Tuesday 25 December 2012 Rātū 25 Hakihea 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  TRAD: King Jesus hath a garden; Up! good Christian folk & listen; TRAD: Gabriel's message; Donkey carol; Wexford carol; Cradle song; Child in a manger; RUTTER: Mary's lullaby; TRAD: Ding! Dong! merrily on high; Whence is this goodly fragrance? I saw a maiden; In dulci jubilo; DARKE: In the bleak mid-winter; TRAD: I saw three ships; The noble stem of Jesse; TCHAIKOVSKY: The crown of roses; POSTON: Jesus Christ the apple tree; PRAETORIUS: Omnis mundus jocundetur; TRAD: Wassail; The holly & the ivy - Choir & Orch of Clare College, Cambridge/John Rutter (Decca 425 500)

  1:00 approx - Disc 2

  Christmas Organ Recital

  MARCHAND; DAQUIN; DANDRIEU; ROBERDAY; de GIGNY; GUILAIN; COUPERIN - Hans Otto (organ of the Freiberg Cathedral) (Ars Vivendi 2100201)

  2:00 approx - Disc 3

  PALESTRINA: Alma redemptoris mater; Canite tuba; Deus tu conversus; Hodie Christus natus est; Missa Hodie Christus natus est; O magnum mysterium; Tui sunt coeli; O admirable commercium; Christe, redemptor omnium; Magnificat Primi toni - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/Martin Baker (Hyperion CDA 67396)

  3:20 approx - Disc 4

  Plum Pudding: a variety of Christmas Songs and Carols - Felicity Lott, Emily Wolf, Clare Potter, Helen Semple (sop), Andy Mackinder (bar), Gabriel Woolf (narrator), Joyful Company of Singers/Peter Broadbent (ASV Whiteline CD WHL 2150)

  4:40 approx - Disc 5

  Christmas Dreams on 13 Strings

  GRUBER: Stille Nacht; TRAD: Good King Wenceslas; Lulajze, Jezuniu; Noël nouvelet; Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle; V Lesu Rodilas elochka; Nu Tändas tusen Julejus; Es wird schon gleich dunkel; Adeste Fideles; Convidando está la noche; Les anges dans nos campanges; Maria durch ein Dornwald ging; Canzone d'l; SULLIVAN: It came upon a midnight clear; TRAD: In dulci jubilo; I saw three ships; Baloo Lammy; Balulalow; MIOLIN: Azure Christmas; Stellae nocte hibernali somniantes - Anders Miolin (gtr) (BIS SACD 2026)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 TRAD arr Leon: Joy to the world - London CO/Christopher Warren-Green (Sony 88697 98887)

  GRANADOS: Spanish Dances Op 37 Book 1 - Thomas Rajna (pno) (CRD 3321)

  J STAMITZ: Flute Concerto in G - Barthold Kuijken (fl), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Sony SK 48045)

  SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in D D384 - Baiba Skride (vln), Lauma Skride (pno) (Sony 82876 88872)

  TRAD arr Grainger: Danny Boy; GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Philips 420 946)

  7:00 MACKY: Te harinui - Lauren Armishaw (sop), Rienk de Jong (countertenor), Gerben Bos (ten), Elbert de Jong (bar), Euwe & Sybolt de Jong (harmonium) (WestraMedia WM 011112)

  DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Danse - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9129)

  SHOSTAKOVICH arr Atovmian: Romance, from The Gadfly - Daniel Hope (vln), BBC SO/Maxim Shostakovich (Warner 2564 62546)

  SULLIVAN: The Lost Chord - Douglas Mews (organ of the Wellington Town Hall) (Mews 2012A)

  SATIE arr anon: Gymnopédies - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

  BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture - Royal Phil/Alexander Gibson (Tring International TRP 062)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: ANON: Greensleeves - Ronn McFarlane (lute) (Dorian DOR 90008)

  WALDTEUFEL: The Skaters, Waltz - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66998)

  SCHUMANN trans Meinders: Hochländisches Wiegenlied Op 25/14; Volksliedschen Op 51/2; Schöne Fremde Op 39/6; Helft mir, ihr Schwestern Op 42/5; Du Ring an meinem Finger Op 42/4; Die Lotusblume Op 25/7 - Frédéric Meinders (pno) (Danacord DACOCD 671)

  J STRAUSS I: Radetzky March - Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell (Telarc CD 80099)

  CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 - Alexis Weissenberg (pno), Paris Conservatoire Orch/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (EMI 5 00906)

  FOX: Carol Fantasia - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  Christmas Day

  HELY-HUTCHINSON: Carol Symphony - Pro Arte Orch/Barry Rose (EMI CDM 7 64131)

  HOLST: Christmas Day - Julia Doyle (sop), Lydia Challen (contralto), Julian Davies (ten), Simon Oberst (bar), City of London Choir, Bournemouth SO/Hilary Davan Wetton (Naxos 8.572102)

  RESPIGHI: The Adoration of the Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures - BBC Concert Orch/Stephen Cleobury (BBC Music BBC MM 236)

  TRAD arr Davis: Sing, Choirs of Angels - Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Canadian Brass/Jerold Ottley (BWE Classics BWE 0196)

• 10:00 AM. Gifts From Under the Christmas Tree

  A selection of listener Christmas requests throughout the day

  TELEMANN: Concerto in E for flute, oboe d'amore & viola d'amore TWV53/E1 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Albrecht Mayer (ob d'amore), Wolfram Christ (vla d'amore), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir) (EMI 5 57397)

  PRAETORIUS: Lutheran Mass for Christmas Morning - Gabrieli Consort & Players Boys' Choir, Congregational Choir of Roskilde Cathedral/Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts (organ of Roskilde Cathedral) (Archiv 439 250)

  BACH trans Hess: Jesu, joy of man's desiring, from Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben - Myra Hess (pno) (rec 1953) (Philips 456 832)

  HANDEL: For unto us a Child is born ... Rejoice greatly, from Messiah - Ailish Tynan (sop), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (EMI 2 68156)

  (More requests at 1.35pm, 6.00pm & 8.00pm)

• Noon A Christmas Spectacular

  Kay Hall, Catherine Blomfield (sops), Penny Watson (contralto), John Wells, Nicholas Forbes (org), Musica Sacra, Auckland Philharmonia Brass & Percussion/Indra Hughes

  WILBERG: Noe! Noe!; ANON: Unto us a son is born, from Piae Cantiones; ML JONES: Great Prince of Heaven; TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: O little town of Bethlehem; WELLS: Metamorphoses on a Noël; RUTTER: Mary's Lullabye; NIXON: The holly & the ivy; DE PEARSALL: In dulci jubilo; WADE arr Willcocks: Fanfare & O come, all ye faithful; RUTTER: Gloria in excelsis Deo; Domine Deus; Quoniam tu solus sanctus, from Gloria; TRAD arr Willcocks: God rest you gentlemen; RUTTER: Prelude on God rest you gentlemen; NASSI: Quem pastorus laudavere; WILBERG: Ding, dong! merrily on high; KIRKPATRICK: Away in a manger; MENDELSSOHN arr Willcocks: Fanfare & Hark! the herald angels sing; TRAD arr Warrell: We wish you a merry Christmas (recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 1:35 PM. Back Under the Christmas Tree

  A continuing selection of listener Christmas requests

  TRAD: It came upon the midnight clear - Introduced by Heath Lees (RNZ)

  TRAD arr Sullivan/Willcocks: It came upon the midnight clear - Waynflete Singers, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Resounding Brass/David Hill, Stephen Farr (org) (Herald HAVPCD 231)

  DELIUS: Summer Evening - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5208)

  JAMES: Christmas Day - Yvonne Kenny (sop), Contemporary Singers, Adelaide SO/David Stanhope (ABC Classics 465 427)

  FIELD: Piano Concerto No 4 in Eb H28 - Míceál O'Rourke (pno), London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9442)

  JARRE: Revolution; Lara's Theme; The Funeral; Sventytski's Waltz, from Doctor Zhivago - Delcina Stevenson (sop), MGM Studio Chorus & Orch/Maurice Jarre (CBS 170274)

  GUILMANT: Marche de Procession sur deux chants d'église - Christopher Herrick (organ of Truro Cathedral) (Hyperion CDA 67317)

  (More requests at 6.00pm & 8.00pm)

• 3:00 PM. Panto en Pointe

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty, a ballet in three acts - James Ehnes (vln), Robert deMaine (cello), Johannes Wik (harp), Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5113)

• 5:45 PM. Let Beauty Awake

  RAVEL trans Ronchini: Pavane of Sleeping Beauty, from Mother Goose - Sharon Robinson (cello), Joseph Kalichstein (pno) (Arabesque Z 6736)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Let beauty awake, from Songs of Travel - Janet Baker (mezzo), Geoffrey Parsons (pno) (BBC Legends BBCL 4117)

  SUPPÉ: The Beautiful Galatea, Overture - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Teldec 8.43240)

• 6:00 PM. Back Under the Christmas Tree

  A continuing selection of listener Christmas requests

  TRAD arr Wilberg: Still, still, still; SCHEIDT arr Hazell: O Jesulein zart - Bryn Terfel (bar), Welsh National Opera Orch/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

  ROSSINI orch/arr Respighi: La Boutique fantasque - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 455 983)

  (More requests at 8.00pm)

• 7:00 PM. The Chart Toppers

  A selection of the CDs sold this year that have risen to No 1 on the Concert Classical Chart

  TRAD arr Wilberg: Ding dong! merrily on high - Nicholas Forbes (org), Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 342)

  CHILCOTT: Oculi Omnium - The King's Singers/René Clausen (Signum Classics SIGCD 262)

  HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon - The Sixteen Orch/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16073)

  HARRIS: Third movement, from Symphony No 2 - Madeleine Pierard (sop), Auckland Philharmonia/Marko Letonja (Naxos 8.572574)

  ELGAR: Elegy Op 58 - BBC Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHAN 10709)

  VERDI: Possente amor mi chiama, from Rigoletto - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Bologna Community Theatre Chorus & Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 3060)

  DVORÁK: By the Rivers of Babylon, from Biblical Songs - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (DG 479 0065)

  BEETHOVEN: Second movement, Adagio cantabile, from Symphony No 8 in F Op 93 - West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Decca 478 3513)

  MERULA: Sentirete una canzonetta - Jordi Savall (bass viol), Arianna Savall (hp), Montserrat Figueras (sop), Ferran Savall (theorbo), Pedro Estevan (perc) (Alia Vox AVSA 9889)

  SMETANA: Polka, from The Bartered Bride - Royal Opera Chorus, Philharmonia/Charles Mackerras (Chandos CHAN 3128)

  GERSHWIN: The man I love, from Songbook - Michael Endres (pno) (Oehms OC 418)

  HANDEL: Ombra mai fu, from Serse - Renée Fleming (sop), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Harry Bicket (Decca 478 4446)

  BACH: Goldberg Variations, Aria BWV988 - Maria Tipo (pno) (EMI 9 78466)

  BRUCH: Third movement, Finale, from Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Czech Phil/Jakub Hrusa (Decca 476 409)

• 8:00 PM. Back Under the Christmas Tree

  A continuing selection of listener Christmas requests

  ELGAR: The Starlight Express, incidental music for the three act play - Simon Callow (narrator), Elin Manahan Thomas (sop), Roderick Williams (bar), Scottish CO/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5111)

  BACH: Sinfonia, from Christmas Oratorio - Netherlands Bach Society/Jos van Veldhoven (Channel Classics CCS SEL 6111)

  CORNELIUS: Christmas Songs Op 8, Christmas tree; The shepherds; The three Kings; Simeon; Christ the friend of children; The Christ child - Peter Schreier (ten), Norman Shetler (pno) (Eurodisc 69013-2-RG)

  BACH: Chorale Prelude, In dir ist Freude BWV615 - Kei Koito (organ of the Hofkirche, Dresden) (Claves 50-1008)

  BRAHMS: Geistliches Wiegenlied Op 91/2 - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Max Gilbert (vla), Phyllis Surr (pno) (RegisC 1153)

  BERLIOZ: The shepherd's farewell, from The Childhood of Christ - Huddersfield Choral Society, John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band/Keith Rhodes (Chandos CHAN 8679)

  TRAD: Rangi Pukohu Kohu (Rainbow Song) - Maisey Rika (sop), St Joseph's Maori Girls' College/Georgina Kingi, Tom Collins (gtr) (SPR SPR 96)

  MACKY: Not on a snowy night (Te Harinui) - Wellington Youth Choir/Stuart Douglas, Nicola Sutherland (pno) (NZ Hymnbook Trust)

  TRAD: Il est né, le divin enfant - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Ulf Forsberg (vln), Markus Leoson (marimba) (DG 459 685)

  TRAD: Cherry Tree Carol - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8, Christmas Concerto - Concerto Cologne/Markus Hoffman (Berlin Classics 030 0276 BC)

  GRUBER: Silent Night - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop), Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia/Charles Mackerras (EMI CDM 7 63574)

  TRAD: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 462 050)

  WOLF: Schlafendes Jesuskind, from Mörike Lieder; MOZART: Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers K339 - Kathleen Battle (sop), American Boychoir, with orch/Robert Sadin (Sony SK 62035)

  ANON: Riu, riu chiu - Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir/Jeffrey Skidmore (Sancturay CD RSN 3054)

  TRAD arr Childs: The seven joys of Mary - Cecilian Singers/Nan Anderson, Graham Hollobon (org)

  11:00 RHEINBERGER: The Star of Bethlehem Op 164 - Rita Streich (sop), Dietrich Fischer Dieskau (bar), Bavarian Radio Chorus, Graunke SO/Robert Heger (Carus 83.111)

Next day - Wed 26

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