Friday 20 December 2019 Rāmere 20 Hakihea 2019

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  GRIEG: Elegiac Melodies Op 34 - NZSO CO (RNZ UA02)

  MOZETICH: Affairs of the Heart - Juliette Kang (vln), CBC Vancouver Orchestra (CBC Records 5200)

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

  BACH: Cantata No 99, Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan - William Towers (countertenor), James Gilchrist (ten), Peter Harvey (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Malin Hartelius (sop)/John Eliot Gardiner (SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG 104)

  ARAÑÉS: To the good life - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)

  1:00 approx

  RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin - London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 665)

  STRAUSS: Death & Transfiguration Op 24 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (Philips 438 300)

  TRADITIONAL: The Christ child's lullaby - Virginia LeCren (sop), Shona McIntyre-Bull (sop), Robert Wiremu (bass), Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

  BUNCH: Velocity - Marya Martin (fl), Colette Valentine (pno) (Naxos 8.559629)

  ELGAR arr Milone: In Moonlight, from In the South, Alassio - Natalie Clein (cello), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley (EMI 5 01409)

  2:00 approx

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

  SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1972)

  HOLST arr Jennings, Woodgate: In the bleak midwinter - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

  SCHUBERT arr Boehm: Ständchen D957/4 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.570754)

  FRAHM: Ambre - Nils Frahm (piano, reed organ, celeste) (Erased Tapes eratp18)

  3:00 approx

  MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F K370 - François Leleux (ob), Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Lawrence Power (vla), Sebastian Klinger (cello) (SONY 88697 28585)

  MUSSORGSKY arr Renz: Pictures at an Exhibition - Berlin Ensemble (Berlin Philharmonic 6001)

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

  CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor Op 68/2 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

  4:00 approx

  COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

  HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 1 in C HobVIIb/1 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Australian CO (Orfeo C 080 031)

  LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

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

  IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Procession of the Sardar - Borusan Istanbul Phil/Sascha Goetzel (Onyx 4124)

  5:00 approx

  LECLAIR: Violin Concerto in D Op 10/3 - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0589)

  DELIUS: Poem of Life & Love - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (DUTTON CDLX 7264)

  ANONYMOUS: Latvian Prayer - Dawn Harms (vla), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)

  RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (SONY MLK 64067)

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

  GABRIELI: Sonata octavi toni in 12 parts - Gabrieli Players/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 453 427)

  BRAHMS: Capriccio in B minor Op 76/2 - Arcadi Volodos (pno) (Sony 8887 5130192)

  BACH: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 196 - Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (DECCA 4782718)

  RAMEAU: Danse Des Sauvages, from Les Indes Galantes - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

• 6:00 AM. Daybreak

  The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

  SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (2) - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1972)

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 13 in Bb K333 (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA21)

  ROSSINI: Bassoon Concerto in Bb (1) - Jaakko Luoma (bassoon), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Janne Nisonen, concertmaster (Ondine ODE13242)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Pas d'action, from Swan Lake - Baiba Skride (vln), Ulrich Heinen (cello), Robert Johnston (harp), CBSO/Andris Nelsons (SONY 88697 21423)

  ROSETTI: Horn Concerto in Eb K3/37 (3) - Klaus Wallendorf (horn), Kurpfalz CO

  TRADITIONAL arr Kondonassis: Angels we have heard on high - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (TELARC CD 80687)

  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)

  EDWARDS: First Maninya, from Guitar Concerto (1) - Karin Schaup (guitar), Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)

  HANDEL: Sinfonia, from Act 1 of Samson - Anthony Halstead (horn), Christian Rutherford (horn), English CO/Trevor Pinnock

  7.00

  BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 (3) - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta FL 2 3134)

  CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35 (1) - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10588)

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

  RUTTER: Arise, shine, for thy light has come - Mark Williams (org), Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 515)

  CIMAROSA: Concerto in G for two flutes (3) - Mathieu Dufour (fl), Alex Klein (ob), Czech National SO/Paul Freeman (Cedille CDR 90000 080)

  FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A (4) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (SONY SK 87287)

  SCHUBERT: - Joan Sutherland (sop), Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 095)

  HOLST: In the bleak midwinter - North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon (GIA Publications CD655)

  GLINKA: Ruslan & Lyudmila, Overture - NZSO National Youth Orch 2005/Edwin Outwater (Private - NZSO NYO )

  8.00

  Beauty Spot:

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

  LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 7 in Bb Op 97, Archduke (4) - Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2100)

  MOZART: Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita (3) - Ensemble Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez (Decca 478 0316)

  DVORÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American (3) - Royal Phil/Charles Rosekrans (TELARC CD 80610)

  MADDEN: I sing of a maiden - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

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

  HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon - English CO/Raymond Leppard (SONY MLK 64066)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

  CHABRIER: Joyeuse Marche - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio Italien - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Chandos CHAN 8460)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Tasmin Little (vln), BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Teldec 9031 73127)

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

  10.00

  MOZART: Symphony No 37 in G K444 - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 761)

  WAGNER: Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigem Schein - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Prague Phil/Marco Armiliato (Decca 478 6029)

  RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 - Philharmonia/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9081)

  CASALS: Sardana - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Guy Johnston (cellos), CBSO cellos (Decca 483 2948)

  11.00

  TRAD / NEALE / GRAEME CAIRNS: Good King Wences - RNZ Concert Choir, The Sirens (RNZ)

  HOLST / DANA LIVESAY: In Our Christmas Summer - RNZ Concert Choir, The Sirens (RNZ)

  TRAD / KATHY GILLARD: The Kauri and the Kowhai - RNZ Concert Choir, The Sirens (RNZ)

  BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E minor Op 59/2, Razumovsky - Artemis Quartet (Virgin 3 80268)

  DRIGO: Pas de Trois - London SO (Decca 433 861)

• Noon Upbeat

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

  J WILLIAMS: Across the Stars, from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/John Williams (DG 4797553)

  COATES: Cinderella - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9869)

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

  BRIDGE: Miniature Pastorals, Set 1 - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.557842)

  RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2017)

  1.00

  Upbeat producer Zoe George tells David Morriss about her Five Favs

  STOKOWSKI: Traditional Slavic Christmas Music - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.557645)

  G GABRIELI: Quem vidistis pastores? - Richard Farnes (org), Stephen Layton (org), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Thomas Elias (treble), Charles Brett (countertenor), William Kendall, Peter Hall (tens), Ian Caddy (bass)/Stephen Cleobury (Argo 417 468)

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

• 2:00 PM. New Horizons with William Dart

  A guide to the worlds of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond

• 2:30 PM. The Silver Screen

• 3:00 PM. Classical Connection

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

  BORODIN: Symphony No 2 in B minor (4) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 17582)

  BACH: Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 (2) - Isabelle Faust (violin), Xenia Löffler (oboe), Akademie für Alte/Bernhard Forck (Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)

  VERDI arr Turovsky: String Quartet in E minor (1) - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9662)

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (2) - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (Concordance CCD 06)

  NIELSEN: Serenata in vano - New London Chamber Ensemble & Guests (MERIDIAN CDE 84580)

  DEBUSSY: Arabesque No 1 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67898)

  PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicchi - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 467 049)

  FARRENC: Symphony No 3 in G minor Op 36 (1) - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 603)

  4.00

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor Op 40 (1) - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno), Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 458 930)

  MOZART: Serenade No 7 in D K250, Haffner (4) - Rudolf Koeckert (vln), Bavarian Radio SO/Rafael Kubelík (DG 477 5838)

  FAURÉ arr Hazell: Pavane - Albrecht Mayer (ob d'amore), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

  WOOD: Fantasia on British Sea songs, excerpts - David Bremner (euphonium), Ashley Brown (cello), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (4) - Vienna Phil/Christoph von Dohnányi (Decca 421 769)

  HOWELLS: Here is the little door - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

  EDWARDS: Second Maninya, from Guitar Concerto (3) - Karin Schaup (guitar), Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)

  DVORÁK: String Quartet No 7 in A minor (2) - Prague String Quartet (DG 429 193)

  5.00

  PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical (4) - London SO/Valery Gergiev (Philips 475 7655)

  STAMITZ: Flute Concerto in G (1) - Barthold Kuijken (fl), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 48045)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique (2) - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80118)

  DAVERNE: A Pocket Overture - Moravian Phil/Petr Pololáník (EMI 557 9042)

  RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre (1) - Craig Ogden (gtr), BBC Phil/Sachio Fujioka (Chandos CHAN 9604)

  ANONYMUS arr Pilkington: Coventry Carol - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus, Trinity Handbell Ensemble/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

  ELLINGTON arr & orch Henderson: Solitude in Transbluceny - Andrew Barnell (bsn), Richard Simpson (ob), City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 57014)

  SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 (3) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno), Takács Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67631)

  STANFORD: Symphony No 3 in F minor Op 28, Irish (4) - Bournemouth SO/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570355)

  6.00

  DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 6503)

  BACH: Erbarme Dich, from St Matthew Passion - Lisa Batiashvili (vln/dir), François Leleux (ob d'amore), Chamber Orch of Bavarian Radio SO (DG 479 2479)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings Op 48 (3) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (Onyx 4037)

  TARTINI arr Jacob: Concertino - Mark Walton (cl), Paul Bateman (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 001)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 72 in D (4) - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 925)

• 7:00 PM. Exploring Music

  With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  NZSO: Christmas Brass

  A dazzling selection of Christmas Carols and Favourites

  New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Brass/Brian Buerkle

  Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, Wellington (RNZ)

  ENESCU: Sonata in the Romanian Folk Character - Donald Maurice (vla), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 413)

  PAINE: Finchdean - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.573765)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

  VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring - Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir) (Berlin Philharmonic 6003)

  SCHUBERT: Impromptus D935 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68213)

  PÄRT: I am the True Vine - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67375)

  VERDI: Willow Song & Ave Maria, from Otello - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Elzbieta Ardam (mezzo), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 440 843)

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A minor Op 6/4 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

  MOZART: String Quartet No 22 in Bb K589, Prussian - Hagen Quartet (DG 423 108)

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