Schedule for Tuesday 25 December 2007

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12:10 AM. Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1
WADE/OAKLEY arr Willcocks: O come, all ye faithful - Bach Choir, members of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, James Blades, David Corkhill (perc), John Scott (org)/David Willcocks
TRAD arr Cullen: Angels from the realms of glory - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Philharmonia/Carl Davis
GRUBER arr Cashmore: Silent Night - Bach Choir/David Willcocks
SCHUBERT arr Hazell: Ave Maria - Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah SO/Joseph Silverstein
TRAD: Ding, dong! merrily on high; The first Nowell - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/George Guest, Stephen Cleobury (org)
ADAM arr Gamley: O holy night - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), National Phil/Kurt Herbert Adler
KIRKPATRICK arr Cleobury: Away in a manger; TRAD arr Willcocks: God rest you merry, gentlemen - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury
HANDEL arr Gamley: Joy to the world; REGER arr Gamley: The Virgin's slumber song - Joan Sutherland (sop), New Philharmonia/Richard Bonynge
GAUNTLETT: Once in Royal David's city; TRAD arr Davies: The holly & the ivy - soloists, Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury
WILLIS arr Meyer: It came upon the Midnight clear - Leontyne Price (sop), members of the Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan
TRAD arr Pearsall: In dulci jubilo - Bach Choir/David Willcocks
SCHUBERT arr Gamley: Mille cherubini in coro - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), National Phil/Kurt Herbert Adler
BERLIOZ: Shepherd's Farewell, from The Childhood of Christ - St Anthony Singers, Goldsborough Orch/Colin Davis
TRAD arr Willcocks: While shepherds watched - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/George Guest, Stephen Cleobury (organ)
BRAHMS arr Gamley: Lullaby - Renata Tebaldi (sop), New Phil/Anton Guadagno
TRAD arr Ledger: On Christmas Night, Sussex Carol - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury David Briggs (org)
BACH/GOUNOD arr Hazell: Ave Maria - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Utah SO/Julius Rudel
MENDELSSOHN arr Willcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing - Bach Choir, members of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, James Blades, David Corkhill (perc), John Scott (org)/David Willcocks (Decca 443 401)
1:15 (approx) - Disc 2
Wolcum Yule: Celtic and British Songs and Carols - including TAVENER; RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT; BURGON; HENRYVIII; BRITTEN; TRAD. English, Scottish, Irish Welsh and Cornish - Anonymous 4, Andrew Lawrence-King (Irish harp, baroque harp, psaltery) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7325)
2:20 (approx) - Disc 3
PALESTRINA: Alma redemptoris mater; Canite tuba; Deus tu conversus; Hodie Christus natus est; Missa Hodie Christus natus est; O magnum mysterium; Tui sunt coeli; O admirable commercium; Christe, redemptor omnium; Magnificat Primi toni - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/Martin Baker (Hyperion CDA 67396)
3:40 (approx) - Disc 4
Carol our Christmas: Contempary New Zealand Carols - Rachel Gillon (sop), Mike Wespel-Rose (ten), Wellington Youth Choir/Stuart Douglas, Kiwikids with Radha, Wellington Cathedral Choir/Philip Walsh, Sings Harry, Wellington Secondary Students' Choir/Roger Stevenson (NZ Hymnbook Trust)
4:35 (approx) - Disc 5
Music for Christmas: taken from a 14-hour live radio broadcast by European Broadcasting Union members, which was transmitted on 18 December 1994 - various composers and artists (BBC BBC MM 40)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 TRAD arr Warrell/Newsome: We wish you a merry Christmas - Huddersfield Choral Society, John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band/Roy Newsome (Chandos CHAN 8679)
RAVEL: Une barque sur l'océan, from Miroirs - Saarbrücken Radio SO/Michael Stern (Col Legno WWE 8CD 20041)
HUBAY: Csárdás Scene No 2, My little flute Op 13 - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67441/2)
FALLA ed Ligorio: El Amor Brujo, Suite - Daniel Ligorio (pno) (Naxos 8.555065)
KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro - Gilles Apap (vln/dir), Sinfonia Varsovia (Apapaziz Productions GKJ 00103)
J STRAUSS II: Vienna Bon-Bons - Vienna Opera Orch/Peter Falk (Bridge 100 029)
7:00 TRAD: Away in a Manger - New York Polyphony (Avie AV 2141)
MACKENZIE: Benedictus Op 37/3, from Six Pieces for Violin Op 37 - BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 66764)
BEETHOVEN: Variations on Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen from Mozart's The Magic Flute - Pierre Fournier (cello), Friedrich Gulda (pno) (DG 477 6266)
KORNGOLD arr Thibaudet/Kerber: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)
WEBER: Andante & Hungarian Rondo in C minor Op 35 - Klaus Thunemann (bsn), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 432 081)
BIZET: Carillon, From L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - New Philharmonia/Charles Munch (Decca 421 632)
8:00 Beauty Spot: HANDEL transcr Stokowski: Pastoral Symphony, from Messiah - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.557883)
GRANADOS arr Miolin: Rondalla aragonesa, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Anders Miolin (gtr) (BIS CD 1116)
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 1 in C# minor - Artur Pizarro (pno) (Brilliant Classics 92790)
ELGAR: Original finale, from Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7501)
VIVALDI: Concerto in A minor for two violins RV522, from L'Estro Armonico - Piero Toso, Giuliano Carmignola (vlns), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (Erato 2292 45058)
FARKAS: Old Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century - Thurston Clarinet Quartet (ASV White Line CD WHL 2076)
9:00 AM. Christmastide

SUMSION: Unto us is born a son - Jane Watts (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington) (Priory PRCD 775)
WADE arr Cleobury: O come all ye faithful; TRAD arr Marshall: I saw three ships - Crypt Choir of The King's School, Canterbury/Howard Ionascu, Nicholas Shaw (org) (Priory PRCD 829)
LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in F minor Op 1/8, Christmas - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1889)
TRAD: Suite of English Carols - Solid Brass (Dorian DOR 90008)
STÖLZEL: Cantata for Christmas Day, Euch ist heute der Heiland geboren - Lemgo Ute Schulze (sop), Schirin Partowi (contralto), Andreas Post (ten), Klaus Mertens (bass), Chamber Choir of St Mary's Choral Society, Handel's Company/Rainer Johannes Homberg (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 905 1369)
MENDELSSOHN arr Willcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing - Crypt Choir of The King's School, Canterbury/Howard Ionascu, Nicholas Shaw (org) (Priory PRCD 829)
10:00 AM. The Works

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 5 in D - Atlanta SO/Robert Spano (Telarc CD 80676)
SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 - Schubert Ensemble (ASV GLD 4021)
JC BACH: Symphonie Concertante in C for two violins & cello - Graham Cracknell, Peter Hanson (vlns), Sebastian Comberti (cello), Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (dir) (CPO 999 628)
GRIEG: Holberg Suite - Oslo Camerata/Stephan Barratt-Due (Naxos 8.557890)
Noon Summer Sonic

Music of the Baroque Christmas Special
Peter Van De Graaff hosts this brass and choral holiday concert featuring music of the 16th- and 17th-centuries by such composers as Praetorius, G Gabrieli, Pygou, Titov, Buxtehude, Zielenski, and others
Diverse in nationality, temporality and musical style, the stories the pieces in this programme tell are nonetheless similar in their message. Many are related to the Christmas narrative, shedding light on different facets of the tale, while others offer a timely reminder that the wonder and awe the season inspires can last the entire year
The brass ensemble, Music of the Baroque and choir are conducted by Edward Zelnis (WFMT)
2:10 PM. Afternoon Requests

DUFAY arr Garbarek: Ave maris stella - Jan Garbarek (sax), Hilliard Ensemble (ECM 1525)
SAINT-SAËNS: Prière - Steven Isserlis (cello), Francis Grier (org) (RCA 09026 61678)
HANDEL: Let the bright seraphim, from Samson - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Crispian Steele-Perkins (tpt), English CO/Barry Rose (EMI 5 57231)
BACH: Christmas Oratorio, Part 1, Cantata for the First Day of Christmas - Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Olaf Bär (bar), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 423 232)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. A Fantasy from 1001 Nights

Classic performances from the back catalogue
A three-act ballet written in the mid 1990s for the London Contemporary Dance Company to fill the traditional Nutcracker slot
DAVIS: Aladdin - Malaysian Phil/Carl Davis (Naxos 8.557898-99)
5:10 PM. Storytime

LAMBERT: Mr Bear Squash-you-all-flat - Nigel Hawthorne (narrator), Nash Ensemble/Lionel Friend (Hyperion CDA 66754)
PATTERSON: Little Red Riding Hood - Chris Jarvis (narrator), London Phil/David Parry (LPO 0015)
6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
WELLS: Variations on Once in royal David's city - John Wells (organ of Auckland Town Hall) (org) (RNZ)
HOWELLS: Here is the little door - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)
HAMILTON: A Child comes forth - Key Cygnetures/Elise Bradley, Helen Webby (harp), Rowan Johnston (percussion) (RNZ)
BRIDGE: Sir Roger de Coverley, A Christmas Dance - NZSO Chamber Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7139)
HAMILTON: I have a dozen dragons; My gifts to keep; Christmas Cradle Song; The Angel's visit, from Noël - Opus 1998/David Hamilton (David Hamilton)
GOUNOD: O divine redeemer - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Barry Rose (Philips 412 629)
7:00 PM. The Chart Toppers

A selection of the CDs sold this year that have risen to No 1 on the Concert Classical Chart
PSATHAS: Fourth movement, Fragments, from View from Olympus - Pedro Carneiro (perc), Michael Houstoun (pno), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Rattle RAT-DV 015)
LILBURN: Processional Fanfare - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)
DUTILLEUX: Résonances - John Chen (pno) (Naxos 8.557823)
BISHOP: Lo! Here The Gentle Lark, from Comedy of Errors - Mina Foley (sop), Val Hungerford (pno) (Ode CD ODE 1062)
PUCCINI: O soave fanciulla, from La Bohème - Anna Netrebko (sop), Rolando Villazón (ten), Dresden State Orch/Nicola Luisotti (DG 477 6457)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Third movement, Mélodie, from Souvenir d'un lieu cher - Julia Fischer (vln), Yakov Kreizberg (pno) (PentaTone PTC 5186 095)
HAYDN: Third movement, Allegro molto, from Piano Sonata No 60 in C HobXVI/50 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67554)
HILL: Third movement, Scherzo, from String Quartet No 3 in A minor - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The vagabond, from Songs of Travel - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 477 6686)
BACH: First movement, Prelude, from Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Steven Isserlis (cello) (Hyperion CDA 67541/2)
HANDEL: Oh! had I Jubal's lyre, from Joshua - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Venice Baroque Orchestra/Andrea Marcon (Archiv 477 6547)
PUCCINI: Nessun dorma, from Turandot - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boy's Choir, London Phil/Zubin Mehta (Decca 475 9349)
HERTEL: Third movement, Vivace, from Trumpet Concerto in D - Håkan Hardenberger (tpt), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 464 028)
BRAHMS: Third movement extract, from Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 - Nelson Freire (pno), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 475 7637)
MALIBRAN: Rataplan - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), La Scintilla Orch/Adam Fischer (Decca 475 9077)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Domingo Gala
Plácido Domingo's 40th anniversary at the Vienna State Opera
WAGNER: Die Walküre, Act 1 excerpts
Sieglinde....................... Deborah Voigt
Siegmund...................... Plácido Domingo
Hunding........................ Kurt Rydl
Vienna State Opera/Adám Fischer
VERDI: Otello, Act 4 excerpts
Otello............................ Plácido Domingo
Desdemona................... Krassimira Stoyanova
Emilia............................ Nadia Krasteva
Iago.............................. Boaz Daniel
Cassio........................... Ho-Yoon Chung
Montano....................... In-Sung Sim
Lodovico...................... Ain Anger
Vienna State Opera/Daniele Gatti (Vienna Radio)
9:30 PM. Recent Chamber Releases

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 7 in D D94 - Prazák Quartet (Praga PRD 350 042)
MENDELSSOHN: Variations Concertantes in D Op 17 - António Meneses (cello), Gérard Wyss (pno) (Avie AV 2140)
10:00 PM. Day's End

CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 17 - Frederic Chiu (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 7352.53)
MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 - Andrew Marriner (cl), ASMF/Neville Marriner (PentaTone PTC 5186 048)
RUTTER: Suite for Strings - Royal Phil/John Rutter (Decca 476 124)
11:00 PRAETORIUS: Dances from Terpsichore - Ricercare Ensemble for Ancient Music, Zurich (EMI 5 69555)
DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90, Dumky - Jacob Lateiner (pno), Jascha Heifetz (vln), Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) (RCA 09026 61764)