Friday 14 December 2012 Rāmere 14 Hakihea 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  HAYDN: Symphonies, No 22 in Eb, The Philosopher; No 23 in G; No 24 in D; No 25 in C - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66536)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  MOLIERO: Sonatinas, No 1 in A minor; No 2 in C; No 3 in G minor; No 4 in D; No 5 in A minor; Toccatas, in C# minor; in B minor; in C; Little Suite; Prelude & Fugue in C# minor; Children's Suite; Two Miniatures; Playera; The Fountain; Serenade in the Spanish Style; Concert Study; Pictures of the Plains; Joropo - Clara Rodriguez (pno) (ASV CD DCA 890)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  BILLINGS: Methinks I see an heav'nly host; FOSTER: While shepherds watched their flocks; CEREROLS: Serafin, que con dulce harmonia; VIDALES: Los que fueren de buen gusto; PRAETORIUS: Magnificat super - Angelus ad pastores; M-A CHARPENTIER: In nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi canticum; PASCHA: Gloria; TRAD arr Greatorex: Adeste, fideles; BILLINGS: A virgin unspotted - Taverner Consort, Choir and Players/Andrew Parrott (EMI 7 54529)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  HANDEL: Sonatas, in G for two violins & basso continuo Op 5/4; in A for violin & basso continuo Op 1/3; in G minor for two violins & basso continuo; in B minor for flute, violin & basso continuo Op 2/1; in D for two violins & basso continuo Op 5/2; in Bb for two violins & basso continuo Op 2/3 - English Concert (Archiv 415 497)

  4:40 approx - Disc 5

  ARNOLD: The Bridge on the River Kwai; Whistle Down the Wind; The Sound Barrier; Hobson's Choice; The Inn of the Sixth Happiness - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9100)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HANDEL: Rinaldo, Overture - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Artworks AW 029)

  STRAUSS arr Maisky: Morgen Op 27/4 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Pavel Gililov (pno) (DG 477 7465)

  L MOZART: Symphony in C, Eisen C4 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10496)

  BOCCHERINI: Fourth movement, Fandango, from Guitar Quintet in D G448 - Rolf Lislevand (gtr), Luz Martin León Tello (castanets), David Mayoral (percussion), members of Pulcinella (Ambroisie AM 126)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Leila Josefowicz (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Philips 462 592)

  7:00 R FUCHS: A New Zealand Christmas - Jenny Wollerman (sop), Margaret Medlyn (mezzo), Richard Greager (ten), Roger Wilson (bass), Richard Mapp (pno) (Rollover Productions)

  MONCKTON arr Wood: The Arcadians, Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2133)

  LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C# minor S244 - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1523)

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/1 - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 373 250)

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

  8:00 Beauty Spot: GIBBS: Almayne, from Four Harmonisations for String Orchestra - Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (vln/dir) (Hyperion CDA 67093)

  BARTON PINE: Introduction, Theme & Variations on God defend New Zealand - Rachel Barton Pine (vln) (Cacophony)

  MOZART: Horn Concerto No 3 in Eb K447 - Teunis van der Zwart (horn), Orch of the Eighteenth Century/Frans Brüggen (Glossa GCD 921 110)

  BULL: Canon in subdiapente, two parts in one with a running bass ad placitum - Anthony Jennings (hpschd) (Trust MMT 2025)

  PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical - Philharmonia/Rudolf Barshai (Alto ALC 1086)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

  La Boîte à joujoux - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10545)

  La Mer - Montreal Metropolitan Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (ATMA SACD 2 2549)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  PLEYEL: Symphonie Concertante in A Ben114 - David Perry, Isabella Lippi (vlns), Baltimore CO/Markand Thakar (Naxos 8.570320)

  FRANÇAIX: Wind Quintet No 1 - Berlin Chamber Ensemble (MDG 603 0557)

  BRUCKNER: Te Deum in C - Joan Rodgers (sop), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto), Keith Lewis (ten), Alastair Miles (bass), Corydon Singers & Orch/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDA 66650)

  KORNGOLD: Sinfonietta in B Op 5 - North West German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 037)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Lighten Up

  Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

  From the Charts

  SHORE: Concertino, Eastern Promises - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Greg Knowles (cimbalom), Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Decca 478 3529)

  FRANCK: Panis angelicus, from Mass for three voices - Alessandro Brustenghi (ten), London Session Choir & Orch/Sally Herbert (Decca 476 5014)

  EINAUDI: Passagio - Ludovico Einaudi (pno) (Decca 476 4490)

  ELGAR arr Ingman: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations - Russell Watson (reader), Arts Symphonic Orch/Nick Ingman (Sony 88691 99168)

  J STRAUSS II arr Rieu: Wine, Women & Song - Johann Strauss Orch/André Rieu (Universal 7532 38790)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  WALTON arr Gower: Popular Song, from Façade - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 603)

  DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - Prague Radio SO/Vladimír Válek (Supraphon SU 3802)

  VERDI: Ah, fors'è lui, from La Traviata - Joan Sutherland (sop), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (Decca 414 450)

  SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Ab D899/4 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 456 245)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MEDTNER: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 50 - Nikolai Demidenko (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (rec 1991) (Hyperion CDA 66580)

  RACHMANINOV trans Braden: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Renée Fleming (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (rec 1998) (Decca 458 858)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Prelude & Fugue No 21 in Bb, from 24 Preludes & Fugues Op 87 -Tatiana Nikolayeva (pno) (rec 1990) (Hyperion CDA 66441)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite - New Zealand SO/JoAnn Falletta (Koch International 3-7368)

  FARR: Waka - Aroha Priest (vocalist), Wellington Orch/Kenneth Young (Vector Wgtn Orch VWO 001)

  SCHMITT: Andantino; DUKAS: Alla Gitana - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

  DITTERSDORF: Symphony in A, Sinfonia nazionale nel gusto di cinque nazioni - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BEETHOVEN: Fidelio, Overture - Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (CBS MDK 44790)

  MILHAUD: Brazileira, from Scaramouche - Emma Johnson (cl), Gordon Back (pno) (Sanctuary CD RSN 3046)

  TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D - Rolf Smedvig (tpt), Scottish CO/Jahja Ling (Telarc CD 80227)

  PAGANINI: Ghiribizzi Nos 11-19 - Denis Sungho Janssens (gtr) (Naxos 8.572566)

  SCHUBERT arr Mahler: Second movement, Andante con moto, from String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810, Death & the Maiden - Lucerne Festival Strings/Achim Fiedler (Oehms OC 333)

  CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor Op 68/2 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

  HAMNER: Blue Hills Rhapsody - Queensland SO/Ronald Hamner (ABC Classics 442 374)

  SEVCIK: Blue-eyed maiden Op 10/1 - Pavel Sporcl (vln), Petr Jiríkovsky (pno) (Supraphon SU 3621-2 131)

  KETÈLBEY: Wedgwood Blue - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223442)

  STANFORD: The Blue Bird Op 119/3 - Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (Decca 473 168)

  HIGDON: Blue Cathedral - Atlanta SO/Robert Spano (Telarc CD 80596)

  SAEGUSA: The Blue Angel - Manuela Wiesler (fl), Noriko Ogawa (pno) (BIS CD 1059)

  J STRAUSS II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube - Vienna SO/Yakov Kreizberg (Pentatone PTC 5186 052)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Critic's Chair

  This week The Critic's Chair makes gift recommendations through a collection of reviews from 2012 (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  The Song Company/Roland Peelman

  The Seasons

  ANON: Sumer is icumen in; Virent Prata Hiemata; FONTANELLI: Riedi la Primavera; WEELKES: Now is my Cloris; SCHÜTZ: O Primavera; WEELKES: As Vesta was from Latmos Hill; SCHEIN: Die Vöglein singen; ANON: Bache Bene Venies; HINDEMITH: Verger; Landsknechtstrinklied; DELIUS: To be sung on a summernight on the water; LEGRAND: The Summer knows; LENNON/MCCARTNEY: Good Day Sunshine; CAGE: The year begins to be ripe; SCULTHORPE: Autumn Song; NUYTS: Old Airs; KOSMA: Les Feuilles Mortes; HINDEMITH: En Hiver; DEBUSSY: Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain; POULENC: Un soir de neige; SEEGER: Turn! Turn! Turn! (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:20 PM. Recent Mozart Releases

  Piano Concerto No 26 in D K537, Coronation - Christian Zacharias (pno/dir), Lausanne CO (MDG 940 1759)

  Church Sonata in F K224 - St John's Sinfonia/Andrew Nethsingha (Chandos CHAN 0786)

  Ave verum corpus K618 - Cambridge, St John's Sinfonia/Andrew Nethsingha (Chandos CHAN 0786)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture - Dresden State Opera Orch/Otmar Suitner (Berlin Classics 018 5772 BC)

  RR BENNETT: Songs before sleep, The mouse and the bumble-bee; Wee Willie Winkie; Twinkle, twinkle, little star; Baby, baby, naughty baby; As I walked by myself; There was an old woman - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Philharmonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10389)

  SCHOENBERG: Transfigured Night - Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson (Channel Classics CCS SA 30411)

  11:00 BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A minor Op 114 - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (pno) (Sony SK 57499)

  GAL: Serenade in D Op 41 - Ensemble Epomeo (Avie AV 2259)

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