Sunday 1 March 2009 Rātapu 1 Poutū-te-rangi 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical; Lieutenant Kije Op 60; Symphony No 7 in C# minor Op 131 - London SO/André Previn (EMI 747 855)

  1:05 (approx) - Disc 2

  DVORÁK: Piano Quintets, in A Op 81; in Eb Op 87 - Menahem Pressler (pno), Emerson String Quartet (DG 439 868)

  2:20 (approx) - Disc 3

  OCKEGHEM: Requiem; DESPREZ: Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales - Pro Cantione Antiqua, Hamburg Old Music Wind Ensemble/Bruno Turner (Archiv 415 293)

  3:30 (approx) - Disc 4

  WAGNER: The Mastersingers of Nuremburg, Overture; MUSSORGSKY: Coronation Scene, from Boris Godounov; PONCHIELLI: Dance of the hours, from La Gioconda; VERDI: The Force of Destiny, Overture; STRAUSSII: Ti-Tak Polka Op 365; Fledermaus Quadrille Op 363; STRUASS: Concert Waltz, from Der Rosenkavalier; CHABRIER: Souvenirs de Munich; FAURE/MESSAGER: Souvenirs de Bayreuth; LISZT: Réminiscences de Norma - Julian Reynolds, Peter Lockwood (pnos) (Globe GLO 5143)

  4:50 (approx) - Disc 5

  SOLER: Three Sonatas; REVUELTAS: Sensemayá; DIMAS: Sones de Mariachi; PONCE: Estrellita; HALFFTER: Obertura Festiva; REVUELTAS: Janitzio; HALFFTER: Tripartita; REVUELTAS: Ocho por Radio; VILLANUEVA: Vals Poetico; BUXTEHUDE orch Chávez: Chaconne in E minor - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD CDA 894)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  ANCHIETA: Missa Sine nomine - Capilla Peñaflorida, Ministriles de Marsias/Josep Cabré, Loreto Fernández Imaz (org) (Naxos 8.555772)

  JC BACH: Laudate pueri Dominum - Emma Kirkby (sop), Mark Schäfer (ten), L'Orfeo Baroque Orch/Michi Gaigg (CPO 999 718)

  LISZT: Ave Maria, from Harmonies Poétiques et Réligieuses - Pascal Amoyel (pno) (Calliope CAL 9371.2)

  COOMAN: God, You move among us; The lamp of charity; Psalm 66 - Choir of Royal Holloway, London/Rupert Gough, Samuel Rathbone (org) (Naxos 8.559361)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  ELGAR: Elegy Op 58 - New Philharmonia/John Barbirolli (EMI CDC 7 47537)

  BACH: Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208, Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 60681)

  DURUFLÉ: Ubi caritas - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Conifer CDCF 503)

  SCHUBERT trans Liszt: Ständchen, from Schwanengesang D957 - Oxana Yablonskaya (pno) (Naxos 8.553062)

  DELIUS arr Fenby: La Calinda, from Koanga - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

  RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Rustem Hayroudinoff (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10095)

  PUCCINI: E lucevan le stelle, from Tosca - Plácido Domingo (ten), Rome Theatre Opera Orch, Florence May Festival Orch/Zubin Mehta (Decca 440 072)

  MASSENET arr Mouton: Mélodie-Elégie - Peter Dixon (cello), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

  SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 419 768)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  In the first two weeks of Composer of the Week for 2009, we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)

  (1) William Dart looks at the composer's life and music (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

  Psalm 115, Nicht unserm Namen, Herr - Evelyn Brunner (sop), Alejandro Ramirez (ten), Philippe Huttenlocher (bar), Gulbenkian Foundation Chorus & Orch/Michel Corboz (Erato ECD 88120)

• 10:00 AM. Magical Mozart

  Three programmes

  (1) Mozart Revived

  Members of the New Zealand String Quartet demonstrate and discuss Mozart's six 'Haydn' Quartets (recorded at Victoria University of Wellington by RNZ)

• 11:30 AM. Celtic

  HILL: Symphony No 6 in Bb - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (Marco Polo 8.220345)

• Noon Pressing On

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

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  ROSSINI: Semiramide, Overture - Berlin RIAS SO/Ferenc Fricsay (rec 1952) (DG 477 5908)

  CONUS: Violin Concerto in E minor - Jascha Heifetz (vln), RCA Victor SO/Izler Solomon (rec 1952) (RCA GD 60927)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Symphony No 2 in F# minor, Antar - Royal PO/Thomas Beecham (rec 1951) (EMI 5 75938)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Toscanini, the Composer: instrumental pieces

  Roger Flury and Des Wilson look at early compositions by the gifted Italian who later made his name as a great conductor. Flury and David Vine have unearthed and edited a number of Toscanini manuscripts (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Metropolitan Opera Season

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

  (9) GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice, an opera in three acts

  The Greek legend, used throughout the history of Western classical music in operas, cantatas and ballet, in which the grief-stricken Orfeo is given permission to retrieve his wife Euridice from Hades and bring her back to life

  Euridice......................... Danielle de Niese

  Amor............................ Heidi Grant Murphy

  Orfeo............................ Stephanie Blythe

  Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/James Levine (EBU)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  DEBUSSY: Violin Sonata in G minor - Justine Cormack (vln), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 101)

  L MOZART: Sinfonia di caccia in G - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553347)

  FARQUHAR: Musette; NORTON: Harry's Rag - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

  HOOVER: Medieval Suite - Alexa Still (fl), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch KICCD 7566)

• 7:00 PM. New Horizons

  Ten programmes

  (1) With William Dart (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  The Big Sing 2008

  Nine programmes

  (9) Gala Concert in which the choirs are Christ's College Chapel Choir, Euphony, Con Brio, Craighead Chorale, King's College Chapel Choir, Male Voice Chorus, Aurora Voices, OK Chorale, Queen Margaret Chorale, Coro Notabile, Saints Alive, Seraphim Choir, Bella Voce, St Cecilia Singers, The Fundamentals, Femme, Sweet Sixteen, Southern Hesperides, Wellington College Chorale and Belle a Cappella

  TRAD Zulu: Sivela Kwazulu; TRAD Ukrainian: Sidu Rudaia; ARCHER: Sastrugi; MERCER: Skylark; MCHUGH: I can't give you anything but love; POULENC: Tout Puissant; TILLEY: The magic store; TRAD arr Paich/Porcaro/Young: 12 Days (as by Straight No Chaser); KERN arr Shaw: Can't help lovin' that man, from Showboat; KOSMA arr Rutherford: Autumn leaves; MONTEVERDI: Pur ti miro; GERSHWIN: They can't take that away from me; SINGH: Johnny said "no"; GALLUS: Duo seraphim; PATRIQUIN: Ah! Si mon moine voulait danser; WALLER/BROOKS/RAZAF: Ain't misbehavin'; JUDD/FINN: Maybe; DAWSON: Ain'-a that good news!; KNUDSON: God be in my head; TRAD Samoan arr Kalolo: Eleni; DEYOUNG/MCKENZIE/CLEMENT: The Styx mix; TRAD South African/MARLEY: Dibulegile Jikoro/One love (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:45 PM. Grieg Miniatures

  Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Daniel Propper (pno) (Skarbo DSK 1079)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  HAYDN: String Quartet in D Op 76/5 - Quatuor Mosaïques (Naïve E 8665)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Oboe Concerto in A minor - Ruth Bolister (ob), Elgar CO/Stephen Bell (ASV CD DCA 1173)

  HOLST: Egdon Heath - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9420)

  11:00 BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Paganini, Book 2 - Julius Katchen (pno) (Decca 417 644)

  FRANCK: String Quartet in D - Dante Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67664)

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