Friday 19 December 2008 Rāmere 19 Hakihea 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  REGER: Variations and Fugue on a theme of Beethoven; A Ballet Suite; Four Böcklin Tone Pictures - Norrkoping SO/Leif Segerstam (BIS CD 601)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  VIVALDI: Concertos for violin & orchestra Op 11, No 1 in D; No 2 in E minor; No 3 in A; No 4 in G; No 5 in C minor; No 6 in G minor - Stanley Ritchie (vln), Frank De Bruine (ob), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Oiseau-Lyre 463 172)

  2:35 (approx) - Disc 3

  BACH: Arias & Choruses from the Christmas Oratorio - Nancy Argenta, Katie Pringle (sops), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Hans Peter Blochwitz (ten), Olaf Bar (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 427 653)

  3:45 (approx) - Disc 4

  IRELAND: Decorations; The almond tree; Preludes; Rhapsody; The towing-path; Merry Andrew; Summer evening; Piano Sonata in E minor - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9056)

  4:55 (approx) - Disc 5

  BACH arr various: Air, from Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068;: Beloved Jesu, We are here; Christmas Oratorio, Sinfonia; Oboe Concerto in F BWV1053, Siciliano; Prelude in Eb minor; Jesu, Joy of man's desiring; Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067, Sarabande, Minuet and Badinerie; Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G BWV1049, Allegro; Sleepers awake; Sanctify us by thy goodness; Concerto in C minor for oboe and violin BWV1060, Adagio; Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor BWV1058, Andante; Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043, Largo ma non troppo; Prelude in C; Sheep may safely graze - Various artists (London 440 082)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 BOISMORTIER: Ballet No 3 - Le Concert Spirituel/Hervé Niquet (Naxos 8.554295)

  TAVENER: Tears of the Angels - Clio Gould (vln), Scottish Ensemble (Linn CKD 085)

  BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintet in C G427 - Carlo Ipata (fl), Auser Musici (Hyperion CDA 67646)

  SCHUMANN compltd Draheim: Variations on a Nocturne by Chopin - Wojciech Kocyan (pno) (Dux 0487)

  BALL: Rhapsody No 2 on Negro Spirituals - Black Dyke Mills Band/Roy Newsome (Chandos CHAN 6539)

  7:00 TRAD arr Cullen: Angels from the realms of glory - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Philharmonia/Carl Davis (Decca 433 010)

  BUTTERWORTH: Banks of Green Willow - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 245)

  BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar TRL 040)

  ALBÉNIZ: Asturias, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Hervé Billaut (pno) (Lyrinx LYR 2217)

  MENDELSSOHN: Rondo Brillant in Eb Op 29 - Stephen Hough (pno), CBSO/Lawrence Foster (Hyperion CDA 66969)

  ANSELL: Plymouth Hoe, A nautical overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2137)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: HONEGGER: Pastorale d'été - Tonhalle Orch, Zurich/David Zinman (Decca 455 352)

  POPPER: Once in fairer Days Op 64/1 - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Gerhard Markson (Naxos 8.554657)

  COPLAND: Old American Songs, Set 1, The boatmen's song; The dodger; Long time ago; Simple gifts; I bought me a cat - St Charles Singers, Elgin SO/Robert Hanson (Naxos 8.559297)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Fantasy in A Op 124 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Marielle Nordmann (harp) (Sony SK 44552)

  GILMORE arr Lemare: When Johnny comes marching home - Christopher Herrick (organ of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre) (Hyperion CDA 66978)

  HOLST ed Matthews: A Winter Idyll - London Phil/David Atherton (Lyrita SRCD 209)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  JOHN RUTTER (b1945)

  Arise, shine, for thy light is come; Toccata in 7 - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown, Nicholas Rimmer (org) (Naxos 8.557130)

  Mass of the Children - Joanne Lunn (sop), Roderick Williams (bar), Cambridge Singers, Cantate Youth Choir, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 129)

  A crown of glory - Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, London/John Scott, Huw Williams (org) (Hyperion CDA 67483)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 9 in Eb Op 70 - Netherlands Radio Phil/Mark Wigglesworth (BIS SACD 1563)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor K491 - Maurizio Pollini (pno/dir), Vienna Phil (DG 477 7167)

  MARTINU: String Sextet - Raphael Ensemble (Hyperion CDH 55321)

  OFFENBACH arr Rosenthal: Gaîté parisienne - Pittsburgh SO/André Previn (Philips 411 039)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  ROSSINI: Ouf! Les petits pois, from Sins of Old Age, Book 5 - Jeffrey Swann (pno) (Akademia CDAK 103)

  MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Claude Delangle (sax), Singapore SO/Lan Shui (BIS CD 1357)

  LILBURN: Salutes to Seven Poets - Dean Major (vln), Rae de Lisle (pno), Douglas Lilburn (speaker) (Waiteata WTA 009)

  CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 15 - Pascal Amoyel (pno) (Calliope CAL 9351.2)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  KODÁLY: Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song, Peacock Variations - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 034)

  PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 63 - Gil Shaham (vln), London SO/André Previn (DG 447 758)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  FAURÉ: Requiem Op 48 - Sara Macliver (sop), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Cantillation, Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker, David Drury (org) (ABC Classics 472 045)

  MEWS: Tango Fantastique - Bridget Douglas (fl) (Trust MMT 2063-64)

  ROSLAVETS: Cello Sonata No 1 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tatyana Lazareva (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9881)

  ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 5 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival, Overture - Cologne Radio SO/Gary Bertini (Capriccio 71 094)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Festival at Baghdad, The Sea, Shipwreck & Conclusion, from Scheherazade - Jaap van Zweden (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 443 703)

  LISZT: Fantasy on Themes from Wagner's Rienzi - David Allen Wehr (pno) (Connoisseur Society CD 4199)

  HAYDN: Variations in G on God Save Franz the Kaiser - Ragna Schirmer (pno) (Berlin Classics 1630 BC)

  GRIEG: Homage March, from Sigurd Jorsalfar - Swedish Radio SO/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony MLK 64064)

  VERDI: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Va pensiero, from Nabucco - Chorus & Orch of La Scala, Milan/Claudio Abbado (DG 459 064)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse-scherzo - Julia Fischer (vln), Russian National Orch/Yakov Kreizberg (PentaTone PTC 5186 095)

  LEFEBURE-WELY: Sortie in Bb - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5005)

  SABOLY: Blessed the birth of this fair child - La Camera delle Lacrime/Bruno Bonhoure (dir) (Alpha 117)

  GLUCK arr Kempff: Ballet Music & Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Wilhelm Kempff (pno) (DG 439 672)

  SS WESLEY: Blessed be the God and Father - Philippa Boyle (sop), Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson, James McVinnie (org) (Naxos 8.570318)

  ANON: O Blessed Lord - Francis Biggi, Armin Janda (lutes) (Florentia Musicae FLO 69002)

  PARRY: Blest Pair of Sirens - London Phil Chorus & Orch/Adrian Boult (Classic CD ISSUE 83)

  WIENIAWSKI: Legend - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

  J STRAUSS I arr Weninger: Radetzky March - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Pressing On with Robert Johnson (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Tuuli Lindeberg, Minna Nyberg (sops), Teppo Lampela (contralto), Topi Lehtipuu (ten), Jussi Lehtipuu (bass), Battalia Ensemble/Andrew Lawrence-King (harp/dir)

  SCHÜTZ: Eile mich, Gott, zu erretten; BUXTEHUDE: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BuxWV100; In dulci jubilo BuxWV52; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BuxWV101/115; Ihr lieben Christen, freut euch nun BuxWV51 (recorded in Kallio Church, Helsinki by Finnish Radio)

• 8:55 PM. Recent Beethoven Releases

  Violin Concerto in D Op 61 - Lisa Batiashvili (vln/dir), German Chamber Phil, Bremen (Sony 88697 33400)

  Piano Sonatas, No 22 in F Op 54; No 25 in G Op 79 - Ronald Brautigam (fpno) (BIS SACD 1573)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

  SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Martin Fröst (cl), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 944)

  SVENDSEN: Romance in G Op 26 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), New Philharmonia/Edo de Waart (Philips 475 7825)

  RAVEL: Mother Goose - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (PentaTone PTC 5186 167)

  11:00 SCHUBERT: Divertissement à la hongroise D818 - Christoph Eschenbach, Justus Frantz (pno duet) (Brilliant Classics 92858)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in D Op 64/5, Lark - Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1823)

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