Tuesday 25 December 2018 Rātū 25 Hakihea 2018

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  SCHUBERT: String Trio in Bb D471 - members of the NZ String Quartet, (fragment) (RNZ UA50)

  WADE arr Wilcocks: O come, all ye faithful - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Shepherd (organ)/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

  BEACH: Symphony in E minor, Gaelic - Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 8.559139)

  HOWELLS: Here is the little door - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

  1:00 approx CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35 - Aimi Kobayashi (pno) (Warner Classics 9029570479)

  TRADITIONAL: The Coventry Carol - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

  BERNSTEIN: Fancy Free - Billie Holiday (vocal), Baltimore SO/David Zinman (Decca 452 916)

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

  2:00 approx STOLZ: Lincoln Highway Suite - Brno Philharmonic Orchestra/Mikel Toms (Ablaze 42)

  WHITACRE: Lux Aurumque - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

  HOVHANESS: Symphony No 2, Mysterious Mountain - London SO/John Williams (SONY SK 62729)

  WARLOCK: Six Italian Dance Tunes - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

  TRADITIONAL arr Frank: Les anges nos campagnes - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

  3:00 approx SIBELIUS: Symphony No 3 in C Op 52 - Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 414 267)

  PARK: Shepherd's cradle song - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

  LARSSON: Pastoral Suite - Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu (Naxos 8.553115)

  FAURÉ: Nocturne No 7 in C# minor Op 74 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ UB66)

  MARSHALL: Bless the Child - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

  4:00 approx BACH: Violin Partita No 2 in D minor BWV1004 - Janine Jansen (vln) (Decca 475 9081)

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

  SCARLATTI: Cantata pastorale - Patricia Lawrey (mezzo), Peter Averi (hpschd), Schola Musica/Ashley Heenan (EX KIWI SLD 52)

  SAMETZ: Gaudete! - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

  5:00 approx MOZART: Flute Concerto No 1 in G K313 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Ostrobothnian CO/Juha Kangas (BIS SACD 1539)

  SMITH: I Saw Three Ships - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

  MOZETICH: Postcards from the Sky - CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records 5200)

  MATHIAS: A Babe is Born - John Finney (org), Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

  DEBUSSY: Pagodas, from Estampes - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA23)

  RUTTER: Mary's lullaby - Choir & Orch of Clare College, Cambridge/John Rutter (ABC Classics 472 044)

  TRADITIONAL / STEVENS arr Chowhan: Star of the County Down/Lady D'Arbanville - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Catrin Finch (harp), Steáfán Hannigan (uilleann pipes) (EMI 3 59488)

  RAMEAU: Musette & Tambourin, from Les Fêtes d'Hébé - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

• 6:00 AM. Summer Selection with Charlotte Wilson

  Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning

  BYRD: Propers for Lady Mass in Advent, (1) - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (ASV CD GAU 170)

  SCHUBERT: Ave Maria D839 - Guy Touvron (tpt), Olivier Vernet (org)(LIGIA LIDI 010 5220-10)

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8 - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)

  BENNETT: In the bleak midwinter - BBC Singers/Paul Brough (Signum SIGCD 293)

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

  TALLIS arr Kronos: Spem in alium - Kronos Quartet (ELEKTRA NONESUCH 7559 79242)

  BACH: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV230 - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 716)

  7.00

  VIVALDI: Gloria in D RV589 (1) - Lena Lootens (sop), Roberta Invernizzi (sop), Gloria Banditelli (contralto), Swiss Radio Chorus of Lugano, I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (BBC Music BBC MM 88)

  BACH arr Hess: Jesu, joy of man's desiring - Leon Fleisher (pno) (VANGUARD ATM CD 1551)

  BACH: Komm, Jesu, komm BWV229 (1) - Bart Naessens (org), Elise Christiaens (violone), Flemish Radio/Bo Holten (GLOSSA GCDSA 922 205)

  GAUNTLETT arr Mann & Cleobury: Once in Royal David's City - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury(King's College KGS0033)

  MOZART: Ave verum corpus K618 - Schütz Consort, London Classical Players/Roger Norrington (EMI 5 67523)

  MOZART: Sonata in D for two pianos K448 (2) - Ingrid Haebler (pno), Ludwig Hoffmann (pno) (Philips 422 516)

  POULENC: Hodie Christus Natus est, from Four Christmas Motets - Choir of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (Avie AV 2084)

  POULENC: Videntes stellam, from Four Christmas Motets - Choir of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (Avie AV 2084)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols - Hervey Alan (bar), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London SO/David Willcocks (Decca 425 499)

  REBIKOV: Waltz, from the Christmas Tree Suite Op 21 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

  8.00

  Beauty Spot:

  VICTORIA: O magnum mysterium - Voces8 (Signum Classics SIGCD 283)

  BACH: Cantata No 191, Gloria in excelsis Deo (1) - Caroline Stam (sop), Paul Agnew (ten), Amsterdam Baroque Choir &/Ton Koopman (Challenge CC 72188)

  LILBURN: Christmas 1943 - Dan Poynton (pno)(Trust MMT 2068-69)

  HAMILTON: Nunc Dimittis - Viva Voce/John Rosser (ODE CD ODE 1308)

  HANDEL: For unto us a child is born, from Messiah - English Concert & Choir/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 630)

  MOZART: Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita (3) - members of Orch of St Luke's/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80359)

  BRITTEN: Hodie Christus natus est, from A Ceremony of Carols - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

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

  9.00

  PÄRT: Bogoroditse Devo - Theatre of Voices, Pro Arte Singers/Paul Hillier (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7242)

  MOZART: Exsultate, jubilate K165 - Julia Lezhneva (sop), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Decca 478 5242)

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

  LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion SACDA 67449)

  BIBER: The Annunciation, from The Mystery Sonatas - John Holloway (vln), Tragicomedia (Virgin VCD 7 90838)

  10.00

  APO: Celebrate Christmas 2017

  Madeleine Pierard (sop), Andrew Peer (vln), Graduate Choir NZ, Auckland Philharmonia

  BACH: Christmas Oratorio- Jauchzet, Frohlocket

  BACH: Christmas Oratorio- Nur Ein Wink von seinen Haenden

  SWEELINCK: Hodie Christus natus est

  HANDEL: Samson- Let the bright seraphim

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8

  BACH: Christmas Oratorio- Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen

  TRAD: O Come All Ye Faithful

  NICOLAI: Christmas Overture

  CORNELIUS: Christmas Carols Op 8

  Artley: Love Came Down at Christmas

  TAVENER: Song of the Angel

  MASON: Joy to the World

  MENDELSSOHN: Hark! the herald angels sing

  ADAM: O Holy Night

  GRUBER: Silent Night

  Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland (RNZ)

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

  BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 4 in A BWV1055 - Maria Joao Pires (pno), Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation CO/Michel Corboz (ERATO 4509 96949)

• Noon Summer Festival

  Carey McDonald takes you to summer music festivals around the world

  CORRETTE; TRAD; CHARPENTIER: Symphonie des Noels No 2 in D; Entre le boeuf et l`ane gris; Noels sure les instruments H534 - Hugo Laporte (bar), Michel Angers (theorbo), Clavecin en Concert Ensemble/Luc Beauséjour (EBU )

  TRADITIONAL: The Angel Gabriel was Sent; Rejoice, O Mother of God; That Star; O Ruby, Beautiful Dawn; Joy I Proclaim to You; Sleep, Little God - Soloists, Croatian Radio-Television Chorus, ensemble/Tomislav Facini (EBU )

  TRADITIONAL: Noel nouvelet; La Nuit, from oratorio…; Noels sure les instruments H531, excerpts; Berger, secoue ton sommeil profond; Symphonie des Noels No 4 in D minor - Hugo Laporte (bar), Michel Angers (theorbo), Clavecin en Concert Ensemble/Luc Beauséjour (EBU )

  RUBBRA: Kyrie; Infant Holy; O Radiant Dawn; The Virgin's Cradle Hymn; Gallant Weaver - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (EBU )

  TRADITIONAL: Quelle est cette odeur agreable; Trois Noels en trios; Symphonie de Noel No 1; Il est ne le divin Enfant; Peuple fidele; Les Anges - Quelle est cette odeur agreable; Trois Noels en trios; Symphonie de Noel No 1; Il est ne le divin Enfant; Peuple fidele; Les Anges (EBU )

  POULENC: Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noel - MDR Radio Chorus, Leipzig/Risto Joost (EBU )

  BRITTEN: Hymn to the Virgin - MDR Radio Chorus, Leipzig/Risto Joost (EBU )

• 2:00 PM. Classical Connection

  Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

  TIOMKIN: Main Title from It's a Wonderful Life - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers/David Newman (TELARC CD 88801)

  TIOMKIN: It's a Wonderful Life Finale - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers/David Newman (TELARC CD 88801)

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

  SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in D Kk491 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)

  HONEGGER: Pastorale d'été - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ UB22)

  HAMILTON: A Child comes forth - Helen Webby (harp), Rowan Johnston (percussion), Key Cygnetures/Elise Bradley (RNZ UB15)

  3.00

  NZSO: Christmas Pops

  Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)

  MONTERO: Continuum - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

  COUPERIN: Les baricades mistérieuses - Angela Hewitt (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67440)

  DELIUS: Two Pieces for small orchestra, (2) - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

  GERSHWIN: Summertime, from Porgy & Bess - Kathleen Battle (sop), Orch of St Luke's/André Previn (DG 437 787)

  PEEL: In summertime on Bredon - Thomas Allen (bar), Geoffrey Parsons (pno) (EMI CDM 5 67428)

  MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Suite - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (Virgin 3 91372)

  PRAETORIUS: Es ist Ros entsprungen - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

  TRADITIONAL: O Jesulein Suss, o Jesulein mild - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

  TRADITIONAL: In dulci jubilo - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

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

  CORRETTE: Christmas Symphony No 3 - La Fantasia/Rien Voskuilen (Brilliant Classics 95569BR)

  HOWELLS: Here is the little door - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

  CORNELIUS arr Atkins: The Three Kings - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Cantillation (ABC Classics 472 044)

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

  GLAZUNOV: Festive Moods - Shostakovich Quartet (Olympia OCD 575)

• 7:00 PM. Music Alive

  RNZ Concert gives you the best seat in the house

  NZSO: Messiah

  Anna Leese (sop), Sally Anne Russell (mezzo), Steve Davislim (ten), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bass), New Zealand SO Messiah Chorale

  HANDEL: Messiah

  Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)

  HILL: String Quartet No 6 in G, Kids (1) - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572097)

• 9:30 PM. Exploring Music

  With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: On Christmas Night - Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia (Chandos CHAN 10385)

  RITCHIE: Fourteen Christmas Cards - Jubilate Singers, Jubilate Chamber Orchestra/John Pattinson (JUBILATE JUB 001)

  RESPIGHI: Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)

Next day - Wed 26

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