Saturday 25 December 2010 Rāhoroi 25 Hakihea 2010

• 12:05 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  BACH: Cantata No 142, Uns ist ein Kind geboren; TORELLI: Christmas Concerto in G minor Op 8/6; MANFREDINI: Sinfonia Pastorale per il Santissimo Natale; LALANDE: Christmas Symphony; FERRANDINI: Christmas Symphony; M HAYDN: Pastorello; J STAMITZ: Christmas Symphony Op 4/2; GOSSEC: Christmas Suite; HANDEL: Pifa, from Messiah; VALENTINI: Christmas Symphony Op 1/12 - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

  1:05 approx - Disc 2

  TALLIS: Videte miraculum; TAVERNER: Audivi vocem de caelo; BYRD: Rorate caeli desuper; TALLIS: Missa Puer natus est nobis, Gloria; BYRD: Tollite portas; TALLIS: Missa Puer natus est nobis, Sanctus & Benedictus; BYRD: Ave Maria; TALLIS: Missa Puer natus est nobis, Agnus Dei; BYRD: Ecce virgo concipiet; WHITE: Magnificat; TRAD: Puer natus est nobis (chant); SHEPPARD: Verbum caro factum est - Stile Antico (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7517)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  SMITH: Veni Redemptor gentium; TRAD: Hodie Christus natus est; PALESTRINA: Hodie Christus natus est; TRAD: Puer natus est nobis - New York Polyphony

  LEIGHTON: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child - Elizabeth Barber, Ruth Cunningham (sops), Emilie Williams (contralto), New York Polyphony

  PEROTIN: Beata viscera - Geoffrey Dunstan Williams (countertenor)

  CORNYSH: Ave Maria Mater Dei - New York Polyphony

  TRAD: Alma Redemptoris Mater; TRAD arr Craig: The darkest midnight in December; MAXWELL DAVIES: The Fader of Heven; TRAD: Vox in Rama; CLEMENS NON PAPA: Vox in Rama; TRAD: Vox in Rama; TRAD: Away in a Manger - New York Polyphony

  PARSONS: Ave Maria - Elizabeth Barber, Ruth Cunningham (sops), Emilie Williams (contralto), New York Polyphony

  TRAD: Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child; TRAD: Ave Maria; TRAD: Lullay, lullow, I saw a swete semly sight; TRAD: Mervele noght, Josep; SMERT: Dieus wous garde, byewsser; TRAD: Veni Redemptor gentium; BYRD: O Magnum Mysterium; TRAD: Ecce advenit dominator Dominus; CLEMENS NON PAPA: Magi veniunt ab oriente - New York Polyphony

  SMITH: Nunc Dimittis - Elizabeth Barber, Ruth Cunningham (sops), Emilie Williams (contralto), New York Polyphony (Avie AV 2141)

  3:25 approx - Disc 4

  CORRETTE: Christmas Symphonies No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 - Rien Voskuilen (org/dir), La Fantasia (Brilliant Classics 93538)

  4:25 approx - Disc 5

  HANDEL: For unto us a boy is born, from Messiah - Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orch/Georg Solti

  BACH/GOUNOD: Ave Maria - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Wandsworth Boys' Choir, National Phil/Kurt Herbert Adler

  BACH: Pastoral Sinfonia, from Christmas Oratorio - Stuttgart CO/Karl Munchinger

  TRAD: What child is this - Joan Sutherland (sop), New Phil/Richard Bonynge

  MOZART: Laudate Dominum, from Vesperae solennes de confessore K339 - Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah SO/Joseph Silverstein

  BRAHMS: Wiegenlied - Renata Tebaldi (sop), New Phil/Anton Guadagno

  BACH: Jauchzet, frohlocket!, from Christmas Oratorio - Lubecker Kantorei, Stuttgart CO/Karl Munchinger

  Schlafe mein Liebster, from Christmas Oratorio - Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Vienna Cantata Orch/Henry Lewis

  HANDEL: Pastoral Symphony; There were shepherds; Glory to God, from Messiah - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Chicago Sym Chorus & Orch/Georg Solti

  MOZART: Allelujah, from Exsultate jubilate; ADAM: O holy night - Leontyne Price (sop), Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan

  BACH: Magnificat anima mea, from Magnificat - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, ASMF/Philip Ledger

  FRANCK: Panis angelicus - Anthony Way (treble), Warsaw Phil/Krzesimir Debski

  CORELLI: Largo pastorale, from Concerto Grosso No 8 in G minor - ASMF/Neville Marriner

  GOUNOD: O divine redeemer - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Utah SO/Julius Rudel

  SCHUBERT: Ave Maria - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), National Phil/Kurt Herbert Adler

  HANDEL: Hallelujah, from Messiah - Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orch/George Solti (Decca 448 176)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 TCHAIKOVSKY: Miniature Overture, from The Nutcracker - Paris Orch/Seiji Ozawa (PentaTone PTC 5186 107)

  BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintet in C G427 - Carlo Ipata (fl), Auser Musici (Hyperion CDA 67646)

  BANTOCK: Sapphic Poem - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Hyperion CDA 66899)

  BOELLMANN trans Choisnel: Ronde française Op 37 - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Priory PRCD 1031)

  VIVALDI: Concerto in A minor for two violins RV522, from L'Estro Armonico - Roberto Michelucci (vln/dir), Anna Maria Cotogni (vln), I Musici (Philips 446 169)

  7:00 S WESLEY: Symphony in A - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9823)

  FOERSTER: Erinnerung - Jana Bousková (harp), Stamic Quartet (Supraphon SU 4050)

  MENOTTI: Introduction, March & Shepherd's Dance, from Amahl & the Night Visitors - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Koch International 3-7005)

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 3 in Bb K281 - John Chen (pno) (RNZ)

  REYNOLDS: The Duenna, Suite of Five Dances - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Marco Polo 8.225184)

  8:00 GLIÈRE: The Sirens Op 33 - Slovak Phil/Stephen Gunzenhauser (Marco Polo 8.220349)

  MOLINO: Trio in G for flute, viola & guitar Op 4/1 - Carlo Tamponi (fl), Raffaele Mallozzi (vla), Gianluigi Giglio (gtr) (Tactus TC 763801)

  COATES: Knightsbridge, from London Suite - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Naxos 8.553596)

  CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO ed Piatigorsky: Figaro, a concert transcription from Rossini's The Barber of Seville - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (pno) (Naxos 8.557613)

  ANON arr Langford: A Christmas Fantasy - Huddersfield Choral Society, John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band/Roy Newsome (Chandos CHAN 8679)

• 9:00 AM. Best of Upbeat

  A recap from the week's national and international music news, with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. Your Choice

  SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C D760, Wanderer - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 420 644)

  MENDELSSOHN: Concert aria, Infelice!...Ah, Ritorna - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Maxim Vengerov (vln), La Scintilla Orch/Adam Fischer (Decca 478 2249)

  WOOD: Piano Concerto in D minor - Hamish Milne (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67127)

  KAPSBERGER: Kapsberger, from Libro quarto d'intavolatura di chitarone, Roma 1640 - Rolf Lislevand (theorbo), Brian Feehan (colascione), Pedro Estevan (perc) (Auvidis Tempo A 6259)

  DELIBES: Bell Song, Où va la jeune Indoue? from Lakmé - Natalie Dessay (sop), Monte Carlo Phil/Patrick Fournillier (EMI 5 56159)

  GRIEG: Lyric Pieces Book 7 - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61568)

  BACH: Christmas Oratorio, Part 1 for Christmas Day - Malin Hartelius (sop), Kristina Hammarström (contralto), Jörg Dürmüller (ten), Detlef Roth (bass), Amsterdam Cappella, Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (Challenge CC 76607)

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• Noon Leroy Anderson Christmas

  A seasonal programme of classic Christmas arrangements and original music by the American master of light music, Leroy Anderson. It's hosted by the composer's son Kurt Anderson and Leonard Slatkin who also conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra

  ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride; A Christmas Festival; Suite of Carols for string orchestra, Pastores a Belen; It came upon the midnight clear; O little town of Bethlehem; Bring torch, Jeanette, Isabella; Away in a manger; Wassail song; Suite of Carols for woodwind ensemble, Angels in our fields; O Sanctissima; O come, O come Emmanuel; O come, little children; Coventry Carol; Patapan; Suite of Carols for brass choir, While by my sheep; In dulci jubilo; Lo, how a rose e'er blooming; I saw three ships; From heaven high I come to you; We three kings of orient are; March of the kings (WFMT)

• 1:10 PM. Jazz at Lincoln Center

  Thirteen programmes from this Peabody Award winning series

  Hosts Wendell Pierce and Wynton Marsalis offer backgrounds, interviews and insights to accompany spirited performances from jazz greats

  (7) Dizzy's Atmospheres: Phil Woods, Cedar Walton and Steve Turre

  An acoustic cocktail mixed by the masters, saxophonist Phil Woods, pianist Cedar Walton and trombonist Steve Turre. Real club jazz, shaken, stirred and captured live at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola (Murray Street Productions)

• 2:10 PM. Global Sounds

  Indigenous music from around the world

  An EBU Folk Music Christmas

  The second of two programmes celebrating the festive season with music, songs and carols from throughout Europe (EBU)

• 3:00 PM. Giselle

  ADAM's ballet in two acts based on a poem by Heinrich Heine - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 417 505)

• 5:15 PM. A Time for Giving

  BARRY: Gifts of Nature - English CO/John Barry (London 640 009)

  RAUTAVAARA: Piano Concerto No 3, Gift of Dreams - Helsinki Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno/dir) (Ondine ODE 950)

  COPLAND: Simple gifts, from Appalachian Spring - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 64059)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  BODY: People look east; TRAD arr Carter: O come, O come, Emmanuel - Choir of Wellington Cathedral/Philip Walsh, Andrew MacMillan (org) (Herald HAVPCD 224)

  HAMILTON: Elysian Fields - New Zealand SO/Matthias Bamert (RNZ)

  HÜE: Fantasy - Marya Martin (fl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar TRL 030)

  K YOUNG: Brass Quintet No 1 - NZ Chamber Brass (Private Recording)

• 7:00 PM. Visitors for 2011

  WEBER: Oberon, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

  MOSZKOWSKI: Ballade in G minor Op 16/1 - Tasmin Little (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67389)

  CHOPIN: Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 3 75586)

  MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Michael Collins (cl), Piers Lane (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10615)

  RACHMANINOV: The Rock Op 7 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Avie AV 2188)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Twelve Days

  Viva Voce/John Rosser

  LEONTOVICH: Carol of the Bells; BRITTEN: Hymn to the Virgin; POULENC: Quem vidistis; Videntes stellam, from Four Christmas Motets; BYRD: Lullaby, my sweet little baby; HOWELLS: A spotless rose; TRAD arr Carter: Twelve Days of Christmas; PIERPONT: Jingle Bells; WHITACRE: Lux aurumque; TAVENER: The Lamb; TRAD arr Poston: The Boar's Head Carol; TRAD arr Shearman/Tailors/Rathbone: Coventry Carol; PRAETORIUS arr Sandström: Det är en ros utsprungen; TRAD arr Straight No Chaser/Rosser: Twelve Days of Christmas; MARTIN arr Gritton: Have yourself a merry little Christmas (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber by RNZ)

• 9:20 PM. Feeling a Little Grosse

  BEETHOVEN: Grosse Fuge in Bb Op 133 - Tokyo String Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7481.83)

  KORNGOLD arr Rebay: Grosse Fantasie aus der Oper "Die Tote Stadt" - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 5705/8)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  ECCLES: Symphony for Mercury, from The Judgement of Paris - Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman & Peter Holman (dirs) (Hyperion CDA 66108)

  FESCA: Flute Quartet in G Op 38 - Linos Ensemble (CPO 777 126)

  F SCHMIDT: Chaconne in D minor - Malmö SO/Vassily Sinaisky (Naxos 8.572119)

  11:00 TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in Bb, from Tafelmusik - Camerata of the 18th Century/Konrad Hünteler (dir) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 311 0580)

  CORNELIUS: Christmas Songs, Christmas tree; The shepherds; The three Kings; Simeon; Christ the friend of children; The Christ child - Peter Schreier (ten), Norman Shetler (pno) (Eurodisc 69013-2-RG)

  ROSSINI: String Sonata No 2 in A - members of Serenata of London (ASV CD DCA 767)

Next day - Sun 26

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