Schedule for Wednesday 3 March 2021

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

BEETHOVEN: Romance No 2 in F Op 50 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)
SCHUBERT: Quartet for guitar, flute, viola & cello D96 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Paul Neubauer (vla), Ronald Thomas (cello) (KOCH INTERNATIONAL 2010356)
NIELSEN: Serenata in vano - New London Chamber Ensemble & Guests (MERIDIAN CDE 84580)
MCLEOD: Rock Sonata No 2 - Rae de Lisle (pno) (RNZ UC32)
1:00 approx
HAMILTON: Three Spirituals - Viva Voce/John Rosser (VIVA VOCE ACD 901)
MOZART: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds K452 - Michael Houstoun (pno), Gordon Hunt (ob), Gordon Richards (cl), Ingrid Hagan (bsn), Nicola Baker (horn) (Atoll ACD 883)
HAYDN: Symphony No 50 in C - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 915)
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in Db S244 - Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 447 430)
2:00 approx
PICCININI: Toccata; Folias - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)
HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 1 in F - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 304980)
HARRIS: Bremner Aria - David Bremner (tbn), National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)
HILL: String Quartet No 7 in A - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)
3:00 approx
DAVERNE: Ghosts of Alberton - Moravian Phil/Petr Pololáník (EMI 557 9042)
DEBUSSY arr Rueffer & Hand: Children's Corner - Pro Arte Guitar Trio (ASV CD WHL 2129)
LILBURN: Drysdale Overture - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2037)
MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 1 in Eb Op 12 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)
4:00 approx
BENDA: Sonata in F - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)
FAURÉ: La Naissance de Vénus Op 29 - Sara Macliver (sop), Jenny Duck-Chong (mezzo), Paul McMahon (ten), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Cantillation, Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker (ABC Classics 472 045)
GERSHWIN: Three Preludes - Nikki Chooi (vln), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Atoll ACD 615)
LISZT: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude - Behzod Abduraimov (pno) (Decca 478 3301)
5:00 approx
SIBELIUS: Night Ride & Sunrise - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)
EDWARDS: Puro e tranquillo, from Veni Creator Spiritus (1) - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)
HAMILTON: Parlour Games - Jade String Quartet (Rattle RAT D073)
SAINT-SAËNS: Oboe Sonata in D Op 166 (1) - Gareth Hulse (oboe), Ian Brown (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)
ELGAR: Minuet Op 21 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)
TAILLEFERRE: Flute Sonata No 2 (3) - Ransom Wilson (fl), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1073)
LLOBET: El Noi de la Mare - Pepe Romero (gtr) (PHILIPS 456 585)
6:00 AM. Daybreak

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466 (3) - Jan Lisiecki (pno), Bavarian Radio SO/Christian Zacharias (DG 479 0061)

HESS: Fantasy for Violin, from Ladies in Lavender - Joshua Bell (vln), Royal Phil/Nigel Hess (Sony Sk 92689)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 (2) - Murray Khouri (cl), John McCabe (pno) (Continuum CCD 1027)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude in D Op 23/4 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 557943)

VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in A minor RV440 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (EMI 3 47212)

ARNE: Thou soft flowing Avon - Emma Kirkby (sop), Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman

PUCCINI arr MIKHASHOFF: Vissi d'arte, from Tosca - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

FARRENC: Symphony No 2 in D Op 35 (3) - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 820)

NAKADA: A song of early Spring - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Waiata 9501)

7.00

GLICK: Suite Hébraïque No 5, (1) Circle Dance - Suzanne Shulman (fl), James Campbell (cl), Andrew Dawes (vln), Daniel Domb (cello) (CBC Records MVCD 1046)

BEETHOVEN: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds Op 16 (2) - Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67526)

GRIEG: The Last Spring Op 34/2 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB11)

SARASATE orch Hohn: Romanza andaluza Op 22/1 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

M HAYDN: Symphony No 1 in C (4) - Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal (CPO 999 591)

PIAZZOLLA: Libertango - Luis Bacalov (pno), Héctor Ulises Passarella (bandoneón), St Cecilia Academy Orch/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 463 471)

CHAMINADE: Poèmes provençales Op 127 (1) - Mark Viner (pno) (Piano Classics PCL10164)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 7 in C minor Op 30/2 (4) - Bella Hristova (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RATD08)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

ADÈS arr Clements: Arcadiana - Voces8 (Decca 4834670)

SAINT-SAËNS: Air & Dance Bacchanale, from Samson & Delilah - Berlin Phil/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 479 0069)

SCHUBERT: Der Wanderer D489 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (EMI 5 75203)

TORKE: South, Concerto for oboe (3) - Ryan Roberts (oboe), Albany SO/David Alan Miller (Albany TROY1784)

MOZART: Variations in C on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K265 - Clara Haskil (pno) (DG 437 676)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Tarantella, from The Gadfly - Aglika Genova (pno), Liuben Dimitrov (pno) (CPO 999 599)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique (2) - MusicAeterna/Teodor Currentzis (Sony 88985404352)

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (3) - Strings of the Philharmonia/Christopher Warren-Green (dir) (Chandos CHAN 6526)
9:00 AM. The Works

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

ALBINONI: Concerto in C for two oboes Op 7/2 - Anthony Robson (ob), Catherine Latham (ob), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir) (Chandos CHAN 0602)

LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Behzod Abduraimov (pno) (Decca 478 3301)

VERDI: Ah, fors'è lui, from La Traviata - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Florence May Festival Orch/Zubin Mehta (Philips 442 440)

JEAN-MICHEL BLAIS: Nostos - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN28748)

ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture - London Phil/David Parry (X5 105)

NERUDA: Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Alison Balsom (tpt), Bremen German Chamber Phil (EMI 2 16213)

10.00

FRAHM: Ambre - Nils Frahm (piano, reed organ, celeste) (Erased Tapes eratp18)

KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Bolshoi SO/Alexander Lazarev (Warner 8573 80438)

SCHUMANN: String Quartet in A Op 41/3 - Hagen Quartet (DG 449 214)

TAKLE: Celebration - Martin Setchell (org) (Pipeline Press PP2)

GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture - Rochester Phil/Jeff Tyzik (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 80 7441)

11.00

PROKOFIEV: Plescheyevo Lake, from Alexander Nevsky - St Petersburg Teleradio Company Chorus; St Petersburg Chamber Chorus, St Petersburg Chorus Capella "LIK", St Petersburg Phil / Yuri Temirkanov (RCA 09026 61926)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture Op 96 - New Zealand SO/Christopher Lyndon-Gee (Naxos 8.553126)

MAXWELL DAVIES arr Tennant: Farewell to Stromness - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Sony SK 60274)

JOACHIM: Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 11 - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Danish National SO (Virgin 5 02109)

STRAUSS: Morgen! Op 27/4 - Jessye Norman (sop), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 411 052)
Noon Upbeat

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

BACH: Partita No 1 in Bb BWV825 (3) - Igor Levit (pno) (Sony 88843 03682)

TIKAO/FRASER: Te reo o te wai - Ariana Tikao (voice, taonga puoro), Al Fraser (taonga puoro) (Rattle RATD106)

FARR: Waipoua - Mary Scott (cl), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2021)

GRANADOS: Allegro de concierto - Richard Mapp (pno) (MERIDIAN CDE 84403)

12.30

English music journalist Paul Morley talks with Cynthia Morahan about his book ‘A Sound Mind: How I fell in love with classical music (and decided to rewrite its entire history)’

REEDY: Homai to poho - Ariana Tikao (voice, taonga puoro), Al Fraser (taonga puoro) (Rattle RATD106)
1:00 PM. Onstage

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 2 in D Op 36 - New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart (RNZ )
HAYDN: The Representation of Chaos, from The Creation - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (RNZ )
BACH: St John Passion, excerpts - James Ioelu (bass bar), Voices NZ, Auckland Phil/Sofi Jeannin (RNZ 2019)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - Arabella Steinbacher (vln), Auckland Phil/Xian Zhang (RNZ 2018)
YSAYE: Sonata in A minor for solo violin Op 27/2 - Arabella Steinbacher (vln) (RNZ 2018)
FALLA: El Amor Brujo, Suite - Marta Zabaleta (pno) (RNZ 2018)
PIAZZOLLA arr Crabb: Tango Suite, 'SVP, Tzigane & Preparense' - Anthony Marwood (violin), James Crabb (accordion), Joan Perarnau Garriga (double bass) (RNZ 2019)
3:00 PM. Classical Connection

Nick Tipping presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

GOLDMARK: Rustic Wedding Symphony (5) - Los Angeles Phil/Jesús López-Cobos (Decca 476 8743)

DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (3) - Nash Ensemble (CRD 3410)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn (1) - Sarah Chang (vln), Orpheus CO (EMI 3 94431)

RAVEL: Jeux d'eau - Lixin Zhang (piano) (Rattle RATD084)

RUTTER: Gloria (1) - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Wallace Collection/Timothy Brown (Brilliant Classics 9087)

COULTHARD: Introduction and 3 Folksongs III. Contented House - CBC Vancouver Orch/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records PSCD20265)

O'CONNOR arr Meyer: Butterfly's Day Out - Mark O'Connor (mandolin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 68460)

DEBUSSY orch Finno: Symphony in B minor (1) - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572583)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 15 in G D887 (3) - New Zealand String Quartet (Trust MMT 2062)

4.00

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor Op 40 (1) - Simon Trpceski (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Avie AV 2191)

MOZART: Se all'impero, from La Clemenza di Tito - Keith Lewis (ten), NZSO CO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2022)

FASCH arr Chiesa: Lute Concerto in D minor (1) - Slava Grigoryan (gtr), Leonard Grigoryan (gtr), Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey (ABC Classics 476 5948)

HOLST: The Perfect Fool, ballet music - Royal Phil/Malcolm Sargent (EMI 5 65041)

HARLE: Rant! - Jess Gillam (sax), BBC Concert Orch/Jessica Cottis (Decca 4834862)

WILLIAMS: Luke and Leia, from Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/John Williams (DG 4797553)

PROKOFIEV: Juliet as a young girl, from Romeo & Juliet - NHK SO (Decca 458 190)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64 (3) - Bavarian Radio SO/Mariss Jansons (BR Media 900 105)

HANDEL: Ombra mai fu, from Xerxes - London SO/George Szell (Decca 444 543)

5.00

GRIEG: Symphonic Dances on Norwegian motifs Op 64 (1) - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 3 44722)

WILLIAMS: Fugue, from Suite per antiche archi - Archi D'amore Zelanda (Atoll ACD218)

HUMMEL: Bassoon Concerto in F (3) - Jaakko Luoma (bassoon), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Janne Nisonen (Ondine ODE13242)

RODGERS: My funny Valentine, from Babes in Arms - Frederica von Stade (mezzo), London SO/John McGlinn (EMI CDC 7 54071)

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

BERLIOZ: Rêverie & Caprice - Akiko Suwanai (vln), Philharmonia (Philips 475 6189)

FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amor Brujo - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (EX Tartar TRL 020)

HANDEL: Air and variations, "The Harmonius Blacksmith", from Keyboard Suite No 5 in E HWV430 - Sophie Yates (hpschd) (Chandos CHAN 0669)

RUTHERFORD: One for Jo - Jann Rutherford (pno) (Tall Poppies 111125)

6.00

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 2 in G Op 1/2 (4) - Storioni Trio (PENTATONE PTC 5186 071)

BRAHMS: All meine Herzgedanken Op 62/5 - 1992 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (MANU CD MANU 1412)

SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 1 - Montreal SO (Decca 421 527)

BACH arr Avital: Flute Sonata in E minor BWV1034 - Avi Avital (mandolin), Ophira Zakai (theorbo), Ira Givol (cello), Potsdam Chamber Academy, Shalev Ad-El (hpschd) (DG 479 0092)

SOUTHAM: Fiddle Creek - Christina Petrowska Quilico (piano) (Centrediscs CMCCD 14109)

BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in G G480 (2) - Steven Isserlis (cello/dir), Bremen German Chamber Phil (Hyperion CDA 68162)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little (2) - Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Herreweghe (Pentatone PTC 5186 446)

LODGE: Hinterland - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2037)

BONFA: The Gentle Rain - Carlos Barbosa-Lima (gtr) (Concord 312008)
7:00 PM. Evening Classics

BASSI: Concert Fantasia - Julian Bliss (cl), Julien Quentin (pno) (EMI 5 85639)
RICHTER: Sinfonia a Quattro in C minor - New Dutch Academy CO/Simon Murphy (PENTATONE PTC 5186 028)
GOUVY: Symphony No 5 in Bb Op 30 (4) - German Radio Phil/Jacques Mercier (CPO 777 379)
EINAUDI: Melodia Africana 3 - Ludovico Einaudi (pno) (Decca 4764490)
WEBER: Oberon, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)
LILBURN: Wind Quintet - Concertante Ensemble (Ex Kiwi SLD 58)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Deutsche Welle Festival: Early Music in Knechtsteden, Part 2
FALCONIERI: Folias
MERULA: Folle è ben che si crede
MERULA: Chaconne
CORELLI: Sonata in F Op 5 No 10
HANDEL: Mi palpita il cor: Cantata HWV 132c
CPE BACH: Folia for solo harpsichord
VIVALDI: La Follia Op 1 No 12
ANON: Sequence of motets, responsories & antiphons
Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder), Dmitry Sinkovsky (violin), Marco Testori (cello), Florian Birsak (harpsichord), Tiburtina Ensemble/Barbora Kabátková
(Deutsche Welle)
10:00 PM. Day's End

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap
CHOPIN: Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 - Cédric Tiberghien (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1943)
WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor Op 73 (1) - Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Berlin Phil/Mariss Jansons (DG 4836069)
SCHUBERT trans Maisky: Ständchen, from Schwanengesang - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 449 817)
TRADITIONAL arr Rutter: Down by the Sally Gardens - Claire Caldwell (pno), Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: In the Fen Country - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.555867)
11.00
FIELD: Nocturne No 16 in C - Elizabeth Joy Roe (piano) (Decca 478 9672)
STAMITZ: Symphony in Bb - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553194)
TRABACI: Gagliarda Prima detta la Galante - King's Noyse; Andrew Lawrence-King (harp)/David Douglass (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7159)
LILBURN: Four Canzonas - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (KIWI CD SLD 99)
BARBER: Violin Concerto Op 14 - Hilary Hahn (vln), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Sony SK 89029)