Monday 9 June 2008 Rāhina 9 Pipiri 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs, Part 1; KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia; MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides Overture; OFFENBACH: The Tales of Hoffmann, Barcarolle; WOOD: Fanstasia on British Sea Songs, excerpts; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, The Sea and Sinbad's Ship; LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture; WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  NIELSEN: Violin Concerto Op 33; Flute Concerto; Clarinet Concerto Op 57 - Kim Sjogren (vln), Toke Lund Christiansen (fl), Niels Thomsen (cl), Danish National Radio SO/Michael Schønwandt (Chandos CHAN 8894)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  Hildegard von BINGEN: O Quam Mirabilis; O Ecclesia; O Clarissima Mater; O Tu Illustrata; MONK: Dawn; Quarry weave 1; Quarry Lullaby; Quarry weave 2; Farmer's Song; Astronaut Anthem; Nightfall - Musica Sacra/Richard Westenberg (Catalyst 09026 68329)

  3:30 (approx) - Disc 4

  LIAPUNOV: 12 Etudes d'execution transcendante Op 11: Lullaby; Dance of the ghosts; Pealing of bells; Terek; Summer night; Storm; Idyll; Epic song; Aeolian harps; Lesginka; Dance of the Elves; Elegy in memory of Franz Liszt - Konstantin Scherbakov (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223491)

  4:40 (approx) - Disc 5

  BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Symphony for cello & orchestra; Four Sea-Interludes from Peter Grimes; PÄRT: Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten - Truls Mørk (cello), Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 420)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 DELIUS arr Fenby: La Calinda, from Koanga - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Tartar TRL 020)

  SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in D D384 - Jaap Schröder (vln), Christopher Hogwood (fpno) (Explore EXP 0015)

  DUNCAN: Little Suite - Slovak Radio SO/Andrew Penny (Marco Polo 8.223517)

  CHOPIN: Mazurkas, in A minor, à Émile Gaillard; in A minor, Notre temps - Artur Rubinstein (pno) (RCA RD 85171)

  JC BACH: Symphony in D Op 18/4 - Failoni Orch/Hanspeter Gmür (Naxos 8.553367)

  7:00 CHABRIER: España - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

  ZEMLINSKY: Three Pieces for cello & piano - Othmar Müller (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (pno) (Naxos 8.570540)

  KAJANUS: Finnish Rhapsody No 1 in D minor Op 5 - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1223)

  BOCCHERINI: Introduction & Fandango - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Delos DE 3144)

  HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 2 in D - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.557764)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: GLUCK: Che farò senza Euridice? from Orpheus & Euridice - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 449 206)

  HEDGES: Fiddler's Green - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2134)

  RACHMANINOV: Waltz; Romance - Vladimir, Vovka & Dódy Ashkenazy (pnos) (Decca 470 291)

  TARTINI: Violin Concerto in F Op 1/5 - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer (Hyperion CDA 67345)

  BARBER: Mutations from Bach - Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559135)

  BERLIOZ: Rob Roy, Overture - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 8316)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

  Indian Classical Music

  (2) The Sarangi of Ram Narayan

  Allan Thomas introduces the sarangi music of Ram Narayan. The sarangi is an Indian fiddle, originally used in folk music or as an accompanying instrument. Narayan's innovative playing is deeply moving and resonant (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture Op 40 - London Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 417 719)

  BARBER: Violin Concerto Op 14 - Hilary Hahn (vln), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Sony SK 89029)

  STRAVINSKY: Three movements from Petrushka - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 419 202)

  FARKAS: Fruit Basket - Ulrike Schneider (mezzo), Phoebus Quintet (Toccata Classics TOCC 0019)

  BRAHMS: Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 - London Phil/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.570233)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  COATES: The man about town - Sydney SO/John Lanchbery (ABC Classics 472 509)

  KNUSSEN: Horn Concerto - Barry Tuckwell (horn), London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen (DG 449 572)

  ROREM: Early in the morning; The lordly Hudson; SCHEER arr Musiker: At Howard Hawks' house; Holding each other - Nathan Gunn (bar), Kevin Murphy (pno) (EMI 5 73160)

  BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 3 in A Op 69 - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (pno) (Naxos 8.555786)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 - Christoph Eschenbach (pno/dir), London Phil (rec 1977) (EMI 3 81793)

  BACH: Violin Sonata No 3 in C BWV1005 - Ruggiero Ricci (vln) (rec 1981) (RegisC 2077)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  NARES: Introduction in A minor & Fuges - James Tibbles (organ of Ponsonby Baptist Church, Auckland) (Atoll ACD 406)

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

  PRUDEN: Haast Highway - Skellerup Woolston Band/Mervyn J Waters (Kiwi SLD 66)

  KLEYNJANS: Two Arias - Carol Hohauser (fl), Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Mr M Productions CM 2)

  GERSHWIN arr Bennett: Porgy & Bess, A Symphonic Picture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.559107)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 429 441)

  GRANADOS: La maja de Goya - Eduardo Fernández (gtr) (Decca 414 161)

  DEMERSSEMAN/BERTHELEMY orch Dodgson: Duo Brillante, on themes from William Tell - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Pierre Pierlot (ob), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

  STANLEY: Voluntary in F Op 7/6 - John Wells (organ of Baptist Church, Ponsonby, Auckland) (RNZ)

  MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words Op 67/4, Spinning Song or Bee's Wedding - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 421 119)

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

  VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerto in A minor RV498 - Sergio Azzolini (bsn), Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca (Opus 111 OP 30379)

  WEBER: Ruler of the Spirits, Overture - Dresden State Opera Orch/Gustav Kuhn (Capriccio 71 045)

  SCHUBERT: Erlkönig - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 477 6686)

  GLUCK: Dance of the spectres & the furies, from Don Juan - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (dir) (Opus 111 OP 30399)

  SCHUMANN: Variations in Eb on an original theme WoO24, Geister-Variationen - Cédric Pescia (pno) (Claves 50-2603/04)

  BERLIOZ: Le Spectre de la Rose, from Les Nuits d'été - Régine Crespin (sop), Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 417 813)

  BOLCOM: Graceful Ghost - Gil Shaham (vln), Jonathan Feldman (pno) (DG 463 483)

  E STRAUSS: Attractive spirit, Waltz - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 425 425)

• 7:00 PM. Composers of the Week

  Indian Classical Music

  (1) Introduction and Ravi Shankar

  In the mid 20th century Indian classical music underwent a remarkable transformation in audience, instrumentation and style. Allan Thomas introduces great musicians who learnt their craft early in the century and established new ways of playing as well as new instruments. Ravi Shankar is the best known of these musicians outside India (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Curtain Raiser

  With Brian Kay

  Karl Jenkins's The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace (RNZ)

• 8:20 PM. Music Alive

  Jenny Wollerman (sop), Helen Medlyn (mezzo), Jack Bourke (ten), Grant Dickson (bass), Orpheus Choir of Wellington, Wellington Orchestra/Michael Fulcher

  PROKOFIEV: Field of the Dead, from Alexander Nevsky; MUSSORGSKY: Songs & Dances of Death; K JENKINS: The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  HAYDN: Symphony No 49 in F minor, La Passione - Heidelberg SO/Thomas Fey (Hänssler CD 98.236)

  LILBURN: Sings Harry - Roger Wilson (bar), Gillian Bibby (pno) (Waiteata WTA 009)

  P SCHARWENKA: Liebesnacht - Gävle SO/Christopher Fifield (Sterling CDS 1071)

  11:00 DEBUSSY: Six Epigraphes antiques - Alain Planès (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1947.48)

  KOSSLER: String Sextet in F minor - Frankfurt String Sextet (CPO 777 269)

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