Schedules for 11 - 17 May, 2013

Spotlight on Instruments

Murray Khouri reveals the special character of ten instruments in the orchestra

(4) Bassoon (RNZ)

12:30 approx - Disc 1

PÄRT: Symphony No 4, Los Angeles - Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen

Konan pokajanen, fragments - Estonian Phil Chamber Choir/Tonu Kaljuste (ECM 2160)

1:20 approx - Disc 2

DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor Op 10; FAURÉ: String Quartet in E minor Op 121; RAVEL: String Quartet in F - Quatuor Ebène (Virgin 5 19045)

2:40 approx - Disc 3

MISKINIS: Dum medium silentium; O sacrum convivium; Pater noster; Tenebrae factae sunt; Don't leave me, Sun; Seven O Antiphons; Oh, it's getting cold - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (Hyperion CDA 67818)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

LILBURN: Three Sea Changes; Sonatina No 2; Prelude (1951); From the Port Hills; Sonata (1956); Nine Short Pieces; Adagio Sostenuto; Two Preludes (1951); Sonata (1949) - Margaret Nielson (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)

4:55 approx - Disc 5

VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerti, No 7 in A minor RV497; No 8 in F RV485; No 27 in Eb RV483; No 3 in C RV478; No 2 in A minor RV498; No 9 in C RV480; No 24 in Bb RV502 - Daniel Smith (bsn), Zagreb Soloists/Tonko Ninic (ASV CD DCA 975)

6:00 KOEHNE: To His Servant Bach, God Grants a Final Glimpse, The Morning Star - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC 476 6502)

PAINE: Music Box Waltz, from Alberton - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Bruce Paine BNP DVD 001)

TELEMANN: Concerto in G for two flutes & bassoon TWV54/G1 - Alexis Kossenko (fl/dir), Georges Barthel (fl), Jane Gower (bsn), Holland Baroque Society (Channel Classics CCS SA 28409)

BANTOCK: Two Scottish Folksongs, O can ye sew cushions; Dumbarton's drums - Elysian Singers/Sam Laughton (Meridian CDE 84570)

GIBBS: Almayne, from Four Harmonisations for String Orchestra - Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (vln/dir) (Hyperion CDA 67093)

GLINKA arr Balakirev: The Lark - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (RCA 09026 63884)

DELIUS: Idylle de printemps - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7528)

7:00 ANNA AMALIA: Overture; Entr'acte, from Erwin and Elmire - Weimar State Opera Orch/Peter Gülke (Capriccio 71 128)

SCHUMANN: Three Romances Op 94 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Dénes Várjon (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67661)

RUTTER: The Lord is my shepherd - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Universal 179 5732)

GRIEG: Melodies Op 53, Norwegian; The first meeting - Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572403)

DUBOIS: Toccata in G, from 12 New Pieces - Gillian Weir (organ of Hexham Abbey) (Argo 460 190)

OFFENBACH: Monsieur et Madame Denis, Overture - Vienna SO/Bruno Weil (Sony SK 53288)

8:00 TURINA: Two dances on traditional Spanish themes Op 41 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.557150)

FORSTER: Oboe Concerto in Eb - Lajos Lencsés (ob), La Follia Instrumental Ensemble/Christophe Poiget (dir) (Hänssler CD 98.217)

DRIGO arr Lanchbery: Pas de deux, from Le Corsaire - English Concert Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 818)

PETIT: Tarentelle - Heinrich Albert Duo (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1348)

BACH: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV230 - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 716)

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

A recap from the week's national and international music news, with Eva Radich (RNZ)

HELSTED/PAULLI: Pas de deux, from The Flower Festival in Genzano - Aalborg SO/Peter Ernst Lassen (Danacord DACOCD 631-639)

STEFFANI: Timori, ruine, from Le rivali concordi; Morirò fra strazi e scempi, from Henrico Leone; Non si parli che di fede, from Marco Aurelio - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Swiss Broadcasting Chorus, I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (Decca 478 473)

HANDEL: Keyboard Suite No 1 in Bb HWV434 - Francesco Piemontesi (pno) (Avanti 5414706 10342)

PARRY: The Lotus Eaters - Della Jones (mezzo), London Phil Choir & Orch/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 8990)

B WEBER: Variations in F for trumpet & orchestra - Niklas Eklund (tpt), Swedish CO/Roy Goodman (Naxos 8.554806)

FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine - Accentus, members of French National Orch/Laurence Equilbey (Naïve V 5137)

DEBUSSY: First movement, Prelude, from Suite bergamasque - John Chen (pno) (ABC 476 6834)

BELLINI: Oh! Quante volte, from Capulets & Montagues - Beverly Sills (sop), Vienna Volksoper Orch/Jussi Jalas (DG 474 947)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 3 in D D200 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 4509 91184)

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

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Music Migrations

A five-part series presented by ethnomusicologist Megan Collins

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2011 Adam Chamber Music Festival

Thirteen programmes

(7) Hermitage Serenade

DOHNÁNYI: Serenade in C Op 10; BEETHOVEN: Serenade in D Op 8 - Hermitage String Trio (recorded in St John's Church, Nelson by RNZ)

BORODIN: Prince Igor, Overture - Kirov Orch, St Petersburg/Valery Gergiev (Philips 446 820)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor Op 35 - Denis Matsuev (pno), Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (Mariinsky MAR SACD 0509)

SMETANA: Dobrá! Já mu dám! Jak je mi? from Dalibor; GOUNOD: O légère hirondelle, from Mireille; KORNGOLD: Ich soll ihn niemals, from Die Kathrin - Renée Fleming (sop), Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (Decca 475 8070)

MAHLER: Symphony No 5 in C# minor - London SO/Valery Gergiev (LSO Live LSO 0664)

NZ performers and composers

HAYDN: Trio in F for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/17 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Martin Rummel (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (pno) (Naxos 8.572667)

LILBURN: Nos 7-13, from Seventeen Short Pieces for guitar - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.572185)

LISZT: Héroïde funèbre - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (Naxos 8.557847)

Folk Song Arrangements

BEETHOVEN: Five Folksongs, On the massacre of Glencoe; The return to Ulster; The pulse of an Irishman; The parting kiss; Good night - Wolfgang Holzmair (bar), Trio Fontenay (Philips 442 784)

BRAHMS: Tell me, my fairest shepherdess; Permit me, lovely maiden, to walk in the garden; Love has allied my heart; Good evening, my sweetheart in a thousand, from 49 German Folksongs, Book 1 - Edith Mathis (sop), Peter Schreier (ten), Karl Engel (pno) (DG 449 641)

BANTOCK: Two Irish Folksongs, Arranmore; Emer's Lament for Cuchulain - Elysian Singers/Sam Laughton (Meridian CDE 84570)

BRITTEN: Folksong arrangements, Lord! I married me a wife; She's like the swallow; Lemady; Bonny at morn; Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn; Dafydd y Garreg Wen; The false knight upon the road; Bird scarer's song - Nicholas Phan (ten), Sivan Magen (harp) (Avie AV 2258)

Freddy Kempf (pno), New Zealand SO/Alexander Lazarev

GLINKA: Ruslan & Lyudmila, Overture; RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30

(Interval interview: Pianist Freddy Kempf talks with Eva Radich)

GLAZUNOV: The Seasons Op 67 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

RR BENNETT: Missa brevis - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium CSACD 901)

FUCHS: Andante grazioso & Capriccio Op 63 - Cologne CO/Christian Ludwig (Naxos 8.572222)

TAILLEFERRE: Concertino - Gillian Benet (harp), Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Koch 3-7169)

11:00 THUILLE: Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor Op 1 - Marco Rogliano (vln), Gianluca Luisi (pno) (Naxos 8.572870)

MARX: Quartetto chromatico - Thomas Christian Ensemble (CPO 777 066)

Disc 1

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Partita for double string orchestra; Fantasia on Greensleeves; In the Fen Country; The Lark Ascending - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 779)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

POULENC: Humoresque; Three Novelettes; Villageoises; 15 Improvisations; Intermezzo No 2 in Db; Intermezzo No 1 in C; Suite Française d'apres Claude Gervaise; Presto in Bb; Melancolie; Theme & Variations - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8847)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

GESUALDO: Tenebrae Responses for Good Friday 1611, First nocturne, Second nocturne, Third nocturne - Taverner Choir & Consort/Andrew Parrott (Sony SK 62977)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

HAYDN: Sun Quartets Op 20, No 1 in Eb; No 2 in C; No 3 in G minor - Salomon String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66621)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

ROSENBERG: Marionetter, Overture; BIZET: Carmen Suite No 1; LARSSON: Dagens stunder; GLINKA: Ruslan & Ludmilla, Overture; SATIE orch Debussy: Two Gymnopédies; SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture; SVENDSEN: Romance for violin & orchestra; ALFVÉN: Vallflickans dans, from Bergakungen - Malmö SO/James DePriest (BIS CD 570)

MASKATS: Da ispravitsja molitva moja - Monta Martinsone (sop), Gundars Dzilums (bar), Edgars Saksons (perc), Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava (GB Records BCGBCD 07)

MONTERO: Continuum - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

BACH: Cantata No 11, Praise God in all his kingdoms - Ann Monoyios (sop), Daniel Taylor (countertenor), Frederick Urrey (ten), Christòpheren Nomura (bar), Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Bach Festival Orch/Greg Funfgeld (Dorian DOR 90306)

CALDINI: Christe - Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet (Channel Classics CCS SA 25707)

DURUFLÉ: Four Motets on Gregorian themes Op 10 - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Chandos CHAN 10357)

PEETERS: Missa Festiva Op 62 - Lichfield Cathedral Choir, Lichfield Cathedral Chamber Choir/Philip Scriven, Alex Mason (org) (Regent REGCD 241)

Matins for the Feast of the Ascension

STANFORD: Caelos ascendit hodie; ROSE: The Preces; BARNBY: Psalm 24; BRITTEN: Festival Te Deum in E; SCHÜTZ: Psalm 100; ROSE: The Responses; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: O clap your hands - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell, Robert Quinney (org) (Hyperion CDA 67680)

VERDI: La Traviata, Prelude to Act III - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 457 627)

BACH arr Koopman: Erbarme Dich, from St Matthew Passion - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (dir) (Sony SK 60680)

PUCCINI: E lucevan le stelle, from Tosca - Salvatore Licitra (ten), London SO/Carlo Rizzi (Sony SK 89923)

OURKOUZOUNOV: Makedonski pesen, from Four legends - Cavatina Duo (Cedille CDR 90000 117)

HUMPERDINCK: Children's prayer, from Hänsel & Gretel - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (Sony MLK 62617)

CHOPIN: Etude in Ab Op 25/1, Aeolian Harp - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 61885)

FAURÉ: In paradisum, from Requiem Op 48 - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow, Richard Pearce (org) (Conifer 75605 51521)

ROBERTS: An English Elegy - Roland Roberts (vln), City of Oxford Orch/Levon Parikian (Quartz QTZ 2036)

SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Entr'acte to Act III - Das Neue Orch/Christoph Spering (Opus 111 OPS 30-192)

RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)

The first of two programmes marking the bicentenary of Wagner's birth, presented by Heath Lees (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

Rienzi, Overture - Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CDC 5 56165)

The Messengers of Peace, from Rienzi, Act 2

Rienzi........................... Lars Cleveman

First Messenger............ Marianne Hellgren Staykov

Chorus of the Royal Swedish Opera, Royal Swedish Orch/Leif Segerstam (Naxos 8.557714)

Returning to Mozart

Seven programmes from the 2006 three-week California summer music festival

(3) Mozart and the String Quartet

MOZART: Five four-part Fugues K405; Adagio & Fugue in C minor K546; String Quartet No 16 in Eb K428; String Quintet No 3 in C K515 - Orion String Quartet (Music@Menlo 2006/3)

FRANÇAIX: L'Horloge de flore - Lajos Lencsés (ob), Stuttgart Radio SO/Uri Segal (CPO 999 779)

RAVEL: Boléro - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue (Reference Recordings-92 CD)

Peter Walls reviews recent releases (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

DOHNÁNYI: Piano Concerto No 2 in B minor Op 42 - Ernst von Dohnányi (pno), Royal Phil/Adrian Boult (rec 1956) (Praga PRD 250 231)

Fearful Symmetries

This coming Thursday night the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's live concert features music from the 1940s. To give a background to this decade Roger Smith and a selection of New Zealand experts survey musical landmarks and innovative movements in the arts during the 1940s, The Age of Anxiety (RNZ)

Metropolitan Opera Season

Twenty-three operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera House

(19) WAGNER: Die Walküre, an opera in three acts from our Composer of the Week

The Valkyrie Brünnhilde sacrifices her divinity to human emotions as the gods of Valhalla move closer to destruction in part two of the epic Ring of the Nibelung

Siegmund..................... Simon O'Neill, Andrew Sritheran

Sieglinde...................... Martina Serafin

Hunding....................... Hans-Peter König

Wotan.......................... Mark Delavan

Fricka........................... Stephanie Blythe

Brünnhilde................... Deborah Voigt

Gerhilde....................... Deborah Mayer

Ortlinde....................... Wendy Bryn Harmer

Waltraute..................... Jennifer Johnson Cano

Helmwige.................... Molly Fillmore

Siegrune....................... Eve Gigliotti

Grimgerde.................... MaryAnn McCormick

Rossweisse................... Rebecca Ringle

Schwertleite……….Mary Phillips

Metropolitan Opera Orch/Fabio Luisi (EBU)

Yuuki Bouterey-Ishido (cello), Jun Bouterey-Ishido (pno)

BEETHOVEN: Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozart's The Magic Flute; BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 99 (recorded in the Centennial Theatre, Auckland Grammar School by RNZ)

DELIUS: Idylle de printemps - Royal Scottish National Orch/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHAN 10742)

EVANS arr Goodman: Idyll - Isador Goodman (pno), Melbourne SO/Patrick Thomas (ABC Classics 442 374)

GLAZUNOV: Idyll - Christoph Ess (horn), Zemlinsky Quartet (Praga PRD 250 281)

ELGAR: Une Idylle Op 4/1 - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.570166)

BUTTERWORTH: Two English Idylls - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 245)

BACH: French Suite No 5 in G BWV816 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67121/2)

TELEMANN: Flute Concerto in B minor TWV51/h1 - Karl Kaiser (fl), Frankfurt La Stagione/Michael Schneider (CPO 777 402)

HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AVSA 9860)

11:00 DE FOSSA: Guitar Trio No 3 in F - Simon Wynberg (gtr), Martin Beaver (vln), Bryan Epperson (cello) (Naxos 8.550760)

SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in Eb Op 47 - Mozart Piano Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 943 17126)

Disc 1

FARQUHAR: Symphonies Nos 1-3 - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2060)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

TARTINI: Concerto Grosso No 3 in C; Violin Concerto in A minor; Cello Concerto in D; Violin Concerto in G; Concerto Grosso No 5 in E minor - Enrico Gatti (vln), Roel Dieltiens (cello), Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1548)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater; A SCARLATTI: Concertos, No 1 in F minor; No 3 in F; No 5 in D minor - Mirella Freni (sop), Teresa Berganza (contralto), Scarlatti Orch of Naples/Ettore Gracis (Archiv 427 123)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

NIELSEN: String Quartet in F minor Op 5; String Quartet in Eb Op 14; Andante Lamentoso for string quartet - Jan Johansson (dbass), Kontra Quartet (BIS CD 503)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance, Military Marches Op 39; KABALEVSKY: The Comedians Op 26; SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals; ELGAR: Salut d'amor; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - Philharmonia/Charles Groves (Denon CO 73534)

6:00 MOZART: Adagio & Fugue in C minor K546 - Ensemble XXI Moscow/Lygia O'Riordan (Ensemblegram 1991A)

CASTELLO: Violin Sonata No 2, Sonata seconda à sopran solo - Irish Baroque Orch Chamber Soloists/Monica Huggett (dir) (Avie AV 2202)

RAVEL: Menuet antique - French National Orch/Eliahu Inbal (Brilliant Classics 6980)

GADE: Fantasy Pieces Op 43 - Walter Boeykens (cl), Jan Gruithuyzen (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1282)

BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No 3 - National Phil/Leopold Stokowski (EMI CDM 7 64140)

7:00 TOMLINSON: Highway to the Sun, Rhythmic Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7170)

CHOPIN: Waltzes, in C# minor Op 64/2; in Db Op 64/1; in Gb Op 70/1 - Dejan Lazic (pno) (Channel Classics CCS 15998)

DVORÁK: Nocturne in B for strings Op 40 - London Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8323)

VEJVANOVSKY: Sonata Venatoria; Sonata in six parts; Sonata in five parts - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (Symphonia SY 96151)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 1 - members of Berlin Radio SO/Steven Sloane (Capriccio 71 096)

8:00 Beauty Spot: BORODIN arr anon: Third movement, Nocturne, from String Quartet No 2 in D - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

HOVHANESS: Upon Enchanted Ground - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp), Frank Hendrickx (fl), Herwig Coryn (cello), Patrick De Smet (tam-tam) (Telarc CD 80530)

VIVALDI arr anon: Guitar Concerto in A - Eduardo Fernández (gtr), English CO/George Malcolm (Decca 417 617)

J STRAUSS II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka; Leichtes Blut - Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 662)

PROKOFIEV: Humoresque scherzo - Pavel Langpaul, Milos Wichterle, Jaroslav Kubita, Radek Oliva (bsns) (Praga PRD 250 216)

MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bare Mountain - Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Onyx 4074)

RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)

König Enzio, Overture - Malaga Phil/Alexander Rahbari (Naxos 8.557055)

Mephistopheles' Songs, Nos 4-5; Der Tannenbaum - Thomas Hampson (bar), Geoffrey Parsons (pno) (EMI CDC 5 55047)

Symphony in C - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5097)

TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No 3 in Eb minor Op 30 - IPO Richter String Quartet (Helicon 02-9639)

HILLER: Piano Concerto No 3 in Ab Op 170, Concerto espressivo - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), Tasmanian SO (Hyperion CDA 67655)

FESCA: Flute Quartet in G Op 38 - Linos Ensemble (CPO 777 126)

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

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

The List Song

SULLIVAN: As someday it may happen, from The Mikado

Ko-Ko.......................... John Reed

D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Royal Phil/Royston Nash (London 417 296)

PORTER: You're the top, from Anything Goes

Reno Sweeney............. Patti LuPone

Billy Crocker............... Howard McGillin

Vivian Beaumont Theatre Orch/Edward Strauss (RCA 117769)

RODGERS: My favourite things, from The Sound of Music

Maria............................ Mary Martin

Mother Abbess............ Patricia Neway

Original Broadway Production Orch/Frederick Dvonch (CBS 170 212)

SONDHEIM: A little priest, from Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd............. Len Cariou

Mrs Lovett................... Angela Lansbury

Uris Theatre Orch, New York/Paul Gemignani (RCA RCD 3-5480)

WEILL: Tschaikowsky (and other Russians), from Lady in the Dark

Russell Paxton............. Danny Kaye

With orchestral accompaniment (Prism PLATCD 421)

ORTIZ: South American Suite for harp & orchestra - Alfredo Rolando Ortiz (harp), El Paso SO/Gürer Aykal (ARO CD 1027)

SCHUBERT: An Silvia D891; Die Einsiedelei D393 - Simon Keenlyside (bar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0031)

DEBUSSY: Morceau de concours; Masques - Chenyin Li (pno) (Genuin GEN 12228)

BYRD: Attollite portas; Wolsey's Wilde; My mind to me a kingdom is; La volta - I Fagiolini, Sophie Yates (virginal), Carys Lane (sop), Fretwork (Chandos CHAN 0578)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in Bb BWV1051 - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (rec 2006) (Avie AV 2119)

Partita No 6 in E minor BWV830 - Trevor Pinnock (hpschd) (rec 1999) (Hänssler CD 92.115)

NZ performers and composers

MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)

CAVALLINI: Serenata - Mark Walton (cl), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Concerto Grosso - strings of New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.555867)

WELLS: Five Miniatures - Dimitri Atanassov (vln), Tom Pierard (cello) (RNZ)

BARTÓK: Dance Suite Sz77 - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

WOLF-FERRARI: Susanna's Secret, Overture - Royal Phil/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 861)

WAXMAN: Carmen Fantasy - Mayuko Kamio (vln), Vadim Gladkov (pno) (Sony 88697 30100)

PRYOR: The Whistler and his Dog - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67067)

LEFEBURE-WELY: Sortie in Bb - Gillian Weir (organ of Milwaukee's Performing Arts Centre) (Koss KC 1013)

STRAUSS: Marie Theres'! from Der Rosenkavalier, Act 3 - Anne Schwanewilms, Jutta Böjnert (sops), Regina Richter (mezzo), Gürzenich Orch, Cologne/Markus Stenz (Orfeo C 858 121)

GRIEG: Sigurd Jorsalfar, Suite - Geir Henning Braaten (pno) (Victoria VCD 19026)

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

6:00 RACHMANINOV: Gypsy girls' dance; Men's dance, from Aleko, - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc SACD 60670)

BRITTEN: Choral Dances, from Gloriana - Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer (Chandos CHAN 9511)

PRAETORIUS arr Williams: Dances from Terpsichore, excerpts - Craig Ogden (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 9674)

ALWYN: Suite of Scottish Dances - Royal Liverpool Phil/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570704)

BESSER: Mr Darwin's Dances, excerpts - Jonathan Besser (pno), Miranda Adams (vln), Nigel Gavin (gtr), Tatiana Lanchtchikova (accordian), Peter Scott (dbass), Yair Katz (percussion) (Atoll ACD 409)

SMETANA: Dance of the Comedians, from The Bartered Bride - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)

The first of two programmes marking the bicentenary of Wagner's birth, presented by Heath Lees (RNZ)

Die Feen, Overture - Malaga Phil/Alexander Rahbari (Naxos 8.557055)

Schlaflos; Polka in G; Zürich Waltz; Album Leaf for EB Kietz, Song Without Words; For Princess Metternich's Album; The Porazzi theme, Yearning - Terence Dennis (pno) (Ode CD MANU 2038)

Christoph Columbus, Overture - Malaga Phil/Alexander Rahbari (Naxos 8.557055)

Galyna Zelinska (cello), Christchurch Symphony/Tom Woods

HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 2 in D; HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 1 in C HobVIIb/1; BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (recorded in the Middleton Grange, Christchurch by RNZ)

BYRD: Hodie Simon Petrus - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Virgin 5 62013)

TALLIS: Te Deum - The Sixteen, Symphony of Harmony & Invention/Harry Christophers (Coro CORSACD 16016)

PALESTRINA: Missa Regina Caeli - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16106)

RUBINSTEIN: Piano Concerto No 4 in D minor Op 70 - Joseph Moog (pno), Rheinland-Pfalz State Phil/Nicholas Milton (Onyx 4089)

WITT: Symphony in C, Jena - Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.572089)

11:00 GOUNOD: Petite symphonie pour instruments à vent - St Paul CO/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 430 231)

PARISH ALVARS: Grand Fantasy Op 57 - Ieuan Jones (harp) (Claudio CR 4939)

MENDELSSOHN: Pieces for String Quartet Op 81 - Talich Quartet (Calliope CAL 9313)

Disc 1

MOZART: Symphonies, No 34 in C K338; No 35 in D K385; No 39 in Eb K543 - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 615)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

SUK: Suite Op 21; Spring Op 22a; Summer Moods Op 22b; About Mother Op 28 - Pavel Stepán (pno) (Supraphon SU 3820)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

BEETHOVEN: Adelaïde; BRAHMS: Wie Melodien; Alte Liebe; Alte die Nachtigall; Feldeinsamkeit; Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer; STRAUSS: Befreit; Nichts; Die Nacht; Heimliche Aufforderung; TCHAIKOVSKY: Blagoslavlyayu vas, lesa; Sleza drazht f tvajom rivnivom vzore; Net, tol'ka tot, kto znal; Serenada Don Zhuana; MORAWETZ: The Chimney-Sweeper; Mad Song; Grenadier; DUPARC: Phidylé; L'invitation au voyage; Le manoir de Rosamonde; Chanson triste - Mark Pedrotti (bar), Stephen Ralls (pno) (CBC MVCD 1051)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

TRAD arr Nunns/Bailey: In one breath; Wooden Man; Late summer; Not reconciled; The other door; Returning; Play; Silence; The bells; Twilight; Reflections II - Richard Nunns (traditional Māori instruments), Judy Bailey (pno) (Rattle RAT DO11)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

HANDEL: Violin Sonatas, in D Op 1/13; in F Op 1/12; in D minor; in A Op 1/3; in G minor Op 1/6; in A Op 1/10; in E Op 1/12; in G; in A minor; in C minor - Andrew Manze (vln), Richard Egarr (hpschd) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 7259)

6:00 TELEMANN: Oboe Concerto in D, Concerto gratioso - Sarah Francis (ob/dir), London Harpsichord Ensemble (RegisC 1118)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in G minor Op 15/3 - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10714)

SCHUBERT: String Trio in Bb D471 - members of the NZ String Quartet (RNZ)

TRAD arr Hope: The lark in the clear air - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2155)

D SCARLATTI arr Attademo: Keyboard Sonata in A Kk209 - Luigi Attademo (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 9125)

DEBUSSY orch Busser: Petite Suite - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

7:00 THUILLE: Allegro giusto Op 39 - Marco Rogliano (vln), Gianluca Luisi (pno) (Naxos 8.572870)

HANDEL: As steals the morn, from L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato - Lucy Crowe (sop), Mark Padmore (ten), English Concert/Andrew Manze (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7422)

GERMAN: Coronation March & Hymn - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (Dutton CDLX 7285)

BRAHMS: Four Quartets Op 92, Oh beautiful night; Late autumn; Evening song; Why? - Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy, Cynthia Siebert (pno) (Nimbus NI 5524)

MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture - Scottish CO/Joseph Swensen (Linn CKD 216)

8:00 Beauty Spot: PURCELL: Hush, no more, from The Fairy Queen - Stephen Varcoe (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 419 221)

BEETHOVEN: Second movement, Scherzo, from Piano Trio No 7 in Bb Op 97, Archduke - Kempf Trio (BIS SACD 1172)

HOPE: Four French Dances - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2147)

MEDTNER: Theme & Variations in C# minor Op 55 - Hamish Milne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67851)

MYSLIVECEK: Quintet No 3 in Eb - L'Orfeo Wind Ensemble/Carin van Heerden (dir) (CPO 777 377)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, Overture - London SO/André Previn (EMI 3 82157)

RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)

Albumleaf for Frau Betty Schott; Arrival of the Black Swans - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61843)

The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel (RCA 09026 63143)

Die Frist ist um, from The Flying Dutchman - Donald McIntyre (bbar), New Zealand SO/John Matheson (Kiwi CD SLD 39)

The Flying Dutchman, excerpt from Act II - Alessandra Marc (sop), Donald McIntyre (bbar), New Zealand SO/Heinz Wallberg (Manu CD MANU 1317)

MOZART: Symphony No 29 in A K201 - Danish National CO/Adam Fischer (Dacapo 6.220543)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Piano Trio in C minor - Kinsky Trio Prague (Praga PRD 250 285)

EWAZEN: Concerto for flute & chamber orchestra - Marya Martin (fl), Czech Phil/Paul Polivnick (Albany TROY 477)

SIBELIUS: Pelléas & Mélisande Op 46, incidental music to Maeterlinck's play - Philharmonia/Enrique Bátiz (RegisC 1272)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

SULLIVAN: Ruddigore, Overture & Act 1 (Part 1)

Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd....... George Baker

Richard Dauntless................. Richard Lewis

Sir Despard Murgatroyd....... Harold Blackburn

Rose Maybud........................ Elsie Morison

Mad Margaret....................... Pamela Bowden

Dame Hannah....................... Monica Sinclair

Zorah..................................... Elisabeth Harwood

Sir Roderic Murgatroyd........ Joseph Rouleau

Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orch/Malcolm Sargent (EMI CDS 7 47787) (Act 1 Part 2 tomorrow and Act 2 on Thursday at 1.30pm)

SHORE: The Return of the King; The Grey Havens, from The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King - Renée Fleming (sop), Viggo Mortensen (vocalist), James Galway (fl), London Voices, London Phil/Howard Shore (Reprise 248521)

MOZART: Adagio in E K261 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), ASMF/James MacMillan (Decca 476 3159)

HAYDN: The Seasons (Spring) - Miah Persson (sop), Jeremy Ovenden (ten), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass), London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0708)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

DVORÁK: Symphony No 6 in D Op 60 - London SO/István Kertész (rec 1965) (Decca 417 598)

RACHMANINOV: Preludes, in Gb Op 23/10; in A minor Op 32/8 - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (rec 1986) (Melodiya 74321 25172)

NZ performers and composers

BRIDGE: Summer - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557167)

PIGOVAT: Prayer - Donald Maurice (vla), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 114)

BUSSER: Andalucia Op 86 - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)

PRUDEN: Dances of Brittany - Alex Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (Kiwi CD SLD 107)

PSATHAS: Happy Tachyons - Stephen Gosling (pno), Jeremy Fitzsimons (perc) (Trust MMT 2047)

CANNABICH: Symphony No 47 in G - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554340)

GERSHWIN arr Brahn: I got rhythm, from Girl Crazy - Joshua Bell (vln), London SO/John Williams (Sony SK 60659)

ROSSINI: Petite polka chinoise - Jenny Lin (pno) (BIS CD 1110)

ZÁDOR: Oboe Concerto - László Hadady (ob), Budapest SO/Mariusz Smolij (Naxos 8.572549)

SVENDSEN: Romance in G Op 26 - Vienna Bohème Quartet (Koch Schwann 3-6718)

PAULUS: The Road Home - Conspirare/Craig Hella Johnson (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7518)

ANON: Dedication - Monks from the Keur Moussa Abbey, Senegal with kora and oboe (Sounds True STA A337)

DELIUS: Marche Caprice - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.557143)

6:00 SATIE orch Milhaud: Jack-in-the-Box - London Festival Players/Bernard Herrmann (Decca 421 395)

VAN EECHAUTE: Canzonetta; Berceuse - Peter Vanhove (pno) (Pavane ADW 7463)

HAWES: Swan - Stephanie Gonley (vln), English CO/Patrick Hawes (Black Box BBM 1081)

TRAD arr Stefanov: Golden Mara - Perunika Trio (World Music Network INTRO 109)

PURCELL: Sonata No 9 in F in four parts, Golden Sonata, from Sonatas in Four Parts - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 8763)

DEBUSSY: Poisson d'or, from Images - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 5 00272)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Hymn to the Sun, from The Golden Cockerel - Nina Kotova (cello), Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (Philips 462 612)

WHITACRE: Lux Aurumque - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67543)

LÉHAR: Gold & Silver Waltz - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 185)

Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

8:00 DAVE BRUBECK (b Dec 6 1920, d Dec 5 2012)

Six programmes in which Norm Meehan looks at the life & music of the American jazz pianist

(5) Time out (RNZ)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Disc 1

HAYDN: Symphonies, No 80 in D minor; No 87 in A; No 89 in F - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 635)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

ROPARTZ: Cello Sonata No 1; DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D; MIGOT: Three Pieces for cello and piano; Dialogue No 2 - Jean-Marie Trotereau (cello), Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Integral INT 221 105)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

PARRY: I was glad; Long since in Egypt's plenteous land, from Judith; Blest pair of sirens; BAIRSTOW: Blessed City, heavenly Salem; ELGAR: Great is the Lord; O hearken Thou; Give unto the Lord; STANFORD: Te Deum in Bb; Magnificat in Bb; Nunc dimittis in Bb; HADLEY: My beloved spake; PARRY orch Elgar: Jerusalem - Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth SO/David Hill, Timothy Byram-Wigfield (org) (Argo 430 836)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

BARTÓK: Mikrokosmos Vol 1 - Jenö Jandó (pno) (Koch Schwann 3-1218)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

JAMES: Concerto in D, The Four Seasons; VIVALDI: Concerto in C for two trumpets RV537; HANDEL: A Pastoral Symphony; March, from Scapino; Sarabande; March, from Judas Maccabeus; Gavotte; Water Music, Air; Minuet; Bourée & Lentement; A Martial Symphony; Bourée; Saul, Dead March; STANLEY: Trumpet Concerto in D; PURCELL: Ayres for the Theatre; CLARKE: Trumpet Ayres - Crispian Steele-Perkins (baroque tpt), Leslie Pearson (hpschd), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Studt (Carlton Classics 30366 0038)

6:00 JC BACH: Symphony in E Op 18/5 - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 752)

ELGAR: Salut d'amour Op 12 - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Marc Neikrug (pno) (Philips 416 158)

ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Matthew Jennejohn (ob), Les Boréades de Montréal/Francis Colpron (dir/rec) (Atma ACD 2 2606)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Bb D935/3 - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.519)

PURCELL: Abdelazer, Suite - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)

7:00 SUPPÉ: Poet & Peasant, Overture - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (Resonance CD RSN 3023)

KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro - Gilles Apap (vln/dir), Sinfonia Varsovia (Apapaziz Productions GKJ 00103)

ALBÉNIZ: El Corpus en Sevilla, from Iberia Book 1 - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (Private Recording 837 001)

SATIE arr Takemitsu: Le Fils des Étoiles - Laura Gilbert (fl), Stacey Shames (harp) (Koch 3-7449)

MONCAYO: Huapango - Philharmonic Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra (Sony 88697 70441)

8:00 Beauty Spot: BEETHOVEN: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Isaac Stern (vln/dir), Franz Liszt CO (Sony SK 62693)

BORODIN: Polovtsian March, from Prince Igor - Orch of Liège/Paul Strauss (EMI CDZ 7 67252)

IBERT: Three Short Pieces for wind quintet - Berlin Phil Wind Quintet (BIS CD 536)

GRIEG: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, from Lyric Pieces Op 65/6 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 74789)

THOMAS arr Stoltzman: Je suis Titania, from Mignon - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

BIZET: L'Arlésienne - Lyon Opera Chorus, Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Naïve V 5130)

RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)

Sonata for Mathilde Wesendonck's Album - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61843)

Wesendonck Lieder - Christine Brewer (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0022)

Prelude & Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde - Christine Brewer (sop), Atlanta SO/Donald Runnicles (Telarc CD 80661)

SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen Op 15 - Tamás Vesmás (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1449)

HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor - Leipzig String Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 307 1683)

STANFORD orch Bush: Piano Concerto No 3 in Eb Op 171 - Malcolm Binns (pno), Royal Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 321)

GLANZBERG arr Chaslin: Yiddish Suite - Mulhouse SO/Daniel Klajner (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 901 1588)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

SULLIVAN: Ruddigore, Act 1 (Part 2)

Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd....... George Baker

Richard Dauntless................. Richard Lewis

Sir Despard Murgatroyd....... Harold Blackburn

Rose Maybud........................ Elsie Morison

Mad Margaret....................... Pamela Bowden

Dame Hannah....................... Monica Sinclair

Zorah..................................... Elisabeth Harwood

Sir Roderic Murgatroyd........ Joseph Rouleau

Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orch/Malcolm Sargent (EMI CDS 7 47787) (Act 2 tomorrow at 1.30pm)

GERMAN: Welsh Rhapsody - Ireland National SO/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.223726)

TCHAIKOVSKY arr M Nakariakov: Variations on a Rococo Theme - Sergei Nakariakov (flugelhorn), Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Teldec 8573 80651)

GESUALDO: Caro amoroso neo ... Ma se tale ha costei, from Madrigals, Book 2 - Delitiae Musicae/Marco Longhini (Naxos 8.570549)

MOZART: Fantasia in C minor K475 - Daniel-Ben Pienaar (pno) (Avie AV 2209)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in A Op 18/5 - Emerson String Quartet (rec 1994) (DG 447 076)

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Sonata in F minor Op 4 - Shlomo Mintz (vln), Paul Ostrovsky (pno) (rec 1986) (DG 474 690)

NZ performers and composers

HONEGGER: Pastorale d'été - Wisconsin CO/Andrew Sewell (WCO Records CD 0001)

STRAUSS: Three Ophelia Songs Op 67 - Patricia Wright (sop), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (RNZ)

LISZT: Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; Ihr Auge; Was Liebe sei?; Kling leise, mein Lied - Keith Lewis (ten), David Harper (pno) (Trust TRI 3002)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/12 - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 373 250)

GAVIN: Threnody for Francisco Mendez - Gitbox Rebellion (Rattle RAT D001)

SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival, Overture - Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 3 71467)

FAURÉ arr Talmi: Fantaisie Op 79 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS CD 1359)

RAFF: Souvenirs de Don Giovanni Op 45 - Petronel Malan (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.231)

SOR: Fantasy in D on a favourite Scottish Air Op 40, Variations on Ye banks & braes - Stefano Palamidessi (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 93960)

SAINT-SAËNS: Air & Dance Bacchanale, from Samson & Delilah - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 444 552)

6:00 SHOSTAKOVICH: The Man with a Gun, film music - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10023)

DUFAY: I am smitten by a sharp arrow - Martyn Hill (ten), Alan Lumsden (sackbut), David Munrow (shawm) (Virgin VED 5 61284)

KHACHATURIAN: Sabre Dance, from Gayaneh - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Nation shall not lift up a sword, from Dona nobis pacem - Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony/Andrew Davis (CBC SMCD 5054)

CURZON: March of the Bowmen, from Robin Hood Suite - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66968)

MAYERL: The Sword Excalibur, from The Legends of King Arthur - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9141)

LAMOND: Sword Dance, from Love in the Scottish Highlands - BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67387)

A RITCHIE: Tomahawk Sonnet - Duo Tapas (Ode CD MANU 5138)

SOUSA: The Man behind the Gun - Royal Norwegian Navy Band/Keith Brion (Naxos 8.559396)

GOUNOD: The arrow and the song - Ann Murray (mezzo), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66801/2)

RESPIGHI: Dance of the Tartar Archers, from the Magic Pot - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Adriano (Marco Polo 8.223003)

Philosophy Talk

Presented by Ken Taylor and John Perry of Stanford University

Six programmes

(6) Disagreement

Sometimes people who seem to be as experienced, as well trained, as thoughtful, and as intelligent as you - disagree with you. Should this shake your confidence in your own beliefs? When, how much, and under what conditions? John and Ken search for common ground with Jennifer Lackey from Northwestern University, author of Learning From Words: Testimony as a Source of Knowledge (Ben Manilla Productions)

2011 Canberra International Music Festival

Thirteen programmes

(5) KELLY: The Lost Gallipoli Sonata - Chris Latham (vln), Tamara Anna Cislowska (pno)

Piano Sonata in F minor - Tamara Anna Cislowska (pno)

KOEHNE: True History of the Kelly Gang - ANU School of Music CO, Canberra Camerata/Lara St John (dir)

GRAINGER: Irish Tune from County Derry - Oriana Chorale, The Resonants, Combined Canberra Grammar Schools' Motet Choir/David Mackay (dir) (recorded in the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, by ABC)

Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (BBC Music BBC MM 355)

Flute Sonata in C BWV1033 - Andrea Oliva (fl), Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67897)

DAVID: Schubertiade - Verdehr Trio (Crystal CD 742)

SCHUMANN: Frauenliebe und -leben Op 42 - Felicity Lott (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (IMP MCD 22)

WAGENAAR: Larghetto for oboe & orchestra - Ingrid Nissen (ob), Netherlands Radio SO/Eri Klas (Etcetera KTC 1326)

FINZI: The Fall of the Leaf - Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 49912)

11:00 HUMMEL: String Quartet in Eb Op 30/3 - Delmé Quartet (Hyperion CDH 55166)

BRAHMS/DIETRICH/SCHUMANN: FAE Sonata in A minor - Isabelle van Keulen (vln), Ronald Brautigam (pno) (Koch Schwann 3-6554)

Disc 1

BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn; Nanie Op 82; Symphony No 4 in E minor - Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 435 349)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

BACH: Partitas, No 1 in Bb BWV825; No 2 in C minor BWV826; No 4 in D BWV 828 - Trevor Pinnock (hpschd) (Archiv 415 493)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

MOZART: Sinfonia in Eb K16; Va, dal furor portata K21; Or che il dover … tali e cotanti sono K36; Si mostra la sortes K209; Con ossequio, con rispetto K210; Se al labbro mio con credi K295; Clarice cara mia sposa K256; Divertimento No 3 in F K138; Per pietà, non ricercate K420; Misero! o sogno … aura, che intorno spiri K431 - Christoph Prégardien (ten), L'Orfeo Baroque Orch/Michi Gaigg (CPO 999 810)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

SZÉKELY: Quartet (1937); DVORÁK: Quartet in Eb Op 51 - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 703)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

BINGE: Elizabethan Serenade; Scottish Rhapsody; Miss Melanie; Las Castanuelas; Madrugado; The Red Sombrero; Trade Winds; Faire Frou-Frou; String Song; Alto Saxophone Concerto in Eb; The Watermill; Scherzo, Allegro molto; The Dance of the Snowflakes; High Stepper; Prelude, The Whispering Valley; Venetian Carnival; Sailing By - Kenneth Edge (sax), Silvia Capova (pno), Slovak Radio SO/Ernest Tomlinson

6:00 ROSSINI: La donna del lago, Overture - Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC 476 259)

MACDOWELL trans Hartmann: To a wild rose Op 51/1 - Solomia Soroka (vln), Arthur Greene (pno) (Toccata Classics TOCC 0089)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/9 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 410 899)

AGUILAR: Oboe Concerto in C - Diego Dini Ciacci (ob/dir), Padua & Venice Orch (CPO 777 715)

TRAD arr Bridge: Cherry Ripe - Delmé String Quartet (Hyperion CDH 88038)

CHOPIN arr H Wood: Third movement, Funeral March, from Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35 - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 216)

7:00 KRAUS: Sinfonia per la chiesa, from Riksdagsmusiken in D - Royal Swedish Opera Orch/Philip Brunelle (Virgin VC 5 45186)

FALLA arr Pujol/Bream: Spanish Dance, from La Vida breve - Julian Bream, John Williams (gtrs) (RCA RD 83257)

WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

G BÖHM: Capriccio in D - Anthony Jennings (hpschd) (Trust MMT 2025)

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in D, Carnival in Pest - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 412 724)

8:00 Beauty Spot: BELLINI: Dopo l'oscuro nembo, from Adelson e Salvini - Elina Garanca (mezzo), Bologna Teatro Communale Orch/Roberto Abbado (DG 477 7460)

RACHMANINOV: Morceaux de Salon Op 2 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Rustem Hayroudinoff (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10095)

BINGE: Venetian Carnival - Slovak Radio SO/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223515)

BACH: Partita in A minor BWV1013 - Alexa Still (fl) (RNZ)

COPLAND: Hoe-down, from Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova 74321 37854)

ADDINSELL: Warsaw Concerto - Alain Lefèvre (pno), Québec SO/Yoav Talmi (Analekta AN 2 9814)

RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)

A Faust Overture - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5092)

Les deux Grenadiers - Thomas Hampson (bar), Geoffrey Parsons (pno) (EMI CDC 5 55047)

Siegfried Idyll (orginal version for chamber ensemble) - Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI 5 62815)

American Centennial March - Hong Kong Phil/Varujan Kojian (Marco Polo 8.220114)

RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor - Vienna Piano Trio (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 342 1685)

MENDELSSOHN: Die Erste Walpurgisnacht - Christine Cairne (mezzo), Jon Garrison (ten), Tom Krause (bar), Jeffrey Wells (bbar), Cleveland Orch Chorus, Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi (Telarc CD 80184)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 3 in D Op 29, Polish - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (Pentatone PTC 5186 383)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

SULLIVAN: Ruddigore, Act 2

Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd....... George Baker

Richard Dauntless................. Richard Lewis

Sir Despard Murgatroyd....... Harold Blackburn

Rose Maybud........................ Elsie Morison

Mad Margaret....................... Pamela Bowden

Dame Hannah....................... Monica Sinclair

Zorah..................................... Elisabeth Harwood

Sir Roderic Murgatroyd........ Joseph Rouleau

Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orch/Malcolm Sargent (EMI CDS 7 47787)

MACKENZIE: Benedictus Op 37/3, from Six Pieces for Violin - BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 66764)

VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerto in A minor RV499 - Klaus Thunemann (bsn), I Musici (Philips 446 066)

C SCHUMANN: Piano Trio in G minor Op 17 - Dartington Piano Trio (Hyperion CDA 66331)

MOZART: Symphony No 1 in Eb K16 - Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (Challenge CC 72189)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 2 in C Op 87 - Henryk Szeryng (vln), Pierre Fournier (cello), Artur Rubinstein (pno) (RCA RD 86260)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 13 in A D664 - Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (Olympia OCD 288)

NZ performers and composers

CARR: Gaudeamus Overture - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Corellia CRA 1005)

BACH arr Taylor: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565 - BonaNZa Trombone Quartet (Rata RT 011)

SAINT-SAËNS: Fantasy in A minor Op 95 - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)

MCLEOD: Little Symphony - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

GRIEG orch Halvorsen: The Bridal Procession passes by, from Pictures from life in the country - Royal Scottish National Orch/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.557854)

ALBÉNIZ: Cordoba, from Spanish Songs - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

TOLDRA: Vistas al mar - Zemlinsky Quartet (Praga PRD 250 295)

BURGON: Theme, from Brideshead Revisited - Philharmonia/Geoffrey Burgon (Silva Screen FILM CD 117)

GLAZUNOV: Grand Concert Waltz Op 41 - Stephen Coombs (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66833)

COATES: Covent Garden, from London Suite - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Warner 2564 62020)

6:00 SHOSTAKOVICH: The Adventures of Korzinkina, Suite - Tatiana Polyanskaya, Elena Adamovich (pnos), Russian State Symphonic Capella, Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 10378)

TALBOT: Prologue, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Royal Phil/Christopher Austin (Signum SIGCD 327)

CONFREY: Rhythm Venture; Fourth Dimension - Eteri Andjaparidze (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223826)

SATIE: The Adventures of Mercury - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66365)

MENDELSSOHN: Journey on the water - Sophie Daneman (sop), Stephan Loges (bar), Eugene Asti (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67137)

KORNGOLD: The archery tournament; Escape from the gallows; Robin & Lady Marion; Coronation procession, from The Adventures of Robin Hood - National Phil/Charles Gerhardt (RCA GD 80912)

James Ehnes

The Canadian violinist appears with the Auckland Philharmonia again this month. Here he's in conversation with Radio New Zealand Concert's Tim Dodd (RNZ)

Direct from Auckland Town Hall

Music of Wartime (1940s)

Johannes Moser (cello), Auckland Philharmonia/Michal Dworzynski

STRAUSS: Metamorphosen; HINDEMITH: Cello Concerto

(Interval)

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 5 in Bb Op 100 (RNZ)

KRAUS arr Grenser: Incidental music to 'Amphitryon' by Molière - Omnibus Wind Ensemble (Opus 3 CD 19304)

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Petite Suite de Concert - RTE Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223516)

11:00 BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in C G453, La ritirata di Madrid - Pepe Romero (gtr), ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Philips 426 092)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C minor Op 18/4 - Alexander String Quartet (Arte Nova 74321 39103)

Disc 1

MOZART: Symphonies, No 31 in D K297; No 36 in C K425; No 38 in D K504 - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 647)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata in D minor Op 40; PROKOFIEV: Adagio Op 97; Sonata in C Op 119 - Sonia Weider-Atherton (cello), Laurent Cabasso (pno) (Auvidis Valois V 4666)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

BLOW: God spake sometime in visions; Let thy hand be strengthened; LAWES: Zadok the priest; PURCELL: My heart is inditing; I was glad; CHILD: O Lord, grant the King a long life; BLOW: Behold, O God our defender; TURNER: The King shall rejoice - Westminster Abbey Choir & Orch/Simon Preston (Archiv 419 613)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves; CANTELOUBE: Baïlèro, from Chants d'Auvergne; BEETHOVEN: Second movement, Andante molto mosso, from Symphony No 6, Pastoral; SCHUBERT: Fourth movement, Theme & Variations, from Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout; CHABRIER: Idylle from Suite Pastorale; MACDOWELL: To a wild rose; GRIEG: Cowkeeper's tune; MASSENET: Scenes Alsaciennes, Sous les tilleuls; DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; MACDOWELL: To a water-lily; SCHUBERT: Rosamunda, Hirtenmelodien & Hirtenchor; J STRAUSS II: Tales from the Vienna Woods - Various artists (London 443 333)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

CORELLI: Sonata in E minor Op 5/8; GEMINIANI: Sonata in D Op 1/10; VERACINI: Sonata Sesta in E minor Op 1; LOCATELLI: Sonata in C Op 2/1; ALBINONI: Sonata in A minor; VIVALDI: Sonata in G minor RV58; PLATTI: Sonata in G Op 3/6 - Barthold Kuijken (transverse fl), Wieland Kuijken (cello), Robert Konen (hpschd) (Accent ACC 9177 D)

6:00 DUFF: Meath Pastoral - Irish CO/Fionnuala Hunt (Black Box BBM 1003)

PURCELL: Sonata No 7 in C in four parts - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 8763)

L MOZART: Symphony in F - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553347)

FARRENC: Valse brillante Op 48 - Konstanze Eickhorst (pno) (CPO 999 879)

STATHAM: Happy Days - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

GLAZUNOV: Autumn, from The Seasons - Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart (Telarcv CD 80347)

7:00 HANDEL: Rinaldo, Overture - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Artworks AW 029)

J HOROVITZ: Clarinet Sonatina in Bb - Michael Collins (cl), Michael McHale (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10758)

WALDTEUFEL: Departed Joy, Waltz Op 198 - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223686)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Sea Songs - Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell (Telarc CD 80099)

BERLIOZ: Queen Mab Scherzo, from Romeo & Juliet - London SO/Colin Davis (Philips 438 307)

8:00 Beauty Spot: A MARCELLO: Second movement, Adagio, from Oboe Concerto in D minor - József Kiss (ob), Ferenc Erkel CO (Naxos 8.550556)

TURINA: Sea Voyage Op 49, Light on the sea; Celebration; Arrival at port - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.572455)

CURTIS: Variations on a theme of Verdi - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2085)

KOEHNE: A Closed World of Fine Feelings & Grand Design - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (Naxos 8.570949)

O'CONNOR arr Meyer: Butterfly's Day Out - Mark O'Connor (mdln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 68460)

GLINKA: Eastern Dances in the Black Sea Castle, from Russlan & Ludmila - Moscow Radio SO/Mark Ermler (RegisC 1242)

RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)

Der Ring des Nibelungen, excerpts

Entry of the gods into Valhalla, from Das Rheingold; Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre; Forest Murmurs, from Siegfried; Siegfried's Funeral March; Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene, from Götterdämmerung

Donner......................... Eberhard Wächter

Froh............................. Waldemar Kmentt

Wotan.......................... George London

Fricka........................... Kirsten Flagstad

Loge............................. Set Svanholm

Woglinde..................... Oda Balsborg

Wellgunde................... Hetty Plümacher

Flosshilde..................... Ira Malaniuk

Gerhilde....................... Vera Schlosser

Helmwige.................... Berit Lindholm

Waltraute..................... Brigitte Fassbaender

Schwertleite................. Helen Watts

Ortlinde....................... Helga Dernesch

Siegrune....................... Vera Little

Grimgerde.................... Marilyn Tyler

Rossweisse................... Claudia Hellmann

Siegfried...................... Wolfgang Windgassen

Brünnhilde................... Birgit Nilsson

Hagen.......................... Gottlob Frick

Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 421 313)

BACH: English Suite No 2 in A minor BWV807 - András Schiff (pno) (Philips 456 925)

HORNEMAN: Kalanus, Suite - Danish National SO/Johannes Gustavsson (Dacapo 6.220564)

SVENDSEN: String Quintet in C Op 5 - Oslo String Quartet, Henning Kraggerud (vla) (CPO 999 858)

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

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

From the Charts

RÓZSA arr Rieu: Parade of the Charioteers, from Ben Hur - Limburg Brass Band, Johann Strauss Orch/André Rieu (dir) (Universal 728 0919)

J WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Richard Clayderman (pno), Bulgarian SO/Deyan Pavlov (Decca 372 4563)

MOREL: Danza Brasilera - Milos Karadaglic (gtr) (DG 479 0063)

LLOYD WEBBER: Music of the night, from Phantom of the Opera - Jackie Evancho (vocalist), Abbey Road Studio Orch/Ben Foster (Columbia 8725 46655)

EINAUDI: Burning - Ludovico Einaudi (pno), I Virtuosi Italiani Orch (Decca 481 0173)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Romance, from The Gadfly - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Decca 478 3529)

GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

THOMAS: Fantasia on David of the White Rock - Susan Drake (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66340)

MOZART: O Isis & Osiris, from The Magic Flute - Inia Te Wiata (bass), London Theatre Orch/Vilem Tausky (Atoll ACD 507)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral - West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Decca 478 3511)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American - Pavel Haas Quartet (rec 2010) (Supraphon SU 4038)

SCHUBERT: Romance, from Rosamunde D797; orch Britten: Die Forelle D550; orch Brahms: Ellen's song, Jäger, ruhe von der Jagd!, from The Lady of the Lake; orch Webern: Tränenregen, from Die schöne Müllerin D795; Der Wegweiser, from Winterreise D911 - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Thomas Quasthoff (bar), CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (rec 2002) (DG 471 586)

RACHMANINOV: Third movement, Andante, from Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (rec 1976) (Sony SM2K 46743)

NZ performers and composers

K YOUNG: Virgen de la Esperanza - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2027)

TCHAIKOVSKY orch Taneyev: Do you not hear the nightingale?, from Romeo & Juliet - Suzanne Murphy (sop), Keith Lewis (ten), Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8476)

LISZT: La lugubre gondola (second version) - Terence Dennis (pno) (Ode CD MANU 2038)

FARR: Time & Tide - Donald Armstrong (vln), Jeremy Fitzsimons (marimba), NZSO CO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2036)

BIZET: In the depths of the temple, from The Pearl Fishers - Plácido Domingo (ten), Thomas Hampson (bar), Philharmonia/Eugene Kohn (EMI Classics 5561982)

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

BIEBL: Ave Maria - Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne/Michael Leighton Jones (dir) (ABC Classics ABC 472 310)

EWAZEN: Ballade for clarinet, harp & string orchestra - Charles Neidich (cl), Czech Phil CO/Paul Polivnick (Albany TROY 477)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude in G minor Op 23/5 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar TRL 040)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV1047 - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Avie AV 2119)

6:00 KABALEVSKY: Colas Breugnon, Overture - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10052)

YORK: Sunburst - Karin Schaupp (gtr) (Warner Classics 3984 23306)

RICCI: Sinfonia in G Op 2/2 - Netherlands Radio CO/Jan Willem de Vriend (Etcetera KTC 1342)

MORALES: Parce mihi Domine - Jan Garbarek (sax), Hilliard Ensemble (ECM 1525)

SINDING: Rustle of Spring - Christian Ihle Hadland (pno) (Naxos 8.572255)

HALVORSEN: Veslemöy's Song - Marianne Thorsen (vln), Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10614)

GROVEN: Margjit Hjukse Op 48 - Berit Opheim Versto (sop), Gjermund Larsen (hardanger fiddle), Norwegian Soloists' Choir/Grete Pedersen (BIS SACD 1871)

SVENDSEN: Norwegian Artist's Carnival - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)

The Critic's Chair

Peter Walls reviews recent releases (RNZ)

From the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln), Yevgeny Sudbin (pno), New Zealand SO/Mark Wigglesworth

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19

(Interval)

ELGAR: Symphony No 1 in Ab Op 55 (RNZ)

GADE: Novelettes Op 29 - Trio Parnassus (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 303 1665)

RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin - Royal Phil/André Previn (EMI CDC 7 47468)

11:00 MOSCHELES: Sextet in Eb Op 35 for piano, violin, cello, flute & two horns - Consortium Classicum (Bayer BR 100 231)

VERDI: String Quartet in E minor - Brodsky Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10761)