Monday 15 December 2014 Rāhina 15 Hakihea 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  SCRIABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy; Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 29 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 218)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor; HARWOOD: Sonata No 1 in C# minor; PARRY: Chorale Prelude; STATHAM: Rhapsody on a Ground; WALFORD DAVIES: Solemn Melody; ELGAR arr Gower: Enigma Variations, Nimrod; MENDELSSOHN: First movement, from Organ Sonata in A Op 65/3; MENDELSSOHN arr Best: War March of the Priests; SUMSION: Ceremonial March - Robert Costin (organ of the Wellington Town Hall) (Kiwi Pacific CD TRL 076)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  BIBER: Missa Salisburensis; Sonata tam aris quam aulis servientes; Sonata No 12 & No 5; Sancti Polycarpi; Plaudite tympana - Gabrieli Consort & Players, Musica Antiqua Cologne/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 471 632)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  HAYDN: Keyboard Trios, No 40 in F# minor, Op 73/3; No 37 in D, Op 71/3; No 36 in Eb Op 71/2 - Jérome Hantaï (fpno), Philippe Couvert (vln), Alix Verzier (cello) (Naïve E 8811)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  Stokowski Orchestral Transcriptions

  BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor; Prelude in Eb minor; Geistliches Lied, Mein Jesu; Chorale Prelude, Wir glauben all' an einen Gott; Chorale from Easter Cantata; Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor; BYRD: Pavan, The Earl of Salisbury & Galliard; CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary; SCHUBERT: Moments musicaux, No 3 in F minor; CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor Op 17/4; TCHAIKOVSKY: Chant sans paroles; DUPARC: Extase; RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2 - Czech Phil, London SO/Leopold Stokowski (London 448 946)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 BACH: Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme, from Cantata No 140, Wachet auf - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Trinity Baroque, English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)

  ANON arr Trio Mediaeval: Dou way Robyn/Sancta Mater - Trio Mediaeval (ECM 1929)

  CHOPIN: Second movement, Romance: Allegro, from Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11 - Martha Argerich (pno), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (EMI 5 56798)

  MOREL: Mangoré; Pampero - David Russell (gtr) (Telarc TEL 31979)

  PÄRT: Cantique des degrés - RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin Radio SO/Kristjan Järvi (Sony 88697 72334)

  WARLOCK arr Lane: Folksong Preludes - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2139)

  TRAD arr Idenstam: Diptyque; IDENSTAM: Halling IV - Johan Hedin (nyckelharpa), Gunnar Idenstam (org) (Caprice CAP 21807)

  7:00 WEELKES: Hosanna to the Son of David - Choir of St Paul's Cathedral/John Scott, Andrew Lucas (organ) (Helios CDH 55463)

  GRAINGER: My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone - Moray Welsh (cello), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery (Chandos CHAN 6542)

  IRELAND: On a Birthday Morning - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9250)

  DEBUSSY: Première rapsodie - Paul Meyer (cl), Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572675)

  STATHAM: Ina - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

  FARKAS: Old Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century - Phoebus Quintet (Toccata Classics TOCC 0019)

  REZNICEK: Donna Diana, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: DEBUSSY: La plus que lente - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 460 247)

  ZARZYCKI: Mazurka in G minor Op 26 - Eugene Ugorski (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Michal Dworzynski (Hyperion CDA 67990)

  PAPANDOPULO: Pintarichiana for string orchestra - Zagreb Soloists/Sreten Krstic (CPO 777 829)

  BELLINI: Vaga luna che inargenti - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), James Levine (pno) (Decca 455 513)

  WHITACRE: October - Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble/Stephen Gage (Naxos 8.570946)

  CURZON: Robin Hood Suite - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223425)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  HERBERT HOWELLS (1892-1983)

  Psalm-Prelude, Set 1 No 1 - David Burchell (organ of the Chapel of New College, Oxford) (CRD 3455)

  Three Carol-Anthems, A Spotless Rose; Sing Lullaby; Here is the little door - Choir of Wells Cathedral/Malcolm Archer (Hyperion CDA 67494)

  String Quartet No 3, In Gloucestershire - Britten Quartet (EMI CDC 5 55349)

• 10:00 AM. William Shakespeare 450

  The 154 Sonnets

  Sonnet No 138: When my love swears that she is made of truth

  Read by Elric Hooper (RNZ)

• 10:02 AM. The Works

  MOZART: Symphony No 29 in A K201 - English CO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 430 495)

  BARBER: Violin Concerto Op 14 - Hilary Hahn (vln), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Sony SK 89029)

  BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor Op 60 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno), Leopold String Trio (Hyperion CDA 67471/2)

  COPLAND: Appalachian Spring - Los Angeles Phil/Leonard Bernstein (DG 477 6352)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 33 - Natalie Clein (cello), BBC Scottish SO/Andrew Manze (Hyperion CDA 68002)

  SCRIABIN: Etudes Op 65 - Andrei Korobeinikov (pno) (Mirare MIR 218)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  HANDEL: Racks, gibbets, sword & fire, from Theodora; Volate più dei venti, from Muzio Scevola - Christopher Purves (bass), Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67842)

  SCHUMANN: No 4 in Ab; No 5 in B minor, from Six Studies in Canonic Form Op 56 - Thomas Gaynor (organ of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul) (Organism ORG 016)

  SCHUBERT: Der Lindenbaum, from Winterreise - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Helmut Deutsch (pno) (Sony 88837 95652)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: First movement, Allegretto, from Symphony No 7 in C Op 60, Leningrad - London Phil/Bernard Haitink (Decca 417 392)

  LUNA: De España vengo, from El Niño Judio - Montserrat Caballé (sop), Barcelona SO/Eugenio Marco (RCA RD 61044)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  CHOPIN: Waltz in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante; Waltz in Ab Op 42; Nocturne in F Op 15/1; Etude in E Op 10/3, Tristesse; Etude in C# minor Op 10/4 - Murray Perahia (pno) (rec 1994) (Sony SK 64399)

  I HOLST: String Quintet - Court Lane Music (rec 2007) (Court Lane Music CLM 37601)

  COPLAND: Short Symphony - St Paul CO/Denis Russell Davies (rec 1981) (Pro Arte CDD 140)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  L LIEBERMANN: Sonata for flute & guitar Op 25 - Alexa Still (fl), Franco Platino (gtr) (Koch 3-7549)

  BUCHANAN: Century fanfare, Peace - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Atoll ACD 100)

  PRINCESS TE RANGI PAI arr Cooper: Hine e Hine; ANON arr Southgate: Whakarongo-mai - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), 1982 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Guy Jansen (Kiwi CD TRL 025)

  RÓZSA: Violin Concerto Op 24 - Igor Gruppman (vln), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7379)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  MONTERO: Improvisation on Sanz's Canarios; Improvisation on Handel's Hornpipe - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

  DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 471 332)

  BERLIOZ: Le Spectre de la Rose, from Les Nuits d'été - Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Berlin Deutsches SO/Kent Nagano (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1932)

  KREISLER: Siciliano & Rigaudon in the style of Francoeur - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Fleurs de Lys FL 2 3159)

  TURINA: Sevillana Op 29 - Rovshan Mamedkuliev (gtr) (Naxos 8.573179)

  GERSHWIN arr Anderson: Girl Crazy, Suite - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Philips 426 404)

  6:00 GRIMSDOTTIR: I will praise her and laud - Hljómeyki/Bernhardur Wilkinson (Iceland Music Centre SMK 23)

  GOLLAND arr Frey: Peace - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)

  SATIE orch Milhaud: Jack-in-the-Box - London Festival Players/Bernard Herrmann (Decca 421 395)

  EVANS trans Aitken: Peace Piece - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 455 512)

  PUCCINI: Doretta's dream, from La Rondine - Inessa Galante (sop), Latvian National SO/Alexander Vilumanis (CampionCD 1335)

  DOMPIERRE orch Baril: Les Beautés du diable - Angèle Dubeau (vln), Thérèse Motard (cello), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

  TRAD arr Idenstam: Inner peace - Johan Hedin (nyckelharpa), Gunnar Idenstam (org) (Caprice CAP 21807)

  GRÉTRY: Pantomime, from Zémire & Azor - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD KML 2)

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

• 7:00 PM. Composer of the Week

  In our final Composer of the Week programme for 2014 Rachel Hyde looks at the life and music of HERBERT HOWELLS (1892-1983) (RNZ)

  Prelude - Danielle Perrett (harp) (ASV CD DCA 1036)

  Evening Service, Gloucester Service - Collegiate Singers/Andrew Millinger, Richard Moorhouse (org) (Priory PRCD 759)

  Rhapsody in Db Op 17/1 - Nigel Potts (organ of St Paul's Church, Washington, DC) (Herald HAVPCD 344)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  A Christmas Spectacular

  Kay Hall, Catherine Blomfield (sops), Penny Watson (contralto), John Wells, Nicholas Forbes (org), Musica Sacra, Auckland Philharmonia Brass & Percussion/Indra Hughes

  WILBERG: Noe! Noe!; ANON: Unto us a son is born, from Piae Cantiones; ML JONES: Great Prince of Heaven; TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: O little town of Bethlehem; WELLS: Metamorphoses on a Noël; RUTTER: Mary's Lullabye; NIXON: The holly & the ivy; DE PEARSALL: In dulci jubilo; WADE arr Willcocks: Fanfare & O come, all ye faithful; RUTTER: Gloria in excelsis Deo; Domine Deus; Quoniam tu solus sanctus, from Gloria; TRAD arr Willcocks: God rest you gentlemen; RUTTER: Prelude on God rest you gentlemen; NASSI: Quem pastorus laudavere; WILBERG: Ding, dong! merrily on high; KIRKPATRICK: Away in a manger; MENDELSSOHN arr Willcocks: Fanfare & Hark! the herald angels sing; TRAD arr Warrell: We wish you a merry Christmas (recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:15 PM. From the Year 1914

  BRIDGE: Summer - BBC National Orch of Wales/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10112)

  BRUCH: Concerto in E minor for clarinet & viola Op 88 - Ludmila Peterková (cl), Alexander Besa (vla), Prague Philharmonia/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3554)

  DOHNÁNYI: Ruralia Hungarica Op 32c - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67699)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  KAJANUS: Sinfonietta in Bb Op 16 - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1223)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19 - Paul Lewis (pno), BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2053.55)

  11:00 BRITTEN: String Quartet in F - Emperor Quartet (BIS SACD 1870)

  FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 15 - Domus (Hyperion CDA 66166)

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