Sunday 26 December 2010 Rātapu 26 Hakihea 2010

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  RUTTER: Wexford Carol; Jesus childe; There is a flower; Donkey Carol; Wild wood carol; Angels' carol; Nativity carol; Mary's lullaby; Star carol; Candlelight carol; Shepherd's pipe carol; Christmas lullaby; Dormi, Jesu; Love came down at Christmas; Sans Day carol; I wonder as I wander; What sweeter music; Joy to the world; I saw three ships; Deck the hall; The very best time of the year; We wish you a merry Christmas; Silent night - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter, Stephen Varcoe (bar) (Collegium CSCD 510)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  Renaissance and Baroque Christmas Music for Brass in the Schwerin Cathedral - Schweriner Blechbläser-Collegium, Jan Ernest (org) (Hänssler CD 98.444)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  RESPIGHI: L'adorazione dei Magi; BRITTEN: A Boy was Born; HONEGGER: Une catante de Noël - various artists (BBC MM 236)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  LISZT: Christmas Tree; Weihnachtslied; Via Crucis; Chorale - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66388)

  5:00 approx - Disc 5

  Christmas à la Carte: including music by BACH; FRANCK; LEROY ANDERSON; GRUBER; TCHAIKOVSKY; STRAUSS; KODÁLY; CHARPENTIER; VICTORIA; HANDEL; WALDTEUFEL; FAURE - Christine Schäfer (sop), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo (tens), Byrn Terfel (bar), Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi, Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh, Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan, English Concert/Trevor Pinnock, Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler, Vienna Phil/James Levine etc (DG 459 155)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  SWEELINCK: Hodie Christus natus est; ANON: There is no rose; ROREM: While all things were in quiet silence; ANON arr Pilkington: Coventry Carol; THOMSON: O my deir hert - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus, Trinity Handbell Ensemble/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

  BRITTEN: Interlude, from Ceremony of Carols - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)

  TRAD: Glory to God on high; Shepherds, leave your flocks; In Bethlehem a fire begins - Boston Camerata, Sharq Ensemble/Joel Cohen (dir) (Warner 2564 62560)

  LISZT: Hymne de l'enfant à son réveil, from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67445)

  HOWELLS: Three Carol-Anthems - Choir of Wells Cathedral/Malcolm Archer (Hyperion CDA 67494)

  LAURIDSEN: O Magnum Mysterium - Chamber Choir of Europe/Nicol Matt (Hänssler CD 98.272)

  DUBOIS: Suite de Noëls - Christopher Hainsworth (organ of the Church of Saint Saturnin in Cazouls-les-Béziers) (PABCH 0000001)

  BACH: Christmas Oratorio, Part 2 - Malin Hartelius (sop), Kristina Hammarström (contralto), Jörg Dürmüller (ten), Detlef Roth (bass), Amsterdam Cappella, Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (Challenge CC 76607)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Prague Phil/Jakub Hrusa (Supraphon SU 4032)

  KHAPANTSI: In praise of the beauty of a rose - Armenuhi Seiranian (sop), Naira Kajoyan (fl), Sharakan Grigor Danielian (Celestial Harmonies 13116)

  CHOPIN: Waltz in C# minor Op 64/2 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 420 655)

  ELGAR: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

  MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (Sony SK 87287)

  LIADOV: A Musical Snuffbox - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8804)

  BEACH: Dreaming Op 15/3 - members of Ambache (Chandos CHAN 10162)

  MOZART: Deh, vieni alla finestra, from Don Giovanni - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine (DG 445 866)

  MARTUCCI: Serenata Op 57/2 - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.570932)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  PEROTIN: Sederunt principes - Tonus Peregrinus (Naxos 8.557340)

  TORELLI: Christmas Concerto in G minor Op 8/6 - Elbipolis Baroque Orch (Berlin Classics 1660 BC)

  BRITTEN: A boy was born Op 3 - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro Cor 16034)

• 10:00 AM. Music Mountain

  Performances recorded at the 2010 season of the Music Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Falls Village, Connecticut

  Twenty-six programmes

  (8) Voxare String Quartet

  BARBER: String Quartet in B minor Op 11; SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 (WFMT)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  WEYSE: Symphony No 6 in C minor - Royal Danish Orch/Michael Schønwandt (Da Capo 8.224014)

  RAFF: Cello Concerto No 2 in G Op posth - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Bamberg SO/Hans Stadlmair (Tudor 7121)

• Noon Alte Musik

  Ten programmes

  (2) The Greatest Child

  MATTHESON: Christmas Oratorio, Das grösste Kind Susanne Rydén, Nele Gramss (sops), Anne Schmid (contralto), Gerd Türk (ten), Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thilo Dahlmann (basses), Cologne Akademie/Michael Alexander Willens (CPO 777 455)

• 1:10 PM. Vintage Years

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 26 in Eb Op 81a, Les Adieux - Artur Schnabel (pno) (rec 1933) (Naxos 8.110761)

  MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 5 in D Op 107, Reformation - Cologne Radio SO/Dimitri Mitropoulos (rec 1957) (Medici Masters MM 014-2)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Rebirth of Auckland Town Hall's Organ

  One of the major events this year was the completion of the Auckland Town Hall organ restoration. Matthew Crawford talks to those involved in the project (RNZ)

  BAIRSTOW: Blessed city, heavenly Salem - Indra Hughes (organ of Auckland Town Hall), Musica Sacra, New Zealand Graduate Choir, Viva Voce/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 117)

• 3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  2010 Gramophone Awards

  Best Opera Recording

  WAGNER: Götterdämmerung, an opera in three acts

  Brünnhilde..................... Katarina Dalayman

  Siegfried........................ Lars Cleveman

  Gunther......................... Peter Coleman-Wright

  Hagen........................... Attila Jun

  Gutrune......................... Nancy Gustafson

  Waltraute...................... Susan Bickley

  Alberich........................ Andrew Shore

  First Norn..................... Ceri Williams

  Second Norn................ Yvonne Howard

  Third Norn.................... Miranda Keys

  Woglinde...................... Katherine Broderick

  Wellgunde..................... Madeleine Shaw

  Flosshilde...................... Leah-Marian Jones

  Hallé Choir, BBC Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Chorus, Royal Opera Chorus, Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (recorded live on 9 and 10 May 2009 in the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester) (Hallé CDHLD 7525)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Michael Houstoun, Sarah Watkins (pno duo)

  MOZART: Sonata in D for two pianos K448; RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole; PSATHAS: Motet; RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 (recorded in the University of Auckland Music Theatre by RNZ)

• 9:45 PM. Carnival in Pest

  LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in D - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 412 724)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  LEFEVRE: Clarinet Concerto No 3 in Eb - Eduard Brunner (cl), Munich CO/Reinhard Goebel (Tudor 7098)

  JOSÉ: Guitar Sonata - Nirse González (gtr) (Naxos 8.570446)

  DEBUSSY orch Ansermet: Six Épigraphes antiques - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

  11:00 BRAHMS: Trio in Eb for horn, violin & piano Op 40 - Teunis van der Zwart (horn), Isabelle Faust (vln), Alexander Melnikov (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1981)

  HOVHANESS: Spirit of Trees, Sonata for harp & guitar - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp), David Leisner (gtr) (Telarc CD 80530)

Next day - Mon 27

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