Sunday 25 May 2008 Rātapu 25 Haratua 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  LAMBERT: Horoscope; WALTON: Façade; BLISS: Checkmate - English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Hyperion CDA 66436)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  CPE BACH: Concerto in D minor for flute & orchestra WQ22; Concerto in A minor for flute & orchestra WQ166; Concerto in A for flute & orchestra WQ168 - Eckart Haupt (fl), CPE Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Capriccio 10 104)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  MENDELSSOHN: Verleih' uns Frieden; Kyrie eleison; Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe; Ave Maria Op 23/2; Mitten wir im Leben sind Op 23/3; Heilig, heilig ist Gott, der Herr Zebaoth; Six Anthems Op 79; Three Psalms Op 78, Warum toben die Heiden; Richte mich, Gott, und fuhre meine Sache; Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen?; Hor mein Bitten, Herr, neige dich zu mir - Anne Dawson (sop), Rogers Covey-Crump (ten), John Scott (org), Corydon Singers, English CO/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDA 66359)

  3:40 (approx) - Disc 4

  DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata; DOHNÁNYI: Cello Sonata in Bb minor Op 8; BRIDGE: Two Short Pieces; Cello Sonata in D - Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello), Yolande Wrigley (pno) (ASV CD DCA 796)

  4:45 (approx) - Disc 5

  ROSSINI: William Tell Overture; BIZET: Carmen Overture; REZNICEK: Donna Diana Overture; WEBER: Freischütz Overture; ROSSINI: The Thieving Magpie Overture; VERDI: The Force of Destiny Overture; ROSSINI: The Silken Ladder Overture; MOZART: The Magic Flute Overture; NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture - Various Orchestras & Conductors (DG 423 781)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  RACHMANINOV: Glory to God in the Highest; Gladsome Light, from Vespers Op 37 - Paul McMahon (ten), Cantillation/Antony Walker (ABC Classics 465 824)

  KREBS: Chorale Prelude, Jesu, meine Freude - Neil Black (ob), Peter Hurford (organ of Gloucester Cathedral) (Argo 430 208)

  M-A CHARPENTIER: Salve Regina - Ex Cathedra Choir & Baroque Ensemble/Jeffrey Skidmore (Hyperion CDA 67435)

  ARGENTO: Spirituals & Swedish Chorales - Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music Series of Minnesota/Philip Brunelle (Collins Classics 15232)

  MARCELLO: The Heavens declare the glory of God - Michael Murray (organ of the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York) (Telarc CD 80169)

  HARRIS: Bring us, O Lord God - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 113)

  FAURÉ/MESSAGER: Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville - women of Lausanne Vocal Ensemble, Sinfonia Varsovia/Michel Corboz, Marcelo Giannini (org) (Mirare MIR 028)

  LISZT: Benedictus & Offertorium - Rachel Barton Pine (vln), Thomas Labé (pno) (Dorian DOR-90251)

  J RITCHIE: Lord, when the sense of thy sweet grace; SHEPHARD: Jesu, dulcis memoria; MEWS: A sound came from heaven - Choir of Wellington Cathedral/Philip Walsh, Andrew MacMillan (org) (Herald HAVP CD 191)

  BACH: Cantata No 20, written for the Second Sunday after Pentecost, O Eternity, thou thunderous word - Robin Blaze (countertenor), Jan Kobow (ten), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan Chorus & Orch/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 1321)

  BRAHMS: How lovely are thy dwellings, from A German Requiem Op 45 - Wells Cathedral Choir/Malcolm Archer, Rupert Gough (org) (Cantoris CRCD 6070)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  GRAINGER: Early one morning - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)

  BIZET: Micaela's aria, Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante, from Carmen - Malvina Major (sop), New Zealand SO/Piero Gamba (Kiwi CD TRL 075)

  GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: My man's gone now, from Porgy & Bess - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 471 500)

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr Meshchaninov: Melody, from Souvenir d'un lieu cher - Vytautas Sondeckis (cello), Lithuanian CO/David Geringas (Naxos 8.554381)

  DVORÁK: Nocturne in B for strings Op 40 - London Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8323)

  BACH: Second movement, Siciliano, from Flute Sonata in Eb BWV1031 - Aurèle Nicolet (fl), Karl Richter (hpschd) (ABC Classics 465 680)

  TRAD arr Meyer: Star of the County Down - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 68460)

  SCHUBERT: Moment Musicale No 6 in Ab - Maria João Pires (pno) (Philips 456 928)

  MARTUCCI: Notturno Op 70/1 - English CO/Alfredo Bonavera (Hyperion CDA 66290)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

• 10:00 AM. Saint Paul Sunday

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

  (21) Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King (harp/dir)

  ESCALADAS: Villancico Cantan dos jilguerillos; PADILLA: Kirie, from Missa Ego flos campi; MURCIA: Cumbees; PADILLA: Negrilla A siolo flasiquiyo; Gloria, from Missa Ego flos campi; FERNANDEZ: Gineo; Andres, do queda el Ganado; ANON: Marizapalos a lo humano; Marizapalos bajo una tarde; ZESPEDES: Convidando esta la noche (American Public Media)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 8 in D - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)

  BRAHMS: Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel Op 24 - Saleem Abboud Ashkar (pno) (EMI 5 87010)

• Noon Pressing On

  With Robert Johnson (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture - USSR Radio SO/Nikolai Golovanov (rec 1947-48) (Gebhardt JGCD 0058-3)

  SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C D934 - Max Rostal (vln), Colin Horsley (pno) (rec 1957) (Symposium 1076)

  MILHAUD: Suite Française - Philharmonic SO of New York/Darius Milhaud (rec 1946) (Pearl GEM 0124)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Richard Farrell, New Zealand pianist

  The recorded legacy of Richard Farrell, who died in a car crash in 1958 at the age of 31, shows a pianist of outstanding technique and insight. Peter Mechen presents four programmes reviewing the surviving recordings and talking to those who remember Farrell's playing

  (2) Elegant Romantic (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Metropolitan Opera Season

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

  (21) DONIZETTI: La fille du Régiment, an opera in two acts

  After being brought up in a regiment Marie discovers she is in fact the daughter of nobility. Consequently she has to learn correct social etiquette and part from her love Tonio

  Marie................................. Natalie Dessay

  Marquise of Berkenfield..... Felicity Palmer

  Tonio................................. Juan Diego Flórez

  Sulpice............................... Alessandro Corbelli

  Duchess of Krakenthorp.... Marian Seldes

  Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Marco Armiliato (EBU)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  LILBURN: Piano Sonata in A minor (1939) - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2053)

  LISZT: The Ideals - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (Naxos 8.553355)

• 7:00 PM. Burt Bacharach (b1928)

  Six programmes introduced by William Dart

  (3) Walk Little Dolly; Don't say I didn't tell you so; The Beginning of Loneliness - Dionne Warwick (vocalist); This Guy's in love with you - London Viola Group; selections from soundtracks to What's New Pussycat?, After the Fox, Casino Royale, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Lost Horizon; Who are These People?; Go ask Shakespeare, from 'At This Time' - John Pagano, Rufus Wainwright (vocalists), orchestra/Burt Bacharach (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  Michael Monaghan Young Musicians Concert

  The Academy of St Andrew's on the Terrace/Peter van Drimmelen

  MOZART: First movement, Allegro, from Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 - Asaph Verner (pno)

  CHOPIN: Second movement, Larghetto, from Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 - Hannah-Elizabeth Teoh (pno)

  MOZART: First movement, Allegro, from Violin Concerto No 3 in G K216 - Anne Seung Eun Kim (vln)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 33, abridged - Heather Lewis (cello)

  KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro - Alina Junc (vln)

  REINECKE: First movement, Allegro molto moderato, from Flute Concerto in D Op 283 - Amy Lewis (fl)

  MOZART: First movement, Allegro maestoso, from Flute Concerto No 1 in G K313 - James Pearson (fl)

  BRUCH: Third movement, Allegro energico, from Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 - Chikako Sasaki (vln) (recorded in the Adam Concert Room, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:30 PM. New Zealand Orchestral Scores

  NORRIS: From the Lonely Margins of the Sea - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ)

  PSATHAS: Seikilos - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in Bb, from Tafelmusik - Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 427 619)

  STRAUSS: Hymne Op 34/2 - South West German Radio Vocal Ensemble/Marcus Creed (Hänssler CD 93.179)

  J STAMITZ: Orchestral Trio in A Op 1/2 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)

  11:00 BARBER: Cello Sonata Op 6 - Charles Curtis (cello), Earl Wild (pno) (Ivory Classics 64405 73003)

  DOMENICONI: Variations on an Anatolian Folksong - Owen Moriarty (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

  REICHA: Wind Quintet in Eb Op 88/2 - Vega Wind Quintet (LDR LDRC 1002)

Next day - Mon 26

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