Tuesday 31 March 2015 Rātū 31 Poutū-te-rangi 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  ELGAR: Symphony No 2 in Eb - Hallé Orch/James Loughran; Serenade in E minor - ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD QS 6087)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  ALKAN: Études Nos 1-7; Nocturne in Bb; Allegro Barbero; Assez vivement; J'était endormie, mais mon coeur veillait; Le staccatissimo; Les cloches; Les soupirs; En songe; Gros temps; Barcarolle; Le chanson de la folle au bord de la mer; Le temps qui n'est plus - Jack Gibbons (pno) (ASV CD DCS 227)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  LEIGHTON: Gloria, from Sarum Mass; MEWS: A sound came from heaven; PHILIPS: O crux splendidior; LANGLAIS: Kyrie, from Messe solenelle; TAVERNER: Dum transisset Sabbatum; SHEPHARD: Jesu, dulcis memoria; MENDELSSOHN: Heilig; FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine; PALESTRINA: Angus Dei, from Missa brevis; TALLIS: O sacrum convivium; HESFORD: Psalm 90; J RITCHIE: Lord, when the sense; BRITTEN: The sycamore tree; PURCELL: Hear my prayer, O Lord; GIBBONS: Short Service, Nunc dimittis; O Lord, in thy wrath; WARLOCK: Benedicamus Domino; HOWELLS: Magnificat, from St Paul's Service - Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington/Philip Walsh, Andrew Macmillan (org) (Herald HAVPCD 191)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  CPE BACH: Trio Sonatas, in B minor; in G; in D minor; in A; in C - Le Nouveau Quatuor (Amon CD SAR 44)

  4:40 approx - Disc 5

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 9 K271; BELLINI: Oboe Concerto; WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 2; F STRAUSS: Horn Concerto - Leon McCauley (pno), Nicholas Daniel (ob), Michael Collins (cl), David Pyatt (horn), BBC Phil/Adrian Leaper (BBC MUSIC MM 46)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 BARTÓK: Hungarian Sketches Sz97, An Evening in the Village; Bear Dance; Melody; Slightly Tipsy; Swineherd's Dance - Philharmonia/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8895)

  HALVORSEN: Passacaglia after Handel - Alexandra Koll (vln), Heinrich Koll (vla) (Naxos 8.557606)

  CHABRIER: Lamento - Alexandre Emard (cor anglais), Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5122)

  ALBINONI arr Red Priest: Adagio in G minor - Red Priest (Red Priest RP 004)

  G WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes - London SO/Charles Groves (Lyrita SRCD 323)

  7:00 J STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus, Overture - Berlin Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 3984 24489)

  IBERT: Cinq pièces en trio - Fibonacci Sequence (Deux-Elles DXL 1104)

  GAL: Biedermeiertänze Op 66 for mandolin orchestra - Baden Orch of Plucked Instruments/Volker Gerland (Antes BMCD 31.9171)

  MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Itamar Golan (pno) (Teldec 0630 17045)

  MONCAYO: Huapango - Festival Orch of Mexico/Enrique Bátiz (Naxos 8.550838)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: RESPIGHI: Aria, from Suite for flute & string orchestra - Sinfonia 21/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9415)

  GRIEG arr Haaland: Butterfly; Erotikon; To Spring, from Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Fredrik Fors (cl), Sveinung Bjelland (pno) (2L 55)

  MYSLIVECEK: Sinfonia Concertante in G Op 2/3 - Ural Phil/Gary Brain (Toccata Classics TOCC 0023)

  PROKOFIEV arr Grjunes: Three Pieces from Romeo & Juliet, Montagues & Capulets (Dance of the Knights); Dance of the girls with lilies; Masks - Vadim Gluzman (vln), Angela Yoffe (pno) (BIS SACD 2032)

  GODARD: Introduction & Allegro Op 49 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), Tasmanian SO (Hyperion CDA 68043)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  Sacred Music of WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)

  Miserere K85 - Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus, Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 4509 98928)

  Church Sonata in C K328 - Johan Kracht, Henk Rubingh (vlns), Wim Staesser (cello), Brian Pollard (bsn), Margaret Urquhart (dbass), Peter Hurford (organ of Bethlehem Church, Papendrecht, Holland) (Decca 421 297)

  Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento K243 - Margaret Marshall (sop), Margaret Cable (mezzo), Wynford Evans (ten), Stephen Roberts (bass), David Hill (org), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, Wren Orch/George Guest (Decca 458 379)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  ARENSKY: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 35 - Nash Ensemble (Onyx 4067)

  CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Violin Concerto No 2 Op 66, I profeti - José Miguel Cueto (vln), St Petersburg SO/Vladimir Lande (Marquis 81407)

  SMETANA: Characteristic Pieces Op 1, In the Forest; Rising Passion; Shepherdess; Desire; Soldier; Despair - Jitka Cechová (pno) (Supraphon SU 3846)

  NIELSEN: Symphony No 4 Op 29, The Inextinguishable - London SO/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0694)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  DUPARC: L'Invitation au voyage; Soupir; Chanson triste; La Vie antérieure - Stephanie D'Oustrac (mezzo), Pascal Jourdan (pno) (Ambronay AMY 042)

  RAMEAU: Gavotte pour les Zephirs; F COUPERIN: Cromorne sur la Taille, from Messe pour les Couvents; MARCHAND: Grand Dialogue - Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (tpt), Roy Howat (pno) (Linn CKD 488)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  RÓZSA: Overture; Prelude; Courage & Honour, from El Cid - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7340)

  BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Jussi Björling (ten), Robert Merrill (bar), RCA Victor SO/Renato Cellini (rec 1950) (RCA GD 87799)

  SARASATE arr Francescatti: Habanera Op 21/2 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (EMI CDM 7 63533)

  BACH: Peasant Cantata BWV212 - Pepe Becker (sop), David Morriss (bass), Baroque Players (Atoll ACD 506)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956 - Juilliard String Quartet, Bernard Greenhouse (cello) (rec 1986) (CBS MK 42383)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  HOLST: St Paul's Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 782)

  FARR: Tangaroa - Jeremy Fitzsimons (marimba) (Trust MMT 2058)

  A RITCHIE: Brass Quintet - NZ Chamber Brass (Private)

  WAGNER: Wotan's Farewell & Magic Fire Music, from Die Walküre - Donald McIntyre (bbar), New Zealand SO/John Matheson (Kiwi CD SLD 39)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (Resonance CD RSN 3023)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in C Op 48 - Deborah Nemtanu (vln), Paris Orchestral Ensemble/Thomas Zehetmair (Mirare MIR 193)

  ALBÉNIZ: Rondeña, from Iberia Book 2 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67476/7)

  ELGAR: Sospiri Op 70 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2139)

  FALLA arr Kashkashian/Levin: Asturiana - Kim Kashkashian (vla), Robert Levin (pno) (ECM 1975)

  HUBAY: Czárdás Scene No 4, Hejre Kati Op 32 - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67441/2)

  MARTINU: Idyll, from Bouquet of Flowers - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Orfeo 180 891)

  6:00 GINASTERA: Overture to the Creole "Faust" Op 9 - Granada City Orch/Josep Pons (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1808)

  AGUIRRE arr Ansermet: Two Argentinian Dances, La huella (The footstep); El gato (The cat) - Entre Ríos SO/Gabriel Castagna (Chandos CHAN 10185)

  PIAZZOLLA: Oblivion - Enrique Tellería (bandoneón), Barcelona SO/José Serebrier (BIS CD 1175)

  GUBITSCH: Traversuras - François Salque (cello), Vincent Peirani (accordion), Tomás Gubitsch (gtr) (Zig Zag ZZT 322)

  PUJOL: Tiempo del hombre - Giorgio Mirto, Victor Villadangos (gtrs) (Brilliant Classics 9088)

  BUCHARDO: Argentinian Scenes - Entre Ríos SO/Gabriel Castagna (Chandos CHAN 10185)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  11:00 New Music Dreams

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