Schedule for Sunday 1 January 2023

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 - Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), Stephen Stubbs (archlute), Erin Headley (lirone), Symphony of Harmony & Invention/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16028)
DAVIS: Infinite Ocean - Benjamin Baker (vln), Royal Phil/Paul Bateman (Signum SIGCD590)
SAINT-SAËNS: Prelude & Fugue in E Op 99/1 - Andrew-John Smith (org) (Hyperion CDA 67713)
STRAUSS: Nocturno Op 7 - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 109)
1:00 approx
BIDDINGTON: Canzonetta for Oboe and Piano - Gregory McMillan-Perry (ob), John Pattinson (piano) (Manu CD MANU 1547)
CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/12 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 (1) - John Chen (pno), Sydney Symphony/János Fürst (ABC Classics 476 2720)
VIVALDI: Quanto magis generosa, from Juditha triumphans RV644 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Katherine McGillivray (viola d'amore), Amsterd/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 90916)
RAVEL: Violin Sonata in G - Nikki Chooi (vln), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Atoll ACD 615)
ELGAR: Serenade for Strings Op 20 - Soloists of Australia/Ronald Thomas (Chandos CHAN 6526)
FAURÉ: Nocturne No 4 in Eb Op 36 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ UB65)
MOZART: String Quartet No 19 in C K465, Dissonance (3) - New Zealand String Quartet (NZ String Quartet 2006)
GRIEG: Norwegian Dance Op 63/1 - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (RCA RD 60368)
WALTON: Viola Concerto in A minor - Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (ASV CD DCA 1181)
3:00 approx
MENDELSSOHN: Three Fantasies or Caprices Op 16 - Lydia Artymiw (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8326)
WARLOCK: The Curlew - Martyn Hill (ten), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)
DVORÁK: Polka; Nocturne Op 40 - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 414 370)
SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre - Peter Schaffer (vln), New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (EX Tartar TRL 020)
RIES: Piano Concerto in C minor Op 115 (3) - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Bournemouth SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572088)
4:00 approx
DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor - Inbal Meggido (cello), Jian Liu (piano) (Rattle RAT D069 2017)
BRUCH: Adagio Appassionato - Salvatore Accardo (vln), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 432 282)
HUMMEL: Variations in F Op 97 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557845)
RAVEL: Gaspard de la Nuit - Friedrich Gulda (pno) (Philips 456 817)
5:00 approx
CARWITHEN: Suffolk Suite - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9524)
BRAHMS: Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer Op 105/2 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)
SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise - Akiko Suwanai (vln), Philharmonia (Philips 475 6189)
DRING: Trio for flute, oboe & piano (2) - Nancy Ruffer (fl), John Anderson (ob), Helen Crayford (pno) (DUTTON CDLX 7181)
DELIUS: Florida Suite - II. By the River - Ulster Orchestra/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8413)
ORTIZ: Recercada Settima - Affetto (Atoll ACD 717)
TRADITIONAL arr Hawes: O Waly Waly - Timothy Bennett (bar), Conventus, English CO/Patrick Hawes (Black Box BBM 1081)
HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto in G HobXVIII/4 (1) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (EMI CDC 5 56960)
MOZART: Symphony No 39 in Eb K543 (4) - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (Telarc CD 80203)
6:00 AM. Sanctuary

Music for the spirit and soul
BACH: Air from Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)
BRAHMS: How lovely is Thy dwelling place, from A German Requiem - English Sinfonia, Choir of Uppingham School, Daniel Phillips (organ)/Neil Page (Decca 455 645)
MOZART: Benedictus, from Requiem in D minor K626 - Barbara Bonney (sop), Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Hans Peter Blochwitz (ten), Willard White (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (PHILIPS 420 197)
MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - John Abberger (ob), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)
LAURIDSEN: La Rose Complète; Dirait-on, from Les Chansons des Roses - Morten Lauridsen (pno), Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67580)
BACH: Missa brevis in G minor BWV235 - Susan Gritton (sop), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Mark Padmore (ten), Peter Harvey (bass), Purcell Quartet, Alexandra Bellamy & Catherine Latham (oboes) (Chandos CHAN 0642)
SHAW: And the Swallow - Ars Nova Copenhagen/Paul Hillier (Naxos 8574281)
HANDEL: I know that my Redeemer liveth, from Messiah - Carolyn Sampson (soprano), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16062)
RUTTER: Gloria (1) - Gary Kettel (timp), Eric Allen (perc), John Scott (org), Cambridge Singers, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 100)
7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns, presented by Robyn Jaquiery
8:00 AM. Grace Notes

Settling the Score 2022

We begin with a selection from the 100 most requested pieces this year.

Listen out for our Top 30 countdown from noon today.

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique (2) - Phildelphia Orch/Christoph Eschenbach (ONDINE ODE 1131-5)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466 (3) - Lars Vogt (pno), Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Ivor Bolton (OEHMS OC 727)

STRAUSS arr anon: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier (second sequence) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 475 6550)

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

PROKOFIEV: Juliet as a young girl, from Romeo & Juliet - NHK SO (Decca 458 190)

SIBELIUS: Alla marcia, from Karelia Suite - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

WILLIAMS: Star Wars, Main title - London SO/John Williams (Polydor 800096)

VERDI: Sanctus, from Requiem - Chapman Trip Opera New Zealand Chorus, Viva Voce, John Rosser, Chorus Master, Auckland Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Atoll A 9805)

9.00

HANDEL: Sarabande, from Water Music Suite No 3 in G - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 68257)

TALLIS: Spem in alium - King's Singers (SIGNUM SIGCD 071)

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

BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto in C Op 56 (3) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Daniel Barenboim (pno/dir), West-Eastern Divan Orch (DG 4838242)

DVORÁK: Song to the moon, from Rusalka - Renée Fleming (sop), London SO/Georg Solti (Decca 455 760)

BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (NEWTON 880 2097)

PACHELBEL: Canon in D - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB12)
10:00 AM. RNZ Concert Days

Settling the Score 2022

Continues with a selection from the 100 most requested pieces this year. The Top 30 countdown starts at noon.

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 (4) - Martin Fröst (cl), Vertavo String Quartet (BIS SACD 1263)

CANTELOUBE: Baïlèro, from Songs of the Auvergne - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 417 645)

ORFF: O Fortuna, from Carmina Burana - Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 57888)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Waltz, from Jazz Suite No 2 - Philadelphia Orch/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 5 55601)

RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez (2) - John Williams (gtr), Christine Pendrill (cor anglais), Philharmo/Louis Frémaux (CBS M2K 44791)

PSATHAS: To Yelasto Paidi, from View from Olympus - Michael Houstoun (pno), Pedro Carneiro (perc), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Rattle RAT-DV 015)

ALBINONI: Adagio in G minor - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), English CO/Nicholas Cleobury (Philips 446 050)

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 (2) - Jascha Heifetz (vln), New SO of London/Malcolm Sargent (RCA RD 86214)

11.00

HANDEL: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah - The Sixteen & Orch/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16066)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight - Murray Perahia (piano) (DG 4798353)

GRIEG: Morning Mood, from Peer Gynt - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

DELIBES: Flower Duet, from Lakmé - Natalie Dessay (sop), Delphine Haidan (mezzo), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 5 10568)

MAXWELL DAVIES arr Tennant: Farewell to Stromness - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Sony SK 60274)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade III. The Young Prince and The Young Princess - Kees Hulsmann (vln), London SO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80208)

SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ (4) - Olivier Latry (org), Philadelphia Orch/Christoph Eschenbach (ONDINE ODE 1094)

SATIE: Gnossienne No 1 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)

12.00 Settling the Score 2022 Countdown

Our Top 30 Countdown for Settling the Score 2022 starts here!

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

BACH: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1970.71)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring - Anna van der Zee, Douglas Mews (hpchd), New Zealand SO strings/Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln/director) (RNZ/NZSO 2021)

LILBURN: Four Canzonas - NZSO Chamber Orch (RNZ UA01)
1:00 PM. Onstage

Settling the Score 2022 Countdown

Our Top 30 Countdown for Settling the Score 2022 continues until 6pm today

BACH: Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder, from St Matthew Passion - Choir of King's College, Cambridge Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (Brilliant Classics 99676)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 (2) - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 6228)

MORRICONE: Gabriel's Oboe & The Falls, from The Mission - Yo-Yo Ma, Rome Sinfonietta/Ennio Morricone (Sony 693927)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in C# minor Op 27/1 - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)

HOLST: Venus, Bringer of Peace, from The Planets Suite - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80466)

BARBER: Adagio for Strings - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 8782)

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

DEBUSSY: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67898)

DVORÁK arr Hazell: Goin' home - Bryn Terfel (bbar), London SO/Barry Wordsworth (DG 474 438)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 (1) - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno), BBC SO/Sakari Oramo (BIS BIS 2338)

BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Jussi Björling (ten), Robert Merrill (bar), RCA Victor SO/Renato Cellini (RCA GD 87799)

FAURÉ: In paradisum, from Requiem Op 48 - José-Luis Garcia (vln), Peter Barley (org), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English CO/Stephen Cleobury (EMI 5 67523)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 - I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (Arts 47715)

ALLEGRI ed Willcocks: Miserere mei, Deus - Roy Goodman (treble), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks (Decca 448 995)
3:00 PM. RNZ Concert Afternoons

Settling the Score 2022 Countdown

Our Top 30 Countdown for Settling the Score 2022 continues until 6pm today.

JENNINGS: Pictures at the Waikato Museum - Liam Wooding (pno) (Atoll ACD221)

ELGAR: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations - Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (BR Media 900 705)

ELGAR: Lux Aeterna - Choir of St John's, Elora/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.557493)

JENNINGS: Prelude, Fugue, Variations, and Chaconne (1) - Luca Manghi (flute), Ben Hoadley (bassoon), Liam Wooding (piano) (Atoll ACD221)

PART: Spiegel im Spiegel - Viktoria Mullova (violin), Liam Dunachie (piano) (Onyx Onyx 4201)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.555867)

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (2) - Martin Fröst (basset cl), Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Peter Oundjian (BIS SACD 1263)

ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 (1) - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Yehudi Menuhin (Philips 446 050)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb Op 73, Emperor (3) - Murray Perahia (pno), Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (CBS MK 42330)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125 (4) - Sabina Cvilak (soprano), Kristin Darragh (mezzo), Oliver Johnston (tenor), Anthony Robin Schneider (bass), New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart (RNZ )

5.00

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral (1) - Minnesota Orch/Osmo Vänskä (BIS SACD 1716)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Nicola Benedetti (vln), London Phil/Andrew Litton (DG 476 6198)

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)

JENKINS: Better is peace than always war, from The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace - National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Virgin 8 11015)

Find out more about how the Settling The Score Top 30 was chosen by RNZ Concert listeners.

6.00

Settling the Score 2022

Listener favourites from beyond the Top 100 of Settling The Score 2022, including favourite NZ pieces and gaming music.

LILBURN: Drysdale Overture - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2037)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23 - Krystian Zimerman (pno) (DG 423 090)

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

SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela - London Phil/Paavo Berglund (LPO 65)

LISZT: Liebestraum No 3 in Ab - Lixin Zhang (piano) (Rattle RATD084)
7:00 PM. RNZ Concert Evenings

Settling The Score

Listener favourites from beyond the Top 100 of Settling The Score 2022, including favourite NZ pieces and gaming music - continues.

TIN: Sogno di Volare (The Dream of Flight), from To Shiver the Sky - Royal Opera Chorus, Royal Phil, Anna Lapwood (organ)/Christopher Tin (Decca ABC4819863)

TARREGA: Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Miloš Karadaglic (gtr) (DG 477 9338)

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 4 in Eb K495 - Claire Briggs (horn), Royal Liverpool Phil/Stephen Kovacevich (EMI 3 82227)

MÁRQUEZ: Dance No 2 - Simón Bolìvar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 479 0069)

RACHMANINOV: Andante, from Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) (Decca 4851630)

ARTLEY: O magnum mysterium - Burnside High School Senior Chorale/Susan Densem (RNZ 2015)

MASCAGNI: Cavalleria rusticana, Intermezzo - National Phil/Gianandrea Gavazzeni (Decca 425 848)

SCHUBERT: An die Musik D547 - Elly Ameling (sop), Dalton Baldwin (piano) (Philips 420870)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

NZSO 75th Jubilee Concert

KAHLI MEARI MATEROA: Manawakura

S FISHER: Rainphase

SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture Op 96

MOZART: Flute Concerto No 2 in D K314, Mvts II & III

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol Op 34

A RITCHIE: A Bugle will do

SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47, Mvt II

TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty Op 66, Waltz

RAVEL: Bolero

Bridget Douglas (flute), Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin), New Zealand SO/Gemma New

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)
10:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers

SCHUBERT arr Birnie: Eighteen Dances - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

CANNABICH: Symphony No 50 in D minor - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55434)

HALVORSEN: Sarabande con variazioni - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla) (Naxos 8.572522)

MOZART: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor K478 - New Zealand Piano Quartet (RNZ UB47)

GERMAN: Waltz song - Malvina Major (sop), New Zealand SO/William Southgate (KIWI CD SLC 221)

R SMITH: Air Castles - Ryan Smith (accordion), Robyn Jaquiery (piano) (RNZ )
11:00 PM. New Music Dreams

Ryan Smith explores ambient and drone music
PANTALEIMON: Heart of the Sun (album) - Sarah Lipstate (guitar, electronics) (Durtro Jnana 008)

R SMITH: Suikinkutsu - Hannah Darroch (flute), Robyn Jaquiery (piano) (RNZ)