Thursday 23 February 2012 Rāpare 23 Hui-tanguru 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  SVENDSEN: Symphony No 1 in D Op 4; Symphony No 2 in Bb Op 15; Two Swedish Folk Tunes for string orchestra - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 347)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  SCHUMANN: Papillons Op 2; MOZART: Piano Sonata in G K283; GERSHWIN: Three Preludes; RAVEL: Sonatine; CHOPIN: Nocturnes Nos 1 & 2 Op 27; Scherzo Op 31 - Diedre Irons (pno) (Trust MMT 2041)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  HENRY VIII: Complete Music - Sirinu (Chandos CHAN 0621)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  DOHNÁNYI: Piano Concerto, No 1 in E minor; Piano Concerto No 2 in B minor - Martin Roscoe (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Fedor Glushchenko (Hyperion CDA 66684)

  4:40 approx - Disc 5

  BUSONI: Verzweiflung und Ergebung Op 41; Nocturne Symphonique Op 43; Orchestral Suite Op 46; Divertimento for flute & orchestra Op 52; Sarabande and Cortège Op 51; Concerto for clarinet & small orchestra; Tanz-walzer for orchestra - Robert Wörle (ten), Jean Claude Gérard (fl), Ulf Rodenhäuser (cl), Berlin Radio SO/Gerd Albrecht (Capriccio 10479)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 SALIERI: Sinfonia Veneziana in D - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9877)

  THALBERG: Fantasy on God Save the Queen - Steven Mayer (pno) (ASV CD DCA 783)

  CLARKE: Trumpet Aire and Symphony of flatt trumpets, from The Island Princess - John Wallace (tpt), Wallace Collection, English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

  SCHUBERT trans Wispelwey: Violin Sonatina in G minor D408 - Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Paolo Giacometti (fpno) (Channel Classics CCS 9696)

  SMETANA: Dance of the Comedians, from The Bartered Bride - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon 11 0624)

  7:00 BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture Op 80 - Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI CDM 7 69651)

  DEBUSSY arr/orch Kennedy: La fille aux cheveux de lin, from Preludes, Book 1 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), English CO (EMI 5 56923)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Chôros No 1 - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 475 6360)

  MENDELSSOHN: War March of the Priests, from Athalia - James Tibbles (organ of Auckland Town Hall) (RNZ)

  KABALEVSKY: The Comedians Op 26 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10052)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: VICTORIA: O magnum mysterium - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/David Hill (Hyperion CDA 66190)

  BERLIOZ: Fourth movement, March to the Scaffold, from Symphonie fantastique - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)

  PAGANINI: Sonata in A for violin & guitar Op 64/6 - Amiram Ganz (vln), Maria Isabel Siewers (gtr) (Challenge Classics CC 72118)

  WALTON arr Tracey: Crown Imperial - Ian Tracey (organ of Liverpool Cathedral) (EMI CDB 7 62813)

  DELIUS arr Fenby: Serenade, from Hassan - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), National Phil/Charles Gerhardt (RCA 74321 84112)

  J STRAUSS II: Thunder & Lightning Polka; J STRAUSS II/Joseph STRAUSS: Pizzicato Polka; J STRAUSS II: Memories of Covent Garden (Waltz on English popular melodies) - Johann Strauss Orch/Christopher Warren-Green (Black Box BBM 1059)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  SCHUMANN: Scenes from Goethe's Faust - Iwona Hossa, Christiane Libor (sops), Anna Lubanska, Ewa Marciniec (contraltos), Daniel Kirch (ten), Jaakko Kortekangas (bar), Andrew Gangestad (bass), Warsaw Boy's Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir & Orch/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.572430-31)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 8 in C minor Op 110 - Yggdrasil Quartet (BIS CD 913)

  BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 - Pavel Sporcl (vlns), members of Prague Phil (Supraphon SU 3931)

  FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 475 8140)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Making Merry

  KLEMPERER: Merry Waltz, from Das Ziel - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue (Reference Recordings-92 CD)

  IRELAND: Merry Andrew - John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.553889)

  ANON: The Merry Wooing of Robin & Joan (Sellengers Round)

  Robin............................ Douglas Woolton

  Mother.......................... Thomas Padden

  Joan Gromball............... Lucie Skeaping

  The City Waites/Lucie Skeaping (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67754)

  GRAINGER: The Merry King - Paul Janes (pno), BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9839)

  ALPAERTS: Capriccio, Merriment - Flemish Radio Orch/Michel Tabachnik (Etcetera KTC 4025)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BRIDGE: Adagio in E - Tobias Frank (organ of the Benedictine Abbey, Schweiklberg, Lower Bavaria) (Profil PH 09011)

  PEETERS: Second movement, Scherzo, from Suite modale Op 43 - Peter Hurford (organ of Ratzeburg Cathedral, Germany) (Decca 421 296)

  TRAD Sephardic: Coma La Rosa - Carolina Moon (vocalist), Steve Haines (dbass), Ron Samsom (drums), Kevin Field (pno), backing group (Ode CD Manu 5109)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb Op 73, Emperor - Michael Houstoun (pno), New Zealand SO/János Fürst (Trust MMT 2009)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 1 in E minor Op 39 - Berlin SO/Kurt Sanderling (rec 1976) (Brilliant Classics 6328)

  Luonnotar - Phyllis Bryn-Julson (sop), Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (rec 1992) (Chandos CHAN 8395/96)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  FARQUHAR: Prospero Dreaming - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.572185)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake, Act 1, Scene 1 - New Zealand SO/Patrick Flynn (RNZB)

  ARNOLD: Flute Concerto No 1 Op 45 - Alexa Still (fl), NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7063)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Overture - Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 475 8502)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No 1 in A Op 20 - Philippe Graffin (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67074)

  SCRIABIN: Etude in C# minor Op 2/1 - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Gold CV-S 006G)

  RAVEL arr Samazeuilh: Menuet antique - Bridget Douglas (fl), Rachel Thomson (pno) (Trust MMT 2039)

  HALVORSEN: Entry March of the Boyars - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (Sony SBK 63052)

  MASSENET: Je suis encor tout étourdie, from Manon - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 467 049)

  BIZET: The Fair Maid of Perth, Suite - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 452 102)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A minor RV356, from L'Estro Armonico - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9835)

  PIAZZOLLA: Danza criolla - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 468 528)

  LAURO: Valse Criollo - John Williams (gtr) (rec 1958) (Decca 421 165)

  RAMIREZ: Kyrie, from Missa Criolla - José Carreras (ten), Domingo Cura, Jorge Padin (perc), Arsenio Zambrano (charango), Lalo Gutierrez (gtr), Raúl Barboza (accordian), Grupo Huancara (Latin American folk instruments), Ariel Ramirez (pno/hpschd), Salvé de Laredo Choir, Bilbao Choral Society/José Luis Ocejo (Philips 462 892)

  GOTTSCHALK: Ojos Criollos - Alan Marks, Nerine Barrett (pno duet) (Nimbus NI 7045/6)

  BROUWER: Guajira Criolla - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private recording BNP 01CD)

  GARDEL/PERA/BATTISTELLA: Criollita de mis ensueños; STEFFOLANI/MAFFIA: Ventarrón; CADICAMO/AGUILAR: Al mundo le falta un tornillo - Carlos Gardel (bar), Pettorossi, Barbieri, Riverol & Vivas (gtrs) (Nimbus NI 7902)

  GINASTERA orch Cohen: Suite de Danzas Criollas - Jerusalem SO/Gisèle Ben-Dor (Naxos 8.570999)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The King's Singers

  Two programmes

  (2) Tim Dodd talks with Brian Kay, the original bass in the all-male a cappella group formed in the mid-sixties by six friends at King's College, Cambridge and still going strong (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Gala Opening

  Direct from Auckland Town Hall

  Alexander Gavrylyuk (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

  STRAUSS: Don Juan Op 20; PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 16

  (Interval)

  RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome; Roman Festivals (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GLINKA: Variations on a theme of Mozart - Susan Drake (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66038)

  HOLST ed Matthews: A Song of the Night Op 19/1 - Lorraine McAslan (vln), London Phil/David Atherton (Lyrita SRCD 209)

  LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 1 in F minor S359 - London SO/Antal Dorati (Mercury 432 015)

  11:00 JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters - Hagen Quartet (Newton 880 2072)

  BERWALD: Piano Trio in C - Kálmán Dráfi (pno), Jozsef Modrian (vln), György Kertész (cello) (Naxos 8.555002)

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