Schedule for Wednesday 23 December 2009

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1
KABALEVSKY: Romeo & Juliet Suite; Comedians' Suite; Colas Breugnon Suite - Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian (ASV CD DCA 967)
1:10 (approx) - Disc 2
TELEMANN: Oboe Sonatas, in Bb; in G minor, from Tafelmusik; HANDEL: Oboe Sonata in C minor Op 1/8; TELEMANN: Oboe Sonata in A minor; HANDEL: Oboe Sonatas, in Bb, Fitzwilliam; in G minor Op 1/6; TELEMANN: Oboe Sonatas, in E minor; in G minor; HANDEL: Oboe Sonata in F Op 1/5 - Marilyn Zupnik (ob), Mark Shuman (cello), Raymond Leppard (hpschd) (ASV CD DCA 663)
2:20 (approx) - Disc 3
PRAETORIUS: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen; VICTORIA: O magnum mysterium; TRAD: In dulci jubilo; DESPREZ: O virgo virginum; TRAD arr Scheidt/Bach: O Jesulein suss, O Jesulein mild; HANDEL: Hodie Christus natus est; Mirabile mysterium; ANON: Verbum caro factum est; GUERRERO: A un nino llorando; HOWELLS: Here is the little door; SAMTZ: Noel canon; TRAD arr Willcocks: Quelle est cette odeur agreable; TRAD arr Ribo: El Noi de la Mare; IVES: A Christmas Carol; BILLINGS: A virgin unspotted; HOLST: In the bleak mid-winter; TRAD arr Jennings: Glory to the newborn king; GRUBER: Silent night - Chanticleer/Joseph Jennings (Teldec 4509-94563)
3:30 (approx) - Disc 4
PATITUCCI: Tell Tale; JOBIM: Chovendo Na Roseira; HART: I will rise again; DJAVAN: Lei; HOLST: In the bleak midwinter; PATITUCCI: Three Faces; SOUZA: Now the river; PATITUCCI: Soulmate; Rhapsodic Journey; RODGERS: It never entered my mind; PATITUCCI: Love eternal; COLTRANE: Wise one - various artists (Concord Records CCD 2149)
4:30 (approx) - Disc 5
CATALINI: Impressioni, 10 Pieces; Se tu sapessi; Scherzo-tarantella; Aspirazione; Ricordi di Lugano; A Sera; Eleganza; Notturno; Contemplazione; Loreley - Pietro Spada (pno) (ASV CD DCA 921)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 HAYDN: Le Pescatrici, Sinfonia - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)
ALBÉNIZ: Cádiz; Granada; Seville, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5007)
VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), members of the Berlin Phil (EMI 5 57647)
CHOPIN: Scherzo No 4 in E Op 54 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)
JC BACH: Symphony in G Op 6/1 - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (Carus 83.307)
7:00 TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: This is the truth sent from above - Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (Portrait PCL 1002)
NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Overture - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (Resonance CD RSN 3023)
SARASATE: Gypsy Airs Op 20 - Joshua Bell (vln), Royal Phil/Andrew Litton (Decca 433 519)
GINASTERA: Malambo, from Estancia - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)
VIERNE: Carillon de Westminster Op 54/6, from Fantasy Pieces, Suite No 3 - Andrew Cantrill (organ of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul) (Trust MMT 2032)
LEHÁR: Old Viennese Love Waltz - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 891)
8:00 Beauty Spot: SUNG: Dance of the White Lotus Under the Silver Moon - Susan Glaser (fl), Emily Mitchell (harp) (Koch International 3-7497)
WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Overture - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 474 377)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Second movement, Andante, from Piano Concerto No 2 in F Op 102 - Tamás Vesmás (pno), New Zealand SO/Edwin Outwater (NZSO)
DOWLAND: Sir Henry Guilforde, his Almain, from Varietie of Lute Lessons, London 1610 - Jakob Lindberg (lute) (Brilliant Classics 93698)
D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in G minor Kk30, Cat's Fugue - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno) (BIS CD 1508)
WEINBERGER: Polka & Fugue, from Schwanda the Bagpiper - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80115)
9:00 AM. Christmastide: music for the festive season

BACH: Opening chorus from Cantata No 62, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 477 5762)
CORRETTE: Christmas Symphony No 1 - Rien Voskuilen (org/dir), La Fantasia (Brilliant Classics 93538)
IRELAND: The Advent; Hymn for a Child, from Songs Sacred & Profane - John Mark Ainsley (ten), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67261/2)
RUBBRA: Advent Cantata, Natum Maria Virgine Op 136 - Stephen Varcoe (bar), ASMF Chorus, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9847)
BARBER: Die Natali - Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559133)
10:00 AM. The Works

SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 422 836)
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 - Giovanni Antonini (fl/dir), Enrico Onofri (vln), Michele Barchi (hpschd), Il Giardino Armonico (Teldec 4509 98442)
TAFFANEL: Wind Quintet in G minor - Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet (BIS SACD 1532)
DVORÁK: Slavonic Dances Op 72 - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras (Supraphon SU 3808)
Noon Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
1:30 PM. Czech Writing

SMETANA: Czech Song - Czech Phil Choir & Orch/Václav Talich (rec 1954) (Supraphon SU 3822)
MARTINU: Czech Rhapsody - Bohuslav Matousek (vln), Petr Adamec (pno) (Supraphon SU 3950)
DVORÁK: Polka, from Czech Suite Op 39 - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 444 614)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 080 402.6)
PELÉCIS: Concertino bianco for piano & chamber orchestra - Alexei Lubimov (pno), German Chamber Phil, Bremen/Heinrich Schiff (Erato 0630 12709)
TELEMANN: Pastorelle en Musique, Concerto - Capella Leopoldina/Kirill Karabits (Capriccio SACD 71 0154/55)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
MOZART: String Quintet No 2 in C minor K406 - Arthur Grumiaux, Arpad Gérecz (vlns), Georges Janzer, Max Lesueur (vlas), Eva Czako (cello) (rec 1973) (Philips 416 486)
Clarinet Concerto in A K622 - Jack Brymer (cl), London SO/Colin Davis (rec 1964) (Philips 420 710)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
STRAVINSKY: Infernal Dance, from The Firebird - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)
RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor - Gagliano Trio (Kiwi TRL 016)
PUCCINI: Tua madre! Tua madre!, from La Rondine - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Plácido Domingo (ten), London SO/Lorin Maazel (CBS CD 39030)
RÓZSA arr & orch Russ & Kull: The Killers, film music - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch 3-7375)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Overture on Russian Themes Op 28 - Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin (Naxos 8.553858)
HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 - Giovanna Pessi (harp), Ricercar Consort/Philippe Pierlot (dir) (Mirare MIR 009)
MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words Op 67/4, Spinning Song, or Bee's Wedding; Op 62/1, May breezes - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 421 119)
M-A CHARPENTIER arr Held: Second Air de Trompette, from Two triumphal airs - Hannes, Wolfgang & Bernhard Läubin (tpts), Norbert Schmitt (timp), Simon Preston (org) (DG 419 245)
BERLIOZ: Fourth movement, March to the Scaffold, from Symphonie fantastique - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)
TCHAIKOVSKY arr J Harnoy: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Ofra Harnoy (cello), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (RCA RD 60758)
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR arr Baynes: Christmas Overture - BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Naxos 8.570331)
IVES arr Hillier: A Christmas carol - Theatre of Voices/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMX 297 7079)
LILBURN: Two Christmas Pieces for LB (1941) - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (RNZ)
TRAD: I'm singing Christmas carols - Synve Lundgren (sop), Johanna Fernholm (mezzo), Wolfgang Kogert (org) (Phoenix Edition 155)
CORELLI: Christmas Concerto in G minor Op 8/6 - L'Arte del Mondo/Werner Ehrhardt (Phoenix Edition 149)
LILJEFORS arr Ukkonen: As Christmas draws nigh - Michael Weinius (ten), Swedish Wind Ensemble/Anders Emilsson (Radio Sweden) CRE019) (RS)
BRIDGE: Sir Roger de Coverley, A Christmas Dance - NZSO Chamber Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7139)
TRAD arr Rutter: Christmas night - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 106)
ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival - BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559381)
7:00 PM. Appointment

In Memoriam
Four programmes marking musicians on CD who have passed on this year
(1) Composers Richard Arnell (b1917); Lukas Foss (b1922); Soprano Tessa Bonner (b1951); Pianist Alicia de Larrocha (b1923); Conductor Sir Edward Downes (b1924)
ARNELL: Overture, The New Age Op 2 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7161)
FOSS: Three American pieces - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (EMI CDC 5 55360)
MONTEVERDI: Sonata sopra Sancta Maria, from Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610 - Tessa Bonner (sop), Taverner Consort Players/Andrew Parrott (dir) (Virgin VMD 5 61347)
FALLA: Four Spanish Pieces - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 417 816)
WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (BBC Music BBC MM 257)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Song Company/Roland Peelman
Twelve Days of Christmas
The things my true love sent me. Twelve fanciful tales and songs of magic. Twelve days in music with one wicked leap of the imagination. The Song Company presents a witty and wicked program of offbeat songs and carols from around the world
ORD: Adam lay y-bounden; ANON: Joseph and Mary; PURCELL: I see she flies me; What can we poor females do?; Man is for the woman made; HOPKINS: We three kings of Orient are; BAKER: Do you hear what I hear?; TRAD arr Peelman: Simple gifts; ANON: Sing a song of sixpence; GRAINGER arr Perna: Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol; DEVEREUX arr Kilpatrick: The darkest midnight in December; KIRKPATRICK arr Kilpatrick: Away in a Manger; TRAD Scottish arr Peelman: Wi' a hundred pipers; DAVIS arr Katherine/Henry: The little drummer boy; TRAD arr Richards: Dance to thy daddy; TRAD English arr Peelman: Twelve Days of Christmas; TRAD English arr Kilpatrick: We wish you a merry Christmas (recorded in the Sydney Conservatorium Music Workshop by the ABC)
8:50 PM. Tragique

TOVEY: Piano Trio in C minor Op 8, Style tragique - London Piano Trio (Toccata Classics TOCC 0068)
ALWYN: Tragic Interlude - Royal Liverpool Phil/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570704)
ISASI: Tragic Berceuse Op 22/1 - Jonathan Carney (vln), Basque National Orch/Enrique García Asensio (Claves CD 50-2007)
BANTOCK: Overture to a Greek Tragedy - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Hyperion CDA 67395)
10:00 PM. Day's End

ELGAR: Sea Pictures Op 37 - Janet Baker (mezzo), London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDC 7 47329)
DEBUSSY: Première rapsodie - Gervase de Peyer (cl), London SO/Rudolf Kempe (BBC Legends BBCL 4087)
WEBER: Symphony No 1 in C - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS SACD 1620)
11:00 REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine - Yossi Arnheim (fl), Daniel Gortler (pno) (Meridian CDE 84320)
FARRENC: Piano Quintet No 1 in A minor - Linos Ensemble (CPO 999 194)