Sunday 22 March 2009 Rātapu 22 Poutū-te-rangi 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  ELGAR: Symphony No 1 in Ab Op 55; Cockaigne Op 40 - London SO/Charles Mackerras (Argo 430 835)

  1:05 (approx) - Disc 2

  LECLAIR: Flute Sonata in E minor; BLAVET: Flute Sonata in D minor, La Vibray Op 2/2; RAMEAU: Pieces de Clavecin en concerts, Fifth concert; BARRE: Suite in G, Suite l'Inconnue; HOTTETERRE: Airs et Brunettes, Dans ces deserts paisibles; Pourquoy, doux rossignol; L'autre jour me Cloris; LECLAIR: Flute Sonata in G - Rachel Brown (fl), Mark Caudle (viol), James Johnstone (hpschd) (Chandos CHAN 0544)

  2:15 (approx) - Disc 3

  SCHUBERT: Der Einsame; Des Sangers Habe; Lied der Delphine; Lied des Florio; Mondenschein; Mignon und der Harfner; Lied der Mignon; Totengraberweise; Das Echo; An Silvia; Ständchen; Trinklied; Wiegenlied; Widerspruch; Der Wanderer an den Mond; Grab und Mond; Nachtelle; Abschied von der Erde - Christine Schäfer (sop), John Mark Ainsley (ten), Richard Jackson (bar), Graham Johnson (pno), London Schubert Chorale/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDJ 33026)

  3:30 (approx) - Disc 4

  LEFÉBURE-WELY: Boléro de concert; BACH: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565; RAWSTHORNE: Prelude on Londonderry Air; LANG: Tuba tune in D Op15; LEFÉBURE-WELY: Sortie in Eb; TCHAIKOVSKY arr Rawsthorne: Dance of the sugar plum fairy; DUBOIS: Toccata in G; RAWSTHORNE: Aria; BUXTEHUDE: Prelude, Fugue and Caconne in C BuxWV137; BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068, Air; WIDOR: Symphony No 5 in F minor, Toccata; LEFÉBURE-WELY: Sortie in Bb; DELIBES: Sylvia, Pizzicato; LEFÉBURE-WELY: March in Eb; RAWSTHORNE: Hornpipe Humoresque - Kemp English (org) (Manu CD MANU 5005)

  4:40 (approx) - Disc 5

  SIBELIUS: Pelleas & Melisande Suite Op 46; Swanwhite Suite Op 54, The harp; The maidens with roses; The prince alone; Swanwhite and the prince; Song of praise; Incidental music from King Christian II Op 27 - Iceland SO/Petri Sakari (Chandos CHAN 9158)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  WHITE: Lamentations - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16056)

  PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel - Dietmar Schwalke (cello), Alexander Malter (pno) (ECM 1591 (289 449 958))

  BAIRSTOW: The Lamentation - Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, London/John Scott, Andrew Lucas (org), (Hyperion CDA 66916)

  PEARCE: Creator of the Starry Height Op 25/1 - Graham Barber (organ of Tewkesbury Abbey) (Hyperion CDA 67356)

  BRAHMS: How lovely is Thy dwelling place, from A German Requiem - Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Roy Thomson Hall Orch/Elmer Iseler (CBC SMCD 5054)

  SCHUBERT: Mass in Ab, Missa Solemnis D678 - Deborah York (sop), Sally Bruce Payne (mezzo), Neill Archer (ten), Michael George (bass), Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 456 578)

  G IVES: In pace; A song of divine love - Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford/Bill Ives, Richard Pinel (org) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7420)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - London SO/Michael Tilson Thomas (Sony MLK 64065)

  GLAZUNOV: Chant du Ménestrel - Shauna Rolston (cello), Calgary Phil/Mario Bernardi (CBC SMCD 5153)

  PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicchi - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London Phil/John Pritchard (EMI 5 57231)

  CHOPIN: Berceuse in Db Op 57 - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (RCA 09026 63259)

  MACDOWELL: To a Wild Rose, from Woodland Sketches - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67067)

  TRAD: The Gentle Swan, from Irish Folk Song Society Journal, 1905 - Ensemble Galilei (ABC 472 610)

  WAGNER: Einsam in trüben Tagen, from Lohengrin - Régine Crespin (sop), French National Radio Orch/Georges Prêtre (EMI CDM 7 69547)

  MENDELSSOHN: On Wings of Song - Isaac Stern (vln), Columbia SO/Frank Brieff (Sony SK 45816)

  DELIUS: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, from Two Pieces for Small Orch - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (Collins Classics 16082)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  Gregory Squire looks at the life and music of JEAN-MARIE LECLAIR (1697-1764) (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

  Overture in D Op 13/2 - Musica Antiqua, Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (Archiv 437 086)

  Trio Sonata in D Op 2/8 - Fenwick Smith (fl), Laura Jeppesen (vla da gamba), John Gibbons (hpschd) (Naxos 8.557440-41)

• 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

  (1) Courageous Women

  CRAWFORD SEEGER: String Quartet - Jupiter String Quartet

  SMITH: Vignettes, from Covered Wagon Woman - Stephanie Blythe (mezzo), Warren Jones (pno), Ani Kavafian (vln), Priscilla Lee (cello) (recorded in New York City) (WFMT)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  KALKBRENNER: Piano Concerto No 4 in Ab Op 127 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), Tasmanian SO (Hyperion CDA 67535)

  SCHUMANN: Symphony No 4 in D minor Op 120 - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1619)

• Noon Pressing On

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

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years and The Sunday Feature

  Van Cliburn: Music and Diplomacy

  A special two hour documentary made for the 50th anniversary of Van Cliburn's triumph at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958 (WRR-FM, Fort Worth, Texas)

• 3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Metropolitan Opera Season

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

  (12) TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin, an opera in three acts

  Based on the novel by Alexander Pushkin, a self-centred 'hero' rejects the love of a young woman. He later comes to rue this decision and the death of his friend in a duel

  Tatiana.......................... Karita Mattila

  Olga.............................. Ekaterina Semenchuk

  Lensky.......................... Piotr Beczala

  Onegin.......................... Thomas Hampson

  Gremin.......................... James Morris

  Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Jirí Belohlávek (EBU)

• 6:25 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  ADAMS: Hallelujah Junction - Tzenka Dianova, Sarah Watkins (pno duo) (RNZ)

  TARTINI arr Yemtsov: Andante, from Violin Concerto in A D96 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu CD MANU 5006)

  NEWMAN: Dragonwyck - New Zealand SO/Richard Kaufman (Koch 3-7376)

• 7:00 PM. New Horizons

  Ten programmes

  (4) William Dart takes a look at the albums compiled by the Red Hot Organisation, dedicated to the fight against AIDS, especially the most recent, 'Dark Was the Night' (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  Brent Stewart (xylophone), Wellington Youth Orch/Gregory Squire

  KOEHNE: Elevator Music; MARGETIC: Xylophone Concerto (première performance & broadcast) (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall on 17 August 2008) (RNZ)

• 8:35 PM. American Orchestras

  GERSHWIN: An American in Paris - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (Sony MLK 64060)

  SCRIABIN: Piano Concerto in F# minor Op 20 - Anatol Ugorski (pno), Chicago SO/Pierre Boulez (DG 459 647)

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 2 in D Op 36 - Minnesota Orch/Osmo Vänskä (BIS SACD 1816)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  WEBER: Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op 34 - Pascal Moraguès (cl), Prazák Quartet (Praga PRD 350 025)

  YSAŸE: Elegaic Poem in D minor Op 12 - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 143)

  BRIDGE: There is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook - NZSO Chamber Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7139)

  11:00 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr Kalinkovitch: Variations for oboe & military band - Ivan Paisov (ob), Natalia Shcherbakova (pno) (Naxos 8.570596)

  TANEYEV: Piano Quintet in G minor Op 30 - Vadim Repin, Ilya Gringolts (vlns), Nobuko Imai (vla), Lynn Harrell (cello), Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 477 5419)

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