Thursday 15 December 2011 Rāpare 15 Hakihea 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  TELEMANN: Concerto in A for two violins; Concerto in D for four violins; Concerto in A minor for recorder, viola da gamba & strings; Concerto in G minor for recorder & strings; Concerto in C for four violins; Concerto in E minor for recorder, flute & strings - Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (DG 439 444)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  GERSHWIN: Strike Up the Band; Rhapsody in Blue; Prelude No 1; Piano Concerto in F, Allegro Agitata; An American in Paris; Prelude No 3; Medley from Porgy & Bess; Fascinating Rhythm; Lullaby; Promenade; Cuban Overture - Sarah Vaughn (sop), André Previn (pno), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams, New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (Sony MLK 64060)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  BACH: Christmas Oratorio Parts 1-3 - Monika Frimmer (sop), Yoshikazu Mera (countertenor), Gerd Turk (ten), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 941/2)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, No 14 in C# minor Op 27, Moonlight; No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique; No 23 in F minor Op 57, Appassionata - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (CBS MK 34509)

  4:35 approx - Disc 5

  COATES: Sweet Seventeen; Summer Afternoon; Impressions of a Princess; Salute the Soldier; Two Light Syncopated Pieces, Moon Magic; Rose of Samarkand; For Your Delight; The Unknown Singers; I Sing to You; Coquette; Over to You; Idyll; Under the Stars; By the Tamarisk; Mirage; Last Love; The Greenland - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (ASV White Line CD WHL 2107)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 BACH: Viola da gamba Sonata No 2 in D BWV1028 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Angela Hewitt (pno) (Orfeo C 693 071 A)

  HAYDN: Philemon & Baucis, Sinfonia - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)

  GUASTAVINO arr Cueto: La rosa y el sauce - José Miguel Cueto (vln), St Petersburg SO/Vladimir Lande (Marquis 81407)

  IBERT: Scherzetto - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)

  IRELAND: Decorations, The island spell; Moon-glade; The scarlet ceremonies - Mark Bebbington (pno) (Somm SOMMCD 074)

  FOOTE: Air, from Air & Gavotte - Budapest Strings/Károly Botvay (dir) (Capriccio 10 505)

  7:00 TRAD: The Shepherd's Star - Anonymous 4 (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7453)

  SVENDSEN: Romance in G Op 26 - Vienna Bohème Quartet (Koch Schwann 3-6718)

  MALIPIERO: La Cimarosiana - Swiss-Italian Orch/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.570883)

  ALBINONI trans Balsom: Violin Sonata in D minor Op 4/1 - Alison Balsom (tpt), Scottish Ensemble (EMI 4 56094)

  CHOPIN: Fantasy-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66 - Nikolai Lugansky (pno) (Onyx 4049)

  GLINKA: Ruslan & Lyudmila, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc SACD 60657)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MENDELSSOHN arr Ichinose: On Wings of Song - Yoshikazu Mera (countertenor), Japan Phil/Shigeo Genda (BIS CD 949)

  BOLCOM: Graceful Ghost Rag - William Feasley (gtr) (SO 22581 CD)

  J STRAUSS II: Where the lemon trees bloom, Waltz Op 364 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

  FARR: Waipoua - Marina Sturm (cl), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

  TURINA: Three Andalusian Dances Op 8 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.557150)

  GRIEG: Homage March, from Sigurd Jorsalfar - BBC Scottish SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (Naxos 8.553596)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

  Arsilda, Queen of Pontus, Sinfonia - Modo Antiquo/Federico Maria Sardelli (CPO 999 740)

  Oboe Sonata in C, Salmoe RV779 - Gail Hennessy (baroque ob), Rodolfo Richter (vln), Sally Holman (bsn), Nicholas Parle (org) (Signum SIGCD 037)

  Concerto in G for two mandolins RV532 - Mauro Squillante, Davide Rebuffa (mandolins), L'Arte dell'Arco/Federico Guglielmo (dir) (Brilliant Classics 93810)

  Cello Sonata No 6 in Bb RV46 - Martin Rummel (cello), James Tibbles (hpschd) (Musicaphon M 56917)

  Concerto in C for multiple instruments RV555 - Manfredo Kraemer (vln), Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (dir) (Alia Vox AV 9835)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  JANÁCEK arr Breiner: The Excursions of Mr Broucek, Suite - New Zealand SO/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.570555)

  BRAHMS: Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel Op 24 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony 88697 79469)

  BARBER: Violin Concerto Op 14 - Hilary Hahn (vln), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Sony SK 89029)

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 8 in F Op 93 - Montreal SO/Kent Nagano (Sony 88697 92360)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. By the Light of the Silvery Moon

  VIERNE: Clair de lune Op 53/5 - Stanislas Deriemaeker (organ in the Onze Lieve Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerpen) (NCRV 9087/90)

  ELGAR: In Moonlight, from In the South, Alassio - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8380)

  FAURÉ: Clair de lune Op 46/2 - Measha Brueggergosman (sop), Justus Zeyen (pno) (DG 477 8101)

  STRAUSS: Moonlight music, from Capriccio - Atlanta SO/Donald Runnicles (Telarc TEL 31755)

  DEBUSSY: Clair de lune, from Suite Bergamasque - Roberta Rust (pno) (Centaur CRC 2867)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival - BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559381)

  BARBIERI: Como nací en la calle de la Paloma, from El barberillo de Lavapiés - Elina Garanca (mezzo), Turin Philharmonic Chorus, RAI National Orch/Karel Mark Chichon (DG 477 8776)

  BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 9 in A Op 47, Kreutzer - Yehudi Menuhin (vln), Wilhelm Kempff (pno) (DG 415 874)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 - Géza Anda (pno), Berlin Phil/Rafael Kubelík (rec 1963) (DG 477 5289)

  Widmung Op 25/1; Aufträge Op 77/1; Sehnsucht Op 51/1; Frage Op 35/9; Mein schöner Stern Op 101/4; Schneeglöckchen Op 79/27; Erstes Grün Op 35/4; Der Nussbaum Op 25/3; Loreley Op 53/2; Der Meerfee Op 125/1 - Elly Ameling (sop), Jörg Demus (fpno) (rec 1965) (DHM GD 77085)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  WEBER: Jubilee Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

  CHARLTON: Sonata for flute & guitar - Carol Hohauser (fl), Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Private Recording)

  MOZART: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor K478 - New Zealand Piano Quartet (RNZ)

  FARR: Te Parenga - Patrick Barry (cl), NZSO CO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2036)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man - London Symphony Brass/Eric Crees (RegisC 1209)

  CARSE: Two Sketches, A Northern Song; A Northern Dance - Northern Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555070)

  BRAHMS: Rhapsody in G minor Op 79/2 - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 5719)

  GRANADOS orch Breiner: Rondella aragonesa, from Spanish Dances - Norbert Kraft (gtr), Razumovsky Sinfonia, Bratislava/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.554103)

  PUCCINI: String Quartet in D - Quartetto Puccini (ASV CD DCA 909)

  ZIPOLI arr Giovanini: Elevazione - Pierre Pierlot (ob), Bernard Fonteny (cello), Anne-Marie Beckensteiner (org), Jean-François Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard (ABC Classics 465 086)

  DELIUS: Air & Dance - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2136)

  MEYER/MARSHALL: Short trip home; Hang hang - Joshua Bell (vln), Edgar Meyer (dbass), Sam Bush (mandolin), Mike Marshall (gtr) (Sony SK 60864)

  GROVLEZ: Les Marionettes; Berceuse de la poupée; Le Pastour; Chanson de l'Escarpolette, from L'Almanach aux Images - Jean-Paul Sevilla (pno) (Discover International DICD 920 169-70)

  CHILCOTT: The shepherd's carol - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury, Daniel Hyde (org) (EMI 5 58070)

  KÓDALY: Intermezzo for string trio - Berlin Philharmonic String Trio (Arte Nova 74321 54845)

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/9 - Rémy Baudet, Sayuri Yamagata (vlns), Richte van der Meer (cello), Hank Heyink (archlute), Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder (dir) (Brilliant Classics 92403)

  ELGAR arr Barfoed: Salut d'amour Op 12 - Sol Gabetta (cello), Danish National SO/Mario Venzago (RCA 88697 63081)

  ANON arr Bonell: Spanish Romance - Carlos Bonell (gtr) (Upbeat Classics URCD 140)

  K JENKINS: Better is Peace, from The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace - National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Virgin 8 11015)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Brian Kay's Secular Christmas

  Conductor, broadcaster and ex-King's Singer Brian Kay presents a selection of some of his favourite non-sacred music for the festive season (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Arabian Nights

  David Geringas (cello), Auckland Philharmonia/Garry Walker

  DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104; VASKS: Fragment, from The Book; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:45 PM. Guests of The Festival

  HANDEL: My heart is inditing - The Sixteen & Orch/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16066)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  F COUPERIN: Les baricades mistérieuses, from Ordre No 6; Le Tic-Toc-Choc, ou Les Maillotins; La Couperin; Les Calotines; Les Ombres Errantes; Les Tricoteuses - Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1956)

  JARNEFELT: Suite in Eb - Lahti SO/Jaakko Kuusisto (BIS CD 1753)

  COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto - David Singer (cl), A Far Cry Orch (Naxos 8.559667)

  11:00 ELLER: Five Pieces for string orchestra - Tallinn CO/Tônu Kaljuste (ECM 1745)

  HOVHANESS: The garden of Adonis - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)

  BERIOT: Piano Trio No 1 in D Op 58 - Kuniko Nagata (vln), Mark Drobinsky (cello), Hirotoshi Kasai (pno) (Talent DOM 2911 127)

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