DVORÁK: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 10; BARTÓK: Piano Concerto No 3 Sz119 (Radio Netherlands)

10:00 Day's End

LECLAIR: Violin Sonata in A Op 1/9 - Adrian Butterfield (vln), Alison McGillivray (viola da gamba), Laurence Cummings (hpschd) (Naxos 8.570890)

P SCHARWENKA: Liebesnacht - Gävle SO/Christopher Fifield (Sterling CDS 1071)

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Guitar Concerto No 1 in D Op 99 - Friedemann Wuttke (gtr), Hungarian CO/Nicolás Pasquet (Profil PH 04022)

11:00 MOZART: Piano Sonata No 16 in C K545, For Beginners - András Schiff (pno) (Philips 456 925)

DRUSCHETZKY: Serenata in Eb - Zefiro (Ambroisie AMB 9925)

12:00 Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1

TCHAIKOVSKY: Cappriccio Italien Op 45; Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture; PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Op 64; BERLIOZ: Romeo & Juliet Op 17 - Berlin Phil/Ferdinand Leitner; San Francisco SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 427 019)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

CORELLI: Concerto Grossi Op 6 Nos 1-6 - La Petit Band/Sigiswald Kuijken (EMI CDS 747919)

2:15 approx - Disc 3

Wings in the Night, Swedish Songs - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (DG 449 189)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

SCHUBERT: String Quartets, D18; in C D32; in B D36; in C minor D103 - Melos Quartet (DG 419 879)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

BACH: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C BWV564; Fantasia in G BWV572; Trio Sonata No 1 in Eb BWV525; Passacaglia in C minor BWV582; MARCHAND: Deux Pièces d’Orgue; BULL: Dr Bull’s My Selfe; Dr Bull’s Jewell - Gillian Weir (organ of St Lawrence, Rotterdam; Great Organ of the Church of St Maximin, Thionville, France; Organ of Hexham Abbey) (ARGO 460 185)