Saturday 24 December 2011 Rāhoroi 24 Hakihea 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  RESPIGHI: The Birds; Ancient Airs & Dances Suites 1 & 3; Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  SWEELINCK: Toccata; Psalm 140; Hexachord Fantasia; Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein; Echo Fantasia; Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr; Fantasia 'met bindingen'; Mein junges Leben hat ein End; Toccata; Erbarm dich mein o Herre Gott; Toccata; Psalm 116; Fantasia - Robert Woolley (organ of the Pieterskerk, Leiden) (Chandos CHAN 0701)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  Once As I Remember: The Story of Christmas in readings and music based on the Springhead Christmas Play, including plainsong, traditional carols and motets by PALESTRINA, BASSANO, SWEELINCK, BYRD, DERING, WEELKES, TAVENER, GARDNER, ARMSTRONG, BÁRDOS, HOWELLS, and SCHÜTZ - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 462 050)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Trios, in F Op 18/1; in E minor Op 92/2 - Joachim Trio (Naxos 8.550935)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  Live from Budapest

  Gypsy arrangements of traditional & popular tunes - Roby Lakatos (vln) & Lakatos Ensemble (DG 459 642)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 WAGNER: Parsifal, Prelude to Act 1 - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 474 377)

  SOR: Fantasy in D on a favourite Scottish Air Op 40, Variations on Ye banks & braes - Göran Söllscher (gtr) (DG 419 247)

  SVENDSEN: Zorahayda - Valdis Zarins (vln), Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)

  BIZET trans Mercz: Entr'acte to Act 3, from Carmen; Minuet, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 2 - János Bálint (fl), Nóra Mercz (harp) (Naxos 8.550741)

  FAURÉ: Elegy Op 24 - Paul Tortelier (cello), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 3 97722)

  7:00 ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture - Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI 5 62802)

  BEETHOVEN: Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte Op 66 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Telarc CD 80740)

  KOECHLIN: Towards the Starry Vault Op 129 - Stuttgart Radio SO/Heinz Holliger (Hänssler CD 93.106)

  MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words Op 62/1, May breezes - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 421 119)

  PAGANINI: La Campanella, Transcendental Study No 3 in G# minor after Paganini - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Irina Ryumina (pno) (BIS CD 999)

  KORNGOLD: Straussiana - North West German Philharmonia/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 146)

  8:00 LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

  PEROTIN: Viderunt omnes - Opus Anglicanum (Herald HAVPCD 212)

  MYERS arr Field: Cavatina, from The Deer Hunter - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)

  PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue in D - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 423 803)

  GODOWSKY: Studies 5-6, from Studies on Chopin Etudes, No 5 on Op 10/3 in Db; No 6 on Op 10/4 in C# minor - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67411/2)

  HOLST: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from Planets Suite Op 32 - Philharmonia/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

• 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

  HAYDN: Symphony No 8 in G, Le Soir - Vienna Academy Orch/Martin Haselböck (BBC Music BBC MM 237)

  C SCHUMANN: Three partsongs for unaccompanied choir, Abendfeier in Venedig; Vorwärts; Gondoliera - Heidelberg Madrigal Choir/Gerald Kegelmann (Bayer BR 100 041 CD)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D Op 17 - Stephen Hough (pno), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)

  FORQUERAY: La Portugaise - Jay Bernfeld (vla da gamba), Skip Sempé (hpschd) (DHM RD 77262)

  PRAETORIUS: Come, thou Redeemer; BODY: People, look East; WARLOCK: Adam lay ybounden; BYRD: Laetentur coeli; TRAD: O come, O come Emmanuel; TRAD: Gabriel's Message - Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Philip Walsh, Andrew MacMillan (org) (Herald HAVPCD 224)

  DVORÁK: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb Op 87 - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Lida Chen (vla), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Walter Delahunt (pno) (EMI 4 76871)

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

• Noon The RNZ Concert Classical Chart

  This week's best-selling CDs

• 1:00 PM. Jazz Concerts

  Nineteen live jazz concerts from the EBU

  (10) Joyce Cobb Trio

  The Grammy Award nominated singer from Memphis, Tennessee and her band inject their Southern flavour into classic jazz and rock songs (recorded in the Jazz Club, Prague by Czech Radio)

• 2:00 PM. Global Sounds

  Indigenous music from around the world

  Christmas in a Folk Style (Sweden)

  'Jul i Folkton' (Christmas in a folk style) is the name of an annual concert tour given by seven of Sweden's foremost folk musicians. Each of the musicians has chosen their favourite carols, songs and instrumental pieces from the Swedish folk tradition (EBU)

• 3:00 PM. Saturday Concert

  10th Adam Chamber Music Festival (2009)

  Six programmes

  (3) A RITCHIE: Clarinet Quintet - Philip Green (cl), New Zealand String Quartet

  FELD: Trio for violin, viola & cello - Vaclav Remes (vln), Josef Kluson (vla), Michal Kanka (cello)

  DEBUSSY: Sonata for flute, viola & harp - Bridget Douglas (fl), Gillian Ansell (vla), Carolyn Mills (harp)

  WARE: Calligraphy for solo cello - Rolf Gjelsten (cello)

  MOZART arr anon: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K364 - Vaclav Remes, Helene Pohl (vlns), Josef Kluson, Gillian Ansell (vlas), Michal Kanka, Rolf Gjelsten (cellos) (recorded in Nelson Cathedral by RNZ)

• 4:40 PM. A Christmas Oratorio

  WETZ: A Christmas Oratorio on Old German Poems - Marietta Zumbült (sop), Máté Sólyom-Nagy (bar), Erfurt Domberg Choir, Erfurt Philharmonic Chorus, Thuringian CO/George Alexander Albrecht (CPO 777 638)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  FARR: Waipiro - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

  DUSSEK: Piano Sonata in Bb Op 9/1 - Kemp English (fpno) (Manu CD MANU 5001)

  PLEYEL: String Quartet in C Op 2/2 - Enso Quartet (Naxos 8.557496)

  UTTING: Spirals - New Zealand SO/David Atherton (RNZ)

• 7:00 PM. Vocalied

  A STRAUSS edition

  Das Rosenband Op 36/1; Meinem Kinde Op 37/3; Du meines Herzens Krönelein Op 21/2; Morgen Op 27/4; Cäcilie Op 27/2 - Soile Isokoski (sop), Marita Viitasalo (pno) (Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0011)

  Schön sind, doch kalt die Himmelssterne Op 19/3; Ruhe, meine Seele Op 27/1; Schlechtes Wetter Op 69/5; Heimkehr Op 15/5; Allerseelen Op 10/8; Die Nacht Op 10/3 - Teresa Cahill (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (The Divine Art 24114)

  Heimliche Aufforderung Op 27/3; Ständchen Op 17/2; Traum durch die Dämmerung Op 29/1; Verführung Op 33/1; Waldseligkeit Op 49/1; Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland Op 55/6 - Steve Davislim (ten), Victoria State Orch/Simone Young (Melba 301 081)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

  The traditional service heard every year since 1918 at King's College, Cambridge, with readings from the staff, clergy and choir members - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury, Peter Stevens (org) (recorded in King's College Chapel, Christmas Eve 2008) (EMI 6 86082)

• 9:30 PM. Clock

  HAYDN: Symphony No 101 in D - Orch of the 18th Century/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GADE: Piano Trio in Bb - Trio Parnassus (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 303 1665)

  RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc CD 80601)

  KARLOWICZ: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 8 - Tasmin Little (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67389)

  11:00 KIRCHNER: Eight Pieces Op 79 - Johannes Moser (cello), Paul Rivinius (pno) (Hänssler CD 93.208)

  M-A CHARPENTIER: Messe de minuit pour Noël - Alan Walker, Alistair Flutter (trebles), James Turnbull (countertenor), Ben Cooper (ten), Andrew Rupp (bass), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, City of London Sinfonia/George Guest, Robert Huw Morgan (org) (Chandos CHAN 10448)

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