Thursday 29 October 2015 Rāpare 29 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  BARBER: The School for Scandal, Overture; Symphony No 1 Op 9; BEACH: Symphony in E minor Op 32, Gaelic - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8958)

  1:20 approx - Disc 2

  SAINT-SAËNS trans Liszt: Danse Macabre; CHOPIN trans Liszt: Six Polish Songs; BERLIOZ trans Liszt: L'Idée fixe; Les Francs-Juges, Overture; Harold in Italy, Marche des Pelerins; The Damnation of Faust, Waltz of the Sylphes; King Lear, Overture - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66346)

  2:35 approx - Disc 3

  HOLST: Seven Part Songs Op 44; A Choral Fantasia Op 51; A Dirge for Two Veterans; Ode to Death Op 38 - Patricia Rozario (sop), Joyful Company of Singers, London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9437)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  JC BACH: Sonatas, No 1 in G; No 2 in C minor; No 3 in Eb; No 4 in G; No 5 in A; No 6 in Bb - Robert Woolley (fpno) (Chandos CHAN 0543)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  BRITTEN: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Op 10; Les Illuminations for soprano & string orchestra; Lachrymae, Reflections on a song of Dowland for viola & string orchestra - Christina Högman (sop), Nils-Erik Sparf (vla), New Stockholm Chamber Orch/Péter Csaba (BIS CD 435)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

  6:00 DEBUSSY orch Stokowski: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

  HUBAY: Maggiolata Op 15/2 - Péter Bársony (vla), Márta Gulyás (pno) (Hungaroton Classic HCD 32626)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 61 in D HobXVI/51 - Gottlieb Wallisch (pno) (Linn CKD 464)

  GRIEG: Solveig's song, from Peer Gynt Op 23 - Bamberg SO/Richard Kraus (DG 427 204)

  SIBELIUS: Finlandia - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 7 54273)

  NYMAN arr Jervis: The Heart Asks Pleasure First, from The Piano - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10723)

  MOZART arr Schäfer: Andante in F K616 - Chantily Quintet (Profil PH 09002)

  MENDELSSOHN: Second movement, Vivace non troppo, from Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish - London SO/John Eliot Gardiner (LSO Live LSO 0765)

  7:00 DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in G minor Op 46/8 - Royal Phil/Antal Dorati (Decca 417 749)

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

  RODGERS: The song of the high seas, from Victory at Sea - RCA Victor SO/Robert Russell Bennett (RCA 6660 2RC)

  ZEMLINSKY: Three Pieces for cello & piano - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John York (pno) (Nimbus NI 5806)

  GROFÉ: Sunrise, from Grand Canyon Suite - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80474)

  FAURÉ: Romance in Bb Op 28 - Daishin Kashimoto (vln), Eric Le Sage (pno) (Alpha 604)

  PROKOFIEV: Waltz & Clock Scene, from Cinderella - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: HEUBERGER: Im chambre séparée, from The Opera Ball - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop), Philharmonia/Otto Ackermann (EMI CDC 7 47284)

  ELGAR: L'Assomoir - Innovation Chamber Ensemble/Barry Collett (Somm SOMMCD 252)

  MEYER: Cloverfoot Reel - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 66782)

  KETÈLBEY: In a Persian Market - New Symphony Orch of London/Robert Sharples (Decca 452 987)

  MARTUCCI: Two Romances Op 72 - Roberto Trainini (cello), Massimiliano Ferrati (pno) (Brilliant Classics 94816)

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

  ALBÉNIZ: Capricho Catalán - David Russell (gtr) (Telarc TEL 32712)

  GERSHWIN arr Goldstein: I loves you Porgy, from Porgy & Bess - Joshua Bell (vln), Chris Botti (tpt), instrumental ensemble (Sony 88697 55436)

  9:00 Composer of the Week

  ANTON BRUCKNER (1824-1896)

  Symphony No 6 in A - Frankfurt Radio SO/Paavo Järvi (RCA 88751 31262)

• 10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Clarissa Dunn

  STRAVINSKY arr Pienaar: Pulcinella Suite - Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (tpt), Daniel-Ben Pienaar (pno) (Linn CKD 448)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 3 in Eb Op 29 - Gabriel Tacchino (pno), Radio Luxembourg Orch/Louis de Froment (Brilliant Classics 94944)

  ARRIAGA: String Quartet No 1 in D minor - Casals Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7038)

  BRAHMS: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 5344)

  12:00 Recent Releases

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: English Folk Song Suite - Central Band of the RAF/Duncan Stubbs (Chandos CHAN 10847)

  RACHMANINOV: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 - Benedict Kloeckner (cello), Anna Fedorova (pno) (Piano Classics PCL 0081)

  1:00 Afternoon Requests

  PELÉCIS: Concertino bianco for piano & chamber orchestra - Alexei Lubimov (pno), Bremen German Chamber Phil/Heinrich Schiff (Erato 0630 12709)

  PUCCINI: In questa reggia, from Turandot - Maria Callas (sop), La Scala Theatre Orch, Milan/Tullio Serafin (Purely PUR 00017)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb D960 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 420 644)

  (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

  J STRAUSS II: The Gypsy Baron, Overture - NBC SO/Erich Kleiber (rec 1947) (Music & Arts CD 1112)

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Erich Kleiber (rec 1953) (Decca 475 6080)

  4:00 Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms - Stephen Rowley (countertenor), Auckland Cathedral Singers/James Tibbles, Rebecca Harris (harp), Jennifer Raven (percussion), Matthew Harris (org) (Corellia COR 1007)

  SCHUMANN: Humoreske in Bb Op 20 - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Calliope CAL 9207)

  FARR: Tawhirimatea - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

  5:00 ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture - Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve E 8853)

  VILLA-LOBOS arr Mondvay: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 - I Salonisti (Decca 425 228)

  DELIUS: On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, from Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras (Argo 433 704)

  WALTON: Crown Imperial - Trumpeters of the Central Band of the Royal Air Force, London Chamber Orch/Christopher Warren-Green (Decca 276 842)

  BARTÓK arr Székely: Romanian Folk Dances Sz56 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Florent Boffard (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMN 91 1702)

  VIVALDI arr Red Priest: Four Seasons, Winter - Red Priest (Dorian DOR 90317)

  6:00 TRAD arr Stanford: Six Irish Dances - Alberto Bologni (vln), Christopher Howell (pno) (Sheva SH 100)

  BEBEY: The magic box - John Williams (gtr) (Sony SK 89483)

  TRAD: Bjørnson's Wedding March - Barokksolistene/Bjarte Eike (vln/dir) (BIS SACD 2057)

  MOERAN: Two Folksong arrangements, Irish love song; The white mountain - Duncan Honeybourne (pno) (EM Records EMRCD 012/013)

  BRIAND: Briand Medley - David Greenberg (vln), Chris Norman (fl), Pierre Chartrand (stepdancing), Chants d'Acadie (ATMA ACD 2 2330)

  LORCA: Seville cradle song - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Hespèrion XXI (Alia Vox AV 9826)

  TRAD arr Bulin: Twelve Robbers - Glinka Choir, Leningrad/Vladislav Tchernushenko (Teldec 9031 73241)

  BRITTEN/BERKELEY: Mont Juic Suite of Catalan Dances Op 9 - English CO/Steuart Bedford (Collins 11232)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Elegy

  Peter Mechen looks at Douglas Lilburn's song-cycle, its origins and its performances (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Curtan Raiser

  With Rachel Hyde

  Shostakovich's Symphony No 12, The Year 1917 (RNZ)

• 8:20 PM. Music Alive

  Schirmer and Shostakovich

  Ragna Schirmer (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

  SCHNITTKE: Concerto for piano & strings; MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467; SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 12 in D minor Op 112, The Year 1917 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  KODÁLY: Háry János Suite - Toni Koves (cimbalom), Minneapolis SO/Antal Dorati (Mercury 432 005)

  GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Bernard Hofstötter (lute) (Brilliant Classics 95087)

  BALAKIREV: Tamara - Ulster Orch/Takuo Yuasa (BBC Music BBC MM 276)

  M HAYDN: String Quintet in C MH187 - Salzburg Haydn Quintet (CPO 777 907)

  BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in C G453, La ritirata di Madrid - Europa Galante (Virgin 5 45607)

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