Monday 25 December 2017 Rāhina 25 Hakihea 2017

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  RUTTER arr Hazell: Candlelight Carol - Bryn Terfel (bar), Côrdydd, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

  CHARPENTIER: Messe de Minuit pour Noël H.9 - Jane Archibald, Michele de Boer, Anne L'Espèrance (sops), Marion Newman, Nancy Reynolds (contraltos), Colin Ainsworth, James McLennan, David Nortman (tens), Giles Tomkins, Esteban Cambre (basses), Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Brilliant Classics 95569BR)

  CHOPIN: Nocturne in E Op 62/2 - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10588)

  J RITCHIE: Suite No 1 for string orchestra - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (TRUST MMT 2040)

  LILBURN: Three Sea Changes - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)

  1:00 approx

  ADAMO: Regina Coeli, from Four Angels - Dotian Levalier (harp), Eclipse CO/Sylvia Alimena (NAXOS 8.559258)

  TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: Down in yon forest - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

  D'INDY: Symphony in A minor, Italian - Brittany Orch/Lionel Bringuier (TIMPANI 1C 1125)

  LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 468 497)

  2:00 approx

  BACH: Fantasia & Fugue in A minor BWV904 - James Tibbles (hpschd) (Atoll ACD 509)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 3 in D Op 29, Polish - London SO/Valery Gergiev (LSO LIVE LSO 0710)

  KASTALSKY: Glory to God in the highest - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 80 7410)

  3:00 approx

  SAINT-SAËNS: Fantasy in A minor Op 95 - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (MASTER PERFORMERS MP 010)

  WADE arr Willcocks: Adeste, fideles (O come, all ye faithful) - Musica Sacra/ Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

  CARTELLIERI: Divertimento No 1 in F - Consortium Classicum (CPO 999 140)

  DVORÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American - Royal Phil/Charles Rosekrans (TELARC CD 80610)

  4:00 approx

  BESSER: Dance of the Zestniks - Zestniks (Besser Music 1995a)

  VIVALDI: Concerto Grosso in B minor RV580 - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (AVIE AV 2106)

  CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11 - Lang Lang (pno), Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 7449)

  TRAD arr Wilberg: Still, Still, Still - Bryn Terfel (bar), Côrdydd, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

  5:00 approx

  BRAHMS: Nänie Op 82 - Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 435 349)

  SCHUBERT arr Birnie: Eighteen Dances - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

  LECLAIR: Violin Concerto in G minor Op 10/6 - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0589)

  CAPIROLA arr Lislevand: Ricercata prima - Linn Andrea Fuglseth (sop), period instrument ensemble/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088)

  ANON: There is no rose - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (AVIE AV 2078)

  SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 1 - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 421 527)

  MOZART: Piano Trio No 3 in Bb K502 (1) - Maria Joao Pires (pno), Augustin Dumay (vln), Jian Wang (cello) (DG 449 208)

• 6:00 AM. Christmas Morning with Rick Young

  GAUNTLETT arr Mann/Willcocks: Once in royal David's city - Rachel Iliffe (sop), Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (ATOLL ACD 501)

  CHARPENTIER: Noëls pour les instruments - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)

  BUXTEHUDE: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BuxWV223 - Ton Koopman (org) (Novalis 150 048)

  POULENC: Four Christmas Motets (3) - RIAS Chamber Choir/Marcus Creed (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1588)

  KIRKPATRICK arr Wilcocks: Away in a manger - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

  BRAHMS: Geistliches Wiegenlied - Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), Yuri Bashmet (vla), Helmut Deutsch (pno) (SONY SK 64498)

  WARLOCK arr Lane: Bethlehem Down, a carol for strings - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557099)

  P STANFORD: A Christmas Carol Symphony (1) - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557099)

  7.00

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Suite for viola & orchestra (1-3) - Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (ASV CD DCA 1181)

  WILLAN: The Three Kings - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.554179)

  RESPIGHI: Adoration of the Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80309)

  HAMILTON: A Child comes forth (1) - Key Cygnetures/Elise Bradley, Helen Webby (harp), Rowan Johnston (perc), (RNZ)

  CORRETTE: Christmas Symphony No 2 - La Fantasia/Rien Voskuilen (Brilliant Classics 95569BR)

  HEAD: The little road to Bethlehem - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell (HYPERION CDA 67716)

  RUTTER arr Hazell: Shepherd's Pipe Carol - Bryn Terfel (bar), Côrdydd, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

  LISZT orch Jacob/ed Lane: The Christmas Tree Suite - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

  8.00

  BIEBL: Ave Maria - Dale Warland Singers (Gothic 49252)

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

  HANDEL: Pastoral Symphony, from Messiah - Sinfonia Australis/Guy Noble (ABC Classics 472 044)

  PRAETORIUS: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen; LASSUS: Resonet in laudibus - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

  LANE: Old Christmas Music - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

  BACH arr Ma,/Thile/Meyer: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV645 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Thile (mandolin), Edgar Meyer (bass) (Nonesuch 558933)

  TRAD: Verbum caro factum est; GUERRERO: A un Nino llorando - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

  YON: Gesu bambino - /André Previn (Sony SK 48235)

  RODGERS: My Favorite Things; HAIRSTON: Mary's Little Boy Child - Kathleen Battle (sop), Frederica von Stade (mezzo), American Boychoir, Orch of St Luke's/André Previn (Sony SK 48235)

  9.00

  LANE: Wassail Dances - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557099)

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

  TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Suite Op 71a - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 417 300)

  10:00 APO Celebrate Christmas 2017

  Madeleine Pierard (sop), Graduate Choir NZ, Andrew Beer (vln)/Johannes Fritzsch

  Concert includes music by BACH, CORELLI, TAVENER, HANDEL & MENDELSSOHN (recorded in the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland by RNZ)

  11.35

  TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: Gloucestershire Wassail; TRAD arr Holst: Masters in this hall; Personent hodie - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, Robert Quinney (org) (CORO COR 16085)

  KELLY: Improvisations on Christmas Carols - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557099)

• Noon Christmas Afternoon with David Morriss

  TRAD arr Rutter: We Wish You A Merry Christmas - James Blades, David Corkill (perc), Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Philip Jones (dir) (Decca 448 980)

  J STRAUSS II: Champagne Polka - London SO/John Georgiadis (IMP PCDS 2)

  ROSSINI: Ouf! Les petits pois. fropm Sins of Old Age, Book 5 - Jeffrey Swann (pno) (Akademia CDAK 103)

  RESPIGHI: Rossiniana - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (NAXOS 8.557711)

  MILHAUD: Le Boeuf sur le toit - Stephen Coombs, Artur Pizarro (pno duet) (HYPERION CDA 67014)

  1.00

  HELY-HUTCHINSON: A Carol Symphony - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557099)

  GLAZUNOV/LIADOV/RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Festive Moods - Shostakovich Quartet (Olympia OCD 575)

  OLSSON: God's son is born - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

  HASTED: Celebration Suite - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE)

  2:00 Brilliant Brass Christmas Special

  David Bremner and friends get into the festive mood with some favourite brass ensembles, jazzy big bands and a few special carol arrangements (RNZ)

  3.00

  WALDTEUFEL: Les Roses de Noël, Waltz Op 230 - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (MARCO POLO 8.223688)

  GJEILO: A spotless rose - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

  RUTTER: Of a rose, from Magnificat - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (COLLEGIUM COLCD 114)

  BACH: Magnificat in Eb BWV243a - Dorothee Blotzky-Mields (sop), Ingeborg Danz (contralto), Mark Padmore (ten), Peter Kooy (bass), Gent Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1781.82)

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

  GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: Summertime, from Porgy & Bess - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 471 500)

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

  PROKOFIEV: Peter & the Wolf - Peter Ustinov (narrator), Philharmonia/Philip Ellis (RESONANCE CD RSN 3027)

  TRAD arr Reeve: Il est né; TRAD arr Iveson: The holly & the ivy - James Blades, David Corkill (perc), Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Philip Jones (dir) (Decca 448 980)

  5:00 A Classical Christmas with William Dart (RNZ)

• 6:00 PM. Christmas Evening

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

  BRIDGE: Summer - New Zealand SO (Naxos 8.557167)

  HEAD: The little road to Bethlehem - Graduate Choir (Atoll ACD 308)

  TRAD arr Shaw/Parker: The Carol of the Birds - Janice Chandler (sop), Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80461)

  RODRIGO: Concierto como un divertimento - Asier Polo (cello), Castile & Leon SO/Max Bragado-Darman (Naxos 8.55584)

  7:00 VOCES8 Christmas Concert

  Lullabies to an Infant King

  Includes music by PRAETORIUS, TALLIS, BRITTEN, RACHMANINOV and MENDELSSOHN (recorded in Temple Church, London by BBC)

  8:35 Christmas Evening cont

  ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival - BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin (NAXOS 8.559381)

  BIDDINGTON: Festival Dance - Mark Hobson, Sarah Masters, Gretchen Dunsmore (cls), Gloria Streat (bass cl) (MANU CD MANU 1558)

  GRUBER: Silent Night - Sol3 Mio (Decca 375 7602)

• 9:00 PM. Inside Out Christmas

  Nick Tipping presents a Christmas edition of his popular jazz programme (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  J STAMITZ: Christmas Symphony 4/2 - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

  SCHUBERT: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D965 - Sally Matthews (sop), Thomas Watmough (cl), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (EMI 5 85968)

  C STAMITZ: Symphonie Concertante in D for violin & viola - Richard Friedman (vln), Roger Best (vla), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 650)

  SCHUMANN: Papillons Op 2 - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 19 in F K459 - Nikolai Lugansky (pno), Netherlands Radio CO/Lev Markiz (CHALLENGE CC 72043)

  DARKE: In the bleak midwinter - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison, Michael Bloss (org) (Naxos 8.554179)

  RUTTER: What sweeter music; BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.554179)

  MANFREDINI: Christmas Concerto in C Op 3/12 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 449 924)

Next day - Tue 26

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