Tuesday 4 March 2008 Rātū 4 Poutū-te-rangi 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  HAYDN: Symphonies, No 13 in D; No 14 in A; No 15 in D; No 16 in Bb - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66534)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  C SCHUMANN: Romance in A minor; Scherzo in D minor; Romances Op 11 No 1-3; Scherzo No 2 in C minor; Pieces Fugitives; Variations on a theme of Robert Schumann Op 20; Romances Op 21 Nos 1-3; Romance in B minor - Cristina Ortiz (pno) (Carlton Classics 30366 00292)

  2:20 (approx) - Disc 3

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: On Wenlock Edge; GURNEY: The Western Playland; Ludlow & Teme - Adrian Thompson (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bar), Iain Burnside (pno), Delme String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66385)

  3:30 (approx) - Disc 4

  "The Maiden's Prayer": Piano music by Baranowska, DVORÁK, Beethoven, Saint-SaËns, Rubinstein. Offenbach, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Boccherini, Kreisler, Sinding, Paderewski, Lange, Grieg, Drdla, Gossec, Elgar, LehÁr, Fibich & Jessel - Various artists (Naxos 8.550646)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  "Cinema Classics 3": Music by Mozart, Mouret, Puccini, Gershwin, Mascagni, Handel, Orff, Verdi & Beethoven - Various artists (Naxos 8.551153)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 JG GRAUN: Sinfonia Grosso in D - Vienna Academy/Martin Haselböck (CPO 999 887)

  MENDELSSOHN: Concert Piece in D minor Op 114 for clarinet & basset horn - Thea King (cl), Georgina Dobrée (basset horn), London SO/Alun Francis (Hyperion CDA 66022)

  SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 111 - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (Philips 456 838)

  HANDEL: Violin Sonata in D HWV371 - Hiro Kurosaki (vln), William Christie (hpschd) (Virgin 5 45554)

  RACHMANINOV: Mélodie in E Op 3/3 - Irish National SO/Alexander Anissimov (Naxos 8.550808)

  7:00 SUPPÉ: The Beautiful Galatea, Overture - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Teldec 8.43240)

  FASCH: Trumpet Concerto in D FWV L/D1 - Thomas Reiner (tpt), Southwest German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (Naxos 8.570501)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Toward the Unknown Region - Royal Liverpool Phil Choir & Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.557798)

  GLINKA: Variations on Scottish Themes - Valery Kamishov (pno) (Melodiya MCD 124)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Marche Slave - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80541)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: ANON: Hush now, go to sleep - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Hespèrion XXI (Alia Vox AV 9826)

  ARENSKY: Nal & Damayanti, Introduction - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10024)

  A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - Andrea Mion (ob), Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (dir) (Naïve OP 30301)

  HOLST: Mercury, the Winged Messenger, from The Planets - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555776)

  ELGAR: Harmony Music No 2 - Athena Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 6554)

  DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 6503)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Month

  LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

  Cello Sonata No 1 in F Op 5/1 - Adrian Brendel (cello), Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 475 379)

  Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 - London Phil/Klaus Tennstedt (BBC Legends BBCL 4158)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SAINT-SAËNS: Suite for cello & piano Op 16 - Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1962)

  MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer - Thomas Hampson (bar), London Phil/Klaus Tennstedt (LPO 0012)

  MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 - Leland Chen (vln), Royal Phil/Jane Glover (Tring International TRP 056)

  NIELSEN: Symphony No 5 Op 50 - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc CD 80615)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  STERNDALE BENNETT: Piano Concerto No 4 in F minor Op 19 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), BBC Scottish SO (Hyperion CDA 67595)

  CHOPIN: Etudes Op 25 - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 413 794)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MOZART: Mass No 18 in C minor K427, Great - Barbara Hendricks, Janet Perry (sops), Peter Schreier (ten), Benjamin Luxon (bass), David Bell (org), Vienna Singverein, Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (rec 1981) (DG 400 067)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  L LIEBERMANN: Sonata for flute & piano Op 23 - Alexa Still (fl), David Korevaar (pno) (Koch 3-7549)

  PACHELBEL: Canon in D - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

  FARQUHAR: Three Medieval Carols - Pepe Becker (sop), David Farquhar (pno) (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 112)

  AKUTAGAWA: Rapsodia per orchestra - New Zealand SO/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.555975)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SUPPÉ: Pique Dame, Overture - Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 421 170)

  HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 - Niklas Eklund (tpt), Swedish CO/Roy Goodman (Naxos 8.554806)

  GIULIANI: Variations on Folia di Spagna Op 45 - Dale Kavanagh (gtr) (Hänssler CD 98.400)

  S WESLEY: Arrangement with Variation, of Rule Britannia - Jennifer Bate (organ of St James' Church, Bermondsey, London) (Somm SOMMCD 036)

  ELGAR: Introduction & Allegro Op 47 - Küchl Quartet, Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 265)

  VERDI: Pace, pace, mio Dio, from The Force of Destiny - Alessandra Marc (sop), New Zealand SO/Heinz Wallberg (Delos DE 3108)

  LUNA: The Jewish Boy, Prelude - César Asensi (tpt), Madrid Community Orch/Miguel Roa (Naxos 8.555957)

  GERSHWIN: Look for a boy, from Tip-Toes - Jack Gibbons (pno) (ASV White Line CD WHL 2077)

  TRAD arr Wilby: The Farmer's Boy, from Three North Country Folksongs - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 1993-1994/Roger Stevenson (NZSSC)

  TILSON THOMAS: We Two Boys Together Clinging - Thomas Hampson (bar), Craig Rutenberg (pno) (EMI 5 55028)

  ANON: Bonny sweet Boy - Ronn McFarlane (lute) (Dorian DOR 90126)

  GURIDI: So the boys sing - Bilbao Choral Society, Bilbao SO/Juan José Mena (Naxos 8.557110)

  MAYERL: The Errant Errand Boy - Peter Jacobs (pno) (Priory PRCD 399)

  IRELAND: The Holy Boy - Maggini Quartet (Naxos 8.557777)

  BACH: Second movement, Siciliano, from Keyboard Concerto No 2 in E BWV1053 - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), ASMF (Sony SK 89245)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Fantasia on Serbian Themes - Malaysian Phil/Kees Bakels (BIS CD 1477)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  7:00 International Rostrum of Composers 2006

  Six programmes

  The 53rd of these forums for the promotion of new music was held in Paris last year. Under the auspices of the International Music Council, supported by UNESCO, national broadcasters from around the world met up to present a selection of recent music recorded in their countries. Our closest neighbours attended, and in this first of six programmes, ABC Classic FM's Julian Day and Lorna Lander present works submitted by delegates from public radio stations around the world (1) (ABC)

  8:00 Gretchen Dunsmore (cl), Lynda Cochrane (pno)

  CRESSWELL: Triptych; HINDEMITH: Sonata for clarinet & piano; STEVENSON: Three Scots Fairy Tales for solo piano; BIRTWISTLE: Verses (recorded in Hopetoun Alpha, Auckland, by RNZ)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

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