Friday 25 May 2012 Rāmere 25 Haratua 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  STANFORD: Symphony No 4 in F; Irish Rhapsody No 6 for violin & orchestra; Oedipus Rex Prelude - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8884)

  1:05 approx - Disc 2

  BACH: Leipzig Chorale Preludes Nos 14-18 BWV664-668; Fantasia in G minor BWV572; Trio Sonata in E minor BWV528; Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV544; Toccata and Fugue in F BWV540 - Gillian Weir (organ of Thomaskirche, Leipzig) (Priory PRCD 800)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  Vocal & instrumental music by ALMODAR, MORALES, CARCERES, FLEXTA, GUERRERO & ANON - La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall (Astrée Auvidis E 8582)

  3:25 approx - Disc 4

  MOZART: String Quartets, in A K464; in C, Dissonance K465 - Quatuor Mosaïques (Astrée Auvidis E 8748)

  4:30 approx - Disc 5

  Works by MENDELSSOHN, BACH, TCHAIKOVSKY, MASSENET, BRUCH, PUCCINI, WAGNER, GOUNOD, BERLIOZ & BARBER - Various orchestras & conductors (Decca 452 625)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)

  CHOPIN: Nocturne in Eb Op 9/2 - Anthony Ferner (fl), Gerard Willems (pno) (Anthony Ferner)

  LIADOV: Ballade; The Musical Box - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 657)

  WAGNER: Bridal Chorus, from Lohengrin - Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 440 069)

  RAVEL: La Valse - Vladimir & Vovka Ashkenazy (pno duo) (Decca 478 1090)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A RV347, La Stravaganza Op 4/5 - Rachel Podger (vln), Arte Dei Suonatori (Channel Classics CCS 19598)

  7:00 BIZET: Patrie, Overture - Detroit SO/Paul Paray (Mercury 434 321)

  KREISLER: Liebesleid - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Lambert Orkis (pno) (DG 471 500)

  ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1 - Christchurch SO/Brian Law (SCL)

  PONCE: Preludio; C ROMERO: Tango Angelita - Vicente Coves (gtr) (Naxos 8.572527)

  MUSSORGSKY arr Rimsky-Korsakov: A Night on Bare Mountain - Bavarian State Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CDD 7 63893)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: GRIEG: Fourth movement, Air, from Holberg Suite - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

  SCHUBERT trans anon: Ständchen D957/4; An die Musik - Anne Gastinel (cello), Claire Désert (pno) (Naïve V 5021)

  NIELSEN: Saga Dream - South Jutland SO/Niklás Willén (Naxos 8.557164)

  EICHHORN: Duo & Variations on a theme from Paganini's The Carnival of Venice - Friedemann Eichhorn, Reto Kuppel (vlns), Alexia Eichhorn (vla) (Naxos 8.572066)

  IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: An evening in Georgia - Gillian Tingay (harp), members of Fibonacci Sequence (Deux-Elles DXL 1090)

  PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours, from La Gioconda - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

  TAONGA PŪORO

  LISIK: Original Seeding, from Ancient Astronaut Theory - Richard Nunns (taonga pūoro), David Lisik (electronics) (Rattle 400252)

  NUNNS/BAILEY arr Garden: He whakaea kotahi; Kori - Richard Nunns (taonga pūoro), Judy Bailey (pno) (Rattle RAT D011)

  WHITEHEAD: Puhake ki te rangi - Richard Nunns (taonga pūoro), New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 107)

  T CONNORS: Te Whiri, excerpts, Te Ara; Te Awa o te Atua - Rangiiria Hedley, Bernard Makoare, Michael Hennessy (taonga pūoro), Teresa Connors (vocals) (Diva T 731041)

  FARR/NUNNS: He Poroporoaki, A farewell - Richard Nunns, Gareth Farr (taonga pūoro), New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 118)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.557764)

  MOSZKOWSKI: Violin Concerto in C Op 30 - Tasmin Little (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67389)

  BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 - Murray Khouri (cl), John McCabe (pno) (Continuum CCD 1027)

  TANEYEV: Symphony No 4 in C minor Op 12 - New Zealand SO/Alexander Lazarev (RNZ)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Children's Stories

  LANCHBERY: Tales of Beatrix Potter, excerpts - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Barry Wordsworth (Dutton CDLX 7149)

  GRENFELL: Four Pooh Stories - Bridget Douglas (fl) (Trust MMT 2063-64)

  BERNSTEIN: Dream with me, from Peter Pan - Judy Kaye (sop), Steven Blier (pno), Sara Sant' Ambrogio (cello) (Koch 3-7000)

  ROBLES: Themes for Narnia, from Narnia Suite - Christopher Hyde-Smith (fl), Marisa Robles Ensemble (Sanctuary CD RSN 3046)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 3, Pastoral - Patricia Rozario (sop), Bournemouth SO/Kees Bakels (Naxos 8.550733)

  FAURÉ: Nocturne No 5 in Bb Op 37 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ)

  THOMAS: Addio, Mignon; Ah non credevi tu, from Mignon - Beniamino Gigli (ten), orch/Rosario Bourdon (rec 1928) (Pearl GEMM CD 9316)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/2 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (rec 1987) (Archiv 423 626)

  BACH: Jesu, meine Freude BWV227 - Yukari Nonoshita, Aki Matsui (sops), Damien Guillon (countertenor), Satoshi Mizukoshi (ten), Dominik Wörner (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (rec 2009) (BIS SACD 1841)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 29 in Eb HobXVI/45 - Emanuel Ax (pno) (rec 2000) (Sony SK 89363)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  BLOOMFIELD: Behold the Narrows from the Hill - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

  A RITCHIE: Symphony No 3 Op 150 - New Zealand SO/Tecwyn Evans (Atoll ACD 741)

  TCHAIKOVSKY orch Taneyev: Do you not hear the nightingale?, from Romeo & Juliet - Suzanne Murphy (sop), Keith Lewis (ten), Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8476)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor - Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic & Motet Choirs & Orch/Antony Walker (ABC 465 684)

  BALAKIREV: The Lark - Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67806)

  REICHENAUER: Oboe Concerto in F - Geoffrey Coates (ob), Charivari Agréable/Kah-Ming Ng (dir) (Signum SIGCD 249)

  TRAD arr Sommerro/Pedersen: Wedding march from Valsøyfjord/Aure - Berit Opheim Versto (sop), Norwegian Soloists' Choir/Grete Pedersen, Gjermund Larsen (fiddle) (BIS SACD 1871)

  TANSMAN: Mazurka - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

  BOUGHTON: Love & Spring Op 23 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7262)

  WHITACRE: October - Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble/Stephen Gage (Naxos 8.570946)

  SCHUBERT: Overture in Bb D470 - Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.570328)

  HALVORSEN arr Cello Duello: Passacaglia after Handel - Cello Duello (Solo Musica SM 146)

  DELIBES: Flower Duet, from Lakmé - Natalie Dessay (sop), Delphine Haidan (mezzo), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 5 10568)

  RACHMANINOV: Second movement, La Nuit...l'amour, from Suite No 1 in G minor for two pianos Op 5 - New Zealand Piano Duo (Judith McDonald, Shirley Power) (Kiwi LD 6)

  BACALOV: Il Postino; TROVESI: Minor Dance; CARPI: Pinocchio - Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), Gianni Coscia (accordion) (ECM 1703)

  BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 - Andrew Manze (vln/dir), Rachel Podger (vln), Academy of Ancient Music (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7155)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Critic's Chair

  Erica Challis reviews recent releases (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  From the Wellington Town Hall

  Made in New Zealand

  Helen Medlyn (mezzo), New Zealand String Quartet, New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich

  CREE BROWN: Celestial Bodies; CRESSWELL: Concerto for orchestra and string quartet; WHITEHEAD: Alice (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  VANHAL: Flute Quartet in Bb Op 7/2 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Janaki String Trio (Naxos 8.570234)

  RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite - Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (EMI 9 66342)

  11:00 CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Guitar Sonata in D Op 77, Homage to Boccherini - András Csáki (gtr) (Naxos 8.572630)

  RHEINBERGER: Three Pieces for cello & organ, Abendlied; Pastorale; Elegie - Cäcilia Chmel (cello), Stefan Johannes Bleicher (organ of Stadtkirche, Winterthur, Switzerland) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 901 1643)

  DURUFLÉ: Four Motets on Gregorian themes Op 10 - Orfeon Donostiarra/José Antonio Sainz (EMI CDC 5 56878)

  LILBURN: Piano Sonatina No 1 - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2054)

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