Sunday 29 November 2009 Rātapu 29 Whiringa-ā-rangi 2009

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  12:00 - Disc 1

  MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish; Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian - Prague Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3876)

  1:15 (approx) - Disc 2

  LILBURN: Piano Sonata; Four preludes; Two Christmas Pieces for LB; Allegro; Four Preludes; Rondino; Two Preludes; Andante; Poco Lento; Three Bars for MN; Adagio sostentuto; Andante commodo; Still Music for WNR; Six short pieces; Piano Sonata in A minor; Moths & Candles - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2053)

  2:25 (approx) - Disc 3

  ANON: Judeo-Spanish songs: La Rosa enflorece; Yo m'enamori; La madre de la novia; Hija mia; Una caza chica; Puncha Puncha; Y una madre; Durme mi angelico; Noches buenas; El Conde nino; El villano vil; La sirena; Gerineldo; David y Absolan; Morenica sos; Ithyo; Ilono; Ak Egartho - Esther Lamandier (sop, harp, org & spinette) (Alienor AL 1012)

  3:35 (approx) - Disc 4

  JADIN: String Quartet in Eb Op 2/1; VACHON: String Quartet in G minor Op 5/2; JADIN: String Quartet Op 4/1; VACHON: String Quartet in D Op 7/2; JADIN: String Quartet in F minor Op 1/3 - Rasumovsky Quartet (ASV CD GAU 151)

  4:50 (approx) - Disc 5

  HURLSTONE: Four Characteristic Pieces; BLISS: Pastoral for clarinet & piano; STOKER: Sonatina for clarinet & piano Op 5; FERGUSON: Four Short Pieces Op 6; DUNHILL: Phantasy Suite Op 91; STANFORD: Clarinet Sonata Op 129; ARNOLD: Clarinet Sonatina Op 29 - Einar Johannesson (cl), Philip Jenkins (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9079)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  TRAD: The bright festival approaches; TRAD arr Ottósson: Now comes the world's salvation; TRAD arr Asgeirsson: A festival approaches - Hamrahlíd Choir/Thorgerdur Ingólfsdóttir (Iceland MIC ITM 8-09)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Prière - Steven Isserlis (cello), Francis Grier (org) (RCA 09026 61678)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Mass in G minor - Richard Hickox Singers/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9984)

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

  MENDELSSOHN: Jesu meine Freude - Stuttgart Chamber Choir, Deutsche Chamber Phil/Frieder Bernius (Carus 83.216)

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

  CHILCOTT: Advent Antiphons - BBC Singers/Bob Chilcott (Signum SIGCD 100)

  BACH: Cantata No 36 written for the 1st Sunday in Advent, Sing joyfully on high - Sibylla Rubens (sop), Sarah Connolly (contralto), Christoph Prégardien (ten), Peter Kooy (bass), Collegium Vocale & Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1605)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 1 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 8782)

  ALBINONI arr Giazotto: Adagio in G minor - Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves (EMI CDZ 7 62526)

  MASSENET: Pourquoi me réveiller? from Werther - Rolando Villazón (ten), French Radio Phil/Evelino Pidò (Virgin 5 45719)

  CHAPLIN arr Ogermann: Smile, from Modern Times - Gidon Kremer (vln), Oleg Maisenberg (pno) (Telarc 0630 17222)

  FAURÉ orch Rabaud: Berceuse, from Dolly Suite - Paris Orch/Serge Baudo (EMI 5 67523)

  OFFENBACH trans Moszkowski: Barcarolle, from The Tales of Hoffmann - John McArthur (pno) (Boston & Blue Street BAB 10977)

  GRIEG: Solveig's song, from Peer Gynt Op 23 - Barbara Bonney (sop), Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (Decca 468 818)

  ELGAR: Salut d'amour Op 12 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

  MAHLER: Fourth movement, Adagietto, from Symphony No 5 in C# minor - Philharmonia/Giuseppe Sinopoli (DG 423 199)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  David Sadler looks at the life and music of IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

  Symphony of Psalms - Simon Joly Chorale, Philharmonia/Robert Craft (Koch KIC CD 7514)

• 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

  (11) CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Eclogues Op 206 - Simon Wynberg (gtr)

  LANCINO: ONXA - Monica Groop (mezzo), Ronald Thomas (cello), LP How, Kathleen Brauer (vlns), Teng Li (vla), Mark Brandfonbrenner (cello), Marji Danilow (dbass), Kathleen McIntosh (hpschd)

  DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 - Liang Wang, Kevin Vigneau (obs), Michael Rusinek, Lott Levy (cls), Nancy Goeres, Theodore Soluri (bsns), Ron Noble (contrabsn), Eric Rusk, William Barnewitz, Julie Landsman (horns), Andrew Janss (cello), Marji Danilow (dbass)/Guillermo Figueroa (WFMT)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  SHOSTAKOVICH: The Gadfly Op 97a, Concert Suite from film score - Yuri Torchinsky (vln), Peter Dixon (cello), BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10183)

  SVENDSEN: Romeo & Juliet Op 18 - South Jutland SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.570322)

• Noon Pressing On

  With Thomas Goss (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  Romanian pianist Dinu Lipatti

  MOZART: Piano Sonata No 8 in A minor K310; SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Gb D899/3; Impromptu in Eb D899/2 - Dinu Lipatti (pno) (rec 1950) (Membran 232 582)

  SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 - Dinu Lipatti (pno), Philharmonia/Herbert von Karajan (rec 1948) (Philips 456 892)

  CHOPIN: Waltz in E minor Op posth - Dinu Lipatti (pno) (rec 1950) (Membran 232 582)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Dame Janet Baker

  Four programmes

  (4) Lieder

  Devoted Baker-holic, Alan Platt, provides insights to Dame Janet Baker's lied performances and guides us through some recordings of this repertoire, including a few rare editions from his collection (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  BRITTEN: Owen Wingrave, an opera in three acts

  Owen Wingrave............ Peter Coleman-Wright

  Spencer Coyle.............. Alan Opie

  Lechmere...................... James Gilchrist

  Miss Wingrave.............. Elizabeth Connell

  Mrs Coyle..................... Janice Watson

  Mrs Julian..................... Sarah Fox

  Kate............................. Pamela Helen Stephen

  General Sir Philip Wingrave/

  Narrator........................ Robin Leggate

  Tiffin Boys' Choir, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10473)

• 5:05 PM. Battling On

  LISZT: Battle of the Huns S105 - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (Naxos 8.557846)

  MALLING: The attack on Copenhagen - Bo Skovhus (bar), Danish National SO/Michael Schønwandt (Chandos CHAN 10249)

  BIBER: Battalia in D - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9825)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture - Boston Symphony Chorus & Orch/Colin Davis (PentaTone PTC 5186 164)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No 5 in D - Peter McAven (gtr) (Private recording)

  FARQUHAR: Concertino for piano & strings - Thomas Hecht (pno), NZSO Chamber Orch (RNZ)

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

• 7:00 PM. New Horizons

  Ten programmes

  (7) William Dart takes a delighted look at 'Three Score and Ten', a 7-CD celebration of Topic Records and its 70-year devotion to the recording of British folk and workers' music (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  Lexus Song Quest 2009

  Four programmes

  (3) Diana Cable introduces the third set of semi-finalists in New Zealand's premier singing competition. Tonight we hear Aivale Cole, Kristen Darragh, Georgia Jamieson Emms, and Matt Landreth (RNZ)

• 9:00 PM. Recent Beethoven Violin Releases

  Violin Concerto in D Op 61 - Patricia Kopatchinskaja (vln), Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (Naïve V 5174)

  Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 12/2 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Alexander Melnikov (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2025.27)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 33 - Iddo Bar-Shaï (pno) (Mirare MIR 075)

  DANZI: Wind Quintet in E minor Op 67/2 - Aulos Wind Quintet (Musica Mundi 310 011)

  RODRIGO: Second movement, Adagio, from Concierto de Aranjuez - Alexandre Lagoya (gtr), Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida (ABC Classics 446 631)

  STRAUSS: Death & Transfiguration Op 24 - Paris Conservatoire Orch/Hans Knappertsbusch (Testament SBT 1338)

  11:00 REGER: Chorale Fantasia on Freu' dich sehr, o meine Seele Op 30 - Yaara Tal, Andreas Groethuysen (pno duet) (Sony 88697 12146)

  BRAHMS: String Sextet No 1 in Bb Op 18 - Lindsay String Quartet, Louise Williams (vla), Paul Watkins (cello) (ASV GLD 4016)

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