Wednesday 28 December 2011 Rāapa 28 Hakihea 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  BANTOCK: Celtic Symphony; The Witch of Atlas; The Sea Reivers; A Hebridean Symphony - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Hyperion CDA 66450)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  HUMMEL: Piano Septet No 1 in D minor Op 74; Piano Septet No 2 in C Op 114, Septet Militaire - Capricorn (Hyperion CDA 66396)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride; SMART/MONTGOMERY arr Cullen: Angels from the Realms of Glory; TRAD arr Rutter: Nativity Carol; LIVINGSTON/EVANS arr Cullen: Silver Bells; MCCARTNEY/DAVIS: The world you're coming into, from Liverpool Oratorio; TRAD arr Gould: The First Nowell; MASON/WATTS arr Rutter: Joy to the World!; LEONTOVICH/WILLHOUSKY arr Hayman: Carol of the Bells; ADAM/DWIGHT arr Cullen: O Holy Night; BACH arr Bridges: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; DAVIS/NEWELL: The Most Wonderful Birthday of All; PIERPONT arr Gould: Jingle Bells; MARTIN/BLANE arr Cullen/Davis: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz of the Snowflakes, from The Nutcracker; BERLIN arr Cullen: White Christmas - Claire Rutter (sop), Hallé Choir & Orch/Carl Davis

  (Hallé CD HLL 7504)

  3:25 approx - Disc 4

  TARTINI: Violin Sonata in G minor Op 1/10, Didone abbandonata; Violin Sonata in C minor Op 1/8; Violin Sonata in F Op 1/2; Pastorale in A; Violin Sonata in F Op 1/12; Violin Sonata in G minor, Devil's Trill - Locatelli Trio (Hyperion CDA 66430)

  4:40 approx - Disc 5

  HOLST: A Winter Idyll; Symphony in F Op 8, Elegy in Memoriam William Morris; Indra Op 13; A Song of the Night Op 19/1; Sita, Interlude; Invocation Op 19/2; The Lure, Ballet Music; Morning of the Year, Dances - Lorraine McAslan (vln), Alexander Baillie (cello), London Phil, London SO/David Atherton (Lyrita SRCD 209)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 HERSCHEL: Symphony No 17 in C - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

  SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 12 in C minor, Quartettsatz - Szymanowski Quartet (Avi Music AVI 8553159)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr Palmer: Song of India, from Sadko - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Nicholas Cleobury (Philips 462 712)

  WAGNER arr Liszt: Pilgrims' Chorus, from Tannhäuser - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67101/2)

  GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - Gösta Ohlin's Vocal Ensemble, Pro Musica Chamber Choir, Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 427 807)

  7:00 BARVINSKYI: Oh, what a wonder! - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7410)

  BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture - Royal Phil/Alexander Gibson (Tring International TRP 062)

  INNS arr Russell: Robbin' Harry - Evelyn Glennie (perc), National Phil/Ray Russell (RCA 60242-2-RC)

  MORALES arr Garbarek: Parce mihi Domine - Jan Garbarek (sax), Hilliard Ensemble (ECM 1525)

  SCHUMANN: Variations in Eb on an original theme WoO24, Ghost Variations - Andreas Boyde (pno) (Athene ATH CD 23)

  PROKOFIEV: Waltz & Clock Scene, from Cinderella - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: CHOPIN: Waltz in Ab Op 69/1, L'adieu - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (RCA 09026 63314)

  BALAKIREV: In Bohemia - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 9667)

  BERNSTEIN: I feel pretty; Somewhere; America, from West Side Story Suite - Eroica Trio (EMI 5 07351)

  DVORÁK: Polonaise, from Rusalka - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon 110624)

  PONCE arr Heifetz/Ash: Estrellita - Matthew Trusler (vln), Düsseldorf SO/Yasuo Shinozaki (Orchid Classics ORC 100005)

  Josef STRAUSS: Music of the Spheres, Waltz Op 235 - Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber (Sony SK 48376)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  ENNS: God was a child curled up - Jurgen Petrenko (org), Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Centrediscs CMCCD 10905)

  LUTOSLAWSKI: Polish Christmas Carols - Olga Pasichnyk (sop), Polish Radio Chorus, Cracow, Polish National Radio SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.555994)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 477 6409)

  KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - Laurent Korcia (vln), Liège Royal Phil/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (Naïve V 5280)

  MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 49 - ATOS Trio (CPO 777 505)

  MASSENET: Orchestral Suite No 5, Neapolitan Scenes - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553125)

• Noon Summer Sonic

  Words and Music

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

  (3) Ivor Novello (RNZ)

• 1:10 PM. Roses of England

  ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 2 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

  BATH: Cornish Rhapsody, from the film Love Story - Philip Fowke (pno), RTE Concert Orch/Proinnsías O Duinn (Naxos 8.554323)

  BAX: London Pageant - BBC Phil/Martyn Brabbins (Chandos CHAN 9879)

  WALTON arr Tracey: Crown Imperial - Ian Tracey (organ of Liverpool Cathedral) (EMI CDB 7 62813)

  HENRY VIII arr Howarth: Rose without a Thorn - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble (Decca 417 524)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  VIVALDI trans Balsom: Violin Concerto in A minor RV356 - Alison Balsom (tpt), Scottish Ensemble (EMI 4 56094)

  MONTEVERDI: Sì dolce è 'l tormento - Philippe Jarousky (countertenor), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (dir) (Virgin 2 36140)

  FARR: Tuatara - Jeremy Fitzsimons (percussion), Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2058)

  HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: O Jerusalem - Catherine King (mezzo) (Hyperion CDA 67039)

  PSATHAS: Piano Quintet - Stephen Gosling (pno), New Zealand String Quartet (Trust MMT 2047)

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

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence - Yuri Yurov (vla), Mikhail Milman (cello), Borodin Quartet (rec 1993) (Teldec 4509 90422)

  BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (rec 1989) (Sony SK 45819)

• 4:05 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

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

  K YOUNG: Five Piano Pieces - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D016)

  ARNOLD: Flute Concerto No 1 Op 45 - Alexa Still (fl), NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7063)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  ROSSINI: Semiramide, Overture - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 377)

  DEBUSSY arr/orch Kennedy: The girl with the flaxen hair from Preludes, Book 1 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), English CO (EMI 5 56923)

  ALBÉNIZ: Cádiz; Granada; Seville, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5007)

  BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances Sz56 - Tamás Vesmás (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1519)

  SULLIVAN: Masquerade Finale, from The Merchant of Venice - RTE Concert Orch, Dublin/Andrew Penny (Marco Polo 8.223461)

  NIEDERMEYER attr Stradella: Pietà, Signore - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), London Phil/Ion Marin (Decca 466 102)

  BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor BWV1058 - Sviatoslav Richter (pno), Padua & Venice Orch/Yuri Bashmet (Teldec 4509 94245)

  PAGANINI arr Hubay: Moto perpetuo; Caprice No 13 in Bb - Ferenc Szecsödi (vln), István Kassai (pno) (Hungaroton HCD 32549)

  BERLIOZ: Menuet des follets, from The Damnation of Faust - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDM 7 63412)

  LISZT: Transcendental Study No 5, Feux follets - Nikolai Lugansky (pno) (Ambroisie AM 205)

  SCHUBERT: Irrlicht, from Winterreise D911 - Christian Gerhaher (bar), Gerold Huber (pno) (Arte Nova ANO 807770)

  FALLA trans Márquez/Gastinel: Song of the will-o'-the-wisp, from El Amor Brujo - Anne Gastinel (cello), Pablo Márquez (gtr) (Naïve V 5182)

  LOEWE: Irrlichter Op 62/6 - Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Cord Garben (pno) (DG 423 680)

  NEVIN: Will o' the Wisp - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 1539)

  J STRAUSS II: Irrlichter, Waltz Op 218 - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Franz Bauer-Theussl (Marco Polo 8.223240)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  In Memoriam

  Two programmes marking musicians on CD who have passed on this year

  (1) SMETANA: Neighbour's Dance, from Czech Dances - Antonin Kubalek (pno) (Dorian DOR 90122)

  MOZART: Ach, ich fühl's, from The Magic Flute - Margaret Price (sop), Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis (Philips 422 278)

  BARRY: The Day the Earth Fell Silent - English CO/John Barry (London 460 009)

  RAVEL: Tzigane - Eugene Fodor (vln), Kiyoshi Tomagawa (pno) (Clarity CCD 1017)

  SCHUMANN: Nachtstück in F Op 23/4 - Maurice Till (pno) (Kiwi SLD 20)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Bredon Hill, from On Wenlock Edge - Robert Tear (ten), CBSO/Simon Rattle (EMI CDC 7 47220)

  LIEBERSON: If your eyes were not the colour of the moon, from Neruda Songs - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo), Boston SO/James Levine (Nonesuch 79954)

  SHCHEDRIN: Fourth movement, Finale, Presto festoso, from Piano Concerto No 1 in D - Vladimir Krainev (pno), Leningrad Phil/Alexander Dmitriev (Olympia OCD 259)

  K KHACHATURIAN: Fourth movement, Toccata, Allegro con fuoco, from Cello Sonata - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Karen Khachaturian (pno) (EMI CZS 5 72016)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  RTVE Chorus/Alberto Grau, Jorge Otero (pno), Oscar Galián (lute), José Luis González (percussion)

  GUERRERO: Niño Dios de amor herido; Oh, qué nueva, from Canciones y Villanescas espirituales; FERNÁNDEZ: A Belén me Llego, tío; La Cabaña deja Bras, from Oaxaca Codex; TRAD arr Grau: Carols from Venezuela, Espléndida noche; Niño venturoso; Parranda; RAMIREZ arr Grau: Nuestra Navidad; GRAU: Magnificat-Gloria; E ROMERO: December Holiday (recorded in the Teatro Monumental, Madrid by Spanish Radio)

• 8:55 PM. A Recent Bruckner Release

  Symphony No 7 in E - Basel SO/Mario Venzago (CPO 777 615)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 33 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 119 - Christine Walevska (cello), Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Eliahu Inbal (Pentatone PTC 5186 136)

  KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, Suite - Royal Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (EMI CDC 7 47348)

  11:00 FARRENC: Piano Trio No 3 in E minor Op 45 - Emanuel Ensemble (Champs Hill CHRCD 023)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor - Quatuor Mosaïques (Naïve E 8665)

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