Schedule for Saturday 8 December 2007

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1
JC BACH: Overture, Adriano in Siria; Symphony in Eb for double orchestra Op 18/1; Symphony in G minor Op 6/6; Sinfonia Concertante in C; Symphony in D Op 18/4 - Rachel Brown (fl), Frank de Bruine (ob), Simon Standage (vln), David Watkin (cello), Academy of Ancient Music/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0540)
1:05 (approx) - Disc 2
GERSHWIN: Fascinatin' rhythm; WALLER: Ain't misbehavin'; ELLINGTON: Solitude; JOHNSON: The mule walk; GERSHWIN: That certain feeling; GOTTSCHALK: Bamboula; BLOOM: Spring fever; COWELL: Woof I; Woof II; NANCARROW: Player Piano Study No 6; GERSHWIN: Clap yo' hands; Promenade; POWELL: Dusk in Sandi; BLOOM: Silhouette; BEIDERBECKE: Candlelights; MORTON: Mamanita; JOPLIN: Magnetic Rag; CERVANTES: Por que, eh?; GOTTSCHALK: Columbia; GERSHWIN: The man I love; GRAINGER: In Dahomey; WALLER: Squeeze me; CONFREY: Kitten on the keys - Alan Feinberg (pno), Daniel Druckman (marimba) (Argo 444 457)
2:20 (approx) - Disc 3
STRAUSS arr Rosser; Also Sprach Zarathustra Op 30 (opening); LASSUS: Matona mia cara; MONTEVERDI: Si ch'io vorrei morire; A RITCHIE: As long as time; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Cloud-capp'd Towers; MORTON: L'homme armé; BYRD: Though Amaryllis Dance; DEBUSSY: Dieu! Qu'il la fait bon regarder!; LEHRER arr Marshall: I hold your hand in mine; GLOVER-KIND arr Carter: I do like to be beside the seaside; BARBER: To be sung on the water; TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: The lover's ghost; HAMMOND/HAZELWOOD arr Knight: I'm a train; PEARSALL: Great God of love; BARBER: Agnus Dei; HAMILTON: Three Spirituals; ELGAR: There is sweet music - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)
3:30 (approx) - Disc 4
MARAIS: Suites, in Bb major; in G minor; in F - Quadro Hotteterre (Teldec 9031-77617)
4:45 (approx) - Disc 5
PROKOFIEV: Divertimento Op 43; Andante from Piano Sonata No 4; Symphonic Song Op 57; The Prodigal Son Op 46 - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8728)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 ARNE: Symphony No 4 in C minor - Hanover Band/Graham Lea-Cox (ASV CD GAU 216)
ALBINONI: Violin Concerto in F Op 9/10 - Tanja Becker-Bender (vln), European Chamber Soloists/Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics 92791)
CERVANTES: Adiós a Cuba; Vuelta al Hogar; Ilusiones Perdidas; Los Tres Golpes; Siempre Si; Se Fué y No Vuelve Màs, from Dances for piano - Rubén Peláez (pno) (Élan CD 82274)
BEETHOVEN: Variations on Là ci darem la mano from Mozart's Don Giovanni - Consortium Classicum (CPO 999 437)
BENJAMIN: Overture to an Italian Comedy - Royal Phil/Myer Fredman (Lyrita SRCD 314)
7:00 BRITTEN: Sinfonietta Op 1 - Basel CO/Christopher Hogwood (Arte Nova 74321 92650)
DONIZETTI: Clarinet Concertino in Bb - Jörg Fadle (cl), RIAS Sinfonietta/Jiri Starek (Koch Schwann 311 121)
GRAINGER: Colonial Song, Up-Country Song - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9493)
SUK: Piano Trio in C minor Op 2 - Smetana Trio (Supraphon SU 3810)
BORODIN: Prince Igor, Overture - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 286)
8:00 HANDEL: Concerto No 3 in F for two wind choirs - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (dir) (L'Oiseau-Lyre 411 721)
MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F K370 - Douglas Boyd (ob), Gabrieli String Quartet (Pickwick PCD 810)
DEBUSSY: L'isle joyeuse - Cécile Ousset (pno) (Berlin Classics 1345 BC)
CLARKE: Prince of Denmark's March - Edward Carroll (tpt), Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp (Sony MLK 66710)
SMETANA: From Bohemia's Woods & Fields, from Má Vlast - National Youth Orch of Great Britain/Roger Norrington (BBC Music BBC MM 259)
9:00 AM. Best of Upbeat

A recap from the week's national and international music news, with Eva Radich (RNZ)
10:00 AM. Your Choice

COATES: Joyous Youth - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9869)
LILBURN: Sings Harry - Roger Wilson (bar), Gillian Bibby (pno) (Waiteata WTA 009)
SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 7 in Eb D568 - Jan Vermeulen (fpno) (Et'Cetera KTC 1331)
RÖNTGEN: Carols, Komt verwondert u hier, menschen; Herders, Hij is geboren - Quink Vocal Ensemble (Telarc CD 80202)
FARR: Ruaumoko - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2042)
BACH: Cantata No 80, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott - Susanne Rydén (sop), Pascal Bertin (countertenor), Gerd Türk (ten), Peter Kooy (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 1421)
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This week's best-selling CDs
1:00 PM. The Art of Jazz

Four programmes in which Phil Broadhurst reviews recent releases and reissues from the international recorded jazz scene (1) (RNZ)
2:00 PM. Global Sounds

Indigenous music from around the world
Kantuketan, in Quest of Singing
Songs and Music of the Basque Country
Two programmes looking at the crucial place of singing and music in everyday Basque life. More than any other artistic discipline, the art of singing conveys the rich sonorities of the Basque language. It is a combination of several generations and styles, a mixture of "wild songs" without words, sophisticated choral singing, improvisations, pastorals and newer song forms (2) (Harmonia Mundi C 560202/03)
3:00 PM. Saturday Concert

2006 National Concerto Competition
Finalists: Christabel Lin (vln), Serenity Thurlow (vla), Blythe Press, Amalia Hall (vlns), Christchurch Symphony/Brian Law
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47; BARTÓK: Viola Concerto Op posth; BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61; SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 (recorded in the Christchurch Town Hall by RNZ)
5:20 PM. Homages to Two Johns

B ORR: A John Gay Suite - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch (Chandos CHAN 10409)
HARTY: A John Field Suite - Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 6583)
6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
BIZET: March, from Jeux d'enfants - New Zealand SO/Donald Johanos (Naxos 8.553596)
SALZEDO: Suite of Eight Dances, excerpts - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)
A RITCHIE/G GRIFFITHS: From the Southern Marches, The Old Identity - Iain Fraser (bar), Jonathan Lemalu (bass), City of Dunedin Choir, Dunedin Sinfonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Private recording)
DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque - John Chen (pno) (RNZ)
TCHAIKOVSKY: March, from The Nutcracker - NZSO National Youth Orch 2005/Edwin Outwater (RNZ)
LAURO: Suite Venezolana - Peter McAven (gtr) (Private recording)
SPICER: March for the Retreat of the Governor of Hong Kong - Nigel Potts (organ of the Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon, London) (Guild GMCD 7165)
7:00 PM. Vocalied

RACHMANINOV: Six Songs Op 8; Six Songs Op 38 - Joan Rodgers (sop), Maria Popescu (mezzo), Alexandre Naoumenko (ten), Sergei Leiferkus (bass), Howard Shelley (pno) (Brilliant Classics 8531)
7:30 PM. Music Alive

Direct from Auckland Town Hall
Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble/Rosemary Nalden
Buskaid is an ensemble, a charitable trust, and a vision come to fruition. The ensemble comprises young string musicians from Soweto, South Africa. Buskaid was founded in 1992 by NZ-born British viola player Rosemary Nalden, in response to a BBC radio interview highlighting the difficulties of a group of young string players in Diepkloof, Soweto
In September this year Buskaid played under Sir John Eliot Gardiner at the 2007 BBC Proms. Gramophone magazine's Harriet Smith described the concert as one of the most "galvanic and thrilling" musical experiences of her life (RNZ)
10:00 PM. Day's End

TURINA: Gypsy Dances Op 84 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.557150)
DITTERSDORF compltd Pilley: Harp Concerto in A - Andrea Vigh (harp), Budapest Strings/Karoly Botvay (Capriccio 71 121)
HAYDN arr Salomon: Symphony No 94 in G, Surprise - Arco Baleno Ensemble (Et'Cetera KTC 1323)
11:00 BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A minor Op 114 - Joan Enric Lluna (cl), Lluís Claret (cello), Josep Colom (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7048)
BEETHOVEN: Serenade in D Op 8 - Cummings String Trio (RegisC 2064)