Thursday 14 May 2015 Rāpare 14 Haratua 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MIASKOVSKY: Symphony No 5 in D Op 18; Symphony No 9 in E minor Op 28 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (Marco Polo 8.223499)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  M HAYDN: String Quintet in Bb; String Quintet in C; String Quintet in G - L'Archibudelli (Sony SK 53987)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  PURCELL: Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary; Welcome, welcome, glorious morn; Ode for the centenary of Trinity College, Dublin; Great parent, hail to thee; Welcome song for King Charles II; The summer's absence unconcerned we bear - Gillian Fisher, Evelyn Tubb (sops), James Bowman, Nigel Short (countertenors), Roger Covey-Crump, John Mark Ainsley (tens), Michael George, Charles Pott (basses), King's Consort/Robert King (Hyperion CDA 66476)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  MOSONYI: Twelve Genres for piano; Studies for piano - István Kassai (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223557)

  4:55 approx - Disc 5

  PUCCINI: Capriccio Sinfonico; First Minuet for strings; Prelude from Edgar; Second Minuet for strings; Edgar, Prelude to Act III; Third Minuet for strings; Preludio Sinfonico; I crisantemi for strings; Manon Lescaut, Intermezzo from Act III; E l'uccellino - Royal Phil/Jacek Kaspszyk (Collins 11652)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

  6:00 GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe (Testament SBT 1127)

  TAVENER: Eternal Memory - Josephine Knight (cello), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (EMI 2 35134)

  CHAPLIN arr Ogermann: Smile, from Modern Times - Gidon Kremer (vln), Oleg Maisenberg (pno) (Telarc 0630 17222)

  MAHLER: Piano Quartet movement in A minor - Kremerata Musica (DG 447 112)

  IBERT: Reflets dans l'eau - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80488)

  BRUCH: Romance in F Op 85 - Gérard Caussé (vla), Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano (Erato 2292 45483)

  7:00 SUPPÉ: The Beautiful Galatea, Overture - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5110)

  J STRAUSS II: Voices of Spring - Berlin Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 3984 24489)

  MYSLIVECEK: Quintet No 4 in B - L'Orfeo Wind Ensemble/Carin van Heerden (dir) (CPO 777 377)

  BOWEN: Allegretto Op 105 - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67991)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Tarantella in A minor Op 6 - members of Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)

  COPLAND: Cuban Dance - Detroit SO/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559758)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BEETHOVEN: Prisoners' Chorus, O welche Lust, from Fidelio - Ekkehard Wagner (ten), Frank Schiller (bar), Leipzig Radio Choir, Dresden State Orch/Silvio Varviso (Philips 422 410)

  ROUSSEL: Elpénor, radio score Op 59 for flute and string quartet - Paul Verhey (fl), Janneke van der Meer, Wim de Jong (vlns), Henk Guittart (vla), Viola de Hoog (cello) (Olympia OCD 460)

  GRIEG arr Delius: Norwegian Bridal Procession, from Grieg's Pictures of Norwegian Life Op 19 - Bergen Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5131)

  SOUTULLO: The Legend of the Kiss, Intermezzo - Madrid Community Orch/Miguel Roa (Naxos 8.555957)

  GADE: Scherzo in C# minor - Trio Parnassus, Thomas Selditz (vla) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 303 1665)

  WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - Camerata Wales/Owain Arwel Hughes (BIS CD 1589)

  9:00 Composer of the Week

  ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

  Four Seasons, Autumn - Giuliano Carmignola (baroque vln), Andrea Marcon (hpschd/dir), Venice Baroque Orch (Sony SK 51352)

  Beatus vir RV597 - Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies (sops), Catherine Denley (contralto), Charles Daniels (ten), Neal Davies, Michael George (basses), King's Consort & Choir/Robert King (Hyperion CDA 66789)

  Concerto in G minor for two cellos RV531 - Christophe Coin, Paolo Beschi (cellos), Il Giardino Armonico, Milan/Giovanni Antonini (Teldec 4509 94552)

• 10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Cynthia Morahan

  SCHUMANN: Album Leaves Op 124 - Eric Le Sage (pno) (Alpha 169)

  KUHLAU: Flute Quintet in D Op 51/1 - Ginevra Petrucci (fl), Kodály Quartet (Brilliant Classics 94769)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Songs of Travel - Dietrich Henschel (bar), Fritz Schwinghammer (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1875)

  LALO: Symphonie espagnole - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Philharmonia/Antonio Pappano (EMI 5 57593)

  12:00 Recent Releases

  BACH: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225 - Capella Cracoviensis/Fabio Bonizzoni (Alpha 199)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in B minor RV390 - Fabio Biondi (vln/dir), Europa Galante (Glossa GCD 923 402)

  MARENZIO: Uscite, uscite ninfe; S'a veder voi non vengo, alma mia luce; Coppia di donne altera - La Compagnia del Madrigale (Glossa GCD 922 804)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in C RV189 - Fabio Biondi (vln/dir), Europa Galante (Glossa GCD 923 402)

  1:00 Afternoon Requests

  PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No 8 in Bb Op 84 - Grigory Sokolov (pno) (Naïve OP30386)

  ARENSKY: Piano Concerto in F minor Op 2 - Konstantin Scherbakov (pno), Russian Phil/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.570526)

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

• 2:00 PM. Upbeat with Eva Radich

  Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Classic Afternoons with David Morriss

  CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MOZART: Così fan tutte, Overture; HAYDN: Symphony No 91 in Eb - Philharmonia/Karl Böhm (rec 1962/73) (IMG Artists 5 75944)

  STRAUSS: Don Juan Op 20 - Czech Phil/Jascha Horenstein (rec 1966) (Somm SOMMCD 037)

  4:00 Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  CARR: Seven Elizabethan Lyrics - Schola Polyphonica, New Zealand SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 111)

  MOUQUET: Flute Sonata Op 15, La flûte de Pan - Bridget Douglas (fl), Rachel Thomson (pno) (Trust MMT 2039)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 9 in C - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)

  5:00 RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso, from Miroirs - Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI 5 62746)

  WIENIAWSKI: Scherzo-Tarentelle in G minor Op 16 - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (CBC MVCD 1168)

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr Grafe: Lensky's Aria, from Eugene Onegin - Sol Gabetta (cello), Prague Phil/Charles Olivieri-Munroe (RCA Red Seal 88697 35962)

  DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour le Piano - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572296)

  ALBÉNIZ arr Williams: Seville, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - John Williams (gtr) (Sony MLK 66704)

  CHOPIN orch Stravinsky: Waltz in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante - Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (BIS SACD 1874)

  HOLST: Mars, Bringer of War, from Planets Suite - London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI 5 65041)

  6:00 DELIUS arr Threlfall/Lenehan/Lloyd Webber: Birds in the high hall garden - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.572902)

  LISZT: St Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10524)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV/ZIMBALIST: Fantasy on themes from The Golden Cockerel - Haik Kazazyan (vln), Andrey Shibko (pno) (Delos DE 3384)

  BENEDICT: The Gypsy & the Bird - Elizabeth Vidal (sop), Philippe Bernold (fl), Susan Manoff (pno) (Naïve V 5396)

  H WOOD: A Brown Bird Singing - Robert White (tenor), Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66818)

  STANFORD: The blue bird Op 119/3 - Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (Decca 473 168)

  LAKATOS arr Lakatos/Cséki Symphony, The Bird in the Dust - Roby Lakatos (vln/dir), László Bóni (vln), Oszkár Németh (dbass), Ernest Bangó (gtr/cymbalon), Kálmán Cséki (pno) (DG 459 642)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Gretchen La Roche

  Originally from Gisborne, award winning clarinettist and successful arts administrator Gretchen La Roche is particularly drawn to contemporary music and has premièred several compositions written especially for her. In this conversation she talks with David Morriss (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Direct from Auckland Town Hall

  Inspired by Folksong

  Fiona Campbell (sop), Auckland Philharmonia/Ilyich Rivas

  ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No 1 in A; BERIO: Folk Songs

  (Interval)

  BARTÓK: Dance Suite Sz77; FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suites 1 & 2 (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GLAZUNOV: Lyric Poem - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9961)

  FRANCK: Le Chasseur Maudit - Royal Phil/Raymond Leppard (Tring International TRP 070)

  JCF BACH: Flute Sonata in D minor - Sally Tibbles (fl), James Tibbles (fpno) (Atoll ACD 204)

  BRAHMS: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 - Takács Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67552)

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