Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20100426 | Music and performances from Vienna feature strongly in this week's programmes. By contrast there is also a cycle of the Sibelius symphonies recorded in concerts given by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra under their young Finnish Music Director Pietari Inkinen. Haydn: Symphony No.104 (London) 2.20 Zeisl: The Ninety-Second Psalm ('Requiem Ebraico') Ildiko Raimondi, (sop) Elisabeth Kulman, (con) Adrian Eröd, (bass) Vienna Musikverein Chorus 2.40 Brahms: Symphony No.4 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Tugan Sokhiev (conductor) Handel: Dixit Dominus Emma Bell & Bibiana Nwobilo (sops) Elisabeth von Magnus (con) Kenneth Tarver (ten) Timothy Sharp (bar) Arnold Schönberg Choir Vienna Concentus Musicus Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) 4.20 Sibelius: Symphony No.1 Pietari Inkinen (conductor). With the Vienna Philharmonic in Brahms' Symphony No 4. Plus Sibelius: Symphony No 1. |
| 02 | 20100427 | Your ticket to performances from around Europe and the world. Continuing a week of concerts featuring music and performers from Vienna - and Sibelius recorded in New Zealand. Today's programe includes chamber music by Brahms, one of Vienna's most distinguished performing groups in music by Handel, and Sibelius's final and most concentrated tone-poem. Haydn: Symphony No. 78 in C Minor Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra Jordi Savall (conductor) 2.25 Brahms: String Quartet in A Minor Op.51 No.2 Jerusalem Quartet 2.55 Handel: Dettingen Te Deum Elisabeth von Magnus (mezzo) Kenneth Tarver (ten) Timothy Sharp (bar) Arnold Schönberg Choir Vienna Concentus Musicus Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) 3.55 Sibelius: Tapiola New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Pietari Inkinen (conductor) 4.15 Sibelius: Symphony No.2 Pietari Inkinen (conductor). The Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra in Haydn: Symphony No 78. Plus Sibelius: Tapiola. |
| 03 | 20100428 | Specially recorded music from around the world. Continuing this week's themes of Austrian music and performances - and Sibelius from New Zealand. One of Germany's leading period-instrument ensembles performs a Haydn Symphony, Canadian baritone Gerald Finley sings Schumann and Sibelius's darkest symphony is contrasted with one of his most optimistic. Haydn: Symphony No.91 in E Flat Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Petra Müllejans (director) 2.25 Schumann: Songs to Poems by Heinrich Heine Gerald Finley (baritone) Julius Drake (piano) Sibelius: Symphony No.4 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Pietari Inkinen (conductor) 3.25 Sibelius: Symphony No.5 Pietari Inkinen (conductor). Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in Haydn: Symphony No 91. Plus Sibelius: Symphonies Nos 4, 5. |
| 04 | 20100430 | Specially recorded music from around the world. After a Haydn symphony recorded in the Eisenstadt castle where the composer once worked the programme interleaves Sibelius symphonies from New Zealand with string quartets played by the Jerusalem Quartet (former Radio 3 New Generation Artists). Haydn: Symphony No.77 in B flat Major Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra Jordi Savall (conductor) 2.20 Sibelius: Symphony No.3 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Pietari Inkinen (conductor) 2.55 Haydn: String Quartet in F Minor Op.20 No.5 Sibelius: Symphony No.6 4.15 Haydn: String Quartet in G Major Op. 77 No.1 4.35 Sibelius: Symphony No.7 Pietari Inkinen (conductor). Featuring Haydn's Symphony No 77 and the NZSO in Sibelius' Symphonies Nos 3, 6 and 7. |