Tuesday 14 January 2014 Rātū 14 Kohi-tātea 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  ELGAR: The Wand of Youth, Suites 1 and 2; Dream Children Op 43; Nursery Suite - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557166)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  SCHUBERT: Piano Sonatas, in C minor D958; in Bb D960 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 432 307)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  STRAUSS: Guntram, Ewig einsam; Love Scene, from Feurersnot; Falke, Falke, du wiedergefundener, from Die Frau ohne Schatten; Träumerei am Kamin, from Intermezzo; In Syriens Glut…, fromDie Liebe der Danae; Was erblicke ich?, from Daphne; Die schweigsame Frau, Potpourri; Di rigori armato il seno, from Der Rosenkavalier; Fröhlicher Beschluss, from Intermezzo - Ben Heppner (ten), Toronto SO/Andrew Davis (CBC SMCD 5142)

  3:25 approx - Disc 4

  Greatest Hits: Brass

  Works for brass ensemble by Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Pachelbel, Desprez, Brade, Bach, Campra, Mozart, Friederich, Copland, Janácek, Dukas, Kodály, Mussorgsky - Various brass ensembles (Sony MLK 66708)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  KETÈLBEY: In a Persian Market; Wedgewood Blue; Chal Romano; In a Monastery Garden; The Clock and the Dresden Figures; Bells Across the Meadows; In Holiday Mood; A Musical Jig-Saw; A Birthday Greeting; Algerian Scene; Bank Holiday, 'appy 'ampstead, from Cockney Suite; Sunbeams and Butterflies; Knights of the King; At the Palais de Danse, from Cockney Suite; In a Camp of the Ancient Britons - Peter Dawson, Raymond Newell (bars), Albert Sandler (vln); Albert Ketèlbey (pno), various ensembles (Pearl GEMM CD 9968)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture - Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI 5 62621)

  PROKOFIEV: Ballade in C minor Op 15 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1517)

  WAGNER: Siegfried's Funeral March, from Götterdämmerung - Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 421 313)

  SUK: Elegy Op 23 - Guarneri Trio (Praga PRD 250 218)

  PURCELL: Abdelazer, incidental music - Theatre of Early Music (Analekta AN 2 9948)

  7:00 ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture - La Scala Orch, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 218)

  DVORÁK: Two Waltzes Op 54 - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCS 446)

  HEDGES: Four Miniature Dances - RTE Sinfonietta/Anthony Hedges (Marco Polo 8.223886)

  GEMINIANI: Scots Airs, Auld Bob Morrice; Lady Ann Bothwell's Lament; Sleepy body - Palladian Ensemble (Linn CKD 010)

  GODARD: Suite Op 116 - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (Avie AV 2131)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: 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)

  DUTILLEUX: Sarabande et Cortège - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10521)

  MYSLIVECEK: Sinfonia Concertante in D Op 2/5 - Ural Phil/Gary Brain (Toccata Classics TOCC 0023)

  WIENIAWSKI: Polonaise No 1 in D Op 4 - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), Daniel Gortler (pno) (RCA 82876 50470)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Third movement, Allegro vivacissimo, from Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Czech Phil/Jakub Hrusa (Decca 478 5338)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  ONSLOW: Piano Trio in D minor Op 20 - Trio Cascades (CPO 777 232)

  GLAZUNOV: Saxophone Quartet in Bb - Habanera Saxophone Quartet (Alpha 041)

• 10:00 AM. Morning Concert

  Margaret Medlyn (sop), Diedre Irons (pno), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished; MOZART: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor K491; Ch'io mi scordi di te? K505; BERIO: Rendering (recorded in Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• Noon Summer Sonic

  Cynthia Morahan (RTÉ Lyric and Radio New Zealand Concert) presents a refreshing mix of classic music live on Summer Sonic. Whether you're on holiday at the beach, or in need of a long lunch, join Cynthia for two hours of music and stories to keep you company on summer afternoons (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BANTOCK: Hebridean Symphony - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Hyperion CDA 66450)

  BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565 - Carlo Curley (organ of the Chapel of Girard College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA) (Argo 430 200)

  HOUGHTON: Opals - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 - Daniel Barenboim (pno), Philharmonia/John Barbirolli (rec 1967) (EMI CDM 7 63536)

• 4:00 PM. The Conductor

  The story of the writing of Dmitri Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony and its historic first performance in besieged Leningrad in 1942

  Written in 15 parts by Sarah Quigley and read by Peter Bland

  (7) Shostakovich is inspired to write a fascist march while ditch digging for the Home Guard. Nikolai has arranged for his young daughter Sonya to leave Leningrad by train but she has to leave her precious cello behind. Nikolai fears for her future (RNZ)

• 4:15 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  LILBURN: Introduction & Allegro - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

  CHARLTON: Figure Eight - Conservatorium Guitar Ensemble/Matthew Marshall (Massey University)

  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)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 4 in C minor - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BEETHOVEN: Name-Day Overture Op 115 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 427 256)

  COPLAND: Variations on a Shaker Melody, from Appalachian Spring - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80503)

  PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue in D - London Baroque (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1539)

  RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu CD MANU 5006)

  DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour le Piano - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

  HALVORSEN arr Cello Duello: Passacaglia after Handel - Cello Duello (Solo Musica SM 146)

  GRIEG: Evening in the mountains; At the cradle, from Lyric Pieces Op 68 - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1491)

  6:00 BRITTEN: Cabaret Songs, Calypso; O tell me the truth about love; Johnny; Funeral Blues - Ann Murray (mezzo), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (Avie AV 2077)

  BOLCOM: Cabaret Songs, Surprise!; The actor; Song of black max; Amor; Toothbrush time; The total stranger in the garden; George - Measha Brueggergosman (sop), BBC SO/David Robertson (DG 477 6589)

  D SCARLATTI: Mandolin Sonata in D minor Kk77 - Artemandoline (Brilliant Classics 94477)

  SVENDSEN: Norwegian Rhapsody No 2 Op 19 - South Jutland SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.570322)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  8:00 Between Strings

  Chen Xi-Yao (guzheng), NZ Trio

  BRIGHT SHENG: 4 Movements for Piano Trio; CHEN YI: Tibetan Tunes; CAO DONGFU: Celebrating the Lantern Festival; FAN SHANG'E: Spring Morning in the Snow Mountains; LARDELLI: Between Strings; GAO PING: Su Xie Si Ti (recorded in the Hunter Council Chamber, Victoria University Wellington by RNZ)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

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