Saturday 14 May 2016 Rāhoroi 14 Haratua 2016

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Tessa Birnie

  A tribute to the distinguished New Zealand pianist who died in 2008 presented by Peter Mechen.

  1:00 Approx - Disc 1

  PÄRT: Symphony No 4, Los Angeles - LA Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen

  Konan pokajanen, fragments - Estonian Phil Chamber Choir/Tonu Kaljuste (ECM 2160)

  1:50 Approx - Disc 2

  DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor Op 10; FAURÉ: String Quartet in E minor Op 121; RAVEL: String Quartet in F - Quatuor Ebène (Virgin 5 19045)

  3:10 Approx - Disc 3

  MISKINIS: Dum medium silentium; O sacrum convivium; Pater noster; Tenebrae factae sunt; Don't leave me, Sun; Seven O Antiphons; Oh, it's getting cold; O Magnum Mysterium; Ave Maria (second setting); Salve Regina; Ave Maria (third setting); Time is endless - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (Hyperion CDA 67818)

  4:25 Approx - Disc 4

  LILBURN: Three Sea Changes; Sonatina No 2; Prelude (1951); From the Port Hills; Sonata (1956); Nine Short Pieces; Adagio Sostenuto; Two Preludes (1951); Sonata (1949) - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 FIORENZA: Sinfonia in C minor for 4 violins & basso continuo - I Turchini/Antonio Florio (Glossa GCD 922604)

  MENDELSSOHN arr Hermann: Song without Words in D Op 109 - Thomas Albertus Irnberger (vln), Edoardo Torbianelli (pno) (Gramola 98942)

  B TCHAIKOVSKY: The Murmuring Forest, Suite - Saratov Conservatory SO/Kirill Ershov (Naxos 8.570195)

  TELEMANN: Flute Sonata in D - Karl Kaiser (fl), members of Camerata Cologne (DHM 05472 77361)

  SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Entr'acte to Act III - Das Neue Orch/Christoph Spering (Opus 111 OPS 30-192)

  7:00 ABEL Symphony in Eb Op 7/6 - Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd (dir) (Chandos CHAN 8648)

  DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor - Tatjana Vassilieva (cello), Yumiko Urabe (pno) (Naxos 8.555762)

  HAYDN: Concertino in D for horn & trombone - Johannes Hinterholzer (hn), Norbert Salvenmoser (tbn), Salzburg Hofmusik/Wolfgang Brunner (CPO 777 538)

  RUBINSTEIN: Kamennoi-Ostrov Op 10/15, Allegretto - Joseph Banowetz (pno) (Naxos 8.223847)

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr Stravinsky: Bluebird pas de deux, from Sleeping Beauty - Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble/Robert Craft (Naxos 8.557532)

  8:00 ROSSINI: An Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine (DG 445 552)

  RAVEL: Sonatine - Lise de la Salle (pno) (Naïve V 4936)

  ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in Bb Op 9/11 - Stefan Schilli (ob), Stuttgart CO/Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics 92791)

  VILLA-LOBOS arr Mondvay: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 - I Salonisti (Decca 425 228)

  TRAD arr Mews: Blood red roses - Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1509)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: The Assault on Beautiful Gorky, from The Unforgettable Year 1919 Op 89 - Dmitri Alexeev (pno), English CO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (EMI CD CFP 4547)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  PLEYEL: Prussian Quartet No 3 in D minor - Pleyel Quartet, Cologne (CPO 777 777)

  BLOCH: Macbeth, Symphonic Interludes - Royal Phil/Dalia Atlas (Naxos 8.573290)

  REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Ronald Brautigam (pno) (BIS SACD 1729)

• 10:00 AM. Your Choice

  MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 - New Zealand SO/Nicholas McGegan (Private)

  GODARD: Angels guard thee, from Jocelyn - Kenneth McKellar (ten), session orch/Peter Knight (ABC 456 366)

  BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Mozart Orch/Claudio Abbado (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2105)

  HANDEL: Cantata, Aure Soavi e lieti HWV84 - Franco Fagioli (countertenor), Luca Pianca (lute), Marco Frezzato (cello) (Carus 83.361)

  GLAZUNOV: The Seasons, Autumn - Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart (Telarc CD 80347)

  PUCCINI: Gloria from Messa di Gloria - Roberto Alagna (ten), London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Antonio Pappano (EMI 5 57159)

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

• Noon The RNZ Concert Classical Chart

  This week's best-selling CDs

• 1:00 PM. Best of Upbeat

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

• 2:00 PM. Global Sounds

  Indigenous music from around the world

• 3:00 PM. Saturday Concert

  Bach Recital

  John Wells (organ)

  BACH: English Suite No 3 in G minor BWV808; Duetto No 1 BWV802; English Suite No 2 in A minor BWV807; Fantasia in C minor BWV906; Italian Concerto BWV971 (recorded at Ponsonby Baptist Church by RNZ)

• 4:20 PM. Romantic Concerti

  SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in Db Op 37 - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)

  GODARD: Concerto Romantique in A minor Op 35 - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Kirk Trevor (Naxos 8.570554)

  BELLINI: Oboe Concerto in Eb - Diana Doherty (ob), Queensland SO/Werner Andreas Albert (ABC Classics 456 681)

• 5:00 PM. The New Jazz Archive

  Four programmes

  Hosted by long-time jazz composer and musician, Jeff Haas, The New Jazz Archive is a series exploring the stories and sounds of jazz's place in American life

  (3) The life and music of Nina Simone (American Public Radio)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  MYSLIVECEK: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb Op 2/1 - Ural Phil/Gary Brain (Toccata Classics TOCC 0023)

  BLAKE: Sequence; Jump; Melody, from Black on White - John Luxton (pno) (Ribbonwood RCD 110)

  J RITCHIE: Partita for brass quintet - New Zealand Brass Quintet (Kiwi SLD 72)

  POULENC: Concerto for organ, strings & timpani - Thomas Trotter (organ of Auckland Town Hall), Auckland Philharmonia/Arvo Volmer (Atoll ACD 116)

• 7:00 PM. Music Alive

  Baroque Voices 20th Birthday Concert (2014)

  Nicola Edgecombe (sop), Phillip Collins (ten), Robert Oliver (viol), Douglas Mews (hpschd/org/pno), Daniel Becker (electric bass), Baroque Voices/Pepe Becker (sop/dir)

  HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: O Euchari; MONTEVERDI: Ch'ami la vita mia; ANON: Nowell, sing we; BODY: Nowell, in the Lithuanian manner; ECCARD: Christ ist erstanden; WILBYE: Draw on, sweet night; MACHAUT: Je ne suis mie certeins; HANDEL: Quel fior che all' alba ride; BACH: Komm, Jesu, komm; TRAD arr Becker: Three Irish Songs, Blacksmith; Female rambling sailor; Galbally farmer; TRAD: Noel, Joseph est bien marié; M-A CHARPENTIER: Kyrie, from Messe pour le Port Royale; LOCKE: I know that my Redeemer liveth; ANON: A solis ortus; SMYTHE: A solis ortus; BECKER: Kyrie, from Mass of the False Relation; PURCELL: Lost is my quiet; TRAD: Veni, creator spiritus; BODY: Jibrail; DUFAY: Ave maris stella; HARRIS: Ave maris stella; TRAD Catalonian: Ad mortem; SHORTIS: Five Jisei; BECKER: Remembering now, from Brother Sun, Sister Moon; MONTEVERDI: Tornate; Si, ch'io vorrei morire; SMYTHE: Mortalitatis; BACH: Das ist meine Freude (recorded in Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:10 PM. Music from Sweden

  CRUSELL: Introduction & Variations on a Swedish Air Op 12 - Thea King (cl), London SO/Alun Francis (Hyperion CDA 66022)

  STENHAMMAR: Sverige Op 22/2 - Barbara Bonney (sop), Antonio Pappano (pno) (Decca 466 762)

  Interlude, from The Song Op 44 - Baltic Sea Youth Phil/Kristjan Järvi (Naïve V 5407)

  BERWALD: Piano Trio in C - Kálmán Dráfi (pno), Jozsef Modrian (vln), György Kertész (cello) (Naxos 8.555002)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  CLEMENTI: Symphony in Bb Op 18/1 - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573273)

  FARRENC: Sextet in C minor for piano & winds Op 40 - Eric Le Sage (pno), Les Vents Français (Warner 2564 623185)

  RR BENNETT: Reflections on a Scottish folk song - Paul Watkins (cello), Philharmonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10389)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A minor Op 50 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno), Itzhak Perlman (vln), Lynn Harrell (cello) (EMI CDC 7 47988)

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