Friday 24 December 2010 Rāmere 24 Hakihea 2010

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan; WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D; No 20 in E minor; No 21 in E minor - Quebec Conservatoire Orch/Franz-Paul Decker (Bell BELL-CD 1991)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  ROSSINI: Waltz in Eb; Thème; Allegretto; Scherzo in A minor; Un Rien; Péchés de vieillesse, Book 3, Morceau réservés; Péchés de vieillesse, Book 9 - Marco Sollini (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10190)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  "Sing in Exultation"

  GAUNTLETT: Once in royal David's city; GRÜBER: Silent Night (Po Marie); TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: O little town of Bethlehem; HEAD: The little road to Bethlehem; ANON arr Praetorius: Est ist ein' Ros' entsprungen; MADDEN: I sing of a maiden; ADAM arr Rutter: O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël); DARKE: In the bleak mid-winter; BASQUE arr Willcocks: The infant King; ANON arr Willcocks: Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing?; MACKY arr Hamilton: Te Harinui; RUTTER: Candlelight Carol; TRAD arr Jacques: Good King Wenceslas; ANON: Ding dong! merrily on high; WADE arr Willcocks: O come, all ye faithful; GANNON/KENT arr Huff: I'll be home for Christmas; PIERPOINT: Jingle Bells; GARDNER: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; SWEELINCK: Hodie Christus natus est - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  FUCHS: Cello Sonata No 1 in D minor; Fantasiestücke Op 78; Cello Sonata No 2 in Eb - Nancy Green (cello), Caroline Palmer (pno) (Biddulph LAW 005)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  ELGAR: In the South Op 50; Froissart Op 19; Variations on an original theme, Enigma Op 36 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (Conifer CDCF 187)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 M HAYDN: Symphony No 7 in E - Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal (CPO 999 591)

  ANON: Masque Dances - Alison Melville (recorder), Margaret Gay (baroque cello), Peter Lehman (theorbo), Valerie Weeks (hpschd) (EBS EBS 6016)

  BULL: The Herd-Girl's Sunday - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Razumovsky SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.554497)

  CPE BACH: Keyboard Sonata in Bb Wq48/2 - Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67786)

  DELIBES: Waltz & Mazurka, from Coppélia - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

  7:00 GARDNER: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - Mark Williams (pno), Ben Glassberg (tambourine), City of London Choir/Hilary Davan Wetton (Naxos 8.572102)

  J STRAUSS II: Czárdás, from Die Fledermaus - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 2020 601)

  FAURÉ orch Aubert: Fantaisie Op 79 - Juliette Hurel (fl), Brittany Orch/Moshe Atzmon (Timpany 1C 1172)

  RACHMANINOV: Preludes, in G minor Op 23/5; in C# minor Op 3/2 - Josef Hofmann (pno) (Nimbus NI 8819)

  ALBÉNIZ arr Feola: Asturias; Castilla, from Spanish Songs Op 232 - Giuseppe Feola (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 94047)

  MONCAYO: Huapango - Royal Phil/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 871)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: HANDEL arr Galway: Pastoral Symphony, from Messiah - James Galway (fl), Munich Radio Orch/John Georgiadis (RCA 74321 37731)

  DELIUS: Sleigh Ride - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC SMCD 5134)

  KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, excerpts - Peter-Lukas Graf (fl), Konrad Ragossnig (gtr) (Claves CD 50-2013)

  POULENC: French Suite after Claude Gervaise - London Wind Orch/Denis Wick (ASV White Line CD WHL 2067)

  WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 1539)

  WALDTEUFEL: The Skaters, Waltz - National Phil/Douglas Gamley (Decca 460 400)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  BACH: Magnificat in D BWV243 - Lisa Larsson, Elisabeth von Magnus (sops), Bogna Bartosz (contralto), Gerd Türk (ten), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Choir & Orch/Ton Koopman (Challenge CC 72188)

  TRAD arr Iveson: The holly & the ivy; MENDELSSOHN arr Willcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing - Bach Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/David Willcocks, John Scott (org), James Blades, David Corkill (perc) (Decca 448 980)

  CA JACOBI: Der Himmel steht uns wieder offen - Deborah York (sop), Elbipolis Baroque Orch (Berlin Classics 1660 BC)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 3 in C Op 52 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572305)

  DOHNÁNYI: Variations on a Nursery Song Op 25 - Eldar Nebolsin (pno), Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.572303)

  CRUSELL: Clarinet Quartet No 2 in C minor Op 4 - László Horváth (cl), Trio Dumas (Hungaroton HCD 32570)

  BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra - NZSO National Youth Orchestra 2007/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (RNZ)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Holiday Time

  GARDNER: Half Holiday Overture Op 52 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2125)

  MOERAN: Bank Holiday - John McCabe (pno) (BMS 103 CDH)

  ANDERSON: A Bugler's Holiday - Eastman Rochester Pops Orch/Frederick Fennell (Mercury 434 376)

  GOOSSENS: Five Impressions of a Holiday Op 7 - Susan Milan (fl), John Heley (cello), Ian Brown (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10259)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  VICTORIA: O magnum mysterium - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

  LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2008)

  MOZART: Porgi amor, from The Marriage of Figaro - Maria Callas (sop), Paris Conservatoire Orch/Nicola Rescigno (EMI CDC 7 49005)

  SIBELIUS: Finlandia - London SO/Colin Davis (RCA 09026 68770)

  VERDI: Quartet, Bella figlia dell'amore, from Rigoletto - Joan Sutherland (sop), Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Sherrill Milnes (bar), London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 448 060)

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• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  PRAETORIUS: Christmas Mass - Gabrieli Consort & Players Boys' Choir, Congregational Choir of Roskilde Cathedral/Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts (organ of Roskilde Cathedral) (rec 1994) (Archiv 439 250)

• 4:30 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A - Jan Tawroszewicz (vln), Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80116)

  RODRIGO: Second movement, Adagio, from Concierto de Aranjuez - Julian Bream (gtr), Michael Winfield (cor anglais), Monteverdi Orch/John Eliot Gardiner (RCA GD 86525)

  BRAHMS: Scherzo, from FAE Sonata in A minor - György Pauk (vln), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93989)

  SCHUBERT trans Rachmaninov: Wohin?; MENDELSSOHN trans Rachmaninov: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream; BIZET trans Rachmaninov: Minuet, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 470 291)

  DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - Royal Phil/John Farrer (ASV CD DCA 794)

  PUCCINI: Love duet, from Madame Butterfly - Mirella Freni (sop), Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (Decca 440 072)

  GINZBURG: Fantasy on a theme from The Barber of Seville - Denis Matsuev (pno) (RCA 82876 61273)

  TRAD arr Willcocks: The First Nowell - Tewkesbury Abbey Choir/Andrew Sackett (Naxos 8.553077)

  DAQUIN: Noël Suisse - Gillian Weir (organ of Hexham Abbey) (Argo 460 190)

  ANON: Nowell! This is the salutacyon of the angell Gabryell - Sinfonye (Hyperion CDH 55151)

  ROSSINI: Échantillon du Chant de Noël à l'italienne - Paolo Giacometti (fpno) (Channel Classics CCS 16098)

  TRAD: Nowell, nowell, Dieu vous garde - The Sixteen, choir & instrumental ensemble/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16027)

  JOLIVET: Pastorales de Noël - Gaby Pas-van Riet (fl), Jan Pas (cello), Sophie Hallynck (harp) (Hänssler CD 93.175)

  GEVAERT: Noël pastoral - Le Petit Sablon Vocal Ensemble/Thibaut Lenaerts (Fuga Libera FUG 545)

  TRAD: Noël provençal - Yves Roure (Carillon of the Ducal Château of Savoie) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 297 8199)

  WALDTEUFEL: Les Roses de Noël, Waltz Op 230 - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223688)

• 7:00 PM. The Chart Toppers

  A selection of this year's top Concert Classical Chart CDs

  PORPORA: In braccio a mille furie, from Semiramide riconosciuta - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Decca 478 1521)

  BACH: First movement, Prelude, from Partita No 1 in Bb BWV825 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 2001/02)

  CHOPIN: Waltz in E minor Op posth - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD 909)

  WAGNER: In fernem Land, from Lohengrin - Simon O'Neill (ten), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (EMI 4 57817)

  SIBELIUS: Third movement, Allegro ma non tanto, from Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 - Hilary Hahn (vln), Swedish Radio SO/Esa-Pekka Salonen (DG 477 7346)

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr Hough: Solitude Op 73/6 - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67711/2)

  BACH: Second movement, Corrente, from Partita No 2 in D minor BWV1004 - Isabelle Faust (vln) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2059)

  GIORDANO: Amor ti vieta, from Fedora - Plácido Domingo (ten), German Opera Orchestra, Berlin/Nello Santi (Warner 2564 69689)

  PROKOFIEV: Third movement, Intermezzo, from Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 16 - Freddy Kempf (pno), Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (BIS SACD 1820)

  STRAVINSKY: Danse russe, from Three movements from Petrushka - Yuja Wang (pno) (DG 477 8795)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Second movement, Allegro con brio, from Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 67 - New Zealand Chamber Soloists (Atoll ACD 209)

  VIVALDI: A solis ortu, from Laudate pueri RV601 - Sandrine Piau (sop), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (Naïve OP 30508)

  VERDI: Chorus of Murderers, Chi osò mandarvi a noi? from Macbeth - La Scala Chorus & Orch, Milan/Claudio Abbado (DG 449 732)

  BEETHOVEN: Third movement, Scherzo, from Piano Sonata No 3 in C Op 2/3 - Lang Lang (pno) (Sony 88697 71900)

  MOZART: Voi che sapete, from The Marriage of Figaro - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), La Scintilla Orch/Adam Fischer (Decca 478 2249)

  D'INDIA: Ma ché? Squallido e oscuro, from Primo libro di musiche da cantar solo 1609 - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Private Musicke/Pierre Pitzl (DG 477 8764)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

  A service led by the Very Reverend Frank Nelson, with readings from the staff, clergy and choir members - Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Michael Fulcher (dir), Richard Apperley (org) (recorded in the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul by RNZ)

• 9:40 PM. Bird

  HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 33/3 - Casals Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMX 296 2022.23)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit - Winston Choi (pno) (Albany TROY 1172)

  SCHUBERT orch Davidson: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 - Patricia Pollett (vla), Queensland Phil/Werner Andreas Albert (Tall Poppies TP 084)

  DELIUS: Summer Evening - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5208)

  11:00 TRAD: Ceremony of the Shepherds & Midnight Mass according to the 13th century rite of Rouen Cathedral - Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge, Choristers of King's College, Cambridge/Mary Berry (Herald HAVP CD 180)

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