Thursday 9 July 2015 Rāpare 9 Hōngoingoi 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances Nos 1, 3, 5; CHABRIER: España-Rhapsodie; BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor; GRAINGER: Irish Tune from County Derry; RAVEL: Bolero - Sydney SO/Stuart Challender (ABC 426289)

  1:00 approx - Disc 2

  Neo Medieval

  Medieval improvisations on works by MACHAUT, CICONIA, SENLECHES, de la HALLE, LESCUREL - Hesperus: Tina Chancey (vielles, rebec, kamerj, lyra, recorders), Grant Herreid (lutes, saz, psaltery, recorders), Scott Reiss (recorders, hammered dulcimer, dombek, nakara) (Dorian DIS 80155)

  2:15 approx - Disc 3

  BUXTEHUDE: Membra Jesu Nostri - The Sixteen, Symphony of Harmony and Invention/Harry Christophers (Linn CKD 141)

  3:15 approx - Disc 4

  SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke Op 12; Papillons Op 2; Carnaval Op 9 - George-Emmanuel Lazaridis (pno) (Somm SOMM CD 024)

  4:30 approx - Disc 5

  WIENER: Concerto for accordion and orchestra; Sonata for violoncello and piano; Concerto for orchestra and one principal piano - Gilbert Roussel (accordion), Jean Weiner, Jacqueline Robin (pnos), Pierre Pénassou (cello), orchestral accompaniment/André Girard (Arion ARN 68186)

  FM network; Freeview 51; Sky 422; radionz.co.nz/concert; iHeartRADIO

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

  6:00 GRIEG: Morning, from Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

  DEBUSSY: Jardins sous la pluie, from Estampes - Cécile Ousset (pno) (Berlin Classics 1345 BC)

  HANDEL: Rinaldo, Overture - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Artworks AW 029)

  REGONDI: Fête villageoise Op 20 - Alberto Mesirca (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 94841)

  ELGAR: Gavotte - Marat Bisengaliev (vln), Benjamin Frith (pno) (Black Box BBM 1016)

  MENDELSSOHN: He, watching over Israel, from Elijah - Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Roy Thomson Hall Orch/Elmer Iseler (CBC SMCD 5054)

  HILL arr Stiles: Berceuse - New Zealand Piano Quartet (Hill Records 001)

  DAVIDOV: At the Fountain - Vytautas Sondeckis (cello), Lithuanian CO/David Geringas (Naxos 8.554381)

  SATIE orch Milhaud: Jack-in-the-Box - London Festival Players/Bernard Herrmann (Decca 421 395)

  7:00 O DAVIS: Skyward - Kerenza Peacock (vln), London SO/Paul Bateman (Signum SIGCD 411)

  FAURÉ: Morceau de concours - Jaime Martin (fl), Alison Nicholls (harp) (Hyperion CDA 67725)

  PUCCINI: Flower Duet, from Madame Butterfly - Renata Scotto (sop), Gillian Knight (mezzo), Philharmonia/Lorin Maazel (Sony SMK 48094)

  GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9653)

  TSABROPOULOS: Chant - Anja Lechner (cello), Vassilis Tsabropoulos (pno) (ECM 1888)

  M HAYDN: Bassoon Concertino in Bb - Laurence Perkins (bsn), Manchester Camerata/Douglas Boyd (Hyperion CDA 67288)

  TRAD arr Savall: El mariner - Arianna Savall (sop/harp), Pedro Estevan (palos de agua) (Alia Vox AV 9833)

  BARTOK: Romanian Dance for orchestra - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 454 430)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Valiant-for-truth - Richard Hickox Singers/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9666)

  BRAHMS: Intermezzo in Eb Op 117/1 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 56583)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Allegro Appassionato Op 43 - Luigi Piovano (cello), Luisa Prayer (pno) (Eloquentia EL 0401)

  HOLST: Mercury, the Winged Messenger, from The Planets - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555776)

  JEFFES: Prelude and Yodel, from Still Life at the Penguin Café - BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Decca 425 218)

  TRAD arr Leon: The Salley Gardens - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)

  CHARLTON: Figure Eight - Conservatorium Guitar Ensemble/Matthew Marshall (Massey University MU002)

  STATHAM: Happy Ending - Ben Hoadley (bsn), Nicola Baker (horn), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

  KABALEVSKY: Colas Breugnon, Overture - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10052)

  9:00 Composer of the Week

  AARON COPLAND (1900-1990)

  Music for Movies, New England countryside, from The City; Barley wagons, from Of Mice and Men; Sunday traffic, from The City; Grovers corners, from Our Town; Threshing machines, from Of Mice and Men - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 61699)

  El Salón México - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (BBC Music BBC MM 98)

  Something Wild, excerpts - MGM Studio Orch/Aaron Copland (Varèse Sarabande 302 066 469)

• 10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Clarissa Dunn

  WEBER: Piano Quartet in Bb Op 18 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Boris Faust (vla), Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt (cello), Alexander Melnikov (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2108)

  SCHUMANN: Mass in C minor Op 147 - Amandine Trenc (sop), Marianne Crebassa (mezzo), Cyrille Dubois (ten), Les Cris de Paris/Geoffroy Jourdain (Aparté AP 044)

  GLIÈRE: Harp Concerto Op 74 - Anneleen Lenaerts (harp), Brussels Phil/Michel Tabachnik (Warner 5054196 350550)

  KHACHATURIAN: Masquerade, Suite - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 2023)

  12:00 Recent Releases

  LISZT: Grand Duo Concertant - Ulf Wallin (vln), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS SACD 2085)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Oboe Concerto in A minor - Nicholas Daniel (ob/dir), Britten Sinfonia (Harmonia Mundi HMU 807573)

  WALTON: Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten - BBC SO/Edward Gardner (Chandos CHSA 5153)

  1:00 Afternoon Requests

  EDWARDS: The Old Mackenzie Trail - Brannigan Kaa (vocalist), Children's chorus and instrumental ensemble (MinistryofEducation 14)

  FARRENC: Piano Trio No 1 in Eb Op 33 - Linos Ensemble (CPO 777 256)

  STRAVINSKY: Les Noces - Mlada Khudoley (sop), Olga Savova (mezzo), Alexander Timchenko (ten), Andrei Serov (bass), Mariinsky Theatre Chorus & Orch/Valery Gergiev (Mariinsky MAR 0510)

  (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

  BRUCKNER: Symphony No 6 in A - New Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (rec 1964) (EMI CDM 7 63351)

  4:05 Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 59 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

  SULLIVAN: When Britain really ruled the waves, from Iolanthe - Denis Dowling (bar), Sadlers Wells Opera Chorus & Orch/Alexander Faris (Kiwi CD SLD 82)

  NORMAN: Entr'acte & Pirates Dance, from Peter Pan - Wellington Orch/Kenneth Young (RNZB)

  ROPARTZ: Piece in Eb minor - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 109)

  HAMILTON: Song for a Young Country - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Ode CD ODE 1308)

  BOWEN: Flute Sonata Op 120 - Amanda Hollins (fl), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 902)

  5:00 PACHELBEL: Canon in D - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CMS 5 66650)

  RAVEL: Jeux d'eau - John Chen (pno) (ABC 476 6834)

  RUTTER: The Lord is my Shepherd, from Requiem - Quentin Poole (ob), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 100)

  SVENDSEN: Romance in G Op 26 - Vienna Bohème Quartet (Koch Schwann 3-6718)

  DVORÁK: Song to the moon, from Rusalka - Pilar Lorengar (sop), St Cecilia Academy Orch, Rome/Giuseppe Patanè (Decca 443 765)

  JEFFES: Nothing Really Blue - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Penguin Cafe DPC 098)

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

  6:00 WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor - Philip Walsh (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington) (Trust MMT 2014)

  PAISIELLO: Proserpine, Overture - Collegium Philarmonicum CO/Gennaro Cappabianca (Naxos 8.557031)

  MERULA: Ciaccona - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)

  KORVITS: Fly up from your sorrows, from Kreek's Notebook - Choir of Royal Holloway, Britten Sinfonia/Rupert Gough (Hyperion CDA 67968)

  FAURE: Sicilienne, from Pelléas & Mélisande - Steven Isserlis (cello), Pascal Devoyon (pno) (RCA 09026 68049)

  PROKOFIEV: Juliet as a young girl, from Romeo & Juliet - Royal Phil/Daniele Gatti (Conifer 75605 51343)

  TRAD: Hinemoa - 1998 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2016)

  A NEWMAN arr Morley: Cathy's Theme, from Wuthering Heights - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony SK 60773)

  GLUCK: O del mio dolce ardor, from Paris & Helen - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Prague Phil/Michel Swierczewski (DG 471 334)

  DRING: Trio for flute, oboe & piano - Nancy Ruffer (fl), John Anderson (ob), Helen Crayford (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7181)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Tristan & Isolde

  Wagner ushered in a new musical era and took the human voice to new limits in 1865 with his story of forbidden love. Erica Challis takes us through this great opera ahead of a recording of last year's concert performance from Auckland which can be heard this coming Sunday at 6.00pm (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Direct from Auckland Town Hall

  David Briggs (org), Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

  STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella Suite; POULENC: Concerto for organ, strings & timpani

  (Interval)

  BRAHMS: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op 68 (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  SCRIABIN: Eight Etudes Op 42 - Idil Biret (pno) (Naxos 8.571302)

  FINZI: Let us garlands bring - Michael George (bass), Bournemouth SO/Vernon Handley (Conifer 75605 51285)

  BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 2 in G minor Op 5/2 - Pierre Fournier (cello), Friedrich Gulda (pno) (DG 477 6266)

  REGER: Clarinet Quintet in A Op 146 - Karl Leister (cl), Drolc Quartet (DG 477 5518)

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