Friday 9 December 2011 Rāmere 9 Hakihea 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

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

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  ARNOLD: Quintet; EWALD: Quintet No 1 in Bb minor; BOZZA: Sonatine; MAURER: Three Pieces; DAHL: Music for Brass Instruments; CALVET: Suite from the Monteregian Hills - Center City Brass Quintet (Collins 14892)

  2:15 approx - Disc 3

  BOYCE: David's Lamentation Over Saul and Jonathon; Ode on St Cecilia's Day, The Charms of Harmony Displayed - Patrick Burrows (treble), William Purefoy, Andrew Watts (countertenors), Richard Edgar-Wilson (ten), Michael George (bass), Choir of New College, Oxford, Hanover Band/Graham Lea-Cox (ASV CD GAU 208)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  STENHAMMAR: Serenade in F; Symphony No 2 in G minor - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 445 857)

  5:00 approx - Disc 5

  SOR: Grande Sonate Op 22; Divertissement Op 23; 8 Small Pieces Op 24; Grande Sonate Op 25 - Adam Holzman (gtr) (Naxos 8.553340)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HANDEL: Instrumental Suite, from Radamisto - Academy of Early Music, Berlin (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1685)

  BRAHMS trans Meinders: Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2; Sandmännchen; Wiegenlied Op 49/4; Mein Mädel hat einen Rosenmund; Sapphische Ode Op 94/4 - Frédéric Meinders (pno) (Danacord DACOCD 671)

  DELIUS arr Fenby: La Calinda, from Koanga - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Tartar TRL 020)

  LEO: Cello Concerto No 3 in A - Julius Berger (cello), South West German CO/Vladislav Czarnecki (Brilliant Classics 93681)

  LARA arr Golijov: It Was Easy For Me - Kronos Quartet, Luanne Warner (marimba) (Nonesuch 796 492)

  HAYDN: Lo speziale, Overture - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)

  7:00 WARLOCK: Bethlehem Down - Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Michael Fulcher (Raven OAR 924)

  VILLA-LOBOS arr Safhill: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10512)

  B WEBER: Variations in F for trumpet & orchestra - Niklas Eklund (tpt), Swedish CO/Roy Goodman (Naxos 8.554806)

  LOEILLET trans Godowsky: Gigue - Konstantin Scherbakov (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223795)

  ELLSTEIN: Hassidic Dance - David Krakauer (cl), Berlin Radio SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559403)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: May Night, Overture - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.572788)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: GRIEG: Cowkeeper's tune, from Two Nordic Melodies Op 63 - National Phil/Willi Boskovsky (London 443 333)

  DRING: Trio for flute, oboe & piano - Nancy Ruffer (fl), John Anderson (ob), Helen Crayford (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7181)

  HERBERT: Three pieces for string orchestra, Air de ballet; Forget-me-not; Sunset - South West German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (CPO 777 576)

  IBERT: Reflets dans l'eau - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80488)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Let Beauty awake, from Songs of Travel - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 445 946)

  BARBER: Second movement, Andante, from Violin Concerto Op 14 - Robert McDuffie (vln), Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80632)

  WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor - Ian Tracey (organ of Liverpool Cathedral) (EMI CDB 7 62813)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

  ONE-HIT WONDERS

  GROFÉ: On the trail, from Grand Canyon Suite - Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg (Naxos 8.559007)

  GERSHWIN orch Grofé: I'll build a stairway to paradise, from George White's Scandals of 1922 - Harmonie Ensemble, New York/Steven Richman (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7492)

  GROFÉ: Huckleberry Finn, from Mississippi Suite - Bournemouth SO/William Stromberg (Naxos 8.559007)

  ORFF: O fortuna, from Carmina Burana - London Phil Choir, Southend Boys' Choir, London Phil/Zubin Mehta (Warner Classics 3984-25544)

  Music for Children, excerpts - Tölzer Boys Choir, State Academy for Music Chamber Choir, Munich, instrumental ensemble/Carl Orff (RCA 09026 68031)

  ADDINSELL: Warsaw Concerto, from the film Dangerous Moonlight - Daniel Adni (pno), Bournemouth SO/Kenneth Alwyn (EMI CDB 7 62038)

  GRENFELL/ADDINSELL: Old Time Dancing (Stately as a Galleon) - Joyce Grenfell (vocal), orchestral accompaniment (EMI 8 28713)

  ADDINSELL arr Lane: Prelude & Waltz, from Blithe Spirit - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (ASV White Line CD WHL 2115)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  REINECKE: Symphony No 1 in A Op 79 - Rhenish Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223117)

  POULENC: Aubade, choreographic concerto for piano & 18 instruments - Eric Le Sage (pno), members of Liège Phil/Stéphane Denève (RCA 82876 60308)

  BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Eb Op 127 - Artemis Quartet (Virgin 6 28659)

  RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (PentaTone PTC 5186 167)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. An Afternoon Nap

  BUSONI arr Stein: Berceuse élégiaque - Diabolicus/Dietrich Henschel (Ambroisie AM 137)

  CURTIS: Irish lullaby - Helen Keen (fl), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2035)

  STRAUSS: Wiegenlied Op 41/1 - Measha Brueggergosman (sop), Justus Zeyen (pno) (DG 477 8101)

  STANFORD: Hush Song, from Six Irish Fantasies - Lucy Gould (vln), Benjamin Frith (pno) (Naxos 8.572452)

  FRANKEL arr Kennaway: Lullaby, from the film The Years Between - Queensland SO/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 809)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture Op 40, In London Town - London Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 417 719)

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

  VERDI: Sleepwalking scene, Una macchia è qui tuttora, from Macbeth - Leontyne Price (sop), Corinna Vozza (mezzo), Robert El Hage (bass), RCA Italiana Opera Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (RCA RCD 1-7016)

  ROUBANIS arr Golijov: Misirlou Twist - Martyn Jones (drums), Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 7559 79490)

  BACH: Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV1008 - Jacqueline du Pré (cello) (rec 1962) (Testament SBT 1388)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (rec 1996) (DG 453 432)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  LISZT: Transcendental Studies, No 5, Feux follets; No 8, Wilde Jagd; No 11, Harmonies du soir - David James (pno) (RNZ)

  DEBUSSY: Rêverie - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)

  MOZART: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja, from Die Zauberflöte - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), New Zealand SO/James Judd (EMI 5 57605)

  PAINE: New Zealand Suite - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private Recording BNP CD 04)

  LILBURN: Diversions for Strings - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  HOLST: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from Planets Suite Op 32 - Philharmonia/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

  BRAHMS arr Bailey: Sapphische Ode Op 94/4; Liebestreu Op 3/1; Minnelied Op 71/5; Wiegenlied Op 49/4 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Awadagin Pratt (pno) (Telarc TEL 32664)

  A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in C minor - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

  RAVEL: Ondine, from Gaspard de la nuit - Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pno) (Warner 2564 62160)

  SIBELIUS: Overture in E - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1565)

  PUCCINI: Te Deum, from Tosca - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Swedish Radio SO & Choir/Paul Daniel (DG 477 8091)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: No 2, Rhosymedre, from Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes - Eugene Lavery (organ of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland) (Holy Trinity Cathedral)

  GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: It ain't necessarily so, from Porgy & Bess - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 471 500)

  WALDTEUFEL: Les Roses de Noël, Waltz Op 230 - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223688)

  JANÁCEK arr Bittová: Waiting for you - Bart Schneemann (ob), Gerrit Boonstra (cl) (Channel Classics CCS 18598)

  GEVAERT: Le sommeil de l'enfant Jésus; Chanson joyeuse de Noël - Caroline Weynants (sop), Le Petit Sablon Vocal Ensemble/Thibaut Lenaerts (Fuga Libera FUG 545)

  GRIEG: Bell Ringing Op 54/6 - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1591)

  MAYERL: Bats in the Belfry - Susan Tomes (pno) (Virgin VC 7 90745)

  CHATMAN: Elves' Bells - Vancouver Chamber Choir/Jon Washburn (Canadian Music Centre CMC CD 13608)

  WIENIAWSKI: Scherzo-Tarantella - Joshua Bell (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (Decca 417 891)

  WARREN: Wexford Bells - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Sanctuary CD RSB 205)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Critic's Chair

  William Dart reviews recent New Zealand releases (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Ashley Brown (cello), Michael Houstoun (pno)

  BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 4 in C Op 102/1; Cello Sonata No 5 in D Op 102/2; FAURÉ: Elegy Op 24; RACHMANINOV: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 (recorded in the Raye Freeman Arts Centre, Auckland by RNZ)

• 9:25 PM. English Wind

  GORB: Awayday - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch (Chandos CHAN 10409)

  ARNOLD orch Ellis: Concertino for flute & strings Op 19a - Esther Ingham (fl), Manchester Sinfonia/Richard Howarth (Naxos 8.572640)

  GRAINGER: A Lincolnshire Posy - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9549)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for string orchestra Op 48 - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (Onyx 4037)

  RAMEAU: Suite in G - Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 8379.81)

  11:00 FRANÇAIX: Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano - Françaix Trio (CPO 999 779)

  BOUGHTON: String Quartet in F, From the Welsh hills - Rasumovsky Quartet (Helios CDH 55174)

  WHITACRE: Sleep - Eric Whitacre Singers, Laudibus/Eric Whitacre (Decca 274 3209)

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