Tuesday 17 December 2013 Rātū 17 Hakihea 2013

• 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

  Christmas Fantasy

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS; DELIUS; FINZI; IRELAND; WARLOCK; HOLST; HOWELLS - Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth SO/David Hill (Decca 444 130)

  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 J STAMITZ: Symphony in A - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553194)

  GRANADOS: Intermezzo; Tonadilla, La Maja de Goya, from Goyescas - William Feasley (gtr) (Sonora SO/22587 CD)

  CIMAROSA arr Benjamin: Oboe Concerto in C minor - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

  GLINKA trans Balakirev: The Lark - Gordon Fergus-Thompson (pno) (ASV White Line CD WHL 2066)

  GRIEG: Nordic Melodies Op 63, In folk style; Cow call & Peasant dance - Oslo Camerata/Stephan Barratt-Due (Naxos 8.557890)

  7:00 HOLST arr Messiter: In the bleak midwinter - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 340 220)

  WAGNER: Tristan & Isolde, Prelude - Vienna Phil/Otto Klemperer (Testament SBT8 1365)

  MOZART: Rondo in Bb K269 - James Ehnes (vln/dir), Mozart Anniversary Orch (CBC SMCD 5238)

  ELGAR: Salut d'amour Op 12 - Swiss-Italian Orch/Howard Griffiths (Berlin Classics 0300426 BC)

  SCHUMANN: Blumenstück Op 19 - András Schiff (pno) (Teldec 4509 99176)

  BERNSTEIN: Times Square, 1944, from On the Town, Dance Episodes - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68786)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BEETHOVEN: Second movement, Adagio cantabile, from Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique - Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 030)

  J STRAUSS II: Accelerations Waltz - Vienna Johann Strauss Capelle/Michael Tomascheck (Koch International 324 073)

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

  GRAINGER: Irish Tune from County Derry - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9630)

  GOUNOD arr Grafe: Ah! Je veux vivre, from Romeo & Juliet - Sol Gabetta (cello), Prague Phil/Charles Olivieri-Munroe (RCA Red Seal 88697 35962)

  LISZT arr Liszt/Doppler: Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in D S359/6 - Vienna Academy Orch/Martin Haselböck (CPO 777 797)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934)

  ed Matthews: Indra - London Phil/David Atherton (Lyrita SRCD 209)

  Indra; Varuna II; Song of the Frogs; Vac; Creation; Faith, from Vedic Hymns Op 24 - Christopher Maltman (bar), Steuart Bedford (pno) (Collins Classics 15322)

  ed Matthews: Sita, Interlude from Act 3 - London Phil/David Atherton (Lyrita SRCD 209)

  Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Third Group - BBC Singers/Justin Doyle, Sioned Williams (harp) (BBC Music BBC MM 252)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BRAHMS: Serenade No 2 in A Op 16 - Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicolas McGegan (Philharmonia Baroque PBP 05)

  RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Boris Berezovsky (pno), Ural Phil/Dmitri Liss (Mirare MIR 019)

  STANFORD: Sonata for clarinet & piano - Murray Khouri (cl), John McCabe (pno) (Continum CCD 1074)

  BAX: Symphony No 5 in C# minor - BBC Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 10122

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  IRELAND: Cello Sonata in G minor - Paul Watkins (cello), Huw Watkins (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10792)

  MOERAN: Lonely Waters - Rebekah Coffey (sop), Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.573034)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  LLOYD: Symphony No 9 - BBC Phil/George Lloyd (Conifer CDCF 139)

  J WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Pittsburgh SO/John Williams (Sony 88691 94253)

  DVORÁK arr Hazell: Goin' home - Bryn Terfel (bbar), London SO/Barry Wordsworth (DG 474 438)

  MYERS arr Field: Cavatina, from The Deer Hunter - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)

  TRAD arr Courtney: A Musicological Journey through The Twelve Days of Christmas - Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Bonneville Classics SO/Jerold Ottley (Bonneville Classics BCD 9402)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956 - Weller Quartet, Dietfried Gürtler (cello) (rec 1970) (Decca 475 6796)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

  BLOCH: Nigun, from Baal Shem - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu CD MANU 5006)

  FARR: Te Papa - Mere Boynton (karanga), Deborah Wai Kapohe (sop), Richard Greager (ten), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2042)

  HAYDN: Trio in G for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/15 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Martin Rummel (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (pno) (Naxos 8.572667)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Fourth movement, Finale, from Symphony No 4 in F minor Op 36 - Orchestra Wellington/James Sedares (Private)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SULLIVAN: Pirates of Penzance, Overture - Scottish CO/Alexander Faris (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Festival at Baghdad, The Sea, Shipwreck & Conclusion, from Scheherazade - Jaap van Zweden (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 443 703)

  CHOPIN: Polonaise in Ab Op 53, Heroic - Gustavo Romero (pno) (Koch International 3 7296)

  BIZET trans Mercz: Entr'acte to Act 3, from Carmen; Minuet, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 2 - János Bálint (fl), Nóra Mercz (harp) (Naxos 8.550741)

  PROKOFIEV: The knights' dance, from Romeo & Juliet - Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pesek (Virgin VC 7 59278)

  6:00 PIERPONT arr Gould: Jingle Bells - Hallé Orch/Carl Davis (Hallé CD HIL 7504)

  LISZT: Les cloches de Genève, from Années de Pèlerinage, Year 1, Switzerland - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67424)

  MARAIS: La Sonnerie de Saint-Geneviève du Mont de Paris - Café Zimmermann/Pablo Valetti (dir) (Alpha 151)

  KETÈLBEY: Bells across the meadows - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Warner 2564 62020)

  SMITH: Sleigh-Bells - Alan Etherden (pno) (HMP HMPCD 0589)

  HANDEL: Or let the merry bells ring round, from L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato - Carolyn Sampson (sop), Bach Choir, English Concert/David Hill (BIS SACD 1736)

  BYRD: The bells - Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ of Hofkirche, Innsbruck) (Winter & Winter 910 055)

  TRAD arr Hartley/Kay/Wood: Ding dong! merrily on high - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay, Simon Lindley (org) (Chandos CHAN 4530)

  DEMACHI: First movement, Allegro assai, from Sinfonia in F, Le campane di Roma - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (dir) (Virgin 3 63430)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  7:00 Resound 2013

  Ten programmes

  (9) BROWNLEE: Sparks Among the Geysers - Stroma (RNZ)

  FARQUHAR: Sun and Shadow - Sarah Watkins (pno) (RNZ)

  LILBURN: Symphony No 2 - National Orch/Alex Lindsay (RNZ)

  8:00 Creation Jazz Style

  Auckland Chamber Orchestra/Peter Scholes

  FRANÇAIX: Dixtour; XENAKIS: Anaktoria; LIANG: Bamboo Lights; MILHAUD: La creation du monde (recorded in the Ray Freedman Arts Centre, Auckland by RNZ)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

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