Wednesday 19 December 2007 Rāapa 19 Hakihea 2007

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Overture; Sadko Op 5; Piano Concerto in C# minor Op 30; Symphony No 3 in C - Geoffrey Tozer (pno), Bergen Phil/Dmitri Kitajenko (Chandos CHAN 9229)

  1:20 (approx) - Disc 2

  MOZART: Concerto in Bb for bassoon & orchestra K191; HUMMEL: Concerto in F for bassoon & orchestra; JOLIVET: Concerto for bassoon, harp, piano & string orchestra; FRANÇAIX: Divertissement for bassoon & string quartet - Dag Jensen (bsn), Cologne Radio SO/Werner Andreas Albert (Cappriccio 10579)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  GLICK: Sing unto the Lord a New Song; HOLMAN: Night Music; SOMERS: Trois Chansons de la Nouvelle-France; COULTHARD: Quebec May - Elmer Iseler Singers, CBC Vancouver Orch/Elmer Iseler (CBC SMCD 5115)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  GRIEG: Lyric Pieces - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (DG 437 522)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  COATES: Knightsbridge, In Town Tonight; FLETCHER: Bal Masque; BUCALOSSI: The Grasshopper's Dance; WOOD: Barwick Green; HARTLEY: Rouge et Noir; FARNON: The Peanut Vendor; FRANKEL: Carriage and Pair; WOOD: The Horse Guards, Whitehall; DUNCAN: March, from Little Suite, Dr Findlay's Casebook; BINGE: Sailing By; VINTER: Portuguese Party; RICHARDSON: Beachcomber; FINCK: In the Shadows; DOCKER: Tabarinage; KETÈLBEY: Sanctuary of the Heart; FARNON: The Westminster Waltz; ELGAR: Carissima; WILLIAMS: Girls in Grey; WHITE: The Runaway Rocking-Horse; CURZON: March of the Bowmen - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66968)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 CANNABICH: Symphony No 51 in D - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554340)

  ZEMLINSKY: Three Pieces for cello & piano - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John York (pno) (Nimbus NI 5806)

  SCHUBERT: Moment Musicale No 6 in Ab - Maria João Pires (pno) (Philips 456 928)

  RODRIGO: Second movement, Adagio, from Concierto de Aranjuez - Turibio Santos (gtr), Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Claudio Scimone (Warner Classics 8573 80438)

  GRIEG: Nordic Melodies Op 63 - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1491)

  7:00 GIBBONS: Lift up your heads - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Conifer 75605 51231)

  TOMLINSON: Cumberland Square - Slovak Radio SO/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223513)

  WERNER: Pastorella in D - Franz Haselböck (org), Vienna Capella Academia/Eduard Melkus (Hänssler CD 94.052)

  MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words in D Op 109 - James Kreger (cello), Gerald Robbins (pno) (Koch Discover DICD 920 586)

  LISZT: Paraphrase on Wedding March & Dance of the Elves, from Mendelssohn's incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream - David Stanhope (pno) (Tall Poppies TP 184)

  LANE: Diversions on a Theme of Paganini - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Marco Polo 8.225185)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: CILEA: E la solita storia del pastore, from L'Arlesiana - Roberto Alagna (ten), London Phil/Richard Armstrong (EMI CDC 5 55477)

  J STRAUSS II: Emperor Waltz - Vienna Johann Strauss Capelle/Michael Tomascheck (Koch International 324 073)

  BRIDGE arr Cornford: Scherzetto - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), National Phil/Charles Gerhardt (RCA 74321 84112)

  RAVEL: Sonatine - Diedre Irons (pno) (Trust MMT 2041)

  PAGANINI: Fantasy on Rossini's Moses in Egypt - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Irina Ryumina (pno) (BIS CD 999)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Air & Danse Bacchanale, from Samson & Delilah - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80115)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  PÄRT: Seven Magnificat-Antiphons - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 66960)

  DAQUIN: Noël Suisse - Gillian Weir (organ of Hexham Abbey) (Argo 460 190)

  WF BACH: Cantata, Let us cast off the works of darkness - Barbara Schlick (sop), Claudia Schubert (contralto), Wilfred Jochens (ten), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass), Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert/Hermann Max (Capriccio 10 425)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Suite - Stuttgart Radio SO/Andrey Boreyko (Hänssler CD 93.193)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor K491 - Martin Helmchen (pno), Netherlands CO/Gordan Nikolic (dir) (PentaTone PTC 5186 305)

  BRAHMS: String Sextet No 1 in Bb Op 18 - Lindsay String Quartet, Louise Williams (vla), Paul Watkins (cello) (ASV GLD 4016)

  DVORÁK: Symphony No 7 in D minor Op 70 - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Colin Davis (Philips 420 890)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  RUBINSTEIN arr Müller-Berghaus: Valse Caprice in Eb - Wuppertal SO/George Hanson (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 335 1240)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 22 - Moura Lympany (pno), London Phil/Jean Martinon (Olympia OCD 236)

  ANON: Sibila Valenciana - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9806)

  (Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BACH arr Hess: Jesu, joy of man's desiring; BACH: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor BWV903; Six Little Preludes BWV939-943, 999; Prelude & Fughetta in D minor BWV899; Preludes & Fugues, in E minor BWV900; in A minor BWV895; Italian Concerto in F BWV971 - Maria Tipo (pno) (rec 1994/90) (EMI 3 81745)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  CARR: Mardi Gras Overture - Queensland SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi CD SLD 101)

  HERRMANN: Concerto Macabre, from the film Hangover Square - David Buechner (pno), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch 3-7225)

  BELLINATI: Jongo - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1000)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ - Gillian Weir (org), Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8822)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SUPPÉ: Morning, Noon & Night in Vienna, Overture - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 414 408)

  MOZART: Second movement, Andantino, from Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp), Wellington Orch/James Sedares (Wgtn Orch)

  SCHUBERT trans Rachmaninov: Wohin?; MENDELSSOHN trans Rachmaninov: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream; BIZET trans Rachmaninov: Minuet, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 470 291)

  KREISLER: Variations on a theme of Corelli in the style of Tartini - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Fleurs de Lys FL 2 3159)

  SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 406)

  PUCCINI: Musetta's Waltz song, from La Bohème - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London Phil/John Pritchard (Sony SMK 48094)

  RACHMANINOV: 18th Variation, from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Bella Davidovich (pno), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Neeme Järvi (Decca 473 862)

  DELIUS arr Beecham: Walk to the Paradise Garden, from A Village Romeo & Juliet - London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDC 7 47984)

  ROSSINI arr anon: Cavatina, based on one of Cinderella's arias from La Cenerentola - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 003)

  GRANADOS: Moresque; Canción Arabe, from Spanish Dances - Richard Mapp (pno) (Meridian CDE 84403)

  FAURÉ orch Rabaud: Berceuse, from Dolly Suite - Paris Orch/Serge Baudo (EMI 5 67523)

  WARRELL: Our Lady's lullaby - Elizabeth Beverley (sop), Dorian Choir/Peter Godfrey (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 109)

  VIERNE: Berceuse Op 31/19, from 24 Pièces en stile libre - Eugene Lavery (organ of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland) (Holy Trinity Cathedral)

  TRAD arr Holst: Lullay my liking - Godley Singers/David Childs (TreeHouse T 9801)

  GODARD arr Pierre: Berceuse, from Jocelyn - Patrick Gallois (fl), Fabrice Pierre (hp), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (DG 445 822)

  ROSAS: Sobre las olas, Waltz - Festival Orch of Mexico/Enrique Bátiz (Naxos 8.550838)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  2007 Gramophone Awards

  Label of the Year: Deutsche Grammophon

  A selection from the label's most successful recent releases

  BEETHOVEN: First movement, Allegro con brio, from Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 6228)

  SCHUMANN: Der Dichter spricht, from Kinderszenen - Lang Lang (pno) (DG 477 5976)

  ROSSINI: For him whom I adore, from The Italian Girl in Algiers - Elina Garanca (mezzo), Rafael Harnisch (ten), Dominik Licht (bar), Matthias Beutlich (bass), Dresden State Opera Chorus & Orch/Fabio Luisi (DG 477 6231)

  SPOHR: First movement, Allegro molto, from Violin Concerto No 8 in A minor Op 47, In the form of a vocal scene - Hilary Hahn (vln), Swedish Radio SO/Eiji Oue (DG 477 6232)

  MOZART: Un bacio di mano K541 - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (DG 477 5886)

  BRAHMS: Sixth movement, Rondo: Allegro, from Serenade No 1 in D Op 11 - Mahler CO/Claudio Abbado (DG 476 5786)

  BEETHOVEN: Third movement, Finale, Presto, from Violin Sonata No 9 in A Op 47, Kreutzer - Vadim Repin (vln), Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 477 6596)

  MOZART: Non so più, from The Marriage of Figaro - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Simon Rattle (DG 477 6272)

  CHOPIN: Nocturne in F# Op 15/2 - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 477 5718)

  MENDELSSOHN: Third movement: Allegro molto vivace, from Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), ASMF/James MacMillan (DG 476 3159)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Why, until now, have I not shed tears?, from Iolanta - Anna Netrebko (sop), Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (DG 477 6384)

  TALLIS: Miserere nostri - Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh (DG 477 6605)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Orthodox-Byzantine Repertory

  Mia Iuga, Gina Onita (sops), Lucian Onita (bar), Ion Vidu Chorus, Lugoj/Remus Tascau

  PANN arr Goia: Our Father; CUCU: Sticheron, from Katavasiae of the Meeting of the Lord; TIMARU: Troparion for the Birth of the Lord; JIPEI: Aghios o Theos; CONSTANTINESCU: Podoby, from the Christmas Oratorio; HUMULESCU arr Lungu: I shall love you, O Lord; ANON: Ecteny; VIDU: Salvation; CHIRESCU: Above the star is rising; POPVICI: Three shepherds; KIRIAC: O, what a wonderful world; The journey of the Magi; CUCU: Little Lord; Lord from heaven; POPVICI: Early in the day; MONTIA: Up at heaven's gate; Little carol; LUNGU: Hail in the heights above (Rumanian Radio)

• 9:00 PM. A Kissin Collection

  CHOPIN: Polonaises & Impromptus - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (RCA 82876 686692)

  KHRENNIKOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C Op 21 - Evgeny Kissin (pno), Tchaikovsky SO of Moscow Radio/Vladimir Fedoseyev (Relief CR 991 058)

  SCHUBERT: Allegro in A minor D947, Lebensstürme - Evgeny Kissin, James Levine (pno duet) (RCA 82876 69282)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintet in Eb G435 - Michael Faust (fl), Auryn Quartet (CPO 999 382)

  STRAUSS: Zueignung Op 10/1; Allerseelen Op 10/8; Heimliche Aufforderung Op 27/3; Morgen! Op 27/4 - Thomas Quasthoff (bbar), Justus Zeyen (pno) (DG 474 501)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 33 - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Philadelphia Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Teldec 8573 85340)

  ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No 1, Midsummer Vigil Op 19 - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue (Reference Recordings-80 CD)

  11:00 HAYDN: String Quartet in F# minor Op 50/4 - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV GLD 4008)

  HUMMEL: Clarinet Quartet in Eb - Fabrizio Meloni (cl), Andrea Pecolo (vln), Luca Ranieri (vla), Mario Finotti (cello) (Naxos 8.554280)

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