Sunday 24 August 2014 Rātapu 24 Here-turi-kōkā 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb, Eroica; Symphony No 8 in F - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Béla Drahos (Naxos 8.553475)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  CHOPIN: Polonaise in C minor Op 40/2; SCHUMANN: Arabeske Op 18; Stücklein Op 99/1; LISZT: Il Pensieroso; BRAHMS: Rhapsody in B minor Op 79/1; GRIEG: Arietta Op 12/1; FAURÉ: Fantasia in Ab Op 84/2; DEBUSSY: Et la line descend sur le temple qui fut; La fille aux cheveux de lin; SATIE: Gymnopédie No 1; GRANADOS: Danza Española No 5 in E minor; SCRIABIN: Etude in F# Op 42/4; RACHMANINOV: Prelude in G# minor Op 32/12; RAVEL: Sonatine; BARTÓK: No 1 from 3 Rondos on Folk Tunes - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Walsingham 3 WAL 80432)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  VERDI: Solingo, errante, misero, from Ernani; BELLINI: Adalgisa!....; Ma di'…, from Norma; PONCHIELLI: Ecco la barca, addio; Deh! Non turbare, from La Gioconda; VERDI: Già nella notte densa, from Otello; Madre, non dormi?, from Il Trovatore - Joan Sutherland (sop), Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Jake Gardner (bar), New York City Opera Orchestra/Richard Bonynge (Decca 417 587)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  TELEMANN: Overture in Bb; Quartet in E minor; Concerto in Eb; Trio in D; Solo in G minor for oboe; Conclusion in B - Ensemble Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht (Accent ACC 78643)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  BRITTEN: Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge Op 10; Elegy for unaccompanied viola; Lachrymae; Variation on Sellenger's Round of Byrd; Chacony - Gérard Caussé (vla), Toulouse National CO/Bojidar Bratoev (Auvidis A 6124)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

  ANON: Song of the Sibyl - Gisela Bellsolà (contralto), Obsidienne/Emmanuel Bonnardot (Opus 111 OPS 30-130)

  TSABROPOULOS: Three pieces after Byzantine hymns - Anja Lechner (cello), Vassilis Tsabropoulos (pno) (ECM 1888)

  GOWERS: Veni, Sancte Spiritus - Guildford Cathedral Choir, Guildford Camerata/Stephen Farr, David Davies (org) (Lammas LAMM 196D)

  FAURÉ/MESSAGER: Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville - women of Lausanne Vocal Ensemble, Sinfonia Varsovia/Michel Corboz, Marcelo Giannini (org) (Mirare MIR 028)

  BACH: Komm, Jesu, komm BWV229 - Berlin Vocalconsort/Marcus Creed (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2079)

  LOCKLAIR: The Peace may be exchanged; 'Hallelujah', has been restored, from Rubrics - Thomas Trotter (organ at Symphony Hall, Birmingham) (Birmingham Symphony Hall SHCD 3)

  WILLAN: In the heavenly kingdom B380 - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison, Matthew Larkin (org) (Naxos 8.557734)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

  A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  SCHARWENKA: Andante religioso Op 46a - Poznan Phil/Lukasz Borowicz (Naxos 8.572637)

  VILLETTE: Complainte - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)

  PAGANINI: Cantabile in D - Pekka Kuusisto (vln), Ismo Eskelinen (gtr) (Ondine ODE 1142)

  BUTTERWORTH: Banks of Green Willow - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NIM 5062)

  BIZET: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante, from Carmen - Inessa Galante (sop), Latvian National SO/Alexander Vilumanis (CampionCD 1335)

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

  SANDSTRÖM: Song to Lotta - Stefan Schulz (bass tbn), Tomoko Sawano (pno) (BIS CD 1824)

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr J Harnoy: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Ofra Harnoy (cello), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (RCA RD 60758)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  Celeste Oram takes a look at the life and music of American composer, JOHN LUTHER ADAMS (b1953) (RNZ) (R Mon 7.00pm)

• 10:00 AM. William Shakespeare 450

  The 154 Sonnets

  Sonnet No 25: Let those who are in favour with their stars

  Read by Tainui Tukiwaho (RNZ)

• 10:02 AM. Music@Menlo

  Through Brahms

  Seven programmes from the 2011 three-week California summer music festival

  (3) BACH: Trio Sonata in C minor BWV1039 - Sooyun Kim (fl), Alessio Bax (hpschd), Arnaud Sussmann (vln), Laurence Lesser (cello)

  KREISLER: La gitana; WIENIAWSKI: Mazurka, Village Fiddler Op 19/2 - Elmar Oliveira (vln), Wu Han (pno)

  SCHULENBURG: Puszta-Märchen, Gypsy Romance & Czardas; VALDEZ: Gypsy Serenade; ANON: The Canary - Paul Neubauer (cello), Wu Han (pno)

  BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 2 in C Op 87 - Jon Kimura Parker (pno), Elmar Oliveira (vln), David Finckel (cello) (Music@Menlo 2011/3)

• 11:10 AM. The Works

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade - St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (Signum SIGCD 320)

• Noon The Critic's Choice

  The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

  BACH arr Rowland-Jones: Cello Suite No 3 in C BWV1009 - Maxim Rysanov (vla) (BIS SACD 2033)

  SUK: Love Song Op 7/1; POULENC: Improvisation No 15 in C minor, Hommage à Edith Piaf; GERSHWIN: Six Pieces from George Gershwin's Songbook, The man I love; O lady be good; That certain feeling; 'S wonderful; Do it again; Strike up the band - Margaret Fingerhut (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10826)

  DVORÁK: Rondo in G minor Op 94 - Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Anna Polonsky (pno) (Decca 478 5705)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  Pianist Moura Lympany

  RACHMANINOV: Preludes Op 32 (rec 1951) (Testament SBT 1349)

  PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 1 in Db Op 10 - Philharmonia/Walter Susskind (rec 1958) (Olympia OCD 190)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Composers on Camera

  Thomas Goss guides us through the complex and fascinating world of composer films, and how they either improve or impede our understanding of concert music

  Five programmes

  (4) Composer as Lover. An exploration of how the subject of romance is elevated to philosophical and artistic heights when merged with the identity of a great composer (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Young New Zealand

  2014 NZCT Chamber Music Contest National Finals, compèred by Kate Mead

  From nearly 2000 students from around the country who entered the competition, six ensembles competed in the final in Christchurch on Saturday 2 August, for a range of prizes

  SCHUBERT: First movement, Allegro moderato, from Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 - Exaudio (Auckland)

  SCHMITT: Pour Presque tous les temps - Schmitten (Auckland)

  BRAHMS: Second movement, Scherzo, from Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 - Eklamoré (Christchurch)

  RAVEL: First & Second movements, Modéré; Pantoum, Assez vif, from Piano Trio in A minor - L'arc en ciel (Christchurch/Auckland)

  CHAMBERS: Crossroads Songs - Kalim (Christchurch)

  SAINT-SAËNS: First movement, Allegro non troppo, from Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 92 - Trio Emporté (Christchurch)

  SHATFORD: Frost and Fire – Isaac Shatford & Grace Stainhope (vlns), Caroline Norman (vla), Lavinnia Rae (cello) (Christchurch)

  YOUENS: Kiwi in Appalachia – Appalachian Octet (Auckland) (recorded in the Charles Luney Auditorium, St Margaret’s College, Christchurch by RNZ)

• 5:00 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

  (2) (MCM) (R Fri 7.00pm)

• 6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Euroradio Opera Season

  A selection of live operatic performances recorded by some of the world's major public broadcasters

  MARTINU: Mirandolina, an opera in three acts

  Mirandolina.......................... Katerina Knezíková

  Ortensia................................ Eva Drizgová-Jirusová

  Dejanira................................ Anna Nitrová

  Conte d'Albafliorita.............. Josef Moravec

  Cavaliere di Ripafratta......... Jan Willem Bajlet

  Marchese di Forlimpopoli.... Martin Gurbal

  Fabrizio................................. Ales Briscein

  Servant.................................. Ondrej Koplik

  National Moravian-Silesian Theatre Orch/Marko Ivanovic (recorded in the Moravian-Silesian Theatre, Ostrava by Czech Radio)

• 8:00 PM. Playing on Period Instruments

  TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in Bb TWV55/B10 - Zefiro/Alfredo Bernardini (dir) (Arcana A 371)

  TARTINI: Violin Concerto in A D100 - Carlo Lazari (vln), L'Arte dell'Arco/Giovanni Guglielmo (vln/dir) (Dynamic CDS 591/1-2)

• 9:00 PM. From the New Zealand Collection

  LISZT: Festklänge - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (Naxos 8.557846)

  PSATHAS: Jettatura - Stephen Gosling (pno) (Trust MMT 2047)

  LITHGOW: Invercargill March - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)

  OSWIN: Three Gallipoli Settings, Gallipoli Peninsula; The last to leave; Spirit of ANZAC - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 2011-12/Andrew Withington (NZSSC)

  FARQUHAR: Concertino for piano & strings - Thomas Hecht (pno), NZSO CO (RNZ)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  FRY: Overture to Macbeth - Royal Scottish National Orch/Tony Rowe (Naxos 8.559057)

  BRUCH: Concerto in E minor for clarinet & viola Op 88 - Jean-Luc Votano (cl), Arnaud Thorette (vla), Liège Phil, Wallonia/Pascal Rophé (Cypres CYP 7611)

  HAYDN: Symphony No 85 in Bb, La Reine - Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (DHM 82876 60602)

  11:00 MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80 - Artemis Quartet (Erato 0825 646366903)

  MOZART arr Hummel: Concerto in Eb for two pianos K365 - Fumiko Shiraga (pno), Peter Clemente (vln), Tibor Bényi (cello), Henrik Wiese (fl) (BIS CD 9043)

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