Thursday 20 December 2007 Rāpare 20 Hakihea 2007

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  HENSELT: Piano Concerto in F minor Op 16; Variations de concert Op 11 on Meyerbeer's Quand je quittai la Normandie, from Robert le Diable; ALKAN: Concerto da camera in C# minor Op 10/2; Concerto da camera in A minor Op 10/1 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 66717)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  MOMPOU: Canciones y Danzas Nos 1-12 & 14; Fetes Lointaines No 1-6; Charmes Nos 1-6 - Pierre Huybregts (pno) (Centaur CRC 2055)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  HANDEL: arias from Serse; Rodelinda; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Jephtha; Theodora; Samson; Hercules - Maureen Forrester (contralto), Vienna Radio SO/Brian Priestman, Vienna State Opera Orch/Robert Zeller, English CO/Johanne Somary, I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro (CBC PSCD 2002)

  3:40 (approx) - Disc 4

  C SCUMANN: Piano Concerto in F minor; F MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio in G minor Op 11; FARRENC: Clarinet Trio in Eb Op 44: GRANDVAL: Deux pièces - Diane Ambache (pno), Sophie Langdon (vln), Susan Dorey (cello), Joan Enric Lluna (cl), Naomi Butterworth (cello), Jeremy Polmear (ob), Ambache Chamber Orch/Diane Ambache (BBC Music MM 45)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  BECK: Sinfonias, in G minor Op1/1; in F Op1/2; in A Op1/3; in Eb Op1/4; in G Op1/5; in C Op1/6 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 BERWALD: The Queen of Golconda, Overture - Gävle SO/Petri Sakari (Naxos 8.555370)

  HANDEL: Trio Sonata in B minor Op 2/1 - Wilbert Hazelzet (fl), Sonnerie (Avie AV 0033)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Third movement, Romanza (Lento), from Symphony No 5 in D - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 8782)

  HALVORSEN: Norwegian Dances Nos 1 & 2; GRIEG arr Kraggerud: I love you, from Melodies of the heart Op 5 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Razumovsky SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.554497)

  MARSHALL: Hikurangi Sunrise - New Zealand SO/James Judd (RNZ)

  7:00 BACH: Streite, siege, starker Held, from Cantata No 62, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (Challenge CC 72213)

  GRAINGER: Early one morning - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)

  WIENIAWSKI: Polonaise No 1 in D - Piotr Janowski (vln), Wolfgang Plagge (pno) (Lindberg Lyd 30)

  CHOPIN: Fantasy-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66 - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (RCA 82876 686692)

  VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in G RV437 - Dan Laurin (recorder), Arte Dei Suonatori (BIS SACD 1605)

  DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - London SO/István Kertész (Decca 425 060)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: ARLEN/HARBURG: Over the rainbow - Keith Jarrett (pno) (ECM 1640)

  BAX: Northern Ballad No 3 - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8494)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Nocturne in D minor Op 19/4 - Vytautas Sondeckis (cello), Lithuanian CO/David Geringas (Naxos 8.554381)

  VERDI: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Va pensiero, from Nabucco - Auckland Opera Chorus, Auckland Philharmonia/Brian Law (Kiwi CD SLC 234)

  PATTERSON: Comedy for Five Winds - Vega Wind Quintet (LDR LDRC 1002)

  SCHREKER: Symphonic Overture, Ekkehard Op 12 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 9797)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  SCHELLE: Machet die Tore weit - Birte Kulawik (sop), David Erler (countertenor), Hans Jörg Mammel (ten), Matthias Lutze (bass), Saxon Vocal Ensemble, Batzdorf Hofkapelle/Matthias Jung (CPO 777 332)

  GUILMANT: Paraphrase on a chorus from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus - Elisabeth Roloff (organ of the Franciscan Convent of St Catharina, Bethlehem) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 320 1345)

  WILLAN: The Great O Antiphons of Advent - Vancouver Chamber Choir/Jon Washburn (Virgin 5 45183)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The First Nowell, A Nativity Play - Sarah Fox (sop), Roderick Williams (bar), Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10385)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SULLIVAN: Symphony in E, Irish - Royal Liverpool Phil/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570351)

  LISZT: Piano Concerto No 2 in A - John Ogdon (pno), BBC SO/Colin Davis (BBC Legends BBCL 4089)

  SPOHR: Nonet in F for wind & strings - Ensemble 360 (ASV GLD 4026)

  HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 1 in F - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Argo 414 596)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  RAVEL: La Valse - Cologne Radio SO/Gary Bertini (Capriccio 71 093)

  A SCARLATTI: Christmas Cantata - Nancy Argenta (sop), Chandos Baroque Players (EMI CDC 7 54176)

  TOCH: String Quartet No 7 in G Op 15 - Buchberger Quartet (CPO 999 775)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto in C Op 56 - David Oistrakh (vln), Sviatoslav Knushevitzky (cello), Lev Oborin (pno), Philharmonia/Malcolm Sargent (rec 1958) (EMI 3 81487)

  MOZART: Variations in C on Lison dormait K264 - Daniel Barenboim (pno) (rec 1991) (EMI CDS 7 54362)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  FARQUHAR: Serenade for Strings - NZSO Chamber Orch (Manu CD MANU 1550)

  FIELD: Serenade in Bb - John Khouri (fpno) (Entr'acte ESCD 6503)

  GOUNOD: Il ne revient pas; Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle, from Faust - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (Philips 434 725)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Serenade - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Ingrid Wahlberg (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1426)

  GRENFELL: ... serenades and skirmishing - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BERLIOZ: Beatrice & Benedict, Overture & entr'acte - New York Phil/Pierre Boulez (Sony SM3K 64103)

  MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Claude Delangle (sax), Singapore SO/Lan Shui (BIS CD 1357)

  PARADIS arr Dushkin: Sicilienne in Eb - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Gerald Moore (pno) (EMI 5 86597)

  WALTON arr Tracey: Crown Imperial - Ian Tracey (organ of Liverpool Cathedral) (EMI CDB 7 62813)

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 - Academy of Ancient Music, Berlin (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1634)

  CILEA: Poveri fiori, from Adriana Lecouvreur - Renée Fleming (sop), Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (Decca 475 8070)

  CHOPIN: Scherzo No 3 in C# minor Op 39 - Martha Argerich (pno) (Philips 456 703)

  KROLL arr/orch Kennedy/Lenehan/Messiter: Banjo & Fiddle - Nigel Kennedy (vln), English CO (EMI 5 56923)

  GRAINGER: Green Bushes - Slovak Radio SO/Keith Brion (Naxos 8.554263)

  HENRY VIII: Green grow'th the holly - Theatre of Voices/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMX 297 7079)

  MAYERL: Song of the fir tree - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8560)

  GIBBS: The cherry tree - Peter Jeffes (ten), John Constable (pno) (Novello NVLCD 107)

  TRAD arr Flower: Cherry Tree Carol - Edward Flower, Joel Brown (gtrs) (ABC Classics 472 044)

  BUTTERWORTH: Banks of Green Willow - London SO/André Previn (EMI 3 82157)

  TRAD arr Walford Davies: The holly & the ivy - Tewkesbury Abbey Choir/Andrew Sackett (Naxos 8.553077)

  J STRAUSS II: Where the lemon trees bloom, Waltz Op 364 - Vienna Johann Strauss Capelle/Michael Tomascheck (Koch International 324 073)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Songs of a Wayfarer

  Benjamin Zander discusses Mahler's much-loved song-cycle

  MAHLER: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen - Christopher Maltman (bar), Philharmonia/Benjamin Zander (Telarc CD 80628)

• 7:40 PM. Recent Release

  BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 100 - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), Yefim Bronfman (pno) (RCA 88697 061062)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Not a Silent Night

  Rebecca Crabtree, Ju-Hyeon Han (sops), Malcolm Ede (bar), Kirstie O'Sullivan (reader), Auckland Philharmonia/Marc Taddei

  BIZET: Farandole, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 2; GOUNOD: Faites-lui mes aveux, from Faust; SAKI: Reginald on Christmas Presents (reading); MOZART: Porgi amor, from The Marriage of Figaro; HANDEL: Coronation Anthem No 1, Zadok the Priest; Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah; J WILLIAMS: Hedwig's theme, from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; A bridge to the past, from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Song of the Viking Guest, from Sadko; LEONTOVICH: Carol of the Bells; GOGOL: Christmas Eve, excerpt (reading); RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Polonaise, from Christmas Eve; BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor; TRAD: O come, all ye faithful (recorded in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Auckland by RNZ)

• 9:10 PM. Rózsa On & Off Screen

  Overture; Prelude; Courage & Honour, from the film El Cid - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7340)

  Violin Concerto Op 24 - Anastasia Khitruk (vln), Russian Phil/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.570350)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  10:00 SCHUMANN: Impromptus on a Theme by Clara Wieck Op 5 - Ian Hobson (pno) (Arabesque Z 6621)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 33/3, Bird - Párkányí Quartet (Praga PRD 250 238)

  ELGAR: Sospiri Op 70 - Osian Ellis (harp), English CO/Paul Goodwin (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7258)

  L BOULANGER: D'un Soir Triste - Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Koch 3-7169)

  11:00 WEBER: Grand duo concertant in Eb Op 48 - Pascal Moraguès (cl), Mari Izuha (pno) (Praga PRD 350 025)

  SCHUBERT: Divertissement à la hongroise D818 - Christoph Eschenbach, Justus Frantz (pno duet) (Brilliant Classics 92858)

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