Sunday 16 March 2008 Rātapu 16 Poutū-te-rangi 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  DVORÁK: Concert Overtures, In Nature's Realm; Carnival; Othello; Symphonic Variations Op 78; Scherzo Capriccioso - Royal Phil/John Farrer (ASV CD DCA 794)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  MEDTNER: Piano Concertos, No 2 in C minor; No 3 in E minor, Ballade - Geoffrey Tozer (pno), London Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9038)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  DOWLAND: Second Book of Songs - Emma Kirkby (sop), John York Skinner (countertenor), Martyn Hill (ten), David Thomas (bass), Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley (Oiseau-Lyre 425 889)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  LISZT: Divertissement on the cavatina I tuoi frequenti palpiti from Pacini's Niobe; THALBERG: Fantasy on themes from Rossini's Moses; WEBER: Concert Piece in F minor Op 79; THALBERG: Fantasia on God Save the Queen; LISZT: Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude, from Harmonies poetiques et religieuses - Steven Mayer (pno) (ASV CD DCA 783

  4:50 (approx) - Disc 5

  The Harp of Luduvíco

  Fantasias, Airas and Toccatas by Mudarra, Milan, Macque, Dell'Apra, Frescobaldi and Monteverdi - Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque harps) (Hyperion CDA 66518)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  ANON: Hosanna to the Son of David; PALESTRINA: Pueri hebraeorum; Improperium; O Domine Jesu Christe - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (Gaudeamus CD GAU 333)

  LEO: Judica me Deus - Sandrine Piau, Anne-Lise Sollied (sops), Hilary Summers (contralto), Jean-François Novelli (ten), Renaud Delaigue (bass), Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (dir) (Decca 460 020)

  BRUCKNER: Vexilla Regis - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67629)

  PUCCINI ed Kaye: Vexilla Regis - men of Milan Giuseppe Verdi Chorus/Riccardo Chailly, Roberto de Thierry (org) (Decca 475 320)

  VIVALDI: Sonata in B minor, Al Santo Sepolcro RV169 - Jane Rogers (vla), Cecelia Bruggemeyer (dbass), Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0714 X)

  JANÁCEK: The Lord's Prayer - Andrew Carwood (ten), Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Stephen Darlington, Victoria Davies (harp), Clive Driskill-Smith (org) (Griffin GCCD 4042)

  O WILLIAMS: Palm Sunday; PRITCHARD arr Hazell: Hyfrydol - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Bryan Davies (pno), Black Mountain Chorus, Risca Male Choir, Welsh National Opera Orch/Gareth Jones (DG 463 593)

  LISZT: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2008)

  BACH: Cantata No 182, King of Heaven, be thou welcome, written for Palm Sunday/Annunciation - Susanne Rydén (sop), Steven Rickards (countertenor), John Elwes (ten), Michael Schopper (bass), Bach Ensemble/Joshua Rifkin (Dorian DOR 93231)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

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

  GRAINGER: My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone - Moray Welsh (cello), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery (Chandos CHAN 6542)

  MOMPOU orch Ros-Marbá: Damunt de tú nómes les flors, from El Combat del Somni - Victoria de los Angeles (sop), Lamoureux Concerts Orch/Antonio Ros-Marbá (EMI CMS 5 65061)

  CHOPIN: Mazurka in F minor Op 68/4 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 466 357)

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

  PAGANINI: Cantabile - Midori (vln), Robert McDonald (pno) (Sony SK 52568)

  FAURÉ: Pie Jesu, from Requiem Op 48 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (EMI 5 57231)

  BRAHMS arr Heifetz/orch Reynolds: Contemplation - Nicola Benedetti (vln), London SO/Daniel Harding (DG 987 057)

  BUTTERWORTH: Banks of Green Willow - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NIM 5062)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Month

  William Dart looks further into the life and music of LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

  Trio in C for two oboes & cor anglais Op 87 - Marilyn Zupnik, Kathryn Greenbank (obs), Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia (cor anglais) (Resonance CD RSN 3102)

• 10:00 AM. Saint Paul Sunday

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

  (11) Stephen Prutsman (pno)

  RAVEL: Miroirs; BACH: Prelude; Allemande; Gavotte I & II; Gigue, from English Suite No 6 in D minor BWV811; PRUTSMAN: Tannery Pond; Dog; WAGNER trans Liszt: Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde (American Public Media)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K364 - Isaac Stern (vln), Pinchas Zukerman (vla), English CO/Daniel Barenboim (Sony SM3K 46523)

  BRIDGE: Suite for strings - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 242)

• Noon Pressing On

  With David Morriss (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  BALAKIREV: Overture on Russian Themes - Philharmonia/Lovro von Matacic (rec 1956) (Testament SBT 1331)

  GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 82 - Jascha Heifetz (vln), London Phil/John Barbirolli (rec 1934) (EMI 3 61590)

  PROKOFIEV: Quintet in G minor Op 39 - New York Ensemble of the Philharmonic Scholarship Winners/Dimitri Mitropoulos (rec 1950) (DG 477 6502)

  SCRIABIN: Valse in Ab Op 38 - Vladimir Sofronitsky (pno) (rec 1960) (Melodiya 74321 25177 2)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Music from Bamboo

  Six programmes by Allan Thomas

  (5) Ensembles and Bands (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Metropolitan Opera Season

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

  (11) PUCCINI: Manon Lescaut, an opera in four acts

  The fateful love affairs of Manon Lescaut who leaves her true love, Des Grieux, for a lavish lifestyle with Géronte de Ravoir and then pays the consequences when she returns to her former love

  Manon Lescaut............. Karita Mattila

  Des Grieux.................... Marcello Giordani

  Lescaut......................... Dwayne Croft

  Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/James Levine (EBU)

• 6:40 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  MCLEOD: Little Symphony - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

• 7:00 PM. New Horizons

  Ten programmes

  (3) William Dart looks at two unlikely collaborations: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss's Raising Sand and Philip Glass and Leonard Cohen's Book of Longing(RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  2007 Chamber Music New Zealand Schools' Chamber Music Final

  Two programmes

  (1) EYCHENNE: Cantilène et Danse - Young Trio: Josiah Young (alto sax), Jonathan Tanner (vln), Anita Huang (pno)

  VIVALDI: Trio Sonata in A minor RV86 - Pronto: Eun-Cho Yeom (rec), Jahun Lee (cello), Salina Fisher (hpschd)

  MESSIAEN: Movements 6 & 7, from Quartet for the End of Time - Eschaton: Ryan Cha (cl), Esther Kim (vln), Zenith Chae (cello), Zoë Butters (pno)

  MENDELSSOHN: First movement, Allegro moderato, ma con fuoco, from Octet in Eb Op 20 - Felix Octet: Jung Wook Lee, Emma Yoon, Sean Daly, Salina Fisher (vlns), Lindsay McLay, Bryony Gibson-Cornish (vla), Jahun Lee, Yuuki Bouterey-Ishido (cellos) (recorded in the James Hay Theatre, Christchurch by RNZ)

• 9:00 PM. At the Russian Ballet

  STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring - Bamberg SO/Jonathan Nott (Tudor 7145)

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr Economu: The Nutcracker, Suite - Martha Argerich, Mirabela Dina (pno duo) (EMI 4 76871)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  HAYDN: String Quartet in A Op 20/6 - Buchberger Quartet (Brilliant Classics 93545)

  BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy - Tasmin Little (vln), Royal Scottish National Orch/Vernon Handley (EMI 5 66119)

  DUPARC: Aux Etoiles - Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI CDC 5 55385)

  11:00 PERGOLESI: Salve Regina in C minor - David Daniels (countertenor), Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (dir) (Virgin 3 63340)

  SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810, Death & the Maiden - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 7 47333)

Next day - Mon 17

Download a PDF of this page: Large print | Medium print | Small print