Tuesday 27 December 2011 Rātū 27 Hakihea 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D 759, Unfinished; Grand Duo in C D812 (orch Joachim) - Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 655)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  BABIN: Hillandale Waltzes; Thème; Valse élégante; Valse passionée; Valse sombre; Valse volante; Valse triste; Valse de bonne humeur; Valse brillante et joyeuse; Valse oubliée; CARDEW: Scherzo; RICHARDSON: Roundelay; SEIBER: Andantino Pastorale; BENJAMIN: Jamaican Rumba; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr Bellison: Introduction and Hymn to the Sun; RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14; PIERNÉ: Canzonetta Op 19; SCHMITT: Andantino Op 30/1; DUKAS: Alla Gitana; SATIE: Trois Gymnopédies; MESSAGER: Solo de Concours; RAVEL: Pièce en forme de Habanera - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  20th Century Christmas Carols by WALTON; LEIGHTON; RUBBRA; BRITTEN; TAVENER; PM DAVIES; HOWELLS; HAYWARD; WARLOCK; GARDNER - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Collins 12702)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  BEACH: Piano Quintet in F# Op 67; CLARKE: Piano Trio; Viola Sonata - Martin Roscoe (pno), Endellion Quartet (ASV CD DCA 932)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  FIALA: Oboe Concerto in Bb; KROMMER: Oboe Concerto in F Op 37; KALLIWODA: Oboe Concertino in F Op 110; MARTINU: Oboe Concerto - Ingo Goritzki (ob), Polish Chamber Phil/Wojciech Rahski (Claves CD 50-9018)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture - London Classical Players/Roger Norrington (EMI CDC 7 49889)

  RODRIGO: Ecos de Sefarad - Marco Socìas (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 9177)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Sea & Sinbad's Ship, from Scheherazade - Justine Cormack (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Barcarolle Op 108 - Mozart Piano Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 943 1519)

  HOLST: St Paul's Suite - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9270)

  7:00 KOCHER arr Willcocks: As with gladness men of old - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, Robert Quinney (org) (Coro COR 16085)

  KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Royal Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (EMI CDC 7 47348)

  MOZART: Divertimento in F K138 - Quatuor Ebène (Virgin 0 70922)

  CHOPIN: Nocturne in F# Op 15/2 - Dominic Piers Smith (pno) (Private Recording)

  PRUDEN: Taranaki - New Zealand SO/Philip Walsh (RNZ)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: PURCELL: Hush, no more, from The Fairy Queen - Stephen Varcoe (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 419 221)

  PAGANINI: Introduction & Variations on Dal tuo stellato, from Rossini's 'Moses' - Eugene Fodor (vln), Kiyoshi Tomagawa (pno) (Clarity CCD 1017)

  MONCAYO: Huapango - Philharmonic Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra (Sony 88697 70441)

  BORODIN: String Sextet in D minor - Lindsay String Quartet, Louise Williams (vla), Raphael Wallfisch (cello) (ASV CD DCA 1143)

  RAVEL arr Wood: Boléro - Bruce McKinnon (perc), Saxcess (Saxcess)

  MAHLER: Fourth movement, Adagietto, from Symphony No 5 in C# minor - New York Phil/Zubin Mehta (Warner 8573 80438)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  POULENC: Four Christmas Motets - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Virgin VC 7 91075)

  CORSELLI: A ti, invisible Ruiseñor Canoro - Nuria Rial (sop), Emilio Moreno (vln/dir), El Concierto Español (Glossa GCD 920 307)

  RESPIGHI: The Adoration of the Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures - BBC Concert Orch/Stephen Cleobury (BBC Music BBC MM 236)

  LEIGHTON: A Christmas Caroll - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell, Robert Quinney (org) (Hyperion CDA 67716)

  VARIOUS arr Peak: Christmas Medley - Welsh National Youth Orch/Owain Arwel Hughes (Quartz QTZ 2035)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata No 2 in D Op 94a - Jack Liebeck (vln), Katya Apekisheva (pno) (Quartz QTZ 2002)

  SPOHR: Symphony No 1 in Eb Op 20 - North German Radio Phil/Howard Griffiths (CPO 777 179)

  ARRIAGA: String Quartet No 1 in D minor - Guarneri String Quartet (Philips 446 092)

  STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 8775)

• Noon Summer Sonic

  Words and Music

  Five programmes in which Brian Kay explores some favourite territory displaying the words and music in perfect combination

  (2) Gilbert & Sullivan (RNZ)

• 1:10 PM. G & S En Pointe

  SULLIVAN arr Mackerras: Pineapple Poll - Royal Phil/Charles Mackerras (Arabesque Z 8016)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 58 - James Ehnes (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (CBC SMCD 5207)

  PRINCESS TE RANGI PAI: Hine e Hine - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5101)

  MERCADANTE: Duetto, Io troverò nell'Asia, from Zaira

  Zaira............................. Majella Cullagh

  Orosmane..................... Alastair Miles

  Philharmonia/David Parry (Opera Rara ORR 224)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C Op 59/3, Razumovsky - Fine Arts Quartet (rec 1967) (Music & Arts CD 1154)

  BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 118 - Stephen Kovacevich (pno) (rel 1981) (Philips 420 750)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  Holiday Destinations

  CARR: Auckland 71: Ode - Heath Lees (narrator), Orpheus Choir of Wellington Chamber Choir, New Zealand SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 111)

  CROWE: Bali H'ai, Five Songs of the New Hebrides - Schola Players/Ashley Heenan (Kiwi SLD 77)

  GERSHWIN arr Bennett: Gershwin in Hollywood - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.559107)

  GIAMPIERI: Variations on The Carnival of Venice - Mark Walton (cl), Paul Bateman (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 001)

  HUMMEL: Rondo brillant in F Op 127, Le retour à Londres - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557845)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Douglas Bostock (Classico CLASS CD 1501)

  BARBER: Agnus Dei - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

  DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour le Piano - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

  KREISLER trans Rachmaninov: Liebesleid; Liebesfreud - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 470 291)

  BAX: Tintagel - London Phil/Osmo Vänskä (LPO 0036)

  STANFORD: A song of peace; Pray that Jerusalem; EWING: Jerusalem the Golden; S ADAMS: The Holy City; PARRY: Jerusalem - Wells Cathedral Choir/Malcolm Archer, Rupert Gough (org) (Cantoris CRCD 6070)

  LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 12 S379a - Friedemann Eichhorn (vln), Rolf-Dieter Arens (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.634)

  PERGOLESI: Il prigionier superbo, Sinfonia - St Cecilia CO/Alessio Vlad (Europa Musica 350 262)

  PIAZZOLLA arr Desyatnikov: Autumn, from Four Seasons in Buenos Aires - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (Nonesuch 7559 79568)

  RACHMANINOV: Third movement, Allegro scherzando, from Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Sviatoslav Richter (pno), Warsaw Phil/Stanislav Wislocki (Philips 456 952)

• 7:00 PM. Sound Lounge

  Robbie Ellis hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

  7:20 WHITEHEAD: Out of This Nettle, Danger - Anthea Moller (mezzo), Karlheinz Company/John Elmsly (RNZ)

  8:00 Live! at the Concertgebouw

  Six programmes

  (1) Leila Josefowicz (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Thomas Adès, Edo de Waart, Stanislav Skrowaczewski

  VERMEULEN: Music from the Flying Dutchman; ADÈS: Violin Concerto, 'Concentric Paths'; Polaris, Voyage for Orchestra; Tevot; WAGNER: Overture, The Flying Dutchman; LUTOSLAWSKI: Concerto for Orchestra (Radio Netherlands) (Programme 2 next Tuesday 8.00pm)

  11:00 New Music Dreams

Next day - Wed 28

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