Sunday 15 March 2009 Rātapu 15 Poutū-te-rangi 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Cappriccio Italien Op 45; Romeo & Juliet Fantasie Overture; PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Op 64; BERLIOZ: Romeo & Juliet Op 17 - Berlin Phil/Ferdinand Leitner; San Francisco SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 427 019)

  1:10 (approx) - Disc 2

  CORELLI: Concerto Grossi Op 6 Nos 1-6 - La Petite Band/Sigiswald Kuijken (EMI CDS 747919)

  2:15 (approx) - Disc 3

  Wings in the Night, Swedish Songs - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (DG 449 189)

  3:25 (approx) - Disc 4

  SCHUBERT: String Quartets, in C minor/Bb D18; in C D32; in Bb D36; in C minor D103 - Melos Quartet (DG 419 879)

  4:40 (approx) - Disc 5

  BACH: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C BWV564; Fantasia in G BWV572; Trio Sonata No 1 in Eb BWV525; Passacaglia in C minor BWV582; MARCHAND: Deux Pièces d'Orgue; BULL: Dr Bull's My Selfe; Dr Bull's Jewell - Gillian Weir (organ of St Lawrence, Rotterdam; Great Organ of the Church of St Maximin, Thionville, France; organ of Hexham Abbey) (ARGO 460 185)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  TRAD: First Vespers, from a Medieval Office for St Patrick - Canty/Rebecca Tavener, William Taylor (clarsach) (Divine Art DDA 25065)

  ZIPOLI: Ave maris stella - Ensemble Elyma; Affetti Musicali; Coro de Niños Cantores de Córdoba/Gabriel Garrido (K617 K617 036)

  A ALAIN: Largo (Prière) Op 427 - Marie-Claire Alain (Grand-Orgue of the church of Saint-Germain-en-Laye) (Calliope CAL 9750)

  ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus - Pepe Becker, Jane MacKinlay (sops), Andrea Cochrane (contralto), Craig Beardsworth (bar), Choir of Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington/Thomas Wilson (SHC SHC 75880)

  HAYDN: Mass in Bb, Missa HobXXII/7 - Janice Watson (sop), Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox, Ian Watson (org) (Chandos CHAN 0592)

  ANON: Song of the Sibyl - Gisela Bellsolà (contralto), Obsidienne/Emmanuel Bonnardot (Opus 111 OPS 30-130)

  BACH: Cantata No 54, Stand firm against all sinning (written for the third Sunday in Lent) - Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 118)

  LLOYD: Psalm 130, Out of the Depths - Exon Singers/Matthew Owens (Albany TROY 450)

  MACMILLAN: A New Song - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/Martin Baker, Andrew Reid (org) (Hyperion CDA 67219)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  C STAMITZ: Second movement, Romance, from Cello Concerto No 1 in G - Christian Benda (cello), Prague CO (Naxos 8.551140)

  LISZT: Liebestraum No 3 in Ab - Jorge Bolet (pno) (Philips 456 814)

  DUPARC: Chanson triste - Barbara Hendricks (sop), Lyon Opera Orch/John Eliot Gardiner (EMI CDC 7 49689)

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

  PAREDES arr Golijov: Cançâo Verdes Anos - Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 7559 79490)

  DVOŘÁK arr Setchell: Second movement, Largo, from Symphony No 9 in E minor - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 1539)

  HANDEL: Pastoral Symphony, from Messiah - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Harmonia Mundi HML 590 1498/99)

  FAURÉ: Elegy Op 24 - Han-Na Chang (cello), London SO/Mstislav Rostropovich (EMI CDC 5 56126)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

  Nicholas Grigsby introduces two upcoming British composers, THOMAS ADÈS (b 1971) and ROXANNA PANUFNIK (b 1968) (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

  ADÈS: Living Toys Op 9 - London Sinfonietta/Markus Stenz (EMI 5 72271)

• 9:55 AM. Magical Mozart

  Two concerts in which the New Zealand String Quartet perform Mozart's six 'Haydn' Quartets, and the two piano quartets

  Peter Nagy (pno), New Zealand String Quartet

  (2) MOZART: String Quartets, No 17 in Bb K458, Hunt; No 18 in A K464; No 19 in C K465, Dissonance; Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb K493 (recorded in the Hunter Council Chamber, Victoria University, Wellington by RNZ)

• Noon Pressing On

  With Julie Sperring (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  Composers as conductors

  GAUBERT: Les Chants de la Mer - Symphony Orchestra/Philippe Gaubert (rec 1930) (Alpha 801)

  WALTON: Violin Concerto in B minor - Berl Senofsky (vln), New Zealand SO/William Walton (rec 1964) (Bridge 9133A/B)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music - Liverpool Phil/Ralph Vaughan Williams (rec 1951) (Albian ALBCD 009)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Steven Isserlis

  The British cellist talks with Kate Mead (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Metropolitan Opera Season

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

  (11) DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor, an opera in three acts

  Lucia is the sister of Enrico. She is in love with her brother's rival, Edgardo, but is forced to marry Arturo against her will

  Lucia............................. Anna Netrebko

  Edgardo........................ Piotr Beczala

  Enrico........................... Mariusz Kwiecien

  Raimondo..................... Ildar Abdrazakov

  Arturo........................... Colin Lee

  Alisa............................. Michaela Martens

  Normanno..................... Michael Myers

  Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Marco Armiliato (EBU)

• 7:00 PM. New Horizons

  Ten programmes

  (3) William Dart looks at new releases from Of Montreal, Beirut, Neko Case and Sparks (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  Miles Ahead: A musical tribute to jazz icon, composer & arranger Gil Evans

  New Zealand School of Music Jazz Orch/Rodger Fox

  with Matthew Marshall (gtr), Clay Jenkins (tpt)

  HENDRIX arr Evans: Up from the skies; Foxy lady; RODRIGO arr Evans: Concierto de Aranjuez; CARISI: Springsville; DELIBES: The Maids of Cadiz; BRUBECK: The Duke; GERSHWIN/WEILL My ship; DAVIS/EVANS Miles ahead; EVANS: Blues for Pablo; JAMAL: New rhumba; TROUP/WORTH The meaning of the blues; JJ JOHNSON: Lament; ELLIOTT/SPINA: I don't wanna be kissed (by anyone but you) (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:10 PM. LSO Live

  BEETHOVEN: Mass in C Op 86 - Sally Matthews (sop), Sara Mingardo (contralto), John Mark Ainsley (ten), Alastair Miles (bass), London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0594)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  SCHUBERT: Impromptus D935 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 456 245)

  NERUDA: Cello Concerto No 4 in A minor Op 61 - Beate Altenburg (cello), Dessau Anhalt Phil/Golo Berg (CPO 777 192)

  11:00 BACH: Violin Sonata No 2 in A BWV1015 - James Ehnes (vln), Luc Beauséjour (hpschd) (Analekta AN 2 9829)

  GOUVY: Wind Septet in Bb - Les Solistes de Prades (K617 K617 160)

  GAL: Five Intermezzi Op 10 - Edinburgh Quartet (Meridian CDE 84531)

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