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Monday 23 December 2013 Rāhina 23 Hakihea 2013

  • 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

    Disc 1

    VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Suite for viola and orchestra; HOWELLS: Elegy; WALTON: Viola Concerto in A minor; BOWEN: Viola Concerto in C minor Op 25 - Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (ASV DCA 1181)

    1:15 approx - Disc 2

    BALAKIREV: Islamey; The Lark; Toccata in C# minor; SCRIABIN: Prelude in C# minor Op 9/1; Nocturne in Db Op 9/2; Sonata-Fantasy No 2 in G# minor Op 19; Etudes, in C# minor Op 2/1; in E Op 8/5; in F# Op 42/4; in C# minor Op 42/5; GLAZUNOV: Theme & Variations in F# minor Op 72 - Michael Lewin (pno) (Centaur CRC 2134)

    2:30 approx - Disc 3

    RUTTER: What sweeter music; TRAD: Noël nouvelet; BURTON: Balulalow; DARKE: A babe is born Op 55; In the bleak mid-winter; TRAD: Ding dong! merrily on high; POSTON: Jesus Christ the apple tree; TRAD: I saw three ships; BENNETT: Out of your sleep; WARLOCK: Benedicamus Domino; JOUBERT: There is no rose; TRAD: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; MARTIN: Adam lay ybounden; FLECHA: Riu, riu, riu; TRAD: O little town of Bethlehem; Es ist ein Ros' estsprungen; C ROBINSON: Make we joy; MENDELSSOHN: Hark! the herald angels sing; TAVENER: The Lamb; FINNISSY: Telling; LEIGHTON: Coventry Carol; TRAD: On Christmas Night; GRUBER: Silent Night; WADE: O come, all ye faithful - Peter Hicks, Julius Foo (trebles), Julian Gregory (ten), Freddie James, John Challenger (orgs), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha (Chandos CHSA 5096)

    3:45 approx - Disc 4

    HUMMEL: Piano Concertos, in F posth No 1; in Ab Op 113 - Nikolaus Lahusen (pno), Südwestfälische Phil/Hiroshi Kodama (Koch Schwann 3-1567)

    4:55 approx - Disc 5

    DONIZETTI: Sinfonia in G minor; Concertinos, in C minor for flute and chamber orchestra; in F for oboe and chamber orchestra; in D minor for violin, cello and orchestra; in G for English horn and orchestra; in Bb for clarinet and orchestra; Sinfonia in D minor - Camerata Budapest/Laszlo Kovacs (Marco Polo 8.223701)

  • 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

    6:00 DELIUS: Walk to the Paradise Garden, from A Village Romeo & Juliet - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 421 631)

    DEBUSSY: Rêverie - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)

    CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/9 - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 373 250)

    SCHUBERT: Second movement, Andante con moto, from Piano Trio No 2 in Eb D929 - Gould Piano Trio (Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0026)

    GRANADOS: Spanish Dances - Ulster Orch/Josep Caballé-Domenech (BBC Music VBBC MM 255)

    7:00 WADE arr D Hill: O come, all ye faithful - Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, Brass Ensemble/Michael Fulcher, Richard Apperley (org) (Raven OAR 924)

    MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 5 in Bb - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)

    BOCCHERINI: Oboe Quintet in G G431 - Sarah Francis (ob), Allegri String Quartet (Decca 433 173)

    VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Philharmonia/Vernon Handley (RCA 74321 84112)

    8:00 Beauty Spot: LISZT: Offertorium, from Hungarian Coronation Mass - Budapest SO/György Lehel (Hungaroton HCD 12148)

    J STRAUSS II arr Schoenberg: Roses from the South - Leonore Aumaier (pno), Alfred Mitterhofer (harmonium), members of the Vienna String Quintet (CPO 999 588)

    MASCAGNI: L'Amico Fritz, Intermezzo - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10634)

    BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, Vol 1 Book 1 - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67663)

    GERMAN: Nell Gwyn, Suite - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223419)

  • 9:00 AM. Christmastide

    BALDWIN: An Advent Prelude - Richard Apperley (organ of St James' Presbyterian Church, Newtown, Wellington) (Organism ORG 006)

    SCHÜTZ/RÜLING: Machet die tore weit - Dresden Kreuzchor, Cappella Sagittariana/Roderich Kreile (Berlin Classics 1658 BC)

    SCHIASSI: Sinfonia Pastorale per il Santissimo Natale di nostro Jesu, from Symphony in D, Christmas - Northwest CO, Seattle/Alun Francis (Hyperion CDH 55048)

    RESPIGHI: Lauda per la Natività del Signore

    Angel................................ Patricia Rosario

    Mary................................. Louise Winter

    Shepherd.......................... Lynton Atkinson

    Richard Hickox Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Collins 13492)

  • 10:00 AM. The Works

    SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Quartet in Bb Op 41 - Mozart Piano Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 943 1519)

    DVORÁK: Ten Legends Op 59 - Nordic CO/Christian Lindberg (BIS CD 1708)

    GLINKA: Septet in Eb - Russian National SO Soloists: Alexi Bruni, Mikhail Moshkunov (vlns), Erik Pozdeev (cello), Rusteem Gabdulin (dbass), Alexander Koreshkov (oboe), Alexander Petrov (bsn), Igor Makarov (hn) (RegisC 1288)

    FALLA: El amor Brujo - Nancy Fabiola Herrera (mezzo), Mexico State SO/Enrique Bátiz (RegisC 1271)

  • Noon Upbeat

    Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

  • 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

    C SCOTT ed Yates: Pelléas & Mélisande, Overture - BBC Concert Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton Epoch CDLX 7302)

    HOWELLS: Elegy for viola, string quartet & string orch - Matthew Souter (vla), Andrew Watkinson, Edward Roberts (vlns), Shuna Wilson (cello), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10780)

  • 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

    RUTTER: Brother Heinrich's Christmas - Brian Kay (narrator), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 115)

    FARR: Ramayana - Henry Wong Doe (pno) (Trust MMT 2070)

    BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67140)

    TURINA: Violin Sonata No 2 in G Op 82, Spanish - Marianne Thorsen (vln), Ian Brown (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67889)

    VANGELIS: Epilogue; After the race; At the starting blocks; PARRY arr Rabinowitz: Jerusalem, from Chariots of Fire, the Play - Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy with orchestra realised by the composer/Vangelis (Decca 371 0285)

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  • 3:00 PM. CD Masters

    Classic performances from the back catalogue

    BIBER: Violin Sonata in A, Sonata Representativa - Andrew Manze (baroque vln), Nigel North (lute), John Toll (hpschd), Romanesca (rec 1993) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7134/5)

    SCHUBERT: Die Erwartung D159 - Janet Baker (mezzo), Graham Johnson (pno) (rec 1987) (Hyperion CDJ 33001)

    BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 1/3 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Lynn Harrell (cello), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (rec 1979) (EMI CDS 7 47455)

  • 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

    NZ performers and composers

    BARBER: Toccata Festiva Op 36 - Cameron Carpenter (organ of the Wellington Town Hall), NZSO National Youth Orch 2011/James Judd (Private)

    DEL STEIGERS: Variations on The Carnival of Venice - Clyde Dixon (cornet), National Band of New Zealand/Kevin Jarrett (Kiwi Pacific CD SLC 226)

    FARQUHAR: Three Medieval Carols, Mary & Jesus; The lily-white rose; Jankin & Alison - Pepe Becker (sop), David Farquhar (pno) (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 112)

    TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake, Act 3 - New Zealand SO/Patrick Flynn (RNZB)

  • 5:00 PM. Cadenza

    EASDALE ed Lane: Kew Gardens, Suite - BBC Welsh National Orch/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10636)

    RACHMANINOV: No 1 in F minor; No 2 in C; No 3 in Eb minor; No 6 in C# minor, from Etudes-tableaux Op 33 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 62837)

    GERMAN: Country dance, from Dances from Nell Gwyn - Southern Festival Orch/Robin White (Chandos CHAN 9110)

    MOZART: Variations in G minor K360 on Hélas, j'ai perdu mon amant - Petra Müllejans (vln), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fpno) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7494)

    SMETANA: The Bartered Bride, Overture - Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 419 768)

    6:00 SIBELIUS: Our Native Land Op 92 - Ellerhein Girls' Choir, Estonian National Male Choir, Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 5 45561)

    J THOMAS: The Minstrel's Adieu to his Native Land - Sebastien Lipman (harp) (Naxos 8.570372)

    KETÈLBEY: In the Mystic Land of Egypt - New Symphony Orch of London/Robert Sharples (Decca 452 987)

    CADMAN trans Yost: From the land of the sky-blue water Op 45/1 - Peter Zazofsky (vln), Paul Posnak (pno) (Naxos 8.559067)

    MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Grant Llewellyn (Argo 436 401)

    SPARKE: The Land of the Long White Cloud, Aotearoa - National Youth Brass Band/of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

  • 7:00 PM. Christmastide

    BACH orch Respighi: Three Chorales, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland; Meine Seele erhebt den Herren; Wachet auf, ruft uns dies Stimme - Bonn Beethoven Orch/Stefan Blunier (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 937 16776)

    ZELENKA: Alma Redemptoris Mater - Hana Blazíková (sop), Collegium Marianum/Jana Semerádová (dir) (Supraphon SU 4002)

    JOLIVET: Pastorales de Noël, The star; The Magi; Mother & Child; Entrance & Dance of the Shepherds - Gaby Pas-van Riet (fl), Jan Pas (cello), Sophie Hallynck (harp) (Hänssler CD 93.175)

    ADDINSELL orch S Bernstein: A Christmas Carol Suite - Ambrosian Singers, Royal Phil/David Newman (Telarc CD 88801)

    RESPIGHI: Second movement, L'Adorazione dei Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Bonn Beethoven Orch/Stefan Blunier (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 937 16776)

  • 8:00 PM. Music Alive

    Alleluia: a newë work!

    The Ceremony of Birth and Death

    Helen Webby (harp), Baroque Voices/Pepe Becker (dir)

    BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols; SHORTIS: Songs of Thomas Moore; A RITCHIE: Coverings; KEAM: Uncertainty/Eternity (Demeter/Ursula/Buddha); FARR: La Próxima Vez (Next Time Around); BECKER: na jayate mriyate; BOWATER: in the east, to the right; SMYTHE: Persephone (recorded in Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington by RNZ)

  • 9:25 PM. Dumay On & Off the Podium

    HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVII/2 - Tatjana Vassilieva (cello), Wallonie Royal Chamber Orch/Augustin Dumay (Mirare MIR 220)

    FRANCK arr Dumay/Lortie, after Lemaitre: Prelude, Fugue & Variation Op 18 - Augustin Dumay (vln), Louis Lortie (pno) (Onyx 4096)

  • 10:00 PM. Day's End

    ELGAR: Wand of Youth Suite No 1 Op 1a - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557166)

    HAYDN/HOFMANN: Flute Concerto in D - Barthold Kuijken (fl), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Sony SK 48045)

    RUFINATSCHA: The Bride of Messina - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10665)

    11:00 SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 - Jonathan Biss (pno), Elias String Quartet (Onyx 4092)

    GRAGNANI: Quartet in A for violin, clarinet & two guitars - Consortium Classicum (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 301 1415)

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