Friday 22 November 2013 Rāmere 22 Whiringa-ā-rangi 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Symphonies, No 1 in Eb; No 2 in B minor - Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 436 651)

  1.10 approx - Disc 2

  KREISLER: La Gitana; TARTINI: Andante,from Violin Concerto in A D96; TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade Mélancolique; BRAHMS: Scherzo, from FAE Sonata in C minor; SCHUMANN: Third movement, Intermezzo, from Violin Sonata in A minor WoO27; CHOPIN: Nocturne in C# minor Op posth; ELGAR: Salut d’amour; GLUCK: Melody, from Orpheus and Euridice; BLOCH: Nigun, from Baal Shem; MASSENET: Méditation, from Thaïs; SARASATE: Playera Op 23/1; RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14; KREISLER: Caprice viennois Op 2; DEBUSSY trans Heifetz: Beau Soir - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu CD MANU 5006)

  2.20 approx - Disc 3

  We'll Keep a Welcome: The Welsh Album - Bryn Terfel (bar), Black Mountain Chorus, Risca Male Choir, Orch of the Welsh National Opera, Meinir Heulyn, Katherine Thomas (harps), Bryan Davies (pno/org) (DG 463 593)

  3.40 approx - Disc 4

  GRIEG: Violin Sonatas, No 1 in F Op 8; No 2 in G Op 13; No 3 in C minor Op 45 - Dong-Suk Kang (vln), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 647)

  4.50 approx - Disc 5

  17^th Century Music from the Publications of John Playford - David Douglass (vln), Paul O’Dette (theorbo), Andrew Lawrence-King (harps) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7186)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  RUBINSTEIN arr Müller-Berghaus: Valse Caprice in Eb - Wuppertal SO/George Hanson (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 335 1240)

  BRIDGE: Three Lyrics for piano, Heart's ease; Dainty rogue; The hedgerow - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.557842)

  VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerto in F RV491 - Klaus Thunemann (bsn), I Musici (Philips 446 066)

  S GOSS: Welsh Folksongs - Susie Hodder-Williams (fl), Chris Caldwell (cl/bass cl), Graham Roberts (gtr) (FMR CD 303-0311)

  CLEMENTI: Overture in D - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573071)

  YSAŸE: Saltarelle carnavalesque Op posth - Hideko Udagawa (vln), Philharmonia/Martyn Brabbins (Signum SIGCD 224)

  7.00 TRAD arr Flower: The Drunken Sailor; Wild Mountain Thyme - Sharon Isbin (gtr) (Sony 88697 45456)

  WEBER: Clarinet Concertino in Eb Op 26 - Michael Collins (cl/dir), City of London Sinfonia (Chandos CHAN 10702)

  SCHUMANN: Schön Blümelein Op 43/3; So wahr die Sonne scheinet Op 37/12 - Evelyn Lear (sop), Thomas Stewart (bbar), Erik Werba (pno) (DG 477 6219)

  FIELD: Divertissement No 1 in E - Míceál O'Rourke (pno), London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10468)

  RAVEL: Boléro - Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel (RCA 09026 68600)

  8.00 Beauty Spot: MURCIA/COLL arr Pluhar: Romanesca - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)

  HOVHANESS: Processional & Fugue Op 76/5 - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Kerry Stratton (Dorian DOR 93166)

  MASSENET: Le roman d'Arlequin - Stefan Irmer (pno) (MDG 618 1729)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Gremin's aria, from Eugene Onegin - Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), London SO/Edward Downes (Decca 448 248)

  FRANCOEUR: Cello Sonata in E - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Delos DE 3326)

  TRAD arr Langford: Fantasy on British Sea Songs - Auckland Brass/Nigel Weeks (Kiwi CD SLC 247)

  LEHÁR: Gold & Silver Waltz - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80547)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  EDWARD BENJAMIN BRITTEN, BARON BRITTEN (1913-1976)

  Hymn to St Cecilia Op 27 - Carys Lane, Belinda Yates (sops), Kathryn Cook (contralto), Andrew Carwood (ten), Matthew Brook (bass), Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer (Chandos CHAN 9511)

  Songs & Proverbs of William Blake - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar), Benjamin Britten (pno) (Decca 417 428)

  The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - London SO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 417 509)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  HANDEL: Rodrigo, Overture - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Naïve V 5234)

  RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez - Charles Ramirez (gtr), Chamber Orch of Europe/Douglas Boyd (Signum SIGCD 244)

  MENDELSSOHN: Six Songs to be Sung in the Open Air Op 48, Premonition of Spring; The primrose; The festival of Spring; Song of the lark; Morning prayer; Autumn Song - RIAS Chamber Choir/Hans-Christoph Rademann (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1992)

  BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 1 in G Op 78 - György Pauk (vln), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93989)

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 5 in Eb Op 82 - London Phil/Paavo Berglund (LPO 0065)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  LECLAIR: Flute Sonata in G Op 2/5 (violin version) - Adrian Butterfield (baroque vln), Jonathan Mason (vla da gamba), Laurence Cummings (hpschd) (Naxos 8.572866)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 25 in C - Heidelberg SO/Thomas Fey (Hänssler CD 98.012)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  WELLS: Organ Concerto - John Wells (organ of Christchurch Town Hall), Christchurch Symphony/Brian Law (Ribbonwood RCD 1009)

  PUCCINI: Doretta's dream, from La Rondine - Inessa Galante (sop), Latvian National SO/Alexander Vilumanis (Campion RRCD 1335)

  LILBURN: Piano Sonata in A minor (1939) - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2053)

  MOZART: Se il padre perdei, from Idomeneo - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London SO/Colin Davis (Philips 411 148)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BACH: Cello Suite No 4 in Eb BWV1010 - Janos Starker (cello) (rec 1992) (RCA 09026 61436)

  VIVALDI: Concerto in A RV552, Per eco in lontano - Enrico Onofri, Marco Bianchi (vlns), Il Giardino Armonico, Milan/Giovanni Antonini (rec 1994) (Teldec 4509 94552)

  TALLIS: Suscipe quaeso Domine; O nata lux de lumine - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (Hyperion CDA 67548)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  SIBELIUS: Belshazzar's Feast, Suite - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)

  STATHAM: Romance No 1 - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

  PÄRT: Piano Sonata Op 1/1; Piano Sonata Op 1/2 - Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Black Box BBM 1071)

  HOFMANN: Flute Concerto in D - Elizabeth Hirst (fl), University of Auckland Orch/Uwe Grodd (Uni of Auckland)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man - Atlanta SO/Louis Lane (Telarc SACD 60648)

  D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in D Kk491 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)

  RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 060 901)

  FRANÇAIX: L'Heure du Berger - Frank-Immo Zichner (pno), Berlin Chamber Ensemble (MDG 603 0557)

  WHITACRE: Water night - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67543)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No 1 - Vytautas Sondeckis (cello), Lithuanian CO/David Geringas (Naxos 8.554381)

  MERTZ: Tarantella, from Bardic Sounds Op 13 - Marco Schmidt (gtr) (Private Recording CAS 0120)

  GRIEG: Homage March, from Sigurd Jorsalfar - Swedish Radio SO/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony MLK 64064)

  6.00 MARXSEN: Song without Words in B Op 37 - Anthony Spiri (pno) (CPO 777 319)

  BRAHMS: Four Duets Op 61 - Felicity Lott (sop), Ann Murray (mezzo), Graham Johnson (pno) (EMI 5 74206)

  PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical - Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (Chandos CHAN 9615)

  GLIÈRE: Impromptu - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Channel Classics CCS SA 31711)

  STANFORD: The Blue Bird Op 119/3 - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (dir) (Collegium COLCD 104)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: English Folk Song Suite - Royal Liverpool Phil/John Wilson (Avie AV 2194)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Critic's Chair

  Erica Challis reviews recent releases (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Composer of the Week

  EDWARD BENJAMIN BRITTEN, BARON BRITTEN (22 November 1913-1976)

  Erin King, Jane McKinlay (sops), Andrea Cochrane (contralto), Richard Taylor (ten), David Houston (bass), Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart, Richard Apperley (org)

  BRITTEN: Te Deum in C; The sycamore tree; Prelude & Fugue on a theme of Vittoria; AMDG; Prayer I; Rosa mystica; God's grandeur; Prayer II; O Deus, ego amo te; The soldier; Heaven-haven; POULENC: Litanies à la Vierge noire; HINDEMITH: Six Chansons, La biche; Un cygne; Puisque tout passe; Printemps; En hiver; Verger BRITTEN: Rejoice in the Lamb (recorded in the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul by RNZ)

• 9:20 PM. The Beaux Arts' Pianist

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 31 in Ab Op 110 - Menahem Pressler (pno) (BIS SACD 1999)

  MOZART: Piano Trio No 4 in E K542 - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 446 154)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  HANDEL: What passion cannot music raise to quell, from Ode for St Cecilia's Day - Lucy Crowe (sop), Nils Wieboldt (cello), Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Naïve V 5183)

  LASSER: Variations on a Chorale by JS Bach - Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Telarc CD 80715)

  FUCHS: Serenade No 3 in E minor Op 21 - Cologne CO/Christian Ludwig (Naxos 8.572607)

  11.00 BAX: Quintet for oboe & strings - members of the Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 66807)

  SOR: Morceau de concert in D Op 54 - William Carter (gtr) (Linn CKD 380)

  GURDJIEFF trans Hartmann/Lechner/Tsabropoulos: Prayer; TSABROPOULOS: Dance; Chant - Anja Lechner (cello), Vassilis Tsabropoulos (pno) (ECM 1888)

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