Thursday 26 December 2019 Rāpare 26 Hakihea 2019

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  SCHUBERT: Impromptu in C minor D899/1 - Maria João Pires (pno) (DG 457550)

  BEETHOVEN: Twelve Contradanses WoO14 - Orch of St Luke's/Michael Tilson Thomas (CBS MK 44516)

  BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - USSR Academy SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov (Chant Du Monde LDC 278 782)

  RHEINBERGER: Mass in Eb Op 109 - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 802)

  BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Berlin State Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Decca 478 2735)

  1:00 approx

  FOOTE: Francesca da Rimini Op 24 - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559365)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No 4 in G Op 61, Mozartiana - Scottish CO/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 719)

  AVISON: Concerto Grosso in E minor Op 3/2 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Naxos 8.557905-06)

  TREMAIN: Three Mystical Songs - Anthea Moller (mezzo), Lindsay String Orch/Dobbs Franks (Kiwi SLD 16)

  2:00 approx

  TELEMANN: Concerto in Bb for three oboes & three violins - Anthony Robson, Richard Earle, Cherry Forbes (obs), Simon Standage (vln/dir), Micaela Comberti, Catherine Weiss (vlns), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0580)

  CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 32 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 416 441)

  BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 - James Campbell (cl), New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573454)

  3:00 approx

  MEDTNER: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 50 - Geoffrey Tozer (pno), London Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9038)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 84 in Eb - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 677)

  4:00 approx

  SVENDSEN: String Octet in A - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9258)

  SHEPPARD: Media vita in morte sumus - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16077)

  5:00 approx

  MORTELMANS: Spring Idyll - BRTN Phil, Brussels/Alexander Rahbari (Discover DICD 920 100)

  VILLETTE: Three Motets - BBC Singers/Stephen Jackson (BBC Music MM 85)

  BACH: Cantata No 55, Ich armer Mensch; (Wretch that I am, a slave to sin) - Roberta Giuia (sop), Alessandro Carmignani (countertenor), Ian Bostridge (ten), Antonio Abete (bass), Fabio Biondi (vln/dir), Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (Virgin 5 45420)

  ADAMS: Berceuse élégiaque - Bournemouth SO/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559031)

  HUMMEL: Rondo brillant in F Op 127, Le retour à Londres - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557845)

• 6:00 AM. Summer Classics

  Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning

  BACH: Oboe Concerto in Bb Wq164 (1) - Machiko Takahashi (fl), Concertgebouw CO/Roland Kieft (Brilliant Classics 93988)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 17, Little Russian (3) - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (Pentatone PTC 5186 382)

  SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen Op 15 - Nelson Freire (pno) (Decca 473 902)

  BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in D Op 18/3 (1) - Gewandhaus Quartet (NCA 60139)

  MAHLER: Symphony No 4 in G (4) - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 410 188)

  SCHUBERT: Notturno in Eb D897 - Edward Dusinberre (vln), András Fejér (cello), Andreas Haefliger (pno) (Decca 452 854)

  7.00

  SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in Eb Op 47 (4) - Menahem Pressler (pno), members of the Emerson String Quartet (DG 445 848)

  DELIUS: Two Pieces for small orchestra, (1) - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Bb RV359 - Simon Standage (vln), Academy of Ancient Music (Decca 475 7693)

  STRAUSS arr Grainger: Ramble on the Last Love Duet in Rosenkavalier - Janine Sowden (pno) (ASV CD WHL 2117)

  BRAHMS: String Quintet No 2 in G Op 111 (2) - New Zealand String Quartet, Maria Lambros (vla) (Naxos 8.573455)

  MOZART: Horn Concerto No 4 in Eb K495 (1) - Jonathan Williams (horn), CO of Europe/Alexander Schneider (COE Records CD COE 805)

  8.00

  Beauty Spot:

  GRIEG: Elegiac Melodies Op 34 (2) - NZSO CO (RNZ UA02)

  MYERS arr Field: Cavatina, from The Deer Hunter - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC Classics 476 701)

  DVORÁK: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 53 (3) - Josef Špacek (vln), Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 41822)

  BELLINI arr MIKHASHOFF: Casta diva, from Norma - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

  BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in G G480 (1) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 60680)

  ELGAR: Minuet Op 21 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

  BEACH: Symphony in E minor, Gaelic (2) - Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 8.559139)

  9.00

  MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 (3) - Amati String Orch (Brilliant Classics 94205)

  HOLST: March, from Suite No 1 for Military Band Op 28/1 - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish ( CHAN 9697)

  STRAUSS II: The Gypsy Baron, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80547)

  CHOPIN: Preludes Op 28 Nos 15-24 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 437 817)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade IV. Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman - Clio Gould (vln), Royal Phil/Charles Dutoit (ONYX 4064)

  GABRIELI: TALLIS: If Ye Love Me; A GABRIELI: Magnificat (2) - Chanticleer (TELDEC 4509 96515)

  10:00 Onstage

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

  BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 11 - Te Koki Trio, Martin Riseley (violin), Inbal Megiddo (cello), Jian Liu (piano) (RNZ 2018)

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 1 in E minor Op 39 - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Christian Kluxen (RNZ 2018)

  BACH: Violin Sonata No 2 in A BWV1015 - James Ehnes (vln), Luc Beauséjour (hpschd) (Analekta AN 2 9829)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 78 in C minor - Orpheus CO (DG 429 218)

  TOMLINSON: Lakeside Idyll - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (DUTTON CDLX 7170)

  HANDEL: Concerto a due cori No 2 in F HWV333 - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Jean Lamon (vln/dir) (Tafelmusik Media 1011CD)

• Noon Summer Afternoons

  Including 1:00 Afternoon Concert

  WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III - Philharmonia/Francesco d'Avalos (ASV CD DCA 666)

  HUME: Tinckeldum Twinckeldum - Marianne Muller (viola da gamba), Liam Fennelly (viola da gamba), Pau Marcos (viola da gamba) (ZIG ZAG ZZT 100 501)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D Op 17 (1) - Jean-Philippe Collard (pno), Royal Phil/André Previn (EMI CDC 7 49757)

  MOZART: Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 (2) - Thierry Fischer (fl/dir), Charlotte Sprenkels (harp), CO of Europe (COE Records CD COE 813)

  FARRENC: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op 32 (4) - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 603)

  DEBUSSY: Nocturnes - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 439 896)

  1:00 Afternoon Concert

  NZSO: Comic Con

  The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents The Music of Comic Con

  New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Gordon Hamilton

  Auckland Town Hall, Auckland (RNZ)

  BOWEN: Phantasie in E minor Op 34 - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67991)

  WALTON: Johannesburg Festival Overture - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos 8968)

  STRAUSS II: Perpetuum Mobile Op 257 - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (BBC Legends BBCL 4038)

  3.00

  SMETANA: Blaník, from Má Vlast - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Decca 4833187)

  BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in D G483 - Sol Gabetta (cello), Cappella Gabetta/Andrés Gabetta (Decca 4832473)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 5 in C minor Op 10/1 - Jonathan Biss (pno) (ONYX 4082)

  MARTIN Y SOLER: Sinfonia - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)

  4.00

  RITCHIE: A Bugle will do (excerpt) - New Zealand SO/Tecwyn Evans (Atoll ACD 741)

  TARTINI arr Baril: Violin Sonata in G minor, Devil's Trill (3) - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

  DVORÁK: Carnival Overture - Los Angeles Phil/André Previn (TELARC CD 80238)

  MOZART: Divertimento in Bb K254 (1) - Daniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Kian Soltani (cello) (DG 4837506)

  BRUCH: Ave Maria Op 61 - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 60 in C, Il distratto (1) - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (dir) (Alpha 674)

  5.00

  FARR: Te Parenga - Patrick Barry (cl), NZSO CO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2036)

  CHOPIN: Polonaise brillante in C Op 3 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 471 346)

  SPOHR: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 57 (3) - Julian Bliss (cl), ASMF/Kenneth Sillito (EMI 3 79786)

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/12 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 1 in F# minor Op 1 (1) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno), Berlin Phil/Antonio Pappano (EMI 4 74813)

  BYRD: Laudibus in sanctis - Auckland Dorian Choir/Peter Godfrey (Ex Kiwi SLD 45)

• 6:00 PM. Summer Evenings

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty, excerpts - Royal Phil/Charles Mackerras ( CD 80151)

  FIELD: Piano Sonata in Eb Op 1/1 (1) - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80290)

  HOFMANN attr Haydn: Flute Concerto in D (1) - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Haydn Ensemble, Berlin/Hansjörg Schellenberger (EMI CDC 5 56577)

  BORODIN: Nocturne, from String Quartet No 2 in D - Takács Quartet (Decca 452 239)

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

• 7:00 PM. Exploring Music

  With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  2019 Michael Hill International Violin Competition

  Round 3, Part 1

  MOZART: String Quintet No 4 in G minor K516

  Mozart: String Quintet No 3 in C K515

  MHIVC semifinalists (violin), Andrew Beer (violin), Gillian Ansell (viola), Julia Joyce (viola), Ashely Brown (cello)

  Concert Chamber, Auckland (RNZ)

  WILLIAMS: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme & Harry's Wonderous World - New Zealand SO/Christopher Dragon (RNZ 2018)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

  RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 (3) - London SO/André Previn (EMI CMS 7645302)

  MOZETICH: The Passion of Angels - Nora Bumanis, Julia Shaw (hrps), CBC Vancouver Orchestra ( )

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ed Hogger: The People's Land - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10007)

  HOWELLS: Sonata for clarinet & piano (1) - Murray Khouri (cl), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Continuum CCD 1074)

  GLAZUNOV: Spring and Summer, from The Seasons - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (Warner 2564 61434)

  BACH: French Suite No 3 in B minor BWV814 - Murray Perahia (pno) (DG 479 6565)

  STAMITZ: Symphonie Concertante in C for two violins - Richard Friedman (vln), Steven Smith (vln), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 650)

  TRADITIONAL arr Hart: Women Of Ireland - Stella Dickinson (ob), Capital Virtuosi/Paul Hart (ASV CDWHL 2118)

  RAVEL: Piece in the form of a Habanera - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Robert Kulek (pno) (EMI 5 75201)

Next day - Fri 27

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