Wednesday 18 December 2013 Rāapa 18 Hakihea 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs, Part 1; KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia; MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides Overture; OFFENBACH: The Tales of Hoffmann, Barcarolle; WOOD: Fantasia on British Sea Songs, excerpts; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, The Sea and Sinbad's Ship; LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture; WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  NIELSEN: Violin Concerto Op 33; Flute Concerto; Clarinet Concerto Op 57 - Kim Sjøgren (vln), Toke Lund Christiansen (fl), Niels Thomsen (cl), Danish National Radio SO/Michael Schønwandt (Chandos CHAN 8894)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  PRAETORIUS: Come, thou Redeemer; BODY: People, look East; WARLOCK: Adam lay ybounden; BYRD: Laetentur coeli; arr PETTMAN: Gabriel's message; ANON arr Carter: Angelus ad Virginem; JOUBERT There is no rose; RACHMANINOV: Bogoroditsye dyevo; MENDELSSOHN: Im Advent; GAUNTLETT arr Walsh: Once in royal David's city; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The blessed son of God; MADDEN: I sing of a maiden; ANON arr Walsh: Of the Father's heart begotten; MENDELSSOHN: Weihnachten; BARRETT arr Walsh: Wither's rocking hymn; GRUBER arr Maskell: Silent night; TRAD arr Walsh: O Little Town of Bethlehem; GRIFFITHS: Dormi, Jesu; TAVENER: The Lamb; GARDNER: Tomorrow will be my dancing day; TRAD arr Walsh: O Come, all ye faithful - Wellington Cathedral Choir/Philip Walsh (Herald HAVPCD 224)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  LIAPUNOV: 12 Etudes d'execution transcendante Op 11; Lullaby; Dance of the ghosts; Pealing of bells; Terek; Summer night; Storm; Idyll; Epic song; Aeolian harps; Lesginka; Dance of the Elves; Elegy in memory of Franz Liszt - Konstantin Scherbakov (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223491)

  4:40 approx - Disc 5

  BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Symphony for cello & orchestra; Four Sea-Interludes from Peter Grimes; PÄRT: Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten - Truls Mørk (cello), Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 420)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/1 - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 373 250)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu MANU CD 5006)

  OFFENBACH: Barcarolle, from The Tales of Hoffmann - BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Decca 473 862)

  BACH arr Amsterdam Guitar Trio: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV1047 - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (Newton 880 2093)

  HOPE: Four French Dances - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2147)

  7:00 TRAD arr Praetorius/Walsh: Come, thou Redeemer of the Earth - Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Philip Walsh, Andrew MacMillan (org) (Herald HAVPCD 224)

  ROSS: Marching Strings - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

  PERILHOU: Ballade - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)

  BRAHMS: Die Mainacht Op 43/2 - Anthony Leroy (cello), Sandra Moubarak (pno) (Zig Zag 070 202)

  BRIDGE: Summer - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557167)

  VIVALDI: Concerto in A minor for two violins RV522 - Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir), Bernhard Forck (vln), Berlin Baroque Soloists (Avi 855 3060)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: RACHMANINOV: 18th Variation, from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Bernd Glemser (pno), Polish National Radio SO/Antoni Wit (Warner 8573 80438)

  GRAINGER: Early one morning - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)

  ROSSINI: L'innocence italienne, La candeur française - Paolo Giacometti (pno) (Channel Classics CCS 12398)

  DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in E minor Op 46/2 - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras (Supraphon SU 3808)

  GENIN arr Labrie: Fantasy on La Traviata Op 18 - Similia (Analekta AN 2 9819)

  DEBUSSY orch Busser: Petite Suite - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934)

  Mars, Bringer of War, from Planets Suite - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (RCA 09026 68999)

  Ode to Death Op 38 - London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9437)

  Venus, Bringer of Peace, from Planets Suite - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (RCA 09026 68999)

  The Hymn of Jesus Op 37 - London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8901)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  WITT: Symphony in C, Jena - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (BBC Music BBC MM 42)

  SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No 3 in G minor Op 110 - Weilerstein Trio (Koch KICCD 7754)

  CRUSELL: Bassoon Concertino in Bb - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10613)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64 - Arctic Phil/Christian Lindberg (BIS SACD 2018)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  GRAINGER ed Ould: King Solomon's Espousals, from The Song of Solomon - Melbourne SO & Chorus/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5121)

  WAGNER arr Pringsheim: Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene, from Götterdämmerung - Yaara Tal, Andreas Groethuysen (pno duo) (Sony 88765 441592)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  CHERUBINI: Symphony in D - Sanremo SO/Piero Bellugi (Naxos 8.557908)

  J STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerto in Bb - Sabine Meyer (cl), ASMF/Iona Brown (dir) (EMI CDC 7 54842)

  RUTTER: Jesus Child; Wild Wood Carol; The very best time of the year - Robert Rice (bass), Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67245)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  HAYDN: String Quartet in F Op 2/4 - Angeles String Quartet (rec 1994-1999) (Philips 464 650)

  HEINICHEN: Concerto in G, from Dresden Concerti S214 - Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (rec 1992) (Archiv 437 549)

  MOZART: Sonata in D for two pianos K448 - Murray Perahia, Radu Lupu (pno duo) (rec 1985) (CBS MK 39511)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  FINZI: Let us garlands bring - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Sharolyn Kimmorley (pno) (ABC Classics 476 7175)

  CASSADO: Suite for solo cello - Santiago Cañón Valencia (cello) (Atoll ACD 884)

  MCLEOD: Rock Concerto - Eugene Albulescu (pno), Bridget Douglas (fl), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572671)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  HANDEL: Atalanta, Overture - Alison Balsom (tpt), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir) (EMI 4 40329)

  KREISLER: Liebesleid - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Lambert Orkis (pno) (DG 471 500)

  STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier, Trio & Finale from Act 3 - Yvonne Kenny, Lorina Gore (sops), Kirsti Harms (mezzo), David Hibbard (bbar), Queensland SO/Johannes Fritzsch (ABC 476 3954)

  BOCCHERINI: Introduction & Fandango - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Delos DE 3144)

  COATES: London Suite - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9869)

  6:00 JANÁCEK: The Cunning Little Vixen, Overture - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon SU 4058)

  GERSHWIN arr Berkowitz: Promenade: Walking the dog, from Shall We Dance? - John Fullam (cl), Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559750)

  SVENDSEN: Last year I was tending the goats - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)

  MONTSALVATGE: Noah's Ark, Sheep; Cockerel; Elephant; Flea; Cat; Kangaroo - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.570756)

  BACH orch Barbirolli: Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208, Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHSA 5030)

  R CLARKE: The tiger - Patricia Wright (sop), Kathron Sturrock (pno) (Guild GMCD 7208)

  ANDERSON: The Waltzing Cat - Saint Louis Symphony/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 68048)

  SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan, from Carnival of the Animals - Johannes Moser (cello), Stuttgart Radio SO/Fabrice Bollon (Hänssler CD 93.222)

  GLYN: Stag's Leap - BBC Welsh National Orch/Grant Llewellyn (Sain SCD 2653)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Inaugural Lilburn Lecture

  Last month, composer, author and critic Dr Philip Norman delivered the inaugural Lilburn Lecture hosted by the Lilburn Trust and the Alexander Turnbull Library. Entitled Plato's Cave: Realities of Composing in New Zealand, the lecture also includes a live performance of Norman's work, Plato's Cave, by guest artists Reuben Chin (sax), Peter Barber (vla) and Jian Liu (pno) (recorded in the Hunter Council Chamber, Wellington by RNZ)

• 8:05 PM. Music Alive

  The EBU Christmas Concerts

  Four programmes

  (3) Cantorei/James Bobb, Manitou Singers/Sigrid Johnson, Chapel Chorus/Christopher Aspaas, Viking Chorus/Christopher Aspaas, St Olaf Choir/Anton Armstrong, St Olaf Orch/Steven Amundsen

  PETERSON: Dawn: Redeeming, Radiant; HOLST: Let all

  mortal flesh keep silence; HAUGEN arr Ferguson: Awake! Awake and greet the new morn; BACH: Ruler of heaven, from Christmas Oratorio BWV248; HASSLER: Verbo caro factum est; RACHMANINOV: Bogoróditse Dévo, from All Night Vigil Op 37; CULLOTON: In dulci jubilo; MAIN: The darkest midnight in December; TRAD arr K Berg: A shepherd's carol (Besançon); PARRY: He comes to us as one unknown; TRAD arr Scholz: Angels we have heard on high; POULENC: Laudamus te, from Gloria; HOLST arr Aspaas: In the bleak midwinter; RATCLIFF: Let every heart; TRAD American: Poor wayfarin' stranger; REDNER arr Ferguson: O little town of Bethlehem; JENNINGS: O little town of Bethlehem; TRAD English: I saw three ships; SKOLD: Sanctus; AMUNDSON: Angel's dance; TRAD English: Here we come a-caroling; WADDING arr Aspaas: On Christmas night all Christians sing; MENDELSSOHN arr Aspaas: Hark! the herald angels sing; BIBLE arr Aspaas: Love has come; ANON English arr Aspaas: What child is this?; GERHARDT: All my heart rejoices; TRAD English: Joy to the world; KANTOR arr Ferguson: Night of silence; WEYSE arr Christiansen: A day full of grace; VERDI: Sanctus, from Requiem; PRICHARD: Love divine, all loves excelling; SCHOLZ: Nunc dimittis; TRAD: Beautiful saviour (recorded Skoglund Auditorium, St Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota by USA Radio Minnesota)

• 9:45 PM. A New Zealand Festival Guest

  E GAULTIER: La Cascade - Hopkinson Smth (lute) (Auvidis Astrée E 8703)

  SANZ: Canarios - Hopkinson Smith (bar gtr) (Auvidis Astrée E 8623)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RIES: Introduction & Rondeau brillant WoO54 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Bournemouth SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572088)

  MCEWEN: String Quartet No 3 in E minor - Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10084)

  P SCHARWENKA: Liebesnacht - Gävle SO/Christopher Fifield (Sterling CDS 1071)

  11:00 GOUNOD: Petite symphonie pour instruments à vent - St Paul CO/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 430 231)

  FUCHS: Piano Trio No 1 in C Op 22 - Gould Piano Trio (Quartz QTZ 2028)

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