Monday 20 December 2010 Rāhina 20 Hakihea 2010

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  ALBÉNIZ orch Arbos: Iberia Suite; FALLA: The Three Cornered Hat - Jill Gomez (sop), Philharmonia/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8904)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  GUILMANT: Symphony No 1 in D minor Op 42; WIDOR: Symphony Op 42/5; POULENC: Organ Concerto - Ian Tracey (org), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9271)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  TRAD: Silent Night; Carol of the bells; G GABRIELI: O magnum mysterium; TRAD: Joseph dearest, Joseph mine; BILLINGS: The shepherd's carol; TRAD: Still, still, still; O Tannenbaum; The first Nowell; FRIEDELL: Saw you never in the twilight; TRAD: The holly & the ivy; BRITTEN: Hymn to the Virgin; TRAD: O little town of Bethlehem; Patapan; Away in a manger; HASSLER: Angelus ad pastores ait; AVERRE: Did Mary know?; TRAD: Deck the hall; Coventry carol; MARENZIO: Hodie Christus natus est; TRAD: Baloo, Lammy; I saw three ships; Of the father's love begotten; MANZ: E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come; TRAD: As with gladness men of old; I wonder as I wander; A la nanita nan; Ding Dong! Merrily on high - Musica Sacra/Richard Westenburg (DG 429 732)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  HAYDN arr Salomon: Symphonies, No 93 in D; No 94 in G, Surprise; No 101 in D, The Clock - Florilegium (Channel CCS 19698)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  ALWYN: Odd Man Out Suite; The History of Mr Polly; The Fallen Idol Suite; Calypso, from The Rake's Progress - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9243)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 MURRILL: Country Dances - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7246)

  SCHUBERT trans for cello: Ständchen D957/4; An die Musik - Anne Gastinel (cello), Claire Désert (pno) (Naïve V 5021)

  STENHAMMAR: Interlude, from The Song Op 44 - Gävle SO/Hannu Koivula (Naxos 8.572186)

  HOWELLS: Sing lullaby - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson (Nimbus NI 5589)

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

  TELEMANN: Pastorelle en Musique, Concerto - Capella Leopoldina/Kirill Karabits (Capriccio SACD 71 0154/55)

  7:00 RUTTER: There is a flower - Ruth Holton (sop), Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 106)

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

  HOVHANESS: Alleluia & Fugue Op 40b - I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (Telarc CD 80503)

  FEBLAND: Three Miniatures - Deborah de Graaff (cl), Len Vorster (pno) (Walsingham Classics WAL 8017)

  CAPLET: Rêverie - Anna Noakes (fl), Gillian Tingay (harp) (ASV White Line CD WHL 2101)

  NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Overture - Berlin State Opera Orch/Bernhard Klee (Berlin Classics 018 5772 BC)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: SATIE arr/orch Kennedy: Gymnopédie No 2 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), David Heath (fls), English CO (EMI 5 56923)

  TAJCEVIC: Five preludes - Radmila Stojanovic-Kiriluk (pno) (Toccata Classics TOCC 0041)

  SEIXAS: Sinfonia in Bb - Algarve Orch/Alvaro Cassuto (Naxos 8.557207)

  PASCULLI: Homage to Bellini - Hansjörg Schellenberger (cor anglais), Margit-Anna Süss (harp) (Denon CO 76611)

  SCHUMANN orch Ravel: Carnaval, excerpts - Royal Flemish Phil/Daniele Callegari (Talent DOM 2929 95)

  COOK: Fanfare - Nigel Potts (organ of St Paul's Church, Washington, DC) (Herald HAVPCD 344)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  REGER: Chorale Fantasia on Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme Op 52/2 - Stefan Frank (organ of Fulda Cathedral, Germany) (Naxos 8.557186)

  A SCARLATTI: Cantata pastorale per la nascità di Nostro Signore - Patricia Lawrey (mezzo), Schola Musica/Ashley Heenan, Peter Averi (hpschd) (Kiwi SLD 52)

  MALCOLM: Missa Ad praesepe - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/Martin Baker, Matthew Martin (org) (Hyperion CDA 67707)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 8022)

  IRELAND: Sextet for clarinet, horn & string quartet - Melos Ensemble (Lyrita SRCD 2271)

  MOZART: Symphony No 29 in A K201 - English CO/Daniel Barenboim (EMI 3 50917)

  RESPIGHI: Concerto in modo misolidio - Olli Mustonen (pno), Finnish Radio SO/Sakari Oramo (Ondine ODE 1165)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. An Afternoon Caprice

  RUBINSTEIN arr Müller-Berghaus: Valse Caprice in Eb - Wuppertal SO/George Hanson (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 335 1240)

  DAVID: Andante & Scherzo capriccioso - Hagai Shaham (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67804)

  TÁRREGA: Capricho árabe - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1001)

  MENDELSSOHN: Capriccio in E minor Op 81/3 - Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 5370)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  PACHELBEL: Canon in D - Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard (Erato ECD 55018)

  ADAM: O Holy Night - Roberto Alagna (ten), Choir of St Johns, New London Children's Choir, London Oratory School Choir, London SO/Robin Smith (EMI 5 57017)

  NOCK: Twelve Piano Pieces, Presence; After Bach; Ringstone round; In the time of Sakura; Red descending; Sho's cradle song; Promise; Cartwheels; Beautiful your eyes; Green cycle; Raff-Riff; Serenity - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D016)

  BELLINI: Come per me sereno, from La Sonnambula - Joan Sutherland (sop), Royal Opera House Orch, Covent Garden/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (Decca 414 450)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 4 in C Op 102/1 - Pablo Casals (cello), Rudolf Serkin (pno) (rec 1953) (Sony 515 304)

  ELGAR: Falstaff, Symphonic Study in C minor Op 68 - London SO/Edward Elgar (rec 1932) (EMI 5 67296)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  HUMMEL: Trois Amusements en forme des Caprices Op 105 - John Khouri (fpno) (Music & Arts CD 1165)

  TREMAIN: Allegro for Strings - Lindsay String Orch/Dobbs Franks (Kiwi SLD 16)

  BLISS: Four songs, A Christmas carol; Sea love; Vocalise; The mad woman of Punnet's Town - Helen Meyerhoff (sop), Thomas Kemp (vln), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (ASV CD DCA 1128)

  HILL: Symphony No 6 in Bb, Celtic - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (Marco Polo 8.220345)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  MOZART: The Magic Flute, Overture - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (BBC Music BBC MM 274)

  POULENC: Three Novelettes - Charles Owen (pno) (Somm SOMMCD 035)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28 - Eugene Fodor (vln), New Philharmonia/Erich Leinsdorf (RCA 09026 61726)

  BOTTERMUND arr Starker: Variations on a Theme by Paganini - János Starker (cello) (Delos DE 1015)

  FASCH: Concerto in D for trumpet & two oboes FWV L/D1 - Thomas Reiner (tpt), Southwest German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (Naxos 8.570501)

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

  COPLAND: Two ballads - Eugene Drucker (vln), Diane Walsh (pno) (Bridge 9145)

  WAGENAAR: Frithjof's Meerfahft Op 5 - Northwest German Phil/Antony Hermus (CPO 777 479)

  DUBOIS: March of the Three Wise Men - Gerhard Weinberger (organ of the Monastery Church of the Assumption, Roggenburg, Bavaria) (CPO 777 487)

  CORNELIUS: The three Kings - Robert Rice (bar), Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion NOEL 2)

  HOPKINS arr Iveson: We three kings of Orient are - James Blades, David Corkill (percussion), Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Philip Jones (Decca 448 980)

  STRAUSS: The three wise men from the East, from Six Songs Op 56 - Karita Mattila (sop), London SO/Michael Tilson Thomas (Sony SK 48242)

  KOECHLIN: Danses pour Ginger - Michael Korstick (pno) (Hänssler CD 93.261)

  SMETANA: Blaník, from Má Vlast - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

• 7:00 PM. Christmastide

  LUKASZEWSKI: O Antiphons - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67639)

  MONTEVERDI: Magnificat, from Vespers of 1610 - Jill Gomez, Felicity Palmer (sops), James Bowman (countertenor), Robert Tear, Philip Langridge (tens), John Shirley-Quirk (bar), Michael Rippon (bass), Salisbury Cathedral Boys' Choir, Monteverdi Choir & Orch, David Munrow Recorder Ensemble, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/John Eliot Gardiner (Decca 436 285)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  A Snow-free Christmas

  Music to compliment flowering pohutukawa and jandals

  Carolyn Mills (harp), Frances Moore (sop), Peter Barber (vla), Fiona McCabe (pno), Nota Bene/Peter Walls

  BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols; TRAD arr Praetorius: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen; SANDSTRÖM: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen; TRAD 14th Century carol: Joseph lieber, Joseph mein; BRAHMS: Geistliches Wiegenlied Op 91/2; POULENC: Four Christmas Motets; TRAD French: Il est né le devin enfant; TRAD Italian: Quando nascette Ninno; TRAD Latvian: Dedziet skalu; SHORTIS: I saw a fair maiden; BALDWIN: O magnum mysterium; MEWS: Snow-free Carols Nos 1, 2 & 5 (recorded in Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:15 PM. Recent Keyboard Releases

  GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F - Ingrid Jacoby (pno), Russian National Orch/Dmitry Liss (Ondine ODE 1163)

  ROSSINI arr Morandi: The Thieving Magpie, Overture - Giuliana Maccaroni, Federica Iannella (organs of the Church of the Assumption of Saint Mary, Caluso, Italy) (Tactus TC 791805)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 - Prague Phil/Jakub Hrusa (Supraphon SU 3932)

  FINZI: Clarinet Concerto Op 31 - Alan Hacker (cl), English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5665)

  11:00 FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No 2 in G minor Op 45 - Kathryn Stott (pno), Hermitage String Trio (Chandos CHAN 10582)

  ROLLA: Divertimento in G minor for flute, violin, two violas & cello BI427a - Mario Carbotta (fl), Enrico Casazza (vln), Carlo de Martini, Alice Bisanti (vlas), Marcello Scandelli (cello) (Dynamic CDS 594)

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