Schedule for Thursday 27 February 2020

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

KREISLER: Praeludium and Allegro - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), Philip Moll (pno) (Decca 417289)
HAMILTON: Parlour Games - Jade String Quartet (Rattle RAT D073)
BACH: Concerto in D minor BWV974 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4835022)
WEINBERGER: Polka & Fugue, from Schwanda the Bagpiper - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80115)
RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno), Singapore SO/Lan Shui (BIS SACD 1988)
1:00 approx
PUCCINI: Crisantemi - London SO/Antonio Pappano (EMI 5 57159)
BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108 - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Lilya Zilberstein (pno) (EMI 4 76871)
MONTEVERDI: Sinfonia - Robert Sagasser (viola da gamba), Martina Rothbauer (viola da gamba), Paulina van Laarhoven (viola da gamba, Matthias Müller (violone), Lee Santana (lute/gtr/chitarrone) (DHM 05472 77502)
DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Javier Perianes (piano) (Harmonia Mundi HMM902303)
STAMITZ: Flute Concerto in G Op 29 - Mikael Helasvuo (fl), Helsinki CO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste (BIS CD 268)
2:00 approx
MOZART: String Quartet No 16 in Eb K428 (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (NZ String Quartet 2006)
YOSHIMATSU: Wind color Vector - Craig Ogden (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 9743)
PROKOFIEV: Sonata in C for two violins Op 56 - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vln) (Atoll ACD 513)
MERKEL: Fantasy on Verdi's Ernani Op 31 - Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (pno) (Naxos 8.572759)
SCHUBERT: Impromptu in F minor D935/1 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 457 550)
3:00 approx
ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)
VIVALDI: Quanto magis generosa, from Juditha triumphans RV644 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Katherine McGillivray (viola d'amore), Amsterd/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 90916)
MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words Op 38 - Daniel Barenboim (pno) (DG 423 931)
LODGE: Hinterland - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2037)
STENHAMMAR: Two Sentimental Romances Op 28 - Ulf Wallin (vln), Malmö SO/Paavo Järvi (Brilliant Classics 94238)
4:00 approx
MUFFAT: Armonico tributo Sonata No 2 in G minor (1) - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)
BACH: Violin Sonata No 1 in B minor BWV1014 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpsichord) (Harmonia Mundi HMM90225657)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus - Sydney SO/Carl Pini (ABC Classics 472 984)
RIES: Piano Concerto in G minor Op 177 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572742)
5:00 approx
GRANADOS arr Kreisler: Spanish Dance No 5 - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)
BOYCE: Symphony No 7 in Bb - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 419 631)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 12 in A K414 - Erin Helyard (fpno), NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 229)
SIBELIUS: Valse triste, from Kuolema - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 915)
BRAHMS: Tragic Overture Op 81 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (PENTATONE PTC 5186 182)
6:00 AM. Daybreak

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

HAYDN: Symphony No 86 in D (3) - Lower Austria Tonkünstler Orch/Kristjan Järvi (PREISER PR 90765)

VIVALDI: Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV630 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Scottish CO/Christian Curnyn (Decca 476 434)

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 2 (1) - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 419 868)

LINDBERG arr Milone: Andante, from Gammal fäbodspsalm - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

SCHUBERT: Impromptus D935 (4) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68213)

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

ELGAR arr Parkin: Romance Op 62 - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), The Heath Quartet, Gary Pomeroy (viola), Oliver Heath (violin), Sara Wolstenholme (violin), Chris Murray (cello), Toby Hughes (double bass) (Decca 4850241)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb Op 73, Emperor (3) - Diedre Irons (pno), Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (TRUST MMT 2056-57)

ABEL: Allegro in D - Vittorio Ghielmi (vla da gamba)

7.00

MOZART: Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita (4) - members of Orch of St Luke's/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80359)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Db Op 27/2 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (TARTAR CD TRL 069)

BACH: Chorale Prelude, Wachet auf BWV645 - Les Basses Réunies (Alpha 139)

SATIE: Je te Veux - Yoshikazu Mera (countertenor), Japan Phil/Shigeo Genda

FINZI arr Ashmore: Five Bagatelles Op 23 (1) - Robert Plane (cl), Northern Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths (Naxos 8.553566)

WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (SONY MLK 64061)

SCHÖNBERG: Bring him home, from Les Misérables - Sol3 Mio, City of Prague Orch/Paul Bateman (Decca 375 7602)

MONTERO: Improvisation on Handel's Hornpipe - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

GOLLAND arr Frey: Peace - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)

CRUSELL: Clarinet Concerto No 3 in B - Michael Collins (cl/dir), Swedish CO

8.00

Beauty Spot:

MEDTNER: Prologue: Andante cantabile 'The Angel', from Stimmungsbilder Op 1 - Jayson Gillham (pno) (ABC Classics ABC4815564)

LALO: Symphonie espagnole (5) - Shlomo Mintz (vln), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (Brilliant Classics 94070)

LASSUS: Bon jour, et puis, quelles nouvelles? - King's Singers, Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley (EMI 5 69555)

HANDEL: Ombra mai fu, from Xerxes - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0650)

TORELLI: Sinfonia in D for trumpet G4 - Thomas Reiner (tpt), Southwest German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (Naxos 8.570501)

BRAHMS: Double Concerto in A minor Op 102 (3) - Gil Shaham (vln), Jian Wang (cello), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 469 529)

PIAZZOLLA arr Assad: Tango-Etudes, excerpts (3) - Cavatina Duo (Bridge 9330)

JENKINS: Adiemus - Miriam Stockley (lead vocalist), Mary Carewe (additional vocals), Mike Taylor (fl), Jody K. Jenkins (drums), Adiemus/Karl Jenkins (VENTURE SANCT 1)

VERDI: Va pensiero, from Nabucco- Nicolai Ghiarov (bass), Ambrosian Singers, London SO/Claudio Abbado
9:00 AM. The Works

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

TCHAIKOVSKY arr Stokowski: Solitude Op 73/6 - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.557645)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)

JOHANN STRAUSS I: Radetzky March - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80547)

HAYDN: Symphony No 72 in D - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati ( 425 925)

ELGAR: In Moonlight, from In the South, Alassio - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8380)

SATIE: Gymnopédie No 1 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)

10.00

RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe, Part 3 - Camerata Singers, New York Phil/Pierre Boulez ( MK 33523)

DEBUSSY orch Cloez/Caplet: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572583)

DVORÁK: Two Waltzes Op 54 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB11)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C BWV1066 - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta FL 2 3134)

11.00

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 - Viktoria Postnikova (pno), Vienna SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Decca 410 112)

MOZART: Oh, temerario Arbace!... - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Vienna CO/György Fischer (Decca 440 401)

S FISHER: Komorebi - Salina Fisher (vln), Sam Rich (vibraphone) (RNZ)

TREMAIN: Psalm 100 - Auckland Dorian Choir/Peter Godfrey (KIWI SLD 56)

BEETHOVEN: King Stephen, Overture - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (SG 472 256)
Noon Upbeat

Keeping you in tune with music and the arts, with David Morriss

STENHAMMAR: Excelsior! Symphonic Overture Op 13 - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 445 857)

LAURIDSEN: Ubi caritas et amor - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion SACDA 67449)

1:00 Onstage

LISZT: Benediction of God in Solitude - Read Gainsford (pno) (RNZ 2018)

NIELSEN: Symphony No 4 Op 29, The Inextinguishable - New Zealand SO/Carlos Kalmar (RNZ 2019)

2.00

BURMAN: You've stolen my heart; My lover came silently - Asha Bhosle (voc), Kronos Quartet (nonesuch 7559 79856)

WENCHENG: Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake - Lang Lang (pno) ( )

ZU-XIN JIANG: A Busker's Little Tune, from Two pieces from Temple Fair - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

ZU-XIN JIANG: Double Dance, from Two pieces from Temple Fair - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

HARRISON: Pipa Concerto (1) - Wu Man (pipa), Chicago SO/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Chicago SO CSOR 901 801)

BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 435 757)

TRADITIONAL arr Yoko: Sakura, Variations on a Japanese folk-song - Rachel Gauk (gtr) (BIS CD 969)

FARR: Kembang Suling - Alexa Still (fl), Gareth Farr (marimba) (TRUST MMT 2020)

KALHOR: Gallop of a Thousand Horses - Kayhan Kalhor (kamancheh), Ziya Tabassian (tombak), Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 7559 79490)
3:00 PM. Classical Connection

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B
BACH arr Tarkmann: Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo (4) - Albrecht Mayer (ob), English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)
MOZART: Symphony No 35 in D K385, Haffner (1) - Prague Philharmonia/Jirí Belohlávek (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1891)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D048)
ELLINGTON arr & orch Henderson: Isfahan - Peter Walden (cor anglais), Bobby Watson (sax), City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 57014)
MYERS arr Field: Cavatina, from The Deer Hunter - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC Classics 476 701)
DALEY: Child with the starry crayon - Toronto Children's Chorus/Elise Bradley (Marquis 81439)
ELGAR: Serenade for Strings Op 20 (2) - Philharmonia/Andrew Davis (ONYX 4025)
HEDGES: Heigham Sound, Overture - RTE Sinfonietta/Anthony Hedges (MARCO POLO 8.223886)
DELIUS: On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Swiss-Italian Orch/Howard Griffiths (Berlin Classics 0300426 BC)
4.00
TRADITIONAL arr Casals: Song of the Birds - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), CBSO cellos/Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla (Decca 483 2948)
RAUTAVAARA: Apotheosis - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570069)
SCHUMANN: Träumerei, from Kinderszenen Op 15 - Maria João Pires (pno) (ERATO 4509 94692)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS orch Jacob: English Folk Song Suite - Royal Liverpool Phil/James Judd (Naxos 8.572304)
STRAUSS: Nocturno Op 7 - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 109)
STÖLZEL: Bist du bei mir - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (org), Olga Hegedus (cello) (Decca 475 459)
GRANGNANIELLO: 'Stù criatu - Vincenzo Capezzuto (alto), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)
SCHUBERT: Impromptus D899 (2) - Khatia Buniatishvili (pno) (Sony 19075841202)
BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire, Overture Op 21 - Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.572886)
5.00
VIVALDI: Concerto in A minor for two violins RV522 (1) - Jeanne Lamon (vln/dir), Geneviève Gilardeau (vln), Tafelmusik (Analekta AN 2 9811)
BORODIN: Symphony No 2 in B minor (4) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 17582)
GARDEL: Por una cabeza, from Scent of a Woman - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Ksenija Sidorova (accordion), Alexei Grynyuk (pno), Alexander Sitkovetsky (vln), Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) (Decca 4785338)
KORNGOLD: Garden Scene, from Much Ado About Nothing Suite Op 11 - Gil Shaham (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 439 886)
HARRIS: Bremner Aria - David Bremner (tbn), National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)
SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in Eb Op 67 - Steven Isserlis (cello), North German Radio SO/Christoph Eschenbach (RCA 09026 63518)
LEGRAND: Les Moulins De Mon Coeur (The Windmills Of Your Mind) - Jessye Norman (sop), Michel Legrand (pno), Ron Carter (dbass), Grady Tate (drums) (Philips 456 654)
GERSHWIN arr Berkowitz: Promenade: Walking the dog, from Shall we dance? - John Fullam (cl), Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.55975)
SMYTHE: Moto Mojo - Helen Webby (harp) (Ode CD MANU 5144)
6.00
MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K297b (3) - Mohamed Saleh (ob), Kinan Azmeh (cl), Mor Biron (bsn), Sharon Polyak (horn), West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim (warner 2564 62791)
GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Orpheus CO (DG 437 782)
BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 118 (5) - Arcadi Volodos (pno) (Sony 8887 5130192)
WITT: Flute Concerto in G Op 8 (2) - Patrick Gallois (fl/dir), Sinfonia Finlandia ( 8.572089)
CLEMENTI: Symphony No 1 in C WO32 (1) - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573071)
BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 12/2 (3) - Bella Hristova (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RATTLE RATD088)
MUNKTELL: Suite for large orchestra (2) - Gävle Symphony Orchestra/Tobias Ringborg (Sterling CDS1066)
GIBBONS: Pavan, for 6 viols - Phantasm (Avie AV 0032)
SINDING: Symphony No 3 in F Op 121 (3) - North German Radio Phil/David Porcelijn (CPO 999 596)
7:00 PM. Evening Classics

HANDEL: Concerto in F HWV331 - English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard (Philips 422 949)
RACHMANINOV: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 36 - Jason Bae (pno) (Austrian Gramophone AG 0003)
TRADITIONAL arr Hart: The lark in the clear air - Stella Dickinson (ob), Capital Virtuosi/Paul Hart (ASV CDWHL 2118)
CRUSELL: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in Eb Op 1 - Michael Collins (cl/dir), Swedish CO (CHANDOS CHSA 5187)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

APO: Ashkenazy & Mullova
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo & Juliet, Fantasy Overture
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47
BACH: Adagio, from Sonata No 1 in G minor for solo violin
DVORÁK: Symphony No 7 in D minor Op 70
Viktoria Mullova (violin), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Town Hall, Auckland (RNZ)
10:00 PM. Day's End

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap
MOZART: Symphony No 20 in D K133 - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80217)
DEBUSSY: Piano Trio in G - Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Edgar Moreau (cello) (Erato 9029577396)
RAMEAU: Les Indes galantes - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)
11.00
SMETANA: Vyšehrad, from Má Vlast - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Decca 4833187)
DVORÁK: Bagatelles Op 47 - Josef Suk (vln), Miroslav Ambros (vln), Jirí Bárta (cello), Jan Simon (harmonium) (SUPRAPHON SU 3976)
SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen Op 15 - Lang Lang (pno) (DG 477 5976)
BERNSTEIN arr Brohn: Lonely Town, from On the Town - Joshua Bell (vln), Philharmonia Orchestra/David Zinman (Sony SK 89358)