Wednesday 24 December 2008 Rāapa 24 Hakihea 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  WALFORD DAVIES: March Past of the Royal Air Force; GLYN: Legend of the Lake, Suite for Small Orchestra; HARTY: Londonderry Air; Field: Rondo in Ab; HAMILTON: Overture 1912; FANSHAW: Theme from Tarka the Otter; Serenata: Mother and Child; SLASKI: Frank Lloyd Wright Suite - London SO/Neil Thomson; Royal Ballet Orch; City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (Whiteline CD WHL 2149)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  HAYDN: Piano Trios, No 43 in C HobXV/27; No 44 in E HobXV/28; No 45 in Eb HobXV/29; No 42 in Eb HobXV/30 - Robert Levin (fpno), Vera Beth (vln), Anner Bylsma (cello) (Sony SK 53120)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  Once As I Remember

  The Story of Christmas in readings and music based on the Springhead Christmas Play including plainsong, motets by PALESTRINA, BASSANO, SWEELINCK, BYRD, DERING, WEELKES, TAVENER, GARDNER, ARMSTRONG, BÁRDOS, HOWELLS, SCHÜTZ, and traditional carols - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 462 050)

  3:40 (approx) - Disc 4

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Sonata in D minor Op 40; PROKOFIEV: Cello Sonata in C Op 119; BRITTEN: Cello Sonata in C Op 65 - Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Dejan Lazić (pno) (Channel Classics CCS20098)

  4:50 (approx) - Disc 5

  CPE BACH: Keyboard Concertos, in G minor H409; in A H411; in D H421 - Miklós Spányi (hpschd), Concerto Armonico (BIS CD 767)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 AVISON: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 9/8 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (Divine Art DDA 21211)

  CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 62 - Rafal Blechacz (pno) (DG 477 6592)

  WOLF-FERRARI: Prelude & Intermezzo from I Quattro Rusteghi - Royal Phil/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 861)

  GUASTAVINO: Sonata No 1 - Victor Villadangos (gtr) (Naxos 8.555058)

  WAGENSEIL: Symphony in F WV398 - Stuttgart CO/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 777 112)

  7:00 BACH: In dulci jubilo BWV368 - Gächinger Kantorei, Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium, Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling (Hänssler CD 98.428)

  HANSON: Pastorale for oboe, harp & strings Op 38 - Randall Ellis (ob), Susan Jolles (harp), New York Chamber Symphony of the 92nd Street Y/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3105)

  JACOBI: Fantasy on Hérold's Zampa - Barrick Stees (bsn), Randall Fusco (pno) (Claves CD 50-9815)

  KONIGSPERGER: Pastorella in F Op 18/8 - Vienna Capella Academia/Eduard Melkus, Franz Haselböck (org) (Hänssler CD 94.052)

  LANE: Mendelssohniana - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2142)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: G CHARPENTIER: Depuis le jour, from Louise - Lucia Popp (sop), Munich Radio Orch/Kurt Eichhorn (Acanta 43326)

  FAURÉ: Valse Caprice No 3 in Gb Op 59 - Jean-Claude Pennetier (pno) (Mirare MIR 072)

  PURCELL: Two Christmas Interludes, from Behold, I bring you glad tidings - Virginia Moore (hpschd), Northwest CO, Seattle/Alun Francis (Hyperion CDH 55048)

  POPPER: Once in fairer days Op 64/1; Gavotte Op 67/2; Papillon Op 3/4 - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Gerhard Markson (Naxos 8.554657)

  WIENIAWSKI: Grand duo polonais Op 8 - Piotr Janowski (vln), Wolfgang Plagge (pno) (2L 30)

  HEUBERGER: The Opera Ball, Overture - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 185)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  BRUMEL: Nato canunt omnia - New London Chamber Choir/James Wood (Amon Ra CD SAR 56)

  LISZT arr Collins: The Christmas Tree Suite, excerpts - Rebecca Turner (vln), BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Naxos 8.570331)

  LUTOSLAWSKI: Polish Christmas Carols, excerpts - Julia Doyle (sop), Philharmonia Chorus, BBC SO/David Zinman (RCA 88697 11561)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 4 in C minor D417, Tragic - Berlin Phil/Karl Böhm (DG 419 318)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Piano Quintet in C minor - Schubert Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 10465)

  BARBER: Cello Concerto Op 22 - Jan Vogler (cello), Saarbrücken Radio SO/Thomas Sanderling (Berlin Classics 1767 BC)

  KODÁLY: Háry János Suite - Hungarian State SO/Adam Fischer (Nimbus NI 7081)

• Noon Disc 5

  Joy to the World: a selection from the Novello Book of Carols - Worcester Cathedral Choir, Worcester Festival Choral Society/Donald Hunt, Adrian Partington (org) (Hyperion CDH 55161)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  SCHUMANN: Introduction & Allegro Op 134 - Michel Dalberto (pno), Vienna SO/Eliahu Inbal (Denon CO/75859)

  GRUBER arr Bowers-Broadbent: Silent Night - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell (Hyperion CDA 67716)

  DOWLAND: The Right Honourable Ferdinando Earl of Derby, his Galliard; Sir Henry Guilforde, his Almain, from Varietie of Lute Lessons, London 1610; The Frog Galliard, from The Dowland Lute Book 1610 - Jakob Lindberg (lute) (Brilliant Classics 93698)

  TRAD arr Rutter: Wexford Carol; GRIFFITHS: Annunciation; VILLETTE: Hymne à la Vierge - Iain Tetley (ten), Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 207)

  FRANCK: Symphonic Variations - Jorge Bolet (pno), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 421 714)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 3 in D Op 29, Polish - Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti (rec 1977) (EMI CDC 7 47868)

  Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (rec 1978) (EMI CDC 7 47106)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  GOUNOD: O divine redeemer - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Barry Rose (Philips 412 629)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 67 - Gagliano Trio (Kiwi TRL 016)

  GOFFIN: Rhapsody in Brass - Woolston Brass David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture - Scottish CO/Joseph Swensen (Linn CKD 216)

  IVES arr Hillier: A Christmas carol - Theatre of Voices/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMX 297 7079)

  ABEL: Symphony in Eb Op 7/6 - Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd (dir) (Chandos CHAN 8648)

  ROUSSEL: Joueurs de flûte Op 27 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Love Derwinger (pno) (BIS SACD 1639)

  Josef STRAUSS: Feuerfest - Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (SCL)

  MACDOWELL: Witches' Dance Op 17/2 - Stephen Prutsman (pno), National SO of Ireland/Arthur Fagen (Naxos 8.559049)

  BELLINATI: Jongo - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1000)

  JC BACH: Symphony in F Op 8/4 - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (Carus 83.307)

  ROSSINI: Ai capricci della sorte io so far l'indifferente, from An Italian Girl in Algiers - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Bryn Terfel (bbar), St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Myung-Whun Chung (Decca 458 928)

  ARNOLD: River Kwai March, from the film The Bridge on the River Kwai - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9100)

  HEAD: By the River in Spring - Celia Redgate (fl), Michael Dussek (pno) (Divine Art DDA 25061)

  MUSSORGSKY: Dawn on the Moscow River, Prelude from Khovanshchina, Act 1 - Leningrad Phil/Evgeny Mravinsky (Melodiya 74321 25189)

  TRAD arr Kondonassis: Small River Flowing - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80488)

  OFFENBACH: Le Fleuve d'or - Marco Sollini (pno) (CPO 777 161)

  KERN: Ol' man River, from Show Boat - Willard White (bass), London Phil/Franz Welser-Möst (EMI CDC 5 56465)

  J STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus, Overture - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Teldec 8.43240)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  2008 Gramophone Awards

  Recording of the Year

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, No 5 in C minor Op 10/1; No 19 in G minor Op 49/1; No 32 in C minor Op 111 - Paul Lewis (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMV 90 1909.11)

• 8:00 PM. Sing a New Song for Christmas

  The international broadcaster and conductor Brian Kay presents a special edition of his programme Sing a New Song. In celebration of the rich variety of new music especially for Christmas, he includes works by Howard Goodall, John Tavener, Henryk Górecki, Judith Weir and our own David Hamilton, among many others (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Christmas Eve, Suite - Malaysian Phil/Kees Bakels (BIS CD 1577)

  SPOHR: Clarinet Concerto No 3 in F minor WoO19 - Michael Collins (cl), Swedish CO/Robin O'Neill (Hyperion CDA 67561)

  11:00 KIEL: Piano Quartet No 2 in E Op 44 - Ulrike-Anima Mathé (vln), Hariolf Schlichtig (vla), Xenia Jankovic (cello), Oliver Triendl (pno) (CPO 777 076)

  M-A CHARPENTIER: Messe de minuit - BBC Singers, London Baroque Soloists/Stephen Cleobury, Stephen Farr (org) (BBC Music MM 76)

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