Thursday 19 December 2013 Rāpare 19 Hakihea 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  HAYDN: Paris Symphonies, No 85 in Bb, The Queen; No 86 in D; No 87 in A - Eighteenth Century Orch/Frans Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor; Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor - Adam Harasiewicz (pno), Vienna SO/Heinrich Hollreiser (Philips 422 472)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  While Shepherds Watched…

  Christmas Music from English Parish Churches, 1740-1830 - Psalmody, The Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (Hyperion CDA 66924)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C; TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse-Scherzo; ERNST: Last Rose of Summer variations; YSAŸE: Ballade; RAVEL: Tzigane; DEBUSSY: Afternoon of a Faun; WAXMAN: Carmen Fantasy - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Irina Vinogradova (pno) (Biddulph LAW 001)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  GLAZUNOV: Suite for string orchestra Op 35; Elegy Op 105; Les Vendredis, Prelude & Fugue; VARIOUS: Les Vendredis, Polka, Allegretto; VARIOUS: Variations on a Russian Folk Song - Amati Ensemble/Attila Balogh (Calig CAL 50 940)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 BOUGHTON: Three Folk Dances - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67185)

  F COUPERIN arr Bazelaire: Pièces en concert - Lynn Harrell (cello), Angeli Ensemble (Azica ACD 71265)

  GIORGINAKIS: Therismos, from Greek Memories - Arada Guitar Duo (Landor LAN 284)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Tarantella in A minor Op 6 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Harri Mäki (cl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS CD 1359)

  KORNGOLD: Garden Scene, from Much Ado About Nothing Suite Op 11 - Friedemann Eichhorn (vln), Andreas Frölich (pno) (Oehms OC 861)

  MALIPIERO: La Cimarosiana - Swiss-Italian Orch/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.570883)

  7:00 ANON: Letabundus - Gabriel Crouch, Stephen Kennedy, William Townend (bars), Gabrieli Consort, Trebles of Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir/Paul McCreesh (Signum SIGCD 346)

  RODRIGO: Music for a Garden - Granada City Orch/Josep Pons (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1764)

  WELLEJUS: Wind Quintet - Wind Quintet of the Danish National Radio SO (Dacapo 8.224151)

  MOERAN orch Newton: Overture for a Festival - Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton Epoch CDLX 7281)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: 'Tis evening, from Pique Dame - Maria Gulegina (sop), Olga Borodina (mezzo), Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev (Philips 442 013)

  MENDELSSOHN: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - London Phil/Andrew Litton (EMI CD EMX 9518)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: HAHN: Si mes vers avaient des ailes! - Felicity Lott (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67141/2)

  DUSSEK: Sinfonia in G - Helsinki Baroque Orch/Aapo Häkkinen (Naxos 8.572683)

  HOVHANESS: Alleluia & Fugue Op 40b - I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (Telarc CD 80503)

  D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in E Kk380 - Ivo Pogorelich (pno) (DG 435 855)

  CAMPA: Three Miniatures, Menuet; Gavotte; Thème varié - Cuarteto Latinoamericano (Sono Luminus DSL 92130)

  SPOHR: Introduction & Festmarsch in D - Swiss-Italian Orch/Howard Shelley (Hyperion CDA 67939)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934)

  A welcome song - Holst Singers/Stephen Layton, David Theodore (ob), Robert Truman (cello) (Hyperion CDA 66705)

  St Paul's Suite - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst (Chandos CHAN 8375)

  The Perfect Fool, ballet music - London SO/André Previn (EMI 5 62615)

  This have I done for my true love - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/David Hill (Hyperion CDA 67576)

  Egdon Heath - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9420)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BACH: Orchestral Suite No 4 in D BWV1069 - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS SACD 1431)

  GRIEG: String Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 27 - Petersen Quartet (Capriccio 10 476)

  ZARZYCKI: Piano Concerto in Ab Op 17 - Jonathan Plowright (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Lukasz Borowicz (Hyperion CDA 67958)

  CARTELLIERI: Parthia No 1 in Eb for Wind Sextet - Consortium Classicum (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 301 1177)

  FOOTE: Suite in E Op 63 - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559365)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  BLOCH: Suite Hébraïque - Hong-Mei Xiao (vla), Budapest SO/Mariusz Smolij (Naxos 8.570829)

  ZEMLINSKY: Two movements for string quartet - Escher Quartet (Naxos 8.572813)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  HOLST: Mercury, the Winged Messenger, from The Planets - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (Sony SMK 63087)

  MOZART: Violin Concerto No 1 in Bb K207 - Viktoria Mullova (vln/dir), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment (Philips 470 292)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Piece in Eb D946/2 - Tamás Vesmás (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1449)

  COWPER: Gloria in excelsis Deo - Katherine Fuge, Nicola Jenkin (sops), Elinor Carter (contralto), Julian Podger (ten), Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 462 050)

  TRAD: Ave Maria, gratia plena; TRAD arr Hughes/Grainger: Angelus ad virginem - Sara Mingardo (mezzo), Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 462 050)

  BAX: Second movement, Lento, from Symphony No 3 in C - BBC Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 10122)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence, String Sextet in D minor - Borodin Quartet, Yuri Bashmet (vla), Natalia Gutman (cello) (rel 1982) (EMI CDS 7 49775)

  CHOPIN: Scherzo No 4 in E Op 54; Scherzo No 2 in Bb minor Op 31 - Benno Moiseiwitsch (pno) (rec 1958) (Philips 456 907)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  PRUDEN: Taranaki - New Zealand SO/Philip Walsh (RNZ)

  Looking for a lost guinea-pig at daybreak - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Kiwi SLD 78)

  HOWELLS: Magnificat, from St Paul's Service - Choir of Wellington Cathedral/Philip Walsh, Andrew MacMillan (org) (Herald HAVP CD 191)

  GRANADOS: The maiden & the nightingale, from Goyescas - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Decca 425 820)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Quartet in Eb WoO36/1 - New Zealand Piano Quartet (Naxos 8.570998)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  CHABRIER: Joyeuse Marche - Detroit SO/Paul Paray (Mercury 434 303)

  DEBUSSY: Masques - Noriko Ogawa (pno) (BIS CD 1105)

  FAURÉ arr anon: Sicilienne, from Pelléas & Mélisande - Anna Noakes (fl), Gillian Tingay (harp) (ASV White Line CD WHL 2101)

  VIVALDI: Cello Concerto in G RV413 - Georg Faust (cello), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (Avi 855 3060)

  ELGAR: There is sweet music - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

  SIBELIUS: Suite for violin & strings Op 117 - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Virgin 5 45534)

  OFFENBACH: La Vie Parisienne, Overture - Philharmonia/Neville Marriner (Philips 411 476)

  6:00 WEBER: Ruler of the Spirits, Overture - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 475 8140)

  TARTINI: Sonata No 2 in B minor for solo violin - Chiara Banchini (vln) (Zig Zag ZZT 080 502)

  MARTIN: Kyrie, from Mass for double choir - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Collins Classics 14672)

  RAFF: Concert Piece in G, Ode to Spring - Jean-François Antonioli (pno), Lausanne CO/Lawrence Foster (Claves CD 50-8806)

  ROSSINI: Andante & Variations on Di tanti palpiti, from Tancredi - Heinz Holliger (ob), Ursula Holliger (harp) (Philips 426 288)

  BACH arr Busoni: Chorale Prelude, Ich ruf zu dir BWV639 - Edwin Fischer (pno) (Philips 456 766)

  MYSLIVECEK: Symphony in A - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10203)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Lisa Della Casa (1919-2012)

  Roger Flury and Des Wilson look at the life and career of the Swiss soprano who died last December (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Dance

  Tamara-Anna Cislowska (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Nicholas Collon

  KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta; LISZT: Totentanz; RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/1; RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales; STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier; BALAKIREV orch Liapounov: Islamey (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:35 PM. A Christmas Mass

  GEVAERT: Christmas Mass, Puer natus est nobis - women of Le Petit Sablon Vocal Ensemble/Thibaut Lenaerts, Xavier Deprez (org) (Fuga Libera FUG 545)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RAMEAU: Zoroastre, Suite - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AVSA 9882)

  IRELAND: Concertino pastorale - English Sinfonia/John Farrer (Carlton Classics 3036 60060)

  WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5060)

  11:00 RODRIGO: Elogio de la guitarra - Charles Ramirez (gtr) (Signum SIGCD 244)

  STATHAM: Suite for flute & string quartet - Adrianna Lis (fl), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

  GHEDINI: Piano Sonata in Ab - Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi (pno) (Naxos 8.572330)

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