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Saturday 31 March 2012
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Disc 1
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Flos Campi; Suite for viola & orchestra; Hymn-tune Prelude No 1, Eventide; Hymn-tune Prelude No 2, Dominus Regit Me; The Poisoned Kiss, Overture; The Running Set - Frederick Riddle (vla), Bournemouth Choir & Sinfonietta/Norman del Mar, George Hurst (Chandos CHAN 6545)
1:05 approx - Disc 2
CPE BACH: Viola da gamba Sonata in D Wq137; Sonata in G minor for keyboard & viola da gamba; ABEL: Adagio for viola da gamba solo; CPE BACH: Viola da gamba Sonata in C Wq136; ABEL: Postlude - Friederike Heumann (vla da gamba), Gaetano Nasillo (cello), Dirk Börner (fpno) (Alpha 080)
2:20 approx - Disc 3
BIZET: Votre toast…..Toréador en garde, from Carmen; BELLINI: Ah! Per sempre io perdei, from I Puritani; GOUNOD: Avant de quitter ces lieux, from Faust; TCHAIKOVSKY: I love you beyond all measure, from The Queen of Spades; PUCCINI: Questo amor, from Edgar; WAGNER: O du mein holder Abenstern, from Tannhäuser; BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers; BACH: Mache dich, mein Herze rein; Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder, from St Matthew Passion; HANDEL: Why do the nations?, from Messiah; TRAD arr Grainger: Shallow Brown; TRAD arr O'Boyle: O Waly, Waly; Princess TE RANGI PAI arr O'Boyle: Hine e hine; TOMOANA arr O'Boyle: Pokarekare ana - David Hobson (ten), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Cantillation, Sinfonia Australis, Orch of the Antipodes/Antony Walker (ABC 476 227)
3:20 approx - Disc 4
TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No 2 in F Op 22; String Sextet in D minor Op 70; Souvenir de Florence - Rami Solomonow (vla), John Sharp (cello), Vermeer Quartet (Cedille CDR 9000 0017)
4:55 approx - Disc 5
SCOTT: Impromptu, A Mountain Brook Op 41; Chimes Op 40/3; Columbine Op 47/2; Andante, Study for a slow movement No 1; Largo, Study for a slow movement No 2; Klavierstücke: Erste Ballade in D minor; Prelude No 1 Op 37; Egypt, An Album of Five Impressions; Karma, Suite; Inclination à la danse; An English Waltz Op 15 - Leslie De'ath, Anya Alexeyev (pnos) (Dutton CDLX 7166)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning
6:00 JC BACH: Symphony in D Op 18/4 - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 752)
GRIEG: Ave maris stella - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (UCJ 476 6295)
NADERMAN: Harp Sonatina No 1 in Eb - Masumi Nagasawa (harp) (Etcetera KTC 1341)
ELGAR: Dream Children Op 43 - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar (Chandos CHAN 6544)
DEBUSSY: Arabesques Nos 1 & 2 - Carole Carniel (pno) (Ligia LIDI 030 2216-10)
HANDEL arr Tarkmann: Concerto for oboe, bassoon & harpsichord, Piagge serene - Albrecht Mayer (ob/dir), Guilhaume Santana (bsn), Monika Razynska (hpschd), Sinfonia Varsovia (DG 476 5681)
7:00 CAMILLERI: Overture Classique - Bournemouth SO/Brian Schembri (Diversions DDV 24126)
BEETHOVEN: Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, from Mozart's The Magic Flute - Paul Tortelier (cello), Eric Heidsieck (pno) (EMI 5 73807)
MARX: Idyll, Concertino on the pastoral fourth, from Nature Trilogy - Bochum SO/Steven Sloane (ASV CD DCA 1137)
MCKAY arr Baker: The Swan 'LK 243' - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10609)
BRITTEN: Hymn to St Cecilia Op 27 - Richard Cross (treble), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks (EMI 5 62796)
8:00 PIAZZOLLA arr Desyatnikov: Primavera porteña, Spring, from Four Seasons in Buenos Aires - Jonathan Morton (vln/dir), Scottish Ensemble (Signum SIGCD 231)
GARDNER: Irish Suite Op 231 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2125)
BUSONI: Giga, Bolero & Variazione, study after Mozart - Roland Pöntinen (pno) (CPO 777 427)
MOLTER: Clarinet Concerto No 3 in G - Kari Kriikku (cl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/John Storgårds (Ondine ODE 1056)
LARSEN arr Larsen and Eriksson: Polonaise - Gjermund Larsen (fiddle), Norwegian Soloists' Choir/Grete Pedersen (BIS SACD 1871)
A LEVY: Samba, from Suíte Brasileira - Sao Paulo SO/Roberto Minczuk (BIS SACD 1430)
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
LILBURN: Four Canzonas - Wellington Orch/James Sedares (Vector Wgtn Orch VWO 001)
PUCCINI: Nessun dorma, from Turandot - Salvatore Licitra (ten), London SO/Carlo Rizzi (Sony SK 89923)
ALBRECHTSBERGER: Concerto in E for jew's harp & mandora - Fritz Mayr (jew's harp), Dieter Kirsch (mandora), Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair (Orfeo C 035 821 A)
HERZOGENBERG: Piano Trio No 2 in D minor Op 36 - ATOS Trio (CPO 777 335)
BUXTEHUDE: Cantata, Nun danket alle Gott BuxWV79 - Cantus Cologne/Konrad Junghänel (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1629)
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 - Václav Hudecek (vln), Prague SO/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 4055)
(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
Ten programmes giving Phil Broadhurst's perspective on the international recorded jazz scene
(5) Recent releases & reissues (RNZ)
2:00 PM. Global Sounds
Indigenous music from around the world
Buskers' Ballroom - She'Koyokh Klezmer Ensemble
She'Koyokh is a Yiddish expression that means something like "Good on ya!" - a very appropriate name for this award-winning klezmer and Balkan music band. Buskers' Ballroom is their second album and includes several klezmer classics, as well as some of the band's own compositions (ARC Music EUCD 2322)
3:00 PM. Saturday Concert
Pettman/Royal Overseas League Scholarship 2010 Final
BEETHOVEN arr Pauer: Fifth & Sixth movements, Scherzo; Andante con moto alla Marcia, from Septet in Eb Op 20; HAMILTON: Tui; FITKIN: There is a great weight on my head tonight - Untitled Piano Quartet
BEETHOVEN: First & Second movements, Allegro con brio; Adagio affetuoso ed appassionato, from String Quartet in F Op 81/1; SZYMANOWSKI: First movement, Lento assai, from String Quartet No 1 in C Op 37 - Lazarus String Quartet
DUBOIS: Quatuor; BACH arr anon: Fugue in G minor BWV578; FELD: Third, Fourth & Fifth movements, from Saxophone Quartet - New Zealand School of Music Saxophone Quartet (recorded in the Gallagher Concert Chamber at the University of Waikato by RNZ)
4:30 PM. Russian Rhapsodies
MYASKOVSKY: Prelude in Bb minor Op 58, Song & Rhapsody - Murray McLachlan (pno) (Dunelm DRD 0264)
RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno), Singapore SO/Lan Shui (BIS SACD 1988)
GLAZUNOV: Oriental Rhapsody - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 452 482)
KHACHATURIAN: Concerto-Rhapsody for cello & orchestra - Dmitry Yablonsky (cello), Moscow City SO/Maxim Fedotov (Naxos 8.570463)
6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand
NZ musicians and composers
EDWARDS: Piano Trio - NZTrio (Rattle RAT D017)
J RITCHIE: Snow Goose - Alexa Still (fl), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7345)
PROKOFIEV: Ballade in C minor Op 15 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tatyana Lazareva (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10045)
FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No 2 - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)
7:00 PM. Vocalied
SCHUBERT: Schwanengesang D957 - Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Inger Södergren (pno) (Calliope CAL 9359)
BERG: Die Nachtigall; JENNER: Die Nachtigall; BERG: Schliesse mir die Augen beide; MARX: Schliesse mir die Augen beide - Ulf Bästlein (bar), Charles Spencer (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1234)
8:00 PM. Music Alive
Saleem Abboud Ashkar (pno), Anna Leese (sop), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen
LILBURN: Processional Fanfare; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb Op 73, Emperor
Interval: Saleem Abboud Ashkar talks to Eva Radich
MAHLER: Symphony No 4 in G (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre by RNZ)
10:15 PM. Day's End
ROTA: Trio for clarinet, cello & piano - Davide Teodoro (cl), Carlo Teodoro (cello), Aldo Orvieto (pno) (ASV CD DCA 1072)
KOMITAS arr Aslamazian: Ten Armenian Folk Songs & Dances - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 10094)
11:00 IBERT: Histoires - Peter Katin (pno) (Simax PSC 1067)
BORODIN: String Quartet No 2 in D - Shostakovich Quartet (Alto ALC 1111)
Sunday 1 April 2012
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Disc 1
SCRIABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy; Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 29 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 218)
1:15 approx - Disc 2
WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor; HARWOOD: Sonata No 1 in C# minor; PARRY: Chorale Prelude; STATHAM: Rhapsody on a Ground; WALFORD DAVIES: Solemn Melody; ELGAR arr Gower: Enigma Variations, Nimrod; MENDELSSOHN: First movement, from Organ Sonata in A Op 65/3; MENDELSSOHN arr Best: War March of the Priests; SUMSION: Ceremonial March - Robert Costin (organ of the Wellington Town Hall) (Kiwi Pacific CD TRL 076)
2:25 approx - Disc 3
BIBER: Missa Salisburensis; Sonata tam aris quam aulis servientes; Sonata No 12 & No 5; Sancti Polycarpi; Plaudite tympana - Gabrieli Consort & Players, Musica Antiqua Cologne/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 471 632)
3:35 approx - Disc 4
HAYDN: Trios, No 40 in F# minor, Op 73/3; No 37 in D, Op 71/3; No 36 in Eb Op 71/2 - Jérome Hantaï (fpno), Philippe Couvert (vln), Alix Verzier (cello) (Naïve E 8811)
4:50 approx - Disc 5
Stokowski Orchestral Transcriptions
BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor; Prelude in Eb minor; Geistliches Lied, Mein Jesu; Chorale Prelude, Wir glauben all' an einen Gott; Chorale from Easter Cantata; Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor; BYRD: Pavan, The Earl of Salisbury & Galliard; CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary; SCHUBERT: Moments musicaux, No 3 in F minor; CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor Op 17/4; TCHAIKOVSKY: Chant sans paroles; DUPARC: Extase; RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2 - Czech Phil, London SO/Leopold Stokowski (London 448 946)
6:00 AM. Sanctuary
TAVERNER: Christe Jesu, pastor bone; RUTTER: Loving shepherd of thy sheep - Caroline Ashton (sop), Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 113)
VICTORIA: Office for Holy Week, Palm Sunday - La Colombina, Schola Antiqua/Josep Cabré, Juan Carlos Asensio (Glossa GCD 922 002)
G IVES: Ride on - Arcadian Singers of Oxford University/Matthew O'Donovan, James Davy (org) (Lammas LAMM 137D)
SCHUBERT: Six Antiphons for the Blessing of the Branches on Palm Sunday D696 - Bavarian Radio Choir/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CMS 7 64783)
HANDEL: Chandos Anthem No 10, The Lord is my light - Elizabeth Poole (sop), Andrew Murgatroyd (ten), BBC Singers, Orch of The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (BBC Music BBC MM 301)
GUERRERO: Vexilla Regis - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell (Hyperion CDH 55313)
BRUCKNER: Vexilla Regis - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67629)
SAINT-SAËNS: Prière - Steven Isserlis (cello), Francis Grier (org) (RCA 09026 61678)
REGER: Palmsonntagmorgen - Consortium/Andrew-John Smith (Hyperion CDA 67762)
8:00 AM. Grace Notes
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 426 051)
MOZART: Third movement, Adagio, from Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita - Concerto Cologne/Anton Steck (Archiv 477 5800)
BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2 - William Howard (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 011)
ELGAR: Sospiri Op 70 - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 265)
ALBINONI: Second movement, Adagio, from Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Pierre Pierlot (ob), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (Erato 3984 22241)
CATALANI: Ebben?...Ne andrò lontana, from La Wally - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 475 094)
FAURÉ orch Rabaud: Berceuse, from Dolly Suite - Paris Orch/Serge Baudo (EMI 5 67523)
PARADIS: Sicilienne in Eb - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Marc Neikrug (pno) (Philips 416 158)
GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Orpheus CO (DG 437 782)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week
Indra Hughes takes a look at the life and music of HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585-1672) (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)
Alleluia! Praise God, from Psalms of David - Cantus Cologne, Concerto Palatino/Konrad Junghänel (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1652/53)
Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Basel Consort (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1651)
Herr, auf dich traue ich; Das ist ja gewisslich wahr, from Musicalia ad chorum Sacrum, 1648 - Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi 90 1534)
10:00 AM. Saint Paul Sunday
Six programmes in which Bill McGlaughlin talks with chamber musicians in the studio
(1) British violist Helen Callus joins pianist Phillip Bush for music that explores the viola to the fullest. Along with music of Brahms and Prokofiev, she brings us music of two female British composers, Rebecca Clarke and Pamela Harrison who each carved out new terrain for the viola
Helen Callus (vla), Phillip Bush (pno)
BRAHMS: Scherzo, from FAE Sonata in C minor; R CLARKE: Morpheus; TRAD Scottish arr Clarke: I'll bid my heart be still; PROKOFIEV arr Borisovsky: Introduction; Young Juliet; Dance of the nights; Balcony Scene; Mercutio, from Six Pieces from Romeo & Juliet Op 75; P HARRISON: Third movement, Andante affettuoso, from Viola Sonata (American Public Media)
P HARRISON: Third movement, Andante affettuoso, from Viola Sonata (American Public Media)
11:00 AM. The Works
FINZI: Clarinet Concerto Op 31 - John Denman (cl), New Philharmonia/Vernon Handley (Lyrita SRCD 236)
HALVORSEN: Suite ancienne - Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10614)
Noon The Critic's Chair
Roger Wilson reviews recent releases (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)
1:00 PM. Vintage Years
Vintage Beethoven
Violin Sonata No 8 in G Op 30/3 - Fritz Kreisler (vln), Sergei Rachmaninov (pno) (rec 1928) (Naxos 8.110968)
Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Erich Kleiber (rec 1953) (Decca 475 6080)
2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature
Whistling the Scenery
Many distinguished painters including Picasso, Matisse and David Hockney have designed sets for the opera stage and the musical theatre. But directors and composers don't really want audiences leaving the theatre 'whistling the scenery'. Elric Hooper and Des Wilson look at the contribution of the visual arts to the operatic whole (RNZ)
3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday
Metropolitan Opera Season
Twenty-three operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera House
(13) VERDI: Ernani, an opera in four acts
Both Ernani, a bandit, and Don Carlo, King of Spain, are in love with Elvira and want to prevent her marriage to her elderly kinsman Don Ruy Gomez de Silva. All three men manoeuvre to end up with her but none succeeds
Ernani………………... Marcello Giordani
Elvira………………… Angela Meade
Don Carlo……………. Dmitri Hvorostovsky
de Silva……………… Ferruccio Furlanetto
Giovanna…………….. Mary Ann McCormick
Don Riccardo………... Adam Lawrence Herskowitz
Jago………………….. Jeremy Galyon
Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Marco Armiliato (EBU)
7:00 PM. New Horizons
Nine programmes
(4) William Dart looks at Bruce Springsteen’s latest album ‘Wrecking Ball’ in the context of his long career (RNZ)
8:00 PM. Young New Zealand
Gisborne Music Competition 2011
Four programmes
(4) Performances from the Final
SHOSTAKOVICH: First movement, Allegretto , from Cello Concerto No 1 in Eb Op 107; DEBUSSY: First movement, Allegretto, from Cello Sonata in D minor; KODÁLY: Cello Sonata Op 8, excerpt - Santiago Cañón Valencia (cello), Rosemary Barnes (pno)
BACH: Second & third movements, Allegro; Andante, from Flute Sonata in E minor BWV1034; KARG-ELERT: Sonata Appassionata Op 140. excerpt; IBERT: First & second movements, Allegro; Andante, from Flute Concerto - Wing Hang Hui (fl), Wing Chung Hui (pno)
FARQUHAR: Earth, Air, Water; BRAHMS: First movement, Vivace ma non troppo, from Violin Sonata No 1 in G Op 78; SHOSTAKOVICH: Cadenza & fourth movement, Burlesque, from Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 77 - James Dong (vln), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (recorded in the Gisborne War Memorial Theatre by RNZ)
9:30 PM. RNZAF 75th Anniversary
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS arr Reed: For all the saints; HOLSINGER: Liturgical dances; WALTON arr Duthoit: Crown Imperial - Janet Gibbs (organ of the Wellington Town Hall), Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Airforce/Graham Hanify (Kiwi CD SLC 216)
10:00 PM. Day's End
DITTERSDORF compltd Pilley: Harp Concerto in A - Andrea Vigh (harp), Budapest Strings/Karoly Botvay (Capriccio 71 121)
RR BENNETT: Missa brevis - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium CSACD 901)
RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 2 - Sinfonia 21/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9415)
11:00 IVES: String Quartet No 1, "From the Salvation Army" - Emerson Quartet (DG 435 864)
PONCE: Guitar Sonata No 3 - Jason Vieaux (gtr) (Azica ACD 71212)
BACH transcr Busoni: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor - Roland Pöntinen (pno) (CPO 777 427)
Monday 2 April 2012
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Disc 1
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish; Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian - Prague Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3876)
1:15 approx - Disc 2
LILBURN: Piano Sonata; Four Preludes; Two Christmas Pieces for LB; Allegro; Four Preludes; Rondino; Two Preludes; Andante; Poco Lento; Three Bars for MN; Adagio sostentuto; Andante commodo; Still Music for WNR; Six short pieces; Piano Sonata in A minor; Moths & Candles - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2053)
2:25 approx - Disc 3
ANON: Judeo-Spanish songs: La Rosa enflorece; Yo m'enamori; La madre de la novia; Hija mia; Una caza chica; Puncha Puncha; Y una madre; Durme mi angelico; Noches buenas; El Conde nino; El villano vil; La sirena; Gerineldo; David y Absolan; Morenica sos; Ithyo; Ilono; Ak Egartho - Esther Lamandier (sop, harp, org & spinette) (Alienor AL 1012)
3:35 approx - Disc 4
JADIN: String Quartet in Eb Op 2/1; VACHON: String Quartet in G minor Op 5/2; JADIN: String Quartet Op 4/1; VACHON: String Quartet in D Op 7/2; JADIN: String Quartet in F minor Op 1/3 - Rasumovsky Quartet (ASV CD GAU 151)
4:50 approx - Disc 5
HURLSTONE: Four Characteristic Pieces; BLISS: Pastoral for clarinet & piano; STOKER: Sonatina for clarinet & piano Op 5; FERGUSON: Four Short Pieces Op 6; DUNHILL: Phantasy Suite Op 91; STANFORD: Clarinet Sonata Op 129; ARNOLD: Clarinet Sonatina Op 29 - Einar Johannesson (cl), Philip Jenkins (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9079)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning
6:00 VERDI: Sicilian Vespers, Overture - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 457 627)
SUK: Elegy Op 23 - ATOS Trio (CPO 777 470)
SVENDSEN: Andante funèbre - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)
GORLOV: Suite for oboe & piano - Ivan Paisov (ob), Natalia Shcherbakova (pno) (Naxos 8.570596)
VIVALDI: Concerto Grosso in B minor RV580 - Shlomo Mintz, Gil Shaham, Maxim Vengerov, Menahem Breuer (vlns), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (RCA 09026 68768)
7:00 PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours, from La Gioconda - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10634)
ALBENIZ: Cataluña, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - David Russell (gtr) (Telarc TEL 32712)
MARTINU: Idyll, from Bouquet of Flowers - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon 110624)
LEHÁR: Gold & Silver Waltz - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 185)
HAYDN: London Trio No 3 in G HobIV/3 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Isaac Stern (vln), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) (CBS 37786)
8:00 Beauty Spot: MARTUCCI: Serenata Op 57/2 - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.570932)
BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival, Overture - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI CDZ 7 62605)
SIBELIUS: The Oceanides - Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 8395/96)
ANON: Masque Dances - Alison Melville (recorder), Margaret Gay (cello), Peter Lehman (theorbo), Valerie Weeks (hpschd) (EBS EBS 6016)
BIZET: The Fair Maid of Perth, Suite - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 452 102)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)
The Resurrection - Martin Hummel (ten), Concerto Vocale, Instrumental Ensemble/René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 8130)
10:00 AM. The Works
WEBER: Trio in G minor for flute, cello & piano Op 63 - members of Kremerata Musica (DG 449 209)
HALVORSEN: Fossegrimen Op 21 - Ragnhild Hemsing (hardanger fiddle), Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10664)
SZYMANOWSKI: Preludes Op 1 - Ewa Kupiec (pno) (Koch Schwann 3-6562)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 4 in F minor Op 36 - Royal Phil/Daniele Gatti (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7393)
Noon Upbeat
Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
1:30 PM. Autumn
GOODALL: The Seasons, Autumn - Bozidar Vukotic (cello), Tippett Quartet, Marianna Szymanowska (harp) (EMI 6 88626)
GLAZUNOV: The Seasons, Autumn - Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart (Telarc CD 80347)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests
HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: O quam preciosa - Sequentia (DHM 05472 77353)
HOWELLS completed Rutter: Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor Op 4 - Howard Shelley (pno), BBC SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9874)
BIBER: The Five Sorrowful Mysteries, Sonata 10, The Crucifixion & death of Jesus - Andrew Manze (vln), Richard Egarr (hpschd) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7321.22)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters
Classic performances from the back catalogue
JANÁCEK: In the Mists - Ivana Gavric (pno) (rec 2009) (Champs Hill CHRCD 009)
String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters - Emerson String Quartet (rec 2008) (DG 477 8093)
BACH: O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens licht BWV118 - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (rec 2009) (BIS SACD 1841)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand
NZ musicians and composers
LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)
COPLAND: Two Pieces for string orchestra - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova 74321 37854)
PSATHAS: Waiting for the Aeroplane - Dan Poynton (pno) (Rattle RAT D006)
DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)
BESSER: Migration Music - Isidor Saslav (vln), Zestniks (Besser Music)
L MOZART: Symphony in F - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553347)
5:00 PM. Cadenza
BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture Op 84 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 066)
WIENIAWSKI: Scherzo-Tarentelle in G minor Op 16 - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (CBC MVCD 1168)
HERBERT: March of the Toys, from Babes in Toyland - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (Sony SBK 63052)
BELLINI arr anon: Casta diva, from Norma - Maurice André (tpt), François-Henri Houbart (org) (EMI CDC 7 49722)
GERSHWIN: Variations on I Got Rhythm - Anne-Marie McDermott (pno), Dallas SO/Justin Brown (Bridge 9252)
GRAINGER: Shepherd's Hey; There Were Three Friends - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9493)
VILLA-LOBOS: Little Train of Caipira, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 2 - António Meneses (cello), Celina Szrvinsk (pno) (Avie AV 2162)
DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in F Op 46/4 - Royal Phil/Antal Dorati (Decca 417 749)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Romance, from The Gadfly - Tasmin Little (vln), Piers Lane (pno) (EMI 5 66967)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Tasmin Little (vln), BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Teldec 9031 73127)
FRANCAIX: Le Gay Paris - Prague Wind Quintet (Praga PRD 250 126)
REGONDI: Introduction & Caprice Op 23 - Anabel Montesinos (gtr) (Naxos 8.557294)
SMETANA: Blaník, from Má Vlast - London Classical Players/Roger Norrington (Virgin VC 5 45301)
7:00 PM. Composer of the Week
Indra Hughes takes a look at the life and music of HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585-1672) (RNZ)
Litany SWV458 - Akadêmia/Françoise Lasserre, Emmanuel Mandrin (org) (Zig Zag ZZT 050 402)
Was mein Gott will, from Geistliche Chormusik - Yoshikazu Mera (counterten), Makoto Sakurada (ten), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 1029)
Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott SWV447 - Robin Blaze (countertenor), Parley of Instruments (Hyperion CDA 67079)
German Magnificat SWV494 - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, Paul Nicholson (org) (Collins 15302)
8:00 PM. Music Alive
Donald Nicolson (hpschd), Douglas Mews (org), Wellington Orch/Marc Taddei
RAMEAU: Le Temple de la Gloire, Overture; WF BACH: Keyboard Concerto in D F41; POULENC: Concert champêtre; LIGETI: Continuum; SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)
9:40 PM. New Mozart Release
MOZART: Violin Sonata No 36 in F K547 - Duo Amadè (Chandos CHAN 0785)
10:00 PM. Day's End
DELIUS: Hiawatha, Tone poem for orchestra - BBC Concert Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Dutton CDLX 7226)
STANFORD: Fantasy No 1 in G minor - Robert Plane (cl), Lucy Gould, Mia Cooper (vlns), David Adams (vla), Alice Neary (cello) (Naxos 8.570416)
KODÁLY: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song, The Peacock - London SO/István Kertész (Testament SBT 1290)
11:00 CHERUBINI: String Quartet No 6 in A minor - Quartetto David (BIS CD 1005)
GARCÍA ABRIL: Evocaciones, Suite for guitar - Francisco Bernier (gtr) (Naxos 8.572389)
Tuesday 3 April 2012
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Disc 1
HAYDN: Cello Concerto in C HobVIIb/1; Symphony No 104 in D; Cello Concerto in D HobVIIb/2 - Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Florilegium (Channel Classics CCS 7395)
1:15 approx - Disc 2
LEASK: Aatidahlge; BACH arr Koonce: Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in Eb BWV998; MERTZ: Hungarian Fantasy; KOSHKIN: Usher Waltz Op 29; DOMENICONI: Variations on an Anotolian Folksong; PIAZZOLLA arr Roskilly: Tanuango; arr Benitez: Milonga del ángel; Four Seasons in Buenos Aires, excerpts - Owen Moriaty (gtr), Totally Plucked Guitar Quartet (Manu CD MANU 5004)
2:25 approx - Disc 3
NOVELLO: Some day my heart will awake; Primrose; Love is my reason; Dark music; The little Damozel; When the gypsy played; On such a night as this; Fly home, little heart; Keep the home fires burning; Music in May; A violin began to play; Spring of the year; My dearest dear; Finder, please return; Look in my heart; When I curtsied to the king; We'll gather lilacs; Fairy laughter; Glamorous night; Why is there ever goodbye? - Marilyn Hill Smith (sop), Chandos Concert Orch/Stuart Barry (Chandos CHAN 9142)
3:35 approx - Disc 4
DUSSEK: Keyboard Sonatas, in Bb Op 35/1; in G Op 35/2; in C minor Op 35/3; in D Op 31/2 - Andreas Staier (fpno) (DHM 05472 77286)
4:50 approx - Disc 5
J STRAUSS II/TIOMKIN: Main Title & Vienna Blood, from The Great Waltz; BENNETT: Waltz, from Murder on the Orient Express; STRAUSS: Mit mir, from Der Rosenkavalier; HERRMANN: The Memory Waltz, from The Snows of Kilimanjaro; LOEWE: Main Title, Fountain Scene & Chez Maxim Waltz, from Gigi; PROKOFIEV: Waltz, from Cinderella; SONDHEIM: The Night Waltzes, from A Little Night Music; BERNSTEIN: Paris Waltz, from Candide; RÓZSA: Waltz, from Madame Bovary; WAXMAN: Cafe Waltzes, from Hotel Berlin; STEINER: Waltz, from Jezebel; KORNGOLD: Flirtation, from The Prince & the Pauper; RAVEL: La Valse; J STRAUSS II/TIOMKIN: Blue Danube & finale sequence, from The Great Waltz - Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 438 685)
6:00 AM. Classic morning
6:00 ELGAR: Chanson de Nuit Op 15/1 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)
LOLLI: Sonata in G for two violins & basso continuo Op 9/2 - Luca Fanfoni, Antonella Tanetti (vlns), Erich Galliani (gtr) (Dynamic CDS 660)
MAHLER: Fourth movement, Adagietto, from Symphony No 5 in C# minor - New York Phil/Zubin Mehta (Warner 8573 80438)
HARTY: Waldesstille - Andrew Fuller (cello), Michael Dussek (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7102)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Overture on Russian Themes Op 28 - Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin (Naxos 8.553858)
7:00 CANTELOUBE: Baïlèro, from Songs of the Auvergne - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), National Phil/Charles Gerhardt (RCA 74321 84112)
CASTELLO: Violin Sonata No 2 - Irish Baroque Orch Chamber Soloists/Monica Huggett (dir) (Avie AV 2202)
PÄRT: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - BBC Phil/Paavo Järvi (BBC Music BBC MM 210)
SCHUBERT trans Hope: Auf dem Wasser zu singen D774 - Daniel Hope (vln), Sebastian Knauer (pno) (DG 477 9301)
MYSLIVECEK: Quintet No 3 in Eb - L'Orfeo Wind Ensemble/Carin van Heerden (dir) (CPO 777 377)
GOODWIN: Battle of Britain Suite - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10262)
8:00 Beauty Spot: SIBELIUS: Valse Triste, from Kuolema - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (EMI CDZ 7 67253)
GLINKA: Ruslan & Lyudmila, Overture - Bavarian State Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CDD 7 63893)
SOR: Les deux amis Op 41 - Duo Maccari-Pugliese (gtr duo) (Brilliant Classics 93898)
COATES: Knightsbridge, from London Suite - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Naxos 8.553596)
DONIZETTI: Sonata for flute & harp - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Marielle Nordmann (harp) (Sony SK 44552)
MARTINU arr Teml: Czech Rhapsody - Bohuslav Matousek (vln), Czech Phil/Christopher Hogwood (Hyperion CDA 67672)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)
Sung Vespers - Nele Gramss (sop), Andreas Post, Markus Brutscher , Gerd Türk (tens), Wolf Matthias Friedrich (bass), Cologne Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum/Peter Neumann (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 332 1170)
10:15 AM. The Works
D'INDY Cello Sonata in D Op 84 - Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), José Gallardo (pno) (Naxos 8.572105)
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Caucasian Sketches, Suite No 1 Op 10 - Ukraine National SO/Arthur Fagen (Naxos 8.553405)
HAYDN: String Quartet in D minor Op 76/2, Fifths - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 622)
BRITTEN: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 15 - Janine Jansen (vln), London SO/Paavo Järvi (Decca 478 1530)
Noon Upbeat
Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
1:30 PM. Beethoven Variations
BEETHOVEN: Variations on a theme from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, See the conqu'ring hero comes WoO45 - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (pno) (Naxos 8.555787)
Variations on Ich denke dein WoO74 - Maria Ferrante (sop), Dmitry Rachmanov, Cullan Bryant (fpno duet) (Naxos 8.572519-20)
Variations in C on Une fièvre brûlante, from Grétry's Richard Coeur de Lion WoO72 - Ronald Brautigam (fpno) (BIS SACD 1673)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests
VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Renée Fleming (sop), Kenneth Freudigman (cello), Cellists of the New World Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (RCA 09026 68538)
SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572704)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters
Classic performances from the back catalogue
BRAHMS: Double Concerto in A minor Op 102 - Isaac Stern (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chicago SO/Claudio Abbado (rec 1986) (Sony SK 90405)
RAVEL: Sonatine; Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs - Leon Fleisher (pno) (rec 1958) (Philips 456 775)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand
NZ musicians and composers
Peter Godfrey
Today Professor Peter Godfrey celebrates his 90th birthday. In this 2002 interview with Des Wilson, Peter reflects on a lifetime of music-making (RNZ)
5:00 PM. Cadenza
SAINT-SAËNS: Danse Macabre - Detroit SO/Paul Paray (Mercury 434 336)
MOZART arr Triebensee: Madamina, il catalogo è questo, from Don Giovanni - members of the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Hans Krul (dbass) (Philips 422 545)
CHABRIER: España - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)
NYMAN: The heart asks pleasure first, from the film The Piano - Ahn Trio (EMI 5 57022)
KREISLER: Caprice viennois Op 2 - Christian Ferras (vln), Jean-Claude Ambrosini (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93791)
ALBINONI: Adagio in G minor - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CMS 5 66650)
TRAD arr Thomas: Shenandoah - Alison Balsom (flugelhorn), Quentin Thomas (organ of Paisley Abbey, Scotland) (EMI 5 75683)
RACHMANINOV: Third movement, Allegro scherzando, from Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Sviatoslav Richter (pno), Warsaw National Phil/Stanislav Wislocki (DG 423 772)
PHILIPS: Christus resurgens; Ecce vicit leo - Auckland Dorian Choir/Peter Godfrey (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 109)
MENDELSSOHN: Hear My Prayer - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), 1982 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Peter Godfrey (Kiwi CD TRL 025)
MALIPIERO: La Cimarosiana - Swiss-Italian Orch/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.570883)
DEBUSSY trans Roelens: Clair de lune, from Suite Bergamasque; Nocturne & Scherzo - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Alexander Dedyukhin (pno) (EMI 5 72017)
STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op 28 - USSR RTV Large SO/Neeme Järvi (Melodiya 74321 40722)
7:00 PM. Sound Lounge
Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music
9:00 European Jazz
Six programmes
(5) The Dead Kenny Gs - Skerik (sax/keyb), Brad Houser (bass/sax), Mike Dillon (drums/perc/voc)
Check out an interview with Skerik at the live music blog site The Way Live Should Be (Austrian Radio/EBU)
11:00 New Music Dreams
Wednesday 4 April 2012
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Disc 1
MOZART: Violin Concertos, No 1 in Bb K207; No 2 in D K211; Adagio in E K261; Rondos, in Bb K269; in C K373 - James Ehnes (vln), Mozart Anniversary Orch (CBC SMCD 5238)
1:10 approx - Disc 2
PINTO: Piano Sonata in C minor; WEBER: Adagio Patetico in C# minor; FIELD: Piano Sonata in Eb Op 1/1; CRAMER: Sonata in F Op 27/1; CLEMENTI: Capriccio in E minor Op 47/1 - Ian Hobson (pno) (Arabesque Z 6595)
2:25 approx - Disc 3
MOZART: Bass Arias from The Marriage of Figaro, Magic Flute, Bastien and Bastienne and The Abduction from the Seraglio - Conal Coad (bass), Tasmanian SO/Dobbs Franks (ABC 432 697)
3:30 approx - Disc 4
LIEBERMANN: Album for the Young, excerpts; Sonata for flute and guitar Op 25; Eight pieces for solo flute Op 59; Sonata for flute and harp Op 56; Soliloquy for solo flute Op 44; Sonata for flute and piano Op 23; A Poet and His Beloved Op 40 - Alexa Still (fl), David Korevaar (pno), Franco Platino (gtr), Victoria Drake (hp), Curt Peterson (ten), Yumi Hwang, Claude Sim (vlns), Erika Eckert (vla), Judith Glyde (cello) (Koch 3 7549)
4:40 approx - Disc 5
ROSS: Marching Strings; HOPE: Jaunting car, from The Ring of Kerry; DUNCAN: High Heels; CURZON: Dance of an ostracised imp; FOULDS: Keltic Lament, from A Keltic Suite Op 29; WILLIAMS: Rhythm on Rails; COATES: By the sleepy lagoon; BENJAMIN: Jamaican Rumba; KETÈLBEY: In a monastery garden; WILLIAMS: A quiet stroll; FLETCHER: Demoiselle chic, from Parisian Sketches No 1; BEAVER: Cavalcade of Youth; BAYCO: Elizabethan Masque; GARDINER: Shepherd Fennel Dance; ANCLIFFE: Thrills; ROSSE: The doge's march, from The Merchant of Venice; COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Petite Suite de Concert Op 77 - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning
6:00 BACH: Jesu, joy of man's desiring, from Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Trinity Baroque, English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)
ALBRIGHT: Morning Reveries, from The Dream Rags - Nicola Melville (pno) (Equilibrium EQ 57)
GARDNER: Sinfonia Piccola Op 47 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2125)
DURANTE: Concerto in E minor - Insieme Strumentale di Roma/Giorgio Sasso (dir) (Fuga Libera FUG 570)
FAURÉ: Impromptu in Db Op 86 - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Tahiti Trot Op 16 - Berlin Radio SO/Steven Sloane (Capriccio 71 096)
7:00 NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Overture - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (Resonance CD RSN 3023)
ADOLPHSON: Time runs away - Stockholm Cathedral Choir/Gustaf Sjökvist (Phono Suecia PSCD 161)
HALVORSEN: Air norvégien - Marianne Thorsen (vln), Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10614)
RAMEAU: Les Indes galantes, Les Sauvages - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 475 7780)
GRANADOS: La maja de Goya - Eduardo Fernández (gtr) (Decca 414 161)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Pezzo Capriccioso in B minor Op 62 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), English CO/Benjamin Britten (BBC Legends BBCL 4110)
8:00 Beauty Spot: PUCCINI: Musetta's Waltz song, from La Bohème - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 467 049)
NIELSEN: Serenata in vano - Stephen Stirling (horn), Fibonacci Sequence (Deux-Elles DXL 1122)
RIISAGER: Comoedie, Danish Pictures No 4 - Aarhus SO/Bo Holten (Dacapo 8.226146)
CLEMENTI: Keyboard Sonatina in D Op 36/6 - Howard Shelley (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67814)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Sanctus, from Mass in G minor - Choir of Westminster Abbey/Douglas Guest (Chandos CHAN 6603)
HANSON: Serenade - Judith Mendenhall (fl), Susan Jolles (harp), New York Chamber Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3105)
ROSSINI: La Cenerentola, Overture - Philharmonia/Tullio Serafin (Medici Arts MM 008)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)
In venerunt me custodes civitatis SWV273; Veni, dilecte mi SWV274, from Symphoniae Sacrae Op 6/17-18 - Les Saqueboutiers de Toulouse (Erato ECD 88150)
Ride la primavera; Fuggi o mio core; Feritevi, ferite, viperette mordaci - Cantus Cologne/Konrad Junghänel (lute/dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1686)
arr Kah-Ming Ng: Feritevi, Ferite - Charivari Agréable (Signum Records SIGCD 041)
Musicalische Exequien SWV279-281 - The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony & Invention/Harry Christophers (Collins Classics 15302)
10:00 AM. The Works
MESSNER: Salzburg Suite Op 51 - Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Ivor Bolton (Oehms OC 734)
RIES: Piano Concerto in C Op 123 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557638)
BARBER: String Quartet in B minor Op 11 - Tokyo String Quartet (RCA 09026 61387)
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 5 in D Op 107, Reformation - Dresden State Opera Orch/Colin Davis (Profil CD PH 05048)
Noon Upbeat
Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
1:30 PM. Lamentations & Consolations
SANCES: Stabat mater dolorosa - Nuria Rial (sop), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)
BRIDGE: Lament - BBC National Orch of Wales/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10188)
BORTKIEWICZ: Lamentation in A minor; Consolation in A; Lamentation in Eb minor; Consolation in Eb, from Lamentations & Consolations - Stephen Coombs (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66933)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests
TRAD arr Leon: I am a poor wayfaring stranger - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Edin Karamazov (lute), Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)
SCHUBERT: Symphony No 3 in D D200 - Vienna Phil/István Kertész (Decca 430 773)
BOWEN: Clarinet Sonata Op 109 - Mark van de Wiel (cl), Michael Dussek (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7129)
VERDI: Caro nome, from Rigoletto - Inessa Galante (sop), Latvian Opera Orch/Alexander Vilumanis (CampionCD 1338)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters
Classic performances from the back catalogue
MOZART: Piano Sonata No 13 in Bb K333 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (rec 1984) (Philips 422 117)
CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/6 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (rec 1988) (Archiv 423 626)
BACH: Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV1008 - Steven Isserlis (cello) (rec 2005) (Hyperion CDA 67541/2)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand
NZ musicians and composers
MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)
YSAŸE: Elegiac Poem in D minor Op 12 - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Olga Sitkovetsky (pno) (Trust TRI 3003)
HEENAN: Three Sea Songs - Donald Munro (bar), National Orch/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD SLD 102)
NUNNS/MELBOURNE: Ororuarangi; Tangimokemoke a Raureka; Homai O Ringa - Hirini Melbourne (vocalist/putorino), Richard Nunns (taonga puoro) (Rattle RAT D004)
ELGAR: Characteristic Pieces Op 10 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)
5:00 PM. Cadenza
ROSSINI: Galop, from La Boutique fantasque - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 455 983)
VIEUXTEMPS arr Bailey: Souvenir d'Amérique, Variations on Yankee Doodle Op 17 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Delos DE 3326)
SIBELIUS: Two Serenades Op 69 - Joseph Swensen (vln), Finnish Radio SO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste (RCA 09026 60444)
BRAHMS: Intermezzi Op 117 - Panayiotis Demopoulos (pno) (Dunelm DRD 0251)
JC BACH: Alessandro nell'Indie, Overture - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 129)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Ca' the yowes; Love is a sickness - Laudibus/Michael Brewer (Delphian DCD 34074)
POULENC: Trio for piano, oboe & bassoon - Poulenc Trio (Marquis 81403)
HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon - Albrecht Mayer (ob/dir), Arkadiusz Kropa (ob), Sinfonia Varsovia (DG 476 5681)
MOZART: Soave sia il vento, from Così fan tutte - Miah Persson (sop), Christine Rice (mezzo), Bryn Terfel (bar), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (DG 477 5886)
GOULD: Gospel train/Old time religion, from Spirituals for Strings - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9848)
DOWLAND: Go from my window, from The Euing Lute Book - Jakob Lindberg (lute) (Brilliant Classics 93698)
HOLST: Nunc Dimittis - Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh (DG 477 6605)
JOBIM: The arrival of the Candangos, from Sinfonia da Alvorada - Sao Paulo SO/Roberto Minczuk (BIS SACD 1430)
JÖRGENSEN: Suite for trombone & orchestra Op 22 - Jesper Juul (tbn), Danish National SO/Henrik Vagn Christensen (Dacapo 6.220526)
7:00 PM. Appointment
Philosophy Talk
Presented by Ken Taylor and John Perry of Stanford University
Six programmes
(4) Apologising
Can you be sorry without intending to change your behaviour in the future? Without being ashamed? Do other cultures have different concepts of sorrow and guilt? John and Ken unapologetically explore the language and philosophy of contrition with Nick Smith from the University of New Hampshire (Ben Manilla Productions)
8:00 PM. Music Alive
Competition Galas
Three programmes
(1) 14th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition
With Marcin Sikorski (pno), Poznan Phil/Marek Pijarowski
WIENIAWSKI: Fantasy on Themes from Gounod's Faust Op 20 - Arata Yumi (vln)
YSAŸE: Sonata in D minor for solo violin Op 27/3, Ballade - Erzhan Kulibaev (vln)
WIENIAWSKI: Variations on an Original Theme Op 15 - Aylen Pritchin (vln)
SIBELIUS: First movement, Allegro moderato, from Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 - Stefan Tarara (vln)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Third & Fourth movements, Passacaglia; Burlesque, from Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 77 - Miki Kobayashi (vln)
WIENIAWSKI: Violin Concerto No 1 in F# minor Op 14; KREISLER: Recitative & Scherzo-caprice Op 6 - Soyoung Yoon (vln)
WIENIAWSKI: Second movement, Romance, from Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 22 - solo part played by the jury and prizewinners (recorded in the Adam Mickiewicz University Concert Hall, Poznan by Polish Radio)
10:00 PM. Day's End
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 15 in A minor S244; La Danza, from Soirées musicales; Liebestraum No 2 in Eb - Tristan Pfaff (pno) (Aparté AP 019)
HUMMEL: Bassoon Concerto in F - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Opera North Orch/Benjamin Wallfisch (Chandos CHAN 10477)
BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4 - Lucerne Festival Strings/Achim Fiedler (Oehms OC 723)
11:00 STRAUSS: String Sextet, from Capriccio - members of Bamberg SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Koch 3-6520)
SAINT-SAËNS: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 167 - Richard Hosford (cl), Ian Brown (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)
MARX: Quartetto in modo antico - Thomas Christian Ensemble (CPO 777 066)
Thursday 5 April 2012
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Disc 1
BLOMDAHL: Symphonies, No 1; No 2; No 3, Facets - Swedish Radio SO/Leif Segerstam (BIS CD 611)
1:10 approx - Disc 2
REGONDI: Remembrance; A Set of Three Waltzes; Hexaméron du concertiniste; Souvenir d'amitié - Helmut Jacobs (accordion) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 9030 1420)
2:25 approx - Disc 3
FAYRFAX: Albanus Domini Laudans, from Alloquio dulcis vultu; Missa Albanus; O Maria Deo Gratia; Ave Lumen Gratie; Eterne Laudis Lilum - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (ASV DC GAU 160)
3:30 approx - Disc 4
Reverie
Adaptations and improvisations on piano works by Debussy, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin & Liszt - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (Downstage DSR 1009)
4:40 approx - Disc 5
MOZART: Concertone in C for two flutes K190; CIMAROSA: Concerto in G for two flutes; VIVALDI: Concerto in C for two flutes & strings RV533; A STAMITZ: Concerto in G for two flutes - Shigenori Kudo, Jean-Pierre Rampal (fls), Mozarteum Orch (Sony SK 45930)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning
6:00 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Third movement, Romanza, from Symphony No 5 in D - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)
VEJVANOVSKY: Sonata Paschalis; Sonata Natalis; Sancti Spiritus - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (Symphonia SY 96151)
SIBELIUS: Finlandia - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (EMI 7 94431)
HUBAY: Maggiolata Op 15/2 - Péter Bársony (vla), Márta Gulyás (pno) (Hungaroton Classic HCD 32626)
WEBER: Der Freischütz, Overture - Dresden State Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli (DG 449 216)
7:00 FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 143)
BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Paganini, Book 2 - Julius Katchen (pno) (Decca 417 644)
BANTOCK: Two Scottish Folksongs, O can ye sew cushions; Dunbarton's drums - Elysian Singers/Sam Laughton (Meridian CDE 84570)
MOLINO: Trio for flute, viola & guitar Op 4/3 - Carlo Tamponi (fl), Raffaele Mallozzi (vla), Gianluigi Giglio (gtr) (Tactus TC 763801)
BIZET: Carmen Suite No 1 - Royal Phil/Mark Ermler (Tring International TRP 002)
8:00 Beauty Spot: PELÉCIS: Flowering Jasmine - Andrei Pushkarev (vibraphone), Kremerata Baltica CO/Gidon Kremer (dir/vln) (Nonesuch 287228)
GADE: Scherzo in C# minor - Trio Parnassus, Thomas Selditz (vla) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 303 1665)
MOZART: Second movement, Andantino, from Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (EMI CDC 5 56365)
DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2012)
MUSSORGSKY arr Stokowski: A Night on Bare Mountain - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.557645)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)
St Matthew Passion SWV479 - Jan van Elsacker (ten), Matthew Baker (bar), Akadêmia Françoise Lasserre (Zig Zag ZZT 050 402)
10:00 AM. The Works
RACHMANINOV: Suite No 1 in G minor for two pianos Op 5, "Fantaisie-tableaux" - Brigitte Engerer, Boris Berezovsky (pno duo) (Mirare MIR 070)
SPOHR: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 57 - Michael Collins (cl), Swedish CO/Robin O'Neill (Hyperion CDA 67509)
HILL: String Quartet No 2 in G minor, A Maori Legend in Four Scenes - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade - Midori Seiler (vln), Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 050 502)
Noon Upbeat
Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
1:30 PM. French Dance
REBEL: Les Caractères de la Danse - Arion/Daniel Cuiller (Early Music EMCCD 7765)
FRANCK: Danse lente - Sergio Fiorentino (pno) (Appian APR 5563)
DEBUSSY: Danse sacrée et danse profane - Emmanuel Ceysson (harp), Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572675)
CHAMINADE: Danse païenne Op 158 - Peter Jablonski, Bengt Forsberg (pno duo) (DG 471 331)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests
BEETHOVEN: Sixth & seventh movements, Adagio quasi un poco andante; Allegro, from String Quartet in C# minor Op 131 - Tokyo String Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7481.83)
J STRAUSS II: Voices of Spring - Kathleen Battle (sop), Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 616)
KARAINDROU: Depart & Eternity Theme, from Eternity & a Day - Vangelis Christopoulos (ob), Nikos Guinos (cl), Spyros Kazianis (bsn), Vangelis Skouras (hn), Aris Dimitriadis (mandolin), Renato Ripo (cello), string orch (ECM 1692 (465 125))
HANDEL: Al lampo dell'armi, from Giulio Cesare - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (dir) (Decca 475 6569)
KARLOWICZ: Violin Concerto in A Op 8 - Ilya Kaler (vln), Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.572274)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters
Classic performances from the back catalogue
MAHLER: Des Knaben Wunderhorn, excerpts, Reveille; Life on earth; Wasted effort; Rhine legend; The drummer-boy; The sentinel's night song; Who made up this little song?; In praise of high intelligence; St Anthony of Padua preaches to the fishes; Song of the prisoner in the tower; Consolation in sorrow; Where the shining trumpets sound - Lucia Popp (sop), Bernd Weikl (bar), London Phil/Klaus Tennstedt (EMI CDC 7 49045)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand
NZ musicians and composers
TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from Sleeping Beauty - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)
BLOOMFIELD: Behold the Narrows from the Hill - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)
TRAD arr Saunders & Evans: West Indian Folk Songs, Papa didn't know; Murder in de market; Time for man go home - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Maurice Till (pno) (Kiwi CD SLC 248)
NORRIS: From the Lonely Margins of the Sea - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ)
ALBENIZ: Asturias, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)
J STAMITZ: Symphony in Bb - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553194)
5:00 PM. Cadenza
VERDI: Force of Destiny, Overture - West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Warner 2564 62190)
GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: Summertime/A Woman is a Sometime Thing; It ain't necessarily so, from Porgy & Bess - Mikhail Ovrutsky (vln), Sonya Ovrutsky (pno) (Berlin Classics 030 0060 BC)
HUMMEL ed Stein: Variations & Coda on O du lieber Augustin - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10374)
ORFF arr anon: In Trutina, from Carmina Burana - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI 3 59488)
A MARCELLO: Concerto No 1 in D, from La Cetra - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 0563)
SATIE arr Debussy/Veen: Gymnopédies Nos 3 & 1 - Sandra Mol, Jeroen van Veen (pno duet) (Brilliant Classics 9129)
SARASATE arr Neuburger: Gypsy Airs Op 20 - Sarah Nemtanu (vln), Iurie Morar (cimbalom), session orch/Aurélien Azan Zielinski (Naïve V 5235)
KREISLER: Gypsy Caprice - Caroline Goulding (vln), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Telarc CD 80744)
NOVELLO: When the gypsy played, from Glamorous Night - Marilyn Hill Smith (sop), Chandos Concert Orch/Stuart Barry (Chandos CHAN 9142)
DINICU: L'alouette - Roby Lakatos (vln), Lakatos Ensemble (DG 457 879)
DOWLAND: I saw my lady weep - Emma Kirkby (sop), Anthony Rooley (lute) (L'Oiseau-Lyre 425 892)
COPLAND: The promise of living, from The Tender Land - Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 64059)
HAYDN: Symphony No 38 in C, Echo - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)
7:00 PM. Appointment
Choral Connections
Brian Kay looks at the traditions and settings of the Stabat Mater (RNZ)
8:00 PM. Music Alive
Music for Holy Week
Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart
PLAINSONG: Crux Fidelis; VICTORIA: Tenebrae (Responses for Good Friday), Amicus meus; Unus ex discipulis meis; PLAINSONG: De parentis; PIZZETTI: De Profundis; PLAINSONG: Hoc opus; VICTORIA: Tenebrae (Responses for Good Friday), Tenebrae factae sunt; Iesum tradidit impius; PLAINSONG: Quando venit; BRAHMS: Three Motets Op 110; PLAINSONG: Sola digna; VICTORIA: Tenebrae (Responses for Good Friday), Caligaverunt oculi mei; O vos omnes; PLAINSONG: Sempiterna sit beatae; LOTTI: Crucifixus in eight parts (recorded in St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington by RNZ)
9:00 PM. Music for Horn
L DUBOIS: Octet for eight chromatic horns - Luc Bergé, Bart Cypers, Miek Laforce, Frank Clarysse, Jeron Billiet, Mark de Merlier, Bart Indevuyst, Bert Vanderhoeft (horns) (Fuga Libera FUG 550)
HAYDN: Horn Concerto No 2 in D HobVIId/4 - Wilhelm Bruns (horn), Heidelberg SO/Thomas Fey (Hänssler CD 98.611)
BRAHMS: Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 - Marie Luise Neunecker (horn), Antje Weithaas (vln), Silke Avenhaus (pno) (BIS SACD 1859)
10:00 PM. Day's End
GRAINGER: Danish Folk-Music Suite - Danish National Radio SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9721)
BRUCH: Concerto in E minor for clarinet & viola Op 88 - Ludmila Peterková (cl), Alexander Besa (vla), Prague Philharmonia/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3554)
ROTA: Symphony No 3 in C - Filarmonica '900 of the Turin Teatro Regio/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10669)
11:00 TURINA: El poema de una sanluqueña Op 28, Fantasia for violin & piano - Eva León (vln), Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.570402)
GLAZUNOV: Five Novelettes Op 15 - Fine Arts Quartet (Naxos 8.570256)
Friday 6 April 2012
12:00 AM. Music Through the Night
Disc 1
MASSENET: Herodiade, Ballet Music; Orchestral Suite No 1; Orchestral Suite No 2, Scene Hongroises; Orchestral Suite No 3, Scenes Dramatiques - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)
1:15 approx - Disc 2
DUARTE: Suite piemontese Op 46; Toute en ronde Op 57; Musikones Op 107; English Suite Op 31; Variations on a Catalan folk song Op 25; Birds Op 66; Homage to Antonio Lauro; Sonatinette Op 35 - Antigoni Goni (gtr) (Naxos 8.554554)
2:25 approx - Disc 3
SCHUMANN: Liederkreis Op 39; Twelve Poems Op 35 - Ian Partridge (ten), Thomas Hemsley (bar), Jennifer Partridge, Paul Hamburger (pnos) (BBC MM 122)
3:40 approx - Disc 4
ELGAR: Serenade in E minor for strings Op 20; MOZART: Serenade No 6 in D K239; DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music - Soloists of Australia/Ronald Thomas; London Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 6526)
4:45 approx - Disc 5
COATES: The Merrymakers; London Suite; Cinderella; The Selfish Giant; London Again Suite; Calling all workers; March, The dam busters - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223445)
6:00 AM. Classic morning
6:00 BRUCKNER: Christus factus est - Bavarian Radio Chorus/Eugen Jochum (DG 423 127)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Leila Josefowicz (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Philips 462 592)
BARRIOS MANGORE: The Cathedral - Craig Ogden (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 9743)
VIVALDI: Cello Sonata No 1 in Bb RV47 - Roel Dieltiens (cello), Ensemble Explorations (Etcetera KTC 4035)
LARSSON: Pastoral Suite - Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu (Naxos 8.553115)
7:00 DELIUS: Sleigh Ride - Aarhus SO/Bo Holten (Danacord DACOCD 592)
HUBAY ed Huszár: Poèm Hongrois Op 27/1 & 6 - Péter Bársony (vla), Márta Gulyás (pno) (Hungaroton Classic HCD 32626)
MARTUCCI: Notturno Op 70/1 - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.570929)
ALKAN: Saltarelle Op 47 - Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow (pno duet) (Toccata Classics TOCC 0070)
PRUDEN: Taranaki - New Zealand SO/Philip Walsh (RNZ)
8:00 Beauty Spot: K JENKINS: Agnus Dei, from The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace - National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Virgin 8 11015)
HAYDN: Fourth movement, Finale, Vivace, from String Quartet in Bb Op 50/1 - Doric String Quartet (Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0032)
GODARD: Suite Op 116 - Susan Milan (fl), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8840)
ERNST: Fantaisie brillante on Le Prophète Op 24 - Sherban Lupu (vln), Ian Hobson (pno) (Toccata Classics TOCC 0118)
WAGNER: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude - Vienna Phil/Otto Klemperer (Testament SBT8 1365)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week
HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)
Was hast du verwirket SWV 307 - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Karl-Ernst Schröder (lute), Markus Märkl (hpschd) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1651)
Die Seele Christi heilige mich SWV325 - Kevin Smith (countertenor), Paul Elliott (ten), Brian Etheridge, Michael George (basses)/Edgar Fleet, Alan Cuckston (org) (RegisC 1168)
arr Kurtag: Die Sieben Worte - Andreas Grau, Götz Schumacher (pno duet) (Col Legno WWE 1CD 20105)
Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt SWV380; Selig sind die Toten SWV391 - La Chapelle Royale/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1261)
Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 831)
10:00 AM. The Works
CHERUBINI: String Quartet No 5 in F - Quartetto David (BIS CD 1005)
DVORÁK: The Golden Spinning Wheel Op 109 - Netherlands Phil/Yakov Kreizberg (PentaTone PTC 5186 082)
ENESCU: Suite No 2 in D Op 10 - Matei Varga (pno) (Naxos 8.572120)
GOLDMARK: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor - Joshua Bell (vln), Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony SK 65949)
Noon Messiah
Morag Atchison (sop), Wendy Dawn Thompson (mezzo), David Hamilton (ten), Jared Holt (bar), Auckland Choral, Pipers Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd
HANDEL: Messiah (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)
2:35 PM. Afternoon Requests
BACH: Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), English CO/Salvatore Accardo (EMI CDC 7 47005)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters
Classic performances from the back catalogue
SCHUMANN: Symphony in G minor WoO 29, Zwickau - Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (rec 1997) (Archiv 289 457 591)
Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 - Leon Fleisher (pno), Cleveland Orch/George Szell (rec 1960) (Sony SK 92751)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand
NZ musicians and composers
BRIDGE: Summer - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557167)
RAVEL: Menuet antique - Michael Endres (pno) (Oehms OC 307)
ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus - Pepe Becker, Jane MacKinlay (sops), Andrea Cochrane (contralto), Craig Beardsworth (bar), Choir of Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington/Thomas Wilson (SHC SHC 75880)
CARR: Aubade - Alan Vivian (cl), Sydney SO/Edwin Carr (ex Kiwi SLD 76)
MENDELSSOHN: Fugue in Eb Op 81/4 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570002)
CANNABICH: Symphony No 50 in D minor - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554340)
5:00 PM. Cadenza
WOLF-FERRARI: Susanna's Secret, Overture - Royal Phil/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 861)
CHOPIN: Variations on Non più mesta, from Rossini's La Cenerentola - Emily Beynon (fl), Philip Moore (pno) (Naxos 8.572585)
ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1 - London SO/Arthur Bliss (Decca 421 634)
PRYOR: The Whistler and his Dog - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67067)
SCHUBERT: Second movement, Andante con moto, from Piano Trio No 2 in Eb D929 - Borodin Trio (Chandos CHAN 8324)
RACHMANINOV transcr Mikhailovsky: Danse orientale Op 2/2 - Hideko Udagawa (vln), Konstantin Lifschitz (pno) (Signum SIGCD 164)
HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 4/6 - Simon Lindley (organ of Holy Cross Church, Fenham, England), Northern Sinfonia/Bradley Creswick (Naxos 8.553835)
DVORÁK: Two Waltzes Op 54 - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCS 446)
PIAZZOLLA arr Desyatnikov: Verano porteño, Summer, from Four Seasons in Buenos Aires - Jonathan Morton (vln/dir), Scottish Ensemble (Signum SIGCD 231)
PUJOL: Tiempo del hombre - Giorgio Mirto, Victor Villadangos (gtrs) (Brilliant Classics 9088)
BUCHARDO: Argentinian Scenes - Entre Ríos SO/Gabriel Castagna (Chandos CHAN 10185)
BENDEL: Hommage à Chopin Op 111/1 - Jonathan Plowright (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67803)
KÜFFNER: Introduction, Theme & Variations - Kálmán Berkes (cl), Auer Quartet (Naxos 8.553122)
ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No 2 Op 24, Uppsala-rapsodi - Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi (Brilliant Classics 8974)
7:00 PM. Appointment
The Critic's Chair
Roger Wilson reviews recent releases (RNZ)
8:00 PM. Music Alive
A Sequence for Holy Week
Cantores/Brian Law, Jeremy Woodside (org)
PALESTRINA: Kyrie, from Missa Papae Marcelli; BACH: Chorale Prelude, O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross BWV622; POULENC: Four Motets for a Time of Penitence; LEIGHTON: Rockingham; PALESTRINA: Sanctus & Benedictus, from Missa Papae Marcelli; KELLY: Tenebrae; BARBER: Agnus Dei; HOWELLS: Saraband in modo elegiac; PALESTRINA: Agnus Dei, from Missa Papae Marcelli (recorded in the Christchurch Cathedral by RNZ)
9:05 PM. Paavo Järvi conducts the Bremen German Chamber Phil
STRAVINSKY: Suite No 2 (PentaTone PTC 5186 046)
STRAUSS: Duet Concertino for clarinet & bassoon - with Nicole Kern (cl), Higinio Arrué (bsn) (Pentatone PTC 5186 060)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (RCA 88697 33835)
10:00 PM. Day's End
TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in D TWV55/D22 - Collegium Instrumentale Brugense/Patrick Peire (Brilliant Classics 93416)
NYSTROEM: Viola Concerto, Hommage à la France - Nobuko Imai (vla), Malmö SO/Paavo Järvi (BIS CD 682)
DEBUSSY: La Mer - Cologne Radio SO/Gary Bertini (Capriccio 71 092)
11:00 TANEYEV: String Trio in Eb Op 31 - Leopold String Trio (Hyperion CDA 67573)
SAINT-LUBIN: Grand Duo Concertant Op 49 - Anastasia Khitruk (vln), Elizaveta Kopelman (pno) (Naxos 8.572019)
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