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Wednesday 21 January 2009 Rāapa 21 Kohi-tātea 2009

Wednesday 21 January 2009

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

 6:00 Classic Morning

6:00 TOMLINSON: An English Overture - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223413)

ZIPOLI arr Giovanini: Elevazione - Pierre Pierlot (ob), Bernard Fonteny (cello), Anne-Marie Beckensteiner (org), Jean-François Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard (ABC Classics 465 086)

POULENC: Flute Sonata - Carol Hohauser (fl), Bruce Greenfield (pno) (RNZ)

ALBINONI: String Sonata in C Op 6/1 - Locatelli Trio (Hyperion CDA 66831/2)

HOLST: Japanese Suite - London SO/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 222)

7:00 BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival, Overture - Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 3 71467)

KORNGOLD restored Morgan: Cello Concerto in C Op 37, Deception - Alexander Zagorinsky (cello), Moscow SO/William Stromberg (Naxos 8.570110-11)

JOPLIN arr English: Maple Leaf Rag - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5009)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Dora Schwarzberg (vln), Martha Argerich (pno) (Avanti 5414706 10232)

WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2147)

8:00 Beauty Spot: BACH: Second movement, Adagio, from Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), ASMF (Sony SK 89245)

WEBER: Oberon, Overture - Bavarian Radio SO/Rafael Kubelík (DG 415 840)

SAINT-SAËNS: Cyprès, from Cyprès et Lauriers - Andrew-John Smith (organ of La Madeleine, Paris) (Hyperion CDA 67713)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Danse Russe, from Swan Lake - Baiba Skride (vln), CBSO/Andris Nelsons (Sony 88697 21423)

GRIEG: Melodie; Halling; Elegie; Waltz, from Lyric Pieces Op 38 - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61568)

J STRAUSS II: Emperor Waltz - Vienna Johann Strauss Capelle/Michael Tomascheck (Koch International 324 073)

 9:00 The Works

MAHLER: Symphony No 6 in A minor, Tragic - Chicago SO/Bernard Haitink (Chicago SO/CSOR 901 807)

BRAHMS: Liebeslieder Waltzes Op 52 - Marlis Petersen (sop), Stella Doufexis (contralto), Werner Güra (ten), Konrad Jarnot (bbar), Christoph Berner, Camillo Radicke (pno duet) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1945)

REGER: Chorale Fantasia on Freu' dich sehr, o meine Seele Op 30 - Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen (pno duet) (Sony 88697 12146)

STANFORD: Clarinet Concerto in A minor Op 80 - Robert Plane (cl), Bournemouth SO/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570356)

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 3 - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Mercury 416 496)

12:00 Summer Sonic

Michael Houstoun

The second of two programmes in which the New Zealand pianist talks to Tim Dodd about his approach to playing Chopin’s music (RNZ)

CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 33; Ballade No 3 in Ab Op 47 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ/Tartar CD TRL 069)

 1:30 Praeludia

KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro - Gilles Apap (vln/dir), Sinfonia Varsovia (Apapaziz Productions GKJ 00103)

DEBUSSY arr Matthews: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest; Fuilles mortes; Feux d'artifice, from Preludes - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 58045)

BACH: Prelude & Fugue No 4 in C# minor BWV873, from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 - John Wells (organ of St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland) (Ribbonwood RCD 1007)

 2:00 Afternoon Requests

TOYE: The Haunted Ballroom - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66868)

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (pno), Philharmonia/Ettore Gracis (EMI CDC 7 49326)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 2 - Berlin Radio SO/Steven Sloane (Capriccio 71 096)

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 3:00 CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue

ORFF: Carmina Burana - Gundula Janowitz (sop), Gerhard Stolze (ten), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar), Schöneberger Boys' Choir, Chorus & Orch of the German Opera, Berlin/Eugen Jochum (rec 1968) (DG 423 886)

 4:05 Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers

GERSHWIN: Preludes for piano - Diedre Irons (pno) (Trust MMT 2041)

WAGNER: Dich teure Halle, from Tannhäuser - Alessandra Marc (sop), New Zealand SO/Heinz Wallberg (Manu CD MANU 1317)

FRANCHI: Suite for flute & harp - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)

MAREK: Serenade for violin & orchestra - Ingolf Turban (vln), Philharmonia/Gary Brain (Koch Schwann 3-6440)

 5:00 Cadenza

ROSSINI: La Cenerentola, Overture - Philharmonia/Tullio Serafin (Medici Arts MM 008)

RODRIGO: Second movement, Adagio, from Concierto de Aranjuez - Narciso Yepes (gtr), Spanish Radio & Television SO/Odón Alonso (DG 423 784)

FRANCK arr Delsart: Fourth movement, Allegretto poco mosso, from Violin Sonata in A - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (EMI 5 65955)

TURINA: Gypsy Dances Op 84 - Albert Guinovart (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7009)

CHABRIER: Habanera - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

DVORÁK: Song to the Moon, from Rusalka - Pilar Lorengar (sop), Orch of the Academy of St Cecilia, Rome/Giuseppe Patané (Decca 444 614)

ELGAR arr Ball: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations - Black Dyke Mills Band/Nicholas Childs (Naxos 8.570726)

PUCCINI arr Stoltzman: Che gelida manina, from La Bohème - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: O clap your hands - Corydon Singers & Orch/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDS 44322)

SUK: Bagatelle, With Nosegay in Hand - Jirí Válek (fl), Josef Suk (vln), Josef Hála (pno) (Supraphon 11 1533)

HANDEL: Coronation Anthem, Let thy hand be strengthened - Tallis Chamber Choir, Royal Academy Consort/Jeremy Summerly (Naxos 8.557003)

SCRIABIN: Pieces for the left hand, No 1, Prelude in C# minor; No 2, Nocturne in D flat - Michel Béroff (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49079)

LEHRER arr Marshall: I hold your hand in mine - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

J STRAUSS II arr anon: The Queen's Lace Handkerchief, Potpourri - Slovak State Phil/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.225074)

 7:00 Appointment

The Darwin Lectures

Six programmes

(3) The Principles of Evolution: Absolute Simplicity

From Palmerston North, David Perry on how evolutionary principles explain the rise of life on earth (RNZ)

 8:00 Music Alive

David Geringas (cello), NDR SO/Christoph von Dohnányi

SCHNITTKE: Cello Concerto No 1; SCHUBERT: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great (recorded in Laeiszhalle, Hamburg by German Radio, Hamburg)

 9:30 Busoni arranges Mozart

Fantasia in F minor K608 - Martha Argerich, Lilya Zilberstein (pno duo) (EMI 5 18333)

Idomeneo, Overture - New York Philharmonic SO/Dimitri Mitropoulos (rec 1941) (Music & Arts CD 1052)

Second movement, Andantino, from Piano Concerto No 9 in Eb K271, Jeunehomme - Hamish Milne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67677)

10:00 Day's End

SVIRIDOV: Night Clouds - Moscow New Choir, percussion group/Elena Rastvorova (Alto ALC 1029)

STANFORD: Irish Rhapsody No 6 Op 191 - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8884)

PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Suite No 2 - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc CD 80597)

11:00 BORODIN: String Sextet in D minor - Lindsay String Quartet, Louise Williams (vla), Raphael Wallfisch (cello) (ASV CD DCA 1143)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Trio No 2 in D minor, Élégiaque - Moscow Rachmaninov Trio (Hyperion CDA 67178)

12:00 Music Through the Night

Disc 1

MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550; Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 426 315)

 1:15 approx - Disc 2

SCHUBERT: Fantasia in C D934; STRAVINSKY: Duo Concertante; PROKOFIEV: Sonata for violin solo Op 15; RAVEL: Sonata for violin & piano; SATIE: Choses vues a droite et a guache; MILHAUD: Le Printemps - Gidon Kremer (vln), Elena Bashkirov (pno) (Philips 426 387)

 2:30 approx - Disc 3

Sacred music by Mozart, Bach, Haydn, Eybler, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Fauré, Handel, & Verdi - Max Emanuel Cencic, Benjamin Schmidinger (trebles), Vienna Boys’ Choir, Chorus Viennensis, Vienna Folkopera CO (Philips 438 871)

 3:35 approx - Disc 4

ROSSINI: Ballet music from The Siege of Corinth, Moses, William Tell & Othello - National Orch of the Monte Carlo Opera/Antonio De Almeida (Philips 422 843)

 4:50 approx - Disc 5

HANDEL: Oboe Concertos, No 1 in Bb; No 2 in Bb; No 3 in G minor; Concerto grosso in G Op 3/3; Sonata a 5 in Bb; Concerto Grosso in C, Alexander’s Feast; Overture in D; Hornpipe in D - Heinz Holliger, Neil Black, James Brown (obs), Kenneth Sillito, John Tunnell (vlns), Richard Adenay (fl), Kenneth Heath (cello), Leslie Pearson (org & hpschd), John Constable (hpschd), James Tyler (chitarrone), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 426 082)

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