Thursday 16 January 2014 Rāpare 16 Kohi-tātea 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  REGER: Variations and Fugue on a theme of Beethoven; A Ballet Suite; Four Böcklin Tone Pictures - Norrköping SO/Leif Segerstam (BIS CD 601)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  VIVALDI: Concertos for violin & orchestra Op 11, No 1 in D; No 2 in E minor; No 3 in A; No 4 in G; No 5 in C minor; No 6 in G minor - Stanley Ritchie (vln), Frank De Bruine (ob), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Oiseau-Lyre 436 172)

  2:35 approx - Disc 3

  SCHUMANN: Spanische Liebeslieder Op 138; Piano Quartet in Eb Op 47; Andante & Variations for two pianos, two cellos & horn - Kathleen Battle (sop), D'Anna Fortunato (contralto), John Aler (ten), Dominic Cossa (bar), Charles Wadsworth, Richard Goode (pnos), Jaime Laredo (vln), Walter Trampler (vla), Leslie Parnas, Laurence Lesser (cellos), John Barrows (horn) (ASV CD AMM 155R)

  3:45 approx - Disc 4

  IRELAND: Decorations; The Almond Tree; Preludes; Rhapsody; The Towing-Path; Merry Andrew; Summer Evening; Piano Sonata in E minor - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9056)

  4:55 approx - Disc 5

  BACH arr various: Air, from Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068; Beloved Jesu, We are Here; Christmas Oratorio, Sinfonia; Oboe Concerto in F BWV1053, Siciliano; Prelude in Eb minor; Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Sarabande, Minuet and Badinerie, from Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067; First movement, Allegro, from Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G BWV1049; Sleepers Awake; Sanctify Us by Thy Goodness; Second movement, Adagio, from Concerto in C minor for oboe and violin BWV1060; Second movement, Andante, from Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor BWV1058; Second movement, Largo ma non troppo, from Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043; Prelude in C; Sheep May Safely Graze - Various artists (London 440 082)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 J STAMITZ: Symphony in D Op 3/2 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553194)

  DVORÁK: Romance in F minor Op 11 - Pavel Sporcl (vln), Petr Jiríkovsky (pno) (Supraphon SU 3860)

  J WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Decca 478 3529)

  SATIE: Gymnopédies - Philippe Entremont (pno) (CBS MYK 45505)

  LISZT arr Liszt/Doppler: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in D minor S359/2 - Vienna Academy Orch/Martin Haselböck (CPO 777 797)

  7:00 BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival, Overture - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI CDZ 7 62605)

  DEBUSSY orch Hazell: La fille aux cheveux de lin, from Preludes, Book 1 - Albrecht Mayer (ob), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

  CHOPIN: Waltzes, in Ab Op 69/1, L'Adieu; in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante; in E minor Op posth - Dejan Lazic (pno) (Channel Classics CCS 15998)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No 1 in E minor - Andrés Segovia (gtr) (DG 477 6050)

  GOODWIN: Battle of Britain Suite - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10262)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MOZART: Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers K339 - Emma Kirkby (sop), Winchester Cathedral Choir & Quiristers, Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 460 583)

  GRAINGER: Handel in the Strand - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)

  GRANADOS: The maiden & the nightingale, from Goyescas - Daniel del Pino (pno) (ABC Classics 461 651)

  BARBER: Adagio for Strings - Los Angeles Phil/Leonard Bernstein (DG 427 806)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in C Op 48 - Deborah Nemtanu (vln), Paris Orchestral Ensemble/Thomas Zehetmair (Mirare MIR 193)

  LIADOV: Eight Russian Folksongs Op 58 - Slovak Phil/Kenneth Jean (Naxos 8.550328)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  SCHOENBERG: Transfigured Night Op 4 - Lausanne CO/Heinz Holliger (Zig Zag ZZT 328)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Oboe Concerto in A minor - Ruth Bolister (ob), Elgar CO/Stephen Bell (ASV CD DCA 1173)

• 10:00 AM. Morning Concert

  Haydn Celebration

  Two programmes

  (1) HAYDN: Haydn and the String Quartet

  Selected movements from the String Quartets interspersed with readings from various biographies - New Zealand String Quartet (recorded in Hopetoun Alpha, Auckland by RNZ) (Programme 2, tomorrow at 10.00am)

• 10:20 AM. More Works

  BACHELER: Prelude; La Jeune Fillette; Courante - Jakob Lindberg (lute) (BIS CD 2055)

  HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 4/6 - Ton Koopman (org/dir), Amsterdam Baroque Orch (Erato 2292 45394)

  HUMMEL: Te Deum in D - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557193)

• 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

  HOLST: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from The Planets - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (Sony SMK 63087)

  BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Jussi Björling (ten), Robert Merrill (bar), RCA Victor SO/Renato Cellini (rec 1950) (RCA GD 87799)

  KODÁLY: Cello Sonata Op 8 - Natalie Clein (cello), Julius Drake (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67829)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Third movement, Waltz, from Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64 - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 8022)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BEETHOVEN: Fidelio, Overture - Cologne Radio SO/Günter Wand (rec 1975) (Profil PH 04052)

  KOECHLIN: Bander-Log Op 176 - Cologne Radio SO/Günter Wand (rec 1973) (Profil PH 05007)

  MOZART: Flute Concerto No 1 in G K313 - Wolfgang Ritter (fl), North German Radio SO/Günter Wand (rec 1988) (Profil PH 05006)

• 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

  (9) Nikolai is devastated to learn his daughter Sonya never arrived at his sister's and decides to stay in Leningrad in case she makes her way home. He'll play for the Radio Orchestra. Despite air raids and artillery attacks, Elias takes some precious score paper to Shostakovich and hears him play the first movement of his new war symphony. It's magnificent! (RNZ)

• 4:15 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  HILL: The Sacred Mountain - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (Marco Polo 8.220345)

  CARR: Aubade - Alan Vivian (cl), Sydney SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi CD SLD 101)

  HOGAN: In the Caves - Toru Guitar Quartet (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

  VIVALDI: Cello Sonata No 4 in Bb RV45 - Martin Rummel (cello), James Tibbles (hpschd) (Musicaphon M 56917)

  RAUTAVAARA: Apotheosis - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570069)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Overture - Cleveland Orch/George Szell (Sony SBK 60267)

  DELIUS arr Fenby: Serenade, from Hassan - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), National Phil/Charles Gerhardt (RCA 74321 84112)

  EICHHORN: Duo & Variations on a theme from Paganini's The Carnival of Venice - Friedemann Eichhorn, Reto Kuppel (vlns), Alexia Eichhorn (vla) (Naxos 8.572066)

  PUCCINI arr Mikhashoff: Portrait of Madame Butterfly - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

  GROFÉ: On the trail, from Grand Canyon Suite - Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg (Naxos 8.559007)

  6:00 TELEMANN: Overture in G, Nations Old & New - Amsterdam CO/André Rieu, Gustav Leonhardt (hpschd) (Teldec 9031 77620)

  HANDEL: Why do the nations? from Messiah - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Orch of the Antipodes/Antony Walker (ABC 476 227)

  CHOPIN compl Goldstone: Variations on a National Air of Moor - Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow (pno duet) (Divine art dda 25070)

  ADDINSELL: March of the United Nations - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (ASV CD WHL 2108)

  VERDI: Hymn of the Nations - Francesco Meli (ten), Theatre Royal Chorus and Orch, Turin/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10659)

  SUPPÉ: Victory of the Austrian National Anthem - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.223863)

• 7:00 PM. Musical Guests

  2014 guest artists appearing with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and Chamber Music New Zealand

  Three programmes

  (3) ELGAR: Second movement, Lento-Allegro molto, from Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 - Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Berlin State Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Decca 478 2735)

  BACH: Prelude & Fugue No 5 in D BWV874, from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 - Henry Wong Doe (pno) (Private)

  RACHMANINOV: Romance in G minor for string quartet - Borodin Quartet (Onyx 4002)

  ARBAN: Variations on a theme from Bellini's Norma - Håkan Hardenberger (cornet), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 287)

  FAURÉ arr Rysanov: Elegy Op 24 - Maxim Rysanov (vla), Ashley Wass (pno) (BIS SACD 1773)

  RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - Michael Endres (pno) (Oehms OC 307)

  WAGNER: In fernem land, from Lohengrin - Simon O'Neill (ten), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (EMI 4 57817)

  SCHUMANN: Adagio & Allegro in Ab Op 70 - Torleif Thedéen (cello), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 1076)

  GAO PING: Evenings in suburban Moscow, from Two Soviet Love Songs for Vocalizing Pianist - Gao Ping (pno) (Naxos 8.557678)

• 8:00 PM. Curtain Raiser

  With Heather Lees

  Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony (RNZ)

• 8:20 PM. Music Alive

  Kristian Winther (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Rory MacDonald

  BARTÓK: Music for strings, percussion & celesta; BACH: Violin Concerto in E BWV1042; MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  MONTEVERDI: Beatus vir, from Selva morale e spirituale - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1250)

  G RITTER: Bassoon Quartet in F Op 1/6 - Paolo Carlini (bsn), I Virtuosi Italiani (Naxos 8.570500)

  PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 1 in Db Op 10 - Martha Argerich (pno), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (EMI CDC 5 56654)

  RÓZSA: Andante for Strings - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7379)

  11:00 SOR: L'Encouragement Op 34 - Julian Bream, John Williams (gtrs) (RCA RD 83257)

  BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 - Jon Manasse (cl), Tokyo String Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7558)

Next day - Fri 17

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