Tuesday 21 December 2010 Rātū 21 Hakihea 2010

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  STANFORD: Symphony No 4 in F; Irish Rhapsody No 6 for violin & orchestra; Oedipus Rex Prelude - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8884)

  1:05 approx - Disc 2

  BACH: Leipzig Chorale Preludes Nos 14-18 BWV664-668; Fantasia in G minor BWV572; Trio Sonata in E minor BWV528; Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV544; Toccata and Fugue in F BWV540 - Gillian Weir (organ of Thomaskirche, Leipzig) (Priory PRCD 800)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  ROUSE: Karolju; LUTOSLAWSKI; Polish Christmas carols; RODRIGO: Retablo de Navidad - Julia Doyle (sop), Anna Stephant (mezzo), Philharmonia Chorus, BBC SO/David Zinman (RCA 88697 11561)

  3:25 approx - Disc 4

  MOZART: String Quartets, in A K464; in C, Dissonance K465 - Quatuor Mosaïques (Astrée Auvidis E 8748)

  4:30 approx - Disc 5

  Works by MENDELSSOHN, BACH, TCHAIKOVSKY, MASSENET, BRUCH, PUCCINI, WAGNER, GOUNOD, BERLIOZ & BARBER - Various orchestras & conductors (Decca 452 625)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 RICHTER arr Schroeder: Symphony No 53 in D, Trumpet Symphony - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10386)

  PARISH ALVARS: Grand Fantasy Op 57 - Ieuan Jones (harp) (Claudio CR 4939)

  WEBER: Clarinet Concertino in Eb Op 26 - Emma Johnson (cl), English CO/Charles Groves (ASV CD DCA 559)

  K JENKINS: Celebratio - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Priory PRCD 1031)

  HOLST: Japanese Suite - London SO/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 222)

  7:00 TRAD arr Watts: Ding dong! merrily on high - Maddy Prior (vocalist), Carnival Band (Portrait PCL 1007)

  ROSSINI: The Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - National Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 400 049)

  LITOLFF: Second movement, Scherzo, from Concerto Symphonique No 4 in D minor Op 102 - Misha Dichter (pno), Philharmonia/Neville Marriner (Philips 411 123)

  ALBÉNIZ arr Feola: Bajo la Palmera, from Spanish Songs Op 232 - Giuseppe Feola (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 94047)

  FRANCK arr Delsart: Fourth movement, Allegretto poco mosso, from Violin Sonata in A - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (EMI 5 65955)

  WALTON: Spitfire Prelude & Fugue - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Chandos CHAN 8870)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: GRIEG arr Reger: Ich liebe dich Op 5/3 - Yvonne Kenny (sop), Melbourne SO/Vladimir Kamirski (ABC Classics 454 511)

  DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (Sanctuary CD RSN 3046)

  BEETHOVEN: Rondo a capriccio in G Op 129, Rage over a lost penny - Wilhelm Kempff (pno) (DG 429 072)

  MORLACCHI: The Swiss Shepherd - James Galway (fl), Phillip Moll (pno) (RCA 09026 68882)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No 1 in A Op 20 - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 448 128)

  KABALEVSKY: Colas Breugnon, Overture - Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer (CBC SMCD 5069)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  RUBBRA: Advent Cantata, Natum Maria Virgine Op 136 - Stephen Varcoe (bar), ASMF Chorus, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9847)

  MANFREDINI: Sinfonia Pastorale per il Santissimo Natale - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 457 357)

  HAYDN: Cantilena pro Adventu, Ein' Magd, ein' Dienerin; STRAVINSKY: Choral Variations on Vom Himmel hoch - Claron McFadden (sop), West German Radio Vocal Ensemble & Orch/Paul Goodwin (Hänssler CD 93.114)

  McDOWALL: Christus natus est - Rachel Nicholls (sop), Canterbury Chamber Choir, Parmiter's Senior Singers, Orchestra Nova/George Vass (Dutton CDLX 7146)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Hamlet, Fantasy Overture - CBSO/Andris Nelsons (Orfeo C 780 091 A)

  PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 6 - Rudolf Koelman (vln), Netherlands SO/Jan Willem de Vriend (Challenge Classics CC 72343)

  SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen Op 15 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 6 98360)

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 1 in E minor Op 39 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (EMI 3 72478)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Bach & Vivaldi

  BACH arr Rowland-Jones: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Maxim Rysanov (vla) (BIS SACD 1783)

  VIVALDI: Trio Sonata in Eb RV65 - Christopher Hogwood (org), L'Arte dell'Arco (DHM 88697 30309)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  TRAD: Twelve Days of Christmas - Joan Sutherland (sop), Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 095)

  ARENSKY: Etude in F# Op 41/2 - Stephen Coombs (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67066)

  MOZART: Violin Concerto No 1 in Bb K207 - James Ehnes (vln/dir), Mozart Anniversary Orch (CBC SMCD 5238)

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 5 in Bb - Northern Sinfonia/Heinrich Schiff (Chandos CHAN 7126)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Trio No 2 in D minor, Élégiaque - Leonid Kogan (vln), Fiodor Luzanov (cello), Evgeny Svetlanov (pno) (rec 1973) (Brilliant Classics 93030)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  BRAHMS: Tragic Overture Op 81 - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (RNZ)

  CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 2 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

  FARR: Concerto for percussion & orchestra - Strike, Wellington Orch/Kenneth Young (Vector Wgtn Orch VWO 001)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  BERLIOZ: Beatrice & Benedict, Overture - Sydney SO/Edo de Waart (ABC Classics 462 013)

  CHOPIN: Variations on Non più mesta, from Rossini's La Cenerentola - Alessandro Baccini (ob), City of Adria Phil/Giorgio Fabbri (Tactus TC 791804)

  HANDEL: Concerto No 3 in F for two wind choirs - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (dir) (L'Oiseau-Lyre 411 721)

  MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words Op 67/4, Spinning Song, or Bee's Wedding - Josef Hofmann (pno) (Nimbus NI 8819)

  BIZET: Carmen Suite No 1 - French National Radio Orch/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDM 7 63379)

  ARNE: Rule Britannia, from Alfred - Catherine Bott (sop), Joseph Cornwell (ten), Psalmody, members of Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (hpschd/dir) (Hyperion CDA 67115)

  J WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Janine Jansen (vln), Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Decca 475 011)

  GIULIANI: Variations on Folia di Spagna Op 45 - Dale Kavanagh (gtr) (Hänssler CD 98.400)

  OFFENBACH: The Shepherds, Overture - Montpellier National Orch/Jean-Christophe Keck (Accord 476 8999)

  BRITTEN: A shepherd's carol - Robert Shaw Chamber Singers (NPR PT CD 0001)

  GROVLEZ: Le Pastour, from L'Almanach aux Images - Peter Katin (pno) (Simax PSC 1067)

  CORNELIUS: The Shepherds - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (DG 477 5725)

  GRAINGER: Shepherd's Hey - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9549)

  RUTTER: Shepherd's Pipe Carol - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 510)

  TRAD arr Hann: Come all ye shepherds - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Philip Jones (Decca 448 980)

  DOWLAND arr McGuire: A shepherd in a shade - Jane Edwards (sop), Marshall McGuire (harp) (Artworks AW 019)

  DEBUSSY trans Prorvich: The little shepherd, from Children's Corner - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10521)

  ANON arr Davis: Rise up Shepherd - King's Singers (NPR PT CD 0001)

  FRANÇAIX: L'Heure du Berger - Vovka Ashkenazy (pno), Reykjavik Wind Quintet (Chandos CHAN 10420)

  BERLIOZ: Shepherds' Farewell, from The Childhood of Christ - Atlanta Symphony Chorus & Orch/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80119)

  MOZART: Il re pastore, Overture - Lausanne CO/Yehudi Menuhin (Virgin 3 63284)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  7:30 Resound

  Ten programmes of New Zealand music from the RNZ archives

  (10) KEAY: String Quartet No 2 (1995) - Nevine String Quartet (recorded 22 September 2002 in the Ilott Theatre, Wellington by RNZ)

  Introduced by Kenneth Young

  8:00 2010 ISCM Music Days from Sydney

  Eleven programmes

  (7) MATCH Percussion & Michael Duke present Well Matched

  KENNEDY: First Deconstruction (in Plastic); PANG: In Different Spaces; YOUNG: Snapdragon; PAN: Fantasie for solo saxophone; KOZLOVA: Dimension of Quiescene; RAISANEN: L'Homme Armé (recorded in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music by ABC Classic FM)

  10:00 The Frank Zappa Memorial Barbecue

  Today marks what would have been Frank Zappa's 70th birthday. Since the composer's death in 1993, The Zappa Family Trust have released almost 20 posthumous albums, many drawn from Zappa's vast tape archive, "The Vault". In this programme, Jim Gardner talks to Tim Dodd about these releases, and Zappa's evolving musical legacy (RNZ)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

Next day - Wed 22

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