Schedule for Sunday 8 May 2011

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
KABALEVSKY: Cello Concerto No 2; GLAZUNOV: Chant du Menstrel for cello and orchestra; KHACHATURIAN: Cello Concerto - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8579)
1:10 approx - Disc 2
BOCCHERINI: Violin Sonatas Op 5 Nos 1-6 - Ilio Barontini (hpschd), Marco Fornaciari (vln) (Florentia Musicae FLO 69001)
2:20 approx - Disc 3
BRAHMS: Lieder - Elly Ameling (sop), Rudolf Jansen (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66444)
3:25 approx - Disc 4
IRELAND: A sea idyll; On a birthday morning; Soliloquy; Two pieces, April; Bergomask; Spring will not wait; Two pieces, February's child; Aubade; Ballade of London nights; Month's mind; Three pastels, A Grecian lad; The boy bishop; Puck's birthday; Columbine; Sarnia - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9250)
4:45 approx - Disc 5
MADETOJA: Comedy Overture; Symphony No 3 in A; Okon Fuoko Suite No 1; Ostrobothnians Suite - Iceland SO/Petri Sakari (Chandos CHAN 9036)
6:00 AM. Sanctuary

PÄRT: Da pacem Domine - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 907401)
Pari Intervallo - Marshall McGuire (harp) (ABC Classics 456 696)
PALESTRINA: Sicut lilium inter spinas; BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin; DURUFLÉ: Tota pulchra es Maria; FAURÉ: Ave Maria Op 93 - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (UCJ 476 6295)
RHEINBERGER: Sarabande, from Suite for organ, violin & cello Op 149 - Christopher Herrick (org), Paul Barritt (vln), Richard Lester (cello) (Hyperion CDA 66883)
RHEINBERGER: Mass in Eb Op 109 - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5055)
W LLOYD WEBBER: Nocturne, from St Francis of Assisi - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Skaila Kanga (harp) (Chandos CHAN 9595)
POULENC: Four short prayers of St Francis of Assisi - men of RIAS Chamber Choir/Daniel Reuss (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1872)
AUFSCHNAITER: Sonata St John Op 4/8 - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (Arcana A 313)
STANFORD: Three Latin Motets Op 38 - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (dir) (Conifer CDCF 155)
RUGGIERI: Gloria in D RVAnh23 - Choir of the King's Consort, King's Consort/Robert King (Hyperion CDA 66849)
8:00 AM. Grace Notes

HANDEL: Pastoral Symphony, from Messiah - Sinfonia Australis/Guy Noble (ABC Classics 472 044)
BEACH: Dreaming Op 15/3 - members of Ambache (Chandos CHAN 10162)
MOZART: Dove sono? from The Marriage of Figaro - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London Phil/Georg Solti (EMI 5 57231)
GRIEG: To Spring, from Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (DG 437 522)
VERDI: La Traviata, Prelude to Act III - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 457 627)
RAVEL arr Salzedo: Piece in the form of a Habanera - Dawn Harms (vln), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)
KORNGOLD: Ich ging zu ihm, from Das Wunder der Heliane - Renée Fleming (sop), Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (Decca 475 8070)
TAN DUN: The eternal vow, from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Alimjan (rawap), Kasim & David Cossin (hand drum), Shanghai SO, Shanghai National Orch/Tan Dun (Sony SK 89347)
KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Royal Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (EMI CDC 7 47348)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911)
Two programmes marking the 100th anniversary of the composer's death
(1) Rachel Hyde presents a general overview of Mahler's life and music with a focus on his orchestral works (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)
Piano Quartet movement - Vlastimil Holek (vln), Josef Kluson (vla), Michal Kanka (cello), Sachiko Kayahara (pno) (Praga PRD 250 168)
Blumine, symphonic movement - Frankfurt Radio SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 2 16576)
10:00 AM. Chamber Music at Lincoln Center

Twenty-one programmes hosted by Elliott Forrest, with commentary by the Chamber Music Society's Artistic Director, David Finckel, recorded in New York City
(1) BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F Op 18/1 - Brentano String Quartet
Clarinet Trio in Bb Op 11 - David Shifrin (cl), David Finckel (cello), André-Michel Schub (pno) (WFMT)
11:00 AM. The Works

ELGAR: In the South, Alassio - Philharmonia/Andrew Davis (Signum SIGCD 168)
CLIFFE: Violin Concerto in D minor - Philippe Graffin (vln), BBC Welsh National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Hyperion CDA 67838)
Noon The Critic's Chair

William Dart reviews recent releases (RNZ)
1:00 PM. Vintage Years

Violinist Isaac Stern
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 - Isaac Stern (vln), Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (rec 1951) (Sony SMK 87799)
FERGUSON: Violin Sonata No 2 Op 10 - Isaac Stern (vln), Myra Hess (pno) (rec 1960) (Testament SBT 1458)
SCHUBERT arr Harris: Ave Maria D839; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the bumblebee, from Tsar Saltan - Isaac Stern (vln), Columbia SO/Milton Katims (rec 1973) (Sony SK 45816)
2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

The Stars are Comforting
The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley (1941-1981)
Her research into the Evolution of Galaxies made Beatrice Tinsley a giant of 20th century astronomy. Throughout her life Beatrice also played her violin and wrote home to her family
Twenty programmes, with letters edited by Theodora Lee-Smith and read by Tina Regtien
(6) Commuting between Dallas and Austin, Ph.D, baby; 1964-6 (RNZ)
3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

Metropolitan Opera Season
Twenty-two operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera House
(19) STRAUSS: Capriccio, an opera in one act
In his final opera, which Strauss subtitled "A Conversation Piece for Music", a widowed French Countess, has to choose between musician and poet for her affections, and words and music for a birthday entertainment
Countess....................... Renée Fleming
Clairon.......................... Sarah Connolly
Flamand........................ Joseph Kaiser
Olivier........................... Russell Braun
Count............................ Morten Frank Larsen
La Roche...................... Peter Rose
Monsieur Taupe............ Bernard Fitch
Italian singer.................. Olga Makarina
Major-Domo................ Michael Devlin
Metropolitan Opera Orch/Andrew Davis (EBU)
6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
K YOUNG: Dance - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)
B CHILCOTT: Sun Dance, from Organ Dances - Jeremy Woodside (organ of ChristChurch Cathedral, Christchurch) (ChristChurch Cathedral)
FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amor Brujo - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)
SCHUBERT arr Birnie: Eighteen Dances - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Walsingham 3WAL 80432)
PRUDEN: Dances of Brittany - NZSO CO (RNZ)
SALZEDO: Tango; Rumba, from Suite of Eight Dances - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)
OFFENBACH arr Rosenthal: Can-Can, from Gaité Parisienne - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)
7:00 PM. New Horizons

Ten programmes
(9) William Dart looks at recent releases from Elizabeth Marvelly, the Thomas Oliver Band, David Kilgour, Mr Sterile Assembly, Carolina Moon and Will Crummer (RNZ)
8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

Thomas Gaynor (organ of St Mary of the Angels, Wellington)
F COUPERIN: Kyrie & Gloria, from Messe pour les Paroisses; BACH: Chorale Prelude, Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit BWV672; Chorale Prelude, Christe, Aller Welt Trost BWV670; Chorale Prelude, Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist BWV674; HAKIM: Vexilla Regis Prodeunt (recorded in St Mary of the Angels, Wellington by RNZ)
8:50 PM. Songs My Mother Taught Me

Music for Mother's Day
Nota Bene/Christine Argyle, Frances Moore (sop), Julie Coulson (pno), presented by Lyndee-Jane Rutherford
TRAD arr Puanaki: Ka Waiata; GRIEG: Ave maris stella; BRUCKNER: Ave Maria; PÄRT: Bogoroditsye Dyevo (Ave Maria); HOLST: Ave Maria; GOUNOD: Ave Maria; HAMILTON: Carol of the Mother and Child; GÓRECKI: Totus tuus; HAMILTON: When my mother sings to me; DVORÁK: Songs my mother taught me; SHORTIS: Song for Dulcie (première performance & broadcast); TRAD arr Haydn: My mother bids me bind my hair; VAUTOR: Mother, I will have a husband; HELY-HUTCHINSON: Old Mother Hubbard; HRUSOVSKY: Rytmus (Ave Eva) (recorded in Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington by RNZ)
10:00 PM. Day's End

VILLA-LOBOS: Popular Brazilian Suite - Frank Bungarten (gtr) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 905 1629)
SUK: Fantasy in G minor Op 24 - Michael Ludwig (vln), Buffalo Phil (Naxos 8.572323)
RUTTER: Suite for strings - Royal Phil/John Rutter (Decca 476 124)
11:00 PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata No 2 in D Op 94a - Wilma Smith (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)
MYASKOVSKY: String Quartet No 1 in A minor Op 33/1 - Renoir Quartet (AR RE-SE AR 2010-1)