Thursday 6 March 2014 Rāpare 6 Poutū-te-rangi 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Op 71 - Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev (Philips 462 114)

  1:20 approx - Disc 2

  MOERAN: Symphony in G minor; IRELAND: Piano Concerto in Eb - Eileen Joyce (pno), Hallé Orch/Leslie Heward (Cedar CDAX 8001)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  BACH: Cantata No 85, Ich bin ein guter Hirt; Cantata No 183, Sie werden euch in den Bann tun; Cantata No 199, Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut; Cantata No 175, Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen - Barbara Schlick (sop), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Christoph Pregardien (ten), Gotthold Schwarz (bass), Concerto Vocale, Limoges Baroque Ensemble/Christophe Coin (Astree E 8544)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  GRAINGER: Handel in the Strand; Bridal Lullaby; English Waltz; Mock Morris; To a Nordic Princess; In a Nutshell Suite - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 5220)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E minor RV281; Concerto in E minor for strings RV133; Cello Concerto in D minor RV407; Concerto in D minor for violin & organ RV541; Violin Concerto in F RV286; Concerto for two violins in D RV511; Concerto in G minor for two cellos RV531 - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (Opus 111 OPS 30-86)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 J SMITH: The Fairies, Overture & March - Capella Savaria/Mary Térey-Smith (Dorian DOR 93251)

  CHOPIN arr Milstein: Nocturne in C# minor Op posth - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu CD MANU 5006)

  GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in F - Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (dir) (Zig Zag ZZT 040 301)

  DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - James Galway (fl), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (RCA 74321 37731)

  MARX: Idyll, Concertino on the pastoral fourth from Nature Trilogy - Bochum SO/Steven Sloane (ASV CD DCA 1137)

  7:00 GERMAN: The Tempter, Incidental music - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (Dutton CDLX 7285)

  FAURÉ: Elegy Op 24 - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (pno) (Naxos 8.557889)

  FINZI: Love's Labours Lost, Three Soliloquies - Northern Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths (Naxos 8.553566)

  GIULIANI: Variations on a theme by Handel Op 107, Harmonious Blacksmith - Slava Grigoryan (gtr) (ABC Classics 472 224)

  WALTON: Façade Suite No 2 - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9148)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BRUCKNER: Os justi - Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno/Petr Fiala (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 322 1422)

  COPLAND: Cuban Dance - Detroit SO/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559758)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 25 in G Op 79 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2003)

  VIVALDI: Concerto Grosso in B minor RV580 - Shlomo Mintz, Gil Shaham, Maxim Vengerov, Menahem Breuer (vlns), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (RCA 09026 68768)

  LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 1 in F minor S359/1 - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 041 102)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  CPE BACH (1714-1788)

  Cello Concerto in A Wq172 - Anner Bylsma (cello), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Gustav Leonhardt (Virgin VC 7 90800)

  Violin Sonata in Bb minor Wq77 - Amandine Beyer (vln), Edna Stern (fpno) (Zig Zag ZZT 050 902)

  Oboe Concerto in Bb Wq164 - József Kiss (ob), Ferenc Erkel CO/Lili Aldor (dir) (Naxos 8.550556)

• 10:05 AM. The Works

  RAFF: String Sextet in G minor Op 178 - Ensemble Villa Musica (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 304 1181)

  MAHLER: Symphony No 6 in A minor, Tragic - Bamberg SO/Jonathan Nott (Tudor 7191)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  FALLA: El paño moruno; Asturiana; Jota; Nana; Canción; Polo, from Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Rick Stotijn (dbass), Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Channel Classics CCS SA 33613)

  TOLDRA: Vistas al mar - Zemlinsky Quartet (Praga PRD 250 295)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  J STAMITZ: Symphony in D Op 3/2 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553194)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Flos Campi - Frederick Riddle (vla), Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir & Orch/Norman Del Mar (Chandos CHAN 8374)

  MOZART arr Swann: Ill Wind - Michael Flanders (vocalist), Donald Swann (vocalist/pno) (EMI CDS 7 97464)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 12 in G minor - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Bernard Haitink (Philips 422 469)

  Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), New Philharmonia/Jan Krenz (Philips 422 473)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  BODY: Rainforest - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 709)

  STRAUSS: Four Last Songs - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 430 511)

  HILL: String Quartet No 10 in E - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572844)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  LANNER: Die Schönbrunner, Waltz - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 185)

  GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore - Kenneth Sillito (vln), Hamish Milne (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9746)

  BRAHMS: Second movement, Andante moderato, from Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 - Vienna Phil/Carlo Maria Giulini (DG 429 403)

  TRIEBENSEE: Variations on a theme of Haydn, from Symphony No 94, Surprise - Marilyn Zupnik, Kathryn Greenbank (obs), Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia (cor anglais) (Resonance CD RSN 3102)

  BRITTEN/BERKELEY: Mont Juic Suite of Catalan Dances Op 9 - English CO/Steuart Bedford (Collins 11232)

  6:00 BAX: Rogue's Comedy Overture - BBC Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 10122)

  VOLLSTEDT arr Sonnenburg: Comic Cake Walk - I Salonisti (London 458 382)

  KABALEVSKY: Galop, from The Comedians Op 26 - Tasmanian SO/Shalom Ronly-Riklis (ABC Classics 464 194)

  BISHOP: Lo! Here The Gentle Lark, from Comedy of Errors - Kathleen Battle (sop), Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Margo Garrett (pno) (Sony SK 53106)

  HERBERT: Punchinello - Mark Walton (cl), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private)

  MARTINU: Comedy on the Bridge, Little Suite - Brno State Phil/Frantisek Jílek (Supraphon SU 3742)

  MOZART: I have a flair for comedy...A man in danger, from Così fan tutte - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Scottish Opera Company/Alexander Gibson (Columbia 475 544)

  SMETANA: Dance of the Comedians, from The Bartered Bride - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10518)

  ARNOLD arr Palmer/Lane: Comedy Suite - Paul Janes (pno), BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9851)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Happy Birthday Dame Kiri

  Today NZ's most famous soprano celebrates her 70th birthday. When Christine Argyle talked with her in 2007, Kiri Te Kanawa described her musical life (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Direct from the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

  New Zealand Festival 2014

  Lutheran Masses

  Joanne Lunn (sop), Clint van der Linde (countertenor), Gerd Türk (ten), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki

  BACH: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 42, Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats; Missa brevis in A BWV234

  (Interval)

  Missa brevis in G minor BWV235 (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  SIBELIUS: Night Ride & Sunrise - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)

  TARTINI: Violin Concerto in A D115 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Scottish CO/Christian Curnyn (Decca 476 434)

  11:00 PONCE: Sonata romántica, Hommage à Franz Schubert - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

  ARENSKY: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 32 - Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2161)

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