Friday 26 December 2008 Rāmere 26 Hakihea 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  TRAD: King Jesus hath a garden; Up! good Christian folk & listen; TRAD: Gabriel's message; Donkey carol; Wexford carol; Cradle song; Child in a manger; RUTTER: Mary's lullaby; TRAD: Ding Dong! merrily on high; Whence is this goodly fragrance? I saw a maiden; In dulci jubilo; DARKE: In the bleak mid-winter; TRAD: I saw three ships; The noble stem of Jesse; TCHAIKOVSKY: The crown of roses; POSTON: Jesus Christ the apple tree; PRAETORIUS: Omnis mundus jocundetur; TRAD: Wassail; The holly & the ivy - Choir & Orch of Clare College, Cambridge/John Rutter (Decca 425 500)

  Disc 2

  Christmas Organ Recital

  MARCHAND; DAQUIN; DANDRIEU; ROBERDAY; de GIGNY; GUILAIN; COUPERIN - Hans Otto (organ, Freiberg Cathedral) (Ars Vivendi 2100201)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 WAGNER trans Liszt: Tristan & Isolde, Prelude - Michel Dalberto (pno) (RCA 82876 603092)

  MOZART: Second movement, Andantino, from Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 - James Galway (fl), Marisa Robles (harp), London SO/Michael Tilson Thomas (RCA 74321 37731)

  CARSE: The Winton Suite - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)

  TELEMANN: Sonata in D, from The Constant Music Master - Passacaglia (Linn CKD 170)

  AUBER: Grand Pas Classique - English Concert Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 818)

  7:00 PÄRT: Christmas Lullaby - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Hespèrion XXI (Alia Vox AV 9826)

  CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary - Miroslav Kejmar (tpt), Jirina Pokorná (organ of St Clement's Church, Prague) (Vars VA 0006)

  PARRY: Symphonic Variations - London Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 6610)

  VIVALDI: Sinfonia in C RV111a - Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (dir) (Archiv 474 5092)

  BESSER: Summer Riffs - Besser Ensemble (Besser Music)

  RAVEL: Tzigane - Akiko Suwanai (vln), Philharmonia/Charles Dutoit (Philips 475 6189)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: PUCCINI: Crisantemi - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

  WEBER arr Konoe: Invitation to the Dance - Vienna-Berlin Ensemble (Sony SK 42175)

  COLBY: Ragtime Travesty on Il Trovatore - Paragon Ragtime Orch/Rick Benjamin (Dorian DIS 80107)

  MENDELSSOHN: Variations Concertantes in D Op 17 - António Meneses (cello), Gérard Wyss (pno) (Avie AV 2140)

  BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor BWV1056 - Maria João Pires (pno), Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation CO/Michel Corboz (Erato 4509 96949)

  DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (Sanctuary CD RSN 3046)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr Ellington: The Nutcracker Suite, excerpts - Duke Ellington & his orchestra (Columbia CK 46825)

  KORNGOLD: The Snowman, excerpts - Peter Manning (vln), BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9631)

  GOSS arr Rose: See, amid the winters' snow - Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, London/Malcolm Archer, Huw Williams (org) (Griffin GCCD 4051)

  ADDINSELL orch S Bernstein: A Christmas Carol Suite - Ambrosian Singers, Royal Phil/David Newman (Telarc CD 88801)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  DVORÁK: String Quartet No 11 in C Op 61 - Prazák Quartet (Praga PRD 350 046)

  COPLAND: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80339)

  JC BACH: Violin Concerto in C - Anna McDonald (vln), Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (dir) (CPO 999 627)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 1 in G minor Op 13, Winter Daydreams - Prague Radio SO/Vladimír Válek (Supraphon SU 3862)

• Noon Spring into Summer

  Spring into Summer

  V8 Vocal Ensemble: Virginia le Cren, Celia Aspey-Gordon (sops), Carolyn Medland, Judy Dale (contraltos), Albert Mataafa, Andrew Milner-White (tens), Rowan Johnston, David Squire (basses)

  HASSLER: Im Kühlen Maien; MENDELSSOHN: At Passiontide; On Ascension Day, from Six Anthems Op 79; TRAD arr Öhrwall: Drink to me only; TRAD arr Parry: Ciao Bella, Ciao; LENNON/MCCARTNEY arr Rathbone: Day tripper; LENNON/MCCARTNEY arr Ives: Ob-la-di Ob-la-da; LENNON/MCCARTNEY arr Runswick: Blackbird; LENNON/MCCARTNEY arr Gritton: With a little help from my friends; BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin; TRAD: Gaudete, from Piae Cantiones; CHILCOTT: The shepherd's carol; Nova! Nova!; MENDELSSOHN: In Advent; Christmas, from Six Anthems Op 79; BRAY: Sing with me, friends; LENNON/MCCARTNEY arr Rathbone: Fool on the hill; TRAD arr Hogan: This little light of mine; Elijah Rock; FRENCH: Phil the fluter's ball (recorded in the Aotea Chapel, Auckland by RNZ)

• 1:20 PM. The Zukerman Experience

  A guest artist in 2009 for the NZSO & CMNZ

  SCHUBERT: Rondo in A D438 - Pinchas Zukerman (vln/dir), St Paul CO (Philips 420 168)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 6 in D, Le Matin - English CO/Pinchas Zukerman (RCA 09026 62696)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in D, Goldfinch RV428 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (EMI 3 47212)

  BERLIOZ: D'amour l'ardente flame, from The Damnation of Faust - Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 443 378)

  BORNE: Fantaisie Brillante on Bizet's Carmen - David Shostac (fl), Anita Swearengin (pno) (Crystal CD 314)

  BACH: Christmas Oratorio, Part 2, Cantata for the Second Day of Christmas - Ruth Holton (sop), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Hans Peter Blochwitz (tens), Olaf Bär (bar), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 423 232) (Cantata No 3 tomorrow 10.00am)

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

• 3:00 PM. The Christmas Elf

  PFITZNER: Das Christelflein, an opera in two acts

  Christmas Elf...................... Marlis Petersen

  Christ Child........................ Martina Rüping

  Frieder Gumpach............... Kevin Connors

  Jochen............................... Christian Bauer

  Father Christmas................ Michael Volle

  Herr von Gumpach............. Andreas Hörl

  Old Fir Tree....................... Friedemann Röhlig

  Franz................................. Richard Salter

  Narrator............................ Andrea Sokol

  Tolz Boys' Choir, Munich Radio Orch/Claus Peter Flor (CPO 777 155)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Procession of the Sardar, from Caucasian Sketches Op 10 - Tasmanian SO/Shalom Ronly-Riklis (ABC Classics 464 194)

  REGER: Chorale Fantasia on Ein feste Burg Op 27 - Johannes Unger (organ of St Thomas' Church, Leipzig) (Priory PRCD 788)

  LIADOV: Baba-Yaga Op 56 - Mexican State Phil/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 657)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music - 16 soloists, London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI CDC 7 47218)

  DONIZETTI trans Stees: Una furtiva lagrima, from L'elisir d'amore - Barrick Stees (bsn), Sylvia Norris (harp) (Claves CD 50-9815)

  PURCELL arr Britten: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Romance, from The Gadfly - Janine Jansen (vln), Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Decca 475 011)

  NELSON: Savannah River Holiday, Overture - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68786)

  THOMSON: At the Beach - Håkan Hardenberger (cornet), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (Philips 422 344)

  BARBER: Dover Beach Op 3 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Belcea Quartet (EMI 5 58076)

  RICHARDSON: Beachcomber - RTE Concert Orch/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223522)

  BEACH: String Quartet Op 89 - members of Ambache (Chandos CHAN 10162)

  LILBURN: From the Port Hills - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)

  WAGNER: Rienzi, Overture - London Phil/Klaus Tennstedt (LPO 0003)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  2008 Gramophone Awards

  Artist of the Year - a triumph for violinist Hilary Hahn in the Gramophone's worldwide public vote

  MOZART: Violin Sonata No 35 in A K526 - Hilary Hahn (vln), Natalie Zhu (pno) (DG 477 5572)

  SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 - Hilary Hahn (vln), Swedish Radio SO/Esa-Pekka Salonen (DG 477 7346)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  A Christmas programme from Belgium

  Flemish Radio Chorus/Bo Holten, Ingrid Vandevelde (rec), Bart Naessens (organ of St Nicholas' Church, Ghent)

  BUXTEHUDE: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BuxWV221; MESSAUS: Laat ons met herten reyne; O salich heyligh Bethlehem; ANON: O herders laet uw boxkens en schapen, from Cantiones Natalitiae (1651); BACH: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV659; MESSAUS/ANON: Resonet in laudibus; Met desen nieuwen jaere; Dies est laetitiae; Hoe light ghy hier so coud; Puer nobis nascitur, from Vespers Laude; BACH: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225 (recorded in St Nicholas' Church, Ghent by Belgium Radio)

• 8:55 PM. BBC Legends

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 31 in Ab Op 110 - Rudolf Serkin (pno) (BBC Legends BBCL 4241)

  ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), BBC SO/Malcolm Sargent (BBC Legends BBCL 4244)

  CHERUBINI: Anacréon, Overture - BBC Northern SO/Pierre Monteux (rec 1960) (BBC BBCL 4112)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  ONSLOW: Nonet in A minor Op 77 - Ma'alot Quintet, Mandelring Quartet (CPO 777 151)

  FRIEDMAN: Menuetto in D, after Mozart's Divertimento in D for string quartet & two horns K334 - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67598)

  PIAZZOLLA: Double Concerto for bandoneón & guitar - Daniel Binelli (bandoneón), Eduardo Isaac (gtr), Montréal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 468 528)

  11:00 RAFF: String Quartet No 1 in D minor Op 77 - Quartetto di Milano (Tudor 7079)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 33 in C minor HobXVI/20 - Anja German (pno) (Divine Art DDV 24136)

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