Tuesday 16 December 2008 Rātū 16 Hakihea 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  LILBURN: Symphonies, Nos 1-3 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.555862)

  1:20 (approx) - Disc 2

  RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar & orchestra; Fantasia para un gentilhombre for guitar & orchestra; Concierto Serenata for harp & orchestra - Alexandre Lagoya (gtr), Catherine Michel (harp), Monte Carlo National Orch/Antonio de Almeida (Philips 420 714)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  RESPIGHI: L'adorazione dei Magi; BRITTEN: A Boy was Born; HONEGGER: Une catante de Noël - various artists (BBC MM 236)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  SMETANA: Má Vlast - Czech PO/Libor Pešek (RegisC 1099)

  4:50 (approx) - Disc 5

  HANDEL: Concerti Grossi Op 6, No 7 in Bb; No 6 in G minor; No 4 in A minor; No 9 in F; No 8 in C minor; No 12 in B minor - Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7229)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HOLZBAUER: Symphony in A Op 2/4 - Orfeo Baroque Orch/Michi Gaigg (dir) (CPO 999 585)

  VIERNE: Berceuse Op 31/19, from 24 Pièces en stile libre - Eugene Lavery (organ of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland) (Holy Trinity Cathedral)

  D'INDY: Fantasy on French Popular Themes - Philippe Cousu (ob), Württemberg Phil/Jean-Marc Burfin (Marco Polo 8.223659)

  CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 48 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 416 442)

  CIMAROSA: L'Impresario in Angustie, Overture - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Alessandro Amoretti (Naxos 8.570508)

  7:00 WELLS: The shepherds' carol - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

  MARSHALL: Hikurangi Sunrise - New Zealand SO/James Judd (RNZ)

  BRUCH: Second movement, Adagio, from Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 447 070)

  CHABRIER: Habanera - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion SACDA 67515)

  DVORÁK: Intermezzo in B - Panocha Quartet, Pavel Nejtek (dbass) (Supraphon SU 3921)

  PRUDEN: Taranaki - New Zealand SO/Philip Walsh (RNZ)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: HANDEL: Eternal source of light divine, from Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne - Edita Gruberova (sop), Wynton Marsalis (tpt), English CO/Raymond Leppard (CBS MK 39061)

  ROSSINI: La Cenerentola, Overture - Chicago SO/Fritz Reiner (RCA 60387 2 RG)

  LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Lise de la Salle (pno) (Naïve V 5006)

  STANLEY arr Pearson: Trumpet Tune in D - John Wilbraham (tpt), Leslie Pearson (org) (Decca 458 194)

  RODRIGO: Second movement, Adagio, from Concierto de Aranjuez - Turibio Santos (gtr), Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Claudio Scimone (Warner 8573 80438)

  ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No 1 Op 19, Midsummer Vigil - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue (Reference Recordings-80 CD)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  JOHN RUTTER (b1945)

  Suite Antique; When Icicles Hang - Duke Dobing (fl), Wayne Marshall (hpschd), Nicholas Wilson (ten), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 516)

  Suite for strings - Royal Phil/John Rutter (Decca 476 124)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  HAYDN: Symphony No 100 in G, Military - New Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI 2 15300)

  BERIOT: Violin Concerto No 2 in B minor Op 32 - Philippe Quint (vln), Slovak Radio SO/Kirk Trevor (Naxos 8.570360)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A minor Op 50 - Gil Shaham (vln), Truls Mørk (cello), Yefim Bronfman (pno) (Canary Classics CC 05)

  KODÁLY: Dances of Marosszék - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 462 824)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), ASMF (Sony SK 89245)

  MENDELSSOHN arr Emery: Hark! the herald angels sing - BBC Singers/Brian Kay, Richard Pearce (org) (BBC Music BBC MMCC)

  MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 - Lorenzo Coppola (cl), Kuijken String Quartet (Challenge SACC 72145)

  (Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  DEBUSSY: Images for orchestra - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (rec 1960) (Decca 425 781)

  BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Haydn Op 56a - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Eduard van Beinum (rec 1958) (Philips 420 854)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  A RITCHIE: Pink & White - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 605)

  HOFMANN: Flute Concerto in D - Elizabeth Hirst (fl), University of Auckland Orch/Uwe Grodd (Uni of Auckland UAAA 01)

  HILL: Symphony No 6 in Bb, Celtic - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (Marco Polo 8.220345)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  VERDI: A Masked Ball, Overture - Vienna Phil/Giuseppe Sinopoli (Philips 411 469)

  A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - Andrea Mion (ob), Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (dir) (Naïve OP 30301)

  KREISLER: Liebesleid - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Ian Brown (pno) (EMI 5 57916)

  GRIEG: Shepherd Boy; March of the Dwarfs; Notturno; Scherzo, from Lyric Pieces Book 5 - Håkon Austbö (pno) (RegisC 1071)

  ARNOLD: Four Scottish Dances - Queensland SO/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.553526)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Donna Brown (sop), cellists of Sao Paulo SO/Roberto Minczuk (BIS CD 1410)

  HANDEL: Minuet, from The Faithful Shepherd - London SO/George Szell (Decca 417 694)

  WADE arr Cleobury: O come all ye faithful - Crypt Choir of The King's School, Canterbury/Howard Ionascu, Nicholas Shaw (org) (Priory PRCD 829)

  SAMMONS: The Faithful Bird - Paul Barritt (vln), Catherine Edwards (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67096)

  RACHMANINOV: Communion of the Faithful, from Liturgy of St John Chrysostom - Tobias Sims (ten), Peter Scorer (bass), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (EMI 5 57677)

  NIELSEN: Faith and hope are playing, from The Mother - James Galway (fl), Brian Hawkins (vla) (RCA RD 86359)

  LEIGHTON: Give me the wings of faith - Francis Steele (bass), Choir of St Paul's Cathedral/John Scott, Huw Williams (org) (Hyperion CDA 67087)

  WELLS: Variations on Adeste Fideles - John Wells (org) (organ of Auckland Town Hall) (RNZ)

  WALDTEUFEL: Toujours fidèle, Waltz Op 169 - Czecho-Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223450)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  8:00 TAN DUN: Tea: A Mirror of Soul, an opera in three acts

  Seikyo.......................... Haijing Fu

  Lan............................... Xiuying Li

  Prince........................... Warren Mok

  Emperor........................ Dong-Jian Gong

  Lu................................. Ning Liang

  Festival Chorus, New Zealand SO/Tan Dun (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington at the 2006 New Zealand International Arts Festival by RNZ)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

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