Sunday 23 March 2014 Rātapu 23 Poutū-te-rangi 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  ALBÉNIZ orch Arbos: Iberia Suite; FALLA: The Three Cornered Hat - Jill Gomez (sop), Philharmonia/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8904)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  GUILMANT: Symphony No 1 in D minor Op 42; WIDOR: Symphony Op 42/5; POULENC: Organ Concerto - Ian Tracey (org), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9271)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  ELGAR: Sea Pictures Op 37; The Music Makers Op 69 - Linda Finnie (contralto), London Phil Choir & Orch/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9022)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  HAYDN arr Salomon: Symphonies, No 93 in D; No 94 in G, Surprise; No 101 in D, The Clock - Florilegium (Channel CCS 19698)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  ALWYN: Odd Man Out Suite; The History of Mr Polly; The Fallen Idol Suite; Calypso, from The Rake's Progress - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9243)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  TRAD: A Lent Prose; FARRANT: Call to remembrance, O Lord; MENDELSSOHN: I waited for the Lord; BAIRSTOW: The Lamentation - Connor & Edward Burrowes, Edmund Hill (trebles), Jonathan Arnold (bass), Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, London/John Scott, Andrew Lucas (org) (Hyperion CDA 66916)

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

  FERRARI: Queste pungente spine; LEGRENZI: Lumi, potete piangere - Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Nuria Rial (sop), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)

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

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

  TORRES: Lamentation - Al Ayre Español/Eduardo López Banzo (dir) (DHM 05472 77376)

  RUTTER: O Lord, thou hast searched me out - Cambridge Singers, Royal Phil/John Rutter, Leila Ward (cor anglais) (Collegium COLCD 135)

  PANUFNIK compltd R Panufnik: Modlitwa - Isis Ensemble/Jacques Cohen (Meridian CDE 84561)

  J ROBINSON: Bow down thine ear - Sue Hemmens (sop), Stuart Kinsella (ten), Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin/Mark Duley, Andrew Johnstone (org) (Priory PRCD 639)

  KLENGEL: Hymn for twelve cellos Op 57 - Cellists of the Berlin Phil (Allegria 221085 205)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  GRIEG: Elegiac Melodies Op 34, The Wounded Heart; Last Spring - Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (vln/dir) (BIS SACD 1877)

  DOMPIERRE orch Baril: Les Beautés du diable - Angèle Dubeau (vln), Thérèse Motard (cello), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix, from Samson & Delilah - Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Monte Carlo Phil/Lawrence Foster (Erato 3984 26499)

  CHOPIN: Etude in Ab Op 25/1, Aeolian Harp - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 61885)

  BINGE: Sailing By - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66968)

  TRAD: The Gentle Swan, from Irish Folk Song Society Journal, 1905 - Ensemble Galilei (ABC 472 610)

  TIN: Hymn to the Holy Trinity, from Calling All Dawns - Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Purcell Singers, Royal Phil/Lucas Richman (Tin Works TW 001)

  ELGAR arr Turner: Chanson de nuit Op 15/1 - Tasmin Little (vln), BBC Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHAN 10796)

  RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Tartar TRL 020)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  The life and music of GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868) presented by Steve Danby (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

  Le Rendez-vous de chasse, Grande Fanfare - Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 470 298)

  La pastorella dell'Alpi; La danza, from Soirées musicales; La chanson du bébé, from Péchés de vieillesse - Miah Persson (sop), Bruce Ford (ten), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Hyperion 67647)

  Questo cor ti giura amore, from Demetrio e Polibio - Christine Weidlinger (sop), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Graz SO/Massimiliano Carrara (Dynamic CDS 704)

  Ecco ridente, from The Barber of Seville - Fernando de Lucia (ten), piano accompaniment (ABC Classics 836 171)

• 10:00 AM. Brilliant Brass

  Whether it's jazz, orchestral, solo or band music, brass-playing is in pretty good heart, both in NZ and around the world. Starry soloists, smooth ensembles and inspired composers are leading the way for thousands of people in the brass community

  David Bremner hosts a second series of five programmes looking at the brilliant world of brass

  (4) In today's programme David features Joe Alessi, principal trombone in the New York Philharmonic; talks to some current members of the Christchurch band Woolston Brass which was established in 1891 and is still going strong; and then looks at the brass music of German composer Paul Hindemith (RNZ)

• 11:00 AM. The Works

  PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 16 - Yuja Wang (pno), Simón Bolívar SO of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 479 1304)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Chamber Symphony in C minor Op 110a - Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson (vln/dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 34313)

• Noon The Critic's Chair

  Robert Johnson reviews recent releases (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  Conductor Igor Markevitch

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 3 in D D200; CIMAROSA: Concerto in G for 2 flutes - Aurèle Nicolet, Fritz Demmler (fls), Berlin Phil (rec 1954) (DG 474 400)

  BIZET: L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - Lamoureux Concerts Orch (rec 1959) (Philips 420 863)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Nicky Spence

  Scottish tenor Nicky Spence's varied career spans both contemporary and traditional opera, crossover, recital work, recording and more. Nicky Spence talks with Christine Argyle (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  2013 Wallace National Piano Competition

  Six programmes

  (4) D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in E Kk380; BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 21 in C Op 53, Waldstein; PSATHAS: Sleeper; LISZT: Paganini Etude No 6 in A minor - Tina Kim (pno)

  CHOPIN: Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23; DEBUSSY: Images, Book 1; FARR: The horizon, from Owhiro Bay; PROKOFIEV: Toccata in D Op 11 - Sylvia Jiang (pno) (recorded in the University of Auckland Music Theatre by RNZ)

• 4:25 PM. Operatic Fantasies

  KÜHNE: Fantasy on Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin - Sivan Magen (harp) (Linn CKD 441)

  MERK: Fantasy on Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia Op 26/1 - Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (pno) (Naxos 8.572759)

  VERDI arr Genin/Pierre: Fantasy on A Masked Ball - Patrick Gallois (fl), Fabrice Pierre (harp), Richard Friedman (vln), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (DG 445 822)

• 5:00 PM. New Horizons

  Ten programmes

  (4) With William Dart (RNZ)

• 6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Metropolitan Opera Season

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

  (12) STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier, an opera in three acts

  Hugo von Hofmannsthal's very human story of a young nobleman who is involved with a field marshal's wife but then falls in love with a girl closer to his own age. It's set in the 18th century but contains 19th century developments such as the Viennese waltz, and a character's tendency for profound personal reflection. Although the final title was Der Rosenkavalier, the true central figure is the Marschallin. One might think of her as a somewhat updated Countess from Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, with a slightly older Cherubino

  Marschallin...................... Martina Serafin

  Octavian........................... Alice Coote

  Baron Ochs....................... Peter Rose

  Sophie.............................. Erin Morley

  Faninal............................. Hans-Joachim Ketelsen

  Marianne.......................... Jennifer Check

  Valzacchi......................... Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke

  Annina.............................. Jane Henschel

  Notary.............................. James Courtney

  Italian Singer.................... Eric Cutler

  1st Noble Orphan............. Maria D'Amato

  2nd Noble Orphan............ Rosemary Nencheck

  3rd Noble Orphan............ Mary Hughes

  Milliner............................ Stephanie Chigas

  Vendor.............................. Kurt Phinney

  Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus, Metropolitan Chorus & Orch/Edward Gardner (EBU)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in D TWV55/D15 - Arte Dei Suonatori/Martin Gester (dir) (BIS 1979 SACD)

  HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 1 in C HobVIIb/1 - Lynn Harrell (cello), Angeli Ensemble (Azica ACD 71265)

  BOCCHERINI arr Sparks: Introduction & Fandango - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10609)

  11:00 RHEINBERGER: Suite for organ, violin & cello Op 149 - Christopher Herrick (org), Paul Barritt (vln), Richard Lester (cello) (Hyperion CDA 66883)

  JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 1, Kreutzer Sonata - Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 902178)

Next day - Mon 24

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