Monday 23 December 2019 Rāhina 23 Hakihea 2019

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  RAFF: Abends-Rhapsodie Op 163b - Philharmonia/Francesco d'Avalos (ASV CD DCA 793)

  SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata in G minor - Isata Kanneh-Mason (pno) (Decca 4850020)

  LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)

  GLINKA: Summer Night in Madrid, Spanish Overture No 2 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 9861)

  HOVHANESS: The garden of Adonis - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (MANU CD MANU 2050)

  1:00 approx

  SCHUMANN: Introduction & Allegro Op 134 - Jan Lisiecki (piano), Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Antonio Pappano (DG 4795327)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade IV. Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman (4) - John Corigliano (vln), New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (SONY SMK 60737)

  ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No 1 in A - London SO/Antal Dorati (MERCURY 432 015)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 2 in A Op 2/2 - Rafal Blechacz (pno) (DG 477 7453)

  2:00 approx

  LISZT: The Funeral Triumph of Tasso, - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (Naxos 8.557847)

  MOZART: Symphony No 18 in F K130 - Royal Phil/Erich Leinsdorf (DG 477 5847)

  BRAHMS: Ballades Op 10 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 426 439)

  PAPANDOPULO: Pintarichiana - Zagreb Soloists (CPO 777 829)

  3:00 approx

  SPOHR: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in C minor Op 26 - Emma Johnson (cl), English CO/Gerard Schwarz (ASV CD DCA 659)

  PARISH ALVARS: Grand Fantasy Op 57 - Ieuan Jones (harp) (Claudio CR 4939)

  ELGAR: Grania & Diarmid, incidental music - Jenny Miller (sop), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8610)

  RIES: Introduction & Variations Brillantes Op 170 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.57044)

  4:00 approx

  MOERAN: Songs of Springtime - Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer (Chandos CHAN 9182)

  CARTELLIERI: Divertimento No 1 in F - Consortium Classicum (CPO 999 140)

  BLOCH: Schelomo - Alexander Kniazev (cello), Russian State SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Brilliant Classics 9164)

  5:00 approx

  MAHLER: Symphony No 5 in C# minor (5) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 557385)

  CHOPIN: Ballade No 2 in F Op 38 - Cédric Tiberghien (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1943)

  DITTERSDORF: Symphony in D Grave D16 - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

  FASCH: Concerto in C minor for two oboes - Hans-Peter Westermann (ob), Alessandro Piqué (ob), La Stravaganza Cologne (CPO 777 015)

• 6:00 AM. Summer Classics

  Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning

  HAYDN: Symphony No 51 in Bb (1) - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

  ZIPOLI arr Hunt: Elevazione - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Niklass Veltman (cello), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

  DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (2) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 400 020)

  DEBUSSY: Children's Corner - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10467)

  VIVALDI: Cello Concerto in Bb RV423 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 90916)

  ORD: Adam lay y-bounden - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks (King's College KGS0033)

  WARLOCK: Benedicamus domino - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

  MOZART: Concerto in F for three pianos K242 (3) - Katia Labèque (pno), Marielle Labèque (pno), Semyon Bychkov (pno/Semyon Bychkov (Philips 426 241)

  7.00

  SCHUBERT arr Breiner: Military March in D - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.553596)

  BOCCHERINI: Symphony in C G505 (1) - German Chamber Academy, Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 172)

  MCDOWALL: Now may we singen - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 (1) - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572704)

  IVES: A Christmas carol - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

  GRIEG: Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor Op 45 (2) - Joshua Bell (vln), Sergei Rachmaninov (pno) (SONY 88697 55436)

  HANDEL: Rejoice greatly, from Messiah - Kathleen Battle (sop), session orch (Sony SK 62035)

  BACH arr Tarkmann: Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo (4) - Albrecht Mayer (ob), English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)

  8.00

  Beauty Spot:

  HEAD: The little road to Bethlehem - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

  CHABRIER: Idylle, from Suite pastorale - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8852)

  KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 (1) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Vienna Phil/André Previn (DG 474 8742)

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 10 in C K330 (1) - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 3 36080)

  BORODIN: Symphony No 1 in Eb (2) - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 435 757)

  HEWITT JONES: What child is this? - Eleanor Hicks (soprano), Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

  WADE arr Wilberg: O come, all ye faithful - Bryn Terfel (bar), Côrdydd, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

  PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)

  9.00

  MENDELSSOHN arr Piatti: Song without Words Op 19/3, The Wild Rider - António Meneses (cello), Gérard Wyss (pno) (Avie AV 2140)

  MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan (1) - Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth (Harmonia Mundi HMM 905299)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The blessed Son of God - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

  TRADITIONAL arr Shaw: Rejoice & be Merry - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 88 in G - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 94237)

  ANONYMOUS: Cachua (Christmas Song) - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)

  ALBÉNIZ: El Puerto, from Iberia Book 1 - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (PRIVATE RECORDING 837 001)

  10:00 Onstage

  A selection of live performances from New Zealand and around the world

  RAMEAU: Suite from Dardanus - New Zealand SO/Vesa-Matti Leppänen (RNZ 2018)

  BRAHMS: Horn Trio in Eb Op 4 - Sam Jacobs (horn), Anthony Marwood (violin), Dénes Várjon (piano) (RNZ 2019)

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

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

  BACH: Air from Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - Scottish CO/Jaime Laredo (dir) (REGISC 1160)

  SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Benjamin Britten (pno)/Mstislav Rostropovich; Benjamin Britten (Decca 417 833)

• Noon Summer Afternoons

  Including 1:00 Afternoon Concert

  BARBER: School for Scandal, Overture Op 5 - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80632)

  BORODIN: String Quartet No 2 in D (1) - Prazák Quartet (Praga PRD 250 282)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 12 in A K414 - Maurizio Pollini (pno/dir), Vienna Phil (DG 477 7167)

  RATHBONE: The Oxen - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

  KOCHER arr Willcocks: As with gladness men of old - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

  WALTON: Crown Imperial - London Chamber Orch/Christopher Warren-Green (Decca 276 842)

  ACHRON: Scher - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67841)

  1:00 Afternoon Concert

  APO: Celebrate Christmas

  G GABRIELI: Canzon in echo duodecimi toni a 10

  POULENC: O magnum mysterium

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus

  TRAD: O Come All Ye Faithful

  MARTIN / BLANE: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

  ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride

  BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin

  TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Suite, excerpts

  HUMPERDINCK: Overture

  Hokuspokus Hexenschuss!

  Witch's Dance, from Hansel and Gretel

  RUTTER: Star Carol

  ADAM: O Holy Night

  MASON: Joy to the World

  GRUBER: Silent Night

  APO brass, The Graduate Choir NZ, Terence Maskell (dir), APO, Sarah Castle (mezzo)/Ben Northey

  Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland (RNZ)

  DELIUS arr Matthews: A Village Romeo & Juliet, Suite - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (DUTTON CDLX 7264)

  3.00

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 30 in D HobXVI/19 - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10736)

  LEHAR: Gold & Silver Waltz - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80547)

  MANZANERO: E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come - Gloucester Cathedral Choir/Andrew Nethsingha (Avie AV 2122)

  HOLST: St Paul's Suite (4) - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9270)

  ORFF: On the green, from Carmina Burana - Sally Matthews (sop), Lawrence Brownlee (ten), Christian Gerhaher (bar), Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 57888)

  4.00

  MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 (4) - Charles Neidich (basset cl), L'Archibudelli (SONY SK 53366)

  BORODIN: Prince Igor, Overture - Kirov Orch, St Petersburg/Valery Gergiev (Philips 446 820)

  VANHAL: Missa Pastoralis in G (2) - Colin Ainsworth (ten), Steven Pitkanen (bass), James Tibbles (org), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, Aradia Ensemble, Mary Enid Haines (sop), Nina Scott Stoddart (mezzo)/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55508)

  BECK: Sinfonia in Eb Op 1/4 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

  FRANCK: Symphony in D minor Op 48 (2) - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9875)

  ANONYMOUS: Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance Flowing - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

  CHOPIN: Prelude in E minor Op 28/4 - Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 459 064)

  5.00

  STRAUSS: Duet Concertino for clarinet & bassoon (2) - Larry Combs (cl), David McGill (bsn), Chicago SO/Daniel Barenboim (teldec 3984 23913)

  HADLEY: I sing of a maiden - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Peter Shepherd (organ)/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

  KIRKPATRICK arr Wilcocks: Away in a manger - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

  FAURÉ arr Ma: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 13 (1) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (SONY SK 87287)

  WAGNER: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude - Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)

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

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral (1) - Jonathan Biss (pno) (EMI 3 94422)

  RAUTAVAARA: Apotheosis - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570069)

  BREL: Mathilde, Marieke et Madeleine - Greg Anderson & Elizabeth Joy Roe (pno) (Steinway & Sons 30006)

• 6:00 PM. Summer Evenings

  WEBER: Oberon, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

  MARTINU: Child's Lullaby, from Christmas - Giorgio Koukl (pno) (Naxos 8.557914)

  SCHEIDT: A child is born in Bethlehem - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

  SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804, Rosamunde (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ UB63)

  RESPIGHI: The Birds - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)

  BACH: Viola da gamba Sonata No 1 in G BWV1027 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Angela Hewitt (pno) (ORFEO C 693 071 A)

• 7:00 PM. Exploring Music

  With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  NZSO: Christmas Pops

  Favourite festive music and songs

  Jacqui Dark (mezzo) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey

  Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)

  FALLA: El Amor Brujo, Suite - Marta Zabaleta (piano) (RNZ 2018)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

  BACH: Trio Sonata in G BWV1039 - Jed Wentz (fl), Marion Moonen (fl), Job ter Haar (cello), Michael Borgstede (hpschd) (Brilliant Classics 93814)

  GLICK: Divertimento for String Orchestra - Thirteen Strings of Ottawa/Brian Law (CBC Records MVCD 1046)

  BENNETT: Sweet was the song, from Five Carols - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

  BILLINGS: Bethlehem - Anonymous 4 (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 80 7453)

  MOZART: String Quartet No 20 in D K499, Hoffmeister - Amadeus Quartet (DG 423 300)

  CHAMINADE: Poèmes provençales Op 127 - Mark Viner (pno) (Piano Classics PCL10164)

  GJEILO after Holst: In the bleak midwinter - Voces8 (Decca 4830968)

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

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Op 3/4 - B'Rock (ETCETERA KTC 1383)

  ROTA: Sonata for flute & harp - Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Anneleen Lenaerts (harp) (Warner Classics 9029551471)

  BYRD: Beata viscera Maria Virginis - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

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