Tuesday 29 December 2009 Rātū 29 Hakihea 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  DELIUS: Brigg Fair; A Song Before Sunrise; The Walk to Paradise Garden; A Song of Summer; In a Summer Garden; Summer Night on a River - Philharmonia/Owain Arwel Hughes (ASV CD CDA 627)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  MOZART: Fantasia in C minor K475; HAYDN: Sonata in G HobXVI/40; DUSSEK: Sonata in Bb Op 9/1; MOZART: Sonata in C K330; Beethoven: Sonata in C minor Op 13, Pathétique - Kemp English (ftpno) (Manu CD MANU 5001)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  BILLINGS: Methinks I see an heav'nly host; FOSTER: While shepherds watched their flocks; CEREROLS: Serafin, que con dulce harmonia; VIDALES: Los que fueren de buen gusto; PRAETORIUS: Magnificat super, Angelus ad pastores; CHARPENTIER: In nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi canticum; PASCHA: Gloria; TRAD arr Greatorex: Adeste, fideles; BILLINGS: A virgin unspotted - Taverner Consort, Choir and Players/Andrew Parrott (EMI 7 54529)

  3:30 (approx) - Disc 4

  JOLIVET: Five Incantations; Incantation; Chant de Linos for flute & piano; Sonata for flute & piano; Ascèses - Manuela Weisler (fl), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 549)

  4:40 (approx) - Disc 5

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Love theme, from Romeo & Juliet; Waltz, from Serenade for Strings; None but the lonely heart; Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 (2); Souvenir de Florence, Adagio; Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy, from The Nutcracker ; Andante cantabile, from String Quartet No 1; Chant sans paroles; Dance of the Mirlitons, from The Nutcracker; Elegie for strings; Valse sentimentale; Preghiera, from Suite No 4, Mozartiana; Dance of the Queen of the Swans, from Swan Lake; Panorama, from Sleeping Beauty; Symphony No 6, Pathètique (2) - Various artists (London 440 366)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 MOZART: Les petits riens, Overture - Norwegian National Opera Orch/Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve OP 30479)

  POPPER: Spanish Dance Op 54/1; Vito Op 54/5; Lullaby Op 64/3; Spinning Song Op 55/1 - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Gerhard Markson (Naxos 8.554657)

  SCRIABIN: Waltzes, in Db Op posth; in F minor Op 1 - Xiayin Wang (pno) (Naxos 8.570412)

  MARTINU: Five Madrigal Stanzas - Bohuslav Matousek (vln), Petr Adamec (pno) (Supraphon SU 3950)

  MOSZKOWSKI: Spanish Dances Book 1 Op 12 - London SO/Ataúlfo Argenta (Decca 475 7747)

  7:00 TRAD arr Watts: Ding dong! merrily on high - Maddy Prior (vocalist), Carnival Band (Portrait PCL 1007)

  BAYER: Die Puppenfee, excerpts - Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe (Testament SBT 1127)

  VIVALDI: Concerto in G minor for two violins & cello RV578, from L'Estro Armonico - Federico Guglielmo, Carlo Lazari (vlns), Pietro Bosna (cello), L'Arte dell'Arco/Christopher Hogwood (Chandos CHAN 0689)

  LUMBYE: Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop - Odense SO/Peter Guth (Unicorn-Kanchana DKP CD 9089)

  PURCELL: Sailor's song, from Dido & Aeneas - Jonathan Woods (hpschd) (Allegro PCD 1086)

  BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture Op 80 - London SO/Michael Tilson Thomas (Sony MLK 64054)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: SIUNETSI arr Erazhisht: My heart is trembling - Anna Mailian (mezzo), Sharakan Grigor Danielian (Celestial Harmonies 13116)

  BAX: Tintagel - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 231)

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr J Harnoy: Lensky's aria, from Eugene Onegin - Ofra Harnoy (cello), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (RCA RD 60758)

  FALLA: Fantasía bética - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (RCA 09026 61389)

  KREISLER: Berceuse romantique Op 9 - Caroline Goulding (vln), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Telarc CD 80744)

  BIZET: Carillon, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - New Philharmonia/Charles Munch (Decca 421 632)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  G GABRIELI: O magnum mysterium - John Angelo Messana (countertenor), Monteverdi Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/John Eliot Gardiner (Decca 436 285)

  BARTÓK: Romanian Christmas Carols Sz57 - Tamás Vesmás (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1519)

  KEISER: Dialogus von der Geburt Christi, Christmas Oratorio - Rastatter Hofkapelle/Jürgen Ochs (Carus 83.417)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SUK: Symphony in C minor Op 27, Asrael - Belgium National Orch/Walter Weller (Fuga Libera FUG 557)

  BACH: Concerto in C minor for two keyboards BWV1060 - Michel Béroff, Jean-Philippe Collard (pno duo), Paris Orchestral Ensemble/Jean-Pierre Wallez (EMI 5 00948)

  WILMS: String Quartet in G minor Op 25/1 - Nomos Quartet (Radio Netherlands NM Extra 98010)

  GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No 2 - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1591)

• Noon Summer Sonic

  Music for Life

  Four programmes

  Writer, scholar, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Waikato and broadcaster Marshall Walker talks to Tim Dodd and introduces the music he loves (2) (RNZ)

• 2:10 PM. Afternoon Requests

  A Classical Kids Christmas

  The Christmas story in music and poetry, written by Susan Hammond - J Granik, R Manson, S Morgenstern (actors), Mary Bella, Michael Colvin (vocalists), High Park Choirs of Toronto, instrumental ensemble (Classical Kids 84354)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BORODIN: String Quartet No 1 in A - Borodin Quartet (rec 1958) (Melodiya MEL CD 10 00942)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet movement in Bb - Borodin String Quartet (rec 1993) (Teldec 4509 90422)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  BRIDGE: The Sea - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557167)

  TRAD: The drunken sailor; Rio Grande; Shenandoah; A'rovin' - Oscar Natzka (bass), The Commodores, pno & org accomp (Atoll ACD 500)

  FARR: Nga Tai Hurihuri - Deborah Wai Kapohe (sop), Aroha Priest (vocalist), Strike (Trust MMT 2036)

  BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes - New Zealand SO/Myer Fredman (Naxos 8.553107)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  LILBURN: Drysdale Overture - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum CCD 1076)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in C Op 48 - Michael Erxleben (vln/dir), New Berlin CO (Capriccio 10 563)

  GOTTSCHALK: Grande Tarentelle Op 67 - Alan Marks, Nerine Barrett (pno duet) (Nimbus NI 7045/6)

  ALBÉNIZ: Asturias, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

  J STRAUSS II: Vienna Blood Waltz - Queensland SO/Vladimir Ponkin (ABC Classics 432 250)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music - Jessica Rivera (sop), Kelley O'Connor (mezzo), Thomas Studebaker (ten), Nmon Ford (bass), Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus & SO/Robert Spano (Telarc CD 80676)

  PROKOFIEV arr Heifetz: Masks, from Romeo & Juliet - Gil Shaham (vln), Orli Shaham (pno) (Artemis ATM CD 1555)

  COPLAND: Hoedown, from Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

  PURCELL: Fly swift, ye hours Z369 - Charles Daniels (ten), Mark Caudle (viol), David Miller (theorbo), Robert King (hpschd) (Hyperion CDA 66720)

  BRIDGE: The hour glass - Mark Bebbington (pno) (Somm SOMMCD 056)

  BOUGHTON: How beautiful they are, from The Immortal Hour - Yvonne Kenny (sop), Philharmonia/David Parry (Chandos CHAN 3035)

  GLASS: The kiss, from The Hours - Michael Riesman (pno), Lyric Quartet, Chris Laurence (dbass), orch/Nick Ingman (Nonesuch 79693)

  KAIHAU/SCOTT: Po Atarau, Now is the Hour - Oscar Natzka (bass), Constantine Callinicos (pno) (Atoll ACD 500)

  PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours, ballet music from La Gioconda - Philharmonia/Charles Mackerras (Testament SBT 1327)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  7:00 John Rimmer turned 70 earlier this year and in tonight's programme we're taking another opportunity to mark the auspicious occasion

  8:00 Auckland Chamber Orch/Peter Scholes (cl/dir)

  RIMMER: Octet; De Aestibus Rerum; Emergence; Gossamer; Murmures; The Ring of Fire (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber by RNZ)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

Next day - Wed 30

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