Sunday 25 December 2016 Rātapu 25 Hakihea 2016

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550; Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 426 315)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  SCHUBERT: Fantasia in C D934; STRAVINSKY: Duo Concertante; PROKOFIEV: Sonata for violin solo Op 15; RAVEL: Sonata for violin & piano; SATIE: Choses vues a droite et a gauche; MILHAUD: Le Printemps - Gidon Kremer (vln), Elena Bashkirov (pno) (Philips 426 387)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  Joy to the World: An American Christmas

  TRAD: I wonder as I wander; O magnum mysterium; LAURINDSEN: O magnum mysterium; TRAD: Joy to the World; It came upon the midnight clear; HOLST: In the bleak midwinter; BILLINGS: Shepherds, rejoice!; TRAD: In dulci jubilo (original English); CHILCOTT: The Shepherd's carol; RUTTER: There is a flower; TRAD American: O little town of Bethlehem; TRAD: Angels we have heard on high; HOWELLS: A spotless rose; H PRAETORIUS: In dulci jubilo (German); BASSI: Quem pastores laudavere; BILLINGS: A Virgin Unspotted; R.L. Pearsall: In dulci jubilo; TRAD: O little town of Bethlehem; LEONTOVICH: Carol of the Bells - Handel & Haydn Society/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16117)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  ROSSINI: Ballet music from The Siege of Corinth, Moses, William Tell & Othello - National Orch of the Monte-Carlo Opera/Antonio De Almeida (Philips 422 843)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  HANDEL: Oboe concertos, No 1 in Bb; No 2 in Bb; No 3 in G minor; Concerto grosso in G Op 3/3; Sonata a 5 in Bb; Concerto grosso in C, Alexander's Feast; Overture in D; Hornpipe in D - Heinz Holliger, Neil Black, James Brown (obs), Kenneth Sillito, John Tunnell (vlns), Richard Adenay (fl), Kenneth Heath (cello), Leslie Pearson (org & hpschd), John Constable (hpschd), James Tyler (chitarrone), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 426 082)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  RUTTER: What sweeter music; TRAD: Noël nouvelet; BURTON: Balulalow; MATHIAS: A babe is born Op 55 - Julius Foo (treble), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha, John Challenger (org) (Chandos CHSA 5096)

  LILBURN: Two Christmas Pieces for LB (1949) - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2053)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Prelude; Carol; Christmas Dance, from Suite for viola & orchestra - Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (ASV CD DCA 1181)

  HOWELLS: Three Carol-Anthems, A Spotless Rose; Sing Lullaby; Here is the little door - Choir of Wells Cathedral/Malcolm Archer (Hyperion CDA 67494)

  FLEURY: Variations sur un Noël bourguignon - Elisabeth Roloff (organ of the Franciscan Convent of St Catharina, Bethlehem) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 320 1345)

  MENDELSSOHN: Weihnachten; BARRETT arr Walsh: Wither's rocking hymn; GRIFFITHS: Dormi Jesu - Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Philip Walsh, Andrew MacMillan (org) (Herald HAVPCD 224)

  A SCARLATTI: Cantata pastorale, per la nascità di Nostro Signore - Patricia Lawrey (mezzo), Schola Musica/Ashley Heenan, Peter Averi (hpschd) (Kiwi SLD 52)

  WILLAN: Gloria Deo per immensa saecula - Choir of St John's, Elora/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.557037)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

  A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

• 8:00 AM. Christmas Playlist

  As an alternative to what you may have been hearing in the supermarket lately, Clarissa Dunn and Cynthia Morahan present "Christmas Playlist" - some favourite seasonal listening compiled by RNZ Concert and friends (RNZ)

• 9:00 AM. Christmas Day Service

  Christmas Church service from Mo'unga Heamoni, the Northcote Tonga Methodist Church. Minister: Rev Tevita M Finau (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. Christmas Morning

  TRAD arr Cable: A Canadian Brass Christmas Card - Canadian Brass (BWE Classics BWE 0196)

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8, Christmas Concerto - Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie (Dorian DOR 90008)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Suite, excerpts - London SO/Antal Dorati (Mercury 432 750)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Oboe Sonata in D Op 166 - Charles Hamann (ob), Stéphane Lemelin (pno) (Naxos 8.570964)

  TRAD arr Shaw: Rejoice & be Merry; TRAD arr Vaughan Williams & Armstrong: O little town of Bethlehem - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

  RUTTER: Brother Heinrich's Christmas - Brian Kay (narrator), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 115)

  MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

  RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre - Milos Karadaglic (gtr), London Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0652)

  ANON: Wassail Song; Coventry Carol; Deck the halls - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble (CBS MK 7033)

• Noon APO Celebrate Christmas 2016

  The APO's annual celebration of Yuletide cheer

  Patricia Wright (sop), The Graduate Choir NZ, Auckland Philharmonia/Ben Northey

  GABRIELI: Canzona, Sol sol la sol (1608); VICTORIA: O magnum mysterium; HANDEL: Messiah, excerpts; SUK: Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn, Op. 35a; SCHUBERT: Ave Maria; TRAD: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly; TCHAIKOVSKY: Christmas (December), from The Seasons; PROKOFIEV: Troika, from Lieutenant Kije Suite; CHRIS ARTLEY: Qui Creavit Caelum; RAVEL: Mother Goose; B KELLY: Improvisations on Christmas carols (recorded in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell, by RNZ)

• 1:40 PM. Festive Classics

  A Christmas Cracker

  TH JONES: Christmas Cracker - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

  PARTICHELA arr Wild: Mexican Hat Dance - Earl Wild (pno) (Ivory Classics 64405 73005)

  TRAD: Twelve Days of Christmas - King's Singers (Signum SIGCD 268)

  MOZART: Divertimento in F K522, A Musical Joke (4) - English Concert/Andrew Manze (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7280)

  Carols from around the world

  GRÍMSDÓTTIR: I will praise her and laud - Hljómeyki/Bernhardur Wilkinson (Iceland Music Centre SMK 23)

  TRAD arr R Panufnik: Angels Sing! - Joyful Company of Singers/Peter Broadbent, Jeremy Filsell (org) (Warner Classics 2564 60292)

  TRAD arr Didier: Noël des Rois; TRAD arr Escaich: Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris - Arsys Bourgogne/Pierre Cao (Naïve V 5319)

  SIRETT: Thou shalt know him - Choir of St John's, Elora/Noel Edison

  GRAINGER: Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol - Mats Lidström (cello), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67184)

  BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4 - English CO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 417 509)

  BRACKETT arr Meyer: Simple Gifts - Alison Krauss (sop), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony SK 89667)

• 3:00 PM. Bach's Christmas Oratorio

  Catalina Bertucci (sop), Susanne Krumbiegel (mezzo), Tilman Lichdi, Evangelist (ten), Martin Lattke (ten), Andreas Scheibner (bass), St Thomas' Boys' Choir, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Gotthold Schwarz

  JS Bach's Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Parts I, II, III, and VI), performed in the church where he spent most of his life as music director, the St. Thomas' Church in Leipzig. A cast of international soloists perform with the St Thomas' Church Boys' Choir and the phenomenal Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (EBU)

• 5:00 PM. Love, Joy, Peace

  TRAD arr Langland: My love is like a red, red rose - Trevor Bremner (cornet), Wellington Brass Band/David Bremner (PRIVATE)

  BRAHMS: Romance in F Op 118/5; Intermezzo in A Op 118/2 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony 88697 79469)

  ODERMATT: Summer, from Three Images Op 18 - Albrecht Mayer (ob), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

  Songs of Joy & Peace: Yo-Yo Ma and Friends

  TRAD: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem; TRAD arr Meyer/Thile: The Wassail Song/All through the night; MCMASTER/TRAD: A Christmas Jig/Mouth of the Tobique Reel; TRAD arr Floyd/Ma: Wexford Carol; TRAD arr Pato: Panxolina: A Galician Carol; TRAD: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem; DA ROCHA arr Assad after Marcos Leite: Vassourinhas; D'RIVERA Invitación al Danzón - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Thile (mandolin), Edgar Meyer, Carlo Derosa (dbass), Natalie McMaster (fiddle), J D Blair (drums), Marta Cook (celtic harp), Mac Morin, Alon Yavnai (pno), Alison Krause (vocals), Cristina Pato (bagpipes), Shane Shanahan, John Hadfield, Jamey Haddad (perc), Victor Prieto (accordion), Sérgio Assad, Odair Assad (gtrs) Nilson Matta (bass), Paquito D'Rivera (clar), (Sony 88697 34390)

• 6:00 PM. Festive Classics

  TRAD arr Reeve: Il est né; TRAD arr Iveson Jingle bells; Deck the hall - James Blades, David Corkill (perc), Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Philip Jones (Decca 448 980)

  PROKOFIEV: Winter Bonfire Op 122, excerpts - Finchley Children's Music Group, New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Helios CDH55177)

  MONTERO: Improvisation on Vivaldi's Winter - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

  MOZART: Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 - Emily Beynon (fl), Catherine Beynon (harp), BBC National Orch of Wales/Thierry Fischer (BBC Music MM 354)7.00

• 7:00 PM. Music Alive

  Renée Fleming (sop), New Zealand SO/James Judd

  RAVEL: La Valse; Shéhérazade; Pavane for a Dead Princess; CANTELOUBE: Baïlèro, from Songs of the Auvergne; GOUNOD: Jewel Song, from Faust; STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier, Waltz Squence No 1; Morgen Op 27/4; Zueignung Op 10/1; TOSTI: Aprile; PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicchi; GERSHWIN: Summertime, from Porgy & Bess; LOEWE: I could have danced all night, from My Fair Lady; KORNGOLD: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt (recorded in Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:10 PM. From the New Zealand Collection

  NZ performers and composers

  LALANDE: Christmas Symphony - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

  STATHAM: Suite for flute & string quartet - Adrianna Lis (fl), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

  MENOTTI: Introduction, March & Shepherd's Dance, from Amahl & the Night Visitors - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Koch International 3-7005)

  CHILDS: O magnum mysterium - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2065)

  BRIDGE: Summer - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557167)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GOODALL: The Seasons, Summer - Bozidar Vukotic (cello), Tippett Quartet, Marianna Szymanowska (harp) (EMI 6 88626)

  DEBUSSY orch Stokowski: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

  LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium -The Concordia Choir/René Clausen (Signum Classics SIGCD 262)

  BACH: French Suite No 5 in G BWV816 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67121/2)

  POULENC: O magnum mysterium - Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80531)

  DVORÁK: Bagatelles Op 47 - Oliver Triendl (harmonium), Vogler Quartet (CPO 777 624)

  FOOTE: Air, from Air & Gavotte - Budapest Strings/Károly Botvay (dir) (Capriccio 10 505)

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

  GJEILO: Serenity - Bartosz Cajler (vln), Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

  PÄRT: Christmas Lullaby - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Hespèrion XXI (Alia Vox AV 9826)

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