Friday 23 September 2011 Rāmere 23 Mahuru 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  LISZT: Dante Symphony - Gillian Keith (sop), women of the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda

  St Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds; St Francis de Paule walking on the water - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10524)

  1:05 approx - Disc 2

  Helsinki by Finnish duo Lepisto & Lehti

  LEPISTO: Helsinki; LEHTI: Vainajalan Tango; LEPISTO: Lansiranta; LEHTI: Sarastus; LEPISTO: Caprice Diatonique; LEHTI: Eskolle; LEPISTO: Concerto Diatonique; LEHTI: Muistelo - Markku Lepisto (accordions), Pekka Lehti (dbass) (AITO 440125)

  1:40 approx - Disc 3

  TRAD: I am a poor wayfaring stranger; My love is like a red, red rose; Henry Martin; I will give my love an apple; She moved through the fair; Blow the wind southerly; Pretty Saro; Barbara Allen; The wraggle taggle gypsies O!; Black is the colour - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Edin Karamazov (lute), Stacey Shames (harp), Jon Pickow (dulcimer), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)

  2:45 approx - Disc 4

  TELEMANN: Concerto in E for flute, oboe d'amore & viola d'amore TWV53/E1; GRAUPNER: Overture in F GWV450; Viola d'amore Concerto in A minor RV397; Concerto in Bb for oboe, viola d'amore, & chalumeau GWV343 - Linde Brunmayr-Tutz (fl), Martin Stadler (ob d'amore), Annegret Siedel (vla d'amore/dir), Christian Leitherer (chalumeau), Salzburg Bell'arte (Berlin Classics 1671 BC)

  3:50 approx - Disc 5

  THOMSON: Symphonies, No 2 in C; No 3; Pilgrims and Pioneers; on a Hymn Tune - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Naxos 8.559022)

  4:55 approx - Disc 6

  HANDEL: Oboe Concertos, No 1 in Bb; No 2 in Bb; No 3 in G minor; Concerto grosso in G Op 3/3; Sonata a 5 in Bb; Concerto grosso in C, Alexander's Feast; Overture in D; Hornpipe in D - Heinz Holliger, Neil Black, James Brown (obs), Kenneth Sillito, John Tunnell (vlns), Richard Adenay (fl), Kenneth Heath (cello), Leslie Pearson (org/hpschd), John Constable (hpschd), James Tyler (chitarrone), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 426 082)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 ALBINONI: Concerto in Bb Op 10/1 - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir) (Chandos CHAN 0769)

  TURINA: Gypsy Dances Op 84 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.557150)

  VERDI arr Genin/Pierre: Fantasy on A Masked Ball - Patrick Gallois (fl), Fabrice Pierre (harp), Richard Friedman (vln), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (DG 445 822)

  GIULIANI: Variations on a theme by Handel Op 107, Harmonious Blacksmith - Slava Grigoryan (gtr) (ABC Classics 472 224)

  SULLIVAN: Entrance & March of the Peers, from Iolanthe - Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Chorus/Malcolm Sargent (EMI CDS 7 47831)

  7:00 BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture Op 84 - London CO/Christopher Warren-Green (Signum SIGCD 200)

  BRAHMS orch Dupin: Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor - Daniel Hope (vln), Royal Stockholm Phil/Sakari Oramo (DG 477 9301)

  JOPLIN: Pineapple Rag - Alexander Peskanov (pno) (Naxos 8.559114)

  GERSHWIN arr Cable: The Brothers Gershwin - Simon Preston (organ of Royal Albert Hall, London) (Signum SIDCD 084)

  SMETANA: The Bartered Bride, Dances - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: VERDI: La Traviata, Prelude to Act III - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 457 627)

  VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Summer - Enrico Onofri (vln), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (dir) (Teldec 4509 96158)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Polka, from The Golden Age - Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov (RCA 09026 68185)

  GRIEG: Shepherd Boy; March of the Dwarfs; Notturno; Scherzo, from Lyric Pieces Book 5 - Håkon Austbö (pno) (RegisC 1071)

  PARRY: I was glad - Eton College Chapel Choir/Ralph Allwood (dir), David Goode (org) (Signum SIGCD 115)

  ZIEHRER: Nature Singers Waltz Op 415 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.223817)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

  ORGAN WEEK

  ALEXANDRE GUILMANT (1837-1911) and JEHAN ALAIN (1911-1940)

  GUILMANT: Paraphrase on a chorus from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus - Elisabeth Roloff (organ of the Franciscan Convent of St Catharina, Bethlehem) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 320 1345)

  ALAIN: Fantaisies, No 1; No 2 - Kevin Bowyer (organ of Tonbridge School, Kent) (Nimbus NI 5551/2)

  GUILMANT: Symphony No 2 in A Op 91 - Paul Wisskirchen (organ of Altenberger Cathedral), Cologne Gürzenich Orch/Volker Hempfling (Motette CD 40101)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  LILBURN: Symphony No 1 - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD SLD 90)

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Simon Trpceski (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Avie AV 2192)

  FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A - Ray Chen (vln), Noreen Polera (pno) (Sony 88697 72320)

  GOUNOD: Petite symphonie pour instruments à vent - St Paul CO/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 430 231)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. A Bevy of Bards

  RIES: Ouverture bardique WoO24 - West German Radio SO/Howard Griffiths (CPO 777 609)

  TRIMBLE: The Bard of Lisgoole - Una Hunt, Roy Holmes (pno duo) (Marco Polo 8.225059)

  SIBELIUS: The Bard - Lahti SO/Okko Kamu (BIS SACD 1945)

  MERTZ: Tarantella, from Bardic Sounds Book 6 - Richard Savino (gtr) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7115)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  On the Fiddle

  Two programmes

  (1) A rare chance to tour the vaults of the Music Crime Bureau. Our guide, Steve Danby, will expose shams, subterfuge and careless use of music (RNZ)

  (Programme 2 at the same time next week)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  DVORÁK: The Golden Spinning Wheel Op 109 - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras (rec 2001) (Supraphon SU 4012)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 - Vladimir Horowitz (pno), La Scala Theatre Orch (rec 1987) (DG 423 287)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  MEWS: Prelude & Fugue - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 605)

  LISZT: Three Songs from Wilhelm Tell, The fisher-boy; The shepherd; The alpine hunter - Keith Lewis (ten), David Harper (pno) (Trust TRI 3002)

  FARR: Kembang Suling - Jeremy Fitzsimons (marimba), Bridget Douglas (fl) (Trust MMT 2058)

  COLLET: Concerto Flamenco for piano & orchestra - Ricardo Requejo (pno), Royal SO, Seville/Gary Brain (Claves CD 50-9801)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  GLINKA: Ruslan & Lyudmila, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc SACD 60657)

  BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Israel Phil/Daniel Barenboim (EMI 5 57293)

  SCHUBERT arr Mahler: Second movement, Andante con moto, from String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810, Death & the Maiden - Lucerne Festival Strings/Achim Fiedler (Oehms OC 333)

  ALBÉNIZ arr Williams: Seville, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - John Williams (gtr) (Sony MLK 66704)

  BIZET arr Guiraud: L'Arlésienne Suite No 2 - Lamoureux Concerts Orch/Igor Markevitch (Philips 420 863)

  DONIZETTI: Sextet, Chi mi frena in tal momento, from Lucia di Lammermoor - Joan Sutherland (sop), Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Luciano Pavarotti, Ryland Davies (tens), Sherrill Milnes (bar), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus & Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 448 061)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Second movement, part 2, Maestoso-Allegro, from Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ - Michael Murray (organ of St Francis de Sales' Church, Philadelphia), Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (Telarc CD 80277)

  ZEMLINSKY: Third movement, Sehr gedehnt, mit schmerzvollem Ausdruck, from The Little Mermaid - Danish National Radio SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Chandos CHAN 9601)

  BANTOCK: The mermaid's croon, from Three Songs of the Hebrides - Elysian Singers/Sam Laughton (Meridian CDE 84570)

  WU/DU: The Mermaid, Suite - Yin Chengzong (pno) (Naxos 8.554499)

  HAYDN: The Mermaid's Song - Anna Leese (sop), Alisdair Hogarth (pno) (Michael Storrs Music MSM 0012)

  STERNDALE BENNETT: The Naiades, Overture - Philharmonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 206)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Critic's Chair

  Nicholas Grigsby reviews recent releases for Organ Week (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  ORGAN WEEK

  John Wells (organ of Wellington Town Hall)

  BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565; BRIDGE: Adagio in E minor; HOLLINS: Concert Overture No 2; FRANCK: Pièce Héroïque RHEINBERGER: Organ Sonata No 3 in G Op 88, Pastoral; LEFEBURE-WELY: Andante, from Meditaciones Religiosas Op 122; Sortie in Eb (recorded in Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• 8:55 PM. Primakov Plays

  CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11 - Vassily Primakov (pno), Odense SO/Paul Mann (Bridge 9278)

  RACHMANINOV: Variations on a theme of Corelli Op 42 - Vassily Primakov (pno) (Bridge 9348)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

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

  MAHLER: Piano Quartet movement - Domus (Virgin VC 7 90739)

  HOLST ed Matthews: Invocation - Alexander Baillie (cello), London Phil/David Atherton (Lyrita SRCD 209)

  WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Overture & Venusberg Music - Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel (RCA 09026 63143)

  11:00 WEBER: Flute Sonata in Ab - Philippe Bernold (fl), Laurent Cabasso (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMN 91 1535)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)

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