Wednesday 15 January 2014 Rāapa 15 Kohi-tātea 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MENDELSSOHN: String Symphonies, No 9 in C; No 11 in F; No 12 in G minor - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5143)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, in F minor Op 2/1; in A Op 2/2; in C Op 2/3 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2011-3)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  Vepres à la Vierge en Chine

  Choral Vespers service from China - Shi Kelong (chant), Cyrille Gerstenhaber (sop), Christophe Laporte (countertenor), Benoit Porcherot, Howard Shelton (tens), Ronan Nédélec (bar), Choir of the North, Beijing, XVIII-21 Musique des Lumières/Jean-Christophe Frisch (K617 155)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  ELGAR: String Quartet in E minor Op 83; BRIDGE: Three Idylls; WALTON: String Quartet in A minor - Coull Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66718)

  4:55 approx - Disc 5

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerti, No 5 in D BWV1050; No 6 in Bb BWV1051; Concerto in A for oboe d'amore BWV1055; Concerto in D minor for violin & oboe BWV1060 - Munich Bach Orch/Karl Richter (Archiv 427 143)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 F COUPERIN: Le Tic-Toc-Choc, ou Les Maillotins; La Couperin; Muséte de taverni, from Ordre No 15 - Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1956)

  ALWYN: Suite of Scottish Dances - Royal Liverpool Phil/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570704)

  PONCE: Three Popular Mexican Songs - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Private)

  HAYDN: Philemon & Baucis, Sinfonia - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)

  MAGNANI: Divertimento No 1 - Sergio Bosi (cl), Riccardo Bartoli (pno) (Naxos 8.572890)

  VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in D minor RV454 - Anthony Robson (ob), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment (Linn CKD 151)

  7:00 DELIUS arr Beecham: Fennimore & Gerda, Intermezzo - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar (Chandos CHAN 6502)

  JL BACH: Motet, Das ist meine Freude - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow, Rickman Godlee (cello), Martin Peck (dbass), Christopher Allsop (org) (Conifer 75605 51306)

  JIRANEK: Bassoon Concerto in F - Sergio Azzolini (bsn), Collegium Marianum/Jana Semerádová (dir) (Supraphon SU 4039)

  GRIEG: Melodies Op 53, Norwegian; The first meeting - Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572403)

  CHOPIN: Etude in E Op 10/3, Tristesse - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD 909)

  GLIÈRE: Concert Waltz - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 9518)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

  TAFFANEL: Andante pastorale & Scherzettino - James Galway (fl), Philip Moll (pno) (RCA 09026 68882)

  GERMAN: Henry VIII, Overture - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (Dutton CDLX 7285)

  YON: Humoresque, L'Organo Primitivo - Gillian Weir (organ of Milwaukee's Performing Arts Centre) (Koss KC 1013)

  BERWALD: Concert Piece for bassoon & orchestra - Patrik Håkansson (bsn), Gävle SO/Petri Sakari (Naxos 8.555370)

  MARQUEZ: Dance No 2 - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 7457)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol Op 34 - Cleveland Orch/Lorin Maazel (Decca 4806627)

  BOWEN: Viola Concerto in C minor Op 25 - Lawrence Power (vla), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67546)

• 10:00 AM. Morning Concert

  Madeleine Pierard (sop), Terence Dennis (pno)

  CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne, excerpts; MESSIAEN: Three Songs, Pourquoi?; Le sourire; La fiancée perdue; BERG: Seven Early Songs, Night; Song amid the reeds; The nightingale; Crowned in dreams; In the chamber; Ode to love; Summer days; HARRIS: Songs for Beatrice; BELLINI: Tre Ariette; ROSSINI: La regata veneziana (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:25 AM. More Works

  SVENDSEN: String Quintet in C Op 5 - Oslo String Quartet, Henning Kraggerud (vla) (CPO 999 858)

   

• Noon Summer Sonic

  Cynthia Morahan (RTÉ Lyric and Radio New Zealand Concert) presents a refreshing mix of classic music live on Summer Sonic. Whether you're on holiday at the beach, or in need of a long lunch, join Cynthia for two hours of music and stories to keep you company on summer afternoons (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  GESUALDO: Dolce spirto d'amore, from Madrigals, Book 3 - Delitiae Musicae/Marco Longhini (Naxos 8.572136)

  RAVEL trans anon: Kaddisch, from Two Hebrew Melodies - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Vera Nakariakova (pno) (Teldec 0630 15687)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 2, A London Symphony - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (rec 1957) (Barbirolli Society CDSJB 1021)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  PUCCINI: Girl of the Golden West, Act 3

  Minnie.......................... Carol Neblett

  Nick............................. Francis Egerton

  Jack Rance................... Sherrill Milnes

  Ashby.......................... Robert Lloyd

  Dick Johnson............... Plácido Domingo

  Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus & Orch/Zubin Mehta (rec 1977) (DG 419 640)

  COPLAND: Appalachian Spring - Saint Paul CO/Dennis Russell Davies (rel 1980) (Pro Arte CDD 140)

• 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

  (8) The Radio Orchestra is now the city's cultural backbone and despite drunken oboist Alexander's abuse, Elias earns the respect of his players. At a farewell party thrown by Sollertinsky, Elias meets up with the dancer Nina Bronnikova again and Shostakovich arranges for her to dance with the shy conductor (RNZ)

• 4:15 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  STRAUSS arr Singer: Der Rosenkavalier, Concert Waltz - Julian Reynolds, Peter Lockwood (pno duo) (Globe GLO 5143)

  FROM SCRATCH: 9,10,11, from Gung Ho 1,2,3D - From Scratch/Philip Dadson (Flying Nun FN 085)

  FALLA: El Paño Moruno; Nana; Polo - Duo Tapas (Ode CD MANU 5138)

  CANNABICH: Symphony No 48 in Bb - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554340)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  MOZART: The Magic Flute, Overture - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (BBC Music BBC MM 274)

  ARNOLD: Three Shanties for Wind Quintet - Vega Wind Quintet (LDR LDRC 1002)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Rhapsody of the Auvergne - Stephen Hough (pno), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)

  GRAINGER: Early one morning - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)

  J STRAUSS II: Nuns' Chorus, from Casanova - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop), Philharmonia Chorus & Orch/Otto Ackermann (EMI CDB 7 67446)

  GIORGINAKIS: Therismos, from Greek Memories - Arada Guitar Duo (Landor LAN 284)

  SIBELIUS: Alla marcia, from Karelia Suite - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572704)

  6:00 RAMEAU: Entrée de Polymnie, from Les Boréades - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

  FAURÉ arr Busser: Pavane - Ina-Esther Joost Ben-Sasson (cello), Allan Sternfield (pno) (Naxos 8.570545)

  RR BENNETT: Little Suite - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2113)

  DEBUSSY: Jardins sous la pluie, from Estampes - Cécile Ousset (pno) (Berlin Classics 1345 BC)

  BOYD: Goldfish Through Summer Rain, excerpt - Marshall McGuire (harp), Riley Lee (shakuhachi) (ABC Classics 456 366)

  HAMILTON: Didn't it rain? - 1999 New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2029)

  HAWES: Rain - English CO/Patrick Hawes (Black Box BBM 1081)

  TRAD arr Meyer/O'Connor: Chief Sitting in the Rain - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 68460)

  ARLEN: Over the rainbow - Natalie Dessay (sop), Quatuor Ebène (Virgin 6 286689)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Brilliant Brass

  For summer we repeat this popular first series of Brilliant Brass, hosted by David Bremner

  Whether it's jazz, orchestral, solo or band music, brass-playing is in pretty good heart, both in NZ and around the world. Starry soloists, smooth ensembles and inspired composers are leading the way for thousands of people in the brass community

  (2) Today's programme features Australian jazzman James Morrison, the esteemed Black Dyke Brass Band from the UK, and a versatile composer well-known in NZ, Kenneth Young (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  War & Peace

  Five programmes

  (2) Latvian Radio Chorus/Sigvards Klava

  NYSTEDT: Immortal Bach, after Bach's setting of the chorale Komm süsser Tod (Come sweet death); VIVANCOS: Le Cri des bergers; LIGETI: Lux aeterna; VIVANCOS: Nigra sum; VILUMS: Le Temps scintilla; VIVANCOS: L'amour, le temps ... ; HILLBORG: Muo:aa:yiy:oum; VIVANCOS: Aeternam; VASKS: Ziles zina; VIVANCOS: El cant dels ocells (The bird's song); KALNINS: Dziedod Dzimu, Dziedot augu (recorded in the Old Cathedral (Seu Vella), Lleida by Spanish Radio, Catalunya)

• 9:30 PM. Pletnev in Person

  SCHUBERT: Impromptus, in Eb D899/2; in Gb D899/3 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (Onyx 4110)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Hamlet, incidental music Op 32, excerpts - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (Pentatone PTC 5186 331)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GRIEG: Holberg Suite - Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572403)

  BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto in C Op 56 - Kolja Blacher (vln), Johannes Moser (cello), Mari Kodama (pno), German SO, Berlin/Kent Nagano (Berlin Classics 030 0331 BC)

  11:00 BACH: Cello Suite No 6 in D BWV1012 - János Starker (cello) (RCA 09026 61436)

  HAHN: String Quartet in F - Quatuor Parisii (Auvidis Valois V 4848)

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