Schedule for Wednesday 6 March 2013

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
SMETANA: The Moldau; Vysehrad; DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66; LISZT: Les Preludes; Hungarian Rhapsody No 4 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 423 220)
1:10 approx - Disc 2
STENHAMMAR: Piano Sonata No 1 in C; Fantasie in A minor; Piano Sonata No 2 in C minor; Piano Sonata No 3 in Ab; Piano Sonata No 4 in G minor - Lucia Negro (pno) (BIS CD 634)
2:15 approx - Disc 3
BACH: Magnificat in D BWV243; Cantata No 21, Ich hatte viel Bekummernis - Greta de Reyghere (sop), René Jacobs (countertenor), Christoph Pregardien (ten), Peter Lika (bass), Netherlands Chamber Choir, La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken (Virgin VC 7 90779)
3:25 approx - Disc 4
LILBURN: Symphonies, Nos 1-3 - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Continuum CCD 1069)
4:40 approx - Disc 5
CPE BACH: Symphonies, in G Wq182/1; in Bb Wq182/2; in C Wq182/3; in A Wq182/4; in B minor Wq182/5; in E Wq182/6 - Carl Philippe Emanuel Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Cappriccio 10 106)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 BRESCIANELLO: Concerto in Bb for violin & bassoon - David Plantier (vln/dir), Eckhard Lenzing (bsn), Vaclav Luks (hpschd/dir), La Cetra Baroque Orch, Basel (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 5262)
FAURÉ: Sicilienne, from Pelléas & Mélisande - Gaby Pas-van Riet (fl), Sophie Hallynck (harp) (Hänssler CD 93.175)
GRAINGER: English Dance - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9493)
HAHN arr Hazell: A Chloris - Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)
DEBUSSY: Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder! - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)
ONSLOW: Air écossais varié Op 5 - Laurent Martin (pno) (Ligia LIDI 010 3134)
DVORÀK: Second movement, Waltz, from Serenade in E for strings Op 22 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)
7:00 CANNING: Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan - Cincinnati SO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80503)
GOUVY: Petite Suite Gauloise Op 90 - Les Solistes de Prades (K617 K617 160)
PROKOFIEV: Dance of the five couples, from Romeo & Juliet - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 453 439)
GADE: Scherzo in C# minor - Trio Parnassus, Thomas Selditz (vla) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 303 1665)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture Op 96 - Toulouse Capitole Orch/Tugan Sokhiev (Naïve V 5252)
8:00 Beauty Spot: BIZET: Flower song, from Carmen - Plácido Domingo (ten), Los Angeles Phil/Carlo Maria Giulini (DG 415 366)
TAFFANEL: Andante pastorale & Scherzettino - James Galway (fl), Philip Moll (pno) (RCA 09026 68882)
WAGENSEIL: Symphony in D WV374 - Bern Camerata/Thomas Füri (dir) (Archiv 410 599)
MENOTTI: Cantilena e Scherzo - Gillian Tingay (harp), Vanbrugh Quartet (ASV CD DCA 1156)
ZIEHRER: Melodies of Austria, Waltz Op 373 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223814)
HOLLINS: Triumphal March - Christopher Herrick (organ of the Melbourne Town Hall) (Hyperion CDA 67758)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
ed Rizzo: Sinfonia in C - Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 767)
Laudate pueri - Juan Diego Flórez, Kenneth Tarver (tens), Eldar Aliev (bass), Giuseppe Verdi Chorus & SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 467 280)
String Quartet in E minor - Leipzig String Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 307 1495)
Libera me, from Requiem - Renée Fleming (sop), Kirov Chorus & Orch/Valery Gergiev (Philips 468 079)
10:00 AM. The Works

MOZART: Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1958)
SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 19 in C minor D958 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 456 579)
BARBER: Violin Concerto Op 14 - Ittai Shapira (vln), Russian Phil/Thomas Sanderling (Champs Hill CHRCD 043)
RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome - Sao Paulo SO/John Neschling (BIS SACD 1720)
Noon Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
1:30 PM. Lighten Up

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts
Playing on Broadway
MENKEN: King of New York, from Newsies, The Musical
Davey.......................... Ben Fankhauser
Katherine..................... Kara Lindsay
Newsies Chorus, Nederlander Theatre Orch/Mark Hummel (Ghostlight Records 8-4457)
RODGERS: In my own little corner; Do I love you because you're beautiful?, from Cinderella
Cinderella.................... Julie Andrews
Prince........................... Jon Cypher
studio orch/Alfred Antonini (Sony 4 53331)
ZIMMER: ...To Die For; King of Pride Rock, from The Lion King - Walt Disney original Soundtrack Orch/Nick Glennie-Smith (Walt Disney 477 177)
R HOLMES arr Zito: Moonfall, from The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Renée Fleming (sop), Welsh National Opera Orch/Paul Gemignani (Decca 473 250)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

GESUALDO: Mercè grido piangendo, from Madrigals Book 5 - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 8001)
HONEGGER: Pastorale d'été - London Phil/Vladimir Jurowski (LPO 0058)
JC BACH: Requiem in F - Lenneke Ruiten (sop), Ruth Sandhoff (contralto), Colin Balzer (ten), Thomas Bauer (bass), RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik/Hans-Christoph Rademann (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2098)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas, in C# minor Kk247; in D Kk29; in A Kk537; in E Kk206 - Murray Perahia (pno) (rec 1997) (Sony SK 62785)
HINDEMITH: Kleine Kammermusik Op 24/2 - members of Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (rec 1990) (Decca 433 816)
RAVEL: Violin Sonata (1897) - Chantal Juillet (vln), Pascal Rogé (pno) (rec 1995) (Decca 448 612)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers
A WATSON: Prelude & Allegro for strings - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)
MOZART: Kyrie in G K89 - women of Auckland Dorian Choir/Peter Godfrey (Kiwi SLD 45)
WAGNER: Prelude & Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde - NZSO National Youth Orch 2003/Lutz Köhler (National Youth Orch 2003)
PSATHAS: View from Olympus - Pedro Carneiro (perc), Michael Houstoun (pno), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Rattle RAT-DV 015)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

CIMAROSA arr Benjamin: Oboe Concerto - Norrköping Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)
IBERT: Reflets dans l'eau - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80488)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz of the snowflakes, from The Nutcracker - members of the Finchley Children's Music Group, National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 458 595)
GUILMANT: Second movement, Pastorale, from Organ Sonata No 1 in D minor Op 42 - Thomas Trotter (organ at Symphony Hall, Birmingham) (Birmingham Symphony Hall SHCD 3)
GERMAN: Country dance, from Dances from Nell Gwyn - Southern Festival Orch/Robin White (Chandos CHAN 9110)
TRAD arr Leon: The wraggle taggle gypsies O! - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Edin Karamazov (lute), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)
W LLOYD WEBBER: Three Spring Miniatures - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9595)
6:00 HALVORSEN: Entry March of the Boyars - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (Sony SBK 63052)
KOUSSEVITZKY: Valse miniature Op 1 No 2 - Gary Karr (dbass), Harmon Lewis (pno) (VQR 2031)
MASCAGNI: L'Amico Fritz, Intermezzo - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10634)
VASKS: Sanctus, from Mass - Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga/Sigvards Klava (Ondine ODE 1106)
BOTTESINI: Il diavolo della notte, Sinfonia - London SO/Franco Petracchi (Naxos 8.570398)
MEYER: Indecision - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 66782)
A MARCELLO: Second movement, Adagio, from Oboe Concerto in D minor - Albrecht Mayer (ob/dir), New Seasons Ensemble (Decca 478 0313)
MAXWELL DAVIES arr Eriksson: Farewell to Stromness - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)
SIBELIUS: Suite for violin & strings Op 117 - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Virgin 5 45534)
7:00 PM. Appointment

The Age of Reason
How has the world changed for women? Six inspiring octogenarians look back
Six programmes
(4) Amina Cachalia
In some parts of the globe, the position of women is unrecognisable compared to 80 years ago, in others, women lead lives virtually unchanged since the days of their grandmothers.
Amina Cachalia has dedicated her life to fighting for equality. She was born into racially divided South Africa in 1930 and became politically active as a teenager fighting for an end to racial discrimination. She also took up the cause of women - fighting for their economic independence.
Now aged 82, Amina Cachalia speaks to Lerato Mbele about her long life of campaigning work in South Africa (BBC)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Early and Baroque Music
Five programmes
(4) Paolo Lopez (sop), Filippo Mineccia (countertenor), Cyril Auvity (tenor), Christian Senn (bass), Swiss Radio-Television Chorus, I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (dir)
CALDARA: Offertory, Ascendit Deus (for Feast of the Ascension); Abisai, Sinfonia; De profundis (Psalm 129); Psalms & Magnificat, from the Vespers for the Feast of St Peter & St Paul, Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109); Confitebor tibi Domine (Psalm 110); Beatus vir (Psalm 111); Laudate pueri (Psalm 112); Laudate Dominum (Psalm 116); Magnificat; Et in saecula saeculorum, from Magnificat (recorded in the Church of the Collegio Papio, Ascona by Swiss Radio)
9:20 PM. Night Fantasies

HOVHANESS: Celestial Fantasy - members of the Israel Phil/David Amos (Crystal CD 508)
K WEIGL: Night Fantasies Op 13 - Joseph Banowetz (pno) (Naxos 8.572423)
LUMBYE: Pictures from a Dream - Odense SO/Peter Guth (Unicorn-Kanchana DKP CD 9089)
10:00 PM. Day's End

KOEHNE: Shaker Dances - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC 476 6502)
RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67341/2)
COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto - David Singer (cl), A Far Cry Orch (Naxos 8.559667)
11:00 HOLST: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Third Group - BBC Singers/Justin Doyle, Sioned Williams (harp) (BBC Music BBC MM 252)
BACH: Cello Suite No 4 in Eb BWV1010 - Steven Isserlis (cello) (Hyperion CDA 67541/2)
SILVESTROV: Post scriptum - Cornelius Dufallo (vln), Jenny Lin (pno) (Koch KICCD 7740)