Schedule for Sunday 22 December 2013

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
BARBER: The School for Scandal, Overture; Symphony No 1 Op 9; BEACH: Symphony in E minor Op 32, Gaelic - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8958)
1:20 approx - Disc 2
SAINT-SAËNS trans Liszt: Danse Macabre; CHOPIN trans Liszt: Six Polish Songs; BERLIOZ trans Liszt: L'Idée fixe; Les Francs-Juges, Overture; Harold in Italy, Marche des Pelerins; The Damnation of Faust, Waltz of the Sylphes; King Lear, Overture - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66346)
2:35 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)
3:35 approx - Disc 4
JC BACH: Sonatas, No 1 in G; No 2 in C minor; No 3 in Eb; No 4 in G; No 5 in A; No 6 in Bb - Robert Woolley (fpno) (Chandos CHAN 0543)
4:50 approx - Disc 5
BRITTEN: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Op 10; Les Illuminations for soprano & string orchestra; Lachrymae, Reflections on a song of Dowland for viola & string orchestra - Christina Högman (sop), Nils-Erik Sparf (vla), New Stockholm Chamber Orch/Péter Csaba (BIS CD 435)
6:00 AM. Sanctuary

HOWELLS: Long, long ago; ANON: Qui creavit celum; POTTS: Balulalow - Emma Walshe (sop), Gabrieli Consort, Trebles of Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir/Paul McCreesh (Signum SIGCD 346)
CORRETTE: Christmas Symphony No 1 - La Fantasia/Rien Voskuilen (org/dir) (Brilliant Classics 93538)
MONTEVERDI: Magnificat, from Vespers of 1610 - Montserrat Figueras, Maria Cristina Kiehr (sops), Livio Picotti, Paolo Costa (countertenors), Guy de Mey, Gian Paolo Fagatto, Gerd Turk (tens), Pietro Spagnoli, Roberto Abondanza (bars), Daniele Carnovich (bass), Padua Centro Musica Antica Chorus, Schola Gregoriana, La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AVSA 9855)
BURGON: Short Mass - Catherine Hart, Frances Henderson (sops), Choir of Wells Cathedral/Matthew Owens (Hyperion CDA 67567)
TRAD arr Cable: A Canadian Brass Christmas Card - Canadian Brass (BWE Classics BWE 0196)
CORRETTE: Christmas Symphony No 2 - La Fantasia/Rien Voskuilen (org/dir) (Brilliant Classics 93538)
K JENKINS: Benedictus, from The Armed Man - Guy Johnston (cello), National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Virgin 8 11015)
CHILCOTT: The shepherd's carol; And every stone shall cry - BBC Singers/Bob Chilcott (Signum SIGCD 100)
LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium - Chamber Choir of Europe/Nicol Matt (Hänssler CD 98.272)
CORRETTE: Christmas Symphony No 3 - La Fantasia/Rien Voskuilen (org/dir) (Brilliant Classics 93538)
ANON arr Forshaw: Let all mortal flesh keep silence - Aimée Green (sop), Christian Forshaw (sax/synth/perc), Alexander Eadon (org) (Quartz QTZ 2009)
8:00 AM. Grace Notes

HAHN arr Hazell: A Chloris - Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)
SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 456 245)
COPLAND: Down a Country Lane - London SO/Aaron Copland (Sony SM2K 47236)
BACH: Third movement, Adagio ma non tanto, from Violin Sonata No 3 in E BWV1016 - Lara St John (vln), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp) (Ancalagon ANC 139)
MOZART: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben, from Zaïde - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London SO/Colin Davis (Decca 465 145)
SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 1 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)
BEACH: Dreaming Op 15/3 - members of Ambache (Chandos CHAN 10162)
VIOTTI: Second movement, Larghetto, from Harp Sonata in Bb - Nicanor Zabaleta (harp) (DG 415 893)
SCHARWENKA: Andante religioso Op 46a - Poznan Phil/Lukasz Borowicz (Naxos 8.572637)
9:00 AM. Christmastide

A CARTER: Organ Toccata on Veni Emmanuel; TRAD arr Carter: O come, O come, Emmanuel - Choir of St Paul's Cathedral/John Scott, Andrew Lucas (organ) (Helios CDH 55463)
KILAR: First movement, Largehetto meditative, from Symphony No 5, Advent Symphony - Silesian Phil Choir & Orch/Miroslaw Jacek Blaszczyk (Dux DUX 0781)
ANON Plainsong/BYRD: Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Advent - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/Martin Baker, Matthew Martin (org) (Hyperion CDA 67707)
REED: Russian Christmas Music - Emory Symphonic Winds/Scott A Stewart (Naxos 8.573002)
10:00 AM. Brilliant Brass Christmas Special

Brilliant Brass, with David Bremner, gets into the spirit of Christmas with a stirring programme featuring the world's finest brass players, including The Bay Brass ensemble and multi-instrumentalist James Morrison (RNZ)
11:00 AM. The Works

HAYDN: Symphony No 103 in Eb, Drumroll - Cologne Gürzenich Orch/Günter Wand (Testament SBT 1356)
SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D Op 17 - Noriko Ogawa (pno), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS CD 1040)
Noon Alte Musik

Ten programmes sampling aspects of early music
(1) The first of two sequences of music from many lands composed for Christmas
DAQUIN arr Wright: Noël No 11 - Reno Troilus (countertenor), John Langdon (org), Academy Chamber Players/John Wallace (Linn CKD 254)
ZÉSPEDES: Convidando esta la noche; Ay que me abraso - La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)
TRAD: Lullay, lullay, Als I lay on Yoolis night - Anonymous 4 (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7099)
DEMANTIUS arr Schwarz: Echo response - Berlin Philharmonic Wind Soloists (DG 429 341)
ANON: Swete was the song the Virgine soong; Quem pastores laudavere; Quanno nascete ninno; Riu, riu, chiu - Emily van Evera (sop), Richard Wistreich (bass), Taverner Consort/Andrew Parrott (EMI CDC 7 49809)
VICTORIA: O magnum mysterium - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/David Hill (Hyperion CDA 66190)
TRAD: Great Doxology and Trisagion Hymn, from Vigil of the Nativity of Christ - Russian Patriarchate Choir/Anatoly Grindenko (Opus 111 OPS 30-218)
1:00 PM. Vintage Years

MOZART: Symphony No 29 in A K201 - Bournemouth SO/Constantin Silvestri (rec 1965) (Nimbus NI 6124)
BRAHMS: Geistliches Wiegenlied Op 91/2 - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Max Gilbert (vla), Phyllis Spurr (pno) (rec 1949) (RegisC 1153)
JOLIVET: Pastorale de Noël - Jacques Castagner (fl), Gérard Faisandier (bsn), Lily Laskine (harp) (rec 1957) (Accord 476 7783)
KHACHATURIAN: Masquerade, Suite - Prague Radio SO/Aram Khachaturian (rec 1955) (Supraphon SU 4100-2)
2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

High-class Middlebrow
Three British Light Music Conductors
(3) Gavin Sutherland
Brian Kay talks to conductor, composer and arranger Gavin Sutherland who has numerous light music recordings to his credit. Of the three conductors in this series he has the closest relationship to New Zealand having conducted for the Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZ)
3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

VIVALDI: Catone in Utica RV702, an opera in three acts
Catone.............................. Topi Lehtipuu
Cesare............................... Roberta Mameli
Marzia............................... Sonia Prina
Fulvio............................... Romina Basso
Arbace.............................. Emöke Baráth
Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis (Naïve OP 30545)
6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers
LILBURN: Canzonettas, Nos 1 & 2 - Martin Riseley (vln), Donald Maurice (vla) (Atoll ACD 142)
RIES: Piano Concerto in Ab Op 151, Gruss an den Rhein - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557638)
PIAZZOLLA: Histoire du Tango - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)
7:00 PM. New Horizons

A Christmas edition
With William Dart (RNZ)
8:00 PM. Dave Dobbyn Stories Old & New

New Zealand Tour, May 2013
Featuring The Bads, Glass Owl, Scribe, Jesse Sheehan, Anna Coddington, Marion Williams, Graham Brazier, Terrible Sons, Warren Maxwell & Little Muffin
DOBBYN: Blindman's bend; Whaling; Long way across town; Old man; Be set free; And you will lose everything; She & he; I can't change my name; Guilty; Be mine tonight - with Mark Vanilau (keys/gtr/vocalist), Haddon Smith (dbass/vocalist), Ross Burge (drums) (recorded in Auckland, Christchurch and Masterton by RNZ)
8:55 PM. The Art of Anne-Sophie

GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: My man's gone now, from Porgy & Bess - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 471 500)
DVORÁK: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 53 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Manfred Honeck (DG 479 1060)
BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 5 in F Op 24, Spring - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Lambert Orkis (pno) (DG 457 619)
10:00 PM. Day's End

CARPENTER: Adventures in a Perambulator - National SO of Ukraine/John McLaughlin Williams (Naxos 8.559065)
FINZI: Clarinet Concerto Op 31 - Michael Collins (cl/dir), BBC SO (Chandos CHAN 10739)
11:00 GRIEG: Lyric Pieces Book 7 - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61568)
MARX: Quartetto in modo classico - Thomas Christian Ensemble (CPO 777 066)
KOEHNE: A Closed World of Fine Feelings & Grand Design - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (Naxos 8.570949)
To His Servant Bach, God Grants a Final Glimpse, The Morning Star - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC 476 6502)