Wednesday 8 December 2010 Rāapa 8 Hakihea 2010

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb, Eroica; Symphony No 8 in F - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Béla Drahos (Naxos 8.553475)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  CHOPIN: Polonaise in C minor Op 40/2; SCHUMANN: Arabeske Op 18; Stucklein Op 99/1; LISZT: Il Pensieroso; BRAHMS: Rhapsody in B minor Op 79/1; GRIEG: Arietta Op 12/1; FAURÉ: Fantasia in Ab Op 84/2; DEBUSSY: Et la line descend sur le temple qui fut; La fille aux cheveux de lin; SATIE: Gymnopédie No 1; GRANADOS: Danza Española No 5 in E minor; SCRIABIN: Etude in F# Op 42/4; RACHMANINOV: Prelude in G# minor Op 32/12; RAVEL: Sonatine; BARTÓK: No 1 from 3 Rondos on Folk Tunes - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Walsingham 3 WAL 80432)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  VERDI: Solingo, errante, misero, from Ernani; BELLLINI: Adalgisa!....; Ma di'…, from Norma; PONCHIELLI: Ecco la barca, addio; Deh! Non turbare, from La Gioconda; VERDI: Già nella notte densa, from Otello; Madre, non dormi?, from Il Trovatore - Joan Sutherland (sop), Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Jake Gardner (bar), New York City Opera Orchestra/Richard Bonynge (Decca 417 587)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  TELEMANN: Overture in Bb; Quartet in E minor; Concerto in Eb; Trio in D; Solo in G minor for oboe; Conclusion in B - Ensemble Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht (Accent ACC 78643)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  BRITTEN: Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge Op 10; Elegy for unaccompanied viola; Lachrymae; Variation on Sellenger's Round of Byrd; Chacony - Gérard Caussé (vla), Toulouse National CO/Bojidar Bratoev (Auvidis A 6124)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 3 in E minor - Heidelberg SO/Thomas Fey (Hänssler CD 98.536)

  ONSLOW: Air écossais varié Op 5 - Laurent Martin (pno) (Ligia LIDI 010 3134)

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (dir) (Teldec 4509 98442)

  STILL: Folk Suite No 1 - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno), New Zealand String Quartet (Koch International 3-7192)

  RODRIGO: Tres viejos aires de danza - Granada City Orch/Josep Pons (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1764)

  7:00 MEAKINS: Stable Carol - Royal Scottish National Junior Chorus & Orch/Christopher Bell (Signum SIGCD 202)

  DONIZETTI: Cor anglais Concertino in G - City of Adria Phil/Giorgio Fabbri (Tactus TC 791804)

  TÁRREGA: Las dos hermanitas, from Valse Suite - Mats Bergström (gtr) (Naxos 8.572365)

  PAGANINI: Le Streghe Op 8, Variations on a theme from Sussmayr's Il noce di Benvenuto - Eugene Fodor (vln), Kiyoshi Tomagawa (pno) (Clarity CCD 1017)

  SIBELIUS: Scène de Ballet - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1565)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: ALBÉNIZ: Evocación, from Iberia Book 1 - Andrew Rangell (pno) (Dorian DOR 93194)

  VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in G RV436 - Barthold Kuijken (fl/dir), Academia Montis Regalis (Naïve OP 30298)

  MARTINU: Serenade No 3 - members of Prague CO (Supraphon SU 3643-2 031)

  GERSHWIN: Mexican Dance - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80445)

  CAPLET: Divertissements, A la française; A l'espagnole - Sandrine Chatron (harp) (Ambroisie AMB 9978)

  WEBER: Euryanthe, Overture - Dresden State Opera Orch/Gustav Kuhn (Capriccio 71 045)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  AARON COPLAND (1900-1990)

  Violin Sonata - Nicholas Kitchen (vln), Michael Boriskin (pno) (Arabesque Z 6794)

  Appalachian Spring - New York Harmonie Ensemble/Steven Richman (Bridge 9145)

  Piano Quartet - Martin Roscoe (pno), members of Vanbrugh Quartet (ASV CD DCA 1081)

• 10:15 AM. The Works

  MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 030 501)

  BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (EMI CDC 7 49071)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 9 in B D575 - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.520)

  FOOTE: Suite in E Op 63 - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwartz (Naxos 8.559365)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with David Morriss (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Shakespeare's Merchant

  CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: The Merchant of Venice Op 76 - West Australian SO/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.572501)

  SULLIVAN: Barcarole (Serenade), from Masquerade, from The Merchant of Venice - Emmanuel Lawler (ten), RTE Concert Orch, Dublin/Andrew Penny (Marco Polo 8.223461)

  HUMPERDINCK: Love Scene, from The Merchant of Venice - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Martin Fischer-Dieskau (Marco Polo 8.223369)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  REGER: Variations & Fugue on a theme of Mozart Op 132 - Russian State SO/Valery Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9917)

  FLEURY: Milonga - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5007)

  C SCOTT: Piano Concerto No 2 - Howard Shelley (pno), BBC Phil/Martyn Brabbins (Chandos CHAN 10211)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUMANN: Dichterliebe Op 48 - Ian Bostridge (ten), Julius Drake (pno) (rec 1997) (EMI CDC 5 56575)

  Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish - Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (rec 1997) (Archiv 289 457 591)

• 4:10 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  RIES: Introduction & Variations Brillantes Op 170 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.570440)

  TOSCANINI: Ballatella; Nervosi; Sono sola - Patricia Wright (sop), David Vine (pno) (RNZ)

  CARR: The Snow Maiden - Queensland SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi SLD 55)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D - Philharmonia/Charles Mackerras (Testament SBT 1325)

  POENITZ: Capriccio Op 73 - Roberto Petrocchi (cl), Laura Vinciguerra (harp) (Brilliant Classics 9179)

  ALBINONI: Concerto in C minor Op 10/11 - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Catherine Martin (vln), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0769)

  GRAINGER: Hill Song No 2 - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9630)

  LISZT after Schubert: Valse-Caprice No 6, from Soirées de Vienne - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (Philips 456 871)

  BRUCKNER: Ave Maria - Dorian Singers/Peter Godfrey (Kiwi SLD 45)

  DRING: Festival Scherzo for piano & strings - Martin Roscoe (pno), Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67316)

  SVENDSEN: Norwegian Rhapsody No 3 Op 21 - South Jutland SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.570322)

  GISMONTI trans Jervis: Palhaço - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10512)

  SALUZZI: ...y se encaminó hacia el destierro - Dino Saluzzi (bandoneón), Rosamunde Quartet (ECM 1638)

  GASSMANN: The philosopher in love - Eclipse CO/Sylvia Alimena (Naxos 8.570421)

  RILEY: The Philosopher's Hand - Terry Riley (pno) (Nonesuch 79639)

  ELGAR: Serenade for Strings Op 20 - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Tring International TRP 037)

  NIETZSCHE: Da geht ein Bach; Wie sich Rebenranken schwingen; Nachspiel - John Aler (ten), John Bell Young (pno) (Newport Classic NPD 85535)

  STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra Op 30, opening - Berlin Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 460 250)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Talking Heads

  The Royal Society Lectures on Brain & Behaviour

  Five programmes

  (4) Professor Cliff Abraham: The Making and Breaking of Memories (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Simona Saturova (sop), Annely Peebo (mezzo), Ji-Yeon Jin (contralto), Shawn Mathey (ten), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (bar), Max Hanft (org), Bavarian Radio Chorus & Orch/Tonu Kaljuste

  SAINT-SAËNS: Christmas Oratorio; PÄRT: Two Christmas Lullabies; KORVITS: Nüüd ole, Jeesus kiidetud (recorded in Herkulessaal, Munich by German Radio, Munich)

• 8:55 PM. The Brothers Capuçon

  KREISLER: Marche miniature viennoise - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Aude Capuçon (pno) (Virgin Classics 3 32626)

  RAVEL: Violin Sonata in G - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Frank Braley (pno) (Virgin 5 45492)

  PROKOFIEV: Symphony-Concerto in E minor Op 125 - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (Virgin 6 94486)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  TALLIS: Spem in alium - Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly (Naxos 8.557770)

  VASKS: Concerto for cor anglais & orch - Normunds Sne (cor anglais/dir), Sinfonietta Riga (Wergo WER 6705)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 22 in Eb, Philosopher - Sinfonia Classica/Gernot Süssmuth (Landor LAN 282)

  11:00 HOUDY: Harp Sonata - Isabelle Perrin (harp) (Integral INT 221.131)

  TURINA: El poema de una sanluqueña Op 28 - Eva León (vln), Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.570402)

  MARAIS: Suite No 4 in D, from Book III of Pieces for Viol - Jordi Savall (vla da gamba), Ton Koopman (hpschd), Hopkinson Smith (theorbo/gtr) (Auvidis Astrée E 8761)

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