Schedule for Wednesday 1 January 2020

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

PUCCINI: Crisantemi - London SO/Antonio Pappano (EMI 5 57159)
YOUNG: - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Legend Op 14 - Lorraine McAslan (vln), London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (LYRITA SRCD 317)
TRADITIONAL / STEVENS arr Chowhan: Star of the County Down/Lady D'Arbanville - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Catrin Finch (harp), Steáfán Hannigan (uilleann pipes) (EMI 3 59488)
BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A minor Op 114 - Peter Schmidl (cl), Friedrich Dolezal (cello), András Schiff (pno) (Decca 410 114)
1:00 approx
TUBIN: Concertino for Piano and Orchestra - Roland Pöntinen (pno), Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 401)
BERLIOZ: La Mort de Cléopâtre - Susan Graham (mezzo), Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 2 16224)
FAURÉ: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 13 (1) - Wilma Smith (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA63)
2:00 approx
ELGAR: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8380)
BACH: Cantata No 29, Wir danken dir, Gott (1) - Deborah York (sop), Ingeborg Danz (contralto), Mark Padmore (ten), Peter Kooij (bass), Gent Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HML 590 8363.65)
VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concerto No 2 in F# minor Op 19 - Alexander Markov (vln), Monte Carlo Phil/Lawrence Renes (Erato 0630 17878)
TAUSIG: Nouvelles Soirées de Vienne - Piers Lane (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66785)
MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 4 in E minor Op 44/2 (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)
3:00 approx
MOZART: Bassoon Concerto in Bb K191 - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10613)
TRADITIONAL arr Erb: Shenandoah - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)
EDWARDS: Mountain Village in a Clearing Mist - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)
CHABRIER: España - Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5122)
COPLAND: Quiet City - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80339)
4:00 approx
DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour le Piano - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Atma SACD 2 2377)
LISZT: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude - Behzod Abduraimov (pno) (Decca 478 3301)
ARNOLD: Whistle down the wind - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9100)
AVISON: Concerto Grosso in A Op 9/11 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (DIVINE ART DDA 21211)
BUCHANAN: Peace song - Toronto Children's Chorus, Kathryn Tremills (pno) (Marquis 81439)
5:00 approx
BORODIN: Nocturne, from String Quartet No 2 in D - Takács Quartet (Decca 452 239)
HAMILTON: The Moon is Silently Singing - Nicola Averill (horn), Erica Challis (horn), 1996 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2016)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 (2) - Pavel Kolesnikov (pno), Calgary Phil/Roberto Minczuk (Honens 2012 03)
MOZART: Che soave zeffiretto - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Lucia Popp (sop), London Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 452 723)
RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27 (3) - NZSO National Youth Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (RNZ 2011)
LAURIDSEN: Agnus Dei, from Lux aeterna - Britten Sinfonia, Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion SACDA 67449)
HAYDN: Symphony No 94 in G, Surprise (2) - Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Colin Davis (Philips 434 153)
BACH: Aria, from Goldberg Variations BWV988 - Glenn Gould (piano) (Sony SMK 52619)
6:00 AM. Settling the Score Countdown with Cynthia Morahan

RNZ Concert's New Year's Day countdown of your best-loved classics.

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BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto in C Op 56 (3) - Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Lars Vogt (piano/dir), Royal Northern Sinfonia (Ondine ODE12972)

BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 (2) - Donald Armstrong (vln/dir), Andrew Thomson (vln), NZSO CO (RNZ UB11)

JENNINGS: The Leading Violinist, from Pictures at the Waikato Museum - Liam Wooding (pno) (Atoll ACD221)

ELGAR: In Haven, from Sea Pictures Op 37 - Janet Baker (mezzo), London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDC 7 47329)

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11 (2) - Janina Fialkowska (pno), Vancouver SO/Bramwell Tovey (ATMA ACD 2 2643)

HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 (3) - Alison Balsom (tpt), Bremen German Chamber Phil (EMI 2 16213)

MUSSORGSKY: The Great Gate of Kiev, from Pictures at an Exhibition - Sergio Tiempo (pno) (EMI 5 58018)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique (2) - MusicAeterna/Teodor Currentzis (Sony 88985404352)

LILBURN: Four Canzonas (4) - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (KIWI CD SLD 99)

LILBURN: Four Canzonas (3) - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (KIWI CD SLD 99)

SATIE: Gymnopédie No 3 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica (3) - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ )

SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 (2) - Janine Jansen (violin), New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart (RNZ 2017)

JENNINGS: Bat, from A Bird, a Fruit, and a Beast - Christina Wilson (voice), Luca Manghi (fl), Ben Hoadley (bsn), Liam Wooding (pno) (Atoll ACD221)

SCHUBERT: Notturno in Eb D897 - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla), Ivan Martin (pno) (Orchid Classics ORC100098)

BRAHMS: How lovely is Thy dwelling place, from A German Requiem - English Sinfonia, Choir of Uppingham School, Daniel Phillips (or/Neil Page (Decca 455 645)

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 (3) - James Ehnes (vln), Philharmonia Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy (ONYX 4060)

MAHLER: Adagietto, from Symphony No 5 in C# minor - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (KIWI CD SLC 215)

SIBELIUS: Alla marcia, from Karelia Suite - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 918)

LILBURN: Overture: Aotearoa - Auckland Philharmonia/Gemma New (RNZ 2017)

PURCELL: When I am laid in earth, from Dido & Aeneas - Karina Gauvin (sop), Les Boréades de Montréal/Francis Colpron (Atma ACD2398)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D048)

DVORÁK: Song to the moon, from Rusalka - Kate Royal (sop), English National Opera Orch/Edward Gardner (EMI 2 68192)

PACHELBEL: Canon in D - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CDZ 7 62526)

BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565 - Nicholas Danby (org) (SONY MLK 64051)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 (2) - Jan Lisiecki (pno), Bavarian Radio SO/Christian Zacharias (DG 479 0061)

SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956 (2) - Emerson String Quartet, Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) (DG 459 151)

BACH: Sanctus, from Mass in B minor BWV250 - Katherine Watson (sop), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen (ten), André Morsch (baritone), Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Harmonia Mundi HAF890529394)

BACH: Osanna in excelsis, from Mass in B minor BWV251 - Katherine Watson (sop), Tim Mead (cntrtenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), André Morsch (baritone), Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Harmonia Mundi HAF890529394)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great (1) - Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Hereweghe (PENTATONE PTC 5186 372)

SIBELIUS: Finlandia - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572705)

SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - London Phil/David Parry (X5 105)

GÓRECKI: Symphony No 3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (2) - Dawn Upshaw (sop), London Sinfonietta/David Zinman (Nonesuch 7559 79282)
10:00 AM. Settling the Score Countdown with Kate Lineham

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BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 (1) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 2191)

BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 286)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 (3) - Viktoria Mullova (vln), Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (Philips 464 741)

MAXWELL DAVIES: Farewell to Stromness - Peter Maxwell-Davies (pno) (DKP CD 9070 DKP CD 9070)

BACH: Mache dich, mein Herze, rein, from St Matthew Passion - Benjamin Appl (baritone), Concerto Köln (Sony 19075851622)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 (1) - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 6228)

GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 (1) - Jian Liu (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2017)

GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue - Leonard Bernstein (pno/dir), New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (Sony SM3K 47158)

TALLIS: Spem in alium - I Fagiolini, members of Fretwork, The Rose Consort of Viols, The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble and The CIty Musick/Robert Hollingworth (Decca 478 2734)

FAURÉ: Agnus Dei, from Requiem Op 48 - Corydon Singers, English CO (Hyperion CDA 67070)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring - Pinchas Zukerman (vln/dir), St Paul CO (SONY MLK 64062)

FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine - Netherlands Chamber Choir, Limburg SO/Ed Spanjaard (PENTATONE PTC 5186 020)

DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104 (3) - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frankfurt Radio SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 5 19035)

HOLST: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from The Planets Suite - London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI 5 65041)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 (3) - Isabelle Faust (vln), Mozart Orch/Claudio Abbado (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 2105)

MOZART: Requiem in D minor K626 (1) - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Hans Peter Blochwitz (ten), Willard White (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Barbara Bonney (sop)/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 420 197)

MOZART: Requiem in D minor K626 (2) - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Hans Peter Blochwitz (ten), Willard White (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Barbara Bonney (sop)/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 420 197)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Bb minor Op 9/1; (1) - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (DAL SEGNO DSPRCD 060)

BARBER: Adagio for strings Op 11 - New Zealand SO/James Feddeck (RNZ 2017)

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 (3) - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Czech Phil/Jacob Hrusa (Decca 476 409)

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 1 in C HobVIIb/1 (3) - Santiago Cañón Valencia (cello), Brussels Phil/Stéphane Denève (2017 Queen Elisabeth Competition )

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)

BACH: Prelude, from Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY 19075854652)

BACH: Menuets I & II, from Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY 19075854652)

SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ (4) - Thomas Trotter (org), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, (excerpt)/Arvo Volmer (Atoll ACD 116)

RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez (2) - Sharon Isbin (gtr), New York Phil/José Serebrier (warner 2564 60296)
2:00 PM. Settling the Score Countdown with Rick Young

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BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 (3) - Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber (DG 447 400)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World (2) - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Brilliant Classics 92779)

SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout (4) - John O'Conor (pno), James Vandemark (dbass), members of Cleveland Quartet (TELARC CD 80225)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy (RCA Victor 09026 61724)

ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus - Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips (Gimell CDGIM 041)

HAYDN: Achieved is the Glorious Work, from The Creation, Part 2 - Sandrine Piau, Miah Persson (sops), Mark Padmore (ten), Peter Harvey (bar), Neal Davies (bass), Chetham's Chamber Choir, Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 477 7361)

HANDEL: I know that my Redeemer liveth, from Messiah - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 425 016)

HANDEL: Worthy is the Lamb, from Messiah - English Concert & Choir/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 630)

ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 (1) - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI 5 65955)

BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Ernest Blan (Bar), Paris Opera-Comique Orch/Pierre Dervaux (EMI 5 66077)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral (1) - Auckland Philharmonia/Douglas Boyd (RNZ 2019)

PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel - Thomas Kemp (vln), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Black Box BBM 1071)

JENKINS: Benedictus, from The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace - Guy Johnston (cello), National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Virgin 8 11015)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 9 in D minor, Choral, 4th mvt - Susan Gritton (sop), Wendy Dawn Thompson (alto), Timothy Robinson (ten), Matthew Rose (bass), BBC National Orch & Chorus of Wales/François-Xavier Roth (BBC Music BBC MM 290)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb Op 73, Emperor (3) - Jan Lisiecki (pno/dir), ASMF (DG 4837637)

ELGAR: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations - London SO/André Previn (EMI 3 82157)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Hélène Grimaud (pno), Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (teldec 8573 84376)

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (2) - Kari Kriikku (basset cl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/John Storgårds (ONDINE ODE 1056)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Hilary Hahn (vln), London SO/Colin Davis (DG 474 5042)

STRAUSS: Im Abendrot, from Four Last Songs - Jessye Norman (sop), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 411 052)

VERDI: Grand March & Ballet, from Aida - St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Gino Nucci (Decca 417 721)

RITCHIE: Suite No 1 for string orchestra - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (TRUST MMT 2040)
6:00 PM. Summer Evenings

HEDGES: Heigham Sound, Overture - RTE Sinfonietta/Anthony Hedges (MARCO POLO 8.223886)
BRAHMS: Serenade No 1 in D Op 11 (1) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 6775)
FARR: Te Parenga - Patrick Barry (cl), NZSO CO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2036)
HOVHANESS: Symphony No 2, Mysterious Mountain (1) - Royal Liverpool Phil/Gerard Schwarz (TELARC CD 80604)
BACH arr Tarkmann: Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings & continuo (2) - Albrecht Mayer (ob d'amore), English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)
BRIDGE: Summer - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557167)
REN GUANG orch Suzuki: Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon - Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean (MARCO POLO 8.223911)
HUBAY: Violin Concerto No 4 in A minor (2) - Hagai Shaham (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (HYPERION CDA 67367)
RICHTER: Sinfonia a quattro in Bb (3) - New Dutch Academy CO/Simon Murphy (PENTATONE PTC 5186 028)
MASSENET: Orchestral Suite No 1 (3) - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)
BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 (4) - Christchurch SO/William Southgate (Chch Symph Trust CHCH 004)
RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe, Part 3 - Camerata Singers, New York Phil/Pierre Boulez ( MK 33523)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

The Big Sing Finale 2019 Gala Concert
All The King's Men, Blue Notes, Cantare, Cantatrices, Cantrices, Choralation, Con Brio, Craighead Chorale, Euphony, Femme, Fortissimo, Kentoris, Leonessa, Macleans College Chorale, Queen Margaret College Chorale, Resolutions, Saints Alive, Schola, Serenata, St Cecilia Singers, Takapuna Grammar School Chorale, Teal Voices, Voicemale, Wellington College Chorale
Dunedin Town Hall, Dunedin (RNZ)
10:00 PM. Day's End

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap
BRAHMS: String Quintet No 2 in G Op 111 (1) - New Zealand String Quartet, Maria Lambros (vla) (Naxos 8.573455)
TELEMANN: Concerto in F for three violins - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Micaela Comberti (vln), Catherine Weiss (vln), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0580)
DEBUSSY: Images, Book 1 - Zoltán Kocsis (pno) (Philips 422 404)
MOZETICH: Fantasia... sul linguaggio perduto - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9748)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 11 in F K413 - Erin Helyard (fpno), NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 229)
DERING: Pavan - Canadian Brass (CBS MK 45792)
RUTTER: Suite Antique - Christopher D Lewis (hpschd), John McMurtery (fl), West Side CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.573146)
STAMITZ: Orchestral Trio in F Op 1/3 - New Zealand CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)
SCRIABIN: Andante & Finale, from Piano Sonata No 3 in F# minor Op 23 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67131/2)