Tuesday 23 December 2008 Rātū 23 Hakihea 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  TUBIN: Sinfonietta on Estonian Motifs; Concerto for piano & orchestra; Symphony No 7 - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 401)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances; JOACHIM: Andantino in A minor; Romance in Bb - Marat Bisengaliev (vln), John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.553026)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  Wolcum Yule

  Celtic and British Songs and Carols including TAVENER, BENNETT, BURGON, HENRY VIII, & BRITTEN - Andrew Lawrence-King (Irish & baroque harps/psaltery) (Harmonium Mundi HMU 90 7325)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  DECRÜCK: Saxophone Sonata in C#; DELVINCOURT: Croquembouches; SANCAN: Lamento et Rondo; Maurice: Tableaux de Provence; Köchlin: Etudes for saxophone and piano Op 188; DESENCLOS: Prélude, Cadence et Finale - Claude Delangle (sax), Odile Delangle (pno) (BIS CD 1130)

  4:35 (approx) - Disc 5

  RAWSTHORNE: Bagatelles; REYNOLDS: Two Poems in Homage to Delius; HOUGH: Valse Enigmatique Nos 1 & 2; ELGAR: In Smyrna; REYNOLDS: Two Poems in Homage to Fauré; BANTOCK arr Hough: Song to the seals; BOWEN: Reverie d'amour Op 20/2; Serious Dance Op 51/2; The way to Polden (an ambling tune) Op 76; BRIDGE: The dew fairy; Heart's ease; LEIGHTON: Six Studies (Study-Variations) Op 56 - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67267)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro in the style of Gaetano Pugnani - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Fleurs de Lys FL 2 3159)

  H WOOD: Montmartre, from Paris Suite - Southern Festival Orch/Robin White (Flyback FBCD 2005)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 5 in Bb - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)

  WEISS: Lute Concerto in F - Richard Stone (lute/dir), Tempesta di Mare instrumental group (Chandos CHAN 0707)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Toward the Unknown Region - Royal Liverpool Phil Choir & Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.557798)

  7:00 NORDQVIST: Yule, Yule sparkling Yule - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (DG 477 5725)

  ROSSINI: Il Signor Bruschino, Overture - Chicago SO/Fritz Reiner (RCA 60387 2 RG)

  ALWYN: Green Hills - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.570359)

  HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 - Marisa Robles (harp), ASMF/Iona Brown (Decca 425 723)

  MARTINU: Serenade No 2 for strings - Prague Philharmonia/Jirí Belohlávek (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1951)

  BALAKIREV: In Bohemia - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 9667)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: RACHMANINOV: 18th Variation, from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Bernd Glemser (pno), Polish National Radio SO/Antoni Wit (Warner 8573 80438)

  MOZART after Bach: Three-part Adagio & Fugue No 3 in F K404a, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 - Grumiaux Trio (Philips 416 485)

  KETÈLBEY: In a Persian Market - New Symphony Orch of London/Robert Sharples (Decca 452 987)

  CHOPIN: Polonaise in D minor Op 71/1 - Samson François (pno) (EMI 2 12695)

  STANFORD: Fantasy No 1 in G minor - Robert Plane (cl), Lucy Gould, Mia Cooper (vlns), David Adams (vla), Alice Neary (cello) (Naxos 8.570416)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No 1 in A Op 20 - Liviu Prunaru (vln), Paris Orchestral Ensemble/Lawrence Foster (Claves CD 50-2210)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  RUBBRA: Advent Cantata, Natum Maria Virgine Op 136 - Stephen Varcoe (bar), ASMF Chorus, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9847)

  TORELLI: Concerto a quattro per il santo natale Op 8/6, Christmas Concerto - Virginia Moore (hpschd), Northwest CO, Seattle/Alun Francis (Hyperion CDH 55048)

  PURCELL: Behold, I bring you glad tidings - Matthew White (countertenor), Julian Podger (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Capella Brugensis, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense/Patrick Peire (Eufoda 1329)

  GUILMANT: Final alla Schumann sur un noel languedocien - Ian Tracey (organ of Liverpool Cathedral), BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHSA 5048)

  McDOWALL: Christus natus est - Rachel Nicholls (sop), Canterbury Chamber Choir, Parmiter's Senior Singers, Orchestra Nova/George Vass (Dutton CDLX 7146)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in Bb, from Tafelmusik - Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 427 619)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 19 in C minor D958 - Anja German (pno) (Divine Art DDV 24136)

  GRØNDAHL: Trombone Concerto - Jesper Juul (tbn), Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Dacapo 6.220526)

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica - Stuttgart Radio SO/Roger Norrington (Hänssler CD 93.085)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  TRAD arr Gauntlett: Once in royal David's city - Robin Barter (treble), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury, David Briggs (org) (Decca 460 400)

  LISZT: Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth S362; La lugubre gondola S134 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (pno) (RCA 09026 68290)

  TRAD arr Sullivan/Hughes: It came upon a midnight clear - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 207)

  HUMMEL: Piano Septet No 2 in C Op 114, Septet Militaire - Capricorn (Hyperion CDA 66396)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (rec 1968) (DG 447 413)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 9 in E minor - London Phil/Adrian Boult (rec 1969) (EMI CDC 7 47217)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  CHILDS: O magnum mysterium - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2065)

  DEBUSSY: La plus que lente - Anthony Ferner (fl), Gerard Willems (pno) (Anthony Ferner)

  J STAMITZ: Symphony in Eb - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553194)

  HOUGHTON: Stélé - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1000)

  BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes - New Zealand SO/Myer Fredman (Naxos 8.553107)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  COLERIDGE-TAYLOR arr Baynes: Christmas Overture - BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Naxos 8.570331)

  BACH: Oboe d'amore Concerto in A BWV1055a - Burkhard Glaetzner (ob d'amore/dir), Mitteldeutscher Bach Konvent (Berlin Classics 1609 BC)

  ELGAR: Elegy Op 58 - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)

  HAYDN: Baryton Trio No 14 in D - Rincontro (Alpha 128)

  PALMGREN: Sleigh Ride, from Pictures from Finland Op 24 - Turku Phil/Jacques Mercier (Finlandia 4509 95706)

  RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2; Lilacs Op 21/5 - Sergei Rachmaninov (pno roll) (Telarc CD 80489)

  LEWIS: Rosa Mundi - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)

  BRITTEN: Five Flower Songs Op 47 - Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1516)

  HELSTED/PAULLI: Pas de deux, from The Flower Festival in Genzano - Aalborg SO/Peter Ernst Lassen (Danachord DACOCD 631-639)

  SUNG: Dance of the White Lotus Under the Silver Moon - Susan Glaser (fl), Emily Mitchell (harp) (Koch International 3-7497)

  RAMEAU: Les Fleurs, from Les Indes galantes - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 475 7780)

  WOOD: Roses of Picardy - Felicity Lott (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66937)

  J STRAUSS II: Wild Roses, Waltz Op 42 - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Mika Eichenholz (Marco Polo 8.223471)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  8:00 Alleluia: a newë work!

  Baroque Voices/Pepe Becker (dir)

  A programme juxtaposing medieval and early renaissance music with contemporary New Zealand works by Mark Smythe, Richard Walley, Helen Bowater, Carol Shortis, Pepe Becker and Jack Body (recorded in Wellington Cathedral of St Paul by RNZ)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

Next day - Wed 24

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