Schedule for Sunday 25 March 2012

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
WALFORD DAVIES: March Past of the Royal Air Force; GLYN: Legend of the Lake, Suite for Small Orchestra; HARTY: Londonderry Air; Field: Rondo in Ab; HAMILTON: Overture 1912; FANSHAW: Theme from Tarka the Otter; Serenata, Mother and Child; SLASKI: Frank Lloyd Wright Suite - London SO/Neil Thomson, Royal Ballet Orch & City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (ASV Whiteline CD WHL 2149)
1:10 approx - Disc 2
HAYDN: Piano Trios, No 43 in C HobXV/27; No 44 in E HobXV/28; No 45 in Eb HobXV/29; No 42 in Eb HobXV/30 - Robert Levin (fpno), Vera Beth (vln), Anner Bylsma (cello) (Sony SK 53120)
2:25 approx - Disc 3
LISZT: A Faust Symphony - Siegfried Jerusalem (ten), Chicago Chorus & SO/Georg Solti (Decca 417 399)
3:40 approx - Disc 4
SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Sonata in D minor Op 40; PROKOFIEV: Cello Sonata in C Op 119; BRITTEN: Cello Sonata in C Op 65 - Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Dejan Lazić (pno) (Channel Classics CCS20098)
4:50 approx - Disc 5
CPE BACH: Keyboard Concertos, in G minor H409; in A H411; in D H421 - Miklós Spányi (hpschd), Concerto Armonico (BIS CD 767)
6:00 AM. Sanctuary

PAULUS: The Road Home - Conspirare/Craig Hella Johnson (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7518)
FERRARI: Queste pungente spine; ROSSI: Voglio morire; LEGRENZI: Lumi, potete piangere - Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Nuria Rial (sop), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)
VASKS: Fifth movement, Meditation, from String Quartet No 4 - Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 7559 79695)
HOWELLS: Requiem - Conspirare/Craig Hella Johnson (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7518)
FINZI: Welcome sweet & sacred feast Op 27/3 - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson, Christopher Whitton (org) (Naxos 8.555792)
BRAHMS: Chorale Prelude, O Gott, du frommer Gott - Douglas Mews (organ of Wellington Town Hall) (Priory PRCD 1030)
MACMILLAN: Give me justice O God; Videns Dominus - Cappella Nova/Alan Tavener (Linn CKD 301)
VIVALDI: Sonata in Eb RV130, Al Santo Sepolcro; Stabat Mater RV621 - Daniel Taylor (countertenor), Theatre of Early Music (BIS SACD 1546)
TURNAGE: Milo - Guy Johnston (cello) (Orchid Classics ORC 100010)
WHITACRE: I thank you God for most this amazing day - Conspirare/Craig Hella Johnson (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7518)
8:00 AM. Grace Notes

ELGAR: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)
TCHAIKOVSKY: None but the lonely heart Op 6/6 - Ian Partridge (ten), Jennifer Partridge (pno) (Upbeat Classics URCD 143)
C STAMITZ: Second movement, Romance: Andantino, from Cello Concerto No 1 in G - Christian Benda (cello), Prague CO (Naxos 8.551140)
LISZT: Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este, from Années de Pèlerinage, Year 3 - Jorge Bolet (pno) (Decca 411 803)
SAINT-SAËNS: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix, from Samson et Dalila - Jennifer Larmore (mezzo), Vienna Radio SO/Bertrand de Billy (Teldec 8573 87193)
DRING: Second movement, Andante semplice, from Trio for flute, oboe & piano - Nancy Ruffer (fl), John Anderson (ob), Helen Crayford (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7181)
LILBURN: Fourth movement, Andante, from Diversions for Strings - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)
TALLIS: Sing & Glorify - The Sixteen, Symphony of Harmony & Invention/Harry Christophers (Coro CORSACD 16016)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

A look at the life and music of LUIGI BOCCHERINI (1743-1805) presented by Peter Hoar (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)
Cello Sonata in C G74 - Natalia Pavlutskaya, Alexander Ivashkin (cellos) (Alma Classics CD MANU 5031)
Flute Quintet in G minor G426 - Carlo Ipata (fl), Auser Musici (Hyperion CDA 67646)
10:00 AM. Music@Menlo

Being Mendelssohn
Six programmes from the 2009 three-week Californian summer music festival, which marked the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth
(6) MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trios, No 1 in D minor Op 49; No 2 in C minor Op 66 - Menahem Pressler (pno), Eugene Drucker (vln), David Finckel (cello) (Music@Menlo Live 2009/6)
11:05 AM. Oriental Sketches

SUGATA: Dancing Girl in the Orient, from Sketches of the Desert (Suite in Oriental Style Op 10) - Kanagawa Phil/Kazuhiko Komatsu (Naxos 8.570319)
TURINA: Danza, from Oriental Garden - Albert Guinovart (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7009)
RACHMANINOV: Oriental Dance Op 2/2 - Moray Welsh (cello), Martin Roscoe (pno) (Black Box BBM 1044)
FREITAS BRANCO: Vathek, Symphonic Poem in the form of variations on an Oriental Theme - RTE National SO/Alvaro Cassuto (Naxos 8.572624)
Noon The Critic's Chair

Robert Johnson reviews recent releases (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)
1:00 PM. Vintage Years

Vintage Bartók
Suite Sz62 - Géza Anda (pno) (rec 1955) (Audite 23.410)
Violin Concerto No 2 Sz112 - Ivry Gitlis (vln), Vienna SO/Jascha Horenstein (rec 1954-7) (Brilliant Classics 9145)
No 2, from Three Burlesques Sz47; Allegro Barbaro Sz49; transc Szigeti: Romanian Folk Dances Sz56 - Joseph Szigeti (vln), Béla Bartók (pno) (EMI 5 55031)
2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

Elizabeth Futral
American coloratura soprano Elizabeth Futral talks with David Morriss (RNZ)
3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

Metropolitan Opera Season

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

(12) ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, an opera in two acts

Count Almaviva enlists the aid of Seville's beloved barber, Figaro, in his attempts to woo the spunky Rosina in Rossini's delightful farce

Rosina……………….. Diana Damrau

Doctor Bartolo………. John Del Carlo

Count Almaviva……... Colin Lee

Figaro………………... Rodion Pogossov

Fiorello………………. Edward Parks

Don Basilio………….. Ferruccio Furlanetto

Berta…………………. Claudia Waite

Ambrogio……………. Rob Besserer

Sergeant……………... Mark Schowalter

Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Maurizio Benini (EBU)
6:25 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
PIGOVAT: Nigun - Dominion String Quartet (Atoll ACD 114)
GAVIN: Autumnscape; In Vocation; Rajasthani Heart - Duncan Haynes (cello), Jim Langabeer (fl), Babu Chatterji (tabla), Gitbox (Rattle RAT D005)
CARR: The End of the Golden Weather - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 111)
7:00 PM. New Horizons

Nine programmes
(3) With William Dart (RNZ)
8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

Gisborne Music Competition 2011
Four programmes
(3) Performances from the semi-final round
BRAHMS: First movement, Allegro, from Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108; GREENBAUM: Third movement, the infinite heartbeat, from Violin Sonata - Olivia Francis (vln), Grace Francis (pno)
BACH: Second movement, Adagio, from Flute Sonata in G minor BWV1020; DUBOIS: Third movement, Aria, from Saxophone Concerto No 2 - Reuben Chin (alto sax), Richard Mapp (pno)
GINASTERA: Puneña; RACHMANINOV: Third movement, Andante, from Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19; BEETHOVEN: First movement, Allegro, ma non tanto, from Cello Sonata No 3 in A Op 69 - Santiago Cañón Valencia (cello), Rosemary Barnes (pno)
TELEMANN: Fantasia No 6; PROKOFIEV: First & second movements, Moderato; Allegretto scherzando, from Flute Sonata in D Op 94 - Yi Wei Angus Lee (fl), Rosemary Barnes (pno)
FRANCK: Fourth movement, Allegretto poco mosso, from Violin Sonata in A; WAXMAN: Carmen Fantasy - Shauno Isomura (vln), Kent Isomura (pno) (recorded in the Gisborne War Memorial Theatre by RNZ)
9:30 PM. Vocal Music of Egon Wellesz

Missa brevis Op 89 - Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford/Stephen Darlington (Nimbus NI 5852)
Cherry Blossom Songs Op 8 - Christian Immler (bar), Erik Levi (pno) (Nimbus NI 5730/1)
To Sleep Op 94 - Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford/Stephen Darlington (Nimbus NI 5852)
10:00 PM. Day's End

KORNGOLD: Sursum Corda Op 13, symphonic overture - BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10432)
MOZART: Horn Concerto No 4 in Eb K495 - Claire Briggs (horn), Royal Liverpool Phil/Stephen Kovacevich (EMI 3 82227)
GLAZUNOV: Chopiniana Op 46 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 315)
11:00 SCHUMANN: Violin Sonata No 3 in A minor Op posth - Ulf Wallin (vln), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS SACD 1784)
HAHN: Le Ruban Dénoué, twelve waltzes for two pianos - Huseyin Sermet, Kun Woo Paik (pno duo) (Auvidis Valois V 4658)