Friday 25 April 2014 Rāmere 25 Paenga-whāwhā 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  HAYDN: Symphonies, No 45 in F# minor, Farewell; No 46 in B; No 47 in G - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66522)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  PAISIELLO: Piano Concertos, No 2 in F; No 4 in G minor; No 3 in A; No 6 in Bb - Mariaclara Monetti (pno), English CO/Stephanie Gonley (ASV CD DCA 872)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  HANDEL: Cantatas, Haec est Regina virginum; Ah! Che troppo ineguali; Donna, che in ciel di tanta luce splendi; Il pianto di Maria, Giunta l'ora fatal - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (Archiv 439 866)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  MARTINU: Sonata for flute, violin & piano; Promenades for flute, violin & harpsichord; Sonata for flute & piano; Five Madrigal Stanzas for violin & piano; Scherzo for flute & piano; Madrigal-sonata for flute, violin & piano - Angèle Dubeau (vln), Marc-André Hamelin (pno/hpschd), Alain Marion (fl) (Analekta FL 2 3031)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Orchestral Suites, Suite from The Snow Maiden; Suite from The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitzeh and the Maiden Fevroniya; Nuit sur le Mont Triglav - Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev (PTC 5186 362)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 AVISON: Concerto Grosso No 3 in D minor - Café Zimmermann (Alpha 031)

  WILD: Improvisation on Someone to watch over me, in the form of a theme and three variations on the song by George Gershwin - Xiayin Wang (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10626)

  J RITCHIE: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings - Marina Sturm (cl), NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Trust MMT 2040)

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

  GROFÉ: On the trail, from Grand Canyon Suite - London Festival Orch/Stanley Black (Decca 425 508)

  7:00 REZNICEK: Donna Diana, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80116)

  GOTTSCHALK orch Kay: Grande Tarentelle Op 67 - William Tritt (pno), Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80112)

  GLUCK: Che puro ciel! from Orpheus & Euridice - Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (Hyperion CDA 67924)

  EICHHORN: Duo & Variations on a theme from Paganini's The Carnival of Venice - Friedemann Eichhorn, Reto Kuppel (vlns), Alexia Eichhorn (vla) (Naxos 8.572066)

  DEBUSSY: Pour le Piano - Michel Béroff (pno) (EMI CDC 7 47897)

  BERLIOZ: Queen Mab Scherzo, from Romeo & Juliet - London SO/Colin Davis (Philips 438 307)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BUTTERWORTH: A Shropshire Lad - Royal Liverpool Phil/Grant Llewellyn (Argo 436 401)

  GLAZUNOV: Mazurka-oberek in D - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Swiss-Italian Orch/Alexander Vedernikov (Hyperion CDA 67940)

  JOPLIN: The Entertainer; The Cascades - Morten Gunnar Larsen (pno) (Decca 460 499)

  PRYOR: The Whistler and his Dog - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67067)

  KÜHNE: Fantasy on Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin - Sivan Magen (harp) (Linn CKD 441)

  SUPPÉ: The Beautiful Galatea, Overture - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5110)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)

  Te Deum, Utrecht, written in celebration of the Peace Treaty signed in Utrecht on 11 April 1713 - Nicki Kennedy (sop), William Towers (countertenor), Wolfram Lattke, Julian Podger (tens), Peter Harvey (bass), Netherlands Bach Society Choir & Orch/Jos van Veldhoven (Channel Classics CCS SA 29610)

  Peter Hoar takes a look at the life and music of GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759) (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  ELGAR: Nursery Suite - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557166)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb D960 - Barry Douglas (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10807)

  SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 - Jennifer Pike (vln), Bergen Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5134)

  PROKOFIEV: Lieutenant Kijé Suite - Royal Phil/Yuri Simonov (RegisC 1258)

• Noon Pacem

  TRAD: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony 88697 34390)

  KERLE: Credo; Agnus Dei, from Missa Da pacem Domine - Huelgas Ensemble/Paul van Nevel (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1866)

  TRAD: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem - Chris Thile (mandolin), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony 88697 34390)

  PRAETORIUS: Chorale Partita, Da pacem Domine - Friedhelm Flamme (organ of Sts Peter & Paul Church, Holthausen Cloister, near Büren, Westphalia, Germany) (CPO 777 344)

  TRAD: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem - Sérgio & Odair Assad (gtrs) (Sony 88697 34390)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Dona nobis pacem - Yvonne Kenny (sop), Bryn Terfel (bbar), London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 54788)

  TRAD: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem - Paquito D'Rivera (cl), Alon Yavnai (pno) (Sony 88697 34390)

  EDWARDS: Symphony No 1, Da pacem Domine - Adelaide SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics 476 6161)

  TRAD: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem/Auld Lang Syne - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Biotti (tpt) (Sony 88697 34390)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  TRAD arr Sharp: Eight Folk Dances, excerpts - National Folk Dance Orch/Ralph Vaughan Williams (rec 1930) (Pearl GEMS 0062)

  HANDEL: Ombra mai fu, from Xerxes - Marilyn Horne (mezzo), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (Erato 3984 26499)

  HUMMEL: Piano Concerto No 4 in E Op 110 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), London Mozart Players (Chandos CHAN 9687)

  PHILIPS: Stella, quam viderant Magi; Mulieres sedentes - Tudor Consort/Peter Walls (Naxos 8.555056)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  HAYDN: Symphony No 85 in Bb, La Reine - Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (rec 2001-2002) (DHM 82876 60602)

  STRAUSS: Four Last Songs - Jessye Norman (sop), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (rec 1982) (Philips 411 052)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Sonatina for flute & guitar Op 205 - Carol Hohauser (fl), Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Mr M Productions)

  HILL: String Quartet No 5 in Eb, Allies - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)

  DUBOIS: Fantaisie triomphale - Christopher Hainsworth (organ of the Church of Saint Saturnin in Cazouls-les-Béziers), Toulouse National CO/Jean-Marc Bourret (dir) (Private)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BERLIOZ: Beatrice & Benedict, Overture - Sydney SO/Edo de Waart (ABC Classics 462 013)

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

  BRAHMS arr Bailey: Scherzo, from FAE Sonata in A minor - Zuill Bailey (cello), Awadagin Pratt (pno) (Telarc TEL 32664)

  RACHMANINOV: No 1 in F minor; No 2 in C; No 3 in Eb minor; No 6 in C# minor, from Etudes-tableaux Op 33 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 62837)

  BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 17582)

  6:00 RÓZSA: Battle of Valencia, from El Cid - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7340)

  EASDALE ed Lane: Prelude; March, from The Battle of the River Plate - BBC Welsh National Orch/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10636)

  BIBER: Battalia in D - Baroque Band/Garry Clarke (dir) (Cedille CDR 90000 116)

  JANEQUIN: La Guerre (La bataille de Marignan) - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16067)

  KERLL: Batalla Imperial - Hespèrion XX/Jordi Savall (vla da gamba/dir) (Alia Vox AV 9801)

  LISZT: Battle of the Huns S105 - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (Naxos 8.557846)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Critic's Chair

  Dianne James reviews recent releases (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  New Zealand Festival 2014

  Five programmes

  (2) Requiem for the Fallen

  Horomona Horo (taonga pūoro), Richard Greager (ten), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, New Zealand String Quartet/Karen Grylls

  PURCELL: Hear my prayer, O Lord; MESSIAEN: O sacrum convivium; BEETHOVEN: Third movement, Molto adagio, from String Quartet in A minor Op 132; SCHNITTKE: Three sacred hymns

  (Interview: Christine Argyle talks to Ross Harris about his new work, written in commemoration of World War I)

  HARRIS: Requiem for the Fallen (première performance & broadcast) (recorded in the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul by RNZ)

• 9:45 PM. Recent Bach Releases

  arr P & Z Katona: French Suite No 5 BWV816 - Peter & Zoltán Katona (gtrs) (Channel Classics CCS SA 34713)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 12 in F K332 - Michael Endres (pno) (Oehms OC 253)

  GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 82 - Julia Krasko (vln), Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9751)

  LILBURN: Suite for orchestra - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum CCD 1076)

  11:00 BOWEN: Cello Sonata in A Op 64 - Paul Watkins (cello), Huw Watkins (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10792)

  STANFORD: String Quintet No 1 in F Op 85 - RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, Garth Knox (vla) (Hyperion CDA 67505)

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