Sunday 9 December 2012 Rātapu 9 Hakihea 2012

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  KORNGOLD: Between Two Worlds: Judgement Day; Symphonic Serenade Op 39; Theme & Variations Op 42 - Alexander Fry (pno), German Symphony Orch, Berlin/John Mauceri (Decca 444 170)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  BRAHMS: Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel Op 24; Four Ballades Op 10; Variations on a theme by Schumann Op 9 - Jorge Federico Osorio (pno) (ASV CD DCA 616)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  BRIDGE: Adoration; Go not, happy day; Love went a-riding; LILBURN: Elegy ; IRELAND: Great things; Sea fever; When lights go rolling round the sky; CW ORR: Song cycle, from A Shropshire Lad; FINZI: Let us garlands bring - Paul Whelan (bar), David Harper (pno) (Trust MMT 2023)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  SPOHR: String Quartets, No 3, Quatuor brillant in D minor Op 11; No 4 in Eb Op 15/1; No 6 in G minor Op 27 - New Budapest Quartet (Marco Polo 8.223254)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  PURCELL: Instrumental music, from Dioclesian; King Arthur; The Fairy Queen; The Indian Queen - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (Sony SK 66169)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  JACKSON: Three Carols for Advent Op 73 - Exon Singers/Matthew Owens, David Bednall (org) (Delphian DCD 34035)

  WARLOCK arr Lane: Bethlehem Down - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)

  GRETCHANINOV: Missa Sancti Spiritus - Tatiana Jeranje (contralto), Russian State Symphonic Cappella/Valéry Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9397)

  HANDEL: Laudate pueri Dominum HWV236/7 - Emma Kirkby (sop), Cantillation, Orch of the Antipodes/Antony Walker (ABC 476 5255)

  GÓRECKI: Totus tuus - Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80531)

  SIXTEN: There is no rose of such vertu; GJEILO: A spotless rose - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

  BACH trans Busoni: Cantata No 140, Wachet auf - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 66511)

  ZELENKA: Alma Redemptoris Mater; REICHENAUER: O coeli, rorate - Hana Blazíková (sop), Collegium Marianum/Jana Semerádová (dir) (Supraphon SU 4002)

  ANON: Ubi caritas - Matthew Barley (cello) (Black Box BBM 1068)

  MEALOR: Ubi caritas - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 136)

  HANDEL: Comfort ye; Every valley; And the glory of the Lord, from Messiah - Allan Clayton (ten), Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67800)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  WOLF-FERRARI: Intermezzo, from The Jewels of the Madonna - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

  LISZT: Liebestraum No 3 in Ab - Jorge Bolet (pno) (Philips 456 814)

  MONTEVERDI: Ohimè ch'io cado - Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (dir) (Virgin 2 36140)

  RESPIGHI: Aria, from Suite for flute & string orchestra - Sinfonia 21/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9415)

  RUBINSTEIN arr Linden: Melody in F Op 3/1 - Anthony Leroy (cello), Sandra Moubarak (pno) (Zig Zag ZZT 020 402)

  MARTUCCI: Serenata Op 57/2 - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.570932)

  KEDROV Snr: The Lord's Prayer - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7410)

  DRING: Second movement, Andante semplice, from Trio for flute, oboe & piano - Nancy Ruffer (fl), John Anderson (ob), Helen Crayford (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7181)

  DVORÁK: Two Waltzes Op 54 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  A programme marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918) presented by Ryan Smith (R Sun 7.00pm) (RNZ)

• 10:00 AM. Saint Paul Sunday

  Thirteen programmes in which Bill McGlaughlin talks with chamber musicians in the studio

  (12) Musicians from Marlboro: Valérie Tessa Chermiset (fl), Rudy Vrbsky (ob), Alexander Fiterstein (cl), Shinyee Na (bsn), Paul LaFollette III (horn), Earl Lee (cello), Thomas Meglioranza (bar), Gilbert Kalish (pno)

  CARTER: First & Fourth movements, Maestoso; Vivace, from Eight Etudes and a Fantasy for wind quintet; MOZART: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds K452; RAVEL: Nahandove, from Chansons madécasses; POULENC: First movement, Allegro vivace, from Sextet for piano & winds (American Public Media)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  GRIEG: Holberg Suite - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (Onyx 4037)

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Krystian Zimerman (pno), Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 459 643)

• Noon The Critic's Chair

  This week The Critic's Chair makes gift recommendations through a collection of reviews from 2012 (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  NOVAK: Eglogue; Au lac de Wallenstadt, from In the Tatra Mountains - Czech Phil/Karel Ancerl (rec 1950) (EMI 5 75091)

  BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 8 in G Op 30/3 - Joseph Fuchs (vln), Artur Balsam (pno) (rec 1952) (Naxos 8.111253)

  FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain - Gonzalo Soriano (pno), French National Radio Orch/Ataúlfo Argenta (rec 1957) (Medici Arts MM 025)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Messiah

  In his series Choral Connections Brian Kay looks at the iconic oratorio by Handel, first performed in Dublin in 1742 (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Composer of the Week

  DEBUSSY: Pelléas & Mélisande, an opera in five acts

  Mélisande.................... Maria Ewing

  Pelléas.......................... François Le Roux

  Golaud......................... José van Dam

  Arkel............................ Jean-Philippe Courtis

  Geneviève.................... Christa Ludwig

  Yniold.......................... Patrizia Pace

  Shepherd...................... Jean-Philippe Courtis

  Doctor.......................... Rudolf Mazzola

  Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus, Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 435 344)

• 5:40 PM. Faure's Version for London

  Pelléas & Mélisande, Concert Suite - Czech Phil/Serge Baudo (Supraphon SU 3899)

• 6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  LILBURN: String Quartet in E minor - Martin Riseley, Jun He (vlns), Donald Maurice (vla), Inbal Megiddo (cello) (Atoll ACD 142)

  RIES: Piano Concerto in C Op 123 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557638)

• 7:00 PM. The Shed, A Whole New World of Music

  Four programmes from the award-winning former BBC broadcaster Mark Coles who presents his pick of the best new music releases and demos from around the planet (3) (MCM)

• 8:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  The Big Sing 2012

  Nine programmes

  (9) The Big Sing Gala Concert featuring all 22 choirs:

  ORBAN: Gloria, from Mass 6 - Bel Canto (Burnside High School)

  CHILDS: I am not yours - Nga Manu tioriori O Kapiti (Kapiti College)

  GRIFFITHS: Wild Iron - All the King's Men (King's College)

  EBB/KANDER arr Brymer: Don't tell mama, from Cabaret - Euphony (Kristin School)

  MENDELSSOHN: Im Grünen - Macleans College Choir (Macleans College)

  WEISS/THEILE arr Brymer: What a wonderful world - Marist Stella (Marist College)

  ASHMAN/MENKEN arr Shaw: Kiss the girl - Mandate (Otago Boys' High School)

  DEBUSSY arr Spevacek: Beau Soir - SOS (Rangitoto College)

  MENDELSSOHN: Drei Volkslieder - The Fundamentals (Rangitoto College)

  TRAD arr Caldwell/Ivory: Ain't no grave can hold my body down - Bella Voce (Marlborough Girls' College)

  TICHELI: Earth Song - Senior Chorale (Burnside High School)

  DEBUSSY arr Raines: Nuits d'Etoiles - Seraphim Choir (Chilton St James School)

  CHILCOTT: Like a Rainbow - Teal Voices (Wellington Girls' College)

  PARSONS: The Driving Lesson - Viva Camerata (Rathkeale/St Matthew's Collegiate)

  SINGH: Johnny Said "No!" - Saints Alive (St Cuthbert's College)

  TRAD arr Harlan: Give me Jesus - Twilight Tones (Tawa College)

  TRAD arr Craig: I'll Fly Away - Menasing (St Kentigern College)

  TRAD arr Puddy: Dubula - Con Brio (Villa Maria College)

  TRAD arr Macfarlane: Toki Tifa - Wellington College Chorale (Wellington College)

  REITER: Bitte Betti - Cantala (Wellington East Girls' College)

  GERSHWIN arr Althouse: Embraceable You - Voicemale (Westlake Boys' High School)

  CHILCOTT: Gloria, from A Little Jazz Mass - Choralation (Westlake Girls'and Boys' High Schools)

  CAMM/TRINICK: Motu Puketutu - Saints Alive (St Cuthbert's College)

  HAMILTON: Ecce Beatum Lucem - Choralation (Westlake Girls'and Boys' High Schools)

  BRACKEN/WOODS: God Defend New Zealand - Massed Choir (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  BENJAMIN: North American Square Dance Suite - London Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Lyrita SRCD 314)

  RR BENNETT: Reflections on a Scottish folk song - Paul Watkins (cello), Philharmonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10389)

  MARX: Idyll, Concertino on the pastoral fourth from Nature Trilogy - Bochum SO/Steven Sloane (ASV CD DCA 1137)

  11:00 IMAMOVIC: Theme for Carolyn; Song for Marcus; Jamilla's Dance; Sarajevo Nights - Duo Tapas (Ode CD MANU 5138)

  BRAHMS: Intermezzi, in E Op 116/4; in A Op 118/2; Capriccio in D minor Op 116/1; Intermezzo in Eb Op 117/1 - Barry Douglas (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10716)

  GOODALL: The Seasons, Winter - Bozidar Vukotic (cello), Tippett Quartet, Marianna Szymanowska (harp) (EMI 6 88626)

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