Friday 3 December 2021 Rāmere 3 Hakihea 2021

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 38 in F HobXVI/23 - Monique Haas (pno) ( 477 6201)

  HUYSSEN: Concerto for an African Cellist - Heleen du Plessis (cello), Odeion School of Music Camerata (ODE CDMANU 5158)

  SIBELIUS: The Oceanides - London SO/Colin Davis (RCA 09026 68770)

  HILL: II. Away from the madding crowd, from String Quartet No 3 in A mi - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)

  1:00 approx

  PÄRT: Fratres - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB12)

  MOZART: Symphony No 21 in A K134 - Danish Radio Sinfonietta/Adam Fischer (dacapo 6.220541)

  RITCHIE: Pas de deux Op 51a - Jane Curry, Owen Moriarty (gtrs) (Naxos 8.579041)

  BLOCH: Baal Shem - Suyeon Kang (vln), Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Atoll ACD 818)

  2:00 approx

  MARX: Quartetto in modo classico - Thomas Christian Ensemble (CPO 777 066)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr Bellison: Introduction & Hymn to the Sun - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

  BRUNI: Duo Concertante in Bb Book 4/3 (1) - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla) (Naxos 8.572522)

  LISZT transcr Grainger: Hungarian Fantasy S123 - Ivan Hovorun (pno), Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 10455)

  CHOPIN: Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA29)

  3:00 approx

  JIRÁNEK: Bassoon Concerto in G minor - Sergio Azzolini (bsn), Collegium Marianum/Jana Semerádová (Supraphon SU 4039)

  YOUNG: Symphony No 2 - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln), Andrew Joyce (cello), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Atoll 502164)

  PAPANDOPULO: Pintarichiana - Zagreb Soloists (CPO 777 829)

  STRAUSS: Nocturno Op 7 - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 109)

  TRADITIONAL arr Chilcott: Nobody knows the trouble I've seen - Albert Mataafa (ten), Robert Wiremu (pno), New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2048)

  4:00 approx

  BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No 2 - Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen (SIGNUM SIGCD 193)

  ROSSINI: Une larme - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ UB58)

  GRAUN: Concerto in C for recorder & violin - Michael Schneider (recorder), Petra Müllejans (vln/dir), Frankfurt Cappella Academica (CPO 777 321)

  JENNINGS: Prelude, Fugue, Variations, and Chaconne - Luca Manghi (flute), Ben Hoadley (bassoon), Liam Wooding (piano) (Atoll ACD221)

  MOMPOU: Paisajes - Julien Brocal (pno) (Rubicon RCD 1008)

  5:00 approx

  VIVALDI: Concerto in G for multiple instruments RV575 - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (vln/dir) (Avie AV 0031)

  HUMPERDINCK arr J Schmeisser: Evening Prayer, from Hänsel and Gretel - Albrecht Mayer (ob), King's Singers (DG 479 1907)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings Op 48 (3) - Bavarian Radio CO (Arts 47633)

  DEBUSSY: Valse, from La Plus Que Lente - Bert Lucarelli (ob), Susan Jolles (harp) (Stradivari SCD 6034)

  MONN: Cello Concerto in G minor (1) - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1816)

  DELIUS arr Fenby: La Calinda, from Koanga - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (EX Tartar TRL 020)

  BRAHMS: Ballades Op 10 (2) - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD 208)

  HUMMEL ed Hogger/Shelley: Rondo alla Polacca in A - James Ehnes (vln), London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10255)

  RACHMANINOV: String Quartet No 1 (2) - Orava Quartet (DG 4816874)

• 6:00 AM. Daybreak

  The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 9 in D K311 (2) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA25)

  BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in C G324, La Musica Notturna della strada di Madrid pt 1 (1) - Eckart Runge (cello), Casals Quartet (Harmonia Mundi 90 2092)

  BOYCE: Symphony No 1 in Bb - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

  SCHUBERT: Impromptu D899 (4) - András Schiff (fpno) (ECM 2425/26)

  COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Romance in G Op 39 - Lorraine McAslan (vln), London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (LYRITA SRCD 317)

  TRAD: We shall walk through the valley in peace - Chanticleer (Teldec 450990878)

  BERTALI arr Pluhar: Chiacona - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)

  BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 3 in D BWV1054 (1) - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), ASMF (Sony SK 89690)

  7.00

  CIMAROSA: L'Armida immaginaria, Overture - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570279)

  HAYDN: Cello Concerto in D HobVIIb/4 (1) - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding (Virgin 5 45560)

  CHOPIN: Nocturne in Db Op 27/2 - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)

  FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine - Netherlands Chamber Choir, Limburg SO/Ed Spanjaard (PENTATONE PTC 5186 020)

  HANDEL: Concerto a due cori No 3 in F HWV334 (5) - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Jean Lamon (vln/dir) (Tafelmusik Media 1011CD)

  FRANÇAIX: Quintet No 2 for flute, string trio & harp (4) - Valérie Milot (harp), François Vallières (vla), Raphaël Dubé (cello), Jocelyne Roy (fl), Antoine Bareil (vln) (Analekta AN 2 9985)

  DONIZETTI trans Stees: Una furtiva lagrima, from L'elisir d'Amore - Barrick Stees (bsn), Sylvia Norris (harp) (Claves CD 50-9815)

  J WILLIAMS: Rey's Theme, from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/John Williams (DG 4797553)

  BRAHMS arr Popov: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2 - Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Yuja Wang (piano) (DG 4836069)

  ORFF: Tanz & Floret silva, from Carmina Burana - London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHSA 5067)

  8.00

  Beauty Spot:

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight (1) - Nikolai Lugansky (pno)

  BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy (3) - Gerard Causse (vla), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (Erato 90295 68158)

  SULLIVAN: My name is John Wellington Wells - John Reed (bar), Royal Phil/Isadore Godfrey

  PUCCINI: Signore, ascolta, from Turandot - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano (Warner 2564 69689-6)

  MOZART: String Quartet No 23 in F K590, Prussian (4) - Shanghai Quartet (DELOS DE 3192)

  LISZT: Rakoczy March from Hungarian Rhapsody No 15 in A minor S244 - Lang Lang (piano) (Sony 19075862332)

  DVORÁK: American Suite in A Op 98b (2) - Royal Phil/Antal Dorati (Decca 430 702)

  JEAN-MICHEL BLAIS: Nostos - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN28748)

  SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 (1) - Dresden State Opera Orch/Colin Davis (PROFIL CD PH 05049)

  CHOPIN: Waltzes Op 64 (1) - Augustin Anievas (pno) (EMI  5 74290)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

  ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 3 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

  DAVIS: Flight, Concerto for Violin and Strings - Kerenza Peacock (vln), Huw Watkins (pno), London SO/Paul Bateman (Signum SIGCD 411)

  DOWLAND: My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home; The Right Honourable The Lord Viscount Lisle - Jakob Lindberg (lute) (Brilliant Classics 93698)

  BACH: Prelude & Fugue No 5 in D BWV850 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4835022)

  MOZART: Symphony No 19 in Eb K132 - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80217)

  10.00

  ROTA: Godfather Waltz - Daniel Hope (violin), Christoph Israel (piano) (DG 4839482)

  SHOSTAKOVICH arr Atovmyan: Waltz, from The Gadlfy - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Paul Meyer (cl), Eric Le Sage (pno) (EMI 5 57948)

  ALBINONI: Concerto in C for two oboes Op 7/5 - Anthony Robson (ob), Catherine Latham (ob), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir) (Chandos CHAN 0602)

  DEBUSSY: Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Les Collines d'Anacapri; Canope, from Preludes - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Onyx 4057)

  GOUNOD: Soldiers' Chorus, from Faust - Bavarian Radio Chorus & Orch / Colin Davis (Philips 422 266)

  SPARKE: The Land of the Long White Cloud, Aotearoa - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

  TRADITIONAL arr Campbell: Loch Lomond - Nicola Benedetti (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Rory Macdonald (Decca 478 6690)

  TALBOT: Ink Dark Moon - Miloš Karadaglic (guitar), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Ben Gernon (Decca 4851525)

  11.00

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

  SCHUBERT: Sanctus, from Mass in Eb D950 - St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 459 146)

  TOURNIER: Vers la source dans le bois - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc 80488)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 4 in F minor Op 36 - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (PENTATONE PTC 5186 384)

• Noon Upbeat

  Keeping you in tune with music and the arts, with David Morriss

  HAMILTON: Kia hora te marino - Massed choirs (RNZ 2019)

  GOLLAND arr Frey: Peace - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)

  ROTA: Sonata for flute & harp - Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Anneleen Lenaerts (harp) (Warner Classics 9029551471)

  HANDEL: And the glory of the Lord, from Messiah - Toronto Mendelssohn Choir & SO/Andrew Davis (EMI CDS 7 49027)

  12.30

  Upbeat talks with soprano Jenny Wollerman and composer Rosa Elliott about 21 x 21. The world premiere is taking place at next year’s Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts. Soprano Jenny Wollerman and pianist Jian Liu pair Aotearoa’s female composers and poets in 21 songs celebrating the unique cultural and social kaupapa of Māori and Pākehā.

  R FUCHS: A New Zealand Christmas - Margaret Medlyn (mezzo), Richard Greager (ten), Roger Wilson (bass), Richard Mapp (pno), Jenny Wollerman (sop) (Rollover Productions 2010A)

  BRAHMS: String Quintet No 1 in F Op 88 (3) - New Zealand String Quartet, Maria Lambros (vla) (Naxos 8.573455)

• 1:00 PM. Onstage

  CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in C Op 6/10 - NZ Barok/Graham McPhail (vln/dir) (RNZ )

  MOZART: Violin Sonata No 17 in C K296 - Amalia Hall (violin), Christopher Park (piano) (RNZ 2017)

  BOULANGER: D'un Matin de Printemps - Auckland Phil/Ludovic Morlot (RNZ 2019)

  RAVEL: Le paon; Le cygne; La pintade, from Histoires naturelles - Julien Van Mellaerts (baritone), James Baillieu (pno) (RNZ 2019)

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125, Choral - Madeleine Pierard (soprano), Kristin Darragh (mezzo), Simon O'Neill (tenor), Anthony Robin Schneider (bass), Voices NZ Chamber Choir, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Edo de Waart (RNZ 2018)

• 3:00 PM. Classical Connection

  Afternoon music to get you from A to B

  SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ (4) - Simon Preston (org), Berlin Phil (DG 419 617)

  CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 63 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (TARTAR CD TRL 069)

  EDWARDS: Arafura Arioso, from Guitar Concerto (2) - Karin Schaup (guitar), Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Op 3/4 (1) - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7415)

  KREISLER: Caprice viennois - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3159)

  CHABRIER: España - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

  RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN: Climb Ev'ry Mountain, from The Sound of Music - Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Maida Vale Singers, The John Wilson Orchestra (EMI 319301)

  TRADITIONAL arr Hart: Early one morning - Stella Dickinson (ob), Capital Virtuosi/Paul Hart (ASV CDWHL 2118)

  RITCHIE: Symphony No 5, Childhood: II. Play - Christchurch SO/Kenneth Young (Rattle RAT-D109)

  4.00

  HAYDN: Symphony No 3, Divertimento (2) - Slovak CO (CPO 999 591)

  MOZART: Church Sonata in F K244 - Donald Armstrong (vln), Douglas Beilman (vln), Rolf Gjelsten (ce (RNZ UB51)

  SCHUBERT: Impromptus D899 (3) - Khatia Buniatishvili (pno) (Sony 19075841202)

  VIVALDI: Cello Concerto in G RV413 - Georg Faust (cello), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (AVI 855 3060)

  PRICE: Scherzo, from Symphony No 4 in D minor (4) - Fort Smith Symphony/John Jeter (Naxos 8.559827)

  KAPSBERGER: Canarios - Australian Brandenburg Orchestra/Paul Dyer (ABC Classics ABC 4763828)

  PARADIS: Sicilienne in Eb - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Marc Neikrug (pno) (Philips 416 158)

  BRAHMS: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 (4) - Bremen German Chamber Phil/Daniel Harding (Virgin 5 45480)

  GERSHWIN: Someone to Watch Over Me - Oscar Peterson (pno) (Verve 821843-2)

  5.00

  COPLAND: Hoe Down, from Rodeo - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80339)

  VERDI: Attila, Cavatina - Busseto "G.Verdi" Orch/Fausto Pedretti (Arts 47574)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 10 in C HobXVI/1 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Ex Chartreuse TB 6)

  CONSUELO VELÁZQUEZ: Bésame mucho - Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Jonathan Bolívar (guitar) (SONY 19075822942)

  RACHMANINOV: Prelude Op 2/1 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67376)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 (3) - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Czech Phil/Jakub Hrusa (Decca 476 409)

  BACH: French Suite No 5 in G BWV816 (3) - Tony Chen Lin (piano) (Rattle RATD080)

  DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (1) - Strings of the Philharmonia/Christopher Warren-Green (dir) (Chandos CHAN 6526)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Running Set - Royal Liverpool Phil/James Judd (Naxos 8.572304)

  SIA: Chandelier - Vitamin String Quartet (VSQ)

  6.00

  MOZART: Divertimento in D K136 (1) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (vln/dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1809)

  PIAZZOLLA arr Bragato: Oblivion - Gryphon Trio (Analekta AN 2 9857)

  DEBUSSY arr Cox: La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin, from Preludes - Septura (Naxos 8.573619)

  MENDELSSOHN: Overture - Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Koch 37169)

  BRIDGE: Where is it that our soul doth go, from Three Songs with viola - Julien Van Mellaerts (bar), Bryony Gibson-Cornish (vla), James Baillieu (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD164)

  GERSHWIN arr Villard: An American in Paris, excerpt - Michel Lethiec (cl), Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.570939)

  HAMILTON: The Moon is Silently Singing - Nicola Averill (horn), Erica Challis (horn), 1996 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2016)

  CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 (2) - Janusz Olejniczak (pno), Warsaw National Phil/Tadeusz Strugala (SONY SK 87739)

  KERN: Yesterdays - Wes Montgomery (gtr), Melvin Rhyne (org), Paul Parker (dms) (Milestone 0081.112)

• 7:00 PM. Evening Classics

  BORNE orch Dodgson: Fantaisie Brillante on Bizet's Carmen - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

  BACH arr Taylor: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565 - BonaNZa Trombone Quartet (RATA RT 011)

  STRAUSS: Cäcilie Op 27/2 - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Prague Phil/Marco Armiliato (Decca 478 6029)

  MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words in D Op 109 - António Meneses (cello), Gérard Wyss (pno) (Avie AV 2140)

  BEETHOVEN: Andante in F WoO57, Andante favori - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 457 493)

  JANACEK arr Breiner: Jenufa, Suite - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln), New Zealand SO/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.570555)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  2018 Wellington Jazz Festival

  Gretchen Parlato - 'Flor'

  LA-born singer Gretchen Parlato 'Flor', brings sultry, bossa-nova inspired vocals and four-piece band to Wellington for her first ever New Zealand appearance.

  Gretchen Parlato, Marcel Camargo, Leo Costa & Artyom Manukyan

  Opera House, Wellington (RNZ)

  BARBER: Cello Concerto Op 22 - Lev Sivkov (cello), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ )

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

  DVORÁK: Silent Woods - Jamie Walton (cello), Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Signum SIGCD 322)

  RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome - Atlanta SO/Louis Lane (TELARC CD 80085)

  FLOYD: The Trees on the Mountains, from Susannah - Renée Fleming (sop), Metropolitan Opera Orch (Decca 460567)

  KORNGOLD: Dance Song of Pierrot, from Die tote Stadt - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Decca 4783529)

  SCHUBERT arr Grodd: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.570754)

  SCHUMANN: Introduction & Allegro Op 134 - Jan Lisiecki (piano), Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Antonio Pappano (DG 4795327)

  HANDEL: Minuet, from Berenice - English CO/Raymond Leppard (SONY MLK 64066)

  MEALOR: She Walks in Beauty - Tenebrae/Nigel Short (Decca 2781149)

  LILBURN: Four Canzonas - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (KIWI CD SLD 99)

  SPOHR: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 57 - Michael Collins (cl), Swedish CO/Robin O'Neill (Hyperion CDA 67509)

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