Saturday 30 January 2016 Rāhoroi 30 Kohi-tātea 2016

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Fearful Symmetries

  Eleven documentaries celebrating each decade of the twentieth century; Roger Smith along with a selection of New Zealand experts survey musical landmarks and innovative movements in the arts.

  (1) 1900-1909: The New Century (RNZ)

  1:30 approx - Disc 1

  SVENDSEN: Symphony No 1 in D Op 4; Symphony No 2 in Bb Op 15; Polonaise No 2 in D Op 28 - Danish National Radio SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Chandos CHAN 9932)

  2:45 approx - Disc 2

  KUHNAU: Biblical Sonatas, Nos 1-6 - Richard Apperley (org) (Organism ORG 001)

  4:05 approx - Disc 4

  DUROSOIR: Jouvence; Caprice for cello & harp; Berceuse for flute & piano; Incantation bouddhique; Vitrail; Au Vent des Landes; Piano Quintet - Saskia Lethiec (vln), Florent Audibert (cello), Sandrine Chatron (harp), Anne-Cécile Cuniot (fl), Frédéric Lagarde (pno), Catherine Coquet (cor anglais), Karine Lethiec (vla), Amaury Coeytaux (vln), Ensemble Calliopée/Renaud Déjardin (Alpha 164)

  5:20 approx - Disc 5

  BRITTEN: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Op 10; Les Illuminations for soprano & string orchestra; Lachrymae, Reflections on a song of Dowland for viola & string orchestra - Christina Högman (sop), Nils-Erik Sparf (vla), New Stockholm Chamber Orch/Péter Csaba (BIS CD 435)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HANDEL: Berenice, Overture - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery (EMI CDZ 7 62526)

  HARTY: In Ireland - Amanda Hollins (fl), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 902)

  MOZART: Symphony No 10 in G K74 - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (Telarc CD 80273)

  FIELD: Nocturne in C - Olga Tverskaya (fp) (Opus 111 OPS 30-178)

  FINZI arr Ashmore: Five Bagatelles Op 23 - Robert Plane (cl), Northern Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths (Naxos 8.553566)

  LILBURN: Moths & Candles - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)

  7:00 BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No 1 - Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (CBS MDK 44790)

  PARKIN: Mayerl Shots, Set 3, A likely story; Over the moon; Thistledown; Just William - Eric Parkin (pno) (Priory PRCD 565)

  HAYDN: Divertimento in F HobII/23 - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1806/08)

  BACH: Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208 - Kathleen Battle (sop), orchestral accompaniment/Robert Sadin (Sony SK 62035)

  STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 475 6550)

  8:00 BRAHMS: Alto Rhapsody Op 53 - Janet Baker (mezzo), men's voices of the John Alldis Choir, London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI 5 62791)

  G GABRIELI arr Fromme: Canzona Prima a Cinque - Canadian Brass (Vanguard Records VCD 72018)

  VIVALDI: Mandolin Concerto in C RV425 - Rolf Lislevand (mandolin), period instrument ensemble (Naïve OP 30429)

  ROUSSEL: Joueurs de flûte Op 27 - Bridget Douglas (fl), Rachel Thomson (pno) (Trust MMT 2039)

  SVENDSEN: Norwegian Rhapsody No 4 Op 22 - South Jutland SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.570322)

• 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

  WAGNER: Tristan & Isolde, Prelude - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Mark Elder (Sony SK 62032)

  GOODALL: The Lord's my Shepherd - Theo Armon-Jones (treble), Choir of Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford, London Musici/Stephen Darlington (EMI 2 15047)

  ZIMMER: The village, from The Thin Red Line - City of Prague Phil/James Fitzpatrick (Silva Screen SILCD 1238)

  FARR: Te Papa - Mere Boynton (karanga), Virginia-Marie Stack (mezzo), Simon O'Neill (ten), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2026)

  BEACH: Piano Trio in A minor Op 150 - Hartley Trio (Gamut GAMCD 536)

  BALFE: I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, from The Bohemian Girl - Joan Sutherland (sop), London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 425 850)

  ELGAR: Maud; Nelly, Polkas - Innovation Chamber Ensemble/Barry Collett (Somm SOMMCD 252)

  K JENKINS: Ave verum corpus - Bryn Terfel (bar), Tamara Mumford (mezzo), Orch at Temple Square/Mack Wilberg (DG 479 1073)

  MUSSORGSKY arr Crabb/Draugsvoll: Pictures at an Exhibition - James Crabb, Geir Draugsvoll (accordions) (EMI CDZ 5 69705)

  PALESTRINA: Tu es Petrus - Sistine Chapel Choir/Massimo Palombella (DG 479 5300)

  VANHAL: Sinfonia in A (Bryan A9) - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554341)

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

• Noon The RNZ Concert Classical Chart

  This week's best-selling CDs

• 1:00 PM. The Art of Jazz

  Phil Broadhurst's perspective on the international recorded jazz scene

  Ten programmes

  (6) Back to Back, same song, different treatments (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Global Sounds

  Indigenous music from around the world

• 3:00 PM. Saturday Concert

  Leila Adu (vocalist), Michael Houstoun (pno), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei

  ADU: Blessings Fall As Rain; PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Op 26; TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 17, Little Russian (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. Elric Hooper

  Marking his 80th birthday today, we turn the tables on Elric and ask him about his own life and career in the performing arts. His conversation with Des Wilson is wide-ranging and entertaining (RNZ)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

  TRAD arr Godfrey: The New Zealand Weather - Godley Singers/David Childs (TreeHouse T 9801)

  PAINE: New Zealand Suite - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private)

  A RITCHIE/G GRIFFITHS: Prelude; The Old Identity, from From the Southern Marches - Iain Fraser (bar), Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), City of Dunedin Choir, Dunedin Sinfonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Private)

  SPARKE: The Land of the Long White Cloud, Aotearoa - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

• 7:00 PM. Vocalied

  SCHUBERT: Die Forelle D550; Ganymede D544; Im Frühling D882; An den Mond D193; Heidenröslein D257; Wandrers Nachtlied II D768; Erster Verlust D226; Der Fischer D225 - Ian Bostridge (ten), Julius Drake (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56347)

  DELIUS: Seven Songs from the Norwegian, Twilight fancies; Young Venevil; Hidden love; The minstrel; The bird's story; Cradle song; The homeward way; In the garden of the Seraglio; Irmelin rose, from Seven Danish Songs; Summer eve; Longing; Sunset, from Five Songs from the Norwegian - Yvonne Kenny (sop), Piers Lane (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67594)

• 8:00 PM. Curtain Raiser

  With Rachel Hyde

  Shostakovich's Symphony No 15 in A Op 141 (RNZ)

• 8:20 PM. Music Alive

  Russian Fire

  Alexander Melnikov (pno), New Zealand SO/Alexander Lazarev

  RACHMANINOV: Caprice bohémien Op 12; SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54; SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 15 in A Op 141 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 10:20 PM. Day's End

  DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 - Nash Ensemble (CRD 3410)

  MEJIA: Bambuco en mi; MONTANA: Suite Colombiana No 2 - José Antonio Escobar (gtr) (Naxos 8.573059)

  SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 423 220)

  F SCHMIDT: String Quartet No 1 in A - Franz Schubert Quartett, Vienna (Nimbus NI 5467)

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