Schedule for Sunday 11 November 2007

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Partita for double string orchestra; Fantasia on Greensleeves; In the Fen Country; The Lark Ascending - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 779)
1:10 (approx) - Disc 2
POULENC: Humoresque; Three Novelettes; Villageoises; 15 Improvisations; Intermezzo No 2 in Db; Intermezzo No 1 in C; Suite Francaise d'apres Claude Gervaise; Presto in Bb; Melancolie; Theme & Variations - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8847)
2:20 (approx) - Disc 3
GESUALDO: Tenebrae Responses for Good Friday 1611, Parts 1-3 - Taverner Consort & Choir/Andrew Parrott (Sony SK 62977)
3:30 (approx) - Disc 4
HAYDN: Sun Quartets Op 20, No 1 in Eb; No 2 in C; No 3 in G minor - Salomon String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66621)
4:45 (approx) - Disc 5
ROSENBERG: Overture, Marionetter; BIZET: Carmen Suite No 1; LARSSON: Dagens stunder; GLINKA: Overture, Ruslan & Ludmilla; SATIE orch Debussy: Two Gymnopédies; SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture; SVENDSEN: Romance for violin & orchestra; ALFVÉN: Vallflickans dans, from Bergakungen - Malmo SO/James DePriest (BIS CD 570)
6:00 AM. Sanctuary

PHILIPS: Ave Jesu Christe - Dorian Choir/Peter Godfrey (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 109)
AUFSCHNAITER: Sonata St Matthew Op 4/5 - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (Arcana A 313)
MENDELSSOHN: Out of the depths I cry to thee, Lord God, from Three Sacred Pieces Op 23 - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/David Hill, John Robinson (org) (Hyperion CDA 67558)
TALLIS: Mass for four voices - Patrick Craig (countertenor), Nicholas Todd (ten), Robert Rice (bar), Robert Macdonald (bass), Magnificat/Philip Cave (Linn CKD 075)
MASCAGNI: Ave Maria - Kathleen Battle (sop), Krista Feeney (vln), Nancy Allen (harp), Anthony Newman (organ) (Sony SK 62035)
HANDEL: Let God arise - Choir of the Chapel Royal, Musicians Extra-ordinary/Andrew Grant (Naxos 8.557935)
LISZT: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2008)
ROSSI: Un peccator pentito - Amel Brahim-Djelloul, Claire Debono, Judith van Wanroij (sops), Xavier Sabata (countertenor), Andrew Tortise (ten), André Morsch (bar), Konstantin Wolff (bbar), Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Virgin 3 38154)
TRAD: Amazing Grace - Christopher Cock (ten), Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80531)
SCHOLEFIELD: The Day Thou Gavest - Band of the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Manu CD MANU 1286)
BURGON: Death be not proud, written for Remembrance Sunday; Come let us pity not the dead - Catherine Hart, Léonie Maxwell (sops), Alan Thomas (tpt), Choir of Wells Cathedral/Matthew Owens, David Bednall (org) (Hyperion CDA 67567)
8:00 AM. Grace Notes

GRIEG: Elegiac Melodies Op 34 - NZSO Chamber Orch (RNZ)
RUBINSTEIN arr Traubas: Melody in F Op 3/1 - Vytautas Sondeckis (cello), Lithuanian CO/David Geringas (Naxos 8.554381)
SCHUBERT: An die Musik D547 - Janet Baker (mezzo), Geoffrey Parsons (pno) (EMI CDC 7 47861)
MIYAGI: Haru No Umi - Susan Hoeppner (fl), Rachel Gauk (gtr) (BIS CD 969)
DELIUS arr Fenby: La Calinda, from Koanga - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)
ALBÉNIZ: Evocación, from Iberia Book 1 - Andrew Rangell (pno) (Dorian DOR 93194)
BORTNYANSKY: Cherubic Hymn No 7 - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7318)
GODARD arr Pierre: Berceuse, from Jocelyn - Patrick Gallois (fl), Fabrice Pierre (hp), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (DG 445 822)
DVORÁK: Second movement, Waltz, from Serenade in E for strings Op 22 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

John Rosser looks at the life and music of MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER (c1645-1704) (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)
Motet pour une longue offrande - Ana Quintans, Maud Gnidzaz (sops), Marc Molomot, Leif Aruhn-Solén (countertenors), Paul Agnew, Carl Ghazarossian (tens), João Fernandes, Neal Davies (basses), Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Virgin Classics 3 59294)
10:00 AM. Mozart Moments

John Drummond looks at ten crucial times in Mozart's life
(5) Mozart finds happiness (16 July - 4 August 1782)
The première on 16 July 1782 of Mozart's Die Entführing established him as an opera composer; a few weeks later he found personal happiness in his wedding to Constanze Weber. His professional and personal futures were secured. What could possibly go wrong? (RNZ)
11:00 AM. The Works

TCHAIKOVSKY orch Glazunov: Souvenir d'un lieu cher - Gil Shaham (vln), Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 457 064)
MYASKOVSKY: Symphony No 15 in D minor Op 38 - Russian Federation Academic SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Alto ALC 1021)
Noon Pressing On

With Samantha Owens (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)
1:00 PM. Vintage Years

DEBUSSY arr Caplet: Children's Corner - French National Radio Orch/André Cluytens (rec 1954) (Testament SBT 1236)
PUCCINI: Senza mamma, from Suor Angelica - Maria Callas (sop), Philharmonia/Tullio Serafin (rec 1954) (EMI 5 62794)
BARTÓK transc Szigeti: 7 Hungarian Folktunes, from For Children Sz42 - Joseph Szigeti (vln), Béla Bartók (pno) (rec 1930) (EMI 5 55031)
BLISS: Adam Zero, excerpts - Royal Opera House Orch, Covent Garden/Constant Lambert (rec 1946) (Appian APR 5627)
2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

Jacqueline Coats
During rehearsals for 'The Magic Flute' last year, Jacqueline Coats talked with Christine Argyle about her experiences in the field of opera and theatre directing (RNZ)
3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

Composer of the Week
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER (c1645-1704)
Médée, an opera in five acts with prologue
Médée.......................... Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson
Jason............................ Mark Padmore
Créon........................... Bernard Deletré
Créuse.......................... Monique Zanetti
Oronote........................ Jean-Marc Salzmann
Nérine........................... Noémi Rime
Cléone.......................... Isabelle Desrochers
Arcas............................ François Bazola
Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Erato 4509 96558)
6:30 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
CARR: Poems - Ellen Pan (pno), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)
7:00 PM. New Horizons

Eleven programmes
(5) William Dart features Joni Mitchell's new CD, "Shine" and a CD by Herbie Hancock of music by Mitchell (RNZ)
8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

Tasman String Quartet: Anna van der Zee, James Andrews (vlns), Christiaan van der Zee (vla), Miranda Wilson (cello)
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Eb Op 74, Harp; T CARTER: ... murmur ...; BRAHMS: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 51 (recorded in the Hunter Council Chamber, Wellington by RNZ)
9:20 PM. Recent Mozart Releases

Rondo in F K494; Rondo in D K485 - Marcia Hadjimarkos (fpno) (Avie AV 2138)
Violin Concerto No 3 in G K216 - Philippe Graffin (vln/dir), Brabant Phil (Avie AV 2127)
10:00 PM. Day's End

REICHA: Quintet in Bb for bassoon & string quartet - Karl-Otto Hartmann (bsn), Consortium Classicum (CPO 999 742)
CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 48 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67371/2)
SAINT-SAËNS: Concert Piece Op 154 - Vanessa McKeand (harp), English CO/Edmon Colomer (Virgin VC 7 90721)
RAVEL: Rapsodie Espagnole - Royal Phil/André Previn (EMI CDC 7 47468)
11:00 REGER: Violin Sonata No 6 in E minor Op 122 - Nachum Erlich (vln), Siegfried Mauser (pno) (Hänssler CD 93.110)
STANFORD: Fantasy No 1 in G minor - Robert Plane (cl), Lucy Gould, Mia Cooper (vlns), David Adams (vla), Alice Neary (cello) (Naxos 8.570416)
12:00 Music Through the Night
12:00 - Disc 1
FARQUHAR: Symphonies Nos 1-3 - New Zealand Symphony Orch/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2060)
1:15 (approx) - Disc 2
TARTINI: Concerto Grosso No 3 in C; Violin Concerto in A minor; Cello Concerto in D; Violin Concerto in G; Concerto Grosso No 5 in E minor - Enrico Gatti (vln), Roel Dieltiens (cello), Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1548)
2:30 (approx) - Disc 3
PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater; SCARLATTI: Concertos, No 1 in F minor; No 3 in F; No 5 in D minor - Mirella Freni (sop), Teresa Berganza (mezzo), Soloists of the Scarlatti Orchestra of Naples/Ettore Gracis (Archiv 427 123)
3:40 (approx) - Disc 4
NIELSEN: String Quartets, in F minor Op 5; in Eb Op 14; Andante Lamentoso for string quartet - Jan Johansson (dbass), Kontra Quartet (BIS CD 503)
4:50 (approx) - Disc 5
ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance, Military Marches Op 39; KABALEVSKY: The Comedians, Suite for Orchestra Op 26; SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals; ELGAR: Salut d'amor; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - Philharmonia/Charles Groves (Denon CO 73534)