Sunday 29 December 2013 Rātapu 29 Hakihea 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  BLOCH: Concerto for violin & orchestra; Poems of the Sea; Suite Symphonique - Malmö SO/Sakari Oramo (BIS CD 639)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  BACH: Flute Sonatas, in B minor BWV1030; in E BWV1035; in E minor BWV1034; in C BWV1033; in G minor BWV1020; in Eb BWV1031 - James Galway (fl), Philip Moll (hpschd), Sarah Cunningham (vla da gamba) (RCA 09026 62555)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  Joy to the World: Carols from Worcester Cathedral

  A selection from the Novello Book of Carols - Worcester Cathedral Choir, Worcester Festival Choral Society/Donald Hunt (Helios CDH 88031)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  SCHARWENKA: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor; CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor - Seta Tanyel (pno), Philharmonia/Yuri Simonov, Carlo Rizzi (Collins 12632)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  MARAIS: La Sonnerie de Sainte, Geneviève du Mont de Paris; REBEL: Tombeau de Monsieur de Lully; COUPERIN: Sonate, 'La Sultane'; MARAIS: Sonate à la Marésienne; LECLAIR: Ouverture Op 13/2; Ouverture - Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (Archiv 437 086)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  MOKRANJAC: Tebe pojem; CERVERA: El Noi de la Mare; BOUVARD: Noël Provençal; TRAD arr Didier: Noël des Rois; TRAD arr Escaich: Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris - Arsys Bourgogne/Pierre Cao (Naïve V 5319)

  HOVHANESS: Harp Sonata Op 127 - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80530)

  GRETCHANINOV: Missa festiva - Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Valeri Polyansky, Ludmila Golub (org) (Chandos CHAN 9559)

  WILLAN: Three liturgical motets - Choir of St John's, Elora/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.557037)

  KUHNAU: Magnificat in C - Miah Persson (sop), Akira Tachikawa (countertenor), Gerd Türk (ten), Chiyuki Urano (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 1011)

  SILVESTROV: Ikon - Callino Quartet (Louth CMS LCMS 901)

  WHITACRE: Lux Aurumque - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67543)

  MENDELSSOHN: Psalm 95 - Andrea L Brown, Maria Bernius (sops), Werner Güra (ten), Stuttgart Chamber Choir, Deutsche Chamber Phil/Frieder Bernius (Carus SACD 83.217)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 3 - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI 7 94431)

  FAURÉ arr Busser/Hazell: Après un rêve - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

  REFICE: Ombra di Nube - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (Decca 478 2258)

  SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C Op 18 - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Calliope CAL 9207)

  DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour le Piano - Royal Flemish Phil/Daniele Callegari (Talent DOM 2929 95)

  PUCCINI: Crisantemi - Quartetto Puccini (ASV CD DCA 909)

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

  FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 143)

  BORODIN arr Black: Third movement, Nocturne, from String Quartet No 2 in D - Royal Phil/Stanley Black (Decca 444 614)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  REED: A Christmas Intrada - Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Airforce/Graham Hanify, Janet Gibbs (organ) (Kiwi CD SLC 216)

  BACH: Cantata No 122, The newly born, the tiny child, the darling little Jesus-child - Deborah York (sop), Franziska Gottwald (contralto), Paul Agnew (ten), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Choir & Orch/Ton Koopman (Challenge CC 72213)

  DAQUIN: Noël No 10 - Christopher Herrick (organ of the Church of St Rémy de Dieppe, France) (Hyperion CDA 66816)

  PEZ: Concerto pastorale in F - Eva Fegers, Anne-Suse Enssle (recorders), Munich Hofkapelle/Rüdiger Lotter (dir) (Oehms OC 771)

• 10:00 AM. West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2013

  Twenty programmes from Ireland's leading chamber music event, held every summer for a nine day period with over 100 international musicians

  (1) ENESCU: Suite No 2 in D Op 10 - Alexei Grynyuk (pno)

  LIGETI: String Quartet No 1, Métamorphoses nocturnes - Kelemen Quartet

  WEBERN: Slow movement - Casals Quartet

  TÜÜR: Conversio - Pekka Kuusisto (vln), Joonas Ahonen (pno)

  KINSELLA: String Quartet No 5 - Keleman Quartet (recorded in Bantry House, Cork, Ireland by Radio Ireland)

• Noon Alte Musik

  Ten programmes sampling aspects of early music

  (2) The second of two sequences of music from many lands composed for Christmas

  M-A CHARPENTIER: Noël, un flambeau, Janette, Isabelle! - Aradia Ensemble choir & orch/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.557036)

  G GABRIELI: Canzona, Sol, sol la sol; O Magnum Mysterium - John Angelo Messana (countertenor), Monteverdi Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/John Eliot Gardiner (Decca 436 285)

  PURCELL: Two Christmas Interludes, from Behold, I bring you glad tidings - Northwest CO of Seattle/Alun Francis (Helios CDH 88028)

  VIDALES: Los que fueren de buen gusto - Rose Ensemble (Rose 00006)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E RV270, per il Santissimo Natale - Roland Straumer (vln), Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler (Capriccio 10 225)

  TRAD arr Willcocks: Quell est cette odeur agréable - Chanticleer (Teldec 4509 94563)

  DANDRIEU: Noël, Quand le Sauveur Jesus-Christ - Hans Otto (organ of Freiberg Cathedral) (Ars Vivendi 2100201)

  ARAUXO: Glosas sobre el canto llano de la Immaculada Concepcion; TRAD: El pollo; PARSONS: Ave Maria - Joaquim Simoes da Hora (organ of the church of Sao Vincente de Flora, Lisbon); Chorus of the Caja de San Fernando of Seville & Jerez; Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (BBC Music BBC MM 40)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  ELGAR: In the South, Alassio Op 50 - London Phil/Adrian Boult (rec 1955) (Testament SBT 1229)

  DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104 - Pierre Fournier (cello), Cologne Radio SO/George Szell (rec 1962) (Medici Arts MM 028)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  In Memoriam Rïse Stevens (1913-2013)

  Roger Flury and Des Wilson remember the life and career of the American mezzo who passed away just short of her 100th birthday (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, an opera in three acts

  Hansel............................... Brigitte Fassbaender

  Gretel................................ Lucia Popp

  Father............................... Walter Berry

  Mother.............................. Julia Hamari

  The Nibblewitch............... Anny Schlemm

  Sandman........................... Norma Burrows

  Dew Fairy......................... Edita Gruberova

  Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 421 111)

• 5:05 PM. Away with the Fairies

  WAGNER: Die Feen, Overture - Malaga Phil/Alexander Rahbari (Naxos 8.557055)

  GROKHOVSKY: Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales - Valery Grokhovsky (pno), Moscow Radio SO/Vyacheslav Grokhovsky (Campion CAMEO 2016)

  KORNGOLD: The Fairy King's Ball, from Fairy-Tale Pictures Op 3 - Ilona Prunyi (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223384)

  PURCELL: Symphony to Act 4, from The Fairy Queen - John Wallace (tpt), Wallace Collection, English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from Sleeping Beauty - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  LITHGOW arr English: Invercargill March - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5009)

  FARQUHAR: Anniversary Suite No 2 - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Manu CD MANU 1550)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 5 in D Op 70/1, Ghost - Ogen Trio (Ogen OG 0010)

• 7:00 PM. David Bowie

  Six programmes in which George Kay looks at Bowie's career and music

  (1) 1964-2004: The Odyssey of a Changeling (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Paul Rickard-Ford, Natalia Sheludiakova (pno duo)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Concerto in A minor Op 94; SCRIABIN: Fantasy in A minor for two pianos Op posth; SCHNITTKE trans Borovikova: Revisionist's Tale (recorded in the Adam Concert Room, Wellington by RNZ)

• 8:50 PM. On the Podium with Gustavo

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo & Juliet, Fantasy Overture - Simón Bolívar SO of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 9355)

  STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche Op 28 - Guy Braunstein (vln), Berlin Phil/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 479 1041)

  REVUELTAS: La noche de los mayas - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 8775)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  MOZART: Variations in C on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K265 - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

  HAYDN: Oboe Concerto in C HobVIIg/C1 - Hansjörg Schellenberger (ob), Cologne Radio SO/Günter Wand (Profil PH 05045)

  TELEMANN: Orchestral Suite in G minor, La changeante - Northern CO/Nicholas Ward (Naxos 8.553791)

  11:00 BORODIN: String Quartet No 2 in D - Borodin String Quartet (EMI CDC 7 47795)

  ARENSKY: Piano Quintet in D Op 51 - Dora Schwarzberg, Lucia Hall (vlns), Lilya Zilberstein (pno), Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (vla), Mark Drobinsky (cello) (EMI 2 67051)

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