Wednesday 13 March 2013 Rāapa 13 Poutū-te-rangi 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  HANDEL: Hornpipe, Air & Gigue, from Water Music; DEBUSSY: Reflets dans l'eau, from Images, Book 1; J STRAUSS II: Lagunen-Walzer; RAVEL: Jeau d'eau; VIVALDI: Largo, from Four Seasons, Winter; SMETANA: Vltava; CHOPIN: Prelude in Db Op 28/15, Raindrop; SCHUBERT trans Liszt: Die Forelle; TCHAIKOVSKY: Pas d'action, from Swan Lake; DELIUS orch Fenby: Aquarelle No 2; SCHUBERT trans Liszt: Auf dem Wasser zu singen; J STRAUSS II: The Blue Danube - Various artists (London 443 332)

  1:15 approx -Disc 2

  SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana Op 16; Arabesque in C Op 18; Humoresque Op 20 - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Calliope CAL 9207)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  PURCELL: Ode for Queen Mary's birthday Z331; Ode for St Cecilia's Day Z334; Ode for St Cecilia's Day Z329; Welcome for Charles II, Z326 - Gillian Fisher, Mary Seers (sops), James Bowman, Nigel Short (countertenors), Mark Padmore, Andrew Tusa (tens), Michael George, Robert Evans (basses), King's Consort/Robert King (Hyperion CDA 66494)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  SMYTH: Piano Trio in D minor; Violin Sonata in A minor Op 7; Cello Sonata in A minor Op 5 - Chagall Trio (Meridian CDE 84286)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  WALDTEUFEL: Soirée d'été, Waltz Op 188; Invitation a la gavotte Op 246; Les Sirènes, Waltz Op 154; Ma Voisine, Polka Op 206; Les Sourires, Waltz Op 187; Pluie de diamants, Waltz Op 160; Très jolie, Waltz Op 159; Joyeux Paris, Polka Op 215; Tout en rose, Waltz Op 200 - Czecho-Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223441)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 J WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Alexander Gilman (vln), Cape Town Phil/Perry So (Oehms Classics OC 799)

  BRIDGE: Phantasie Piano Quartet in F# minor - London Bridge Ensemble (Dutton CDLX 7205)

  DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faun - Anima Eterna Brugge/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 313)

  BUXTEHUDE: Sonata in F BuxWV265 - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0784)

  J STRAUSS II: Vienna Bon-Bons - Vienna Opera Orch/Peter Falk (Bridge 100 029)

  7:00 SPOHR: Faust, Overture - Berlin Radio SO/Christian Fröhlich (CPO 999 093)

  PROKOFIEV: Montagues & Capulets, from Romeo & Juliet - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

  VEJVANOVSKY: Serenada - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (Symphonia SY 96151)

  ALBÉNIZ arr Couch: Asturias, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1001)

  BACH: Second movement, Air, from Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (dir) (Sony SK 60680)

  HOLST: Venus, Bringer of Peace, from Planets Suite - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (RCA 09026 68999)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: PUCCINI: E lucevan le stelle, from Tosca - Plácido Domingo (ten), Rome Theatre Opera Orch, Florence May Festival Orch/Zubin Mehta (Decca 440 072)

  TELEMANN: Flute Sonata in D - Karl Kaiser (fl), members of Camerata Cologne (DHM 05472 77361)

  SAINT-SAËNS arr Glennie: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28 - Evelyn Glennie (marimba), National Phil/Barry Wordsworth (RCA 60242-2-RC)

  GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: It ain't necessarily so; Bess, you is my woman now; Tempo di Blues, from Porgy & Bess - Friedemann Eichhorn (vln), Andreas Frölich (pno) (Oehms OC 861)

  BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture Op 80 - New Zealand SO/Franz Paul Decker (RNZ)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)

  Six Romances (1845), Nos 1-4, Sunset; The gypsy girl; To a star; The chimney sweep - Margaret Price (sop), Geoffrey Parsons (pno) (DG 419 621)

  Prelude; Celeste Aida; Ritorna vincitor!; Gloria all'Egitto; Nel fiero anelito...Fuggiam gli ardori inospiti; Immenso Fthà...O terra, addio, from Aida

  Ramadès...................... Plácido Domingo

  Aida............................. Katia Ricciarelli

  Amneris....................... Elena Obraztsova

  La Scala Chorus & Orch, Milan/Claudio Abbado (DG 415 286)

  Pater noster; Ave Maria - Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (sop), Giuseppe Verdi Chorus & SO of Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 467 280)

• 10:05 AM. The Works

  RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Decca 440 836)

  HALVORSEN: Fossegrimen Op 21 - Ragnhild Hemsing (hardanger fiddle), Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10664)

  BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in E G275 - Eckart Runge (cello), Casals Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2092)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 6 in E minor - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Teldec 9031 73127)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Lighten Up

  Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

  Judy, Live at Carnegie Hall

  SCHWARTZ/LEWIS/YOUNG: Rock-a-bye your baby with a Dixie melody; ARLEN: Over the rainbow, from Wizard of Oz; GERSHWIN: Swanee; CREAMER/LAYTON: After you've gone; FISHER: Chicago - Judy Garland (vocalist), Carnegie Hall Orch/Mort Lindsay (Capitol 127876)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  CHOPIN: Ballade No 3 in Ab Op 47 - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (RCA 09026 63259)

  BRITTEN: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 15 - Anthony Marwood (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov (Hyperion CDA 67801)

  DVORÁK: Songs my mother taught me - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Ernest Lush (pno) (Kiwi CD SLC 248)

  SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Antal Dorati (Newton 880 2073) (Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  STRAVINSKY: Three Pieces for string quartet - Orpheus CO (Brilliant Classics 9089)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno/dir), Cleveland Orch (Decca 478 1524)

  WHITACRE: Three Songs of Faith, I'll wade out; Hope, faith, life, love; I thank you God for most this amazing day - Eric Whitacre Singers, Laudibus/Eric Whitacre (Decca 274 3209)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  WAGNER: Siegfried's Rhine Journey, from Götterdämmerung - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (EMI 4 57817)

  BESSER: Frida Kahlo's Tango - Bravura, Don McGlashan (perc) (Atoll ACD 302)

  BARBER: Four Songs Op 13 - Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (sop), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Quartz QTZ 2079)

  IRELAND: Sea fever; The bells of San Marie; The vagabond - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Sharolyn Kimmorley (pno) (ABC Classics 476 7175)

  FARR: From Forgotten Forests - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Trust MMT 2020)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Op 102 - Michael Houstoun (pno), New Zealand SO/Christopher Lyndon-Gee (Naxos 8.553126)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  POULENC arr L Berkeley: Flute Sonata - Emily Beynon (fl), BBC Welsh National Orch/Bramwell Tovey (Chandos CHAN 10718)

  SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Karine Georgian (cello), Jan Willem Nelleke (pno) (Naxos 8.572375)

  BEETHOVEN: Variations on Là ci darem la mano from Mozart's Don Giovanni - Ricercar Academy (Ricercar RIC 287)

  LILBURN: Concert Overture in D - NZSO CO (RNZ)

  6:00 HANDEL: Sweet bird, from L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato - Kathleen Battle (sop), Paul Davies (fl), ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CDC 7 49179)

  SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela, from Lemminkäinen Legends Op 22 - Ellen Sherman (cor anglais), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

  SMETANA: Little hen, from Czech Dances, Book 2 - Antonin Kubalek (pno) (Dorian DOR 90122)

  PUCCINI: Tua madre! Tua madre! from La Rondine - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Plácido Domingo (ten), London SO/Lorin Maazel (CBS CD 39030)

  BAX: Golden Eagle - Richard Nunn (pno), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9003)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Age of Reason

  How has the world changed for women? Six inspiring octogenarians look back

  Six programmes

  (5) Professor Mildred Dresselhaus

  Eminent physicist Professor Mildred Dresselhaus is a world expert on graphite, hence her nickname, "Queen of Carbon". Her work in nanotechnology, the science of tiny things, could change all our lives. She speaks to Jenni Murray about her career in a male dominated field (BBC)

  See the BBC website for this programme

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Early and Baroque Music

  Five programmes

  (5) Orchestra of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen

  BACH arr Wim ten Have: Ricercare in three parts, from A Musical Offering; Orchestral Suite No 1 in C BWV1066; RAMEAU: Naïs, Suite; Entrée, from Les Boréades, Suite (recorded at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam by Dutch Radio)

• 9:15 PM. Appalachia

  RHODES: Appalachian Breakdown - Nicola Melville (pno) (Innova 691)

  DELIUS ed Beecham: Appalachia - Leon Williams (bar), Master Chorale of Tampa Bay & Florida Orch/Stefan Sanderling (Naxos 8.572764)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  SUK: Fantastic Scherzo Op 25 - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Chandos CHAN 8897)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Cello Concerto No 1 - Ulrich Schmid (cello), North West German Phil/Dominique Roggen (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 321 0339)

  DEBUSSY orch Koechlin: Khamma - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572297)

  11:00 SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 7 in Eb D568 - Michael Endres (pno) (Capriccio 10 717)

  KORNGOLD: String Quartet No 3 in D Op 34 - Aron Quartet (CPO 777 436)

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