Schedule for Monday 19 December 2011

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
MENDELSSOHN: Overtures, The Hebrides, Fingal's Cave; A Midsummer Night's Dream; SUPPÉ: Overtures, The Light Cavalry; Poet & Peasant; BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Festival Overture; GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 430 741)
1:10 approx - Disc 2
MARTINU: Sinfonietta Giocosa; Toccata e Due Canzoni; Sinfonietta La Jolla - Julian Jacobson (pno), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Tamás Vásáry (Chandos CHAN 8859)
2:25 approx - Disc 3
ROUSE: Karolju; LUTOSLAWSKI: Polish Christmas carols; RODRIGO: Retablo de Navidad - Julia Doyle (sop), Anna Stephant (mezzo), Philharmonia Chorus/Deborah Miles-Johnson (dir), BBC SO/David Zinman (RCA 88697 11561)
3:30 approx - Disc 4
VIVALDI: First movement, from Four Seasons, Spring; MASSENET: Méditation, from Thaïs; SATIE: Gymnopédie No 1; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending; DEBUSSY: La Fille aux cheveux de lin; BACH: Fourth movement, from Violin Sonata No 3 in C BWV1005; KREISLER: Praeludium and Allegro; BACH: Es ist genug, so nimm, Herr; Cantata, O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort; TRAD: Danny Boy; Scarborough Fair; KENNEDY: Melody in the Wind; MONTI: Csárdás; VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn - Nigel Kennedy, Jonathon Gandelsman (vlns), English CO, London Voices, City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle, John Lenehan (pno), Robert Brophy (vla), Reinhard Armleder (cello), Kroke (EMI 5 57330)
4:40 approx - Disc 5
LLOYD: Piano Concerto No 4; The Lily-Leaf & the Grasshopper; The Transformation of that Naked Ape - Kathryn Stott (pno), London SO/George Lloyd (Albany AR 004)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 CPE BACH: Symphony in G Wq173 - Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik/Stephan Mai (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1711)
SCHUBERT: Second movement, Andante con moto, from Piano Trio No 2 in Eb D929 - Gould Piano Trio (Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0026)
VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in G minor RV332 - Enrico Onofri (vln/dir), Academia Montis Regalis (Naïve OP 30417)
LISZT: Illustrations du Prophète No 2, Les patineurs, from Meyerbeer's Le Prophète - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66571)
DELIUS: Sleigh Ride - Aarhus SO/Bo Holten (Danacord DACOCD 592)
7:00 RADCLIFFE: The Oxen - Rodolfus Choir/Ralph Allwood (BBC Music BBC MM 326)
BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture Op 62 - Vienna Phil/Otto Klemperer (Testament SBT8 1365)
GERSHWIN arr Brahn: I got rhythm, from Girl Crazy - Joshua Bell (vln), London SO/John Williams (Sony SK 60659)
CHOPIN: Waltzes, in Db Op 64/1, Minute; in C# minor Op 64/2; in Ab Op 64/3 - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67849)
ANON: Another Division on a Ground by Mr PB; The Queen's Jigg From the publications of John Playford - David Douglass (vln), Paul O'Dette (theorbo/bar gtr), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7186)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from Eugene Onegin - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDM 7 63412)
8:00 Beauty Spot: FAURÉ: En Prière - Dawn Harms (vln), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Procession of the Sardar, from Caucasian Sketches - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc SACD 60657)
KHACHATURIAN arr anon: Spartacus, excerpts - Duo Reine Elisabeth (pno duo) (Telos TLS 014)
REBEL: Musette in D - Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien (Alpha 148)
SAINT-SAËNS: First movement, Part 2, Poco adagio Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ - Martin Setchell (org), Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Overture on Russian Themes Op 28 - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.572788)
9:00 AM. Christmastide

TELEMANN: Orchestral Suite in A, Festive - Northwest CO, Seattle/Alun Francis (Hyperion CDH 55048)
TALLIS: Audivi vocem de caelo - Ensemble européen William Byrd/Graham O'Reilly (Passacaille 963)
JFC FISCHER: Missa in contrapuncto - Chamber Choir of the MarienKantorei, Lemgo, Handel's Company/Rainer Johannes Homberg (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 605 1477)
BRAHMS: O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf Op 74/2 - Corydon Singers/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDH 55346)
10:00 AM. The Works

SPOHR: Symphony No 6 in G Op 116 - North German Radio Phil/Howard Griffiths (CPO 777 179)
SCRIABIN: Piano Concerto in F# minor Op 20 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno), London Phil/Lorin Maazel (Decca 417 252)
WEBER: Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op 34 - Wolfgang Meyer (cl), Eisler Quartet (Avi Music AVI 8553216)
STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra Op 30 - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3707)
Noon Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
1:30 PM. Mediterranean Inspirations

FOULDS: Sicilian Aubade - BBC Concert Orch/Ronald Corp (Dutton CDLX 7252)
J HOROVITZ: Two Majorcan Pieces, Paguera; Valdemosa - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 003)
RESPIGHI: Siciliana, from Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 3 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 449 924)
TURINA: Mallorca Op 44, Dragon's caves; Night in Palma Bay; Driving along the road - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.572455)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

BUTTERWORTH: Banks of Green Willow - ASMF/Neville Marriner (London 421 391)
DONIZETTI: Com'è soave quest'ora di silenzio, from Lucrezia Borgia - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Giuseppe Verdi Orch, Milan/Carlo Rizzi (Decca 475 550)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 3 in D K40 - Daniel Barenboim (pno/dir), English CO (EMI CZS 7 62825)
CHAUSSON: Le Colibri Op 2/7 - Sandrine Piau (sop), Susan Manoff (pno) (Naïve V 5063)
PAGANINI: Fantasy on Rossini's Moses in Egypt - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Irina Ryumina (pno) (BIS CD 999)
BACH: Mache dich, mein Herze, rein, from St Matthew Passion - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Orch of the Antipodes/Antony Walker (ABC 476 3871)
BABELL: Recorder Concerto in C Op 3/1 - Michala Petri (rec), ASMF/Kenneth Sillito (Decca 475 8464)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
GRANADOS: Allegro de concierto; Danza lenta - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (rec 1989-1990) (RCA RD 604008)
SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto No 1 Op 35 - Thomas Zehetmair (vln), CBSO/Simon Rattle (rec 1995) (EMI CDC 5 55607)
KOECHLIN: The Meditation of Purun Bhagat Op 159 - Berlin Radio SO/David Zinman (rec 1993) (RCA 09026 61955)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
STILL: Folk Suite No 1 - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno), New Zealand String Quartet (Koch International 3-7192)
BARRA: Tibi Laus, Tibi Gloria - Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin/Mark Duley, Andrew Johnstone (org) (Priory PRCD 639)
PSATHAS: Matre's Dance - Jeremy Fitzsimons (perc), Stephen Gosling (pno) (Trust MMT 2047)
R THOMPSON: Symphony No 2 in E minor - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Koch International 3-7074)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

OFFENBACH arr Haensch: La Belle Hélène, Overture - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)
ROSSINI arr Demersseman/Berthélèmy/Gallois: Fantasy on William Tell - Patrick Gallois (fl), Malcolm Messiter (ob), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (DG 445 822)
DEBUSSY: Pour le Piano - Ivan Moravec (pno) (Philips 456 910)
ENZINA: Folia, Today we eat & drink - Jordi Savall (vla da gamba), Michael Behringer (claviorganum) (Alia Vox AV 9805)
DVORÁK arr Leopold: Humoresque in Gb Op 101/7 - South West German Radio Orch/Jirí Stárek (Hänssler CD 93.187)
DELIBES: Bell Song, Où va la jeune Indoue? from Lakmé - Joan Sutherland (sop), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (Decca 414 450)
ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Pierre Pierlot (ob), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (Erato 2292 45921)
DELIUS: Walk to the Paradise Garden, from A Village Romeo & Juliet - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 421 631)
TRAD arr Loman: The Garden of Jesus - Monica Whicher (sop), Judy Loman (harp) (Naxos 8.572510)
READE: The Victorian Kitchen Garden, Suite - Michael Collins (cl), Michael McHale (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10637)
TRAD arr Britten: The Salley Gardens - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Sharolyn Kimmorley (pno) (ABC 476 7175)
GRAINGER: Country Gardens - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9554)
WOOD: It is only a tiny garden - Thomas Allen (bar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67290)
EASDALE ed Lane: Kew Gardens, Suite - BBC Welsh National Orch/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10636)
7:00 PM. Christmastide

PALESTRINA: Advent Responsory, I look from afar; STANFORD: Magnificat in C - Crypt Choir of The King's School, Canterbury/Howard Ionascu, Nicholas Shaw (org) (Priory PRCD 829)
BYRD: Domine praestolamur - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16077)
HEINICHEN: Pastorale in A - Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler (Berlin Classics 030 0146 BC)
JACKSON: Three Carols for Advent Op 73, Gabriel's Message; I know a flower; While the careless world is sleeping - Exon Singers/Matthew Owens, David Bednall (org) (Delphian DCD 34035)
VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E RV270, per il Santissimo Natale - Roland Straumer (vln), Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler (Berlin Classics 030 0146 BC)
McDOWALL: Christus natus est - Rachel Nicholls (sop), Canterbury Chamber Choir, Parmiter's Senior Singers, Orchestra Nova/George Vass (Dutton CDLX 7146)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Martin Riseley, Jun He (vlns), Donald Maurice (vla), Inbal Megiddo (cello), Jian Liu (pno)
LILBURN: String Quartet in E minor; String Trio (1945); Violin Sonata (1950) (recorded in the Ilott Theatre, Wellington by RNZ)
9:00 PM. Recent Mozart Keyboard Releases

Sonata in C for piano duet K521 - Marie & Veronica Kuijken (fpno duet) (Challenge CC 72363)
Piano Concerto No 9 in Eb K271, Jeunehomme - Angela Hewitt (pno), Orchestra da Camera di Mantova/Carlo Fabiono (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67840)
10:00 PM. Day's End

HAYDN: String Quartet in F Op 77/2 - Edding Quartet (Etcetera KTC 1379)
ROSETTI: Oboe Concerto in C (Murray C29) - Kurt Meier (ob), Zurich CO/Johannes Moesus (CPO 777 631)
SIBELIUS: Finlandia - Boston SO/Colin Davis (Philips 446 160)
11:00 PROKOFIEV: Ten Pieces from Romeo & Juliet Op 75 - Eugene Mursky (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.412)
GLINKA: Trio Pathétique in D minor - Turnovsky Trio (Trust MMT 2031)