Saturday 23 December 2017 Rāhoroi 23 Hakihea 2017

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  BEETHOVEN: Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen - Adrian Brendel (cello), Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 475 379)

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/6 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

  E ALBULESCU: Ode to the 900 - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (PRYDE 22/100)

  MOZART: Violin Concerto No 5 in A K219, Turkish - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (Nonesuch 512789)

  1:00 approx

  TOSCANINI: Ballatella; Nervosi; Sono sola - Patricia Wright (sop), David Vine (pno) (RNZ)

  DVORÁK: Symphony No 4 in D minor Op 13 - London SO/István Kertész (Decca 417 596)

  ALBÉNIZ: Rumores de la caleta, from Recuerdos de viaje - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) ( 433 926)

  2:00 approx

  PUCCINI: Terra e mare; E L'uccellino; Storiella d'amore; Sole e amore - Anna Leese (sop), Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 050)

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

  ADAMS: Berceuse élégiaque - Bournemouth SO/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559031)

  3:00 approx

  FAURÉ: Nocturne No 6 in Db Op 63 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ)

  BARBER: Cello Concerto Op 22 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Baltimore SO/David Zinman (CBS MK 44900)

  STRAUSS: Suite in Bb for winds Op 4 - François Leleux (ob), Ensemble Paris-Bastille (SONY 88697 74869)

  4:00 approx

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Quartet in Eb WoO36/1 - New Zealand Piano Quartet (NAXOS 8.570998)

  HOVHANESS: Symphony No 50, Mount St Helens - Royal Liverpool Phil/Gerard Schwarz (TELARC CD 80604)

  HAMILTON: Lux Aeterna - Viva Voce/John Rosser (ODE CD ODE 1308)

  5:00 approx

  BACH: Violin Sonata No 2 in A BWV1015 - James Ehnes (vln), Luc Beauséjour (hpschd) (ANALEKTA AN 2 9829)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 67 in F - BBC Phil/Nicholas Kraemer (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 307)

  PEARSALL: Lay a garland on her hearse - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (ATOLL ACD 105)

  CHOPIN: Impromptu No 1 in Ab Op 29 - François-René Duchâble (pno) (ERATO 4509 94692)

  BLOW: Sonata in A - London Baroque (BIS CD 1455)

  DEBUSSY: Prélude, Cortège & Air de Danse, - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Chandos CHSA 5102)

  HAHN: L'Heure exquise - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (Decca 473 168)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - John Abberger (ob), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (ANALEKTA AN 2 9811)

  MOZART: Symphony No 22 in C K162 - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80217)

  BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 118 (6) - John Chen (pno) (RNZ)

  BEETHOVEN arr Druzecky: Septet in Eb Op 20 (4) - Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble (EMI CDC 5 56817)

  FASCH: Concerto in B minor for flute & oboe FWV L/h1 - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence (3) - Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson (leader) (CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 21504)

  7.00

  DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (3) - English CO/Rafael Kubelík (Brilliant Clasics 94081)

  RAK: Remembering Prague - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE)

  J STAMITZ: Christmas Symphony 4/2 - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

  CPE BACH: Oboe Sonata in C minor (2) - Douglas Boyd (ob), Harold Lester (hpschd) (ASV CD DCA 656)

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little (4) - Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Herreweghe (Pentatone PTC 5186 446)

  8.00

  SPOHR: Clarinet Concerto No 1 (3) - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Philharmonic/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

  HUMPERDINCK: Children's prayer, from Hänsel & Gretel - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (SONY MLK 62617)

  ORA Advent Calendar of Carols

  HAYDN: Symphony No 72 in D (4) - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer (NIMBUS NI 5652/5)

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 4 in E minor Op 44/2 (1) - New Zealand String Quartet (NAXOS 8.570001)

  DOMENICONI: Koyunbaba (3) - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (WAIATA 9501)

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/7 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  WEBER: Clarinet Concertino in Eb Op 26 - Charles Neidich (cl), Orpheus CO (DG 435 875)

  BRAHMS: Geistliches Wiegenlied Op 91/2 - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Daniel Hope (vln), Sebastian Knaue (DG 477 9301)

  KORNGOLD: Much Ado About Nothing Suite, excerpts - Linz Bruckner Orch/Caspar Richter (REGISC 1290)

• 10:00 AM. Your Choice

  MCVIE: Songbird - Sol3 Mio, City of Prague Orch/Paul Bateman (Universal 470 4768)

  TRAD: O come, O come, Emmanuel - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, Robert Quinney (org) (CORO COR 16085)

  TRAD arr Pasatieri: Go tell it on the mountain - Thomas Hampson (bar), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Teldec 3984 28414)

  STEFFANI: Beatus vir - Swiss Radio Television Chorus, I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (Decca 478 5336)

  MOZART: Piano Concerto No 16 in D K451 - Rudolf Serkin (pno), Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado (Philips 456 964)

  CACCINI: Amarilli, mia bella - Beniamino Gigli (ten), Studio Orchestra/Lawrance Collingwood (Naxos 8.110271)

  GOUNOD: Faust, ballet music - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDM 7 63401)

  BOCCHERINI arr Piatti: Cello Sonata in A G4 - Fedor Amosov (cello), Jen-Ru Sun (pno) (NAXOS 8.572368)

  BERNSTEIN arr Penaforte: West Side Story, Suite - Eroica Trio (EMI 5 07351)

  ADAM arr Totzauer: O Holy Night - Leontyne Price (sop), Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (Decca 468 503)

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

• Noon The RNZ Concert Classical Chart

  This week's best-selling CDs

• 1:00 PM. Irving Berlin (1888-1989)

  Steve Danby escorts us into the toe-tapping world of Irving Berlin

  Six programmes

  (1) To call Irving Berlin a fast worker would be a bit of an understatement (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Worlds of Music

  Trevor Reekie hosts a festive edition of his programme of trans-global music, fusion and folk roots (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Afternoon Concert

  Wallace National Piano Competition 2017

  Performances from the 15 competitors who made it to the semi-final rounds and beyond

  Six Programmes

  (3) BACH: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, from Book 1, The Well-Tempered Clavier; LILBURN: Bagatelle No 5 - Frank Chen

  RAVEL: Une barque sur l'océan, from Miroirs; SCRIABIN: No 1, from Two Poems Op 32; LISZT: Funérailles - Siyu Sun

  VINE: Five Bagatelles - Coco Li

  DEBUSSY: Estampes - Noelle Dannenbring

  MOZART: Piano Sonata in B flat K333 (1); ELMSLY: Three Pieces for Piano - Leon Chen (recorded in the University of Auckland Music Theatre by RNZ)

• 4:20 PM. Afternoon Classics

  HAYDN: Symphony No 91 in Eb - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1849)

  ORA Advent Calendar of Carols

  CURTIS: Irish lullaby - Helen Keen (fl), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (CAMPION CAMEO 2035)

• 5:00 PM. Inside Out with Nick Tipping

  Join Nick Tipping for a two-hour journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way (RNZ)

• 7:00 PM. Music Alive

  Three Bach Cello Suites

  Colin Carr (cello)

  BACH: Cello Suites, No 4 in Eb BWV1010; No 5 in C minor BWV1011; No 6 in D BWV1012 (recorded in Nelson Cathedral by RNZ)

• 8:30 PM. A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

  The traditional Christmas service, from the chapel in which it was first conceived in 1918, with readings from choir members, Cambridge residents and the clergy of King's College - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury, Ben-San Lau (org) (Choir of King's College KGS 0001)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  LOCATELLI: Concerto in F Op 4/12 - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (AVIE AV 2154)

  BRITTEN: Five Waltzes - Stephen Hough (pno) (EMI CDM 5 67429)

  PAREDES arr Golijov: Cançâo Verdes Anos - Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 7559 79490)

  DVORÁK: American Suite in A Op 98b - Prague Phil/Jakub Hrusa (SUPRAPHON SU 3882)

  IBERT: Jeux - Catherine Bowie (fl), Sharon Joy Vogan (pno) (RNZ)

  11.00

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Norfolk Rhapsody No 1 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (NAXOS 8.555867)

  RHEINBERGER: Suite for organ, violin & cello Op 149 (3) - Christopher Herrick (org), Paul Barritt (vln), Richard Lester (cello) (HYPERION CDA 66883)

  MARX: Sinfonia in modo classico - Bochum SO/Steven Sloane (ASV CD DCA 1158)

  LILBURN: Moths & Candles - Dan Poynton (pno) (TRUST MMT 2053)

  TRAD: Dormi, Jesu - Kathleen Battle (sop), Christopher Parkening (gtr) (SONY SK 89464)

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