Friday 21 December 2012 Rāmere 21 Hakihea 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MARSHALL: Hikurangi Sunrise; TCHAIKOVSKY: Puss in Boots and the White Cat, from Sleeping Beauty; DVORÁK: The Wood Dove Op 110; ELGAR: Elegy for strings Op 58; MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood; SAINT SAËNS: Aquarium, from The Carnival of the Animals; FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amor Brujo; LILBURN: A Song of Islands - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  ABBUEHL: Bathyal; BERIO arr Abbuehl: Black is the colour…; COURLANDER: Where flamingos fly; BERIO arr Abbuehl: Lo fiolairé; ABBUEHL: Sea, sea!; Don't set sail; The twilight turns from amethyst; Primrose; Bright cap and streamers; SUN RA: A call for all demons; CHICK COREA: Children's song No 1; ABBUEHL: In the dark pine-wood - Susanne Abbuehl (vocalist), Wolfert Brederode (pno), Christof May (cl/bass cl), Michel Portal (cl), Lucas Niggli (drums/perc) (ECM 1906)

  2:10 approx - Disc 3

  GRIEG: Ballade in G minor Op 24; Peer Gynt Suite Nos 1 & 2; Three Orchestral Pieces from Sigurd Jorsalfar - Eva Knardahl (pno) (BIS CD 109)

  3:20 approx - Disc 4

  WILLCOCKS/WADE: Fanfare & O come, all ye faithful; TRAD: Gabriel's message; Angelus ad Virginem; Ding dong! merrily on high; A virgin most pure; God rest you merry gentlemen; In dulci jubilo; Unto us is born a son; BACH: Nun seid Ihr wohl gerochen, from Christmas Oratorio; TRAD: Lord Jesus hath a garden; Come all ye shepherds; Wassail song; We three kings; Il est ne; Jingle bells/Deck the hall; The holly & the ivy; We wish you a merry Christmas; BACH: Ach, mein herzliebes Jesulein; GAUNTLETT: Once in royal David's city; TRAD: Hush! my dear, lie still & slumber; RUTTER: Shepherd's pipe carol; KIRKPATRICK: Away in a manger; GRUBER: Silent night; TRAD: Sussex carol; RUTTER: Star carol; MENDELSSOHN/WILLCOCKS: Hark! the herald angels sing & Fanfare - Bach Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, John Scott (org), James Blades, David Corkhill (perc)/Philip Jones, David Willcocks (Decca 448 980)

  4:40 approx - Disc 5

  KRAUS: Piano Trio in D; Violin Sonata in D minor; Violin Sonata in C; Vienna Flute Quintet in D - Lucia Negro (fpno), Jaap Schröder (vln), Kari Ottesen (cello), Nils-Erik Sparf (vln), Maria Wieslander (hpschd), Lena Weman (baroque fl), Per Sandklef (vln), Björn Sjögren (vla) (Musica Sveciae MSCD 415)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 DELIUS: A Song of Summer - Philharmonia/Owain Arwel Hughes (ASV CDQS 6114)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Fantasy in A minor Op 95 - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Channel Classics CCS SA 31711)

  KREISLER: Sicilienne & Rigaudon, in the style of Francoeur - Akiko Suwanai (vln), Philharmonia/Charles Dutoit (Philips 475 6189)

  SILVESTROV: Alleluia, Evening; Morning; Night - Kiev Chamber Choir/Mykola Hobdych (ECM 2117)

  GRANADOS: The maiden & the nightingale, from Goyescas - Daniel del Pino (pno) (ABC Classics 461 651)

  MONZA ed Biondi: Sinfonia in D, La tempesta di mare - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (dir) (Virgin 3 63430)

  7:00 CORNELIUS arr Atkins: The Three Kings - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Cantillation (ABC Classics 472 044)

  DUBOIS: Marches des Rois Mages - Gerhard Weinberger (organ of the Monastery Church of the Assumption, Roggenburg, Bavaria) (CPO 777 487)

  COPLAND: Prairie Journal - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559240)

  MOZART: Third movement, Adagio, from Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita - Concerto Cologne/Anton Steck (Archiv 477 5800)

  SCHUMANN arr Liszt: Widmung - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD 909)

  FIBICH: Comenius Festive Overture Op 34 - Prague SO/Vladimir Válek (Supraphon 11 1823)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BACH arr Cohen: Chorale Prelude, Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV731 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (London 440 082)

  GLINKA: Andante cantabile & Rondo - Moscow Radio SO/Boris Demchenko (RegisC 1242)

  E MARTIN: Hasta Alicia Baila - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10609)

  JC BACH: Symphony in Bb Op 18/2 - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 752)

  STRAUSS: String Sextet, from Capriccio - members of Bamberg SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Koch 3-6520)

  GRAINGER: Handel in the Strand - Philip Martin (pno), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery (Chandos CHAN 6542)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

  British Christmas Music

  MACMILLAN: In splendoribus sanctorum - Cappella Nova/Alan Tavener, Mark O'Keeffe (tpt) (Linn CKD 301)

  CHILCOTT: Pilgrim Jesus; The nine gifts; Jesus, springing - Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens, Jonathan Vaughn (org) (Hyperion CDA 67650)

  GAUNTLETT arr Mann/Willcocks: Once in royal David's city - Bach Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/David Willcocks, John Scott (org), James Blades, David Corkill (perc) (Decca 448 980)

  TAVENER: Birthday Sleep; A Nativity; Angels - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown, Simon Thomas Jacobs (org) (Naxos 8.572168)

  ANON arr Warlock: Tyrley Tyrlow; Balulalow; The Sycamore Tree - Janet Thompson (sop), Allegri Singers/Louis Halsey, Matthew Morely (org) (Continuum CCD 1053)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy - Rachel Barton Pine (vln), Scottish CO/Alexander Platt (Cedille CDR 90000 083)

  RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno) (BIS SACD 1828)

  MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 - James Ehnes (vln), members of Seattle Chamber Music Society (Onyx 4060)

  ARENSKY: Suite No 3 in C, Variations Op 33 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10024)

• 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

  JONET arr Rieu: Red are the Roses - Johann Strauss Orch/André Rieu (dir) (Polydor 252 7846)

  HORNER: My heart will go on, from Titanic - Jackie Evancho (vocalist), Joshua Bell (vln), Abbey Road Studio Orch/Ben Foster (Columbia 8725 46655)

  EINAUDI: Berlin Song - Ludovico Einaudi (pno) (Decca 476 4490)

  MASCAGNI: Sancta Maria - Alessandro Brustenghi (ten), London Session Choir & Orch/Sally Herbert (Decca 476 5014)

  KORNGOLD: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Decca 478 3529)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  J RITCHIE: Let the pealing organ blow - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 605)

  TRAD: Zither carol; I wonder as I wander; Mary had a baby - Kathleen Battle (sop), Robert Wolinsky (hpschd), NY Choral Artists, Boys' Choir of Harlem, Orch of St Luke's/Leonard Slatkin (Angel CDC 7 47587)

  KABALEVSKY: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 23 - Kathryn Stott (pno), BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10052)

  LISZT: Les Préludes - Rotterdam Phil/James Conlon (Erato 2292-45256)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  PROKOFIEV trans Pletnev: Cinderella Suite - Martha Argerich, Mikhail Pletnev (pno duo) (rec 2003) (DG 474 8172)

  VERDI: Per me guinto è il di, from Don Carlo; Eri tu che macchiavi quell'anima, from Un ballo in maschera - Simon Keenlyside (bar), Munich Radio Orchestra/Ulf Schirmer (rec 2006) (Sony 828768 84822)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  LILBURN: A Musical Offering - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2054)

  BAINTON: And I saw a new Heaven - Auckland Cathedral Singers/James Tibbles, Matthew Harris (org) (Corellia COR 1007)

  PRUDEN: Haast Highway - Skellerup Woolston Band/Mervyn J Waters (Kiwi SLD 66)

  WEBER: Variations on a theme from Silvana - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 003)

  MASSENET: Orchestral Suite No 7, Scènes alsaciennes - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553125)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  TRAD arr Henderson: Ding dong! merrily on high - Canadian Brass (BWE Classics BWE 0196)

  MOZART: Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers K339 - Sumi Jo (sop), Cologne Philharmonia Choir, Cologne Güzenich Orch/James Conlon (Erato 8573 85772)

  BRIDGE: Three Sketches, April; Rosemary; Valse capricieuse - Daniel Tong (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7254)

  GERSHWIN arr Stoltzman: Porgy & Bess, Suite - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

  CPE BACH: Symphony in F Wq183/3 - English Concert/Andrew Manze (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7403)

  TRAD: Mariagneta - La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AVSA 9881)

  BIZET: Votre toast...Toréador, en garde, from Carmen - Bryn Terfel (bbar), London SO/Barry Wordsworth (DG 474 438)

  MULET: Carillon-Sortie in D - Christopher Herrick (organ of Turku Cathedral, Finland) (Hyperion CDA 66676)

  COSTE: Les Soirées d'Auteuil Op 23, Sérénade & Scherzo - Anabel Montesinos (gtr) (Naxos 8.557294)

  ODERMATT: Summer, from Three Images Op 18 - Albrecht Mayer (ob), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

  ELGAR: As torrents in Summer, from King Olaf - Hallé Choir/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7512)

  GOODALL: The Seasons, Summer - Bozidar Vukotic (cello), Tippett Quartet, Marianna Szymanowska (harp) (EMI 6 88626)

  BERLIOZ: Le Spectre de la Rose, from Les Nuits d'été - Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Berlin Deutsches SO/Kent Nagano (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1932)

  R CLARKE: Midsummer moon - Jonathan Rees (vln), Kathron Sturrock (pno) (Guild GMCD 7208)

  CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: A Midsummer Night's Dream Op 108 - West Australian SO/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.572500)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Critic's Chair

  Robert Johnson reviews recent releases (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  NZTrio: Sarah Watkins (pno), Justine Cormack (vln), Ashley Brown (cello)

  SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No 3 in G minor Op 110; FARR/NUNNS: Nga Kete e Toru; BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 7 in Bb Op 97, Archduke (recorded at the Auckland Museum by RNZ)

• 9:35 PM. Facing the End

  WEILL: Matrosen-Tango, from Happy End - Carole Farley (sop), Barcelona SO/José Serebrier (BIS CD 1175)

  STATHAM: Happy Ending - Ben Hoadley (bsn), Nicola Baker (horn), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

  THE DOORS arr/orch Coleman: The End, from The Doors Concerto - Rodney Clarke, Robert Anderson, Adam Greene, Alex Ashworth (vocalists), Nigel Kennedy (vln), Tran Quang Hai (dan trahn), Prague SO/Peter Scholes (Decca 467 350)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  FUCHS: Andante grazioso & Capriccio Op 63 - Cologne CO/Christian Ludwig (Naxos 8.572222)

  RESPIGHI: Violin Sonata in E minor, after Bach's Violin Sonata in E minor BWV1023 - Michael Erxleben (vln/dir), New Berlin CO (Capriccio 10 563)

  COPLAND: Appalachian Spring - Orpheus CO (Brilliant Classics 9207)

  11:00 KROUSE: Da Chara; Air - Duo Tapas (Ode CD MANU 5138)

  FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 15 - Kathryn Stott (pno), Hermitage String Trio (Chandos CHAN 10582)

  PALESTRINA: Alma Redemptoris Mater; TRAD arr Pettman: Gabriel's message; TRAD arr Praetorius/Vulpius: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen; HOWELLS: A spotless rose - Julian Podger (ten), Michael McCarthy (bass), Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 462 050)

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