Monday 24 December 2012 Rāhina 24 Hakihea 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  TELEMANN: Overtures, in C TWV55/C6; in D TWV55/D19; in Bb TWV55/B10 - Paul Goodwin, Lorraine Wood, Sophia McKenna (obs), Alberto Grazzi (bsn), Andrew Clark, Gavin Edwards (hns), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 437 558)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  BRAHMS: Prelude & Fugue in G minor; Fugue in Ab minor; Eleven Chorale Preludes Op 122; Chorale, Prelude & Fugue in A minor on O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid; Prelude & Fugue in A minor - Robert Parkins (org) (Naxos 8.550824)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  TRAD: Silent Night; Carol of the Bells; G GABRIELI: O magnum mysterium; TRAD: Joseph dearest, Joseph mine; BILLINGS: The shepherd's carol; TRAD: Still, still, still; O Tannenbaum; The first Nowell; FRIEDELL: Saw you never in the twilight; TRAD: The holly & the ivy; BRITTEN: Hymn to the Virgin; TRAD: O little town of Bethlehem; Patapan; Away in a manger; HASSLER: Angelus ad pastores ait; AVERRE: Did Mary know?; TRAD: Deck the hall; Coventry Carol; MARENZIO: Hodie Christus natus est; TRAD Baloo, Lammy; I saw three ships; Of the father's love begotten; MANZ: E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come; TRAD: As with gladness men of old; I wonder as I wander; A la nanita nan; Ding Dong! Merrily on high - Musica Sacra/Richard Westenburg (DG 429 732)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  DIMMLER: Clarinet Concerto in Bb; WINTER: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb for violin, clarinet, horn, bassoon & orchestra; TAUSCH: Clarinet Concerto in Eb - Karl Schlechta (cl), Kurpfälz Chamber Orch/Jiri Malát (Arte Nova 74321-37298)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  BARTÓK: Rhapsody for piano and orchestra Op 1; Scherzo for piano and orchestra; DOHNÁNYI: Variations on a Nursery Song - Zoltán Kocsis (pno), Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 446 472)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 FERRANDINI: Christmas Symphony - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

  NORDQVIST: Christmas, Christmas, glorious Christmas - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

  HUBICKI: Theme & Variations - Bochmann Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10322)

  MOZART: Horn Concerto No 1 in D K412 - Jonathan Williams (horn), CO of Europe/Alexander Schneider (COE Records CD COE 805)

  RAVEL: Menuet in C# minor; Prélude in A minor; Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn; A la manière de Borodine; A la manière de Chabrier - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67731/2)

  RR BENNETT: Suite française - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2131)

  7:00 LEONTOVICH arr Hayman: Carol of the Bells - Hallé Orch/Carl Davis (Hallé CD HIL 7504)

  WARREN: Wexford Bells, Suite on old Irish tunes Shepherds' Dance; Lute Book lullaby; Christmas jig; Wexford bells - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Sanctuary CD RSB 205)

  GLAZUNOV: Orientale, from Five Novelettes Op 15 - St Petersburg String Quartet (Delos DE 3262)

  BELLINI: Oboe Concerto in Eb - Diana Doherty (ob), Queensland SO/Werner Andreas Albert (ABC Classics 456 681)

  MUSTONEN: Three Simple Pieces - Martti Rousi (cello), Olli Mustonen (pno) (Finlandia 4509 95860)

  BRAHMS orch Parlow: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D - Stuttgart Radio SO/Georges Prêtre (Forlane 16770)

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

  BRITTEN: Miniature Suite - Emperor Quartet (BIS SACD 1540)

  LISZT: La Campanella, Transcendental Study No 3 in G# minor after Paganini - Dominic Piers Smith (pno) (Private Recording 2008A)

  GUIRAUD: Caprice - Philippe Graffin (vln), Ulster Orch/Thierry Fischer (Hyperion CDA 67294)

  BACH arr Palmer: First movement, Overture, from Orchestral Suite No 1 in C BWV1066 - Christchurch Youth Recorder Ensemble/Neville Forsythe (Private CYRE 2002A)

  BRIAN: Festal Dance - RTE National SO/Adrian Leaper (Naxos 8.572020)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  From Heaven Above

  NICOLAI: Christmas Overture - Aurelius Boys' Choir & Württemberg Phil/Ola Rudner (Hänssler CD 98.635)

  TRAD arr Meyer: Angels we have heard on high; O Tannenbaum; God rest ye merry, Gentlemen; WILLIS: It came upon the Midnight clear; BACH: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her - Leontyne Price (sop) & friends/Herbert von Karajan (Decca 421 103)

  RIES: Variations on a Portugese Hymn Op 152/1 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.572038)

  MENDELSSOHN: Vom Himmel hoch - Lisa Milne (sop), Christopher Maltman (bar), London Phil Chorus & Orch/Vladimir Jurowski (LPO 0050)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 3 in C Op 52 - Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam (Ondine ODE 1075-2Q)

  RESPIGHI rev di Vittorio: Suite for strings - CO of New York "Ottorino Respighi"/Salvatore di Vittorio (Naxos 8.572332)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 29 in Eb HobXVI/45 - Emanuel Ax (pno) (Sony SK 89363)

  KHACHATURIAN: Violin Concerto in D minor - Arabella Steinbacher (vln), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (Orfeo C 623 041 A)

• 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 Great American Minstrel

  IRVING BERLIN

  Alexander's Ragtime Band - Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler (DG 423 771)

  arr Riddle: Blue skies - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Nelson Riddle & his Orch (Decca 444 614)

  Cheek to cheek; Top hat - Yehudi Menuhin (vln), Stéphane Grappelli (vln), Alan Clare Trio (EMI 7 69219)

  It's a lovely day today, from Call Me Madam

  Kenneth Gibson........... Lewis Cleale

  Princess Maria.............. Melissa Errico

  Coffee Club Orch/Rob Fisher (DRG 714761)

  There's no business like show business, from Annie Get Your Gun - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Philips 412 132)

  arr Hazell: White Christmas - Bryn Terfel, Bing Crosby (bars), Welsh National Opera Orch/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  TRAD: O little town of Bethlehem - Introduced by Heath Lees (RNZ)

  TRAD arr Vaughan Williams/Walsh: O little town of Bethlehem - Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Philip Walsh, Andrew MacMillan (org) (Herald HAVPCD 224)

  M-A CHARPENTIER: Noels pour les instruments - Concerto Cologne/Martin Sandhoff (Berlin Classics 030 0276 BC)

  BIZET: Jeux d'enfants - Katia & Marielle Labèque (pno duet) (Philips 420 159)

  ADAM arr Arch: O Holy Night - Il Divo, with children's chorus & orch (Syco Music CK 97715)

  HOPKINS arr Iveson: We three kings of Orient are - James Blades, David Corkill (percussion), Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Philip Jones (Decca 448 980)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MENDELSSOHN: Capriccio in E minor Op 81/3; Theme with Variations in E Op 81/1; Scherzo in A minor Op 81/2 - Emerson String Quartet (rec 2003) (DG 477 5370)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Op 58 - Murray Perahia (pno), Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (rel 1985) (CBS MK 39814)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  FARR: Taheke - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 709)

  SCHUMANN: Papillons Op 2 - Diedre Irons (pno) (Trust MMT 2041)

  VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Winter - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)

  BALDWIN: O magnum mysterium; Lullay my liking - Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Michael Fulcher (Raven OAR 924)

  PANN: Soirée Macabre with demons on the dance floor; RHODES: Appalachian Breakdown - Nicola Melville (pno) (Innova 691)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  GERMAN: Three Dances, from Henry VIII - Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 49933)

  F COUPERIN arr Allen: Les baricades mistérieuses - Nancy Allen (harp) (EMI CDM 7 69070)

  ABEL: Symphony in E Op 10/1 - Frankfurt La Stagione/Michael Schneider (CPO 999 207)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Bassoon Sonata in G Op 168 - members of Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)

  HOVHANESS: Alleluia & Fugue Op 40b - I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (Telarc CD 80392)

  CABEZON: Folia, Para quien crié yo cabellos - Jordi Savall (vla da gamba), Michael Behringer (org) (Alia Vox AV 9805)

  JOPLIN arr Crespo: Ragtime Dance; Solace, A Mexican Serenade - German Brass/Enrique Crespo (EMI CDC 7 49170)

  JONGEN: Soleil à midi Op 33/1 - Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden (pno) (Fuga Libera FUG 586)

  WOODCOCK: Oboe Concerto in Eb - Neil Black (ob), Thames CO/Michael Dobson (CRD 3331)

  HOLST: Venus, Bringer of Peace, from Planets Suite - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (RCA 09026 68999)

  TICHELI: There will be rest - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5045)

  TRAD arr Idenstam: Inner peace - Johan Hedin (nyckelharpa), Gunnar Idenstam (org) (Caprice CAP 21807)

  COPLAND: Quiet City - Paula Engerer (cor anglais), Scott Moore (tpt), Nashville CO/Paul Gambill (Naxos 8.559069)

• 7:00 PM. Christmastide

  Christmas Eve

  TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Suite - Royal Phil/Enrique Bátiz (Sanctuary CD RSN 3046)

  BRUK: Thanks to the Christmas Tree; Children's Christmas Eve; It's Christmas Eve, from Light to the Earth - Gabriel Suovanen (bar), instrumental ensemble/Neeme Punder (NCB F&NBCD-11)

  LANE: Another Night Before Christmas - Simon Callow (narrator), RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

  CAMPKIN: Sleep, Holy Babe; BURGES: Coventry Carol - Blossom Street/Hilary Campbell (Naxos 8.572868)

  LILJEFORS: Christmas draws nigh; GRUBER: Silent Night - Oystein Baadsvik (tuba), Trondheim SO/Torodd Wigum (BIS CD 1885)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Anna Leese (sop), Kate Spence (mezzo), David Hamilton (ten), Jared Holt (bar), Tudor Consort, Wellington Orch/Michael Stewart

  BACH: Christmas Oratorio (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:20 PM. Day's End

  MALIPIERO: Gabrieliana - Swiss-Italian Orch/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.570883)

  PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel - Dietmar Schwalke (cello), Alexander Malter (pno) (ECM 1591)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9593)

  11:00 SMETANA: String Quartet No 1 in E minor, From my life - Smetana Quartet (Supraphon SU 4003)

  IRELAND: Decorations, The island spell; Moon-glade; The scarlet ceremonies - Mark Bebbington (pno) (Somm SOMMCD 074)

  ALFVÉN: See how brightly shines the star; GJEILO: Serenity (O magnum mysterium); OLSSEN: God's son is born - Bartosz Cajler (vln), Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

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