Tuesday 4 December 2007 Rātū 4 Hakihea 2007

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  FEENEY: Cinderella; MULDOWNEY: The Brontës; DAVIS: A Christmas Carol - Northern Ballet Theatre Orch/John Pryce-Jones (Naxos 8.553495)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  BACH: Goldberg Variations; Prelude & Fugue in F# minor; Prelude & Fugue in Eb; Prelude & Fugue in Bb minor; Prelude & Fugue in E - Glenn Gould (pno) (CBC PSCD 2007)

  2:20 (approx) - Disc 3

  SCHUMANN: Songs from Frauenliebe und -Leben Op 42; Seiben Lieder von Elizabeth Kulmann zur Erinnerung an die Dichterin Op 104; Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart Op 153 - Juliane Banse (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDJ 33103)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  BRITTEN: Suite for cello Op 72; Second Suite for cello Op 80; Third Suite for cello Op 87 - Torleif Thedéen (cello) (BIS CD446)

  4:55 (approx) - Disc 5

  SALIERI: Symphony in D, Il Giorno Onomastico; Concerto in C for flute, oboe & orchestra; Symphony in D, La Veneziana; Piccola Serenata in Bb - Günther Pohl (fl), Otto Winter, Hartmut Festerling (obs), Elizabeth Kulenkampff , Wolfgang Braun (hns), Gustavo Nuñes (bsn), Lukas Consort/Viktor Lukas (CampionCD 1330)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Prelude & Fugue in C minor - Malcolm Hicks (org), London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9666)

  SIBELIUS: Serenade No 2 in G minor Op 69b - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Bournemouth SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.557266)

  ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus - Kathleen Rice-Oxley, Katherine Cox (sops), Andrew Bremner (countertenor), Stephen Bullamore (bass), Choir of Keble College, Oxford/Philip Stopford (Priory PRCD 657)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Dumka Op 59 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar TRL 040)

  CPE BACH: String Symphony in E Wq182/6 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir) (Archiv 415 300)

  7:00 TRAD arr Helmore: O come, O come, Emmanuel - Huddersfield Choral Society/Owain Arwel Hughes, David Bell (org) (EMI CMS 5 66923)

  DELIUS: A Song of Summer - Hallé Orch/Vernon Handley (EMI CD CFP 4568)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) (RCA 74321 84112)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 39 in D HobXVI/24 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67554)

  KÖNIGSPERGER: Pastorella in F Op 18/8 - Franz Haselböck (org), Vienna Capella Academia/Eduard Melkus (Hänssler CD 94.052)

  LINCKE: Glow Worm Idyll - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66998)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: CANTELOUBE: Baïlèro, from Songs of the Auvergne - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

  THOMAS: Mignon, Overture - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 425 083)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 6 in F Op 10/2 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1942)

  PROKOFIEV: Troika, from Lieutenant Kijé - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Philips 426 247)

  FAURÉ arr Albert: Fantaisie Op 79 - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)

  WALTON: Orb & Sceptre - English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel (Naxos 8.553981)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  ASTOR PIAZZOLLA (1921-1992)

  Tango Suite - Peter & Zoltán Katona (gtrs) (Channel Classics CCS SA 19804)

  Four for tango - Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 979 181)

  Le Grand Tango - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (Sony SK 63122)

  Tango Sensations - Per Arne Glorvigen (bandoneón), Alban Berg Quartet (EMI 5 57778)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  STRAUSS: Don Juan Op 20 - Vienna Phil/Otto Klemperer (Testament SBT8 1365)

  BACH: Cantata No 140, Wachet auf - Ruth Holton (sop), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 463 587)

  VIVALDI: Concerto in G minor for two cellos RV531 - Jan Freiheit, Werner Matzke (cellos), Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik/Georg Kallweit (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1975)

  ELGAR: Symphony No 2 in Eb Op 63 - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7507)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  L BOULANGER: Psalm 24 - Neil MacKenzie (ten), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9745)

  RACHMANINOV: Vespers Op 37 - Iris Oja (contralto), Mati Turi (ten), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7384)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  CHOPIN: Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22; MENDELSSOHN: Variations sérieuses in D minor Op 54; BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 28 in A Op 101 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (rec 1968/90/92) (Philips 475 8322)

• 4:00 PM. Made in

  NZ musicians and composers

  LISZT: Hamlet - SO/Michael Halász (Naxos 8.553355)

  BERNSTEIN: Tonight, from West Side Story - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo), José Carreras (ten), Kurt Ollmann (bar), Richard Harrell (vocalist), Chorus, Orch/Leonard Bernstein (DG 415 253)

  HAMILTON: Caliban's Song; Three Songs from Othello - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Ode CD ODE 1308)

  MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

  QUILTER: Four Shakespeare Songs Op 30 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (EMI 5 58076)

  BRIDGE: There is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook - NZSO Chamber Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7139)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  MOZART: The Magic Flute, Overture - Orchestra of St John's, Smith Square/John Lubbock (Resonance CD RSN 3072)

  SHOSTAKOVICH arr Atovmian: Romance, from The Gadfly - Daniel Hope (vln), BBC SO/Maxim Shostakovich (Warner 2564 62546)

  GLUCK trans Mercz: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - János Bálint (fl), Nóra Mercz (harp) (Naxos 8.550741)

  SCHUBERT trans Liszt: Du bist die Ruh' D776 - Alain Kremski (pno) (Auvidis AV 6109)

  BIZET: Carmen Suite - World Phil/Yutaka Sado (Naïve V 5067)

  VERDI: Sanctus, from Requiem - Hungarian State Opera Choir & Orch/Pier Giorgio Morandi (Naxos 8.550944/45)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Aquarium, from Carnival of the Animals - Peter Katin, Philip Fowke (pno duo), Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (EMI CDS 7 81421)

  TRAD arr Pettman: Gabriel's message - Choir of Wellington Cathedral/Philip Walsh (Herald HAVPCD 224)

  DARKE: Choral-Fantasia on Darwell's 148th Op 20/2, Ye Holy Angels Bright - Roger Fisher (organ of St George's Church, Headstone, Middlesex) (Dutton CDLX 7108)

  HANDEL: Waft her, angels, from Jephtha - Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 444 543)

  RESPIGHI: St Michael the Archangel, from Church Windows - Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon (Chandos CHAN 8317)

  TAVENER: Song of the Angel - Patricia Rozario (sop), Andrew Manze (vln), Academy of Ancient Music/Paul Goodwin (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7231)

  HUMPERDINCK arr Lemare: Angel-scene, from Hansel & Gretel - Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh) (Priory PRCD 700)

  WAGNER: Der Engel, from Wesendonk Lieder - Plácido Domingo (ten), Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Marcello Viotti (DG 471 575)

  WALDTEUFEL: Angel of Love, Waltz Op 241 - Czecho-Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223438)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  7:00 Phil Dadson in the open air

  Two programmes

  (2) Dadson's sound sculpture Tenantennae is sited in the sculpture park of John and Jo Gow at Connells Bay, Waiheke Island. This is how the sculpture sounds (RNZ)

  9:00 2006 International Arts Festival

  Five programmes

  (4) The Songs of Kurt Weill

  A selection of songs exploring the darker side of life penned by one of the twentieth century's most accomplished theatre composers

  Janet Roddick (vocals/pno/tbn), Steve Roche (brass), Jeff Henderson (cl/sax), David Long (banjo/gtr/cantorini), David Donaldson (dbass), Chris O'Connor (drums) (recorded at the Festival Club by RNZ)

  During the interval Janet Roddick talks to Kate Lineham

  11:00 New Music Dreams

Next day - Wed 05

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