Monday 30 March 2015 Rāhina 30 Poutū-te-rangi 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  LILBURN: Festival Overture; A Song of Islands; Suite for Orchestra; A Birthday Offering; Drysdale Overture - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum CCD 1076)

  1:00 approx - Disc 2

  VILLA-LOBOS: Rudepoema; Cirandas Nos 1-16 - Alma Petchersky (pno) (ASV CD DCA 959)

  2:15 approx - Disc 3

  NIELSEN: Hymnus Amoris; The Sleep; Springtime in Funen; Three Motets Op 55 - Inga Nielsen (sop), Poul Elming (ten), Copenhagen Boys' Choir, Children's Chorus of St Anne School, Danish National Radio Choir & SO/Leif Segerstam, Stefan Parkman (Chandos CHAN 8853)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  HAYDN: String Quartets Op 20, No 2 in C; No 4 in D; No 3 in G minor - Quatuor Mosaiques (Astrée Auvidis E 8784)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  FARNON: Portrait of a Flirt; How Beautiful is the Night; Melody Fair; A la Claire Fontaine; The Peanut Polka; In a Calm, Impressions for Orchestra, No 2; Gateway to the West; Jumping Bean; Pictures in the Fire; Little Miss Molly; Colditz March; A Star is Born; The Westminster Waltz; Manhattan Playboy, Three Impressions for Orch, No 3; Lake in the Woods; Derby Day; State Occasion - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223401)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours, from La Gioconda - Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe (Testament SBT 1127)

  BOWERMAN: Isolde Fantasy - Diana Galvydyte (vln), Anna Peletsis (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 015)

  D SCARLATTI arr Tommasini: Good-Humoured Ladies - English Concert Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 818)

  ALBÉNIZ arr Russell: Seville, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - David Russell (gtr) (Telarc CD 80576)

  HEINICHEN: Concerto in G, from Dresden Concerti S214 - Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 437 549)

  7:00 ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture - Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC 476 259)

  SPOHR: Variations in A Op 8 - Moscow Philharmonic Concertino String Quartet (Marco Polo 8.225983)

  CAMILLERI: Il-Weghda, Intermezzo - Godfrey Mifsud (cl), Bournemouth SO/Brian Schembri (Diversions DDV 24126)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E RV265 - Café Zimmermann/Pablo Valetti (vln/dir) (Alpha 193)

  LEHÁR: Adriatic Waltz - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 891)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: TRAD Scottish arr Rutter: Oh can ye sew cushions? - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 502)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Romance; Folk Feast, from The Gadfly - Joakim Svenheden (vln), London Phil/Mariss Jansons (EMI 5 56591)

  PIAZZOLLA: Adíos Nonino - Trio Tangophoria (BIS SACD 2108)

  WEBER: Jubel Overture - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS SACD 1760)

  ARBAN: Variations on a theme from Bellini's Norma - Håkan Hardenberger (cornet), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 287)

  HINDEMITH: Suite of French Dances - Tasmanian SO/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 301)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  Sacred Music of WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)

  Mass No 1 in G K49 - Edith Mathis (sop), Rosemarie Lang (mezzo), Uwe Heilmann (ten), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass), Leipzig Radio Choir & Orch/Herbert Kegel (Philips 422 356)

  Church Sonata in Bb K68 - King's Consort/Robert King (dir) (Hyperion CDH 55314)

  Mass No 6 in F K192, Missa brevis - Frances Bourne (mezzo), Sam Furness (ten), George Humphreys (bar), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, St John's Sinfonia/Andrew Nethsingha (Chandos CHAN 0786)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  STANFORD: Five Characteristic Pieces Op 93, Cavatina and Scherzino; Capriccio; In a Gondola; Arabesque; L'envoi - Alberto Bologni (vln), Christopher Howell (pno) (Sheva SH 100)

  GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F - Joanna MacGregor (pno), London SO/Carl Davis (RegisC 1114)

  FRANÇAIX: Wind Quintet No 1 - Galliard Ensemble (Deux-Elles DXL 1149)

  MUSSORGSKY orch Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition - Mariinsky Orch/Valery Gergiev (Mariinsky MAR 0553)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  HOGAN: Reprise - Christopher Hill (gtr) (Private)

  PICK-MANGIAGALLI: Violin Sonata in B minor - Emy Bernecoli (vln), Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi (pno) (Naxos 8.573130)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  PROKOFIEV: Winter Bonfire Op 122 - Finchley Children's Music Group, New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Helios CDH55177)

  ANON: Istampita chominciamenti di gioia - Hesperus (Dorian DIS 80155)

  RIES: Piano Concerto in C Op 123 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557638)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  NYMAN: Trysting Fields (after Mozart) - Daniil Grishin (vla), Kremerata Baltica CO/Gidon Kremer (dir/vln) (rec 2008) (Nonesuch 287228)

  SCHUMANN: Forest Scenes Op 82 - Arcadi Volodos (pno) (rec 2009) (Sony 88697 56887)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in D minor Op 103 - Angeles String Quartet (rec 1994-1999) (Philips 464 650)

  WHITACRE: Three Songs of Faith, I'll wade out; Hope, faith, life, love; I thank you God for most this amazing day - Eric Whitacre Singers, Laudibus/Eric Whitacre (rec 2010) (Decca 274 3209)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  CPE BACH: Trio Sonata in A minor Wq148 - Extempore (Atoll ACD 204)

  HONEGGER: Pastorale d'été - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

  BARRIOS MANGORÉ: Waltz in G Op 8/4 - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private)

  CARR: The End of the Golden Weather - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 111)

  TCHEREPNIN: Cello Sonata No 3 Op 30/2 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Geoffrey Tozer (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9770)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  DELIUS arr Fenby: Serenade, from Hassan - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), National Phil/Charles Gerhardt (RCA 74321 84112)

  FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 143)

  GRAINGER: Harvest Hymn; Country Gardens - Penelope Thwaites, Wayne Marshall, John Lavender, Rhondda Gillespie (pnos, eight hands) (Chandos CHAN 9702)

  HANDEL: Air, from Water Music Suite No 1 in F - Berlin Phil/Riccardo Muti (EMI 5 66967)

  VERDI: La Traviata, Prelude to Act I - Mexico SO/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 856)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No 1 - Kuss Quartet (Onyx 4090)

  SCHUBERT: Second movement, Andante con moto, from Piano Trio No 2 in Eb D929 - Borodin Trio (Chandos CHAN 8324)

  6:00 DOWLAND: I saw my lady weep; Can she excuse my wrongs?; Now, oh now I needs must part, with the Frog Galliard - Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Thomas Dunford (lute) (Hyperion CDA 68007)

  HOLST: Brook Green Suite - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Tring International TRP 037)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Song of the black swan - Dawn Harms (vla), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)

  CORIGLIANO: The Red Violin Caprices - Philippe Quint (vln) (Naxos 8.559364)

  J STRAUSS II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube - Vienna SO/Yakov Kreizberg (Pentatone PTC 5186 052)

• 7:00 PM. Composer of the Week

  Indra Hughes looks at the sacred music of WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) (RNZ)

  Vesperae solennes de confessore K339 - Felicity Palmer (sop), Margaret Cable (mezzo), Philip Langridge (ten), Stephen Roberts (bass), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, Wren Orch/George Guest (Decca 458 379)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Jian Liu (pno), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei

  HAYDN: Symphony No 83 in G minor, The Hen; RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G; STRAVINSKY: Song of the Nightingale; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Golden Cockerel, Suite (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:30 PM. In the Mood

  SINDING: Evening Mood Op 120 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Dala Sinfonietta/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572827)

  SUK: Evening Mood, from Summer Impressions Op 22b - Niel Immelman (pno) (Meridian CDE 84317)

  KELL: Moods; STRACHEY: In Party Mood - Verity Butler (cl), Gavin Sutherland (pno) (Campion CAMEO 2022)

  WOOD: Joyousness, from Moods - Pro Arte Orch/George Weldon (EMI CDM 5 66537)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GOUNOD: Suite Concertante in A - Richard Prosseda (pedal pno), Swiss-Italian Orch/Howard Shelley (Hyperion CDA 67975)

  RÖNTGEN: Trio No 2 in A minor, Dvorák - Lendvai String Trio (Champs Hill CHRCD 068)

  RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome - Minneapolis SO/Antal Dorati (Mercury 432 007)

  11:00 BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 1 in G Op 78 - Pamela Frank (vln), Peter Serkin (pno) (Decca 455 643)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 16 in G Op 31/1 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1945/46)

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