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Saturday 7 December 2019

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

HEATH: The sapphire - John Anderson (ob), English CO/Dave Heath (Black Box BBM 1083)

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

WAGNER: Was duftet doch der Flieder - Donald McIntyre (bbar), New Zealand SO/John Matheson (KIWI CD SLD 39)

FRANCK trans anon: Violin Sonata in A - Robert Langevin (fl), Jonathan Feldman (pno) (Avie AV 2213)

1:00 approx

BRAHMS: Intermezzi Op 117 - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57543)

CHAUSSON: Symphony in Bb Op 20 - Basel SO/Armin Jordan (ERATO ECD 88169)

RUTTER: Quoniam tu solus sanctus, from Gloria - Nicholas Forbes (org), Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 342)

2:00 approx

STRAUSS: Four Last Songs - Renée Fleming (sop), Houston SO/Christoph Eschenbach (RCA 09026 68539)

LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (Philips 456 937)

HILL: The Forest, from String Quartet No 2 in G minor, String Quartet - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr Fletcher: Flight of the bumblebee, from Tsar Saltan - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Philip Jones (dir) (Claves CD 50-8503)

3:00 approx

GOULD: Spirituals for Strings - I Musici de Montreal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9848)

DAWSON: Negro Folk Symphony - Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi (Chandos CHAN 9226)

RITCHIE: Remember Parihaka - Auckland CO/Peter Scholes (Atoll ACD 129)

SAINT-SAËNS: Aquarium, from Carnival of the Animals - Antonio Pappano, Martha Argerich (pnos), St Cecilia National Academy Orch/Antonio Pappano (Warner 90 29575 5553)

4:00 approx

MOZART: Symphony No 35 in D K385, Haffner - Prague Philharmonia/Jirí Belohlávek (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1891)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Mahler CO (Sony 88883 70548)

STATHAM: Landscape No 1 - Camilla White (ob), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

5:00 approx

PÄRT: Berliner Messe (ordinary mass) - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn CO/Tonu Kaljuste (ECM 1505)

FASCH arr Chiesa: Lute Concerto in D minor - Slava Grigoryan (gtr), Leonard Grigoryan (gtr), Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey (ABC Classics 476 5948)

LESLIE Arr Stuart Calvert: Cape Breton Lullaby - Toronto Children's Chorus/Elise Bradley (Marquis 81439)

JENNINGS: Prelude, Fugue, Variations, and Chaconne (1) - Luca Manghi (flute), Ben Hoadley (bassoon), Liam Wooding (piano) (Atoll ACD221)

BACH: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 42, Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)

PUCCINI: Intermezzo, from Manon Lescaut - Berlin Radio SO/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 410 007)

MEDTNER: Romantic Sketches for the Young Op 54 (1) - Hamish Milne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67491/2)

TRADITIONAL: Since sounding drums (Irish Air) - Ilektra Platiopoulou (mezzo), The Curious Bards (Harmonia Mundi HMN916105)

6:00 AM. Classic Morning

Music, news & weather to start your day

WITT: Flute Concerto in G Op 8 (1) - Patrick Gallois (fl/dir), Sinfonia Finlandia ( 8.572089)

DVORÁK: American Suite in A Op 98b (3) - Prague Phil/Jakub Hrusa (SUPRAPHON SU 3882)

FAURÉ: Nocturnes Op 33 (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)

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

PROKOFIEV: Prelude in C, from Ten Pieces Op 12  - Nancy Allen (harp) (EMI CDM 7 69070)

DAVIS: Voyager (1) - Kerenza Peacock (vln), Huw Watkins (pno), London SO/Paul Bateman (Signum SIGCD 411)

SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in E Kk206 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 5 in D (4) - London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI CDM 7 64018)

7.00

CHAMPAGNE: Danse villageoise - Orchestre Symphonique De Quebec/Yoav Talmi (Analekta 23156)

BACH trans Rachmaninov: Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006, excerpts - Daniil Trifonov (pno) (DG 4835335)

PUCCINI: Humming Chorus, from Madame Butterfly - Andre Rieu & his choir & orch (Universal 589 306)

CLEMENTI: Symphony No 1 in C WO32 (2) - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573071)

VIVALDI: Autumn (1), from The Four Seasons Recomposed - Daniel Hope (vln), Max Richter (Moog Synth), Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin/André de Ridder (DG 479 2777)

FIELD: Piano Sonata in C minor Op 1/3 (2) - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80290)

MOZART: String Quartet No 19 in C K465, Dissonance (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (NZ String Quartet 2006)

BEETHOVEN: Finale from Creatures of Prometheus - Orpheus CO (DG 437 782)

8.00

CHABRIER: Scherzo-Valse, from Suite pastorale - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8852)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence (3) - Endellion String Quartet, Tim Boulton (vla), Robert Cohen (cello) (CRD 3502)

HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 3 in G - Consort of London/Robert Haydon Clark (Brilliant Classics 93779)

ADÈS arr Clements: Arcadiana - Voces8 (Decca 4834670)

RITCHIE: Flute Concerto Op 56 (3) - Alexa Still (fl), Auckland CO/Peter Scholes (Atoll ACD 129)

SCHUMANN: Humoreske in Bb Op 20 (1) - Tony Chen Lin (piano) (Rattle RATD080)

SARASATE: Gypsy Airs Op 20 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), French National Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa (EMI CDC 7 47318)

9:00 AM. Weekend Brunch

ELGAR: Three Bavarian Dances - New Zealand SO / James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

SAINT-SAËNS arr Ma: Havanaise - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (SONY SK 87287)

HAYDN: Symphony No 83 in G minor, The Hen - Lower Austria Tonkünstler Orch/Kristjan Järvi (PREISER PR 90765)

MOZART: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja, from Die Zauberflöte - Matthias Goerne (bar), Swedish Radio SO/Manfred Honeck (Decca 467 263)

10.00

BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Bournemouth SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9221)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A minor Op 114 - Peter Schmidl (cl), Friedrich Dolezal (cello), András Schiff (pno) (Decca 410 114)

TORKE: West, Concerto for Bassoon - Peter Kolkay (bassoon), Albany SO/David Alan Miller (Albany TROY1784)

11.00

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/5 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 - ASMF/Joshua Bell (Sony 88765 44881)

GIDDENS: Lullaby - Rhiannon Giddens (voice), Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 7559 938739)

AUBER: The Bronze Horse, Overture - BBC Phil / Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

MONTI: Czárdás - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

Noon The RNZ Concert Chart with Rick Young

Highlights from the week's best-selling albums

PRINCESS TE RANGI PAI arr Doy: Hine e Hine - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), George Henare (waiata chant), Maori vocal ensemble, Abbey Road Ensemble (EMI CDC 5 56828)

TRADITIONAL arr Doy: Tarakihi (The Locust) - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), George Henare (waiata chant), Maori vocal ensemble, Abbey Road Ensemble (EMI CDC 5 56828)

BACH: Cello Suite No 5 in C minor BWV1011 (1) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY 19075854652)

ROSSI: Begl'occhi che dite - Véronique Gens (soprano), Christina Pluhar (theorbo / harp), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Erato 9029537230)

ROSSI: A l'imperio d'Amor, from L'Orfeo, act 2 - Véronique Gens (soprano), Christina Pluhar (theorbo / harp), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Erato 9029537230)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 - Marie Ross (clarinet), Petra Somlai (piano), Claire-Lise Démettre (cello) (Centaur CRC3760)

BACH: Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV1008 (4) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY 19075854652)

1:00 PM. From the Top

Selections from Settling the Score

SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Vienna SO/Karel Ancerl (EMI 5 75091)

DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104 - Heinrich Schiff (cello), Vienna Phil/André Previn (Philips 434 914)

BACH: Et resurrexit, from Mass in B minor BWV246 - Katherine Watson (sop), Tim Mead (cntrtenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), André Morsch (baritone), Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Harmonia Mundi HAF890529394)

SCHUBERT: Octet in F D803 (3) - Nash Ensemble (ASV GLD 4005)

2:00 PM. Worlds of Music with Trevor Reekie

Trans-global, fusion and folk roots music

3:00 PM. Music Alive Matinée

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

Voices of Aotearoa: Voices New Zealand International Tour

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: O viridissima virga

PRINCESS TE RANGI PAI: Hine e Hine

CHILDS, DAVID: Salve Regina

Sirett: Ce Beau Printemps

ABSIL: Bestiaire

GRIFFITHS, DAVID: Lie deep, my love

Lilburn: Aotearoa Overture

FISHER, HELEN: Pounamu

MANTYJARVI: Canticum calamitatis maritimae

BARBER: To be sung on the water

TRAD: Pokarekare ana

HAMILTON, DAVID: Karakia of the Stars

HAMILTON, DAVID: Ecce beatam Lucem

DAUNAIS: Le pont mirabeau (encore)

Horomona Horo (Taonga puoro), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls

Cadogan Hall, London (BBC/RNZ)

RITCHIE: Symphony No 3, Op 150 (1) - New Zealand SO/Tecwyn Evans (Atoll ACD 741)

5:00 PM. Inside Out with Nick Tipping

A journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way (RNZ)

7:00 PM. Appointment

The stories behind the music

ROBINOVITCH: Four Sephardic Folk-Songs - Sefarad (MARQUIS 81389)

KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (MERCURY 432 005)

8:00 PM. Music Alive

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

NZTrio: Spiral

BAX: Piano Trio in B flat

MCLEOD, Jenny: Seascapes

HOLLOWAY, Samuel: Corpse and Mirror

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in E flat Op 70 No 2

NZTrio: Natalie Lin (violin), Ashley Brown (cello), Sarah Watkins (piano)

Q Loft, Auckland (RNZ)

9:40 PM. Sound Lounge

A weekly forum for contemporary music

ACO: David Hamilton Composer Portrait
HAMILTON: Nix Olympica; HAMILTON: Summer Sun; Night and Day, from A Small Garden of Songs; HAMILTON: Canticle 5; HAMILTON: Hurdy Gurdy; HAMILTON: Concertino for oboe and strings; HAMILTON: The Ghosts of Wreck Bay; HAMILTON: Hine Raukatauri; HAMILTON: The Kingston Flyer
Bede Hanley (oboe), Jennifer Mori (flute), Helen Acheson (sop), Auckland Chamber Orchestra/Peter Scholes
Recorded Raye Friedman Centre, Auckland (RNZ)

NORMAN: Sustain - Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel (Deutsche Grammophon 0289 483 7608)

Sunday 8 December 2019

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

ALBINONI arr Giazotto: Adagio in G minor - Stuttgart CO/Karl Münchinger (Decca 473 862)

BACH: French Suite No 5 in G BWV816 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67121/2)

COPLAND: Quiet City - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova 74321 37854)

TIPPETT: Concerto for double string orchestra - Scottish CO/Michael Tippett (Virgin VC 7 90701)

1:00 approx

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 4 in D minor Op 120 - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1519)

HAYDN: Symphony No 100 in G, Military - Bavarian Radio SO/Mariss Jansons (Sony 88697 41233)

GRIEG: Norwegian Folksongs Op 66, excerpts - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD 208)

DVORÁK: Waltz in Db Op 54/4 - Cecilia String Quartet (Analekta 29892)

2:00 approx

MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (ONYX 4037)

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - London SO/André Previn (EMI 3 82157)

LILBURN: Piano Sonatina No 1 - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (EX KIWI SLD 78)

3:00 approx

BACH: Cello Concerto in A minor Wq170 - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton (NIMBUS NI 5848)

CLARKE: Viola Sonata - Philip Dukes (vla), Sophia Rahman (pno) (Naxos 8.557934)

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

4:00 approx

PROKOFIEV: Flute Sonata in D Op 94 - Sharon Bezaly (flute), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) (BIS BIS2259)

ROTA: Symphony on a love song - Teatro Massimo SO/Marzio Conti (Chandos CHAN 10090)

GERSHWIN: Preludes for piano - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)

SCHNITTKE: Suite in the Old Style (2) - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Ralf Gothóni (BIS CD 1437)

5:00 approx

FAURÉ: Pelléas & Mélisande, Concert Suite - Czech Phil/Serge Baudo (SUPRAPHON SU 3899)

ROSETTI ed Moesus: Bassoon Concerto in F (Murray C75) - Albrecht Holder (bsn), New Brandenburg PO/Nicolás Pasquet (Naxos 8.555341)

BRAHMS arr Geringas: Liebestreu Op 3/1 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ UB56)

GRIEG: The Last Spring Op 34/2 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB11)

DEBUSSY: Arabesques Nos 1-2 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 500272)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little (3) - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 654)

BEETHOVEN: Bagatelles Op 126 (5) - Piotr Anderszewski (pno) (Virgin 5 02111)

PAGANINI: Caprice No 9 in E, from 24 Caprices Op 1 - Sergey Malov (vln) (Pan Classics PC 10360)

6:00 AM. Sanctuary

Music for the spirit and soul

MENDELSSOHN: Ave Maria - John Robinson (org), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/David Hill (Hyperion CDA 67558)

BRYARS: Ave regina gloriosa (Lauda VII) - Trio Mediaeval (ECM 1869 (476 1241))

BRYARS: Ave donna santissima (Lauda III) - Trio Mediaeval (ECM 1869 (476 1241))

BRYARS: Venite a laudare (Lauda I) - Trio Mediaeval (ECM 1869 (476 1241))

TSABROPOULOS: Three pieces after Byzantine hymns - Anja Lechner (cello), Vassilis Tsabropoulos (pno) (ECM 1888 (981 9613))

PACHELBEL: Jauchzet dem Herrn - La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata/Roland Wilson (CPO 999 916)

HAHN: The earth is waiting - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

TRADITIONAL arr Bond: Prepare a way for the Lord - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

KOEHNE: A Closed World of Fine Feelings & Grand Design - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (Naxos 8.570949)

ANERIO: Christe Redemptor omnium - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell (Hyperion CDH 55213)

BACH arr Tarkmann: Concerto for cor anglais, strings & continuo - Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais), English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)

7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns, presented by Robyn Jaquiery

8:00 AM. Grace Notes

FAURÉ: Pavane - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

BRITTEN arr Barley: Since she whom I loved - Matthew Barley (cello) (Signum SIGCD 318)

MONTERO: Improvisation on Vivaldi's Winter - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

DOWLAND arr Bergeron, Dagher, Slattery: Behold a wonder here - Michael Slattery (ten), La Nef (Atma ACD2 2650)

HONEGGER: Pastorale d'été - Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (Decca 455 352)

CANTELOUBE arr Armenian: Uno jionto postouro, from Songs of the Auvergne - Karina Gauvin (sop), Canadian Chamber Ensemble/Raffi Armenian (CBC Records SMCD 5224)

RACHMANINOV: String Quartet No 1 (1) - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 214)

BEACH: Berceuse - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

BROCKWAY: Cavatina Op 13 - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Marc Neikrug (pno) (Philips 416 158)

9:00 AM. Weekend Brunch

TELEMANN: Flute Concerto in D TWV51/D2 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir), Berlin Baroque Soloists (EMI 5 57397)

LISZT: Concert Study No 3 in Db, Un Sospiro - François-René Duchâble (pno) (Virgin 3 63278)

STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto in D - Alex Klein (ob), Chicago SO/Daniel Barenboim (Teldec 3984 23913)

GOUNOD: Ah! Je veux vivre, from Romeo & Juliet - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 467 049)

10.00

SUPPÉ: Pique Dame, Overture - Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 421 170)

CHOPIN: Variations on Là ci darem la mano from Mozart's Don Giovanni - Jan Lisiecki (pno), NDR Elbphilharmonie Orch/Krzysztof Urbanski (DG 947 96824)

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K364 - Midori (vln), Nobuko Imai (vla), North German Radio SO/Christoph Eschenbach (SONY SK 89488)

11.00

TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No 2 in C Op 53 - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9454)

LASSUS: Bon jour, et puis, quelles nouvelles? - King's Singers, Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley (EMI 5 69555)

CERTON: La, la, la, je n'ose le dire - King's Singers, Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley (EMI 5 69555)

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 4 in A BWV1055 - András Schiff (pno/dir), CO of Europe (Decca 425 676)

Noon Pick and Mix

Eva Radich mixes it up with great musicians across genres

HOWARD: Fly Me to the Moon - Julie London (EMI 791298)
JOBIM: Corcovado - Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto (VERVE 521414)
JOBIM: Desafinado - Julie London (EMI 791298)
MCCOY: Why Don't You Do Right? - Julie London (EMI 791298)
REINHARDT, GRAPPELLI: Minor Swing - Roby Lakatos (DG 471562)
HUPFELD: As Time Goes By - Roby Lakatos (DG 471562)
TRAD: Man In The Moon - The Full English (TOPIC 220823)
TRAD: William And Nancy - The Full English (TOPIC 220823)
TRAD: Fol The Day-O - The Full English (TOPIC 220823)
MARTINS, ROBERTI: Izaura - João Gilberto (EMARCY 837589)
BACH: Minuet in G, from the Anna Magdalena Notebook - Lisa Rydberg (violin), Gunnar Idenstam (harmonium) (Gazell Records 2007)
BACH: Gavotte II, from English Suite in G minor BWV808 - Lisa Rydberg (violin), Gunnar Idenstam (harmonium) (Gazell Records 2007)
CLARKE: Let No Man Steal Your Thyme - Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker (FOLKROOM 396439)
CLARKE: Bathed in Light - Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker (ROUGHTRADE)
CLIVE-LOWE: Asa No Yume - Mark de Clive-Lowe (ROPEADOPE 330230)

1:05 PM. In the Spotlight

RNZ Concert shines a weekly spotlight on artists and musical matters

2:00 PM. The Musical Omnivore

with David Morriss including Vintage Years

WALTON: Set me as a seal - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67330)

VERDI: Anvil Chorus, from Il Trovatore - La Scala Chorus & Orch/Herbert von Karajan (Warner 2564633991)

POULENC: French Suite after Claude Gervaise - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Decca 460 329)

HANDEL: With thee the unsheltered moor I'd tread, from Solomon - Elsie Morison (sop), Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (EMI 586516)

BAX: The Garden of Fand - BBC Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 10362)

DELALANDE: Jubilate Deo - Mieke Van Der Sluis (sop), Heidi Brunner (mezzo), Gilles Ragon, Ian Honeyman (tens), Bernard Deletre (bass), Nantes Vocal Ensemble, La Grand Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy/Paul Colléaux (Erato 2292-45608)

HAYDN: String Quartet in Bb Op 1/1, Hunt (5) - Petersen Quartet (Capriccio 19.0344827586207)

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 - Glenn Gould (pno), New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (SONY SK 60675)

MAHLER: Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar), London SO/George Szell (EMI CDC 7 47277)

5:00 PM. New Horizons with William Dart

A guide to the worlds of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond

5:30 PM. The Silver Screen

NYMAN arr Harle: If, from The Diary of Anne Frank - Jess Gillam (sax), BBC Concert Orch/Jessica Cottis (Decca )

JARRE: A Passage to India (Adela's Theme) - City of Prague Phil/Paul Bateman (SILVASCREEN 290158)

WILLIAMS: Jane Eyre - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Philips 420 946)

WILLIAMS: Hedwig's Theme, from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/John Williams (DG 4797553)

6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

APO: Opera in Concert

MOZART: Don Giovanni

Brigitta Kele (Donna Elvira), Ekaterina Siurina (Donna Anna), Natasha Wilson (Zerlina), Richard Šveda (Don Giovanni), Robert Gleadow (Leporello), Morgan Pearse (Masetto), Adam Frandsen (Don Ottavio), Pelham Andrews (Commendatore), Freemasons NZ Opera Chorus, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Giordano Bellincampi

Town Hall, Auckland (RNZ)

9:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers

CHOPIN: Scherzo No 2 in Bb minor Op 31 - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)

HARRIS: Music for Jonny - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

HILL: String Quartet No 5 in Eb, Allies - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)

HAMILTON: The Moon is Silently Singing - Greg Hill (horn), Peter Sharman (horn), 1992 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (MANU CD MANU 1412)

ROUSSEL: Bacchus & Ariadne, Suite No 2 - NZSO National Youth Orch 2008/Jacques Lacombe ( (RNZ) CTD888)

DEBUSSY: Rêverie - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (MANU CD MANU 2050)

NORMAN: The flight & the stars; Cold & darkness; Warmth & light; The Sun King; The journey continues; The Lost Boys - Orchestra Wellington/Kenneth Young (RNZB 1999A)

PAINE: Sea Suite - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP CD 04)

11:00 PM. New Music Dreams

Ryan Smith explores ambient and drone music
HIGH PLAINS: Cinderland (album) - High Plains: Scott Morgan (electronics), Mark Bridges (cello) (Kranky KRANK 206)

LOSCIL: Khanamoot, Hastings Sunrise, Fifth Anchor Span, from the album Sketches from New Brighton (Kranky KRANK 171)

Monday 9 December 2019

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

CHABRIER: Impromptu in C - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion SACDA 67515)

HAYDN: String Quartet in Bb Op 76/4, Sunrise - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 5 56166)

HANDEL: I know that my Redeemer liveth, from Messiah - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 425 016)

TELEMANN: Suite in A minor - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl/dir), Jerusalem Music Centre CO (CBS MK 35133)

1:00 approx

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 - Liliko Maeda (fl), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS SACD 1431)

VIOTTI: Violin Concerto No 22 in A minor - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Brandenburg Orch/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66840)

RAVEL: Jeux d'eau - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ UA43)

2:00 approx

DOVE: Flute Concerto, The Magic Flute Dances - Emily Beynon (fl), BBC Welsh National Orch/Bramwell Tovey (Chandos CHAN 10718)

KHACHATURIAN: Cello Concerto in E minor - Mats Lidström (cello), Gothenburg SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy (BIS CD 719)

BURTON: Sonatina - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (Koch International 1915393)

3:00 approx

BEETHOVEN: Clarinet Trio in Bb Op 11 - Peter Schmidl (cl), Friedrich Dolezal (cello), Erich Binder (pno) (Decca 414 576)

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 - Joshua Bell (violin/director), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (Sony 19075842002)

BARBER: Music for a scene from Shelley Op7 - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Stradivari SCD 8012)

MATTHESON trans Stokowski: Air, from Suite No 5 in C minor for harpsichord - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.57205)

4:00 approx

LASSER: Variations on a Chorale by JS Bach - Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Telarc CD 80715)

SMETANA: String Quartet No 1 in E minor, From my life - Tokyo String Quartet (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 80 7429)

LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture - Auckland Philharmonia/Gemma New (RNZ 2017)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, from The Nutcracker - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 457 357)

5:00 approx

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

COPLAND: Simple gifts, from Appalachian Spring - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (SONY MLK 64059)

RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales - Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (EMI 9 66342)

ELGAR: Salut d'Amour Op 12 - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

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

FASCH: Concerto in D for trumpet & two oboes FWV L/D1 - Niklas Eklund (baroque tpt), Drottningholm Baroque Orch/Nils-Erik Sparf (Naxos 8.553531)

BACH arr Koopman: Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren, from Cantata No 167, Ihr Menschen - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 60680)

ALBÉNIZ: Keyboard Sonata in D - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 417 639)

6:00 AM. Daybreak

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in D Op 3/6 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7415)

MONTERO: Improvisation inspired by Scriabin - Gabriela Montero (EMI 5 58039)

BERNSTEIN: The Age of Innocence - Bruce Dukov (vln), Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 454 647)

BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in G G450 (4) - Kazuhito Yamashita (gtr), Tokyo String Quartet (RCA RD 60421)

RAVEL: Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas, from Mother Goose Suite - BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov (BBC Music BBC MM 300)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in F minor D935/4 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 457 550)

WELLS: The shepherds' carol - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

HAN KUN SHA: Shepherd's Song - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 (4) - New Zealand SO/Nicholas McGegan (Private - NZSO 2006B)

7.00

GOLDMARK: Rustic Wedding Symphony (5) - Los Angeles Phil/Jesús López-Cobos (Decca 476 8743)

HAMILTON: A Child comes forth (1) - Helen Webby (harp), Rowan Johnston (percussion), Key Cygnetures/Elise Bradley (RNZ UB15)

DOWLAND arr Grainger: Now, o now, I needs must part - Piers Lane (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67279)

GABRIELLI: Trumpet Sonata No 4 in D - Thomas Reiner (tpt), Southwest German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (Naxos 8.570501)

RACHMANINOV: Moments Musicaux Op 16 (6) - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 475 6198)

KORNGOLD: Much Ado About Nothing Suite Op 11 (4) - Gil Shaham (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 439 886)

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

ANONYMUS arr Fourés: Greensleeves to a ground - Daniel Hope (vln), Stefan Maass (lute) (DG 477 8094)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 1 in C Op 15 (3) - Paul Lewis (pno), BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek (BBC Music MM 359)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No 1 in D Op 11 (2) - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 214)

GRIEG: Morning Mood, from Peer Gynt - New Zealand SO/James Sedares

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Winter (2) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 90916)

MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words Op 19/5 - Denis Kozhukhin (piano) (Pentatone PTC5186734)

BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances No 1, 3 & 10 - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1756)

TRADITIONAL: TRAD: Verbum caro factum est; GUERRERO: A un Nino llorando - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

FALLA: Pantomime, from El Amor Brujo - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

BACH: Violin Sonata No 6 in G BWV1019 (1) - Viktoria Mullova (vln), Ottavio Dantone (hpschd) (Onyx 4020)

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11 (3) - Janina Fialkowska (pno), Vancouver SO/Bramwell Tovey (ATMA ACD 2 2643)

9:00 AM. The Works

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1 - London Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 425 847)

TORKE: East, Concerto for clarinet - Weixiong Wang (clarinet), Albany SO/David Alan Miller (Albany TROY1784)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19 - Maurizio Pollini (pno), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 477 7244)

CATALANI: Ebben?...Ne andrò lontana, from La Wally - Alessandra Marc (sop), New Zealand SO/Heinz Wallberg (DELOS DE 3108)

10.00

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 - Jascha Heifetz (vln), New SO of London/Malcolm Sargent (RCA RD 86214)

BACH: Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208 - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI 5 67523)

SCHUBERT: Quartet for guitar, flute, viola & cello D96 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Paul Neubauer (vla), Ronald Thomas (cello) (KOCH INTERNATIONAL 2010356)

SWEELINCK: Hodie Christus natus est - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

11.00

GÓRECKI: Three Pieces in Old Style - NZSO CO (RNZ UA02)

GLAZUNOV: The Seasons Op 67 - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (Warner 2564 61434)

GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 417 300)

Noon Upbeat

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

DVORAK: Piano Quintet in A Op 81 - Piers Lane (pno), Goldner String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67805)

KORNGOLD: Much Ado About Nothing Suite Op 11 - Philippe Quint (vln), Mineria SO/Carlos Miguel Prieto (Naxos 8.570791)

RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs - Beatrice Rana (pno) (Warner Classics 9029541109)

PROKOFIEV: Winter Bonfire Op 122, excerpts - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Helios CDH55177)

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

C ADAMS: Symphonic Dances - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2014)

1.00

David Morriss talks with Paul McLaney, Director of Music for Pop-Up Globe

MCCLANEY: Overture, from Romeo & Juliet - Pop Up Globe musicians (Popup 476655)

GARFUNKEL, SIMON: Scarborough Fair / Canticle - Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel (Columbia 466001)

TRAD: She moved through the fair - Van Morrison & The Chieftains (Mercury 834496)

LISZT: Rigoletto Paraphrase - RIchard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD315)

SIBELIUS: The Tempest, Suite No 2 - Hungarian State SO/Jussi Jalas (Decca 448 267)

ROTA: Love theme, from Romeo & Juliet - Roger Woodward (pno) (Artworks AW 002)

SHOSTAKOVICH: King Lear, excerpts - Berlin Radio Chorus & SO/Michael Jurowski (Capriccio 49 533)

2:00 PM. Inside Out with Nick Tipping

A journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way (RNZ)

3:00 PM. Classical Connection

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

FAURÉ: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 13 (3) - Wilma Smith (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA63)

RIDOUT: Fall Fair - Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer (CBC Records SMCD 5069)

HAYDN: Trio in D for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/16 (2) - Uwe Grodd (fl), Martin Rummel (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (pno) (Naxos 8.572667)

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K297b (2) - Mohamed Saleh (ob), Kinan Azmeh (cl), Mor Biron (bsn), Sharon Polyak (horn), West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim (warner 2564 62791)

STRAUSS: Wiegenlied Op 41/1 - Kate Royal (soprano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Edward Gardner (EMI 394419)

SCHUBERT trans Maisky: Du bist die Ruh' D776 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 449 817)

HOLST: March, from Suite No 2 for Military Band Op 28/2 - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish ( CHAN 9697)

GERSHWIN: Variations on I Got Rhythm - Howard Shelley (pno), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9325)

4.00

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 8 in F Op 93 (1) - Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 439 900)

BACH: Concerto in D minor BWV974 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4835022)

WAGNER: Siegfried's Rhine Journey, from Götterdämmerung - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (EMI 4 57817)

SAVALL: L'Amor - Arianna Savall (sop/harp) (Alia Vox AV 9839)

TRADITIONAL: Caledonia's Wail for Niel Gow - Jordi Savall (treble viol), Andrew Lawrence-King (Irish hp) (Alia Vox AVSA 9865)

SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C Op 18 - Vassily Primakov (pno) (Bridge 9300)

HOFMANN: Oboe Concerto in G (3) - Stefan Schilli (ob), Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Béla Drahos (Naxos 8.553979)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique (3) - Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 479 0835)

5.00

PROKOFIEV arr Rozhdestvensky: Pushkiniana (7) - Russian State SO/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.55571)

GROSSI: Sonata in D for trumpet & strings Op 3/10 - Crispian Steele-Perkins (tpt), Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (org/dir) (Hyperion CDA 67359)

MENDELSSOHN: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - London Phil/Andrew Litton (EMI CD EMX 9518)

RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin (3) - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 471 614)

LILBURN: Music Box No 1 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)

HANDEL: O Thou that tellest, from Messiah - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), London Phil/Adrian Boult (Decca 414 623)

GRAY: Captain Scarlet theme - Studio orch (EMI 340904)

CONSORT: Theme from Miss Marple - unnamed orchestra (PICKWICK 550645)

BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in D G448, Fandango (3) - Kazuhito Yamashita (gtr), Tokyo String Quartet (RCA RD 60421)

MOZART: Symphony No 32 in G K318 - Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (BR Media 900 710)

6.00

ELGAR: Characteristic Pieces Op 10 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

DEBUSSY: Danse sacrée et danse profane - Osian Ellis (harp), ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD DCA 517)

SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in F Kk296 (1) - Claire Huangci (pno) (Berlin Classics 0300603 BC)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American (1) - Royal Phil/Charles Rosekrans (TELARC CD 80610)

STRAUSS II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

7:00 PM. Exploring Music

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

8:00 PM. Music Alive

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

NZSO: Winter Daydreams

BLAKE, Christopher: Angel at Ahipara

STRAVINSKY: Violin Concerto in D

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 1 in G minor Op 13, Winter Daydreams

Carolin Widmann (violin), New Zealand SO/Fawzi Haimor

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)

DEBUSSY: Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut - Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (pno) (MIRARE MIR 145)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 7 in D minor Op 70 (4) - London SO/Colin Davis (LSO LIVE LSO 0014)

10:00 PM. Day's End

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (SIMAX PSC 1281)

HUMPERDINCK: String Quartet Movement in E minor - Diogenes Quartet (CPO 777 547)

STRAUSS: Suite in Bb for winds Op 4 - François Leleux (ob), Ensemble Paris-Bastille (SONY 88697 74869)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 32 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67371/2)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in G minor RV317 - Takako Nishizaki (vln), NZSO National Youth Orch/Peter Walls (Naxos 8.572381)

Tuesday 10 December 2019

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

WEBER: Grand Duo Concertant in Eb Op 48 - Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Yuja Wang (piano) (DG 4836069)

BARBER: Essay No 1 for orchestra Op12 - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Stradivari SCD 8012)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Vienna Phil/André Previn (DG 474 8742)

1:00 approx

BYRD: Mass for three voices - Tallis Scholars/Peter Philips (Gimell 454 895)

STENHAMMAR: Serenade in F Op 31 - Swedish Radio SO/Stig Westerberg (EMI CDM 5 65081)

RACHMANINOV: Moment Musical Op 16/3 - Jason Bae (pno) (AUSTRIAN GRAMOPHONE AG 0003)

2:00 approx

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished - Berlin Phil/Karl Böhm (DG 419 318)

MOZART: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb K493 - Domus (Virgin VC 7 91485)

PACHELBEL: Magnificat - 1999 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2029)

SATIE arr Kennedy/Lenehan/Messiter: Gymnopédie No 1 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), John Anderson (ob), Julie Price (bsn), English CO (EMI 5 57330)

3:00 approx

MENDELSSOHN: Cello Sonata No 1 in Bb Op 45 - António Meneses (cello), Gérard Wyss (pno) (Avie AV 2140)

CRUSELL: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in Eb Op 1 - Emma Johnson (cl), Royal Phil/Günther Herbig (ASV CD DCA 763)

LISZT: Années de Pèlerinage, Year 1, Switzerland, excerpts - David James (pno) (RNZ UB48)

MASCAGNI: Cavalleria rusticana, Intermezzo - André Rieu (vln/dir), & his Orch (UNIVERSAL 589 306)

4:00 approx

TORKE: Sky, Concerto for Violin - Tessa Lark (violin), Albany Symphony/David Alan Miller (Albany TROY1784)

MALIPIERO: Sinfonia del mare - Moscow SO/Antonio de Almeida (Naxos 8.570878)

BEETHOVEN arr Albulescu: Patetica 1, 2, & 3 - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (DOWNSTAGE DSR 1009)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 (6) - Isabelle Faust (violin), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Bernhard Forck (Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)

5:00 approx

HAYDN: Symphony No 12 in E - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (dir) (Alpha 674)

WHITACRE: Water night - London SO/Eric Whitacre (Decca 279 6323)

STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No 1 in Eb - Dale Clevenger (horn), Chicago SO, Best Instrumental Soloist (s)/Daniel Barenboim (teldec 3984 23913)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude No 12 in G# Minor, Op 32 - Colin Horsley (pno) (Atoll ACD 442)

ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in Bb Op 7/3 - Tine Thing Helseth (tpt), Norwegian CO (SIMAX PSC 1292)

DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Danse - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Atma SACD 2 2377)

HUME: Tinckeldum Twinckeldum - Marianne Muller (viola da gamba), Liam Fennelly (viola da gamba), Pau Marcos (viola da gamba) (ZIG ZAG ZZT 100 501)

FAURÉ orch Rabaud: Berceuse, from Dolly Suite - Paris Orch/Serge Baudo (EMI 5 67523)

6:00 AM. Daybreak

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

CIMAROSA: Giannina e Bernardone, Overture - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570279)

MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words Op 38/2 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

BACH: Flute Sonata in E BWV1035 (3) - Alexa Still (fl), Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ UB60)

FALLA orch Berio: Seven Popular Spanish Songs (4) - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

VIVALDI: Concerto in F for multiple instruments RV569 (3) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (OPUS 111 OP 30283)

HERBERT: Serenade for Strings Op 12 (2) - London Octave/Kypros Markou (DUTTON CDLX 7238)

RESPIGHI: Adoration of the Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)

BEETHOVEN: Twelve Contradanses WoO14 - Orch of St Luke's/Michael Tilson Thomas (CBS MK 44516)

STRAUSS: Morgen! Op 27/4 - Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Brentano Quartet

7.00

WALTON: What God hath done, is rightly done, from The Wise Virgins Suite - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8871)

MOZART: Bassoon Concerto in Bb K191 (1) - Valeri Popov (bsn), Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9656)

PROKOFIEV: Sinfonietta in A Op 5/48 (1) - Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Onyx 4139)

TCHAIKOVSKY arr Pletnev: The Nutcracker, Suite (7) - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 5 75202)

BRAHMS: Serenade No 1 in D Op 11 (6) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 6775)

RAMÍREZ arr Wilberg: El Nacimiento - Bryn Terfel (bar), Rolando Villazón (ten), Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

CELEDONIO ROMERO: Andalusian Dance No 1 - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 456 585)

SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 5 in F Op 103, Egyptian (1) - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno), Swiss Romande Orch/Charles Dutoit (Decca 475 8764)

SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals (12) - Philharmonia/Philip Ellis (CD RSN 3027)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

RACHMANINOV: Ave Maria, from Vespers Op 37 - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (UNIVERSAL 476 3160)

PÄRT: Bogoroditse Devo - Theatre of Voices, Pro Arte Singers/Paul Hillier (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7242)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV230 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), members of Berlin Phil (EMI 5 57859)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude No 10 in Gb, Op 23 - Colin Horsley (pno) (Atoll ACD 442)

MASSENET: Orchestral Suite No 2, Hungarian Scenes (5) - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F BWV1046 (1) - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Avie AV 2119)

BORODIN: String Quartet No 2 in D (2) - St Petersburg String Quartet (DOR 90307)

TRADITIONAL arr Iveson: The holly & the ivy - James Blades (perc), David Corkill (perc), Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Philip Jones (dir) (Decca 448 980)

ARMSTRONG arr Metcalfe: Life For Rent - Miloš Karadaglic (guitar), Katherine Tinker (piano), 12 ensemble (Decca 7779637)

BERNSTEIN: Candide, Overture - Baltimore SO/David Zinman (Decca 452 916)

9:00 AM. The Works

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

CHABRIER: España - Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5122)

BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 - Hilary Hahn (vln), Los Angeles CO/Jeffrey Kahane (DG 474 199)

BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms - soloist from Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna Youth Choir, Israel Phil/Leonard Bernstein (DG 415 965)

BENDA: Sonata in F - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

10.00

KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, Suite - St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (SIGNUM SIGCD 310)

BUTTERWORTH: Loveliest of trees, from Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Iain Burnside (pno) (BBC Music BBC MM 298)

KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), Vienna Phil/Valery Gergiev (RCA 88697 10336)

ANONYMUS: There is no rose - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

11.00

STAMITZ: Symphony in A - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553194)

SCHUBERT: Impromptus D935 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68213)

VIVALDI: Concerto in G minor for strings RV156 - Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (AVI 855 3060)

MOZART: Don Giovanni, Act 1 Finale - members of the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Hans Krul (dbass) (Philips 422 545)

Noon Upbeat

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

CHAUSSON: Le temps des lilas - Measha Brueggergosman (sop), Justus Zeyen (pno) (DG 477 8108)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 (1) - Danish CO/Adam Fischer (Naxos 8505251)

A RITCHIE: Whakatipua - Aroha Quartet (RNZ 2015)

RR BENNETT: Susanni, from Five Carols - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - Philharmonia/Francesco d'Avalos (ASV CD DCA 666)

SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in Eb Op 47 (1) - Richard Farrell Piano Quartet (Atoll ACD315)

1.00

David Morriss talks with composer Samuel Holloway

S HOLLOWAY: Fault - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Atoll/Move MD 3327)

HOLLOWAY: Hauptstimme - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2012)

HOLLOWAY: Stapes - NZTrio (Rattle 400580)

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

SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in Eb Op 47 (1) - Richard Farrell Piano Quartet (Atoll ACD315)

BUXTEHUDE: Membra Jesu nostri, Cantata 4, Ad latus - Capella Angelica, Lautten Compagney/Wolfgang Katschner (Raum Klang RK 2403)

ANON: Dark Eyes - Roby Lakatos (vln), Kálmán Cséki (pno), Ernest Bangó (cymbalon/gtr), Oszkár Németh (dbass), László Bóni (vln) (DG 457 879)

HANDEL: Love in her eyes sits playing, from Acis & Galatea - Kenneth McKellar (ten), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Adrian Boult (Decca 466415)

 

2:00 PM. In the Spotlight

RNZ Concert shines a weekly spotlight on artists and musical matters

3:00 PM. Classical Connection

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 1 (1) - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)

ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 5 - London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI CDM 7 64015)

HANDEL: Air and variations, "The Harmonius Blacksmith", from Keyboard Suite No 5 in E HWV430 - Sophie Yates (hpschd) (Chandos CHAN 0669)

BERLIOZ: Queen Mab Scherzo, from Romeo & Juliet - London SO/Colin Davis (Philips 438 307)

CHOPIN: Polonaise in C minor Op 40/2 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

BACH: Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 (1) - Hilary Hahn (vln), Los Angeles CO/Jeffrey Kahane (DG 474 199)

CANTELOUBE: Baïlero, from Chants d'Auvergne - Kate Royal (soprano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Edward Gardner (EMI 394419)

HALVORSEN: Passacaglia after Handel - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla) (Naxos 8.572522)

4.00

BRAHMS: Rhapsody in B minor Op 79/1 - Murray Perahia (pno) (SONY 88697 79469)

RAVEL: String Quartet in F (1) - Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMM902304)

BECK: Sinfonia in C Op 1/6 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in D Op 46/6 - Claire Désert, Emmanuel Strosser (pno duet) (Mirare MIR 042)

HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto in Eb (3) - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), English CO/Raymond Leppard (SONY SK 60804)

MOZART: Rondo in C K373 - Julia Fischer (vln), Netherlands CO/Yakov Kreizberg (PENTATONE PTC 5186 098)

RUTTER: Arise, shine, for thy light has come - Mark Williams (org), Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 515)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 (2) - Jayson Gillham (pno), Melbourne SO/Benjamin Northey (ABC Classics ABC4815564)

5.00

BEETHOVEN arr Druzecky: Septet in Eb Op 20 (5) - Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble (EMI CDC 5 56817)

VIVALDI arr Williams: Lute Concerto in D RV93 - John Williams (gtr), Franz Liszt CO/János Rolla (dir) (SONY MLK 64062)

SCHUBERT: Impromptus D899 (2) - Khatia Buniatishvili (pno) (Sony 19075841202)

SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture - Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 421 170)

BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Sol3 Mio, City of Prague Orch/Paul Bateman (Decca 375 7602)

BACH arr Cazes: Badinerie - Camerata Brazil/Henrique Cazes (dir) (EMI 5 56939)

PIXINGUINHA arr Gnattali: Vou Vivendo - Camerata Brazil/Henrique Cazes (dir) (EMI 5 56939)

PAGANINI arr Gendron: Variations on a theme by Rossini - Heinrich Schiff (cello), Samuel Sanders (pno) (Philips 420 945)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (5) - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1972)

6.00

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

GLASS: Etude No 2 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 94796918)

GRIEG: Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak - Brass Choir of the Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Airforce/Graham Hanify (KIWI CD SLC 216)

CHOPIN: Fantasy in F minor Op 49 - Alessandra Ammara (pno) (Arts 47696)

FASCH: Violin Concerto in A - Veronika Skuplik (vln), La Stravaganza Cologne (CPO 777 015)

7:00 PM. Exploring Music

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

8:00 PM. Music Alive

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

NZSQ: Dangerous Liaisons

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F Op 18/1

BARTÓK: String Quartet No 1

SCHUMANN: String Quartet in A Op 41/3

New Zealand String Quartet

St Mary of the Angels, Wellington (RNZ)

STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No 2 in Eb - Stefan Dohr (horn), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Tadaaki Otaka (RNZ 2017)

10:00 PM. Day's End

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

LISZT: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA37)

MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (MANU CD MANU 5006)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 17 in G K453 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno/dir), Cleveland Orch (Decca 483 0716)

BACH: Flute Sonata in B minor BWV1030 - Andrea Oliva (fl), Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67897)

BRAHMS: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 51 - Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2152)

Wednesday 11 December 2019

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

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

BYRD: Though Amaryllis dance - Viva Voce/John Rosser (VIVA VOCE ACD 901)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 1 in E minor Op 39 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (EMI 3 72478)

1:00 approx

BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in D G478 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 60680)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Concert Fantasia in G Op 56 - Stephen Hough (pno), Anthony Ross (cello), Minnesota Orch/Osmo Vänskä (Hyperion CDA 67711/2)

CHARPENTIER: Depuis le jour, from Louise - Alessandra Marc (sop), New Zealand SO/Heinz Wallberg (DELOS DE 3108)

OFFENBACH arr Baril: Allegro, from Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

2:00 approx

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 3 in C Op 2/3 - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 477 6594)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: String Quartet No 1 in G minor - Maggini Quartet (Naxos 8.5553)

LEGRAND arr Kleiman: Papa, can you hear me? - Susanna Andersson (sop), Helsingborg SO/Tecwyn Evans (Orlando Records OR 0029)

3:00 approx

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 47 in B minor HobXVI/32 - Paul Lewis (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMM 902371)

STRAVINSKY: Petrushka - New York Phil/Pierre Boulez (SONY SMK 64109)

FONTANA: Sonata No 2 - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

JÄRNEFELT: Berceuse - Lahti SO (BIS CD 1753)

4:00 approx

BRAHMS: Waltzes Op 39 - Andreas Grau, Götz Schumacher (pno duet) (Col Legno WWE 1CD 20103)

ELGAR: The Spirit of England - Teresa Cahill (sop), Scottish National Chorus & Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 6574)

SCHUBERT: Allegretto in C minor D915 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

GIBBONS: The Silver Swan - Canadian Brass (CBS MK 45792)

5:00 approx

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 1 in Db Op 10 - Andrei Gavrilov (pno), CBSO/Simon Rattle (Philips 456 787)

HANDEL: Lascia ch'io pianga, from Rinaldo - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0650)

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 4 in Eb K495 - Jacek Muzyk (horn), Polish Radio Amadeus CO/Agnieszka Duczmal (Naxos 8.570419)

MUSSORGSKY: Pimen's recitation, from Boris Godunov - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Atoll ACD 507)

GLASS: Opening, from Glassworks - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 94796918)

HOLST: Mercury, the Winged Messenger, from The Planets Suite - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Alto ALC 1013)

MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words Op 102/1 Andante un poco agitato - Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Yuja Wang (piano) (DG 4836069)

BACH: Sonata, from Cantata No 182, Himmelskonig, sei willkommen - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Bernhard Forck (Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)

6:00 AM. Daybreak

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

HAYDN: Piano Trio in C HobXV/27 (3) - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 422 831)

HARVEY: Concerto Antico (3) - John Williams (gtr), London SO/Paul Daniel (Sony SK 68337)

DVORÁK: Humoresque in Gb Op 101/7 - James Ehnes (pno) (Analekta FL 2 3191)

DVORÁK: Violin Sonatina in G Op 100 (3) - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Analekta FL 2 3191)

BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 (2) - Donald Armstrong (vln/dir), Andrew Thomson (vln), NZSO CO (RNZ UB11)

MOZART: Il mio tesoro, from Don Giovanni - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

POSTON: Jesus Christ the apple tree - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.554179)

TRADITIONAL arr Hart: I'll Give My Love An Apple - Stella Dickinson (ob), Capital Virtuosi/Paul Hart (ASV CDWHL 2118)

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

HILL: String Quartet No 8 in A (2) - Dominion Quartet

7.00

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn (1) - Sarah Chang (vln), Orpheus CO (EMI 3 94431)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique (1) - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80118)

RAMEAU: The Entrance of Polyhymnia, from Les Boréades - Ensemble Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon (Harmonia Mundi HMM902288)

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

MONTERO: Improvisation on Handel's Hornpipe - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

BACH arr Ma, Thile, Meyer: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV645 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Thile (mandolin), Edgar Meyer (bass) (Nonesuch 558933)

ANONYMUS arr Lislevand: La perra mora - Rolf Lislevand (lute), Marco Ambrosini (viola d amore), Thor Harald Johnsen (lute), Michael Behringer (clavichord), David Mayoral (percussion), Bjørn Kjellemyr (colascione), Giovanna Pessi (harp)/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088 (476 3317))

BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture Op 80 - Royal PO/Enrique Bátiz (RESONANCE CD RSN 3063)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

PICKER: Old & Lost Rivers - London SO/John Williams (SONY SK 62729)

BACH: Christmas Oratorio, Part 5 (1) - Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Evangelist), Nancy Argenta (sop), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Olaf Bär (bar), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

RACHMANINOV transcr Sudbin: Spring waters Op 14/11 - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno) (BIS SACD 1728)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 4 in E minor Op 44/2 (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)

HANDEL: Concerto a due cori No 2 in F HWV333 (5 & 6) - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 432 193)

STAMITZ: Orchestral Trio in C minor Op 4/3 (1) - New Zealand CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)

TRADITIONAL: O Christmas Tree (Tannenbaum) - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

STRAUSS trans Prihoda: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier - Gil Shaham (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (DG 447 640)

MOZART: The Abduction from the Seraglio, Overture - Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis (RCA 74321 56698)

9:00 AM. The Works

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor - Mendelssohn Choir & Toronto SO/Andrew Davis (NEWTON 880 2097)

TIE-SHAN: Yao Dance - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

DEBUSSY orch Cloez/Caplet: Suite bergamasque - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572583)

MERKEL: Fantasy on Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor - Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (pno) (Naxos 8.572759)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Maid of Pskov, Overture - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (CHAN 10424)

10.00

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy (RCA Victor 09026 61724)

MORERA: El Rossinyol - Voices of Ascension/Dennis Keene (Naxos 8.570533)

SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 22 - Yefim Bronfman (pno), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (Helicon 2828471)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 12/2 - Bella Hristova (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RATTLE RATD088)

POULENC: Hodie Christus Natus est, from Four Christmas Motets - Choir of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (Avie AV 2084)

11.00

LEHAR: Sirens of the Ball, Waltz - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 185)

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 5 in Bb Op 100 - London SO/Valery Gergiev (Philips 475 7655)

Noon Upbeat

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

MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F K370 -

CANNING: Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan - Cincinnati SO/Jesús López-Cobos (TELARC CD 80503)

SAMETZ: Noel canon - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

OFFENBACH: Cachons l'ennui de mon âme oppressée, from Fantasio - Jodie Devos (sop), Munich Radio Orch/Laurent Campellone (Alpha ALPHA 437)

HAYDN: Symphony No 104 in D, London - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2019)

1.00

PURCELL: The Bashful Thames, from The Yorkshire Feast Song - Christine Brandes (sop), Arcadian Academy/Nicholas McGegan (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMT 790 7167)

MAHLER: Adagietto, from Symphony No 5 in C# minor - New York Phil/Zubin Mehta (warner 8573 80438)

BACH: Prelude & Fugue No 12 in F minor BWV857 - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD315)

MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 66815)

OFFENBACH: Les plus beaux vers sont toujours fades, from Vert-Vert - Jodie Devos (sop), Munich Radio Orch/Laurent Campellone (Alpha ALPHA 437)

2:00 PM. Pick and Mix

Eva Radich mixes it up with great musicians across genres

HOWARD: Fly Me to the Moon - Julie London (EMI 791298)
JOBIM: Corcovado - Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto (VERVE 521414)
JOBIM: Desafinado - Julie London (EMI 791298)
MCCOY: Why Don't You Do Right? - Julie London (EMI 791298)
REINHARDT, GRAPPELLI: Minor Swing - Roby Lakatos (DG 471562)
HUPFELD: As Time Goes By - Roby Lakatos (DG 471562)
TRAD: Man In The Moon - The Full English (TOPIC 220823)
TRAD: William And Nancy - The Full English (TOPIC 220823)
TRAD: Fol The Day-O - The Full English (TOPIC 220823)
MARTINS, ROBERTI: Izaura - João Gilberto (EMARCY 837589)
BACH: Minuet in G, from the Anna Magdalena Notebook - Lisa Rydberg (violin), Gunnar Idenstam (harmonium) (Gazell Records 2007)
BACH: Gavotte II, from English Suite in G minor BWV808 - Lisa Rydberg (violin), Gunnar Idenstam (harmonium) (Gazell Records 2007)
CLARKE: Let No Man Steal Your Thyme - Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker (FOLKROOM 396439)
CLARKE: Bathed in Light - Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker (ROUGHTRADE)
CLIVE-LOWE: Asa No Yume - Mark de Clive-Lowe (ROPEADOPE 330230)

3:00 PM. Classical Connection

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E minor Op 59/2, Razumovsky (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 402)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence (4) - Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson (leader) (Channel Classics CCS SA 21504)

PSATHAS: Century fanfare, Luminous - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Edvard Tchivzhel (Atoll ACD 100)

TORKE: Sky, Concerto for Violin (3) - Tessa Lark (violin), Albany SO/David Alan Miller (Albany TROY1784)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in G minor Op 46/8 - Vienna SO/Karel Ancerl (EMI 5 75091)

GERSHWIN arr Grainger: The Man I Love; Love Walked In - Piers Lane (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67279)

STRAUSS Trans Steinberg: Morgen! Op 27/4 - Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Brentano Quartet (ERATO 9029564219)

PAISIELLO: Mandolin Concerto in Eb (1) - Ugo Orlandi (mndl), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (Erato 4509 92132)

4.00

ROSSINI: The Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - National Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 400 049)

SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956 (3) - Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Takács Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67864)

ELGAR: Three Bavarian Dances - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

WILLIAMS: Yoda's Theme, from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/John Williams (DG 4797553)

GIBBONS: The Silver Swan - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 502)

LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)

LALO: Norwegian Rhapsody - Royal Phil/Yondani Butt (ASV CD DCA 709)

5.00

PROKOFIEV: Juliet as a young girl, from Romeo & Juliet - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Atoll ACD 102)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quintet No 2 in Bb Op 87 (4) - Sharon Quartet, Petra Vahle (vla) (Brilliant Classics 94205)

BRAHMS: Intermezzi Op 117 (1) - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57543)

HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 (3) - Alison Balsom (tpt), Bremen German Chamber Phil (EMI 2 16213)

GRIEG: Holberg Suite (3) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (RCA RD 60368)

LEGRAND arr Williams: I Will Wait for You, from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Pittsburgh SO/John Williams (Sony 630052)

PURCELL: Strike The Viol, from Come Ye Sons Of Art Away - Karina Gauvin (sop), Les Boréades de Montréal/Francis Colpron (Atma ACD2398)

CHABRIER: Idylle, from Suite pastorale - Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5122)

BUXTEHUDE: In dulci jubilo - John Finney (org), Handel & Haydn Society Chorus & instrumental ensemble/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

BACH: Oboe Sonata in C minor (1) - Douglas Boyd (ob), Harold Lester (hpschd) (ASV CD DCA 656)

6.00

RAVEL: Menuet antique - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 471 614)

DELIUS: On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Swiss-Italian Orch/Howard Griffiths (Berlin Classics 0300426 BC)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great (2) - New Zealand SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (RNZ UA92)

STRAUSS: String Sextet, from Capriccio - members of Bamberg SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher (KOCH 1687482)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G Op 6/1 - Berlin Academy for Early Music/Bernhard Forck (Pentatone PTC5186737)

7:00 PM. Exploring Music

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

8:00 PM. Music Alive

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

Thomas Adès plays piano music by Janácek

JANÁCEK: On an Overgrown Path, Book 1

JANÁCEK: In Memoriam, from Intimate Sketches

JANÁCEK: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, From the Street

JANÁCEK: On an Overgrown Path, Book 2

JANÁCEK: Jesus Christ is born today, from Intimate Sketches

JANÁCEK: Malá Strana Palace, from Intimate Sketches

JANÁCEK: Reminiscence

JANÁCEK: In the Mists

JANÁCEK: Waiting for You, from Intimate Sketches

Thomas Adès (piano)

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (EBU)

CARR: Mardi Gras Overture - Queensland SO/Edwin Carr (KIWI CD SLD 101)

SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 8 in C minor Op 110 - Orava Quartet (RNZ 2018)

10:00 PM. Day's End

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 - Michael Collins (basset clarinet/dir), Swedish CO (Chandos CHAN 10756)

TORELLI: Sonata in D for trumpet & orchestra - Niklas Eklund (baroque tpt), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble/Nils-Erik Sparf ( 8.553531)

HAMILTON: The Moon is Silently Singing - Greg Hill (horn), Peter Sharman (horn), 1992 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (MANU CD MANU 1412)

PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel - Thomas Kemp (vln), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Black Box BBM 1071)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished - Berlin Phil/Karl Böhm (DG 419 318)

BYRD: Mass for three voices - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (ASV CD GAU 206)

TRADITIONAL arr Yoko: Sakura, Variations on a Japanese folk-song - Rachel Gauk (gtr) (BIS CD 969)

BRACKETT arr Meyer: Simple Gifts - Alison Krauss (sop), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY SK 89667)

Thursday 12 December 2019

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

SCHUMANN: Scherzo in C minor - Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) (Decca 4850020)

BRAHMS orch Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes, selections from Op 52 & 65 - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1756)

DEBUSSY: Rêverie - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (MANU CD MANU 2050)

IMAMOVIC: Sarajevo Nights - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Ode CDMANU 5153)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Op 58 - Murray Perahia (pno), Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (CBS MK 39814)

1:00 approx

FASCH: Concerto in D FWV L/D3 - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)

LISZT: Liebestraum No 3 in Ab - Lixin Zhang (piano) (Rattle RATD084)

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVIIb/2 - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding (Virgin 5 45560)

BACH: Gerechter Gott, ach, rechnest du? from Cantata No 89 - Ursula Langmayr (sop), Alison Dunlop (ob), Martin Rummel (cello) (Atoll ACD 916)

BECK: Sinfonia in A Op 1/3 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

DELIUS: La Calinda, from Koanga - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

JOPLIN arr Crespo: Pineapple Rag - German Brass/Enrique Crespo (EMI CDC 7 49170)

2:00 approx

SCHUMANN: Concert Piece in F for four horns Op 86 - Mark Robbins (horn), David Knapp (horn), Scott Wilson (horn), Seattle SO, Robert Bonnevie (horn)/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.57277)

WALTON: Viola Concerto in A minor - Lawrence Power (vla), BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov (Hyperion CDA 67587)

FIELD: Nocturne No 5 in Bb - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

BIZET: March, from Jeux d'enfants - New Zealand SO/Donald Johanos (Naxos 8.553596)

SCHUBERT: String Trio in Bb D471 - Beethoven String Trio (PRAGA PRD 250 240)

HÉROLD arr Martin: Clog Dance, from La fille mal gardée - Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Peter Parkes (Chandos CHAN 4542)

3:00 approx

DANZI: Fantasy on Là ci darem la mano, from Don Giovanni - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Potsdam Kammerakademie (DG 481 4711)

RODRIGO: Concerto in modo galante - Asier Polo (cello), Castile & Leon SO/Max Bragado-Darman (Naxos 8.55584)

FAURÉ: Diane, Séléné, from L'Horizon chimérique Op 118 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (EMI 5 75203)

TRAD arr Langland: My love is like a red, red rose - Trevor Bremner (cornet), Wellington Brass Band/David Bremner (Private BATB 1947)

PÄRT: Piano Sonata Op 1/1; Piano Sonata Op 1/2 - Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Black Box BBM 1071)

RESPIGHI: The Cuckoo, from The Birds - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Stradivari SCD 8013)

4:00 approx

HANDEL: Organ Concerto in F HWV295 - Francesco Cera (org), I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (Arts SACD 47739-8)

CHOPIN arr Milstein: Nocturne in C# minor Op posth - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (MANU CD MANU 5006)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Brilliant Classics 92779)

FARR: A Horizon from Owhiro Bay - Henry Wong Doe (pno) (Rattle RAT D046)

5:00 approx

SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Decca 4833187)

BLUMENFELD: Etude for the left hand in Ab Op 36 - Nelson Goerner (pno) (Cascavelle VEL 3051)

KETELBEY: Sanctuary of the heart - Oscar Natzka (bass), session chorus & orch/Warwick Braithwaite (Atoll ACD 400)

DAWSON: Negro Folk Symphony (3) O, Le' Me Shine, Like a Morning Star - Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi (Chandos CHAN 9226)

FARQUHAR: Epithalamion - Schola Players/Ashley Heenan (Ex Kiwi SLD 77)

VIVALDI: Vedrò con mio diletto, from Il Giustino RV717 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Scottish CO/Christian Curnyn (Decca 476 434)

STANFORD: Magnificat in Bb Op 164 - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 802)

SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in B Kk377 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68184)

DUMANOIR: Suite in F, Overture - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)

6:00 AM. Daybreak

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

VIVALDI: Viola dámore Concerto in D RV392 - Fabio Biondi (vla dámore/dir) Europa Galante

BINGEN: Elizabethan Serenade - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66868)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 12 in A K414 (1) - Erin Helyard (fpno), NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 229)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Overture, from The Nutcracker Suite - Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev (Philips 462 114)

KREISLER: Tambourin chinois - Barnabás Kelemen (vln), Zoltán Kocsis (pno) (BMC MBC CD 250)

PRAETORIUS: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

BACH: Chorale Prelude, Nun freut euch BWV734 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4835022)

STRAUSS: Duet Concertino for clarinet & bassoon (3) - Joy Farrall (cl), Julie Andrews (bsn), Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury (EMI CD EMX 2238)

7.00

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 5 in Bb D485 (4) - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 654)

CHOPIN: Etude in Ab Op 25/1, Aeolian Harp - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Onyx 4057)

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

VIVALDI: Concerto in D for two violins RV511 (1) - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Micaela Comberti (vln), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0528)

TORKE: West, Concerto for Bassoon (3) - Peter Kolkay (bassoon), Albany SO/David Alan Miller (Albany TROY1784)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 (3) - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (KIWI CD SLC 215)

DVORÁK: Piano Quintet in A Op 81 (4) - Jonathan Biss (pno), Elias String Quartet (Onyx 4092)

TRADITIONAL AMERICAN: Keep Your Lamps - Choir of St. John's, Elora (Marshall Arts )

HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

HANDEL: Pastoral Symphony, from Messiah - Sinfonia Australis/Guy Noble (ABC Classics 472 044)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral (1) - Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil

DEBUSSY orch Busser: Petite Suite (1) - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Atma SACD 2 2377)

RACHMANINOV: Etude-tableau in D Op 39/9 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (TRUST MMT 2028)

ARCANGELO CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8 (2) - London Phil/David Parry (X5 105)

RUTTER: What sweeter music - Nicholas Forbes (org), Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 342)

HANDEL arr Herbert Walser-Breuß: Eternal Source of Light Divine, Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne - Rolf Lislevand (lute, baroque guitar), Concerto Stella Matutina (Sony 19075827802)

GRAF: Cello Concerto in D (1) - Jan Vogler (cello), Munich CO/Reinhard Goebel

9:00 AM. The Works

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

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

KREISLER: Caprice viennois Op 2 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Lambert Orkis (pno) (DG 471 500)

ROTA: Symphony No 3 in C - Filarmonica '900 of the Turin Teatro Regio/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10669)

TCHAIKOVSKY orch Taneyev: Do you not hear the nightingale? - Suzanne Murphy (sop), Keith Lewis (ten), Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8476)

ANONYMUS arr Pilkington: Coventry Carol - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus, Trinity Handbell Ensemble/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

10.00

STRAVINSKY: The Firebird, Suite - Bavarian Radio SO/Lorin Maazel (BR Media 900 706)

BRITTEN: Five Flower Songs Op 47 - Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (MANU CD MANU 1516)

HAYDN: Symphony No 91 in Eb - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 94237)

11.00

RIES: Swedish National Airs with Variations Op 52 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557844)

BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto in C Op 56 - Kolja Blacher (vln), Johannes Moser (cello), Mari Kodama (pno), German SO, Berlin/Kent Nagano (Berlin Classics 030 0331 BC)

Noon Upbeat

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

ALWYN: Sonata alla toccata (1) - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.570359)

MARSALIS Violin Concerto in D: Violin Concerto in D (4) - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Philadelphia Orch/Cristian Macelaru (Decca 4850013)

SANDSTRÖM after Michael Praetorius: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen - Voces8 (Decca 4830968)

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - Royal Phil/Andrew Litton (Virgin VC 7 90727)

1.00

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime concert from Wigmore Hall

Baritone (and Radio 3 New Generation Artist) James Newby performs songs by Schumann, Warlock and Ireland, with pianist Simon Lepper.

Robert Schumann: Kerner Lieder, Op 35
Warlock: Yarmouth Fair
Ireland: The Three Ravens
Vaughan Williams: The House of Life; Silent Noon
Howells: King David
Britten: Oliver Cromwell

2:00 PM. Worlds of Music with Trevor Reekie

Trans-global, fusion and folk roots music

3:00 PM. Classical Connection

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

CHABRIER: Fête Polonaise, from Le Roi malgré lui - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 (3) - Joshua Bell (vln), Salzburg Camerata/Roger Norrington (SONY SK 89505)

MOZART: Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita (3) - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (ABC Classics 472 610)

STAMITZ: Orchestral Trio in C minor Op 4/3 (2) - New Zealand CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)

SAINT-SAËNS: Wedding Cake, Caprice-Valse Op 76 - Heini Kärkkäinen (pno), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS CD 1470)

SIBELIUS: Intermezzo, from Karelia Suite - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 918)

BRAHMS: O schöne Nacht! (Oh beautiful night), from Four Quartets Op 92 - Robert Levin (pno), Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 475 7558)

GLAZUNOV: Mazurka-oberek in D - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Swiss-Italian Orch/Alexander Vedernikov (Hyperion CDA 67940)

4.00

HOLST: Suite No 1 for Military Band Op 28/1 - North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon (GIA Publications CD655)

BACH: Preludes & Fugues, Nos 2 & 4 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 7978)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C Op 59/3, Razumovsky (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 402)

CLEMENTI ed Spada: Symphony No 3 in G, The Great National (4) - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573112)

TORKE: South, Concerto for oboe (1) - Ryan Roberts (oboe), Albany SO/David Alan Miller (Albany TROY1784)

ZUMAYA: Albricias Mortales - Coro Ciudad de La Alhambra, Ensemble Elyma/Gabriel Garrido (K617 K617 156)

RAVEL: Jeux d'eau - Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 447 430)

ZÉSPEDES: Convidando esta la noche - Ex Cathedra Choir & Baroque Ensemble/Jeffrey Skidmore (Hyperion CDA 67380)

5.00

DOHNÁNYI: Ruralia Hungarica Op 32b (2) - Danubia SO/Domonkos Héja (Warner 2564 62409)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude in G minor Op 23/5 - Yuja Wang (pno) (DG 4836280)

VERDI: La Traviata, Prelude to Act I - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 425 848)

STRAUSS II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)

SMETANA: Polka in F# minor; Polka in A minor; The Lancer (1) - Kathryn Stott (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10430)

GERSHWIN orch Rose: Girl Crazy, Overture - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9325)

PUCCINI: Un bel dì, from Madame Butterfly - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 467 049)

VILLA-LOBOS arr Cazes: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Camerata Brazil/Henrique Cazes (dir) (EMI 5 56939)

BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in E G275 (4) - Vanbrugh Quartet, Richard Lester (cello) (Hyperion CDA 67287)

GROFE: Sunset, from Grand Canyon Suite - Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg (Naxos 8.559007)

6.00

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 1 in Eb Op 12 (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Pas d'action, from Swan Lake - Baiba Skride (vln), Ulrich Heinen (cello), Robert Johnston (harp), CBSO/Andris Nelsons (SONY 88697 21423)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 (2) - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), CO of Europe (SONY MLK 64053)

MAHLER: Adagietto, from Symphony No 5 in C# minor - New York Phil/Zubin Mehta (warner 8573 80438)

CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 - Jon Nakamatsu (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7218)

7:00 PM. Exploring Music

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

8:00 PM. Music Alive

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

APO: Heaven and Earth

MOZART: Don Giovanni Overture

MOZART: Six German Dances K571

BERG: Seven Early Songs

MAHLER: Symphony No 4

Lisa Larsson (soprano), Auckland Philharmonia/Giordano Bellincampi

Auckland Town Hall, Auckland (RNZ)

BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 1 in F Op 5/1 (1) - Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Werner Bärtschi (pno) (PROFIL PH 10004)

10:00 PM. Day's End

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

FARRENC: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op 32 - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 603)

RAVEL: Sonatine - Julien Brocal (pno) (Rubicon RCD 1008)

HAYDN: London Trio No 1 in C HobIV/1 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Isaac Stern (vln), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) (CBS 37786)

BACH: Goldberg Variations BWV988 - Glenn Gould (piano) (Sony SMK 52619)

Friday 13 December 2019

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 1 in F# minor Op 1 - Simon Trpceski (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Avie AV 2191)

HANDEL: Piangerò, la sorte mia, from Giulio Cesare - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Chelsea Opera Group Orch/William Southgate (KIWI CD SLC 217)

FOOTE: Four Character Pieces after The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559365)

1:00 approx

MOZART: Trio in Eb K498, Kegelstatt - Charles Neidich (cl), Jürgen Kussmaul (vla), Robert Levin (fpno) (SONY SK 53366)

FARRENC: Symphony No 3 in G minor Op 36 - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 603)

SCHUBERT arr Birnie: Eighteen Dances - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

2:00 approx

MARTINU: Concerto in D for two violins & orchestra - Sarah Nemtanu (vln), Deborah Nemtanu (vln), Marseille PO/Lawrence Foster (Pentatone PTC5186658)

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

HOLST: St Paul's Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 782)

WHITACRE: The River Cam - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), London SO/Eric Whitacre (Decca 279 6323)

3:00 approx

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1942 (476 3100))

MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 - James Ehnes (vln), members of Seattle Chamber Music Society (ONYX 4060)

BLAKE: We all fall down - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 403)

DESPREZ arr King: Royal Fanfare - Canadian Brass (Vanguard Records VCD 72018)

4:00 approx

CLEMENTI: Keyboard Sonata in C Op 34/1 - Howard Shelley (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67814)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 17, Little Russian - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (Pentatone PTC 5186 382)

HILL: The Dedication, from String Quartet No 2 in G minor, A Maori Legend - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)

GRIEG: Norwegian Dance Op 35/2 - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (SONY MLK 64064)

5:00 approx

BOYDELL: In Memoriam Mahatma Gandhi - Ireland National SO/Colman Pearce (MARCO POLO 8.223887)

FAURÉ arr Busser/Hazell: Après un rêve - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

MOZART: Bassoon Concerto in Bb K191 - Jaakko Luoma (bassoon), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Janne Nisonen, concertmaster (Ondine ODE13242)

ALBÉNIZ arr Moriarty: Rapsodia española Op 70 - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Rattle RAT D071 2017)

BACH: Air from Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - English CO/Raymond Leppard (SONY MLK 64051)

PHILLIPS: Arabesque Op 43/2 - BBC Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (DUTTON CDLX 7140)

DVORÁK: Bagatelles Op 47 (3) - Quartetto Gelato (Linus 70055)

BRAHMS: Capriccio in F# minor, from Piano Pieces Op 76 - Charles Owen (pno) (Avie AV2397)

6:00 AM. Daybreak

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C BWV1066 (1) - Zefiro Baroque Orchestra/Alfredo Bernardini (Arcana A 400)

SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in B minor Kk27 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)

FARRENC: Symphony No 2 in D Op 35 (2) - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 820)

DEBUSSY: Piano Trio in G (3) - Te Koki Trio (Rattle RAT D069 2017)

MAXWELL DAVIES arr Tennant: Farewell to Stromness - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Sony SK 60274)

PRAETORIUS: Quem pastores laudavere - Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Parley of Instruments/David Hill (Hyperion CDA 66200)

LOCATELLI: Concerto in G Op 4/9 - Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (dir) (Challenge CC 72134)

7.00

HAYDN: Symphony No 94 in G, Surprise (1) - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Colin Davis (Philips 442 649)

LISZT: Rêve d'amour No 3 - François-René Duchâble (pno) (Virgin 3 63278)

PIAZZOLLA arr Milone: Escualo - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 (3) - Jascha Heifetz (vln), New SO of London/Malcolm Sargent (RCA RD 86214)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 (3) - Michael Houstoun (pno), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Roy Goodman (Atoll ACD 883)

HAMILTON: A Child comes forth (3) - Helen Webby (harp), Rowan Johnston (percussion), Key Cygnetures/Elise Bradley (RNZ UB15)

BRITTEN: This little babe, from A Ceremony of Carols - James Clark (treble), Julian Godlee (treble), Osian Ellis (harp), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks (EMI 5 62796)

RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27 (2) - NZSO National Youth Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (RNZ 2011)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

BRAHMS: Geistliches Wiegenlied Op 91/2 - Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Nicolò Eugelmi (vla), Michael McMahon (pno) (Analekta AN 2 9906)

SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout (4) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Daniil Trifonov (pno), Hwayoon Lee (vla), Maximilian Hornung (cello), Roman Patkoló (dbass) (DG 479 7570)

DONIDA: Al di Là - Quartetto Gelato (Linus 70055)

UNGAR: Thanksgiving Waltz - Jay Ungar (vln), Molly Mason (gtr), Nashville CO

CHOPIN: Fantasy-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67371/2)

TRADITIONAL arr Hazell: Wexford Carol - Bryn Terfel (bar), Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez (3) - John Williams (gtr), Christine Pendrill (cor anglais), Philharmonia/Louis Frémaux (CBS M2K 44791)

ADDINSELL: Warsaw Concerto - Misha Dichter (pno), Philharmonia/Neville Marriner

9:00 AM. The Works

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

BAX: Tintagel - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.557599)

DEBUSSY: Ibéria, from Images for Orchestra - Cincinnati SO/Jesús López-Cobos (TELARC CD 80574)

TRADITIONAL arr Limonov: Auld Lang Syne Variations - Nicola Benedetti (vln) (Decca 478 6690)

10.00

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 2 in Eb K417 - Jacek Muzyk (horn), Polish Radio Amadeus CO/Agnieszka Duczmal (Naxos 8.570419)

BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 25 - Nicholas Angelich (pno), Renaud Capuçon (vln), Gérard Caussé (vla), Gautier Capuçon (cello) (Virgin 5 19310)

TRADITIONAL: Deck the hall with boughs of holly - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

OFFENBACH - Tarantelle - Raphaela Gromes (cello), Julian Riem (pno) (Sony 19075943082)

11.00

HOLST: The Planets Suite - Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI 5 65041)

PACHELBEL: Canon in D - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB12)

ORD: Adam lay y-bounden - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (COR 16085)

Noon Upbeat

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

ROSSINI: An Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2019)

BRAHMS: String Quintet No 2 in G Op 111 (1) - New Zealand String Quartet, Maria Lambros (vla) (Naxos 8.573455)

MOZART: Non più andrai, from The Marriage of Figaro - Joel Amosa (bar), New Zealand SO/Stephen Mould (RNZ)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish (2) - Vienna Phil/Christoph von Dohnányi (Decca 421 769)

BRITTEN: St Nicolas Op 42 (8) - Choristers of St George's Chapel, Windsor, Girls of Warwick University Chamber Choir, Corydon Singers, English CO/Matthew Best, Catherine Edwards, John Alley (pno duet)/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDH 55378)

TRAD arr Iveson: The holly & the ivy - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Philip Jones (dir) (Decca 448 980)

KORNGOLD: Symphony in F# Op 40 (4) - Sinfonia of London/John Wilson (Chandos CHSA5220)

1.00

The Rodger Fox Big Band is off to the USA next year to play at the Jazz Education Network Conference in New Orleans. Nick Tipping talks with Rodger Fox about the trip.

SCHUMANN arr Liszt: Widmung - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD315)

LILBURN: Landfall in Unknown Seas - Allen Curnow (narr), Alex Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (Kiwi CD SLD 107)

VICTORIA: O magnum mysterium - Voces8 (Signum Classics SIGCD 283)

RESPIGHI: Pastorale in A - Michael Erxleben (vln/dir), New Berlin CO (Capriccio 10 563)

SCHOENBERG: Weihnachtsmusik (Christmas Music) - Leonore Aumaier (pno), Alfred Mitterhofer (harmonium), members of the Vienna String Quintet (CPO 999 588)

2:00 PM. New Horizons with William Dart

A guide to the worlds of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond

2:30 PM. The Silver Screen

3:00 PM. Classical Connection

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

HOFMANN attr Haydn: Flute Concerto in D (3) - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Haydn Ensemble, Berlin/Hansjörg Schellenberger (EMI CDC 5 56577)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19 (3) - Lars Vogt (piano/director), Royal Northern Sinfonia (Ondine ODE13112)

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

CHOPIN: Barcarolle in F# Op 60 - Nelson Freire (pno) (Decca 475 6617)

STEINER arr Morley: Tara's Theme, from Gone with the Wind - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (SONY SK 60773)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Waltz, from Jazz Suite No 2 - Philadelphia Orch/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 5 55601)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante cantabile, from Sleeping Beauty, Act 2 - Alexander Rudin (cello), Musica Viva Instrumental Ensemble/Nicolai Alexeiev (Brilliant Classics 94188)

MASSENET: Hérodiade, Ballet Suite - Barcelona SO/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.573123)

4.00

BACH: Oboe Concerto in Eb Wq165 (1) - Machiko Takahashi (fl), Concertgebouw CO/Roland Kieft (Brilliant Classics 93988)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quintet No 1 in A Op 18 (4) - Sharon Quartet, Petra Vahle (vla) (Brilliant Classics 94205)

BRAHMS arr Cziffra: Hungarian Dance No 5 in G minor - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (PRIVATE RECORDING 837 001)

GRANADOS arr Kreisler: Spanish Dance No 5 - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

DEBUSSY orch Holloway: En blanc et noir (1) - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572583)

STRAUSS II: Du und Du, from Die Fledermaus - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 417 885)

ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival - BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559381)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 6 in D Op 60 (4) - London SO/Colin Davis (LSO LIVE LSO 0526)

5.00

BERNSTEIN: Make Our Garden Grow, from Candide - Joshua Bell (vln), Philharmonia Orchestra/David Zinman (Sony SK 89358)

CHABRIER: Aubade - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion SACDA 67515)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 4 in D BWV1069 (1) - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta FL 2 3134)

GLUCK: Dance of the Furies, from Orpheus & Euridice - Orpheus CO (DG 437 782)

CHOPIN arr Cullen: Nocturne in Eb Op 9/2 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

STRAUSS trans Lawrence: Das Rosenband - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 109)

VINTER: Hunter's Moon - David Pyatt (horn), London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (LYRITA SRCD 316)

PIXINGUINHA arr Braga: Um a Zero - Camerata Brazil/Henrique Cazes (dir) (EMI 5 56939)

GNATTALI arr Cazes: Remexendo - Camerata Brazil/Henrique Cazes (dir) (EMI 5 56939)

GRIEG: Symphonic Dances on Norwegian motifs Op 64 (2) - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 3 44722)

6.00

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A minor RV356 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), members of Berlin Phil (EMI 5 57859)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in F minor D935/1 - Imogen Cooper (pno) (Avie AV 2157)

DOHNÁNYI: American Rhapsody Op 47 - Danubia SO/Domonkos Héja (Warner 2564 62409)

POULENC: Videntes stellam, from Four Christmas Motets - Choir of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (Avie AV 2084)

TELEMANN: Concerto in D - Mark Bennett (tpt), Michael Harrison (tpt), Nicholas Thompson (tpt), Paul Goodwin, Lorraine Wood (obs), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 439 893)

7:00 PM. Exploring Music

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

8:00 PM. Music Alive

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

Orchestra Wellington: Petrouchka

SQUIRE, Tabea: Colour Lines

NIELSEN: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 33

Stravinsky: Petrouchka

Suyeon Kang (violin), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei plus Arohanui Strings

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)

HYLDGAARD: Concerto borealis - Stefan Schulz (bass tbn), Saori Tomidokoro (pno) (BIS 2144)

SOR: Introduction & Variations on a theme by Mozart - Julian Bream (gtr) (TESTAMENT SBT 1333)

10:00 PM. Day's End

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in C Op 6/10 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb D960 - Adam Laloum (pno) (Mirare MIR299)

MOZART: Concerto in F for three pianos K242 - Katia Labèque (pno), Marielle Labèque (pno), Semyon Bychkov (pno), Berlin Phil/Semyon Bychkov (Philips 426 241)

CARR: Waiheke Island - Amoris Consort (Amoris AR 1002)

RAMEAU: Les Indes galantes - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

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