Wednesday 4 March 2015 Rāapa 4 Poutū-te-rangi 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  VERDI: Preludes, Overtures & Ballet Music from, Oberto; Un giorno de regno; Nabucco; Ernani; I due Foscari; Giovanna d'Arco; Alzira; Attila; Macbeth; I masnadieri; Il corsaro; La battaglia di Legnano - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (Chandos CHAN 9510)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb; SPOHR: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in C minor; CRUSELL: Clarinet Concerto No 3 in Bb - Emma Johnson (cl), English CO/Gerard Schwarz (ASV CD DCA 659)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  MARTUCCI: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor; La Canzone Dei Ricordi - Rachel Yakar (sop), Francesco Caramiello (pno), Philharmonia/Francesco D'Avalos (ASV CD DCA 690)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor; Sonatina in G minor D408; Fantasy in C D934 - Robert Stallman (fl), Erika Nickrenz (pno) (ASV CD DCA 742)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  KETÈLBEY: In a Monastery Garden; The Adventurers, Overture; Chal Romano; Suite Romantique; Caprice Pianistique; The Clock and the Dresden Figures; Cockney Suite No 5, Bank Holiday; Cockney Suite No 3, At the Palais de Danse; In the Moonlight; Wedgwood Blue; Bells across the Meadows; The Phantom Melody; In a Persian Market - Slovak Phil Male Chorus, Czecho-Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223442)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 JC BACH: Symphony in Bb Op 18/2 - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 752)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu MANU CD 5006)

  CHABRIER: Habanera - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

  BOCCHERINI: Oboe Quintet in A Op 45/4 - Sarah Francis (ob), Allegri String Quartet (Decca 433 173)

  PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical - London Phil/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 61350)

  7:00 ROSSINI: Armida, Overture - Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.572735)

  GRANADOS: Spanish Dance No 5, Andaluza - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (Tsiboulski APT-CD 101)

  BOWERMAN: Fantasy on a Fugue of Elgar - Laura Samuel (vln), Anna Stokes (fl), Emily Pailthorpe (ob), London Serenata/Krzystof Chorzelski (Champs Hill CHRCD 033)

  SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 12 in C minor, Quartettsatz - Leipzig String Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 307 1362)

  LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Turin RAI Orch/Peter Maag (Arts Archives 43041)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: DVORÁK: Two Waltzes Op 54 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Africa, Fantasy Op 89 - Stephen Hough (pno), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)

  PIAZZOLLA: Libertango - Ladislav Horák (accordion), Petr Nouzovsky (cello) (Supraphon SU 4161)

  TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D - Rolf Smedvig (tpt), Scottish CO/Jahja Ling (Telarc CD 80227)

  BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No 2 - Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Signum SIGCD 193)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  DOUGLAS LILBURN (1915-2001)

  Othello, incidental music for a production by Ngaio Marsh, Christchurch 1944 - Elizabeth Holowell (vln), Dean Sky-Lucas (pno), Cameron Rhodes (speaker) (Atoll ACD 941)

  String Trio (1945) - Martin Riseley (vln), Donald Maurice (vla), Inbal Megiddo (cello) (Atoll ACD 142)

  Three Songs for voice & piano - Tracey Chadwell (sop), Pamela Lidiard (pno) (BMS 421)

  Diversions for Strings - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC 25088)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  RACHMANINOV: Suite No 1 in G minor for two pianos Op 5, Fantaisie-tableaux - Peter Donohoe, Martin Roscoe (pno duo) (Naxos 8.557062)

  NIELSEN: Aladdin Suite - San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 425 857)

  CRAS: Quintet for flute, harp & string trio - Linos Harp Quintet (Hänssler CD 93.175)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade - Herman Krebbers (vln), Concertgebouw Orch/Kirill Kondrashin (Philips 475 7570)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  BUTTERWORTH: A Shropshire Lad - London Mozart Players/Hilary Davan Wetton (Naxos 8.573426)

  MARTINU: Cello Sonata No 3 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Olli Mustonen (pno) (BIS SACD 2042)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  GRETRY ed Almeida: Le Magnifique, Overture - Britanny Orch/Stefan Sanderling (ASV CD DCA 1095)

  BACH: Cantata No 199, My heart is bathed in blood - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 463 591)

  English Suite No 2 in A minor BWV807 - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 421 640)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  AURIC arr Lane: Prelude; The Siege of Burgundy; Finale, from Passport to Pimlico - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (rec 1997) (Silvascreen FILMCD 177)

  DI CAPUA: O sole mio - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), National Phil/Gian Carlo Chiaramello

  CANNIO: O surdato 'nnammurato - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Teatro Comunale Chorus & Orch, Bologna/Anton Guadagno (rel 1979) (Decca 410 015)

  CARY: Main titles; Mrs Wilborce meets the Professor; Plots & preparations; The robbery; Disasters & discoveries; Demise of the gang; The triumph of Mrs Wilberforce, from The Ladykillers - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (rec 1997) (Silvascreen FILMCD 177)

  GAMBARDELLA: O marenariello - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Teatro Comunale Chorus & Orch, Bologna/Anton Guadagno

  TOSTI: Marechiare - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), National Phil/Gian Carlo Chiaramello (rel 1979) (Decca 410 015)

  RAWSTHORNE: Prelude & Nocturne, from The Cruel Sea - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (rec 1997) (Silvascreen FILMCD 177)

  DENZA: Funiculì-Funiculà - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Teatro Comunale Chorus & Orch, Bologna/Anton Guadagno (rel 1979) (Decca 410 015)

  IRELAND: The stampede for water, from The Overlanders - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (rec 1997) (Silvascreen FILMCD 177)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 4 in Eb K282 - Henry Wong Doe (pno) (Private Recording 2003A)

  HILL arr Vidulich: Viola Concerto 1910 - Donald Maurice (vla), Massey CO (Hill Records 002)

  STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella Suite - Wisconsin CO/Andrew Sewell (WCO Records CD 0001)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  WEBER: Oberon, Overture - Israel Phil/Daniel Barenboim (RCA 09026 68768)

  J HARRISON: Bredon Hill - Lorraine McAslan (vln), London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 317)

  BERNSTEIN arr Friend: Somewhere, from West Side Story - Lisa Friend (fl), Martin Radford (cello), Mark Kinkaid (pno) (Signum SIGCD 199)

  GRAINGER: Irish Tune from County Derry - Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir/Antony Walker (ABC 465 684)

  J STRAUSS II: Tales from the Vienna Woods Op 325 - Vienna Phil/Daniel Barenboim (Sony 88883 792272)

  6:00 STILL ed Alexa Still: Here's One - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (Koch 3-7192)

  CARSE: Two Sketches - Northern Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555070)

  MAURER: Three pieces - Center City Brass Quintet (Collins Classics 14892)

  VIVALDI arr Red Priest: Four Seasons, Autumn - Red Priest (Dorian DOR 90317)

  SCHUMANN: Gesänge der Frühe Op 133 - Michael Endres (pno) (Arte Nova 74321 84386)

  WARLOCK: Six English Tunes, The witch; Daphne; Strawberry leaves; Tickle my toe; Sweet youth; A toy - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Beethoven's Piano Concertos

  As an introduction to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's upcoming complete cycle, Indra Hughes presents an overview of Beethoven's five Piano Concertos - as well as a little-known piano concerto that Beethoven wrote when he was just 13 years old (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Direct from Auckland Town Hall

  Auckland Arts Festival 2015

  Water and Light

  Katie Zagórski (fl), Patricia Wright (sop), Graduate Choir, Choir of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland Philharmonia/Kenneth Young

  MUSSORGSKY: Dawn on the Moscow River, Prelude from Khovanshchina, Act 1

  MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave)

  TAKEMITSU: I Hear the Water Dreaming

  (interval)

  YOUNG: In Paradisum (Into Paradise) (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

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

  BRAHMS: Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op 52 Nos 1, 2, 4, 6, 5; Op 65/9; Op 52 Nos 11, 8, 9 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 5344)

  11:00 COOKE: Clarinet Sonata in Bb - Andrew Simon (cl), Warren Lee (pno) (Naxos 8.573022)

  JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 1, Kreutzer Sonata - Talich String Quartet (Calliope CAL 9699)

  WITT: Quartet in Eb for horn, violin, viola & cello - Consortium Classicum (CPO 777 486)

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