Monday 21 December 2009 Rāhina 21 Hakihea 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances Nos 1, 3, 5; CHABRIER: España-Rhapsodie; BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor; GRAINGER: Irish Tune from County Derry; RAVEL: Boléro - Sydney SO/Stuart Challender (ABC 426289)

  1:00 (approx) - Disc 2

  Neo Medieval

  Medieval improvisations on works by MACHAUT, CICONIA, SENLECHES, de la HALLE, LESCUREL - Hesperus: Tina Chancey (vielles, rebec, kamerj, lyra, recorders), Grant Herreid (lutes, saz, psaltery, recorders), Scott Reiss (recorders, hammered dulcimer, dombek, nakara) (Dorian DIS 80155)

  2:15 (approx) - Disc 3

  TRAD arr Watts: The sans day carol; God rest you merry gentlemen; It came upon the midnight clear; The holly and the ivy; TRAD arr Skeaping: Oh Christmas now is drawing near at hand; TRAD arr Skeaping: We've been awhile a-wandering; PLAYFORD arr Skeaping: The Waits; TRAD arr Skeaping: Lully lulla thou little tiny child; Good people all this Christmastime; Sweet was the song the Virgin sang; English Dance; Angelus ad Virginem; Hail Mary full of grace; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; The Furry Day Carol; The boar's head in hand bear I; Fy, nay, prithee John; Cold winter is come; Deck the halls with boughs of holly; PLAYFORD arr Skeaping: All hail to the days; TRAD arr Skeaping: As it fell out upon one day; TRAD arrWatts/Lewin: Angels from the realm of glory; TRAD arr Watts: Ding dong! merrily on high; ANON arr Watts:Unto us a boy is born; TRAD arr Watts: On Christmas night - Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band, Sneak's Noyse (Portrait PCL 1007)

  3:15 (approx) - Disc 4

  SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke Op 12; Papillons Op 2; Carnaval Op 9 - George-Emmanuel Lazaridis (pno) (Somm SOMM CD 024)

  4:30 (approx) - Disc 5

  WIENER: Concerto for accordion and orchestra; Sonata for violoncello and piano; Concerto for orchestra and one principal piano - Gilbert Roussel (accordion), Jean Weiner, Jacqueline Robin (pnos), Pierre Pénassou (cello), orchestral accompaniment/André Girard (Arion ARN 68186)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Hymn to the Sun, from The Golden Cockerel - Nina Kotova (cello), Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (Philips 462 612)

  GOSSEC: Tambourin; Gavotte - Anthony Ferner (fl), Gerard Willems (pno) (Anthony Ferner)

  att PERGOLESI: Concerto in C for two harpsichords & strings - Emer Buckley (hpschd), Claudio Scimone (hpschd/dir), I Solisti Veneti (Erato ECD 88172)

  SALZEDO: Variations on a theme in the old style - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80581)

  HERSCHEL: Symphony No 17 in C - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

  7:00 STRAUSS: Die Heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop), Berlin Radio SO/George Szell (EMI CDC 7 47276)

  RAVEL: Piece in the form of a Habanera - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

  BRAHMS: Einförmig ist der Liebe Gram Op 113/13 - women of Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 704)

  GIBBS: Peacock Pie - Martin Roscoe (pno), Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67316)

  BARRIOS MANGORE: The Cathedral - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1000)

  J STRAUSS II: North Sea Pictures, Waltz Op 390 - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 2020 601)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: TRAD arr Dragon: Shenandoah - Virginia Symphony/JoAnn Falletta (Albany TROY 589)

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

  WILDER arr Rosenthal: Suite No 1 for tuba & orchestra, Effie the Elephant - Peter Whish-Wilson (tuba), Adelaide SO/David Stanhope (ABC 476 5251)

  MARTINU: Rhythmic Etudes - Bohuslav Matousek (vln), Petr Adamec (pno) (Supraphon SU 3950)

  MYERS: Cavatina, from The Deer Hunter - Norbert Kraft (gtr) (Naxos 8.554400)

  M PHILLIPS: A Shakespearean Scherzo, Titania & her Elvish Court - BBC Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7140)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide: music for the festive season

  BASSANI: Vespers for the Christmas Vigil, Part 1, with motets by Legrenzi - Salomé Haller, Mercedes Hernandez, Brigitte Vinson (sops), Thierry Dagon (countertenor), Stephan van Dyck (ten), Stephan Imboden (bass), Le Parlement de Musique/Martin Gester (Accord 476 9653) (Part 2 tomorrow at 9.00am)

• 10:10 AM. The Works

  KORNGOLD: Sursum Corda Op 13 - BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10432)

  SPOHR: String Quartet No 33 in G Op 146 - Dima Quartet, Moscow (Marco Polo 8.225316)

  A RITCHIE: Flute Concerto Op 56 - Alexa Still (fl), Auckland CO/Peter Scholes (Atoll ACD 129)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 1 in Eb Op 2 - French National Radio Orch/Jean Martinon (EMI 5 85186)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Modo Antiquo

  VIVALDI: Arsilda, Queen of Pontus, Overture - Modo Antiquo/Federico Maria Sardelli (CPO 999 740)

  A SCARLATTI: Cantata, Io son Neron, l'imperator del mondo - Elisabeth Scholl (sop), Modo Antiquo/Federico Maria Sardelli (CPO 777 141)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV232 - Anton Steck (vln), Modo Antiquo/Federico Maria Sardelli (Naïve OP 30427)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Suite - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 410 873)

  RUTTER: There is a flower; Candlelight Carol - Ruth Holton (sop), Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 106)

  SEVCIK: Blue-eyed maiden Op 10/1 - Pavel Sporcl (vln), Petr Jiríkovsky (pno) (Supraphon SU 3621-2 131)

  VERDI: Stride la vampa! from Il Trovatore - Stefania Toczyska (mezzo), Royal Opera House Chorus & Orch, Covent Garden/Colin Davis (Decca 467 128)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight - Misha Dichter (pno) (PentaTone PTC 5186 124)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  M HAYDN: Violin Concerto in A - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), Concertgebouw Orch/Edo de Waart (rec 1969) (Philips 475 7825)

  SCHUBERT: Violin Sonata in A D574; Violin Sonatina in D D384 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), Paul Crossley (pno) (rec 1977) (Philips 475 7825)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)

  RIVE: And is there care in heaven?; WELLS: Blow me eyes - Auckland University Festival Choir/Peter Godfrey (Kiwi CD SLD 108)

  FARR: Kembang Suling - Jeremy Fitzsimons (marimba), Bridget Douglas (fl) (Trust MMT 2058)

  MOZART: Sola, sola in buio loco, from Don Giovanni - Kiri Te Kanawa, Malvina Major, Tracey King (sops), Richard Greager (ten), Rodney Macann, Conal Coad (basses), Chelsea Opera Group Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite (Kiwi CD SLC 217)

  LOVREGLIO: Fantasia on Verdi's La Traviata - Mark Walton (cl), Paul Bateman (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 001)

  ELGAR: Coronation March Op 65 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  HAYDN: L'Infedeltà delusa, Sinfonia - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)

  VIEUXTEMPS: Souvenir d'Amérique, Variations on Yankee Doodle Op 17 - Caroline Goulding (vln), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Telarc CD 80744)

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

  KREISLER trans Rachmaninov: Liebesleid; RACHMANINOV: Melodie Op 3/3 - Sergei Rachmaninov (pno roll) (Telarc CD 80489)

  BOCCHERINI: Oboe Quintet in G G431 - Lajos Lencsés (ob), Parisii Quartet (Capriccio 10 454)

  VIERNE: Berceuse Op 31/19, from 24 Pièces en stile libre - Eugene Lavery (organ of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland) (Holy Trinity Cathedral)

  WEBER: Ruler of the Spirits, Overture - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 475 8140)

  PURCELL: Ye gentle spirits of the air - Emma Kirkby (sop), Anthony Rooley (lute) (L'Oiseau-Lyre 417 123)

  SULLIVAN: Chorus of Lake Spirits, from King Arthur - RTE Chamber Choir & Concert Orch/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.223635)

  HAMILTON: Pioneer Spirit, Darling Johnny O; Soon may the Wellerman come; New Zealand whales; My man's gone; David Lowston - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5007)

  GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Claude Monteux (fl), London SO/Pierre Monteux (Decca 475 7798)

  HILDEGARD OF BINGEN interpreted by Richard Souther: Fire of the Spirit - Sister Germaine Fritz (sop), Katie McMahon, Nóirín Ní Riain (vocalists), Richard Souther (keyboards) (Sony SK 62853)

  ADDINSELL arr Lane: Prelude & Waltz, from the film music to Blithe Spirit - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (ASV White Line CD WHL 2115)

• 7:00 PM. Christmastide: music for the festive season

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

  PRAETORIUS: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland - Bremen Baroque Consort/Manfred Cordes (CPO 777 327)

  LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in F minor Op 1/8, Christmas - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1889)

  FLEURY: Variations sur un Noël bourguignon - Elisabeth Roloff (organ of the Franciscan Convent of St Catharina, Bethlehem) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 320 1345)

  ADDINSELL arr S Bernstein: Scrooge, Suite - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (ASV White Line CD WHL 2115)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Madeleine Pierard (sop), Nicola Hooper (mezzo), Edmund Hintz (ten), Hadleigh Adams (bar), Tudor Consort, Wellington Orch/Michael Stewart

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

• 10:10 PM. Day's End

  JACOB: Suite for bassoon & string quartet - Fibonacci Sequence (Deux-Elles DXL 1104)

  PROKOFIEV: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 58 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Russian State SO/Valery Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9890)

  11:00 MENDELSSOHN: Piano Sextet in D Op 110 - Jaromir Klepác (pno), Pavel Hula (vln), Josef Kluson, Zbynek Padourek (vlas), Václav Bernásek (cello), Jirí Hudec (dbass) (Praga PRD 250 221)

  FESCA: Flute Quartet in G Op 38 - Linos Ensemble (CPO 777 126)

Next day - Tue 22

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