Wednesday 17 December 2008 Rāapa 17 Hakihea 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  ELGAR: The Wand of Youth, Suites 1&2; Dream Children Op 43; Nursery Suite - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557166)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in C minor D958; Piano Sonata in Bb D960 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 432 307)

  2:20 (approx) - Disc 3

  Christmas Favourites - CSSR State Philharmonic Orch/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.550301)

  3:25 (approx) - Disc 4

  Greatest Hits

  Works for brass ensemble by Monteverdi, G Gabrieli, Pachelbel, Desprez, Brade, Bach, Campra, Mozart, Friederich, Copland, Janácek, Dukas, Kodály, Mussorgsky - Various brass ensembles (Sony MLK 66708)

  4:50 (approx) - Disc 5

  KETÉLBEY: In a Persian market; Wedgewood Blue; Chal Romano; In a monastery garden; The clock and the Dresden figures; Bells Across the Meadows Suite, In holiday mood; A musical jig-saw; A birthday greeting; Algerian scene; Cockney Suite, Bank holiday, 'appy 'ampstead; Sunbeams and butterflies; Knights of the King; Cockney Suite, At the Palais de Danse; In a camp of the ancient Britons, Fantasy - Peter Dawson, Raymond Newell (bars), Albert Sandler (vln); Albert Ketélbey (pno), various ensembles (Pearl GEMM CD 9968)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Prelude & Fugue in C minor - London SO/Richard Hickox, Malcolm Hicks (org) (Chandos CHAN 9666)

  PROKOFIEV: Ballade in C minor Op 15 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamas Vesmas (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1517)

  TELEMANN: Concerto in D - Cappella Istropolitana/Reinhold Friedrich (dir) (Capriccio 71 107)

  FARQUHAR: Waltz, from Ring Round the Moon - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

  ROSSINI arr Demersseman/Berthélèmy/Gallois: Fantasy on William Tell - Patrick Gallois (fl), Malcolm Messiter (ob), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (DG 445 822)

  7:00 TRAD arr Helmore: O come, O come, Emmanuel - Huddersfield Choral Society/Owain Arwel Hughes, David Bell (org) (EMI CMS 5 66923)

  THOMAS: Raymond, Overture - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 421 527)

  SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in D D384 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), Paul Crossley (pno) (Philips 475 7825)

  DELIUS: Summer Night on the River - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.557143)

  SOUSA trans anon: Liberty Bell - Nigel Potts (organ of the Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon, London) (Guild GMCD 7165)

  ROSEINGRAVE arr Searle: Three Pieces - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557752)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

  GIULIANI: Variations on a theme by Handel Op 107, Harmonious Blacksmith - Slava Grigoryan (gtr) (ABC Classics 472 224)

  SMETANA: From Bohemia's Woods & Fields, from Má Vlast - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

  BACH: Second movement, Siciliano, from Flute Sonata in Eb BWV1031 - Aurèle Nicolet (fl), Karl Richter (hpschd) (ABC Classics 465 680)

  RACHMANINOV: Fugue in D minor - Denis Matsuev (pno) (RCA 88697 15591)

  BIZET: Carmen Suite - World Phil/Yutaka Sado (Naïve V 5067)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  JOHN RUTTER (b1945)

  What sweeter music; The very best time of the year - Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67245)

  Brother Heinrich's Christmas - Brian Kay (narrator), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 115)

  Musica Dei donum - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown, Karen Jones (fl) (Naxos 8.557130)

  Gloria - Cindy Winegar, Sharron Lindsay (sops), Rita Felt (mezzo), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Canadian Brass/Craig Jessop, John Longhurst (org) (BWE Classics BWE 0196)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8756)

  BAX: Clarinet Sonata - Cristo Barrios (cl), Clinton Cormany (pno) (Metier MSV 28505)

  RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre - Friedemann Wuttke (gtr), South West German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (Profil PH 07073)

  BRUCKNER: Symphony No 7 in E - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1857)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 8 in F Op 93 - CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 2292 46452)

  ZIPOLI arr Giovanini: Elevazione - Pierre Pierlot (ob), Bernard Fonteny (cello), Anne-Marie Beckensteiner (org), Jean-François Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard (ABC Classics 465 086)

  MACKY: Not on a snowy night (Te Harinui) - Nicola Sutherland (pno), Wellington Youth Choir/Stuart Douglas (NZ Hymnbook Trust)

  LISZT: Sposalizio, from Années de Pèlerinage, Year 2, Italy - Libor Novacek (pno) (Landor LAN 278)

  VEJVANOVSKY: Sonata Natalis - Schweriner Blechbläser-Collegium (Hänssler CD 98.444)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet in G minor Op 57 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno), Fitzwilliam String Quartet (rec 1983) (Decca 411 940)

  STRAVINSKY: Violin Concerto in D - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Philharmonia/Paul Sacher (rec 1988) (DG 423 696)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  PHILIPS: Salve Regina - Tudor Consort/Peter Walls (Naxos 8.555056)

  J KREUTZER: Grand Trio Op 16 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Robert Alemany (cl) (Koch International 3-7404)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 - Barry Douglas (pno), New Zealand SO/Matthias Bamert (NZSO)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: Century fanfare, Other echoes - Auckland Philharmonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Atoll ACD 300)

  GABRIELLI: Trumpet Sonata No 4 in D - Thomas Reiner (tpt), Southwest German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (Naxos 8.570501)

  ALBÉNIZ: Cataluña; Sevilla - Diego Castro Magas (gtr) (Audio Projects AP 2008)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from Eugene Onegin - Nikola Matisic (ten), Mark Stone (bar), Roberto Valentini (bbar), St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch/Antonio Pappano (EMI 3 70065)

  BYRD: Pavana, The Earle of Salisbury; FARNABY: Tell me, Daphne; CHAMBONNIERES: Sarabande in F; F COUPERIN: Les Grâces-Naturèles; TELEMANN: Aria in G - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Walsingham 3WAL 80432)

  FALLA arr Messier: Ritual Fire Dance, from El amor brujo - Yuli Turovsky (cello/dir), I Musici de Montréal (Analekta AN 2 9897)

  FRESCOBALDI arr O'Brian: Canzona - Saxcess (Saxcess)

  RODRIGO: Music for a Garden - Granada City Orch/Josep Pons (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1764)

  KORNGOLD: Garden Scene, from Much Ado About Nothing Op 11 - Josef Sakonov (vln), London Festival Orch (ABC Classics 456 366)

  MARTINU: Window on the Garden - Giorgio Koukl (pno) (Naxos 8.557919)

  GRAINGER: Country Gardens - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9554)

  KETÈLBEY: In a Monastery Garden - male voice chorus, New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

  COATES: Covent Garden, from London Suite - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Warner 2564 62020)

  ROSSINI: Cavatina, based on an aria from La Cenerentola - Mark Walton (cl), David Miller (pno) (AWMP CD 01)

  VIVALDI: Concerto in E minor for four violins RV550 - Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (dir) (Zig Zag ZZT 070 902)

  ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 4 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Gift of Music

  Three programmes

  For the season of giving Murray Khouri looks at suitable recordings for introducing children to classical music

  (3) Carnival and other Animals (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Orthodox-Byzantine Repertory

  Lucian Onita, Gina Onita (soloists), Ion Vidu Chorus, Lugoj/Remus Tascau

  PANN arr Goia: Our Father; CUCU: Sticheron, from Katavasiae of the Meeting of the Lord; TIMARU: Troparion for the Birth of the Lord; JIPEI: Aghios o Theos; CONSTANTINESCU: Pobody, from Christmas Oratorio; HUMULESCU: I shall love you, O Lord; ANON: Ecteny; VIDU: Salvation; CHIRESCU: Above the star is rising; POPVICI: Three shepherds; KIRIAC: O, what a wonderful word; The journey of the Magi; CUCU: Little Lord; Lord from heaven; POPOVICI: Early in the day; MONTIA: Up at heaven's gate; Little carol; LUNGU: Hail in the heights above (recorded in the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Orthodox Church, Lugoj, Rumania by Rumanian Radio)

• 8:55 PM. BBC Legends

  STRAUSS: Don Quixote - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Harry Danks (vla), Hugh Maguire (vln), BBC SO/Malcolm Sargent (BBC Legends BBCL 4240)

  CHOPIN: Nocturne in Eb Op 9/2; Impromptu No 2 in F# Op 36; Waltz in C# minor Op 64/2; Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20 - Mieczyslaw Horszowski (pno) (BBC Legends BBCL 4122)

• 10:05 PM. Day's End

  KARLOWICZ: Returning Waves - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570295)

  MOZART: Concertone in C for two violins K190 - Isabelle van Keulen (vlns/dir), Prague CO (Koch International 3-6443)

  11:00 D'INDY: String Sextet in Bb Op 92 - Joachim Quartet, François Mereaux (vla), Michel Poulet (cello) (Calliope CAL 3891.2)

  JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Missa Pange lingua - Ensemble Clément Janequin/Marcel Pérès (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1239)

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