Tuesday 26 May 2015 Rātū 26 Haratua 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MENDELSSOHN: String Symphonies, No 9 in C; No 11 in F; No 12 in G minor - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5143)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, in F minor Op 2/1; in A Op 2/2; in C Op 2/3 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2011-3)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  Vepres à la Vierge en Chine

  Choral Vespers service from China - Shi Kelong (chant), Cyrille Gerstenhaber (sop), Christophe Laporte (countertenor), Benoit Porcherot, Howard Shelton (tens), Ronan Nédélec (bar), Choir of the North, Beijing, XVIII-21 Musique des Lumières/Jean-Christophe Frisch (K617 155)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  ELGAR: String Quartet in E minor Op 83; BRIDGE: Three Idylls; WALTON: String Quartet in A minor - Coull Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66718)

  4:55 approx - Disc 5

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050; Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in Bb BWV1051; Concerto in A for oboe d'amore BWV1055; Concerto in D minor for violin & oboe BWV1060 - Munich Bach Orch/Karl Richter (Archiv 427 143)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

  6:00 HOLST: Lyric Movement for viola - Cecil Aronowitz (vla), English CO/Imogen Holst (Lyrita SRCD 223)

  MUSSORGSKY orch Rimsky-Korsakov: Dawn on the Moscow River, Prelude from Khovanshchina, Act 1 - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc SACD 60705)

  MOZART: First movement, Andante, from Trio in Eb K498, Kegelstatt - Dean-Emmerson-Dean Trio (Melba MR 301 121)

  BOWERMAN: Isolde Fantasy - Diana Galvydyte (vln), Anna Peletsis (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 015)

  CHABRIER: España - Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5122)

  VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in F RV455, Saxony - Pier Luigi Fabretti (ob), L'Arte dell'Arco/Federico Guglielmo (dir) (Brilliant Classics 94654)

  7:00 DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (Sanctuary CD RSN 3046)

  ENESCU: Aria and Scherzino - Remus Azoitei (vln), Schubert Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 10790)

  GRANADOS arr Henry Wood: Spanish Dance No 4, Villanesca - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 216)

  WEBERN: Passacaglia Op 1 - South West German Radio SO/Michael Gielen (Hänssler CD 93.062)

  PROKOFIEV arr Prorvich: Cinderella Suite - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 003)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: FAURÉ: Pie Jesu, from Requiem Op 48 - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), London Phil/Ion Marin (Decca 466 102)

  HOVHANESS: Bagatelles Op 30 - Shanghai String Quartet (Delos DE 3700)

  SIBELIUS: Finland Awakes - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1115)

  CIMAROSA: Giannina e Bernardone, Overture - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570279)

  J STRAUSS II: Artists' Life Waltz - Vienna Ensemble (Koch Schwann 3-6564)

  GOUNOD: Symphony No 3 in C - Swiss-Italian Orch/Oleg Caetani (CPO 777 863)

  9:00 Composer of the Week

  LORD BERNERS (Gerald Hugh TYRWHITT-WILSON) (1883-1950)

  Fantaisie espagnole: Prélude, Fandango, Pasodoble - Royal Liverpool Phil/Barry Wordsworth (EMI 5 65098)

  Trois morceaux, Chinoiserie; Valse sentimentale; Kasatchok - Peter Lawson, Alan MacLean (pno duet) (Albany Troy 142)

  Luna Park - RTE Sinfonietta/Kenneth Alwyn (Marco Polo 8.223716)

  Three Chansons, Romance; L'étoile filante (The shooting star); La fiancée du timbalier (The drummer-boy's sweetheart) - Ian Partridge (ten), Len Vorster (pno) (Marco Polo 8.225159)

  Fugue for orchestra - Royal Liverpool Phil/Barry Wordsworth (EMI 5 65098)

• 10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Cynthia Morahan

  RIES: Flute Quartet in A Op 145/3 - Oxalys (Fuga Libera FUG 576)

  LARSSON: Symphony No 1 in D Op 2 - Helsingborg SO/Andrew Manze (CPO 777 671)

  SCHUMANN: Spanish Love Songs Op 74, First beginning; Intermezzo; Love's grief; In the night; It is revealed; Melancholy; Admission; Message; I am loved - Mitsuko Shirai (sop), Marjana Lipovsek (contralto), Josef Protschka (tenor), Matthias Hölle (bass), Helmut Deutsch (pno) (Capriccio 67 209)

  GOLDMARK: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor - Joshua Bell (vln), Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony SK 65949)

  12:00 Recent Releases

  PIAZZOLLA: Chin Chin; Concierto para quintet; Escualo; CARUANA: Abandoneado - SpiriTango Quartet (Paraty 914 130)

  MORENO TORROBA: Suite castellana; Aires de la Mancha - Vicente Coves (gtr) (Naxos 8.573255)

  PIAZZOLLA: Libertango; Milonga del ángel; La muerte del ángel - Maristella Patuzzi (vln), Floraleda Sacchi (harp) (Decca 481 1489)

  1:00 Afternoon Requests

  H MANCINI: The sounds of Hatari; Baby elephant walk, from Hatari - Henry Mancini & his Orch (RCA 2559-2-R)

  GERSHWIN arr Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue - Wayne Marshall (pno/dir), Aalborg SO (Virgin 5 61478)

  WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, excerpt from Act II - Alessandra Marc (sop), Donald McIntyre (bbar), New Zealand SO/Heinz Wallberg (Manu CD MANU 1317)

  GLAZUNOV: Saxophone Concerto in Eb Op 109 - Karel Krautgartner (sax), Prague SO/Václav Smetácek (Supraphon SU 3968)

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

• 2:00 PM. Upbeat with Eva Radich

  Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Classic Afternoons with David Morriss

  CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 21 in C Op 53, Waldstein - Andreas Haelfinger (pno) (AV Avie 2173)

  SCHUBERT: Moments musicaux D780 - Radu Lupu (pno) (rec 1981) (Philips 456 895)

  4:05 Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: First movement, The Sea & Sinbad's Ship, from Scheherazade - Justine Cormack (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  FARQUHAR: Three Cilla McQueen songs, Synaesthesia; Solstice; Princess Alice the incredible lady gymnast - David Griffiths (bar), Terence Dennis (pno) (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 112)

  DELIUS arr Fenby: Sonata for string orchestra - NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7139)

  5:00 SMETANA: Dance of the Comedians, from The Bartered Bride - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

  WALTON: Crown Imperial - Trumpeters of the Central Band of the Royal Air Force, London Chamber Orch/Christopher Warren-Green (Decca 276 842)

  GERSHWIN arr anon: Bess, you is my woman now, from Porgy & Bess - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Vera Nakariakova (pno) (Teldec 0630 15687)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Barcarolle, from The Seasons - Vienna Bohème Quartet (Koch Schwann 3-6718)

  BACH: First movement, Allegro, from Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 - Daniel Hope (vln), CO of Europe (Warner 2564 62545)

  BRAHMS: Die Mainacht Op 43/2 - Anthony Leroy (cello), Sandra Moubarak (pno) (Zig Zag 070 202)

  DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in F Op 46/4 - Royal Phil/Antal Dorati (Decca 417 749)

  6:00 FIBICH: Poem, from At Twilight - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon SU 4058)

  DEBUSSY arr Heifetz: Beau soir - Janine Jansen (vln), Itamar Golan (pno) (Decca 478 2256)

  GIBBS: Dusk, from Fancy Dress Suite - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66868)

  HUMPERDINCK: Evening Prayer, from Hänsel & Gretel - Lucia Popp (sop), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 480 2594)

  BRUCKNER: Quiet Contemplation on an Autumn Evening - Fumiko Shiraga (pno) (BIS CD 1297)

  L BOULANGER: D'un Soir Triste - Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Koch 3-7169)

  WIDOR: Evenings in Alsace Op 52 - Trio Parnassus (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 303 1794)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Shed, A Whole New World of Music

  Four programmes from the award-winning former BBC broadcaster Mark Coles who presents his pick of the best new music releases and demos from around the planet

  (3) (MCM)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  2014 Wellington Jazz Festival

  Five programmes

  (2) Pablo Ziegler

  Considered the finest tango musician of his generation, Grammy Award-winning pianist Pablo Ziegler brings the heat of Buenos Aires to the Festival. A long-time collaborator of the great Argentinian Astor Piazzolla, Ziegler is in a class of his own, brewing tango steeped in the improvisational genius of American jazz. Featuring the Bravo Ensemble and Orchestra Wellington (recorded in the Wellington Opera House by RNZ)

• 9:20 PM. From the Baroque Collection

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

  ROSENMÜLLER: Sonata No 7 in D minor in 4 parts - Musica Fiata/Roland Wilson (CPO 777 688)

  MARAIS: Les Folies d'Espagne - members of Purcell Quartet, William Hunt (vla da gamba) (Hyperion CDA 67035)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BERLIOZ: Love Scene, from Romeo & Juliet - Flanders SO/Seikyo Kim (Onyx 4107)

  GIULIANI: Variations on a theme by Handel Op 107, Harmonious Blacksmith - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 475 6360)

  STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier, Concert Suite - CBSO/Andris Nelsons (Orfeo C 803 091 A)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in Bb Op 64/3 - Angeles String Quartet (Philips 464 650)

  RAFF: String Quartet No 3 in E minor Op 136 - Mannheim String Quartet (CPO 777 004)

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