Thursday 23 June 2011 Rāpare 23 Pipiri 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  J STRAUSS II: Voices of Spring Waltz; Thunder & Lightning Polka; SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela; ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1; SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso; BARBER: Adagio; MUSSORGSKY: Night on the Bare Mountain; RAVEL: Boléro - Christine Pendrill (cor anglais), Stephanie Chase (vln), Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon (ABC 426 380)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  RENAUD: Toccata in D minor; HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 K467, Andante; ARNDT: Nola; DUBOIS: Fiat Lux; SETCHELL Trumpet Tune, Scherzo and Toccata on Joy to the World, from Three Piece Suite; WATSON: Happy Birthday, Herr Bach; NALLE: Alles was du bist; SOUSA: Washington Post March; FAURÉ: Berceuse and Sicilienne, from Pelléas and Méllisande; VERDI: Grand March, from Aida; DAQUIN: The Cuckoo; SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan; BOVET: Fugue on The Pink Panther; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumble Bee; MOURET: Rondeau; CAMPRA: Rigaudon; GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette; BOVET: Totentanz, from Three Préludes Hambourgeois - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  SCHUMANN: Violin Sonatas, No 1 in A minor Op 105; No 2 in D minor Op 121; No 3 in A minor - Robert Zimansky (vln), Christophe Keller (pno) (Accord 220 532)

  3:15 approx - Disc 4

  SCHÜTZ: Motets and Psalms for Double Chorus - Regensburg Domspatzen, Hamburger Blaserkreis, Ulsamer-Collegium & instrumentalists/Hanns-Martin Schneidt (Archiv 415 297)

  4:15 approx - Disc 5

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV230; Violin Concerto in A minor RV356; Concerto in G for two mandolins RV532; Trio in C for guitar, violin & continuo RV82; Concerto in D minor for viola d'amore, guitar, strings & continuo RV540; Violin Concerto in A RV345; Guitar Concerto in D RV93 - John Williams, Benjamin Verdery (gtrs), Norbert Blum (vla d'amore), Franz Liszt CO/Janos Rolla (Sony Classic SK 46556)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 F-AD PHILIDOR: Le sorcier, Overture - Prague CO/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.557593-94)

  PUCCINI arr Kondonassis: Musetta's Waltz song, from La Bohème - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80581)

  GRANADOS orch de Grignon: Spanish Dances - Ulster Orch/Josep Caballé-Domenech (BBC Music BBC MM 255)

  BACH: Partita in C minor BWV997 - Rolf Lislevand (baroque lute) (Naïve E 8807)

  KORNGOLD restored Morgan: Cello Concerto in C Op 37, Deception - Alexander Zagorinsky (cello), Moscow SO/William Stromberg (Naxos 8.570110-11)

  7:00 HAYDN: La Fedeltà premiata, Sinfonia - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)

  GRIEG: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Op 65/6 - Katya Apekisheva (pno) (Quartz QTZ 2061)

  PERGOLESI: Flute Concerto No 2 in D - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Stuttgart CO/Karl Münchinger (Decca 417 873)

  KREISLER: Liebesleid - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Lambert Orkis (pno) (DG 471 500)

  CHOPIN: Concert Rondo in F Op 14, Krakowiak - Eldar Nebolsin (pno), Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.572335)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: SAINT-SAËNS: The nightingale & the rose - Rita Streich (sop), Berlin Radio SO/Kurt Gaebel (DG 457 729)

  TAKI arr Meyers/Saegusa: Kojo no tsuki - Anne Akiko Meyers (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (Koch KIC CD 7762)

  COPLAND: Old American Songs, Set 2, The little horses; Zion's walls; The golden willow tree; At the river; Ching-a-ring chaw - St Charles Singers, Elgin SO/Robert Hanson (Naxos 8.559297)

  RUBBRA: A Tribute Op 56 for Ralph Vaughan Williams on his 70th birthday - Philharmonia/Norman Del Mar (Lyrita SRCD 202)

  PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours, from La Gioconda - Julian Reynolds, Peter Lockwood (pno duo) (Globe GLO 5143)

  SCHUBERT: First movement, Allegro, from Symphony No 5 in Bb D485 - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)

  Der Ring des Nibelungen, excerpts

  Prelude & Entry of the gods into Valhalla, from Das Rheingold - National SO, Washington/Antal Dorati (Decca 417 775)

  Siegmund heiss' ich und Siegmund bin ich!, from Die Walküre - Simon O'Neill (ten), Susan Bullock (sop), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (EMI 4 57817)

  Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre - Valkyries: Vera Schlosser, Berit Lindholm, Brigitte Fassbaender, Helen Watts, Helga Dernesch, Vera Little, Marilyn Tyler, Claudia Hellmann, Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 440 069)

  Wotan's Farewell & Magic Fire Music, from Die Walküre - John Tomlinson (bass), Philharmonia/Francesco d'Avalos (ASV CD DCA 666)

  Dass der mein Vater nicht ist, from Siegfried - Ben Heppner (ten), Dresden State Opera Orch/Peter Schneider (DG 477 6003)

  Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene, from Götterdämmerung - Birgit Nilsson (sop), Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 440 069)

• 10:10 AM. The Works

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for string orchestra Op 48 - Stuttgart CO/Dennis Russell Davies (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 321 1008)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 9 in Eb K271, Jeunehomme - Alfred Brendel (pno), Vienna Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 478 2116)

  GLAZUNOV: Symphony No 6 in C minor Op 58 - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Brilliant Classics 93565)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. National Airs

  BEST: Concert Fantasia on old English Airs - Anthony Hammond (organ of Cirencester Parish Church) (Priory PRCD 1041)

  CHOPIN: Fantasy in A on Polish Airs Op 13 - Jon Nakamatsu (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7244)

  BEETHOVEN: Variations on a Russian Air Op 107 - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Zellan Records ZRCD 1002)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  B TCHAIKOVSKY: The Murmuring Forest, Suite - Saratov Conservatory SO/Kirill Ershov (Naxos 8.570195)

  BOYD: Goldfish through summer rain - Amanda Hollins (fl), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 902)

  ELGAR: Sea Pictures Op 37 - Janet Baker (mezzo), London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDC 7 47329)

  HANDEL: Recorder Sonata in A minor HWV362 - László Czidra (recorder), Pál Kelemen (cello), Zsuzsa Pertis (hpschd) (Naxos 8.550700)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 - Alexis Weissenberg (pno), Chicago SO/Georges Prêtre (EMI 5 85837)

  FRANCK arr Bauer: Prelude, Fugue & Variation Op 18 - Alexis Weissenberg (pno) (EMI 5 85837)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  BODY: Melodies for Orchestra - Donald Armstrong, Yury Gezentsvey (vlns), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Rattle RAT D009)

  BACH: Concerto in C for two keyboards BWV1061 - James Tibbles, Jenny Thomas (hpschds) (Atoll ACD 509)

  MAREK: Rural Scenes - Elzbieta Szmytka (sop), Philharmonia/Gary Brain (Koch Schwann 3-6441)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BORODIN: Prince Igor, Overture - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 286)

  NADERMAN: Harp Sonatina No 1 in Eb - Masumi Nagasawa (harp) (Etcetera KTC 1341)

  LEHÁR arr Stoltzman: Vilja's Song, from The Merry Widow - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

  TARTINI arr Yemtsov: Andante, from Violin Concerto in A D96 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu CD MANU 5006)

  DVORÁK: Second movement, Largo, from Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

  BARRIOS MANGORÉ: The Cathedral - Craig Ogden (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 9743)

  J STRAUSS II: Pleasure trip, polka galop - South West German Radio Orch/Jirí Stárek (Hänssler CD 93.187)

  NYMAN: The heart asks pleasure first, from The Piano - Ahn Trio (EMI 5 57022)

  HANDEL: Endless pleasure, endless love, from Semele - Renée Fleming (sop), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Harry Bicket (Decca 475 547)

  GRIFFES: The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559164)

  ALBÉNIZ: Rondeña, from Iberia Book 2 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 417 887)

  TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D - John Wallace (tpt), English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5189)

  SMETANA: Blaník, from Má Vlast - London Classical Players/Roger Norrington (Virgin VC 5 45301)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Christopher Doig

  The New Zealand tenor and arts & sports administrator talks with Diana Cable about his life and diverse career (RNZ)

• 8:20 PM. Music Alive

  Michael Collins (cl), Auckland Philharmonia/Baldur Brönnimann

  PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges, Suite;

  WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor Op 73; STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier (first sequence); RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:45 PM. Choral Evensong for the Feast of Corpus Christi

  Officiant, The Very Reverend Michael Brown with readers Christina Leach and The Reverend Canon Charles Tyrrell

  Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Philip Walsh

  BYRD: Introit, Sacerdates domini; Responses, First & Second Sets; S WESLEY: Psalm 43; TOMKINS: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis; TALLIS: Anthem, Verily, verily (recorded in the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul by RNZ)

• 10:15 PM. Day's End

  MENDELSSOHN: On wings of song Op 34/2; Schilflied Op 71/4; Assai tranquillo; Song without Words in D Op 109 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Jonathan Gilad (pno) (Orfeo C 750 101 A)

  JD BERLIN: Cornetto Concerto in D - Jamie Savan (cornetto), Charivari Agréable/Kah-Ming Ng (dir) (Signum SIGCD 249)

  MEYERBEER: Les Patineurs - Hanover Radio Phil of NDR/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 336)

  11:00 NIELSEN: Wind Quintet in E Op 43 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Sabine Meyer (cl), Stefan Schweigert (bsn), Jonathan Kelly (ob/cor anglais), Radek Baborák (horn) (EMI 3 94421)

  ARRIAGA: String Quartet No 1 in D minor - Guarneri String Quartet (Philips 446 092)

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