Sunday 23 December 2012 Rātapu 23 Hakihea 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Symphonies, No 1 in Eb; No 2 in B minor - Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 436 651)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  KREISLER: La Gitana; TARTINI: Andante,from Violin Concerto in A D96; TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade Mélancolique; BRAHMS: Scherzo, from FAE Sonata in C minor; SCHUMANN: Third movement, Intermezzo, from Violin Sonata in A minor WoO27; CHOPIN: Nocturne in C# minor Op posth; ELGAR: Salut d'amour; GLUCK: Melody, from Orpheus and Euridice; BLOCH: Nigun, from Baal Shem; MASSENET: Méditation, from Thaïs; SARASATE: Playera Op 23/1; RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14; KREISLER: Caprice viennois Op 2; DEBUSSY trans Heifetz: Beau Soir - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu CD MANU 5006)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  A Celtic Christmas

  A selection of traditional carols from Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Brittany, Isle of Man etc - Emma Christian, Arthur Cormack, Colin McAllister, Julie Murphy, Dave Townsend (vocals) & various traditional instrumentalists (Saydisc CD SDL 417)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  GRIEG: Sonatas No 1 in F Op 8; No 2 in G Op 13; No 3 in C minor Op 45 - Dong-Suk Kang (vln), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 647)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  17th Century Music from the Publications of John Playford - David Douglass (vln), Paul O'Dette (theorbo), Andrew Lawrence-King (harps) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7186)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  MOKRANJAC: Tebe pojem; CERVERA: El noi de la mare; BOUVARD: Noël Provençal; TRAD arr Didier: Noël des Rois - Arsys Bourgogne/Pierre Cao (Naïve V 5319)

  K JENKINS: Benedictus, from The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace - National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Phil/Karl Jenkins, Guy Johnston (cello) (Virgin 8 11015)

  HOWELLS: Three Carol-Anthems - Choir of Wells Cathedral/Malcolm Archer (Hyperion CDA 67494)

  GALLAGHER: Berceuse - London SO/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559652)

  HAYDN: Mass No 7 in Bb, Missa brevis - Ann Hoyt (sop), Trinity Choir, Rebel Baroque Orch/Owen Burdick, Dongsok Shin (org) (Naxos 8.572128)

  COGEN: Offrande - Andrew Cantrill (organ of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul) (Trust MMT 2032)

  GRÍMSDÓTTIR: I will praise her and laud - Hljómeyki/Bernhardur Wilkinson (Iceland Music Centre SMK 23)

  PACHELBEL: Magnificat in C - La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata/Roland Wilson (CPO 999 916)

  COOMAN: New world carols, An American Christmas triptych - Choir of Royal Holloway, London/Rupert Gough, Samuel Rathbone (org) (Naxos 8.559361)

  BOËLLMANN: Two pieces for cello and piano Op 31 - Michael Gross (cello), Chia Chou (pno) (MDG 303 1755)

  TRAD arr R Panufnik: Angels Sing! - Joyful Company of Singers/Peter Broadbent, Jeremy Filsell (org) (Warner Classics 2564 60292)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake - Slovak Phil/Stephen Gunzenhauser (Marco Polo 8.223003)

  CHOPIN: Mazurka in F minor Op 68/4; Nocturne in Bb minor Op 9/1 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 466 357)

  SHNORHALI arr Komitas: God forgive us - Karineh Avetissian (sop), Armen Hareyan (org) (Celestial Harmonies 13115)

  RACHMANINOV: Ave Maria, from Vespers Op 37 - Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir/Antony Walker (ABC 465 684)

  LILBURN: Fourth movement, Andante, from Diversions for Strings - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

  FAURÉ orch Rabaud: Berceuse, from Dolly Suite - Paris Orch/Serge Baudo (EMI 5 67523)

  ORFF arr anon: In Trutina, from Carmina Burana - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI 3 59488)

  SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Czech Phil/Libor Pesek (RegisC 1099)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  BALDWIN: An Advent Prelude - Richard Apperley (organ of St James' Presbyterian Church, Newtown, Wellington) (Organism ORG 006)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E RV270, per il Santissimo Natale - Concerto Cologne/Markus Hoffman (vln/dir) (Berlin Classics 030 0276 BC)

  VANHAL: Missa Pastoralis in G - Mary Enid Haines (sop), Nina Scott Stoddart (mezzo), Colin Ainsworth (ten), Steven Pitkanen (bass), James Tibbles (org), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, Aradia Ensemble/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.555080)

• 10:00 AM. Music@Menlo

  The Unfolding of Music

  Five programmes from the 2008 three-week California summer music festival

  (1) BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G BWV1049 - Erin Keefe (solo vln), Demarre McGill, Sooyun Kim (fls), Arnaud Sussmann, Adam Barnett-Hart (vlns), Hsin-Yun Huang (vla), Laurence Lesser (cello), Daxun Zhang (dbass), Kenneth Cooper (hpschd)

  BRAHMS: Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 - William Vermeulen (hn), Jorja Fleezanis (vln), Derek Han (pno)

  STRAVINSKY: Three Pieces for string quartet - Escher String Quartet

  TAN DUN: Elegy, Snow in June - Andrés Díaz (cello), Daniel Kennedy, Florian Conzetti, Christopher Froh, Tom Kolor (percussion) (Music@Menlo Live 2008/01)

• 11:25 AM. The Works

  WALTON arr Mathieson: Richard III, A Shakespeare Suite - Philharmonia/William Walton (EMI CDM 5 65007)

  BRIDGE: The Sea - BBC National Orch of Wales/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10012)

• Noon A Critic's Chair Highlight

  Dianne James in the first of two programmes looking at the Chailly recording of the complete Beethoven symphonies (RNZ)

  (Programme 2 next Sunday at midday)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  DVOŘÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American - Hollywood String Quartet (rec 1955) (Testament SBT 1072)

  GOTTSCHALK: The last hope; The maiden's blush - Eugene List (pno) (rec 1956) (Vanguard 08 4050 71)

  HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 1 in C HobVIIb/1 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello/dir), London SO (rec 1965) (BBC BBCL 4198)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Kathleen Ferrier (1912-1953)

  Combining the beauty of an English rose with a voice of matchless tonal richness and emotional warmth, Ferrier made two recordings reputed in their day to outsell those of Vera Lynn and Frank Sinatra (The Telegraph)

  Roger Flury and Des Wilson mark the British contralto's centenary (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  2012 BBC Music Magazine Opera Award

  HANDEL: Agrippina, an opera in three acts

  Agrippina..................... Alexandrina Pendatchanska

  Nerone......................... Jennifer Rivera

  Poppea......................... Sunhae Im

  Ottone.......................... Bejun Mehta

  Claudio........................ Marcos Fink

  Pallante........................ Neal Davies

  Narciso......................... Dominique Visse

  Lesbo........................... Daniel Schmutzhard

  Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik/René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2088.90)

• 6:40 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  HILL: Symphony No 10 in C, Short - Queensland SO/Wilfred Lehmann (Marco Polo 8.223538)

• 7:00 PM. New Horizons

  A Christmas edition with William Dart (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Young Australia

  Two programmes

  (1) Tasmanian SO ANAM 2011 Concerto Competiton

  With the Tasmanian SO/Kenneth Young

  WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor Op 73 - Alexander Morris (cl)

  BOTTESINI: Double Bass Concerto No 1 in F# minor - Phoebe Russell (dbass)

  STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto in D - Thomas Hutchinson (ob) (recorded in the Federation Concert Hall, Hobart by the ABC)

• 9:30 PM. Variants

  SCHUMANN: Abegg Variations Op 1 - Alexandra Dariesco (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 035)

  BEETHOVEN: Variations on Se vuol ballare from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro - Matthias Metzger (vln), Gerrit Zitterbart (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.462)

  HANSON: Rhythmic Variations on two Ancient Hymns - Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 8.559072)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  TELEMANN: Overture in Bb, Nations Old & New - Stephan Mai (vln/dir), Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1744)

  HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: O Jerusalem - Sequentia (DHM 05472 77353)

  IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Caucasian Sketches, Suite No 1 Op 10 - Ukraine National SO/Arthur Fagen (Naxos 8.553405)

  11:00 TAVENER: Tears of the Angels - Clio Gould (vln), Scottish Ensemble (Linn CKD 085)

  ENESCU: Octet in C Op 7 - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9131)

Next day - Mon 24

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