Tuesday 24 December 2019 Rātū 24 Hakihea 2019

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  MONTEVERDI arr Michael Fink: Monteverdiana - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (DELOS DE 3205)

  TORKE: Javelin - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Argo 452 101)

  HUMMEL ed Beyer: Potpourri in G minor Op 94 - James Ehnes (vla), London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10255)

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 1 in F minor Op 2/1 - Paul Lewis (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1906.08)

  MARTUCCI: Notturno Op 70/1 - English CO/Alfredo Bonavera (Hyperion CDA 66290)

  1:00 approx

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Norfolk Rhapsody No 1 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.555867)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 15 in C D840, Relique - Michael Endres (pno) (Capriccio 10 717)

  BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintet in G G441 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Régis Pasquier (vln), Bruno Pasquier (vla), Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat (cellos) (SONY SK 62679)

  LULLY: Divertissement Royal - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9842)

  2:00 approx

  BACH: Cantata No 105, Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht - Miah Persson (sop), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Makoto Sakurada (ten), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 951)

  YOUNG: - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)

  BERKELEY: Serenade for Strings Op 12 - BBC National Orch of Wales/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9981)

  RHEINBERGER: Four Six-part Motets - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5055)

  3:00 approx

  CHEN GANG/HE ZHANHAO: Butterfly Lovers Concerto - Takako Nishizaki (vln), New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557348)

  VIVALDI: Lute Concerto in D RV93 - Manuel Barrueco (gtr), Galicia SO/Victor Pablo Pérez (KOCH KIC CD 7597)

  BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38 (1) - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ UB56)

  FASCH: Concerto in G FWV L/G11 - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)

  4:00 approx

  GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in D minor, La Folia - Purcell Quartet with Purcell Band (Hyperion CDA 66264)

  ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - London Phil ( )

  BEETHOVEN: Romance No 2 in F Op 50 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

  WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (BBC Music BBC MM 257)

  5:00 approx

  PALESTRINA: Missa Te Deum Laudamus - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/Martin Baker (Hyperion CDA 67785)

  SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 7 - Isata Kanneh-Mason (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Holly Mathieson (Decca 4850020)

  BOYCE: Symphony No 2 in A - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.557278)

• 6:00 AM. Summer Classics

  Specially chosen favourites for a classical summer morning

  MOZART: Horn Concerto No 3 in Eb K447 (3) - Claire Briggs (horn), Royal Liverpool Phil/Stephen Kovacevich (EMI 3 82227)

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/7 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

  BACH: Zion hears the Watchmen´s Voices (from Cantata 140) - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

  BRAHMS: Serenade No 1 in D Op 11 (2) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 6775)

  MORRICONE: Cinema Paradiso - Gil Shaham (vln), Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 454 647)

  RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez (2) - Umberto Clerici (cello), Karin Schaupp (guitar) (ABC Classics 4816812)

  DVORÁK: Symphony No 6 in D Op 60 (1) - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8530)

  7.00

  BIZET: Symphony in C (1) - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI CDM 7 69643)

  GAUNTLETT: Once in Royal David's City - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

  HEWITT JONES: Lullay - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

  GRIEG: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, from Lyric Pieces - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 57296)

  BUTTERWORTH: Banks of Green Willow - English CO/Jeffrey Tate (EMI CDC 7 47945)

  SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 63 (4) - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Dmitry Kouzov (cello), Peter Laul (pno) (ONYX 4072)

  KASTALSKY: Glory to God in the highest - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 80 7410)

  KASTALSKY: Shepherds of Bethlehem - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 80 7410)

  PURCELL: The Fairy Queen, Symphony - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)

  8.00

  Beauty Spot:

  LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium - Polyphony ( )

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 1 in D D82 (4) - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 652)

  BACH: Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben, from Christmas Oratorio, Part 4 - Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 423 232)

  WELLS: Variations on Good King Wenceslas - John Wells (org) (RNZ UB09)

  MOZART: Symphony No 39 in Eb K543 (4) - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80203)

  MARINI: Sonata in 4 parts - Jörgen van Rijen (tbn), members of Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 26708)

  PEACOCK: Venite Gaudete - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

  BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 (3) - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), Vienna Phil/Valery Gergiev (RCA 88697 10336)

  9.00

  FARRENC: Overture No 1 Op 23 - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 820)

  RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 557943)

  DITTERSDORF: Symphony in A, (5) - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

  MATHIAS: In excelsis gloria - Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens (Hyperion CDA 67740)

  KERNIS: Musica Celestis - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559679)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor - Lynn Harrell (cello), Cleveland Orch/Neville Marriner (Decca 410 019)

  10:00 Onstage

  A selection of live performances from New Zealand and around the world

  CBC Christmas Sing-In

  Choir of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Sing-In Brass and Percussion Ensemble, Valérie Milot (harp), Jonathan Oldengarm (organ)/Jean-Sébastien Vallée

  The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montréal (CBC)

  DVORÁK: Slavonic Rhapsody No 3 in Ab minor Op 45 - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 087)

  BEETHOVEN: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds Op 16 - Daniel Barenboim (pno), Hansjörg Schellenberger (ob), Larry Comb (ERATO 4509 96359)

  MARSHALL: Bless the Child - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

  BERLIOZ: The Shepherds' Farewell, from The Childhood of Christ, Op. 25 - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

  ROSSINI: La Cenerentola, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 893)

• Noon Summer Afternoons

  Including 1:00 Afternoon Concert

  MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (1) - Vienna Phil/Christoph von Dohnányi (Decca 421 769)

  SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas in B minor Kk27; in A Kk212 (2) - Murray Perahia (pno) (Philips 456 922)

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G BWV1049 (3) - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Avie AV 2119)

  BENNETT: The apple tree - BBC Singers/Paul Brough (Signum SIGCD 293)

  BILLINGS: A virgin unspotted - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

  PSATHAS: Sleeper - Henry Wong Doe (pno) (Rattle 400467)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No 1 in D Op 11 - Emerson Quartet (DG 445 551)

  HUMMEL: Bassoon Concerto in F (3) - Jaakko Luoma (bassoon), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Janne Nisonen (Ondine ODE13242)

  1:00 Afternoon Concert

  ORPHEUS: Cathedral Series - Carol of the Bells

  RUTTER arr Brent Stewart: Magnificat

  MOZART: Laudate Dominum K339

  LEONTOVICH arr Bradford: Carol of the Bells

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols

  Pasquale Orchard (soprano), Joe Haddow (baritone), Orpheus Choir/Brent Stewart & Paul Rosoman (organ), instrumental ensemble

  St. Paul's Cathedral, Wellington (RNZ)

  FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9416)

  TAILLEFERRE: Flute Sonata No 2 - Ransom Wilson (fl), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1073)

  CARR: Gaudeamus Overture - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Corellia CRA 1005)

  TRAD: Danny Boy - Mike Nock (pno), Frank Gibson Jr (dms) (MANUCD 2024)

  3.00

  VIVALDI: Concerto in C for two violins RV507 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), Daniel Stabrawa (vln), members of Berli (EMI 5 57859)

  DOVE: The Star-Song - Jonathan Vaughn (org), Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens (Hyperion CDA 67768)

  MATHIAS: A Babe is Born - John Finney (org), Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

  DEBUSSY: Estampes - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA23)

  BRAHMS orch Brahms & Dvorák: Hungarian Dances, excerpts - London Phil/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.557429)

  4.00

  SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 (2) - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Yefim Bronfman (pno) (EMI 4 76871)

  BACH arr Safri Duo/Mortensen: English Suite No 4 in F BWV809 (1) - Safri Duo (Chandos CHAN 9339)

  HERSCHEL: Symphony No 12 in D (3) - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

  TRADITIONAL arr Jacques: Good King Wenceslas - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

  LANGFORD: A Christmas Fantasy - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

  STRAUSS: Violin Sonata in Eb Op 18 (2) - Ben Baker (violin), Robert Thompson (piano) (CHAMPS HILL CHRCD096)

  RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 44 (3) - London SO/André Previn (EMI CDM 7 69564)

  5.00

  KROMMER: Concerto in Eb for two clarinets Op 91 (1) - Sabine Meyer (cl), Julian Bliss (cl), ASMF/Kenneth Sillito (EMI 3 79786)

  DVORÁK: American Suite in A Op 98b (1) - Prague Phil/Jakub Hrusa (SUPRAPHON SU 3882)

  WESTLAKE: Penguin ballet, from Antarctica - Tasmanian SO/David Porcelijn (ABC Classics 462 017)

  LASSUS: Resonet in laudibus - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

  SAMETZ: Noel canon - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

  LOCATELLI: Concerto in F Op 4/12 - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (Avie AV 2154)

  WISHART: Alleluya, A new work - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

  ELGAR: Froissart Overture Op 19 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

  MILLER: Moonlight Serenade - RNZAF Band (RNZAF)

• 6:00 PM. Summer Evenings

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 2 in G Op 1/2 (4) - Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2100)

  GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits - CPE Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Capriccio 60 008)

  WHITTALL: Aattoilta (Christmas Eve) - Helsinki Chamber Choir/Nils Schweckendiek (BIS BIS-2322)

  CHILCOTT: The Bird of Dawning - Clare Webb (soprano), Choir of Merton College Oxford/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

  MOZART: Clarinet Quartet in Bb K378 (1) - Charles Neidich (cl), members of L'Archibudelli, (contemporary a (SONY SK 53366)

  HANDEL: Suite from Il Pastor Fido - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 68257)

• 7:00 PM. Exploring Music

  With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols: The Centenary Service

  Choir of King's College Cambridge

  (Kings College)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Christmas Eve, Suite - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8327/9)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

  LECLAIR: Violin Concerto in F Op 10/4 - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0589)

  LILBURN: A Song of Islands - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (KIWI CD SLD 100)

  BEAMISH: In the stillness - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

  POULENC: Videntes stellam, from Four Christmas Motets - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 12 in F K332 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 477 6607)

  ROSETTI ed Hofmeister: Bassoon Concerto in Bb (Murray C73) - Albrecht Holder (bsn), New Brandenburg PO/Nicolás Pasquet (Naxos 8.555341)

  GRUBER arr Mohr: Silent Night - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.554179)

  HOWELLS: A spotless rose - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125 (3) - Bremen German Chamber Phil/Paavo Järvi (Sony 88697 57606)

  BACH: Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV1008 - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1970.71)

  PÄRT: Bogoroditse Devo - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

Next day - Wed 25

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