Friday 23 December 2011 Rāmere 23 Hakihea 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for strings; Elegie; Suite No 4 in G, Mozartiana; Sleeping Beauty (orch Stravinsky), excerpts; String Quartet No 1 in D (orch Serebrier), Andante Cantabile - John Doig (vln), Scottish Chamber Orch/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 719)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  MOLTER: Sonata in F for two wind bands; Cello Concerto in C; Overture in C minor; Sinfonia in F; Oboe Concerto in C minor; Sinfonia in F - Roman Storojenko (cello), Voichita Popa (ob), Josef Bock (hpschd), Europa Symphony/Wolfgang Gröhs (Arte Nova 74321 40741)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia; Hodie - Janice Watson (sop), Peter Hoare (ten), Stephen Gadd (bar), Guilford Choral Society, St Catherine's School Middle Chamber Choir, Royal Phil/Hilary Davan Wetton (Naxos 8.570439)

  3:45 approx - Disc 4

  LILBURN: Three Sea Changes; Sonatina No 2; Prelude (1951); From the Port Hills; Sonata (1956); Nine Short Pieces; Adagio Sostenuto; Two Preludes (1951); Sonata (1949) - Margaret Nielson (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)

  4:55 approx - Disc 5

  BACH: Suite in E BWV1006a; Prelude in C minor BWV999; Fugue in G minor BWV1000; Suite in G minor BWV995 - Nigel North (baroque lute) (Amon Ra CD SAR 23)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 SULLIVAN: Macbeth, Overture - BBC SO/Charles Mackerras (BBC Music BBC MM 203)

  FAURÉ: Nocturne No 3 in Ab Op 33/3 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ)

  V YOUNG arr Morley: My Foolish Heart, theme - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony SK 60773)

  MOZART: Third movement, Adagio, from Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita - Amadeus Wind Ensemble (Naxos 8.551135)

  BIBER: Battalia in D - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9825)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Marche Slave - Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (Mariinsky MAR 0503)

  7:00 TRAD arr Bresgen: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging - Stuttgart Hymnus Boys' Choir, Stuttgart Collegium Instrumentale/Eckhard Weyand (Hänssler CD 98.514)

  ROSETTI: Symphony in F (Murray A32) - Zurich CO/Johannes Moesus (CPO 777 631)

  GINZBURG: Fantasy on a theme from The Barber of Seville - Denis Matsuev (pno) (RCA 82876 61273)

  GABRIELLI: Trumpet Sonata No 4 in D - Thomas Reiner (tpt), Southwest German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (Naxos 8.570501)

  J STRAUSS II: Emperor Waltz - London Phil/Franz Welser-Möst (EMI 5 20974)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: HANDEL arr Galway: Pastoral Symphony, from Messiah - James Galway (fl), Munich Radio Orch/John Georgiadis (RCA 74321 37731)

  CAPLET: Divertissement à la française - Maria Graf (harp) (Philips 432 103)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No 1 in A Op 20 - Fanny Clamagirand (vln), Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.572037)

  MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Michael Collins (cl), Piers Lane (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10615)

  GINASTERA: Estancia, Ballet Suite - London SO/Gisèle Ben-Dor (Naxos 8.570999)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  GALUPPI: Adeste fideles - Gemma Bertagnolli (sop), Dresden Instrumental Concert/Peter Kopp (Berlin Classics 030 0063 BC)

  SALZÉDO: Concert Variations on Adeste Fideles - Judy Loman (harp) (Naxos 8.572510)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Christmas Oratorio Op 12 - Ute Selbig (sop), Elisabet Wilke (mezzo), Annette Markert (contralto), Armin Ude (ten), Egbert Junghans (bar), Dresden Kreuzchor, Dresden Phil/Martin Flämig (Capriccio 10 216)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  PEZ: Overture in Bb R9 - Les Muffatti/Peter van Heyghen (Ramée RAM 0705)

  DVORÁK: String Quintet in G Op 77 - Panocha Quartet, Pavel Nejtek (dbass) (Supraphon SU 3921)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 8 in C K246, Lützow - Angela Hewitt (pno), Orchestra da Camera di Mantova/Carlo Fabiono (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67840)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 5 in D - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (BBC Music BBC MM 294)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recycled Mozart

  BOR: McMozart's Eine Kleine Bright Moonlight Nicht Music - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (Nonesuch 7559 79657)

  CLEMENTI: Batti, batti, after Mozart's Don Giovanni - Howard Shelley (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67850)

  SARASATE: Concert Fantasy on Mozart's Die Zauberflöte - Tianwa Yang (vln), Navarra SO/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (Naxos 8.572275)

  IBERT: Hommage à Mozart - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 440 332)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  YON: Gesù Bambino - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), National Phil/Kurt Herbert Adler (Decca 433 010)

  ANON arr Pilkington: Coventry Carol - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus, Trinity Handbell Ensemble/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

  BRAHMS: Serenade No 2 in A Op 16 - London SO/István Kertész (Decca 421 628)

  PURCELL: Ode for St Cecilia's Day - Jeni Bern, Susan Bisatt (sops), William Purefoy, Christopher Robson (countertenors), Ian Honeyman (ten), Thomas Guthrie (bass), Choir & Orch of the Golden Age/Robert Glenton (Naxos 8.553444)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout - Emil Gilels (pno), Norbert Brainin (vln), Peter Schidlof (vla), Martin Lovett (cello), Rainer Zepperitz (dbass) (rec 1975) (DG 499 746)

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/2 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7415)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  HAMILTON: Century fanfare, Zarya - Auckland Philharmonia/Anthony Halstead (Atoll ACD 100)

  HOFMANN: Flute Concerto in D - Elizabeth Hirst (fl), University of Auckland Orch/Uwe Grodd (Uni of Auckland UAAA 01)

  BACH: Peasant Cantata BWV212 - Pepe Becker (sop), David Morriss (bass), Baroque Players (Atoll ACD 506)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  WEBER: Der Freischütz, Overture - Philharmonia/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9066)

  CHOPIN: Variations on Non più mesta, from Rossini's La Cenerentola - Heinz Holliger (oboe), Ursula Holliger (harp) (Philips 426 288)

  GLYN: Gwylmabsant - Jane Watts (org), BBC Welsh National Orch/Grant Llewellyn (Sain SCD 2653)

  CORELLI: Violin Sonata in D minor Op 5/12, La follia - Rémy Baudet (vln), Jaap ter Linden (cello), Mike Fentross (theorbo/gtr), Pieter-Jan Belder (hpschd) (Brilliant Classics 92403)

  HOLST: Mercury, the Winged Messenger, from The Planets - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555776)

  SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Jörg Widmann (cl), Lars Vogt (pno) (Avi 8553207)

  LIADOV: Baba-Yaga Op 56 - Mexican State Phil/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 657)

  MENDELSSOHN: Caprice in E Op 33/2 - Bertrand Chamayou (pno) (Naïve V 5131)

  RAFF: Romeo & Juliet, Overture - Philharmonia/Francesco d'Avalos (ASV CD DCA 793)

  ZANDONAI: Giulietta, son io, from Giulietta e Romeo - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (Decca 478 2258)

  SVENDSEN: Romeo & Juliet Op 18 - South Jutland SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.570322)

  ROREM: I ne're saw true beauty till this night, from Romeo and Juliet - Fenwick Smith (fl), David Leisner (gtr) (Naxos 8.559674)

  BERLIOZ: Queen Mab Scherzo, from Romeo & Juliet - London SO/Colin Davis (Philips 438 307)

  PRESGURVIC arr Mathes: Aimer, from Romeo & Juliet - Renée Fleming (sop), Bryn Terfel (bbar), Welsh National Opera Orch/Paul Gemignani (Decca 473 250)

  PROKOFIEV: Montagues & Capulets, from Romeo & Juliet - Cleveland Orch/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80551)

• 7:00 PM. The Chart Toppers

  A selection of the CDs sold this year that have risen to No 1 on the Concert Classical Chart

  WADE arr Hazell/Willcocks: Adeste fideles - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Bologna Teatro Communale Orch/Michele Mariotti (Decca 478 2254)

  BIZET: Ouvre ton coeur, from Vasco da Gama - Joan Sutherland (sop), Swiss Romande Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 475 7981)

  BEETHOVEN: Minuet in G WoO10/6 - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5101)

  HIGDON: Second movement, Chaconni, from Violin Concerto - Hilary Hahn (vln), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (DG 477 8777)

  SIBELIUS: Third movement, Moderato, from Symphony No 3 in C Op 52 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572305)

  HANDEL: Ombra mai fu, from Xerxes - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Virgin 5 45711)

  BRAHMS: Third movement, Allegro giocoso, from Violin Concerto in D Op 77 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2075)

  PURCELL: If music be the food of love - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Accademia Bizantina/Stefano Montanari (Decca 478 226)

  LILBURN: Christmas Piece for a Russian Mystic - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2067)

  STRIGGIO: Angus Dei II, from Missa Ecco si beata Giorno - I Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth (Decca 478 2734)

  SIBELIUS: Second movement, Tempo Andante, ma rubato, from Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572704)

  ELGAR: The Crown of India, Interlude - Tasmin Little (vln), Royal Scottish National Orch/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5083)

  PARRY: Jerusalem - Choir of Westminster Abbey, Chapel Royal, London Chamber Orch/James O'Donnell, Robert Quinney (org) (Decca 276 842)

  LILBURN: Willow Song, from Othello - Elizabeth Holowell (vln), Dean Sky-Lucas (pno) (Atoll ACD 941)

  DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: Releasing the Angel, excerpt - David Chickering (cello), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Atoll ACD 141)

  RACHMANINOV: Third Movement, Allegro vivace, from Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor Op 40 - Simon Trpceski (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Avie AV 2191)

  ORTIZ: Recercada No 8 on La Folia - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

  RODRIGO: Third movement, Allegro gentile, from Concierto de Aranjuez - Xuefei Yang (gtr), Barcelona SO/Eiji Oue (EMI 6 98361)

  SIBELIUS: Third movement, Poco vivace, from Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 104 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572705)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  A Snow-free Christmas

  Music to complement flowering pohutukawa and jandals

  Nota Bene/Peter Walls, with Carolyn Mills (harp), Frances Moore (sop), Peter Barber (vla), Fiona McCabe (pno)

  BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols; TRAD arr Praetorius: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen; SANDSTRÖM: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen; TRAD 14th Century carol: Joseph lieber, Joseph mein; BRAHMS: Geistliches Wiegenlied Op 91/2; POULENC: Four Christmas Motets; TRAD French: Il est né le devin enfant; TRAD Italian: Quando nascette Ninno; TRAD Latvian: Dedziet skalu; SHORTIS: I saw a fair maiden; BALDWIN: O magnum mysterium; MEWS: Snow-free Carols Nos 1, 2 & 5 (recorded in Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:10 PM. A Symphony with Viola Obbligato

  BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy - David Carpenter (vla), Helsinki Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Ondine ODE 1188)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  HERRMANN: Clarinet Quintet, Souvenirs de Voyage - Julian Bliss (cl), Tippett Quartet (Signum SIGCD 234)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 103 in Eb, Drumroll - Cologne Gürzenich Orch/Günter Wand (Testament SBT 1356)

  11:00 STRAUSS: Violin Sonata in Eb Op 18 - Isabelle van Keulen (vln), Ronald Brautigam (pno) (Challenge CC 72307)

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

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