Monday 19 October 2015 Rāhina 19 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  HENSELT: Piano Concerto in F minor Op 16; Variations de concert Op 11 on Meyerbeer's Quand je quittai la Normandie, from Robert le Diable; ALKAN: Concerto da camera in C# minor Op 10/2; Concerto da camera in A minor Op 10/1 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 66717)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  MOMPOU: Canciones y Danzas Nos 1-12 & 14; Fêtes Lointaines No 1-6; Charmes Nos 1-6 - Pierre Huybregts (pno) (Centaur CRC 2055)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  HANDEL: Arias from Serse; Rodelinda; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Jephtha; Theodora; Samson & Hercules - Maureen Forrester (contralto), Vienna Radio SO/Brian Priestman, Vienna State Opera Orch/Robert Zeller, English CO/Johanne Somary, I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro (CBC PSCD 2002)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  C SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in F minor; MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio in G minor Op 11; FARRENC: Clarinet Trio in Eb Op 44: GRANDVAL: Deux pièces - Diane Ambache (pno), Sophie Langdon (vln), Susan Dorey, Naomi Butterworth (cellos), Joan Enric Lluna (cl), Jeremy Polmear (ob), Ambache CO/Diane Ambache (BBC MUSIC MM 45)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  BECK: Sinfonias, in G minor Op 1/1; in F Op 1/2; in A Op 1/3; in Eb Op 1/4; in G Op 1/5; in C Op 1/6 - New Zealand SO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

  6:00 PERGOLESI: Sinfonia in F - Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer (Hyperion CDA 67230)

  HAYDN: Third movement, Presto, from Piano Trio in Eb HobXV/30 - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 67757)

  ELGAR: Froissart Overture Op 19 - BBC SO/Malcolm Arnold (BBC Music BBC MM 80)

  BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2 - Roger Woodward (pno) (ABC Classics 456 366)

  VIVALDI: Concerto in E minor for four violins RV550, from L'Estro Armonico Op 3 - Rachel Podger (vln/dir), Brecon Baroque (Channel CCS SA 36515)

  PURCELL: Sonata No 1 in B minor in four parts - King's Consort/Robert King (chamber org/hpschd) (Vivat 106)

  7:00 J STRAUSS II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka; Explosions Polka; Josef STRAUSS: Letter to the editor - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (Sony SK 45808)

  FAURÉ: Valse Caprice No 1 in A Op 30 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67875)

  SIBELIUS: Two Chorales, Lord, you are a rock; Lord, show us your mercy - Dominante Choir, Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1365)

  TRAD arr Casals: Song of the Birds - Christopher Hainsworth (organ of St Matthews, Hastings) (Ribbonwood RCD 1025)

  GERSHWIN arr Stoltzman: Porgy & Bess, Suite - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

  COZENS: Celtic Dances - Lydia Munchinsky (cello), Quartetto Gelato (QGPI Records QGPI 010)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: VOLKMANN: Romance Op 7 - Peter Bruns (cello), Annegret Kuttner (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.594)

  COATES: Youth of Britain March, from The Three Elizabeths Suite - New Philharmonia/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 246)

  BRITTEN: Hymn to St Cecilia Op 27 - Alexander Banwell, William Hirtzel (trebles), Andreas Eccles-Williams (countertenor), Ruairi Bowen (ten), Daniel D'Souza (bass), Choir of King's College Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (Choir of King's College KGS 0003)

  DEBUSSY: Arabesques Nos 1 & 2 - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10467)

  MOERAN: Rhapsody No 1 in F - Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.573106)

  9:00 Composer of the Week

  A celebration of the life and music of HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695), marking 320 years since his death on 21 November, the eve of St Cecilia’s Day. Presented by Peter Hoar (RNZ)

  Fantasia in F, Upon one note (in 5 parts) - Fretwork (Virgin VC 5 45062)

  Welcome to All the Pleasures, Ode to St Cecilia's Day - Susan Hamilton, Siri Thornhill (sops), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Mark Padmore (ten), Jonathan Arnold (bass), Collegium Vocale Choir & Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1643)

• 10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Clarissa Dunn

  Memories of Early Years

  In later life Douglas Lilburn (1915-2001) described his childhood and family life on the farm at Drysdale and then in Wanganui. Read by Peter Vere-Jones, in eight episodes

  (6) (RNZ)

  ELLER: Five Pieces for string orchestra - Tallinn CO/Tônu Kaljuste (ECM 1745)

  JC BACH: Oboe Quartet in Bb Op 8/6 - Keisuke Wakao (ob), Malcolm Lowe (vln), Cathy Basrak (vla), Sato Knudsen (cello) (PentaTone PTC 5186 018)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio Italien - Royal Phil/Daniele Gatti (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7393)

  DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 460 247)

  COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto - Michael Collins (cl/dir), Swedish CO (Chandos CHAN 10756)

  GRIEG: Holberg Suite - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1491)

  12:00 Recent Releases

  HAYDN: Symphony No 22 in Eb, Philosopher - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Alpha 671)

  MOZART: Bassoon Concerto in Bb K191 - Peter Whelan (bsn), Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (Hyperion CDA 68090)

  KOHAUT: Lute Sonata in D - Bernard Hofstötter (lute) (Brilliant Classics 95087)

  1:00 Afternoon Requests

  BEETHOVEN: Credo, from Missa Solemnis in D Op 123 - Genia Kühmeier (sop), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo), Mark Padmore (ten), Hanno Müller-Brachman (bass), Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus & Orch/Bernard Haitink (BR Klassik 900 130)

  GIAMPIERI: Variations on The Carnival of Venice - Mark Walton (cl), Paul Bateman (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 001)

  SCHUBERT orch Offenbach: Ständchen, from Schwanengesang - Thomas Quasthoff (bar), CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 471 586)

  PAGANINI: 24 Caprices Op 1, No 1 in E; No 2 in B minor; No 3 in E minor; No 4 in C minor; No 5 in A minor; No 6 in G minor - Ruggiero Ricci (vln) (Price-Less D 12179)

  HANDEL: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah - Christchurch City Choir & SO/Brian Law (Chch Symph Trust CHCH 005)

  (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

  DELIUS ed Beecham: Over the Hills & Far Away - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDS 7 47509)

  GURNEY: The Western Playland - Graham Trew (bar), Roger Vignoles (pno), Coull Quartet (Meridian CDE 84185)

  DELIUS: Dance Rhapsody No 2 - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDS 7 47509)

  4:00 Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  MCLEOD: Rock Sonata No 2 - Rae de Lisle (pno) (RNZ)

  RODRIGO: Serenata al Alba del Dia - Carol Hohauser (fl), Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Mr M Productions CM 2)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 5 in Eb Op 44/3 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570002)

  5:00 MARTINU: Comedy on the Bridge, Little Suite - Brno State Phil/Frantisek Jílek (Supraphon SU 3742)

  BOCCHERINI: Oboe Quintet in G G431 - Lajos Lencsés (ob), Parisii Quartet (Capriccio 10 454)

  SVENDSEN: Norwegian Rhapsody No 3 Op 21 - Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10711)

  PIAZZOLLA arr Gubaidulina: Le Grand Tango; PIAZZOLLA arr Cotik: Libertango - Tomas Cotik (vln), Tao Lin (pno) (Naxos 8.573166)

  BIZET: Jeux d'enfants - Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth (Mirare MIR 036)

  6:00 WALTON: Spitfire Prelude & Fugue, from The First of the Few - Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves (EMI CDM 7 63369)

  O DAVIS: First movement, from Flight, Concerto for Violin & Strings - Kerenza Peacock (vln), London SO/Paul Bateman (Signum SIGCD 411)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the bumblebee, from Tsar Saltan - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8327/9)

  PREISNER: The Art of Flying, from 10 Easy Pieces for Piano - Leszek Mozdzer (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56971)

  DAVIES: March Past of the Royal Air Force - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2149)

  H BLAKE: Walking in the Air, from The Snowman Suite - Edinburgh Quartet (Naxos 8.572688)

  ZIEHRER: In Flight, Polka Op 78 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Michael Dittrich (Marco Polo 8.223815)

  TRAD arr Langford: The lark in the clear air - Melvyn Bathgate (ten horn), Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Peter Parkes (Chandos CHAN 4545)

  PRUDEN: Flight of the Albatross - Tessa Petersen (vln), John van Buskirk (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5141)

  GOODWIN: Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10262)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Clarinettist Kari Kriikku is in the country next week to play new music with the NZSO. On a previous visit he talked with Kate Mead about life and contemporary music in Finland (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Vienna Piano Trio

  HAYDN: Piano Trio in Eb HobXV/30; SCHOENBERG arr Steuermann: Transfigured Night Op 4; BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 1 in B Op 8 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington on Friday 16th October by RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  FOULDS: Undine Op 3 - BBC Concert Orch/Ronald Corp (Dutton Epoch CDLX 7307)

  HUMMEL: Grande Serenade in C Op 66 - Consortium Classicum (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 301 1344)

  M HAYDN: Symphony No 23 in D - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Harold Farberman (MMG MCD 10026)

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