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12:00 Music Through the Night

Disc 1

JC BACH: Adriano in Siria, Overture; Symphony in Eb for double orchestra Op 18/1; Symphony in G minor Op 6/6; Sinfonia Concertante in C; Symphony in D Op 18/4 - Rachel Brown (fl), Frank de Bruine (ob), David Watkin (cello), Academy of Ancient Music/Simon Standage (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 0540)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

GERSHWIN: Fascinatin' rhythm; WALLER: Ain't misbehavin'; ELLINGTON: Solitude; JOHNSON: The mule walk; GERSHWIN: That certain feeling; GOTTSCHALK: Bamboula; BLOOM: Spring fever; COWELL: Woof I; Woof II; NANCARROW: Player Piano Study No 6; GERSHWIN: Clap yo' hands; Promenade; POWELL: Dusk in Sandi; BLOOM: Silhouette; BEIDERBECKE: Candlelights; MORTON: Mamanita; JOPLIN: Magnetic Rag; CERVANTES: Por que, eh?; GOTTSCHALK: Columbia; GERSHWIN: The man I love; GRAINGER: In Dahomey; WALLER: Squeeze me; CONFREY: Kitten on the keys - Alan Feinberg (pno), Daniel Druckman (marimba) (Argo 444 457)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

STRAUSS arr Rosser: Also Sprach Zarathustra; LASSUS: Matona mia cara; MONTEVERDI: Si ch'io vorrei morire; A RITCHIE: As long as time; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Cloud-capp'd Towers; MORTON: L'homme armé; BYRD: Though Amaryllis Dance; DEBUSSY: Dieu! Qu'il la fait bon regarder!; LEHRER arr Marshall: I hold your hand in mine; GLOVER-KIND arr Carter: I do like to be beside the seaside; BARBER: To be sung on the water; TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: The lover's ghost; HAMMOND/HAZELWOOD arr Knight: I'm a train; PEARSALL: Great God of love; BARBER: Agnus Dei; HAMILTON: Three Spirituals; ELGAR: There is sweet music - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

MARAIS: Suites, in Bb; in G minor; in F - Quadro Hotteterre (Teldec 9031-77617)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

PROKOFIEV: Divertimento Op 43; Andante, from Piano Sonata No 4; Symphonic Song Op 57; The Prodigal Son Op 46 - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8728)

6:00 Classic Morning

6:00 SALIERI: The Cave of Trofonio, Overture - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Michael Dittrich (Marco Polo 8.223381)

KODÁLY: Adagio - Natalie Clein (cello) (Hyperion CDA 67829)

HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto in F HobXVIII/7 - Ketil Haugsand (hpschd), Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl (Naxos 8.570486)

YRADIER trans Tárrega: La Paloma - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 432 102)

MAGNARD: Suite in the Ancient Style Op 2 - Luxembourg Phil/Mark Stringer (Timpani 1C 1067)

7:00 LILBURN: Festival Overture - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum CCD 1076)

FAURÉ: Elegy Op 24 - Paul Tortelier (cello), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 3 97722)

SIBELIUS: Intermezzo, from Karelia Suite - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

SAINT-SAËNS: Caprice arabe Op 96 - Julian Reynolds, Peter Lockwood (pno duo) (Globe GLO 5152)

PEHKONEN: Sunset & Evening Star - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7246)

8:00 Beauty Spot: PAREDES arr Golijov: Cançâo Verdes Anos - Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 7559 79490)

GURIDI: An adventure of Don Quixote - Bilbao SO/Juan José Mena (Naxos 8.557110)

RAFF: Fantasy Piece for cello & piano Op 86/1, Meeting - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Robert Kulek (pno) (Tudor 7121)

KHACHATURIAN: Galop, from Masquerade - Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (SCL)

KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro - Gilles Apap (vln/dir), Sinfonia Varsovia (Apapaziz Productions GKJ 00103)

COATES: Joyous Youth - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9869)

9:00 Composer of the Week

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

Orchestral music

Coriolan Overture Op 62 - Vienna Phil/Otto Klemperer (Testament SBT8 1365)

Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 477 5864)

10:00 The Works

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 9, Nos 1 in Bb minor; 2 in Eb; 3 in B - Brigitte Engerer (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1430.31)

JOACHIM: Variations in E minor - Hideko Udagawa (vln), Philharmonia/Martyn Brabbins (Signum SIGCD 224)

WAGNER arr Vlieger: Parsifal, An orchestral quest - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5077)

MARTINU: Czech Rhapsody - Ivan Kusnjer (bar), Kühn Mixed Choir, Prague SO/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3956)

12:00 Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

1:30 Music from 1976

GOW: Overture one-two-five - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV CD WHL 2137)

BROTONS: Fantasia for horn and strings Op 12 - David Thompson (horn), Barcelona SO/Salvador Brotons (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7055)

SOROZABAL: Gernika - Bilbao Choral Society, Basque National Orch/Cristian Mandeal (Claves CD 50-2205)

ADDISON: Swashbuckler, Suite - BBC Concert Orch/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10418)

2:00 Afternoon Requests

ELGAR: Nursery Suite - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557166)

RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Denis Matsuev (pno), Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (Mariinsky MAR 0505)

ANON Plainchant: Alleluia, Tota pulchra es - Stile Antico (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7489)

SCHUBERT: Notturno in Eb D897 - Edward Dusinberre (vln), András Fejér (cello), Andreas Haefliger (pno) (Decca 452 854)

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3:00 CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue

Nelson Freire (pno)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 17; MOZART: Piano Sonata No 12 in F K332 (rec 1984); STRAUSS trans Godowsky: Ständchen Op 17/2 (rec 1972); LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 10 in E S244 (rec 1979) (Philips 456 781)

4:05 Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers

HOLST: Morris Dance Tunes - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 340 220)

HAMILTON: Three Spirituals - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 1 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 8782)

DONIZETTI: Il pallor funesto, from Lucia di Lammermoor - Malvina Major (sop), Roger Creagh (bar), Auckland Philharmonia/Brian Law (Kiwi CD SLC 227)

STILL ed Alexa Still: Suite for violin and piano, excerpts - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (Koch International 3-7192)

H WOOD: Fantasia on British Sea Songs, excerpts - David Bremner (euphonium), Ashley Brown (cello), Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

5:00 Cadenza

LEHÁR: The Merry Widow, Overture - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 891)

WALTON: Orb & Sceptre, Coronation March - Simon Lindley (org), English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel (Naxos 8.555869)

BOCCHERINI: Third movement, Minuet, from String Quintet in E G275 - Europa Galante (Virgin 5 45421)

BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Paganini, Book 1 - Idil Biret (pno) (Naxos 8.550350)

MASCAGNI arr I Salonisti: Intermezzo, from Cavalleria Rusticana - I Salonisti (London 458 382)

HANDEL: Eternal source of light divine, from Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne; Let the bright seraphim, from Samson; Lascia ch'io pianga, from Rinaldo - Susanne Rydén (sop), London Baroque/Charles Medlam, Niklas Eklund (baroque tpt) (Naxos 8.553735)

TURINA: The Bullfighter's Prayer Op 34 - Andorra National CO/Gerard Claret (Nimbus NI 5570)

HE LUTING: The cowherd's flute - Lang Lang (pno) (DG 477 6229)

TRAD arr Grainger: The pretty maid milkin' her cow - Stephen Varcoe (bar), Penelope Thwaites (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9503)

ADAMS: Hoe-down (Mad Cow) from Gnarly Buttons - Michael Collins (cl), London Sinfonietta/John Adams (Nonesuch 7559 79465)

GRIEG: Cowkeeper's Tune & Country Dance - National Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 411 933)

ALFVÉN: In our cowshed - Accentus Chamber Choir/Eric Ericson (Naïve V 5037)

TRAD arr Trimble: The cows are a-milking - Una Hunt, Roy Holmes (pno duo) (Marco Polo 8.225059)

RIDOUT: Ferdinand the Bull - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), Gabriel Woolf (narrator) (Chandos CHAN 8748)

MILHAUD arr Mondvay: Tango des fratellini, from Le Boeuf sur le toit - I Salonisti (Decca 425 228)

GOUNOD: Waltz, from Faust - Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe (Testament SBT 1127)

7:00 Appointment

The Art of the Cantor

Eight programmes documenting this sacred art form, hosted by Hazzan Alberto Mizrahi, Cantor of the Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago

(1) Greatest Cantors of the 20th century, Part 1 (WFMT)

8:00 Music Alive

Live! at the Concertgebouw 2009

Rotterdam Phil/Valery Gergiev

MOZART: Symphony No 36 in C K425, Linz; PROKOFIEV: Symphonic Song Op 57; TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty, Suite Op 66a; Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker; SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 2; DEBUSSY: Third movement, Dialogue du vent et de la mer, from La Mer (Radio Netherlands)

10:00 Day's End

FALLA arr Kochanski: Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Jesús Angel León (vln), Miguel Angel Muñoz (pno) (Verso VRS 2018)

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 1 in C HobVIIb/1 - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), English Chamber Orch/Daniel Barenboim (EMI CDC 7 47614)

BECK: Sinfonia in Bb Op 3/2 - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570799)

11:00 BACH: Violin Sonata No 2 in A minor BWV1003 - Sergey Khachatryan (vln) (Naïve V 5181)

LASSUS: Missa Surge propera - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (Gaudeamus CD GAU 310)

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