Schedule for Sunday 24 December 2023

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Shostakovich, Dmitri: Romance, from The Gadfly - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)
Rorem, Ned: While all things were in quiet silence - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: The Art of Fugue, excerpts - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln, dir), New Zealand SO (RNZ NZSO 2022-03-17)
Walton, William: Sheep may safely graze, from The Wise Virgins Suite - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8871)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Quartet in G Op 18/2 (1) - Tokyo String Quartet (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7436.37)
Hamilton, David: Lullaby Carol - Viva Voce/John Rosser (ODE CD ODE 1308)
Grieg, Edvard arr Bertrand & Amoyel: Vanished days Op 57/1; Remembrances Op 71/7 - Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1986)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus arr Ólafsson: Adagio in E-Flat Major (Arr. Ólafsson from String Quintet No. 4 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4860525)
The Maids of Mourne Shore
1:00 approx
Delius, Frederick: Two Pieces for small orchestra - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Cello Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 119 - Johannes Moser (cello), Stuttgart Radio SO/Fabrice Bollon (Hänssler CD 93.222)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Cello Concerto in A minor RV422 - Luigi Piovano (cello), Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (dir) (OPUS 111 OPS 30-181)
Lilburn, Douglas: Two Christmas Pieces for LB (1949) - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (RNZ Concert)
Clarke, Rebecca: The tailor and his mouse - Patricia Wright (sop), Jonathan Rees (vln) (GAMUT GAM CD 534)
Sibelius, Jean: Belshazzar's Feast, Suite - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 359)
2:00 approx
Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurkas Op 59 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA26)
Prokofiev, Sergei: Violin Sonata No 1 in F minor Op 80 - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Olga Sitkovetsky (pno) (Atoll ACD 513)
Locatelli, Pietro: Concerto Grosso in F minor Op 1/8, Christmas (3) - Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (dir) (Challenge CC 72134)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Toccata in C minor BWV911 - David Fray (pno) (Virgin 0 70944)
Traditional arr Bergeron: Avec un avocat/Bransles de Poitou - Suzie Leblanc (sop), David Greenberg (vln), Chris Norman (fl), Chants d'Acadie (Atma ACD 2 2330)
3:00 approx
Sametz, Steven: Noel canon - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)
Piazzolla, Astor arr Olguín: Milonga del ángel - César Olguín (bandoneón), Cuarteto Latinoamericano (QUINDECIM QP 046)
Schubert, Franz: Piano Sonata No 3 in E D459 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Bella mia fiamma, addio! K528 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Vienna CO/György Fischer (Decca 452 624)
Hagberg, K.A arr Lidholm: Madonna's lullaby - Jeanette KÖhn (sop), Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)
Bolcom, William: Three Rags - Ying Quartet (QUARTZ QTZ 2055)
Puccini, Giacomo: Doretta's dream, from La Rondine - Renée Fleming (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 458858)
4:00 approx
Ramírez, Ariel arr Wilberg: El Nacimiento - Bryn Terfel (bar), Rolando Villazón (ten), Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)
Respighi, Ottorino: Fountains of Rome - Atlanta SO/Louis Lane (TELARC CD 80085)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19 (3) - Diedre Irons (pno), Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2050)
Chopin, Frédéric: Ballade No 2 in F Op 38 - Krystian Zimerman (pno) (DG 423 090)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet in Bb Op 1/1, Hunt - Buchberger Quartet (Brilliant Classics 93650)
Martinu, Bohuslav: Child's Lullaby, from Christmas - Giorgio Koukl (pno) (Naxos 8.557914)
Copland, Aaron: Down a Country Lane - Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff ( )
Mendelssohn, Felix: Songs without Words Op 85/4 Andante sostenuto - Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Yuja Wang (piano) (DG 4836069)
Wilby, Gary: Three Fragments - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Rattle D097)
5:00 approx
Glanville-Hicks, Peggy: Etruscan Concerto - Caroline Almonte (piano), Tasmanian SO (ABC Classics ABC 4817995)
Butterworth, George: Banks of Green Willow - English CO/Jeffrey Tate (EMI CDC 7 47945)
Reed, Alfred: Ballade - Mark Hobson (sax), Royal New Zealand Navy Band/Owen Clarke (Royal NZ Navy NAVY 001)
Bach, Johann Christian: Harpsichord Concerto No 6 in F Minor W C73 - Sophie Gent (vln), Louis Creac'h (vln), Fanny Paccoud (vla), Antoine Touche (cello), Thomas de Pierrefeu (bass), Evolène Kiener (bsn)/Jean Rondeau (hpschd/dir) (Erato 90 29488846)
Medtner, Nikolai: Romantic Sketches for the Young Op 54 (8) The Beggar - Hamish Milne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67491/2)
Schnittke, Alfred arr Spivakov/Milman: Suite in the Old Style (4) - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Ralf Gothóni (BIS CD 1437)
Tavener, John: God is with us - Elora Festival Singers (Naxos 8.554179)
Rachmaninov, Sergei arr Sheku Kanneh-Mason: The Muse Op 34/1 - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) (Decca 4851630)
6:00 AM. Summer Mornings

Byrd, William: Sing Joyfully - Voices of Ascension/Dennis Keene (DELOS DE 3174)
Heinichen, Johann David: Pastorale in A - Dresden Instrumental-Concert/Peter Kopp (Carus 83.169)
Rheinberger, Joseph: Three Sacred Songs Op 69 - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5055)
Part, Arvo: Greater Antiphons - Tallinn CO/Tõnu Kaljuste (ECM ECM2800)
Traditional: The Wexford Carol - Arianna Savall (sop, harp), Petter Udland Johansen (ten, hardingfele, mandolin), Sveinung Lilleheier (Dobro, guitar),Gesine Bänfer (cittern, flute, whistles), Ian Harrison (whistle, border pipe, mute cornett), Miquel Àngel Cordero (bass), Pedro Estevan (p (Deutsche HM G010003964009K)
Whitacre, Eric: Lux Aurumque - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA 2017)
Head, Michael: The little road to Bethlehem - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)
Gardner, John: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)
Gjeilo, Ola: Serenity - Bartosz Cajler (vln), Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine: Noëls pour les instruments - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)
TRAD Kentucky Appalachian arr Fred Squatrito: Bright Morning Star - Epiphony/Jared Corbett (Epiphony 2022)
Dove, Jonathan: The Star-Song - Jonathan Vaughn (org), Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens (Hyperion CDA 67768)
7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

with Robyn Jaquiery
Hymns on Sunday 2023-12-24
8:00 AM. Mornings

with Carey McDonald
Dvořák, Antonín: String Quintet in Eb Op 97 (2) - Simon Rowland-Jones (vla), Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 9046)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Air & Dance Bacchanale, from Samson & Delilah - Montreal SO (Decca 421 527)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 (2) - Michael Houstoun (pno), Auckland Phil/Roy Goodman (Atoll ACD 883)
Scheidt, Samuel: A child is born in Bethlehem - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)
Schumann, Robert: Träumerei, from Kinderszenen Op 15 - Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 093)
Sibelius, Jean: Ballade, from Karelia Suite - London SO/Colin Davis (RCA 09026 68770)
Gershwin, George arr Milone: It ain't necessarily so, from Porgy & Bess - 48 violas from ASMF, BBC SO, London Phil, ENO Orch/Geoffrey Simon (Cala CACD 0106)
Rutter, John: Suzi's Carol - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA 2017)
Goodall, Howard: Shackleton's Cross - Howard Goodall (piano) (ClassicFM CFMD 28)
Wehi Whanau: Wairua Tapu - Albert Mataafa (gtr), New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2048)
9.00
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Fantasia & Fugue in A minor BWV904 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4835022)
Schubert, Franz: String Quartet No 12 in C minor, Quartettsatz - Jerusalem Quartet (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1990)
Grieg, Edvard: Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - Oslo Phil Chorus & Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony MLK 64064)
Traditional arr Davies: The Holly and the Ivy (Arr. Henry Walford Davies) [1994] - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)
Sparke, Philip: The Land of the Long White Cloud, Aotearoa - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)
Traditional arr Pettman: Gabriel's Message (Arr. Pettman) [1958] - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks (King's College KGS0033)
10:00 AM. RNZ Concert Days

Rachmaninov, Sergei: Preludes Op 23 No 5 in G minor: Alla marcia - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 557943)
Kanengiser, William/York, Andrew: African Suite - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Tim Timmermans (djembe) (Sony SK 60274)
Anonymous: Cachua (Christmas Song) - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)
Avison, Charles: Concerto Grosso in D Op 3/5 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Naxos 8.557905-06)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai: Christmas Eve, Suite - Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian (ASV CD DCA 772)
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Overture, from The King and I - The John Wilson Orchestra (EMI 319301)
11.00
Martynov, Vladimir: Come in - Gidon Kremer (vln), Tatiana Grindenko (vln), Kremerata Baltica (NONESUCH 79582)
Fauré, Gabriel arr Amsterdam Guitar Trio: Dolly Suite - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (NEWTON 880 2093)
Purcell, Henry: Behold, I bring you glad tidings - Matthew White (countertenor), Julian Podger (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Capella Brugenis, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense/Patrick Peire (Eufoda 1329)
12.00
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (4) - Swedish CO/Petter Sundkvist (Naxos 8.557023)
Beethoven, Ludwig van arr McNEFF: Symphony of triumph, from Wellington's Victory - Canadian Brass, Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra & New York Philharmonic/Georg Tintner (Philips 426 487)
Jian-Zhong, Wang: Five Yunnan Folk Songs - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)
Gardner, John: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - Thomas Winpenny (org), Eton College Chapel Choir/Ralph Allwood (RESONANCE CD RSN 3076)
Albinoni, Tomaso: Oboe Concerto in D Op 7/6 - Stefan Schilli (ob), Stuttgart CO/Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics 92791)
Warlock, Peter: Capriol Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)
Psathas, John: Muisca (Version for 2 Guitars) - III. El dorado - Jane Curry, Owen Moriarty (gtrs) (Naxos 8.579041)
Gluck, Christoph Willibald von: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves (EMI CDZ 7 62526)
Walton, William: Make we joy now in this fest - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)
1.00
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Jauchzet, frohlocket, from Christmas Oratorio - The Graduate Choir New Zealand, Auckland Phil/Benjamin Bayl/Benjamin Bayl (RNZ )
Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No 5 in D Op 107, Reformation - Auckland Phil/Giordano Bellincampi/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ )
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon: Hodie Christus Natus Est - The Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart ( )
Poulenc, Francis: Hodie Christus Natus est, from Four Christmas Motets - The Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart ( )
ORPHEUS: Cathedral Series - Carol of the Bells
RUTTER arr Brent Stewart: Magnificat
MOZART: Laudate Dominum K339
LEONTOVICH arr Bradford: Carol of the Bells
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Pasquale Orchard (soprano), Joe Haddow (baritone), Orpheus Choir/Brent Stewart & Paul Rosoman (organ), instrumental ensemble
St. Paul's Cathedral, Wellington (RNZ)
3:00 PM. RNZ Concert Afternoons

Saint-Saëns, Camille: Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor Op 75 (4) - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Marc Neikrug (pno) (Philips 416 157)
Stamitz, Carl Philipp: Flute Concerto in G Op 29 (1) - Barthold Kuijken (fl), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Sony SK 48045)
Elgar, Edward: Symphony No 1 in Ab Op 55 (3) - London SO/Colin Davis (LSO LIVE LSO 0017)
Poston, Elizabeth: Jesus Christ the apple tree - Choir of Merton College Oxford/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)
Parish Alvars, Elias: Introduction, Cadenza & Rondo - Judy Loman (harp) (Naxos 8.554347)
Walton, William: Crown Imperial - Royal Phil/André Previn (TELARC CD 80125)
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great (2) - Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Hereweghe (PENTATONE PTC 5186 372)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 1 in F minor Op 2/1 - Paul Lewis (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1906.08)
Verdi, Giuseppe arr Turovsky: String Quartet in E minor - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9662)
Peacock, Adrian: Venite Gaudete - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA 2017)
Milano, Francesco da arr Lislevand: Canon, La Spagna - Rolf Lislevand (lute), Marco Ambrosini (viola d amore), Thor Harald Johnsen (lute), Michael Behringer (clavichord), David Mayoral (percussion), Bjørn Kjellemyr (colascione), Giovanna Pessi (harp)/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088 (476 3317))
Barber, Samuel arr Parkin: With Rue My Heart Is Laden - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) (Decca 4851630)
Bennett, Richard Rodney: Sweet was the song, from Five Carols - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)
5:00 PM. RNZ Concert Afternoon

Moody, Ruth: One Voice - The Wailin' Jennys (Red House 510177)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Lopes: Inventions in two parts, No 13 in A minor - Camerata Brazil/Henrique Cazes (dir) (EMI 5 56939)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus arr Hammond: The Magic Flute, Overture - BonaNZa Trombone Quartet (RATA RT 011)
Albéniz, Isaac arr Xuefei Yang: Tango, from España Op 165 - Xuefei Yang (gtr) (EMI 6 98361)
Anonymous: Lullay, lullow: I saw a sweet semely sight - Orlando Consort (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7418)
Traditional arr Kathie Stewart: Innesheer / Ships in Full Sail + I Saw Three Ships / New Christm - Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell (Avie AV2396)
5:30 PM. New Horizons

with William Dart
6:00 PM. Worlds of Music

with Trevor Reekie
Einaudi, Ludovico: Night - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN28748)
7:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

Reed, Alfred: A Christmas Intrada - Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Airforce, Janet Gibbs (org/Squadron Leader Graham Hanify (KIWI CD SLC 216)
Handel, George Frideric: Rejoice greatly, from Messiah - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 475 459)
Menotti, Gian Carlo: Amahl & the Night Visitors, excerpts - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Koch International 1864624)
Traditional arr Wilberg: Still, Still, Still - Bryn Terfel (bar), Côrdydd, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)
Gruber, Franz arr Hazell: Silent Night - Bryn Terfel (bar), Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)
Cowan, Claire: Dances of the Dew Fairies (extracts) from Hansel and Gretel - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Private P002363)
Messiaen, Olivier: Les Enfants de Dieu (La Nativite du Seigneur) - Gillian Weir (org) (Priory PRCD 921)
Adam, Adolphe arr Palmer: O Holy Night - Madison Nonoa (sop), Australian Brandenburg Choir & Orch/Paul Dyer (ABC Classics ABC Live 2017)
Ferrandini, Giovanni Battista: Christmas Symphony - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

with Clarissa Dunn
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at the Wellington Cathedral of St. Paul
ORD: Adam lay y-bounden
Anon arr Huia Beattie: Te Karakia O Te Atua (The Lord's Prayer)
CHILCOTT: For him all stars have shone
GOLDSCHMIDT: A tender shoot
GRUBER arr Terence Maskill: Silent Night/Po Marie
GARDNER: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
LEIGHTON: O leave your sheep
TAVENER: God is with us
IRBY arr Willcocks: Once in Royal David's City
Divinum Mysterium arr Lloyd: Of the Father's love forgotten
MADDEN: Child of Christmas story
FOREST GREEN arr Vaughan Williams: O little town of Bethehem
TRAD arr Hill: O come all ye faithful
MENDELSSOHN: Hark! the herald angels sing
The Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, Cathedral Choristers, Tom Chatterton (organ)/Michael Stewart
(RNZ)
Handel, George Frideric: Concerto Grosso in G Op 6/1 - Yuka Eguch (dir/violin), Rachael Griffiths-Hughes (harpsichord), New Zealand SO/violin), Rachael Griffiths-Hughes (harpsichord), New Zealand SO (RNZ 2023)
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Orchestral Suite in G minor, La changeante - Yuka Eguch (dir/violin), Rachael Griffiths-Hughes (harpsichord), New Zealand SO/violin), Rachael Griffiths-Hughes (harpsichord), New Zealand SO (RNZ 2023)
Victoria, Tomás Luis de: O magnum mysterium - The Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart ( )
Distler, Hugo: Es Ist Ein' Ros' Entsprungen - The Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart ( )
10:00 PM. Summer Evenings

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: A Pine Forest in Winter & Waltz of the Snowflakes, from The Nutcracker - Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 4836274)
Rittler, Philipp Jakob arr Herbert Walser-Breuß: Ciaccona - Rolf Lislevand (lute, baroque guitar), Concerto Stella Matutina (Sony 19075827802)
Rutter, John: Dormi, Jesu [2007] - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)
Park, Owain: Shepherd's cradle song - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA 2017)
Pez, Johann Christoph: Concerto pastorale in F major - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)
Grimsdottir, Bara: I will praise her and laud - Hljómeyki/Bernhardur Wilkinson (Iceland Music Centre SMK 23)
Brahms, Johannes: Geistliches Wiegenlied Op 91/2 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Julia Joyce (vla), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 17 in G K453 - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), English CO (CBS M13K 42055)
Ireland, John: The Holy Boy - Lucy Gould (vln), Benjamin Frith (pno) (Naxos 8.570507)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: The blessed Son of God - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)
Buxtehude, Dietrich: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BuxWV223 - Ton Koopman (org) (Novalis 150 048)
Locatelli, Pietro: Concerto Grosso in F minor Op 1/8, Christmas - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)