Sunday 18 December 2022 Rātapu 18 Hakihea 2022

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  MESSNER: Rondo giocoso Op 54 - Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Ivor Bolton (OEHMS OC 734)

  STRAUSS: Violin Sonata in Eb Op 18 - Ben Baker (violin), Robert Thompson (piano) (CHAMPS HILL CHRCD096)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in Db Op 37 - Kathryn Thomas (fl), Richard Shaw (pno) (DEUX-ELLES DXL 1033)

  MOZART: Sinfonia in F major: Andante-Allagro assai - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (NAXOS 8553347)

  1:00 approx

  FAURÉ: Nocturne No 3 in Ab Op 33/3 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ UB65)

  SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in G minor D408 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (ODE CD MANU 5082)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 5 in C minor Op 10/1 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 446 664)

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

  2:00 approx

  DEBUSSY: Jeux - BBC SO/Peter Eötvös (BBC Music BBC MM 293)

  LILBURN: Concert Overture in D - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (KIWI CD SLD 99)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 87 in A (4) - Lower Austria Tonkünstler Orch/Kristjan Järvi (PREISER PR 90765)

  LOTICHIUS: Symfonietta for strings - Prima la musica/Dirk Vermeulen (Brilliant Classics 9158)

  3:00 approx

  LISZT arr Selmeczi: Four valses oubliées - Camerata Transsylvanica/György Selmeczi (BMC CD 060)

  HILL: String Quartet No 2 in G minor, A Maori Legend in Four Scenes - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Op 58 (3) - Diedre Irons (pno), Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (TRUST MMT 2051)

  GRAHAM: Brillante - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)

  4:00 approx

  BUTTERWORTH: Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Iain Burnside (pno) (BBC Music BBC MM 298)

  KHACHATURIAN: Cello Concerto in E minor - Mats Lidström (cello), Gothenburg SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy (BIS CD 719)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 51 in Eb HobXVI/38 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Walsingham 3WAL 80432)

  5:00 approx

  HOFMANN: Symphony in Bb (Badley Bb1) - Northern CO/Nicholas Ward (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553866)

  DEBUSSY: Toccata, from Pour le piano - John Chen (piano) (ABC 4766834)

  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)

  TSABROPOULOS: Three pieces after Byzantine hymns (1) - Anja Lechner (cello), Vassilis Tsabropoulos (pno) (ECM 1888 (981 9613))

  BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 2 in E BWV1053 (3) - Angela Hewitt (pno), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67308)

  BOSSI: Giga Op 73 - Gillian Weir (org) (KOSS KC 1013)

  KORNGOLD: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Julia Kleiter (sop), Berlin Radio SO/Jochen Rieder (Sony 88843 08771)

  HUMMEL ed Hogger/Shelley: Rondo alla Polacca in A - James Ehnes (vln), London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10255)

  VIVALDI arr Andreas Tarkmann: Air for Chalumeau, La Tortora - Martin Fröst (chalumeau), Alexander Scherf (cello), Concerto Köln (Sony 19075929912)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  Music for the spirit and soul

  PURCELL: Behold, I bring you glad tidings - Matthew White (countertenor), Julian Podger (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Capella Brugenis, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense/Patrick Peire (Eufoda 1329)

  TRADITIONAL arr Willcocks: Cherry Tree Carol - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

  MISKINIS: Seven O Antiphons - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (Hyperion CDA 67818)

  GJEILO: Serenity - Bartosz Cajler (vln), Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

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

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS orch Foster: Rhosymedre, from Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CDZ 762529)

  TRADITIONAL arr Rutter: Quem pastores laudavere - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

  A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns, presented by Robyn Jaquiery

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  RACHMANINOV: Andante, from Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 - Sol Gabetta (cello), Olga Kern (pno) (Sony 88725 43575)

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

  MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 (2) - members of the Vienna Octet (Decca 417 643)

  SCHUMANN: Gesänge der Frühe Op 133 (1) - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Decca 478 5393)

  FAURÉ orch Aubert: Fantaisie Op 79 - Richard Davis (fl), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9416)

  FINZI: Romance in Eb Op 11 - Orch of the Swan/David Curtis (SOMM SOMMCD 244)

  POTT: Balulalow - Voces8 (Decca 4830968)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 1 in C Op 15 (2) - Paul Lewis (pno), BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek (BBC Music MM 359)

• 9:00 AM. RNZ Concert Mornings

  SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No 1 in A Op 20 - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), Montreal SO (Decca 448 128)

  GERSHWIN: Three Preludes - Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) (Decca 4851663)

  RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin (1) - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 471 614)

  FASCH: Lute Concerto in D minor (2) - Michael Dücker (lute), Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 447 644)

  HANDEL: Ev'ry valley, from Messiah - Howard Crook (ten), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 630)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in Bb Op 76/4, Sunrise - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 5 56166)

• 10:00 AM. RNZ Concert Days

  SMITH ed Graham-Jones: Andante - Angela Malsbury (cl), London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10283)

  BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 83 (1) - Emanuel Ax (pno), Boston SO/Bernard Haitink (SONY SK 63229)

  DELIUS: Walk to the Paradise Garden - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

  BACH: Cello Suite No 3 in C BWV1009 (6) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony S2K 63203)

  DEBUSSY orch Finno: Symphony in B minor (3) - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572583)

  WAXMAN: Tristan & Isolde Fantasy, from Humoresque - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Charles Owen (pno), Royal Phil/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559302)

  11.00

  CHOPIN: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 65 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 471 346)

  TRADITIONAL arr Gesius: In dulci jubilo - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

  HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks - Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman (TELARC CD 80594)

  12.00

  WEINBERGER: Polka & Fugue, from Schwanda the Bagpiper - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80115)

  MATHIEU: Laurentienne No 2 - Alain Lefèvre (piano) (Analekta AN29275)

  COPLAND: Simple gifts, from Appalachian Spring - Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp (RCA 09026-68261)

  GRIEG: March of the Trolls, from Lyric Pieces Book 5 - Katya Apekisheva (pno) (QUARTZ QTZ 2061)

  DVORAK: Symphony No 8 in G Op 88 - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ)

  HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVIIb/2 (3) - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding (Virgin 5 45560)

  MOZART arr Ólafsson: String Quintet No 4 in G minor K516 (4) - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4860525)

• 1:00 PM. Onstage

  ANDERSON, LEROY: A Christmas Festival - New Zealand SO/Benjamin Northey (RNZ)

  TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in D TWV55/D22 - New Zealand SO/Vesa-Matti Leppänen (dir) (RNZ 2019)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 4 in Bb Op 11 - Jonathan Cohen (clarinet), Ashley Brown (cello), Somi Kim (piano) (RNZ )

  SATIE arr Claude Debussy: Two Gymnopédies - Auckland Phil/Gilbert Varga (RNZ)

  DEBUSSY: Images, Book 1 - Liam Wooding (piano) (RNZ )

  GREENBAUM: Remote Connection - Liam Wooding (piano) (RNZ )

  RACHMANINOV: The Bells Op 35 - Margaret Medlyn (soprano), Jared Holt (tenor), Wade Kernot (baritone), Orpheus Choir Wellington, Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ )

• 3:00 PM. The Musical Omnivore

  with David Morriss including Vintage Years. A repeat of last year's 'An Alternative 12 Days of Christmas'

  MACHAUT: Douce Dame Jolie - Hugues Cuénod (ten) (INA IMV016) 

  BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 - Fritz Kreisler, Efrem Zimbalist (vlns), string quartet/Walter B Rogers (Naxos 8.001922) 

  TURNAGE: Three Screaming Popes - City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle (EMI CDC 5 55091) 

  BYRD: Mass for four voices (6) - Clerks of the Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (CRD 3499) 

  DESMOND: Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet (Columbia 465122) 

  DEBUSSY orch Ansermet: Six Epigraphes antiques - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Testament SBT 1324) 

  MITCHELL: The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, from Seven Wonders Suite - Prague SO/Mario Klemens (Stuart Mitchell Music DNAVAR 1433) 

  BOYCE: Symphony No 8 in D minor - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 419 631) 

  BEETHOVEN: Nine Variations in C minor WoO63 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 457 493) 

  BACH: Cantata No 10, Meine Seel erhebt den Herren - Matthew White (countertenor), Makoto Sakurada (ten), Peter Kooy (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Yukari Nonoshita (sop)/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS CD 1331) 

  GRANADOS arr Barrueco & Müller-Pering: Spanish Dances Op 37 (11) - Manuel Barrueco (gtr), Thomas Müller-Pering (gtr) (EMI 5 86985) 

  CAVALLI: Sonata a 12 - Ensemble Elyma/Gabriel Garrido (K617 K 617 050) 

   

• 5:00 PM. New Horizons with William Dart

  A guide to the worlds of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond

  5.30

  ITURRALDE arr Harle: Pequeña Czarda - Jess Gillam (soprano saxophone), Andee Birkett (double bass), Zeynep Özsuca (piano), Tippett Quartet (string quartet) (Decca 4834862)

  BLAKE: Walking in the air, from The Snowman - Aled Jones (treble), Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti/John Altman (EMI 565808)

  SALZEDO: Siciliana - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 917)

  GOULET: Dark Chocolate, from Symphonic Chocolates - Prague FILMharmonic Orch/Adam Klemens (Maxime Goulet 2014)

  GOULET: Mint Chocolate, Symphonic Chocolates - Prague FILMharmonic Orch/Adam Klemens (Maxime Goulet 2014)

  LILBURN: Three Sea Changes (2) - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1511)

  KENT: I'll Be Home For Christmas - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

• 6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  WFMT Opera Series 2022: Il Corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi

  VERDI: Il Corsaro

  Jose Simerilla Romera (Corrado), Christine Arand (Medora), Franco Pomponi (Seid), Alejandra Sandoval (Gulnara), Frank de Vincentis (Giovanni), Opera Festival of Chicago Chorus and Orchestra/Emanuele Andrizzi

  Cahn Auditorium, Chicago (WFMT)

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

• 9:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  RITCHIE: Remember Parihaka Op 61 - Auckland CO/Peter Scholes (Atoll ACD 129)

  BRUNI: Duo Concertante in Bb Book 4/3 - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla) (Naxos 8.572522)

  CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA35)

  SHOSTAKOVICH arr Barley: Duet Of Lidochka And Boris, from Cheryomushki - Matthew Barley (cello), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Quartz QTZ 2032)

  HAMILTON: Lullaby Carol - Viva Voce/John Rosser (ODE CD ODE 1308)

  CARR: Two Mansfield Poems - Jennifer Paull (ob d'amore), Read Gainsford (pno) (Amoris AR 1003)

  FARQUHAR: Serenade for Strings - NZSO Chamber Orch (MANU CD MANU 1550)

  DEBUSSY: Violin Sonata in G minor - Justine Cormack (vln), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 101)

• 11:00 PM. New Music Dreams

  Ryan Smith explores ambient and drone music
  BRIAN ENO: Reflection (album) - Brian Eno (generative music realisation) (WARP CD 280)

Next day - Mon 19

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