Schedule for Wednesday 5 August 2015

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor, Unfinished; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb, Eroica - BBC Phil/Stephen Kovacevich, Günther Herbig (BBC Music MM 136)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

SMYTH: String Quartet in E minor; String Quintet in E Op 1 - Mannheim String Quartet, Joachim Griesheimer (cello) (CPO 999 352)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

MUSSORGSKY: Songs & Dances of Death; The Nursery; The Puppet-Show; Forgotten; The Seminarist; Darling Savishna; The He-Goat, A Wordly Story; Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea - Sergei Leiferkus (bar), Semion Skigin (pno) (Conifer 75605 51229)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

G GABRIELLI: Canzona noni toni; CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8; GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in E minor Op 3/3; MANFREDINI: Concerto in G minor Op 3/10; ALBINONI: Concerto in A minor Op 5/5; TORELLI: Concerto musicale in D minor Op 6/10; LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 1/9; CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/7 - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 436 224)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

GINASTERA: Piezas Infantiles; Milonga, from Dos Canciones Op 3; Tres Piezas Op 6; Malambo Op 7; Suite de Criollas Op 15; Rondo Sobre Temas Infantiles Argentinos Op 19; Piano Sonata No 2 Op 53; Toccata; Piano Sonata No 3 Op 55 - Alberto Portugheis (pno) (ASV CD DCA 880)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

6:00 MOZART: First movement, Allegro con brio, from Symphony No 25 in G minor K183 - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 717)

TRAD: Brian Boru's March - Carol Thompson (harp) (Dorian 790120)

GOUNOD: Concertino for flute & chamber orchestra - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS CD 1359)

DRIGO arr March: Pas de deux, from Diana & Actéon - English Concert Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 818)

KEEN: Homeward Bound - Bryn Terfel (bar), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orch at Temple Square/Mack Wilberg (DG 479 1073)

FRANCOEUR: Cello Sonata in E - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Delos DE 3326)

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

7:00 CHABRIER: Scherzo-valse, from Ten Picturesque Pieces - Laurent Martin (pno) (Ligia LIDI 020 1205-09)

JC BACH: Il tutore e la pupilla, Overture - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 129)

M HAYDN: Romance for horn & string quartet MH806 - Jasper de Waal (horn), Concertgebouw CO/Henk Rubingh (Channel Classics CCS SA 30210)

DUBOIS: Toccata in G, from 12 New Pieces - Joseph Nolan (organ in the ballroom of Buckingham Palace, London) (Signum SIGCD 114)

HOVHANESS: Prelude and Quadruple Fugue Op 128 - Eastern Music Festival Orch/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559755)

RHEINBERGER: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen Op 35 - Helen Cole (harp), Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge/Geoffrey Webber (ASV CD DCA 989)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from Sleeping Beauty - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

8:00 Beauty Spot: ELGAR: Carissima - Marat Bisengaliev (vln), Benjamin Frith (pno) (Black Box BBM 1016)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Tahiti Trot Op 16 - Berlin Radio SO/Steven Sloane (Capriccio 71 096)

FIELD: Divertissement No 1 in E - Míceál O'Rourke (pno), London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10468)

MERTZ: Tarantella, from Bardic Sounds Op 13 - Marco Schmidt (gtr) (Private)

JL BACH: Motet, Das ist meine Freude - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow, Rickman Godlee (cello), Martin Peck (dbass), Christopher Allsop (org) (Conifer 75605 51306)

GRIEG arr Tognetti: Erotik, from Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (vln/dir) (BIS SACD 1877)

MENDELSSOHN trans Rachmaninov: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 5 57943)

ARAMBARRI: South Wind - Bilbao SO/Juan José Mena (Naxos 8.557275)

DALZA arr Lislevand: Saltarello; Piva - period instrument ensemble/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088)

9:00 Composer of the Week

VENETIAN EARLY MUSIC

Five programmes with David Morriss

(3) The Gabrielis and others (RNZ)

Zarlino: Canzone a 5 – Lausanne Instrumental Ensemble (MHS 1447/8)

A Gabrieli: Ecco Vinegia bella, Tirsi morir volea – Concordia/ Mark Levy (BBC MM 229)

A Gabrieli: Intonazione del sesto tuono, Kyrie & Agnus Dei from Missa Pater peccavi – His Majestys Consort of Voices & His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts (Hyperion CDH 55265)

G Gabrieli: Nunc Dimittis, Cantate Domino, Canzon Primi Toni – Jennifer Smith (sop), Vocal Ensemble, Gulbenkian Foundation Ensemble, Lausanne Instrumental Ensemble/ Michel Corboz 3’32” (MHS 1749)

G Gabrieli: Dulcis Jesu patri imago (sonata con voca a 20) – Namur Chamber Choir. Ensemble La Fenice/ Jean Tubery (dir) (Ricercar RIC 259)

G Gabrieli: Magnificat (a 33) – Gabrieli Consort & Players/ Paul McCreesh (Archiv 4491802)
10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Clarissa Dunn

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 - Musica Viva/Alexander Rudin (dir) (Fuga Libera FUG 714)
NISLE: Octet in D - Consortium Classicum (CPO 777 266)
LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68067)
STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto in D - Alex Klein (ob), Chicago SO/Daniel Barenboim (Teldec 3984 23913)
12:00 Recent Releases
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo & Juliet, Fantasy Overture - San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (SFS 821936 0062)
KUZMIN: Sacred Songs - Mila Shkirtil (mezzo), Petrozavodsk State University Male Choir, Karelia State Phil/Yuri Serov (Naxos 8.573192)
STRAVINSKY: Berceuse; Scherzo, from The Firebird - Rosanne Philippens (vln), Julien Quentin (pno) (Channel Classics CCS SA 36715)
1:00 Afternoon Requests
LEIDZEN: Sinfonietta - Sellers Engineering Band/Phillip McCann (Chandos CHAN 4531)
RIES: Piano Concerto in D Op 120, Pastoral - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Bournemouth SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572088)
MOZART: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, from Die Zauberflöte - Simon Keenlyside (bar), Munich Radio Orchestra/Ulf Schirmer (Sony 828768 84822)
MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti (EMI 5 66650)
K JENKINS: Laudamus te, from Gloria - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (DG 479 3232)
(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
SMETANA: Má Vlast - Czech Phil/Václav Talich (rec 1939) (Supraphon SU 4065-2)
4:30 Made in New Zealand
NZ performers and composers
BESSER: Mr Darwin's Dances, excerpts - Jonathan Besser (pno), Miranda Adams (vln), Nigel Gavin (gtr), Tatiana Lanchtchikova (accordion), Peter Scott (bass gtr), Yair Katz (perc) (Atoll ACD 409)
EWAZEN: Concerto for flute & chamber orchestra - Marya Martin (fl), Czech Phil/Paul Polivnick (Albany TROY 477)
5:00 DEBUSSY: Scottish March - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Chandos CHSA 5102)
IRELAND: Decorations - John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.553889)
O DAVIS: Skyward - Kerenza Peacock (vln), London SO/Paul Bateman (Signum SIGCD 411)
PLUHAR/TROVESI/BEASLEY: Turlurù (Bergamasca) - Marco Beasley (ten), Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)
STRAUSS: Serenade in Eb for winds Op 7 - Ensemble Villa Musica (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 304 1173)
YORK: Sunburst - Karin Schaupp (gtr) (Warner Classics 3984 23306)
GERSHWIN: Mexican dance - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80445)
6:00 RAMEAU arr Leppard: Le Temple de la gloire, Overture - English CO/Raymond Leppard (dir) (Decca 433 733)
ELGAR: There is sweet music - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (Hyperion CDA 68047)
POULENC: Three Novelettes - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Decca 417 438)
REYNOLDS: The Toy Cart, Suite - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Marco Polo 8.225184)
HAYDN: Fourth movement, Finale, from String Quartet in G minor Op 74/3, Rider - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV GLD 4013)
COPLAND: Morning on the Ranch, from The Red Pony - St Louis SO/André Previn (Sony MLK 64059)
ELFMAN orch Bartek: Black Beauty: Main titles - soundtrack musicians (MCA 221550)
WEISSENBERG: Vous oubliez votre cheval - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67656)
AUBER: The Bronze Horse, Overture - Detroit SO/Paul Paray (Mercury 434 309)
7:00 PM. Appointment

Song: Mirror of the World
Thirteen programmes that explore classic song - poetry set to music - as a prism for understanding culture and history. Presented by Thomas Hampson
(1) A Diary of our Times
Starting with Mozart and ending in the 21st century, a variety of intriguing songs open unique windows to particular moments in history. We hear a foretaste of the musicians, writers, and cultural currents that the next twelve programmes will explore (WFMT)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

2014 Gilmore International Keyboard Festival
Seven programmes from one of North America's finest piano music festivals occurring in Kalamazoo, a city just inland from Michigan's west coast
(3) HSU: Fantasy; BARBER: Piano Sonata in Eb Op 26 - Andrew Hsu (pno)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 31 in Ab Op 110; RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs - Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner (pno) (recorded in the Chenery Auditorium and Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo by WFMT)
9:00 PM. Russian Cello

SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No 1 in Eb Op 107 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Frankfurt Radio SO/Paavo Järvi (Hyperion CDA 68037)
ROSLAVETS: Cello Sonata No 2 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tatyana Lazareva (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9881)
10:00 PM. Day's End

KARLOWICZ: Lithuanian Rhapsody - Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570452)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Oboe Concerto in A minor - Stéphane Rancourt (ob), Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7529)
DUFAY: Nuper rosarum flores - Huelgas Ensemble/Paul van Nevel (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1700)
JONGEN: Two Pieces in Trio form - members of Ensemble Harpeggio (Classic Talent DOM 2910 74)
RYELANDT: Five Fantasy Pieces; VAN EECHAUTE: Pastorale - Peter Vanhove (pno) (Pavane ADW 7463)
DOHNÁNYI: String Quartet No 1 in A Op 7 - Aviv Quartet (Naxos 8.572569)