Wednesday 13 May 2009 Rāapa 13 Haratua 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 5 Op 47; Cello Concerto No 1 Op 107 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein, Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (CBS MDK 44903)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb; Piano Sonata in B minor; Hungarian Rhapsodie No 6; Annê de pèlerinage-année 1, Vallée d'Obermann; Annê de pèlerinage-année 3, Les Jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este - Martha Argerich, Lazar Berman (pnos), London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 439 409)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  VIVALDI: Gloria in D; BACH: Magnificat BWV 243a - Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby (sops), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Paul Elliott (ten), David Thomas (bass), Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music/Simon Preston (Oiseau-Lyre 414 678)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  LAZZARI: String Quartet in A minor Op 17; LALO: String Quartet in Eb Op 45 - Quator à Cordes de Paris (Chant Du Monde LCD 278 807)

  4:40 (approx) - Disc 5

  DELIUS: Violin Concerto; Two Aquarelles; On hearing the first cuckoo in spring; Summer Night on the River; Fennimore & Gerda, Intermezzo; Irmelin Prelude; Dance Rhapsodies - Tasmin Little (vln), Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras (Argo 433 704)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 3 in E minor - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Brilliant Classics 99926)

  MAHLER: Piano Quartet movement - Domus (Virgin VC 7 90739)

  WEBER: Andante & Hungarian Rondo in C minor Op 35 - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Opera North Orch/Benjamin Wallfisch (Chandos CHAN 10477)

  ALBRIGHT: Sweet Sixteenths - Nicola Melville (pno) (Equilibrium EQ 57)

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in D minor Op 6/10 - Arte Dei Suonatori/Martin Gester (BIS SACD 1705/06)

  7:00 KETÈLBEY: The Adventurers, Overture - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223442)

  VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in G RV437 - Rachel Brown (fl), St James' Baroque Players/Ivor Bolton (hpschd/dir) (Authenticka AS 001)

  SCHUBERT: First movement, Allegro, from Symphony No 5 in Bb D485 - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)

  SCHUMANN: Toccata in C Op 7 - Michael Endres (pno) (Arte Nova 74321 84386)

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

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MONTEVERDI: Ave maris stella, from Vespers of 1610 - Janice Chandler, Karen Clift (sops), Christòpheren Nomura (bar), Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman (Telarc 2CD 80453)

  BRIDGE: Serenade - Mayke Rademakers (cello), Matthijs Verschoor (pno) (Quintone Q 07002)

  GADE: Scottish Overture, In the Highlands Op 7 - Danish National Radio SO/Christopher Hogwood (Chandos CHAN 9862)

  TRIEBENSEE: Trio in C - Marilyn Zupnik, Kathryn Greenbank (obs), Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia (cor anglais) (Resonance CD RSN 3102)

  GRANADOS: Intermezzo, from Goyescas - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 5595/8)

  LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 1 in F minor S359 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 412 724)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  JULES MASSENET (1842-1912)

  Poème d'Hiver - Damien Top (ten), Alain Raës (pno) (BNL 112 799)

  Meditation, from Thaïs - Yuri Torchinsky (vln), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

  Thaïs! ... C'est toi, mon père?, from Thaïs - Cheryl Barker (sop), Peter Coleman-Wright (bar), Eleanor Levy (vln), Tasmanian SO/Martin André (ABC Classics 465 699)

  Fantasy for cello & orchestra - Sophie Rolland (cello), BBC Phil/Gilbert Varga (ASV CD CDA 867)

  Chansons des bois d'Amaranthe - Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse, Jeremy Filsell (pno) (Guild GMCD 7199)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in G minor - Paul Goodwin, Lorraine Wood, Sophia McKenna (obs), Albert Grazzi (bsn), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 439 893)

  ENESCU: Cello Sonata No 2 in C Op 26/2 - Laura Buruiana (cello), Martin Tchiba (pno) (Naxos 8.570582)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor Op 61 - Joshua Bell (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 444 552)

  NIELSEN: Symphony No 4 Op 29, The Inextinguishable - CBSO/Simon Rattle (EMI CDC 7 47503)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  HAYDN: Libera me Domine HobXXIIb/1 - Philippe-Caillard Chorale, Les Solistes de Paris Orch/Henri-Claude Fantapié, Arlette Heudron (org) (Divine Art DDA 21212)

  MOZART: Violin Sonata No 27 in G K379 - Petra Müllejans (vln), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fpno) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7494)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  OFFENBACH: Vois sous l'archet frémissant, from Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Elina Garanca (mezzo), Dresden State Opera Orch/Fabio Luisi (DG 477 6231)

  GARDNER: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb Op 34 - Peter Donohoe (pno), Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570406)

  DELIUS: Sea Drift - Thomas Hampson (bar), Welsh National Opera Orch & Chorus/Charles Mackerras (Argo 430 206)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  DVORÁK: Symphony No 4 in D minor Op 13 - London SO/István Kertész (rec 1966) (Decca 417 596)

  STRAVINSKY: Serenade in A - Maria Yudina (pno) (rec 1962) (Melodiya 74321 25172)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  HOLST: A Fugal Overture - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 782)

  WELLS: Organ Concerto - John Wells (organ of Christchurch Town Hall), Christchurch Symphony/Brian Law (Ribbonwood RCD 1009)

  STANFORD: Magnificat in Bb Op 164 - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 802)

  LILBURN: Suite for Orchestra - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD SLD 100)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  JC BACH: Overture, Il tutore e la pupilla - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (Carus 83.307)

  SOUSA: The Washington Post - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

  IBERT: Hommage à Mozart - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 440 332)

  GIBBONS: A Ground; The Italian Ground; ANON: Chi Passa, from Dublin Virginal Book - Robert Petre (hpschd) (Meridian CDE 84316)

  SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 3 - Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI CDC 7 49471)

  A RITCHIE: Melancholia - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Second movement, Andantino semplice, from Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno), London SO/Lorin Maazel (Decca 466 462)

  ANON: What shall we do with the drunken sailor? - 1992 New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1412)

  HOROWITZ: Variations on a theme from Bizet's Carmen - Arcadi Volodos (pno) (Sony SK 62691)

  ARNOLD: The Fair Field - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10293)

  FIELD arr Lane: Concertino for flute & chamber orchestra - Jennifer Stinton (fl), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7151)

  TRAD: Shepherds in the field abiding - King's College Choir, Cambridge/David Willcocks (Decca 475 6655)

  TATE: London Fields - London Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Lyrita SRCD 214)

  PROKOFIEV: Marches for Military Band - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 10166)

  ELGAR: Imperial March Op 32 - London Phil/Daniel Barenboim (Sony SMK 46682)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  André Previn

  A tribute to the American composer/conductor/pianist who celebrated his 80th birthday last month, presented by Erica Challis (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Curtain Raiser

  With Brian Kay

  Fauré's Requiem Op 48 (RNZ)

• 8:15 PM. Music Alive

  Sara Macliver (sop), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), West Australia Symphony Chorus & Orch/Thierry Fischer

  MESSIAEN: Les Offrandes oubliées; RAVEL: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée; Five Popular Greek Melodies; DEBUSSY: Nocturnes; FAURÉ: Requiem Op 48 (recorded in the Perth Concert Hall by the ABC)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BRAHMS: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 - Casals Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7074.75)

  PASCULLI: Grand Concerto on themes from Verdi's Sicilian Vespers - Katsuya Watanabe (ob), David Johnson (pno) (Profil PH 08038)

  11:00 GB SAMMARTINI: Quintet No 5 in E - Accademia d'Arcadia/Alessandra Rossi Lürig (Brilliant Classics 93610)

  HUMMEL: Piano Septet No 1 in D minor Op 74 - Capricorn (Hyperion CDA 66396)

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