Schedule for Tuesday 31 December 2019

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

CHOPIN: Waltz in C# minor Op 64/2 - Nikolai Lugansky (pno) (ONYX 4049)
CHENG-QIAN XUE: Caprice - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)
HEENAN: Jack Winter's Dream - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (KIWI CD SLD 102)
SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 131 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), New York Phil/Kurt Masur (DG 457 075)
MOZART: Ah, lo previdi...Ah, t'invola K272 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Vienna CO/György Fischer (Decca 440 401)
1:00 approx
MONTERO: Improvisation inspired by Scriabin - Gabriela Montero (EMI 5 58039)
SCHNITTKE: Musica nostalgica - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Irina Schnittke (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9705)
TRADITIONAL arr Rutter: Afton Water - Claire Caldwell (pno), Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)
HOLBORNE: Allemande, The Choyce - Jacob Heringman (lute) ( CD GAU 173)
WOLF-FERRARI: The Jewels of the Madonna, Suite - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10511)
2:00 approx
PUCCINI: Signore, ascolta, from Turandot - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano (Warner 2564 69689-6)
SAINT-SAËNS: Fantasy in A Op 124 - Skaila Kanga (harp), Kenneth Sillito (vln) (Chandos CHAN 8621)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral (2) - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (SIMAX PSC 1184)
HAYDN: String Quartet in D Op 20/4 - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCS 236)
3:00 approx
DEBUSSY: Nocturnes - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 439 896)
BACH: Magnificat in D BWV243 - Miah Persson (sop), Yukari Nonoshita (sop), Akira Tachikawa (countertenor), Gerd Türk (ten), Chiyuki Urano (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 1011)
KREISLER: Marche miniature viennoise - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)
MOZART: Piano Sonata No 15 in F K533 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 473 689)
4:00 approx
Marais, Marin: Sonate à la Marésienne, from La gamme et autres morceaux de simphonie - Trio Sonnerie (Linn CKD 434)
BARBER: Mélodies passagères Op 27 - Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (sop), Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Quartz QTZ 2079)
PAISIELLO: Mandolin Concerto in Eb - Ugo Orlandi (mndl), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (Erato 4509 92132)
HANDEL: Verdi prati, from Alcina - Fritz Wunderlich (ten), Cappella Coloniensis/Ferdinand Leitner (DG 477 8017)
DVORÁK: Nocturne in B for strings Op 40 - London Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 7123)
5:00 approx
PRIMA: Sing, Sing, Sing - Sabine Meyer (cl), Wolfgang Meyer (cl), Bamberg Symphony Big Band/Ingo Metzmacher (EMI CDC 5 56652)
POULENC: Cello Sonata Op 143 - Edgar Moreau (cello), David Kadouch (pno) (Erato 9029 57406)
LOBO: Missa Pro Defunctis a 8 - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16032)
GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 (3) - Richard Farrell (pno), Hallé Orch/George Weldon (Atoll ACD 208)
BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in G minor G351 - Vanbrugh Quartet, Richard Lester (cello) (HYPERION CDA 67287)
6:00 AM. Summer Classics

Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning
FASCH: Bassoon Concerto in C - Sergio Azzolini (bsn), La Stravaganza Cologne (CPO 777 015)
RESPIGHI: The Birth of Venus, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)
RHEINBERGER: Abendlied - Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (MANU CD MANU 1516)
CHOPIN: Fantasy in A on Polish Airs Op 13 - Jan Lisiecki (pno), NDR Elbphilharmonie Orch/Krzysztof Urbanski (DG 947 96824)
RAMEAU: Musette & Tambourin, from Les Fêtes d'Hébé - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)
MOZART: String Quartet No 23 in F K590, Prussian (4) - Shanghai Quartet (DELOS DE 3192)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade II. The Kalandar Prince - Clio Gould (vln), Royal Phil/Charles Dutoit (ONYX 4064)
7.00
SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (2) - Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti (EMI 3 71497)
BEETHOVEN arr anon: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique (3) - Albion Ensemble (SOMM SOMMCD 070)
HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVIIb/2 (1) - Steven Isserlis (cello/dir), Bremen German Chamber Phil (Hyperion CDA 68162)
DEBUSSY: Menuet, from Suite Bergamasque - John Chen (pno) (RNZ UB13)
ALLEGRI: Canario - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)
GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Orpheus CO (DG 437 782)
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little (3) - Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Herreweghe
8.00
Beauty Spot:
LAURIDSEN: O nata lux, from Lux aeterna - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion SACDA 67449)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 (1) - London Phil/David Parry (X5 105)
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (3) - Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 4797337)
MOZART: Piano Sonata No 12 in F K332 (3) - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 468 048)
SHENG: Black Swan (after Brahms) - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559679)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Op 102 (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno), New Zealand SO/Christopher Lyndon-Gee (Naxos 8.553126)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings Op 48 (1) - Bavarian Radio CO (Arts 47633)
9.00
KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, excerpts (5) - Karlovy Vary SO/Aram Khachaturian (Supraphon SU 4100-2)
BRAHMS: String Sextet No 2 in G Op 36 (2) - Isaac Stern (vln), Cho-Liang Lin (vln), Jaime Laredo (vla), Michael Tree (vla), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Sharon Robinson (cello) (SONY S2K 45820)
DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance Op 46 No 4 in F major - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80497)
GIBBONS: Pavan, for 6 viols - Phantasm (Avie AV 0032)
ANONYMUS: Rejoice in the Lord - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 113)
HUTCHENS: The Enchanted Isle - Tamara Anna Cislowska (pno) (ARTWORKS AW005)
HAYDN: Symphony No 85 in Bb, La Reine - Lower Austria Tonkünstler Orch/Kristjan Järvi (PREISER PR 90765)
BACH arr Yang: Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 (3) - Xuefei Yang (gtr), Elias String Quartet (EMI 6 79018)
10:00 Onstage
A selection of live performances from New Zealand and around the world
BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra - New Zealand SO/Alexander Shelley (RNZ 2017)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)
BRAHMS: Rhapsody in G minor Op 79/2 - Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 030)
MOZART: Idomeneo, Ballet music K367 - Apollo's Fire (Cleveland Baroque Orch)/Jeannette Sorrell (Avie AV 2159)
RODRIGO: Concierto andaluz - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Delaware SO/David Amado (Telarc TEL 31754)
Noon Summer Afternoons

Including 1:00 Afternoon Concert
NERUDA: Trumpet Concerto in Eb (1) - Tine Thing Helseth (tpt), Norwegian CO (SIMAX PSC 1292)
GLAZUNOV: Symphony No 5 in Bb Op 55 (2) - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (Warner 2564 61434)
WALTON: Sheep may safely graze, from The Wise Virgins Suite - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8871)
VANHAL: Missa Pastoralis in G (5) - 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)
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 (3) - Lang Lang (pno), Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 7449)
RAVEL arr Renz: Le Tombeau de Couperin - Berlin Ensemble (Berlin Philharmonic 6001)
1:00 Afternoon Concert
NZSO: Bernstein at 100
Morgan James (vocals), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Brett Mitchell
Bernstein: On The town: Three Dance Episodes: 1. The Treat Lover Displays Himself
Bernstein: On The town: I Can Cook too
Bernstein: On The town: Three Dance Episodes: 2. Lonely town: Pas De Deux
Bernstein: On The town: Some Other Time
Bernstein: On The town: Three Dance Episodes: 3. Times Square: 1944
Bernstein Arr Sid Ramin: Peter Pan: Dream With Me
Bernstein: Symphonic Suite from On The Waterfront
Bernstein: Candide Overture
Bernstein: Candide: Candide Begins His Travels
It Must Be So
Bernstein: West Side Story: Balcony Scene
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Bernstein: Candide: Glitter And Be Gay
Bernstein: West Side Story: Somewhere
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (BBC)
RAVEL: Sonatine (2) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)
BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 - London Phil/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.557429)
DOWLAND arr Bergeron, Dagher, Slattery: Time stands still; Me, Me and None but Me; Kemp's Jig, Mistress Winter's Jump, My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe - Michael Slattery (ten), La Nef (Atma ACD2 2650)
SCHUMANN: Novelettes Op 21 (1) - Lixin Zhang (pno) (Rattle RATD084)
MOZART: Symphony No 31 in D K297, Paris (1) - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 647)
SARASATE: Gypsy Airs Op 20 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), French National Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa (EMI CDC 7 47318)
HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 - Maxine Eilander (harp), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)
STRAUSS arr Strauss: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier (first sequence) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 475 6550)
TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No 1 in D Op 11 (4) - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 214)
OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld, Rhapsodic Overture - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 6403)
SAINT-SAËNS: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 167 (1) - Richard Hosford (cl), Ian Brown (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)
BACH arr Avital: Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 (1) - Avi Avital (mandolin), Ophira Zakai (theorbo), Ira Givol (cello) (DG 479 0092)
BACH: Rondo in A Wq58/1 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)
BARBER: Violin Concerto Op 14 (1) - Joshua Bell (vln), Baltimore SO/David Zinman (Decca 452 851)
GLAZUNOV: Symphony No 7 in F Op 77, Pastoral (4) - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (WARNER 2564 63236)
6:00 PM. Summer Evenings

SCHUBERT: Three Piano Pieces D946 (1) - András Schiff (pno) (Philips 456 925)
VEJVANOVSKÝ arr Herbert Walser-Breuß: Intrada - Rolf Lislevand (lute, baroque guitar), Concerto Stella Matutina (Sony 19075827802)
FALLA: Neighbour's Dance & Miller's Dance - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)
HAYDN: Piano Trio in D HobXV/24 - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 422 831)
VIVALDI: Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV630 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Scottish CO/Christian Curnyn (Decca 476 434)
CLEMENTI ed Spada: Symphony No 3 in G, The Great National (4) - Philharmonia/Francesco d'Avalos (ASV CD DCS 322)
TUROK: Variations on an American Song - Nashville SO/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559373-74)
STRAVINSKY arr Stravinsky & Dushkin: Suite italienne - Pierre Fournier (cello), Ernest Lush (pno) (DG 477 5939)
WHITACRE: Her sacred spirit soars - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA67543)
DVORÁK: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 53 - Josef Špacek (vln), Czech Phil (Supraphon SU 41822)
BRAHMS orch Dvorak: Hungarian Dance No 20 in E minor - Royal Phil/Rafael Kubelík (EMI CDZ 7 62608)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

New Year's Eve with the Berlin Philharmonic
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim (conductor, piano)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 26 in D K537, Coronation;RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole;RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs;RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess;RAVEL: Boléro;BIZET: Carmen Suite No 1
Philharmonie, Berlin (German Radio)

HILL: String Quartet No 7 in A - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)
10:00 PM. Day's End

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap
SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in A Kk429 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68184)
WOLF-FERRARI: Intermezzo, from The Jewels of the Madonna - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)
SOWANDE: African Suite, excerpts - Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman (Cedille CDR 90000 055)
SCHUBERT: Mass No 6 in Eb D950 - Karita Mattila (sop), Marjana Lipovsek (contralto), Jerry Hadley (ten), Jorge Pita (ten), Robert Holl (bass), Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 088)
11.00
GRIEG: Holberg Suite (4) - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB11)
TAVENER: The Protecting Veil - Steven Isserlis (cello), London SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Virgin VC 7 91474)
BACH: Trio Sonata in G BWV1038 - Jed Wentz (fl), Igor Ruhadze (vln), Job ter Haar (cello), Michael Borgstede (hpschd) (Brilliant Classics 93814)