Tuesday 20 December 2016 Rātū 20 Hakihea 2016

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  HANSON: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 33; The Lament for Beowulf Op 25; Symphony No 5 Op 43, Sinfonia Sacra - Seattle Chorale & SO/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3709)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  GARDNER: Petite Suite Op 245; McCABE: Domestic Life; LAWSON: Song of the Lesser Twayblade; LEIGHTON: Concerto Op 88; LANE: Suite Champêtre; MELLERS: Aubade; MILFORD: Two Pipe Tunes; KAY: Mr Pitfield's Pavane; DODGSON: Concerto Chacony - John Turner (rec), Keith Elcombe (hpschd), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV CD WHL 2143)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  VANHAL: Missa Pastoralis in G; Missa Solemnis in C - Mary Haines (sop), Nina Stoddart (alto), Colin Ainsworth (ten), Steven Pitkanen (bass), Voices New Zealand, Aradia Ensemble/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.555080)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  BACH: Keyboard Concertos, No 1 in D minor BWV1052; No 5 in F minor BWV1056; Concerto for two harpsichords & strings BWV1060; Concerto in C for three harpsichords & strings BWV1064; Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords & strings BWV1065 - Raymond Leppard, Andrew Davis, Philip Ledger, Blandine Verlet (hpschds), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 422 497)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  GRIEG: Lyric Pieces, Op 12; Op 38; Op 43; Op 47 - Gerard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61568)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

  DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (1) - CO of Europe/Alexander Schneider (asv CD COE 801)

  BRUCH: Romance in F Op 85 - Vadim Gluzman (vln), Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (BIS SACD 1852)

  FARRENC: Variations brillantes Op 15 - Konstanze Eickhorst (pno) (cpo 999 879)

  SULLIVAN: Pirates of Penzance, Overture - Scottish CO/Alexander Faris (NIMBUS NI 7067/8)

  HANDEL: Minuet, from Berenice - English CO/Raymond Leppard (SONY MLK 64066)

  TRAD: Masters in this hall - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19 (3) - Alfred Brendel (pno), Vienna Phil/Simon Rattle (Philips 462 781)

  7.00

  GLINKA: Ruslan & Lyudmila, Overture - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (CHANDOS CHAN 9861)

  PIAZZOLLA: Verano porteño - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (nonesuch 79568)

  RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (dg 471 614)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Eb RV259 - Andrew Manze (vln), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (DECCA 455 653)

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 104 (3) - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (NAXOS 8.572705)

  BRAHMS: Geistliches Wiegenlied Op 91/2 - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Daniel Hope (vln), Sebastian Knaue (DG 477 9301)

  MOZART: La Clemenza di Tito, Overture - Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman (TELARC TEL 31827)

  8.00

  DEBUSSY: Rêverie - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (MANU CD MANU 2050)

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 (1) - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (NEWTON 880 2093)

  BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 (2) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), New York Phil/Kurt Masur (DG 457 075)

  GRIEG: Holberg Suite (5) - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (VIRGIN 3 44722)

  ALBENIZ: El Albaicín, from Iberia, Book 3 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 417 887)

  TRIEBERT/JANCOURT: Fantaisie Concertante on The Italian Girl - Poulenc Trio (MARQUIS 81403)

• 9:00 AM. Christmas Fare

  Music for the festive season

  BARBER: Die Natali - Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559133)

  DUTCH TRAD: King Jesus hath a garden; ANON: Up! good Christian folk, and listen; BASQUE TRAD: Gabriel's message; RUTTER: Donkey Carol - Mary Hitch (sop), Choir & Orch of Clare College, Cambridge/John Rutter (Decca 425 500)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E RV270, per il Santissimo Natale - Roland Straumer (vln), Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler (Berlin Classics 030 0146 BC)

  RUTTER: Nativity Carol; Shepherd's Pipe Carol - Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Layton (Hyperion NOEL 2)

• 10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Clarissa Dunn

  HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto in F HobXVIII/3 (1) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (EMI CDC 5 56960)

  CHOPIN: Introduction & Polonaise brillante in C Op 3 - Michal Kanka (cello), Jaromír Klepác (pno) (PRAGA PRD 250 229)

  J STRAUSS II: Voices of Spring - Tracy Dahl (sop), Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80547)

  HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Ole Edvard Antonsen (tpt), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (EMI 7 54897)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme - Truls Mørk (cello), Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (VIRGIN 3 63287)

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/1 - ASMF/Iona Brown (dir) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 99986)

  FAURÉ: Sicilienne, from Pelléas & Mélisande - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Eric Le Sage (pno) (alpha 603)

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 654)

  12.00

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in F RV283 (3) - Giuliano Carmignola (vln), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (archiv 479 1075)

  ALBENIZ: El Corpus en Sevilla, from Iberia Book 1 - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (PRIVATE RECORDING 837 001)

  BUXTEHUDE: In dulci jubilo - John Finney (org), Handel & Haydn Society Chorus & instrumental ensemble/Grant Llewellyn (AVIE AV 2078)

  DVORAK: Romance in F minor Op 11 - Arabella Steinbacher (vln), Berlin Radio SO/Marek Janowski (PENTATONE PTC 5186 353)

  SUK: Fantastic Scherzo Op 25 - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 466 443)

• 1:00 PM. Upbeat with Eva Radich

  Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 4 in E minor Op 44/2 (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (NAXOS 8.570001)

  C STAMITZ: Symphonie Concertante in C for two violins - Richard Friedman (vln), Steven Smith (vln), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 650)

  A RITCHIE: Three Songs for soprano & piano - Anna Leese (sop), Tom McGrath (pno) (ODE CD MANU 5032)

  FARR: Queen of Demons - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2021)

• 3:00 PM. Classic Afternoons with David Morriss

  BACH: Flute Sonata in B minor BWV1030 - Jed Wentz (fl), Michael Borgstede (hpschd) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93814)

  MOZART: Violin Concerto No 2 in D K211 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 415 975)

  RAVEL: Overture to Shéhérazade - Jennifer Micallef (pno), Glen Inanga (pno) (SOMM SOMMCD 025)

  BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 17582)

  RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 1 - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 419 868)

  DUBRA: Hodie Christus natus est - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (HYPERION CDA 67799)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral (1) - Jonathan Biss (pno) (EMI 3 94422)

  SMETANA: From Bohemia's Woods & Fields, from Má Vlast - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Antal Doráti (newton 880 2073)

  5.00

  BRAHMS: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 51 (4) - Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2152)

  PAGANINI: Theme & Variations, from Caprice Op 1/24 - Niu Niu (pno) (EMI 7 25332)

  PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet, from Romeo & Juliet - NHK SO/Charles Dutoit (DECCA 458 190)

  POULENC: Quem vidistis pastores dicite, from Four Christmas Motets - Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw (TELARC CD 80236)

  OOSTEN: Harp Concerto (3) - Godelieve Schrama (harp), Netherlands Radio CO/Micha Hamel (NM CLASSICS 92077)

  ELGAR: Salut d'Amour Op 12 - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Steven Isserlis (cello), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8380)

  GRAINGER: Handel in the Strand - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (CHANDOS CHAN 9584)

  VIVALDI: Chamber Concerto in C RV114 - Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (dir) (ARCHIV 474 5092)

  6.00

  BIZET: Carmen Suite - Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs (Naxos 8.570726)

  OFFENBACH: Il était une fois à la cour d'Eisenach!, - Marcelo Alvarez (ten), Nice Opera Chorus, Nice Phil/Mark Elder (SONY SK 89650)

  COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Romance in G Op 39 - Lorraine McAslan (vln), London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (LYRITA SRCD 317)

  BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in E G275 (3) - I Musici (PHILIPS 420 816)

  CAZZATI/STORACE/PLUHAR: Ciaccona - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (alpha 512)

  DEBUSSY: Danse sacrée et danse profane - Osian Ellis (harp), ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD DCA 517)

• 7:00 PM. Music Alive

  New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei

  SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Overture; Symphony No 5 in Bb D485 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. A Classical Christmas

  Anthems, motets, lieder and opera for the festive season.

  William Dart explores the Christmas spirit through composers from Praetorius to Cornelius, Wolf to Webern, as well as Anon, Jack Body and David Farquhar (RNZ)

• 9:00 PM. Evening Classics

  LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 5 in E minor S359/5 - London SO/Antal Dorati (MERCURY 432 015)

  ROSLAVETS: Meditation - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tatyana Lazareva (pno) (CHANDOS CHAN 9881)

  NIELSEN: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 33 - Dong-Suk Kang (vln), Gothenburg SO/Myung-Whun Chung (BIS CD 616)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Iona Brown (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD DCA 518)

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in E minor Op 6/3 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

  WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 74 - Emma Johnson (cl), English CO/Gerard Schwarz (ASV CD DCA 659)

  BACH: Pastorale in F BWV590 - Gillian Weir (org) (PRIORY PRCD 753)

  HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: Columba aspexit - Tapestry/Laurie Monahan (dir) (DABRINGHAUS & GRIMM MDG 344 1193)

  DVORÁK: String Sextet in A Op 48 - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Florian Donderer (vln), Isabelle van Keulen (vla), Rachel Roberts (vla), Gustav Rivinius (cello), Quirine Viersen (cello) (AVI 8553207)

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