Tuesday 13 December 2011 Rātū 13 Hakihea 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  STANFORD: Symphony No 4 in F; Irish Rhapsody No 6 for violin & orchestra; Oedipus Rex Prelude - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8884)

  1:05 approx - Disc 2

  BACH: Leipzig Chorale Preludes Nos 14-18 BWV664-668; Fantasia in G minor BWV572; Trio Sonata in E minor BWV528; Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV544; Toccata and Fugue in F, BWV540 - Gillian Weir (organ of Thomaskirche, Leipzig) (Priory PRCD 800)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  Christmas from Lichfield, TRAD arr Willcocks: Sussex Carol; WARLOCK: Bethlehem Down; HENDRIE: There Is No Rose; GARDNER: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; BACH: In dulci jubilo; POSTON: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree; MENDELSSOHN: Christus; HOWELLS: Sing Lullaby; Here is the Little Door; BACH: In dulci jubilo; TRAD ar Jackson: Noël nouvelet; GRUBE arr Andrew Lumsden: Silent Night; BERKELEY: Look up, sweet babe Op 43/2; TAVENER: The Lamb; EDMUNDSON: Vom Himmel hoch; DARKE: In the Bleak Midwinter; BRITTEN: A New Year Carol; CROTCH: Lo! Star-Led Chiefs - Choir of Lichfield Cathedral/Andrew Lumsden, Robert Sharpe (org) (Nimbus NI 5496)

  3:25 approx - Disc 4

  MOZART: String Quartets, in A K464; in C, Dissonance K465 - Quatuor Mosaïques (Astrée Auvidis E 8748)

  4:30 approx - Disc 5

  Works by MENDELSSOHN, BACH, TCHAIKOVSKY, MASSENET, BRUCH, PUCCINI, WAGNER, GOUNOD, BERLIOZ & BARBER - Various orchestras & conductors (Decca 452 625)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 BECK: Sinfonia in G Op 1/5 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

  ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/David Hill (St John's College SJCR 103)

  SIBELIUS: Humoresques, in D minor Op 87/1; in D Op 87/2; in Eb Op 89/3 - Vilde Frang (vln), West German Radio SO/Thomas Söndergård (EMI 6 84413)

  BEETHOVEN: Rondo a capriccio in G Op 129, Rage over a lost penny - Josef Hofmann (pno) (Nimbus NI 8818)

  RAVEL: Fourth movement, Feria, from Rapsodie espagnole - New Zealand SO/Christian Gansch (NZSO)

  7:00 BALDWIN: Lullay my liking - Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Michael Fulcher (Raven OAR 924)

  REZNICEK: Donna Diana, Overture - Paris Conservatoire Orch/Albert Wolff (Testament SBT 1308)

  GOTTSCHALK orch Kay: Grande Tarentelle Op 67 - William Tritt (pno), Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80112)

  MOREL: Danza Brasilera - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1000)

  RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2 - Van Cliburn (pno) (Philips 456 748)

  LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 1 in F minor S359 - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 041 102)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour - Janet Baker (mezzo), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 434 173)

  WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1 - London SO/Antal Dorati (Mercury 434 342)

  GRAINGER arr Wells: Blithe Bells - John Wells (organ of Sacred Heart Basilica, Timaru) (Ribbonwood RCD 1005)

  OFFENBACH arr Rosenthal: Can-Can, from Gaité Parisienne - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

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

  RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 1 - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80309)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

  Chamber Concerto in G minor RV106 - Gail Hennessy (baroque ob), Sally Holman (bsn), Rodolfo Richter (vln), Peter McCarthy (violone), Nicholas Parle (org) (Signum SIGCD 037)

  Il Giustino, Sinfonia - Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis (dir) (Veritas 5 45518)

  Dell'aura al sussurrar, from Dorilla in Tempe - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Decca 466 569)

  Four Seasons, Spring - Giuliano Carmignola (baroque vln), Andrea Marcon (hpschd/dir), Venice Baroque Orch (Sony SK 51352)

  Laudate pueri Dominum RV601 - Sandrine Piau (sop), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (dir) (Naïve OP 30416)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  PROKOFIEV: Russian Overture - London Phil/Walter Weller (Brilliant Classics 9006)

  MENDELSSOHN: Concerto in A minor for piano & strings - Kristian Bezuidenhout (fpno), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2082)

  HUMMEL: Trio in A for flute, cello & piano - Lise Daoust (fl), Elizabeth Dolin (cello), Carmen Picard (pno) (Naxos 8.553473)

  MOZART: Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 726)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Changing Styles

  KREISLER: Sicilienne & Rigaudon, in the style of Francoeur - Akiko Suwanai (vln), Philharmonia/Charles Dutoit (Philips 475 6189)

  FRESCOBALDI: Chant en style récitatif - James Bowman (countertenor), Skip Sempé (hpschd) (Arion ARN 68046)

  VIERNE: Scherzetto, from 24 Pièces en Style Libre Op 31 - Gillian Weir (organ of Milwaukee's Performing Arts Centre) (Koss KC 1013)

  SCHUMANN: Five Pieces in Folk Style Op 102 - Valentin Radutiu (cello), Per Rundberg (pno) (Oehms Classics OC 759)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  MACKY: Not on a snowy night (Te Harinui) - Nicola Sutherland (pno), Wellington Youth Choir/Stuart Douglas (NZ Hymnbook Trust)

  FANSHAWE: African Sanctus - Valerie Hill, Patricia Clarke (sops), Ambrosian Singers/Owain Arwel Hughes (Philips 426 055)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BACH: Partitas, No 3 in A minor BWV827; No 5 in G BWV829 - András Schiff (pno) (rec 1983) (Decca 475 8234)

  BACH arr Giegling: Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Heinz Holliger (ob), Arthur Grumiaux (vln), New Philharmonia/Edo de Waart (Philips 420 700)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  HAMILTON: Lux Aeterna - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2065)

  FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A - Jan Tawroszewicz (vln), Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

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

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture Op 80 - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (RNZ)

  LITOLFF: Second movement, Scherzo, from Concerto Symphonique No 4 in D minor Op 102 - Misha Dichter (pno), Philharmonia/Neville Marriner (Philips 411 123)

  ARNOLD: Three Shanties for Wind Quintet - Vega Wind Quintet (LDR LDRC 1002)

  SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Ab D899/4 - Nikolai Demidenko (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66781)

  STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 475 6550)

  VERDI: La donna è mobile, from Rigoletto - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Giuseppe Verdi Orch, Milan/Carlo Rizzi (Decca 475 550)

  DELIUS: On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7512)

  SCOTT: The Toy Trumpet - Mark Calder (tpt), New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67067)

  BAX: The Happy Forest - BBC Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 10446)

  BRUUN: A walk in the Forest - Danish National Vocal Ensemble/Sören Kinch Hansen (Dacapo 8.226051)

  FARR: From Forgotten Forests - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Trust MMT 2020)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Dawn in a Tropical Forest - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Roberto Duarte (Marco Polo 8.223357)

  GUBAIDULINA: Sounds of the Forest - Alexa Still (fl), Stephen Gosling (pno) (Koch KIC CD 7658)

  TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: Down in yon forest - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16085)

  PEJMAN: Song of the forest - Nuremberg SO/Alexander Rahbari (Aladdin ALD CL 3000)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  7:30 Resound

  Ten programmes of New Zealand music from the RNZ archives introduced by Kenneth Young

  (9) Gillian WHITEHEAD: the improbable ordered dance (2000) - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (rec 12/05/2006) (RNZ)

  8:00 Grooves Unspoken

  Auckland saxophonist, clarinettist and composer Yvette Audain performs some of her own works with friends at an Auckland Fringe concert

  AUDAIN: Grooves Unspoken; Hazine; Meditations upon Nasreddin Hoca; Hold Fast; An Irksome Vengeance; bulletproof petals; A Charleston Kick with Steelcaps (recorded in St Luke's Church, Remuera, by RNZ)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

Next day - Wed 14

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