Sunday 3 April 2011 Rātapu 3 Paenga-whāwhā 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MIASKOVSKY: Symphony No 5 in D Op 18; Symphony No 9 in E minor Op 28 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (Marco Polo 8.223499)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  M HAYDN: String Quintet in Bb; String Quintet in C; String Quintet in G - L'Archibudelli (Sony SK 53987)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  PURCELL: Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary; Welcome, welcome, glorious morn; Ode for the centenary of Trinity College, Dublin; Great parent, hail to thee; Welcome song for King Charles II; The summer's absence unconcerned we bear - Gillian Fisher, Evelyn Tubb (sops), James Bowman, Nigel Short (countertenors), Roger Covey-Crump, John Mark Ainsley (tens), Michael George, Charles Pott (basses), King's Consort/Robert King (Hyperion CDA 66476)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  MOSONYI: Twelve Genres for piano; Studies for piano - István Kassai (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223557)

  4:55 approx - Disc 5

  PUCCINI: Capriccio Sinfonico; First Minuet for strings; Prelude from Edgar; Second Minuet for strings; Edgar, Prelude to Act III; Third Minuet for strings; Preludio Sinfonico; I crisantemi for strings; Manon Lescaut, Intermezzo from Act III; E l'uccellino - Royal Phil/Jacek Kaspszyk (Collins 11652)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  BACH arr Howells: Chorale Prelude, O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross BWV622 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67309)

  PURCELL: My song shall be alway - Stephen Varcoe (bass), Capella Brugensis, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense/Patrick Peire (Eufoda 1329)

  WALTON: A Litany; TAVERNER: Christe Jesu, pastor bone; RUTTER: Loving shepherd of thy sheep - Caroline Ashton (sop), Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 113)

  N BOULANGER: Petit Canon; Improvisation; A piece on popular Flemish airs - Carolyn Shuster Fournier (organ of Saint-Antoine des Quinze-Vingts, Paris) (Ligia LIDI 0109206-09)

  TRAD: Evening Prayer - Márta Sebestyén (vocalist), Mátyás Bolya (zither), Balázs Szokolay (shepherd's flute, tárogáto) (World Village 450 009)

  BACH arr Hewitt: Chorale Prelude, Alle Menschen müssen sterben BWV643 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67309)

  G JACKSON: Edinburgh Mass - Choir of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh/Matthew Owens (Delphian DCD 34027)

  BACH arr Howe: Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208, Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67309)

  BRAHMS: Two Motets Op 29 - RIAS Chamber Choir/Marcus Creed (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1591)

  BACH arr Cohen: Sanctify us by thy goodness, from Cantata No 22; BACH arr Kempff: Chorale Prelude, Ich ruf' zu dir BWV639 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67309)

  SHEPPARD: Prologue; Soliloquy; The soul rests eternal; Epilogue, from The Soul Rests Eternal - Caroline Dale (cello), English CO/Steve Sidwell (Signum SIGCD 232)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  BUTTERWORTH: Banks of Green Willow - ASMF/Neville Marriner (London 421 391)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: None but the lonely heart Op 6/6 - Ian Partridge (ten), Jennifer Partridge (pno) (Upbeat Classics URCD 143)

  FAURÉ: Elegy Op 24 - Paul Tortelier (cello), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 3 97722)

  SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C Op 18 - Stanislav Bunin (pno) (DG 427 315)

  ANON arr Savall: Mother, don't make me cry - Montserrat Figueras, Arianna Savall (sops), Hespèrion XXI (Alia Vox AV 9826)

  GLAZUNOV: Grand Waltz, from Raymonda - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), Marina Gusak-Grin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8500)

  KAIHAU arr Te Wiata: Akoako o te Rangi - Inia Te Wiata (bass) with his own guitar accompaniment (Kiwi CD SLC 225)

  DVORÁK: Nocturne in B for strings Op 40 - London Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8323)

• 9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

  Clarissa Dunn presents a programme on FRENCH ART SONG (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. Music Mountain

  Performances recorded at the 2009 season of the Music Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Falls Village, Connecticut

  Twenty-six programmes

  (22) HAYDN: String Quartet in Eb op 9/2; SHOSTAKOVICH arr Vitenson: 24 Preludes Op 34, excerpts, arranged for string quartet; LOEFFLER: String Quintet for 3 violins, viola & cello; MENDELSSOHN: String Quintet No 2 in Bb Op 87 - Toby Appel (vln, vla), Amernet String Quartet

  BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in D Op 18/3 - Ludwig String Quartet

  SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 8 in Bb D112 - Gordon String Quartet, excerpt (Keystone Productions)

• Noon The Critic's Chair

  William Dart reviews new releases from Rattle Records(RNZ)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 - Clifford Curzon (pno), London SO/Øivin Fjeldstad (rec 1960) (Decca 417 676)

  STRAVINSKY: The Firebird, Suite - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Pierre Monteux (rec 1950) (Tahra TAH 541/542)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  The Stars are Comforting

  The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley (1941-1981)

  Today we begin a repeat broadcast of our major series marking the life and work of NZ astronomer Beatrice Hill Tinsley. This year marks the 70th anniversary of her birth and the 30th anniversary of her early death.

  Her research into the Evolution of Galaxies made her a giant of 20th century astronomy. Throughout her life Beatrice played her violin and wrote home to her family.

  Twenty programmes, with letters edited by Theodora Lee-Smith and read by Tina Regtien

  (1) Cambridge Music School and off to university in Christchurch; 1958-9 (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Metropolitan Opera Season

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

  (14) 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............................. Natalie Dessay

  Edgardo........................ Joseph Calleja

  Enrico........................... Ludovic Tézier

  Raimondo..................... Kwangchul Youn

  Metropolitan Chorus & Orch/Patrick Summers (EBU)

• 7:10 PM. New Horizons

  Ten programmes

  (4) William Dart looks at new releases by Of Montreal and Iron and Wine (RNZ)

• 8:10 PM. Young New Zealand

  Poles Apart

  SMP Ensemble

  BODY: Turtle Time; KILLIN: A Priori; EASTWOOD: Jericho: Walls Will Fall; MARGETIC: Hommage à W L;

  MORTHENSON: Unisono; IVES: The Unanswered Question; ADAMS: "John Philip Sousa"; POULENC: Sonata for clarinet & bassoon; GÓRECKI: Piano Sonata No 1; ROBERTSHAWE/NOWICKI: Concertino 5b; SHORTIS: Tesknota (recorded in St Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:40 PM. Composer/Conductor, Arthur Butterworth

  The Quiet Tarn Op 21; Coruscations Op 127; Gigues Op 42 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Arthur Butterworth (Dutton CDLX 7253)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  VIVALDI: Cello Sonata No 1 in Bb RV47 - Roel Dieltiens (cello), Ensemble Explorations (Etcetera KTC 4035)

  KORNGOLD: Dramatic Overture Op 4 - North West German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 037)

  BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy - James Ehnes (vln), Montreal SO/Mario Bernardi (CBC SMCD 5222)

  11:00 SCHUBERT: Introduction & Variations on Trockne Blumen, from Die schöne Müllerin - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.570754)

  MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 - Paul Dean (cl), Grainger Quartet (Melba MR 301 122)

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