Schedule for Monday 24 December 2018

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

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)
SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Martin Fröst (cl), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 944)
TRADITIONAL: A Merry Little Christmas - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)
RUTTER: Suzi's Carol - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )
RACHMANINOV arr Hazell: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)
1:00 approx RUTTER: All Bells in Paradise - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)
SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 7 in Eb D568 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 470 164)
JOSQUIN DES PREZ: O virgo virginum - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)
WISEMAN: The Christmas Tree - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )
DEBUSSY: Sirènes, from Nocturnes - Women of the Cleveland Orch Chorus, Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 439 896)
2:00 approx LEONTOVICH MYKOLA arr J Oliver: Carol of the bells - Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble(Mark Records 7878-MCD)
BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No 2 in A Op 26 - Nash Ensemble (ONYX 4045)
VIGNIERI: Hodie Christus natus est - Christòpheren Nomura (bar), John Finney (org), Handel & Haydn So/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)
ZÉSPEDES: Convidando esta la noche - Ex Cathedra Choir & Baroque Ensemble/Jeffrey Skidmore (HYPERION CDA 67380)
3:00 approx VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The First Nowell - Roderick Williams (bar), Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia (Chandos CHAN 10385)
RAMÍREZ arr Wilberg: El Nacimiento - Bryn Terfel (bar), Rolando Villazón (ten), Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)
RITCHIE: Fourteen Christmas Cards - Jubilate Singers, Jubilate Chamber Orchestra/John Pattinson (JUBILATE JUB 001)
4:00 approx BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica - Orch of St Luke's/Michael Tilson Thomas (CBS MK 44516)
JONES: Christmas Cracker - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)
BURTON: Balulalow - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )
MARAIS: March, air & tambourin pour les Matelots - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)
5:00 approx FASCH: Concerto in D for two flutes FWV L/D9 - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)
TRADITIONAL arr Gesius: In dulci jubilo - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)
HANDEL: O Thou that tellest, from Messiah - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), London Phil/Adrian Boult (Decca 414 623)
CANNABICH: Symphony No 47 in G - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55434)
CHILCOTT: The shepherd's carol - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )
STRAUSS: String Sextet, from Capriccio - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9131)
FIELD: Nocturne No 1 in Eb - Elizabeth Joy Roe (piano) (Decca 478 9672)
FERRANDINI: Christmas Symphony (1) - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)
6:00 AM. Summer Selection with Charlotte Wilson

Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning
BACH: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 (2) - Karl Kaiser (fl), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2113.14)
MOZART: Adagio in E K261 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 415 958)
BRAHMS: Geistliches Wiegenlied Op 91/2 - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Daniel Hope (vla), Sebastian Knaue (DG 477 9301)
LISZT: Ave verum corpus - Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge, James McKeon (organ)/David Rowland(Christ's College CCC CD 003)
BACH arr Loussier: Allemande, from Partita for keyboard No 1 in B flat major BWV 825 - Jacques Loussier Trio (Decca 157562)
GRIFFITHS: Dormi Jesu - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)
MENOTTI: Amahl & the Night Visitors, excerpts - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Koch International 1864624)
RESPIGHI: The Birth of Venus, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)
PURCELL: Behold, I bring you glad tidings - Matthew White (countertenor), Julian Podger (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Capella Brugenis, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense/Patrick Peire (Eufoda 1329)
7.00
LULLY: Te Deum - Jennifer Smith, Francine Bessiac (sops), Zeger Vandersteene (countertenor), Louis Devos (ten), Philippe Huttenlocher (bass), "A Coeur Joie" Vocal Ensemble of Valence, Paillard Chamber Orchestra/Jean-François Paillard(RCA 60027-2-RG)
BERLIOZ: The Shepherds' Farewell, from The Childhood of Christ, Op. 25 - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)
GOUNOD arr Hazell: Ave Maria - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Utah SO/Julius Rudel (Decca 458 867)
BUXTEHUDE: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BuxWV223 - Ton Koopman (org) (Novalis 150 048)
DOVE: The Three Kings - Folasade-Nelleke Ladipo (sop), Sophie Gallagher (sop), Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens (HYPERION CDA 67768)
MESSIAEN: Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jésus, Nos 9-20 (3) - Michel Béroff (pno) (EMI 4 76915)
BACH: Christmas Oratorio, Part 4 (4) - Nancy Argenta, Katie Pringle (sops), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 423 232)
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in C, Alexander's Feast (1) - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 432 193)
8.00
VICTORIA: Ave Maria - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)
BACH: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 156 - Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (DECCA 4782718)
BUXTEHUDE: In dulci jubilo - John Finney (org), Handel & Haydn Society Chorus & instrumental ensemble/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)
GLASS: Etude No 2 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 94796918)
MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture - Royal Phil/Jane Glover (Tring International TRP 996)
BENNETT: My dancing day - BBC Singers/Paul Brough (Signum SIGCD 293)
LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in F minor Op 1/8, Christmas (2) - Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (dir) (Challenge CC 72134)
TORREJÓN Y VELASCO SÁNCHEZ: Desvelado dueño mio - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)
BACH arr Loussier: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 (3) - Jacques Loussier Trio (TELARC CD 83644)
9:00 AM. Summer Selection continued

RAMEAU: Tambourins 1 & 2, from Dardanus - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski(Archiv 477 5578)

MOZART: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb K493 (1) - Paul Lewis (pno), Leopold String Trio(HYPERION CDA 67373)

DE LALANDE: Simphonies des noëls - Les Violons du Roy(Dorian DOR 90180)

MCCABE: Three Marian Carols - BBC Singers/David Hill(Naxos 8.573053)

TELEMANN: Viola Concerto in G - Paul Doctor (vla), Concerto Amsterdam; Gustav Leonhardt (hpschd)/Frans Brüggen(TELDEC 9031 77620)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 2 in F Op 38 - Alessandra Ammara (pno)(Arts 47696)

10.00

MENDELSSOHN: The Fair Melusina, Overture Op 32 - Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Antonio Méndez(Linn CKD555)

BACH: Cantata No 91, Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ - Robin Blaze (countertenor), Gerd Türk (ten), Peter Kooy (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Yukari Nonoshita (sop)/Masaaki Suzuki(BIS SACD 1481)

TRADITIONAL: Ciaccona - Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar(Alpha 512)

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K364 - Isaac Stern (vln), Pinchas Zukerman (vla), New York Phil/Zubin Mehta(CBS CD 36692)

11.00

SANDSTRÖM: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen - Pepe Becker (sop), Shona McIntyre-Bull (sop), Andrea Cochrane (contralto), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls(Trust MMT 2052)

HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 3 in G - Consort of London/Robert Haydon Clark(Brilliant Classics 93779)

RACHMANINOV arr Arnold: Ave Maria, from Vespers Op 37 - Choir of All Saints, Margaret Street/Paul Brough(PRIORY PRCD 860)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Christmas Eve, Suite - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi(Chandos CHAN 8327/9)
Noon Summer Festival

Carey McDonald takes you to summer music festivals around the world
SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 14 in A minor, D784 - Till Fellner (pno) (EBU )
BEETHOVEN: Mailied Op 52/4; Neue Liebe, neues Leben Op 75/2 - Mark Padmore (tenor), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fpno) (EBU )
RACHMANINOV: Danse orientale, from Two Pieces for cello and piano Op 2 - Bruno Philippe (cello), Beatrice Berrut (pno) (EBU )
TRADITIONAL: Sonata No 1 in D for cello and piano - Bruno Philippe (cello), Beatrice Berrut (pno) (EBU )
KODÁLY: Dances of Galanta - Bulgarian National Radio SO/Mark Kadin (EBU )
MOZART: Piano Trio No 2 in Eb, K498, Kegelstatt - Paul Meyer (cl), Gérard Caussé (vla), David Fray (piano) (EBU )
BEETHOVEN: Adelaide Op 46 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (EBU )
2:00 PM. Classical Connection

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B
ELGAR: Three Bavarian Dances - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)
TRADITIONAL: TRAD: Verbum caro factum est; GUERRERO: A un Nino llorando - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)
PEZ: Concerto pastorale in F major - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)
GRAINGER: Youthful Suite - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)
3.00
CBC Christmas Sing-In
Choir of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Sing-In Brass and Percussion Ensemble, Valérie Milot (harp), Jonathan Oldengarm (organ)
Grandjany, Marcel: Prelude Aria in the Classic style
TRAD arr Wright, Wachner: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
TRAD arr Schlenker: Of the Father's Love Begotten
Victoria : O magnum mysterium
Quintana, Ariel : Hodie Christus natus est
Brebeuf arr Timothy C. Takach: 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (Huron Carol)
TRAD arr Alain Trudel: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
TRAD arr Norman Luboff: Still, Still, Still
TRAD arr Paul Halley: Il est né, le divin enfant
Gardner, John: Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day
Arnesen, Kim André : The Lamb
TRAD arr Kirke Mechem: Patapan
TRAD arr Stacey V. Gibbs: See dat Babe
TRAD arr Dan Forrest: Festival First Nowell
The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montréal (CBC)
4.00
CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8 - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (vln/dir)(OPUS 111 OPS 10-009)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 7 in Bb Op 97, Archduke (1) - Eisenstadt Haydn Trio (PHOENIX EDITION 122)
MOZART: Symphony No 22 in C K162 - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80217)
MARTINU: Christmas - Giorgio Koukl (pno) (Naxos 8.557914)
TCHAIKOVSKY arr Rawsthorne: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, from The Nutcracker - Kemp English (org) (MANU CD MANU 5005)
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 492)
5.00
TCHAIKOVSKY: A Pine Forest in Winter & Waltz of the Snowflakes, from The Nutcracker - Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 4836274)
SMITH ed Graham-Jones: Andante - Angela Malsbury (cl), London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10283)
OFFENBACH: Les Fées du Rhin, excerpts - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 6403)
TRADITIONAL arr Shaw/Parker: The Carol of the Birds - Janice Chandler (sop), Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80461)
CHILCOTT: The Bird of Dawning - Clare Webb (soprano), Choir of Merton College Oxford/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)
RAVEL: Jeux d'eau - Lixin Zhang (piano) (Rattle RATD084)
6.00
REED: A Christmas Intrada - Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Airforce, Janet Gibbs (org/Squadron Leader Graham Hanify (KIWI CD SLC 216)
DOVE: Wellcome, all wonders in one sight! - Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens (HYPERION CDA 67768)
DVORÁK: Romance in F minor Op 11 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Manfred Honeck (DG 479 1060)
POSTON: Jesus Christ the apple tree - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)
TRADITIONAL: King Jesus Hath A Garden - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.554179)
HOFMANN attr Haydn: Flute Concerto in D - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Haydn Ensemble, Berlin/Hansjörg Schellenberger (EMI CDC 5 56577)
7:00 PM. Exploring Music

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

RNZ Concert gives you the best seat in the house
APO: Celebrate Christmas 2018
VIVALDI: Concerto in C for two trumpets RV537. Allegro
HANDEL: And the Glory of the Lord
The Trumpet Shall Sound, from Messiah
MOZART: German Dance, Sleigh Ride
RUTTER: Shepherd's Pipe Carol
ADAMS ARR MOSES-TOBANI: The Holy City
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Op 71, excerpts
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Oxen: The Shepherds Sing, from Hodie
ARTLEY: Christmas Bells
TRAD arr WILLCOCKS: Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day
ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride
WILLCOCKS: Ding Dong! Merrily on High
TRAD arr COHEN: The First Noël
MENDELSSOHN arr WILLCOCKS: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
GRUBER arr MASKELL: Silent Night
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland ()
CHOPIN: Etudes Op 25, excerpts - Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (PRAGA PR 54056)
JANACEK arr Breiner: Jenufa, Suite - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln), New Zealand SO/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.570555)
RITCHIE: Flute Concerto Op 56 (3) - Alexa Still (fl), Auckland CO/Peter Scholes (Atoll ACD 129)
10:00 PM. Day's End

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap
DE LALANDE: Simphonies des noëls - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)
MOZART: Violin Concerto No 5 in A K219, Turkish - Julia Fischer (vln), Netherlands CO/Yakov Kreizberg (PENTATONE PTC 5186 094)
DOHNÁNYI: Pastorale on a Hungarian Christmas Song - Martin Roscoe (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67871)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols - Hervey Alan (bar), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London SO/David Willcocks (Decca 425 499)
HOWELLS: Sing lullaby - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)
WELLS: Variations on Once in royal David's city - John Wells (org) (RNZ UB09)
HANDEL: Concerto a due cori No 3 in F HWV334 - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Jean Lamon (vln/dir) (Tafelmusik Media 1011CD)
CHARPENTIER: Messe de Minuit pour Noël - Jane Archibald, Michele de Boer, Anne L'Espèrance (sopranos), Marion Newman, Nancy Reynolds (altos)Colin Ainsworth, James McLennan, David Nortman (tenors), Giles Tomkins, Esteban Cambre (bass), Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Brilliant Classics 95569BR)