Schedule for Wednesday 26 May 2021

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/12 - Rémy Baudet (vln), Sayuri Yamagata (vln), Richte van der Meer (cello), Hank Heyink (archlute), Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder (dir) (Brilliant Classics 92403)
HILL: Symphony No 6 in Bb, Celtic - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (marco polo 8.220345)
STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op 28 - Bavarian Radio SO/Mariss Jansons (BR Media 900 707)
DAVERNE: Ghosts of Alberton - Moravian Phil/Petr Pololáník (EMI 557 9042)
1:00 approx
BRAHMS: Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op 24 - Murray Perahia (pno) (SONY 88697 79469)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 1/3 - Turnovsky Trio (TRUST MMT 2007)
LILBURN: Two Unpublished Pieces for guitar - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.572185)
2:00 approx
ELGAR: Grania & Diarmid, incidental music - Jenny Miller (sop), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8610)
YOUNG: Symphony No 2 - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln), Andrew Joyce (cello), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Atoll 502164)
COUPERIN: Sixième Concert - Douglas Boyd (ob), Harold Lester (hpschd), Richard Lester (cello) (ASV CD DCA 656)
LISZT: Die Lorelei - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Decca 425 820)
3:00 approx
HOPKINS: Past Life Melodies - Chanticleer (Warner Classics 2564683247)
RIES: Piano Concerto in D Op 120, Pastoral - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Bournemouth SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572088)
HAYDN: String Quartet in D Op 33/6 - Casals Quartet (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 296 2022.23)
STRAUSS: Nocturno Op 7 - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 109)
4:00 approx
JIRÁNEK: Bassoon Concerto in G minor - Sergio Azzolini (bsn), Collegium Marianum/Jana Semerádová (Supraphon SU 4039)
BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108 - Wilma Smith (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA64)
DUBOIS: Flute Sonata - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (Avie AV 0027)
MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 4 in C minor - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)
5:00 approx
DEBUSSY: Images, Book 2 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 500272)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 4 in Bb Op 11 (3) - Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2100)
RHEINBERGER arr Cullen: Cantilena, from Organ Sonata No 11 in D minor - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)
MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (3) - Martin Fröst (basset cl), Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Peter Oundjian (BIS SACD 1263)
SCHUBERT: Impromptu in F minor D935/4 - Inon Barnatan (pno) (Bridge 9197)
FAURÉ orch Rutter: Cantique de Jean Racine - Cambridge Singers, members of the City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 109)
PALESTRINA: Tota pulchra es - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics ABC 4818575)
GRIFFITHS: Naseby - Jessica Wells (contralto), Albert Mataafa (ten), New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2048)
ELGAR: Salut d'Amour Op 12 - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)
6:00 AM. Daybreak

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

HAYDN: Symphony No 31 in D, Hornsignal (2) - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman

DVORÁK: Leave me alone Op 82/1 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)

HOVHANESS: Symphony No 2, Mysterious Mountain (2) - Royal Liverpool Phil/Gerard Schwarz (TELARC CD 80604)

FASCH: Lute Concerto in D minor (2) - Michael Dücker (lute), Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel

TAVENER: Song for Athene - Handel & Haydn Society/Grant Llewellyn

TRADITIONAL: The Musical Priest / Scotch Mary - Jordi Savall (viol), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) (Alia Vox AVSA 9865)

BEETHOVEN: Bagatelle No 25 in A minor, Für Elise - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 456 031)

SPOHR: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 57 (3) - Julian Bliss (cl), ASMF/Kenneth Sillito (EMI 3 79786)

RAMEAU: Entrance of Polyhymnia, from Les Boréades - Ensemble Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon

7.00

VIVALDI: Concerto in D for strings RV121 - Venice Baroque Orchestra/Andrea Marcon (dir)

FARQUHAR: Ring Round the Moon (1) - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young

O'CONNOR: Misty Moonlight Waltz - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-yo Ma (cellom Edgar Meyer (dbass)

HANDEL: O Lord, whose mercies numberless, from Saul - Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67924)

WEBER: Grand Duo Concertant in Eb Op 48 (3) - Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Yuja Wang (piano) (DG 4836069)

WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst (Chandos CHAN 8375)

MONTEVERDI: Ballo - L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo/dir) (Virgin 2 36140)

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

8.00

Beauty Spot:

MOZART: L'amerò, sarò costante, from Il re pastore - Sylvia McNair (sop), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 446 712)

RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs - Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI 5 62746)

RACHMANINOV: Moments Musicaux Op 16 (6) - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 475 6198)

HOLST: Fantasia on the 'Dargason', from Suite No 2 for Military Band Op 28/2 - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish ( CHAN 9697)

SAINT-SAËNS: Air & Dance Bacchanale, from Samson & Delilah - Montreal SO (Decca 421 527)

GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 (2) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno), Berlin Phil/Mariss Jansons (EMI 3 94399)

BIZET: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle, from Carmen - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), Royal Phil/Marco Armiliato (EMI 0 84377)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in D Kk29 - Murray Perahia (pno)
9:00 AM. The Works

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld, Overture - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 425 083)

TCHAIKOVSKY arr Economu: Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker - Martha Argerich, Mirabela Dina (pno duo) (EMI 4 76871)

ELGAR: May Song - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

PURCELL: Now The Night Is Chas'd Away, from The Fairy Queen - Karina Gauvin (sop), Les Boréades de Montréal/Francis Colpron (Atma ACD2398)

KORNGOLD: Garden Scene, from Much Ado About Nothing Suite Op 11 - Gil Shaham (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 439 886)

BRAHMS: Viola Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 - Lawrence Power (vla), Simon Crawford-Phillips (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67584)

10.00

MOZART: Deh vieni, from The Marriage of Figaro - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 448 300)

PHILLIPS: Arabesque Op 43/2 - BBC Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (DUTTON CDLX 7140)

GERSHWIN arr Bowen: Catfish Row, from Porgy & Bess - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.55975)

BACH arr Suzuki: Gavottes 1 & 2, - Takako Nishizaki (vln), Terence Dennis (pno) (Naxos 8.572379)

SOLER: Keyboard Sonata in A minor - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

11.00

MORLEY: Doe you not know? - Canadian Brass (CBS MK 45792)

STENHAMMAR: Symphony No 2 in G minor Op 34 - Gothenburg SO/Herbert Blomstedt (BIS BIS 2424)

BRUCKNER: Christus factus est - Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge/David Rowland (Christ's College CCC CD 003)
Noon Upbeat

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

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E minor Op 59/2, Razumovsky (4) - Artemis Quartet (Virgin 3 80268)

David Morriss talks with Jasmin Ratana about a new initiative from Whanganui’s Alexander Library: a loanable Taongo puoro kit

TIKAO: E moko e - Ariana Tikao (voice, taonga puoro), Al Fraser (taonga puoro) (Rattle RATD106)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake, Act 1, Scene 2 (1) - New Zealand SO/Patrick Flynn (RNZB 1996A)

12.30

Standing Room Only’s Lynn Freeman talks with NZSO CEO Peter Biggs

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

BRUCKNER: Tota pulchra es, Maria - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (UCJ 476 6295)
1:00 PM. Onstage

ROSSINI: An Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2019)
TAUBER: Du bist die Welt für mich, from Der singende Traum - Manase Latu (ten), Somi Kim (piano) (RNZ )
STRAUSS: Ich bin euer Liebden, from Der Rosenkavalier - Natasha Wilson (sop), Somi Kim (piano) (RNZ )
MOZART: Symphony No 25 in G minor K183 - Auckland Phil/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ )
FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A - Andrew Beer (violin), Sarah Watkins (piano) (RNZ 2017)
BACH: Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, excerpts - Amelia Berry (sop), The Graduate Choir NZ, Auckland Phil/Hamish McKeich (RNZ )
BRAHMS: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 - New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart (RNZ 2017)
3:00 PM. Classical Connection

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

HAYDN: Symphony No 102 in Bb (3) - Orpheus CO (DG 429 218)

BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 286)

DEBUSSY: Fêtes, from Nocturnes - Boston SO/Charles Munch (RCA 82876 59416)

RITCHIE: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings (2) - Marina Sturm (cl), NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (TRUST MMT 2040)

TRABACI: Gagliarda Prima detta la Galante - King's Noyse; Andrew Lawrence-King (harp)/David Douglass (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7159)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 1 in Eb Op 1/1 (4) - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 67393)

TRADITIONAL arr Poster/Balsom: Nobody Knows - Alison Balsom (tpt), BBC Scottish SO/Lawrence Renes (EMI 6 78590)

SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 3 - Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI CDC 7 49471)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 11 in F K413 (1) - Erin Helyard (fpno), NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 229)

REINHARDT: Blue Drag - Django Reinhardt (gt), Stéphane Grappelli (vln) (ASV CDASJ2016)

4.00

VERDI: Grand March, from Aida - Dresden State Chorus & Orch/Silvio Varviso (Philips 422 266)

LILBURN: Three Preludes - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (RNZ )

RAMINSH: In the night we shall go in - Vancouver Chamber Choir, strings of CBC Vancouver Orch/Jon Washburn (CMC CD 4893)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse-scherzo - Gil Shaham (vln), Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 457 064)

HAYDN: Symphony No 91 in Eb (1) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1849)

HAHN: Le rossignol des lilas; À Chloris - Susan Graham (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Sony SK 60168)

MONTERO: Improvisation on JS Bach's Prelude - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 (3) - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Vienna Phil/Daniel Harding (Virgin 6 02653)

ELLINGTON: It Don't Mean a Thing - The Black Quartet (private)

5.00

MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan (2) - New Zealand SO/James Judd (RNZ UA99)

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G (1) - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno), Montreal SO (Decca 452 448)

YOUNG: Invocation - Robert Orr (oboe d'amore), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Atoll 502164)

SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in A Kk428 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68184)

LAWSON arr Jennings: Calling My Children Home - Chanticleer (Warner Classics 2564683247)

VERDI arr Turovsky: String Quartet in E minor (1) - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9662)

RITCHIE: Suite No 2 for string orchestra, Aquarius (1) - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (TRUST MMT 2040)

BERLIOZ: Villanelle, from Les nuits d'été - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Berlin Phil (DG 445 823)

COREA: Children's Song No. 15 - Chick Corea (pno) (

6.00

MOZART: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds K452 (1) - Daniel Barenboim (pno), Hansjörg Schellenberger (ob), Larry Combs (cl), Daniele Damiano (bsn), Dale Clevenger (horn) (ERATO 4509 96359)

SCHUMANN: Träumerei, from Kinderszenen Op 15 - Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 093)

PURCELL: Strike The Viol, from Come Ye Sons Of Art Away - Karina Gauvin (sop), Les Boréades de Montréal/Francis Colpron (Atma ACD2398)

DVORÁK: Nocturne in B for strings Op 40 - London Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 7123)

COPLAND: Nature, the Gentlest Mother, from 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson - Dawn Upshaw (sop), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Teldec 77310)

RUTTER: Suite Antique (3) - Duke Dobing (fl), Wayne Marshall (hpschd), City of London Sinfon/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 516)

MENDELSSOHN: Cello Sonata No 2 in D Op 58 (1) - António Meneses (cello), Gérard Wyss (pno) (Avie AV 2140)

HUMMEL: Rondo brillant in F Op 127, Le retour à Londres - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557845)

HEYMAN / YOUNG - When I Fall in Love - McCoy Tyner (pno) (Blue Note 591651)
7:00 PM. Evening Classics

DEBUSSY: Première rapsodie - Paul Meyer (cl), Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572675)
HAMILTON: Parlour Games - Jade String Quartet (Rattle RAT D073)
SAVALL: L'Amor - Arianna Savall (sop/harp) (Alia Vox AV 9839)
MASSENET: Aragonaise; Aubade, from Le Cid - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Classic CD ISSUE 71)
HANDEL: Keyboard Suite No 3 in D minor HWV428 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)
BACH: Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Isabelle Faust (violin), Xenia Löffler (oboe), Berlin Academy for Early Music/Bernhard Forck (Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Deutsche Welle Festival: Beethoven in Mysterious Company
The Belcea Quartet plays Beethoven's String Quartet No 13 Op 130 and the Grosse Fuge with surprise detours between movements
Belcea Quartet, Grau-Schumacher piano duo
Mozart Hall, Schwetzingen Palace, Schwetzingen (Deutsche Welle)
10:00 PM. Day's End

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap
KUHLAU: Piano Quartet No 2 in A Op 50 (1) - Ilona Prunyi (pno), members of the New Budapest Quartet (MARCO POLO 8.223482)
PUCCINI: Crisantemi - London SO/Antonio Pappano (EMI 5 57159)
FAURÉ: Nocturne No 5 in Bb Op 37 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ UB65)
TRADITIONAL arr Hart: Scarborough Fair - Stella Dickinson (ob), Capital Virtuosi/Paul Hart (ASV CDWHL 2118)
MOZART: Variations in G on Unser dummer Pöbel meint K455 - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ UA42)
11.00
TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - James Ehnes (vln), Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy (ONYX 4076)
RACHMANINOV: Ave Maria, from Vespers Op 37 - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (UNIVERSAL 476 3160)
HARRISS: Music for Jonny - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)
RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez - John Williams (gtr), Christine Pendrill (cor anglais), Philharmonia/Louis Frémaux (CBS M2K 44791)
BEETHOVEN: Theme and Variations 1-10, from Diabelli Variations Op 120 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D070)