Schedule for Sunday 18 October 2009

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1
MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 8 in D; String Symphony No 11 in F - Nieuw Sinfonietta, Amsterdam/Lev Markiz (BIS CD 748)
1:10 (approx) - Disc 2
DUSSEK: Piano Concerto in G minor Op 49; in Bb Op 22; Tableau, Marie Antoinette Op 23 - Andreas Staier (fpno), Concerto Cologne (Capriccio 10 444)
2:15 (approx) - Disc 3
Laudate Dominum: Work for Chorus and Orchestra by Handel, Dvorák, Haydn, Fauré, Vaughan Williams, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Honegger, Mozart, Glick - Judith Young (sop), Carolynne Godin, Olena Jatsyshyn (mezzos), Mark DuBois, Robert Missen (tens), Glyn Evans, Nelson Lohnes (bars), Anton Kuerti (pno), Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto SO/Andrew Davis (CBC SMCD 5054)
3:25 (approx) - Disc 4
TAFFANEL: Andante Pastorale & Scherzettino; WIDOR: Suite for flute & piano Op 34; BOZZA: Three Impressions for flute & piano; CAPLET: Rêverie & Petite Valse for flute & piano; JOLIVET: Chant de Linos; DEBUSSY: Syrinx; FERROUD: Three Pieces; JOLIVET: Five Incantations for flute solo - Robert Aitken (fl), Robin McCabe (pno) (BIS CD 184)
4:45 (approx) - Disc 5
J STRAUSS II orch Fischer: March Op 456, Zivio!; J STRAUSS II: Waltz Op 36, Architecten-Ball-Tänze; Jäger-Polka française Op 229; Waltz Op 234, Accelerationen; J STRAUSS II orch Kulling: Quadrille Op 10, Der Liebesbrunnen; J STRAUSS II: Polka française Op 302, Die Zeitlose; Waltz Op 334, Königslieder; Polka schnell Op 348, Im Sturmschritt!; J STRAUSS II orch Babinski: Quadrille Op 59, Der Blitz; Waltz Op 471, Heut' ist heut'; J STRAUSS II: Polka mazurka Op 420, Die Wahrsagerin - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Johannes Wildner (Marco Polo 8.223235)
6:00 AM. Sanctuary

MANDAKOUNI: We are gathered; PARTEV: Synaxical chant; YERZENKATSI arr Komitas: Hymn for the blessing of the water; TRAD arr Komitas: Ascending light - Haissmavourk Choir/Mihran Ghazelian (Celestial Harmonies 13115)
HOVHANESS: Prayer of St Gregory - Charles Butler (tpt), Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3157)
BROWNE: O Maria Salvatoris Mater - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16018)
M HAYDN: Missa Sancti Joannis Nepomuceni - Cantemus Chamber Choir, German Chamber Academy, Neuss/Werner Ehrhardt (Capriccio 71 084)
RUTTER: I my best-beloved's am - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67259)
HOWELLS: Psalm-Prelude, Set 1 No 3 - Christopher Dearnley (org) (Hyperion CDD 22038)
attr ZIPOLI: In hoc mundo - Pablo Pollitzer (ten), Ensemble Louis Berger (Argentina)/Ricardo Massun (K617 K617 141)
COPLAND: Four Motets Op 20 - Atlanta SO Chamber Chorus/Norman Mackenzie (Telarc CD 80654) MILHAUD: Sabbath Morning Service, Part 1 - Yaron Windmueller (bar), Rodney Mariner (reader), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Czech Phil/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559409)
8:00 AM. Grace Notes

ELGAR: Sospiri Op 70 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)
SARASATE orch Hohn: Romanza Andaluza, from Spanish Dances Op 22 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)
CANTELOUBE: Baïlèro, from Songs of the Auvergne - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 417 645)
VIOTTI: Second movement, Adagio, from Harp Sonata in Bb - Nicanor Zabaleta (harp) (DG 415 893)
HUMPERDINCK: Children's prayer, from Hänsel & Gretel - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (Sony MLK 62617)
SCHUMANN arr Liszt: Widmung - Yundi Li (pno) (DG 471 585)
TRAD arr Leon: My love is like a red, red rose - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)
BRAHMS arr Heifetz/orch Reynolds: Contemplation - Nicola Benedetti (vln), London SO/Daniel Harding (DG 987 057)
PÄRT: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - Britten Sinfonia/Joanna MacGregor (SoundCircus SC 008)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

Thomas Goss talks about the life and music of DARIUS MILHAUD (1892-1974) (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)
L'Homme et son désir Op 48, Poème plastique de Paul Claudel - Edmon Colomer (Calliope CAL 9526)
10:00 AM. Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Thirteen programmes from one of the world's pre-eminent music festivals, which invites scores of distinguished musicians, along with emerging young talent, to its six-week season
(5) BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 5 in D Op 70/1, Ghost - Jeremy Denk (pno), Daniel Phillips (vln), Eric Kim (cello) DVORÁK: Terzetto in C Op 74 - Pinchas Zukerman, Jessica Linnebach (vlns), Jethro Marks (vla) (WFMT)
11:00 AM. The Works

SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No 2 in G Op 126 - Sol Gabetta (cello), Munich Phil/Marc Albrecht (RCA 88697 35961)
PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges, Suite - BBC Phil/Edward Downs (BBC Music BBC MM 300)
Noon Pressing On

Murray Khouri compares versions of Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)
1:00 PM. Vintage Years

FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 15 - Emil Gilels (pno), Leonid Kogan (vln), Rudolf Barshai (vla), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) (rec 1958) (DG 477 7476)
SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor Op 61 - Yehudi Menuhin (vln), London SO/Gaston Poulet (rec 1953) (EMI 5 65960)
2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

The Decker Years
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Conductor Laureate, Franz-Paul Decker has had an association with the orchestra for over 40 years. Peter Shaw surveys the recorded performances from Radio New Zealand's archives and examines Decker's significant influence on orchestral performance in New Zealand
Four Programmes
(2) The German Repertoire: Bruckner, Strauss, Mahler, which Decker called "The Big Stuff", and lighter Viennese music (RNZ)
3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

Euroradio Opera Season
A selection of live operatic performances recorded by some of the world's major public broadcasters
HANDEL: Ezio, an opera in three acts
Ezio ............................. Yosemeh Adjei
Fulvia ........................... Netta Or
Valentiniano ................. Mariselle Martinez
Onoria ......................... Hilke Andersen
Massimo ...................... Donát Havár
Varo ............................ Marcell Bakonyi
Basel CO/Attilio Cremonesi (recorded at the Rococo Theatre, Schwetzingen by German Radio, Stuttgart)
5:25 PM. The Power of Rome

GRAINGER: The Power of Rome & the Christian Heart - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9839)
MASCAGNI: Quando al soave, from Nerone - Plácido Domingo (ten), National Phil/Eugene Kohn (EMI CDC 7 54053)
IRELAND: Scherzo & Cortège on themes from Julius Caesar - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8994)
6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Concerto Grosso - strings of New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.555867)
D SCARLATTI arr Françaix: Five Keyboard Sonatas - Ensemble Obligat (Ensemble Obligat 0867)
HAMILTON: Pioneer Spirit - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5007)
MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 5 in Bb - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)
7:00 PM. New Horizons

Ten programmes(1) William Dart looks back at the career of Tim Finn to mark the release of his new anthology, North, South, East, West (RNZ)
8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

2009 NZSO Todd Young Composers
Two programmes
(1) AJITA GOH: Freedom is not free; ALEX TAYLOR: Fray; ARNA SHAW: Timatanga; CORWIN NEWALL: Significant Figures; ROBBIE ELLIS: Feral; MINTO FUNG: The Chase - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)
9:15 PM. Gypsy Airs

BRAHMS: Gypsy Songs Op 103 - Christopher Glynn (pno), Consortium/Andrew-John Smith (Hyperion CDA 67775)
HAYDN: Piano Trio in G HobXV/25, Gypsy - Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1968)
SARASATE: Gypsy Airs Op 20 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster (EMI CDC 5 55475)
10:00 PM. Day's End

CHOPIN: Waltz in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante - Peter Jablonski (pno) (Decca 448 645)
BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - János Starker (cello), London SO/Antal Dorati (Mercury 432 001)
LECOCQ: Mam'zelle Angot - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 411 898)
11:00 SCHUBERT: Moments Musicaux D780 - Clifford Curzon (pno) (Decca 417 642)
JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters - Quatuor Diotima (Alpha 133)