Sunday 7 December 2008 Rātapu 7 Hakihea 2008

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  Night Music 3

  Works from Fauré, Tchaikovsky, Marcello, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bizet, Hayden, Corelli, Mozart, Albinoni - Various Artists (Naxos 8.551123)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  DAVID: Piano Trios, No 3 in C minor; No 2 in D minor - Ilona Prunyi (pno), Eszter Perényi (vln), Tibor Párkányi (cello) (Marco Polo 8.223492)

  2:30 (approx) - Disc 3

  Stairway to Heaven

  Choral works by Bach, Fauré, Messiaen, Poulenc, Stanford, Allegri, Mozart, Burgon, Schubert, Lassus, Victoria, Purcell, Barber - Choir of Trinity College/Richard Marlow (Conifer 75605-51521)

  3:40 (approx) - Disc 4

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, No 21 in C Op 53, Waldstein; No 27 in E minor Op 90; No 14 in C# minor Op 27/2, Moonlight; No 13 in Eb Op 27/1 - Michael Houstoun (Trust MMT 2001/3)

  4:50 (approx) - Disc 5

  GRAINGER: Rustic Dance; Eastern Intermezzo; Colonial Song; Gay but Wistful; The Gum-sucker's March; LILBURN: Diversions for strings; DREYFUS: Serenade for small orchestra; BENJAMIN: North American Square Dance; COULTHARD: Excursion Ballet Suite - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC 2 5088)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  TRAD: Introit; Gradual, from Mass of the Vigil of Christmas - Ensemble Organum/Marcel Pérès (Zig Zag ZZT 081 001)

  PRAETORIUS: Wachet auf! - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlowe (Conifer 75605 51256)

  AUFSCHNAITER: Sonata St Mark Op 4/6 - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (Arcana A 313)

  PASCHA arr Venhoda: Christmas Mass in F - Prague Madrigal Singers, Players of Prague Museum historic instruments/Miroslav Venhoda (CampionCD 1305)

  BRAHMS: Schaffe in mir, Gott Op 29/2 - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/Martin Baker (Hyperion CDA 67559)

  HANDEL: Comfort ye; Ev'ry valley shall be exalted, from Messiah - John Elwes (ten), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS CD 891/2)

  NÖSSLER: Tröstet mein Volk; MENDELSSOHN: Lasset uns frohlocken; REGER: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her - RIAS Chamber Choir/Uwe Gronostay (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1794)

  NIVERS: Suite on the fourth tone - André Isoir (Haerpfer-Erman organ of Compiègne) (Calliope CAL 5916)

  JACKSON: Three Carols for Advent Op 73 - Exon Singers/Matthew Owens, David Bednall (org) (Delphian DCD 34035)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  DELIUS: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, from Two Pieces for Small Orch - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar (Chandos CHAN 6502)

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

  STRAUSS: Ruhe, meine Seele Op 27/1 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London SO/Andrew Davis (CBS MK 76794)

  GLINKA trans Balakirev: The Lark - Alexander Paley (pno) (Koch Schwann 3-1746)

  VERDI: La Traviata, Prelude to Act III - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 457 627)

  DEBUSSY trans Nicholls: La fille aux cheveux de lin; Rêverie - Alison Nicholls (harp) (Alison Nicholls ARN 001)

  LEHÁR: You are my heart's delight, from The Land of Smiles - José Carreras (ten), English CO/Roberto Benzi (Philips 462 892)

  FAURÉ arr Hazell: Sicilienne, from Pelléas & Mélisande - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

  VILLA-LOBOS arr Mondvay: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 - I Salonisti (Decca 425 228)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  Gary Harris looks at the ballet music of PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

  The Oprichnik, ballet music - Royal Opera House Orch, Covent Garden/Colin Davis (Philips 422 845)

  Melody Op 42/3, from Souvenir d'un lieu cher; Décembre: Noël, from The Seasons Op 37b - John Georgiadis (vln), London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 433 863)

  trans Wild: Dance of the Four Swans, from Swan Lake - Earl Wild (pno) (Sony SK 62036)

  Dance of the tumblers, from The Snow Maiden - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9324)

• 10:00 AM. Chamber Music at Lincoln Center

  Twenty-six programmes hosted by Elliott Forrest, with commentary by the Chamber Music Society's Artistic Director, David Finckel, recorded in New York City

  (21) DVORÁK: Gypsy Melodies Op 55 - Dina Kuznetsova (sop), Charles Wadsworth (pno)

  Slavonic Dances, excerpts - Emanuel Ax, Yoko Nozaki (pno duet)

  Piano Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90, Dumky - Adam Neiman (pno), Tai Murray (vln), Sophie Shao (cello) (WFMT)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Alison Balsom (tpt), German Chamber Phil, Bremen (EMI 2 16213)

  SCHUMANN: Symphony No 2 in C Op 61 - Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti (EMI 3 71497)

• Noon Pressing On

  With Diana Marsh (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVIIb/2 - Daniil Shafran (cello), USSR State SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (rec 1961) (Brilliant Classics 93096)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 - Jacques Thibaud (vln), Pablo Casals (cello), Alfred Cortot (pno) (rec 1926) (Naxos 8.110188)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  The MTT Files

  Eight programmes in which Michael Tilson Thomas explores classical music and the unexpected ways it influences our lives

  (7) We were playing Boulez, but we were listening to James Brown!

  The core of this programme, an extensive interview with James Brown about his music, was recorded at Brown's home in Georgia (American Public Media)

• 3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  A finalist in the 2008 Gramophone Awards

  PUCCINI: La Bohème, an opera in four acts

  Mimì............................. Anna Netrebko

  Musetta......................... Nicole Cabell

  Rodolfo......................... Rolando Villazón

  Marcello....................... Boaz Daniel

  Schaunard..................... Stéphane Degout

  Colline.......................... Vitalij Kowaljow

  Benoît/Alcindoro........... Tiziano Bracci

  Parpignol....................... Kevin Connors

  Gärtnerplatz State Theatre Children's Chorus, Bavarian Radio Chorus & Orch/Bertrand de Billy (DG 477 6600)

• 5:00 PM. Parisian Pictures

  DELIUS: Paris, Song of a Great City - Royal Phil/Norman Del Mar (Unicorn-Kanchana DKP CD 9108)

  WILLIAMSON: Travel Diaries, Paris - Antony Gray (pno) (ABC 472 902)

  MARAIS: Sonnerie de Ste Geneviève du Mont de Paris - Marijke Miessen (rec), Anner Bylsma (cello), Bob van Asperen (hpschd) (Teknon TK 11-250)

  SVENDSEN: Carnival in Paris - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  HILL: String Quartet No 6 in G, The Kids - Australian String Quartet (Marco Polo 8.223746)

  LISZT: Liebestraum No 2 in Eb - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Integral INT 221.116)

  A RITCHIE: Symphony No 1, Boum - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

• 7:00 PM. New Horizons

  Twelve programmes

  (10) With William Dart (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  2008 Chamber Music New Zealand Schools' Chamber Music Contest Final

  Two programmes

  (1) BABADJANIAN: First movement, Largo/Allegro espressivo, from Piano Trio - Dashnamoor Trio: Gemma Lee (pno), Stella Kim (vln), Minji Kang (cello)

  MARTINU: First, Second & Fourth movements, Allegro poco moderato; Adagio; Allegretto, from Trio for flute, violin & piano - Tierce de Picardie: Hye-Won Suh (fl), Tony Zhai (vln), Gillian Pan (pno)

  SMETANA: First & Third movements, Allegro vivo appassionato; Largo sostenuto, from String Quartet No 1 in E minor, From my life - Bedrich Quartet: Emma Yoon, Salina Fisher (vlns), Bryony Gibson-Cornish (vla), Yuuki Bouterey-Ishido (cello)

  FELD: Third, Fourth & Fifth movements, from Saxophone Quartet - Knight Quartet: Gemma Knight (sop sax), Pongsakorn Soonthornyanakij (alto sax), Bryn Roberts (ten sax), Sam Jones (bar sax) (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:05 PM. Herreweghe Conducts

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 - Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Herreweghe (PentaTone PTC 5186 313)

  RAMEAU: Motet, In convertendo - Suzanne Gari, Lieve Monbaliu (sops), Henri Ledroit (countertenor), Guy de Mey (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bar), Peter Kooy (bass), La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMA 190 1078)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  GRANADOS: The maiden & the nightingale, from Goyescas - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 58039)

  RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez - Kaori Muraji (gtr), Galicia SO/Victor Pablo Pérez (Decca 478 0076)

  ALBÉNIZ arr Köster: Spanish Songs Op 232 - South West German CO/Tilmann Köster (Profil PH 07073)

  11:00 MOZART: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds K452 - Murray Perahia (pno), members of the English CO (CBS MK 42099)

  String Quintet No 5 in D K593 - Prazák Quartet, Hatto Beyerlé (vla) (Praga PRD 350 012)

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