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Wednesday 11 February 2009 Rāapa 11 Hui-tanguru 2009

Wednesday 11 February 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 ALWYN: Concerto Grosso No 1 in Bb - Royal Liverpool Phil/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570704)

ANON: Greensleeves to a ground - Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (dir) (Alia Vox AV 9820)

ARNOLD: Flute Concerto No 1 Op 45 - Alexa Still (fl), NZSO Chamber Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7063)

TAUSIG: The Ghost Ship Op 1 - Rian de Waal (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1016)

SIBELIUS: Pan & Echo Op 53 - SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)

7:00 LEHÁR: The Merry Widow, Overture - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 891)

VIVALDI arr Romero: Lute Concerto in D RV93 - Pepe Romero (gtr), I Musici (Philips 475 6360)

COATES: By the Sleepy Lagoon - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

BESSER: Migration Music - Isidor Saslav (vln), Zestniks (Besser Music)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: English Folk Song Suite - Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell (Telarc CD 80099)

8:00 Beauty Spot: BACH: Second movement, Siciliano, from Flute Sonata in Eb BWV1031 - Aurèle Nicolet (fl), Karl Richter (hpschd) (ABC Classics 465 680)

SUPPÉ: Poet & Peasant, Overture - Emanuel Brabec (cello), Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 421 170)

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Prelude & Fugue in A minor - Arada Guitar Duo (Landor LAN 284)

MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Claude Delangle (sax), Singapore SO/Lan Shui (BIS CD 1357)

GRAINGER: Ramble on the Last Love Duet in Rosenkavalier - Igor Kamenz (pno) (Danacord DACOCD 649)

ENESCU: Rumanian Rhapsody No 1 in A - Philharmonia/Charles Mackerras (Testament SBT 1325)

 9:00 The Works

RAVEL: Mother Goose - London SO/Pierre Monteux (Decca 475 7798)

BLOCH: Schelomo - Maria Kliegel (cello), Ireland National SO/Gerhard Markson (Naxos 8.550519)

MOZART: Requiem in D minor K626 - Marie Arnet (sop), Anna Stéphany (mezzo), Andrew Kennedy (ten), Darren Jeffery (bass), London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0627)

MEDTNER: Forgotten Melodies Op 38 - Ekaterina Derzhavina (pno) (Phoenix Edition 156)

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - London SO/André Previn (EMI 3 82157)

12:00 Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

 1:30 Shostakovich Arranged

arr Atovmian: Five Pieces for two violins & piano - Julian Rachlin, Janine Jansen (vlns), Itamar Golan (pno) (Onyx 4026)

arr Barshai: Chamber Symphony in C Op 49a - Rotterdam CO/Conrad van Alphen (Talent DOM 2929 72)

 2:00 Afternoon Requests

PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 6 - Salvatore Accardo (vln), London Phil/Charles Dutoit (DG 437 210)

ZABEL: Waltz Caprice Op 37 - Susan Drake (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66340)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 9 in E Op 14/1 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2017)

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 3:00 CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 4 in C minor D417, Tragic - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 653)

BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4 - English CO/Benjamin Britten (London 425 160)

 4:00 Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers

FISHER: Pounamu - Elise Bradley (contralto), Richard Nunns (koauau), Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2065)

BARTÓK: Three Rondos on Folk Tunes Sz84 - Tamas Vesmas (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1521)

DITTERSDORF: Symphony in A, Symphony in the Taste of Five Nations - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

MATTEIS: Violin Suite in D minor, from Ayres for the Violin, Part 4 (London, 1685) - Bronwen Pugh (vln), Robert Petre (hpschd) (Meridian CDE 84316)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Fourth movement, Finale, from Symphony No 4 in F minor Op 36 - Wellington Orch/James Sedares (Wgtn Sinfonia)

 5:00 Cadenza

IRELAND: A London Overture - London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDM 7 64716)

J RITCHIE: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings - Marina Sturm (cl), NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Trust MMT 2040)

LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - György Cziffra (pno) (Philips 456 760)

VIOTTI: Second movement, Adagio, from Harp Sonata in Bb - Nicanor Zabaleta (harp) (DG 415 893)

ROSSINI orch Respighi: Tarantella, from La Boutique Fantasque - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 444 610)

PUCCINI: In quelle trine morbide, from Manon Lescaut - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD KML 1)

BOCCHERINI: Third movement, Minuet, from String Quintet in E G275 - Trio Europa Galante (Virgin 5 45421)

HAYDN: The Apothecary, Overture - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.572130)

DONIZETTI: Una furtiva lagrima, from L'elisir d'amore - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), English CO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 475 6816)

DEBUSSY: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, from Children's Corner Suite - Susan Jolles (harp) (Stradivari SCD 6034)

WOLF-FERRARI: Overture & Intermezzo, from Doctor Cupid - Stephen Orton (cello), ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI 7 54585)

CHAPÍ: Doctors' Chorus, from The King mad with rage - Madrid Community Chorus & Orch/Miguel Roa (Naxos 8.555957)

BULL: Doctor Bull's goodnight - Pierre Hantaï (hpschd) (Auvidis Astrée E 8543)

MONTGOMERY arr Sutherland: Carry On Doctor/Doctor Again, Suite - City of Prague SO/Gavin Sutherland (ASV CD WHL 2119)

 7:00 Appointment

The Darwin Lectures

Six programmes

(6) The Story Telling Ape

From Nelson, Brian Boyd explores how evolution can throw light on our instinct for art and especially for the art of storytelling (RNZ)

 8:00 Music Alive

Live! at the Concertgebouw 2007-2008

Daniel Wayenberg (pno), Aurelia Saxophone Quartet, Netherlands Radio Choir & Phil/Edo de Waart

KEURIS: To Brooklyn Bridge; DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World; SCHAT: Arch music for St Louis Op 44; RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Radio Netherlands)

10:00 Day's End

CHOPIN: Ballade No 2 in F Op 38 - Artur Rubinstein (pno) (RCA RD 89651)

RUTTER: Five traditional songs, The girl I left behind me; O waly, waly; The British Grenadiers; Golden slumbers; Dashing away with the smoothing iron - Nordic Chamber Choir/Nicol Matt (Bayer BR 100 334)

RHEINBERGER arr Cullen: Cantilena, from Organ Sonata No 11 in D minor - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

DELIUS arr Fenby: Sonata for string orchestra - NZSO Chamber Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7139)

11:00 GLINKA: Piano Sextet in Eb - Alexander Mogilevsky (pno), Lucia Hall, Alissa Margulis (vlns), Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (vla), Mark Drobinsky (cello), Enrico Fagone (dbass) (EMI 5 18333)

BORODIN: String Quartet No 1 in A - Borodin String Quartet (EMI CDC 7 47795)

12:00 Music Through the Night

Disc 1

DVORÁK: Concert Overtures, In Nature’s Realm; Carnival; Othello; Symphonic Variations Op 78; Scherzo Capriccioso - Royal Phil/John Farrer (ASV CD DCA 794)

 1:10 approx - Disc 2

MEDTNER: Piano Concertos, No 2 in C minor Op 50; No 3 in E minor Op 60, Ballade - Geoffrey Tozer (pno), London Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9038)

 2:25 approx - Disc 3

BACH: Violin Partita in D minor BWV1004 with Chorales, Auf meinen lieben Gott; Den Tod…; Allemanda; Christ lag in Todesbanden; Corrente; Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt; Sarabanda; Wo soll ich fliehen hin; Giga; Den Tod…; Ciaccona; Christ lag in Todesbanden; Dein Will gescheh’; Befiehl Du Deine Wege; Jesu meine Freude; Auf meinen lieben Gott; Jesu Deine Passion; In meines Herzens Grunde; Nun lob’, mein Seel’, den Herren; Den Tod…; Ciaccona for solo violin and four voices after Helga Thoene’s analysis; Den Tod… - Hilliard Ensemble, Christoph Poppen (baroque vln) (ECM 1765)

 3:25 approx - Disc 4

LISZT: Divertissement on the cavatina I tuoi frequenti palpiti from Pacini’s Niobe; THALBERG: Fantasy on themes from Rossini’s Moses; WEBER: Concert Piece in F minor Op 79; THALBERG: Fantasia on God Save the Queen; LISZT: Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude, from Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses - Steven Mayer (pno) (ASV CD DCA 783)

 4:45 approx - Disc 5

Fantasias, Arias and Toccatas by MUDARRA, MILAN, MACQUE, DELL’APRA, FRESCOBALDI and MONTEVERDI - Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque harps) (Hyperion CDA 66518)

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