Schedule for Saturday 21 December 2019

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Bb RV375 - Giuliano Carmignola (baroque vln), Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (SONY SK 89362)
DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 413 819)
ARCADELT: Margot labourez les vignes - King's Singers/Anthony Rooley (EMI 5 69555)
LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in F minor Op 1/8, Christmas (2) - Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (dir) (Challenge CC 72134)
1:00 approx
HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto in G HobXVIII/4 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (EMI CDC 5 56960)
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in G Op 18/2 - Gewandhaus Quartet (NCA 60139)
RESPIGHI: Adoration of the Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80309)
BACH: Prelude & Fugue in G BWV541 - Thomas Gaynor (org) (Organism ORG 016)
LALO orch Pierné: Guitarre Op 28 - Philippe Graffin (vln), Ulster Orch/Thierry Fischer (Hyperion CDA 67294)
2:00 approx
LISZT arr Selmeczi: Four valses oubliées - Camerata Transsylvanica/György Selmeczi (BMC CD 060)
MOZART: Violin Concerto No 4 in D K218 - Maxim Vengerov (vln/dir), Verbier Festival CO (EMI 3 78374)
TRADITIONAL arr Ledger & Spedding: Still, Still, Still - Ian Bostridge (ten), Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner (ABC Classics 472 044)
WARLOCK: Serenade - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)
DEBUSSY: Jardins sous la pluie, from Estampes - Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (DG 457 667)
3:00 approx
WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - Vienna Symphony/Wolfgang Sawallisch (Philips 422 480)
RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor - Mie Kobayashi (vln), Yoko Hasegawa (cello), Pascal Rogé (pno) (ONYX 4008)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Overture, from The Nutcracker Suite - Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev (Philips 462 114)
FARQUHAR: Harlequin Overture - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ )
GRIEG: Morning Mood, from Peer Gynt - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (TELARC SACD 60655)
4:00 approx
STRAUSS: String Sextet, from Capriccio - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9131)
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 - Jan Lisiecki (piano), Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Antonio Pappano (DG 4795327)
BLOOMFIELD: Behold the Narrows From The Hill - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)
WADE arr Wilcocks: O come, all ye faithful - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Shepherd (organ)/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)
5:00 approx
HOFMANN: Oboe Concerto in G - Stefan Schilli (ob), Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Béla Drahos (Naxos 8.553979)
DITTERSDORF: Symphony No 1 in C, The Four Ages of the World - Failoni Orch/Hanspeter Gmür (Naxos 8.553368)
SCHUBERT: Adagio in Db D505 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (4) - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (Concordance CCD 06)
RAUTAVAARA: Christmas carol - Helsinki Chamber Choir/Nils Schweckendiek (BIS BIS-2322)
SAINT-SAËNS: Allegro Appassionato Op 43 - Johannes Moser (cello), Stuttgart Radio SO/Fabrice Bollon (Hänssler CD 93.222)
DVORÁK: Czech Suite Op 39 (2) - Malaysian Phil/Claus Peter Flor (BIS SACD 1856)
COUPERIN arr Allen: Les baricades mistérieuses - Nancy Allen (harp) (EMI CDM 7 69070)
MORRICONE arr Obstarczyk: Gabriel's Oboe, from The Mission - Five Sax (Orlando OR 0016)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

Music, news & weather to start your day
BACH: Cello Concerto in A Wq172 (3) - Lynn Harrell (cello), Angeli Ensemble (Azica ACD 71265)
GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 (2) - Stephen Hough (pno), Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 67824)
FARRENC: Symphony No 2 in D Op 35 (4) - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 820)
BACH arr Boëls: Cello Suite No 6 in D BWV1012 (5) - Pascal Boëls (gtr) (Calliope CAL 9385)
TRADITIONAL arr Woodward: Up! Good Christen Folk - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)
TCHAIKOVSKY arr Pletnev: The Nutcracker, Suite - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 5 75202)
7.00
MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (1) - Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti (dir) (ABC Classics ABC4816494)
HANDEL: O Thou that tellest, from Messiah - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), London Phil/Adrian Boult (Decca 414 623)
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A Op 6/11 (5) - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral (2) - Murray Perahia (pno) (SONY 88697 32646)
TRADITIONAL arr Keating: God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)
RUTTER arr Hazell: Candlelight Carol - Bryn Terfel (bar), Côrdydd, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)
GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9549)
SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - London Phil/David Parry (X5 105)
8.00
HAYDN: Symphony No 90 in C (4) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 94237)
TORELLI: Concerto a quattro Op 8/6 - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)
WELLS: The shepherds' carol - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)
DEBUSSY orch Busser: Petite Suite (3) - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Atma SACD 2 2377)
JAMES: An Australian Christmas - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)
SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (3) - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1972)
MATHIEU: Printemps Canadien - Alain Lefèvre (piano) (Analekta AN29275)
BRAHMS: Double Concerto in A minor Op 102 (3) - Vadim Repin (vln), Truls Mörk (cello), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (DG 477 7470)
9:00 AM. Weekend Brunch

ELGAR: Introduction & Allegro Op 47 - London Phil/Bernard Haitink (LPO 2)
MOZART: Variations in C on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K265 - Lang Lang (piano) (DG 4797441)
TELEMANN: Concerto in E for flute, oboe d'amore & viola d'amore - Rachel Brown (fl), Anthony Robson (ob d'amore), Simon Standage (vla d'amore), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir) (Chandos CHAN 0580)
CURTIS: Christmas Rush, Concert March - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)
10.00
BACH: Italian Concerto in F BWV971 - Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 290 8379.81)
BRAHMS: String Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 51 - Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 6458)
GRAINGER: Early one morning - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)
BUXTEHUDE: In dulci jubilo - John Finney (org), Handel & Haydn Society Chorus & instrumental ensemble/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)
11.00
NIELSEN: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 33 - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), London Phil/Lawrence Foster (EMI 5 56906)
CHARPENTIER: Noëls pour les instruments - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)
MENDELSSOHN arr Willcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)
Noon The RNZ Concert Chart with Rick Young

Highlights from the week's best-selling albums
ADAM arr Hayward: O Holy Night - Sol3 Mio, City of Prague Choir & Orch/Paul Bateman (Decca 375 7602)
TRADITIONAL arr Cullen: The holly & the ivy - Michael George (baritone), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)/Robin Stapleton (Warner Classics 2564697379)
LISZT: Rigoletto Paraphrase - RIchard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD315)
BACH: Cello Suite No 4 in Eb BWV1010 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY 19075854652)
POSTON: Jesus Christ the apple tree - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (Kings College KGS0036)
MENDELSSOHN: Hark! the herald angels sing - Henry Websdale (orgn), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (Kings College KGS0036)
BACH: In dulci jubilo BWV729 - Henry Websdale (orgn)/Stephen Cleobury (Kings College KGS0036)
1:00 PM. From the Top

Selections from Settling the Score
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Barry Griffiths (vln), Royal Phil/André Previn (TELARC CD 80138)
FAURÉ: In paradisum, from Requiem Op 48 - John Butt (org), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English CO/Philip Ledger (EMI 3 75906)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (SIMAX PSC 1180)
BACH: Mass in B minor, Sanctus - Amsterdam Baroque Choir & Orch/Ton Koopman (Challenge CC 72188)
2:00 PM. Worlds of Music with Trevor Reekie

Trans-global, fusion and folk roots music
3:00 PM. Music Alive Matinée

Voices NZ: Follow That Star
A constellation of well-known Christmas carols with music about stars and the mystery of the season.
Voices NZ Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls
St Matthew's in the city, Auckland (RNZ)
ZEMLINSKY: The Little Mermaid - New Zealand SO/Benjamin Northey (RNZ 2018)
WAGNER: Arrival at the Black Swans - Terence Dennis (pno) (ODE CD MANU 2038)
BACH: - Slava Grigoryan (baritone guitar) (ABC Classics 371894)
5:00 PM. Inside Out with Nick Tipping

A journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way (RNZ)
7:00 PM. Appointment

The stories behind the music
8:00 PM. Music Alive

The Tudor Consort: Dixit Dominus
HANDEL: Dixit Dominus
VIVALDI: Gloria in D
Tudor Consort, Chiesa Ensemble/Michael Stewart
St. Mary of the Angels, Wellington (RNZ)
CARR: The End of the Golden Weather - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (KIWI PACIFIC CD SLD 111)
RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome (4) - Pittsburgh SO/Lorin Maazel (Sony SK 66843)
9:30 PM. Sound Lounge

A weekly forum for contemporary music

Lynn Freeman talks with Laurie Anderson about co-curating the 2020 New Zealand Festival of the Arts and her A Trip to the Moon, an out of body experience via virtual reality.

ANDERSON: Landfall (mvmts 6-9) - Laurie Anderson (vocal), Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 7559793389)

FARR: Roar Of A Thousand Tigers (première) - Christchurch Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey (RNZ 2019)

HIGDON: Harp Concerto (1) First Light - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp), Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra/Ward Stare (Azica ACD 71327)

11.00 Living American Composers: New Music From Bowling Green
Evergreen Episode One
Pulitzer Prize winner and Academy Award nominee David Lang presents a program of his own music, inspired by his residency at Bowling Green State University. Special guests: composer David Lang, pianist Karl Larson, clarinetist Kevin Schempf. (WGTE Public Media)