Wednesday 19 February 2014 Rāapa 19 Hui-tanguru 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550; Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 426 315)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  SCHUBERT: Fantasia in C D934; STRAVINSKY: Duo Concertante; PROKOFIEV: Sonata for violin solo Op 15; RAVEL: Sonata for violin & piano; SATIE: Choses vues a droite et a guache; MILHAUD: Le Printemps - Gidon Kremer (vln), Elena Bashkirov (pno) (Philips 426 387)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  Sacred music by Mozart, Bach, Haydn, Eybler, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Fauré, Handel, & Verdi - Max Emanuel Cencic, Benjamin Schmidinger (trebles), Vienna Boys' Choir, Chorus Viennensis, Vienna Folkopera CO (Philips 438 871)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  ROSSINI: Ballet music from The Siege of Corinth, Moses, William Tell & Othello - National Orch of the Monte-Carlo Opera/Antonio De Almeida (Philips 422 843)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  HANDEL: Oboe concertos, No 1 in Bb; No 2 in Bb; No 3 in G minor; Concerto grosso in G Op 3/3; Sonata a 5 in Bb; Concerto grosso in C, Alexander's Feast; Overture in D; Hornpipe in D - Heinz Holliger, Neil Black, James Brown (obs), Kenneth Sillito, John Tunnell (vlns), Richard Adenay (fl), Kenneth Heath (cello), Leslie Pearson (org & hpschd), John Constable (hpschd), James Tyler (chitarrone), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 426 082)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 TCHAIKOVSKY: Third movement, Preghiera, from Suite No 4 in G Op 61, Mozartiana - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (London 440 366)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Fantasy in A Op 124 - Dawn Harms (vln), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)

  FARRES arr Israel/Goss: Quizás, quizás, quizás - Milos Karadaglic (gtr), Studio Orch of the European Film Phil/Christoph Israel (DG 479 0063)

  FINZI: Five Bagatelles Op 23 - Murray Khouri (cl), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Continuum CCD 1038)

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A minor Op 6/4 - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Nicholas McGegan (dir) (Virgin VC 5 45348)

  7:00 J STRAUSS I: Homage to Queen Victoria of Great Britain Op 103 - Slovak Sinfonietta of Zilina/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.225287)

  ELGAR: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - Amanda Hollins (fl), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 902)

  BIZET arr Salzedo: Carmen, Pas de deux - City of Prague Phil/Julian Bigg (Dutton CDLX 7151)

  BACH trans Fretwork: Fugue in Eb BWV552b, St Anne - Fretwork (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7395)

  SMETANA: The Bartered Bride, Dances - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: PÄRT: For Alina - Alexander Malter (pno) (ECM 1591)

  SIBELIUS: Belshazzar's Feast, Suite - Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam (Ondine ODE 878)

  NYMAN arr Jervis: The heart asks pleasure first, from The Piano - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10723)

  TRAD arr Mews: Blood red roses - Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1509)

  KALLIWODA: Introduction & Variations in Bb Op 128 - Dieter Klöcker (cl), Hamburg SO/Johannes Moesus (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 329 1387)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  HAYDN: Symphony No 6 in D, Le Matin - Handel & Haydn Society/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16113)

  BERLIOZ: Les Nuits d'été - Stella Doufexis (mezzo), German State Phil of Rhineland-Palatinate/Karl-Heinz Steffens (Berlin Classics 030 0523 BC)

• 10:00 AM. Morning Concert

  Martin Riseley (vln), Christchurch Symphony/Tecwyn Evans

  A RITCHIE: French Overture; PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 63; BRAHMS: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 (recorded in the Aurora Centre, Christchurch by RNZ)

• 11:15 AM. More Works

  GÁL: Improvisation, Variations & Finale on a theme by Mozart Op 60b - Edinburgh Quartet (Meridian CDE 84530)

  MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 40 - Martin Helmchen (pno), Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Herreweghe (PentaTone PTC 5186 366)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  DELIUS: Eventyr (Once upon a time) - Bergen Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5131)

  BENJAMIN: Le Tombeau de Ravel - Michael Collins (cl), Michael McHale (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10758)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  ARBAN: Fantaisie Brillante - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Maria Meerovitch (pno) (Warner 2564 65958)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No 1 in C minor Op 8 - Wanderer Trio (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1825)

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 - Moura Lympany (pno), New SO of London/Anthony Collins (rel 1958) (Olympia OCD 191)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  ROSSINI: Aragonese; BELLINI: Vaga luna che inargenti; DONIZETTI: Two songs, Il barcaiolo; Ah! rammente, o bella Irene - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), James Levine (pno) (rec 1996) (Decca 455 513)

  PANDOLFI: Violin Sonatas, Op 4/4, La Biancuccia; Op 4/5, La Stella - Andrew Manze (vln), Richard Egarr (hpschd) (rec 1999) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7241)

  MONTEVERDI: Voi ch'ascoltate; Chi vol che m'innamori, from Selva morale e spirituale - Cantus Cologne/Konrad Junghänel (lute/dir) (rec 2000) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1718.20)

  VIVALDI: Concerto in G minor for two cellos RV531 - Christophe Coin, Paolo Beschi (cellos), Il Giardino Armonico, Milan/Giovanni Antonini (rec 1994) (Teldec 4509 94552)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Quartet in C WoO36/3 - New Zealand Piano Quartet (Naxos 8.570998)

  MOZART: Fuor del mar, from Idomeneo - Keith Lewis (ten), NZSO CO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2022)

  SCHOLES: Memory - New Zealand SO/Peter Scholes (SOUNZfine Vol 3)

  RIVE: And is there care in heaven?; WELLS: Blow me eyes - Auckland University Festival Choir/Peter Godfrey (Kiwi CD SLD 108)

  MYSLIVECEK: Sinfonia Concertante in E Op 2/2 - Ural Phil/Gary Brain (Toccata Classics TOCC 0023)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  WAGNER: Parsifal, Prelude to Act 1 - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7517)

  J STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus Quadrille - Julian Reynolds, Peter Lockwood (pno duo) (Globe GLO 5143)

  HOPE: Jaunting Car, from The Ring of Kerry - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

  ANON arr Bonell: Spanish Romance, theme from 1952 film, Jeux Interdits - Carlos Bonell (gtr) (Upbeat Classics URCD 140)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Nicola Benedetti (vln), London Phil/Andrew Litton (DG 476 6198)

  6:00 RUFINATSCHA: The Bride of Messina - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10665)

  RODRIGO: Song of the Bride - Raquel Lojendio (sop), Asturias SO/Maximiano Valdés (Naxos 8.555845)

  GRIEG arr Delius: Norwegian Bridal Procession, from Grieg's Pictures of Norwegian Life Op 19 - Bergen Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5131)

  SIBELIUS: The Rapids-Rider's Brides - YL Male Voice Choir, Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1525)

  GRAINGER: Bridal Lullaby - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 1767)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Marfa's scene & aria, from The Tsar's Bride - Galina Vishnevskaya (sop), London Phil/Mstislav Rostropovich (EMI 5 62653)

  H CLARKE: The Bride of the Waves - Ole Edvard Antonsen (cornet), Royal Norwegian Navy Band/Ingar Bergby (BIS SACD 1598)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

  He's probably best remembered for 'Pygmalion', but that was just one of Shaw's many successful plays. Also a music and literary critic, essayist, political and social activist, vegetarian and amateur photographer, Shaw won a Nobel Prize for literature and an Oscar for screenplay.

  In two programmes Elric Hooper & Des Wilson look at the life and work of GBS and in particular his views on music

  (2) The Perfect Wagnerite, literary slanging matches and My Fair Lady (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. A New Venetian Coronation

  A & G GABRIELI's music in an imaginative reconstruction of a glorious late 16th century Coronation Mass at St Mark's Venice. This comes about 25 years after Paul McCreesh's original award-winning CD on the same subject - Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh (Signum SIGCD 287)

• 9:15 PM. Master of the Queen's Music

  MAXWELL DAVIES: An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise - George MacIlwham (bagpipes), Royal Phil/Peter Maxwell Davies (Collins Classics 15242)

  Renaissance Scottish Dances - Scottish CO/Peter Maxwell Davies (Unicorn-Kanchana DKP CD 9070)

  A Spell for Green Corn, The MacDonald Dances - James Clark (vln), Scottish CO/Peter Maxwell Davies (Naxos 8.572355)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  SCHUMANN: Five Pieces in Folk Style Op 102 - Judith LeClair (bsn), Jonathan Feldman (pno) (Cala CACD 0515)

  STANFORD: Symphony No 5 in D, L'Allegro ed il Penseroso - Bournemouth SO/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570289)

  11:00 WF BACH: Sonata No 1 in E minor for two flutes F54 - Penelope Evison, Pierre Séchet (fls) (STIL 1908 SAN 80)

  TANEYEV: Piano Quintet in G minor Op 30 - Vadim Repin, Ilya Gringolts (vlns), Nobuko Imai (vla), Lynn Harrell (cello), Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 477 5419)

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