Monday 22 December 2008 Rāhina 22 Hakihea 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No 1 Op 19; Symphony No 2 in D Op 11 - Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 385)

  1:05 (approx) - Disc 2

  SHICKHARDT: Concerto in C for four treble recorders; de BOISMORTIER: Concerto in B minor: TELEMANN: Concerto in E; de BOISMORTIER: Sonata No 6 in A minor; SHICKHARDT: Concerto in D minor for four treble recorders; TELEMANN: Concerto in F; de BOISMORTIER: Concerto in A minor; Sonata No 3 in E minor; SHICKHARDT: Concerto in G for four treble recorders - Sirena Recorder Quartet (BIS CD 1234)

  2:15 (approx) - Disc 3

  The Frostbound Wood: Christmas Music by Peter WARLOCK - Allegri Singers/Louis Halsey (Continuum CCD 1053)

  3:15 (approx) - Disc 4

  DUSSEK: Piano Sonatas, in G Op 51; in G Op 35/2; in Bb Op 39/3; Grand Sonata in Eb Op 75 - Fredrick Marvin (pno) (Dorian DIS 80138)

  4:30 (approx) - Disc 5

  WATTS: Metropolis; MORLEY: Rotten Row; LANE: London Salute; GUNNING: Concerto for saxophone and orchestra; TATE: London Fields, Suite; WOOD: London Landmarks; LEWIS: Festival of London March - John Harle (sax), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland, ASMF/Christopher Gunning, Paul Lewis (ASV CDD WHL 2138)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 RICHTER: Symphony No 1 in Bb - Helsinki Baroque Orch/Aapo Häkkinen (Naxos 8.557818)

  HAYDN: Variations in Eb HobXVII/3 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Chartreuse TB 7)

  VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerto in E minor RV484 - Milan Turkavic (bassoon), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 419 615)

  DEBUSSY: Beau soir - Vienna Bohème Quartet (Koch Schwann 3-6718)

  CORDER: Prospero - English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Hyperion CDA 66515)

  7:00 PALESTRINA: Alma redemptoris mater - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/Martin Baker (Hyperion CDA 67396)

  GRIEG: Cradle song, from Lyric Pieces Op 68 - Oslo Camerata/Stephan Barratt-Due (Naxos 8.557890)

  BUSSER: Andalucia Op 86 - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)

  ELGAR: Funeral March, from Grania & Diarmid - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

  MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words, Op 19/6, Venetian Gondola Song; Op 30/4; Op 30/6, Venetian Gondola Song - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 466 425)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 1 - members of Berlin Radio SO/Steven Sloane (Capriccio 71 096)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MCKEVITT: Sebastiane, from the film Translucence - Michael Chance (countertenor), Catherine Manson (vla), Caroline Dale (cello) (Instant Karma Classics DHARMACD5)

  BRAHMS: Third movement, Poco allegretto, from Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)

  FRANCHOMME: Variations on Russian & Scottish Themes - Roel Dieltiens (cello/dir), Ensemble Explorations (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1610)

  DAQUIN: Le Coucou - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

  ARBAN arr A Baadsvik: Variations on The Carnival of Venice - Oystein Baadsvik (tuba), Musica Vitae/Björn Sagstad (BIS CD 1285)

  PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical - St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (RCA 82876 50475)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  BUXTEHUDE: Prelude in D BuxWV139 - Siegbert Rampe (organ of Arizona State University, Tempe, USA) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 341 1511)

  ROUSE: Karolju - Philharmonia Chorus, BBC SO/David Zinman (RCA 88697 11561)

  BACH: Chorale Preludes, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV599; Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn BWV601 - Siegbert Rampe (organ of Arizona State University, Tempe, USA) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 341 1511)

  ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival - BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559381)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  DVORÁK: Symphonic Variations Op 78 - Budapest Festival Orch/Ivan Fischer (Channel Classics CCS SA 25807)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade - John Georgiadis (vln), London SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (BBC Legends BBCL 4121)

  MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer - Thomas Quasthoff (bbar), Cologne Radio SO/Gary Bertini (Phoenix Edition 105)

  BARTÓK: Divertimento Sz113 - Hungarian State SO/Adam Fischer (Portrait PCL 2109)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  TRAD arr Di Savino: Suite of English Carols - Solid Brass (Dorian DOR 90008)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 2 in G Op 44 - Gary Graffman (pno), Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (Sony S2K 94737)

  HOWELLS: A spotless Rose; DARKE: In the bleak midwinter; RUTTER: There is a flower - Nicholas Sears (bar), Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 106)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 21 in C Op 53, Waldstein - Emil Gilels (pno) (rec 1972) (DG 419 162)

  SCHUBERT: Nacht und Träume D827; Wandrers Nachtlied D768; Rastlose Liebe D138; Der Tod und das Mädchen D531; Ganymed D544; Im Abendrot D799; Der Musensohn D764; Erster Verlust D226; An die Musik D547 - Gérard Souzay (bar), Dalton Baldwin (pno) (rec 1961) (Philips 422 418)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  J RITCHIE: Papanui Road, Overture - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2040)

  GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 - Richard Farrell (pno), Hallé Orch/George Weldon (Atoll ACD 208)

  FARR: Queen of Demons - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2021)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  WEBER: Euryanthe, Overture - Dresden State Opera Orch/Gustav Kuhn (Capriccio 71 045)

  VERDI arr Genin/Pierre: Fantasy on A Masked Ball - Patrick Gallois (fl), Fabrice Pierre (harp), Richard Friedman (vln), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (DG 445 822)

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 16 in C K545, For Beginners - Evgeni Koroliov (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.468)

  ALBÉNIZ: Cádiz; Granada; Seville, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5007)

  OFFENBACH arr Rosenthal: Can-Can, from Gaité Parisienne - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

  ROSSINI: Nacqui all'affanno, from La Cenerentola - Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo), Bavarian Radio Choir, Munich Radio SO/Friedrich Haider (RCA 09026 68522)

  CHABRIER: Joyeuse Marche - Philharmonia/Herbert von Karajan (IMG Artists 5 62869)

  MASON arr Rutter: Joy to the world - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 111)

  BACH arr Hess: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, from Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67309)

  ANON arr Shoujounian: Joyous Light - Isabel Bayrakdarian (sop) (CBC SMCD 5215)

  J STRAUSS II: Enjoy Life Waltz - Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti (EMI CDC 5 56336)

  HANDEL: Joys of freedom, joys of pow'r, from Hercules - Jayne West (sop), Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo), Orchestra of Emmanuel Music/Craig Smith (Avie AV 2130)

  CHOPIN trans Liszt: My joys, from Polish Songs - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 411 055)

  TRAD arr Cleobury: Joys Seven - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell, Robert Quinney (org) (Hyperion CDA 67716)

  DEBUSSY orch Molinari: L'isle joyeuse - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9129)

• 7:00 PM. Christmastide

  GUILMANT: Paraphrase on a chorus from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus - Elisabeth Roloff (organ of the Franciscan Convent of St Catharina, Bethlehem) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 320 1345)

  PÄRT: Seven Magnificat-Antiphons - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 66960)

  PARRY: Ode on the Nativity - Teresa Cahill (sop), Bach Choir, Royal College of Music Chorus, London Phil/David Willcocks (Lyrita SRCD 270)

  REGER: Weihnachten Op 145/3 - Elisabeth Roloff (organ of the Franciscan Convent of St Catharina, Bethlehem) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 320 1345)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Katherine Wiles (sop), Carmel Carroll (mezzo), Brendon Mercer (ten), James Harrison (bass), Auckland Choral, Pipers Sinfonia/Peter Watts

  HANDEL: Messiah (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:15 PM. Day's End

  FERRER: Fantasy on the Quartet from Verdi's Rigoletto - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 446 090)

  PUCCINI arr Mikhashoff: Portrait of Madame Butterfly - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

  STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier - Ilkka Talvi (vln), Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3707)

  RACHMANINOV: Dances from Aleko - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc SACD 60670)

  11:00 SPOHR: Potpourri No 1 in G Op 5 on themes from Gaveaux's Le petit matelot - Dima Quartet, Moscow (Marco Polo 8.225316)

  FIBICH: Quintet in D for piano, clarinet, horn, violin & cello Op 42 - Endymion Ensemble (ASV CD DCA 943)

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