Sunday 28 January 2007 Rātapu 28 Kohi-tātea 2007

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  HENSELT: Piano Concerto in F minor Op 16; Variations de concert Op 11 on Meyerbeer's Quand je quittai la Normandie, from Robert le Diable; ALKAN: Concerto da camera in C# minor Op 10/2; Concerto da camera in A minor Op 10/1 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 66717)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  MOMPOU: Canciones y Danzas Nos 1-12 & 14; Fetes Lointaines No 1-6; Charmes Nos 1-6 - Pierre Huybregts (pno) (CENTAUR CRC 2055)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  HANDEL: arias from Serse; Rodelinda; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Jephtha; Theodora; Samson; Hercules - Maureen Forrester (alto), Vienna Radio SO/Brian Priestman, Vienna State Opera Orch/Robert Zeller, English CO/Johanne Somary, I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro (CBC PSCD 2002)

  3:40 (approx) - Disc 4

  C SCUMANN: Piano Concerto in F minor; F MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio in G minor Op 11; FARRENC: Clarinet Trio in Eb Op 44: GRANDVAL: Deux pièces - Diane Ambache (pno), Sophie Langdon (vln), Susan Dorey (cello), Joan Enric Lluna (cl), Naomi Butterworth (cello), Jeremy Polmear (ob), Ambache Chamber Orch/Diane Ambache (BBC MUSIC MM 45)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  BECK: Sinfonias, in Gminor Op1/1; in F major Op1/2; in A major Op1/3; in E flat major Op1/4; in G major Op1/5; in C major Op1/6 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong

  (Naxos 8.554071)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  WILLAN: Sun of righteousness B438; Christ hath a garden B352 - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison, Matthew Larkin (org) (Naxos 8.557734)

  M-A CHARPENTIER: Mass for eight voices H3 - Le Concert Spirituel/Hervé Niquet (Glossa GCDSA 921611)

  KOMITAS: Holy, holy - Hovhannes Darbinian (tar), Sharakan/Grigor Danielian (Celestial Harmonies 13116)

  BURGON: Nunc dimittis; Magnificat - Choir of Wells Cathedral/Matthew Owens, Alan Thomas (tpt), David Bednall (org) (Hyperion CDA 67567)

  VERDI: Four Sacred Songs - Elena Filipova (sop), Hungarian State Opera Choir & Orch/Pier Giorgio Morandi (Naxos 8.550945)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  ELGAR: Sospiri Op 70 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZC)

  CHOPIN: Second movement, Larghetto, from Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno), London SO/David Zinman (Decca 466 462)

  ANON: Pokarekare ana - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), National Youth Choir of New Zealand 1982/Peter Godfrey (Kiwi CD TRL 025)

  LISZT: Au lac de Wallenstadt, from Années de Pélerinage, Year 1, Switzerland - Nicholas Angelich (pno) (Mirare MIR 9941)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: 49th Parallel, Prelude - Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 49770)

  RAVEL: Piece in the form of a Habanera - Mark Walton (sax), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private recording)

  K JENKINS: Adiemus - Miriam Stockley, Mary Carewe (vocalists), Mike Taylor (quena), London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Venture SANCT 1)

  HOLST ed Matthews: Invocation - Alexander Baillie (cello), London Phil/David Atherton (Lyrita SRCD 209)

  DEBUSSY: La plus que lente - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9129)

• 9:00 AM. Saint Paul Sunday

  Twenty-six programmes in which Bill McGlaughlin talks with chamber musicians in the studio

  (4) Pepe & Celin Romero (gtrs)

  All My Children: The mastery and spirit of the late Spanish guitarist Celedonio Romero lives on in two generations of guitar virtuosi. This week his sons Celin and Pepe are in the studio and reveal how the Romero legacy comes alive with every performance. They'll bring us music of the illustrious Spanish tradition, guitar solos and duos of Albéniz, Granados, Falla, and Torroba, as well as an enchanting prelude by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. Each of these works carries strong early associations for the brothers, who share their vivid memories and stories as well (American Public Media)

• 10:05 AM. The Works

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

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 - Stephen Hough (pno), Dallas SO/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 67501/2)

  BACH: Cello Suite No 4 in Eb BWV1010 - Pascal Monteilhet (theorbo) (Zig Zag ZZT 2020 901)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 102 in Bb - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 935)

• Noon Alte Musik

  Ten programmes sampling aspects of early music

  (6) Recent discoveries

  VIVALDI: Dixit Dominus in D RV807 - Roberta Invernizzi, Lucia Cirillo (sops), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Paul Agnew, Thomas Cooley (tens), Dresden Körnerscher Sing-Verein, Dresden Instrumental-Concert/Peter Kopp (Archiv 477 6145)

  PANDOLFI: Violin Sonata Op 4/2, La Viviana - Andrew Manze (vln), Richard Egarr (hpschd) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7241)

  VIVALDI: Dite, oimè, from La fida Ninfa - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Il Giardino Armonico (Decca 466 569)

  HANDEL: Gloria in Bb - Emma Kirkby (sop), Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orch/Laurence Cummings (BIS CD 1235)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  SMETANA: String Quartet No 1 in E minor, From my life - Smetana Quartet (rec 1965) (BBC Legends BBCL 4137)

  NOVÁK: Slovak Suite Op 32 - Czech Phil/Václav Talich (rec 1953) (Supraphon SU 3822)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  An Englishman Abroad

  Brian Kay's 10-part collection of musical favourites

  (4) Music on the Move

  Today we celebrate various ways of getting from A to B. Included are Aaron Copland's bucking broncos, Handel's river boat and a short ride in John Adams' fast machine (RNZC)

• 3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Metropolitan Opera Season

  Twenty-two operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera House

  (4) MOZART: The Magic Flute, an abbreviated version in one act to an English libretto by J D McCatchy

  The Magic Flute guides the young prince Tamino and his beloved Pamina through many dark trials toward the light of truth and enlightenment in this allegorical mixture of comic and serious elements

  Pamina.......................... Ying Huang

  Queen of the Night........ Erika Miklósa

  Tamino.......................... Matthew Polenzani

  Papageno...................... Nathan Gunn

  Sarastro........................ René Pape

  Papagena...................... Jennifer Aylmer

  Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/James Levine (EBU)

• 5:05 PM. Musical Enchantment

  J SMITH: The Enchanter, Overture & Dead March - Capella Savaria/Mary Térey-Smith (Dorian DOR 93251)

  LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake - Eastman Philharmonia/Howard Hanson (Mercury 434 390)

  GEMINIANI: The Enchanted Forest - Orchestra Barocca Italiana/Ryo Terakado (dir) (Stradivarius STR 33630)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  WHITEHEAD: Missa Brevis - Sings Harry Vocal Ensemble (Waiteata WTA 003)

  STRAUSS: Befreit Op 39/4 - Mark Pedrotti (bar), Stephen Ralls (pno) (CBC MVCD 1051)

  SCHUBERT: String Trio in Bb D471, Allegro - members of the NZ String Quartet (RNZC)

  TREMAIN: Tenera Juventa - Auckland University Festival Choir/Peter Godfrey, Alison Lander, Martin Ryman (pno duet) (Kiwi CD SLD 108)

  WAXMAN: Rhapsody for piano & orchestra - David Buechner (pno), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch 3-7225)

• 7:00 PM. Peter Gabriel

  Six programmes in which Kate Mead talks about the life and music of PETER GABRIEL (b1950), original and reluctant, pre-Phil Collins, frontman of Genesis; inventor of the stage dive; solo artist; driving force behind WOMAD; film score composer; founder of the Real World studio and record label

  (4) 1, 2 3, Solo (RNZC)

• 8:00 PM. Young Australia

  Eight programmes

  (4) Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School

  ROLDAN: Ritmica No 5 - VCASS Percussion Ensemble/Peter Neville

  BRAHMS: Liebeslieder Waltzes, Nos 5, 8, 9 & 11 - VCASS Choir/Ian Harrison

  PATRIQUIN: J'entends le moulin - VCASS Choir/Claire Preston

  LILBURN: First & Third movements, Vivace & Presto, from Diversions for Strings - VCASS String Ensemble/Marco van Pagee

  RAVEL: Tzigane - Bing Xiang (vln), Anne Lewitzka (pno)

  WEILL arr Gilson: Mack the Knife, from The Threepenny Opera - VCASS Big Band and Contemporary Vocal Ensemble/Ron Burke

  STURM: Ring of Fire - VCASS Big Band/Ron Burke (recorded in the Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre, Melbourne by the ABC)

• 8:55 PM. Spring Sounds

  BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 5 in F Op 24, Spring - Augustin Dumay (vln), Maria João Pires (pno) (DG 471 495)

  RAFF: Symphony No 8 in A Op 205, Spring Sounds - Bamberg SO/Hans Stadlmair (Tudor 7127)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words Op 19, No 1 in E, Sweet remembrance; No 2 in A minor, Regrets; No 3 in A, Hunting song - Valerie Tryon (pno) (Appian APR 5595)

  M-A CHARPENTIER: Te Deum H145 - Le Concert Spirituel/Hervé Niquet (Glossa GCDSA 921611)

  IRELAND arr Ireland/Bush: A Downland Suite - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9376)

  11:00 SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in D D384 - Wilma Smith (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZC)

  DVORÁK: Piano Quintet in A Op 81 - Stefan Vladar (pno), Jerusalem String Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1899)

Next day - Mon 29

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