Monday 20 January 2020 Rāhina 20 Kohi-tātea 2020

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in Eb Op 67 - Steven Isserlis (cello), North German Radio SO/Christoph Eschenbach (RCA 09026 63518)

  SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 7 - Isata Kanneh-Mason (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Holly Mathieson (Decca 4850020)

  HERBERT: Cello Concerto No 2 in E minor Op 30 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), New York Phil/Kurt Masur (Sony SK 67173)

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/2 - ASMF/Iona Brown (dir) (Brilliant Classics 99986)

  1:00 approx

  WAGNER: Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)

  POULENC: Four Short Prayers of St Francis of Assisi - Christopher Cock (ten), men of Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80236)

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

  BACH: French Suite No 6 in E BWV817 - Safri Duo (Chandos CHAN 9339)

  BRAHMS: Alto Rhapsody Op 53 - Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 703)

  2:00 approx

  HUME: Captaine Humes Pavan - Marianne Muller (viola da gamba) (Zig Zag ZZT 100 501)

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

  ATTERBERG: Suite No 3 Op 19/1 - Sara Trobäck Hesselink (vln), Per Högberg (vla), Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5116)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin, ballet music - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Colin Davis (Philips 422 845)

  DEBUSSY arr Amsterdam Guitar Trio: Petite Suite - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (Newton 880 2093)

  3:00 approx

  FALLA orch Berio: Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

  CHOPIN: Prelude in C# minor Op 45 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA33)

  PUCCINI: Oh, saro la piu bella! - Tu, tu, amore? Tu?, from Manon Lescaut - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), José Carreras, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna/Richard Cheetham (Decca 475 459)

  HAYDN: Trio in G for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/15 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Martin Rummel (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (pno) (Naxos 8.572667)

  LULLY: Divertissement Royal - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9842)

  4:00 approx

  BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 17582)

  MAHLER: Piano Quartet movement in A minor - Christoph Eschenbach (pno), David Kim (vln), Choong-Jin Chang (vla), Efe Baltacigil (cello) (Ondine ODE 1084)

  BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 - Kathleen Battle (sop), Orch of St Luke's/André Previn (DG 437 787)

  LANE: Suite ancienne - John Turner (recorder), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Olympia OCD 667)

  DVORÁK: Romance in F minor Op 11 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

  5:00 approx

  BERKELEY: Serenade for Strings Op 12 - BBC National Orch of Wales/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9981)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme - Alexander Rudin (cello), Musica Viva Instrumental Ensemble/Nicolai Alexeiev (Brilliant Classics 94188)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 19 in G minor Op 49/1 - Emil Gilels (pno) (DG 419 172)

  MASSENET: Orchestral Suite No 1 (1) - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)

  BACH: Keyboard Concerto in G Wq43/5 - Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir), English Concert (CRD 3311)

• 6:00 AM. Summer Classics

  Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning

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

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 17 in G K453 (2) - Mitsuko Uchida (pno/dir), Cleveland Orch (Decca 483 0716)

  BRAHMS: String Quintet No 2 in G Op 111 (3) - New Zealand String Quartet, Maria Lambros (vla) (Naxos 8.573455)

  COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Legend Op 14 - Lorraine McAslan (vln), London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (LYRITA SRCD 317)

  FIELD: Piano Sonata in C minor Op 1/3 (2) - John O'Conor (pno) (Telarc CD 80290)

  HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 - Maurice André (tpt), Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair (DG 415 980)

  7.00

  SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956 (4) - Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Takács Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67864)

  BECK: Sinfonia in G Op 1/5 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

  CHABRIER: Aubade - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion SACDA 67515)

  STAMITZ: Flute Concerto in G Op 29 (1) - Barthold Kuijken (fl), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Sony SK 48045)

  DVORÁK: American Suite in A Op 98b (3) - Royal Phil/Antal Dorati (Decca 430 702)

  WHITACRE: Equus - London SO/Eric Whitacre (Decca 279 6323)

  8.00

  Beauty Spot:

  MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ UB22)

  SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in D Kk491 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)

  BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances No 1, 3 & 10 - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1756)

  RAMEAU: Chaconne, from Les Indes galantes - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

  KORNGOLD: Garden Scene, from Much Ado About Nothing Suite Op 11 - Gil Shaham (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 439 886)

  MOZART: Oh, temerario Arbace!... - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Vienna CO/György Fischer (Decca 440 401)

  LOCATELLI: Concerto in G Op 4/9 - Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (dir) (Challenge CC 72134)

  HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon - Symphony of Harmony & Invention/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16025)

  9.00

  SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout (3) - Schubert Ensemble (ASV GLD 4000)

  DELIUS arr Fenby: Fennimore & Gerda, Intermezzo - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

  PURCELL: Abdelazer, Suite - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)

  TAVENER: Song for Athene - Nicola Benedetti (vln), London Phil/Andrew Litton (DG 476 6198)

  STRAVINSKY arr Stravinsky & Dushkin: Suite italienne - Pierre Fournier (cello), Ernest Lush (pno) (DG 477 5939)

  PUCCINI: Che gelida manina, from La Bohème - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Prague Phil/Marco Armiliato (Decca 478 6029)

  BEETHOVEN:Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb Op 73, Emperor (3) - Emil Gilels (pno), Cologne Radio So (PH 04052)

  10:00 Onstage

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

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F BWV1046 - New Zealand SO Principals (RNZ 2018)

  VERDI arr Toscanini: I Lombardi, excerpt - Benjamin Morrison (vln), David Vine (pno) (RNZ 2019)

  SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 - Denis Kozhukhin (pno), New Zealand SO/Thomas Søndergård (RNZ 2019)

  HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 3 in G - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 304980)

  ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), London SO (Decca 4850241)

  ELGAR: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Ben Davies (cello), Hannah Roberts (cello), Josephine Knight (cello), Caroline Dearnley (cello), Ashok Klouda (cello) (Decca 4850241)

  MOZART: Horn Concerto No 2 in Eb K417 - Claire Briggs (horn), Royal Liverpool Phil/Stephen Kovacevich (EMI 3 82227)

• Noon Summer Afternoons

  Including 1:00 Afternoon Concert

  RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs - NZSO National Youth Orch 2008/Jacques Lacombe (RNZ CTD888)

  CELEDONIO ROMERO: Andalusian Dance No 1 - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 456 585)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 90 in C (3) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 94237)

  BOWEN: Romance in Db - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67991)

  BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 2 in C Op 87 (4) - Turnovsky Trio (Trust MMT 2007)

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

  SHENG: Black Swan (after Brahms) - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559679)

  1:00 Afternoon Concert

  NZSO plays Baroque Masters

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 3/6 RV 356

  Handel: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/6

  VIVALDI: Concerto in D minor Op 3/11 RV 565

  TELEMANN: Don Quixote TWV 55:G10

  GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in D minor, La Follia Op 5/12

  NZSO Strings/Aisslinn Nosky (violin/director) & soloists drawn from ensemble

  St Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington (RNZ)

  STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No 2 in Eb - David Pyatt (horn), Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury (EMI CD EMX 2238)

  DVORÁK: Czech Suite Op 39 - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 414 370)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique (2) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D048)

  BACH: Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006 - Rachel Podger (vln) (Channel Classics CCS 14498)

  VANHAL: Missa Pastoralis in G - 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)

  MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (1) - Martin Fröst (basset cl), Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Peter Oundjian (BIS SACD 1263)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse-scherzo - Gil Shaham (vln), Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 457 064)

  BALAKIREV: Islamey - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (Philips 456 787)

  BRAHMS arr Geringas: Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2; Wie Melodien Op 105/1; Sapphische Ode Op 94/4; Wiegenlied Op 49/4; Liebestreu Op 3/1; Minnelied Op 71/5 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ UB56)

  RESPIGHI: The Birth of Venus, from Three Botticelli Pictures - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Stradivari SCD 8013)

  DEBUSSY orch Busser: La soirée dans Grenade, from Estampes - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Atma SACD 2 2377)

  WAGNER: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude - London Phil/Klaus Tennstedt (LPO 3)

  BEETHOVEN: Romance No 2 in F Op 50 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Bernard Haitink (Philips 426 064)

  COPLAND: Simple gifts, from Appalachian Spring - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 64059)

  MENDELSSOHN: Cello Sonata No 2 in D Op 58 (1) - António Meneses (cello), Gérard Wyss (pno) (Avie AV 2140)

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great (2) - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1656)

  RAVEL: String Quartet in F (1) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 399)

• 6:00 PM. Summer Evenings

  HAYDN: Symphony No 100 in G, Military - Orch of the 18th Century/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

  BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 - Isabelle Faust (violin), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Bernhard Forck (Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)

  TELEMANN: Concerto in A for flute, violin & cello - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir), Georg Faust (cello), Berlin Baroque Soloists (EMI 5 57397)

  RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 (3) - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Brilliant Classics 8532)

  CHOPIN: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 65 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 419 860)

  TALLIS: Spem in alium - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro CORSACD 16016)

  DEBUSSY: Pagodas, from Estampes - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA23)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Toku Reo Waiata

  An extravaganza of great songs and sing-alongs

  The Auckland Arts Festival invited the finest singers in Aotearoa to share the joy and aroha of music and te reo Maori.

  Stan Walker, Annie Crummer, Moana Maniapoto, Maisey Rika, Rob Ruha, Tami Neilson, Seth Haapu, Maimoa, Whirimako Black, Tu Te Manawa Maurea

  Auckland Town Hall, Auckland (RNZ)

  BESSER arr Besser/Prosser: Wellington Harbour - Jonathan Besser (pno), Christopher Prosser (vln) (Kiwi CD SLD 114)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Orpheus CO (DG 419 191)

  HILL: String Quartet No 3 in A minor, Carnival - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)

  BLOOMFIELD: Behold the Narrows From The Hill - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

  CANNABICH: Symphony No 48 in Bb - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55434)

  11.00

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 (2) - Richard Mapp (pno), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Symphony No 2 in F# minor, Antar - Pittsburgh SO/Lorin Maazel (Telarc CD 80131)

  SAINT-SAËNS arr Ma: Havanaise - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (Sony SK 87287)

  BURTON: Sonatina - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (Koch 1915393)

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