Friday 31 July 2015 Rāmere 31 Hōngoingoi 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  DVORÁK: Concert Overtures, In Nature's Realm; Carnival; Othello; Symphonic Variations Op 78; Scherzo Capriccioso - Royal Phil/John Farrer (ASV CD DCA 794)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  MEDTNER: Piano Concertos, No 2 in C minor Op 50; No 3 in E minor Op 60, Ballade - Geoffrey Tozer (pno), London Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9038)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  BACH: Violin Partita in D minor BWV1004 with chorales, Auf meinen lieben Gott; Den Tod…; Allemanda; Christ lag in Todesbanden; Corrente; Den Tod niemand zwingen kuunt; Sarabanda; Wo sol lich fliehen hin; Giga; Den Tod…; Ciaccona; Christ lag in Todesbanden; Dein Will gescheh'; Befiehl Du Deine Wege; Jesu meine Freude; Auf meinen lieben Gott; Jesu Deine Passion; In meines Herzens Grunde; Nun lob', mein Seel', den Herren; Den Tod…; Ciaccona for solo violin and four voices after Helga Thoene's analysis; Den Tod… - Hilliard Ensemble, Christoph Poppen (baroque vln) (ECM 1765)

  3:25 approx - Disc 4

  LISZT: Divertissement on the cavatina I tuoi frequenti palpiti from Pacini's Niobe; THALBERG: Fantasy on themes from Rossini's Moses; WEBER: Concert Piece in F minor Op 79; THALBERG: Fantasia on God Save the Queen; LISZT: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, from Harmonies Poétiques et Réligieuses - Steven Mayer (pno) (ASV CD DCA 783)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  Fantasias, Arias and Toccatas by MUDARRA, MILAN, MACQUE, DELL'APRA, FRESCOBALDI and MONTEVERDI - Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque harps) (Hyperion CDA 66518)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

  6:00 ELGAR: Romance Op 62 - Graham Sheen (bsn), BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Teldec 4509 98436)

  MENDELSSOHN: Fugue in Eb Op 81/4 - Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 5370)

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

  GRANADOS arr Miolin: Andaluza, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Anders Miolin (gtr) (BIS CD 1116)

  BERLIOZ: Pantomime, from The Trojans - Richard Vieille (cl), Paris Orchestral Ensemble/John Nelson (Virgin VC 5 45646)

  FRANCK arr Delsart: Fourth movement, Allegretto poco mosso, from Violin Sonata in A - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (EMI 5 65955)

  GRIEG: Evening in the mountains; At the cradle, from Lyric Pieces Op 68 - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1491)

  7:00 GERSHWIN: Lady, be Good!, Overture - session orch/Eric Stern (Nonesuch 7559 79308)

  FALLA arr M Nakariakov: Spanish Dance, from La Vida breve - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Alexander Markovich (pno) (Teldec 4509 94554)

  ARNOLD: Three Shanties for Wind Quintet - Vega Wind Quintet (LDR LDRC 1002)

  STRAVINSKY: Suite No 2 - Bremen German Chamber Phil/Paavo Järvi (PentaTone PTC 5186 046)

  KREISLER: Liebesfreud; Caprice viennois - Yossif Ivanov (vln), Itamar Golan (pno) (Naïve AM 136)

  HOLST ed Matthews: A Winter Idyll - London Phil/David Atherton (Lyrita SRCD 209)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BEETHOVEN: Romance No 2 in F Op 50 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Fantasia on Serbian Themes - Malaysian Phil/Kees Bakels (BIS CD 1477)

  BRIDGE: An Irish Melody, The Londonderry Air - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 68003)

  WOLF-FERRARI: Intermezzo & Ritornello, from Il campiello - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10511)

  L BOULANGER: D'un Matin de Printemps - Christine Hankin (fl), Timothy Murray (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7193)

  BECK: Sinfonia in Eb Op 1/4 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  JEAN SIBELIUS (1865-1957)

  "Music is for me like a beautiful mosaic which God has put together. He takes all the pieces in his hand, throws them into the world, and we have to recreate the picture from the pieces" (Jean Sibelius, 1905)

  We celebrate the quintessentially Finnish composer's 150th birthday in 2015 with a selection of the works he pieced together during his career.

  SIBELIUS: Höstkväll Op 38/1 - Soile Isokoski (sop), Helsinki Phil, Leif Segerstam (Ondine ODE 1080)

  SIBELIUS: Illalle Op 17/6 - Soile Isokoski (sop), Helsinki Phil, Leif Segerstam (Ondine ODE 1080)

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 - BBC National Orch of Wales, Thomas Søndergård (Linn CKD 462)

• 10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Clarissa Dunn

  HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 1076)

  RESPIGHI: Belkis, Queen of Sheba - Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon (Chandos CHAN 8405)

  ALBÉNIZ: Iberia, Book 4 - Miguel Baselga (pno) (BIS CD 1243)

  STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra Op 30 - Berlin Phil/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 479 1041)

• Noon Recent Releases

  RAVEL: Violin Sonata in G - Nikki Chooi (vln), Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Atoll ACD 615)

  POULENC: Mass in G - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.572978)

  Q PORTER: String Quartet No 7 - Ives Quartet (Naxos 8.559781)

• 1:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  VIVALDI: Viola d'amore Concerto in D minor RV395 - Fabio Biondi (vla d'amore/dir), Europa Galante (Virgin 3 95146)

  D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas, in G minor Kk102; in G Kk103 - Scott Ross (hpschd) (Erato ECD 75404)

  NIEDERMEYER attr Stradella: Pietà, Signore - David Mueller-Cajar (hn), Tim Emerson (pno) (Private)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 17 in G K453 - Lang Lang (pno), Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Sony 88430 82522)

  (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

  TAVENER: The Protecting Veil - Steven Isserlis (cello), London SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (rec 1991) (Virgin VC 7 91474)

  HOWELLS: Salve regina - Hannah Partridge (sop), Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Stephen Layton (rec 2011) (Hyperion CDA 67914)

  4:00 Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 48, No 1 in C minor; No 2 in F# minor - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

  DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: A Chaos of Delight III - Harriet Moir (sop), Auckland University Singers/Karen Grylls (Kiwi CD SLD 108)

  OFFENBACH: Intermezzo & Barcarolle, from Tales of Hoffmann - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

  SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C D934 - Martin Riseley (vln), Diedre Irons (pno) (Rattle RAT D032)

  5:00 ROSSINI: The Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - Cleveland Orch/George Szell (EMI 5 75962)

  BÁRTOK: Romanian Folk Dances Sz56 - Alain Planès (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2163)

  BRUCH: Third movement, Finale, Allegro energico, from Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 - Sarah Chang (vln), Dresden Phil/Kurt Masur (EMI 9 67004)

  BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D - Philharmonia/Charles Mackerras (Testament SBT 1325)

  GLUCK trans Mercz: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - János Bálint (fl), Nóra Mercz (harp) (Naxos 8.550741)

  SARASATE: Introduction & Tarantella Op 43 - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Ian Brown (pno) (EMI 5 57916)

  WAGNER: Forest Murmurs, from Siegfried - National SO, Washington DC/Antal Dorati (Decca 417 775)

  6:00 PURCELL: Fairest isle, from King Arthur - Sara Macliver (sop), Australian Brandenburg Orch/Paul Dyer (hpschd/dir) (ABC Classics 465 428)

  GRAINGER: Green Bushes, Passacaglia on an English folksong - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery (Chandos CHAN 6542)

  CASSADO: Dance of the Green Devil - Maria Kliegel (cello), Raymund Havenith (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223403)

  SEREBRIER: Tango in Blue - Barcelona SO/José Serebrier (BIS CD 1175)

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

  HAWES: Blue in Blue - Hugh Webb (harp), Conventus/Patrick Hawes (Black Box BBM 1081)

  LISZT: Nuages gris - Idil Biret (pno) (IBA 8.571281)

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

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 426 051)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge with Ryan Smith

  A weekly forum for contemporary music

  7:30 Relevant Tones

  What is Wandelweiser?

  Originally a German musical creation, Wandelweiser is a kind of extreme minimalism that is fast becoming popular with composers around the world. Seth Bousted talks with two of its creators, Jürg Frey and Eva-Maria Houben, about the phenomenal growth of this movement. (WFMT)

  8:30 WOMAD 2015

  Fanfare Ciocărlia

  Balkan band Fanfare Ciocărlia have got a lot of brass and the talent to back it up. The energetic 24-piece band bring their original modern twist to ancient Balkan gypsy traditions. (Recorded at Brooklands Park, New Plymouth by Radio New Zealand)

  10:00 Soundtracks from the NZIFF

  Ryan Smith looks at music from some of the films showing at this year’s New Zealand International Film Festival including 808, Seymour: An Introduction and Philip Dadson: Sonics From Scratch.

  1:00 New Music Dreams

  Surrounded by Sea (album) - Andy Sheppard Quartet
  SHEPPARD/BENITA: Tipping Point; ELVIS COSTELLO: I Want to Vanish; TRAD arr Sheppard, Aarset, Benita, Rochford: Aoidh, Na Dean Cadal Idir (Part1); SHEPPARD: Origin of Species; ROCHFORD: They Aren’t Perfect and Neither Am I; SHEPPARD: Medication; TRAD arr Sheppard, Aarset, Benita, Rochford: Aoidh, Na Dean Cadal Idir (Part 2); SHEPPARD: The Impossibility of Silence; I See Your Eyes Before Me, BENITA: A Letter; TRAD arr Sheppard, Aarset, Benita, Rochford: Aoidh, Na Dean Cadal Idir (Part 3); SHEPPARD: Looking For Ornette
  Andy Sheppard Quartet

   

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