Sunday 18 January 2015 Rātapu 18 Kohi-tātea 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 5; Overture on Russian & Kirghiz themes; Novorossisk Chimes, from The Fire of Eternal Glory; Symphonic Poem, October - Royal PO/Enrique Batiz (ASV CD DCA 707)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  BACH: Sonata in G minor BWV1030; TELEMANN: Trio Sonata in Eb; VIVALDI: Sonata in C minor RV53; COUPERIN: Concerto No 6; CPE BACH: Sonata in C minor for oboe & harpsichord - Douglas Boyd (ob), Harold Lester (hpschd/org), Roderick Elms (hpschd), Richard Lester (cello) (ASV CD DCA 656)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  Bid Adieu

  Irish Songs by HUGHES, JOYCE, PENDLETON, BEETHOVEN, MOERAN, BERLIOZ, BARBER, RIETTI, HEAD, BAX and TRAD - Ann Murray (mezzo), Graham Johnson (pno) (Forlane 16784)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  MOZART: Piano Sonatas, in F K533; Bb K281; D K311 and C K309 - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 417 572)

  4:40 approx - Disc 5

  NIELSEN: Symphony No 5; Helios Overture Op 17; SIBELIUS: Spring Song Op 16; Night Ride & Sunrise Op 55 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 6533)

• 6:00 AM. Sanctuary

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

  ANON arr Lundgren: Vinea Mea; LASSUS arr Lundgren: Carmina chromatico, from Prophetiae Sibyllarum; ANON arr Lundgren: Da pacem Domine - Jan Lundgren (keyboard), Lars Danielsson (cello/dbass), Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir (ACT 9457)

  BACH: Cantata No 155, written for the second Sunday after the Epiphany, My God, how long, ah! how long? - Midori Suzuki (sop), Makoto Sakurada (ten), Peter Kooy (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir), John Abberger (ob) (BIS CD 841)

  FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine - Choir of Wellington Cathedral/Philip Walsh, Andrew MacMillan (org) (Herald HAVP CD 191)

  RHEINBERGER: Mass in Eb Op 109 - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5055)

  MOZART: Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers K339 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, English CO/Barry Rose (EMI 5 57231)

• 7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

  A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

• 8:00 AM. Grace Notes

  ROBERTS: An English Elegy - Roland Roberts (vln), City of Oxford Orch/Levon Parikian (Quartz QTZ 2036)

  DEBUSSY: Rêverie - Philippe Entremont (pno) (Sony MLK 64065)

  GOLDMARK: Magische Töne, from Die Königin von Saba - Mark Dubois (ten), Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony/Raffi Armenian (CBC 2-5077)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Anna Noakes (fl), Gillian Tingay (harp) (ASV White Line CD WHL 2101)

  LILBURN: Canzona No 2, from Four Canzonas - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi SLD 99)

  MOERAN: Lonely Waters, from Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - Ann Murray (mezzo), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (EMI CDC 7 47945)

  ANON: Greensleeves - Ronn McFarlane (lute) (Dorian DOR 90008)

  PÄRT: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - Britten Sinfonia/Joanna MacGregor (SoundCircus SC 008)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  MOZART: Concerto in Eb for two pianos K365 - Håvard Gimse, Vebjörn Anvik (pno duo), Norwegian CO/Iona Brown (dir) (Chandos CHAN 10507)

  BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Bb Op 18/6 - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI 7 54592)

  LLOYD: Symphony No 4 in B, The Arctic - Philharmonia/Edward Downes (Lyrita SRCD 2258)

• 11:00 AM. Spoleto Chamber Music Festival

  Thirteen programmes

  For 17 days and nights each spring, Spoleto Festival USA fills Charleston, South Carolina's historic theatres, churches, and outdoor spaces with performances by renowned artists as well as emerging performers

  (7) MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 4 in E minor Op 44/2 - St Lawrence String Quartet

  HAYDN arr Salomon: Symphony No 94 in G, Surprise - Tara Helen O'Connor (fl), Anthony Manzo (dbass), Pedja Muzijevic (pno), St Lawrence String Quartet (recorded at Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, South Carolina by ETV Radio and provided by WFMT)

• Noon The Critic's Choice

  The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

  FESTA: Three contrapuncti on La Spagna - Rose Consort of Viols (Delphian DCD 34149)

  CHOPIN: Preludes Op 28 - Ingrid Fliter (pno) (Linn CKD 475)

• 1:00 PM. Vintage Years

  Horn player Dennis Brain

  DUKAS: Villanelle - with Wilfrid Parry (pno) (rec 1957) (BBC Legends BBCL 4048)

  HAYDN: Horn Concerto No 1 in D HobVIId/3 - with BBC Midland Orch/Leo Wurmser; IBERT: Three Short Pieces for wind quintet - Dennis Brain Wind Quintet (rec 1957) (BBC Legends BBCL 4066)

  BRITTEN: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings Op 31 - with Peter Pears (ten), Boyd Neel String Orch/Benjamin Britten (rec 1944) (Decca 425 996)

  BRITTEN ed Matthews: In memoriam Dennis Brain - Michael Thompson, Richard Watkins, Peter Francomb, Chris Griffiths (horns), Northern Sinfonia/Thomas Zehetmair (NMC D 140)

• 2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

  Brilliant Brass

  With David Bremner

  Five programmes

  (3) Today's programme features the fabulous four of the Berlin Philharmonic Horn Quartet, the inimitable jazzman Miles Davis, and New Zealand composer Dean Goffin whose background with Salvation Army bands launched his international career (RNZ)

• 3:00 PM. Youth in Concert

  Nine programmes

  (4) Romeo & Juliet

  Teodor Ilincai (ten), Irina Iordachescu (sop), Romanian Youth Orch/Cristian Mandeal

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo & Juliet, Fantasy Overture; GOUNOD: Ah! lève-toi, soleil; Je veux vivre, from Romeo & Juliet; PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet, excerpts; GLINKA: Ruslan & Lyudmila, Overture (recorded in the Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest by Romanian Radio)

• 4:20 PM. Minus the Words

  RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Alexander Dedyukhin (pno) (EMI 3 80013)

  MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words, Op 38/2; Op 19/3, Hunter's Song - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Walsingham 3WAL 80432)

  FAURÉ: Vocalises, Nos 28, 6, 26, 20, 5, 14, 23, 2, 24 - Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (tpt), Roy Howat (pno) (Linn CKD 488)

  GLIÈRE: Concerto for coloratura soprano - Joan Sutherland (sop), London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 430 006)

• 5:00 PM. The Shed, A Whole New World of Music

  Nine 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 (4) (MCM)

• 6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

  Metropolitan Opera Season

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

  (3) MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro, an opera in four acts

  With everything from simple slapstick and farce to poignant comedy of errors, Mozart's sublime musical version of Figaro's wedding is a paean to the virtue of forgiveness

  Almaviva..................... Mariusz Kwiecien

  Rosina.......................... Rachel Willis-Sorensen

  Susanna....................... Danielle de Niese

  Figaro.......................... Erwin Schrott

  Cherubino.................... Serena Malfi

  Marcellina................... Susanne Mentzer

  Bartolo......................... John Del Carlo

  Basilio......................... Greg Fedderly

  Don Curzio.................. Scott Scully

  Barbarina..................... Ashley Emerson

  Antonio........................ Philip Cokorinos

  Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Edo de Waart (EBU)

• 9:45 PM. From the New Zealand Collection

  PSATHAS: Island Songs - New Zealand Chamber Soloists (Atoll ACD 542)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  WEBER: Symphony No 1 in C Op 19 - BBC Phil/Juanjo Mena (Chandos CHAN 10748)

  RODRIGO: Concierto madrigal - Amadeus Guitar Duo, Internationale Phil/Horst-Hans Bäcker (Hänssler CD 98.598)

  11:00 BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 - Emma Johnson (cl), John Lenehan (pno) (Nimbus NI 6153)

  DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90, Dumky - Dvorák Trio (Supraphon SU 4144)

Next day - Mon 19

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