Schedule for Sunday 4 December 2011

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
BAX: Violin Concerto; Legend; Romantic Overture; Golden Eagle, Incidental music - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9003)
1:15 approx - Disc 2
CHOPIN: Mazurkas, Opp 41; 50; 56; 59; 63; 67; 68; Mazurka in A minor, 'à Emile Gaillard'; Mazurka in A minor, 'Notre temps' - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 417 584)
2:30 approx - Disc 3
FINZI: Requiem da Camera; BRITTEN: Deus in adjutorium meum; Chorale on an old French carol; Cantata misericordium Op 69; HOLST: Two Psalms, Nos 86 & 148 - John Mark Ainsley (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bar), Britten Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8997)
3:35 approx - Disc 4
JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 1, Kreutzer Sonata; String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters; DVORÁK: Cypresses for string quartet - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 749)
4:50 approx - Disc 5
DEBUSSY: Rêverie; Arabesque No 1; Claire de lune, from Suite Bergamasque; SCRIABIN: Etude Op 42/4; BACH: Wachet Auf!; Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; GLINKA: The Lark; GODOWSKY: Alt Wien; SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan; SCHUMANN: Arabesque in C Op 18; Träumerei Op 15/7; BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2; GRIEG: Butterfly Op 43/1; Nocturne Op 54/4; RAVEL: Forlane; Pavane pour une infante défunte - Gordon Fergus-Thompson (pno) (ASV White Line CD WHL 2066)
6:00 AM. Sanctuary

HANDEL: Comfort ye; Ev'ry valley, from Messiah - John Elwes (ten), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS CD 891/2)
GLENNIE: Light in Darkness - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA RD 60557)
PÄRT: O Weisheit; O Adonai; O Morgenstern; O Immanuel, from Seven Magnificat Antiphons - Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse (EMI 5 85914)
PÄRT: Pari Intervallo - Marshall McGuire (harp) (ABC Classics 456 696)
GRETCHANINOV: Missa Sancti Spiritus - Tatiana Jeranje (contralto), Russian State Symphonic Cappella/Valéry Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9397)
WILLAN: Three Liturgical Motets - Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5066)
STANFORD: The Lord is my shepherd - Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom, Paul Plummer (org) (CRD 3497)
BACH: Cantata No 140, Wachet auf - Ruth Holton (sop), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 463 587)
JACKSON: Three Carols for Advent Op 73 - Exon Singers/Matthew Owens, David Bednall (org) (Delphian DCD 34035)
NIVERS: Suite on the fourth tone - André Isoir (Haerpfer-Erman organ of Compiègne) (Calliope CAL 5916)
8:00 AM. Grace Notes

SCHARWENKA: Andante religioso Op 46a - Poznan Phil/Lukasz Borowicz (Naxos 8.572637)
DVORÁK: Silent Woods - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)
K JENKINS: Agnus Dei, from The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace - National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Virgin 8 11015)
KREISLER: Liebesleid - Nigel Kennedy (vln), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56626)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: 49th Parallel, Prelude from the film music - Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 49770)
DEBUSSY: La plus que lente - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 460 247)
DUPARC: Chanson triste - Barbara Hendricks (sop), Lyon Opera Orch/John Eliot Gardiner (EMI CDC 7 49689)
BEETHOVEN: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Gidon Kremer (vln), CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 9031 74881)
FAURÉ: Pavane - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)
9:00 AM. Composers of the Week

ONE-HIT WONDERS
A programme about composers known primarily for a single famous work, presented by Erica Challis
During the week we'll hear all, or an excerpt of, each composer's famous opus, followed by works which are possibly less familiar (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)
10:00 AM. Chamber Music at Lincoln Center

Thirteen programmes hosted by Elliott Forrest, with commentary by the Chamber Music Society's Artistic Director, David Finckel, recorded in New York City
(5) Schubert, Steven Stucky, Brahms
SCHUBERT: Rondo in A D951; STUCKY: Allegro quasi Andantino (Schubert Dream) - Yoko Nozaki, Emanuel Ax (pno duet)
BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 2 in C Op 87 - Anne-Marie McDermott (pno), Ani Kavafian (vln), Carter Brey (cello) (WFMT)
11:00 AM. The Works

HAYDN: Symphony No 86 in D - Lower Austria Tonkünstler Orch/Kristjan Järvi (Preiser PR 90765)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 27 in Bb K595 - Evgeny Kissin (pno/dir), Kremerata Baltica (EMI 6 26645)
Noon The Critic's Chair

William Dart reviews recent New Zealand releases (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)
1:00 PM. Vintage Years

KHACHATURIAN: Concerto-Rhapsody for violin & orchestra - Leonid Kogan (vln), Moscow Phil/Kirill Kondrashin (rec 1964) (Brilliant Classics 93030)
CHOPIN: Barcarolle in F# Op 60 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (rec 1957) (Testament SBT 1045)
DELIBES: Coppélia, Suite - Paris Conservatoire Orch/Roger Désormière (rec 1950) (Testament SBT 1294)
2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

Rudolf Kempe
In his series looking at some of the notable conductors of the 20th century Murray Khouri reviews the career of Rudolf Kempe (RNZ)
3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

Composers of the Week
ONE-HIT WONDERS
PONCHIELLI: La Gioconda, an opera in four acts
La Gioconda................. Violeta Urmana
Adorno......................... Luciana D'Intino
Badoero........................ Roberto Scandiuzzi
La Cieca....................... Elisabetta Fiorillo
Grimaldo....................... Plácido Domingo
Barnaba........................ Lado Ataneli
Zuàne............................ Paolo Battaglia
Isèpo............................ Kristian Benedikt
Pilot.............................. Tim Hennis
Barnabite...................... Wolfgang Klose
Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Children's Chorus, Munich Radio Orch/Marcello Viotti (EMI 5 57451)
6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
A RITCHIE: Viola Concerto - Tim Deighton (vla), Penn's Woods Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Atoll ACD 202)
L LIEBERMANN: Sonata for flute & guitar Op 25 - Alexa Still (fl), Franco Platino (gtr) (Koch 3-7549)
HAMILTON: Elysian Fields - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2037)
7:00 PM. Blue Smoke

The birth of New Zealand popular music, written and presented by Chris Bourke
A third series in three programmes
(1) Combos and comedians: small jazz groups, musical comedy and cabaret (RNZ)
8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

The Big Sing 2011
Nine programmes
(7) Highlights from the National Finale featuring Saint Cecilia Singers (Diocesan School for Girls), Sweet Sixteen (Aorere College), Southern Hesperides (Otago Girls' High School), Voicemale (Westlake Boys' High School), Bel Canto (Burnside High School)
HOLMES: The Estuary; TRAD arr Smith: She's Like the Swallow; ALLEGRI arr Atkins: Miserere;
TRAD arr Dawson: Ain'-a that good news!; TRAD arr Erb: Shenandoah; CHILDS: Ave Maria: SAFER/SHEIK arr Despain: Mama who bore me; TRAD arr Eddleman: Oh, sinner man; SONDHEIM arr Page: Not while I'm around, from Sweeney Todd; HASSLER arr Woodworth: Cantate Domino; FAURÉ arr Rutter: Cantique de Jean Racine; TRAD arr Park: Niska Banja (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)
8:55 PM. Strauss & Bruckner

STRAUSS: Festival Prelude Op 61 - Peter Solomon (org), Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (Arte Nova 74321 92779)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No 6 in A - Aachen SO/Marcus Bosch (Coviello Classics COV 30914)
10:00 PM. Day's End

SCHUMANN trans Meinders: Hochländisches Wiegenlied Op 25/14; Volksliedschen Op 51/2; Schöne Fremde Op 39/6; Helft mir, ihr Schwestern Op 42/5; Du Ring an meinem Finger Op 42/4; Die Lotusblume Op 25/7 - Frédéric Meinders (pno) (Danacord DACOCD 671)
BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 - Isaac Stern (vln), Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (CBS MK 42256)
KORNGOLD: Sursum Corda Op 13 - BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10432)
11:00 SPOHR: Potpourri in Bb on themes of Mozart - Kenneth Sillito (vln), ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9424)
RAFF: Piano Quartet in G Op 202/1 - Ensemble Il Trittico, David Greenlees (vla) (Divox CDX 20905)