Tuesday 30 December 2008 Rātū 30 Hakihea 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  ROSSINI: String Sonata No 1 in G; Variations for clarinet & string quartet; String Sonata No 3 in C; Serenata; String Sonata No 6 in D; Variations for clarinet & chamber orchestra - Dimitri Ashkenazy (cl), Bologna State Theatre Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 433 701)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  PIAZZOLLA: Concerto for bandoneón, strings & percussion; ROTA: Concerto for strings; WAXMAN: Sinfonetta for string orchestra & timpani; HEIDEN: Concertino for string orchestra - Lothar Hensel (bandoneón), Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (Capriccio 10 565)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  RUTTER: Silent night; HOWELLS: Sing lullaby; WALTON: All this time; GRIEG: Ave, maris stella; CORNELIUS: Die könige; PÄRT: O morgenstern; Magnificat; RUTTER: Nativity carol; GRAINGER/PERNIA: The Sussex mummer's carol; BRITTEN: Hymn to the Virgin; LEIGHTON: Lully, lulla, thou tiny little child; RUTTER: Away in a manger; LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium; WARLOCK: Bethlehem Down; HOWELLS: A spotless rose; BRITTEN: Chorale after an old French carol; WALTON: What cheer?; WARLOCK arr Carter: Lullaby my Jesus; RUTTER: Shepherd's pipe carol - Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Layton (Hyperion Noel 2)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  C SCHUMANN: Three Preludes & Fugues Op 16; BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Op 9; SCHUNCKE: Grande Sonata in G minor Op 3; SCHUMANN: Toccata Op 7; Songs of Dawn Op 133 - Sylviane Deferne (pno) (CBC MVCD 1078)

  4:55 (approx) - Disc 5

  Landmarks

  ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No 4; MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Wedding March; OFFENBACH: Tales of Hoffman, Intermezzo and Barcarolle; KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, Sabre Dance; ELGAR: Enigma Variations, Nimrod; SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture; SIBELIUS: Finlandia; SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ, Poco adagio; OFFENBACH: Gaité Parisienne, Can-Can; MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo; KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia; GINASTERA: Estancia, Malambo - Martin Setchell (org), Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 JC BACH: Symphony in E Op 18/5 - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 752)

  GERMAN: Suite for Flute & Piano - Celia Redgate (fl), Michael Dussek (pno) (Divine Art DDA 25061)

  BARBER: Summer Music - Galliard Ensemble (BBC BBC MM 243)

  ALWYN: Cricketty Mill - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.570359)

  GLAZUNOV: Mélodie Op 20/1 - Han-Na Chang (cello), St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (EMI 3 82390)

  7:00 TRAD: Sussex Carol - Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom, with organ accompaniment (Portrait PCL 1002)

  ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in C Op 9/5 - Stefan Schilli (ob), Stuttgart CO/Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics 92791)

  MUSTONEN: Three Simple Pieces - Martti Rousi (cello), Olli Mustonen (pno) (Finlandia 4509 95860)

  BERWALD: Serious & joyful fancies - Gävle SO/Petri Sakari (Naxos 8.555370)

  MENDELSSOHN: Fugues for string quartet, in D minor; in F; in G minor; C minor - Vogler Quartet (Profil PH 04091)

  CHOPIN: Barcarolle in F# Op 60 - Samson François (pno) (EMI 2 12695)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: DELIBES: Flower Duet, from Lakmé - Mady Mesplé (sop), Danielle Millet (mezzo), National Opera Orch/Alain Lombard (EMI 7 94431)

  RÓZSA trans Rózsa/Palmer: Andante for strings - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7379)

  GRANADOS arr Miolin: Oriental, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Anders Miolin (gtr) (BIS CD 1116)

  ELLSTEIN: Hassidic Dance - David Krakauer (cl), Berlin Radio SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559403)

  VERACINI: Sonata in E minor Op 2/8 - Locatelli Trio (Hyperion CDS 44241/3)

  RAVEL: La Valse - London SO/Pierre Monteux (Decca 475 7798)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  LILBURN: A Musical Offering - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2054)

  HAMILTON: Christmas Bells; I know Moonrise; Nunc Dimittis - Opus 1997/David Hamilton (David Hamilton)

  WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5060)

  ROSSINI: Échantillon du chant de Noël à l'italienne, from Sins of Old Age Book 9 - Marco Sollini (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10190)

  LEIGHTON: A Christmas Caroll - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell, Robert Quinney (org) (Hyperion CDA 67716)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in F, Alster Echo TWV55/F11 - American Horn Quartet, Sinfonia Varsovia/Dariusz Wisniewski (Naxos 8.557747)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 22 in Eb K482 - Jonathan Biss (pno), Orpheus CO (EMI 2 17270)

  CRAS: Quintet for flute, harp & string trio - Linos Harp Quintet (Hänssler CD 93.175)

  ALFVÉN: Symphony No 3 in E Op 23 - Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi (Brilliant Classics 8974)

• Noon Summer Sonic

  Martin Snell

  William Dart talks to the Europe-based New Zealand bass who was in the country earlier this year for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's performance of Salome (RNZ)

• 1:10 PM. Mainland Musicians

  A RITCHIE: From the Southern Marches, Prelude - City of Dunedin Choir, Dunedin Sinfonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Private recording)

  WAGNER: Album Leaf for Frau Betty Schott - Terence Dennis (pno) (Ode CD MANU 2038)

  HILL arr Vidulich: Viola Concerto 1910 - Donald Maurice (vla), Massey CO (Hill Records 002)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 13 in Eb Op 27/1, Sonata quasi una fantasia - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2001)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  FIALA: Oboe Concerto in Bb - Ingo Goritzki (ob), Polish Chamber Phil/Wojciech Rajski (Claves CD 50-9018)

  HAMILTON: A Child comes forth, Eia, Jesus hodie; A Child of the snows; As I sat on a sunny bank; A Christmas lullaby; Welcome to Heaven's King - Key Cygnetures/Elise Bradley, Helen Webby (harp), Rowan Johnston (percussion) (RNZ)

  SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C D760, Wanderer - Murray Perahia (pno) (CBS MK 42124)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  GRIEG: Cello Sonata in A minor Op 36 - Claude Starck (cello), Ricardo Requejo (pno) (rec 1976) (Claves CD 50-703)

  LALO: Cello Concerto in D minor - André Navarra (cello), Czech Phil/Constantin Silvestri (rec 1953) (Supraphon SU 3514-2 001)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  WAGNER: Prelude & Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (RNZ)

  MCLEOD: I have no name; Can I see another's woe?; Sound the flute, from Through the World, based on three poems from Blake's Songs of Innocence - Margaret Medlyn (mezzo), Bruce Greenfield (pno) (Kiwi CD SLD 110)

  SALZEDO: Quietude - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)

  HILL: String Quartet No 1 in Bb, Maori - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  KURPINSKI: The Czorsztyn Castle, Overture - Das Neue Orchester/Christoph Spering (Opus 111 OPS 30-270)

  FIELD: Rondo in Ab - Míceál O'Rourke (pno), London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10468)

  DUARTE: English Suite Op 31 - Antigoni Goni (gtr) (Naxos 8.554554)

  WIENIAWSKI: Scherzo-Tarentelle in G minor Op 16 - Ruggiero Ricci (vln), Joanna Gruenberg (pno) (RegisC 1249)

  VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in C RV447 - Burkhard Glaetzner (ob), Berlin CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Berlin Classics 1386 BC)

  HOLST: Brook Green Suite - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Alto ALC 1013)

  IBERT: Three Short Pieces for wind quintet - Berlin Phil/Wind Quintet (BIS CD 536)

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr Meshchaninov: Melody, from Souvenir d'un lieu cher - Vytautas Sondeckis (cello), Lithuanian CO/David Geringas (Naxos 8.554381)

  MENDELSSOHN: Fantasy on The Last Rose of Summer Op 15 - Esther Budiardjo (pno) (ProPiano PPR 224 524)

  ROSE: Holiday for Strings - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67067)

  TRAD arr Leon: My love is like a red, red rose - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)

  A SCARLATTI: Giardino di Rose, Overture - John Wallace, John Miller (tpts), Philharmonia/Simon Wright (Nimbus NI 1757)

  KHAPANTSI: In praise of the beauty of a rose - Armenuhi Seiranian (sop), Naira Kajoyan (fl), Sharakan Grigor Danielian (Celestial Harmonies 13116)

  ELLINGTON arr Distler: A single petal of a rose - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 460 811)

  J STRAUSS II: Roses from the South, Waltz - London SO/John Georgiadis (IMP PCD 902)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  8:00 Flight & Dutchman

  Recent music from the Netherlands & New Zealand

  Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp), Arnold Marinissen (perc)

  ANDRIESSEN: Padovana di Don Chisciotte; GENDALL: Dita; FARR: From Forgotten Forests; NORRIS: 14 Islands (première performance); OFFERMANS: Hinomi; KOETSIER: Tänzerische Impressionen; DE VRIES: Impromptu; TAN DUN: In Distance (recorded in the City Gallery, Wellington by RNZ)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

Next day - Wed 31

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