Sunday 20 December 2015 Rātapu 20 Hakihea 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  ALWYN: Symphony No 3; Violin Concerto - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9187)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  TELEMANN: Sonata Corellisante No 1 in F; Sonata Corellisante No 2 in A; Canonic Duo No 1 in G; Sonata Corellisante No 3 in B minor; Canonic Duo No 2 in G minor; Sonata Corellisante No 4 in E; Canonic Duo No 3 in D; Sonata Corellisante No 5 in G minor; Canonic Duo No 4 in D minor; Sonata Corellisante No 6 in D - Micaela Comberti (vln), Jane Coe (cello), Nicholas Parle (hpschd), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0549)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  BRITTEN: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings Op 31; Les Illuminations for tenor & strings Op 8; Nocturne for tenor, seven obbligato instruments & strings Op 60 - Peter Pears (ten), Barry Tuckwell (horn), London SO, English CO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 417 153)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  SNYDER: Who's sorry now?; DINICU arr Walton: Hora staccato; KREISLER arr Walton: Praeludium & Allegro; GARDNER: Mild & bitter; CAVALLINI: Adagio & Tarantella; ITURRALDE: Pequeña Czarda; PHILIPS: Clarinet Cadenza; BOTSFORD arr Walton: Black & white rag; DEMERSSEMAN: Fantasy on an original theme; FA SCHUBERT: The bee; RAMEAU arr Mule: Gavotte, from Le Temple de la Gloire; HERBERT: Punchinello; MATITIA: Devil's rag; SHAPIRO/CONNELLY/CAMPBELL: If I had you; CURZON: Clarinetto con moto; DRASKOCZY: Dances from Transylvania; CAVALLINI: Serenata; RAVEL: Piece in the form of a Habanera; MONTI: Czárdás; BENDIX: The butterfly; GABRIEL-MARIE arr Woody Herman: Golden Wedding - Mark Walton (cl), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  BACH trans Stokowski: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565; Air on the G string, from Orchestral Suite No 3; Fugue in G minor, Little Fugue BWV578; Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208; Prelude in B minor, from BWV869; Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor BWV582; Siciliano, from BWV1017; Mein Jesu, from BWV487; Chorale from the Easter Cantata; Adagio in C, from BWV564; Komm süsser Tod BWV478; Wir glauben all' an Einen Gott, Giant Fugue BWV680 - BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9259)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  6:00 WHITE: Magnificat - Stile Antico (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7517)

  DAQUIN: Noël No 3 - Christopher Herrick (organ of the Church of St Rémy de Dieppe, France) (Hyperion CDA 66816)

  VALENTINI: Christmas Symphony Op 1/12 - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

  RUTTER: Nativity Carol; GRAINGER arr Perna: Sussex Mummers' Carol; LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium; WARLOCK: Lullaby my Jesus - Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Layton (Hyperion NOEL 2)

  WARLOCK arr Lane: Bethlehem Down - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)

  CHILCOTT: The shepherd's carol; And every stone shall cry - BBC Singers/Bob Chilcott (Signum SIGCD 100)

  KOEHNE: To His Servant Bach, God Grants a Final Glimpse, The Morning Star - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC 476 6502)

  KIRKPATRICK arr Leon: Away in a manger; REDNER arr Leon: O little town of Bethlehem - London CO/Christopher Warren-Green (Sony 88697 98887)

  WILLIS arr Leon: It came upon a midnight clear - Robert Max (cello), London CO/Christopher Warren-Green (Sony 88697 98887)

  PACHECO arr Leon: Moita Festa - London CO/Christopher Warren-Green (Sony 88697 98887)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

  A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  BEETHOVEN: Romance No 2 in F Op 50 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

  SCHUMANN arr Liszt: Widmung - Yundi Li (pno) (DG 471 585)

  PUCCINI: Doretta's dream, from La Rondine - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London Phil/John Pritchard (EMI 5 57231)

  FAURÉ: Morceau de concours - Amanda Hollins (fl), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 902)

  BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Bremen German Chamber Phil (Channel Classics CCS SA 16501)

  SCHUBERT: Ständchen, from Schwanengesang - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 445 294)

  TRAD: The Gentle Swan, from Irish Folk Song Society Journal, 1905 - Ensemble Galilei (ABC 472 610)

  WAGNER: Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde - Philadelphia Orch/Christian Thielemann (DG 453 485)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  Music for the Christmas season

  ANON Plainchant: Veni, veni Emmanuel; BYRD: Vigilate - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Graham Ross (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 907579)

  BACH: Cantata No 132, Make ready the pathways, make ready the road - Arleen Auger (sop), Helen Watts (contralto), Kurt Equiluz (ten), Wolfgang Schöne (bass), Gächinger Kantorei, Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium, Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling (Hänssler CD 92.041)

  TOURNIER: Six Noëls - Judy Loman (harp) (Naxos 8.572510)

  BALL: The Kingdom Triumphant - Sellers Engineering Band/Norman Law (Chandos CHAN 4531)

  A CARTER: Organ Toccata on Veni Emmanuel - Andrew Lucas (organ of St Paul’s Cathedral, London) (Helios CDH 55463)

• 10:00 AM. Brilliant Brass

  Brilliant Brass, with David Bremner, gets into the spirit of Christmas with a stirring programme featuring the world's finest brass players, including The Bay Brass ensemble and multi-instrumentalist James Morrison (RNZ)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  MOZART: Oboe Concerto in C K314 - Alexei Ogrintchouk (ob/dir), Lithuanian CO (BIS SACD 2007)

  RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 - Paris Orch/Paavo Järvi (Erato 0825 646195794)

• Noon The Critic's Choice

  The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

  RAVEL: Piano Concerto for the left hand - Yuja Wang (pno), Zurich Tonhalle Orch/Lionel Bringuier (DG 479 4954)

  HARTMANN: Simplicius Simplicissimus, Overture - Netherlands Radio Phil/Markus Stenz (Challenge Classics CC 72637)

  HANDEL arr anon: Violin Sonata in G minor HWV364a - Steven Isserlis, Robin Michael (cellos), Richard Egarr (hpschd) (Hyperion CDA 68045)

  VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Summer - Adrian Chandler (vln/dir), La Serenissima (Avie AV 2344)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical - Berlin RIAS SO/Ferenc Fricsay (rec 1954) (DG 474 383)

  BRAHMS: Geistliches Wiegenlied Op 91/2 - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Max Gilbert (vla), Phyllis Spurr (pno) (rec 1949) (RegisC 1153)

  JOLIVET: Pastorale de Noël - Jacques Castagner (fl), Gérard Faisandier (bsn), Lily Laskine (harp) (rec 1957) (Accord 476 7783)

  IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Caucasian Sketches, Suite No 1 Op 10 - Paris Conservatoire Orch/Roger Désormière (rec 1951) (Testament SBT 1309)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  The Isle is Full of Noises

  Bali, the Gamelan and Walter Spies

  Second of two programmes presented by Elric Hooper and Des Wilson (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  The Big Sing 2015

  Nine programmes

  (8) Highlights from this year's National Finale featuring Voicemale (Westlake Boys' High School), Sings Hilda (St Hilda's Collegiate School), Con Anima (St Patrick's College, Wellington), Cantare (Westlake Girls' High School), Altissime (Samuel Marsden Collegiate School), Burnside High School Senior Chorale (Burnside High School) (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 4:05 PM. Grimaud plays Brahms

  Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 - Hélène Grimaud (pno), Bavarian Radio Orch/Andris Nelsons (DG 479 1058)

• 5:00 PM. New Horizons

  What will Santa Claus be bringing on his sonic sleigh for this year's New Horizons Christmas special? All will be revealed on the night, although there has been talk of one of the headline visitors at next year's Auckland Arts Festival coming out as a devotee of the Big Man in Red (R Tues 7.00pm) (RNZ)

• 6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Disc of the Month

  2015 Awards Issue, Gramophone Magazine

  VERDI: Aida, an opera in four acts

  Aida.................................. Anja Harteros

  Radamès........................... Jonas Kaufmann

  Amneris............................ Ekaterina Semenchuk

  Amonasro......................... Ludovic Tézier

  Ramfis.............................. Erwin Schrott

  King of Egypt.................. Marco Spotti

  Messenger......................... Paolo Fanale

  High Priestess................... Eleonora Buratto

  St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch/Antonio Pappano (Warner 0825 646106639)

• 8:40 PM. Land of the Pharaohs

  ARENSKY: Egyptian Nights, Overture - Moscow SO/Dmitry Yablonsky (Marco Polo 8.225028)

  RAMEAU: L'Egyptienne - Trevor Pinnock (hpschd) (Avie AV 2056)

  J STRAUSS II: Egyptian March Op 335 - Vienna Phil/Daniel Barenboim (Sony 88883 792272)

• 9:00 PM. From the New Zealand Collection

  HILL: String Quartet No 5 in Eb, Allies - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)

  CRESTON: Fantasy Op 42 - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 109)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Concerto Grosso - strings of New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.555867)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  ROUSSEL: Le marchand de sable qui passe - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Naxos 8.570323)

  BOWEN: Clarinet Sonata Op 109 - Robert Plane (cl), Benjamin Frith (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10805)

  ELGAR: Nursery Suite - Stephanie Gonley (vln), English CO/Paul Goodwin (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7258)

  11:00 REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Yefim Bronfman (pno) (EMI 3 73708)

  HOFFSTETTER: String Quartet in E Op 3/1 - Kodály Quartet (Naxos 8.555703)

  JANÁCEK: Fairy-tale - Steven Isserlis (cello), Olli Mustonen (pno) (RCA 09026 68437)

  Ave Maria - Cappella Amsterdam/Daniel Reuss (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2097)

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