Saturday 10 December 2011 Rāhoroi 10 Hakihea 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MENDELSSOHN: Symphonies, No 3 in A minor, Scottish; No 4 in A, Italian - Philharmonia/Tamás Vásáry (Collins 10182)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  HUMMEL: Rondo brilliant in Eb Op 120, La Galante; Variations in F on a theme by Gluck Op 57; Una fantasia piccola Op 107, La contemplazione; Rondo in Eb Op 11; Tyrolienne variée; BEETHOVEN: Six variations in F on a Swiss song Wo064; Variations in C on God Save the King Wo078; Variations on a Russian Air Op 107; Rondo Wo064; Allegretto in C minor - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Zellan Records ZRCD 1002)

  2:15 approx - Disc 3

  GIBBONS: Hosanna to the Son of David; O Lord, I lift my heart; O all true, faithful hears; Deliver us, O Lord; This is the record of John; Lift up your heads; See, see the Word is incarnate; Almighty & everlasting God; Praise the Lord, O my soul; O clap your hands; Glorious & powerful God; O Lord, in thee is all my trust; O Lord, how do my woes; Out of the deep; Behold, thou has made my days; O Lord, in thy wrath; Blessed are all they that fear; I am the resurrection - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Fretwork/Richard Marlow (Conifer 75605-51231)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  ARENSKY: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 54; GLAZUNOV: Concerto ballata Op 108; Piano Concerto in F minor Op 22 - Alexander Trostiansky (vln), Yegor Dyachkov (cello), Maneli Pirzadeh (pno), Sherbrooke SO, I Musicide Montreal/Yuri Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9528)

  4:40 approx -Disc 5

  Scottish traditional music for lute, mandour, cittern, guitar - Rob MacKillop (Greentrax CDTRAX 155)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HOFMANN: Symphony in Bb (Badley Bb1) - Northern CO/Nicholas Ward (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553866)

  TCHAIKOVSKY trans Klopic: Valse-scherzo - Yossif Ivanov (vln), Itamar Golan (pno) (Naïve AM 136)

  BACH arr Zabaleta: Concerto in F BWV978 - Nicanor Zabaleta (harp), English CO/Garcia Navarro (Brilliant Classics 9059)

  WAGNER trans Liszt: Solemn March, from Parsifal - Mikhaïl Rudy (pno) (EMI 5 57181)

  ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No 1 Op 19, Midsummer Vigil - Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 385)

  7:00 VERDI ed Spada: Aida, Sinfonia - Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 767)

  HUBAY: Czárdas Scene No 4, Beautiful Katie - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Bournemouth SO/Andrew Mogrelia (Naxos 8.572078)

  S WESLEY: Variations in Bb on God save the King - Jennifer Bate (organ of St James' Church, Bermondsey, London) (Somm SOMMCD 036)

  BENJAMIN: Sonatina for cello & piano - Justin Pearson (cello), Sophia Rahman (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7219)

  GLAZUNOV: The Seasons, Autumn - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 6511)

  8:00 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music - 16 soloists, London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI CDC 7 47218)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Aquarium, from Carnival of the Animals - Peter Katin, Philip Fowke (pno duo), Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (EMI CDS 7 81421)

  PAGANINI: Sonata No 4 for violin & guitar - Moshe Hammer (vln), Norbert Kraft (gtr) (Naxos 8.553141)

  GERSHWIN: Variations on I Got Rhythm - Howard Shelley (pno), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9325)

  IRELAND: A London Overture - London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDM 7 64716)

• 9:00 AM. Best of Upbeat

  A recap from the week's national and international music news, with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. Your Choice

  HAYDN: Symphony No 6 in D, Le Matin - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 296 1767)

  F MENDELSSOHN: Nachtreigen - Heidelberg Madrigal Choir/Gerald Kegelmann (Bayer BR 100 041 CD)

  CRECQUILLON: Petite fleur - Tragicomedia (Accent ACC 9173 D)

  FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain - Javier Perianes (pno), BBC SO/Josep Pons (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2099)

  MARAIS: Suite in E minor - Jonathan Dunford (vla da gamba), Benjamin Perrot (theorbo) (Accord 472 254)

  S ADAMS: Star of Bethlehem - Aled Jones (treble), BBC Welsh SO/Robin Stapleton (BBC CD 569)

  BEETHOVEN: Variations on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus - Adrian Brendel (cello), Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 475 379)

  GRIEG: Nocturne, from Lyric Pieces Book 5 - Gordon Fergus-Thompson (pno) (ASV White Line CD WHL 2066)

  ELGAR: Sea Pictures Op 37 - Janet Baker (mezzo), London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDC 7 47329)

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• 1:00 PM. Jazz Concerts

  Nineteen live jazz concerts from the EBU

  (8) Jason Moran & The Bandwagon

  A selection of original works as well as covers of artists such as Prince and Thelonious Monk - Jason Moran (pno/samples), Tarus Mateen (dbass), Nasheet Waits (drums) (recorded in Kamnagel, Hamburg by German Radio, Hamburg)

• 2:00 PM. Global Sounds

  Indigenous music from around the world

  West Sumatran composers from Indonesia

  A six-part series presented by ethnomusicologist Megan Collins

  (6) Sumatran Sounds concert, featuring new music by Elizar Koto, Asril Muchtar and Alpalah

  Megan Collins concludes her series on West Sumatran composers with a concert by staff and students from The Arts Institute, Padangpanjang (Institute Seni Indonesia Padangpanjang). They performed in Wellington, September 2010, at the New Zealand School of Music's Adam Concert Room at Victoria University. The concert includes Dialogue Tampa Tema, by Elizar Koto, Bakissa Lapiak nan Salai by Alpalah and Arak Jari-Jari by Asril Muchtar (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Saturday Concert

  10th Adam Chamber Music Festival (2009)

  Six programmes

  (1) Catrin Johnsson (mezzo), Rachel Fuller (pno)

  MOZART: Komm, liebe Zither K351; Dans un bois solitaire K308; BEETHOVEN: Neue Liebe, neues Leben Op 75/2; PETERSON-BERGER: To the Dances; STENHAMMER: I skogen; Jungfru Blond och Jungfru Brunett; Det far ett skepp; SIBELIUS: Var det en dröm; BARBER: Sure on this shining night Op 13/3; A green lowland of pianos Op 45/2; Solitary Hotel, from Despite & Still Op 41; SONDHEIM: I know things now, from Into the Woods; RANDOLPH: How could Red Riding Hood?; WEILL: Youkali; MONNOT/PIAF/PARSON: Hymne à l'amour; LOUIGY: La vie en rose (recorded at Nelson School of Music Auditorium by RNZ)

• 4:05 PM. Pieces of Eight

  ZELENKA: Sinfonia in A minor for eight instruments - Camerata Bern/Alexander van Wijnkoop (dir) (Archiv 423 703)

  SCHUBERT: Octet in F D803 - Jörg Widmann (cl), Dag Jensen (bsn), Sibylle Mahnui (horn), Isabelle van Keulen, Veronika Eberle (vlns), Rachel Roberts (vla), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Yasunori Kawahara (dbass) (Avi 8553209)

  BIBER arr Leppard: Sonata in A for eight trumpets - Wynton Marsalis (tpts), English CO/Raymond Leppard (CBS MK 42478)

  LIADOV: Eight Russian Folksongs Op 58 - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 657)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  FARR: Sepuluh Jari - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2020)

  HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes of Weber - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

  A RITCHIE: The Blue Sonata Op 90 - David Chickering (cello), Richard Mapp (pno) (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 113)

• 7:00 PM. Vocalied

  Polish Songs

  MONIUSZKO: Neala's Romance, from Paria; Halka's Air, from Halka - Teresa Zylis-Gara (sop), Polish National PO/Kasimir Kord (Rodolphe RPC 32402)

  CHOPIN trans Liszt: The maiden's wish, from Polish Songs - Stephen Hough (pno) (Musicmasters 7046)

  CHOPIN: The maiden's wish Op 74/5; The handsome lad Op 74/8; The ring Op 74/14; Lithuanian song Op 74/16; My sweetheart Op 74/12, from Polish Songs Op 74 - Ewa Podles (contralto), Garrick Ohlsson (pno) (Dux 0405)

  CHOPIN trans Liszt: My joys, from Polish Songs - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 411 055)

  SZYMANOWSKI: Five Songs Op 13, Voice in the dark; The Christchild's lullaby; At sea; Suleika; The black lute; Three Songs Op 32, Sunrise; Starless sky; Autumnal sun; Vocalise-Study - Piotr Beczala (ten), Reinild Mees (pno) (Channel CCS 19398)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Aivale Cole (sop), Choir & Choristers of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, New Zealand SO/Paul Goodwin

  BRITTEN: Men of Goodwill, Variations on a Christmas Carol; MOZART: Exsultate, jubilate; RESPIGHI: Second movement, L'Adorazione dei Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures; HANDEL: Rejoice greatly; Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd; He shall feed his flock; His yoke is easy, from Messiah; CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8; REGER: O Jesulein suss; ADAM: O Holy Night; REGER: Schlaf, mein Kindelein; NICOLAI: Christmas Overture; RUTTER: Shepherd's Pipe Carol; KIRKPATRICK arr Rutter: Away in a manger; HANDEL: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BRAHMS: Fantasies Op 116 - Shai Wosner (pno) (Onyx 4055)

  GLIÈRE: Harp Concerto Op 74 - Alice Giles (harp), Adelaide SO/David Porcelijn (ABC Classics 454 506)

  BOUGHTON: Three Folk Dances - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67185)

  11:00 CHOPIN: Scherzo No 2 in Bb minor Op 31 - Bernard d'Ascoli (pno) (Athene 23024)

  BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata in Eb Op 64 - Julius Berger (cello), José Gallardo (pno) (Challenge Classics CC 72504)

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