Saturday 16 May 2015 Rāhoroi 16 Haratua 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  The Stars are Comforting

  The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley (1941-1981)

  Her research into the Evolution of Galaxies made Beatrice Tinsley a giant of 20th century astronomy. Throughout her life Beatrice also played her violin and wrote home to her family

  Twenty programmes, with letters edited by Theodora Lee-Smith and read by Tina Regtien

  (9) Husband away, concerts, a cosmology paper and weather extremes; 1969 (RNZ)

  12:50 approx - Disc 1

  GOODWIN: Theme from 633 Squadron; Drake 400 Suite; Puppet Serenade; New Zealand Suite; Arabian Celebration; Venus Waltz; Prisoners of War March; Minuet in Blue; Theme from The Trap; Girl with a Dream; Theme from Lancelot & Guinevere - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)

  2:00 approx - Disc 2

  STRIGGIO: Ecce beatam lucem; Missa Ecco sì beato giorno; GALILEI: Contrapunto Secondo; STRIGGIO: Fuggi, spene mia; O giovenil ardire; Altr'io che queste spighe; D'ogni gratia et d'amor; O de la belle Etruria invitto Duce; Caro dolce ben mio; Miser'oimè; Spem in alium (Sarum plainchant); TALLIS: Spem in alium - I Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth (Decca 478 2734)

  3:10 approx - Disc 3

  DECRÜCK: Sonata in C#; DELVINCOURT: Croquembouches; SANCAN: Lamento et Rondo; Maurice: Tableaux de Provence; Köchlin: Etudes for saxophone and piano Op 188; DESENCLOS: Prélude, Cadence et Finale - Claude Delangle (sax), Odile Delangle (pno) (BIS CD 1130)

  4:25 approx - Disc 4

  RAWSTHORNE: Bagatelles; REYNOLDS: Two Poems in Homage to Delius; HOUGH: Valse Enigmatique Nos 1 & 2; ELGAR: In Smyrna; REYNOLDS: Two Poems in Homage to Fauré; BANTOCK arr Hough: Song to the Seals; BOWEN: Reverie d'amour Op 20/2; Serious Dance Op 51/2; The way to Polden (an ambling tune) Op 76; BRIDGE: The Dew Fairy; Heart's Ease; LEIGHTON: Six Studies (Study-Variations) Op 56 - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67267)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 BACH: Sinfonia in E, from Cantata No 49, Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen - Stuttgart Bach-Collegium/Helmuth Rilling (Hänssler CD 98.270)

  TRAD arr Idenstam: Spel Jocke - Johan Hedin (nyckelharpa), Gunnar Idenstam (org) (Caprice CAP 21807)

  QUILTER: Three English Dances - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223444)

  KOSENKO: Gigue in D minor, from Eleven Etudes in the Form of Old Dances Op 19 - Natalya Shkoda (pno) (Toccata Classics TOCC 0036)

  STATHAM: Pastorale - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

  CHAMINADE: Flute Concertino Op 107 - Susan Milan (fl), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8840)

  CIMAROSA: Le stravaganze d'amore, Overture - Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.5727334)

  7:00 CATALANI: Scherzo - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573072)

  DAMASE: Sicilienne variée - Alison Nicholls (harp) (Alison Nicholls ARN 001)

  CHILCOTT: Remember me - Katarzyna Neugebauer-Jastrzebska (pno), NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir/Bob Chilcott (Signum SIGCD 311)

  FAURÉ orch Aubert: Fantaisie Op 79 - Juliette Hurel (fl), Brittany Orch/Moshe Atzmon (Timpani 1C 1172)

  KOEHNE: Forty Reasons to be Cheerful - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC 481 1480)

  ALBÉNIZ: Suite ancienne No 1 - Miguel Baselga (pno) (BIS CD 1243)

  HUPFELD arr Williams: As time goes by, from Casablanca - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony SK 60773)

  BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances Sz68 - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 454 430)

  8:00 MOZART: Idomeneo, Overture - Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman (Telarc TEL 31827)

  SIBELIUS: Preludium - Brass Partout/Hermann Baumer (BIS CD 1054)

  GIBBS: Almayne, from Four Harmonisations for String Orchestra - Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (vln/dir) (Hyperion CDA 67093)

  DEBUSSY: Danse, Tarentelle styrienne - David Allen Wehr (pno) (Connoisseur Society CD 4219)

  M HAYDN: Trumpet Concertino in D, from Serenade MH104 - Franz Landlinger (tpt), Salzburger Hofmusik/Wolfgang Brunner (CPO 777 781)

  SCHUBERT: Die Taubenpost; Liebesbotschaft, from Schwanengesang - Ian Bostridge (ten), Antonio Pappano (pno) (EMI 2 42639)

  HANSON: Serenade - Alexa Still (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp), NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7063)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Running Set - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10001)

• 9:00 AM. Best of Upbeat

  A recap from the week's national and international music news with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. Your Choice

  ELGAR: Coronation March Op 65 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

  PRITCHARD arr Hazell: Hyfrydol (Hymn); TRAD: Longing - Black Mountain Chorus, Risca Male Choir, Welsh National Opera Orch/Gareth Jones, Meinir Heulyn (harp) (DG 463 593)

  DVORÁK: String Quartet No 14 in Ab Op 105 - Vogler Quartet (CPO 777 625)

  HAYDN: With verdure clad, from The Creation - Emma Kirkby (sop), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 460 583)

  MOZART: Church Sonata in Bb K68 - King's Consort/Robert King (dir) (Hyperion CDH 55314)

  POULENC: Dialogues of the Carmelites, Act 3 Scene 4

  Constance......................... Brigitte Fournier

  Blanche............................ Catherine Dubosc

  Lyon Opera Chorus & Orch/Kent Nagano (Virgin 7 59227)

  WALTON: Symphony No 1 in Bb minor - BBC SO/Edward Gardner (Chandos CHSA 5136)

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

• Noon The RNZ Concert Classical Chart

  This week's best-selling CDs

• 1:00 PM. New Jazz Archive

  Ten programmes of interviews with some of jazz's big musical thinkers, vibrant biographies and carefully-crafted playlists that represent the full gamut of jazz's rich history

  (1) Louis Armstrong

  The life and music of Louis Armstrong with the Louis Armstrong House Museum, that has more than 1200-hours of audio, and take a step back in time with a guided virtual tour of Louis' perfectly preserved former home. And we'll explore how Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven groups of the 1920s are still blowing the minds of music fans, and chat with Armstrong historian and archivist Ricky Riccardi about how Louis' musical, cultural, and political legacies continue to evolve, even forty years after his death (PRX)

• 2:00 PM. Global Sounds

  Indigenous music from around the world

• 3:00 PM. Saturday Concert

  NZCT Chamber Music Contest National semi-final

  Three programmes compered by Kate Mead

  (2) CHAMBERS: Crossroads Songs - Kalim (Christchurch)

  MENDELSSOHN: First & Third movements, Allegro energico con fuoco; Finale, from Piano Trio No 2 in C minor Op 66 - Womendelssohn Trio (Whangarei)

  DOHNÁNYI: First movement, Allegro, from Piano Quintet No 1 in C minor Op 1 - Katalyze Quintet (Auckland)

  SCHMITT: Pour presque tous les temps - Schmitten (Auckland)

  SCHUBERT: First movement, Allegro moderato, from Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 - Exaudio (Auckland)

  SAINT-SAËNS: First movement, Allegro non troppo, from Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 92 - Trio Emporté (Christchurch) (recorded in the Charles Luney Auditorium, St Margaret's College, Christchurch by RNZ)

• 4:35 PM. Nordic Dances

  GRAENER: Three Swedish Dances Op 98 - Munich Radio Orch/Alun Francis (CPO 777 697)

  HENRIQUES: Mazurka Op 35 - Arne Balk-Möller (vln), Christina Björköe (pno) (Dacapo 8.226005)

  MADETOJA: Dance Vision Op 11 - Oulu SO/Arvo Volmer (Alba ABCD 162)

  RANTALA: Tangonator - Jaakko Kuusisto (vln), Iiro Rantala (pno) (Ondine ODE 1071)

  TRAD arr Lundén-Welden: Kesh Jig - Oystein Baadsvik (tuba), Musica Vitae/Bjørn Sagstad (BIS CD 1285)

  LUMBYE: Regatta Festival, Waltz - Tivoli SO/Giordano Bellincampi (Marco Polo 8.223744)

  HALVORSEN: Norwegian Dances Nos 1 & 2 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Razumovsky SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.554497)

  GRIEG: Symphonic Dances Op 64 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.557279)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  PRUDEN: Haast Highway - Skellerup Woolston Band/Mervyn J Waters (Kiwi SLD 66)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 25 in G Op 79 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2003)

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr Breiner: Voyevoda, Suite - New Zealand SO/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.573015)

• 7:00 PM. Vocalied

  FAURÉ: Aubade Op 6/1; Ici-bas! Op 8/3; Aurore Op 39/1; Le pays des rêves Op 39/4; Les roses d'Ispahan - Felicity Lott, Geraldine McGreevy (sops), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bar), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67336)

  Nell Op 18/1; Adieu Op 21/3; Sylvie Op 6/3; Lydia Op 4/2; Fleur jetée Op 39/2 - Michael Schade (ten), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67315)

  Après un rêve Op 7/1; Clair de Lune Op 46/2; Les Berceaux Op 23/1 - Sandrine Piau (sop), Susan Manoff (pno) (Naïve V 5250)

  Songs Op 83, Prison; Soir; Songs Op 85, Dans la forêt de septembre; La fleur qui vas sur l'eau; Accompagnement; Songs Op 87, Le plus doux chemain; Le ramier - Yann Beuron (ten), Billy Eidi (pno) (Timpani 1C 1162)

  Pleurs d'or Op 72; Tarentelle Op 10/2 - Felicity Lott (sop), Ann Murray (mezzo), Graham Johnson (pno) (EMI 5 74206)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Direct from the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

  Into the Storm

  Anthony Marwood (vln), New Zealand SO/Thomas Søndergård

  BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes; Violin Concerto in D minor Op 15

  (Interval)

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  IRELAND: Sextet for clarinet, horn & string quartet - Robert Plane (cl), David Pyatt (horn), Maggini Quartet (Naxos 8.570550)

  RR BENNETT: Little Suite - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2113)

  11:00 RHEINBERGER: Suite for organ, violin & cello Op 149 - Christopher Herrick (org), Paul Barritt (vln), Richard Lester (cello) (Hyperion CDA 66883)

  HILL: String Quartet No 10 in E - Sydney String Quartet (ABC Classics 426 992)

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