Schedule for Thursday 19 December 2019

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

WAGNER: Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)
DEBUSSY: Prelude, from Suite Bergamasque - John Chen (pno) (RNZ UB13)
MANFREDINI: Christmas Concerto in C Op 3/12 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 449 924)
CHILDS: Weep no more - Toronto Children's Chorus/Elise Bradley (Marquis 81439)
RAVEL: String Quartet in F - Emerson String Quartet (DG 427 320)
1:00 approx
MOZART: Divertimento in Bb K137 - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (vln/dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1809)
GIGOUT: Scherzo, from Ten Pieces - Gillian Weir (org) (KOSS KC 1013)
SAMMARTINI: Concerto grosso in G minor Op 5/6 - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)
TELEMANN: Overture in G, Nations Old & New - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)
BODY: African Strings - II. Kora. Chedo - Jane Curry, Owen Moriarty (gtrs) (Naxos 8.579041)
SAINT-SAENS: The Elephant, from Carnival of the Animals - Pascal Roge, Cristina Ortiz (pnos), double bassist from London Sinfonietta/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 595)
RESPIGHI: The Hen, from The Birds - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Stradivari SCD 8013)
2:00 approx
ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)
BACH: Letzte Stunde, brich herein, from Cantata No 31; Der Himmel lacht! - Ursula Langmayr (sop), Alison Dunlop (ob), Eric Lamb (fl), Uwe Grodd (bass fl), Martin Rummel (cello), James Tibbles (hpschd) (Atoll ACD 916)
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish - Scottish CO/Joseph Swensen (LINN CKD 216)
HANDEL: Air and variations, "The Harmonius Blacksmith", from Keyboard Suite No 5 in E HWV430 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)
RUTTER: All Bells in Paradise - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)
3:00 approx
TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin, ballet music - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Colin Davis (Philips 422 845)
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Staatskapelle Dresden/André Previn (DG 447 895)
BRAHMS arr Geringas: Minnelied Op 71/5 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ UB56)
JOSQUIN DES PREZ: O virgo virginum - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)
ROSSINI: O salutaris hostia - 1999 New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2029)
4:00 approx
SCHUMANN: Five Pieces in Folk Style Op 102 - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (piano) (ERATO 9341582)
LASSUS: Matona mia cara - Viva Voce/John Rosser (VIVA VOCE ACD 901)
SPOHR: Violin Concerto No 8 in A minor Op 47 - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Brandenburg Orch/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66840)
BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (ucj 476 6295)
FAURÉ: Valse Caprice No 1 in A Op 30 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)
DELIUS: Walk to the Paradise Garden - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)
5:00 approx
KOEHNE: Way Out West - Diana Doherty (ob), Sinfonia Australis/Mark Summerbell (ABC 980 046)
MARIANELLI: Dawn, from Pride and Prejudice - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Silvascreen 111309)
RITCHIE: Suite No 2 for string orchestra, Aquarius - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (TRUST MMT 2040)
MOZART: German Dances K571 - Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC Classics 472 826)
PAINE: Finchdean - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP CD 04)
TRADITIONAL arr Rutter: Wexford Carol - Paul McMahon (ten), Cantillation (ABC Classics 472 044)
DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance Op 72 No 4 in Db - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80497)
VIVALDI: Concerto in D minor for two oboes RV535 (2) - Neil Black (ob), Celia Nicklin (ob), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)
HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 53 in E minor HobXVI/34 (3) - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 456 727)
6:00 AM. Daybreak

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

HOVHANESS: Symphony No 2, Mysterious Mountain (3) - Royal Liverpool Phil/Gerard Schwarz (TELARC CD 80604)

BIDDINGTON: Lincoln Green Suite - Elvira Dommisse (fl), Susan Voight-McKeich (ob), Gretchen La Roche (cl), Neville Forsythe (bsn) (MANU CD MANU 1558)

CHABRIER: Five Posthumous Pieces (2) - Emmanuel Strosser (pno) (MIRARE MIR 116)

BACH arr Balsom: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 (2) - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Eb Op 127 (3) - ASMF/Murray Perahia (SONY SK 93043)

GARDNER: The Holly and the Ivy - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in F minor Op 1/8, Christmas (3) - Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (dir) (Challenge CC 72134)

BOCCHERINI: Symphony in D minor Op 12 No 4, La casa del diavolo (3) - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

TAVENER: The Lamb - Voces8 (SIGCD 283)

7.00

BIZET: Carillon, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - Barcelona SO & National Orch of Catalonia/José Serebrier (BIS CD 1305)

KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 (2) - James Ehnes (vln), Vancouver SO/Bramwell Tovey (ONYX 4016)

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

TRADITIONAL arr Pettman: Gabriel's Message - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

BREBEUF arr Anderson: The Huron Carol - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.554179)

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K297b (3) - Mohamed Saleh (ob), Kinan Azmeh (cl), Mor Biron (bsn), Sharon Polyak (horn), West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim (warner 2564 62791)

LILBURN: Two Christmas Pieces for LB (1949) - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (RNZ )

POTT: Balulalow - Voces8 (Decca 4830968)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 5 in Eb Op 82 (3) - Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam (ONDINE ODE 1035)

BACH: English Suite No 1 in A BWV806 (9) - Glenn Gould (pno)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

CACCINI: Ave Maria - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd

ADAM: O Holy Night - The Three Tenors

BACH: Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio, Part 2 - Dunedin Consort/John Butt (Linn CKD 499)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 8 in F Op 93 (3) - Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (Hyperion CDS 44301/5)

MCLEOD: Three Celebrations (1) - New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572671)

PURCELL: Trumpet Sonata in D - Niklas Eklund (baroque tpt), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble/Nils-Erik Sparf (Naxos 8.553531)

GAUNTLETT: Once, in Royal David's City - Madison Nonoa (sop), Australian Brandenburg Choir & Orch/Paul Dyer (ABC Classics ABC Live 2017)

TCHAIKOVSKY orch Lane: Troika - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

SCHUBERT: Three Piano Pieces D946 (3) - András Schiff (pno) (Philips 456 925)
9:00 AM. The Works

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces
DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Danse - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 417 611)
LECLAIR: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 7/1 - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0589)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 6 in F Op 10/2 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1942 (476 3100))
CANNABICH: Symphony No 48 in Bb - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55434)
10.00
SMETANA: Vyšehrad, from Má Vlast - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Decca 4833187)
SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 - Philip Setzer (vln), David Finckel (cello), Wu Han (pno) (Artistled 10802)
MENDELSSOHN arr Wilcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra,/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)
FINZI: Rollicum-rorum - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (EMI 5 75203)
11.00
CHOPIN: Waltz in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante - Ingrid Haebler (pno) (Philips 456 823)
SIBELIUS: Symphony No 5 in Eb Op 82 - Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam (ONDINE ODE 1035)
DAVERNE: Gallipoli, Rhapsody for trumpet & orchestra - Marek Bubenicek (tpt), Moravian Phil/Petr Pololáník (EMI 557 9042)
Noon Upbeat

Keeping you in tune with music and the arts, with David Morriss

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

LUMBYE: Champagne Gallop - Stockholm Sinfonietta/Jan-Olav Wedin (BIS BISCD180)

HEWITT JONES: Lullay - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA)

ADAM: O Holy Night - Elora Festival Singers, Michael Bloss (organ)/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.573421)

DELIBES: Waltz & Mazurka, from Coppélia - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (KIWI CD SLC 222)

BACH: Gavotte, from Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln) (Philips 475 7552)

ANON arr Lislevand: Tourdion - Linn Andrea Fuglseth (voice), Anna Maria Friman (voice), Rolf Lislevand (lute), Marco Ambrosini (viola d amore), Thor Harald Johnsen (lute), Michael Behringer (clavichord), David Mayoral (percussion), Bjørn Kjellemyr (mandolin), Giovanna Pessi (harp)/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088 (476 3317))

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Op 58 (1) - Eric Lu (pno), Hallé Orchestra/Edward Gardner (Warner Classics 9029555215)

1.00

Best of Upbeat interviews 2019

David Morriss talks with violinist Viktoria Mullova

TRAD: O santissimo natale - Hamburg Monteverdi Choir/Jürgen Jürgens (Ambitus AMB 97 856)

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

DESPREZ: Praeter rerum seriem - Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 437 833)

BERLIOZ: Trio for Two Flutes and Harp, from The Childhood of Christ - Doriot Anthony Dwyer (fl), James Pappoutsakis (fl), Bernard Zighera (harp) (RCA GD 86207)
2:00 PM. Worlds of Music with Trevor Reekie

Trans-global, fusion and folk roots music
3:00 PM. Classical Connection

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B
BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in D G478 (1) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 60680)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: The Magic Flute, Overture - London Phil/David Parry (X5 105)
SIBELIUS: Pan & Echo Op 53 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)
DVORÁK: Rondo in G minor Op 94 - Heinrich Schiff (cello), André Previn (pno) (Philips 434 914)
TARTINI: Violin Concerto in Bb D117 (4) - Adrian Chandler (vln/dir), La Serenissima (Avie AV 2154)
BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 119 (2) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67550)
STRAUSS: Cäcilie Op 27/2 - Renée Fleming (sop), Houston SO/Christoph Eschenbach (RCA 09026 68539)
HAYDN: Symphony No 92 in G, Oxford (4) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1849)
4.00
RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs - Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI 5 62746)
WARLOCK: Serenade - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)
BEETHOVEN: Clarinet Trio in Bb Op 11 (3) - Peter Schmidl (cl), Friedrich Dolezal (cello), Erich Binder (pno (Decca 414 576)
SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28 - Sarah Chang (vln), Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CDC 5 55026)
FIELD: Piano Sonata in B (1) - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80290)
TRADITIONAL arr C Wood: Ding dong! merrily on high - Gloucester Cathedral Choir/Andrew Nethsingha (Avie AV 2122)
BONNIZZI: Jouissance - Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Robert Sagasser (viola da gamba), Paulina van Laarhoven (viola da gamba, Matthias Müller (viola da gamba), Lee Santana (lute/chitarrone) (DHM 05472 77502)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 (3) - Ayako Uehara (pno), London SO/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (EMI 3 59606)
5.00
WITT: Symphony in A (4) - Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois ( 8.572089)
DVORÁK: Czech Suite Op 39 (2) - Prague Philharmonia/Jakub Hrusa (SUPRAPHON SU 3867)
MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 (3) - Daniel Hope (vln), members of CO of Europe (DG 477 6634)
SCHUBERT arr Liszt: Erlkönig D328 - Susanna Andersson (sop), Helsingborg SO/Tecwyn Evans (Orlando Records OR 0029)
GRANADOS: Spanish Dances Op 37 Book 4 (1) - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 414 557)
HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVIIb/2 (3) - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1816)
SWEELINCK: Hodie Christus natus est - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV1047 (1) - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 492)
WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor Op 73 (2) - Charles Neidich (cl), Orpheus CO (DG 435 875)
SATIE arr Smith/McLachlan: Gnossienne No 1 - Tommy Smith (sax), Murray McLachlan (pno) (LINN AKD 103)
6.00
BRAHMS orch Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 25 (4) - Sydney SO/Edo de Waart (ABC Classics 454 515)
BIZET: Symphony in C (2) - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI CDM 7 69643)
RITCHIE: Suite No 1 for string orchestra (3) - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (TRUST MMT 2040)
DEBUSSY: Pour le Piano - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10443)
SUPPÉ: Poet & Peasant, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)
7:00 PM. Exploring Music

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

APO: Celebrate Christmas 2018
Selections from Yuletide orchestral favourites like Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Greensleeves, and excerpts from Handel's rousing Messiah. And of course, you can't have Christmas without a healthy selection of carols.
James Ioelu (bass-baritone), The Graduate Choir NZ, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Hamish McKeich
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland (RNZ)
SCRIABIN: Etude in C# minor Op 42/5 - Garrick Ohlsson (pno) (DUX 405)
BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy (1) - Tabea Zimmermann (vla), London SO/Colin Davis (LSO LIVE LSO 0040)
10:00 PM. Day's End

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap
BACH: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C BWV1066 - Zefiro Baroque Orchestra/Alfredo Bernardini (Arcana A 400)
PRAETORIUS: Quem pastores laudavere - Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Parley of Instruments/David Hill (Hyperion CDA 66200)
DEBUSSY: Piano Trio in G - Te Koki Trio (Rattle RAT D069 2017)
ELGAR: Serenade for Strings Op 20 - Royal Phil/Andrew Litton (Virgin VC 7 90727)
TAVENER: Ex Maria Virgine - James McVinnie (org), Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown (Naxos 8.572168)