12 February 2012 - 8:30 pm NZ time
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12:00 - Disc 1
BAX: Violin Concerto; Legend; Romantic Overture; Golden Eagle, Incidental music - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9003)
1:15 (approx) - Disc 2
CHOPIN: Mazurkas, Opp 41; 50; 56; 59; 63; 67; 68; Mazurka in A minor, 'à Emile Gaillard'; Mazurka in A minor, 'Notre temps' - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 417 584)
2:30 (approx) - Disc 3
FINZI: Requiem da Camera; BRITTEN: Deus in adjutorium meum; Chorale on an old French carol; Cantata misericordium Op 69; HOLST: Two Psalms, Nos 86 & 148 - John Mark Ainsley (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bar), Britten Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8997)
3:35 (approx) - Disc 4
JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 1, Kreutzer Sonata; String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters;DVORÁK: Cypresses for string quartet - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 749)
4:50 (approx) - Disc 5
DEBUSSY: Reverie; Arabesque No 1; Claire de Lune, from Suite Bergamasque; SCRIABIN: Etude Op 42/4; BACH: Wachet Auf!; Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; GLINKA: The Lark; GODOWSKY: Alt Wien; SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan; SCHUMANN: Arabesque in C Op 18; Träumerei Op 15/7; BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2; GRIEG: Butterfly Op 43/1; Nocturne Op 54/4; RAVEL: Forlane; Pavane pour une infante défunte - Gordon Fergus-Thompson (pno) (ASV CD WHL 2066)
6:00 HANDEL: Sinfonia in Bb HWV339 - Concerto Cologne (Berlin Classics 1617 BC)
HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 58 in C HobXVI/48 - András Schiff (pno) (Dal Segno DSPRCD 042)
CAZABON: Giocoso - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557752)
VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A RV335, The Cuckoo - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Australian Brandenburg Orch/Paul Dyer (dir) (ABC Classics 456 364)
LEIGH: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Suite - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 289)
7:00 ROSSINI: The Silken Ladder, Overture - Mexican State SO/Enrique Bátiz (Brilliant Classics 93994)
FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (pno) (Naxos 8.557889)
CHAUSSON: Viviane - Basel SO/Armin Jordan (Erato ECD 88169)
SATIE: Aperçus désagréables - Sandra Mol, Jeroen van Veen (pno duet) (Brilliant Classics 9129)
BECK: Sinfonia in G minor Op 1/1 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)
8:00 Beauty Spot: GIORDANI: Caro mio ben - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), György Fischer (pno) (Decca 448 300)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ed & completed Hogger: Norfolk Rhapsody No 2 - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10001)
LANNER: The Storming of Constantine - Vienna Ensemble (Koch 3-6564)
REYNOLDS: Swiss Family Robinson, Lullaby & Ballet - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Marco Polo 8.225184)
FALLA arr Kochanski: Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Jesús Angel León (vln), Miguel Angel Muñoz (pno) (Verso VRS 2018)
BRIDGE: Two poems - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557167)
DVORÁK: Carnival Overture - Stuttgart Radio SO/Roger Norrington (Hänssler CD 93.251)
CLEMENT: Violin Concerto in D - Rachel Barton Pine (vln), Royal Phil/José Serebrier (Cedille CDR 90000 106)
CHERUBINI: Mass in F, Di Chimay - Ruth Ziesak (sop), Herbert Lippert (ten), Ildar Abdrazakov (bass), Bavarian Radio Chorus & SO/Riccardo Muti (EMI 5 57558)
MOERAN: Symphony in G minor - New Philharmonia/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 247)
Håkan Hardenberger
The Swedish trumpet virtuoso in conversation with Christine Argyle (RNZ)
WEIDE: My love is like a red, red rose - Håkan Hardenberger (cornet), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (Philips 422 344)
HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Håkan Hardenberger (tpt), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 420 203)
TELEMANN: Ten Heroic Marches - Håkan Hardenberger (tpt), Simon Preston (organ of Sorö Church, Sorö, Denmark) (Philips 434 074)
ARNOLD: Four Scottish Dances - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68901)
LILBURN: Sings Harry - Christopher Leech (ten), Dylan Lardelli (gtr) (Waiteata WTA 009)
JC BACH: Symphony in Eb Op 9/2 - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 487)
CALDARA: Profezie, di me diceste, from Sedecia - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Decca 478 1521)
FARQUHAR: Ring Round the Moon - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
Classic performances from the back catalogue
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 16 in D K451 - Rudolf Serkin (pno), Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado (rec 1984) (Philips 456 964)
BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 10 in G Op 96 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), Clara Haskil (pno) (rec 1956) (Philips 422 140)
NZ musicians and composers
A RITCHIE/G GRIFFITHS: Prelude; Scottish Interlude, from From the Southern Marches - City of Dunedin Choir, Dunedin Sinfonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Private recording)
FARR: Funambulistic Strains - David Bremner (tbn), New Zealand SO/James Judd (Atoll ACD 109)
BUCHANAN: Watermarked; Lingua Franca, from An Ocean Between Us - Rhona Fraser (sop), New Zealand Piano Quartet (RNZ)
HILL: Blue evening; Valse lente; Waltz caprice - Asmira Woodward-Page (vln), Scott Davie (pno) (Artworks AW 034)
CARR: Promenade - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1077)
OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80116)
GIBBONS: Fantasia in A minor - John Wells (organ of Baptist Church, Ponsonby, Auckland) (RNZ)
SMETANA: Dance of the Comedians, from The Bartered Bride - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon 11 0624)
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 5 in E minor - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 412 724)
CHOPIN: Polonaise in F# minor Op 44 - Folke Nauta (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93995)
CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in C minor Op 6/3 - Rémy Baudet, Sayuri Yamagata (vlns), Albert Brüggen (cello), Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder (dir) (Brilliant Classics 92403)
GRIFFES: Bacchanale - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559164)
MERTZ: Fantasy on themes from Verdi's Rigoletto Op 63 - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 446 090)
J STRAUSS II arr anon/orch Pollack: A Night in Venice, Potpourri - Slovak State Phil/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.225074)
LISZT: Tarantella, from Venice & Naples - Nicholas Angelich (pno) (Mirare MIR 9941)
ARBAN arr A Baadsvik: Variations on The Carnival of Venice - Oystein Baadsvik (tuba), Musica Vitae/Björn Sagstad (BIS CD 1285)
SULLIVAN: Masquerade Finale from The Merchant of Venice - RTE Concert Orch, Dublin/Andrew Penny (Marco Polo 8.223461)
Simon Keenlyside
The English baritone in conversation with Jon Tolansky (VIP)
Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Christchurch Symphony/Vladimir Verbitsky
LILBURN: A Birthday Offering; PROKOFIEV: Symphony-Concerto in E minor Op 125; TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64 (recorded in the Christchurch Town Hall by RNZ)
DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque - Tamás Vásáry (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93900)
GRAUPNER: Overture in C for 3 chalumeaux, strings and basso continuo - Cappella Coloniensis/Hans-Martin Linde (Phoenix 173)
PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 6 - Kristóf Baráti (vln), North German Radio Phil/Eiji Oue (Berlin Classics 1646 BC)
11:00 TOCH: String Quartet No 10 Op 28, on the name Bass - Buchberger Quartet (CPO 999 775)
GLINKA: Septet in Eb - members of Russian National SO (RegisC 1288)
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