Tuesday 7 January 2014 Rātū 7 Kohi-tātea 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  GOTTSCHALK arr Kay: Cakewalk Ballet; PISTON: The Incredible Flutist - Louisville Orch/Akira Endo, Jorge Mester (Albany TROY 016)

  1:05 approx - Disc 2

  BEETHOVEN: Rasumovsky Quartets Op 59/2 & 3 - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 402)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  RODRIGO: Christmas carols and songs; Hymns of the Neophytes of Qumrán; Music for the Salamancan Codex; Canticle of St Francis of Assisi - Raquel Lojendio, María Jesús Prieto, Victoria Marchante, Ada Allende (sops), David Rubiera (bar), Orch and Chorus of the Comunidad de Madrid/José Ramón Encinar (Naxos 8.557223)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  DEBUSSY: La boite à joujoux; Etudes Vol 1 & 2 - Jörg Demus (pno) (Amadeo 423 277)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; HOLST: St Paul's Suite Op 29/2; WARLOCK: Capriol Suite; BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Op 10 - Margaret Campbell, Collin Lilley (fls), Audrey Douglas (harp), English String Orch/William Broughton (Nimbus NI 5213)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 JC BACH: Symphony in Eb Op 6/2 - Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik/Stephan Mai (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1803)

  VIVALDI: Trio Sonata in D minor RV63, La Follia - L'Estravagante (Naïve OP 30535)

  GRIEG: The Last Spring Op 34/2 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Razumovsky SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.554497)

  LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C# minor S244 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66874)

  PURCELL: Abdelazer, Suite - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)

  7:00 DVORÁK: Carnival Overture - London SO/István Kertész (Decca 443 765)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Second movement, Andante, from Piano Concerto No 2 in F Op 102 - Tamás Vesmás (pno), New Zealand SO/Edwin Outwater (Private)

  ALBÉNIZ: Seville, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (Tsiboulski APT-CD 101)

  CHOPIN: Polonaise in F# minor Op 44 - Piotr Anderszewski (pno) (Virgin 5 45619)

  ROSAS: Sobre las olas - Vienna Volksoper Orch/Franz Bauer-Theussl (Philips 412 883)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: TALLIS: Sing & Glorify - The Sixteen, Symphony of Harmony & Invention/Harry Christophers (Coro CORSACD 16016)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Marche Slave - Berlin Deutsches SO/Yutaka Sado (Challenge CC 72356)

  JOPLIN: Pineapple Rag - Alexander Peskanov (pno) (Naxos 8.559114)

  TRAD arr Bridge: Cherry Ripe - Delmé String Quartet (Helios CDH 88038)

  STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier - Ilkka Talvi (vln), Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3707)

  GERSHWIN orch Rose: Strike Up The Band, Overture - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559750)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  BACH: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C BWV1066 - Concerto Cologne/Werner Matzke (dir) (Berlin Classics 030 0061 BC)

  LOPES-GRAÇA: Piano Concerto No 1 - Eldar Nebolsin (pno), Orquestra Sinfonica do Porto, Casa da Musica/Matthias Bamert (Naxos 8.572817)

• 10:00 AM. Morning Concert

  Michael Hill International Violin Competition

  Six programmes

  (2) Semi-finals, Day 1

  MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 49 - Ioana Cristina Poicea (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno), Ashley Brown (cello) (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber by RNZ) (Programme 3 tomorrow 10.00am)

• 10:30 AM. More Works

  DELIUS ed Beecham: The Song of the High Hills - Olivia Robinson (sop), Christopher Bowen (ten), BBC Symphony Chorus & Orch/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5088)

  RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez - Angel Romero (gtr), Israel Phil/Ryan McAdams (Helicon 02-9662)

  BIZET: Symphony in C - New Zealand SO/Donald Johanos (Naxos 8.553027)

• Noon Summer Sonic

  Composers on Camera

  Thomas Goss guides us through the complex and fascinating world of composer films, and how they either improve or impede our understanding of concert music

  Five programmes

  (2) The Beethoven Meme. A comparison of three recent movies about the greatest classical composer, and how their different views add up to one Messianic testament (RNZ)

• 1:10 PM. The Low-Down

  Five programmes

  (2) Jazz bassist Nick Tipping plumbs the depths for great bass players, including Ray Brown with the Oscar Peterson Trio, Edgar Meyer performing Bach, and some 'elevated love' from the Esbjörn Svensson Trio (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  KOCH: Rumba Flamenca - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)

  LLOYD: Piano Concerto No 2 - Martin Roscoe (pno), BBC Phil/George Lloyd (Albany TROY 037)

  RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (EMI CD CFP 4086)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MOZART: String Quartet No 17 in Bb K458, Hunt - Fine Arts Quartet (rec 1968) (Music & Arts CD 1154)

  BRAHMS: Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 - Barry Tuckwell (horn), Leonard Sorkin (vln), Naomi Zaslav (pno) (rec 1971) (Music & Arts CD 1154)

• 4:00 PM. The Conductor

  The story of the writing of Dmitri Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony and its historic first performance in besieged Leningrad in 1942

  Written in 15 parts by Sarah Quigley and read by Peter Bland

  (2) Nikolai talks with Shostakovich about his inability to love his 8 year old daughter Sonya, scared that his love could destroy her in the same way he thinks it destroyed the life of his beloved wife. By the end of summer he's able to enjoy her, meaning his sister in law Tanya can give up full guardianship and only needs to come in to cook and clean. Out on a walk, Nikolai and Sonya meet Nina Bronnikova, a dancer with the Kirov (RNZ)

• 4:15 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Sea & Sinbad's Ship, from Scheherazade - Justine Cormack (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  RODRIGO: Invocation & Dance - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals - Peter Lockwood (pno), Dmitry Ferschtman (cello), Concentus Bestiales/Julian Reynolds (pno/dir) (Globe GLO 5152)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SULLIVAN: Mikado, Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.554165)

  K JENKINS: La Folia - Neil Percy (marimba), London SO/Karl Jenkins (EMI 5 00235)

  DEBUSSY: Arabesques Nos 1 & 2 - Noriko Ogawa (pno) (BIS CD 1405)

  BERNSTEIN arr Friend: Somewhere, from West Side Story - Lisa Friend (fl), Martin Radford (cello), Mark Kinkaid (pno) (Signum SIGCD 199)

  DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (Sanctuary CD RSN 3046)

  6:00 OFFENBACH: Ballet of the Snowflakes, from Voyage to the Moon - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 6403)

  BIBER: Balletti for two trumpets, strings & continuo - Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble, Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler (Berlin Classics 030 0167 BC)

  BERLIOZ: Le ballet des ombres - David Bismuth (pno), Choeur Les Eléments/Michel Plasson (EMI 5 57499)

  ANDERSON: Belle of the Ball - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 68048)

  IRELAND: Ballerina - Piers Lane (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67967)

  SCHMELZER: Balletto a cavallo - Armonico Tributo Austria/Lorenz Duftschmid (Arcana A 339)

  J STRAUSS II: Ballet Music, from Die Fledermaus - Bratislava City Chorus, Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Johannes Wildner (Marco Polo 8.223247)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Ryan Smith hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  8:00 Karlheinz Company

  Jennifer Maybee (sop), Kenny Keppel (cl), Uwe Grodd, Abigail Sperling (fls), Alex Taylor, Angela Kong (vlns), Rachel Grimwood (vla), Robbie Drage (cello), Madeleine Lie (dbass), Laurence McFarlane (percussion)

  CAGE: Aria for solo voice; SCHOLES: Wireless, for clarinet; CAGE: Three pieces for flute duet; ELMSLY: Soft Drop II; MANDENO: Le Tribolazioni de Pulcinella (recorded at the University of Auckland Music Theatre, Sunday 29 September 2013, by RNZ)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

Next day - Wed 08

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