Monday 17 December 2012 Rāhina 17 Hakihea 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  SULLIVAN: Symphony in E, Irish; Imperial March; Victoria & Merrie England Ballet Suite No 1; Overture in C, In Memoriam - Linden Harris (ob), BBC Concert Orch/Owain Arwel Hughes (CPO 999 171)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  BOCCHERINI: Divertimentos Op 16, No 1 in A; No 4 in Eb; No 5 in A; No 6 in C - Eckart Haupt (fl), Mi-Kyung Lee, Silvia Walch (vlns), Diemut Poppen (vla), Ludwig Quandt, Gotz Teutsch (cellos), Esko Laine (dbass) (Capriccio 10 456)

  2:15 approx - Disc 3

  LISZT: Christmas Tree; Weihnachtslied; Via Crucis; Chorale - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66388)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  TUBIN: Three Pieces; Suite on Estonian Dances; Suite on Estonian Dance Tunes; Sonata - Arvo Leibur (vln), Vardo Rumessen (pno) (BIS CD 541)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto in Eb; TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D; NERUDA: Trumpet Concerto in Eb; TARTINI: Trumpet Concerto in D; HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Ole Edvard Antonsen (tpt), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (EMI 7 54897)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 RAMEAU: Acante et Céphise, Overture - Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (L'Oiseau-Lyre 455 293)

  TRIEBENSEE: Variations on a theme of Haydn - Marilyn Zupnik, Kathryn Greenbank (obs), Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia (cor ang) (Resonance CD RSN 3102)

  SIBELIUS: Humoresques Op 89 - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 474 814)

  BACH: Allegro, from Flute Sonata in C BWV1033; Siciliano, from Flute Sonata in Eb BWV1031; CPE BACH: Rondo in G, from Flute Sonata in G Wq133 - Peter-Lukas Graf (fl), Konrad Ragossnig (gtr) (Claves CD 50-2013)

  PRAETORIUS arr Lane: Dances from Terpsichore - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2142)

  7:00 TRAD arr Vaughan Williams/Armstrong: O little town of Bethlehem - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

  BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire, Overture - Wellington Orch/James Sedares (Private - WS 2001A)

  FRESCOBALDI: Aria di Balletto - John Wells (organ of Baptist Church, Ponsonby, Auckland) (RNZ)

  SOLER: Keyboard Sonata No 84 in D - Godelieve Schrama (harp) (MDG 903 1627)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No 1 in A Op 20 - Liviu Prunaru (vln), Paris Orchestral Ensemble/Lawrence Foster (Claves CD 50-2210)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: FIBICH: Poem, from At Twilight - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon 110624)

  GRIEG: At your feet; Cradle song, from Lyric Pieces Op 68 - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61568)

  BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln/dir), Trondheim Soloists (DG 477 7450)

  PIERNÉ: March of the Little Lead Soldiers - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66998)

  BODY: Long-Ge, from Three Transcriptions - Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 7559 79457)

  GRANADOS orch de Grignon: Spanish Dances - Ulster Orch/Josep Caballé-Domenech (BBC Music BBC MM 255)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

  British Christmas Music

  TAVENER: Fear & Rejoice, O People - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson (Nimbus NI 5589)

  TRAD arr Skeaping: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child; Good people all, this Chrismastime; Sweet was the song the Virgin sang - Maddy Prior (vocalist), Sneak's Noyse (Portrait PCL 1007)

  BYRD: An earthly tree; TRAD arr Helmore: O come, O come, Emmanuel - Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford/Bill Ives, Martin Ford (org) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7495)

  WARLOCK: Bethlehem Down - Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer (Chandos CHAN 9182)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Prologue, Nowell! Nowell!; The March of the Three Kings: From kingdoms of wisdom; Epilogue: In the beginning was the Word, from Hodie - Janice Watson (sop), Peter Hoare (ten), Stephen Gadd (bar), Guildford Choral Society, Royal Phil/Hilary Davan Wetton (Naxos 8.570439)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BOWEN: Piano Sonata No 1 in B minor Op 6 - Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67751/2)

  G CHARPENTIER: Italian Impressions - Nice Phil/Marco Guidarini (Talent DOM 2929 106)

  BEETHOVEN: String Trio in G Op 9/1 - Trio Zimmermann (BIS SACD 1857)

  SPOHR: Clarinet Concerto No 3 in F minor WoO19 - Paul Meyer (cl/dir), Lausanne CO (Alpha 605)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Lighten Up

  Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

  A Visitor Coming Next October

  J STRAUSS II: Thunder & Lightning Polka - Johann Strauss Orch/André Rieu (Universal 7532 38790)

  SAINT-PREUX arr Rieu: Concerto pour une voix - Mirusia Louwerse (sop), Johann Strauss Orch/André Rieu (Universal 533 0693)

  LOVLAND arr Rieu: You Raise Me Up - André Rieu (vln/dir), Johann Strauss Chorus & Orch (Universal 273 9594)

  GRUBER arr Rieu: Silent Night; TRAD arr Rieu: Deck the halls; TORMÉ arr Rieu: The Christmas Song; S ADAMS arr Rieu: The Holy City - Royal Choir Society Mastreechter Staar, Sjamaes Children's Choir, Platin Tenors, Johann Strauss Orch/André Rieu (dir/vln) (Universal 371 4205)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BIBER: The Descent of the Holy Spirit, from The Five Glorious Mysteries - Andrew Manze (vln), Richard Egarr (org) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7321.22)

  BILLINGS: Methinks I see an heav'nly host; A Virgin Unspotted - Taverner Choir/Andrew Parrott (EMI CDC 7 54529)

  SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen Op 15 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 2122/23)

  MOZART: Soave sia il vento, from Così fan tutte - Miah Persson (sop), Christine Rice (mezzo), Bryn Terfel (bar), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (DG 477 6297)

  CHOPIN: Introduction & Polonaise brillant in C Op 3 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Delos DE 3326)

  HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: Zeal for the divine - Anonymous 4 (Harmonia Mundi 90 7200)

  DUBERY: Escapades for recorder, bassoon & piano - John Turner (rec), Graham Salvage (bsn), Paul Janes (pno) (Metier MSV 28523)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BRAHMS: Double Concerto in A minor Op 102 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Bernard Haitink (rec 1979) (EMI CDC 7 49486)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 56 in D HobXVI/42; Fantasia (Capriccio) in C HobXVII/4 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (rec 1984) (Philips 416 643)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  LILBURN: Festival Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

  Four Preludes (1944) - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2053)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 5 in Eb Op 44/3 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570002)

  ELMSLY: Century fanfare, Resound! - Auckland Philharmonia/Vladimir Verbitsky (Atoll ACD 100)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BERNSTEIN: On the Town, Three Dance Episodes - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (Sony SM3K 47154)

  VIVALDI: Trio Sonata in D minor RV63, La Follia - Daniel Hope, Lorenzo Borrani (vlns), members of Chamber Orch of Europe (DG 477 7463)

  GERMAN: Intermezzo - Kenneth Smith (fl), Paul Rhodes (pno) (Divine Art DDA 25069)

  SMETANA: Polka, from The Bartered Bride - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10518)

  DEBUSSY: La fille aux cheveux de lin - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)

  K WILSON: Wind Quintet - Concertante Ensemble (Kiwi SLD 61)

  DIEPENBROCK: The Birds, Overture - Hague Residentie Orch/Hans Vonk (Chandos CHAN 8821)

  TRAD arr Grainger: Three Ravens - Monteverdi Choir, English Country Gardiner Orch/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 446 657)

  HILL: Doves - Tamara Anna Cislowska (pno) (Artworks AW 005)

  TRAD arr Casals: Song of the Birds - Han-Na Chang (cello), St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (EMI 3 82390)

  A RITCHIE: Tui - Bridget Douglas (fl) (Trust MMT 2063-64)

  BLACKFORD: Canticle of the birds, from Mirror of Perfection - Bo Skovhus (bar), Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Ballard Lane School Choir, Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Blackford (Sony SK 60285)

  BORTKIEWICZ: The Ugly Duckling, from, From Anderson's Fairy Tales Op 30 - Stephen Coombs (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66933)

  HANDEL: Sweet bird, from L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato - Kathleen Battle (sop), Paul Davies (fl), ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CDC 7 49179)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Spanish Dance & Final Scene, from Swan Lake - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

• 7:00 PM. Composers of the Week

  For the final Composer of the Week programme for 2012 we take a look at British Christmas Music, presented by Peter Watts (RNZ)

  TRAD arr Willcocks: While shepherds watched their flocks by night; HEAD: The little road to Bethlehem - Tewkesbury Abbey Choir/Andrew Sackett, organ accompaniment (Naxos 8.553077)

  BRITTEN: Jesu, as Thou art our Saviour; In the Bleak Midwinter, from A Boy is Born Op 3 - Jane Sheldon (sop), Cantillation/Brett Weymark (ABC 472 597)

  RUTTER: Angel's Carol; Mary's lullaby; Star Carol - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 510)

  TRAD arr Willcocks: God rest ye merry gentlemen - Tewkesbury Abbey Choir/Andrew Sackett, organ accompaniment (Naxos 8.553077)

• 8:20 PM. Music Alive

  Emma Fraser (sop), Bianca Andrew (mezzo), Cameron Barclay (ten), Kieran Rayner (bar), Orpheus Choir of Wellington, Wellington Orch/Marc Taddei

  PSATHAS: Luminous; BEETHOVEN: Missa Solemnis in D Op 123 (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:35 PM. The Cotswolds

  HOLST: Symphony in F Op 8 - Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.572914)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RIES: Piano Concerto in C minor Op 115 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Bournemouth SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572088)

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 4 in C minor D417, Tragic - Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (RCA Red Seal 88691 96379)

  11:00 PURCELL: Come ye sons of art away, Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary (1694) - Kate Royal (sop), David Hansen (countertenor), Tim Mead (countertenor), Jacques Imbrailo (bass), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music/Stephen Cleobury (EMI 3 44438)

  CHERUBINI: String Quartet No 4 in E - Quartetto David (BIS CD 1004)

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