Schedule for Sunday 9 December 2007

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1
BAX: Symphony No 7 in Ab; Glamour; Slumber Song; Eternity; A Lyke-Wake - Martyn Hill (ten), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8628)
1:10 (approx) - Disc 2
BOCCHERINI: String Quintets, No 15 in A Op 60/3; No 23 in D Op 62/5; No 62 in G Op 31/2; No 16 in D minor Op 13/4 - Petersen Quartet, Ulrich Knorzer (vla), Guido Schiefen (cello) (Capriccio 10 452)
2:20 (approx) - Disc 3
BRUCKNER: Mass in E minor - Peter Hall (ten), Schütz Choir of London, Philip Jones Wind Ensemble/Roger Norrington; STRAUSS: Hymne Op 34/2; Deutsche Motette Op 62 - Jessica Cash (sop), Jean Temperley (mezzo), Wynford Evans (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Schütz Choir of London/Roger Norrington (Decca 430 365)
3:35 (approx) - Disc 4
DANZI: Wind Quintets, in Bb Op 56/1; in G minor Op 56/2; in F Op 56/3; Quintet in D minor for piano & wind Op 41 - Love Derwinger (pno), Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet (BIS CD 552)
4:50 (approx) - Disc 5
WIENIAWSKI: Légende; BRUCH: Adagio from Violin Concerto No 1; TCHAIKOVSKY: Canzonetta-Andante from Violin Concerto; MENDELSSOHN: Andante from Violin Concerto Op 64; BRAHMS Adagio from Violin Concerto; MASSENET: Méditation from Thaïs; MOZART: Adagio from Violin Concerto No 3; FAURÉ: Berceuse - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 447 070)
6:00 AM. Sanctuary

OBRECHT: Factor orbis - New London Chamber Choir/James Wood (Amon Ra CD SAR 56)
LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Verset in D, from L'Organiste Moderne - Richard Lea (organ of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) (Priory PRCD 726)
SS WESLEY: Ascribe unto the Lord - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson, James McVinnie (org) (Naxos 8.570318)
JC BACH: Laudate pueri Dominum - Emma Kirkby (sop), Mark Schäfer (ten), L'Orfeo Baroque Orch/Michi Gaigg (CPO 999 718)
AUFSCHNAITER: Sonata St Ambrose Op 4/2 - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (Arcana A 313)
ARAUJO: Hola, Hala, que vienen gitana; Silencio, pasito; Dixit Dominus; Salve Regina - L'Ensemble Elyma, Le Coro de niños cantores de Cordoba/Gabriel Garrido (K617 K617 025)
ELGAR: Great is the Lord Op 67 - Stephen Roberts (bar), London Symphony Chorus, Northern Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 47658)
JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Ave Maris Stella - Taverner Consort & Choir/Andrew Parrott (dir) (EMI 7 54659)
8:00 AM. Grace Notes

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS arr Greaves: Fantasia on Greensleeves - Tasmanian SO/David Stanhope (ABC Classics 472 984)
SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in Db Op 37 - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)
BIZET: Flower song, from Carmen - Plácido Domingo (ten), Los Angeles Phil/Carlo Maria Giulini (DG 415 366)
KREISLER trans Rachmaninov: Liebesfreud - Jorge Bolet (pno) (Philips 456 724)
BOLZONI: Minuet - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9227)
VIOTTI: Second movement, Adagio, from Harp Sonata in Bb - Nicanor Zabaleta (harp) (DG 415 893)
WAGNER: Elsa's Dream, Einsam in trüben Tagen, from Lohengrin - Régine Crespin (sop), French National Radio Orch/Georges Prêtre (EMI CDM 7 69547)
FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 143)
PACHELBEL: Canon in D - Toulouse CO/Louis Auriacombe (EMI CDZ 7 62516)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

Michael Houstoun and Tim Dodd discuss the music of FRYDERYK CHOPIN (1810-1849) (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)
Mazurkas Op 33 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)
10:00 AM. Mozart Moments

John Drummond looks at ten crucial times in Mozart's life
(9) Mozart's worst moment (June 1788)
By June 1788, Wolfgang and Constanze Mozart had a son, Carl, aged three. Two other sons had died within a few weeks of birth. A daughter, Theresia, was born in December 1787 but on 29 June she died. Many reasons have been given for the passionate turmoil of Mozart's G minor symphony, which was composed in the next few weeks. Is it possible that it was a response to the death of his daughter? (RNZ)
11:00 AM. The Works

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 - London SO/Bernard Haitink (LSO Live LSO 0587)
JC BACH: Symphonie Concertante in Bb for violin & cello - Anna McDonald (vln), Sebastian Comberti (cello), Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (dir) (CPO 999 537)
Noon Pressing On

With Roger Lloyd (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)
1:00 PM. Vintage Years

Composer of the Week
FRYDERYK CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Etude in Gb Op 10/5, Black Keys; Etude in E Op 10/3, Tristesse; Mazurka in Bb Op 17/1; Waltz in E minor Op posth - Richard Farrell (pno) (rec 1958) (EMI CDM 7 64136)
arr anon: Omaggio a Bellini; Inno alla patria - Beniamino Gigli (ten), Philharmonia/Stanford Robinson (rec 1949) (Testament SBT 1162)
Waltz in F Op 34/3 - Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (rec 1950) (Preiser PR 95001)
Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 - Claudio Arrau (pno), New York Philharmonic SO/Fritz Busch (rec 1950) (Music & Arts CD 1158)
2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

Sibelius: Doctor Big Man
In this, the fourth in the Letters to Sibelius series, Marshall Walker tells of how he escaped from post-war Glasgow and headed for South Africa, accompanied by Sibelius, aka The Big Man (RNZ)
3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

MOZART: Zaide, an incomplete opera in two acts
Zaide............................ Diana Damrau
Gomatz......................... Michael Schade
Soliman......................... Rudolf Schasching
Allazim.......................... Florian Boesch
Osmin........................... Anton Scharinger
Narrator........................ Tobias Moretti
Concentus Musicus, Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 82876 84996)
5:00 PM. More Musical Torsos

HAYDN: String Quartet in D minor Op 103 - Weller Quartet (Decca 475 6796)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 3 in Eb Op 75 - Konstantin Scherbakov (pno), Russian Phil/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.557257)
SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished - Cologne Gürzenich Orch/Günter Wand (Testament SBT 1364)
6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
DUARTE: Un Petit Jazz - Carol Hohauser (fl), Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Mr M Productions CM 2)
PSATHAS: Jettatura - Stephen Gosling (pno) (Trust MMT 2047)
R THOMPSON: Symphony No 3 in A minor - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Koch International 3-7074)
7:00 PM. New Horizons

Eleven programmes
(9) William Dart looks at a range of local releases include new albums from The Brunettes and The Phoenix Foundation, as well as a number of releases from Yelloweye records (RNZ)
8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

Lexus Song Quest 2007
Four programmes
(4) Diana Cable announces the finalists in New Zealand's premier singing competition
ROSSINI: Di tanti palpiti, from Tancredi - Claire Barton (mezzo), Tom McGrath (pno)
VERDI: Sempre libera, from La Traviata - Aivale Cole (sop), Rosemary Barnes (pno)
MASSENET: Gavotte, Je marche sur tous les chemins, from Manon - Emma Fraser (sop), David Wickham (pno)
VERDI: Ella giammai m'amo, from Don Carlos - Wade Kernot (bass), David Wickham (pno)
DONIZETTI: Marie's aria, from The Daughter of the Regiment - Frances Moore (sop), Catherine Norton (pno)
LEONCAVALLO: Si può? from I Pagliacci - Phillip Rhodes (bar), Robert Wiremu (pno) (RNZ)
8:50 PM. Recent Bartók Releases

String Quartet No 1 Sz40 - Quatuor Ébène (Mirare MIR 029)
Concerto for Orchestra - South West German Radio SO/Michael Gielen (Hänssler CD 93.184)
10:00 PM. Day's End

BRAHMS: Waltzes Op 39 - Stephen Kovacevich (pno) (Philips 420 750)
BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F BWV1046 - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS CD 1151/52)
FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine - Choir of Wellington Cathedral/Philip Walsh, Andrew MacMillan (org) (Herald HAVP CD 191)
BUTTERWORTH: Two English Idylls - English CO/Jeffrey Tate (EMI CDC 7 47945)
11:00 GNATTALI: Retratos - Slava Grigoryan, Leonard Grigoryan (gtrs) (ABC 472 824)
FRANCK: Piano Quintet in F minor - Leonard Pennario (pno), Jascha Heifetz (vln), Israel Baker (vln), William Primrose (vla), Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) (RCA 09026 61764)