Schedule for Thursday 24 December 2009

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1
HAYDN: Symphonies, No 45 in F# minor, Farewell; No 48 in C, Maria Theresia; No 102 in Bb - Capella Istropolitana/Barry Wordsworth (Naxos 8.550382)
1:10 (approx) - Disc 2
CHOPIN: Rondos, Opp 1, 5, 16 & 73; Mazurkas, in G; in Bb; in Bb; in C; in Ab; in D; Variations brillantes; Variations sur un theme national allemande; Variations Puritains de Bellini; Variations Souvenir de Paganini; Variations Vierhandig - Idil Biret, Martin Sauer (pnos) (Naxos 8.550367)
2:30 (approx) - Disc 3
PRAETORIUS: Come, thou Redeemer; BODY: People, look East; WARLOCK: Adam lay ybounden; BYRD: Laetentur coeli; arr PETTMAN: Gabriel's message; ANON arr Carter: Angelus ad Virginem; JOUBERT There is no rose; RACHMANINOV: Bogoroditsye dyevo; MENDELSSOHN: Im Advent; GAUNTLETT arr Walsh: Once in royal David's city; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The blessed son of God; MADDEN: I sing of a maiden; ANON arr Walsh: Of the Father's heart begotten; MENDELSSOHN: Weihnachten; BARRETT arr Walsh: Wither's rocking hymn; GRUBER arr Maskell: Silent night; TRAD arr Walsh: O Little Town of Bethlehem; GRIFFITHS: Dormi, Jesu; TAVENER: The Lamb; GARDNER: Tomorrow will be my dancing day; TRAD arr Walsh: O Come, all ye faithful - Wellington Cathedral Choir/Philip Walsh (Herald HAVPCD 224)
3:35 (approx) - Disc 4
CPE BACH: Oboe Concertos, in Bb; in Eb; Sonata in A minor for solo oboe; A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - Jozsef Kiss (ob), Ferenc Erkel CO/Lilli Aldor (Naxos 8.550556)
4:45 (approx) - Disc 5
SUPPE: Overtures: Die Schöne Galatea; Isabella; Das Modell; Tantalusqualen; Der Krammer und sein Kommis; Paragraph 3; Boccaccio; Fatinitza March; Donna Juanita - Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223648)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 MENDELSSOHN: St Paul Op 36, Overture - Bremen German Chamber Phil/Frieder Bernius (Carus 83.214)
HANDEL: And he shall purify, from Messiah - Les Arts Florissants Chorus & Orch/William Christie (Harmonia Mundi HML 590 1498/99)
J HARRISON: Troubadour Suite, The King of Navarre's Chanson; The Marriage of Yolande; Song of Spring; Dancing Song - BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Dutton CDLX 7174)
SAINT-GEORGES: String Quartet in D G007 - Quatuor Antarès (Integral INT 221.125)
GERMAN: Romance for clarinet & piano - John Bradbury (cl), James Cryer (pno) (Naxos 8.570539)
VIVALDI arr Red Priest: Concerto Grosso in D minor RV565 - Red Priest (Red Priest RP 004)
7:00 RUTTER: What sweeter music - Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67245)
LEFEBURE-WELY: Sortie in Bb - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5005)
JC BACH: Symphony in D Op 3/1 - Concerto Armonico (Hungaroton HCD 31448)
MOLTER: Cello Concerto in C - Roman Storojenko (cello), Europa Symphony/Wolfgang Gröhs (Arte Nova 74321 40741)
ROSAS: Sobre las olas, Waltz - Vienna Volksoper Orch/Franz Bauer-Theussl (Philips 412 883)
8:00 Beauty Spot: BACH: Ricercare in six parts, from A Musical Offering - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)
RAVEL: Prelude in A minor; Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn - Artur Pizarro (pno) (Linn CKD 315)
PAGANINI: Third movement, Rondo ossia Polonese, from Violin Concerto No 6 in E minor Op posth - Salvatore Accardo (vln), London Phil/Charles Dutoit (DG 437 210)
RACHMANINOV: Piano Trio No 1 in G minor, Élégiaque - Vadim Repin (vln), Mischa Maisky (cello), Lang Lang (pno) (DG 477 8099)
DONIZETTI: Clarinet Concertino in Bb - Jörg Fadle (cl), RIAS Sinfonietta/Jirí Stárek (Koch Schwann 311 121)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Festival Coronation March in D - Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (Mariinsky MAR 0503)
9:00 AM. Christmastide: music for the festive season

JOCHUM arr Miller: Ein Weihnachtssingen - Chamber Choir of Augsburg Cathedral, Munich Residenz CO/Reinhard Kammler (Ars Musici 232 404)
HOYLAND: On Christmas Eve; SEFVE: The Gnomes' Christmas Night; TRAD: I'm so happy on Christmas Eve; GRUBER: Silent night - Synve Lundgren (sop), Johanna Fernholm (mezzo), Christian Gurtner (fl), Markus Vorzellner (pno) (Phoenix Edition 155)
10:00 AM. The Works

JC HERTEL: Sinfonia No 1 in D - Württemberg CO, Heilbronn/Wolfgang Bauer (dir) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 601 1499)
C STAMITZ: Symphonie Concertante in C for two violins - Richard Friedman, Steven Smith (vlns), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 650)
PROKOFIEV: Quintet in G minor Op 39 - Keisuke Wakao (ob), Thomas Martin (cl), Malcolm Lowe (vln), Cathy Basrak (vla), Edwin Barker (dbass) (PentaTone PTC 5186 018)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No 9 in D minor - Swiss Romande Orch/Marek Janowski (PentaTone PTC 5186 030)
Noon Upbeat

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

CORRETTE: Christmas Symphony No 4 - Rien Voskuilen (org/dir), La Fantasia (Brilliant Classics 93538)
LISZT arr Collins: Lighting the candles; In olden times; Games; Bedtime (Dreaming), from The Christmas Tree Suite - Rebecca Turner (vln), BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Naxos 8.570331)
BALBASTRE: Ah ma voisine es-tu fâchée? - René Saorgin (organ of the Cathedral of Tende, France) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 297 8199)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

RUTTER: Brother Heinrich's Christmas - Brian Kay (narrator), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 115)
BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Jussi Björling (ten), Robert Merrill (bar), RCA Victor SO/Renato Cellini (rec 1950) (RCA GD 87799)
K JENKINS: Harpers Bizarre - Catrin Finch (harp), Jody K Jenkins (synth/perc) (Sony SK 87320)
STÖLZEL: Bist du bei mir - Arleen Augér (sop), Edward Brewer (hpschd) (Delos CD 3026)
BACH trans Hess: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, from Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben - Myra Hess (pno) (rec 1953) (Philips 456 832)
HANDL: Omnes de Saba; ATTWOOD: O God, who by the leading of a star - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 207)
LISZT: Evocation á la Chapelle Sixtine - Thomas Trotter (organ of Merseburg Cathedral, Germany) (Decca 440 283)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy; Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), New Philharmonia/Heinz Wallberg (rec 1973) (Philips 475 7825)
4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
BEETHOVEN: First movement, Allegro con brio, from Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)
PROSSER arr Besser/Prosser: Noche Flamenco - Jonathan Besser (pno), Christopher Prosser (vln) (Kiwi CD SLD 114)
ELGAR: From the Greek Anthology Op 45 - men of New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2048)
MASON-BATTLEY: Two Worlds Suite - Richard Nunns (taonga puoro), Chris Mason-Battley Group (Rattle RAT-D 012)
ASIA: At the Far Edge - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Summit DCD 256)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

HAYDN: Philemon & Baucis, Sinfonia - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)
J WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)
ALBINONI: Concerto in C for two oboes Op 7/5 - Heinz Holliger, Maurice Bourgue (obs), I Musici (Philips 432 115)
J STRAUSS I: Fire of Youth Galop Op 90; Eisele and Beisele Leaps Polka Op 202; Sounds of the Lorelei on the Rhine Op 154; Annen Polka Op 137 - Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67169)
TURINA: Three Andalusian Dances Op 8 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.557150)
J STAMITZ: Christmas Symphony Op 4/2 - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)
ANON: Cachua Al Nacimento de Christo Nuestro Señor - Daniela Bustamante, Eunice San Martín (sops), Claudio Zamorano (ten), Capilla de Indias/Tiziana Palmiero (dir) (K617 K617 179)
WARLOCK arr Lane: Bethlehem Down - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)
IRELAND arr Tertis, transcr Plane: The Holy Boy, from Preludes - Robert Plane (cl), Sophia Rahman (pno) (Naxos 8.570550)
RUTTER: Nativity Carol; TRAD: God rest ye merry, gentlemen; BIZET: Farandole, from Suite L'arlésienne - Huddersfield Choral Society, John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band (Chandos CHAN 8679)
FUX: Pastorale K396 - Armonico Tributo Austria/Lorenz Duftschmid (dir) (CPO 999 850)
DAQUIN: Noël Suisse - Gillian Weir (organ of Hexham Abbey) (Argo 460 190)
TRAD arr Cullen: Angels from the realms of glory - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Philharmonia/Carl Davis (Decca 414 632)
ROSSINI: Échantillon du chant de Noël à l'italienne, from Sins of Old Age Book 9 - Marco Sollini (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10190)
LOKAY: Gloria in excelsis Deo - Prague Soloists & Chorus, Prague SO/Václav Smetácek (Koch Schwann 3-6713)
7:00 PM. Appointment

In Memoriam
Four programmes marking musicians on CD who have passed on this year
(2) Conductors Erich Kunzel (b1935); John McGlinn (b1953); Soprano Hildegard Behrens (b1937); Composer Maurice Jarre (b1924)
GLINKA: Russlan & Ludmilla, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc SACD 60657)
WAGNER: Elisabeth's Prayer, Allmächt'ge Jungfrau, from Tannhäuser - Hildegard Behrens (sop), Munich Radio Orch/Peter Schneider (EMI CDC 7 47436)
JARRE: The Engadiner Suite - Ahn Trio (EMI 5 57357)
KERN: Music from the film Swing Time - Ambrosian Chorus, National Phil/John McGlinn (EMI CDC 7 49630)
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)
GERSHWIN trans Heifetz: Porgy & Bess, excerpts - Caroline Goulding (vln), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Telarc CD 80744)
OFFENBACH: Ballet of the Snowflakes, from Voyage to the Moon - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 6403)
11:00 SCHUBERT: Introduction & Variations on Trockne Blumen, from Die schöne Müllerin - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.570754)
M-A CHARPENTIER: Messe de minuit pour Noël - Alan Walker, Alistair Flutter (trebles), James Turnbull (countertenor), Ben Cooper (ten), Andrew Rupp (bass), Robert Huw Morgan (org), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, City of London Sinfonia/George Guest (Chandos CHAN 10448 X)