Wednesday 12 March 2014 Rāapa 12 Poutū-te-rangi 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  DVORÁK: Concert Overtures, In Nature's Realm; Carnival; Othello; Symphonic Variations Op 78; Scherzo Capriccioso - Royal Phil/John Farrer (ASV CD DCA 794)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  MEDTNER: Piano Concertos, No 2 in C minor Op 50; No 3 in E minor Op 60, Ballade - Geoffrey Tozer (pno), London Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9038)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  BACH: Violin Partita in D minor BWV1004 with chorales, Auf meinen lieben Gott; Den Tod…; Allemanda; Christ lag in Todesbanden; Corrente; Den Tod niemand zwingen kuunt; Sarabanda; Wo sol lich fliehen hin; Giga; Den Tod…; Ciaccona; Christ lag in Todesbanden; Dein Will gescheh'; Befiehl Du Deine Wege; Jesu meine Freude; Auf meinen lieben Gott; Jesu Deine Passion; In meines Herzens Grunde; Nun lob', mein Seel', den Herren; Den Tod…; Ciaccona for solo violin and four voices after Helga Thoene's analysis; Den Tod… - Hilliard Ensemble, Christoph Poppen (baroque vln) (ECM 1765)

  3:25 approx - Disc 4

  LISZT: Divertissement on the cavatina I tuoi frequenti palpiti from Pacini's Niobe; THALBERG: Fantasy on themes from Rossini's Moses; WEBER: Concert Piece in F minor Op 79; THALBERG: Fantasia on God Save the Queen; LISZT: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, from Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses - Steven Mayer (pno) (ASV CD DCA 783)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  Fantasias, Arias and Toccatas by MUDARRA, MILAN, MACQUE, DELL'APRA, FRESCOBALDI and MONTEVERDI - Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque harps) (Hyperion CDA 66518)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 ABEL: Symphony in Eb Op 10/3 - Frankfurt La Stagione/Michael Schneider (CPO 999 207)

  WOLF: Italian Serenade - NZ String Quartet (Naxos 8.557374)

  MARTUCCI: Momento musicale; Minuetto - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.570932)

  ELGAR: La Capricieuse; FAURÉ: Après un rêve Op 7/1 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), István Hajdu (pno) (Philips 446 560)

  BIZET arr Guiraud: L'Arlésienne Suite No 2, Pastorale; Intermezzo; Menuet; Farandole - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Naïve V 5130)

  7:00 ROSSINI: The Silken Ladder, Overture - London CO/Christopher Warren-Green (Signum Classics SIG CD 201)

  GRANADOS arr Kreisler: Spanish Dance No 5 - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

  GERMAN: The Willow Song - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (Dutton CDLX 7156)

  MOLINO: Trio for flute, viola & guitar Op 4/3 - Carlo Tamponi (fl), Raffaele Mallozzi (vla), Gianluigi Giglio (gtr) (Tactus TC 763801)

  WAGNER: Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey, from Götterdämmerung - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (RN Music MCCM 97033)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: RUBBRA: Loth to depart, from Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby Op 50 - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Hans-Hubert Schönzeler (Chandos CHAN 8378)

  PONCE: Scherzino mexicano - Milos Karadaglic (gtr) (DG 479 0063)

  RÓZSA: March, from El Cid - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7340)

  MILHAUD: Suite Op 157b - Frédéric Pélassy (vln), Jean-Marc Fessard (cl), Eliane Reyes (pno) (Naxos 8.572278)

  COPLAND: Old American Songs, Set 2, The little horses; Zion's walls; The golden willow tree; At the river; Ching-a-ring chaw - St Charles Singers, Elgin SO/Robert Hanson (Naxos 8.559297)

  GERSHWIN: Variations on I Got Rhythm - Freddy Kempf (pno), Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (BIS SACD 1940)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908)

  Symphony No 2 in F# minor, Antar - Pittsburgh SO/Lorin Maazel (Telarc CD 80131)

  A ou! A ou! Oh my poor Snow Maiden, from The Snow Maiden

  Beauteous Spring........ Zlata Bulycheva

  Snow Maiden.............. Anna Netrebko

  Frost............................ Ilya Bannik

  Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (DG 477 6384)

  Dance of the Tumblers, from The Snow Maiden - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 6598)

  Great Tsar! Ask me a hundred times, from The Snow Maiden

  Snow Maiden.............. Anna Netrebko

  Mariinsky Theatre Chorus & Orch/Valery Gergiev (DG 477 6384)

  Piano Concerto in C# minor Op 30 - Hsin-Ni Liu (pno), Russian Phil/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.557794)

• 10:15 AM. The Works

  STENHAMMAR: String Quartet No 3 in F Op 18 - Stenhammar Quartet (BIS SACD 1659)

  BRUCKNER: Symphony No 4 in Eb, Romantic - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Mariss Jansons (RCO Live RCO 09002)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  PÄRT arr Kato: Spiegel im Spiegel - Kuniko Kato (marimba/bells) (Linn CKD 432)

  WEINBERG: Concertino for violin & string orchestra - Ingrid van Dingstee (vln), Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 34313)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 5 in Bb Op 100 - London SO/Valery Gergiev (Philips 475 7655)

  GESUALDO: Sospirava il mio core ... O mal nati massaggi, from Madrigals, Book 3 - Delitiae Musicae/Marco Longhini (Naxos 8.572136)

  TELEMANN: Trio Sonata in F for treble recorder, viola da gamba and continuo - Rachel Beckett (rec), Mark Caudle (vla da gamba), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello), Melvyn Tan (hpschd) (Hyperion CDA 66195)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  HANDEL: Chaconne in G HWV435 - Murray Perahia (pno) (rec 1997) (Sony SK 62785)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in A Op 9/6 - Angeles String Quartet (rec 1994-1999) (Philips 464 650)

  VIVALDI: Filiae maestae Jerusalem - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (dir) (rec 1995) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1571)

  BACH: Cello Suite No 3 in C BWV1009 - Steven Isserlis (cello) (rec 2005) (Hyperion CDA 67541/2)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  LILBURN: Concert Overture in D - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

  Bagatelle No 5 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 4 in E minor Op 44/2 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)

  ARNOLD: Flute Concerto No 1 Op 45 - Alexa Still (fl), NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7063)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BAX: Work in Progress, Overture - New Philharmonia/Norman Del Mar (Lyrita SRCD 296)

  FALLA arr Pekker: Spanish Dance, from La Vida breve - Mischa Maisky (cello), Lily Maisky (pno) (DG 477 8100)

  RACHMANINOV: Dances from Aleko - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc SACD 60670)

  ARBAN: Variations on The Carnival of Venice - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Alexander Markovich (pno) (Teldec 9031 77705)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music - 16 soloists, London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI CDC 7 47218)

  6:00 NIELSEN: Pan and Syrinx - South Jutland SO/Niklás Willén (Naxos 8.557164)

  RANGSTRÖM: Pan - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (DG 449 189)

  IRELAND: The Forgotten Rite - Hallé Orch/John Wilson (Hallé CD HLL 7523)

  MEWS: Gigue de Pan - Eugene Lavery (organ of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland) (Holy Trinity Cathedral)

  HANSON: Pan & the Priest Op 26 - Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 8.559072)

  SCHMITT: Et Pan, au fond des blé lunaires, s'accouda - Bennett Lerner (pno) (Bridge 9247)

  SIBELIUS: Pan & Echo Op 53 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  BBC Reith Lectures 2013

  Grayson Perry: Playing to the Gallery

  (1) Democracy Has Bad Taste

  In the first of his four lectures, recorded in front of an audience at Tate Modern in London, the artist Grayson Perry reflects on the idea of quality and examines who and what defines what we see and value as art (BBC)

  AURIC: Ballet, The Painter and his Model - Luxembourg Phil/Arturo Tamayo (Timpani 1C 1090)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Tereza Gevorgyan (sop), Iulia Merca (mezzo), Roberto Ortiz (ten), Ross Ramgobin (bar), Romanian Radio Academic Choir & National SO/Cristian Macelaru

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished; MOZART: Requiem in D minor K626; Ave verum corpus K618 (recorded in the Mihai Jora Concert Hall, Romanian Radio House, Bucharest by Romanian Radio)

• 9:25 PM. A Mere Bagatelle

  SUK: Bagatelle, With Nosegay in Hand - Jirí Válek (fl), Josef Suk (vln), Josef Hála (pno) (Supraphon 11 1533)

  HOVHANESS: Bagatelles Op 30 - Shanghai String Quartet (Delos DE 3700)

  BEETHOVEN: Bagatelles Op 126 - András Schiff (fpno) (ECM 2294/95)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini - CBSO/Andris Nelsons (Orfeo C 860 111)

  STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No 1 in Eb - Zdenek Tylsar (horn), Prague SO/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3892)

  RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8756)

  11:00 DEBUSSY: Sonata for flute, viola & harp - Philippe Bernold (fl), Gérard Caussé (vla), Isabelle Moretti (harp) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1647)

  BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 1 in B Op 8 - Gutman Trio (Brilliant Classics 94474)

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