Schedule for Saturday 13 December 2014

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
ROSSINI: String Sonata No 1 in G; Variations for clarinet & string quartet; String Sonata No 3 in C; Serenata; String Sonata No 6 in D; Variations for clarinet & chamber orchestra - Dimitri Ashkenazy (cl), Bologna State Theatre Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 433 701)
1:15 approx - Disc 2
PIAZZOLLA: Concerto for bandoneón, strings & percussion; ROTA: Concerto for strings; WAXMAN: Sinfonietta for string orchestra & timpani; HEIDEN: Concertino for string orchestra - Lothar Hensel (bandoneón), Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (Capriccio 10 565)
2:30 approx - Disc 3
El Cancionero de Medinaceli
Instrumental and vocal music from P Guerrero, F Guerrero, Cebrián, de Morata, de Cabezón, de Cristo & Mudarra - Hespèrion XX/Jordi Savall (Astrée Auvidis E 8764)
3:35 approx - Disc 4
C SCHUMANN: Three Preludes & Fugues Op 16; BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Op 9; SCHUNCKE: Grande Sonata in G minor Op 3; SCHUMANN: Toccata Op 7; Songs of Dawn Op 133 - Sylviane Deferne (pno) (CBC MVCD 1078)
4:55 approx - Disc 5
Landmarks
ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No 4; MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Wedding March; OFFENBACH: Tales of Hoffman, Intermezzo and Barcarolle; KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, Sabre Dance; ELGAR: Enigma Variations, Nimrod; SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture; SIBELIUS: Finlandia; SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ, Poco adagio; OFFENBACH: Gaité Parisienne, Can-Can; MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo; KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia; GINASTERA: Estancia, Malambo - Martin Setchell (org), Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 BOYCE: Symphony No 1 in Bb - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.557278)
MASSENET arr Moinet: Meditation, from Thaïs - Céline Moinet (ob), Sarah Christ (harp) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2175)
BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Israel Phil/Daniel Barenboim (EMI 5 57293)
CARULLI: Nocturne in G Op 127 - Franz Halász (gtr), Débora Halász (pno) (Naxos 8.570587)
BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1060 - Andrew Manze (vln/dir), Rachel Podger (vln), Academy of Ancient Music (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7155)
7:00 ARRIAGA: Overture Op 1 - Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht (Fuga Libera FUG 522)
GRAINGER: Harvest Hymn; Country Gardens - Penelope Thwaites, Wayne Marshall, John Lavender, Rhondda Gillespie (pnos, eight hands) (Chandos CHAN 9702)
LILBURN: Four Canzonas - Orchestra Wellington/James Sedares (Private)
MOZART arr anon: Variations in C on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K265 - Yur-Eum Woodwind Quintet (Korean Broadcasting Haedong 253)
SVENDSEN: Romeo & Juliet Op 18 - South Jutland SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.570322)
8:00 BERNSTEIN: Prelude, Fugue & Riffs - Michael Collins (cl), Peter Donohoe (pno), London Sinfonietta/Simon Rattle (EMI CDC 7 47991)
BOCCHERINI: Fourth movement, Fandango, from Guitar Quintet in D G448 - Rolf Lislevand (gtr), Luz Martin León Tello (castanets), David Mayoral (perc), members of Pulcinella (Ambroisie AM 126)
J STRAUSS II arr anon: The Queen's Lace Handkerchief, Potpourri - Slovak State Phil/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.225074)
BRAHMS arr Bailey: Scherzo, from FAE Sonata in A minor - Zuill Bailey (cello), Awadagin Pratt (pno) (Telarc TEL 32664)
PARRY: Blest Pair of Sirens - Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth SO/David Hill, Timothy Byram-Wigfield (org) (Argo 430 836)
9:00 AM. Best of Upbeat

A recap from the week's national and international music news with Eva Radich (RNZ)
10:00 AM. William Shakespeare 450

The 154 Sonnets
Sonnet No 136: If thy soul cheque thee that I come so near
Read by Charles Pierard (RNZ)
10:02 AM. Your Choice

BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 - Philharmonia/Herbert von Karajan (EMI 3 88664)
ARNE: Rule Britannia - Della Jones (mezzo), Royal Choral Society, BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Philips 454 172)
RAMEAU: Entrée de Polymnie, from Les Boréades - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)
RODRIGO: Second movement, Larghetto, from Concierto de Aranjuez - Alexandre Lagoya (gtr), Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida (ABC Classics 446 631)
LISZT: Dante Sonata, Après une lecture du Dante, from Années de Pèlerinage, Year 2, Italy - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Dal Segno DSPRCD 061)
BOLCOM: The lamb; The shepherd; Infant joy; The little black boy, from Songs of Innocence, Part 1 - Measha Brueggergosman, Marietta Simpson (sops), Peter "Madcat" Ruth, Nathan Lee Graham (vocalists), Michigan State University Children's Choir, Contemporary Directions Ensemble, University of Michigan SO/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559216-18)
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Caucasian Sketches, Suite No 1 Op 10 - Ukraine National SO/Arthur Fagen (Naxos 8.553405)
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Noon The RNZ Concert Classical Chart

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1:00 PM. Jazz on Concert

Charlie Christian - The Axeman Cometh

Jazz guitarist Charlie Christian was one of the first players to specialise in electric guitar and as testament to his aptitude, the Gibson ES-150 is still unofficially known as the ‘Charlie Christian’ guitar.

Steve Danby discusses the man, the guitar, and his rise to fame in Benny Goodman’s band. (RNZ)
2:00 PM. Global Sounds

Indigenous music from around the world
3:00 PM. Saturday Concert

2011 Auckland Arts Festival
Four programmes
(3) New Zeibekiko, World Première
Manos Achalinotopoulos (clarino/vocalist), Petros Kourtis (percussion), Auckland Philharmonia/Hamish McKeich
PSATHAS: New Zeibekiko (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)
4:50 PM. Portuguese Pianistic Poise

CHOPIN: Nocturnes, in Eb Op 9/2; in F Op 15/1; F# Op 15/2 - Maria João Pires (pno) (DG 447 096)
BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 1 in D Op 12/1 - Augustin Dumay (vln), Maria João Pires (pno) (DG 471 495)
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 - Maria João Pires (pno), London SO/John Eliot Gardiner (LSO Live LSO 0765)
6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers
A RITCHIE: From the Southern Marches, Prelude - City of Dunedin Choir, Dunedin Sinfonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Private)
BARTÓK: String Quartet No 1 Sz40 - New Zealand String Quartet (Manu CD MANU 1513)
ELGAR: Coronation March Op 65 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)
7:00 PM. Vocalied

BEETHOVEN: Irish Songs, Sweet power of song; The elfin fairies; Oh! would I were but that sweet linnet!; English Bulls, or The Irishman in London - Felicity Lott (sop), Ann Murray (mezzo), Galina Solodchin (vln), Jonathan Williams (cello), Graham Johnson (pno) (EMI 5 74206)
An die ferne Geliebte Op 98 - Wolfgang Holzmair (bar), Imogen Cooper (pno) (Philips 454 475)
SAINT-SAËNS: Viens!; Aimons-nous; L'Attente; La Cloche; Danse macabre - Ann Murray (mezzo), Philip Langridge (ten), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Virgin VC 7 91179)
Clair de lune; Extase; Rêverie - José van Dam (bar), Jean-Philippe Collard (pno) (EMI CDC 7 54818)
Pastorale; El desdichado - Felicity Lott (sop), Ann Murray (mezzo), Graham Johnson (pno) (EMI 5 74206)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Morag Atchison (sop), Bianca Andrew (mezzo), Henry Choo (ten), James Clayton (bass), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, Orchestra Wellington/Tecwyn Evans
HANDEL arr Mozart: Messiah (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)
10:00 PM. Day's End

MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 7 in D minor - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)
PLEYEL: Sinfonia Concertante No 5 in F - Dagmar Becker (fl), Wolfgang Meyer (cl), Bruno Schneider (horn), Rainer Schottstädt (bsn), Württemberg CO, Heilbronn/Jörg Faerber (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 321 0396)
WAGENAAR: Summer of Life Op 21 - North West German Phil/Antony Hermus (CPO 777 479)
11:00 SPOHR: Septet in A minor Op 147 - Ensemble 360 (ASV GLD 4026)
HAYDN: String Quartet in Bb Op 9/5 - Angeles String Quartet (Philips 464 650)